mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A biological purifying reactor comprising a space for expansion and removal of sludge with a volume V at the bottom of said reactor; a gas injection system located in a lower area close to the bottom of the said space for expansion and removal of sludge; a fluid injection system located at, or above the bottom of the said space for expansion and removal of sludge; and a biological filter, wherein said biological filter comprises a packed bed of particles retained in said reactor below a perforated retention ceiling against upward movement, and a volume of movable particles located under the packed bed of particles and within the said space for expansion and removal of sludge and above the bottom of said space for expansion and removal of sludge wherein the particles of said packed bed and of the volume of movable particles are carriers for microbial film, wherein the movable particles have a density between 900 and 1200 kg/m 3, preferably between 920 to 980 kg/m 3, wherein the particles of the packed bed have a granulometric size of 2-6 mm and a density ranged between 15 and 100 kg/m 3, wherein the movable particles are hollow carriers comprising a protected surface area protected against collision with the surfaces of other carrier elements, wherein the size of the particles of the packed bed is larger than the largest inner flow passages of the movable particles, wherein the volume V of the space for expansion and removal of sludge is between 30 and 80%, preferably between 30 and 55%, of the total volume under the perforated retention ceiling of the biological purifying reactor, wherein 20-70%, preferably 30-65%, of the volume V of the space for expansion and removal of sludge is filled with the movable particles and wherein the fluid injection system located at the or above the bottom of the said space for expansion and removal of sludge comprises holes, wherein the size of the holes is chosen to be smaller than the chosen size of the movable particles so that the particles can be retained by the holes.
A computer-implemented method of locating a garter spring external to a pressure tube and within a calandria tube, said method comprising: receiving a plurality of data points, where said receiving includes receiving a data point representative of a diameter of said tube at each of a plurality of angular offsets for a first range of axial positions in said tube; fitting a shape to said plurality of data points; determining an integrated residual error between said data points and said set of circles; associating said integrated residual error with said first range of axial positions; repeating said receiving, fitting, determining and associating for a further plurality of axial positions, thereby producing a plurality of integrated residual errors; and indicating, as a location of said support structure, an axial position associated with a local maximum integrated residual error among said plurality of integrated residual errors. receiving a plurality of data points, where said receiving includes receiving a data point representative of a diameter of said tube at each of a plurality of angular offsets for a first range of axial positions in said tube; fitting a shape to said plurality of data points; determining an integrated residual error between said data points and said set of circles; associating said integrated residual error with said first range of axial positions; repeating said receiving, fitting, determining and associating for a further plurality of axial positions, thereby producing a plurality of integrated residual errors; and indicating, as a location of said support structure, an axial position associated with a local maximum integrated residual error among said plurality of integrated residual errors.
A method of detecting narrowband interference in a wideband communication signal having a frequency bandwidth with a plurality of narrowband channels disposed therein, the method comprising: scanning the plurality of narrowband channels a plurality of times (m) to determine, at each scan, a sequence of signal strengths; characterized by: selecting, for each of the sequences of signal strengths, a predefined number (x) of narrowband channels having the highest signal strength to determine a group of selected highest signal strength channels; determining, the number of times a given narrowband channel appears in the group of selected highest signal strength channels; determining, based on the number of times a given narrowband channel appears in the group of selected highest signal strength channels, if an interference signal is present in the given narrowband channel. scanning the plurality of narrowband channels a plurality of times (m) to determine, at each scan, a sequence of signal strengths; characterized by: selecting, for each of the sequences of signal strengths, a predefined number (x) of narrowband channels having the highest signal strength to determine a group of selected highest signal strength channels; determining, the number of times a given narrowband channel appears in the group of selected highest signal strength channels; determining, based on the number of times a given narrowband channel appears in the group of selected highest signal strength channels, if an interference signal is present in the given narrowband channel. selecting, for each of the sequences of signal strengths, a predefined number (x) of narrowband channels having the highest signal strength to determine a group of selected highest signal strength channels; determining, the number of times a given narrowband channel appears in the group of selected highest signal strength channels; determining, based on the number of times a given narrowband channel appears in the group of selected highest signal strength channels, if an interference signal is present in the given narrowband channel.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in a method for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in human, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of arsenic trioxide to inhibit the proliferation or promote the apoptosis of synoviocytes, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; wherein the arsenic trioxide is in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for local administration to a synovial joint; wherein the composition comprising the arsenic trioxide is administrated directly to the synvovial joint.
An ultrasound catheter for disrupting occlusions in blood vessels, the ultrasound catheter comprising: an elongate flexible catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, at least one lumen, and at least one bend in the catheter body nearer the distal end than the proximal end; an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the lumen of the catheter body, the ultrasound transmission member having a proximal end connectable to a separate ultrasound generating device and a distal end disposed adjacent the distal end of the catheter body; and a distal head coupled with the distal end of the ultrasound transmission member, the distal head positioned adjacent the distal end of the catheter body, characterized in that the at least one bend is at least one preshaped bend, the catheter including a distal sleeve which is coupled with the catheter body and which surrounds a portion of the ultrasound transmission member. an elongate flexible catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, at least one lumen, and at least one bend in the catheter body nearer the distal end than the proximal end; an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the lumen of the catheter body, the ultrasound transmission member having a proximal end connectable to a separate ultrasound generating device and a distal end disposed adjacent the distal end of the catheter body; and a distal head coupled with the distal end of the ultrasound transmission member, the distal head positioned adjacent the distal end of the catheter body, characterized in that the at least one bend is at least one preshaped bend, the catheter including a distal sleeve which is coupled with the catheter body and which surrounds a portion of the ultrasound transmission member.
Method for operating a strand casting machine at the beginning of casting, wherein the strand casting machine comprises a die and a strand guide, and the strand guide comprises at least one pair of deployable strand guide rollers and at least one cooling nozzle, having the following method steps: - inserting a cold strand into the strand casting machine; - holding the cold strand in the strand guide, wherein a cold strand head seals the die in a fluid tight fashion; - casting the strand casting machine, wherein liquid steel is cast into the die and in the process an at least partially rigid strand, which has a strand start, a subsequent strand start area with a length A, 0.5 < A < 5m, and subsequently a main strand part, is formed; - extracting the cold strand, wherein the cold strand is extracted from the die in a casting direction; - detecting a position of the strand start in the strand guide; - because the strand start, preferably an upper end of the strand start area has passed the pair of deployable strand guide rollers; deploy the pair on the strand so that the pair touches the strand; - cooling the strand start area with Q < Q Nom, wherein the cooling nozzle yields a coolant quantity Q of less than a nominal coolant quantity Q Nom onto the strand start area; - cooling the main strand part with Q ≈ Q Nom wherein the cooling nozzle yields a coolant quantity Q essentially equal to Q Nom onto the main strand part. - inserting a cold strand into the strand casting machine; - holding the cold strand in the strand guide, wherein a cold strand head seals the die in a fluid tight fashion; - casting the strand casting machine, wherein liquid steel is cast into the die and in the process an at least partially rigid strand, which has a strand start, a subsequent strand start area with a length A, 0.5 < A < 5m, and subsequently a main strand part, is formed; - extracting the cold strand, wherein the cold strand is extracted from the die in a casting direction; - detecting a position of the strand start in the strand guide; - because the strand start, preferably an upper end of the strand start area has passed the pair of deployable strand guide rollers; deploy the pair on the strand so that the pair touches the strand; - cooling the strand start area with Q < Q Nom, wherein the cooling nozzle yields a coolant quantity Q of less than a nominal coolant quantity Q Nom onto the strand start area; - cooling the main strand part with Q ≈ Q Nom wherein the cooling nozzle yields a coolant quantity Q essentially equal to Q Nom onto the main strand part.
Operating device of a domestic appliance, in particular hob operating device, having an operating means carrier unit (10a - 10g), which has at least one function field (12a - 12g) which is provided for coupling with a removable operating means (14a - 14g), and which carrier unit (10a - 10g) is provided for mounting the operating means (14a - 14g) without an axis or shaft and so as to be detachable in a non-destructive manner, wherein the operating means (10a - 10g) has at least one contour element (16a - 16g) for realising at least one operating function deviating from a rotary movement (18a - 18g), wherein the contour element (16a; 16c) is provided for realising a tilting function, and wherein the contour element (16a; 16c) has an oblique surface (20a; 20c) which includes an angle not equal to zero with respect to a horizontal plane in a functional state, and/or a curved surface, characterised in that the function field (12a; 12c) has a base contact surface (28a; 28c) which has a distance (30a; 30c) in the radial direction from an axis of rotation (32a; 32c) of the function field (12; 12c) in at least one region, which distance (30a; 30c) has at least 30% of a maximum extension (34a; 34c) of the function field (12a; 12c) in the radial direction to the axis of rotation (32a; 32c), wherein the base contact surface (28a; 28c) lies in a horizontal plane, wherein the axis of rotation of the function field (12a - 12g) is an axis of rotation corresponding with the axis of rotation of the operating means (14a - 14g) in the functional state thereof, about which the operating means (14a - 14g) is rotated in order to operate a unit.
A natural energy extraction apparatus comprising a float, a vertical-axis water turbine fixed to the float and extending downward, a power transmission device engaging an upper end of the float and converting rotational kinetic energy of the float to driving torque for driven equipment, and arm members supporting the power transmission device rotatably around a horizontal axis at one ends and supported by a fixed structure above a water current rotatably around a horizontal axis at the other ends, wherein the float and the vertical-axis water turbine are located in a river water current or tidal water current.
A light emitting device comprising: a first conductive layer including at least one via; a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the second conductive layer; an active layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and a charge distribution layer disposed in the first semiconductor layer, characterized in that the via penetrates through the second conductive layer, the second semiconductor layer, the active layer and the charge distribution layer and projects into the first semiconductor layer. a first conductive layer including at least one via; a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the second conductive layer; an active layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and a charge distribution layer disposed in the first semiconductor layer, characterized in that the via penetrates through the second conductive layer, the second semiconductor layer, the active layer and the charge distribution layer and projects into the first semiconductor layer.
A cleaner holder comprising: a first body having a first charging port configured to charge a cleaner; a second body protruding to a front side of the first body; and a battery accommodating space recessed downward from an upper surface of the second body to accommodate a battery detachably mounted to the cleaner, wherein a second charging port configured to charge the battery is provided in the battery accommodating space, characterized in that: a cleaner guide configured to perform guiding such that a terminal of the cleaner comes into contact with the first charging port is provided in the second body. a first body having a first charging port configured to charge a cleaner; a second body protruding to a front side of the first body; and a battery accommodating space recessed downward from an upper surface of the second body to accommodate a battery detachably mounted to the cleaner, wherein a second charging port configured to charge the battery is provided in the battery accommodating space, characterized in that: a cleaner guide configured to perform guiding such that a terminal of the cleaner comes into contact with the first charging port is provided in the second body.
A hydroponic system provided with a hydroponic unit in which culture panels into which seedlings (p) as a culture object are transplanted are vertically arranged, and a light-collecting apparatus that receives natural light from the outside and irradiates the seedlings (p) transplanted into the culture panel with the natural light, characterized in that the light-collecting apparatus has a pair of reflecting plates that are vertically provided in parallel with a culture surface of the culture panel provided in the hydroponic unit, and the seedlings (p) transplanted into the culture panel are irradiated with the natural light through a plurality light-exiting holes bored in the reflecting plates, the natural light taken from a light-collecting opening propagates while repeatedly being reflected by opposing reflecting surfaces of the reflecting plates.
An hydraulic and/or pneumatic connector assembly, said assembly comprising an interface manifold, comprising a switching lever, said interface manifold defining a first housing seat and a female coupling for an hydraulic and/or pneumatic quick connector, said female coupling being adapted to be alternatively connected to and disconnected from a corresponding male coupling of said connector, said female coupling comprising a female valve assembly with a valve adapted to be translated alternatively between a first closing position and a second opening position, wherein the flow of a fluid from said female coupling towards said male coupling and/or in the opposite direction is possible with said valve in said second opening position, wherein said female coupling comprises a hollow main body, with defines a first substantially tubular inner cavity with a longitudinal extension axis for the flow of said fluid, said female valve assembly being housed in said first inner cavity of said hollow main body, said hollow main body comprising a first end portion housed in a first housing seat of said interface manifold, wherein said first inner cavity of said hollow main body is placed in fluid connection with at least one inner channel of said interface manifold, said female coupling comprising mechanical constraining means for mutually constraining said first end portion of said hollow main body in said first housing seat, wherein said mechanical constraining means are shaped so as to prevent both the rotation and the translation of said hollow main body with respect to said first housing seat, wherein said female valve assembly comprised a hollow inner body housed in said first inner cavity of said hollow main body which can be translated with respect to said hollow main body, said hollow inner body defining a second inner cavity in fluid communication with said first inner cavity, said first hollow inner body comprising switching means which can be engaged by Z the switching lever constrained to and partially housed in said interface manifold, wherein said switching lever is adapted to be rotated with respect to a rotation axis which is substantially perpendicular with respect to said longitudinal extension axis of said first inner cavity of said hollow main body, wherein the rotation of said switching lever in a first rotation direction results in said switching means being engaged and thus in the translation of said hollow inner body in at least a first translation direction within said hollow main body, wherein said switching lever comprises a grip external to said interface manifold and an engagement leg housed inside said interface manifold and extending across a through opening of said hollow main body, and wherein said assembly comprises elastic contrasting means housed in said interface manifold, the rotation of said switching lever in said first rotation direction occurring against the elastic bias applied by said elastic contrasting means.
A mass spectrometer comprising: an ion mobility separation device for separating ions according to their ion mobility; and a first quadrupole mass filter (4, 6) arranged downstream of said ion mobility separation device; a control system arranged and adapted to scan and/or step the set mass of said first quadrupole mass filter (4, 6) a plurality of times over a first mass to charge ratio range of < ± 2 amu during the elution time of an ion mobility peak from said ion mobility separation device; and an analyser or ion detector arranged downstream of said first quadrupole mass filter (4, 6), wherein said analyser or ion detector is arranged and adapted to analyse or detect ions so as to acquire multi-dimensional ion mobility-mass to charge ratio data. an ion mobility separation device for separating ions according to their ion mobility; and a first quadrupole mass filter (4, 6) arranged downstream of said ion mobility separation device; a control system arranged and adapted to scan and/or step the set mass of said first quadrupole mass filter (4, 6) a plurality of times over a first mass to charge ratio range of < ± 2 amu during the elution time of an ion mobility peak from said ion mobility separation device; and an analyser or ion detector arranged downstream of said first quadrupole mass filter (4, 6), wherein said analyser or ion detector is arranged and adapted to analyse or detect ions so as to acquire multi-dimensional ion mobility-mass to charge ratio data.
A method comprising: generating identifiers for primitive edges, including providing a unique identifier for each corner of a patch, using an identifier to determine whether a corner has already been domain shaded, and storing an indication of which corners have already been domain shaded in a corner cache; using an edge cache separate from the corner cache to store edges that have already been domain shaded; assigning a tessellation factor to said identifiers to create a tag; storing a bit with said tag to indicate an edge orientation; domain shading a first corner of a first patch; and domain shading a corner of a second patch only if that corner is not the first corner which is determined by querying the corner cache using the unique identifier of that corner; determining whether an edge has already been domain shaded by querying the edge cache using the tag of that edge, and if the edge has already been domain shaded, skipping the domain shading for that edge in a subsequent patch, wherein an edge is flushed from the edge cache each time the edge is found to have been reused and a corner is flushed from the corner cache each time the corner is found to have been reused a predetermined number of times. generating identifiers for primitive edges, including providing a unique identifier for each corner of a patch, using an identifier to determine whether a corner has already been domain shaded, and storing an indication of which corners have already been domain shaded in a corner cache; using an edge cache separate from the corner cache to store edges that have already been domain shaded; assigning a tessellation factor to said identifiers to create a tag; storing a bit with said tag to indicate an edge orientation; domain shading a first corner of a first patch; and domain shading a corner of a second patch only if that corner is not the first corner which is determined by querying the corner cache using the unique identifier of that corner; determining whether an edge has already been domain shaded by querying the edge cache using the tag of that edge, and if the edge has already been domain shaded, skipping the domain shading for that edge in a subsequent patch, wherein an edge is flushed from the edge cache each time the edge is found to have been reused and a corner is flushed from the corner cache each time the corner is found to have been reused a predetermined number of times.