mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A tubular handling system, comprising: a tubular handling tool having a sensor configured to measure an operational characteristic of the tubular handling tool; an electronic control system (10,100) in communication with the sensor; and a rig winch system in communication with the electronic control system, wherein the rig winch system is operable to raise or lower the tubular handing tool in response to the operational characteristic measured by the sensor and communicated to the electronic control system; characterised in that the electronic control system is configured to override or prevent an operator's command, wherein the command is to initiate actuation of the rig winch system, if the electronic control system is receiving a signal from the sensor that is not in accordance with a certain pre-determined condition with respect to the operational characteristic of the tubular handling tool. a tubular handling tool having a sensor configured to measure an operational characteristic of the tubular handling tool; an electronic control system (10,100) in communication with the sensor; and a rig winch system in communication with the electronic control system, wherein the rig winch system is operable to raise or lower the tubular handing tool in response to the operational characteristic measured by the sensor and communicated to the electronic control system; characterised in that the electronic control system is configured to override or prevent an operator's command, wherein the command is to initiate actuation of the rig winch system, if the electronic control system is receiving a signal from the sensor that is not in accordance with a certain pre-determined condition with respect to the operational characteristic of the tubular handling tool.
SDF-1 for use in a method of promoting wound healing in a subject, comprising: administering SDF-1 directly to the wound or an area proximate to the wound by expressing or promoting expression of SDF-1 from a cell proximate to the wound in an amount effective to promote healing of the wound of the subject, and wherein the cell expressing the SDF-1 is genetically modified by a plasmid DNA to express SDF-1. administering SDF-1 directly to the wound or an area proximate to the wound by expressing or promoting expression of SDF-1 from a cell proximate to the wound in an amount effective to promote healing of the wound of the subject, and wherein the cell expressing the SDF-1 is genetically modified by a plasmid DNA to express SDF-1.
A compound-coupled antibody, comprising an antibody that binds a transferrin receptor (TfR), which is coupled to a compound that is a neurological disorder drug, for use in a method of treating a neurological disorder in a mammal while decreasing or eliminating reduction of reticulocytes associated with administration of the compound-coupled anti-TfR antibody, wherein the compound-coupled antibody has an affinity for the TfR from 50 nM to 1 μM measured as a K D by BIACORE, and wherein the antibody: a) is a Fab fragment; b) has an IgG4 isotype; or c) has a mutation at position 297 of the Fc region of the antibody such that the wild-type asparagine residue at that position is replaced with another amino acid that interferes with glycosylation at that position, wherein amino acid numbering is according to the EU numbering system. comprising an antibody that binds a transferrin receptor (TfR), which is coupled to a compound that is a neurological disorder drug, for use in a method of treating a neurological disorder in a mammal while decreasing or eliminating reduction of reticulocytes associated with administration of the compound-coupled anti-TfR antibody, wherein the compound-coupled antibody has an affinity for the TfR from 50 nM to 1 μM measured as a K D by BIACORE, and wherein the antibody: a) is a Fab fragment; b) has an IgG4 isotype; or c) has a mutation at position 297 of the Fc region of the antibody such that the wild-type asparagine residue at that position is replaced with another amino acid that interferes with glycosylation at that position, wherein amino acid numbering is according to the EU numbering system. a) is a Fab fragment; b) has an IgG4 isotype; or c) has a mutation at position 297 of the Fc region of the antibody such that the wild-type asparagine residue at that position is replaced with another amino acid that interferes with glycosylation at that position, wherein amino acid numbering is according to the EU numbering system.
A breathing assistance apparatus comprising: a housing with a recess configured to removably receive a liquid chamber; and a guard comprising a barrier, the barrier being movable between a covering position in which the barrier partly covers the recess and overlaps part of the liquid chamber when the liquid chamber is in the recess, and an access position in which the recess is less covered or is uncovered by the barrier and the barrier exposes the part of the liquid chamber, wherein the barrier is biased to the covering position, characterized in that the barrier is configured to move from the covering position to the access position by moving the liquid chamber in a removal direction from the recess. a housing with a recess configured to removably receive a liquid chamber; and a guard comprising a barrier, the barrier being movable between a covering position in which the barrier partly covers the recess and overlaps part of the liquid chamber when the liquid chamber is in the recess, and an access position in which the recess is less covered or is uncovered by the barrier and the barrier exposes the part of the liquid chamber, wherein the barrier is biased to the covering position, characterized in that the barrier is configured to move from the covering position to the access position by moving the liquid chamber in a removal direction from the recess.
A system for repositioning teeth from one tooth arrangement to another tooth arrangement, said system comprising a set of incremental position adjustment appliances comprising shells having cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth, the appliances being designed to cause teeth to move incrementally from one tooth arrangement to another tooth arrangement when the appliances are worn in succession by a patient, wherein the stiffnesses of at least some of the appliances are not uniform over the appliance and the stiffnesses of geometrically corresponding shell portions of at least two of said appliances differ from one another, and wherein the shells of said at least two of said set of appliances are of the same shape, the appliances consisting of a thermoformable material that was thermoformed in order to produce the appliance; wherein at least one of said appliances has first and second shell portions of different stiffness; wherein the first and second shell portions are each configured to receive one or more teeth; the at least one appliance comprising layers of different stiffnesses; wherein the at least one appliance comprises a discontinuous inner layer and a continuous outer layer, at least a portion of the inner layer being configured to engage individual teeth or groups of teeth and being stiffer than the outer layer.
A fixed block for a pneumatic and/or hydraulic fastening device, said fixed block being adapted to be fixed to a main operating machine and, to be alternatively coupled to and released from, a mobile block, said fixed block comprising first mechanical coupling means (401, 404) adapted to be switched by rotation between a first position and a second position, wherein the switching of said first mechanical coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block from said first position to said second position and, from said second position to said first position, translates into the progressive engagement of second engaging and coupling means of said mobile block and in the mechanical coupling of said fixed block and said mobile block and respectively in the disengaging of said second engaging and coupling means of said mobile block and therefore in the mechanical release of said fixed block and said mobile block, wherein said fixed block comprises a cover that can be switched between a own first position allowing the mechanical coupling of said fixed block and said mobile block and a own second position preventing the mechanical coupling of said fixed block and said mobile block; wherein said first mechanical coupling means (401, 404) and said cover are shaped in such a manner that, with said cover in said own second position and said first coupling means (401, 404) in said second position, the switching of said first mechanical coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block from said second position to said first position translates into the automatic switching of said cover from said own second position into said own first position, wherein said cover comprises first engaging and coupling means, wherein the switching of said first coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block from said second position to said first position translates into the progressive mutual engagement of said first coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block and of said first coupling and engaging means of said cover, and therefore in the automatic switching of said cover from said second own position into said first own position, wherein said first coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block define a first engagement surface, wherein the switching of said first coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block from said second position into said first position translates into the progressive mutual engagement of said first engagement surface of said first coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block and said first engaging and coupling means of said cover, and therefore in the automatic switching of said cover from said own second position into said own first position, wherein said first mechanical coupling means (401, 404) of said fixed block comprise a lever adapted to be switched by rotation, wherein the switching by rotation of said lever into said first position translates into the progressive mutual engagement of said first engagement surface and of said first engaging and coupling means of said cover, wherein said lever comprises a plate, and wherein said first engagement surface is defined by a portion of the outer peripheral surface of said plate.
A method for recycling thermosetting powder paint wastes which is carried out in an injection molding device which is equipped with a screw for plasticizing a part made of a thermoplastic material and which comprises at least the following steps: a) a mixture is provided containing pellets of thermosetting powder paint wastes, granules of thermoplastic material; b) the plasticizing screw of said injection molding device is fed with said mixture; c) said mixture is led to the front of the plasticizing screw; then d) said mixture is injected into a mold having the desired shape of the part to be molded so as to obtain a molded part made of the thermoplastic material. a) a mixture is provided containing pellets of thermosetting powder paint wastes, granules of thermoplastic material; b) the plasticizing screw of said injection molding device is fed with said mixture; c) said mixture is led to the front of the plasticizing screw; then d) said mixture is injected into a mold having the desired shape of the part to be molded so as to obtain a molded part made of the thermoplastic material.
A pneumatic servovalve assembly comprising: a pair of opposed nozzles (12a, 12b) spaced apart by a first gap; and a control element positioned in the first gap between the pair of opposed nozzles (12a, 12b); wherein: each nozzle (12a, 12b) has an outlet opening (13a, 13b); the control element has a central control portion and two resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c) at opposite ends of the central control portion; the central control portion is perpendicular to a central axis of each nozzle outlet opening (13a, 13b); and the control element is configured such that the two resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c) elastically deform when the control element is placed under tension by a force applied parallel to the central control portion, so as to move the central control portion in a direction parallel to the central axis of each nozzle outlet opening (13a, 13b); characterised in that the central control portion has a higher stiffness than the resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c). a pair of opposed nozzles (12a, 12b) spaced apart by a first gap; and a control element positioned in the first gap between the pair of opposed nozzles (12a, 12b); wherein: each nozzle (12a, 12b) has an outlet opening (13a, 13b); the control element has a central control portion and two resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c) at opposite ends of the central control portion; the central control portion is perpendicular to a central axis of each nozzle outlet opening (13a, 13b); and the control element is configured such that the two resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c) elastically deform when the control element is placed under tension by a force applied parallel to the central control portion, so as to move the central control portion in a direction parallel to the central axis of each nozzle outlet opening (13a, 13b); each nozzle (12a, 12b) has an outlet opening (13a, 13b); the control element has a central control portion and two resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c) at opposite ends of the central control portion; the central control portion is perpendicular to a central axis of each nozzle outlet opening (13a, 13b); and the control element is configured such that the two resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c) elastically deform when the control element is placed under tension by a force applied parallel to the central control portion, so as to move the central control portion in a direction parallel to the central axis of each nozzle outlet opening (13a, 13b); characterised in that the central control portion has a higher stiffness than the resiliently deformable end portions (16b, 16c).
A modified liquid diene rubber comprising a modifying group (p) partly containing a (meth)acryloyl group therein and a monomer unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, wherein a carbon-carbon double bond derived from the conjugated diene compound has a hydrogenation rate of 70 to 90 mol%, and the modifying group (p) has a functional group equivalent weight of 700 to 20,000 g/eq.
Apparatus for the conveying of viscous material from a container, with a conveyor pump, which has a conveyor cylinder and a conveyor piston that can be moved forward and back in the conveyor cylinder, and with a measuring device for measurement of the speed of the conveyor piston, wherein the measuring device has a control unit for control of the conveying of the viscous material in dependence on the measured speed of the conveyor piston, characterised in that a waste line is branched off from a conveying line for the viscous material, which line is connected to the conveyor pump, and by means of the control unit the conveying line can be blocked and the waste line can be released.
Method for connecting a surface-structured workpiece and a plastic workpiece formed of a fiber reinforced plastic material, using a joining tool including a sonotrode, said surface-structured workpiece comprising a structured contact surface section, said structured contact surface section comprising pin-like elements extending away from the structured contact surface section, said method comprising the following steps: Positioning the surface-structured workpiece and the plastic workpiece on an anvil such that the structured contact surface section faces a contact surface of the plastic workpiece, wherein the pin-like elements touch the contact surface of the plastic workpiece, positioning the joining tool on the surface-structured workpiece so as to bring the sonotrode into contact with an outer surface of the surface-structured workpiece, the outer surface being opposite to the structured contact surface section, applying a pressure to the sonotrode and/or the anvil perpendicular to the contact surface (3, 13) to hold the workpieces (1, 7) fixed between the anvil and the sonotrode and applying ultrasonic vibrations to the workpieces (1, 7) by the sonotrode for a predetermined period of time, so that softening of the plastic workpiece is induced and the pin-like elements penetrate into the plastic workpiece. Positioning the surface-structured workpiece and the plastic workpiece on an anvil such that the structured contact surface section faces a contact surface of the plastic workpiece, wherein the pin-like elements touch the contact surface of the plastic workpiece, positioning the joining tool on the surface-structured workpiece so as to bring the sonotrode into contact with an outer surface of the surface-structured workpiece, the outer surface being opposite to the structured contact surface section, applying a pressure to the sonotrode and/or the anvil perpendicular to the contact surface (3, 13) to hold the workpieces (1, 7) fixed between the anvil and the sonotrode and applying ultrasonic vibrations to the workpieces (1, 7) by the sonotrode for a predetermined period of time, so that softening of the plastic workpiece is induced and the pin-like elements penetrate into the plastic workpiece.
A heat exchanging arrangement for a subsea electronic system, the heat exchanging arrangement comprising: - a wall section (20, 22); and - a corrugation formed in the wall section (20, 22), the corrugation having two generally opposing internal corrugation surfaces; characterized in that it further comprises at least one heat exchanging element forced against at least one of the internal corrugation surfaces, each heat exchanging element comprising an internal element structure for exposure to a dielectric fluid on an internal side of the wall section (20, 22). - a wall section (20, 22); and - a corrugation formed in the wall section (20, 22), the corrugation having two generally opposing internal corrugation surfaces;
Arrangement of a differential pressure system in a building with a rectangular door opening between a safety zone and an area, the differential pressure system comprising: - a supply air fan for introducing fresh air from the area into the safety zone in order to create a higher pressure in the safety zone than in the area, - a first flap between the safety zone and the area, which can be closed automatically and at least partially in the event of a pressure loss in the safety zone, and - a pressure shielding system to maintain the pressure difference at the door opening between the safety zone with higher pressure and the area with lower pressure, wherein the pressure shielding system comprises at least two columns located within the safety zone on opposite sides of the door opening and extending to the full extent of the door opening, each column having at least one air outlet formed along the entire length of the column and pointing in an outlet direction, the air outlets of the opposing columns are oriented such that their outlet directions cross each other in the safety zone at a crossing line, and at one end of the columns, a panel is arranged between the columns and at the edge of the door opening, wherein the panel extends from the door opening to the crossing line into the security zone. the differential pressure system comprising: - a supply air fan for introducing fresh air from the area into the safety zone in order to create a higher pressure in the safety zone than in the area, - a first flap between the safety zone and the area, which can be closed automatically and at least partially in the event of a pressure loss in the safety zone, and - a pressure shielding system to maintain the pressure difference at the door opening between the safety zone with higher pressure and the area with lower pressure, - a supply air fan for introducing fresh air from the area into the safety zone in order to create a higher pressure in the safety zone than in the area, - a first flap between the safety zone and the area, which can be closed automatically and at least partially in the event of a pressure loss in the safety zone, and - a pressure shielding system to maintain the pressure difference at the door opening between the safety zone with higher pressure and the area with lower pressure, wherein the pressure shielding system comprises at least two columns located within the safety zone on opposite sides of the door opening and extending to the full extent of the door opening, each column having at least one air outlet formed along the entire length of the column and pointing in an outlet direction, the air outlets of the opposing columns are oriented such that their outlet directions cross each other in the safety zone at a crossing line, and at one end of the columns, a panel is arranged between the columns and at the edge of the door opening, wherein the panel extends from the door opening to the crossing line into the security zone.
A method for improving durability of aqueous ink deposited on a substrate having multivalent metal salt present at the surface of the substrate, comprising: depositing aqueous ink on the surface of the substrate, wherein the aqueous ink is an anionically stabilized pigment ink; drying the substrate to substantially remove the water from the deposited aqueous ink; applying substantially pure water and heat to the dried substrate with deposited aqueous ink; and removing the applied water and heat to return the dried substrate to an ambient temperature and moisture content, the applied moisture and heat being sufficient to cause a significant improvement of the durability of the deposited ink on the substrate. depositing aqueous ink on the surface of the substrate, wherein the aqueous ink is an anionically stabilized pigment ink; drying the substrate to substantially remove the water from the deposited aqueous ink; applying substantially pure water and heat to the dried substrate with deposited aqueous ink; and removing the applied water and heat to return the dried substrate to an ambient temperature and moisture content, the applied moisture and heat being sufficient to cause a significant improvement of the durability of the deposited ink on the substrate.