mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of producing a coal briquette suitable for being inserted into a dome part of a melting and gasification furnace and being rapidly heated in a molten iron manufacturing apparatus, wherein the molten iron manufacturing apparatus comprises a melting and gasification furnace into which reduced iron can be inserted, and a reducing furnace connected to the melting and gasification furnace suitable for providing the reduced iron wherein the method comprises providing pulverized coal, producing a coal blend by mixing the pulverized coal with a powder-shaped cellulose ether compound, adding water to the coal blend to mix the same, producing a mixture by mixing the coal blend including water with a hardener and molasses, and producing a coal briquette by molding the coal blend, wherein in the step of producing the coal briquette, the amount of the cellulose ether compound included in the coal briquette is 0.1 wt% to 0.7 wt%, an amount of the hardener is 0.5 wt% to 3.0 wt%, and an amount of the molasses is 3 wt% to 12 wt% wherein the hardener is quicklime, slaked lime, calcium carbonate, limestone, cement, bentonite, clay, silica, silicate, dolomite, phosphoric acid or sulfuric acid.
A hydropneumatic pressure accumulator comprising a movable separating element arranged in an accumulator housing, which separating element separates a first working chamber, preferably a gas chamber, from a fluid chamber as a second working chamber and is formed by means of a membrane made of a flexible material, in particular an elastomer, there being located on the accumulator housing a housing opening that forms an access to the fluid chamber, the passage of which housing opening can be controlled by means of a valve arrangement that can be transferred into a release position and a closed position and has a valve body located on a surface section of the membrane, which valve body transfers the valve arrangement into the closed position when a valve seat located on the housing opening is approached, the valve arrangement having a bypass arrangement that enables a limited flow through the housing opening in the closed position, the valve body having at least one projection on its surface facing the valve seat in order to form the bypass arrangement, which projection forms a spacer that enables the flow-through with respect to the valve seat, characterised in that the valve body is configured such that it has a border projecting slightly out of the plane of this surface at an edge adjacent to the surface facing the valve seat.
A photopolymer composition for forming a hologram recording medium comprising: a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof formed by crosslinking a siloxane-based polymer containing at least one silane functional group (Si-H) and a (meth)acrylic polyol; a photoreactive monomer; and a photoinitiator. a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof formed by crosslinking a siloxane-based polymer containing at least one silane functional group (Si-H) and a (meth)acrylic polyol; a photoreactive monomer; and a photoinitiator.
A lead configured for implant on a surface of a biological membrane forming part of a hermetically sealed biological cavity, the lead comprising: a sensor assembly at a distal end of the lead, and comprising: a housing having a first end surface and a second end surface opposite the first end surface; a sensor structure associated with the first end surface, and comprising a ring having a circumference and one or more electrodes; at least one fixation structure comprising a projecting structure having a protruding length configured to extend through the biological membrane, and an extension member surrounding the projecting structure and configured to form a hermetic seal with the surface of the biological membrane, which formed seal surrounds an area where the projecting structure extends through the biological membrane to thereby preserve the hermetic integrity of the biological cavity; a connector at a proximal end of the lead, and comprising at least one conductor pin; and a lead body extending between the sensor assembly and the connector, and comprising at least one conductor that electrically couples the at least one sensor to the at least one conductor pin, characterised in that the sensor structure further comprises one or more motion sensors spaced apart around the circumference. a sensor assembly at a distal end of the lead, and comprising: a housing having a first end surface and a second end surface opposite the first end surface; a sensor structure associated with the first end surface, and comprising a ring having a circumference and one or more electrodes; at least one fixation structure comprising a projecting structure having a protruding length configured to extend through the biological membrane, and an extension member surrounding the projecting structure and configured to form a hermetic seal with the surface of the biological membrane, which formed seal surrounds an area where the projecting structure extends through the biological membrane to thereby preserve the hermetic integrity of the biological cavity; a housing having a first end surface and a second end surface opposite the first end surface; a sensor structure associated with the first end surface, and comprising a ring having a circumference and one or more electrodes; at least one fixation structure comprising a projecting structure having a protruding length configured to extend through the biological membrane, and an extension member surrounding the projecting structure and configured to form a hermetic seal with the surface of the biological membrane, which formed seal surrounds an area where the projecting structure extends through the biological membrane to thereby preserve the hermetic integrity of the biological cavity; a connector at a proximal end of the lead, and comprising at least one conductor pin; and a lead body extending between the sensor assembly and the connector, and comprising at least one conductor that electrically couples the at least one sensor to the at least one conductor pin, characterised in that the sensor structure further comprises one or more motion sensors spaced apart around the circumference.
Method of assembling a distalizer comprising a mesial element adapted to be fixed by its base (11, 12) to an upper canine and a distal element adapted to be fixed by its base to an upper molar, and an arm connecting the distal element with the mesial element, the arm comprising a ball member at one end of the arm and the distal element comprising a receptacle for receiving said ball member, the method being characterised by providing the distal element with an opening of the receptacle that is large enough to introduce the ball member substantially without deformation, providing the arm with the ball member, introducing the ball member into the receptacle, and reducing the opening of the receptacle by locally plastically deforming the border of the receptacle.
An implantable medical device, comprising: a sensing module comprising an adjustable filter (254, 264) and configured to: receive a raw cardiac electrical signal comprising R-waves, T-waves and P-waves via electrodes coupled to the sensing module; filter the raw cardiac electrical signal by the adjustable filter to produce a filtered cardiac electrical signal; determine if the T-waves are distinct from the P-waves in the filtered cardiac electrical signal; adjust the filter to increase a difference between a feature of the P-waves and a feature of the T-waves in the filtered cardiac signal when the T-waves are not distinct from the P-waves; determine P-wave sensing criteria based on the difference; and sense a P-wave from the filtered cardiac electrical signal when the P-wave sensing criteria are met; a pulse generator configured to generate and deliver a ventricular pacing pulse via electrodes coupled to the pulse generator; and a control module coupled to the sensing module and the pulse generator and configured to set a ventricular pacing escape interval in response to the sensing module sensing the P-wave to control the pulse generator to deliver a ventricular pacing pulse when the ventricular pacing escape interval expires. a sensing module comprising an adjustable filter (254, 264) and configured to: receive a raw cardiac electrical signal comprising R-waves, T-waves and P-waves via electrodes coupled to the sensing module; filter the raw cardiac electrical signal by the adjustable filter to produce a filtered cardiac electrical signal; determine if the T-waves are distinct from the P-waves in the filtered cardiac electrical signal; adjust the filter to increase a difference between a feature of the P-waves and a feature of the T-waves in the filtered cardiac signal when the T-waves are not distinct from the P-waves; determine P-wave sensing criteria based on the difference; and sense a P-wave from the filtered cardiac electrical signal when the P-wave sensing criteria are met; receive a raw cardiac electrical signal comprising R-waves, T-waves and P-waves via electrodes coupled to the sensing module; filter the raw cardiac electrical signal by the adjustable filter to produce a filtered cardiac electrical signal; determine if the T-waves are distinct from the P-waves in the filtered cardiac electrical signal; adjust the filter to increase a difference between a feature of the P-waves and a feature of the T-waves in the filtered cardiac signal when the T-waves are not distinct from the P-waves; determine P-wave sensing criteria based on the difference; and sense a P-wave from the filtered cardiac electrical signal when the P-wave sensing criteria are met; a pulse generator configured to generate and deliver a ventricular pacing pulse via electrodes coupled to the pulse generator; and a control module coupled to the sensing module and the pulse generator and configured to set a ventricular pacing escape interval in response to the sensing module sensing the P-wave to control the pulse generator to deliver a ventricular pacing pulse when the ventricular pacing escape interval expires.
A non-volatile memory device, comprising: at least a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a substrate, the first and second electrodes being separated from each other; an organic semiconductive polymer layer electrically connecting the first and second electrodes; an electrolyte layer in contact with the organic semiconductive polymer layer; and a third electrode that is not in contact with the first electrode, the second electrode, and the organic semiconductive polymer layer; wherein the organic semiconductive polymer has a first redox state in which it exhibits a first conductivity, and a second redox state in which it exhibits a second conductivity, characterised by a layer comprising a complementary redox agent, wherein the layer is in contact with the third electrode and is separated from the organic semiconductor polymer layer by the electrolyte layer. at least a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a substrate, the first and second electrodes being separated from each other; an organic semiconductive polymer layer electrically connecting the first and second electrodes; an electrolyte layer in contact with the organic semiconductive polymer layer; and a third electrode that is not in contact with the first electrode, the second electrode, and the organic semiconductive polymer layer; wherein the organic semiconductive polymer has a first redox state in which it exhibits a first conductivity, and a second redox state in which it exhibits a second conductivity, characterised by a layer comprising a complementary redox agent, wherein the layer is in contact with the third electrode and is separated from the organic semiconductor polymer layer by the electrolyte layer.
A handheld surgical stapler, the surgical stapler being self-contained such that all components of the surgical stapler are contained in a handpiece that can be held by hand, the surgical stapler comprising: an end effector comprising a staple channel and an anvil pivotably translatable relative to the staple channel; a reciprocating knife positioned to slide longitudinally relative to the staple channel when the anvil is pivoted to a position substantially parallel to the staple channel; a shaft extending proximally from the end effector; a handle extending proximally from the shaft; an actuation device (18, 20) coupled to the handle and operably communicating with the end effector; a first sensor (110, 2002) having an output representing a first condition of the actuation device; a second sensor having an output representing a position of the anvil; a third sensor having an output representing a position of the reciprocating knife; and an externally accessible memory device in communication with the first, second and third sensors, wherein the memory device is configured to record the output of the first, second and third sensors when the output from any sensor changes states, wherein the surgical stapler comprises a motorized drive system in communication with the actuation device and the end effector, and wherein the motorized drive system is powered by a battery in the handle. an end effector comprising a staple channel and an anvil pivotably translatable relative to the staple channel; a reciprocating knife positioned to slide longitudinally relative to the staple channel when the anvil is pivoted to a position substantially parallel to the staple channel; a shaft extending proximally from the end effector; a handle extending proximally from the shaft; an actuation device (18, 20) coupled to the handle and operably communicating with the end effector; a first sensor (110, 2002) having an output representing a first condition of the actuation device; a second sensor having an output representing a position of the anvil; a third sensor having an output representing a position of the reciprocating knife; and an externally accessible memory device in communication with the first, second and third sensors, wherein the memory device is configured to record the output of the first, second and third sensors when the output from any sensor changes states, wherein the surgical stapler comprises a motorized drive system in communication with the actuation device and the end effector, and wherein the motorized drive system is powered by a battery in the handle.
Aircraft tyre comprising: - a tread, intended to come into contact with a ground, - a protective reinforcement, radially on the inside of the tread, - the protective reinforcement having a cylindrical structure having as its axis of revolution the axis of rotation (YY') of the tyre, extending axially from a first axial end as far as a second axial end over an axial width L and extending radially from a radially interior first face as far as a radially exterior second face over a mean radial thickness T, - the protective reinforcement comprising reinforcers coated in an elastomer compound, having a diameter D and having a path in the circumferential direction (XX') of the tyre, - the protective reinforcement being radially on the outside of a working reinforcement, - the working reinforcement comprising at least two radially superposed working layers made up of reinforcers having a zigzag path in the circumferential direction (XX') of the tyre, characterized in that the protective reinforcement has a mean radial thickness T at least equal to two times the diameter D of a reinforcer, in that the protective reinforcement comprises respectively on its radially interior face and on its radially exterior face parts made of elastomeric compound having an axial width W at least equal to the diameter D of a reinforcer and in that the path of any reinforcer of the protective reinforcement, in the circumferential direction (XX') of the tyre, varies radially between the radially interior first face and the radially exterior second face, in such a way that the set of paths of the reinforcers of the protective reinforcement constitutes a three-dimensional lattice. - a tread, intended to come into contact with a ground, - a protective reinforcement, radially on the inside of the tread, - the protective reinforcement having a cylindrical structure having as its axis of revolution the axis of rotation (YY') of the tyre, extending axially from a first axial end as far as a second axial end over an axial width L and extending radially from a radially interior first face as far as a radially exterior second face over a mean radial thickness T, - the protective reinforcement comprising reinforcers coated in an elastomer compound, having a diameter D and having a path in the circumferential direction (XX') of the tyre, - the protective reinforcement being radially on the outside of a working reinforcement, - the working reinforcement comprising at least two radially superposed working layers made up of reinforcers having a zigzag path in the circumferential direction (XX') of the tyre,
A laundry appliance comprising a laundry drying chamber and a sensor for measuring the humidity of laundry items contained in the laundry drying chamber, said sensor comprising a sensing arrangement provided for generating one or more electric signals accounting for a degree of humidity of the laundry items contained in the laundry drying chamber, the sensor further comprises an operating support having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the sensing arrangement of the sensor further comprises at least one first pad provided on the first surface of the operating support and a respective at least one second pad provided on the second surface of the operating support, both the first pad and the second pad being made of an electrically conductive material and being adapted to operate as a plate of a capacitor, characterized in that the operating support comprises an electronic board comprising a respective metal layer provided at the first surface and at the second surface, said first surface, on which the at least one first pad is provided, being a top surface of the electronic board and said second surface, opposite to the first surface and on which the respective at least one second pad is provided, being a back surface of the electronic board, and in that the at least one first pad and the respective at least one second pad being made by using said respective metal layer of the electronic board and being mounted to the electronic board spatially close one to the other and have substantially the same physical and structural properties.
Apparatus for use with a position sensor, the apparatus comprising: a signal generator operable to generate signals for driving the position sensor so that a cyclically varying sensor signal is obtained from the position sensor whose phase varies with the position to be sensed; a controller operable to control the signal generator to repeatedly switch between a first mode in which the phase of said sensor signal varies with said position according to a first function and a second mode in which the phase of said sensor signal varies with said position according to a second different function; and a phase detector operable: i) to determine a first phase measurement of said sensor signal during said first mode, which first phase measurement depends upon a time between a start of the first mode and when said sensor signal crosses a reference level; ii) to determine a second phase measurement of said sensor signal during said second mode, which second phase measurement depends upon a time between a start of the second mode and when said sensor signal crosses a reference level; iii) to calculate a difference between the first and second phase measurements to obtain a phase difference measurement; and iv) to output an indication of the position to be sensed determined using said phase difference measurement; wherein said controller is operable to control said signal generator in order to set a start phase of signals generated in at least one of said first and second modes so that the timings at which said sensor signal crosses said reference level relative to the corresponding start times of said first and second modes are substantially the same. a signal generator operable to generate signals for driving the position sensor so that a cyclically varying sensor signal is obtained from the position sensor whose phase varies with the position to be sensed; a controller operable to control the signal generator to repeatedly switch between a first mode in which the phase of said sensor signal varies with said position according to a first function and a second mode in which the phase of said sensor signal varies with said position according to a second different function; and a phase detector operable: i) to determine a first phase measurement of said sensor signal during said first mode, which first phase measurement depends upon a time between a start of the first mode and when said sensor signal crosses a reference level; ii) to determine a second phase measurement of said sensor signal during said second mode, which second phase measurement depends upon a time between a start of the second mode and when said sensor signal crosses a reference level; iii) to calculate a difference between the first and second phase measurements to obtain a phase difference measurement; and iv) to output an indication of the position to be sensed determined using said phase difference measurement;
A plastic container comprising a substantially rectangular-shaped body comprising at least one cut-away portion (32, 48) on a first side of the body, the cut-away portion having a panel (34, 50) that is intersected by a horizontal rib (36, 52) that extends along an outer perimeter of the container in a substantially horizontal plane, characterized in that the intersecting horizontal rib (36, 52) is curved at a location where it intersects the panel (34, 50) and the panel (34, 50) comprises two complimentary shaped indentations (34a, 34b; 50a, 50b) formed on either side of the intersecting horizontal rib (36, 52), the two complimentary shaped indentations (34a, 34b; 50a, 50b) being in the form of two complimentary bean-shaped portions formed by the intersecting curved horizontal rib (36, 52).
Method for producing a structural element of a motor vehicle seat, in which method a plurality of components (2-4, 6, 7) are connected to one another by way of welding, characterized in that a connecting region (3', 4') of the components (3, 4) is converted before the welding from an adhesive part into a welding part, parts of an adhesive surface being removed, with the result that a contour is raised, along which welding can be carried out.
An endless band with a band body from metal for an apparatus for producing corrugated cardboard, characterized in that the ratio of a circumferential length of the endless band to a width (b) of the endless band extending transversely to the circumferential length is less than or equal to 1.5, wherein the endless band has a tensile strength of 1200 to 1600 N/mm 2.