mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A zip fastener comprising: opposing and mutually engagable rows of zip teeth (10; 12) each mounted upon a respective stringer tape (20; 22); a slider, movably mounted upon the teeth (10; 12), being movable forwards along the teeth to cause interdigitation of the teeth thereby to fasten the zip and movable backwards to cause extradigitation and unfastening of the zip; a docking member which has the form of a further slider, the further slider being movably mounted upon the teeth (10; 12) and being movable forwards along the teeth to cause interdigitation of the teeth (10; 12) thereby to fasten the zip and movable backwards to cause extradigitation and unfastening of the zip and wherein slider and further slider are being mounted on the teeth in opposing directions, motion of the sliders towards and away from each other thereby resulting in the same fastening or unfastening action on the zip teeth and wherein the docking member is engagable with a front end of the slider; wherein one of the docking member and the slider comprises a resilient surface which is deformable upon engagement between the docking member and slider thereby to provide a seal against infestation by bed bugs between the slider and the docking member, wherein the front of the slider has a convex shape and an opposing face of the docking member has a corresponding concave shape; characterised in that the slider and the docking member each comprise a cooperating surface (40, 60), wherein one of the cooperating surfaces (40, 60) of the slider and the docking member is coated in a resilient coating. opposing and mutually engagable rows of zip teeth (10; 12) each mounted upon a respective stringer tape (20; 22); a slider, movably mounted upon the teeth (10; 12), being movable forwards along the teeth to cause interdigitation of the teeth thereby to fasten the zip and movable backwards to cause extradigitation and unfastening of the zip; a docking member which has the form of a further slider, the further slider being movably mounted upon the teeth (10; 12) and being movable forwards along the teeth to cause interdigitation of the teeth (10; 12) thereby to fasten the zip and movable backwards to cause extradigitation and unfastening of the zip and wherein slider and further slider are being mounted on the teeth in opposing directions, motion of the sliders towards and away from each other thereby resulting in the same fastening or unfastening action on the zip teeth and wherein the docking member is engagable with a front end of the slider;
A method for processing a free-flowing product using at least one centrifuge operating in continuous operation, in particular at least one separator having vertical rotational axis, having a rotatable centrifuge bowl, in which a disc assembly is preferably arranged, having the following steps: a) supplying the free-flowing product into the centrifuge bowl, b) deposition of a solid phase from the free-flowing product and/or separation thereof into two or more liquid phases, c) discharging the one or more liquid phases through one or more discharge line(s) for the liquid phase(s) and - if in step b) a solid phase is also separated - discharging the solid phase out of the centrifuge bowl, characterized in that d) the supply of the product to be processed is performed in the continuous or discontinuous cyclic volume stream in such a way that the supplied product volume stream is cyclically supplied, without the discharge line(s) for the liquid phase(s) being closed or additionally throttled. a) supplying the free-flowing product into the centrifuge bowl, b) deposition of a solid phase from the free-flowing product and/or separation thereof into two or more liquid phases, c) discharging the one or more liquid phases through one or more discharge line(s) for the liquid phase(s) and - if in step b) a solid phase is also separated - discharging the solid phase out of the centrifuge bowl, characterized in that d) the supply of the product to be processed is performed in the continuous or discontinuous cyclic volume stream in such a way that the supplied product volume stream is cyclically supplied, without the discharge line(s) for the liquid phase(s) being closed or additionally throttled.
A process for the thermal-chemical modification treatment of a wood stack, at temperatures in the range 180 °C-240 °C, in an apparatus comprising a vacuum autoclave-cell comprising a cylinder defining a treatment chamber suitable to house the wood stack, wherein the process always maintains the internal pressure of the treatment chamber at an absolute pressure of 70-350 mBar, and consists in the steps of pre-heating, actual heat treatment, and cooling of the wood stack, wherein the heating of the wood stack, in order to prevent its combustion, is carried out by totally eliminating the oxygen contained in the vacuum autoclave-cell by virtue of measures that consist in first "reducing" an initial quantity of oxygen thanks to the partial vacuum created in the vacuum autoclave-cell that makes the air extremely rarefied, and, subsequently, in totally "consuming" the small residual quantity of oxygen, inducing a driven micro-combustion of an infinitesimal portion of the wood stack subjected to the treatment; wherein: - the process comprises a method for cooling the wood stack at the end of the heat treatment, which is obtained by means of heat exchange systems between the internal atmosphere of the vacuum autoclave-cell and the external atmosphere, without these ever coming into direct contact with each other; - said cooling method is performed by subjecting the outer surface of the autoclave-cell to a forced flow of fresh environment air; said process being characterized in that: - said heat exchange system comprises an outer cylinder concentric to the vacuum autoclave cell; - an interspace in the shape of a cylindrical shell is defined between said outer cylinder and said vacuum autoclave cell; - said outer cylinder is provided at its inferior side with a hole extending through the entire length of said interspace; - said outer cylinder is provided ats its superior side with a suction manifold, an air shut-off valve and a fan; - said interspace communicates with the atmosphere inferiorly via a hole and superiorly through said suction manifold, said air shut-off valve and said fan. - the process comprises a method for cooling the wood stack at the end of the heat treatment, which is obtained by means of heat exchange systems between the internal atmosphere of the vacuum autoclave-cell and the external atmosphere, without these ever coming into direct contact with each other; - said cooling method is performed by subjecting the outer surface of the autoclave-cell to a forced flow of fresh environment air; - said heat exchange system comprises an outer cylinder concentric to the vacuum autoclave cell; - an interspace in the shape of a cylindrical shell is defined between said outer cylinder and said vacuum autoclave cell; - said outer cylinder is provided at its inferior side with a hole extending through the entire length of said interspace; - said outer cylinder is provided ats its superior side with a suction manifold, an air shut-off valve and a fan; - said interspace communicates with the atmosphere inferiorly via a hole and superiorly through said suction manifold, said air shut-off valve and said fan.
Smart battery which includes an electronic supply voltage management circuit connected to a battery, the electronic circuit including a battery end-of-life detector, a management unit, an oscillator stage and a data or command communication interface, and in which the data or command communication interface is connected to one of the supply voltage terminals of the smart battery for transmitting and receiving a modulated digital data or command signal through one of the supply voltage terminals, and is arranged for receiving a modulated signal from an electrical apparatus powered by the smart battery, and characterized in that the modulated signal received by the interface includes a command to set the battery end-of-life threshold after which a DC-DC converter of the electronic circuit is powered on by the management unit to supply the supply voltage of the smart battery.
Pre-slab (1; 101, 201) comprising a concrete body and an insert (6, 7; 106, 107, 206) which is secured to the pre-slab in such a way as to project from a top face of the pre-slab without extending down to the bottom face of the pre-slab, the insert being intended to form a void in a compression slab which is subsequently cast on the pre-slab, the pre-slab (1; 101, 201) being characterised in that it also comprises at least one void (4; 104, 204) arranged in the body of the pre-slab and a void box associated with the void, said void (4; 104, 204) extending for the full height of the concrete body to form a through-opening in the pre-slab (1; 101, 201), the insert (6, 7; 106, 107, 206) and the void box each comprising an alphanumeric indicator peculiar to it to make it easy for a worker to locate the insert (6, 7; 106, 107, 206) and the void box on site.
An aqueous coating composition for blocking stains, comprising: an aqueous dispersion comprising a copolymer derived from a single stage emulsion polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer, greater than 0 and less than 1.5% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated strong acid monomer or salt thereof, and greater than 1.5% and less than 3% by weight of methacrylic acid or salt thereof, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer further comprises styrene. an aqueous dispersion comprising a copolymer derived from a single stage emulsion polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer, greater than 0 and less than 1.5% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated strong acid monomer or salt thereof, and greater than 1.5% and less than 3% by weight of methacrylic acid or salt thereof, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer further comprises styrene.
A method of automatically setting up a magnetic position measurement system which is used when setting the position of a labeler (13, 15) of a price labeling system and which has a sensor strip having a plurality of magnetic field-sensitive sensors, which are arranged in a row and which each have a unique identifier, in particular Hall sensors, a magnet which can be adjusted along the sensor strip, and a control and evaluation unit which is connected to the sensors, wherein, in the method, - from the point of view of the sensor strip, the magnet is guided past the sensors of the sensor strip in accordance with the order of their arrangement, - on the guiding past the respective sensor, its respective unique identifier is transmitted to the control and evaluation unit, - the order of the arrangement of the sensors on the sensor strip is recognized based on the order of the reception of the unique identifiers, and - the position of the respective sensor on the sensor strip is calculated from the known mutual distance of the sensors from one another and from the recognized order of the arrangement of the sensors on the sensor strip and is stored for a normal operation of the magnetic position measurement system. - from the point of view of the sensor strip, the magnet is guided past the sensors of the sensor strip in accordance with the order of their arrangement, - on the guiding past the respective sensor, its respective unique identifier is transmitted to the control and evaluation unit, - the order of the arrangement of the sensors on the sensor strip is recognized based on the order of the reception of the unique identifiers, and - the position of the respective sensor on the sensor strip is calculated from the known mutual distance of the sensors from one another and from the recognized order of the arrangement of the sensors on the sensor strip and is stored for a normal operation of the magnetic position measurement system.
A water-based spoolbase for supplying rigid pipe to a reel-lay pipelaying vessel that visits the spoolbase, the spoolbase comprising at least one storage reel with an upright rotational axis for interim storage of a continuous length of pipe before its supply to a pipelay reel of the pipelaying vessel; and at least one welding station upstream of the storage reel for adding pipe elements to the pipe to be stored on the storage reel.
A composition for use in a method of improving immune function in a feline in need thereof, wherein the improvement in immune function comprises increasing lymphocyte proliferation, which composition comprises an effective amount of lipoic acid or a salt thereof, wherein said effective amount is effective in improving immune function in a feline, and wherein the lipoic acid or salt thereof is part of the feline's daily diet.
An electrical assembly which has a conformal coating, wherein said conformal coating is obtainable by a method which comprises: (a) plasma polymerization of a compound of formula and deposition of the resulting polymer onto at least one surface of the electrical assembly: wherein: R 1 represents C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 2 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 3 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 4 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 5 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; and R 6 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, and (b) plasma polymerization of a fluorohydrocarbon and deposition of the resulting polymer onto the polymer formed in step (a). (a) plasma polymerization of a compound of formula and deposition of the resulting polymer onto at least one surface of the electrical assembly: wherein: R 1 represents C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 2 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 3 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 4 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 5 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; and R 6 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, and R 1 represents C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 2 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 3 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 4 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; R 5 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl; and R 6 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, and (b) plasma polymerization of a fluorohydrocarbon and deposition of the resulting polymer onto the polymer formed in step (a).
A method of radio resource management for packet data services, the method comprising: determining at a radio network node (110, 112, 114) a value for a summation of load contribution from one or more User Equipments,UEs, the load contribution for respective ones of the one or more UEs based on a minimum grant for the respective ones of the one or more UEs; managing at least one radio resource based on the value of the summation, wherein determining a value for a summation of load contribution from one or more UEs includes: assigning the minimum grant as the load contribution for individual of the one or more UEs; normalizing the load contribution for the individual of the one or more UEs based on an activity factor for the individual; and summing the value from the load contribution that was normalized for the one or more UEs. determining at a radio network node (110, 112, 114) a value for a summation of load contribution from one or more User Equipments,UEs, the load contribution for respective ones of the one or more UEs based on a minimum grant for the respective ones of the one or more UEs; managing at least one radio resource based on the value of the summation, wherein determining a value for a summation of load contribution from one or more UEs includes: assigning the minimum grant as the load contribution for individual of the one or more UEs; normalizing the load contribution for the individual of the one or more UEs based on an activity factor for the individual; and summing the value from the load contribution that was normalized for the one or more UEs.
A server (SERVER A) configured to deliver a service to at least one client connected to the server, the server operable in either of a master role or a slave role for each of a plurality of applications comprising: a network interface for connecting the server to at least one other similar server (SERVER B) in a cluster of similar servers; service delivery logic operable when the server is in a master role for an application for hosting that application to deliver the service to the client; master logic operable when the server is in a master role for an application configured to replicate changes in data of that application to a configurable number of servers of the cluster; slave logic operable when the server is in a slave role for an application hosted on another server in the cluster configured to receive replicated changes in data from a current master server of the cluster for that application and to maintain a version of the live application data for that application; control logic configured to detect an event in the cluster and responsive to the event to autonomously switch the role of the server for one or more of the applications between slave and master, wherein a change of role from slave to master uses the maintained version to host the application. a network interface for connecting the server to at least one other similar server (SERVER B) in a cluster of similar servers; service delivery logic operable when the server is in a master role for an application for hosting that application to deliver the service to the client; master logic operable when the server is in a master role for an application configured to replicate changes in data of that application to a configurable number of servers of the cluster; slave logic operable when the server is in a slave role for an application hosted on another server in the cluster configured to receive replicated changes in data from a current master server of the cluster for that application and to maintain a version of the live application data for that application; control logic configured to detect an event in the cluster and responsive to the event to autonomously switch the role of the server for one or more of the applications between slave and master, wherein a change of role from slave to master uses the maintained version to host the application.
A pillar-shaped honeycomb structured body, comprising aluminum titanate, wherein a plurality of cells are formed in the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structured body with cell walls interposed therebetween; wherein a binary image is converted from a microscopic image of a cross section of the cell wall in parallel with the longitudinal direction; in said binary image consisting of substrate portions and pore portions, the length of a longest pore portion is measured along a line drawn in the longitudinal direction and said length is 8 times or less of an average pore diameter (α) which is 10 to 20 μm.
A method of handling interference caused by inter-modulation in a network node for wireless communication capable of communication with a set of stations for wireless communication, wherein the stations are wireless transceiver devices and communication from the network node to any of the stations is considered to be downlink communication performed on a downlink carrier in a downlink carrier frequency band and communication from any of the stations is considered to be uplink communication performed on an uplink carrier in an uplink carrier frequency band, the method comprising, when an interference level indicates probable inter-modulation interference, scheduling uplink transmission grants for a plurality of stations of a subset of the stations within a time interval, wherein the uplink transmission grants are valid for the time interval, by adapting a schedule for at least one station of the plurality of stations of the subset of the stations to fall within the time interval; transmitting the uplink transmission grant to the plurality of stations of the subset of stations; assigning limited transmissions on the downlink carrier frequency band at the time interval; and assigning transmissions on the downlink carrier frequency band outside the time interval with less limitations than during the time interval, characterised in that the method comprises determining the time interval to be such that the uplink transmissions occur at the same interval as a handover triggered random access channel, RACH, is expected to occur, and that the limited transmission comprises that only any one of Control Channel, CCH, Common Reference Signal, CRS, and Synchronization Signal, SS, are transmitted.
A phenylpropionic acid derivative compound for use in inhibiting or treating an infection of a subject with a pathogen that interacts with a complement receptor 3 polypeptide-expressing cell, wherein the pathogen is selected from a Neisseria species and a retrovirus, and wherein the phenylpropionic acid derivative compound is represented by Formula: wherein: R 6 is hydrogen, CH 3 or CHF 2; R 7 is hydrogen or NH 2; R 8 is hydrogen or OH; R 9 is hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. R 6 is hydrogen, CH 3 or CHF 2; R 7 is hydrogen or NH 2; R 8 is hydrogen or OH; R 9 is hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.
A heat-sensitive recording material - having a web-shaped substrate, comprising a front side and a reverse side opposite the front side, - having a heat-sensitive recording layer disposed to the front side of the web-shaped substrate, this heat-sensitive recording layer comprising at least one dye precursor and at least one (color) developer which is reactive with this at least one dye precursor, - having a front-side surface of the heat-sensitive recording material that is formed dehesively with respect to layers of adhesive which can be applied to the reverse side of the web-shaped substrate, wherein the heat-sensitive recording material, for the formation of its dehesive front-side surface, ▪ comprises a furnish which is disposed above the heat-sensitive recording layer and comprises at least one release agent, the furnish comprising, as the at least one release agent, a silicone component, and ▪ a diffusion layer, which is formed between the at least one release agent-comprising furnish and the heat-sensitive recording layer, the diffusion layer being formed by areal diffusion of parts at least of the release agent from the furnish into the upper region, oriented toward the furnish, of the heat-sensitive recording layer applied before the application of the furnish, a fraction of the entirety of the release agents of the furnish that diffuses into the upper region of the heat-sensitive recording layer formed being from 5 to 50 wt%. - having a web-shaped substrate, comprising a front side and a reverse side opposite the front side, - having a heat-sensitive recording layer disposed to the front side of the web-shaped substrate, this heat-sensitive recording layer comprising at least one dye precursor and at least one (color) developer which is reactive with this at least one dye precursor, - having a front-side surface of the heat-sensitive recording material that is formed dehesively with respect to layers of adhesive which can be applied to the reverse side of the web-shaped substrate, ▪ comprises a furnish which is disposed above the heat-sensitive recording layer and comprises at least one release agent, the furnish comprising, as the at least one release agent, a silicone component, and ▪ a diffusion layer, which is formed between the at least one release agent-comprising furnish and the heat-sensitive recording layer, the diffusion layer being formed by areal diffusion of parts at least of the release agent from the furnish into the upper region, oriented toward the furnish, of the heat-sensitive recording layer applied before the application of the furnish,