mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for cushioning objects (22a-c) in a container, comprising the steps of: a. detecting and/or determining a quantity characterizing a residual void volume of the container by means of at least one sensor, and b. automatically producing at least one cushioning means depending on the quantity characterizing the residual void volume of the container, wherein the cushioning means is only produced if this results from a comparison of the quantity characterizing the residual void volume with a limit value, characterized in that the cushioning means being a cushioning means that has dimensions that are predetermined and independent of the quantity characterizing the residual void volume of the container. a. detecting and/or determining a quantity characterizing a residual void volume of the container by means of at least one sensor, and b. automatically producing at least one cushioning means depending on the quantity characterizing the residual void volume of the container, wherein the cushioning means is only produced if this results from a comparison of the quantity characterizing the residual void volume with a limit value,
Mobile grease separator system, comprising a grease separator having an inlet for supplying a fluid, an outlet for discharging a fluid, and a separation area, wherein the grease separator comprises a cleaning access, through which at least one disposal container is releasably fluidly connected to the separation area of the grease separator, characterized in that the disposal container comprises a manually operable pump and the contents of the separation area can be transferred into the disposal container by means of the pump.
A roadway boundary block comprising: a base portion having an upper portion arranged to be continued to a roadway; and a curbstone portion raised from one end side of the base portion, wherein: a width of the upper portion along the road width direction is more than 300mm and smaller than 1.7m, preferably less than 1.6m, the width of the upper portion being the distance between a side surface of the base portion and the boundary position between the upper portion and a side portion of the curbstone portion along the upper portion, characterised in that an incline (β) between the upper portion and the horizontal direction is set in a range between 3 degrees and 9 degrees. a base portion having an upper portion arranged to be continued to a roadway; and a curbstone portion raised from one end side of the base portion, wherein: a width of the upper portion along the road width direction is more than 300mm and smaller than 1.7m, preferably less than 1.6m, the width of the upper portion being the distance between a side surface of the base portion and the boundary position between the upper portion and a side portion of the curbstone portion along the upper portion, characterised in that an incline (β) between the upper portion and the horizontal direction is set in a range between 3 degrees and 9 degrees. a width of the upper portion along the road width direction is more than 300mm and smaller than 1.7m, preferably less than 1.6m, the width of the upper portion being the distance between a side surface of the base portion and the boundary position between the upper portion and a side portion of the curbstone portion along the upper portion, characterised in that an incline (β) between the upper portion and the horizontal direction is set in a range between 3 degrees and 9 degrees.
A filter segment assembly device of the tobacco processing industry comprising a filter segment run for transferring a filter segment (9, 9`) to a filter segment assembly member transversely to the axial direction, wherein a sampling unit (1, 1', 1") is provided in the filter segment run and is designed to remove a filter rod of multiple unit length from a filter hopper (21.1-21.5), wherein a pusher/cutter unit (3, 3', 3") is also provided in the filter segment run and is designed to receive the filter rod of multiple unit length, wherein the pusher/cutter unit (3, 3', 3") comprises troughs for receiving filter rods, characterized in that the number of troughs is a prime number that is greater than or equal to 29.
A pivotally mounted handle for a kitchen receptacle, said handle comprising a fastening base enabling it to be fastened to the wall of the receptacle, and a graspable member that is mounted on said fastening base to be pivotable through a main angular sector (α 0) that contains at least an operating angular sector (α F) that extends from a graspable first angular position (P P), in which the graspable member enables a user to handle the receptacle, to a stowage second angular position (P R) that is distinct from said graspable first angular position, said pivotally mounted handle comprising capture means that are designed to engage the graspable member when said graspable member is in a capture angular position (P C) situated outside or on a boundary of the operating angular sector (α F), said capture means being arranged to define firstly a passing direction in which said capture means allow the graspable member to go freely past the capture angular position (P C) towards the operating sector (α F), and secondly a blocked direction in which they prevent said graspable member from moving away from the operating sector beyond said capture angular position (P C).
Method for producing a pressure vessel comprising an inner container made of thermoplastic plastic, wherein the inner container is blow-moulded from a preform in a tool and wherein at least one metal part, during the blow moulding, is embedded in the inner container, wherein, in the blow moulding, a collar comprising the metal part is configured on the inner container, the collar being formed in the blow moulding such that it is gas-tight with respect to the metal part, wherein the metal part, prior to the blow moulding, is fitted on an injector for the injection of a gas, characterized in that the metal part is fitted onto an adapter which is rotatable and axially fixed on the injector.
Process for the preparation of clopidogrel hydrogen sulfate of polymorphic form I, wherein (a) optionally a clopidogrel salt is converted into clopidogrel base, (b) a solution of clopidogrel base in a solvent is provided, wherein the solvent is a mixture of ethyl acetate with methylene chloride which comprises up to 10 % by weight of methylene chloride, (c) the solution of clopidogrel base is reacted with sulfuric acid, wherein the temperature of the mixture obtained during the reaction of step (c) is kept in the range of -20 to 5°C, and (d) clopidogrel hydrogen sulfate of form I is recovered. (a) optionally a clopidogrel salt is converted into clopidogrel base, (b) a solution of clopidogrel base in a solvent is provided, wherein the solvent is a mixture of ethyl acetate with methylene chloride which comprises up to 10 % by weight of methylene chloride, (c) the solution of clopidogrel base is reacted with sulfuric acid, wherein the temperature of the mixture obtained during the reaction of step (c) is kept in the range of -20 to 5°C, and (d) clopidogrel hydrogen sulfate of form I is recovered.
A method for controlling the spin step of a washing or washing/drying appliance, said appliance comprising an electric motor that rotates a drum adapted to contain a load, said spin step comprising one or more drum revolution speeds, said method being characterised in that it comprises a check of an unbalanced condition of said load, based on a comparison between the instantaneous phase angle value and one or more threshold values, said unbalanced condition being verified in under-threshold conditions, said phase angle being representative of the interruption time of the half-waves of the current supplied to the electric motor.
Surgical device, in particular for minimally invasive surgery, provided with a shaft having a distal end to which a surgical instrument is mounted or mountable and a proximal end equipped for handling the instrument, wherein the shaft is at least in part hollow and the surgical instrument is mounted or mountable on inserts (5', 5") that are longitudinally movable in the said shaft parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, which inserts (5', 5") are provided diametrically opposed to each other within said shaft, characterized in that the shaft comprises an outer tube and an inner tube which are rotatable in opposite directions with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and that the inserts (5', 5") are coupled to the outer tube and the inner tube so as to convert rotational movement of said tubes (6, 7) into longitudinal movement of the inserts (5', 5").
A bass reflex type speaker comprising a housing of a speaker and a bass reflex port comprising: a tubular body portion; and a surface forming portion which is board-like, and continuous to an inner wall of the tubular body portion and which has a surface extending radially outwardly from an opening end of the tubular body portion disposed in the housing of the speaker, wherein the surface forming portion extends linearly in a direction away from a tube axis (ax) of the tubular body portion in a cross section parallel to the tube axis (ax), wherein the surface of the surface forming portion is an inside housing first surface disposed in the housing, wherein the inside housing first surface and an inside housing second surface (42, 12) disposed in the housing are opposed to each other, wherein a cross section of an air-flow passage at the opening end of the tubular body portion in the housing in a direction perpendicular to the tube axis (ax) of the tubular body portion has a circular shape with a radius r0, characterised in that a distance (h) between the inside housing first surface and the inside housing second surface (42, 12) is r0/2. a tubular body portion; and a surface forming portion which is board-like, and continuous to an inner wall of the tubular body portion and which has a surface extending radially outwardly from an opening end of the tubular body portion disposed in the housing of the speaker, wherein the surface forming portion extends linearly in a direction away from a tube axis (ax) of the tubular body portion in a cross section parallel to the tube axis (ax), wherein the surface of the surface forming portion is an inside housing first surface disposed in the housing, wherein the inside housing first surface and an inside housing second surface (42, 12) disposed in the housing are opposed to each other, wherein a cross section of an air-flow passage at the opening end of the tubular body portion in the housing in a direction perpendicular to the tube axis (ax) of the tubular body portion has a circular shape with a radius r0, characterised in that a distance (h) between the inside housing first surface and the inside housing second surface (42, 12) is r0/2.
Device for tempering sections of hot-formed and/or press-hardened metal components, comprising a support frame and a working head, the working head having at least one contact element (11, 12) consisting of an electrically conductive material for heating sections of a metal component by means of a heat flux, electrodes (15, 15a, 16, 16a) for resistively heating the contact element (11, 12) being connected thereto and to a current source, characterised in that the working head is arranged so as to be movable relative to the support frame.
A transparent glass substrate, provided with a thin-film multilayer coating comprising an alternation of n metallic functional layers having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, based on silver or on a metal alloy containing silver, and (n+1) dielectric films (20, 60), where n ≥ 1, said films being composed of a layer or a plurality of layers (22, 24, 62, 64), including at least one made of a dielectric material, so that each functional layer is placed between at least two dielectric films (20, 60), characterized in that at least one functional layer includes a blocker film (30, 50) consisting of: ∘ on the one hand, an interface layer (32, 52) immediately in contact with said functional layer, this interface layer being made of a material that is not a metal; the interface layer (32, 52) being an oxide of a metal chosen from at least one of the following metals: Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Zr, Hf, Al, Nb, Ni, Cr, Mo, Ta, W, or from an oxide of an alloy based on at least one of these materials and ∘ on the other hand, at least one metal layer (34, 54) made of a metallic material, immediately in contact with said interface layer (32, 52) and consisting of a material chosen from at least one of the following metals: Ti, V, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Zr, Hf, Al, Nb, Ni, Cr, Mo, Ta, or of an alloy based on at least one of these materials. ∘ on the one hand, an interface layer (32, 52) immediately in contact with said functional layer, this interface layer being made of a material that is not a metal; the interface layer (32, 52) being an oxide of a metal chosen from at least one of the following metals: Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Zr, Hf, Al, Nb, Ni, Cr, Mo, Ta, W, or from an oxide of an alloy based on at least one of these materials and ∘ on the other hand, at least one metal layer (34, 54) made of a metallic material, immediately in contact with said interface layer (32, 52) and consisting of a material chosen from at least one of the following metals: Ti, V, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Zr, Hf, Al, Nb, Ni, Cr, Mo, Ta, or of an alloy based on at least one of these materials.
An electrochemical double-layer capacitor based on a first electrode having a first longitudinal axis, a first body having a thickness, and a plurality of first fingers extending therefrom the first body in a first direction, which is substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis, the first body and the first fingers of the first body being parts of a single first sheet of electrode material; a second electrode having a second longitudinal axis, which is substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis, a second body having a thickness, and a plurality of second fingers extending therefrom the second body in the first direction, the second body and the second fingers of the second body being parts of a single second sheet of electrode material; and an electrolyte distributed between at least a portion of the first and second bodies; wherein the first and second bodies are positioned in an interlaminated fashion and are separated by at least one non-conductive layer such that the first and second bodies are not in direct electrical contact, wherein the interlaminated first and second bodies are coiled about the first longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of the first or second fingers have a thickness greater than at least one of the first or second body thickness; and characterized in that the plurality of first fingers form a first tabbed portion that defines a first predetermined three dimensional pattern, and the plurality of second fingers form a second tabbed portion that defines a second predetermined three dimensional pattern, which is spaced therefrom the first tabbed portion.
Automated inspection method for detecting a defect in a printed image, comprising: converting an input image to a raster image, sending the raster image to a print process, printing a printed image corresponding to the raster image onto a medium, capturing a target image from at least a part of the printed image at a lower resolution than a print resolution of the printed image, at least in a medium moving direction, converting at least a part of the raster image to a reference image, and comparing the reference image to the target image, including applying and combining structural similarity measurement, SSIM, methods for each Red, Green and Blue channel of the target image, using weights according to their effect on luminance, wherein the print process comprises halftoning the raster image before printing, and printing the halftoned image. converting an input image to a raster image, sending the raster image to a print process, printing a printed image corresponding to the raster image onto a medium, capturing a target image from at least a part of the printed image at a lower resolution than a print resolution of the printed image, at least in a medium moving direction, converting at least a part of the raster image to a reference image, and comparing the reference image to the target image, including applying and combining structural similarity measurement, SSIM, methods for each Red, Green and Blue channel of the target image, using weights according to their effect on luminance, wherein the print process comprises halftoning the raster image before printing, and printing the halftoned image.
A putter head comprising: (a) a putter body including a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic, wherein a cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and wherein a plurality of independent and separated openings are defined in the ball striking face member, the independent and separated openings extending rearward with respect to the ball striking face member so as to open into the cavity; and (b) a polymeric material provided to at least partially fill the plurality of openings and the cavity, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic, and wherein the ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter head; wherein the openings are formed as one or more elongated slots, said slots extending rearward from the ball striking surface at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the ball striking surface. (a) a putter body including a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic, wherein a cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and wherein a plurality of independent and separated openings are defined in the ball striking face member, the independent and separated openings extending rearward with respect to the ball striking face member so as to open into the cavity; and (b) a polymeric material provided to at least partially fill the plurality of openings and the cavity, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic, and wherein the ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter head;
Expansion anchor, comprising - a stud and - at least one expansion element arranged on the stud, - wherein the stud has an oblique surface which forces the expansion element on the stud radially outwards when the stud is displaced in an extraction direction relative to the expansion element, characterised in that - the expansion anchor has at least one swelling element made of a swellable mass which is able to swell in order to fix the expansion element in the extraction direction against the wall of a drill-hole. - a stud and - at least one expansion element arranged on the stud, - wherein the stud has an oblique surface which forces the expansion element on the stud radially outwards when the stud is displaced in an extraction direction relative to the expansion element, - the expansion anchor has at least one swelling element made of a swellable mass which is able to swell in order to fix the expansion element in the extraction direction against the wall of a drill-hole.
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal composition layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a color filter including a black matrix and at least RGB three-color pixel portions, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, wherein the liquid crystal composition layer is composed of a liquid crystal composition including one or more compounds represented by General Formula, the amount of the one or more compounds being more than 90% by mass of the total amount of liquid crystal compounds having a dielectric anisotropy of 2 or more, the liquid crystal compounds constituting the liquid crystal composition, (where R 1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms; one or more CH 2 groups of the alkyl group may be replaced by -0-, -CH=CH-, -CO-, -OCO-, -COO-, - C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, or -OCF 2 - in such a manner that an oxygen atom is not directly adjacent to another oxygen atom; one or more hydrogen atoms of the alkyl group may optionally be replaced by a halogen; A 1 each independently represents any one of the following structures: (in these structures, one or more CH 2 groups of the cyclohexane ring may be replaced by an oxygen atom, one or more CH groups of the benzene ring may be replaced by a nitrogen atom, and one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by Cl, F, CF 3, or OCF 3); X 1 and X 2 each independently represent H, Cl, F, CF 3, or OCF 3; Y represents Cl, F, CF 3, or OCF 3; Z 1 represents a single bond, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-, -CH 2 CH 2 -, -(CH 2) 4 -, -OCH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -OCF 2 -, or -CF 2 O-; and m 1 is an integer of 1 to 3, and wherein the RGB three-color pixel portions include, as a coloring material, a pigment having a water-soluble content of 0% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less and/or a specific electrical conductivity of 10 μS/cm or more and 150 μS/cm or less.