mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A personal care device, in particular a hair removal device, more particularly an electric shaver, comprising a housing with a working head attached thereto, said housing including an inner housing and an outer housing, and a display including a light source accommodated in the inner housing to emit light through transparent portions (301d, 302d) of said inner and outer housing (301, 302), said display further including a display foil having portions of different transparency and/or different colors forming display symbols, said display foil being sandwiched between said transparent portions of the inner and outer housings (301, 302), characterized in that said display foil is glued to both the inner and outer housings (301, 302) by means of an adhesive on each of opposite sides of the display foil.
A humidification chamber for use in a medical humidification system, the humidification chamber comprising: a base and a top linked by a side wall so as to define the humidification chamber; an inlet comprising an inlet end configured to receive gases flow from a gases source, an outlet end configured to introduce the gases flow to the inside of the humidification chamber, and at least one wall defining, at least in part, a passageway between the inlet end and the outlet end for conveying gases therebetween; and a gases outlet, wherein the outlet end of the inlet is configured to terminate in the humidification chamber or at the side wall of the humidification chamber, wherein the passageway is configured to guide the gases flow such that a center of the gases flow at the inlet end and a center of the gases flow at or proximate the outlet end are substantially aligned along a common axis, and characterized in that the common axis is substantially tangential to the side wall of the humidification chamber. a base and a top linked by a side wall so as to define the humidification chamber; an inlet comprising an inlet end configured to receive gases flow from a gases source, an outlet end configured to introduce the gases flow to the inside of the humidification chamber, and at least one wall defining, at least in part, a passageway between the inlet end and the outlet end for conveying gases therebetween; and a gases outlet, wherein the outlet end of the inlet is configured to terminate in the humidification chamber or at the side wall of the humidification chamber, wherein the passageway is configured to guide the gases flow such that a center of the gases flow at the inlet end and a center of the gases flow at or proximate the outlet end are substantially aligned along a common axis, and characterized in that the common axis is substantially tangential to the side wall of the humidification chamber.
An image processing apparatus comprising: a subtracting unit configured to acquire a subtraction image by performing subtraction processing among a plurality of radiographic images that are obtained when an image of an object is captured at different times; a subtraction-image analyzing unit configured to extract a first region from the subtraction image; a predetermined-region extracting unit configured to extract a second region from one of the plurality of radiographic images; and a region extracting unit (108, 203) configured to extract, based on the first region extracted by the subtraction-image analyzing unit and the second region extracted by the predetermined-region extracting unit, a region based on a contrast-agent injection region. a subtracting unit configured to acquire a subtraction image by performing subtraction processing among a plurality of radiographic images that are obtained when an image of an object is captured at different times; a subtraction-image analyzing unit configured to extract a first region from the subtraction image; a predetermined-region extracting unit configured to extract a second region from one of the plurality of radiographic images; and a region extracting unit (108, 203) configured to extract, based on the first region extracted by the subtraction-image analyzing unit and the second region extracted by the predetermined-region extracting unit, a region based on a contrast-agent injection region.
A clipboard security system comprising a clipboard managing unit (151, 152) for storing data in a clipboard or extracting data from the clipboard in response to a request from one or more objects, wherein the clipboard is shared by a plurality of objects including a trusty object which demands security and an untrusty object which does not demand security, and wherein the clipboard managing unit (151, 152) is specially adapted to conduct the encrypting/decrypting operations by using an encryption/decryption key provided from an internal digital rights management unit or an external digital rights management system according to a trust relationship of the object, characterized in that a clipboard managing program is installed in the clipboard security system, the clipboard managing program is specially adapted to insert a monitoring module (411, 412) in the object whenever the object is executed, and the monitoring module (411, 412) is specially adapted to determine whether a corresponding object is trusty or untrusty and specially adapted to selectively perform encryption/decryption on data according to a result of determination.
Adjusting device for adjusting the position of a window pane associated with a vehicle window lifter, the adjusting device comprising a slider which is slidably mountable on a guide rail of the window, which slider comprises a base plate and a movable jaw opposite to the base plate, a gap being defined for accommodating a lower edge of said window pane, or of a support member thereof, between the base plate and the movable jaw, and adjustable clamping means of the slider being associated with the base plate and the movable jaw, which are adapted to allow the distance between the base plate and the movable jaw to be changed in order to release or clamp the window pane, or a respective support member, in said gap, which clamping means comprise a screw member crossing the base plate and said gap, which screw member engages a main nut screw on the side of the movable jaw, and a rotatable member associated with the main nut screw to change the distance between the latter and the movable jaw in order to adjust a clearance between the base plate, the movable jaw and the window pane, or a respective support member, characterized in that the main nut screw is formed on a bracket member which is interposed between said gap and the movable jaw, and in that said rotatable member is associated with a threaded element that engages a corresponding hole of the bracket member, formed in a position radially spaced from said main nut screw.
A steam turbine, comprising: a casing; a turbine rotor housed inside the casing; a rotor blade cascade having a plurality of rotor blades arranged in a circumferential direction of the turbine rotor; a stationary blade cascade having a plurality of stationary blades arranged in the circumferential direction of the turbine rotor between a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring, the rotor blade cascade and the stationary blade cascade being each arranged at a plurality of stages alternately in an axial direction of the turbine rotor; and a spray unit for spraying spray water to a space located upstream from a rotor blade cascade at a final stage among the rotor blade cascades at the plurality of stages inside the casing characterized that the spray unit sprays the spray water to a space demarcated by the diaphragm outer ring and the casing. a casing; a turbine rotor housed inside the casing; a rotor blade cascade having a plurality of rotor blades arranged in a circumferential direction of the turbine rotor; a stationary blade cascade having a plurality of stationary blades arranged in the circumferential direction of the turbine rotor between a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring, the rotor blade cascade and the stationary blade cascade being each arranged at a plurality of stages alternately in an axial direction of the turbine rotor; and a spray unit for spraying spray water to a space located upstream from a rotor blade cascade at a final stage among the rotor blade cascades at the plurality of stages inside the casing characterized that the spray unit sprays the spray water to a space demarcated by the diaphragm outer ring and the casing.
Chopping board for foodstuffs, comprising a lower part and at least one upper part which can be detachably arranged on the lower part, wherein a chopping support surface is formed on the upper part top side facing away from the lower part, when the upper part is arranged as intended on the lower part, on which chopping support surface material to be chopped can be arranged and chopped, wherein the upper part comprises connection elements on an upper part underside which is opposite the chopping support surface and faces the lower part, by means of which connection elements the upper part stands on the lower part, and wherein the lower part of the chopping board comprises at least one contact surface on a lower part underside facing away from the upper part, by means of which contact surface the chopping board rests on a substrate, wherein the upper part comprises at least one optical element, by means of which a propagation of electromagnetic radiation that is emitted and/or reflected by the material to be chopped, through the upper part, is made possible, wherein at least one radiation sensor for detecting electromagnetic radiation, in particular an interferometer, is arranged in a sensor region of the lower part associated with the optical element, by means of which sensor the electromagnetic radiation can be detected, such that properties of the material to be chopped can be determined.
Busbar rail system for connecting appliances comprising at least one contact-protected base plate module for receiving elongately formed, electrically conductive busbar modules, characterised in that the busbar modules each have a plurality of uniformly spaced contact openings of a contact opening grid, electrical terminal contacts of an appliance to be connected being insertable into the contact openings of the contact opening grid of the electrically conductive busbar modules to establish an electrical and mechanical connection, the contact-protected base plate module having at least one contact-protected cover plate comprising pass-through openings for terminal contacts, which is rigidly connected to the base plate module, the pass-through openings being positioned directly over the contact openings of the busbar modules which are contained in or integrated into the base plate module.
An imaging device, comprising: a control unit that receives focal length information indicative of a focal length of an imaging lens of the imaging device and detection angle information indicative of a rotation angle of the imaging device, wherein the control unit comprises a correction amount calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of at least one of the received focal length information and the received detection angle information, correction information correcting at least one of a display position and an inclination of overlapping display information (BD11, BD12, BD31, BD41, BD51, BD61, BDR11, BDR12) to be displayed in an overlapping relationship with an image captured through the imaging lens, and a display controlling unit that changes at least one of the display position and the inclination of the overlapping display information on the basis of the correction information such that a relative positional relationship between an imaging object on the image and the overlapping display information is maintained. a control unit that receives focal length information indicative of a focal length of an imaging lens of the imaging device and detection angle information indicative of a rotation angle of the imaging device, wherein the control unit comprises a correction amount calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of at least one of the received focal length information and the received detection angle information, correction information correcting at least one of a display position and an inclination of overlapping display information (BD11, BD12, BD31, BD41, BD51, BD61, BDR11, BDR12) to be displayed in an overlapping relationship with an image captured through the imaging lens, and a display controlling unit that changes at least one of the display position and the inclination of the overlapping display information on the basis of the correction information such that a relative positional relationship between an imaging object on the image and the overlapping display information is maintained.
A method of forming a material comprising at least one mesostructured zeolite, said method comprising the steps of: (a) acid washing an initial zeolite with an acid thereby forming an acid-washed zeolite, wherein said initial zeolite has a total silicon-to-aluminum ratio (Si/Al) of less than 30, wherein said acid washing is performed at a temperature in the range of from 20 to 100 °C, wherein said acid washing is performed for a time period in the range of from 5 minutes to 12 hours, wherein said acid washing is performed with an acid wash having a pH in the range of from 1 to 6; (b) vacuum filtering and washing with water said acid-washed zeolite; and (c) forming at least one mesopore within said acid-washed zeolite thereby forming said mesostructured zeolite, wherein said forming of at least one mesopore within said acid-washed zeolite is accomplished by contacting said acid-washed zeolite with a pH controlling medium and a surfactant thereby forming said mesostructured zeolite, wherein said pH controlling medium comprises a base. (a) acid washing an initial zeolite with an acid thereby forming an acid-washed zeolite, wherein said initial zeolite has a total silicon-to-aluminum ratio (Si/Al) of less than 30, wherein said acid washing is performed at a temperature in the range of from 20 to 100 °C, wherein said acid washing is performed for a time period in the range of from 5 minutes to 12 hours, wherein said acid washing is performed with an acid wash having a pH in the range of from 1 to 6; (b) vacuum filtering and washing with water said acid-washed zeolite; and (c) forming at least one mesopore within said acid-washed zeolite thereby forming said mesostructured zeolite, wherein said forming of at least one mesopore within said acid-washed zeolite is accomplished by contacting said acid-washed zeolite with a pH controlling medium and a surfactant thereby forming said mesostructured zeolite, wherein said pH controlling medium comprises a base.
A safety needle accessory comprising a hub for surrounding a hollow needle having a tip and having a connector for attachment to a syringe, a slidable sleeve adapted to slide along the hub and over the needle in a first longitudinal direction from a first position in which the needle is fully or partially covered by the sleeve to a second position in which the needle is exposed, and in a second longitudinal direction from the second position to a third position in which the needle is fully covered by the sleeve, and a pack surrounding the hollow needle, hub and slidable sleeve having a closed end covering the needle and an open end exposing the connector of the hub, wherein the safety needle accessory further comprises a first seal (10, 10') attached to the connector of the hub for sealingly engaging the syringe, a second seal (11,10') between the hub and the pack, characterised in that it further comprises a third seal located in the closed end of the pack for sealing the the needle tip, and in that at least the second seal and the third seal are elastic seals which prevent the passage of bacteria and pyrogens, and in that the third seal is gas-permeable.
Valve insert for a metering pump, comprising a suction valve and an overflow valve immediately upstream or downstream of said suction valve in the conveying direction, wherein the suction valve is formed integrally with the overflow valve, a ball being movable, as common shut-off body, out of its valve seat both in the pressure direction and in the suction direction.
An illumination device, comprising: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a hole transport layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; an electron transport layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures, wherein the layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures is disposed between the electron transport layer and the hole transport layer, wherein the layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures comprises a plurality of discontinuities through a thickness of the layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures such that the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer directly contact each other at the plurality of discontinuities a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a hole transport layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; an electron transport layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures, wherein the layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures is disposed between the electron transport layer and the hole transport layer, wherein the layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures comprises a plurality of discontinuities through a thickness of the layer of plurality of luminescent nanostructures such that the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer directly contact each other at the plurality of discontinuities
A holder assembly for a crowd control barrier, the assembly comprising a bobbin rotatably mounted within a container, the bobbin being configured to have a flexible band wound therearound with the free end of the band emerging from the container whereby a band wound on the bobbin may be extended to allow the free end of the band to be connected to a remote support, and a spring arranged to act on the bobbin such that tension in the spring is increased as the band is extended, in which assembly the bobbin is axially insertable into and removable from the container, characterised in that there is a carrier for the spring with one end of the spring acting thereon and the assembly includes screw-thread means (27, 33) arranged so that on the axial insertion of the bobbin into the container, the carrier is rotated to pre-load the spring.
Method of activating a refrigeration apparatus equipped with a refrigerated compartment and a cold exchanger and configured to absorb heat from the inside of said refrigerated compartment, by means of said cold exchanger, according to a reference parameter; said method providing: - a step A wherein said reference parameter is set to a first value; - a step B wherein said reference parameter is set to a second value lower than said first value; - a step C wherein said cold exchanger is heated to defrost it; wherein said step B precedes said step C and said second value of said reference parameter is set in such a way that during said step C an ambient temperature Ta detected in said refrigerated compartment does not exceed an upper threshold value Tmax; characterized in that said reference parameter is - a superheating set-point SHsp; wherein said refrigeration apparatus comprises a vapour compression refrigeration unit which includes said cold exchanger and is configured to operate in such a way as to equal said superheating set-point SHsp with its own superheating SH. said method providing: - a step A wherein said reference parameter is set to a first value; - a step B wherein said reference parameter is set to a second value lower than said first value; - a step C wherein said cold exchanger is heated to defrost it; - a step A wherein said reference parameter is set to a first value; - a step B wherein said reference parameter is set to a second value lower than said first value; - a step C wherein said cold exchanger is heated to defrost it; wherein said step B precedes said step C and said second value of said reference parameter is set in such a way that during said step C an ambient temperature Ta detected in said refrigerated compartment does not exceed an upper threshold value Tmax; characterized in that said reference parameter is - a superheating set-point SHsp; wherein said refrigeration apparatus comprises a vapour compression refrigeration unit which includes said cold exchanger and is configured to operate in such a way as to equal said superheating set-point SHsp with its own superheating SH. - a superheating set-point SHsp; wherein said refrigeration apparatus comprises a vapour compression refrigeration unit which includes said cold exchanger and is configured to operate in such a way as to equal said superheating set-point SHsp with its own superheating SH.
A device (10, 110) for monitoring a terminal (12, 112) for the restoration of power in a multi-terminal high-voltage DC HVDC installation (14, 114, 214) including the terminal, the terminal comprising at least one converter (16, 116) allowing to convert an AC voltage into a DC voltage and vice versa, said converter comprising an electrical energy storage module (26, 126) and being connected between an AC power supply network (20, 120) and a DC portion of said installation (18, 118) which can be placed in a high-voltage state or in a low-voltage state, the device being characterized in that it includes: • an isolation module (30, 130) configured to control the isolation of the converter from the AC power supply network, when the DC portion of the installation is in the low-voltage state; • a transfer module (34, 134) configured to control the transfer of the energy stored in the electrical energy storage module of the converter towards the DC portion of the installation, in order to place said DC portion in the high-voltage state; • a connection module (32, 132) configured to control the reconnection of the converter to the AC power supply network, when the DC portion of the installation is in the high-voltage state; and • a restoration module (36, 136) configured to control the restoration of power in said installation. • an isolation module (30, 130) configured to control the isolation of the converter from the AC power supply network, when the DC portion of the installation is in the low-voltage state; • a transfer module (34, 134) configured to control the transfer of the energy stored in the electrical energy storage module of the converter towards the DC portion of the installation, in order to place said DC portion in the high-voltage state; • a connection module (32, 132) configured to control the reconnection of the converter to the AC power supply network, when the DC portion of the installation is in the high-voltage state; and • a restoration module (36, 136) configured to control the restoration of power in said installation.
A method for inducing CD56-positive and APJ-positive mesoderm cells, comprising a step of bringing pluripotent stem cells into contact with i) Activin A and bone morphogenetic protein 4 or ii) Activin A and one or more CHIRs selected from the group consisting of CHIR-99021 and CHIR-98014 for at least 3 days.