mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A spud system for a dredging vessel with a longitudinal direction, which spud system comprises; - a spud carrier for mounting a spud therein in a vertical stance and which spud carrier is mounted for limited rotation around a horizontal transverse axis and is moveable with respect to the dredging vessel in a longitudinal direction for advancing the dredging vessel, - a spud carrier drive system coupled with the dredging vessel and the spud carrier for driving the spud carrier with respect to the dredging vessel, - a wire suspension system coupled with the spud carrier for resiliently forcing said spud in a vertical stance, the wire suspension system comprising at least a first and second wire, each of the first and second wire extending on both sides of the spud carrier and having an aft end (6a, 7a) and a fore end (6f, 7f) coupled with the dredging vessel, - a spud centring system operationally coupled with the spud carrier through the wire suspension system for maintaining a vertical stance of said spud which is mounted in the spud carrier, characterised in, that the spud centring system comprises a centring cylinder having a central rod which is forced towards a central position by prestressing means exerting a centring force on the central rod, and wherein the first wire and the second wire are coupled with the central rod in such a way that the central rod is driven by a difference in tension between the first and second wire, and the spud is allowed to cant when the difference in tension exceeds the centring force. - a spud carrier for mounting a spud therein in a vertical stance and which spud carrier is mounted for limited rotation around a horizontal transverse axis and is moveable with respect to the dredging vessel in a longitudinal direction for advancing the dredging vessel, - a spud carrier drive system coupled with the dredging vessel and the spud carrier for driving the spud carrier with respect to the dredging vessel, - a wire suspension system coupled with the spud carrier for resiliently forcing said spud in a vertical stance, the wire suspension system comprising at least a first and second wire, each of the first and second wire extending on both sides of the spud carrier and having an aft end (6a, 7a) and a fore end (6f, 7f) coupled with the dredging vessel, - a spud centring system operationally coupled with the spud carrier through the wire suspension system for maintaining a vertical stance of said spud which is mounted in the spud carrier, characterised in, that the spud centring system comprises a centring cylinder having a central rod which is forced towards a central position by prestressing means exerting a centring force on the central rod, and wherein the first wire and the second wire are coupled with the central rod in such a way that the central rod is driven by a difference in tension between the first and second wire, and the spud is allowed to cant when the difference in tension exceeds the centring force.
An electric pencil sharpener comprising a body having a pencil inserting hole and a cutter replacing hole defined respectively in the body; a rotating frame mounted rotatably in the body and driven by a driving device; a cutter assembly engaging detachably the rotating frame, corresponding to the pencil inserting hole and the cutter replacing hole in the body and comprising a cutter bracket; and a cutter mounted rotatably on the cutter bracket; a cover mounted detachably on the cutter replacing hole; and a transmission device mounted between the cover and the cutter assembly to make the cutter rotatable relative to the cutter bracket.
A strip-shaped plate for creating a wall or ceiling surface, an adhesive surface being provided on a rear side of the plate, the adhesive surface being formed by a double-sided adhesive tape and being covered with a protective film, characterized in that the plate comprises a body made of wood material having a decorative layer, the decorative layer extending at least over a front side of the plate, the front side being a side of the plate facing away from the rear side having the adhesive layer, and the decorative layer additionally extending over at least one longitudinal side surface of the plate, the plate having a length of between 1000 mm and 3000 mm and a width of between 20 mm and 80 mm.
Device for a set of cutlery for children and comprising a spoon piece and/or a fork piece having a handle connected to the proper eating part (7, 8) of the piece of the set of cutlery, the handle (5, 6) having a grip part (9, 10), which allows for the user of the piece of the set of cutlery to grasp, by a so-called precision grasp, around the handle (5, 6) of the piece of the set of cutlery in question, i.e., between the thumb and at least one more finger, the handle (5, 6) has a depression (29, 30) at the proper grip area (25, 26), for the formation of a finger grip, that the depression (29, 30) is situated on each side (I, II) of the handle (5, 6), preferably that the depression extends entirely through the handle (5, 6) for the formation of a through hole (31, 32), and that the handle is formed as a fantasy figure, animal or vehicle, designed to allow said precision grip and to make the device more interesting to children, characterized in that the width of the handle (5, 6) is 1-10 mm, that the handle (5, 6) has a height that is 10-30 mm at the proper grip area (25, 26) of the handle (5, 6), that the handle (5, 6) increases in height from the area of the connection (27, 28) to said eating part (7, 8), and that the grip part (9, 10) is arranged so that its longitudinal mean plane (11, 12) extends essentially perpendicular to said eating part (7, 8) of the piece of the set of cutlery along an essentially mutual longitudinal mean plane (13, 14) through the same.
A system for controlling a service access associated with an elevator car, characterized in that the system comprises: means for dividing (101, 102) an elevator shaft into a plurality of service access zones (401, 402, 403, 404); and means for controlling (101, 102) a locking state of at least one service access (501, 1308), provided from inside the elevator car (201, 411, 506, 604, 704, 904, 1300) to the elevator shaft (300, 400, 500, 605, 705, 1306), based on a service access zone of the plurality of service access zones (401, 402, 403, 404) at which the elevator car (201, 411, 506, 604, 704, 904, 1300) is located. means for dividing (101, 102) an elevator shaft into a plurality of service access zones (401, 402, 403, 404); and means for controlling (101, 102) a locking state of at least one service access (501, 1308), provided from inside the elevator car (201, 411, 506, 604, 704, 904, 1300) to the elevator shaft (300, 400, 500, 605, 705, 1306), based on a service access zone of the plurality of service access zones (401, 402, 403, 404) at which the elevator car (201, 411, 506, 604, 704, 904, 1300) is located.
A seat back for vehicles comprising: a seat back pad, the seat back pad having a plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) fixed on a periphery of an opening or a seat frame of the seat back pad by one-point support or multiple-point support, or formed integrally with the periphery of the opening by one-point support or multiple-point support, wherein the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) are aligned at predetermined intervals, and each of the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) is arranged in a direction between periphery portions opposite to each other of the periphery of the opening on the seat back pad at a front surface portion thereof formed as a backrest surface for a seated person, and wherein the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) are independent of each other in rod form or in plate form, and each of the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) is made of a synthetic resin foam having larger than or equal to 20 mm in bending deflection amount and 2 to 100 N in load when deflected by 20 mm on a load deflection curve, both of which are measured in accordance with a method defined by JIS K7221-2:2006, and an interspace portion formed in a center portion surrounded by the front surface portion and a rear surface portion formed as a rear side of the seat back pad, said interspace portion configured such that the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) are allowed to be deformed by bending in a rear direction therein. the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) are aligned at predetermined intervals, and each of the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) is arranged in a direction between periphery portions opposite to each other of the periphery of the opening on the seat back pad at a front surface portion thereof formed as a backrest surface for a seated person, and wherein the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) are independent of each other in rod form or in plate form, and each of the plurality of supporting bodies (3, 11, 12) is made of a synthetic resin foam having larger than or equal to 20 mm in bending deflection amount and 2 to 100 N in load when deflected by 20 mm on a load deflection curve, both of which are measured in accordance with a method defined by JIS K7221-2:2006, and
A steel wire rope (110, 210, 302) for use in lifting applications, said steel wire rope comprising a core (120, 220) and multiple strands (140, 140', 160, 160', 240, 260, 270) twisted around said core, wherein said multiple strands comprise five to eight intermediate strands (140, 140', 240) and six to twelve outer strands (160, 160', 260, 270), said intermediate strands being twisted around said core, said outer strands being twisted on said intermediate strands, said core and each one of said strands comprising inner (122, 142, 162, 222, 242, 262, 272), and outer steel filaments (124, 144, 164, 224, 244, 264, 274) twisted together, said outer steel filaments being situated radially outward of said core and strands, the steel of said steel filaments being a plain carbon steel with a carbon content ranging from 0.60 to 1.20 weight percent that has been subjected to drawing, characterised in that the outer steel filaments of said core have an average Vickers hardness number that is at least 50 HV lower than the average Vickers hardness of the outer steel filaments of said strands, and wherein the outer filaments of said outer strands have a Vickers hardness number that is 40 HV or more higher than the Vickers hardness number of said outer filaments of said intermediate strands said Vickers hardness being measured with an indentation force of 500 gramforce (4.905 Newton) for 10 seconds, said average being taken over ten measurement points in a perpendicular cross section of said steel filaments.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in a method for treating skin conditions in a patient suffering thereof, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of -(+)-7-(1H-Imidazol-4-ylmethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinoline, or the individual tautomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A system for controlling an instrument having an elongate body comprising an articulating segment, the system comprising: a user input device configured to provide a control signal to change a shape of the articulating segment in response to input received at the user input device; an optical shape sensor extending in a spiral configuration along a length of and around the articulating segment of the elongate body, the optical shape sensor extending in an integral number of spiral turns, a proximal end and a distal end of the optical shape sensor being aligned along an axial direction of the elongate body; and a controller in communication with the user input device and the optical shape sensor, wherein the controller is configured to direct movement of the articulating segment in response to the control signal and a signal from the optical shape sensor. a user input device configured to provide a control signal to change a shape of the articulating segment in response to input received at the user input device; an optical shape sensor extending in a spiral configuration along a length of and around the articulating segment of the elongate body, the optical shape sensor extending in an integral number of spiral turns, a proximal end and a distal end of the optical shape sensor being aligned along an axial direction of the elongate body; and a controller in communication with the user input device and the optical shape sensor, wherein the controller is configured to direct movement of the articulating segment in response to the control signal and a signal from the optical shape sensor.
A teletherapy treatment arrangement comprising: a control unit; a 3 dimensional imager in communication with said control unit and responsive thereto, said 3 dimensional imager having an effective patient plane and arranged to image a patient target tissue; at least one 2 dimensional imager in communication with said control unit and responsive thereto, said at least one 2 dimensional imager arranged to provide a pair of 2 dimensional images along planes generally orthogonal to the effective patient plane of said 3 dimensional imager; and a patient positioner responsive to said control unit, said patient positioner arranged to secure a patient target tissue in a fixed spatial relationship to said patient positioner, said control unit arranged to: input a planned treatment position of the patient target tissue; in the event that said input planned treatment position is consonant with the effective patient plane of said 3 dimensional imager, obtain position information of the patient target tissue from said 3 dimensional imager; in the event that said input planned treatment position is not consonant with the effective patient plane of said 3 dimensional imager, obtain position information of the patient target tissue from said at least one 2 dimensional imager; and control said patient positioner so as to position the target tissue in relation to an irradiation source responsive to said obtained position information. a control unit; a 3 dimensional imager in communication with said control unit and responsive thereto, said 3 dimensional imager having an effective patient plane and arranged to image a patient target tissue; at least one 2 dimensional imager in communication with said control unit and responsive thereto, said at least one 2 dimensional imager arranged to provide a pair of 2 dimensional images along planes generally orthogonal to the effective patient plane of said 3 dimensional imager; and a patient positioner responsive to said control unit, said patient positioner arranged to secure a patient target tissue in a fixed spatial relationship to said patient positioner, input a planned treatment position of the patient target tissue; in the event that said input planned treatment position is consonant with the effective patient plane of said 3 dimensional imager, obtain position information of the patient target tissue from said 3 dimensional imager; in the event that said input planned treatment position is not consonant with the effective patient plane of said 3 dimensional imager, obtain position information of the patient target tissue from said at least one 2 dimensional imager; and control said patient positioner so as to position the target tissue in relation to an irradiation source responsive to said obtained position information.
A laminated body for fuel cell having an outer peripheral shape corresponding to an outer peripheral shape of a fuel battery cell, the laminated body for fuel cell comprising: a resin substrate film; and a heat seal layer disposed on each of both surfaces of the resin substrate film, wherein the resin substrate film has a storage elastic modulus, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 2,000 MPa to 8,000 MPa, the resin substrate film has an average thickness, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 30 μm to 300 μm, a maximum value T1 max and a minimum value T1 min of a thickness of the resin substrate film measured in accordance with the description in a peripheral edge portion of the resin substrate film satisfy a relationship of T1 max -T1 min ≤ 12 μm, a maximum value T2 max and a minimum value T2 min of an average value of thicknesses of the resin substrate film measured in accordance with the description at every 10 adjacent points in the peripheral edge portion of the resin substrate film satisfy a relationship of T2 max -T2 min ≤ 6 μm, and the heat seal layer has an average thickness, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 25 μm to 100 μm. a resin substrate film; and a heat seal layer disposed on each of both surfaces of the resin substrate film, wherein the resin substrate film has a storage elastic modulus, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 2,000 MPa to 8,000 MPa, the resin substrate film has an average thickness, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 30 μm to 300 μm, a maximum value T1 max and a minimum value T1 min of a thickness of the resin substrate film measured in accordance with the description in a peripheral edge portion of the resin substrate film satisfy a relationship of T1 max -T1 min ≤ 12 μm, a maximum value T2 max and a minimum value T2 min of an average value of thicknesses of the resin substrate film measured in accordance with the description at every 10 adjacent points in the peripheral edge portion of the resin substrate film satisfy a relationship of T2 max -T2 min ≤ 6 μm, and the heat seal layer has an average thickness, which is determined in accordance with the description, of 25 μm to 100 μm.
A method for the continuous production of a PIR/PUIR/PUR foam cored sandwich panel with metal sheets (16, 18) as facings at top and bottom, wherein an upper metal sheet and a lower metal sheet are continuously fed into a double belt, wherein a PIR/PUIR/PUR core material is applied between the upper metal sheet and the lower metal sheet, wherein an adhesive is applied to the lower metal sheet, characterised in that a portion of the adhesive applied to the lower metal sheet is applied to the upper metal sheet by means of a rotating brush.
An electric power steering apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a steering force assisting section that applies an assisting force to a steering system of the vehicle to assist manipulation of a steering wheel, the steering force assisting section including a motor as a driving source; and control means that calculates a target value of the assisting force applied to the steering system, the control means calculating the target value by superimposing on a basic assist component ( Isa *) a steering wheel return compensation component ( Isb *) in accordance with which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position, the control means controlling operation of the steering force assisting section by supplying a driving power to the motor in such a manner that the assisting force matching the target value is applied to the steering system, the apparatus being characterized in that the control means computes the basic control amount ( ε sb) in such a manner that the basic control amount has a property to rotate the steering wheel with a specific steering angle by a greater amount to the neutral position as the absolute value of the steering angle ( θ s) becomes greater, and calculates the steering wheel return compensation component (Isb*) based on an integrated value (εINT) obtained by integrating the basic control amount ( ε sb). a steering force assisting section that applies an assisting force to a steering system of the vehicle to assist manipulation of a steering wheel, the steering force assisting section including a motor as a driving source; and control means that calculates a target value of the assisting force applied to the steering system, the control means calculating the target value by superimposing on a basic assist component ( Isa *) a steering wheel return compensation component ( Isb *) in accordance with which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position, the control means controlling operation of the steering force assisting section by supplying a driving power to the motor in such a manner that the assisting force matching the target value is applied to the steering system, the apparatus being characterized in that the control means computes the basic control amount ( ε sb) in such a manner that the basic control amount has a property to rotate the steering wheel with a specific steering angle by a greater amount to the neutral position as the absolute value of the steering angle ( θ s) becomes greater, and calculates the steering wheel return compensation component (Isb*) based on an integrated value (εINT) obtained by integrating the basic control amount ( ε sb). computes the basic control amount ( ε sb) in such a manner that the basic control amount has a property to rotate the steering wheel with a specific steering angle by a greater amount to the neutral position as the absolute value of the steering angle ( θ s) becomes greater, and calculates the steering wheel return compensation component (Isb*) based on an integrated value (εINT) obtained by integrating the basic control amount ( ε sb).
Ruminal bypass composition comprising a gluconic acid and/or one or more salts thereof and a controlled release agent, wherein the controlled release agent is selected from the group consisting of partly or fully hydrogenated animal oils, partly or fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, and mixtures of two or more ingredients selected from fatty acids, partly or fully hydrogenated animal oils, and partly or fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, and wherein the gluconic acid and/or one or more salts thereof is incorporated in a matrix of the controlled release agent, for use in improving the health status of the hindgut of a ruminant and/or for use in increasing the production of butyrate in the hindgut of a ruminant.
Washer for covering slots, comprising a disc body and a bore in the disc body, wherein the bore is disposed in the disc body so as to be asymmetrical in terms of a rotation on the disc body about the centre of the latter, characterized in that the bore by more than 70% lies on one half of the washer, and part of the area of the bore protrudes into the other side of the washer, wherein the bore is positioned in the washer in such a way that said bore in terms of the longitudinal axis thereof does not protrude into the other half by more than half the width of the bore.
A double-stranded, blunt-ended RNA molecule 23 basepairs in length comprising: a) an active strand having a nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2 from 5' to 3'; and b) a separate passenger strand having a nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the passenger strand comprises: i) 2'-OMe sugar modifications to nucleotides 1 and 2, and 22 and 23 of the passenger strand; and ii) a terminal modification of the nucleotide at the 5' end. a) an active strand having a nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2 from 5' to 3'; and b) a separate passenger strand having a nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, i) 2'-OMe sugar modifications to nucleotides 1 and 2, and 22 and 23 of the passenger strand; and ii) a terminal modification of the nucleotide at the 5' end.
Highway guardrail composed, in use, of essentially vertical guardrail pillars installed at a distance from one another, of essentially horizontal rails fixed to them, which rails are open profiles, the open part of which is directed towards the guardrail pillar, and of a joint and stiffener system comprising a joint part/stiffener part, wherein the guardrail pillars have a planar top end against which the open side of the rail is placed, wherein the joint part/stiffener part is a closed profile and is installed at least partly inside the rail at the point of connection with a guardrail pillar, characterized in that a further of such joint part/stiffener parts is used to stiffen the rail in the section between the guardrail pillars, in addition to at the point of a guardrail pillar.