mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Beverage packaging for storing a beverage and whereby the beverage can be consumed directly from the beverage packaging, which beverage packaging is provided with a lid which can be opened and whereby the beverage packaging is provided with release means for releasing an aroma, whereby these release means can be activated independently from the manipulation of the lid so as to distribute an odour or aroma if need be while drinking the beverage from the beverage packaging, whereby the lid can be opened manually and whereby the release means are integrated in this lid, whereby the lid comprises a metal lip and in that the release means are formed of one or several shells which is/are filled with aromatic substances and which is/are integrated in the lip, wherein the release means contain one or several shells with aromatic substances which can be activated by severing or tearing said one or several shells, which release means can be activated manually without any additional activation means, characterised in that the beverage packaging comprises activation means formed of one or several protrusions provided on the beverage packaging with which said one or several shells can be pierced.
A second connector suitable for being coupled to a first connector; - said first connector being suitable for coupling a monitoring device and having a plurality of first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) arranged substantially adjacent to one another and being operable to provide contact in a plane; - the second connector being suitable for coupling to an electrical component and having a plurality of second contact terminals (A, B, C, D), wherein, between at least two of the plurality of second contact terminals (A, B, C, D), an electrical device (R1, R2) is arranged for providing a detectable electrical quantity; wherein the first and second connectors (2, 4) are capable of being coupled in a connecting process in a connecting direction; characterized in that the second contact terminals (A, B, C, D) and the electrical device (R1, R2) are arranged such that a first subset (A, C, D; A, B, C, D; A, C; A, B, D; C, D) of second contact terminals (A, B, C, D) is contactable in a first connecting plane perpendicular to the connecting direction and a second subset (B, C, D; A, C, D) of second contact terminals (A, B, C, D) different from the first subset is contactable in a second connecting plane perpendicular to the connecting direction, and such that, while connecting, the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) come into contact with the first subset (A, C, D; A, B, C, D; A, C; A, B, D; C, D) of the plurality of second contact terminals (A, B, C, D) in a first connecting stage, in which the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) of the first connector are positioned in the first connecting plane, and while the connecting further proceeds the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) come into contact with the second subset (B, C, D; A, C, D) of the second contact terminals (A, B, C, D) in a second connecting stage, in which the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) of the first connector are positioned in the second connecting plane, and in that a first electrical quantity provided in the first connecting stage between two of the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J), which is different from an electrical quantity between said two of the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) in an uncoupled condition of the connectors (2, 4), and a second electrical quantity provided in the second connecting stage between at least two of the first contact terminals (E, F, G, J), which is different from the first electrical quantity in the first connecting stage, are detectable by the monitoring device coupled to the first connector, and in that the first or second detectable electrical quantity is provided by the electrical device (R1, R2). - said first connector being suitable for coupling a monitoring device and having a plurality of first contact terminals (E, F, G, J) arranged substantially adjacent to one another and being operable to provide contact in a plane; - the second connector being suitable for coupling to an electrical component and having a plurality of second contact terminals (A, B, C, D),
An airbag comprising at least one opening provided in an airbag shell, to which a closure element is attached, the closure element having at least one discharge orifice, wherein a tether via which the closure element can be maintained in a closed position acts on the closure element, and wherein the tether is fixed to a pyrotechnical release device which is coupled to a control unit causing loosening of the tether as a function of parameters relating to the occupant and/or the vehicle, thus causing the closure element to arrive at an opened position, wherein the closure element includes at least two overlying cut portions (18a - 418a, 18b - 418b) interconnected at least in portions along a peripheral edge, characterized in that at least one of the cut portions (18b - 418b) includes one or more stitched-down folds and/or is composed of plural cut portions (164b - 364b) having at least one curved seam (162 - 362) so that the cut portion (18b - 418b) cannot be flatly spread and has a preformed curved shape so that a stabilization of the shape of the closure element is achieved in an open position.
A slurry-transporting facility (10, 10') which is equipped with a plurality of pump-equipment circuits and configured to transport slurry from a feed tank (1, 2) to a reservoir tank (2, 3) provided with a pressure gauge (2P, 3P) via one of the plurality of pump-equipment circuits, the slurry-transporting facility comprising: pipe arrangements (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) which branch out from the feed tank into the plurality of circuits; a transport pump (12a, 12b, 12c 1, 12c 2, 12di, 12d 2) provided in the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits; a first valve (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) provided upstream from the transport pump in the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits; a second valve (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) provided downstream from the transport pumpin the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits; a uniting pipe arrangement formed by joining of the pipe arrangements of the respective circuits at a predetermined position downstream from the second valve and connected to the reservoir tank; a third valve provided in the uniting pipe arrangement and configured to control slurry transportation to the reservoir tank; and a pressure gauge provided upstream from the third valve in the uniting pipe arrangement and configured to measure a pressure in the uniting pipe arrangement, wherein, in the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits, a pressure gauge (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d) configured to measure a pressure in the pipe arrangement is provided at a position downstream from the transport pump and upstream from the second valve. pipe arrangements (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) which branch out from the feed tank into the plurality of circuits; a transport pump (12a, 12b, 12c 1, 12c 2, 12di, 12d 2) provided in the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits; a first valve (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) provided upstream from the transport pump in the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits; a second valve (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) provided downstream from the transport pumpin the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits; a uniting pipe arrangement formed by joining of the pipe arrangements of the respective circuits at a predetermined position downstream from the second valve and connected to the reservoir tank; a third valve provided in the uniting pipe arrangement and configured to control slurry transportation to the reservoir tank; and a pressure gauge provided upstream from the third valve in the uniting pipe arrangement and configured to measure a pressure in the uniting pipe arrangement, wherein, in the pipe arrangement in each of the circuits, a pressure gauge (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d) configured to measure a pressure in the pipe arrangement is provided at a position downstream from the transport pump and upstream from the second valve.
Method of producing a cylinder head for an internal combustion piston engine comprising steps of: - Forming a work piece to be completed to become the cylinder head, - Forming a first cavity portion (40.1) extending from a first face portion of the work piece to a predetermined distance inside the work piece, which first cavity portion (40.1) has a first end (40.11) and a second end (40.12), and the first end (40.11) being an open end and the second end (40.12) being a closed end, - Sealing the first end (40.11) of the first cavity portion (40.1) so being suitable for undergoing an autofrettage process, - Performing the autofrettage process to the first cavity portion (40.1), and - Opening the closed end (40.12) of the first cavity portion (40.1) thus forming a second cavity portion (40.2), which second cavity portion (40.2) is extending from the second end (40.12) of the first cavity portion (40.1) to a second face portion of the work piece and thus forming a cavity comprising the first cavity portion (40.1) and the second cavity portion (40.2), and which cavity is extending from the first face portion to the second face portion of the work piece. - Forming a work piece to be completed to become the cylinder head, - Forming a first cavity portion (40.1) extending from a first face portion of the work piece to a predetermined distance inside the work piece, which first cavity portion (40.1) has a first end (40.11) and a second end (40.12), and the first end (40.11) being an open end and the second end (40.12) being a closed end, - Sealing the first end (40.11) of the first cavity portion (40.1) so being suitable for undergoing an autofrettage process, - Performing the autofrettage process to the first cavity portion (40.1), and - Opening the closed end (40.12) of the first cavity portion (40.1) thus forming a second cavity portion (40.2), which second cavity portion (40.2) is extending from the second end (40.12) of the first cavity portion (40.1) to a second face portion of the work piece and thus forming a cavity comprising the first cavity portion (40.1) and the second cavity portion (40.2), and which cavity is extending from the first face portion to the second face portion of the work piece.
Tyre comprising a directional tread of width W, said tread having a total volume VT, said tread comprising a plurality of voids (221, 211, 212) defining a voids volume VE in said tread, the ratio of the voids volume VE to the total volume determining a volumetric voids ratio TEV such that TEV=VE/VT, part of the plurality of voids delimiting blocks (21A, 21B) of rubbery material, said blocks (21A, 21B) being organized into patterns of blocks of pitch P succeeding one another in the circumferential direction, part of the plurality of voids forming one or more sipes (211, 212) in one of the patterns at a sipes density SD, said sipes density SD corresponding to the ratio of a sum of the projected length(s) lpyi of the sipe(s) (211, 212) in an axial direction to the product of the pitch P of the pattern times the width W of the tread, all multiplied by 1000, such that SD = ∑ i = 1 n lpyi P ∗ W ∗ 1000, where n is the number of sipes in the pattern, and lpyi is the projected length of the ith sipe, said tread forming a contact patch AC in which the tyre is in contact with the ground, a part of the blocks (21A, 21B) of the tread forming a contact surface SC via which the blocks are in contact with said ground in said contact patch AC, the ratio of the difference between the area of said contact patch AC and the area of the contact surface SC of the blocks to the area of the contact patch AC determining a surface voids ratio TES of the tread, where TES=(AC-SC)/AC, characterized in that, for said tread when new: - the sipes density SD in any pattern of pitch P is comprised between 10 mm -1 and 70 mm -1, - the ratio TES/TEV of said surface voids ratio TES to said volumetric voids ratio TEV is at least equal to 1.5 and at most equal to 1.9. - the sipes density SD in any pattern of pitch P is comprised between 10 mm -1 and 70 mm -1, - the ratio TES/TEV of said surface voids ratio TES to said volumetric voids ratio TEV is at least equal to 1.5 and at most equal to 1.9.
A method of producing chemical pulp in an impregnation stage and a cooking stage, using a hydraulic digester having a top separator, a level of chips and a liquid phase above the level of chips, comprising at least the following steps: a. entraining chips in liquor to produce a slurry having a first temperature, b. feeding the slurry of chips to the digester through the top separator, c. supplying direct steam to the liquid phase between the level of chips and the top separator to heat the slurry to a second temperature for the impregnation stage, wherein the steam is fed by using at least one steam injector comprising a tube which extends to the interior of the digester and which is connected to a steam source, the tube having a plurality of steam discharge openings; and d. heating the slurry to a third temperature and cooking the chips in a cooking zone, and withdrawing the cooked pulp from the bottom of the digester. a. entraining chips in liquor to produce a slurry having a first temperature, b. feeding the slurry of chips to the digester through the top separator, c. supplying direct steam to the liquid phase between the level of chips and the top separator to heat the slurry to a second temperature for the impregnation stage, wherein the steam is fed by using at least one steam injector comprising a tube which extends to the interior of the digester and which is connected to a steam source, the tube having a plurality of steam discharge openings; and d. heating the slurry to a third temperature and cooking the chips in a cooking zone, and withdrawing the cooked pulp from the bottom of the digester.
Method for detecting an occlusion in an infusion line connected to an infusion device, comprising: - measuring a force applied to a piston by a pusher device of an infusion device for moving the piston along a movement direction into a cylindrical tube in order to deliver a medical fluid from the cylindrical tube towards an infusion line connected to the cylindrical tube, - calculating, from the measured force, a value indicative of a pressure in the cylindrical tube, wherein for calculating said value indicative of said pressure a frictional force value indicative of a friction of the piston relative to the cylindrical tube is taken into account, - comparing said value indicative of said pressure to a threshold value to determine whether an occlusion is present in the infusion line, characterized in that the frictional force value is determined using a mathematical model modelling the friction of the piston relative to the cylindrical tube in dependence on the position of the piston relative to the cylindrical tube along the movement direction and in dependence on the velocity by which the piston is moved relative to the cylindrical tube. - measuring a force applied to a piston by a pusher device of an infusion device for moving the piston along a movement direction into a cylindrical tube in order to deliver a medical fluid from the cylindrical tube towards an infusion line connected to the cylindrical tube, - calculating, from the measured force, a value indicative of a pressure in the cylindrical tube, wherein for calculating said value indicative of said pressure a frictional force value indicative of a friction of the piston relative to the cylindrical tube is taken into account, - comparing said value indicative of said pressure to a threshold value to determine whether an occlusion is present in the infusion line,
Use of a particulate clay material as a flame retardant in a thermoplastic resin to improve the flame resistance of the thermoplastic resin in comparison with the thermoplastic resin filled with the corresponding unmodified clay material, wherein the clay material is surface-modified with at least one organic compound comprising an organic portion and a basic portion having a particle shape factor which is greater than 10, wherein the shape factor is measured as described in the description and wherein the particulate clay material has a mean equivalent particle diameter (d 50) less than or equal to 4 microns (μm), measured by sedimentation of the particulate material in an aqueous medium as described in the description.
An inhibitor of IGFBP3 for use in the treatment and/or prevention of an intestinal disorder wherein said inhibitor is a fragment of TMEM219 comprising an extracellular domain of TMEM219 or a TMEM219 siRNA.
A locking apparatus for securing a roller shutter in position, the apparatus (1,2,3) comprising: a body in which at least one arm and a tapered member are located; wherein the at least one arm is arranged to abut the tapered member such that relative movement between the arm and the tapered member extends the arm from the body to, in use, engage the arm with part of the roller shutter to secure the roller shutter in position, the apparatus (1,2,3) further comprises a locking member; wherein, rotation of the locking member causes the relative movement between the arm and the tapered member, and characterised in that: the locking member comprises a shaft, the shaft comprising a threaded region; wherein the at least one arm and the tapered member are arranged on the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the relative movement between the arm and the tapered member, and the locking apparatus (1,2,3) comprises an advancer coupled to the arm; wherein the advancer is arranged on the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the advancer to move along the threaded region. the locking member comprises a shaft, the shaft comprising a threaded region; wherein the at least one arm and the tapered member are arranged on the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the relative movement between the arm and the tapered member, and the locking apparatus (1,2,3) comprises an advancer coupled to the arm; wherein the advancer is arranged on the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the advancer to move along the threaded region.
A system for active grating position tracking in X-ray differential phase contrast imaging and dark-field imaging, the system comprising: (a) a grating arrangement to be positioned between an X-ray source and an X-ray detector of an X-ray imaging device; wherein the grating arrangement comprises (a-i) a phase grating and (a-ii) an analyzer grating, wherein the phase grating is arranged between the X-ray source and the analyzer grating, and the analyzer grating is arranged between the phase grating and the X-ray detector; (b) a measurement system for determining an alignment of at least one of the gratings of the grating arrangement; wherein the measurement system comprises: (b-i) a light source configured for generating a light beam; (b-ii) a reflection area located on at least one of the gratings of the grating arrangement, and configured for reflecting the light beam; and (b-iii) a detection device configured for detecting a reflection pattern of the reflected light beam; and (c) a processing unit configured for comparing the reflection pattern with a reference pattern, and to control the X-ray imaging device upon the comparison of the reflection pattern and the reference pattern. (a) a grating arrangement to be positioned between an X-ray source and an X-ray detector of an X-ray imaging device; wherein the grating arrangement comprises (a-i) a phase grating and (a-ii) an analyzer grating, wherein the phase grating is arranged between the X-ray source and the analyzer grating, and the analyzer grating is arranged between the phase grating and the X-ray detector; (a-i) a phase grating and (a-ii) an analyzer grating, (b) a measurement system for determining an alignment of at least one of the gratings of the grating arrangement; wherein the measurement system comprises: (b-i) a light source configured for generating a light beam; (b-ii) a reflection area located on at least one of the gratings of the grating arrangement, and configured for reflecting the light beam; and (b-iii) a detection device configured for detecting a reflection pattern of the reflected light beam; and (b-i) a light source configured for generating a light beam; (b-ii) a reflection area located on at least one of the gratings of the grating arrangement, and configured for reflecting the light beam; and (b-iii) a detection device configured for detecting a reflection pattern of the reflected light beam; and (c) a processing unit configured for comparing the reflection pattern with a reference pattern, and to control the X-ray imaging device upon the comparison of the reflection pattern and the reference pattern.
A method of fabricating a cylindrical near net shape component, the method comprising: forming a sacrificial shell from a first pulverant material using a powder bed fusion process, the shell comprising an aperture, a first region (R 1) with a first shell wall thickness, and a second, concentrically outer region (R 2) with a second shell wall thickness different from the first shell wall thickness; using the powder bed fusion process to form a solid component portion from the first pulverant material, the solid component portion being integral to the sacrificial shell; filling the shell with a second pulverant material; vibrating the shell to distribute the pulverant material within the shell; subjecting the filled shell to a hot isostatic pressing process; and removing the shell from the consolidated second pulverant material. forming a sacrificial shell from a first pulverant material using a powder bed fusion process, the shell comprising an aperture, a first region (R 1) with a first shell wall thickness, and a second, concentrically outer region (R 2) with a second shell wall thickness different from the first shell wall thickness; using the powder bed fusion process to form a solid component portion from the first pulverant material, the solid component portion being integral to the sacrificial shell; filling the shell with a second pulverant material; vibrating the shell to distribute the pulverant material within the shell; subjecting the filled shell to a hot isostatic pressing process; and removing the shell from the consolidated second pulverant material.
Probe for the enteral nutrition of a patient, with a tube portion which extends at least in part along an axial direction and which has a proximal end and a distal end, and with a retaining device (12, 13) which is arranged at the distal end of the tube portion and which, in a compressed state, projects from the distal end of the tube portion at least in a direction that is radial with respect to the axial direction, and, in an elongated state in which the retaining device (12, 13) is stretched along the axial direction, has a smaller radial extent by comparison with the compressed state, wherein the retaining device (12, 13), in cooperation with an actuating device, can be transferred from the compressed state to the elongated state, the tube portion is formed by an outer tube, and an inner tube that has a proximal end and a distal end is arranged within the outer tube, characterized in that the distal end of the inner tube is connected to an actuating piece, and the inner tube is elastic along the axial direction such that the actuating piece is movable relative to the outer tube along the axial direction in order to transfer the retaining device (12, 13) from the compressed state to the elongated state.