mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a body movable over a surface to be cleaned, the body including a plurality of feet; a suction source positioned in the body; a suction port in fluid communication with the suction source; and a dustpan attachment removably coupled to the body, the dustpan attachment including: a housing including a recess and a vacuum port fluidly coupled to the suction port; and characterised by comprising: a pair of flanges extending from the housing, wherein each flange is removably coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet; wherein when each of the pair of flanges is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet, the recess cooperates with the surface to form a suction channel having a suction inlet formed in a front of the housing and opening forwardly, wherein the suction inlet is in fluid communication with the suction port. a body movable over a surface to be cleaned, the body including a plurality of feet; a suction source positioned in the body; a suction port in fluid communication with the suction source; and a dustpan attachment removably coupled to the body, the dustpan attachment including: a housing including a recess and a vacuum port fluidly coupled to the suction port; and characterised by comprising: a pair of flanges extending from the housing, wherein each flange is removably coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet; wherein when each of the pair of flanges is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet, the recess cooperates with the surface to form a suction channel having a suction inlet formed in a front of the housing and opening forwardly, wherein the suction inlet is in fluid communication with the suction port. a housing including a recess and a vacuum port fluidly coupled to the suction port; and characterised by comprising: a pair of flanges extending from the housing, wherein each flange is removably coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet; wherein when each of the pair of flanges is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet, the recess cooperates with the surface to form a suction channel having a suction inlet formed in a front of the housing and opening forwardly, wherein the suction inlet is in fluid communication with the suction port. a pair of flanges extending from the housing, wherein each flange is removably coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet; wherein when each of the pair of flanges is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of feet, the recess cooperates with the surface to form a suction channel having a suction inlet formed in a front of the housing and opening forwardly, wherein the suction inlet is in fluid communication with the suction port.
A method for scanning of turbine blades (16, 16a, 100, 100a) in a scanning apparatus, each turbine blade having a leading edge (110, 110a) and a trailing edge (120, 120a) separated by blade surfaces, the method comprising: disposing the turbine blades (16, 16a, 100, 100a) on a support of the scanning apparatus, so that the turbine blades are positioned between an imaging beam emitting element and an imaging beam receiving element oppositely disposed to either side of the support, wherein the support is rotatable relative to the emitting and receiving elements about an axis of rotation to allow creation of an image from projections each taken at a different relative angle of rotation, the method being characterised by the turbine blades being positioned adjacent each other on the support in a configuration that reduces the variation in material thickness penetrated at the multiple relative angles of rotation; operating the scanning apparatus at the multiple relative angles of rotation to produce an image of the objects; the configuration comprising an alternate head to toe arrangement with the leading edge of one blade positioned adjacent to the trailing edge of the adjacent blade. operating the scanning apparatus at the multiple relative angles of rotation to produce an image of the objects; the configuration comprising an alternate head to toe arrangement with the leading edge of one blade positioned adjacent to the trailing edge of the adjacent blade.
Hall sensor comprising at least four sensor terminals (EXT_A, EXT_B, EXT_C, EXT_D) for connecting the Hall sensor and at least two Hall sensing elements (11, 12,..., 44) connected together, element terminals (A, B, C, D) of the Hall sensing elements (11, 12,..., 44) connected in between the sensor terminals (EXT_A, EXT_B, EXT_C, EXT_D), wherein - each of the Hall sensing elements (11, 12,..., 44) is configured to provide an individual sensor value between two of its element terminals (A, B, C, D), said two element terminals being sensing terminals; - the at least two Hall sensing elements (11, 12,..., 44) are of the same geometrical orientation and are distributed basically equally into two halves (B 1, B 2); - the Hall sensing elements of one half (B 1) are connected in an anti-serial fashion to the Hall sensing elements of the other half, such that the sensing terminals are connected in a serial fashion but with an opposite polarity, such that a difference value is electrically formed between two of the sensor terminals (EXT_A, EXT_B, EXT_C, EXT_D) resulting from the respective individual sensor values; and - the individual sensor values of the one half (B 1) form a minuend of the difference value and the individual sensor values of the other half (B 2) form a subtrahend of the difference value, such that the minuend and the subtrahend cancel out each other in case a homogeneous unidirectional magnetic field is applied to both halves (B 1, B 2). - each of the Hall sensing elements (11, 12,..., 44) is configured to provide an individual sensor value between two of its element terminals (A, B, C, D), said two element terminals being sensing terminals; - the at least two Hall sensing elements (11, 12,..., 44) are of the same geometrical orientation and are distributed basically equally into two halves (B 1, B 2); - the Hall sensing elements of one half (B 1) are connected in an anti-serial fashion to the Hall sensing elements of the other half, such that the sensing terminals are connected in a serial fashion but with an opposite polarity, such that a difference value is electrically formed between two of the sensor terminals (EXT_A, EXT_B, EXT_C, EXT_D) resulting from the respective individual sensor values; and - the individual sensor values of the one half (B 1) form a minuend of the difference value and the individual sensor values of the other half (B 2) form a subtrahend of the difference value, such that the minuend and the subtrahend cancel out each other in case a homogeneous unidirectional magnetic field is applied to both halves (B 1, B 2).
Method for perceptual spectral decoding of an audio signal, comprising the steps of: decoding spectral coefficients recovered from a binary flux into decoded spectral coefficients of an initial set of spectral coefficients; spectrum filling of said initial set of spectral coefficients into a set of reconstructed spectral coefficients; said spectrum filling comprising noise filling of spectral holes by setting spectral coefficients in said initial set of spectral coefficients that are not received in said binary flux, equal to elements derived from said decoded spectral coefficients; and converting said set of reconstructed spectral coefficients of a frequency domain into an audio signal of a time domain, characterised in that said noise filling in turn comprises creation of a spectral codebook by concatenating the perceptually relevant spectral coefficients of said decoded spectral coefficients, whereby said noise filling of spectral holes comprises setting of spectral coefficients in said initial set of spectral coefficients equal to elements selected from said spectral codebook according to at least one criterion; one of the at least one criterion being selecting elements from said spectral codebook in index order starting from the low frequency end, wherein indices i are assigned to the spectral coefficients and indices j are assigned to the elements of the spectral codebook, wherein the spectral holes are blindly filled by increasing the index j as much as the index i, and by a cyclic use of the spectral codebook if there are more spectral holes than elements in the spectral codebook. decoding spectral coefficients recovered from a binary flux into decoded spectral coefficients of an initial set of spectral coefficients; spectrum filling of said initial set of spectral coefficients into a set of reconstructed spectral coefficients; said spectrum filling comprising noise filling of spectral holes by setting spectral coefficients in said initial set of spectral coefficients that are not received in said binary flux, equal to elements derived from said decoded spectral coefficients; and converting said set of reconstructed spectral coefficients of a frequency domain into an audio signal of a time domain, said noise filling in turn comprises creation of a spectral codebook by concatenating the perceptually relevant spectral coefficients of said decoded spectral coefficients, whereby said noise filling of spectral holes comprises setting of spectral coefficients in said initial set of spectral coefficients equal to elements selected from said spectral codebook according to at least one criterion; one of the at least one criterion being selecting elements from said spectral codebook in index order starting from the low frequency end, wherein indices i are assigned to the spectral coefficients and indices j are assigned to the elements of the spectral codebook, wherein the spectral holes are blindly filled by increasing the index j as much as the index i, and by a cyclic use of the spectral codebook if there are more spectral holes than elements in the spectral codebook.
A security device for securing a jack plug during retail display of a product fitted with a jack plug, the security device comprising: a jack plug socket for engagement with a jack plug and operable to lock a jack plug in said engagement so as to prevent withdrawal of the jack plug, an input for receiving electrical signals, the input being electrically connected to the jack plug socket so that electrical signals received at the input are transmitted to the jack plug socket for transmission of the electrical signals from the jack plug socket to a jack plug locked in engagement within the jack plug socket and for onward transmission of the electrical signals to a product connected to the jack plug, and an attachment for attaching the security device to a fixture, the jack plug socket comprising a locking member moveable between a locking position and a release position for release of a jack plug from the jack plug socket, the locking member being lockable in the locking position in engagement with a tip of a jack plug to effect said locking of the jack plug in said engagement with the jack plug socket, characterised in that the jack plug socket also comprises a rotatable control member which interacts with the locking member, the rotatable control member being rotatable between a first stop at which the locking member is locked in the locking position and a second stop at which the locking member is in the release position.
A catheter assembly comprising: an inner needle; a catheter through which the inner needle extends; a catheter hub configured to retain the catheter; and a needle cover that accommodates the inner needle when the inner needle is withdrawn from the catheter, characterized in that the needle cover comprises: an inner tube configured to be attached to and detached from the catheter hub, the inner tube comprising a stopper portion, and an outer tube configured to cover at least a portion of the inner tube, and to move relative to the inner tube when the inner needle is withdrawn, wherein the stopper portion is configured to prevent relative movement between the inner tube and the outer tube by being disposed in a standby position proximate to a radially outer side of the inner tube, in a state in which the inner needle extends through the catheter, and wherein the stopper portion is configured to slide to an inner needle blocking position accompanying relative movement of the outer tube with respect to the inner tube when the inner needle is withdrawn. an inner needle; a catheter through which the inner needle extends; a catheter hub configured to retain the catheter; and a needle cover that accommodates the inner needle when the inner needle is withdrawn from the catheter, characterized in that the needle cover comprises: an inner tube configured to be attached to and detached from the catheter hub, the inner tube comprising a stopper portion, and an outer tube configured to cover at least a portion of the inner tube, and to move relative to the inner tube when the inner needle is withdrawn, an inner tube configured to be attached to and detached from the catheter hub, the inner tube comprising a stopper portion, and an outer tube configured to cover at least a portion of the inner tube, and to move relative to the inner tube when the inner needle is withdrawn, wherein the stopper portion is configured to prevent relative movement between the inner tube and the outer tube by being disposed in a standby position proximate to a radially outer side of the inner tube, in a state in which the inner needle extends through the catheter, and wherein the stopper portion is configured to slide to an inner needle blocking position accompanying relative movement of the outer tube with respect to the inner tube when the inner needle is withdrawn.
Process for the regeneration of waste oils, comprising a step of flash distillation of the oil to be regenerated, a step of decanting of the heavy fraction, a step of distillation in a packed distillation column, allowing to produce an oil fraction suitable for being sent to hydrorefining and a bitumen fraction, characterised in that the bitumen fraction is ground, the liquid fraction obtained after grinding being separated and collected as bitumen and the remaining solid fraction being separated and recycled to said step of decanting of the heavy fraction.
A pharmaceutical composition for nasal administration comprising: (a) a benzodiazepine drug, (b) one or more natural or synthetic tocopherols or tocotrienols, or any combinations thereof, in an amount from about 30% to about 95% (w/w); and (c) one or more alcohols or glycols, or any combinations thereof, in an amount from about 15% to about 55% (w/w), in a pharmaceutically-acceptable formulation for administration to one or more nasal mucosal membranes of a patient. (a) a benzodiazepine drug, (b) one or more natural or synthetic tocopherols or tocotrienols, or any combinations thereof, in an amount from about 30% to about 95% (w/w); and (c) one or more alcohols or glycols, or any combinations thereof, in an amount from about 15% to about 55% (w/w),
An aerogenerator comprising: - a turbine comprising an impeller that is rotatable about a rotation axis under the thrust of an operating fluid; - a generator comprising a rotor driven in rotation by said impeller; - at least one static converter electrically connected to said generator; - adjusting means for adjusting the operation of the aerogenerator in response to variations in the operating fluid flow; said generator being coaxial to said impeller; said turbine comprising a structure defining a pipe and supporting an assembly, which is defined by a stator, the whole of said impeller and said generator, characterized in that said assembly is rotatable with respect to said structure about an adjustment axis by means of hinge devices mounted on the walls of the pipe, the impeller defining a circular front surface and being housed inside the pipe; protection means being provided to let automatically rotate said assembly about said adjustment axis when the intensity of the operating fluid exceeds a certain limit; wherein said protection means comprise an arrangement of said adjustment axis in a tangential direction with respect to said rotation axis and in a position radially spaced from said rotation axis. - a turbine comprising an impeller that is rotatable about a rotation axis under the thrust of an operating fluid; - a generator comprising a rotor driven in rotation by said impeller; - at least one static converter electrically connected to said generator; - adjusting means for adjusting the operation of the aerogenerator in response to variations in the operating fluid flow;
Aluminium hydroxide ("ATH") particles having a median pore radius ("r 50 ") in the range of from 0.09 to 0.33 μm, a BET, as determined by DIN-66132, in. the range of from 1 to 15 m 2 /g, and a maximum specific pore volume ("V max ") in the range of from 300 to 480 mm 3 /g.
Method for amplifying a target nucleic acid, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing a sample fluid containing the target nucleic acid in a reaction container and at least one local heating element in direct contact with the sample fluid; b) providing magnetic microparticles in the sample fluid, wherein the magnetic microparticles are each functionalized with at least one primer for amplifying the target nucleic acid; c) hybridizing the target nucleic acid with at least one of the primers functionalized on the magnetic microparticles; d) providing a magnetic field in the reaction container such that at least some of the magnetic microparticles with the target nucleic acid hybridized thereto attach to the local heating element; e) removing the sample fluid from the reaction container; f) performing one or more washing steps to which the reaction container is subjected; g) providing a reaction solution for performing an amplification reaction of the target nucleic acid in the reaction container; h) locally heating the reaction solution to a denaturation temperature by means of the local heating element in the region in which the magnetic microparticles are attached to the local heating element, wherein a heating period of the local heating element for locally heating the reaction solution to the denaturation temperature is not more than 20 ms per denaturation step. a) providing a sample fluid containing the target nucleic acid in a reaction container and at least one local heating element in direct contact with the sample fluid; b) providing magnetic microparticles in the sample fluid, wherein the magnetic microparticles are each functionalized with at least one primer for amplifying the target nucleic acid; c) hybridizing the target nucleic acid with at least one of the primers functionalized on the magnetic microparticles; d) providing a magnetic field in the reaction container such that at least some of the magnetic microparticles with the target nucleic acid hybridized thereto attach to the local heating element; e) removing the sample fluid from the reaction container; f) performing one or more washing steps to which the reaction container is subjected; g) providing a reaction solution for performing an amplification reaction of the target nucleic acid in the reaction container; h) locally heating the reaction solution to a denaturation temperature by means of the local heating element in the region in which the magnetic microparticles are attached to the local heating element, wherein a heating period of the local heating element for locally heating the reaction solution to the denaturation temperature is not more than 20 ms per denaturation step.
A method of assisting operation of a vehicle, the method comprising: obtaining a transcription of an audio communication with respect to the vehicle; generating a conversation log graphical user interface display (400, 500) comprising a graphical representation (404, 406) of the transcription of the audio communication; receiving a data message from a system onboard the vehicle; generating a graphical representation of the data message within the conversation log GUI display, wherein: the graphical representation of the data message comprises a selectable element associated with the data message; the graphical representation of the data message and the graphical representation of the transcription of the audio communication are concurrently displayed on the conversation log GUI display; and the graphical representation of the data message is positioned with respect to the graphical representation of the transcription of the audio communication in accordance with a timestamp associated with the data message; and dynamically updating the conversation log GUI display in response to selection of the selectable element. obtaining a transcription of an audio communication with respect to the vehicle; generating a conversation log graphical user interface display (400, 500) comprising a graphical representation (404, 406) of the transcription of the audio communication; receiving a data message from a system onboard the vehicle; generating a graphical representation of the data message within the conversation log GUI display, wherein: the graphical representation of the data message comprises a selectable element associated with the data message; the graphical representation of the data message and the graphical representation of the transcription of the audio communication are concurrently displayed on the conversation log GUI display; and the graphical representation of the data message is positioned with respect to the graphical representation of the transcription of the audio communication in accordance with a timestamp associated with the data message; and the graphical representation of the data message comprises a selectable element associated with the data message; the graphical representation of the data message and the graphical representation of the transcription of the audio communication are concurrently displayed on the conversation log GUI display; and the graphical representation of the data message is positioned with respect to the graphical representation of the transcription of the audio communication in accordance with a timestamp associated with the data message; and dynamically updating the conversation log GUI display in response to selection of the selectable element.
A hammer work tool, comprising: a housing having a housing opening, a housing rim defining the housing opening, and a locking tab protruding from the housing rim; a power cell enclosed inside the housing, the power cell including a valve body and an accumulator; a tool member operatively associated with the power cell; and a dust cover, characterised in that the dust cover further comprises: a plate having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a perimeter; a plurality of interior ribs extending from the interior surface; a handle extending from the exterior surface; a groove circumscribing a majority of the perimeter; and a locking tab receiver; wherein the groove is configured to receive the housing rim and the locking tab receiver is configured to receive the locking tab. a housing having a housing opening, a housing rim defining the housing opening, and a locking tab protruding from the housing rim; a power cell enclosed inside the housing, the power cell including a valve body and an accumulator; a tool member operatively associated with the power cell; and a dust cover, a plate having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a perimeter; a plurality of interior ribs extending from the interior surface; a handle extending from the exterior surface; a groove circumscribing a majority of the perimeter; and a locking tab receiver; wherein the groove is configured to receive the housing rim and the locking tab receiver is configured to receive the locking tab.