mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Apparatus for continuously forming a spiral seamed conduit from a metallic strip comprising: - a feeding plane for said metallic strip; - a forming head (4,4') configured to rotate about a forming axis substantially parallel to the feeding plane and tilted by a forming angle (α) with respect to a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of the metallic strip, wherein the forming head (4,4') is adapted to drive in rotation said metallic strip for defining a spiral conduit; - a lock-seaming device configured to continuously lock two portions of said metallic strip along opposite profiles for forming said spiral seamed conduit; wherein said forming head (4,4') is provided with one or more forming elements (7,9) arranged and configured so to define a substantially polygonal shape for the section of said spiral conduit during the drive in rotation of said metallic strip; wherein said lock-seaming device is configured to move along a seaming direction so to lock said two portions along a side of said conduit; characterized in that said apparatus further comprises means configured to move the forming head (4,4') according to a plurality of axes, during the forming process. - a feeding plane for said metallic strip; - a forming head (4,4') configured to rotate about a forming axis substantially parallel to the feeding plane and tilted by a forming angle (α) with respect to a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of the metallic strip, wherein the forming head (4,4') is adapted to drive in rotation said metallic strip for defining a spiral conduit; - a lock-seaming device configured to continuously lock two portions of said metallic strip along opposite profiles for forming said spiral seamed conduit; wherein said forming head (4,4') is provided with one or more forming elements (7,9) arranged and configured so to define a substantially polygonal shape for the section of said spiral conduit during the drive in rotation of said metallic strip; wherein said lock-seaming device is configured to move along a seaming direction so to lock said two portions along a side of said conduit; characterized in that said apparatus further comprises means configured to move the forming head (4,4') according to a plurality of axes, during the forming process.
A method comprising the steps of providing a tagged inhibitor of paraffin or asphaltene precipitation that comprises a base compound bonded to a detectable moiety, the base compound being capable of inhibiting precipitation of paraffins or asphaltenes; and introducing the tagged inhibitor into at least a portion of a subterranean formation; characterised in that the base compound is a maleic anhydride copolymer and the detectable moiety comprises phosphorus, and the method further comprises the step of using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry to determine a concentration of the tagged inhibitor in a sample of fluid from at least a portion of the subterranean formation.
A device for dosing an anaesthetic into a gas stream having a gas inlet, by way of which gas that is to be enriched with the anaesthetic flows in, coming from a gas source, and a gas outlet, by way of which gas enriched with the anaesthetic flows out to a patient connection, wherein arranged in the direction of flow of the gas between the gas inlet and the gas outlet there is an evaporation chamber, in which an anaesthetic can be dosed into the gas stream at least occasionally and which has a tank for liquid anaesthetic and an evaporation region in which liquid anaesthetic evaporates at least in part, and there is a heating element for at least occasionally heating the gas, wherein the heating element is arranged upstream of the evaporation chamber in the direction of flow of the gas, characterised in that the heating element is activated by a control unit in such a way that heat is supplied to the gas that is to be enriched with anaesthetic in order to evaporate the anaesthetic located in the evaporation chamber as a function of at least one status parameter of the gas to be enriched with the anaesthetic and/or the gas enriched at least in part with the anaesthetic and also as a function of a quantity of anaesthetic required after leaving the evaporation chamber and/or a desired concentration of the anaesthetic in the gas required after leaving the evaporation chamber and/or a necessary anaesthetic volume flow.
A liquid chromatographic system comprising - a plurality of fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) comprising at least one HPLC column, - a downstream valve connected to the fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) and connectable to a detector via a valve-to-detector conduit, wherein the fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) are alternately connectable to the valve-to-detector conduit via the downstream valve, wherein the LC system further comprises a downstream pump fluidically connected to the downstream valve, alternately connectable to the fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) via the downstream valve in order to backflush and thereby clean the at least one HPLC column and also connectable to the valve-to-detector conduit via the downstream valve in order to wash the valve-to-detector conduit, wherein the downstream pump is configured to connect to the valve-to-detector conduit between two consecutive fluidic streams in order to wash liquid from a previous fluidic stream out of the valve-to-detector conduit before liquid from a subsequent fluidic stream enters the valve-to-detector conduit, wherein the downstream pump is connected to the downstream valve via a wash selection valve, and wherein the wash selection valve is configured to alternately connect to any one of the fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) and to the valve-to-detector conduit via the downstream valve. - a plurality of fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) comprising at least one HPLC column, - a downstream valve connected to the fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) and connectable to a detector via a valve-to-detector conduit, wherein the fluidic streams (11, 12, 13) are alternately connectable to the valve-to-detector conduit via the downstream valve,
A turbine stator blade made of ceramic matrix composite material comprising at least one hollow blade profile (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) and having a trailing edge and a leading edge, the blade also comprises a first portion (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) comprising an extrados face of the blade profile and a second portion (120, 220, 320, 420, 520) distinct from the first portion comprising an intrados face of the blade profile, the first and second portions being connected to one another by a connection interface (130, 230, 250, 260, 301, 302, 401) present at least on the trailing edge or leading edge of the blade profile, the connecting interface comprising a region of overlap between the first and second portions which is present on at least one longitudinal end of the blade profile and intended to be present outside a flow path of a gas stream of the turbine, the blade also comprising at least one platform present at one longitudinal end of the blade profile which comprises a first portion integral with the extrados face of the blade profile and a second portion integral with the intrados face of the blade profile, characterized in that the first and second portions of the platform are connected to one another on at least one straddling portion (533, 534) belonging to the region of overlap.
A cable guide (705, 1000, or 1100) comprising a flexible member having a first endpoint (905, 1015) and a second endpoint (910, 1020), the flexible member curved about a central point (915, 1095), wherein when in a first state the flexible member has a radius of curvature that continuously decreases towards the second endpoint (910, 1020), the flexible member having a flat portion extending from the first endpoint (905, 1015) to the second endpoint (910, 1020), the flat portion being suitable for attaching a cable thereto, characterized in that a transition from the first state to a second state causes the radius of curvature to increase and become approximately constant in the second state.
Method for checking the function of a pressure sensor in the air intake tract or exhaust gas outlet tract of an internal combustion engine in operation, wherein - dynamic pressure oscillations of the intake air in the air intake tract or of the exhaust gas in the exhaust gas outlet tract of the relevant internal combustion engine are measured during operation by means of the relevant pressure sensor and a corresponding pressure vibration signal (DS_S) is generated from them; and - wherein, on the basis of the pressure oscillation signal (DS_S), a value of a specific operating characteristic (BChk_W1...X) of the internal combustion engine is respectively determined for a number of selected signal frequencies (SF1...X) with the aid of discrete Fourier transformation and deviation values (Aw _W1...Y) of the values of the operating characteristic (BChk _W1...X) determined for different signal frequencies (SF1...X) from one another are determined; - wherein the satisfactory function of the pressure sensor is confirmed (DSens=ok) if none of the determined deviation values (Aw W1...Y) reaches or exceeds a specified deviation limit value (Aw Gw) and - wherein a malfunction (DSens_Ffkt) of the pressure sensor is diagnosed if at least one of the determined deviation values (Aw_W1...Y) reaches or exceeds a predetermined deviation limit value (Aw_Gw) at least once. - dynamic pressure oscillations of the intake air in the air intake tract or of the exhaust gas in the exhaust gas outlet tract of the relevant internal combustion engine are measured during operation by means of the relevant pressure sensor and a corresponding pressure vibration signal (DS_S) is generated from them; and - wherein, on the basis of the pressure oscillation signal (DS_S), a value of a specific operating characteristic (BChk_W1...X) of the internal combustion engine is respectively determined for a number of selected signal frequencies (SF1...X) with the aid of discrete Fourier transformation and deviation values (Aw _W1...Y) of the values of the operating characteristic (BChk _W1...X) determined for different signal frequencies (SF1...X) from one another are determined; - wherein the satisfactory function of the pressure sensor is confirmed (DSens=ok) if none of the determined deviation values (Aw W1...Y) reaches or exceeds a specified deviation limit value (Aw Gw) and - wherein a malfunction (DSens_Ffkt) of the pressure sensor is diagnosed if at least one of the determined deviation values (Aw_W1...Y) reaches or exceeds a predetermined deviation limit value (Aw_Gw) at least once.
A method for the detection of a pathogen in a biological fluid sample comprising the steps of; determining the volume of said sample in a sample container comprising said sample and a growth medium using a volume sensor device, communicating the sample volume to one or more interfaces, comparing the sample volume to that of a sample volume specification, wherein, if said sample volume is inside of said volume specification, incubating said sample and monitoring one or more parameters in said incubated sample indicative of growth of said pathogen; and if said sample volume is outside of said sample volume specification, providing a corresponding message to a user, characterised by responding to any user input regarding said message, wherein when the user elects to continue processing the sample after receiving an indication that the sample volume is outside sample volume specification, automatically applying an algorithm to augment detection sensitivity if said sample volume is less than said sample volume specification and for automatically applying an alternate background filter, if said sample volume is greater than said sample volume specification during said incubation and monitoring steps.
A mobile telecommunications system first base station (eNodeB_A) including a transmission and reception point, TRP, the TRP comprising circuitry configured to: transmit, to a second base station (eNodeB_B), a status indicator for switching the second base station (eNodeB_B) between an active state and an inactive state comprising deactivating selectively multiple remote radio heads (RRH-B1,..., RRH-B6) connected to the second base station (eNodeB_B) based on the status indicator; detect a mobility of a user equipment (5a, 5b, 6), the user equipment being mounted to a vehicle; and detect a movement direction of the vehicle, wherein the status indicator is transmitted along the movement direction of the vehicle for switching multiple remote radio heads of the second base station (eNodeB_B) between an active state and an inactive state, wherein the status indicator indicates a last activated remote radio head of the first base station (eNodeB_A) for determining whether and which remote radio heads of the second base station (eNodeB_B) should be activated; and wherein the second base station (eNodeB_B) is a neighboring base station. transmit, to a second base station (eNodeB_B), a status indicator for switching the second base station (eNodeB_B) between an active state and an inactive state comprising deactivating selectively multiple remote radio heads (RRH-B1,..., RRH-B6) connected to the second base station (eNodeB_B) based on the status indicator; detect a mobility of a user equipment (5a, 5b, 6), the user equipment being mounted to a vehicle; and detect a movement direction of the vehicle, wherein the status indicator is transmitted along the movement direction of the vehicle for switching multiple remote radio heads of the second base station (eNodeB_B) between an active state and an inactive state, wherein the status indicator indicates a last activated remote radio head of the first base station (eNodeB_A) for determining whether and which remote radio heads of the second base station (eNodeB_B) should be activated; and wherein the second base station (eNodeB_B) is a neighboring base station.
Refractory product comprising the following features: 1.1 the product has a chemical composition according to which the following oxides are present in the following proportions: 1.1.1 MgO: at least 92% by mass; 1.1.2 Al 2 O 3: 1.5 to 7% by mass; 1.1.3 Fe 2 O 3: less than 3% by mass; 1.1.4 CaO + SiO 2: 1 to 3% by mass; 1.2. the product comprises coated grains having the following features: 1.2.1 the coated grains have a grain size of at least 2 mm; 1.2.2 the coated grains consist of magnesia, the surface of which has a coating of magnesia spinel at least in sections. 1.1 the product has a chemical composition according to which the following oxides are present in the following proportions: 1.1.1 MgO: at least 92% by mass; 1.1.2 Al 2 O 3: 1.5 to 7% by mass; 1.1.3 Fe 2 O 3: less than 3% by mass; 1.1.4 CaO + SiO 2: 1 to 3% by mass; 1.2. the product comprises coated grains having the following features: 1.2.1 the coated grains have a grain size of at least 2 mm; 1.2.2 the coated grains consist of magnesia, the surface of which has a coating of magnesia spinel at least in sections. 1.2.1 the coated grains have a grain size of at least 2 mm; 1.2.2 the coated grains consist of magnesia, the surface of which has a coating of magnesia spinel at least in sections.
A tie-back seal assembly comprising: an outer sleeve; an inner sleeve disposed within the outer sleeve; a shear pin extending through the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve and configured to engage with a tie-back liner to prevent axial movement of the tie-back liner relative to the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve wherein responsive to a force applied to the tie-back liner in a downhole direction, the shear pin shears to allow the tie-back liner and inner sleeve to move axially within the outer sleeve; and a ratch-latch pin coupled to and disposed downhole from the inner sleeve, and configured to engage with a tie-back receptacle to prevent axial movement of the inner sleeve and the tie-back liner in an uphole direction, but not a downhole direction. an outer sleeve; an inner sleeve disposed within the outer sleeve; a shear pin extending through the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve and configured to engage with a tie-back liner to prevent axial movement of the tie-back liner relative to the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve wherein responsive to a force applied to the tie-back liner in a downhole direction, the shear pin shears to allow the tie-back liner and inner sleeve to move axially within the outer sleeve; and a ratch-latch pin coupled to and disposed downhole from the inner sleeve, and configured to engage with a tie-back receptacle to prevent axial movement of the inner sleeve and the tie-back liner in an uphole direction, but not a downhole direction.
Measuring device for optical ranging, more particularly hand-held measuring instrument for ranging, comprising a transmission apparatus for emitting optical measurement radiation toward a target object; a reception apparatus with a detection area for detecting optical measurement radiation returning from the target object, wherein the detection area has a multiplicity of pixels, wherein each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element, and comprising a reference apparatus with a detection area for detecting device-internal reference radiation, wherein the detection area of the reference apparatus has a multiplicity of pixels, wherein each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element characterized in that one pixel of the detection area of the reference apparatus is assigned to one pixel of the detection area of the reception apparatus.
Flow meter for measuring a liquid flow rate, the flow meter comprising - an ultrasound measurement arrangement including two piezoelectric ultrasound transducers (PT1, PT2) arranged to generate and receive an ultrasound signal in a measurement pipe where the liquid flows, - a processor electrically connected to the two piezoelectric ultrasound transducers (PT1, PT2) to perform an ultrasound measurement sequence and to calculate a measure of liquid flow rate (V') based thereon, and wherein the processor is further arranged to calculate the liquid flow rate by applying a correction to the measure of liquid flow rate (V'), and - an analog transducer interface, arranged to interconnect the processor and the ultrasound measurement arrangement UMA, wherein the processor determines the correction based on an electric signal received from one of the two piezoelectric ultrasound transducers in response to an electric measurement signal applied to the one piezoelectric ultrasound transducer by the processor (p) through the analog transducer interface, characterised in that the processor, based on digital signal processing of the received electrical signal, is arranged to determine a measure related to temperature of the liquid based on a measure related to electric capacitance (C) of the one piezoelectric ultrasound transducer. - an ultrasound measurement arrangement including two piezoelectric ultrasound transducers (PT1, PT2) arranged to generate and receive an ultrasound signal in a measurement pipe where the liquid flows, - a processor electrically connected to the two piezoelectric ultrasound transducers (PT1, PT2) to perform an ultrasound measurement sequence and to calculate a measure of liquid flow rate (V') based thereon, and wherein the processor is further arranged to calculate the liquid flow rate by applying a correction to the measure of liquid flow rate (V'), and - an analog transducer interface, arranged to interconnect the processor and the ultrasound measurement arrangement UMA,
A foldable storage arrangement, comprising at least a first storage module wherein said storage module comprises two side walls and one front wall (3, 3b), wherein each side wall is provided with at least one fastening mean to maintain the front wall (3, 3b) on said side walls, and that each side wall further comprises at least one fixation element to fix said side wall onto a support and wherein said side walls comprise a straight back edge, a straight bottom edge orthogonal to the back edge, a top edge, on which is fastened a top wall, and a front edge, on which is fastened a front wall. characterized in that the top edge of the side walls has a concave shape, and wherein the front edge of the side wall has a convex shape.
A closure device for connecting two parts, comprising - a connector, - a housing which comprises a connector receptacle, into which the connector can be inserted in a closing direction for closing the closure device, - a slide shiftably arranged at the housing, which for opening the closure device is shiftable along an opening direction different from the closing direction, and - a detent spring element which in a closed position of the closure device latchingly holds the connector at the housing and for opening the closure device can be moved out of engagement with the connector by shifting the slide in the opening direction, in order to release the connector from the housing, so that in an open position of the closure device the connector is separated from the housing, characterized by at least one guide element (301, 302) which guides the connector on insertion into the connector receptacle for closing the closure device along the closing direction into the closed position and supports the connector against tilting relative to the closing direction when the slide is shifted for opening the closure device. - a connector, - a housing which comprises a connector receptacle, into which the connector can be inserted in a closing direction for closing the closure device, - a slide shiftably arranged at the housing, which for opening the closure device is shiftable along an opening direction different from the closing direction, and - a detent spring element which in a closed position of the closure device latchingly holds the connector at the housing and for opening the closure device can be moved out of engagement with the connector by shifting the slide in the opening direction, in order to release the connector from the housing, so that in an open position of the closure device the connector is separated from the housing,
A computer-implemented method for efficient frame-to-frame coherency exploitation for sort-last architectures, comprising: storing an identifier associated with a tile of pixels; determining whether the tile of pixels is covered completely by a triangle to be drawn by a first static draw call in a first frame; and setting the identifier associated with the tile of pixels to an identifier associated with the first static draw call in response to a determination that the tile of pixels is covered completely by the triangle from the first static draw call in the first frame; characterized in that determining, in a second frame, whether an identifier of a second static draw call matches the identifier associated with the tile of pixels; and reusing pixel color values of the tile of pixels in the first frame for the pixel color values of the tile of pixels in the second frame, if the identifier of the second static draw call matches the identifier associated with the tile of pixels. storing an identifier associated with a tile of pixels; determining whether the tile of pixels is covered completely by a triangle to be drawn by a first static draw call in a first frame; and setting the identifier associated with the tile of pixels to an identifier associated with the first static draw call in response to a determination that the tile of pixels is covered completely by the triangle from the first static draw call in the first frame; characterized in that determining, in a second frame, whether an identifier of a second static draw call matches the identifier associated with the tile of pixels; and reusing pixel color values of the tile of pixels in the first frame for the pixel color values of the tile of pixels in the second frame, if the identifier of the second static draw call matches the identifier associated with the tile of pixels.