mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A buffer unit for a packaging apparatus for forming packages from a web of packaging material and being filled with a pourable product; the buffer unit being configured to buffer the web of packaging material and comprises: - an infeed roller device configured to feed the web of packaging material into the buffer unit; - an outfeed roller device configured to direct the web of packaging material out of the buffer unit; characterized in that the buffer unit further comprises: - an accumulation housing having an accumulation space configured to randomly receive the web of packaging material; wherein the buffer unit is controllable in an accumulation configuration, in which the web of packaging material is randomly accumulated within the buffer unit; wherein the accumulation housing comprises a main wall, a plurality of lateral delimiting walls transversal to the main wall and a main opening through which the web of packaging material enters into the accumulation space; wherein when, in use, the buffer unit is controlled in the accumulation configuration the web of packaging material has a shape of a free loop until the web of packaging material starts to contact the main wall, then the web of packaging material becomes randomly distributed within the accumulation housing. the buffer unit being configured to buffer the web of packaging material and comprises: - an infeed roller device configured to feed the web of packaging material into the buffer unit; - an outfeed roller device configured to direct the web of packaging material out of the buffer unit; - an infeed roller device configured to feed the web of packaging material into the buffer unit; - an outfeed roller device configured to direct the web of packaging material out of the buffer unit; characterized in that the buffer unit further comprises: - an accumulation housing having an accumulation space configured to randomly receive the web of packaging material; - an accumulation housing having an accumulation space configured to randomly receive the web of packaging material; wherein the buffer unit is controllable in an accumulation configuration, in which the web of packaging material is randomly accumulated within the buffer unit; wherein the accumulation housing comprises a main wall, a plurality of lateral delimiting walls transversal to the main wall and a main opening through which the web of packaging material enters into the accumulation space; wherein when, in use, the buffer unit is controlled in the accumulation configuration the web of packaging material has a shape of a free loop until the web of packaging material starts to contact the main wall, then the web of packaging material becomes randomly distributed within the accumulation housing.
An annuloplasty device for improving the function of a heart valve comprised of valve tissue including an annulus and a plurality of leaflets, the device comprising: a first loop-shaped support, which is configured to abut a first side of the heart valve, and a second loop-shaped support, which is configured to abut a second side of the heart valve opposite to said first side, whereby, in use, a portion of the valve tissue is pinched and trapped between the first and second supports, wherein the first and the second loop-shaped supports are separate entities, characterized in that; the first and second loop-shaped supports are formed from a magnetic material being able to attract the supports such that they can be temporarily connected during insertion at the heart valve and/or temporarily fixed on opposite sides of the heart valve, and in that the device comprises at least one fastener (56, 56', 256) for connecting the first and second supports when arranged in engagement with the heart valve. a first loop-shaped support, which is configured to abut a first side of the heart valve, and a second loop-shaped support, which is configured to abut a second side of the heart valve opposite to said first side, whereby, in use, a portion of the valve tissue is pinched and trapped between the first and second supports, wherein the first and the second loop-shaped supports are separate entities, characterized in that; the first and second loop-shaped supports are formed from a magnetic material being able to attract the supports such that they can be temporarily connected during insertion at the heart valve and/or temporarily fixed on opposite sides of the heart valve, and in that the device comprises at least one fastener (56, 56', 256) for connecting the first and second supports when arranged in engagement with the heart valve.
A method for determining a trap density in a layer of a 2-dimensional semiconductor material, said material exhibiting direct and indirect bandgaps between the valence band and the conduction band, the method comprising the steps of: - providing a sample comprising a support substrate (2;20,21) carrying on its surface said layer of 2D semiconductor material, - illuminating a spot of the layer with a light beam, thereby generating electron-hole pairs, - detecting emitted photons generated by direct and indirect bandgap transitions generated by radiative recombination of the electron-hole pairs, and determining a direct photoluminescence intensity I dir and an indirect photoluminescence intensity I ind, - repeating the two preceding steps at different values of the charge carrier concentration in the layer by modulating the charge carrier concentration, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: - obtaining measured values of the ratio I ind /I dir and the corresponding carrier concentration, - fitting the measured values to a theoretical model linking the ratio to the carrier concentration and the trap density, the model taking into account both radiative and non-radiative recombination mechanisms, - calculating the trap density from the fitting step. - providing a sample comprising a support substrate (2;20,21) carrying on its surface said layer of 2D semiconductor material, - illuminating a spot of the layer with a light beam, thereby generating electron-hole pairs, - detecting emitted photons generated by direct and indirect bandgap transitions generated by radiative recombination of the electron-hole pairs, and determining a direct photoluminescence intensity I dir and an indirect photoluminescence intensity I ind, - repeating the two preceding steps at different values of the charge carrier concentration in the layer by modulating the charge carrier concentration, - obtaining measured values of the ratio I ind /I dir and the corresponding carrier concentration, - fitting the measured values to a theoretical model linking the ratio to the carrier concentration and the trap density, the model taking into account both radiative and non-radiative recombination mechanisms, - calculating the trap density from the fitting step.
Electric shaver comprising a handle, a shaver head including at least one cutter unit which includes a drivable cutter element and a shear foil, and a motor connected to said cutter element via a drive transmitter, wherein said shaver head is connected to said handle by means of a support structure providing for a swivel and/or tilting axis (7, 11) about which said shaver head may swivel or tilt relative to said handle, wherein said support structure includes a pair of link arms (31, 32) forming a four-joint linkage with each link arm (31, 32) having a head joint (31a, 32a) connected to a shaver head part and a handle joint (31b, 32b) connected to the handle or a base part connected thereto, wherein said link arms (31, 32) are mounted in a standing configuration with the head joints (31a, 32a) of the link arms (31, 32) further away from the handle than the handle joints (31b, 32b) of the link arms (31, 32), characterized in that said motor is received in said handle on a side of the handle joints (31b, 32b) opposite to the shaver head, wherein said drive transmitter includes a drive shaft extending from said handle into said shaver head and passing said link arms (31, 32), wherein the four joint linkage's pivot axes defined by the handle joints (31b, 32b) and the head joints (31a, 32b) extend transverse to said drive shaft on opposite sides thereof.
A method for performing burst mapping on transmission data by a transmitter in a mobile communication system using a 16-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, 16-QAM, scheme, each modulation symbol providing higher-reliability bits and lower-reliabiltiy bits, the method comprising: generating control information bits and user data bits by encoding input control information and user data; dividing the control information bits and user data bits into more than two bursts; arranging a Training Sequence Code, TSC, in a center of each burst, placing the encoded control information bits according to reliability characteristic of the bits provided by the modulation symbols based on the 16-QAM signal constellation in symbol positions adjacent to the TSC, and placing the encoded user data bits according to reliability characteristic of the bits provided by the modulation symbols based on the 16-QAM signal constellation in a start position and an end position of each burst; selecting control information bits to be swapped from among the control information bits; if bit positions where the selected control information bits are located are higher-reliability bit positions, swapping the selected control information bits with user data bits in corresponding higher-reliability bit positions among the user data bits and adjacent symbol positions to the selected control information bits; and if the positions where the selected control information bits are located are lower-reliability bit positions, swapping the selected control information bits with user data bits in corresponding lower-reliability bit positions among the user data bits and adjacent symbol positions to the selected control information bits. generating control information bits and user data bits by encoding input control information and user data; dividing the control information bits and user data bits into more than two bursts; arranging a Training Sequence Code, TSC, in a center of each burst, placing the encoded control information bits according to reliability characteristic of the bits provided by the modulation symbols based on the 16-QAM signal constellation in symbol positions adjacent to the TSC, and placing the encoded user data bits according to reliability characteristic of the bits provided by the modulation symbols based on the 16-QAM signal constellation in a start position and an end position of each burst; selecting control information bits to be swapped from among the control information bits; if bit positions where the selected control information bits are located are higher-reliability bit positions, swapping the selected control information bits with user data bits in corresponding higher-reliability bit positions among the user data bits and adjacent symbol positions to the selected control information bits; and if the positions where the selected control information bits are located are lower-reliability bit positions, swapping the selected control information bits with user data bits in corresponding lower-reliability bit positions among the user data bits and adjacent symbol positions to the selected control information bits.
A method for wireless communications, comprising: determining a frame timing of communications of a first radio access technology, RAT; aligning, by adjusting the internal clock of a second RAT based on the determined frame timing of the first RAT, a frame timing for communications of the second RAT with the frame timing of communications of the first RAT to reduce a number of receive periods of the second RAT that overlap in time with a plurality of transmit periods of the first RAT and further to reduce a number of transmit periods of the first RAT that overlap in time with more than one receive periods of the second RAT. determining a frame timing of communications of a first radio access technology, RAT; aligning, by adjusting the internal clock of a second RAT based on the determined frame timing of the first RAT, a frame timing for communications of the second RAT with the frame timing of communications of the first RAT to reduce a number of receive periods of the second RAT that overlap in time with a plurality of transmit periods of the first RAT and further to reduce a number of transmit periods of the first RAT that overlap in time with more than one receive periods of the second RAT.
A medical device comprising a coating for ultrasound detection, said coating comprising microparticles that are visible with ultrasound, wherein the microparticles are not hollow or gas-filled, wherein the diameter of at least 60% of said microparticles on said medical device is between 10 and 45 μm and the density of said microparticles per surface area is between 45 and 450 particles/mm 2, and wherein said coating is applied as a pattern that spatially selectively covers parts of the surface.
A method of fabricating a bonded wafer comprising the steps of bonding a bond wafer and a base wafer while placing an insulating layer in between, both wafers being composed of silicon single crystal, and thinning the bond wafer; wherein said bond wafer and the base wafer are fabricated by the steps of slicing of a silicon single crystal ingot, chamfering, lapping, etching on their both sides, mirror-polishing, and cleaning, wherein the bond wafer is bonded after having formed therein an ion-implanted layer, and is then heated so as to produce crack at the ion-implanted layer, to thereby enable thinning; wherein the etching step includes alkali etching and succeeding acid etching, while setting the etching amount larger in the alkali etching than in the acid etching, so that in the bonded wafer an unbonded area between the bond wafer and the base wafer is adjusted so as to have an average width of 1.3 mm or less from the outer circumference of the base wafer in the radial direction.
A patient positioning apparatus for an extra-oral imaging system, the apparatus comprising: a mount for revolving an x-ray source and an imaging sensor panel about a patient's head; and a substantially transparent shield suspended from the mount, wherein the shield is considered to be substantially transparent when it transmits at least 40 % of visible light, the substantially transparent shield comprising: a chin support coupled to the shield and includes a chin rest and a bite element; a forehead support coupled to the shield and includes a head rest; and an open window in the shield disposed between the chin support and the forehead support. a mount for revolving an x-ray source and an imaging sensor panel about a patient's head; and a substantially transparent shield suspended from the mount, wherein the shield is considered to be substantially transparent when it transmits at least 40 % of visible light, the substantially transparent shield comprising: a chin support coupled to the shield and includes a chin rest and a bite element; a forehead support coupled to the shield and includes a head rest; and an open window in the shield disposed between the chin support and the forehead support. a chin support coupled to the shield and includes a chin rest and a bite element; a forehead support coupled to the shield and includes a head rest; and an open window in the shield disposed between the chin support and the forehead support.
A portable drying mechanism (400, 500, 600, 700) comprising: a grip (410, 510, 610, 710) configured to allow for gripping by a hand, wherein the grip (410, 510, 610, 710) comprises a first grip end and a second grip end; a shaft (420, 520, 620, 720) comprising a first shaft end and a second shaft end, wherein the first shaft end is couplable to the second grip end; a neck (430, 530, 630, 730) comprising: a first neck end, wherein the first neck end is couplable to the second shaft end, a second neck end, and a plurality of drying panels (435, 535, 635, 735) configured to extend from the second neck end; a tip (440, 540, 640, 740) comprising a first tip end and a second tip end, wherein the first tip end is couplable to the second neck end; and an attachment mechanism (425, 525, 625, 725) configured to couple the neck (430, 530, 630, 730) to one or both the second shaft end and the first tip end. a grip (410, 510, 610, 710) configured to allow for gripping by a hand, wherein the grip (410, 510, 610, 710) comprises a first grip end and a second grip end; a shaft (420, 520, 620, 720) comprising a first shaft end and a second shaft end, wherein the first shaft end is couplable to the second grip end; a neck (430, 530, 630, 730) comprising: a first neck end, wherein the first neck end is couplable to the second shaft end, a second neck end, and a plurality of drying panels (435, 535, 635, 735) configured to extend from the second neck end; a first neck end, wherein the first neck end is couplable to the second shaft end, a second neck end, and a plurality of drying panels (435, 535, 635, 735) configured to extend from the second neck end; a tip (440, 540, 640, 740) comprising a first tip end and a second tip end, wherein the first tip end is couplable to the second neck end; and an attachment mechanism (425, 525, 625, 725) configured to couple the neck (430, 530, 630, 730) to one or both the second shaft end and the first tip end.
A glass forming system, comprising: a structure including a top surface, a bottom surface and a containing wall all of which are attached to one another to form a space within which there is located a bath of molten metal that covers the bottom surface and contacts a lower portion of the containing wall; a delivery device selected from a tube, a rod or a needle for delivering a free falling molten glass onto a portion of the molten metal located in a delivery area within the structure; and at least one device (236a and/or 236b) for eliminating dead zones in the delivery area to reduce a residence time of the molten glass in the delivery area to enable a substantially continuous flow of the molten glass over the molten metal when forming the glass sheet, said at least one device (236a and/or 236b) including: - a gas supply that provides a gas which passes through a plurality of pores extending through at least a portion of the containing wall associated with the delivery area so as to form a gas cushion which repels the molten glass away from at least that portion of the containing wall, and/or - the containing wall being configured to have a semi-circular channel around the delivery area and a diverging channel extending in one direction away from the delivery area. a structure including a top surface, a bottom surface and a containing wall all of which are attached to one another to form a space within which there is located a bath of molten metal that covers the bottom surface and contacts a lower portion of the containing wall; a delivery device selected from a tube, a rod or a needle for delivering a free falling molten glass onto a portion of the molten metal located in a delivery area within the structure; and at least one device (236a and/or 236b) for eliminating dead zones in the delivery area to reduce a residence time of the molten glass in the delivery area to enable a substantially continuous flow of the molten glass over the molten metal when forming the glass sheet, said at least one device (236a and/or 236b) including: - a gas supply that provides a gas which passes through a plurality of pores extending through at least a portion of the containing wall associated with the delivery area so as to form a gas cushion which repels the molten glass away from at least that portion of the containing wall, and/or - the containing wall being configured to have a semi-circular channel around the delivery area and a diverging channel extending in one direction away from the delivery area. - a gas supply that provides a gas which passes through a plurality of pores extending through at least a portion of the containing wall associated with the delivery area so as to form a gas cushion which repels the molten glass away from at least that portion of the containing wall, and/or - the containing wall being configured to have a semi-circular channel around the delivery area and a diverging channel extending in one direction away from the delivery area.
A household appliance comprising a body, at least one shelf disposed inside the body and an elevator that provides the shelf to be moved upwards - downwards for various purposes and having an electric motor, a motor shaft that transmits rotational motion of the motor, a worm-type transmission shaft connected to the motor shaft and providing the transmission of the motion of the motor to the shelf and a bearing, connected to the shelf inside the body and moved downwards - upwards by the transmission shaft, characterized in that an encoder connected to the motor shaft or the transmission shaft and generating pulse signals at each revolution of the motor shaft and in that the control unit that calculates the distance, speed or acceleration relating to the movement of the shelf during movement of the shelf in the vertical direction, depending on the signals received from the encoder and that determines the amount of load on the shelf by comparing them with the distance, speed or acceleration corresponding to certain loads prerecorded in its memory.
An aqueous ink jet composition comprising: a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant comprising a compound having at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group; and a third component which is selected from compounds having a cumarin skeleton and at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group. a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant comprising a compound having at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group; and a third component which is selected from compounds having a cumarin skeleton and at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group.