mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A disinfecting system for a lavatory, comprising: an ultraviolet light source; a controller in operable communication with the ultraviolet light source; and a lavatory sensor operably coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to track a number of consecutive skipped cycles, and wherein the controller is configured to implement a first dosage cycle if the number of consecutive skipped cycles is less than a threshold number, and wherein the controller is configured to implement a second dosage cycle if the number of consecutive skipped cycles is greater than or equal to the threshold number. an ultraviolet light source; a controller in operable communication with the ultraviolet light source; and a lavatory sensor operably coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to track a number of consecutive skipped cycles, and wherein the controller is configured to implement a first dosage cycle if the number of consecutive skipped cycles is less than a threshold number, and wherein the controller is configured to implement a second dosage cycle if the number of consecutive skipped cycles is greater than or equal to the threshold number.
A power conducting system comprising at least one power conducting unit for guiding lines, cables, hoses or the like between a stationary connection area and a moving connection area, with a curved region being formed between a lower run and an upper run, said power conducting unit having segments that are connected together in an articulated manner, wherein some segments (4, 5) have laterally arranged rollers with different track widths and the rollers roll on guides, wherein the guides have cutouts (9, 10) so that rollers can pass through the guides at each particular deflection point of the power conducting unit, characterized in that the guides form lateral boundaries of a guide channel for the lower run.
A system for wide-range spectral measurement of a rugate tag, comprising a rugate tag; one or more broadband sources to illuminate the rugate tag, wherein the one or more broadband sources have a short broadband source coherence length, wherein light from the one or more broadband sources is focused onto the rugate tag using an objective, wherein the rugate tag generates reflected light with narrow reflection peaks which have a long coherence length; an adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon to optically process the reflected light to extract spectral information with fine spectral resolution, wherein the reflected light is collected using the objective, focused using a lens to focus on the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon, and processed by being transmitted through the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon; a detector to detect the reflected light from the rugate tag after processing by being transmitted through the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon, wherein the reflected light is optically processed using a plurality of settings for the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon to determine spectral information of the reflected light that has longer coherence lengths than the short broadband source coherence length by detecting an amount of light transmitted through the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon at a separation of Fabry-Perot etalon plates for a setting of the plurality of settings, and wherein each of the plurality of settings has a separation of the Fabry-Perot etalon plates that is greater than the short broadband source coherence length. a rugate tag; one or more broadband sources to illuminate the rugate tag, wherein the one or more broadband sources have a short broadband source coherence length, wherein light from the one or more broadband sources is focused onto the rugate tag using an objective, wherein the rugate tag generates reflected light with narrow reflection peaks which have a long coherence length; an adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon to optically process the reflected light to extract spectral information with fine spectral resolution, wherein the reflected light is collected using the objective, focused using a lens to focus on the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon, and processed by being transmitted through the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon; a detector to detect the reflected light from the rugate tag after processing by being transmitted through the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon, wherein the reflected light is optically processed using a plurality of settings for the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon to determine spectral information of the reflected light that has longer coherence lengths than the short broadband source coherence length by detecting an amount of light transmitted through the adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon at a separation of Fabry-Perot etalon plates for a setting of the plurality of settings, and wherein each of the plurality of settings has a separation of the Fabry-Perot etalon plates that is greater than the short broadband source coherence length.
Use of a deposit control additive selected from the group consisting of high molecular weight hydrocarbyl amines of the formula: wherein R 1 is the high molecular weight hydrocarbyl group having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 400 to 2800, R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, wherein Z is a C1-C10 alkylene, R4 and R5 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10-OH in an amount up to 1000 wppm for controlling toluene insoluble deposits of unleaded aminated aviation gasoline having a MON of at least 98 and comprising (i) an unleaded aviation gasoline having a base motor octane number of less than 98, (ii) an amount of at least one aromatic amine effective to boost the MON of the base fuel to at least 98, the aromatic amine having the formula wherein Rx is C1-C10 alkyl, a halogen or a mixture thereof, n is an integer from zero to 3 and wherein when n is 1 or 2 and Rx is an alkyl group, the alkyl group occupies the meta and/or para position on the phenyl ring, and an optional carrier oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, polyalkylenes, polyalkylene oxides, polyethers, esters, and mixtures thereof. (i) an unleaded aviation gasoline having a base motor octane number of less than 98, (ii) an amount of at least one aromatic amine effective to boost the MON of the base fuel to at least 98, the aromatic amine having the formula
A seeding machine for a row unit, the seeding machine comprising: a seed meter comprising: a seed disk with a plurality of apertures through which an air pressure differential is applied to retain seed thereon, the seed disk rotatable about an axis to convey seed from a seed reservoir; a seed delivery apparatus comprising: an elongated housing having a first opening through which seed is received, a second opening through which seed exits, and an elongated interior chamber along which seed is conveyed from the first opening to the second opening, a pulley, an endless member driven by the pulley, the endless member movable within the elongated interior chamber of the elongated housing to receive seed from the first opening and convey seed to the second opening; the seeding machine characterized by further comprising: a seed diverter positioned to contact and guide seed from the seed meter into the seed delivery apparatus, the seed diverter movable with respect to the endless member, translatable from a first position to a second position, and retractable via rotation of the seed meter. a seed meter comprising: a seed disk with a plurality of apertures through which an air pressure differential is applied to retain seed thereon, the seed disk rotatable about an axis to convey seed from a seed reservoir; a seed delivery apparatus comprising: an elongated housing having a first opening through which seed is received, a second opening through which seed exits, and an elongated interior chamber along which seed is conveyed from the first opening to the second opening, a pulley, an endless member driven by the pulley, the endless member movable within the elongated interior chamber of the elongated housing to receive seed from the first opening and convey seed to the second opening; an elongated housing having a first opening through which seed is received, a second opening through which seed exits, and an elongated interior chamber along which seed is conveyed from the first opening to the second opening, a pulley, an endless member driven by the pulley, the endless member movable within the elongated interior chamber of the elongated housing to receive seed from the first opening and convey seed to the second opening; the seeding machine characterized by further comprising: a seed diverter positioned to contact and guide seed from the seed meter into the seed delivery apparatus, the seed diverter movable with respect to the endless member, translatable from a first position to a second position, and retractable via rotation of the seed meter.
A smoking article comprising a source of electrical power, a controller mechanism including a sensing mechanism that is capable of selectively powering certain components of the article at least during periods of draw, and at least one heating device for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco, wherein a cartridge containing tobacco is positioned within the smoking article, wherein the smoking article further includes an aerosol-generating material contained within a container in liquid form or soaked within absorbent fibrous or sponge-like materials, wherein the at least one heating device is an electrical resistance heating element located downstream from the sensing mechanism and in close proximity to an absorbent wicking material such that aerosol-generating material can be wicked or otherwise transferred so as to contact the resistance heating element or contact an area in close proximity to the resistance heating element.
A heat pump water heater comprising: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a radiator, a decompressor, and an evaporator are connected in a loop by a refrigerant pipe; a fan for blowing air toward the evaporator; a water storage tank for storing hot water; a tank temperature sensor provided in the water storage tank; and a controller for controlling an operation of at least the fan, wherein the radiator is configured such that the refrigerant pipe is wound around a periphery of the water storage tank, and the controller is configured to perform a control such that a rotation speed of the fan is lowered when a temperature of the hot water in the water storage tank exceeds a predetermined temperature, and, as the temperature of the hot water in the water storage tank further rises, an amount of reduction in rotation speed of the fan is increased. a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a radiator, a decompressor, and an evaporator are connected in a loop by a refrigerant pipe; a fan for blowing air toward the evaporator; a water storage tank for storing hot water; a tank temperature sensor provided in the water storage tank; and a controller for controlling an operation of at least the fan, wherein the radiator is configured such that the refrigerant pipe is wound around a periphery of the water storage tank, and the controller is configured to perform a control such that a rotation speed of the fan is lowered when a temperature of the hot water in the water storage tank exceeds a predetermined temperature, and, as the temperature of the hot water in the water storage tank further rises, an amount of reduction in rotation speed of the fan is increased.
A prosthetic heart valve, comprising: three separate flexible leaflets (22a, 22b, 22c); a base structure on which the flexible leaflets mount having a central flow orifice oriented around a flow axis and including a stent having three cusps on an inflow end alternating with three commissures (30a, 30b, 30c) on an outflow end, the flexible leaflets each having a peripheral cusp edge mounted around a cusp of the stent so as to define a free edge (32a, 32b, 32c) extending into the flow orifice, a sewing ring having an outflow edge mounted around the stent such that the commissures extend in the outflow direction from the sewing ring; characterised in that an angular distance around the base structure between first and second commissures is greater than an angular distance (P 1) from the first commissure to a third commissure, or greater than an angular distance (P 2) from the second commissure to the third commissure, and wherein the first and second commissures (30a, 30b) are of equal axial dimension and the third commissure has an axial dimension that is less than about 85% of the equal axial dimensions of the first and second commissures. three separate flexible leaflets (22a, 22b, 22c); a base structure on which the flexible leaflets mount having a central flow orifice oriented around a flow axis and including a stent having three cusps on an inflow end alternating with three commissures (30a, 30b, 30c) on an outflow end, the flexible leaflets each having a peripheral cusp edge mounted around a cusp of the stent so as to define a free edge (32a, 32b, 32c) extending into the flow orifice, a sewing ring having an outflow edge mounted around the stent such that the commissures extend in the outflow direction from the sewing ring; characterised in that an angular distance around the base structure between first and second commissures is greater than an angular distance (P 1) from the first commissure to a third commissure, or greater than an angular distance (P 2) from the second commissure to the third commissure, and wherein the first and second commissures (30a, 30b) are of equal axial dimension and the third commissure has an axial dimension that is less than about 85% of the equal axial dimensions of the first and second commissures.
A thermal energy system comprising a first thermal system in use having a cooling demand, a plurality of heat sinks and a heat sink connection system coupled to the first thermal system, the heat sink connection system being adapted to provide selective connection to the plurality of heat sinks for cooling the first thermal system, the heat sink connection system comprising a first heat exchanger system coupled to a first remote heat sink of the plurality of heat sinks, the first remote heat sink containing a working fluid, and a second heat exchanger system adapted to be coupled to ambient air as a second heat sink of the plurality of heat sinks, a fluid loop interconnecting the first thermal system, the first heat exchanger system and the second heat exchanger system, at least one mechanism (26,48,56) for selectively altering the order of the first heat exchanger system and the second heat exchanger system in relation to a fluid flow direction around the fluid loop, a controller for actuating the at least one mechanism (26,48,56), characterised by the first heat exchanger system being coupled to a plurality of boreholes comprising the remote heat sink, a first temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the first heat sink and a second temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the second heat sink, wherein the controller is adapted to actuate the at least one mechanism (26,48,56) by employing the measured temperatures of the first and second heat sinks as control parameters, and wherein the controller is adapted to actuate the at least one mechanism (26,48,56) at least partly based on a comparison of the measured temperatures of the first and second heat sinks, wherein the fluid loop has an input and an output connected to the first thermal system, and the at least one mechanism (26,48,56) is adapted to be actuatable to switch the fluid loop between a first fluid loop configuration in which the first heat exchanger system is upstream of the second heat exchanger system in the direction of fluid flow around the loop from the input to the output and a second fluid loop configuration in which the second heat exchanger system is upstream of the first heat exchanger system in the direction of fluid flow around the loop from the input to the output.
A security device using light reflection properties, the security device comprising: a substrate comprising groove portions in at least one surface (120, 130); a colloidal crystal contained in at least a portion of each of the groove portions; and a film, referred to as aging film, covering at least a portion of the colloidal crystal-containing surface of the substrate, characterized by the colloidal crystal comprising spherical particles having a composition of at least one selected from silica, titanium dioxide, polystyrenes and polymethacrylates, and the colloidal crystal having a monodispersity of 7% or less, with the spherical particles having an average particle size of 50-300 nm; and the aging film having a thickness of 10-300 μm. a substrate comprising groove portions in at least one surface (120, 130); a colloidal crystal contained in at least a portion of each of the groove portions; and a film, referred to as aging film, covering at least a portion of the colloidal crystal-containing surface of the substrate, characterized by the colloidal crystal comprising spherical particles having a composition of at least one selected from silica, titanium dioxide, polystyrenes and polymethacrylates, and the colloidal crystal having a monodispersity of 7% or less, with the spherical particles having an average particle size of 50-300 nm; and the aging film having a thickness of 10-300 μm.
A flat article, in particular for a roof structure of a biogas store, comprising a fabric, which is surrounded on at least one side at least in regions by a plastics layer, wherein a coating layer is applied to the plastics layer, wherein the coating layer, besides a coating resin, also contains admixed particles, characterised in that an average particle size of the particles in the coating layer is more than 5 μm and the coating layer contains more than 5 % by weight of particles, wherein the particles are formed at least predominantly as platelets.
A device for fluid treatment, comprising an UV-radiation source assembly, and a tubular fluid conduit that is at least partially transparent to radiation from the source assembly, wherein the tubular fluid conduit is configured to have repeated patterns of four curved sections in sequence, wherein each curved section is in a plane, where the axes of curvature of the first and third sections are parallel to each other and orthogonal to the axes of curvature of the second and fourth sections, and the axes of curvature of the second and fourth sections are orthogonal to each other, wherein said UV-radiation source assembly is placed at one axis of curvature of one of said sections and the conduit does not enclose the UV source. an UV-radiation source assembly, and a tubular fluid conduit that is at least partially transparent to radiation from the source assembly, wherein the tubular fluid conduit is configured to have repeated patterns of four curved sections in sequence, wherein each curved section is in a plane, where the axes of curvature of the first and third sections are parallel to each other and orthogonal to the axes of curvature of the second and fourth sections, and the axes of curvature of the second and fourth sections are orthogonal to each other, wherein said UV-radiation source assembly is placed at one axis of curvature of one of said sections and the conduit does not enclose the UV source.
A phase-shifting unit module, comprising a first metal ground plate, a second metal ground plate, an insulating dielectric plate, a slide device and a fixed transmission line; the fixed transmission line and the insulating dielectric plate are sandwiched between the first metal ground plate and the second metal ground plate; the insulating dielectric plate is provided on a side of the fixed transmission line, is fixed on the slide device and is configured to be moved on the side of the fixed transmission line by the slide device; wherein there are provided several impedance transforming parts by removing a part of material in the direction of thickness on a local region on the insulating dielectric plate whereas the thickness of the impedance transforming parts is smaller than that of other part of the insulating dielectric plate and the thicknesses of the impedance transforming parts are different from each other and the impedance transforming part is provided close to an end of the insulating dielectric plate and with a distance to the end of the insulating dielectric plate the impedance transforming part of the insulating dielectric plate is overlapped with the fixed transmission line, wherein the fixed transmission line is a zigzag transmission line having a U-shaped structure, and wherein the zigzag transmission line includes multiple straight transmission lines and respective connecting transmission lines, and wherein the zigzag transmission line is formed by connecting multiple straight transmission lines, and wherein the multiple straight transmission lines are arranged in parallel to each other and extend in a direction in which the insulating dielectric plate is moved, and wherein the multiple straight transmission lines are connected end to end in order by the respective connecting transmission line.
A method of operating an image intensifier, the method comprising: providing a voltage at an active level between a photocathode and an input face of a microchannel plate of the image intensifier; detecting a high-acceleration event wherein the high-acceleration event comprises a mechanical shock; and responsive to the high-acceleration event, maintaining the voltage at a protective level for a time span selected to permit acceleration-induced perturbations of the microchannel plate to settle, wherein the protective level provides an inoperative condition of the image intensifier. providing a voltage at an active level between a photocathode and an input face of a microchannel plate of the image intensifier; detecting a high-acceleration event wherein the high-acceleration event comprises a mechanical shock; and responsive to the high-acceleration event, maintaining the voltage at a protective level for a time span selected to permit acceleration-induced perturbations of the microchannel plate to settle, wherein the protective level provides an inoperative condition of the image intensifier.