mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A manifold for a Coriolis flowmeter, comprising: a body having a first face with a first orifice and a second orifice and an opposing second face with a third orifice and a fourth orifice, wherein the first orifice and third orifice each extend into the body and meet to define a first flow path traversing the body, and wherein the second orifice and fourth orifice each extend into the body and meet to define a second flow path traversing the body, wherein the third orifice and fourth orifice are each adapted to fluidly communicate with a first and second flow tube (13, 13') of the flowmeter, respectively; and characterized by: a non-circular bifurcated flow opening including a non-circular wall portion (106, 106') projecting from said first face and surrounding the first orifice and second orifice, wherein said non-circular wall portion (106, 106') is configured to change a cross section of a fluid flow path between said non-circular wall portion and said first and second orifices, and the non-circular wall portion (106, 106') includes an elongated oval cross section with a first peripheral constricted portion. a body having a first face with a first orifice and a second orifice and an opposing second face with a third orifice and a fourth orifice, wherein the first orifice and third orifice each extend into the body and meet to define a first flow path traversing the body, and wherein the second orifice and fourth orifice each extend into the body and meet to define a second flow path traversing the body, wherein the third orifice and fourth orifice are each adapted to fluidly communicate with a first and second flow tube (13, 13') of the flowmeter, respectively; and characterized by: a non-circular bifurcated flow opening including a non-circular wall portion (106, 106') projecting from said first face and surrounding the first orifice and second orifice, wherein said non-circular wall portion (106, 106') is configured to change a cross section of a fluid flow path between said non-circular wall portion and said first and second orifices, and the non-circular wall portion (106, 106') includes an elongated oval cross section with a first peripheral constricted portion.
A variable damping force damper, comprising: a hollow cylinder having hydraulic oil sealed therein; a columnar piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder and separate an interior of the cylinder into a first oil chamber and a second oil chamber; and a piston rod having the piston at an end thereof, wherein the piston comprises: an inner yoke made of a ferromagnetic material, the inner yoke being secured to the piston rod and having an outer peripheral surface coaxial with the cylinder; an outer yoke made of a ferromagnetic material, the outer yoke having an inner peripheral surface coaxial with the outer peripheral surface of the inner yoke and opposing the outer peripheral surface of the inner yoke via a predetermined gap; an electromagnetic coil disposed in the gap; a first communication oil passage (36, 37) in communication with the first oil chamber and having an opening in an axial end surface on a side of the second oil chamber; a valve plate (41, 42) configured to have elasticity and close the opening of the first communication oil passage, the valve plate being made of a ferromagnetic material and attracted in a closing direction by a magnetic force of the electromagnetic coil; characterised in that 20 a pressure accumulation housing (46, 47) secured to the axial end surface on the side of the second oil chamber and defining a pressure accumulation chamber (71, 72) on a side of the valve plate opposite to the opening; and a second communication oil passage (61, 62) connecting the pressure accumulation chamber and the second oil chamber with each other. a hollow cylinder having hydraulic oil sealed therein; a columnar piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder and separate an interior of the cylinder into a first oil chamber and a second oil chamber; and a piston rod having the piston at an end thereof, an inner yoke made of a ferromagnetic material, the inner yoke being secured to the piston rod and having an outer peripheral surface coaxial with the cylinder; an outer yoke made of a ferromagnetic material, the outer yoke having an inner peripheral surface coaxial with the outer peripheral surface of the inner yoke and opposing the outer peripheral surface of the inner yoke via a predetermined gap; an electromagnetic coil disposed in the gap; a first communication oil passage (36, 37) in communication with the first oil chamber and having an opening in an axial end surface on a side of the second oil chamber; a valve plate (41, 42) configured to have elasticity and close the opening of the first communication oil passage, the valve plate being made of a ferromagnetic material and attracted in a closing direction by a magnetic force of the electromagnetic coil; characterised in that 20 a pressure accumulation housing (46, 47) secured to the axial end surface on the side of the second oil chamber and defining a pressure accumulation chamber (71, 72) on a side of the valve plate opposite to the opening; and a second communication oil passage (61, 62) connecting the pressure accumulation chamber and the second oil chamber with each other.
An apparatus comprising: an electrically conductive housing; a slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) formed in a first electrically conductive plane of the housing; wherein the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) includes a slot open end in a side wall of the housing and is configured to provide at least a first frequency resonance and includes a feed point (108, 308, 508) dividing the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) into an open-circuited portion (110, 510) and a short-circuited portion (112, 512); a coupling element formed within a second plane above and separated from the first electrically conductive plane of the housing by a first insulating material, the coupling element being connected to the feed point (108, 308, 508); and a coupling arm physically connected to the conductive housing at the open end of the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a), the coupling arm being formed within a third plane above and separated from the first electrically conductive plane of the housing by a second insulating material, wherein the first plane, second plane, and third plane are different planes such that the slot antenna (104,504, 504a), the coupling element, and the coupling arm are above or below each other. an electrically conductive housing; a slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) formed in a first electrically conductive plane of the housing; wherein the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) includes a slot open end in a side wall of the housing and is configured to provide at least a first frequency resonance and includes a feed point (108, 308, 508) dividing the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) into an open-circuited portion (110, 510) and a short-circuited portion (112, 512); wherein the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) includes a slot open end in a side wall of the housing and is configured to provide at least a first frequency resonance and includes a feed point (108, 308, 508) dividing the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a) into an open-circuited portion (110, 510) and a short-circuited portion (112, 512); a coupling element formed within a second plane above and separated from the first electrically conductive plane of the housing by a first insulating material, the coupling element being connected to the feed point (108, 308, 508); and a coupling arm physically connected to the conductive housing at the open end of the slot antenna (104, 504, 504a), the coupling arm being formed within a third plane above and separated from the first electrically conductive plane of the housing by a second insulating material, wherein the first plane, second plane, and third plane are different planes such that the slot antenna (104,504, 504a), the coupling element, and the coupling arm are above or below each other.
Method, in particular carried out by an apparatus, comprising: - Collecting control information indicative of at least one external meter value, an initialisation vector and activation code information, wherein the activation code information comprises encrypted information; - Checking the external meter value, comparing the external meter value with a locally stored meter value; - in case the locally stored meter value is smaller than the external meter value: - Decrypting the activation code information based at least in part on the initialisation vector; - Determining verification information based at least in part on identification information of the device, the external meter value, and service recognition information indicative of an action requested and to be performed by the device in accordance with the collected control information, wherein the service recognition information is determined taking into account the port through which the control information was acquired; and - Comparing the determined verification information with the activation code information; and - Saving the external meter value as a new locally stored meter value so that this saved meter value is used to check a next detected meter value. - Collecting control information indicative of at least one external meter value, an initialisation vector and activation code information, wherein the activation code information comprises encrypted information; - Checking the external meter value, comparing the external meter value with a locally stored meter value; - in case the locally stored meter value is smaller than the external meter value: - Decrypting the activation code information based at least in part on the initialisation vector; - Determining verification information based at least in part on identification information of the device, the external meter value, and service recognition information indicative of an action requested and to be performed by the device in accordance with the collected control information, wherein the service recognition information is determined taking into account the port through which the control information was acquired; and - Comparing the determined verification information with the activation code information; and - Saving the external meter value as a new locally stored meter value so that this saved meter value is used to check a next detected meter value. - Decrypting the activation code information based at least in part on the initialisation vector; - Determining verification information based at least in part on identification information of the device, the external meter value, and service recognition information indicative of an action requested and to be performed by the device in accordance with the collected control information, wherein the service recognition information is determined taking into account the port through which the control information was acquired; and - Comparing the determined verification information with the activation code information; and - Saving the external meter value as a new locally stored meter value so that this saved meter value is used to check a next detected meter value.
A method of inhibiting or preventing the production of malodor comprising contacting a fabric, a laundry washing machine, a dish washing machine, tableware or hard surfaces in households, in particular surfaces of sanitary facilities with inactivated bacterial spores, inactivated by a method that damages the DNA of the spore cells, or structures or proteins in the interior of the cells, while leaving their outer surface intact, of at least one species of Bacillus, in particular inactivated bacterial spores of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and/or Bacillus atrophaeus, especially inactivated bacterial spores of bacilli selected from the group consisting of Bacillus strains with the registration reference SD-6991, registration office ATCC, registration reference PTA-7543, registration office ATCC, registration reference SD-6992, registration office ATCC, registration reference NRRL B-50607, registration office ARS, registration reference NRRL B-50606, registration office ARS, registration reference NRRL B-50887, registration office ARS, registration reference PTA-7549, registration office ATCC, registration reference NRRL B-50017, registration office ARS, and its mixtures.
A variable displacement rotary pump for fluids, comprising: - a rotor arranged to eccentrically rotate within a chamber defined by a regulation ring, with a relative eccentricity that is variable depending on operating conditions of the pump; - moving means (17, 18) arranged to make the regulation ring move within a cavity formed in a pump body in order to vary said relative eccentricity, and hence the displacement of the pump, as the operating conditions vary; and - opposing means arranged to oppose the movement of the regulation ring comprising a spring and having a given longitudinal axis of symmetry; characterised in that the opposing means have: - a first end, wherein the spring is wound on a first tappet to which a first roller is fixedly connected, said roller engaging a complementary recess in the pump body thereby forming an articulation for said first end so that the opposing means can perform an oscillatory movement about the first roller during the movement of the ring; and - a second end, wherein said spring is received, in a spring-guiding sleeve, associated with a second tappet bearing a second roller arranged, during said oscillatory movement, to roll along a track formed on the surface of the ring and consisting of an arc of a curve such that a tangent to the curve in each contact position of the second roller with the track is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the opposing means, said axis of symmetry passing through said first and second rollers (22, 25). - a rotor arranged to eccentrically rotate within a chamber defined by a regulation ring, with a relative eccentricity that is variable depending on operating conditions of the pump; - moving means (17, 18) arranged to make the regulation ring move within a cavity formed in a pump body in order to vary said relative eccentricity, and hence the displacement of the pump, as the operating conditions vary; and - opposing means arranged to oppose the movement of the regulation ring comprising a spring and having a given longitudinal axis of symmetry; - a first end, wherein the spring is wound on a first tappet to which a first roller is fixedly connected, said roller engaging a complementary recess in the pump body thereby forming an articulation for said first end so that the opposing means can perform an oscillatory movement about the first roller during the movement of the ring; and - a second end, wherein said spring is received, in a spring-guiding sleeve, associated with a second tappet bearing a second roller arranged, during said oscillatory movement, to roll along a track formed on the surface of the ring and consisting of an arc of a curve such that a tangent to the curve in each contact position of the second roller with the track is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the opposing means, said axis of symmetry passing through said first and second rollers (22, 25).
A padding machine for moving along a side of a ditch, scooping up excavated material from the side of the ditch, and sifting the excavated material into padding material for filling in the ditch, the machine comprising: a frame comprising side frame members (124; 126) and frame rails spaced apart from the side frame members (124; 126); and a screening belt and pulleys supported by the frame, the screening belt being driven around the pulleys, the screening belt comprising a screening belt for collecting and conveying the excavated material upwardly, wherein the screening belt comprises apertures for sifting the excavated material into padding material by permitting the padding material to fall through the apertures of the screen, wherein the screening belt runs over the frame rails which support the screen; and a discharge conveyor mounted to the frame beneath an upper run of the screening belt wherein the discharge conveyor is adapted for receiving the padding material passing through the screening belt and for discharging the padding material into the ditch, characterized in that the screening belt comprises ribs attached to the screen, wherein each rib has a notch adapted to partially and slidably receive the respective frame rail. a frame comprising side frame members (124; 126) and frame rails spaced apart from the side frame members (124; 126); and a screening belt and pulleys supported by the frame, the screening belt being driven around the pulleys, the screening belt comprising a screening belt for collecting and conveying the excavated material upwardly, wherein the screening belt comprises apertures for sifting the excavated material into padding material by permitting the padding material to fall through the apertures of the screen, wherein the screening belt runs over the frame rails which support the screen; and a discharge conveyor mounted to the frame beneath an upper run of the screening belt wherein the discharge conveyor is adapted for receiving the padding material passing through the screening belt and for discharging the padding material into the ditch, characterized in that the screening belt comprises ribs attached to the screen, wherein each rib has a notch adapted to partially and slidably receive the respective frame rail.
A solar energy trap comprising chamber means defining an internal volume, the chamber means having inlet port means communicating with the internal volume, such that solar energy entering the chamber means through the inlet port means is absorbed and reflected within the chamber means until substantially all the solar energy is absorbed by the chamber means; characterised in that the chamber means comprises hinged panel means to form a wall of the chamber means on which photovoltaic cells means and/or thermovoltaic cell means are located to form an inner surface of the chamber means.
Monitoring device (200, 200a, 200a', 200b, 200c) for a supporting and drive means (3, 3', 3a-3c) of a lift installation (100, 100a, 100a', 100b, 100c), which supporting and drive means (3, 3', 3a-3c) includes at least one electrically conductive cord (21, 21', 21", 21a-21d, 21a'-211'), wherein the monitoring device includes a measuring device (25, 25', 25a, 25b) for determining a resultant resistance and contacting elements (20a - 20h) for connecting the monitoring device with the supporting and drive means (3, 3', 3a-3c), wherein a first contacting element (20a, 20c, 20e, 20g) for contacting a first end of the supporting and drive means (3, 3', 3a-3c) and a second contacting element (20b, 20d, 20f, 20h) for contacting a second end of the supporting and drive means (3, 3', 3a-3c) are provided, characterised in that the monitoring device includes a further contacting element, which can be connected with a contact point (P, P', P", P1, P2), at which the supporting and drive means (3, 3', 3a-3c) runs along, wherein the contact point (P, P', P", P1, P2) is a deflecting roller, a drive pulley or a wiper contact, so that the monitoring device can ascertain contact of the contact point (P, P', P", P1, P2) with the at least one electrically conductive cord (21, 21', 21", 21a-21d, 21a'-211') of the supporting and driving means (3, 3', 3a-3c).
A holder for a two-wheeler lock comprising a support region for contacting a tube section of a two-wheeler; and a mount which comprises at least one first holding section and one second holding section, wherein the first holding section and the second holding section are spaced apart from one another and define a reception opening for the two-wheeler lock, and wherein the first holding section includes an angle with the second holding section, wherein the angle between the first holding section and the second holding section is variable, with the holder having a locking device which is effective between the first holding section and the second holding section of the mount and which has a clamping lever which is movable between a fixing position and a removal position, with the two-wheeler lock located in the reception opening being fixable by means of clamping by movement of the clamping lever out of the removal position into the fixing position, characterized in that the locking device comprises a clamping hoop, with a first pivotal connection having a first pivot axis being provided between the clamping lever and the first holding section of the mount, with a second pivotal connection having a second pivot axis being provided between the clamping hoop and the clamping lever, and with a third pivotal connection having a third pivot axis being provided between the clamping hoop and the second holding section of the mount, with at least one of the pivotal connections being releasable and having a first connection device and a second connection device.
A method of oxidative digestion of a radioactively contaminated carbonaceous material in liquid phase, comprising the following steps: a) milling a mixture of a molybdenum-containing substance and a carbonaceous material by using a planetary ball mill at a fixed ball mill revolution speed to provide first-stage powders, wherein a component ratio between the carbonaceous material and the molybdenum-containing substance is, in parts by weight, 1 part of the carbonaceous material to 3-50 parts of the molybdenum-containing substance; b) placing the first-stage powders obtained in Step a) into a heating furnace, performing a thermal treatment to the first-stage powders under a flowing hydrogen-containing gas or pure hydrogen, and then naturally cooling the first-stage powders to provide second-stage powders; and c) adding the second-stage powders to an aqueous solution containing an oxidant, such that the carbonaceous material contained in aqueous solution is digested via oxidation. a) milling a mixture of a molybdenum-containing substance and a carbonaceous material by using a planetary ball mill at a fixed ball mill revolution speed to provide first-stage powders, wherein a component ratio between the carbonaceous material and the molybdenum-containing substance is, in parts by weight, 1 part of the carbonaceous material to 3-50 parts of the molybdenum-containing substance; b) placing the first-stage powders obtained in Step a) into a heating furnace, performing a thermal treatment to the first-stage powders under a flowing hydrogen-containing gas or pure hydrogen, and then naturally cooling the first-stage powders to provide second-stage powders; and c) adding the second-stage powders to an aqueous solution containing an oxidant, such that the carbonaceous material contained in aqueous solution is digested via oxidation.