mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A laminated polyester film comprising a pigment-containing polyester layer A and wax-containing polyester layers B1 and B2 on both sides of the polyester layer A, wherein the film satisfies the following formulas, and, the surface free energy of each layer B1 and layer B2 is not less than 27 mN/m and not more than 43 mN/mm, and the coefficient of variation of water contact angle for each layer B1 and layer B2 is not less than 0% and not more than 10%, when the contact angle with water is measured 10 times at different arbitrary positions within the range of 200mm x 200mm on the film after 24 hours of humidity adjustment under conditions of 23°C and 65% RH: Wb 1 > Wa Wb 2 > Wa Wb 1 > Wb 2 (wherein Wb1 and Wb2 represent the wax content per unit area (μg/cm 2) of the layer B1 and layer B2 respectively, and Wa represents the wax content per unit area (μg/cm 2) of the layer A, and wherein the coefficient of variation of water contact angle represents a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation in values measured 10 times by the arithmetic average value).
A needle assembly, for use with an injection device, the needle assembly comprising: a needle hub having a needle; a needle shield arranged for relative axial movement with respect to the needle hub, between a retracted position in which the tip of the needle projects beyond a forward end of the shield and an extended position in which the tip of the needle does not project beyond the forward end of the shield, the needle shield being axially biased towards the extended position; wherein the needle shield is further arranged to be torsionally biased for relative rotational movement with respect to the needle hub; wherein the needle shield and needle hub are provided with cooperating features (25, 50) configured such that relative rotational movement of the needle shield relative to the needle hub is prevented until the needle shield moves towards the retracted position, the cooperating features comprising a track associated with one of the needle hub or the needle shield and a cooperating projection associated with the other of the needle hub or the needle shield; and characterized in that the projection comprises a resiliently deformable leg and the track is arranged and configured to receive the respective deformable leg, each track comprising a first slot which includes a ramp section, an axially extending rib and a second slot. a needle hub having a needle; a needle shield arranged for relative axial movement with respect to the needle hub, between a retracted position in which the tip of the needle projects beyond a forward end of the shield and an extended position in which the tip of the needle does not project beyond the forward end of the shield, the needle shield being axially biased towards the extended position; wherein the needle shield is further arranged to be torsionally biased for relative rotational movement with respect to the needle hub; wherein the needle shield and needle hub are provided with cooperating features (25, 50) configured such that relative rotational movement of the needle shield relative to the needle hub is prevented until the needle shield moves towards the retracted position, the cooperating features comprising a track associated with one of the needle hub or the needle shield and a cooperating projection associated with the other of the needle hub or the needle shield; and characterized in that the projection comprises a resiliently deformable leg and the track is arranged and configured to receive the respective deformable leg, each track comprising a first slot which includes a ramp section, an axially extending rib and a second slot.
A fluid analyzer, comprising: an optical source and an optical detector defining a beam path of an optical beam; a fluid flow cell disposed on the beam path comprising a fluid channel with an interrogation region in which the optical beam interacts with a channel fluid; a flow-control device configured to conduct, in use, an analyte fluid and a reference fluid through the interrogation region, the flow-control device being configured to manipulate the flow of a respective fluid in response to a fluid modulation signal; and a controller operative 1) to generate the fluid modulation signal having a time-varying characteristic to control the flow-control device to operate to cause, in use, a fluid boundary separating the analyte and reference fluids to be moved across the interrogation region accordingly, 2) to sample an output signal from the optical detector at one interval of the fluid modulation signal during which the interrogation region contains more analyte fluid than reference fluid and at a second interval during which the interrogation region contains more reference fluid than analyte fluid, thereby generating corresponding output signal samples, and 3) to determine from the output signal samples a measurement value indicative of an optically measured characteristic of the analyte fluid, wherein a series of the measurement values are combined to improve measurement sensitivity and samples of the output signal likely to have values perturbed by the presence of a particle or bubble in the fluid channel are excluded from the series of measurement values. an optical source and an optical detector defining a beam path of an optical beam; a fluid flow cell disposed on the beam path comprising a fluid channel with an interrogation region in which the optical beam interacts with a channel fluid; a flow-control device configured to conduct, in use, an analyte fluid and a reference fluid through the interrogation region, the flow-control device being configured to manipulate the flow of a respective fluid in response to a fluid modulation signal; and a controller operative 1) to generate the fluid modulation signal having a time-varying characteristic to control the flow-control device to operate to cause, in use, a fluid boundary separating the analyte and reference fluids to be moved across the interrogation region accordingly, 2) to sample an output signal from the optical detector at one interval of the fluid modulation signal during which the interrogation region contains more analyte fluid than reference fluid and at a second interval during which the interrogation region contains more reference fluid than analyte fluid, thereby generating corresponding output signal samples, and 3) to determine from the output signal samples a measurement value indicative of an optically measured characteristic of the analyte fluid, wherein a series of the measurement values are combined to improve measurement sensitivity and samples of the output signal likely to have values perturbed by the presence of a particle or bubble in the fluid channel are excluded from the series of measurement values.
An antiseptic composition suitable for use on skin and wounds comprising an antiseptic agent comprising 0.01% to 1.0 % by weight of iodine, wherein the iodine source is an iodide, an oxidant, buffering agent to maintain the composition at a pH of about 4 to 6, and from 0.5% to 10% by weight of a di-, tri, or tetra-basic salt of EDTA; wherein the oxidant is held separately from the iodide until the point of use.
Process for jointing power cables (100, 200) comprising: - providing a first power cable and a second power cable, each cable (100; 200) comprising an electric conductor (10; 20) and a thermoplastic insulation system surrounding the electric conductor (10; 20); - removing a length of the insulation system from each extremity of the first and second power cables (100, 200), thereby exposing a corresponding length of the relevant electric conductors(10; 20); - electrically jointing the electric conductors (10; 20) of the first power cable and of the second power cable; - arranging the exposed length of the electric conductors (10; 20) of the first and second power in a mould having a volume and having only one feeding inlet located in the longitudinal center of the mould and connected to an extruder; - heating the mould to a first temperature; - extruding through the one feeding inlet a quantity of thermoplastic insulating material into the mould at a first pressure until it fills the volume of the mould, wherein the mould comprises only one purge valve located in the longitudinal center of the mould, wherein the filling of the mould is indicated by thermoplastic insulating material leaking out of the purge valve; - cooling the mould from the first temperature to a second temperature; - while the mould is cooling from the first temperature to a second temperature, extruding additional thermoplastic insulating material into the mould at a second pressure, wherein the cooling of the mould starts at the longitudinal extremities of the mould and progressively advances towards the center of the mould. - providing a first power cable and a second power cable, each cable (100; 200) comprising an electric conductor (10; 20) and a thermoplastic insulation system surrounding the electric conductor (10; 20); - removing a length of the insulation system from each extremity of the first and second power cables (100, 200), thereby exposing a corresponding length of the relevant electric conductors(10; 20); - electrically jointing the electric conductors (10; 20) of the first power cable and of the second power cable; - arranging the exposed length of the electric conductors (10; 20) of the first and second power in a mould having a volume and having only one feeding inlet located in the longitudinal center of the mould and connected to an extruder; - heating the mould to a first temperature; - extruding through the one feeding inlet a quantity of thermoplastic insulating material into the mould at a first pressure until it fills the volume of the mould, wherein the mould comprises only one purge valve located in the longitudinal center of the mould, wherein the filling of the mould is indicated by thermoplastic insulating material leaking out of the purge valve; - cooling the mould from the first temperature to a second temperature; - while the mould is cooling from the first temperature to a second temperature, extruding additional thermoplastic insulating material into the mould at a second pressure, wherein the cooling of the mould starts at the longitudinal extremities of the mould and progressively advances towards the center of the mould.
Process for preparing storage-stable (meth)acrylate-based reactive resins in which at least one polymer component and a monomer component are mixed with one another under a gas phase with stirring, with at least 90% by weight of the polymer component dissolving in the monomer component, characterized in that the gas phase has an oxygen content of between 3% and 8% by volume, and in that the polymer component prior to mixing with the monomer component has a residual peroxide content of at most 0.375 mmol of peroxide per kilogram, the residual peroxide content being determined by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
A paper formed by a method comprising treating a cellulosic fiber or an aqueous pulp slurry with a treatment composition comprising: an anionic polyacrylamide resin and an aldehyde-functionalized polymer resin, wherein the complex of the anionic polyacrylamide resin and the aldehyde-functionalized polymer resin possesses a net cationic charge.
A cooling system for a gas turbine, the gas turbine comprising: a compressor for compressing air; a combustor for combusting the air compressed by the compressor with fuel; and a turbine driven by a combustion gas generated by the combustor, the turbine including at least one turbine wheel having turbine blades on an outer circumferential section thereof, the turbine blades each having an attachment portion to be connected to the turbine wheel, characterized in that the cooling system comprises a plurality of groups of impingement cooling holes, provided such that the compressed air from the compressor flows through a partition wall that separates an exit space of the compressor from a wheel space located upstream of the turbine wheel, for ejecting the compressed air in the exit space of the compressor toward the turbine wheel and the attachment portions of the turbine blades, the plurality of groups being arranged in a circumferential direction of the partition wall. a compressor for compressing air; a combustor for combusting the air compressed by the compressor with fuel; and a turbine driven by a combustion gas generated by the combustor, the turbine including at least one turbine wheel having turbine blades on an outer circumferential section thereof, the turbine blades each having an attachment portion to be connected to the turbine wheel, characterized in that the cooling system comprises a plurality of groups of impingement cooling holes, provided such that the compressed air from the compressor flows through a partition wall that separates an exit space of the compressor from a wheel space located upstream of the turbine wheel, for ejecting the compressed air in the exit space of the compressor toward the turbine wheel and the attachment portions of the turbine blades, the plurality of groups being arranged in a circumferential direction of the partition wall.
A chair comprising a seat structure and a backrest structure arranged pivotally to the seat structure; an armrest arranged pivotally to the backrest structure through a pivotal connection; a link mechanism (10, 18) that is journalled to the structures of the seat and the backrest, respectively, characterized in that the armrest is adjustable in the length direction of the backrest by means of the pivotal connection being arranged displaceable on the backrest structure, and in that the pivotal orientation of the armrest is controlled via a sliding engagement between a lever arm, adjoining the armrest at an angle thereto, and an actuator link comprised in the link mechanism and displaceable thereby with respect to the backrest so as to extend substantially in the length direction of the backrest in all its positions of displacement, the armrest maintaining its angular orientation in any pivotal relation between the seat and armrest.
A method for controlling access to memory by a global navigation satellite system, GNSS, receiver comprising a DSP processor and a general purpose processor, wherein the DSP processor is performing tracking operations, wherein the memory is used as common memory for both processors (11, 12) for instructions and data and both processors (11, 12) fetch their instructions from the memory, the method comprising: receiving data to be stored to the memory at the general purpose processor from the DSP processor, disabling operation of the DSP processor by the general purpose processor, disabling interrupts of the general purpose processor, storing the data to the memory by the general purpose processor, enabling interrupts of the general purpose processor, enabling the DSP processor, determining a period for which the operation of the DSP processor is disabled, and performing a reset of the DSP processor if the period is greater than a threshold time. receiving data to be stored to the memory at the general purpose processor from the DSP processor, disabling operation of the DSP processor by the general purpose processor, disabling interrupts of the general purpose processor, storing the data to the memory by the general purpose processor, enabling interrupts of the general purpose processor, enabling the DSP processor, determining a period for which the operation of the DSP processor is disabled, and performing a reset of the DSP processor if the period is greater than a threshold time.
Process for production of dimethyl ether from methane comprising: - a dry-reforming step, wherein methane and carbon dioxide are converted into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and - a synthesis step, wherein the carbon monoxide and hydrogen formed in the dry-reforming step are converted into a dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide, characterized in that the dry-reforming step and the synthesis step are carried out at pressures which differ from each other by not more than 3.0 bar, preferably not more than 1.0 bar. - a dry-reforming step, wherein methane and carbon dioxide are converted into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and - a synthesis step, wherein the carbon monoxide and hydrogen formed in the dry-reforming step are converted into a dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide,
A Sindbis viral vector carrying a gene encoding a tumor associated antigen that is the same TAA as a TAA expressed by cells of the tumor to be treated or a TAA that is immunologically cross-reactive with a TAA expressed by cells of the tumor to be treated for use in a method of treating the tumor in a mammal, wherein the Sindbis viral vector is administered parenterally, wherein the Sindbis viral vector does not directly target the tumor cells of the mammal, wherein the tumor is a solid tumor, and wherein the solid tumor is a colon carcinoma.
Engine control valve for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, comprising a flap mounted with the ability to rotate in a valve body about an axis dividing the said flap into a first part and a second part, the said flap being able to collaborate with sealing means of the valve body in a closed position in order to stop the flow of a fluid through the said flap, for which position the first part collaborates in a sealed manner with a first flat surface of the sealing means and the second part collaborates in a sealed manner with a second flat surface of the sealing means, characterized in that the sealing means are elastically deformable and in that the first flat surface and the second flat surface of the sealing means are comprised in the one same plane, the sealing means comprising a first and a second annular seal with axes perpendicular to the axis of the flap and superposed on one another, the first seal comprising a first portion projecting towards the inside of the valve with respect to a first portion of the second seal and bearing the first flat surface, the second seal comprising a second portion projecting towards the inside of the valve with respect to a second portion of the first seal and bearing the second flat surface.
A wearable actuation device for the assisted movement of fingers of a user's hand, comprising - a supporting platform positionable on the back of the hand and provided with fixing means for wearing in a removable way the device on the hand, - at least an articulated first finger module, connected with one end to the supporting platform and positionable and connectable to a finger of the hand for guiding a movement of flexion or extension of the finger itself, - a motor provided with an output shaft, supported by the supporting platform and suitable to generate a rotational motion in two opposite directions of the motor shaft, - first transmission means of the first finger module to allow an actuation at least of the first finger module, said transmission means comprising - a first movable member displaceable at least in translation in two opposite directions, - an actuation flexible element coupled with the movable member and wrapped on a motor pulley connected to the motor shaft, wherein the actuation flexible element is coupled with the first movable member, and wherein said first transmission means also comprise at least a pair of cables formed by a main cable and a return cable both coupled at one end thereof to the first finger module and at their other end to the first movable member in such a way that a translation in a direction of the first movable member corresponds to a movement of the main cable and of the return cable to which corresponds the actuation in flexion or extension of the first finger module, depending on the rotation direction of the motor shaft, characterized in that said first movable member comprises an upper pulley and a lower pulley axially connected through a pin interposed between the upper and lower pulley and comprises a slider, coupled with said pin in freely rotatable way and fixed to the actuation flexible element, so as to move said first movable member in the two opposite directions depending on the rotation direction of the motor shaft. - a supporting platform positionable on the back of the hand and provided with fixing means for wearing in a removable way the device on the hand, - at least an articulated first finger module, connected with one end to the supporting platform and positionable and connectable to a finger of the hand for guiding a movement of flexion or extension of the finger itself, - a motor provided with an output shaft, supported by the supporting platform and suitable to generate a rotational motion in two opposite directions of the motor shaft, - first transmission means of the first finger module to allow an actuation at least of the first finger module, said transmission means comprising - a first movable member displaceable at least in translation in two opposite directions, - an actuation flexible element coupled with the movable member and wrapped on a motor pulley connected to the motor shaft, - a first movable member displaceable at least in translation in two opposite directions, - an actuation flexible element coupled with the movable member and wrapped on a motor pulley connected to the motor shaft,
A method of separating a double bond-containing linear hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom, comprising bringing a treatment subject containing a double bond-containing linear hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom and a double bond-containing alicyclic hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom into contact with at least one amine compound selected from the group consisting of a heterocyclic aromatic amine compound and a tertiary amine represented by a formula: NR 1 R 2 R 3, where R 1, R 2, and R 3 are each independently an alkyl group, and two among R 1, R 2, and R 3 may in combination form an alkylene group that is optionally interrupted by an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
Feeder of thread or yarn, intended for a textile machine, said feeder being of accumulation type and comprising: a body which bears a drum having a surface on which a pre-established number of thread turns coming from a spool are wound; a tension sensor for detecting the tension value of the thread exiting from the drum and detector means for detecting the quantity of thread accumulated thereon, said detector means comprising at least one light-reflecting element arranged along the entire longitudinal portion between the two ends (23A, 23B) of the surface of the drum, such light being generated by light generator means borne by a support arranged alongside the drum, said support being associated with detector means or sensors adapted to detect the light reflected by said reflecting element, the intensity of said reflected light varying as a function of the quantity of thread wound on said drum, said detection allowing the detection of such thread quantity, the detector means being at least one light-sensitive member that receives the light reflected by said reflecting element, said member allowing the determination of the density of turns of the thread present on the drum, characterized in that the feeder has a rotary drum and the detector means comprises a plurality of reflecting elements arranged along the surface of the rotary drum that are separated by a zone not reflecting the light emitted by the light generator means.
Wheelchair holding device for vehicles with a housing and at least one carrier which is arranged so as to be able to fold on the housing and to which a plurality of holding elements fastenable detachably to a wheelchair for fixture of the wheelchair to the vehicle are fastened for movement between a retracted position accommodated in the housing and a holding position extended from the housing, wherein the housing is fastenable to a side wall of the vehicle or to a vehicle floor, characterised in that a seat is arranged on the housing so as to be pivotable about a vertical axis or a horizontal axis.