Prins Intellectual Property AG

A process for applying a separate sealing ring (10) to a capsule body (20) of a beverage preparation capsule comprising the steps of: (a.) providing (120) a stream of several capsule bodies (20) to a sealing ring application station (3), (b.) providing (110) a web (1) including several sealing rings (10) to a sealing ring application station (3) for placing (130) one sealing ring (10) from the web (1) to each capsule body (20) of the stream (S1) of several capsule bodies (20), (c.) detecting (140) for each capsule body (20) the presence or absence of the respective sealing ring (10, 11, 12) in the web (1, 1') by: (i.) detecting (140) the presence or absence the respective sealing ring (10, 11) in the web (1) at a position upstream of the sealing ring application station (3), and if absence of the respective sealing ring (11) is detected in the web (1), determining a faulty capsule (21) for which the respective sealing ring (11) is missing, and/or (ii.) detecting the presence or absence of the respective sealing ring (10, 12) in the web (1') at a position downstream of the sealing ring application station (3), and if presence of the respective sealing ring (12) is detected in the web (1'), determining a faulty capsule (22) to which the respective sealing ring (12) has not been applied; (d.) rejecting (150) the faulty capsule (21, 22) for which the sealing ring (11) is missing by a selection station (5).

An autonomous ground delivery robot (2), comprising a torso (20) with integrated electronics (202), at least four individual and independently controllable wheeled legs (21), each comprising a hip joint (210), an upper leg (211), a knee joint (212), a lower leg (213), and a wheel (214) with associated motor (2140) and a container (201) for storing parcels (4), should leads to improved fully automated unloading. To reach that, the container (201) is attached to the torso (20) or integrated therein, at the side facing away from the wheeled legs (21), comprising a container flap (2010) facing the front side of the torso (20) and closing a storage space, wherein the container flap (2010) is movably attached to the container (201), is remotely openable by a locking mechanism arranged in the container (201), wherein the locking mechanism is controlled by a control unit which is connected to the electronics (202).

The disclosed invention consists of a parcel delivery method, using a delivery van transporting at least one autonomous ground delivery robot (2) to a place of arrival, wherein the delivery robot (2) comprises a torso (20) with integrated electronics (202) and attached container (201) and at least four individual and independently controllable wheeled legs (21), each comprising a hip joint (210), an upper leg (211), a knee joint (212), a lower leg (213), and a wheel (214) with associated motor (2140), wherein the delivery robot (2) can deliver parcels from a loading area of the delivery van (1) to a customer's location, avoiding additional robot loading infrastructure. This is reached by jumping out of the delivery robot (2) with the container (201) and loaded parcel from the loading area and later autonomous climbing back of the delivery robot (2) with its wheeled legs (21) in four gait cycles.

The object of the present invention is to create a technology-driven medication management system and method for the secure dispensing of prescription and other medicines to patients, which in particular tailored to the patient's genetic data, which is easy to use. This is reached by using special medication AR-label (4) fixed to packages of medication products which are designed to be easily scanned by a mobile electronic device's camera module, providing immediate access to essential information such as dosage instructions and known side effects via an external server (1) of a healthcare provider for each patient.

An actuator assembly (1) comprises a stacked dielectric elastomer actuator (2) arranged within a support structure (3) having a thermal compensation section (33) which includes a plurality of alternating first subsections (33a) of a first material and second subsections (33b) of a second material. The first material has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the second material. The subsections are attached to each other such that a first subsection restricts the thermal expansion of a second subsection in a direction perpendicular to the stroke direction (L) and thereby enlarges thermal expansion of the second subsection in a direction parallel to the stroke direction. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the first and second materials are selected such that at any temperature within a predefined operating temperature range the thermal expansion of the support structure in stroke direction is approximately equal to the thermal expansion of the stacked actuator in stroke direction.

A supporting oral cavity frame for carrying a device (9, 9') and for placement within an oral cavity of a user comprising a wire-like frame structure (1) of resiliently flexible material; wherein the frame structure (1) comprises a central section (20) with at least one attachment area (2, 2') for permanently or releasably attaching the device (9, 9') to the supporting frame (1) and several wire-like segments (3, 4, 5, 5', 6); wherein the several wire-like segments (3, 4, 5, 5') extend from the central section (20) and each of the several extending wire-like segments (3, 4, 5, 5') forms a distal section (31, 41, 51, 51'); wherein the wire-like frame structure (1) with the several extending segments (3, 4, 5, 5') is dimensioned and bent such that, in an installed state of the supporting frame (1) within the oral cavity, the distal sections (31, 41, 51, 51') of the several extending segments (3, 4, 5, 5') rest against different areas of tissue within the oral cavity to stabilize the supporting oral cavity frame with the at least one attachment area (2, 2') at a desired location within the oral cavity.

Bei einem mobilen Esstisch (1) umfassend eine gemeinsame Tischplatte (2), welche einer Gruppe von mindestens zwei Nutzern (8, 8') Platz zum gemeinsamen Garen von Speisen bietet, einen mittig in der Tischplatte (2) integrierten Garbereich (3), und eine integrierte gemeinsame Umluft-Aufbereitungseinheit (4) mit einer Absaugeinrichtung (5) zum Absaugen von Wrasen im Garbereich (3); ist es vorgesehen, dass der integrierte Garbereich (3) für jeden einzelnen Nutzer (8, 8') mindestens ein separat regelbares, elektrisch betriebenes Heizmodul (30, 30') aufweist, welches unterhalb einer Tischplattenoberfläche eingebaut ist; wobei der Esstisch weiter mehrere auswechselbare Garplatteneinsätze (31, 31') umfasst, welche in einer Vertiefung des Esstisches über jedem Heizmodul (30, 30') eingelegt sind.

The invention relates to a crystallization method for purified terephthalic acid (PTA) to obtain crystalline PTA with an average crystal size of approx. 30-150 microns, the method comprising in the following order the steps of: (a) providing in a reactor a solution of 2-13 wt% of purified metalated salt of terephthalic acid (M-TP) in water at a pH of 7; (b) heating the M-TP solution to a crystallization temperature of 40-90°C and stirring the solution; (c) adding H<2>SO<4> dropwise at the crystallization temperature over a total addition time of at least 4 hours performing in the following order the steps of: (i) adding H<2>SO<4> in the amount of 0.10-0.15 molar equivalent to adjust the pH of the M-TP solution to 4.7 - 5.5 to receive a first suspension of purified terephthalic acid (PTA); (ii) adding H<2>SO<4> in the amount of 0.5-1.5 molar equivalent to the first suspension of PTA following a linear addition, a quadratic addition or a cubic addition, with a predefined addition rate, until the total addition time and 0.5-1.5 molar equivalent of H<2>SO<4> is reached receiving a second suspension of PTA; (d) cooling down the second suspension of PTA to room temperature; (e) filtering the cooled second suspension of PTA to collect crystalline PTA; f) washing the filtered crystalline PTA with cold water; and (g) drying the washed crystalline PTA.

Bei einem Wannendichtband (1) zum Abdichten eines Wannenrands (2) einer Dusch- oder Badewanne gegenüber einer Anschlusswand (3) und/oder einem Anschlussboden (4), umfassend ein dehnbares Trägerband (10) mit einer wannenseitigen Vorderseite (11) und einer wannenabgewandten Rückseite (12); wobei das Wannendichtband (1) einen ersten, unteren Bereich (13) und einen zweiten, oberen Bereich (14) definiert, die sich in Längsrichtung (L) erstrecken und wobei der erste, untere Bereich (13) etwa ein Fünftel bis etwa die Hälfte des Wannendichtbandes (1) ausmacht; wobei das Wannendichtband (1) auf der wannenseitigen Vorderseite (11) im ersten, unteren Bereich (13) eine vorderseitige Kleberschicht (20) zur Befestigung des Wannendichtbands (1) am Wannenrand (2) aufweist; wobei die vorderseitige Kleberschicht (20) mit einer abziehbaren, vorderseitigen Abziehfolie (21) versehen ist; wobei das Wannendichtband (1) auf der wannenseitigen Vorderseite (11) im zweiten, oberen Bereich (14) keine vorderseitige Kleberschicht aufweist; ist es vorgesehen, dass das Wannendichtband (1) eine rückseitige Kleberschicht (30) aufweist, welche sich über die gesamte Rückseite des Wannendichtbands (1) erstreckt; und dass die rückseitige Kleberschicht (30) mit einer ersten, unteren abziehbaren Abziehfolie (31) und einer separaten zweiten, oberen abziehbaren Abziehfolie (32) versehen ist, die jeweils den ersten, unteren Bereich (13) des Wannendichtbandes (1) respektive den zweiten, oberen Bereich (14) des Wannendichtbandes (1) abdecken, und wahlweise vom Wannendichtband (1) abziehbar sind, um einen ersten, unteren Bereich (33) der rückseitigen Kleberschicht (30) resp. einen zweiten, oberen Bereich (34) der rückseitigen Kleberschicht (30) freizugeben.

A process for depolymerization of polyurethane plastic waste into monomers of diamine and polyol comprising the steps of: a. providing in a reactor a reaction mixture comprising: i. polyurethane plastic waste, ii. a solvent, iii. a base in an amount to obtain a pH of 8 to 14 in the reaction mixture, and iv. a UV light active metal oxide catalyst; b. stirring the reaction mixture under UV light for a predetermined time, during which C-N and/or C-Q bonds of the urethane groups of the polyurethane plastic waste is cleaved to obtain diamines and polyols; c. recovering the diamines and polyols from the reaction mixture; wherein the steps a. and b. are performed at a temperature of 20°C to approx. 60°C and ambient pressure.