mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus for drying or concentrating a raw material which at ambient conditions has a solid and aqueous portion including: (a) a chamber (2, 202) and a chamber pressure reduction device; and, (b) at least one inlet nozzle (10, 101, 205) through which the raw material is injected into the chamber; (c) at least one collection surface (8, 105, 201) which collects a frozen portion of the raw material: and, wherein the pressure reduction device maintains the chamber at a pressure below at least the triple-point pressure of the aqueous portion of the raw material, to cause the injected raw material to separate into a frozen portion and a first evaporated portion (5A, 5B); wherein the frozen portion is collected on at least one collection surface and accumulated as a layer (7, 204) on the surface or surfaces; and, characterised in that the inlet nozzle or nozzles are attached to a pivoting arm or arms which are attached to at least one actuator that moves the arm or arms through a pre-set course such that the inlet nozzle or nozzles move across the collection surface during operation and spray an arc or arcs of raw material onto the collection surface. (a) a chamber (2, 202) and a chamber pressure reduction device; and, (b) at least one inlet nozzle (10, 101, 205) through which the raw material is injected into the chamber; (c) at least one collection surface (8, 105, 201) which collects a frozen portion of the raw material: and, wherein the pressure reduction device maintains the chamber at a pressure below at least the triple-point pressure of the aqueous portion of the raw material, to cause the injected raw material to separate into a frozen portion and a first evaporated portion (5A, 5B); wherein the frozen portion is collected on at least one collection surface and accumulated as a layer (7, 204) on the surface or surfaces; and, characterised in that the inlet nozzle or nozzles are attached to a pivoting arm or arms which are attached to at least one actuator that moves the arm or arms through a pre-set course such that the inlet nozzle or nozzles move across the collection surface during operation and spray an arc or arcs of raw material onto the collection surface.
A pet feeding system comprising: a housing comprising a first reservoir and a second reservoir, the first reservoir being disposed above the second reservoir; the first reservoir defining a contained feeding area having a bowl region that holds a food bowl and a water bowl, said housing comprising means for filtering spilled food from spilled water, wherein the means for filtering comprise a plurality of holes, wherein the holes are sized such that the spilled food remains in the contained feeding area but the spilled water passes through the holes; the pet feeding system being characterized in that the housing has a base with a sloped surface, the sloped surface having the bowl region and sloping downward from the bowl region to the means for filtering spilled food from spilled water.
A rotation body supporting apparatus, comprising: a supporting shaft (10,120) to rotatably support a rotation body (3,110) and to have one of a fixing groove or fixing projection formed at one portion of the supporting shaft that projects from one end of the rotation body; a first shaft supporting member to support the one portion of the supporting shaft that projects from the one end of the rotation body and to have a supporting groove formed in a shape corresponding to a cross-section of the fixing groove or projection formed in the supporting shaft, the supporting groove therefore having a corresponding fixing projection or groove that is inserted into the fixing groove (11,121) or fixing projection of the supporting shaft; and a second shaft supporting member to support the other portion of the supporting shaft that projects from an other end of the rotation body; wherein when the fixing projection is inserted into the fixing groove, the supporting shaft cannot rotate with respect to the rotation body. a supporting shaft (10,120) to rotatably support a rotation body (3,110) and to have one of a fixing groove or fixing projection formed at one portion of the supporting shaft that projects from one end of the rotation body; a first shaft supporting member to support the one portion of the supporting shaft that projects from the one end of the rotation body and to have a supporting groove formed in a shape corresponding to a cross-section of the fixing groove or projection formed in the supporting shaft, the supporting groove therefore having a corresponding fixing projection or groove that is inserted into the fixing groove (11,121) or fixing projection of the supporting shaft; and a second shaft supporting member to support the other portion of the supporting shaft that projects from an other end of the rotation body; wherein when the fixing projection is inserted into the fixing groove, the supporting shaft cannot rotate with respect to the rotation body.
Method of detecting the redispersion of particles into a solution by means of Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) comprising the following steps: a) providing a sensor surface with dry particles; b) illuminating the sensor surface with light along a first optical path and detecting the light reflected by the sensor surface, wherein the angle between first optical path and sensor surface fulfils the condition of total internal reflection; c) providing a liquid to a volume in contact with the sensor surface; d) detecting the reflected light while the dry particles redisperse into the liquid; e) analyzing the total amount of redispersed particles, and/or a the rate of the redispersion of the particles in the fluid. a) providing a sensor surface with dry particles; b) illuminating the sensor surface with light along a first optical path and detecting the light reflected by the sensor surface, wherein the angle between first optical path and sensor surface fulfils the condition of total internal reflection; c) providing a liquid to a volume in contact with the sensor surface; d) detecting the reflected light while the dry particles redisperse into the liquid; e) analyzing the total amount of redispersed particles, and/or a the rate of the redispersion of the particles in the fluid.
A decoding apparatus decoding a spectrum code for each frame in a predetermined time section to obtain a frequency spectrum sequence of a decoded sound signal, the decoding apparatus comprising: a decoding part decoding the spectrum code to obtain a frequency-domain spectrum sequence on an assumption that bits are not assigned to a part of a low side of the spectrum code, if inputted information indicating whether a hissing sound or not indicates being a hissing sound, and, otherwise, decoding the spectrum code to obtain the frequency-domain spectrum sequence on an assumption that bits are not assigned to a part of a high side of the spectrum code; and a fricative sound compatible bandwidth extending part performing bandwidth extension to a low side for the frequency-domain spectrum sequence obtained by the decoding part to obtain the frequency spectrum sequence of the decoded sound signal, if the inputted information indicating whether a hissing sound or not indicates being a hissing sound, and, otherwise, performing bandwidth extension to a high side for the frequency-domain spectrum sequence obtained by the decoding part to obtain the frequency spectrum sequence of the decoded sound signal. a decoding part decoding the spectrum code to obtain a frequency-domain spectrum sequence on an assumption that bits are not assigned to a part of a low side of the spectrum code, if inputted information indicating whether a hissing sound or not indicates being a hissing sound, and, otherwise, decoding the spectrum code to obtain the frequency-domain spectrum sequence on an assumption that bits are not assigned to a part of a high side of the spectrum code; and a fricative sound compatible bandwidth extending part performing bandwidth extension to a low side for the frequency-domain spectrum sequence obtained by the decoding part to obtain the frequency spectrum sequence of the decoded sound signal, if the inputted information indicating whether a hissing sound or not indicates being a hissing sound, and, otherwise, performing bandwidth extension to a high side for the frequency-domain spectrum sequence obtained by the decoding part to obtain the frequency spectrum sequence of the decoded sound signal.
A method performed by a base station comprising: determining, by the base station and for a first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers (411, 412, 413), a first order; receiving, by the base station and from a user equipment, a transmission of a transport block, the transmission using the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers; attempting to decode the transport block from the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers by combining, by the base station, the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers in the determined first order; determining, by the base station, that combining the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers in the determined first order fails to decode the transport block from the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers; determining (510; 820), by the base station and for a second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers, a second order, the second order being different from the first order; receiving, by the base station and from the user equipment, a retransmission of the transport block, the retransmission using the second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers; and attempting to decode the transport block from the second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers by combining (514; 835), by the base station, the second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers in the determined second order. determining, by the base station and for a first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers (411, 412, 413), a first order; receiving, by the base station and from a user equipment, a transmission of a transport block, the transmission using the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers; attempting to decode the transport block from the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers by combining, by the base station, the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers in the determined first order; determining, by the base station, that combining the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers in the determined first order fails to decode the transport block from the first plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers; determining (510; 820), by the base station and for a second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers, a second order, the second order being different from the first order; receiving, by the base station and from the user equipment, a retransmission of the transport block, the retransmission using the second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers; and attempting to decode the transport block from the second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers by combining (514; 835), by the base station, the second plurality of non-orthogonal multiple access layers in the determined second order.
A gas generator for a restraining apparatus comprising: a housing having a gas discharge port; an inner tube member provided inside the housing; an ignition device arranged on a side of a bottom portion of the housing inside the inner tube member; a solid gas generating agent stored in a combustion chamber surrounding the inner tube member; and an adsorbent being arranged inside the housing, characterized in that the adsorbent is separated from the solid gas generating agent and stored in a cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240), the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) being arranged such that a gap that enables a gas to fluidly communicate inside with outside of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) is formed between an opening portion of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) and a ceiling portion of the housing or a member arranged on the ceiling portion of the housing, and a bottom portion side of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) being inserted such that at least a part of an outer circumferential wall surface of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) directly opposes an inner circumferential wall surface of the inner tube member, wherein at activation of the gas generator, the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) being moved by an impact generated by the ignition device and abutting against the ceiling portion of the housing or the member arranged on the ceiling portion of the housing to close the opening portion. a housing having a gas discharge port; an inner tube member provided inside the housing; an ignition device arranged on a side of a bottom portion of the housing inside the inner tube member; a solid gas generating agent stored in a combustion chamber surrounding the inner tube member; and an adsorbent being arranged inside the housing, characterized in that the adsorbent is separated from the solid gas generating agent and stored in a cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240), the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) being arranged such that a gap that enables a gas to fluidly communicate inside with outside of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) is formed between an opening portion of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) and a ceiling portion of the housing or a member arranged on the ceiling portion of the housing, and a bottom portion side of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) being inserted such that at least a part of an outer circumferential wall surface of the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) directly opposes an inner circumferential wall surface of the inner tube member, wherein at activation of the gas generator, the cup-shaped container (40; 140; 240) being moved by an impact generated by the ignition device and abutting against the ceiling portion of the housing or the member arranged on the ceiling portion of the housing to close the opening portion.
An inlet manifold for a multi-tube pulse detonation engine, comprising: a vaneless diffuser disposed in a first aerodynamic zone, said vaneless diffuser configured to collect air discharged from a compressor and direct it into a second aerodynamic zone; a vaned diffuser including a plurality of guide vanes disposed in the second aerodynamic zone, said vaned diffuser configured to slow air from the vaneless diffuser; a structure defining a plenum disposed in a third aerodynamic zone, said plenum sized to provide a location where the air can continue to flow into a next manifold when an air valve for the pulse detonation tube closes in a preceding manifold; and a splitter disposed in a fourth aerodynamic zone, said splitter configured to split the air from the compressor into an airflow required by each pulse detonation tube for detonation, wherein said air includes a combustion air and a bypass air; and characterised in that the inlet manifold further comprises a plurality of bleed ports each of which is disposed in the fourth aerodynamic zone. a vaneless diffuser disposed in a first aerodynamic zone, said vaneless diffuser configured to collect air discharged from a compressor and direct it into a second aerodynamic zone; a vaned diffuser including a plurality of guide vanes disposed in the second aerodynamic zone, said vaned diffuser configured to slow air from the vaneless diffuser; a structure defining a plenum disposed in a third aerodynamic zone, said plenum sized to provide a location where the air can continue to flow into a next manifold when an air valve for the pulse detonation tube closes in a preceding manifold; and a splitter disposed in a fourth aerodynamic zone, said splitter configured to split the air from the compressor into an airflow required by each pulse detonation tube for detonation, wherein said air includes a combustion air and a bypass air; and characterised in that the inlet manifold further comprises a plurality of bleed ports each of which is disposed in the fourth aerodynamic zone.
A method for purifying a carrier gas which comprises oxygenated impurities in a first degree of oxidation, the purification method comprising the circulation, advantageously uninterrupted, of the carrier gas through and in a direction XX' of a filter, the filter being made of an oxygen trapping material which has a redox potential E°, and a first portion of which is in a reduced redox state and within which the oxygenated impurities are trapped and/or pass from the first degree of oxidation to a second degree of oxidation, in which the oxygen trapping material is a ceramic which has an open porosity, the method being characterised in that it further comprises the application to the filter of an electrical potential ΔV which is higher, in absolute value, than the redox potential E° during a main purification cycle CP.
An image processing device comprising: a generation section configured to generate, from an 8x8 quantization matrix, a 32x32 quantization matrix corresponding to a 32x32 transform unit by duplicating one of a first element and a second element adjacent to each other in the 8x8 quantization matrix as an element between the first element and the second element in the 32x32 quantization matrix; and a quantization section configured to quantize transform coefficient data for image data using the 32x32 quantization matrix generated by the generation section. a generation section configured to generate, from an 8x8 quantization matrix, a 32x32 quantization matrix corresponding to a 32x32 transform unit by duplicating one of a first element and a second element adjacent to each other in the 8x8 quantization matrix as an element between the first element and the second element in the 32x32 quantization matrix; and a quantization section configured to quantize transform coefficient data for image data using the 32x32 quantization matrix generated by the generation section.
A mammalian retinal pigment epithelial stem cell (RPESC) that is self renewing and capable of differentiating into a plurality of cell types, including retinal pigment epithelium and mesodermal lineages, expresses one or more markers selected from the group consisting of SSEA-4, Sox2, KLF4 and c-Myc, expresses one or more markers selected from the group consisting of RPE65, MitF, Cralbp, Otx2 and Bestrophin, and does not express CHX10. self renewing and capable of differentiating into a plurality of cell types, including retinal pigment epithelium and mesodermal lineages, expresses one or more markers selected from the group consisting of SSEA-4, Sox2, KLF4 and c-Myc, expresses one or more markers selected from the group consisting of RPE65, MitF, Cralbp, Otx2 and Bestrophin, and does not express CHX10.
A phonon parametric oscillator comprising a laser for periodically emitting brief optical pulses, said pulses have a duration of about a few tens of femtoseconds to a few hundred femtoseconds; an assembly (11, 12) for generating acoustic pulses and a medium for coupling the acoustic pulses to an object, said coupling medium allowing said acoustic pulses passing through said coupling medium to reach the object, the assembly for generating acoustic pulses comprising an entrance face, an exit face, a conversion medium for converting the brief optical pulses into acoustic pulses and a propagation medium for propagating said acoustic pulses, the entrance and exit faces being reflective to the acoustic pulses, the propagation medium having a defined thickness, the exit face making contact with the coupling medium, characterized in that the round-trip time of an acoustic pulse due to reflection from the entrance and exit faces, is equal to the emission period (-c) of the laser, so that the reflected acoustic pulse is in phase with the following acoustic pulse.
An electrically heated catalyst comprising: a catalyst carrier that carries a catalyst and is configured for being electrically energized to generate heat so that said catalyst is heated by the generation of heat; a case that receives said catalyst carrier therein; an insulating support member that is arranged between said catalyst carrier and said case for supporting said catalyst carrier and insulating electricity; an inner pipe that is a tubular member which is inserted into said insulating support member so as to be located between said catalyst carrier and said case, wherein said inner pipe has two ends wherein one of the ends protrudes into an exhaust gas from an end face of said insulating support member, and said inner pipe has an electrically insulating layer formed on an entire surface thereof, or said inner pipe is formed of an electrically insulating material; and a catalyst having an oxidation function that covers at least an outer peripheral surface of an end of said inner pipe protruding into the exhaust gas from the end face of said insulating support member, except for a predetermined range which is in contact with the end face of said insulating support member. a catalyst carrier that carries a catalyst and is configured for being electrically energized to generate heat so that said catalyst is heated by the generation of heat; a case that receives said catalyst carrier therein; an insulating support member that is arranged between said catalyst carrier and said case for supporting said catalyst carrier and insulating electricity; an inner pipe that is a tubular member which is inserted into said insulating support member so as to be located between said catalyst carrier and said case, wherein said inner pipe has two ends wherein one of the ends protrudes into an exhaust gas from an end face of said insulating support member, and said inner pipe has an electrically insulating layer formed on an entire surface thereof, or said inner pipe is formed of an electrically insulating material; and a catalyst having an oxidation function that covers at least an outer peripheral surface of an end of said inner pipe protruding into the exhaust gas from the end face of said insulating support member, except for a predetermined range which is in contact with the end face of said insulating support member.
A structure for a motor vehicle, especially a passenger vehicle, with an end wall limiting a passenger cell to the front, which end wall extends between lateral vehicle columns of the structure, wherein a carrier element is supported on a front side of the end wall, which carrier element extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle and at least partly covers the vehicle columns, wherein at least one support element (48, 50) is provided, which is supported on the carrier element, on a side sill and on a tunnel element of the structure, which is spaced apart inwardly in the transverse direction of the vehicle from the side sill, characterised in the tunnel element is formed by a first base face element of a vehicle base of the structure comprising at least a second base face element (16, 18), wherein the base face elements (14, 16, 18) are arranged one above the other in the vehicle height direction with the formation of at least one receiving space (23, 24), and wherein the support element (48, 50) is received, at least in regions, in the receiving space (23, 24).
A biaxially oriented film comprising a layer comprising a propylene polymer composition comprising (i) from 90 to 99.99 % by weight of a high isotactic homopolymer of propylene having a content of isotactic pentad fraction of from 93 to 98 % and a melt flow rate MFR 2 of from 0.5 to 10 g/10 min; and (ii) from 0.0000001 to 0.01 % by weight of a polymeric α-nucleating agent; optionally, (iii) from 0 to 9.99 % by weight of a propylene homo- or copolymer other than (i); and (iv) from 0.01 to 1.0 % by weight of conventional additives, the percentages being based on the weight of the propylene polymer composition.