mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for delivering a liquid coffee extract of a selected volume from a capsule containing coffee powder in a beverage producing device by injection of a liquid interacting with the coffee powder and centrifugation of the capsule in the beverage producing device to force, by effect of the centrifugal forces, the liquid coffee extract out of the capsule; such liquid coffee extract being then collected, wherein the method comprises: - selecting a capsule from a set of capsules (1A, 1B, 1C) containing different amounts of ground coffee; each amount corresponding to a given range of volumes of liquid coffee extract to be delivered, - rotating the capsule in the device to obtain the extraction of the liquid coffee extract, - controlling the volume of liquid extract to be delivered from the capsule, wherein the rotation during extraction is controlled within a rotational speed range comprised within a range of 500 and 7500 rpm and, wherein the liquid flow rate differs as a function of the volume of liquid coffee extract and as the function of the amount of coffee powder contained in the capsule, characterized in that the liquid flow rate further differs as a function of the size of the capsule (1A, 1B, 1C) in the set, and in that the liquid flow rate decreases as: - the volume of the liquid coffee extract delivered becomes smaller or, - the size of the capsule decreases in the set or, - the amount of coffee powder decreases in the set. - selecting a capsule from a set of capsules (1A, 1B, 1C) containing different amounts of ground coffee; each amount corresponding to a given range of volumes of liquid coffee extract to be delivered, - rotating the capsule in the device to obtain the extraction of the liquid coffee extract, - controlling the volume of liquid extract to be delivered from the capsule, - the volume of the liquid coffee extract delivered becomes smaller or, - the size of the capsule decreases in the set or, - the amount of coffee powder decreases in the set.
A system for dissolution of a dental cleaning tablet or dental cleaning granulate in a stream of water, comprising the dental cleaning tablet or dental cleaning granulate fully encased in a flexible, but inherently stable and disposable mesh (5, 6, 7).
An optoelectronic module, embodied as optoelectronic chip-on-board module, wherein the optoelectronic module comprises a support, wherein the support has a planar design, furthermore comprising a plurality of optoelectronic components arranged on the support, wherein the optoelectronic module furthermore comprises a lens system comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein the optoelectronic components are arranged in a two-dimensional array on the support; the lens system has at least two lenses comprising different directional characteristics; characterised in that the at least two lenses comprising a different directional characteristic comprise a different height; wherein the lens system has a gradual change of directional characteristics; wherein the directional characteristics change continuously or discontinuously from an interior of the lens system to an edge of the lens system; wherein at least one lens of the lens system has a surface curvature comprising at least one convexly curved region and at least one concavely curved region; wherein the convexly curved and concavely curved regions are arranged on the side of the lens system facing away from the support.
A rotor, suitable for use in a rotary device, the rotor including; a cylindrical rotor body including a plurality of longitudinally extending receiving slots, the cylindrical rotor body further including a hollow core located radially inwardly of the receiving slots; and a plurality of vanes with each vane being slidingly locatable inside a receiving slot; characterised in that the vanes are biased away from the cylindrical rotor by way of a magnet arrangement (23, 33) including vane magnets located in the vanes, and opposing rotor magnets located inside the hollow core of the rotor body; and wherein at least two rotor magnets with opposing polarity are located inside the core, in order for the two magnets to be urged away from one another inside the core. a cylindrical rotor body including a plurality of longitudinally extending receiving slots, the cylindrical rotor body further including a hollow core located radially inwardly of the receiving slots; and a plurality of vanes with each vane being slidingly locatable inside a receiving slot; characterised in that the vanes are biased away from the cylindrical rotor by way of a magnet arrangement (23, 33) including vane magnets located in the vanes, and opposing rotor magnets located inside the hollow core of the rotor body; and wherein at least two rotor magnets with opposing polarity are located inside the core, in order for the two magnets to be urged away from one another inside the core.
A method for determining the shape of at least a portion of an implement, said implement being connected to a work machine, said work machine comprising a position determining assembly adapted to determine the position and orientation of the implement, characterized in that said method comprises: - moving said implement until it contacts a reference surface, - determining the position of a reference point for the implement when the implement and the reference surface are in contact with each other, and - determining the position of a point on the periphery of the implement relative to said reference point by using said reference point position. - moving said implement until it contacts a reference surface, - determining the position of a reference point for the implement when the implement and the reference surface are in contact with each other, and - determining the position of a point on the periphery of the implement relative to said reference point by using said reference point position.
A method for assembling a nucleic acid molecule in a single step from a set of overlapping oligonucleotides, the method comprising: (a) contacting a set of overlapping oligonucleotides with a DNA polymerase; a mixture of dNTPs; and polyethylene glycol at a concentration of greater than 0.0188%: in a reaction vessel; to form an assembly mixture; (b) subjecting the assembly mixture to multiple cycles, each cycle comprising an annealing phase, an extension phase, and a denaturation phase, (c) thereby assembling the nucleic acid molecule from a set of overlapping oligonucleotides in a single step. (a) contacting a set of overlapping oligonucleotides with a DNA polymerase; a mixture of dNTPs; and polyethylene glycol at a concentration of greater than 0.0188%: in a reaction vessel; to form an assembly mixture; (b) subjecting the assembly mixture to multiple cycles, each cycle comprising an annealing phase, an extension phase, and a denaturation phase, (c) thereby assembling the nucleic acid molecule from a set of overlapping oligonucleotides in a single step.
Method of patterning a surface of an object or a tool with nano and/or micro structure elements, comprising the steps of: - producing a flexible mask with said nano or micro structure pattern formed on a surface of said flexible mask, - chemically activating said surface of the flexible mask and/or a surface to be patterned of the object or tool, placing said patterned surface of the flexible mask in contact with said surface to be patterned of the object or tool, said chemical activation configured to modify chemical properties at the surface of the flexible mask or surface to be patterned of the object or tool to enhance bonding of the chemically activated surface to a complementary material placed in contact with the chemically activated surface, - promoting a covalent bonding reaction between said patterned surface of the flexible mask in contact with said surface to be patterned, removing the flexible mask from the object or tool whereby a layer of said flexible mask remains bonded to said surface to be patterned, - wherein an anti-activation mask defining a periphery of the surface area to be patterned, or peripheries of the surface area to be patterned if there are a plurality of separate portions of surface area to be patterned, is deposited on the flexible mask prior to placing the patterned surface of the flexible mask on the surface to be patterned, said anti-activation mask preventing bonding of the flexible mask to the surface of the object or tool in areas where the anti-activation mask is present. - producing a flexible mask with said nano or micro structure pattern formed on a surface of said flexible mask, - chemically activating said surface of the flexible mask and/or a surface to be patterned of the object or tool, placing said patterned surface of the flexible mask in contact with said surface to be patterned of the object or tool, said chemical activation configured to modify chemical properties at the surface of the flexible mask or surface to be patterned of the object or tool to enhance bonding of the chemically activated surface to a complementary material placed in contact with the chemically activated surface, - promoting a covalent bonding reaction between said patterned surface of the flexible mask in contact with said surface to be patterned, removing the flexible mask from the object or tool whereby a layer of said flexible mask remains bonded to said surface to be patterned, - wherein an anti-activation mask defining a periphery of the surface area to be patterned, or peripheries of the surface area to be patterned if there are a plurality of separate portions of surface area to be patterned, is deposited on the flexible mask prior to placing the patterned surface of the flexible mask on the surface to be patterned, said anti-activation mask preventing bonding of the flexible mask to the surface of the object or tool in areas where the anti-activation mask is present.
Turbine engine compressor, in particular of an aeroplane turboprop or turbofan, comprising a stator featuring an annular casing and at least one annular row of variable-pitch vanes, wherein each vane comprises a radially external end having a pivot mounted in an orifice in the casing and connected by a linking member to an control ring capable of pivoting axially in relation to the casing, wherein said linking member comprises a first end fixed to the pivot of the vane and a second end having a pin inserted in a hole (52,58) in the control ring, characterised in that the control ring comprises at least one cylindrical hole, into which a cylindrical pin of a linking member is inserted, wherein the diameters of the cylindrical pin and of the hole are substantially identical and at least one oblong hole extending circumferentially, into which another cylindrical pin of another linking member is inserted in order to allow movement of said pin in said oblong hole, during rotation of the control ring.
Method for diagnosing an actuator (2; 2') comprising a coil (211, 212) and a device (22; 22') for controlling the supply of power to the coil, comprising the following steps: - controlling a supply of power to the actuator by way of a diagnostic device separate from the device (22; 22') for controlling the supply of power to the coil, said diagnostic device being connected in parallel with a switch for activating the actuator and comprising an element (32, 36) for controlling the supply of power to the actuator, an element (33, 37) for monitoring an electrical feature, in particular of an electrical signal supplying power to the actuator (2; 2') and an element for deducing a diagnosis of the actuator, - controlling a supply of power to the coil by way of the control device comprising a converter, a logic processing unit, a power supply and a voltage regulator for supplying power to the logic processing unit, an element (225, 226, 228) for controlling the supply of power to the coil, and an element (225, 227, 229) for determining a magnitude of a current flowing in the coil; - transmitting an electrical signal by way of the actuator, - monitoring an electrical feature of the electrical signal, in particular of the electrical signal supplying power to the actuator, in the diagnostic device, and - deducing a diagnosis of the actuator using a result of the monitoring step, said step of deducing a diagnosis of the actuator comprising temporally analysing the variations in the electrical feature. - controlling a supply of power to the actuator by way of a diagnostic device separate from the device (22; 22') for controlling the supply of power to the coil, said diagnostic device being connected in parallel with a switch for activating the actuator and comprising an element (32, 36) for controlling the supply of power to the actuator, an element (33, 37) for monitoring an electrical feature, in particular of an electrical signal supplying power to the actuator (2; 2') and an element for deducing a diagnosis of the actuator, - controlling a supply of power to the coil by way of the control device comprising a converter, a logic processing unit, a power supply and a voltage regulator for supplying power to the logic processing unit, an element (225, 226, 228) for controlling the supply of power to the coil, and an element (225, 227, 229) for determining a magnitude of a current flowing in the coil; - transmitting an electrical signal by way of the actuator, - monitoring an electrical feature of the electrical signal, in particular of the electrical signal supplying power to the actuator, in the diagnostic device, and - deducing a diagnosis of the actuator using a result of the monitoring step, said step of deducing a diagnosis of the actuator comprising temporally analysing the variations in the electrical feature.
Synchronous mechanism for a correlated seat/backrest movement of an office chair, having a base support which is placeable on a chair column, a seat support and a backrest support, wherein the backrest support is connected to the base support so as to be pivotable about a first transverse axis and is also connected to the seat support in an articulated manner, and wherein the seat support is connected to the base support in an articulated manner via a coupling element, wherein the coupling element is connected to the base support so as to be pivotable about a second transverse axis and is also connected to the seat support in an articulated manner at an articulation point, wherein a spring mechanism for setting the pivoting resistance of the backrest is provided, which spring mechanism has at least one spring element, characterized in that the at least one spring element is connected by its one spring end to the backrest support and by its other spring end not to the seat support but to the coupling element at a distance from the second transverse axis, such that a movement of the backrest brings about a movement of both spring ends (27, 28). wherein the backrest support is connected to the base support so as to be pivotable about a first transverse axis and is also connected to the seat support in an articulated manner, and wherein the seat support is connected to the base support in an articulated manner via a coupling element, wherein the coupling element is connected to the base support so as to be pivotable about a second transverse axis and is also connected to the seat support in an articulated manner at an articulation point, wherein a spring mechanism for setting the pivoting resistance of the backrest is provided, which spring mechanism has at least one spring element, characterized in that the at least one spring element is connected by its one spring end to the backrest support and by its other spring end not to the seat support but to the coupling element at a distance from the second transverse axis, such that a movement of the backrest brings about a movement of both spring ends (27, 28).
A bogie for a rail vehicle, having a bogie frame, at least one elastically deformable secondary spring (13, 14; 30, 31), wherein a local position of the secondary spring (13, 14; 30, 31) on the bogie frame is changeable, at least one first guide (9, 10; 32, 33), along which the secondary spring (13, 14; 30, 31) is movable, characterised in that the guide (9, 10; 32, 33) is designed in the form of an indentation and has regions, in which the depth of the guide changes.
A method for audio signal encoding in which one or more audio signals are encoded into a bitstream comprising audio information and side information relating to the audio information and useful in decoding the bitstream, the encoding including processing that divides each of the one or more audio signals into time blocks and updates at least some of the side information no more frequently than the block rate, such that the audio information, when decoded, has a temporal envelope resolution limited by the block rate, comprising comparing the temporal envelope of at least one audio signal and the temporal envelope of an estimated decoded reconstruction of each such at least one audio signal, which estimated reconstruction employs at least some of the audio information and at least some of the side information, the comparing providing representations of the results of comparing, the representations of the results of comparing including temporal envelope re-shaping information being useful for improving the temporal envelope resolution of at least some of the audio information when decoded; and outputting at least some of the representations of the results of comparing for use by a decoder or decoding process.
Supporting machine for supporting a first rotor part and at least one second rotor part (13, 14) of a rotor, in particular a hollow rotor, in a horizontal position during welding the parts (12, 13, 14) together by a welding machine, characterized by comprising at least one motorized roller for supporting the first rotor part and at least one motorized roller for supporting the at least one second rotor part (13, 14), wherein the rotation of the at least one motorized roller of the first rotor part is aligned in such a way to the rotation of the at least one motorized roller of the at least one second rotor part that the rotor parts (12, 13, 14) rotate with the same rotation speed, and further characterized in that the supporting machine comprises a hydraulic press tip for rotatable holding the free end of the first rotor part and pressing the first rotor part against the at least one second rotor part (13, 14), whereby the hydraulic press tip has an AC/DC ground connection.
Piston pump, in particular for a hydraulic assembly of an electronically controlled vehicle brake system, having a cylinder element, inside which a delivery chamber with an outlet is formed, and having a component, characterized in that, hydraulically downstream of an outlet valve of the piston pump, on the cylinder element, an outlet-restricting element designed as restrictor plate is held in front of openings on the component by means of a first holder such that, when fluid is conducted through the openings, said element is deflected in an axial direction from its radially oriented extent.
Household appliance apparatus, in particular household refrigeration appliance apparatus, with a household appliance carcass, at least one household appliance door, and at least one storage compartment, which at least partially defines at least one storage space, with at least one flap, which is mounted such that it can pivoted about an axis of rotation, which is at least substantially horizontal in an installed position, on the storage compartment and is provided for at least partially closing off an opening of the storage compartment and the extension thereof when viewed along the axis of rotation is smaller than an extension of the storage space, and with a bridging element cooperating with the flap, which is provided to at least partially bridge at least one distance, which occurs in parallel with the axis of rotation, between the flap and at least one side wall (26, 30) of the storage compartment, wherein when viewed along the axis of rotation a minimum first distance of the flap from a first side wall of the storage compartment is greater than a minimum second distance of the flap from a second side wall of the storage compartment, wherein the household appliance door is hinged onto the household appliance carcass on a side facing towards the first distance.
A covering capable of being bonded to a rim of a container, the container including a top wall and the rim extending beyond the top wall defining a top portion of the container, the covering providing a hygienic environment at the top portion of the container, comprising: a non-metallic substrate wherein the substrate comprises polyolefin film; a heat seal coating secured to the substrate and capable of bonding the substrate to the container substantially within the perimeter of the rim; a transparent bondable material secured in part to the substrate opposite to heat seal coating wherein the bondable material comprises a clear polyester material; a graphic printed on the non-metallic substrate and visible through the transparent material or visible through the heat-seal coating; and a tab defined in a portion of the transparent material, wherein the tab is wholly contained within the perimeter of the rim; wherein the non-metallic substrate is capable of being bonded to the container, which includes a metallic material, by inductively heating the container to seal the substrate to the container rim; characterized in that the heat seal coating is laminated directly to the non-metallic substrate and the bondable material is layered in part directly to the substrate opposite to the heat seal coating and a graphic is laminated to the tab portion of the transparent bondable material and located between the substrate and the transparent bondable material. a non-metallic substrate wherein the substrate comprises polyolefin film; a heat seal coating secured to the substrate and capable of bonding the substrate to the container substantially within the perimeter of the rim; a transparent bondable material secured in part to the substrate opposite to heat seal coating wherein the bondable material comprises a clear polyester material; a graphic printed on the non-metallic substrate and visible through the transparent material or visible through the heat-seal coating; and a tab defined in a portion of the transparent material, wherein the tab is wholly contained within the perimeter of the rim;