mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A dental device comprising: a handle (812; 912; 1212; 1312; 1412; 1512; 2012; 2112; 2212); a stem (814; 914; 1214; 1314; 1414; 1514; 2014; 2114; 2214), the stem (814; 914; 1214; 1314; 1414; 1514; 2014; 2114; 2214) having a tip (816; 916; 1216; 1316; 1416; 1516; 2016; 2116; 2216) with an end, the tip (816; 916; 1216; 1316; 1416; 1516; 2016; 2116; 2216) having a first groove (832; 932; 1232; 1332; 1432; 1532; 2032; 2132; 2232) winding therearound, the first groove (832; 932; 1232; 1332; 1432; 1532; 2032; 2132; 2232) extending from a first distal point (834; 934) proximate the end towards the handle (812; 912;1212; 1312; 1412; 1512; 2012; 2112; 2212) at least one complete turn around the tip (816; 916; 1216; 1316; 1416; 1516; 2016; 2116; 2216) to a first-groove termination point (836; 936); the stem having a first flange (822; 922; 1222; 1322; 1422; 1522; 2022; 2122; 2222) projecting outward therefrom and winding therearound, the first flange (822; 922; 1222; 1322; 1422; 1522; 2022; 2122; 2222) extending away from the handle (812; 912; 1212; 1312; 1412; 1512; 2012; 2112; 2212) from a first proximal point (824; 924) towards the end of the tip (816; 916; 1216; 1316; 1416; 1516; 2016; 2116; 2216) to a first-flange termination point (826; 926); at least a portion of the stem (814; 914; 1214; 1314; 1414; 1514; 2014; 2114; 2214) having the first groove (832; 932; 1232; 1332; 1432; 1532; 2032; 2132; 2232) and at least a portion of the first flange (822; 922; 1222; 1322; 1422; 1522; 2022; 2122; 2222) being suitable for insertion into an area between two teeth; whereby the area between the teeth may be cleaned by the at least a portion of the stem (814; 914; 1214; 1314; 1414; 1514; 2014; 2114; 2214) inserted between the teeth, the dental device characterised by: the first flange (822; 922; 1222; 1322; 1422; 1522) having a series of planar portions (862a; 862b; 862c; 862d; 962a; 962b; 962c; 962d) interconnected by a series of curved portions (864a; 864b; 864c; 864d; 964a; 964b; 964c; 964d);
A method for operating a fieldbus coupler for connecting input/output modules to a fieldbus of an industrial automation system via a sub-bus, wherein in a normal operating mode the fieldbus coupler - receives an output value for an output channel of at least one input/output module via the fieldbus and forwards said value via the sub-bus to the input/output module and/or - receives an input value from the at least one input/output module via the sub-bus and forwards said value via the fieldbus, characterized in that in a diagnostic mode the fieldbus coupler performs at least one of the following steps: 1.) transmitting at least one definable output value (A*) for the output channel of the at least one input/output module to the input/output module via the sub-bus and/or 2.) assigning at least one definable input value (E*) to the at least one input/output module and outputs said value via the fieldbus, wherein both method steps 1.) and 2.) are executable by the fieldbus coupler. - receives an output value for an output channel of at least one input/output module via the fieldbus and forwards said value via the sub-bus to the input/output module and/or - receives an input value from the at least one input/output module via the sub-bus and forwards said value via the fieldbus, 1.) transmitting at least one definable output value (A*) for the output channel of the at least one input/output module to the input/output module via the sub-bus and/or 2.) assigning at least one definable input value (E*) to the at least one input/output module and outputs said value via the fieldbus, wherein both method steps 1.) and 2.) are executable by the fieldbus coupler.
An arm cord retraction assembly (280; 610) for use on a reformer exercise apparatus (100; 400) having a generally rectangular frame (102; 402) supporting a carriage (110; 410) for reciprocal movement between a head end (104; 404) and a foot end (106; 406) of the frame (102; 402), and a pair of arm cords (114; 414) extending between the carriage (110; 410), the head end (104; 404) of the frame (102; 402), and handles (116; 416) for a user on the carriage (110; 410) to grasp during exercise, the arm cord retraction assembly (280; 610) configured to be mounted to an underside of a carriage of a reformer exercise apparatus and comprising: a pair of cord retraction devices, each arranged to receive a free end of one of the arm cords (114; 414) by wrapping the free end around a rotatable spring biased reel (284; 612) fastened to the carriage (110; 410); and a pair of latch assemblies (286; 618) configured to be mounted to the underside of the carriage (110; 410), each latch assembly (286; 618) associated with one of the cord retraction devices, wherein each latch assembly (286; 618) is operable to hold and release the free end of the arm cord (114; 414) from its cord retraction device; and characterised in that: the latch assemblies (286; 618) are operably connected mechanically together such that operation of one latch assembly (286; 618) to hold or release its arm cord (114; 414) causes the other of the latch assemblies (286; 618) to operate to hold and/or release the other arm cord (114; 414). a pair of cord retraction devices, each arranged to receive a free end of one of the arm cords (114; 414) by wrapping the free end around a rotatable spring biased reel (284; 612) fastened to the carriage (110; 410); and a pair of latch assemblies (286; 618) configured to be mounted to the underside of the carriage (110; 410), each latch assembly (286; 618) associated with one of the cord retraction devices, wherein each latch assembly (286; 618) is operable to hold and release the free end of the arm cord (114; 414) from its cord retraction device; and the latch assemblies (286; 618) are operably connected mechanically together such that operation of one latch assembly (286; 618) to hold or release its arm cord (114; 414) causes the other of the latch assemblies (286; 618) to operate to hold and/or release the other arm cord (114; 414).
An integral-type combined firework, comprising: a body having several uniformly distributed tubular holes, the tubular holes having central longitudinal axes parallel to each other, each of the tubular holes having an upward opening and a bottom having a small through hole in an otherwise closed end, each small through hole penetrating through the bottom of the body, said body comprising sidewalls, bottom and top, bottom wiring grooves are provided on the bottom of the body between the openings of the small through holes of the adjacent tubular holes for connecting the openings; the body, the tubular holes and small through holes form an integrally molded structure; and propellant powder provided on the bottom of each tubular hole is connected to each spreading fuse, and in each tubular hole an inner cylinder or an effect powder is provided on the propellant powder; each small through hole is provided with a spreading fuse; each spreading fuse being connected to an ignition fuse, the ignition fuse having one end extending out of the bottom of the body as an ignition end said firework being characterized in that, the other end of the ignition fuse extends out of the bottom of the body as a backup ignition end; a sidewall wiring groove for the ignition end of the ignition fuse is provided on the sidewall of the body; a sidewall wiring groove for the backup ignition end of the ignition fuse is provided on the sidewall of the body. a body having several uniformly distributed tubular holes, the tubular holes having central longitudinal axes parallel to each other, each of the tubular holes having an upward opening and a bottom having a small through hole in an otherwise closed end, each small through hole penetrating through the bottom of the body, said body comprising sidewalls, bottom and top, bottom wiring grooves are provided on the bottom of the body between the openings of the small through holes of the adjacent tubular holes for connecting the openings; the body, the tubular holes and small through holes form an integrally molded structure; and propellant powder provided on the bottom of each tubular hole is connected to each spreading fuse, and in each tubular hole an inner cylinder or an effect powder is provided on the propellant powder; each small through hole is provided with a spreading fuse; each spreading fuse being connected to an ignition fuse, the ignition fuse having one end extending out of the bottom of the body as an ignition end said firework being characterized in that, the other end of the ignition fuse extends out of the bottom of the body as a backup ignition end; a sidewall wiring groove for the ignition end of the ignition fuse is provided on the sidewall of the body; a sidewall wiring groove for the backup ignition end of the ignition fuse is provided on the sidewall of the body.
A personal care composition additive in the form of a solution for providing prolonged benefit to a keratin surface comprising: a) substantive polymer which is a hydrophobically modified cationically substituted hydroxyethyl cellulose with hydrophobe modification and cationic modification by hydroxylpropyltrimohium chloride, and b) a water miscible, polar solvent, wherein the polar solvent is glycerine and is in a mixture of 50:50 by weight with water, wherein the solution of the substantive polymer and the water miscible, polar solvent is at a concentration of substantive polymer to solvent in the range of 0.1 wt.-% to 20 wt.-%, and wherein the substantive polymer - has a molecular weight (Mw), as determined by size exclusion chromatography, in the range of about 300 kDalton, and - has a cationic degree of substitution (Cat-DS) in the range of 0.2 to 3.0 units. a) substantive polymer which is a hydrophobically modified cationically substituted hydroxyethyl cellulose with hydrophobe modification and cationic modification by hydroxylpropyltrimohium chloride, and b) a water miscible, polar solvent, wherein the polar solvent is glycerine and is in a mixture of 50:50 by weight with water, - has a molecular weight (Mw), as determined by size exclusion chromatography, in the range of about 300 kDalton, and - has a cationic degree of substitution (Cat-DS) in the range of 0.2 to 3.0 units.
Method for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel, comprising: a. opening a mold by a predetermined amount into a loading position, b. wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (112; 113); c. loading a first material which comprises particles of an expanded material into the loading volume created by opening the mold in step a.; d. closing the mold into a closed position; and e. fusing the surfaces of the particles by at least supplying energy in the form of at least one electromagnetic field (130; 135; 140); characterized in that the amount by which the mold is opened in step a. influences an available loading volume of the mold. a. opening a mold by a predetermined amount into a loading position, b. wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (112; 113); c. loading a first material which comprises particles of an expanded material into the loading volume created by opening the mold in step a.; d. closing the mold into a closed position; and e. fusing the surfaces of the particles by at least supplying energy in the form of at least one electromagnetic field (130; 135; 140);
A modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder comprising a structural unit derived from a derivative of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid in a content calculated by 1 H-NMR analysis as described in the description of 0.05 mol% or more and 10 mol% or less, and having a degree of saponification measured following the method described in JIS K 6726 of 80.0 mol% or more and 99.9 mol% or less, the modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder having a methanol content of 0.01 weight% or more and less than 3.0 weight% as measured by headspace gas chromatography as described in the description of 500 mg of the polymer powder, the modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder containing 0.1 ppm or more and less than 2,000 ppm of a component that is insoluble in a 90°C, 5 weight% aqueous solution, wherein the content of the component that is insoluble in a 90°C, 5 weight% aqueous solution is determined as described in the description, the proportion of all particles of the modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder which pass through a sieve with 1.00 mm-openings is at least 95 weight%, and said proportion is determined using the dry sieving method described in JIS Z 8815. the modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder having a methanol content of 0.01 weight% or more and less than 3.0 weight% as measured by headspace gas chromatography as described in the description of 500 mg of the polymer powder, the modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder containing 0.1 ppm or more and less than 2,000 ppm of a component that is insoluble in a 90°C, 5 weight% aqueous solution, wherein the content of the component that is insoluble in a 90°C, 5 weight% aqueous solution is determined as described in the description, the proportion of all particles of the modified vinyl alcohol polymer powder which pass through a sieve with 1.00 mm-openings is at least 95 weight%, and said proportion is determined using the dry sieving method described in JIS Z 8815.
A periprosthetic distal femur bone plate comprising: a head portion; and a shaft portion including an upper surface, a lower surface, a central longitudinal axis, an outer periphery surface, and a proximal end positioned opposite the head portion, the proximal end defining a leading edge; wherein the leading edge further comprises a concave surface defining an inwardly arcuate or curved leading surface, wherein the shaft portion further comprises a chamfer extending from the leading edge, wherein the chamfer includes an arcuate or curved configuration approximating the inwardly arcuate or curved leading surface. a head portion; and a shaft portion including an upper surface, a lower surface, a central longitudinal axis, an outer periphery surface, and a proximal end positioned opposite the head portion, the proximal end defining a leading edge; wherein the leading edge further comprises a concave surface defining an inwardly arcuate or curved leading surface, wherein the shaft portion further comprises a chamfer extending from the leading edge, wherein the chamfer includes an arcuate or curved configuration approximating the inwardly arcuate or curved leading surface.
Sliding door, particularly for cold rooms, comprising a leaf and a sliding system adapted to guide the leaf in the opening/closing movement along a longitudinal direction, wherein the sliding system comprises a horizontal rail (24, 26) comprising a first rail portion and a second rail portion, wherein the leaf carries two rollers by means of which it is hanged to the sliding system, wherein the rollers are in contact with respective rolling surfaces (32, 34) of the rail (24, 26) to roll along these surfaces during the opening/closing movement of the door, wherein the sliding system further comprises a pair of ramps (44, 46) which are made as separate components with respect to the two rail portions (24, 26) and are mounted one between the two rail portions (24, 26) and the other at the end of either of the two rail portions (24, 26), each ramp (44, 46) forming a rolling track (48, 50) arranged to cooperate with a respective roller to cause the roller, and hence the leaf, to move both downwards and towards the inside of the door in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the leaf, the door being characterized in that the two rail portions (24, 26) have an identical cross-section of symmetrical shape with respect to a horizontal plane of symmetry and form each an upper rolling surface and a lower rolling surface, and in that the two ramps (44, 46) are identical to each other, have a symmetrical configuration with respect to said plane of symmetry and form each an upper rolling track and a lower rolling track.
A conveying system configured to convey containers supports intended to support containers containing samples of a biological liquid, the conveying system including at least: - a support guide element defining a guide track, the support guide element being configured to receive a containers support and guide said containers support in translation along the guide track, - a self-propelled conveying carriage displaceable along a conveying track extending along the support guide element, the self-propelled conveying carriage comprising a drive element movably mounted between at least a drive position in which the drive element is configured to transmit a drive movement to the containers support received on the support guide element, and a release position in which the drive element is configured to release the containers support, the self-propelled conveying carriage being configured to displace the containers support in translation along the guide track when the drive element is in the drive position and the self-propelled conveying carriage is displaced along the conveying track. - a support guide element defining a guide track, the support guide element being configured to receive a containers support and guide said containers support in translation along the guide track, - a self-propelled conveying carriage displaceable along a conveying track extending along the support guide element, the self-propelled conveying carriage comprising a drive element movably mounted between at least a drive position in which the drive element is configured to transmit a drive movement to the containers support received on the support guide element, and a release position in which the drive element is configured to release the containers support, the self-propelled conveying carriage being configured to displace the containers support in translation along the guide track when the drive element is in the drive position and the self-propelled conveying carriage is displaced along the conveying track.
A method for preparing a double-layered virus-like particle of rotavirus comprising rotavirus VP2 protein and VP6 protein, the method comprising the following steps of: a) expressing VP6 in a soluble form in a prokaryotic expression system, and purifying the VP6, wherein the purified VP6 protein retains its correct conformation and is present in a form of trimer; b) co-assembling the purified VP6 with VP2 in a non-particulate state to form a double-layered particle 2/6-VLP. a) expressing VP6 in a soluble form in a prokaryotic expression system, and purifying the VP6, wherein the purified VP6 protein retains its correct conformation and is present in a form of trimer; b) co-assembling the purified VP6 with VP2 in a non-particulate state to form a double-layered particle 2/6-VLP.
A method for producing a M-carbonate precursor of a Li-M oxide cathode material in a continuous reactor, wherein M=Ni x Mn y Co z A n, A being a dopant, with x>0, y>0, 0≤z≤0.35, 0≤n≤0.02 and x+y+z+n=1, the method comprising the steps of: - providing a feed solution comprising Ni-, Mn-, Co- and A-ions, and having a molar metal content M" feed, - providing an ionic solution comprising either one or both of a carbonate and a bicarbonate solution, the ionic solution further comprising either one or both of Na- and K-ions, - providing a slurry comprising seeds comprising M'-ions and having a molar metal content M'seeds, wherein M'=Ni x' Mn y' Co z' A' n', A' being a dopant, with 0≤x'≤1, 0≤y'≤1, 0≤z'≤1, 0≤n'≤1 and x'+y'+z'+n'=1, and wherein the molar ratio M' seeds /M" feed is between 0.001 and 0.1, - mixing the feed solution, the ionic solution and the slurry in the reactor, thereby obtaining a reactive liquid mixture, - precipitating a carbonate onto the seeds in the reactive liquid mixture, thereby obtaining a reacted liquid mixture and the M-carbonate precursor, and - separating the M-carbonate precursor from the reacted liquid mixture. - providing a feed solution comprising Ni-, Mn-, Co- and A-ions, and having a molar metal content M" feed, - providing an ionic solution comprising either one or both of a carbonate and a bicarbonate solution, the ionic solution further comprising either one or both of Na- and K-ions, - providing a slurry comprising seeds comprising M'-ions and having a molar metal content M'seeds, wherein M'=Ni x' Mn y' Co z' A' n', A' being a dopant, with 0≤x'≤1, 0≤y'≤1, 0≤z'≤1, 0≤n'≤1 and x'+y'+z'+n'=1, and wherein the molar ratio M' seeds /M" feed is between 0.001 and 0.1, - mixing the feed solution, the ionic solution and the slurry in the reactor, thereby obtaining a reactive liquid mixture, - precipitating a carbonate onto the seeds in the reactive liquid mixture, thereby obtaining a reacted liquid mixture and the M-carbonate precursor, and - separating the M-carbonate precursor from the reacted liquid mixture.
An organic electroluminescent transistor, comprising a first and a second dielectric layer; a first and a second control electrode and an assembly (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode and an ambipolar channel (17, 18, 19), wherein: - said assembly (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) is arranged between said first dielectric layer and said second dielectric layer; - said first dielectric layer is arranged between said first control electrode and said assembly; and - said second dielectric layer is arranged between said second control electrode and said assembly; - said ambipolar channel (17, 18, 19) comprises a first layer of a semiconductor material, a second layer of a semiconductor material and a layer of an emissive material arranged between said first layer of a semiconductor material and said second layer of a semiconductor materials; characterized in that: - said source electrode and said drain electrode are both formed on the same one of the layers of said ambipolar channel (17, 18, 19); and that - said source electrode and said drain electrode are both in contact with the same layer selected between said first layer of a semiconductor material and said second layer of a semiconductor material. - said assembly (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) is arranged between said first dielectric layer and said second dielectric layer; - said first dielectric layer is arranged between said first control electrode and said assembly; and - said second dielectric layer is arranged between said second control electrode and said assembly; - said ambipolar channel (17, 18, 19) comprises a first layer of a semiconductor material, a second layer of a semiconductor material and a layer of an emissive material arranged between said first layer of a semiconductor material and said second layer of a semiconductor materials; characterized in that: - said source electrode and said drain electrode are both formed on the same one of the layers of said ambipolar channel (17, 18, 19); and that - said source electrode and said drain electrode are both in contact with the same layer selected between said first layer of a semiconductor material and said second layer of a semiconductor material.