mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Sanitary shower with a shower head with a pushbutton panel having at least two pushbutton elements (11 to 14), the operation of which by manual pressure enables the type of shower jet to be modified, each of the pushbutton elements (11 to 14) being springloaded into a closed position, in which a flow path in the shower head is closed, and being arranged to be pressed along a travel path (Δh) into an open position in which the flow path is opened and in which a snap contour formed integrally with the pushbutton element (11 to 14) is in releasable snap-engagement with a counter-contour of a displaceable control carriage which, to release the snap-engagement, is displaceable into an unlocking position in which the snap contour of the pushbutton and the counter-contour of the control carriage are disengaged, characterised in that the snap contour is formed as a rigid component on the respective pushbutton element (11 to 14) and the counter-contour is formed on the control carriage so as to be resiliently flexibly displaceable, so that on operation of a pushbutton from the closed position to the open position (G, O) the counter-contour of the control carriage, by resilient deformation, can be brought into snap-engagement with the rigid snap contour of the pushbutton element.
A method for producing a bonded article by press-moulding and carbonating a granular, carbonatable material, characterised in that the granular material is applied in a mould, is brought in contact in said mould with a gas which contains at least 1 vol.% of carbon dioxide and is subsequently press-moulded in said mould under a compaction pressure of at least 25 Mpa in the presence of said gas so as to be carbonated during said press-moulding step, where said granular material comprises slag from metal production processes, slag from the production of phosphorus, bottom ash and/or fly ash, the granular material preferably comprises steel slag, in particular stainless steel slag.
A method for analysing series (404, 406) of measurements of electromagnetic waves, said measurements being associated with geographical positions of a device implemented to perform these measurements upon running a circuit several times in order to obtain several series (404, 406) of measurements relating to the circuit, wherein: - the circuit is decomposed into a series of successive segments (i-1, i, i+1) defined by a start geographical position (204 i-1, 204 i, 204 i+1) and an end geographical position (206 i-1, 206 i, 206 i+1), - with each segment (i-1, i, i+1) is associated an overall electromagnetic wave reception measurement obtained from the measurements performed upon running this segment (i-1, i, i+1), - electromagnetic wave measurements of the circuit are analysed from the overall measurements by comparing the overall measurements of identical segments (i-1, i, i+1), said method being characterised in that it includes the following step: - it is further determined that a measurement has been performed upon running a given segment (i-1, i, i+1) when the distance between the geographical position of the device, during said measurement, and a start geographical position (204 i-1, 204 i, 204 i+1) of the given segment (i-1, i, i+1) is lower than a predetermined length such as the length of said given segment (i-1, i, i+1). - the circuit is decomposed into a series of successive segments (i-1, i, i+1) defined by a start geographical position (204 i-1, 204 i, 204 i+1) and an end geographical position (206 i-1, 206 i, 206 i+1), - with each segment (i-1, i, i+1) is associated an overall electromagnetic wave reception measurement obtained from the measurements performed upon running this segment (i-1, i, i+1), - electromagnetic wave measurements of the circuit are analysed from the overall measurements by comparing the overall measurements of identical segments (i-1, i, i+1), - it is further determined that a measurement has been performed upon running a given segment (i-1, i, i+1) when the distance between the geographical position of the device, during said measurement, and a start geographical position (204 i-1, 204 i, 204 i+1) of the given segment (i-1, i, i+1) is lower than a predetermined length such as the length of said given segment (i-1, i, i+1).
A gas turbine engine comprising: a compressor section having a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor having a downstream end; a cooling air system including a tap from a location upstream of said downstream most end, said tap passing air to a boost compressor, and said boost compressor passing the air back to a location to be cooled, characterized in that said boost compressor is driven by a shaft in said engine through an epicyclic gear system, and there being a speed control for changing the relative speed between an input and an output to said epicyclic gear system. a compressor section having a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor having a downstream end; a cooling air system including a tap from a location upstream of said downstream most end, said tap passing air to a boost compressor, and said boost compressor passing the air back to a location to be cooled, characterized in that said boost compressor is driven by a shaft in said engine through an epicyclic gear system, and there being a speed control for changing the relative speed between an input and an output to said epicyclic gear system.
A transport unit for transporting an additively manufactured three-dimensional component, comprising: a) a transfer interface which can be closed in a substantially gastight manner for the three-dimensional component and/or a container containing the three-dimensional component and/or a platform carrying the three-dimensional component, which transfer interface is configured and arranged so that it cooperates with an output interface of an additive manufacturing machine which has manufactured the three-dimensional component within the framework of a component transfer as intended and when a connection is made as intended between the transfer interface and output interface a substantially gastight connection can be produced, b) a storage chamber for storing the component and/or the container and/or the platform in a substantially gastight sealed state towards the outside. c) a preparation unit (3, 3`, 21), which during operation, in particular during transport of the component inside the storage chamber and/or the container prepares a protective gas in the storage chamber and/or the container, wherein the preparation unit comprises a connection interface for supplying the protective gas into the transport unit, in particular into the storage chamber and/or the gas container. a) a transfer interface which can be closed in a substantially gastight manner for the three-dimensional component and/or a container containing the three-dimensional component and/or a platform carrying the three-dimensional component, which transfer interface is configured and arranged so that it cooperates with an output interface of an additive manufacturing machine which has manufactured the three-dimensional component within the framework of a component transfer as intended and when a connection is made as intended between the transfer interface and output interface a substantially gastight connection can be produced, b) a storage chamber for storing the component and/or the container and/or the platform in a substantially gastight sealed state towards the outside. c) a preparation unit (3, 3`, 21), which during operation, in particular during transport of the component inside the storage chamber and/or the container prepares a protective gas in the storage chamber and/or the container, wherein the preparation unit comprises a connection interface for supplying the protective gas into the transport unit, in particular into the storage chamber and/or the gas container.
An actuator comprising: - an electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), - a stretchable electrode structure (403, 603) disposed on a first side of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), - a counter electrode layer (401, 601) disposed on a second side of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), and - a passive layer that is secured to the first side of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), the passive layer forming a support layer to fix the actuator to a substrate, wherein the stretchable electrode structure (403, 603) has a tangential elastic modulus Y el less than or substantially equal to the tangential elastic modulus Y EAP of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), and wherein the ratio Y c /Y EAP of the tangential elastic modulus Y c of the counter electrode layer and the tangential elastic modulus Y EAP of the electroactive polymer layer is at least 10. - an electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), - a stretchable electrode structure (403, 603) disposed on a first side of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), - a counter electrode layer (401, 601) disposed on a second side of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), and - a passive layer that is secured to the first side of the electroactive polymer layer (402, 602), the passive layer forming a support layer to fix the actuator to a substrate,
A method for testing a sheet-like building element (2, 2') with regard to resistance to explosion pressure or earthquake effects for simulating shockwaves with a small impetus using the following method steps: a) the building element (2, 2') is installed in a holding frame in a force-transferring, pressure-tight manner, b) the holding frame provided with the building element (2, 2') is assembled on a wall in such a way that a pressure chamber (6, 6') sealed pressure-tight with respect to the surroundings is formed between the frame sides of the holding frame, the building element (2, 2') and the wall, c) at least one pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2) is filled with a compressible fluid, until a pressure p B prevails in the pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2) which is greater than a surrounding pressure p U, d) at least one shut-off element of a shut-off device is transferred from a shut-off position into an open position, as result of which a free connecting cross-section from the pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2) to the pressure chamber (6, 6') is created. e) the transfer of the shut-off element of the shut-off device from the closed position into the open position takes place non-destructively and reversibly, wherein the shut-off device is arranged in at least one connecting line between the pressure chamber (6, 6') and the pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2), characterised by the following method step: f) a relief valve connecting the pressure chamber (6, 6') to the surroundings is opened after the shut-off element of the shut-off device has been transferred into the closed position. a) the building element (2, 2') is installed in a holding frame in a force-transferring, pressure-tight manner, b) the holding frame provided with the building element (2, 2') is assembled on a wall in such a way that a pressure chamber (6, 6') sealed pressure-tight with respect to the surroundings is formed between the frame sides of the holding frame, the building element (2, 2') and the wall, c) at least one pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2) is filled with a compressible fluid, until a pressure p B prevails in the pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2) which is greater than a surrounding pressure p U, d) at least one shut-off element of a shut-off device is transferred from a shut-off position into an open position, as result of which a free connecting cross-section from the pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2) to the pressure chamber (6, 6') is created. e) the transfer of the shut-off element of the shut-off device from the closed position into the open position takes place non-destructively and reversibly, wherein the shut-off device is arranged in at least one connecting line between the pressure chamber (6, 6') and the pressure vessel (17-1, 17-2), f) a relief valve connecting the pressure chamber (6, 6') to the surroundings is opened after the shut-off element of the shut-off device has been transferred into the closed position.
A network access method performed by a terminal in a machine to machine, M2M, terminal group, the method comprising: receiving a threshold for representative selection from a base station; calculating a random probability P selection; determining whether the terminal is a group representative of the M2M terminal group based on a comparison of the threshold for representative selection received from the base station and the calculated random probability P selection; and transmitting an access request to the base station on behalf of the M2M terminal group when the terminal is determined as the group representative; and monitoring a response message transmitted from the base station in response to the access request. receiving a threshold for representative selection from a base station; calculating a random probability P selection; determining whether the terminal is a group representative of the M2M terminal group based on a comparison of the threshold for representative selection received from the base station and the calculated random probability P selection; and transmitting an access request to the base station on behalf of the M2M terminal group when the terminal is determined as the group representative; and monitoring a response message transmitted from the base station in response to the access request.
A sliding wall system, comprising: - at least one door leaf element including at least one door rail and a glass pane, - wherein the glass pane is non-positively and positively by material connected to the door rail, - wherein the door rail includes at least one filling opening, which leads into an adhesive compartment and serves for filling in the adhesive, and - wherein an intermediate layer is inserted between the door rail and the glass pane, characterized in that the intermediate layer includes at least one recess, which is configured in particular like a channel, and the adhesive compartment is defined by means of the recess of the intermediate layer as well as by the surface of the door rail and the glass pane, which surface is oriented towards the adhesive compartment. - at least one door leaf element including at least one door rail and a glass pane, - wherein the glass pane is non-positively and positively by material connected to the door rail, - wherein the door rail includes at least one filling opening, which leads into an adhesive compartment and serves for filling in the adhesive, and - wherein an intermediate layer is inserted between the door rail and the glass pane,
A composition for the removal of protein contaminants from a solution containing target nucleic acid, which composition comprises: (i) a polyacid, which comprises a polycarboxylic acid, a polyphosphonic acid or a polycarboxylate or polyphosphonate salt; and (ii) a solid phase having a surface which comprises a functionalised silica, wherein the functionalised silica bears anionic or neutral substituent groups which are (i) polar, other than phenol, and/or (ii) comprise a C 1 to C 3 alkyl chain, wherein the solid phase comprises silica, wherein the solid phase optionally comprises particles, wherein the particles are optionally approximately spherical and have a diameter in the range of from 3 to 15 μm, and wherein the particles optionally have pores with a diameter of from 10 to 100 nm.
Transport blanket for living beings, having - a first layer, which has a metal film or a metallised plastic film, - a second layer, which is arranged on the first layer, and in which a mesh net made of first strands (31, 32, 33) is arranged, which are grouped in at least two groups of first strands (31, 32, 33) which each run in parallel, wherein the first strands (31, 32, 33) of each group each cross first strands (31, 32, 33) of all other groups, - at least two first handles, which are arranged on a first end of the transport blanket, - at least two second handles, which are arranged on a second end of the transport blanket, wherein the second end is opposite the first end, characterised in that, within each group of first strands (31, 32, 33), the spacing (a 31, a 32, a 33) between adjacent parallel first strands (31, 32, 33) is in the range of from 4 mm to 12 mm. - a first layer, which has a metal film or a metallised plastic film, - a second layer, which is arranged on the first layer, and in which a mesh net made of first strands (31, 32, 33) is arranged, which are grouped in at least two groups of first strands (31, 32, 33) which each run in parallel, wherein the first strands (31, 32, 33) of each group each cross first strands (31, 32, 33) of all other groups, - at least two first handles, which are arranged on a first end of the transport blanket, - at least two second handles, which are arranged on a second end of the transport blanket, wherein the second end is opposite the first end,
Locking drive for a window, a door or the like, with a housing, a motorized drive unit which is arranged in the housing and has an associated gear mechanism and an output element which can be loaded by way of the motorized drive unit with the associated gear mechanism, the housing and the output element each having an elongate shape, and the elongate output element extending through the housing parallel to the longitudinal axis of the latter over its entire length, it being possible for the two ends of the output element to be coupled in each case to a push rod or a push rod element, characterized in that the elongate output element can be driven in both longitudinal directions via the motorized drive unit with the associated gear mechanism.
Dispenser in particular for liquid to pasty substances, comprising a pumping chamber that has a top pumping chamber wall and a bottom pumping chamber wall in relation to a pumping movement when the dispenser is handled normally, i.e. during a vertical pumping movement; the bottom and top pumping chamber walls extend from laterally inside to laterally outside in relation to a geometrical axis (x) running vertically through the center the pumping chamber, wherein, furthermore, the bottom pumping chamber wall is joined to the bottom pumping chamber wall by designing the two walls as a single piece, or by welding or gluing the two walls together and when the dispenser is actuated, the bottom pumping chamber wall deforms by folding inward such that an elevated region is formed inside in the lateral direction and a lower region is formed outside in the lateral direction in order for substance to be dispensed, characterized in that the top pumping chamber wall has a pipe section extending against the direction of the substance's discharge into the pumping chamber in an extension of the discharge channel and that the diameter of this pipe section is adapted to an inner diameter of a bottom tubular section of the bottom pumping chamber wall so that, between the bottom pumping chamber wall and the pipe section, an annulus is formed that is open in the direction of an inlet valve or a storage space or is set during the course of a pumping operation.
An interventional catheter assembly for removal of obstructive material from a body lumen or cavity comprising an operating head (40, 60, 70, 80, 150, 170) operably connected to a rotatable drive shaft, the drive shaft being driven by a drive motor and received through an elongated catheter (32, 56), and the operating head (40, 60, 70, 80, 150, 170) comprising a plurality of differential cutting blades (42, 72, 82, 93, 152), each of the blades having a leading edge cutting surface arranged at an angle to a leading surface; characterized in that each of the blades has a stepped blade cutter configuration in which a shoulder region is positioned between the leading edge cutting surface and the leading surface, the leading edge cutting surface being arranged at an angle to and adjacent or in proximity to said shoulder region and the shoulder region being arranged at an angle to and adjacent to the leading surface, and the shoulder region having a width that is greater than a height of the leading edge cutting surface.
Seal arrangement having two machine parts (12, 14), which are arranged so as to be movable relative to one another along or about a movement axis, one of the two machine parts (12, 14) forming a seal holding structure and the other machine part (12, 14) forming a sealing surface, having a sealing device which is held on/in the seal holding structure for dynamically sealing a sealing gap which is formed between the two machine parts (12, 14), the sealing device comprising a sealing element and a biasing element which is separate from the sealing element, by means of which biasing element the sealing element is biased in the radial direction against the sealing surface of the other machine part (12, 14), the sealing element being formed by an elastically deformable sealing film, the biasing element forming, on the sealing-film side, an embossed structure in the form of an annular bead and the embossed structure impressing the sealing film such that the sealing film abuts the sealing surface with a contact pressure progression corresponding to the embossed structure of the biasing element, characterized in that the annular bead has a first and a second flank which are arranged obliquely to the sealing surface at different flank angles α and β.
A method of discharging water from a mobile object, which includes: a fuel cell with a discharging manifold discharging an exhaust gas; a gas-liquid separator separating the exhaust gas into a gas component and a liquid component, and storing the liquid component as an exhaust water; and a circulation pump sending out the gas component flown from the gas-liquid separator, the method comprising: an inclined state detection step of detecting an inclined state of the mobile object with respect to a horizontal plane; a scavenging start step of starting to supply scavenging gas at a predetermined first supply flow rate to a gas flow path in the fuel cell, by driving the circulation pump; and then, after the scavenging start step, a discharging water step of discharging the exhaust water stored in the gas-liquid separator while the scavenging gas is supplied to the fuel cell; wherein the method includes: after starting to supply the scavenging gas and after discharging a certain amount of water from the gas-liquid separator, in a case when the mobile object is in a predetermined inclined state in which an outlet of the discharging manifold is directed upward against a direction of gravity, a supply flow rate increase step of increasing a rotational speed of the circulation pump so that the supply flow rate of the scavenging gas is increased to a second supply flow rate higher than the first supply flow rate. an inclined state detection step of detecting an inclined state of the mobile object with respect to a horizontal plane; a scavenging start step of starting to supply scavenging gas at a predetermined first supply flow rate to a gas flow path in the fuel cell, by driving the circulation pump; and then, after the scavenging start step, a discharging water step of discharging the exhaust water stored in the gas-liquid separator while the scavenging gas is supplied to the fuel cell; wherein the method includes: after starting to supply the scavenging gas and after discharging a certain amount of water from the gas-liquid separator, in a case when the mobile object is in a predetermined inclined state in which an outlet of the discharging manifold is directed upward against a direction of gravity, a supply flow rate increase step of increasing a rotational speed of the circulation pump so that the supply flow rate of the scavenging gas is increased to a second supply flow rate higher than the first supply flow rate.