mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A process for the extraction of lipids and sugars from algal biomass, which comprises: - producing an aqueous suspension of algal biomass; - bringing the pH of said algal biomass to a value higher than or equal to 10, preferably ranging from 10.2 to 12, obtaining an aqueous suspension of algal biomass at basic pH; - adding at least one anionic flocculant to said aqueous suspension of algal biomass at basic pH obtaining a concentrated algal biomass; - recovering said concentrated algal biomass; - subjecting said concentrated algal biomass to lipid extraction obtaining: (i) an organic phase comprising lipids; (ii) a semi-solid phase comprising a residue of said algal biomass; - subjecting said semi-solid phase (ii) to hydrolysis obtaining sugars. - producing an aqueous suspension of algal biomass; - bringing the pH of said algal biomass to a value higher than or equal to 10, preferably ranging from 10.2 to 12, obtaining an aqueous suspension of algal biomass at basic pH; - adding at least one anionic flocculant to said aqueous suspension of algal biomass at basic pH obtaining a concentrated algal biomass; - recovering said concentrated algal biomass; - subjecting said concentrated algal biomass to lipid extraction obtaining: (i) an organic phase comprising lipids; (ii) a semi-solid phase comprising a residue of said algal biomass; (i) an organic phase comprising lipids; (ii) a semi-solid phase comprising a residue of said algal biomass; - subjecting said semi-solid phase (ii) to hydrolysis obtaining sugars.
A compressor shell for a refrigerant compressor comprising a lower shell part and an upper shell part; wherein the compressor shell encloses an inner containing space for housing a pump unit of the refrigerant compressor; wherein the compressor shell extends along a length direction (x), a width direction (y) and a height direction (z), wherein the length direction (x) and the width direction (y) define a horizontal plane (h); wherein the lower shell part comprises a bottom wall and a lower circumferential wall; wherein the upper shell part comprises a top wall and an upper circumferential wall; wherein four mounting pins are extending from the bottom wall into the containing space, wherein each mounting pin is configured to mount a support spring assembly for supporting the pump unit, wherein the four mounting pins are arranged in a rectangular shape being aligned with the length direction (x) and the width direction (y), characterized in that a first centre point (C 1) of the four mounting pins in the horizontal plane (h) is offset in the length direction (x) with regard to a second centre point (C 2) of an outline of the compressor shell in the horizontal plane (h) and that a curved section of the bottom wall is convexly curved in order to form an oil pocket, wherein a lowest point of the oil pocket, seen in the height direction (z), is aligned with the first centre point (C 1) in the horizontal plane (h). wherein the compressor shell encloses an inner containing space for housing a pump unit of the refrigerant compressor; wherein the compressor shell extends along a length direction (x), a width direction (y) and a height direction (z), wherein the length direction (x) and the width direction (y) define a horizontal plane (h); wherein the lower shell part comprises a bottom wall and a lower circumferential wall; wherein the upper shell part comprises a top wall and an upper circumferential wall; wherein four mounting pins are extending from the bottom wall into the containing space, wherein each mounting pin is configured to mount a support spring assembly for supporting the pump unit, wherein the four mounting pins are arranged in a rectangular shape being aligned with the length direction (x) and the width direction (y), characterized in that a first centre point (C 1) of the four mounting pins in the horizontal plane (h) is offset in the length direction (x) with regard to a second centre point (C 2) of an outline of the compressor shell in the horizontal plane (h) and that a curved section of the bottom wall is convexly curved in order to form an oil pocket, wherein a lowest point of the oil pocket, seen in the height direction (z), is aligned with the first centre point (C 1) in the horizontal plane (h).
A gripper head for a plurality of beverage cans, which plurality of beverage cans stand contiguous to each other, the gripper head comprising - at least two grippers for beverage cans, wherein a particular gripper is designed to grip a particular beverage can from the plurality of beverage cans, and wherein the at least two grippers - comprise at least one gripping means to grip a particular beverage can from underneath in a form-fitting manner in the region of a top seam, which top seam is formed by a particular beverage can, and - comprise at least one centring device, via which at least one centring device the particular beverage can is bringable into a defined alignment, in which defined alignment the at least one gripping means is able to grip a particular beverage can from underneath in a form-fitting manner in the region of its top seam, wherein - the at least one centring device of the particular gripper is positioned such that the at least one centring device comes into surface contact with an outer body surface in at least one defined region of a particular beverage can when receiving the particular beverage can, characterised in that the at least one defined region is positioned offset along the circumference of the particular beverage can relative to at least one contact region in which the beverage can is contiguous to at least one other beverage can. - at least two grippers for beverage cans, wherein a particular gripper is designed to grip a particular beverage can from the plurality of beverage cans, and wherein the at least two grippers - comprise at least one gripping means to grip a particular beverage can from underneath in a form-fitting manner in the region of a top seam, which top seam is formed by a particular beverage can, and - comprise at least one centring device, via which at least one centring device the particular beverage can is bringable into a defined alignment, in which defined alignment the at least one gripping means is able to grip a particular beverage can from underneath in a form-fitting manner in the region of its top seam, wherein - the at least one centring device of the particular gripper is positioned such that the at least one centring device comes into surface contact with an outer body surface in at least one defined region of a particular beverage can when receiving the particular beverage can, characterised in that the at least one defined region is positioned offset along the circumference of the particular beverage can relative to at least one contact region in which the beverage can is contiguous to at least one other beverage can.
A glove (100; 200) for protecting a hand of a hockey or lacrosse player, the player's hand having a wrist, a palm, a dorsal side with medial and lateral edges, four fingers and a thumb, each finger extending from a proximal articulation to a distal end, the hockey or lacrosse glove defining a longitudinal axis generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the player's hand and comprising a hand receiving portion (102; 202) and a cuff (103; 203) for at least partially covering the wrist, the cuff extending longitudinally from a proximal end (103A; 203A) to a distal end (103B; 203B), the hand receiving portion comprising a thumb sheath (105; 205) for protecting the thumb of the player's hand; four finger sheaths (104; 204) for protecting the four fingers of the player's hand, each finger sheath having a finger gusset (115; 215) for receiving the finger and a finger protector (116; 216) covering the finger gusset, each finger gusset having a proximal end for covering the proximal articulation of the finger and a distal end for covering the distal end of the finger; a palm sheet (106; 206) for covering the palm of the player's hand; a dorsal sheet (108; 208) for covering the dorsal side of the player's hand when the glove is in use, the dorsal sheet extending longitudinally from a proximal end (108A; 208A) proximate the distal end of the cuff to a distal end (108B; 208B) proximate the proximal end of each finger gusset and extending transversally from a medial end (108C; 208C) proximate the medial edge of the dorsal side of the player's hand to a lateral end (108D; 208D) proximate the lateral edge of the dorsal side of the player's hand, the dorsal sheet having a maximal length measured between its proximal and distal ends and a maximal width measured between its medial and lateral ends; and a dorsal protector (139; 239) covering the dorsal sheet, the dorsal protector being characterized in that it comprises (i) a single pocket (138; 238) mounted to the dorsal sheet and occupying at least three-quarters of the maximal length of the dorsal sheet and at least three-quarters of the maximal width of the dorsal sheet and (ii) a padding element (140; 240) contained in the single pocket, the padding element comprising a flexion zone (150; 250) being defined by at least one gap, space, groove or channel provided in the padding element and extending in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hockey or lacrosse glove or in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the hockey or lacrosse glove such that, in use, flexing of the player's hand imparts movement of the padding element of the dorsal protector.
A PWM inverter control method of a 2-level PWM control type which has a function of freely changing switching of switching units connected in series every set in a structure in which two switches including a switching unit and a rectifying unit connected in antiparallel are serially connected in plural sets, said method comprising the following steps: creating a PWM pulse pattern based on a spatial vector according to a command value, the switching of the switching units connected in series is limited by setting the number of switching operations in order not to converge a frequency component of a noise caused by the switching, and by changing the PWM pulse pattern to a PWM switching pattern subjected to a noise reduction by dividing and recombining said PWM switching pattern such that an average value of a total voltage to be output remains unchanged, characterised in setting a lower limit to the number of switching operations in order to prevent the number of switching operations from being excessively decreased in that case when an operation frequency of an inverter is low, increasing the number of switching operations in a constant ratio to the operation frequency, and setting an upper limit to the number of switching operations in such a manner that the number of switching operations does not exceed a certain set value when the operation frequency of the inverter is increased. creating a PWM pulse pattern based on a spatial vector according to a command value, the switching of the switching units connected in series is limited by setting the number of switching operations in order not to converge a frequency component of a noise caused by the switching, and by changing the PWM pulse pattern to a PWM switching pattern subjected to a noise reduction by dividing and recombining said PWM switching pattern such that an average value of a total voltage to be output remains unchanged, characterised in setting a lower limit to the number of switching operations in order to prevent the number of switching operations from being excessively decreased in that case when an operation frequency of an inverter is low, increasing the number of switching operations in a constant ratio to the operation frequency, and setting an upper limit to the number of switching operations in such a manner that the number of switching operations does not exceed a certain set value when the operation frequency of the inverter is increased.
Stirring device comprising at least one stirrer (12, 14) for the mixing of abrasive materials contaminated by radioactivity, in particular cement, a drive device for the rotation of the at least one stirrer (12, 14), and also feed devices for cement, water and radioactive waste, characterized in that at least a portion of the surface of the stirrer (12, 14) has a covering of a protective layer made of PEEK, and in that the thickness of the protective layer is mainly in the region from 500 μm to 750 μm.
Method for transmitting data to user equipments (UEjk) coupled to a base station (Bj) of a wireless communication network with a time division duplex mode, said method comprising a step (i) during which, at the beginning of a timeslot associated to a carrier, said base station (Bj) acquires channel states corresponding respectively to N carriers from a user equipment (UEjk') associated to a maximum data queue length and then broadcasts these acquired channel states to all user equipments (UEjk) coupled to it, a step (ii) during which each user equipment (UEjk) compares each one of its own channel states with the corresponding broadcasted channel state, and if it finds a channel state better than a corresponding broadcasted channel state, it transmits a value representative of this best channel state, corresponding to a carrier, to said base station (Bj) if a chosen condition is fulfilled, and a step (iii) during which said base station (Bj) determines, amongst user equipments (UEjk) having transmitted a value, a user equipment (UEjk) having a maximum product of an associated data queue length by a channel state represented by a stored value and corresponding to the carrier associated to the current timeslot, and then transmits buffered data during said timeslot to said determined user equipment (UEjk).
Spring assembly for biasing an armature of a switching device, such as a relay, the spring assembly comprising a spring base, and at least one spring arm that protrudes from the spring base for biasing the armature, wherein the spring base comprises at least one embossment for positioning the spring assembly in the switching device, wherein the spring base comprises a base securing element for locking the spring assembly in the switching device, characterized in that the base securing element is a latching hook.
A computer-implemented conferencing management system, comprising: a conferencing component for establishing a conferencing session of session participants, wherein the session participants are connected to the conferencing session via distributed media access components and based on a session protocol; and a session management component for managing access to the conferencing session of a would-be session participant by processing the would-be session participant through a session lobby and wherein the would-be session participant is authenticated by the conferencing component prior to association with the session lobby, the system further comprising: means for enabling session access for the session participants and means for locking the session to prevent further session access; means for setting automatic access criteria for automatically allowing access to the session for subsequent would-be session participants; means for receiving a request for session access from the would-be session participant via one of the distributed media access component; and means for automatically allowing access to the session for the authenticated would-be session participant in the session lobby based on the automatic access criteria. a conferencing component for establishing a conferencing session of session participants, wherein the session participants are connected to the conferencing session via distributed media access components and based on a session protocol; and a session management component for managing access to the conferencing session of a would-be session participant by processing the would-be session participant through a session lobby and wherein the would-be session participant is authenticated by the conferencing component prior to association with the session lobby, the system further comprising: means for enabling session access for the session participants and means for locking the session to prevent further session access; means for setting automatic access criteria for automatically allowing access to the session for subsequent would-be session participants; means for receiving a request for session access from the would-be session participant via one of the distributed media access component; and means for automatically allowing access to the session for the authenticated would-be session participant in the session lobby based on the automatic access criteria. means for enabling session access for the session participants and means for locking the session to prevent further session access; means for setting automatic access criteria for automatically allowing access to the session for subsequent would-be session participants; means for receiving a request for session access from the would-be session participant via one of the distributed media access component; and means for automatically allowing access to the session for the authenticated would-be session participant in the session lobby based on the automatic access criteria.
An electric power tool in which a motor located in a housing is a built-in motor that does not have a motor case, the electric power tool comprising: a first retaining part provided on an inner circumferential surface of the housing to retain an outer circumference of the motor at or near one end of the motor; a second retaining part provided on the inner circumferential surface of the housing to retain an outer circumference of a first bearing that supports a first motor shaft extending from the one end of the motor; a driving block that includes a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a rotation of the first motor shaft to an output shaft; a third retaining part provided on the inner circumferential surface of the housing to retain the outer circumference of motor at or near the other end of the motor; and a fourth retaining part formed at a back end of the housing to retain an outer circumference of a second bearing that supports a second motor shaft extending from the other end of the motor, wherein a first chamber bounded by the first retaining part, the second retaining part, and the housing forms a space sealed in a longitudinal direction of the electric power tool and includes a first vent communicating with a space outside the housing, a second chamber bounded by the third retaining part, the fourth retaining part, and the housing includes a second vent communicating with a space outside the housing, and a cooling fan coupled to the first motor shaft is housed in the first chamber. a first retaining part provided on an inner circumferential surface of the housing to retain an outer circumference of the motor at or near one end of the motor; a second retaining part provided on the inner circumferential surface of the housing to retain an outer circumference of a first bearing that supports a first motor shaft extending from the one end of the motor; a driving block that includes a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a rotation of the first motor shaft to an output shaft; a third retaining part provided on the inner circumferential surface of the housing to retain the outer circumference of motor at or near the other end of the motor; and a fourth retaining part formed at a back end of the housing to retain an outer circumference of a second bearing that supports a second motor shaft extending from the other end of the motor, wherein a first chamber bounded by the first retaining part, the second retaining part, and the housing forms a space sealed in a longitudinal direction of the electric power tool and includes a first vent communicating with a space outside the housing, a second chamber bounded by the third retaining part, the fourth retaining part, and the housing includes a second vent communicating with a space outside the housing, and a cooling fan coupled to the first motor shaft is housed in the first chamber.
Method for producing a semiconductor material or conductor material from a two-dimensionally layered structured basic material by means of electrolytic exfoliation, in an electrolytic cell comprising at least one electrode pair consisting of a first and a second electrode, and an electrolyte solution containing at least one dissolved salt or one dissolved salt and sulfuric acid, both electrodes of an electrode pair containing the two-dimensionally layered structured basic material, and the salt being selected from tetraalkylammonium salts, and the anion of the salt being selected from sulfate (SO 4 2-), hydrogen sulfate (HSO 4 -), thiosulfate (S 2 O 3 -), sulfite (SO 3 2-), nitrate (NO 3 -) or hydroxide (OH -), and the polarity of the first and second electrode being periodically reversed during the electrolysis, characterised in that the polarity of the electrodes is reversed by applying an alternating voltage.
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: an observation unit (200, 258) configured to observe an object; a detector configured to detect whether or not a user observes the object through use of the observation unit (200, 258); and a controller configured to control an actuator, the actuator being configured to drive at least a part of a photography optical system and being capable of performing a first operation and a second operation different from the first operation, the second operation being an operation for maintenance of the actuator, wherein, when the detector (194, 211) detects that the user does not observe the object through use of the observation unit (200, 258), the controller causes the actuator to perform the second operation. an observation unit (200, 258) configured to observe an object; a detector configured to detect whether or not a user observes the object through use of the observation unit (200, 258); and a controller configured to control an actuator, the actuator being configured to drive at least a part of a photography optical system and being capable of performing a first operation and a second operation different from the first operation, the second operation being an operation for maintenance of the actuator, wherein, when the detector (194, 211) detects that the user does not observe the object through use of the observation unit (200, 258), the controller causes the actuator to perform the second operation.
A support for the trunk or a limb or joint of a human or animal comprising: a first band having first and second end portions with respective fasteners which can be fastened together to fix the band in a loop around the trunk or a limb or joint; at least one pad located inwardly of the first band for engaging a surface portion of the trunk or a limb or joint; and a second band; characterized in the second band having a portion located inwardly of the first band and supporting said at least one pad for movement independently of the first band when the first band is fixed to apply pressure to said surface portion; and further characterized in that the support comprises adjustment means connected to the second band and extending from an inner side to an outer side of the first band to allow operation outwardly of the first band when the first band is fixed for adjusting the position of said at least one pad. a first band having first and second end portions with respective fasteners which can be fastened together to fix the band in a loop around the trunk or a limb or joint; at least one pad located inwardly of the first band for engaging a surface portion of the trunk or a limb or joint; and a second band; characterized in the second band having a portion located inwardly of the first band and supporting said at least one pad for movement independently of the first band when the first band is fixed to apply pressure to said surface portion; and further characterized in that the support comprises adjustment means connected to the second band and extending from an inner side to an outer side of the first band to allow operation outwardly of the first band when the first band is fixed for adjusting the position of said at least one pad.