mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A cage for housing laboratory animals, said cage comprising a main box-shaped body consisting of a bottom wall, an upper wall and a plurality of side walls (14, 15, 16, 17), said bottom wall, upper wall and side walls (14, 15, 16, 17) being connected and joined together to define a first inner space available to said laboratory animals, wherein a first side wall of said main box-shaped body comprises a first opening adapted to allow the access to said inner space from the outside by an operator, and wherein said first side wall comprises a gate which is switchable between a first position, in which it substantially closes said first opening, and a second position, in which it at least partially clears said first opening, wherein said cage comprises a secondary box-shaped body consisting of a bottom own wall thereof, an upper own wall thereof and a plurality of own side walls (33, 34, 35, 36) thereof, said own bottom wall, upper wall and side walls (33, 34, 35, 36) of said secondary box-shaped body being connected and joined together to define a second inner space, wherein a first own side wall of said secondary box-shaped body comprises a second opening, said secondary box-shaped body being adapted to be externally applied to said first side wall of said main box-shaped body with said second opening positioned at said first opening so as to allow said laboratory animals, with said gate in said second position, to access from said first inner space to said second inner space and vice versa, from said second inner space to said first inner space; wherein said gate comprises a door which is rotationally switchable, characterized in that a second own side wall of said secondary box-shaped body joined to said first own side wall of said secondary box-shaped body comprises a third opening, and in that the switching of said door from said first position to said second position results in the closing of said third opening.
An exhaust gas purification equipment for a marine diesel engine using fuel equivalent to or lower than fuel oil in quality, the exhaust gas purification equipment comprising: an exhaust gas cooler provided to an exhaust pipe continued to an exhaust manifold of the engine; an electrical precipitation means that removes particulate matter having soluble organic fractions and insoluble organic fractions contained in the exhaust gas as main components, provided on a downstream side of the exhaust gas cooler; and a scrubber, provided to an exhaust pipe on a downstream side of the electrical precipitation means, characterized in that the scrubber is a PM-free scrubber that removes no PM since treatment water of the scrubber makes a water thin-film layer flowing down along a wall surface constituting the PM-free scrubber and the exhaust gas smoothly flows along a surface of the water thin-film layer without crossing or colliding with the treatment water of the scrubber. an exhaust gas cooler provided to an exhaust pipe continued to an exhaust manifold of the engine; an electrical precipitation means that removes particulate matter having soluble organic fractions and insoluble organic fractions contained in the exhaust gas as main components, provided on a downstream side of the exhaust gas cooler; and a scrubber, provided to an exhaust pipe on a downstream side of the electrical precipitation means, characterized in that the scrubber is a PM-free scrubber that removes no PM since treatment water of the scrubber makes a water thin-film layer flowing down along a wall surface constituting the PM-free scrubber and the exhaust gas smoothly flows along a surface of the water thin-film layer without crossing or colliding with the treatment water of the scrubber.
Single-piece exchanger allowing the transfer of heat between a first fluid and a second fluid, comprising, from bottom to top when considering the direction of manufacture: - at least two distribution zones and; - at least two collection zones and; - at least two inlet connectors and adjoining the distribution zones and at least two outlet connectors and adjoining the collection zones; - at least one inlet situated on each inlet connector; - at least one outlet situated on each outlet connector; - an exchange zone allowing a transfer of heat between the canals for the first fluid and the canals for the second fluid; with each connector comprising supports in their internal upper part. - at least two distribution zones and; - at least two collection zones and; - at least two inlet connectors and adjoining the distribution zones and at least two outlet connectors and adjoining the collection zones; - at least one inlet situated on each inlet connector; - at least one outlet situated on each outlet connector; - an exchange zone allowing a transfer of heat between the canals for the first fluid and the canals for the second fluid;
Composite profile for doors, windows or façade elements, comprising profiles (2, 2) and at least one insulating strip, wherein at least one of the profiles (2, 2) is made of a metal material with a first tensile strength and has at least one roll-in groove for roll-in connection with the at least one insulating strip, the insulating strip comprises a strip body made of an insulating material and extending in a longitudinal direction (z), a roll-in head at a longitudinal edge of the strip body, the roll-in head having a cross-sectional shape in a plane (x-y) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (z) adapted to be inserted into the at least one roll-in groove and having a first thickness of the cross-sectional shape of the roll-in head towards a distal outer edge of the roll-in head facing the at least one roll-in groove being larger than a second thickness of the cross-sectional shape of the roll-in head at a transition from the roll-in head to the strip body, and a sheet covering at least a part of a surface (10, 11, 12) of the roll-in head and comprising surface variations (16; 17; 18), the roll-in head of the insulating strip is connected to the profile by rolling-in, characterised in that, the sheet is made of or comprises portions made of a metal material with a second tensile strength of 300 N/mm 2 or more, and the second tensile strength is higher than the first tensile strength.
A computer-implemented method for providing a service on a network, comprising: a) requesting, on a first router (120, 122, 124), executable instructions from a remote server, the executable instructions specifying how the first router is to operate to provide a service requested for a user of the network; b) receiving the instructions; c) initializing, on the first router (120, 122, 124), a first thread to execute the received instructions; d) determining that a configuration of the first router (120, 122, 124) has changed;and when the configuration of the first router (120, 122, 124) is determined to have changed, executing, on the initialized first thread, the instructions to apply the service in accordance with the change in the first router's configuration; f) receiving, at the first thread, a packet from a second thread running on a second router (120, 122, 124), the second thread executing the instructions from the remote server; and g) determining, at the first thread, that the second thread is also participating in providing the service. a) requesting, on a first router (120, 122, 124), executable instructions from a remote server, the executable instructions specifying how the first router is to operate to provide a service requested for a user of the network; b) receiving the instructions; c) initializing, on the first router (120, 122, 124), a first thread to execute the received instructions; d) determining that a configuration of the first router (120, 122, 124) has changed;and f) receiving, at the first thread, a packet from a second thread running on a second router (120, 122, 124), the second thread executing the instructions from the remote server; and g) determining, at the first thread, that the second thread is also participating in providing the service.
Process for the radical grafting of a graft to a diene elastomer, comprising the following stages: a. dissolving, with stirring, at least one diene elastomer and at least one thiol derivative as graft in a solvent comprising a mixture of at least one polar solvent and of at least one nonpolar solvent, b. heating the homogeneous reaction mixture obtained in the preceding stage to the temperature of the grafting reaction, and c. once the temperature of the grafting reaction has been reached, adding the radical initiator in order to bring about the grafting of the graft to the units of the elastomer comprising unsaturations. a. dissolving, with stirring, at least one diene elastomer and at least one thiol derivative as graft in a solvent comprising a mixture of at least one polar solvent and of at least one nonpolar solvent, b. heating the homogeneous reaction mixture obtained in the preceding stage to the temperature of the grafting reaction, and c. once the temperature of the grafting reaction has been reached, adding the radical initiator in order to bring about the grafting of the graft to the units of the elastomer comprising unsaturations.
A method for performing speaker recognition comprising: extracting vocal features from a captured audio signal representing a user utterance, obtaining a capture context, said context comprising a set of features characterising the capture environment at the time of the utterance, obtaining a background speaker model of utterances wherein the background speaker model is selected from a plurality of clusters of background speaker models, the clustering of background speaker models being performed according to capture contexts associated to a plurality of collected background speaker models, the selection being performed according to a closest match between the capture context and contexts associated to the clusters of background speaker models, and performing speaker recognition using the selected background model, characterized in that the method further comprises: associating extracted vocal features to corresponding context as a couple and aggregating this couple with couples of vocal features and corresponding context previously obtained, clustering the aggregated vocal features according to contexts, computing a background model from the vocal features of each clustered context to generate a local contextual background model, and providing the local contextual background models. extracting vocal features from a captured audio signal representing a user utterance, obtaining a capture context, said context comprising a set of features characterising the capture environment at the time of the utterance, obtaining a background speaker model of utterances wherein the background speaker model is selected from a plurality of clusters of background speaker models, the clustering of background speaker models being performed according to capture contexts associated to a plurality of collected background speaker models, the selection being performed according to a closest match between the capture context and contexts associated to the clusters of background speaker models, and performing speaker recognition using the selected background model, associating extracted vocal features to corresponding context as a couple and aggregating this couple with couples of vocal features and corresponding context previously obtained, clustering the aggregated vocal features according to contexts, computing a background model from the vocal features of each clustered context to generate a local contextual background model, and providing the local contextual background models.
A bladed disc system for a turbine engine, the bladed disc system comprising a disc portion and a plurality of blade portions which are linked with a stator section and an intercavity sealing portion comprising a sealing plate to minimise the loss of combustion air flowing through the turbine stages, the disc portion being shaped such that the plurality of blade portions are able to fit within firtree slots in the disc portion, each of the blade portions comprising an aerofoil section and a root section, the aerofoil section having a portion shaped such that it extends proximate to the intercavity sealing portion, the disc portion extending from a portion that connects with a drum to an outer edge at which the blade portions are connected with the disc portion having a width transition region in which a thickness of the disc portion increases from the point at which the disc portion connects to the drum to an outer edge at which the disc portion holds the blade portions, and wherein the width transition region has a curved width transition region with a radius of curvature r, and an overhanging portion which extends into an intercavity spacing between the width transition region and the intercavity sealing portion and wherein the radius of curvature r of the width transition region has a ratio with the width of the disc at the start of the curvature w before the transition region with the value of the ratio r/w being between 0.35 and 1.1. the disc portion being shaped such that the plurality of blade portions are able to fit within firtree slots in the disc portion, each of the blade portions comprising an aerofoil section and a root section, the aerofoil section having a portion shaped such that it extends proximate to the intercavity sealing portion, the disc portion extending from a portion that connects with a drum to an outer edge at which the blade portions are connected with the disc portion having a width transition region in which a thickness of the disc portion increases from the point at which the disc portion connects to the drum to an outer edge at which the disc portion holds the blade portions, and wherein the width transition region has a curved width transition region with a radius of curvature r, and an overhanging portion which extends into an intercavity spacing between the width transition region and the intercavity sealing portion and wherein the radius of curvature r of the width transition region has a ratio with the width of the disc at the start of the curvature w before the transition region with the value of the ratio r/w being between 0.35 and 1.1.
A display device comprising: a TFT array substrate (TSUB) comprising organic light-emitting diodes (OLED); a color filter array substrate (CSUB) that faces the TFT array substrate and that comprises a black matrix; a getter layer that is situated between the TFT array substrate and the color filter array substrate and that comprises a getter pattern overlapping the black matrix; and an adhesive layer disposed between the getter layer and the color filter array substrate and between the getter layer and the TFT array substrate, wherein the getter layer comprises a base film, and the getter pattern lies over the base film, wherein the getter layer comprises a resin layer that is disposed on the base film and that has holes or grooves, and wherein the getter pattern fills the holes or grooves. a TFT array substrate (TSUB) comprising organic light-emitting diodes (OLED); a color filter array substrate (CSUB) that faces the TFT array substrate and that comprises a black matrix; a getter layer that is situated between the TFT array substrate and the color filter array substrate and that comprises a getter pattern overlapping the black matrix; and an adhesive layer disposed between the getter layer and the color filter array substrate and between the getter layer and the TFT array substrate, wherein the getter layer comprises a base film, and the getter pattern lies over the base film, wherein the getter layer comprises a resin layer that is disposed on the base film and that has holes or grooves, and wherein the getter pattern fills the holes or grooves.
Device for dewatering feedstock that is pourable or free-flowing, for example wood chips, by compressing it, comprising a housing with a shell pipe (15, 16) in which a shaft with flights running round its circumference rotates round an axis of rotation, where the feedstock is transported through the housing and compressed and the pressate is conveyed out of the device through holes in the shell pipe (15, 16), and where an internal pipe is provided, the internal pipe is built up from segments (21, 22) with holes, where the outer surface of the segments (21, 22) rests directly on the inner surface of the shell pipe (15, 16) and the holes in the segments overlay the holes in the shell pipe (15, 16), where the holes in the segments (21, 22) have a smaller cross-section than the holes in the shell pipe (15, 16), characterized in that each hole in the segments (21, 22) is assigned to a hole in the shell pipe (15, 16), wherein the holes of the segments (21, 22) match up directly with the holes, i.e. each hole in a segment (21, 22) is assigned to a hole in the shell pipe (15, 16), and where the segments (21, 22) are made of wear-resistant cast or sintered material.
Method for conveying viscous material out of a barrel-like container, having a container bottom and a circumferential container wall that extends from the container bottom to a container top, which container is open toward the container top, using an apparatus that has a follower plate for closing off the container, wherein the follower plate has a wiper ring that runs circumferentially around, and wherein the wiper ring has a contact part that projects radially outward, for contact with an inner surface of the container wall, which surface faces the follower plate, wherein the contact part can have a variable contact force applied to it, to press it against the inner surface of the container wall, wherein the follower plate is moved in the direction of the container bottom, following a dropping material level, lying on a surface of the material, and, after the container has been emptied, is moved away from the container bottom, wherein the wiper ring is pressed against the inner surface of the container wall, with its contact part, forming a seal, during the movement of the follower plate toward the container bottom, wherein during the movement of the follower plate away from the container bottom, the sealing effect between the wiper ring and the container wall is cancelled out by means of reducing the contact force, and wherein before the start of material conveying, first the follower plate is introduced into the container, and then the contact part is pressed against the inner surface, characterised in that the contact part is only pressed against the inner surface when the follower plate lies on the surface of the material, that the follower plate lying on the surface of the material is detected by means of a sensor, and that the contact part is pressed against the inner surface by means of a control device, on the basis of a signal of the sensor.
Method for adjusting the nicotine content of an aerosol in an inhaler, comprising the following steps: - a feeding step in which at least one liquid having a first nicotine content is fed from a vaporizer tank to an electric vaporizer, - a vaporizing step in which the at least one liquid is vaporized producing an aerosol, - a dispensing step in which a final aerosol consisting of the combination of all aerosols formed in the inhaler from the at least one liquid is dispensed from the inhaler to a user, characterized in that at least one of said at least one liquid comprises a precursor substance capable of being converted into nicotine by chemical reaction, and said method further comprises a nicotine generation step in which said precursor substance is converted into nicotine by chemical reaction so that said final aerosol has a second nicotine content higher than said first nicotine content. - a feeding step in which at least one liquid having a first nicotine content is fed from a vaporizer tank to an electric vaporizer, - a vaporizing step in which the at least one liquid is vaporized producing an aerosol, - a dispensing step in which a final aerosol consisting of the combination of all aerosols formed in the inhaler from the at least one liquid is dispensed from the inhaler to a user,
A quantum dot for use in a method for treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, or other retinal damage wherein the quantum dot is configured for implantation within an eye, the quantum dot being operably configured to provide, on implantation within the eye and in the presence of light, for increased electrical activity within the eye, wherein the quantum dot is coated with a bio-targeted material configured to adhere the quantum dot to native retinal cells within the eye and maintain a close interaction of the quantum dot with the native retinal cells for an extended period of time, and wherein the bio-targeted material comprises biotin.
An axle for a railway vehicle, such as a rail excavator, said axle comprising: - at least two bearings (102,104), - a hydraulic motor arranged between said bearings (102,104), - a drive shaft passing through said axle and leading to each of the two ends of said axle, and - a parking, or emergency, brake unit; characterized in that said parking brake unit is arranged between said two bearings (102,104). - at least two bearings (102,104), - a hydraulic motor arranged between said bearings (102,104), - a drive shaft passing through said axle and leading to each of the two ends of said axle, and - a parking, or emergency, brake unit;
A wiper system, comprising: - a wiper arm having a geometrical axis of rotation (x), said geometrical axis of rotation extending in an axial direction, - a connecting arrangement configured to connect the wiper arm to a motor-driven rotating shaft, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured to transfer the rotating motion of the shaft into a rotating motion of the wiper arm about said geometrical axis of rotation, and - a spring arrangement configured to resiliently press the wiper arm against the connecting arrangement in the axial direction, characterised in that the wiper system further comprises - a tilting arrangement configured to vary the inclination of the pressed wiper arm relative to said geometrical axis of rotation based on the rotational position of the wiper arm about said geometrical axis of rotation. - a wiper arm having a geometrical axis of rotation (x), said geometrical axis of rotation extending in an axial direction, - a connecting arrangement configured to connect the wiper arm to a motor-driven rotating shaft, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured to transfer the rotating motion of the shaft into a rotating motion of the wiper arm about said geometrical axis of rotation, and - a spring arrangement configured to resiliently press the wiper arm against the connecting arrangement in the axial direction, characterised in that the wiper system further comprises - a tilting arrangement configured to vary the inclination of the pressed wiper arm relative to said geometrical axis of rotation based on the rotational position of the wiper arm about said geometrical axis of rotation.
A crepe process that comprises applying an adhesive composition to a nonwoven web, drying, and creping the nonwoven web on a creping drum, characterized in that the adhesive composition comprises an aqueous copolymer dispersion obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising 65 to 94.5% by weight of vinyl acetate, 5 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (meth)acrylamide, and 0.1 to 4% by weight of an N-methylol functional monomer, wherein the N-methylol functional monomer constitutes from 25 to 85% by weight of the combined amounts of acrylamide and N-methylol functional monomer, said combined amounts constituting from 0.5 to 4% by weight of the monomer mixture; wherein the emulsion polymerization is performed in the presence of 1 to 10% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol, based in each case on the total weight of all monomers used for the polymerization; wherein the adhesive composition does not comprise any of the following types of surfactant: alkylphenol ethoxylate, phosphate ester, or sodium laureth sulfate, and wherein the polyvinyl alcohol has a degree of hydrolysis in a range from 86% to 89 mol%.