mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A chain including at least one inner link unit and at least one outer link unit, said at least one inner link unit including an inner chain plate, an accompanying chain plate that is spaced apart from said inner chain plate, and an engaging space that is defined between said inner chain plate and said accompanying chain plate, said inner chain plate having two end sections that are spaced apart from each other along a central line, and a connecting section that interconnects said end sections and that has a first recess recessed away from said accompanying chain plate, each of said end sections having a rod hole, said first recess having two first edges that are parallel to each other, said accompanying chain plate of said at least one inner link unit having a second recess that is recessed away from said inner chain plate, said second recess having two second edges that are parallel to each other and that are spaced apart from each other, said at least one outer link unit including two spaced-apart outer chain plates that are respectively disposed at two opposite lateral sides of said at least one inner link unit; said chain being characterized in that said first edges of said first recess and said second edges of said second recess extending in the same direction, and wherein each of said first edges of said first recess and said second edges of said second recess comprise straight edges, and wherein said first edges of said inner chain plate of said at least one inner link unit extend across the central line.
A method of producing a film comprising the steps of: forming a film from a thermoelectric conversion material-containing resin composition comprising: an insulating resin; an inorganic thermoelectric conversion material; and a charge transport material, characterised by subjecting the film to treatment in which the film is brought into contact with a treatment liquid selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic alcohol, an aromatic solvent, an ether, a saccharide aqueous solution, an acid-containing aqueous solution, and a base-containing aqueous solution. forming a film from a thermoelectric conversion material-containing resin composition comprising: an insulating resin; an inorganic thermoelectric conversion material; and a charge transport material, characterised by an insulating resin; an inorganic thermoelectric conversion material; and a charge transport material, characterised by subjecting the film to treatment in which the film is brought into contact with a treatment liquid selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic alcohol, an aromatic solvent, an ether, a saccharide aqueous solution, an acid-containing aqueous solution, and a base-containing aqueous solution.
A sternal closure for closing a cleft in a sternum, wherein in each of a first and a second securing area (2, 3) at least one hole for receiving bone screws is provided, the two securing areas (2, 3) being adapted to be screwed on a respective side of the cleft, wherein a severing site member joining the two securing areas (2, 3) and being integrally joined to the latter is provided, characterized in that either of the two securing areas (2, 3) includes an extension portion which is at least partially covered by the severing site member, wherein the extension portion is spaced apart from the severing site member and can be made to contact the sternum.
A method for surface structuring in panels, furniture-boards or the like by pressing, characterized in that a veneer provided with recesses is pressed with a board which is dyed through and is made of a wood substitute material, wherein the recesses are formed by cracks or holes with irregular edges, and the veneer is real wood veneer or a reconstructed, multiply laminated real wood sliced veneer.
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a recording unit to form an image on a print medium having an adhesive face; a conveyance unit to convey the print medium; a protection member (41, 21) to press against the adhesive face of the print medium to protect the adhesive face, the protection member (41, 21) being separable from the adhesive face of the print medium; and at least one rotor pair (22, 24), each including rotors (22, 24) to sandwich and press the print medium and the protection member (41, 21) therebetween, wherein the conveyance unit is configured to rotate the at least one rotor pair (22, 24) to convey the print medium and the protection member (41, 21) together to an image forming position at which the recording unit is configured to form the image on the print medium, and the protection member (41, 21) is configured to separate from the adhesive face of the print medium before discharge of the print medium to an outside of the image forming apparatus; characterized by a sucking unit to suck air; wherein the protection member (41, 21) has holes and the sucking unit is configured to suck air through the holes. a recording unit to form an image on a print medium having an adhesive face; a conveyance unit to convey the print medium; a protection member (41, 21) to press against the adhesive face of the print medium to protect the adhesive face, the protection member (41, 21) being separable from the adhesive face of the print medium; and at least one rotor pair (22, 24), each including rotors (22, 24) to sandwich and press the print medium and the protection member (41, 21) therebetween, wherein the conveyance unit is configured to rotate the at least one rotor pair (22, 24) to convey the print medium and the protection member (41, 21) together to an image forming position at which the recording unit is configured to form the image on the print medium, and the protection member (41, 21) is configured to separate from the adhesive face of the print medium before discharge of the print medium to an outside of the image forming apparatus; characterized by a sucking unit to suck air; wherein the protection member (41, 21) has holes and the sucking unit is configured to suck air through the holes.
A system for controlling the unwinding of a cable wound on a winch, of the type comprising an active optical detection device placed upstream of the winding zone of said cable at a given distance D therefrom, and means for forming a coloured reference marker on a section of said cable, said coloured reference marker being a zone that is more reflective than the surface of the rest of said cable, said active optical detection device comprising a light source emitting a light beam towards said cable, said light beam illuminating the zone of said cable located in an illumination zone at the considered instant, and means for receiving the light rays reflected by the surface of said cable illuminated by said light beam, said means for forming a coloured reference marker being positioned on said cable such that, when said coloured reference marker is placed in said light beam, the light beam reflected by said cable is of sufficient intensity to be detected, characterised in that it further comprises a light waveguide (31, 51) interposed between said optical detection device and said cable.
A centrifugal pump, comprising a pump housing, a shaft, an impeller attached on the shaft, a dynamic sealing having a sealing chamber and a repeller mounted on the shaft, and a static seal arranged in a shaft space behind the dynamic sealing as seen from the direction of the impeller, said static seal (54, 54') comprising an axially adjustable seal cover including a stationary seal member with a tubular body part (74, 78, 92); and with the static seal (54, 54') further comprising a rotary seal member arranged on the shaft, characterized in that the stationary seal member is a flexible seal member (77, 92) provided as part of the seal cover, in that said stationary seal member comprises a seal lip (80, 98) extending radially inwardly from the tubular body part (74, 78, 92) and in that the rotary seal member is arranged in connection with a shaft sleeve arranged on the shaft.
A two-component waterborne wood sealing primer, comprising: Component A: a film-forming resin composition comprising an aqueous epoxy resin emulsion; and Component B: an aqueous curing system comprising an epoxy reactive curing agent, a filling slurry, and an additional additive; and wherein no organic solvent is added during the preparation process of the two-component waterborne wood sealing primer, and the two-component waterborne wood sealing primer has a solid content during application in the range of 45-50wt% and a VOC content of 80 g/L or less. Component A: a film-forming resin composition comprising an aqueous epoxy resin emulsion; and Component B: an aqueous curing system comprising an epoxy reactive curing agent, a filling slurry, and an additional additive; and wherein no organic solvent is added during the preparation process of the two-component waterborne wood sealing primer, and the two-component waterborne wood sealing primer has a solid content during application in the range of 45-50wt% and a VOC content of 80 g/L or less.
An assay support, comprising: a substrate; optionally a tie layer attached to the outer surface of the substrate; and a polymer directly or indirectly attached to the substrate, the polymer having a plurality of reactive groups and a plurality of ionizable groups, and at least one of the reactive groups has a spacer unit situated between the polymer backbone and the reactive group, the polymer comprising mers of the formula: -{-CH(C(=O))-CH(C(=O)NH-R 2 -)-R 1 -} m - -{-CH(C(=O))-CH(C(=O)-)-R 1 -} n - -{-CH(C(=O))-CH(C(=O)NH-R 3)-R'-} o - where, in the above formulas: R 1 is hydrocarbyl; R 2 is a poly alkylene glycol segment containing from 2 to 6 alkylene glycol units; R 3 is hydrocarbyl; X is a reactive group or a salt thereof; Y is a surface substantive group or a salt thereof that is attached to the substrate surface or the tie layer via a covalent bond or electrostatic association with the tie layer or the substrate surface; m is from 10 to 10,000; n is from 10 to 10,000; and o is from 10 to 10,000, or a salt thereof. a substrate; optionally a tie layer attached to the outer surface of the substrate; and a polymer directly or indirectly attached to the substrate, the polymer having a plurality of reactive groups and a plurality of ionizable groups, and at least one of the reactive groups has a spacer unit situated between the polymer backbone and the reactive group, the polymer comprising mers of the formula: -{-CH(C(=O))-CH(C(=O)NH-R 2 -)-R 1 -} m - -{-CH(C(=O))-CH(C(=O)-)-R 1 -} n - -{-CH(C(=O))-CH(C(=O)NH-R 3)-R'-} o - where, in the above formulas: R 1 is hydrocarbyl; R 2 is a poly alkylene glycol segment containing from 2 to 6 alkylene glycol units; R 3 is hydrocarbyl; X is a reactive group or a salt thereof; Y is a surface substantive group or a salt thereof that is attached to the substrate surface or the tie layer via a covalent bond or electrostatic association with the tie layer or the substrate surface; m is from 10 to 10,000; n is from 10 to 10,000; and o is from 10 to 10,000, R 1 is hydrocarbyl; R 2 is a poly alkylene glycol segment containing from 2 to 6 alkylene glycol units; R 3 is hydrocarbyl; X is a reactive group or a salt thereof; Y is a surface substantive group or a salt thereof that is attached to the substrate surface or the tie layer via a covalent bond or electrostatic association with the tie layer or the substrate surface; m is from 10 to 10,000; n is from 10 to 10,000; and o is from 10 to 10,000, or a salt thereof.
A method of operation implemented by a communication device configured for operation in a communication network, the method comprising: sending a content request to a Content Provider, CP, system reachable via the communication network, the content request identifying targeted content and including a public key of the communication device; receiving a response from the CP system, the response identifying a Content Delivery Network, CDN, and including an authorization token and a content key that is derived from the public key of the communication device and a private key of the CP system; sending the authorization token to the CDN and correspondingly receiving a delivery token and an address of a delivery node; sending the delivery token and the content key to the delivery node and correspondingly receiving encrypted content from the delivery node, the encrypted content comprising at least a portion of the targeted content as initially encrypted by the CP using a public key of the CP, and as further encrypted by the CDN using the content key provided by the communication device; and decrypting the encrypted content using a private key of the communication device, to obtain decrypted content for media playback at the communication device. sending a content request to a Content Provider, CP, system reachable via the communication network, the content request identifying targeted content and including a public key of the communication device; receiving a response from the CP system, the response identifying a Content Delivery Network, CDN, and including an authorization token and a content key that is derived from the public key of the communication device and a private key of the CP system; sending the authorization token to the CDN and correspondingly receiving a delivery token and an address of a delivery node; sending the delivery token and the content key to the delivery node and correspondingly receiving encrypted content from the delivery node, the encrypted content comprising at least a portion of the targeted content as initially encrypted by the CP using a public key of the CP, and as further encrypted by the CDN using the content key provided by the communication device; and decrypting the encrypted content using a private key of the communication device, to obtain decrypted content for media playback at the communication device.
Device for the extraction of a tooth root, wherein the device comprises a front mouth-side support, a pulling element guided in the support and a pulling mechanism which can be connected to this, wherein the pulling element is deflected on the front side at approximately right angles to the longitudinal extension of the support, wherein the pulling mechanism comprises a controllable motor for producing a pulling force of the pulling element, wherein the pulling element is connectable to a pin, which can be secured to the tooth root, wherein the controllable motor is contained in a housing with the front-side support or is contained in a separate device, and is controlled by a control device in such a way that, with this motor such a pulling force (F max) can be exerted onto the pulling element, that an extraction of a tooth root is possible without manual intervention, characterized in that the device is equipped, the movement path per time unit of the tension element can be determined by the device at a specified motor power, or when the controllable motor is a controllable electric rotary motor and the device is equipped, the movement path or the movement speed of the pulling element to determine by the speed per unit of time of the rotary motor.
A process for the manufacture of 1,1'-difluorodialkyl carbonates of the general formula, R 1 CHF-OC -OCHFR 2 wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and denote H or linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 3 C atoms, comprising a step of reacting a fluoroformiate of formula, R 1 CHFOC F wherein R 1 has the meaning given above, with an aldehyde of formula, R 2 -CH wherein R 2 has the meaning given above, wherein the reaction of the fluoroformiate of formula and the aldehyde of formula is performed at a temperature from 0°C to 50°C in the presence of an acylation catalyst which is pyridine or a substituted pyridine compound.
A method for generating a super-resolved image (L 1) from a low-resolution input image (L 0), comprising steps of - generating an initial super-resolved image by upsampling the input image; - generating multiple down-scaled versions of the input image; - searching in first search windows within the down-scaled versions of the input image for patches similar to patches of the input image; - searching, for each patch that is found within a first down-scaled version of the input image and that is similar to a patch of the input image, a corresponding upscaled patch within a second down-scaled version of the input image that is larger than the first down-scaled version of the input image; - cropping the upscaled patches, wherein the outermost pixels of at least one edge of the upscaled patches are discarded; and - adding the cropped upscaled patches to the initial super-resolved image, wherein a weighted combination of the cropped upscaled patches to the initial super-resolved image is generated, and wherein the position of the cropped upscaled patches is determined within second search windows that are centred at projected positions of the centres of their corresponding patches of the input image to the scale of the initial super-resolved image. - generating an initial super-resolved image by upsampling the input image; - generating multiple down-scaled versions of the input image; - searching in first search windows within the down-scaled versions of the input image for patches similar to patches of the input image; - searching, for each patch that is found within a first down-scaled version of the input image and that is similar to a patch of the input image, a corresponding upscaled patch within a second down-scaled version of the input image that is larger than the first down-scaled version of the input image; - cropping the upscaled patches, wherein the outermost pixels of at least one edge of the upscaled patches are discarded; and - adding the cropped upscaled patches to the initial super-resolved image, wherein a weighted combination of the cropped upscaled patches to the initial super-resolved image is generated, and wherein the position of the cropped upscaled patches is determined within second search windows that are centred at projected positions of the centres of their corresponding patches of the input image to the scale of the initial super-resolved image.
A method of operating an image capture device, the method comprising: - displaying a real-time image on a touch-sensitive display of the image capture device, the real-time image being based on digital image data acquired by a digital image sensor; - receiving a selection of one or more regions within the real-time image; - setting, in response to the selection, the one or more regions of the selection as one or more user-defined regions of interest (ROIs) within the real-time image for applying one or more first image acquisition parameters; - cancelling the one or more user-defined ROIs and setting one or more default ROIs within the real-time image for applying one or more second image acquisition parameters when a designated touch gesture is detected on the one or more user-defined ROIs displayed on the touch-sensitive display, the one or more default ROIs being preset prior to the selection of one or more user-defined ROIs; and - acquiring digital image data by the digital image sensor in accordance with one of the one or more user-defined ROIs and the one or more default ROIs. - displaying a real-time image on a touch-sensitive display of the image capture device, the real-time image being based on digital image data acquired by a digital image sensor; - receiving a selection of one or more regions within the real-time image; - setting, in response to the selection, the one or more regions of the selection as one or more user-defined regions of interest (ROIs) within the real-time image for applying one or more first image acquisition parameters; - cancelling the one or more user-defined ROIs and setting one or more default ROIs within the real-time image for applying one or more second image acquisition parameters when a designated touch gesture is detected on the one or more user-defined ROIs displayed on the touch-sensitive display, the one or more default ROIs being preset prior to the selection of one or more user-defined ROIs; and - acquiring digital image data by the digital image sensor in accordance with one of the one or more user-defined ROIs and the one or more default ROIs.
A method of manufacturing an AlMgSi alloy sheet product particularly suitable for use in the production of automotive body parts, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing a rolled aluminium alloy sheet comprising an AA 6000-series alloy; (b) solution heat treating the rolled aluminium alloy sheet; (c) quenching said sheet; (d) pre-ageing said quenched sheet by subjecting it to a heat treatment at a pre-ageing temperature in a range of 65°C to 110°C for a pre-ageing time in a range of 20 min. to 70 min.; (e) cooling the pre-aged sheet from the pre-ageing temperature at a cooling rate of more than 3 °C/h. (a) providing a rolled aluminium alloy sheet comprising an AA 6000-series alloy; (b) solution heat treating the rolled aluminium alloy sheet; (c) quenching said sheet; (d) pre-ageing said quenched sheet by subjecting it to a heat treatment at a pre-ageing temperature in a range of 65°C to 110°C for a pre-ageing time in a range of 20 min. to 70 min.; (e) cooling the pre-aged sheet from the pre-ageing temperature at a cooling rate of more than 3 °C/h.
A belt pulley decoupler for transmitting torque between the belt of a belt drive and a shaft in driving connection therewith, having: - a hub to be fastened to the shaft, - a belt pulley rotatably mounted on the hub about the axis of rotation of the belt pulley decoupler, - a helical torsion spring arranged in the torque flow between the belt pulley and the hub and having ground spring ends, - a first spring plate which extends in the torque flow on the side of the belt pulley and has an axial spring support for one spring end, the circumferential end face of which contacts a rotational stop of the first spring plate in a torque-transmitting manner, - and a second spring plate which is rotationally fixed to the hub and has an axial spring support for the other spring end, the circumferential end face of which contacts a rotational stop of the second spring plate in a torque-transmitting manner, characterised in that the hub has an imbalance which compensates for an imbalance in the helical torsion spring resulting from the ground portion of the spring ends in such a way that with a torque-free helical torsion spring the following relationship applies for the spring imbalance U s and the hub imbalance U b: U → s + U → b < U → s - a hub to be fastened to the shaft, - a belt pulley rotatably mounted on the hub about the axis of rotation of the belt pulley decoupler, - a helical torsion spring arranged in the torque flow between the belt pulley and the hub and having ground spring ends, - a first spring plate which extends in the torque flow on the side of the belt pulley and has an axial spring support for one spring end, the circumferential end face of which contacts a rotational stop of the first spring plate in a torque-transmitting manner, - and a second spring plate which is rotationally fixed to the hub and has an axial spring support for the other spring end, the circumferential end face of which contacts a rotational stop of the second spring plate in a torque-transmitting manner,