mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A hand held appliance comprising a wall, a fluid flow path extending within the wall from a fluid inlet into the appliance to a fluid outlet from the appliance, a fan unit comprising an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller, the fan unit extending longitudinally within the wall for drawing fluid into the fluid inlet wherein the fan unit is non-concentric with respect to the wall and wherein the wall has a thickness and the thickness of the wall varies characterised in that the fan unit is positioned coaxially within the fluid flow path.
A guide element for electrical wires (102.1, 102.2, 102.3, 102.4) in a cable having at least four guide tracks (12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4) for in each case one electrical wire of the cable, wherein the guide tracks run in such a manner, that at a first end of the guide element a change of place of at least two wires results with respect to a second end of the guide element opposite the first end, characterized in that the guide element converts a star quad arrangement of the wires into an arrangement of parallel pairs, wherein the guide tracks are formed at a first end of the guide element on the top right, bottom right, top left and bottom left, wherein the guide tracks are formed in such a manner, that the change of place of a right wire to a left wire and a left wire to a right wire or of a top wire to a bottom wire and a bottom wire to a top wire results. the guide element converts a star quad arrangement of the wires into an arrangement of parallel pairs, wherein the guide tracks are formed at a first end of the guide element on the top right, bottom right, top left and bottom left, wherein the guide tracks are formed in such a manner, that the change of place of a right wire to a left wire and a left wire to a right wire or of a top wire to a bottom wire and a bottom wire to a top wire results.
An apparatus for heating plastic preforms, comprising a first transport device that transports the plastic preforms in a separated manner, wherein said first transport device has a plurality of reception means for receiving the plastic preforms, comprising a second transport device that takes over the plastic preforms transported by the first transport device and transports said plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, wherein the second transport device has a plurality of holding elements for holding the plastic preforms, and comprising at least one heating device that heats the plastic preforms transported by the second transport device, wherein at least the first transport device is a circulating transport device, characterized in that a relative position of the reception means of the first transport device in the circulation direction of the first transport device relative to a position of the holding elements in respect of the transport path can be changed, and wherein the first transport device has a first drive device for driving the first transport device and the second transport device has a second drive device for driving the second transport device.
A method for producing flaky-glass granules from glass flakes by allowing a plurality of glass flakes to be bonded to each other so as to be granulated, the method consisting of: adding only liquid selected from the group consisting of water, a volatile organic solvent, and a combination thereof to the plurality of the glass flakes and stirring the resultant mixture; and drying the mixture comprising plurality of the glass flakes stirred with the liquid added thereto. adding only liquid selected from the group consisting of water, a volatile organic solvent, and a combination thereof to the plurality of the glass flakes and stirring the resultant mixture; and drying the mixture comprising plurality of the glass flakes stirred with the liquid added thereto.
A method for producing a water jacket spacer comprising subjecting a synthetic resin to an injection molding process to produce a water jacket spacer, the water jacket spacer being disposed in part of a groove-like coolant passage along a circumferential direction, the groove-like coolant passage being provided to a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine that has cylinder bores, wherein, the injection molding process comprising a clamping step that clamps an injection mold, an injection step that injects the synthetic resin in a molten state, a solidification step that cools and solidifies the synthetic resin while keeping pressure, a mold-opening step that opens the injection mold, and an ejection step that ejects an integrally molded product from the injection mold, the injection mold comprising a stationary mold (31, 316), a movable mold (33, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336) that moves in an upward-downward direction with respect to the water jacket spacer, and at least one slide mold (32, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325) that moves in a direction at an angle of ±15° or less with respect to a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the cylinder bores are arranged, and is perpendicular to a moving direction of the movable mold (33, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336), and forming a molding space when clamped by the clamping step, the molding space producing the integrally molded product that comprises at least a first water jacket spacer having a shape formed by one arc or a shape formed by two or more arcs that are linked to each other when viewed from above, a second water jacket spacer, which is separable from the first water jacket spacer, having a shape formed by one arc or a shape formed by two or more arcs that are linked to each other when viewed from above, and a bridge, the first water jacket spacer and the second water jacket spacer being provided so that inner sides thereof are situated opposite to each other, and the bridge linking an inner side or an end of the first water jacket spacer, and an inner side or an end of the second water jacket spacer, and the mold-opening step moving the movable mold (33, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336) in the upward-downward direction with respect to the water jacket spacer, and moving the slide mold (32, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325) in a direction at an angle of ±15° or less with respect to the direction that is perpendicular to the direction in which the cylinder bores are arranged, and is perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable mold (33, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336), to open the injection mold.
A method, comprising: receiving (803, 303), by a user equipment from a network entity, a first downlink control signal activating semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, of a first set of downlink data transmissions, the first downlink control signal indicating an applicable hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, feedback timing for the first set of downlink data transmissions; receiving (805, 305) one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions; determining (807, 307) that an applicable HARQ feedback timing for a received second set of downlink data transmission has not been provided, the second set of downlink data transmission being scheduled by a further downlink control signal indicating an inapplicable HARQ feedback timing for the second set of downlink data transmissions, the second set of downlink data transmissions being received prior to the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions; and in response to the determination, determining (811, 311) a HARQ feedback timing for the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions based on a second downlink control signal indicating an applicable HARQ feedback timing received after reception of the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions. receiving (803, 303), by a user equipment from a network entity, a first downlink control signal activating semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, of a first set of downlink data transmissions, the first downlink control signal indicating an applicable hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, feedback timing for the first set of downlink data transmissions; receiving (805, 305) one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions; determining (807, 307) that an applicable HARQ feedback timing for a received second set of downlink data transmission has not been provided, the second set of downlink data transmission being scheduled by a further downlink control signal indicating an inapplicable HARQ feedback timing for the second set of downlink data transmissions, the second set of downlink data transmissions being received prior to the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions; and in response to the determination, determining (811, 311) a HARQ feedback timing for the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions based on a second downlink control signal indicating an applicable HARQ feedback timing received after reception of the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions.
A fabric treatment composition comprising: a 5 - 35% by weight of a poly aluminium chloride metal salt, b 1 - 15% by weight of a carboxylic polymer, c 1 - 15% by weight of a salt of weak organic acid, wherein the weak organic acid is selected from di- and tri-carboxylic acids containing β-hydroxyl groups and phenolic acids with ortho-hydroxyls, d 0.1 - 5% by weight of a polysaccharide, and e 33 - 90 % water; and wherein the pH of the composition is between 8 and 10; and wherein the ratio of metal salt: carboxylic polymer ratio is at between 2:1 and 8:1. a 5 - 35% by weight of a poly aluminium chloride metal salt, b 1 - 15% by weight of a carboxylic polymer, c 1 - 15% by weight of a salt of weak organic acid, wherein the weak organic acid is selected from di- and tri-carboxylic acids containing β-hydroxyl groups and phenolic acids with ortho-hydroxyls, d 0.1 - 5% by weight of a polysaccharide, and e 33 - 90 % water; and
A method for connecting at least two structural parts (10, 20, 30) of an orthopedic component, in which the structural parts (10, 20, 30) are retained in an orienting device while oriented in relation to each other with an intermediate space (12, 23) thus being formed between the structural parts (10, 20, 30), wherein the orienting device and the structural parts (10, 20, 20) together form a hollow space (41, 42), which is fluidically connected to at least one feed connection (44, 46) and via which an adhesive for adhesively bonding the structural parts (10, 20, 30) is introduced into the hollow space (44, 46) characterized in that the orienting device is not separated from the structural parts (10, 20, 30) after the adhesive bonding.
Mode expander isolator for a fiber laser amplifier, comprising: an optical fiber input; and an optical fiber output, characterized in that said optical fiber input is for coupling a single mode optical fiber having a uniform first core diameter and propagating a light beam with said mode expander isolator; said optical fiber output is for coupling a large mode area optical fiber having a uniform second core diameter and propagating an expanded mode light beam with said mode expander isolator; said mode expander isolator further comprising: an isolator, positioned between said optical fiber input and said optical fiber output, for preventing back-reflected laser light from reaching said optical fiber input; and at least one lens, wherein said isolator and said at least one lens form a free space mode expander for expanding a mode of said light beam to said expanded mode light beam in free space; wherein said uniform second core diameter is larger than said uniform first core diameter; and wherein said mode expander isolator enables simultaneous prevention of said back-reflected laser light and mode expansion of said light beam in free space from said single mode optical fiber to a fundamental mode of said LMA optical fiber. an optical fiber input; and an optical fiber output, characterized in that said optical fiber input is for coupling a single mode optical fiber having a uniform first core diameter and propagating a light beam with said mode expander isolator; said optical fiber output is for coupling a large mode area optical fiber having a uniform second core diameter and propagating an expanded mode light beam with said mode expander isolator; said mode expander isolator further comprising: an isolator, positioned between said optical fiber input and said optical fiber output, for preventing back-reflected laser light from reaching said optical fiber input; and at least one lens, an isolator, positioned between said optical fiber input and said optical fiber output, for preventing back-reflected laser light from reaching said optical fiber input; and at least one lens, wherein said isolator and said at least one lens form a free space mode expander for expanding a mode of said light beam to said expanded mode light beam in free space; wherein said uniform second core diameter is larger than said uniform first core diameter; and wherein said mode expander isolator enables simultaneous prevention of said back-reflected laser light and mode expansion of said light beam in free space from said single mode optical fiber to a fundamental mode of said LMA optical fiber.
An adaptive gain control method for digital audio samples, the method comprising: initializing processing of a media stream; adjusting gain of a first block of digital audio samples in the media stream using a fast gain adaptation scheme by utilizing a first set of variable weighting factors used to calculate the gain to be applied to the digital audio samples, resulting in a first group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples having normalized volume during presentation; transmitting the first group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples to a remotely-located media player; thereafter, switching from the fast gain adaptation scheme to a steady state gain adaptation scheme that is different to the fast gain adaptation scheme and adjusting gain of a second block of digital audio samples in the media stream using the steady state gain adaptation scheme by utilizing a second set of fixed weighting factors to calculate the gain to be applied to the digital audio samples, resulting in a second group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples having normalized volume during presentation; and transmitting the second group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples to a remotely-located media player. initializing processing of a media stream; adjusting gain of a first block of digital audio samples in the media stream using a fast gain adaptation scheme by utilizing a first set of variable weighting factors used to calculate the gain to be applied to the digital audio samples, resulting in a first group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples having normalized volume during presentation; transmitting the first group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples to a remotely-located media player; thereafter, switching from the fast gain adaptation scheme to a steady state gain adaptation scheme that is different to the fast gain adaptation scheme and adjusting gain of a second block of digital audio samples in the media stream using the steady state gain adaptation scheme by utilizing a second set of fixed weighting factors to calculate the gain to be applied to the digital audio samples, resulting in a second group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples having normalized volume during presentation; and transmitting the second group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples to a remotely-located media player.
A cutter assembly for an undercutting machine for cutting a rock workface, comprising: a shaft mountable on the machine with one end extending from the machine, and a cutter device arranged in connection to the extended end of the shaft, wherein the cutter device is connected releasably and rotationally rigid to the shaft with a locking arrangement, wherein the locking arrangement comprises a first locking device arranged and adapted to transfer substantially axial loads, and a second locking device arranged and adapted to transfer substantially radial loads, and wherein the second locking device is characterised in that it comprises a tapered locking assembly, including at least one fixing element for fixing a tapered outer surface and a tapered inner surface relative to each other. a shaft mountable on the machine with one end extending from the machine, and a cutter device arranged in connection to the extended end of the shaft, wherein the cutter device is connected releasably and rotationally rigid to the shaft with a locking arrangement, wherein the locking arrangement comprises a first locking device arranged and adapted to transfer substantially axial loads, and a second locking device arranged and adapted to transfer substantially radial loads, and wherein the second locking device is characterised in that it comprises a tapered locking assembly, including at least one fixing element for fixing a tapered outer surface and a tapered inner surface relative to each other.
A method of detecting the presence of an analyte within a sample, wherein said method comprises the steps of: (a) preparing one or more magnetic complexes comprising a magnetic particle coated with a first binding agent capable of specific binding to the analyte, wherein a spacer element is present between the first binding agent and the magnetic particle; (b) adding the one or more magnetic complexes prepared in step (a) to the sample within a receptacle, wherein a surface of a receptacle is coated with a second binding agent capable of specific binding to the analyte, such that at least one of said first and second binding agents is a DNA or RNA oligonucleotide; (c) temporarily applying a magnetic field to the surface of the receptacle which is coated with the second binding agent; and (d) detecting the presence of magnetic complexes which remain bound to the surface of the receptacle following step (c) which is indicative of the presence of the analyte within the sample. (a) preparing one or more magnetic complexes comprising a magnetic particle coated with a first binding agent capable of specific binding to the analyte, wherein a spacer element is present between the first binding agent and the magnetic particle; (b) adding the one or more magnetic complexes prepared in step (a) to the sample within a receptacle, wherein a surface of a receptacle is coated with a second binding agent capable of specific binding to the analyte, such that at least one of said first and second binding agents is a DNA or RNA oligonucleotide; (c) temporarily applying a magnetic field to the surface of the receptacle which is coated with the second binding agent; and (d) detecting the presence of magnetic complexes which remain bound to the surface of the receptacle following step (c) which is indicative of the presence of the analyte within the sample.
An optical waveguide body, comprising: a first surface that extends between an input surface and an end surface; a second surface opposite the first surface wherein a body thickness is disposed between the first and second surfaces (58, 60); and a plurality of extraction features on one of the first and second surfaces (58, 60, 98); wherein the optical waveguide body is curved and comprises a plurality of inflection regions, characterised in that the body thickness at the input surface is greater than the body thickness at the end surface, with the body thickness between the input surface and the end surface decreasing over a length of the body; and in that the plurality of extraction features comprises a plurality of stepped features. a first surface that extends between an input surface and an end surface; a second surface opposite the first surface wherein a body thickness is disposed between the first and second surfaces (58, 60); and a plurality of extraction features on one of the first and second surfaces (58, 60, 98); wherein the optical waveguide body is curved and comprises a plurality of inflection regions, characterised in that the body thickness at the input surface is greater than the body thickness at the end surface, with the body thickness between the input surface and the end surface decreasing over a length of the body; and in that the plurality of extraction features comprises a plurality of stepped features.
Multiparametric device having no moving parts for determining by optical means a filling level of a liquid or of a liquified product in a tank or reservoir, and an index of refraction of the liquid or liquified product, and for image analysis, comprising a light emitter, a detector, and a light guide of length, wherein the light emitter is configured to emit a homogenous and collimated beam of light, wherein the detector is configured to detect an alternation of an intensity of the beam of light, wherein the light guide is of a transparent material for the light emitted by the light emitter and is configured to transmit the beam of light from the light emitter to the detector, to shield the beam of light from external interferences, and to be immersed in the liquid or liquified product, wherein the light guide has a gradual variation of an index of refraction throughout its length, wherein the light guide comprises inflection points arranged along the length of the light guide, and wherein the inflection points are configured to deflect the collimated beam of light according to Snell's law and alter as function of the filling level of the liquid or liquified product the total intensity of the beam of light incident on the light detector, configured for determining the filling level of the liquid or of the liquified product and the index of refraction of the liquid or liquified product. wherein the light emitter is configured to emit a homogenous and collimated beam of light, wherein the detector is configured to detect an alternation of an intensity of the beam of light, wherein the light guide is of a transparent material for the light emitted by the light emitter and is configured to transmit the beam of light from the light emitter to the detector, to shield the beam of light from external interferences, and to be immersed in the liquid or liquified product, wherein the light guide has a gradual variation of an index of refraction throughout its length, wherein the light guide comprises inflection points arranged along the length of the light guide, and wherein the inflection points are configured to deflect the collimated beam of light according to Snell's law and alter as function of the filling level of the liquid or liquified product the total intensity of the beam of light incident on the light detector, configured for determining the filling level of the liquid or of the liquified product and the index of refraction of the liquid or liquified product.
A method of selecting a probiotic lactic acid bacterial strain for use in the local production of histamine in a mammal, wherein said method comprises screening bacteria for the presence of an active histidine operon and selecting a strain which has an active histidine operon and is capable of producing histamine.