mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Assembly for a drug delivery device comprising - a housing body having a longitudinal axis; - a drive assembly having a drive member (2, 5), the drive member (2, 5) being configured to be axially displaced with respect to the housing body during operation of the drive assembly for setting and/or dispensing a dose of the drug; and - a display assembly having a display and exactly one indicator element, the indicator element being axially displaceable with respect to the housing body along the longitudinal axis or the indicator element being rotationally displaceable with respect to the housing body around a rotational axis which is inclined to the longitudinal axis; wherein - the display is configured such that it displays a first state when the indicator element is in a first position and switches to a second state when the indicator element is displaced away from the first position, and the drive assembly is configured such that the drive member (2, 5) transfers a force to the indicator element which force displaces the indicator element away from the first position when the drive assembly is operated for a first time, wherein the drive assembly is configured for dispensing a small amount of the drug when it is operated for the first time, wherein the drive assembly is configured such that the indicator element remains displaced away from the first position when the drive assembly is subsequently operated for a second time, and characterised in that the display comprises a window in the housing body and the indicator element is positioned such that it cannot be seen through the window when the window displays the second state such that no indicator element is visible through the window in the second state, and the indicator element is visible through the window to display the first state. - a housing body having a longitudinal axis; - a drive assembly having a drive member (2, 5), the drive member (2, 5) being configured to be axially displaced with respect to the housing body during operation of the drive assembly for setting and/or dispensing a dose of the drug; and - a display assembly having a display and exactly one indicator element, the indicator element being axially displaceable with respect to the housing body along the longitudinal axis or the indicator element being rotationally displaceable with respect to the housing body around a rotational axis which is inclined to the longitudinal axis; - the display is configured such that it displays a first state when the indicator element is in a first position and switches to a second state when the indicator element is displaced away from the first position, and
A microorganism from the species Ensifer adhaerens having nematicidal activity on a nematode from the genus Meloidogyne, wherein the microorganism is selected from the group consisting of: (i) E. adhaerens strain B742, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with accession number CECT 8809, (ii) E. adhaerens strain B758, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with accession number CECT 8810, and (iii) E. adhaerens strain B760, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with accession number CECT 8808, or a mutant of said microorganism maintaining said nematicidal activity, wherein the mutant has a genome having a sequence identity of at least 95% with the genome of one of the strains B742, B758 or B760 of E. adhaerens. (i) E. adhaerens strain B742, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with accession number CECT 8809, (ii) E. adhaerens strain B758, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with accession number CECT 8810, and (iii) E. adhaerens strain B760, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with accession number CECT 8808,
A sealing device comprising: a sliding lip (14, 15) which seals so as to prevent muddy water or salt water in a machine outside A from entering into a machine inside B; and a labyrinth lip is provided at the machine outside A of the sliding lip (14, 15) which makes said muddy water or the salt water hard to reach said sliding lip, wherein a notch portion is provided in a leading end portion of said labyrinth lip, characterized in that the lip material is made of conducitve or low conductive rubber material so that said notch portion functions for absorbing swelling of said labyrinth lip when said labyrinth lip is exposed to said muddy water or the salt water and is swollen. a sliding lip (14, 15) which seals so as to prevent muddy water or salt water in a machine outside A from entering into a machine inside B; and a labyrinth lip is provided at the machine outside A of the sliding lip (14, 15) which makes said muddy water or the salt water hard to reach said sliding lip, wherein a notch portion is provided in a leading end portion of said labyrinth lip, characterized in that the lip material is made of conducitve or low conductive rubber material so that said notch portion functions for absorbing swelling of said labyrinth lip when said labyrinth lip is exposed to said muddy water or the salt water and is swollen.
A handle for a personal care implement, whereby the handle comprises a connector for repeatedly attaching and detaching a head to and from the handle, the handle further comprising: - a core structure, the core structure and the connector being unitarily made to form a core-connector unit, and - a second component at least partially covering the core structure, characterized in that a circular collar is unitarily formed with the core-connector unit between the connector and core structure. - a core structure, the core structure and the connector being unitarily made to form a core-connector unit, and - a second component at least partially covering the core structure,
A surgical stapler comprising: a shaft portion; a tool assembly supported on a distal end of the shaft portion, the tool assembly including an anvil and a cartridge assembly (182, 180), the cartridge assembly including a cartridge body having at least one leg defining a plurality of notches and a plurality of staples, each of the staples having a backspan and a pair of curved legs connected to the backspan, the backspan of each of the plurality of staples being rotatably supported within a respective notch of the plurality of notches; and at least one firing cam (138a, 138b) including a distal end defining a cam member, the cam member being movable within the tool assembly into sequential engagement with each of the plurality of staples, wherein engagement between the cam member and a staple of the plurality of staples effects rotational movement of the staple to fire the staple from the cartridge body, wherein the cam member of the at least one firing cam (138a, 138b) includes a first cam surface and a second cam surface, the first cam surface being positioned to engage one curved leg of the pair of curved legs of each of the plurality of staples and the second cam surface being positioned to engage the other curved leg of the pair of curved legs of each of the plurality of staples. a shaft portion; a tool assembly supported on a distal end of the shaft portion, the tool assembly including an anvil and a cartridge assembly (182, 180), the cartridge assembly including a cartridge body having at least one leg defining a plurality of notches and a plurality of staples, each of the staples having a backspan and a pair of curved legs connected to the backspan, the backspan of each of the plurality of staples being rotatably supported within a respective notch of the plurality of notches; and at least one firing cam (138a, 138b) including a distal end defining a cam member, the cam member being movable within the tool assembly into sequential engagement with each of the plurality of staples, wherein engagement between the cam member and a staple of the plurality of staples effects rotational movement of the staple to fire the staple from the cartridge body, wherein the cam member of the at least one firing cam (138a, 138b) includes a first cam surface and a second cam surface, the first cam surface being positioned to engage one curved leg of the pair of curved legs of each of the plurality of staples and the second cam surface being positioned to engage the other curved leg of the pair of curved legs of each of the plurality of staples.
An oligonucleotide which targets a Collagen gene natural antisense transcript for use as a therapeutic compound, wherein the oligonucleotide modulates the expression of the Collagen gene and wherein the natural antisense transcript has the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in one of SEQ ID NOs: 4-9.
A method of repairing a vehicle windscreen, comprising: inserting a repair resin into a repair zone, wherein the resin includes a photoinitiator that activates when exposed to light of an activation wavelength, wherein the activation wavelength is between 370nm and 425nm; and curing the resin by emitting light including light within the activation wavelength range onto the repair zone; characterised in that; at least 80 %wt of the resin is not reactive to UV light; and 1 to 5%wt of the resin activates upon exposure to light of the activation wavelength; providing for enhanced curing of the resin. inserting a repair resin into a repair zone, wherein the resin includes a photoinitiator that activates when exposed to light of an activation wavelength, wherein the activation wavelength is between 370nm and 425nm; and curing the resin by emitting light including light within the activation wavelength range onto the repair zone; characterised in that; at least 80 %wt of the resin is not reactive to UV light; and 1 to 5%wt of the resin activates upon exposure to light of the activation wavelength; providing for enhanced curing of the resin.
A method of performing a shear test using a test tool, the method comprising: providing a surface with an aperture formed in the surface; indexing a wire through the aperture to protrude past the surface; contacting the portion of a wire protruding past the surface with the test tool to shear the portion of the wire off the remainder of the wire; measuring the shear load applied to the test tool by the portion of the wire while the portion of the wire is being sheared off by the test tool; and comparing the measured shear force with a shear force measured by a different test tool which was brought into contact with and sheared off another portion of the wire. providing a surface with an aperture formed in the surface; indexing a wire through the aperture to protrude past the surface; contacting the portion of a wire protruding past the surface with the test tool to shear the portion of the wire off the remainder of the wire; measuring the shear load applied to the test tool by the portion of the wire while the portion of the wire is being sheared off by the test tool; and comparing the measured shear force with a shear force measured by a different test tool which was brought into contact with and sheared off another portion of the wire.
Method for filling a container with a filling product, comprising sealingly connecting a filling body to the container interior of the container to be filled, subjecting the container interior to a negative pressure and subjecting the container interior to a flushing gas, wherein the flushing gas is introduced into the container interior in pulses while the container interior is continuously subjected to a negative pressure, characterised in that the container interior is simultaneously pressurised with the negative pressure and the first pulse of the flushing gas. the flushing gas is introduced into the container interior in pulses while the container interior is continuously subjected to a negative pressure, characterised in that the container interior is simultaneously pressurised with the negative pressure and the first pulse of the flushing gas.
A chromatic dispersion compensation filter, comprising: a frequency transform filter configured to process at least two multi-bit sample streams corresponding to a polarization component (I X, Qx) of a received optical signal to compute an array representative of a spectrum of the received optical signal; a plurality of frequency domain filters (244a, 244b) configured to filter the array output from the frequency transform filter to derive a modified array, each frequency domain filter configured to apply a selected chromatic dispersion compensating filter function to a respective frequency component of the array; and an inverse frequency transform filter configured to derive a time domain output signal based on the modified array; characterized in that a length of each frequency domain filter (244a, 244b) is variable and each frequency domain filter (244a, 244b, 400) comprises a constant delay line, a variable delay line and a multiply-accumulate module. a frequency transform filter configured to process at least two multi-bit sample streams corresponding to a polarization component (I X, Qx) of a received optical signal to compute an array representative of a spectrum of the received optical signal; a plurality of frequency domain filters (244a, 244b) configured to filter the array output from the frequency transform filter to derive a modified array, each frequency domain filter configured to apply a selected chromatic dispersion compensating filter function to a respective frequency component of the array; and an inverse frequency transform filter configured to derive a time domain output signal based on the modified array; characterized in that a length of each frequency domain filter (244a, 244b) is variable and each frequency domain filter (244a, 244b, 400) comprises a constant delay line, a variable delay line and a multiply-accumulate module.
A padlock having a lock body and a hoop (15, 15') which is movable between a closed position and an open position and which has a first hoop end and a second hoop end, wherein a first hoop receiver for the first hoop end and a second hoop receiver for the second hoop end are formed in the lock body, wherein a latch mechanism is provided which is adjustable by means of a cylinder core rotatable about a cylinder axis between a locked position in which the latch mechanism fixes the hoop (15, 15') in the closed position and a release position in which the latch mechanism releases the hoop (15, 15') for a movement into the open position, with the hoop (15, 15') being formed as a rigid hoop or as a flexible hoop, characterized in that both a first retaining pin passage for a rigid hoop and a second retaining pin passage for a flexible hoop are formed in the lock body, with the first retaining pin passage opening into the first hoop receiver and the second retaining pin passage opening into the second hoop receiver, and wherein a retaining pin is provided which is inserted into the first retaining pin passage with a rigid hoop and is inserted into the second retaining pin passage with a flexible hoop, with the retaining pin, in the open position of the hoop (15, 15'), plunging into the first retaining pin passage and securing the first hoop end against a removal from the first hoop receiver with a rigid hoop and plunging into the second retaining pin passage and securing the second hoop end against a removal from the second hoop receiver with a flexible hoop.
An apparatus for reducing dust emissions generated during braking of a vehicle equipped with the drum brake, in particular automotive vehicle, comprising: the brake shoe (1, 2) having the friction material layer mounted on the shoe base, intended for mounting to the fixed disc of the drum brake from the inner side of this brake's drum and at least one suction nozzle (3, 4) intended for connecting via the compressed air hose (6, 7, 9, 11) to a vacuum source, characterised in that the suction opening of the suction nozzle is located at the edge of the friction material layer of the brake shoe friction lining, which the rotating drum of the drum brake wears in use, wherein the suction opening of the suction nozzle has an edge, made of flexible material resistant to high temperature, preferably a plastic, resistant to high temperature, most preferably high-temperature silicone. the brake shoe (1, 2) having the friction material layer mounted on the shoe base, intended for mounting to the fixed disc of the drum brake from the inner side of this brake's drum and at least one suction nozzle (3, 4) intended for connecting via the compressed air hose (6, 7, 9, 11) to a vacuum source,
A method of gasifying a carbonaceous material, the method comprising the steps of: pyrolysing the carbonaceous material to produce volatiles and char; separating the char and the volatiles; gasifying the char; reforming the volatiles to produce a product gas; and passing partially reformed volatiles and/or product gas through a product gas cleaning zone; characterized in that at least the steps of pyrolysing the carbonaceous material, gasifying the char, and reforming the volatiles to produce a product gas are performed in a vessel that has a pyrolysis zone, a char gasification zone, and a reforming zone, whereby following pyrolysis, the volatiles ascend into the reforming zone and the char descends into the gasification zone; whereby the product gas cleaning zone comprises at least one catalyst bed; and whereby the product gas cleaning zone is in fluid communication with the reforming zone in an arrangement whereby partially reformed volatiles and/or product gas pass through the product gas cleaning zone. pyrolysing the carbonaceous material to produce volatiles and char; separating the char and the volatiles; gasifying the char; reforming the volatiles to produce a product gas; and passing partially reformed volatiles and/or product gas through a product gas cleaning zone; characterized in that at least the steps of pyrolysing the carbonaceous material, gasifying the char, and reforming the volatiles to produce a product gas are performed in a vessel that has a pyrolysis zone, a char gasification zone, and a reforming zone, whereby following pyrolysis, the volatiles ascend into the reforming zone and the char descends into the gasification zone; whereby the product gas cleaning zone comprises at least one catalyst bed; and whereby the product gas cleaning zone is in fluid communication with the reforming zone in an arrangement whereby partially reformed volatiles and/or product gas pass through the product gas cleaning zone.
A composter comprising a container for receiving material to be composted; an aerator within the container having at least one opening for allowing air to pass from the aerator into the container; a base structure defining a floor on which the composting material sits above a leachate tank located under the floor, the aerator mounted to extend upwardly of the base; an air flow path through the base structure for providing air from outside the composter to the aerator; characterized in that the base structure includes a plurality of spaced pillars that support the underside of the floor, wherein the pillars extend upwardly from a base of the leachate tank, and wherein the air flow path provides air from outside the composter to openings located in the floor above the leachate tank, the pillars facilitating air flow through the floor by allowing air to flow out into the leachate tank above a leachate liquid level and to the openings in the floor to facilitate aerobic decomposition of the composting material.
A method for generating source code from a model, the model comprising one or more blocks (111; 112; 310; 320; 330; 340; 350; 360; 370; 380; 390; 400; 410; 420; 430; 440; 450; 460; 500; 600) specifying a desired behavior of a control program, defined in that at least one of the blocks comprises a simulation code attribute, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - generating simulation code for all blocks comprising a simulation code attribute; - generating production code for all blocks not comprising a simulation code attribute; - performing a software-in-the-loop simulation taking into account the simulation code for testing the production code; discarding the simulation code and compiling the production code for execution on a processor of a controller; wherein the simulation code and the production code are generated within a single run of the code generator and are contained separably from each other in the source code. wherein the method comprises the following steps: - generating simulation code for all blocks comprising a simulation code attribute; - generating production code for all blocks not comprising a simulation code attribute; - performing a software-in-the-loop simulation taking into account the simulation code for testing the production code; - generating simulation code for all blocks comprising a simulation code attribute; - generating production code for all blocks not comprising a simulation code attribute; - performing a software-in-the-loop simulation taking into account the simulation code for testing the production code; discarding the simulation code and compiling the production code for execution on a processor of a controller; wherein the simulation code and the production code are generated within a single run of the code generator and are contained separably from each other in the source code.
A method for determining contention window information, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment, UE, at least one piece of control signaling sent by a base station for scheduling at least one uplink subframe in a second uplink burst, wherein each of the at least one piece of control signaling comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ indication for at least one uplink subframe in a reference subframe; determining, by the UE, a contention window size, CWS of a third uplink burst of the UE according to the reference subframe; determining that the CWS of the second uplink burst is equal to the CWS of the third uplink burst, wherein both the second uplink burst and the third uplink burst correspond to the reference subframe; determining, by the UE, a clear channel assessment, CCA backoff counter initial value of the second uplink burst according to the CWS of the second uplink burst, wherein the reference subframe comprises at least one uplink subframe in at least one first uplink burst of the UE, the first uplink burst, the second uplink burst, and the third uplink burst are discontinuous in time, the first uplink burst is before the second uplink burst, the third uplink burst is between the first uplink burst and the second uplink burst, each of the first uplink burst, the second uplink burst, and the third uplink burst comprises at least one uplink subframe; and performing, by the UE, CCA for the second uplink burst according to the CCA backoff counter initial value of the second uplink burst. receiving, by a user equipment, UE, at least one piece of control signaling sent by a base station for scheduling at least one uplink subframe in a second uplink burst, wherein each of the at least one piece of control signaling comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ indication for at least one uplink subframe in a reference subframe; determining, by the UE, a contention window size, CWS of a third uplink burst of the UE according to the reference subframe; determining that the CWS of the second uplink burst is equal to the CWS of the third uplink burst, wherein both the second uplink burst and the third uplink burst correspond to the reference subframe; determining, by the UE, a clear channel assessment, CCA backoff counter initial value of the second uplink burst according to the CWS of the second uplink burst, wherein the reference subframe comprises at least one uplink subframe in at least one first uplink burst of the UE, the first uplink burst, the second uplink burst, and the third uplink burst are discontinuous in time, the first uplink burst is before the second uplink burst, the third uplink burst is between the first uplink burst and the second uplink burst, each of the first uplink burst, the second uplink burst, and the third uplink burst comprises at least one uplink subframe; and performing, by the UE, CCA for the second uplink burst according to the CCA backoff counter initial value of the second uplink burst.