mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Detector for high-energy radiation, in particular for X-ray, gamma, and/or UV radiation, including: - (a) a substrate with a first electrical contact; - (b) optionally a first intermediate layer; - (c) a layer that includes an organic matrix made of a photoactive material and non-soluble scintillator particles essentially distributed therein, - (d) optionally a second intermediate layer, and - (e) a second electrical contact, wherein the mixing ratio between the scintillator particles and the organic matrix is selected in the layer (c) such that the space filled with the organic matrix has in each case a distance between two adjacent scintillator particles that essentially corresponds at most to five times the depth of penetration of the radiation emitted by the scintillator particles, characterised in that the mixing ratio between the scintillator particles and the organic matrix is selected such that the cumulative thickness of the organic matrix between the two contacts (22; 26) corresponds to at least three times the depth of penetration. - (a) a substrate with a first electrical contact; - (b) optionally a first intermediate layer; - (c) a layer that includes an organic matrix made of a photoactive material and non-soluble scintillator particles essentially distributed therein, - (d) optionally a second intermediate layer, and - (e) a second electrical contact, wherein the mixing ratio between the scintillator particles and the organic matrix is selected in the layer (c) such that the space filled with the organic matrix has in each case a distance between two adjacent scintillator particles that essentially corresponds at most to five times the depth of penetration of the radiation emitted by the scintillator particles, characterised in that the mixing ratio between the scintillator particles and the organic matrix is selected such that the cumulative thickness of the organic matrix between the two contacts (22; 26) corresponds to at least three times the depth of penetration.
A shock absorber fluid flow control assembly, comprising: a piston having a first face and an opposed second face; a first fluid passage set formed through the piston, said first fluid passage set is isolable at the first face; a first plurality of passages (42', 42", 42"') in said first fluid passage set, wherein a first fluid passage (42"') of said first plurality of passages has a smaller passage flow area than a second fluid passage (42") of said first plurality of passages; a first sealing land fully encircling said first fluid passage (42"') of said first plurality of passages (42', 42", 42"'); a second sealing land fully encircling said second fluid passage (42") of said plurality of passages (42', 42", 42"'); a first blow-off disc in displaceable contact with said first face and engaging said first and said second sealing lands to close said first fluid passage (42"') and said second fluid passage (42") of said first plurality of passages (42', 42", 42'"), characterized in that a surface area on said first blow-off disc defined by said first sealing land is smaller than a surface area on said first blow-off disc defined by said second sealing land in order to initially angularly displace and subsequently to fully open said first blow-off disc. a piston having a first face and an opposed second face; a first fluid passage set formed through the piston, said first fluid passage set is isolable at the first face; a first plurality of passages (42', 42", 42"') in said first fluid passage set, wherein a first fluid passage (42"') of said first plurality of passages has a smaller passage flow area than a second fluid passage (42") of said first plurality of passages; a first sealing land fully encircling said first fluid passage (42"') of said first plurality of passages (42', 42", 42"'); a second sealing land fully encircling said second fluid passage (42") of said plurality of passages (42', 42", 42"'); a first blow-off disc in displaceable contact with said first face and engaging said first and said second sealing lands to close said first fluid passage (42"') and said second fluid passage (42") of said first plurality of passages (42', 42", 42'"), characterized in that a surface area on said first blow-off disc defined by said first sealing land is smaller than a surface area on said first blow-off disc defined by said second sealing land in order to initially angularly displace and subsequently to fully open said first blow-off disc.
A prosthetic heart valve, comprising: a frame formed by a plurality of strut members defining apices and having an inflow end and an outflow end, a plurality of leaflets situated at least partially within the frame, and an outer covering, wherein the outer covering includes: an inflow protection portion extending circumferentially around the inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve, an outflow protection portion extending circumferentially around the outflow end of the prosthetic heart valve, and a cushioning layer comprising a woven or knitted fabric, and wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of circumferentially extending warp yarns and a plurality of axially extending weft yarns, or wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of axially extending warp yarns and a plurality of circumferentially extending weft yarns. a frame formed by a plurality of strut members defining apices and having an inflow end and an outflow end, a plurality of leaflets situated at least partially within the frame, and an outer covering, wherein the outer covering includes: an inflow protection portion extending circumferentially around the inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve, an outflow protection portion extending circumferentially around the outflow end of the prosthetic heart valve, and a cushioning layer comprising a woven or knitted fabric, and wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of circumferentially extending warp yarns and a plurality of axially extending weft yarns, or wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of axially extending warp yarns and a plurality of circumferentially extending weft yarns. an inflow protection portion extending circumferentially around the inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve, an outflow protection portion extending circumferentially around the outflow end of the prosthetic heart valve, and a cushioning layer comprising a woven or knitted fabric, and wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of circumferentially extending warp yarns and a plurality of axially extending weft yarns, or wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of axially extending warp yarns and a plurality of circumferentially extending weft yarns.
Urea-containing mercaptosilane of the formula I where R 1 are the same or different and are C1-C10 alkoxy groups, C2-C10 cyclic dialkoxy groups, phenoxy group, C4-C10 cycloalkoxy groups, C6-C20 aryl groups, C1-C10 alkyl groups, C2-C20 alkenyl group, C7-C20 aralkyl group or halogen, R 2 is a monovalent C1-C20 hydrocarbon group and R are the same or different and are a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic, aromatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic divalent C 1 -C 30 hydrocarbon group.
A process for producing fuel molding elements from biomass material, wherein the biomass material is fed by means of a feed means to a filling device, the biomass material is removed from the filling device and is compressed and rolled up by means of a conveying means in such a way, so that a sausage-shaped profile is formed from the biomass material, and the compacted and rolled up biomass material is cut into fuel form elements by a cutting tool, wherein the biomass material comprises lawn cuttings, shrub chaff, cereal waste, horse manure, needle leaves, straw, or a combination thereof, wherein the conveying means is a screw conveyor whose screw thread runs out at its outlet end with an inclined surface and wherein the fuel molding elements are formed by a single conveying means conveyed by a single outlet nozzle coaxial to the conveying means, said outlet nozzle having a first hollow portion (17") at least in the conveying direction and a second hollow portion, and wherein the diameter of the first hollow portion (17") is larger than the diameter of the second hollow portion, wherein the conveying means formed as a conveying screw is arranged at least in sections in and coaxial with the first hollow section (17"), and wherein the outlet tip of the conveying screw is arranged substantially at or immediately before the transition from the first hollow section (17") to the second hollow section formed as a step.
A method of supplying ink to an inkjet head by means of an ink supply mechanism for suctioning ink from a main tank (9a - 9d) to a subtank (11a - 11d), and for supplying ink from the subtank (11a - 11d) through a pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) to the inkjet head, the method comprising the following steps: - performing an ink refill operation for suclioning ink from the main tank (9a - 9d) to the subtank (11a - 11d) when the ink ejection volume from the inkjet head since the last time the subtank (11a - 11d) was refilled equals or exceeds a preset reference volume (q); and - performing a printing operation by means of the inkjet head, wherein performing the printing operation comprises: - performing a first printing operation by means of the inkjet head while supplying ink from the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) to the inkjet head when ink is not being supplied from the subtank (11a - 11d) to the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) during the ink refill operation to refill the subtank (11a - 11d) with ink; and - performing a second printing operation by means of the inkjet head when ink is being supplied from the subtank (11a - 11d) to the pressure adjustment chamber (13a ~ 13d) by supplying ink from the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) to the inkjet head while supplying ink from the subtank (11a - 11d) to the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d). - performing an ink refill operation for suclioning ink from the main tank (9a - 9d) to the subtank (11a - 11d) when the ink ejection volume from the inkjet head since the last time the subtank (11a - 11d) was refilled equals or exceeds a preset reference volume (q); and - performing a printing operation by means of the inkjet head, wherein performing the printing operation comprises: - performing a first printing operation by means of the inkjet head while supplying ink from the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) to the inkjet head when ink is not being supplied from the subtank (11a - 11d) to the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) during the ink refill operation to refill the subtank (11a - 11d) with ink; and - performing a second printing operation by means of the inkjet head when ink is being supplied from the subtank (11a - 11d) to the pressure adjustment chamber (13a ~ 13d) by supplying ink from the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d) to the inkjet head while supplying ink from the subtank (11a - 11d) to the pressure adjustment chamber (13a - 13d).
A micropump, comprising: a substrate; and a membrane attached to the substrate, wherein the membrane is deformable away from the substrate to increase a volume enclosed by the substrate and the membrane, wherein a portion of the membrane is configured to be an inlet for entry into the volume, characterized in that the inlet comprises a folded-in portion of a suitably shaped section of a perimeter of the membrane. a substrate; and a membrane attached to the substrate, wherein the membrane is deformable away from the substrate to increase a volume enclosed by the substrate and the membrane, wherein a portion of the membrane is configured to be an inlet for entry into the volume,
A urinary catheter having a hydrophilic coating, comprising: a catheter shaft having an outer surface; and a hydrophilic coating disposed on the outer surface of the catheter shaft, the hydrophilic coating comprising a hydrophilic polymer matrix having voids and microparticles including a lubricating liquid and a gelling agent comprising a polysaccharide located in the voids of the hydrophilic polymer matrix. a catheter shaft having an outer surface; and a hydrophilic coating disposed on the outer surface of the catheter shaft, the hydrophilic coating comprising a hydrophilic polymer matrix having voids and microparticles including a lubricating liquid and a gelling agent comprising a polysaccharide located in the voids of the hydrophilic polymer matrix.
An electro-mechanical blocking actuator comprising: - a housing; - a spindle; - an electric driver arranged to rotate the spindle around a rotation axis, - a substantially cylindrical sleeve movably arranged between the housing and the spindle, the sleeve comprising a slit; - a pin inserted through the slit of the sleeve and fixed to the housing; - a helical spring comprising a plurality of windings arranged around the spindle and having at least one of its outer ends fixed to the spindle; - coupling means for movably coupling one of the windings of the helical spring to the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position, and wherein, if the electric driver rotates the spindle and the helical spring in a first rotational direction, the helical spring will act on the coupling means so as to drive the sleeve in a first co-axial direction from the blocking position to the non-blocking position and if the electric driver rotates the spindle and the helical spring in a second rotational direction, opposite the first rotational direction, the helical spring will act on the coupling means so as to drive the sleeve in a second co-axial direction from the non-blocking position to the blocking position, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, wherein the slit comprises at least a first and second slit portion (71', 71"), the second slit portion directly following the first slit portion at a transition point on the sleeve, and making an angle α relative to the first slit portion at the transition point, where α ≤ 90 degrees, wherein during movement of the sleeve in the first or second co-axial direction, the sleeve will also turn around the rotation axis in rotational directions determined by the orientation of the slit portions relative to the housing. - a housing; - a spindle; - an electric driver arranged to rotate the spindle around a rotation axis, - a substantially cylindrical sleeve movably arranged between the housing and the spindle, the sleeve comprising a slit; - a pin inserted through the slit of the sleeve and fixed to the housing; - a helical spring comprising a plurality of windings arranged around the spindle and having at least one of its outer ends fixed to the spindle; - coupling means for movably coupling one of the windings of the helical spring to the sleeve,
A crowdsource server, comprising: a memory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, from a media device, a request to identify a bit-rate variant of a secondary content (122, 124) among a plurality of bit-rate variants of the secondary content (122, 124); access records of prior downloads of the secondary content (122, 124) by a plurality of media devices, wherein the records were provided to the crowdsource server by the plurality of media devices in a crowdsourced manner; identify a subset of the records of the prior downloads of the secondary content (122, 124) by the plurality of media devices that are relevant to the media device based on the request from the media device; generate a recommendation for a bit-rate variant of the secondary content (122, 124) among the plurality of bit-rate variants of the secondary content (122, 124) at a server among a plurality of servers to download by the media device based on the subset of the records; and provide the recommendation to the media device. a memory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, from a media device, a request to identify a bit-rate variant of a secondary content (122, 124) among a plurality of bit-rate variants of the secondary content (122, 124); access records of prior downloads of the secondary content (122, 124) by a plurality of media devices, wherein the records were provided to the crowdsource server by the plurality of media devices in a crowdsourced manner; identify a subset of the records of the prior downloads of the secondary content (122, 124) by the plurality of media devices that are relevant to the media device based on the request from the media device; generate a recommendation for a bit-rate variant of the secondary content (122, 124) among the plurality of bit-rate variants of the secondary content (122, 124) at a server among a plurality of servers to download by the media device based on the subset of the records; and provide the recommendation to the media device. receive, from a media device, a request to identify a bit-rate variant of a secondary content (122, 124) among a plurality of bit-rate variants of the secondary content (122, 124); access records of prior downloads of the secondary content (122, 124) by a plurality of media devices, wherein the records were provided to the crowdsource server by the plurality of media devices in a crowdsourced manner; identify a subset of the records of the prior downloads of the secondary content (122, 124) by the plurality of media devices that are relevant to the media device based on the request from the media device; generate a recommendation for a bit-rate variant of the secondary content (122, 124) among the plurality of bit-rate variants of the secondary content (122, 124) at a server among a plurality of servers to download by the media device based on the subset of the records; and provide the recommendation to the media device.
A method of introducing an item into a conduit which already has a cable therein comprising the steps of placing a portion of the cable into a one-piece projectile having a longitudinally extending axis by placing the cable not on the axial center of the projectile, the projectile carrying the item in a location not on the axial center of the projectile, and introducing air under pressure into the conduit thereby pushing the projectile along the cable and at the same time positioning the item in the conduit.
Fatty acid polyester derivatives of polyglycosides formed from a polyol comprising between 2 and 10 hydroxy functions, the 2 hydroxy functions or at least 2 of these hydroxy functions being bound to the anomeric carbon of a reducing carbohydrate that is identical or different for each hydroxy group and selected from the monosaccharides and disaccharides, in which at least one of the other hydroxy groups of said monosaccharide or of said disaccharide is esterified by a lipid derivative bearing at least one double bond optionally originating from a vegetable or animal oil of from a mixture of vegetable or animal oils, the double bond or the at least one of the double bonds of said lipid derivative being functionalized by a group selected from the epoxy, amine, alcohol and acid groups.
A particulate material dispenser including a longitudinally extending body comprising: a longitudinally extending base element; a tubular element which extends longitudinally from the base element, an inner wall of the tubular element defining a first cavity; characterised by a capping element which is distanced longitudinally from an end of the tubular element; a common outer wrapper which is engaged around the base element, the tubular element and the capping element, an inner wall of the common outer wrapper defining a second cavity between the tubular element and the capping element, wherein a particulate material is within the first and/or second cavity. a longitudinally extending base element; a tubular element which extends longitudinally from the base element, an inner wall of the tubular element defining a first cavity; characterised by a capping element which is distanced longitudinally from an end of the tubular element; a common outer wrapper which is engaged around the base element, the tubular element and the capping element, an inner wall of the common outer wrapper defining a second cavity between the tubular element and the capping element, wherein a particulate material is within the first and/or second cavity.
An apparatus comprising: a magnetic antenna, the magnetic antenna comprising a singly or multiply interrupted loop and at least one tuning element for tuning the magnetic antenna, and a tuning device, the tuning device comprising a control loop configured to provide a tuning signal for tuning the magnetic antenna, and to drive the tuning element with the tuning signal to tune the magnetic antenna, wherein the apparatus is characterized in that it is configured to transfer the control loop or a component of the control loop from an idle mode to a normal operating mode only when required; wherein the apparatus is configured to transfer the control loop or the component of the control loop from the idle mode to the normal operating mode only - during emission of a signal, - from the start of an emission of a signal or a defined time before the start of the emission of the signal until an end of the emission of the signal or a defined time after the end of the emission of the signal, - from the start of emission of a signal until the magnetic antenna has been tuned, or - during emission of a signal until the end of the emission of the signal or a defined time after the end of the emission of the signal. a magnetic antenna, the magnetic antenna comprising a singly or multiply interrupted loop and at least one tuning element for tuning the magnetic antenna, and a tuning device, the tuning device comprising a control loop configured to provide a tuning signal for tuning the magnetic antenna, and to drive the tuning element with the tuning signal to tune the magnetic antenna, wherein the apparatus is characterized in that it is configured to transfer the control loop or a component of the control loop from an idle mode to a normal operating mode only when required; wherein the apparatus is configured to transfer the control loop or the component of the control loop from the idle mode to the normal operating mode only - during emission of a signal, - from the start of an emission of a signal or a defined time before the start of the emission of the signal until an end of the emission of the signal or a defined time after the end of the emission of the signal, - from the start of emission of a signal until the magnetic antenna has been tuned, or - during emission of a signal until the end of the emission of the signal or a defined time after the end of the emission of the signal. - during emission of a signal, - from the start of an emission of a signal or a defined time before the start of the emission of the signal until an end of the emission of the signal or a defined time after the end of the emission of the signal, - from the start of emission of a signal until the magnetic antenna has been tuned, or - during emission of a signal until the end of the emission of the signal or a defined time after the end of the emission of the signal.