mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Process for coating textiles and/or leather, characterized in that at least one polyurethaneurea dissolved in a solvent or solvent mixture is used, where the solvent consists exclusively of one or more monohydroxy-functional alcohols or a solvent mixture consisting of exclusively organic solvents containing > 80% by weight, based on the total mass of the solvent mixture, of at least one monohydroxy-functional alcohol is used, and where the polyurethaneurea is formed from a) at least one araliphatic, aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, b) at least one polyether polyol having a number-average molecular weight Mn of ≥ 400 and ≤ 6000 g/mol, determined by means of GPC in THF at 23°C, and a mean hydroxyl functionality of ≥ 1.5 and ≤ 4, c) at least one amino-functional compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive amino groups, d) optionally at least one alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups and a molar mass of ≥ 60 and ≤ 399 g/mol, e) optionally at least one compound having a group reactive toward isocyanate groups, f) optionally ≤ 20% by weight, based on the total mass of the polyurethaneurea, of at least one different polyol than b) having a number-average molecular weight Mn of ≥ 500 and ≤ 6000 g/mol and a mean hydroxyl functionality of ≥ 1.5 and ≤ 4. a) at least one araliphatic, aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, b) at least one polyether polyol having a number-average molecular weight Mn of ≥ 400 and ≤ 6000 g/mol, determined by means of GPC in THF at 23°C, and a mean hydroxyl functionality of ≥ 1.5 and ≤ 4, c) at least one amino-functional compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive amino groups, d) optionally at least one alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups and a molar mass of ≥ 60 and ≤ 399 g/mol, e) optionally at least one compound having a group reactive toward isocyanate groups, f) optionally ≤ 20% by weight, based on the total mass of the polyurethaneurea, of at least one different polyol than b) having a number-average molecular weight Mn of ≥ 500 and ≤ 6000 g/mol and a mean hydroxyl functionality of ≥ 1.5 and ≤ 4.
A refractory lining structure for a metallurgical vessel comprising: a monolithic first layer having a first surface facing away from at least one sidewall of the metallurgical vessel and a second surface located opposite the first surface and facing toward the sidewall of the metallurgical vessel, the first layer comprising a first refractory material; a second layer underlying at least a portion of the first layer, the second layer having a first surface facing away from the sidewall of the metallurgical vessel and a second surface located opposite the first surface and facing toward the sidewall of the metallurgical vessel, the second layer comprising a second refractory material, wherein the second surface of the first layer contacts the first surface of the second layer; and at least one elongated expansion joint formed in the first surface of the first layer and extending through the first surface of the first layer in a substantially vertical direction; wherein the sum of the horizontal width dimensions of the at least one elongated expansion joint is characterized by a width ratio of at least 0.01, the width ratio being defined according to the following equation: width ratio ≡ ∑ j = 1 n w j w 1 ≥ 0.01 wherein "n" is the number of elongated expansion joints on the at least one sidewall, each of said elongated expansion joints having a horizontal width (wj), and wherein the total horizontal width dimension of the first surface of the first layer on said at least one sidewall is measured at the intersection of the first surface with a floor surface of the metallurgical vessel. a monolithic first layer having a first surface facing away from at least one sidewall of the metallurgical vessel and a second surface located opposite the first surface and facing toward the sidewall of the metallurgical vessel, the first layer comprising a first refractory material; a second layer underlying at least a portion of the first layer, the second layer having a first surface facing away from the sidewall of the metallurgical vessel and a second surface located opposite the first surface and facing toward the sidewall of the metallurgical vessel, the second layer comprising a second refractory material, wherein the second surface of the first layer contacts the first surface of the second layer; and at least one elongated expansion joint formed in the first surface of the first layer and extending through the first surface of the first layer in a substantially vertical direction;
An apparatus configured as a heat engine comprising: a cathode; an anode, wherein the anode and cathode are adapted to be receptive to a first power source to produce an anode electric potential higher than a cathode electric potential; a gate positioned between the anode and the cathode, the gate being adapted to be receptive to a second power source to produce a gate electric potential selected to induce electron emission from the cathode for a first set of electrons having energies above a first threshold energy; a suppressor positioned between the gate and the anode, the suppressor being adapted to be receptive to a third power source to produce a suppressor electric potential selected to induce electron emission from the anode; at least one region including gas located between the cathode and anode; at least one path traversable for a first portion of the first set of electrons, extending from the cathode, through the gate, through the region including gas, through the suppressor, and to the anode; and circuitry operably connected to at least one of the first, second and third power sources adapted to vary at least one of the anode, gate and suppressor electric potentials relative to the cathode potential, wherein the circuitry is adapted to be receptive to signals to determine a relative thermodynamic efficiency of the apparatus and to dynamically vary at least one of the anode, gate and suppressor electric potentials responsive to the determined relative thermodynamic efficiency. a cathode; an anode, wherein the anode and cathode are adapted to be receptive to a first power source to produce an anode electric potential higher than a cathode electric potential; a gate positioned between the anode and the cathode, the gate being adapted to be receptive to a second power source to produce a gate electric potential selected to induce electron emission from the cathode for a first set of electrons having energies above a first threshold energy; a suppressor positioned between the gate and the anode, the suppressor being adapted to be receptive to a third power source to produce a suppressor electric potential selected to induce electron emission from the anode; at least one region including gas located between the cathode and anode; at least one path traversable for a first portion of the first set of electrons, extending from the cathode, through the gate, through the region including gas, through the suppressor, and to the anode; and circuitry operably connected to at least one of the first, second and third power sources adapted to vary at least one of the anode, gate and suppressor electric potentials relative to the cathode potential, wherein the circuitry is adapted to be receptive to signals to determine a relative thermodynamic efficiency of the apparatus and to dynamically vary at least one of the anode, gate and suppressor electric potentials responsive to the determined relative thermodynamic efficiency.
Rectal cutting device for cutting loose the rectum of a slaughtered animal, comprising: - a cutting member rotatably mounted on a carrying member, which cutting member comprises a cylindrical wall portion surrounding an interior space, wherein the cylindrical wall portion has a top end with a cutting edge; - a centring mandrel arranged coaxially within the cilindrical wall portion, a free end of which reaches past the cutting edge; - rotation driving means for rotating the cutting member with respect to the carrying member, and - suction means for creating a vacuum inside the interior space of the cutting member, characterized by an axially movable ejecting member within the interior space of the cutting member and ejection driving means for axially moving the ejecting member. - a cutting member rotatably mounted on a carrying member, which cutting member comprises a cylindrical wall portion surrounding an interior space, wherein the cylindrical wall portion has a top end with a cutting edge; - a centring mandrel arranged coaxially within the cilindrical wall portion, a free end of which reaches past the cutting edge; - rotation driving means for rotating the cutting member with respect to the carrying member, and - suction means for creating a vacuum inside the interior space of the cutting member,
Copper alloy having the following composition [in % by weight]: from 0.05 to 0.5% Ag, in each case from 0.05 to 0.5% of at least two elements from the group which comprises Ni, Zn, Sn and Al, balance Cu and inevitable impurities, optionally from 0.01 to 0.2% of one or more elements from the group which comprises Mg, Ti, Zr, B, P, As, Sb. from 0.05 to 0.5% Ag, in each case from 0.05 to 0.5% of at least two elements from the group which comprises Ni, Zn, Sn and Al, balance Cu and inevitable impurities, optionally from 0.01 to 0.2% of one or more elements from the group which comprises Mg, Ti, Zr, B, P, As, Sb.
An additive release component (1, 11) for a smoking article, wherein the additive release component is deformable and configured to provide: an aperture (8, 18) through which additive may be released; an outer wall section (2, 12); an inner wall section (3, 13) that defines a chamber (10, 20) within which the additive is held; and at least one channel (5, 5) between the inner and outer wall sections (2, 3, 12, 13) to allow airflow through the component (1, 11); wherein the component (1, 11) is configured to transmit a compressive force applied to the outer wall section (2, 12) to the inner wall section (3, 3) and to open the aperture (8, 18); wherein the aperture (8, 18) is sealed to prevent the release of additive through said aperture (8, 18) prior to the first actuation of the additive release component (1, 11); and wherein the first application of compressive force to the additive release component (1, 11) opens the aperture (8, 18) to allow release of additive through said aperture (8, 18); characterised in that the aperture (8, 18) closes once the compressive force is no longer applied, so that substantially no additive is released until a compressive force is applied once more. an aperture (8, 18) through which additive may be released; an outer wall section (2, 12); an inner wall section (3, 13) that defines a chamber (10, 20) within which the additive is held; and at least one channel (5, 5) between the inner and outer wall sections (2, 3, 12, 13) to allow airflow through the component (1, 11); wherein the component (1, 11) is configured to transmit a compressive force applied to the outer wall section (2, 12) to the inner wall section (3, 3) and to open the aperture (8, 18); wherein the aperture (8, 18) is sealed to prevent the release of additive through said aperture (8, 18) prior to the first actuation of the additive release component (1, 11); and wherein the first application of compressive force to the additive release component (1, 11) opens the aperture (8, 18) to allow release of additive through said aperture (8, 18); characterised in that the aperture (8, 18) closes once the compressive force is no longer applied, so that substantially no additive is released until a compressive force is applied once more.
A power storage and generation system comprising a thermal energy storage system connected to a grid supply network for receiving electrical power to be thermally stored, said thermal energy storage system includes thermal conversion outputting components for converting thermal energy of said thermal storage system into electrical energy provided to said grid supply network; characterized in that said thermal energy storage system being divided into a series of thermal storage units with each unit including electrical power input components for receiving electrical power from said grid supply network and converting the received electrical power to thermal energy stored in said thermal storage system; and wherein the electrical power input components for each thermal storage unit comprises a power controller that is configured to rectify a three phase AC voltage signal to produce a rectified AC voltage signal; and wherein each power controller is connected to an independent connectible load (R L) that when powered produces thermal energy and said independent connectible load (R L) is associated with said thermal storage unit and transfers thermal energy thereto; and wherein each power controller includes a fast acting binary power switch (IGBT-A, IGBT-B) configured to selectively connect the respective independent connectible load (R L) to the rectified AC voltage signal when the net voltage change across the load is zero; and further characterized in that it further comprises a control arrangement configured to selectively activate said controllers to define a desired connected load (R L) and in a predetermined manner to provide a power receiving transition period for said grid supply network that reduces switching transients produced by activating any of said controllers.
A flow rate measuring device comprising a flow rate measurement tube and wherein an ultrasound transmission element/reception element is respectively provided, with a distance L present therebetween, on both sides of a flow rate measurement part of said tube; the flow rate measuring device further comprising a flow rate computation circuit for obtaining a flow velocity of a fluid from a propagation time difference between a propagation time T 1 and a propagation time T 2, the propagation time T 1 being a time in which a guided wave, excited by being driven by the ultrasound transmission element, propagates from upstream to downstream to the ultrasound reception element set apart by gap L, and the propagation time T 2 being a time in which the guided wave propagates from downstream to upstream; the flow rate measuring device being characterized in that: a resonance frequency (f 0) of the ultrasound transmission element/reception element is set so as to agree with a frequency of an isolated peak of group velocities of guided waves, from among a plurality of peaks of group velocities of guided waves; and the spectral width of the excited/received ultrasound signal defined as the width at half maximum of the function representing the ultrasound power as a function of the frequency is set to a value (Δf) such that, when centered on said frequency of an isolated peak of group velocities of guided waves, the other peaks of said plurality of peaks of group velocities of guided waves lie outside the range defined by said value (Δf) centered on said frequency of an isolated peak of group velocities of guided waves. a resonance frequency (f 0) of the ultrasound transmission element/reception element is set so as to agree with a frequency of an isolated peak of group velocities of guided waves, from among a plurality of peaks of group velocities of guided waves; and the spectral width of the excited/received ultrasound signal defined as the width at half maximum of the function representing the ultrasound power as a function of the frequency is set to a value (Δf) such that, when centered on said frequency of an isolated peak of group velocities of guided waves, the other peaks of said plurality of peaks of group velocities of guided waves lie outside the range defined by said value (Δf) centered on said frequency of an isolated peak of group velocities of guided waves.
An anti-icing device for intake opening of nacelle engine for turbojet or turbofan engines wherein the intake opening is delimited at the front by a front annular portion formed by a first outer annular wall facing the outside of the nacelle itself and by a second inner annular wall facing the intake opening of the nacelle itself and connected with the first portion through a curved profile, the second inner annular wall being connected by a rear side facing the engine with one peripheral side of a sound-absorbing tubular wall delimiting part of the suction line of the nacelle, said peripheral side is the lateral edge of the tubular wall annularly adjacent to the second inner annular wall, wherein the anti-icing device comprises: - a first Joule effect heater device configured to be coupled to the first outer annular wall, powered by the electric energy present on the aircraft and configured, when powered, to heat the outer surface of the first outer wall causing the ice formed on the first wall to lose its adhesion which is then removed due to kinetic effect by the airflow outside of the nacelle engine or falls by gravity during the aircraft landing operations; - a second Joule effect heater device configured to be coupled to the second inner annular wall, powered by the electric energy present on the aircraft and configured, when powered, to heat the outer surface of the second inner wall so that any ice that has formed on the second inner annular wall is transformed into a film of water which flows along the second annular wall towards the sound-absorbing tubular wall; characterised in that a discontinuity element is configured to be provided exclusively between the second inner annular wall and the peripheral side of the sound-absorbing tubular wall and is configured to perform the detachment of the liquid film that flows on the inner annular wall due to the kinetic speed of the airflow sucked by the engine directing the nebulized air particles towards the engine itself. - a first Joule effect heater device configured to be coupled to the first outer annular wall, powered by the electric energy present on the aircraft and configured, when powered, to heat the outer surface of the first outer wall causing the ice formed on the first wall to lose its adhesion which is then removed due to kinetic effect by the airflow outside of the nacelle engine or falls by gravity during the aircraft landing operations; - a second Joule effect heater device configured to be coupled to the second inner annular wall, powered by the electric energy present on the aircraft and configured, when powered, to heat the outer surface of the second inner wall so that any ice that has formed on the second inner annular wall is transformed into a film of water which flows along the second annular wall towards the sound-absorbing tubular wall;
An apparatus, comprising: a first speaker positioned forward of a steering wheel of a vehicle, the first speaker generating a first signal configured to acoustically cancel noise produced by operation of the vehicle; a second speaker positioned forward of the steering wheel, the second speaker generating a second signal to acoustically cancel noise produced by operation of the vehicle; a first controller configured to execute an active sound management algorithm to generate a first noise cancelling signal for the first speaker; a second controller configured to execute an active sound management algorithm to generate a second noise cancelling signal for the second speaker; and a master controller configured to coordinate signal calculations of the first controller and the second controller; wherein the apparatus is configured such that the first and second speakers (202, 204) are at times driven in mono. a first speaker positioned forward of a steering wheel of a vehicle, the first speaker generating a first signal configured to acoustically cancel noise produced by operation of the vehicle; a second speaker positioned forward of the steering wheel, the second speaker generating a second signal to acoustically cancel noise produced by operation of the vehicle; a first controller configured to execute an active sound management algorithm to generate a first noise cancelling signal for the first speaker; a second controller configured to execute an active sound management algorithm to generate a second noise cancelling signal for the second speaker; and a master controller configured to coordinate signal calculations of the first controller and the second controller; wherein the apparatus is configured such that the first and second speakers (202, 204) are at times driven in mono.
A sensor node comprising: a sensor having a sensing material and at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209) in contact with the sensing material, the sensing material configured to be in contact with an ambient environment; an environmental sensor configured to acquire one or more ambient parameters of the environment proximate to the sensor node, wherein the one or more ambient parameters include at least one of a temperature, pressure, or humidity; a communication circuit configured to be communicatively coupled to a remote system; and a controller circuit electrically coupled to the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209), the controller circuit is configured to: generate a stimulation waveform for applications to the sensing material of the sensor via the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209), receive an electrical signal from the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209) representative of an impedance response of the sensing material, receive the one or more ambient parameters; and control the communication circuit to transmit the impedance response to the remote system. a sensor having a sensing material and at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209) in contact with the sensing material, the sensing material configured to be in contact with an ambient environment; an environmental sensor configured to acquire one or more ambient parameters of the environment proximate to the sensor node, wherein the one or more ambient parameters include at least one of a temperature, pressure, or humidity; a communication circuit configured to be communicatively coupled to a remote system; and a controller circuit electrically coupled to the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209), the controller circuit is configured to: generate a stimulation waveform for applications to the sensing material of the sensor via the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209), receive an electrical signal from the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209) representative of an impedance response of the sensing material, receive the one or more ambient parameters; and control the communication circuit to transmit the impedance response to the remote system. generate a stimulation waveform for applications to the sensing material of the sensor via the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209), receive an electrical signal from the at least one pair of electrodes (208, 209) representative of an impedance response of the sensing material, receive the one or more ambient parameters; and control the communication circuit to transmit the impedance response to the remote system.