mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A process for the production of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene which comprises: (a) dehydrofluorinating 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of fluorinated metal oxides in bulk and metal fluorides in bulk in the absence of an oxygen-containing gas to thereby produce a result comprising cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride; (b) optionally recovering hydrogen fluoride from the result of step (a); (c) isomerizing at least a portion of the cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene into trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; (d) recovering trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and (e) recycling cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane back to step (a) or step (a) and (c). (a) dehydrofluorinating 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of fluorinated metal oxides in bulk and metal fluorides in bulk in the absence of an oxygen-containing gas to thereby produce a result comprising cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride; (b) optionally recovering hydrogen fluoride from the result of step (a); (c) isomerizing at least a portion of the cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene into trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; (d) recovering trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and (e) recycling cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane back to step (a) or step (a) and (c).
A control system for a refrigerator compressor, the refrigerator compressor comprising an induction motor having a main winding and a starting/boost winding , the motor being energised from a single phase of an ac mains power supply , the control system comprising: an electronic controller having a power supply derived from said ac mains power supply; a current/voltage sense signal input coupled to said electronic controller to input a current sense signal dependent on a current drawn by said motor or a voltage induced in a winding of said motor; a first controllable switch having a control connection coupled to said electronic controller to control application of power from said ac mains power supply to said main winding; a second controllable switch having a control connection coupled to said electronic controller to control application of power from said ac mains power supply to said starting/boost winding; and a temperature sense input coupled to said electronic controller to receive a temperature sense signal sensing a temperature of a cooled zone of a refrigerator; and wherein said electronic controller is configured to control said first and second controllable switches responsive to both said current/voltage sense signal and said temperature sense signal to control an average energy consumption of said compressor, wherein said average energy consumption is dependent on at least an energy consumption of said motor when running and an energy consumption of said motor when starting; and wherein said electronic controller is configured to control an average energy consumption of said motor by controlling a time-averaged number of starts of said compressor. an electronic controller having a power supply derived from said ac mains power supply; a current/voltage sense signal input coupled to said electronic controller to input a current sense signal dependent on a current drawn by said motor or a voltage induced in a winding of said motor; a first controllable switch having a control connection coupled to said electronic controller to control application of power from said ac mains power supply to said main winding; a second controllable switch having a control connection coupled to said electronic controller to control application of power from said ac mains power supply to said starting/boost winding; and a temperature sense input coupled to said electronic controller to receive a temperature sense signal sensing a temperature of a cooled zone of a refrigerator; and wherein said electronic controller is configured to control said first and second controllable switches responsive to both said current/voltage sense signal and said temperature sense signal to control an average energy consumption of said compressor, wherein said average energy consumption is dependent on at least an energy consumption of said motor when running and an energy consumption of said motor when starting; and wherein said electronic controller is configured to control an average energy consumption of said motor by controlling a time-averaged number of starts of said compressor.
Method for optimising a quantum circuit composed of an ordered series of quantum gates applied to an initial layout of qubit values, consisting of inserting a set of local SWAP gates, so that all the gates of said quantum circuit are local, comprising steps, executed by a processor of a computer system, consisting of: - inserting, for each quantum gate in said series, if said gate is not local, a set of local SWAP gates before said quantum gate, - determining (S4) the set of permutations, each consisting of a succession of swaps of qubit values along the shortest paths between the positions of qubits associated with said quantum gate, and - choosing (S5) from said set of permutations, a permutation that minimises a cost representing the number of swaps required to make the quantum gates of a sequence within said series local, the size of said sequence being substantially smaller than that of said series; - restoring (S7) said initial layout by establishing a spanning tree of a graph representative of the layout of the qubits of said circuit, and by swapping qubit values along paths of said tree, wherein the determination (S4) of the set of permutations is carried out by - determining a succession of swaps of qubit values along the first shortest paths between any pair of positions of qubits associated with said quantum gate, then, - if said quantum gate has more than two positions of associated qubits, determining a succession of swaps of qubit values along the second shortest paths between each of the positions other than those already considered, and the first shortest paths already determined. - inserting, for each quantum gate in said series, if said gate is not local, a set of local SWAP gates before said quantum gate, - determining (S4) the set of permutations, each consisting of a succession of swaps of qubit values along the shortest paths between the positions of qubits associated with said quantum gate, and - choosing (S5) from said set of permutations, a permutation that minimises a cost representing the number of swaps required to make the quantum gates of a sequence within said series local, the size of said sequence being substantially smaller than that of said series; - restoring (S7) said initial layout by establishing a spanning tree of a graph representative of the layout of the qubits of said circuit, and by swapping qubit values along paths of said tree, - determining a succession of swaps of qubit values along the first shortest paths between any pair of positions of qubits associated with said quantum gate, then, - if said quantum gate has more than two positions of associated qubits, determining a succession of swaps of qubit values along the second shortest paths between each of the positions other than those already considered, and the first shortest paths already determined.
A granule for a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a core which comprises at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient selected from bicalutamide and fenofibrate intimately associated with at least one hydrophilic polymer, wherein the granule is prepared from a slurry formed by: (a) combining the at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient with a solution or suspension of the least one hydrophilic polymer; (b) combining the slurry with at least one excipient.
A device for measuring the concentration of substance in blood that measures the concentration of substance that is included in the blood of a body, including: a laser oscillator that oscillates a first laser light having a specific wavelength and that is absorbed by the substance; a light-guiding unit that guides the first laser light to the body, and guides first diffused reflected light that is generated by the first laser light from the body; and a light-detection unit that detects the light intensity of the first diffused reflected light, the specific wavelength of the first laser light is selected from the range 2.5 μm to 12 μm; in the light-guiding unit , an incident-side optical waveguide that guides the first laser light to the body and an exit-side optical waveguide that guides the first diffused reflected light to the light-detection unit (40_ are each formed as a through hole so as to penetrate through the same light-guiding unit ; and the first laser light is collected by the incident side optical waveguide which is formed as a through hole, wherein a window is provided to the light-guiding unit at a position that, in use, faces the body and is operable to be in close contact therewith when the concentration of the substance is being measured, a side of the window operable to come into close contact with the body has a concave section or a convex section configured such that, in use, when the window is in close contact with the body, a space through which the first laser light and the first diffused reflected light pass is formed between the window and the body, the window made of a material transparent to mid-infrared light. a laser oscillator that oscillates a first laser light having a specific wavelength and that is absorbed by the substance; a light-guiding unit that guides the first laser light to the body, and guides first diffused reflected light that is generated by the first laser light from the body; and a light-detection unit that detects the light intensity of the first diffused reflected light, the specific wavelength of the first laser light is selected from the range 2.5 μm to 12 μm; in the light-guiding unit , an incident-side optical waveguide that guides the first laser light to the body and an exit-side optical waveguide that guides the first diffused reflected light to the light-detection unit (40_ are each formed as a through hole so as to penetrate through the same light-guiding unit ; and the first laser light is collected by the incident side optical waveguide which is formed as a through hole, wherein a window is provided to the light-guiding unit at a position that, in use, faces the body and is operable to be in close contact therewith when the concentration of the substance is being measured, a side of the window operable to come into close contact with the body has a concave section or a convex section configured such that, in use, when the window is in close contact with the body, a space through which the first laser light and the first diffused reflected light pass is formed between the window and the body, the window made of a material transparent to mid-infrared light.
An apparatus for catalytic decomposition of nitrous oxide in a gas stream derived from exhalation air from a patient, said exhalation air being rich in nitrous oxide interrupted with irregular periods in which exhalation air is lean in nitrous oxide, wherein said apparatus comprises: an inlet arrangement with a gas inlet for the exhalation air, an outlet arrangement with a gas outlet for an outlet gas, and between these arrangements a through-flow decomposition chamber containing a catalyst material promoting the decomposition of nitrous oxide to N 2 and O 2 , wherein at least one nitrous oxide adsorption/desorption means is provided in the inlet arrangement for levelling out variations in the concentration of nitrous oxide fed to the decomposition chamber , wherein said at least one nitrous oxide adsorption/desorption means comprises at least one container filled with activated carbon or zeolite, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a control unit for controlling and monitoring the temperature and flow of the gas stream in the through-flow decomposition chamber and, as seen in the flow direction of the gas stream from the gas inlet and before the through-flow decomposition chamber , a fan , a flow meter , a heat exchanger and an electrical heater , and in that the heat exchanger is arranged to transfer heat from the outlet gas to the exhalation air. an inlet arrangement with a gas inlet for the exhalation air, an outlet arrangement with a gas outlet for an outlet gas, and between these arrangements a through-flow decomposition chamber containing a catalyst material promoting the decomposition of nitrous oxide to N 2 and O 2 , wherein at least one nitrous oxide adsorption/desorption means is provided in the inlet arrangement for levelling out variations in the concentration of nitrous oxide fed to the decomposition chamber , wherein said at least one nitrous oxide adsorption/desorption means comprises at least one container filled with activated carbon or zeolite, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a control unit for controlling and monitoring the temperature and flow of the gas stream in the through-flow decomposition chamber and, as seen in the flow direction of the gas stream from the gas inlet and before the through-flow decomposition chamber , a fan , a flow meter , a heat exchanger and an electrical heater , and in that the heat exchanger is arranged to transfer heat from the outlet gas to the exhalation air.
Protective device for an intake or blowing channel of a piece of equipment, wherein the protective device comprises at least one rib with a longitudinal direction , wherein the at least one rib has at least one rib portion , wherein the rib portion extends along the longitudinal direction of the rib from a first end as far as a second end and, by itself, has a natural frequency, characterized in that arranged on the rib portion between the first end and the second end is a disturbance body which is able to vibrate translationally with the rib portion , and in that the rib portion and the disturbance body form a vibratory system with a system natural frequency, wherein the system natural frequency and the natural frequency of the rib portion are different. wherein the protective device comprises at least one rib with a longitudinal direction , wherein the at least one rib has at least one rib portion , wherein the rib portion extends along the longitudinal direction of the rib from a first end as far as a second end and, by itself, has a natural frequency, characterized in that arranged on the rib portion between the first end and the second end is a disturbance body which is able to vibrate translationally with the rib portion , and in that the rib portion and the disturbance body form a vibratory system with a system natural frequency, wherein the system natural frequency and the natural frequency of the rib portion are different.
A dense article comprising: a dense TFE copolymer film having a first endotherm between 50°C and 300°C, a second endotherm between 320°C and 350°C, and a third endotherm between 350°C and 400°C, wherein the TFE copolymer is a core shell TFE copolymer in which a shell portion is made from only TFE monomers or TFE monomers and a trace amount of comonomer and a core portion contains TFE copolymer, and said dense article has a void volume less than 20%, as determined by the 'void percent' test method disclosed in the test methods section of the preceding description. a dense TFE copolymer film having a first endotherm between 50°C and 300°C, a second endotherm between 320°C and 350°C, and a third endotherm between 350°C and 400°C, wherein the TFE copolymer is a core shell TFE copolymer in which a shell portion is made from only TFE monomers or TFE monomers and a trace amount of comonomer and a core portion contains TFE copolymer, and said dense article has a void volume less than 20%, as determined by the 'void percent' test method disclosed in the test methods section of the preceding description.
A computer-implemented method of processing graphics depicting one or more objects as mapped to a screen area, the screen area including a plurality of zones, each said zone having a different set of rendering parameters, the method comprising: assembling each primitive of a batch of primitives belonging to an object covering at least two of the zones of the screen area to a screen space, characterised in that said assembling each of the primitives includes iterating each primitive with a primitive assembler for each of the zones covered by the object, wherein each said zone is associated with a different set of screen space transform parameters used to transform locations of vertices in the batch of primitives from a homogenous coordinate space to a screen space that is not flat and wherein the plurality of zones are arranged to minimize an overlap between zones.
An isolated polypeptide comprising: a polypeptide sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, or a functional fragment thereof, and having one or more amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of K738R, D732N, G418E, V453L, R487G, I528M, L533R, D578E, and L781I; wherein the isolated polypeptide comprises polymerase activity in the presence of an inhibitory substance in an amount sufficient to cause a wild-type Taq polymerase comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 to fail to amplify a target nucleic acid in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). a polypeptide sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, or a functional fragment thereof, and having one or more amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of K738R, D732N, G418E, V453L, R487G, I528M, L533R, D578E, and L781I; wherein the isolated polypeptide comprises polymerase activity in the presence of an inhibitory substance in an amount sufficient to cause a wild-type Taq polymerase comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 to fail to amplify a target nucleic acid in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
A method of using a crushable pack comprising a plurality of interconnected side panels (11-14; 40-42) which define therein a volume 20) for receiving a product , the pack having an opening at one end, which opening is at least partially closed by a non-return end closure mechanism which operates to allow the product to be inserted fully past the end closure mechanism into said volume and to prevent subsequent removal of the product back past said end closure mechanism , the end (15; 43) of the pack opposite said one end being closed sufficiently to prevent removal of the product and the pack having a lengthwise axis extending between the two ends, wherein said end closure mechanism comprises one or more end flaps disposed within said volume and hingedly connected to respective side panels, said one or more end flaps being hingable in one direction further into said volume to allow said insertion of said product and being prevented from hinging in the other direction without distortion out of said volume thereby to prevent said removal of the product , the hinge axis of the or each end flap being substantially perpendicular to said lengthwise axis of the pack and wherein the pack is compressible to reduce said volume in use of the pack, the method comprising the step of fully inserting the product past the end closure mechanism into said volume , the end closure mechanism prevent subsequent removal of the product back past said end closure mechanism , and the method further comprising the step of compressing the pack to reduce the volume and to crush the product to produce a juice or crumb to be dispensed from the pack.
A mechanically-electrically integrated electrical rotating apparatus, comprising: - an electrical rotating motor ; - an electric power conversion device connected with the electrical rotating motor ; - a housing that houses the electrical rotating motor and the electric power conversion device ; - an attachment member that is provided in the housing between the electrical power conversion device and the electrical rotating motor and to which the electric power conversion device is attached on the opposite side with respect to the electrical rotating motor ; - an electrically conductive connecting member that is attached to the attachment member in an electrically insulated state from the attachment member on the opposite side of the attachment member with respect to the electrical rotating motor and is connected with an electronic component that is part of the electric power conversion device and with the electrical rotating motor ; and - a cooling portion , wherein: - the cooling portion is attached and fixed to the attachment member on the side of the electrical rotating motor , - the cooling portion - before being attached and fixed to the attachment member - is separate from the attachment member , and - the cooling portion is configured to cool the electronic component and the electrically conductive connecting member . - an electrical rotating motor ; - an electric power conversion device connected with the electrical rotating motor ; - a housing that houses the electrical rotating motor and the electric power conversion device ; - an attachment member that is provided in the housing between the electrical power conversion device and the electrical rotating motor and to which the electric power conversion device is attached on the opposite side with respect to the electrical rotating motor ; - an electrically conductive connecting member that is attached to the attachment member in an electrically insulated state from the attachment member on the opposite side of the attachment member with respect to the electrical rotating motor and is connected with an electronic component that is part of the electric power conversion device and with the electrical rotating motor ; and - a cooling portion , - the cooling portion is attached and fixed to the attachment member on the side of the electrical rotating motor , - the cooling portion - before being attached and fixed to the attachment member - is separate from the attachment member , and - the cooling portion is configured to cool the electronic component and the electrically conductive connecting member .
A packaging method for an egg-formed hollow chocolate food product which encircles a capsule wherein a product is kept, characterized by comprising the process steps of providing a foil element on a die which is wider than the egg area; forming a main cavity and an auxiliary cavity placed into said main cavity which is in longitudinal half form of the egg by means of printing on the foil element by a corresponding core of the die ; alignment to the auxiliary cavity with the main cavity within a figurative area border defined by the projection of the capsule and releasing the egg towards the main cavity and engaging a figurative element in the form of protrusion thereon to the corresponding auxiliary cavity ; coupling thereof to the main cavity and closing the package.