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A cell structure for a fuel cell stack that is formed by stacking unit cells each including a membrane electrode assembly and a pair of separators (2, 2) holding the membrane electrode assembly therebetween, wherein the membrane electrode assembly comprises a frame in a periphery, the frame having such a size as to extend outward over edges of the separators, the fuel cell stack comprises an outer sealing part that continues in an edge part of the frame along an overall periphery and an inner sealing part that continues in an edge part of the separators along an overall periphery, the frames adjacent in a cell stacking direction are bonded to each other through the outer sealing part, the inner sealing part joins the membrane electrode assembly with the separators, the unit cells have a double sealing structure in the periphery by the outer sealing part and the inner sealing part, and a communication hole in communication with front and back sides of the frame is formed in the frame in an area from the outer sealing part to the inner sealing part.
An electric grass cutter comprising: a motor housing; a motor accommodated in the motor housing and including a stator fixed to the motor housing and a rotor provided integrally with an output shaft rotatably supported by the motor housing; a rotary blade that is attached to the output shaft so that the power of the motor is directly transmitted to the rotary blade; an operation section disposed apart from the motor housing and including a trigger switch operable for driving and stopping the motor; and a hollow tube that couples the motor housing to the operation section, wherein the rotor of the motor includes a fan for sucking air through an inlet port disposed apart from the rotary blade and exhausting the air out of an exhaust port formed in the motor housing, characterised in that the motor is a brushless motor; a drive circuit is accommodated in the motor housing and includes a FET switching element mounted on a motor drive board and a control section to control the switching element to drive the motor; and the motor drive board accommodated in the motor housing is fixed to the motor housing and facing a floor surface of the motor housing that is formed close to the portion facing the rotary blade whereby the flow of air produced by the rotary blade cools the floor surface with the effect of cooling the switching element mounted on the motor drive board. a motor housing; a motor accommodated in the motor housing and including a stator fixed to the motor housing and a rotor provided integrally with an output shaft rotatably supported by the motor housing; a rotary blade that is attached to the output shaft so that the power of the motor is directly transmitted to the rotary blade; an operation section disposed apart from the motor housing and including a trigger switch operable for driving and stopping the motor; and a hollow tube that couples the motor housing to the operation section, the motor is a brushless motor; a drive circuit is accommodated in the motor housing and includes a FET switching element mounted on a motor drive board and a control section to control the switching element to drive the motor; and the motor drive board accommodated in the motor housing is fixed to the motor housing and facing a floor surface of the motor housing that is formed close to the portion facing the rotary blade whereby the flow of air produced by the rotary blade cools the floor surface with the effect of cooling the switching element mounted on the motor drive board.
A process of producing sodium salt of ibuprofen of controlled median particle size, which process comprises: A) adding an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to a non-boiling solution or slurry of ibuprofen in a distillable inert liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, said solvent having the capability of being distilled along with water at a temperature in the range of 50 to 120°C, the aqueous sodium hydroxide solution being added at a rate that does not cause the resultant reaction mixture to boil before the addition has been completed; B) after completing the addition in A), removing the water by distilling solvent and water from the reaction mixture until a slurry of sodium ibuprofen in a liquid phase comprised substantially entirely of said solvent is formed; C) having the temperature of said slurry formed in B) decrease to about room temperature, and optionally, having the slurry stand in a quiescent state; and D) recovering sodium salt of ibuprofen from said slurry by a physical solids-liquid separation procedure; said process being further characterized by controlling the median particle size of the sodium salt of ibuprofen being formed in the process by selecting and using in A) an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide with a concentration of 25% to 50 wt% that yields in D), a sodium salt of ibuprofen having a median particle size within a selected range of median particle sizes. A) adding an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to a non-boiling solution or slurry of ibuprofen in a distillable inert liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, said solvent having the capability of being distilled along with water at a temperature in the range of 50 to 120°C, the aqueous sodium hydroxide solution being added at a rate that does not cause the resultant reaction mixture to boil before the addition has been completed; B) after completing the addition in A), removing the water by distilling solvent and water from the reaction mixture until a slurry of sodium ibuprofen in a liquid phase comprised substantially entirely of said solvent is formed; C) having the temperature of said slurry formed in B) decrease to about room temperature, and optionally, having the slurry stand in a quiescent state; and D) recovering sodium salt of ibuprofen from said slurry by a physical solids-liquid separation procedure;
Apparatus for generating electrical energy, comprising at least one heated thermally conductive main body comprising at least one projection and a plurality of thermoelectric elements which are attached laterally to the at least one projection, wherein a thermoelectric efficiency of each thermoelectric element and a heat output emitted by the at least one projection are matched to one another, characterized in that at least one thermoelectric element is separated from the at least one projection by at least one first heat insulator, which is inserted between the projection and the thermoelectric element, at least in a subregion.
A process for preparing a 2,3 disubstituted succinate comprising the steps of: a) reacting a compound of formula with a compound of formula into a compound of formula followed by b) reacting compound with a compound of formula R2-X into a compound of formula and c) reacting compound with a compound of formula R3-X into a 2,3 disubstituted tricarboxylate compound of formula followed by d) first hydrolysing compound using an inorganic base and then decarboxylating the hydrolysed compound using an inorganic acid to yield a 2,3 disubstituted succinic acid compound of formula wherein R and R1 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of branched or linear C 1 - C 10 hydrocarbons, preferably linear, C 1 - C 10 hydrocarbons, more preferably C 1 - C 4 hydrocarbons and R2 and R3 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, and alkylaryl, optionally containing heteroatoms, preferably C 1 -C 8 primary alkyl and X is a halogen, preferably Cl, Br or I more preferably Cl. a) reacting a compound of formula with a compound of formula into a compound of formula followed by b) reacting compound with a compound of formula R2-X into a compound of formula and c) reacting compound with a compound of formula R3-X into a 2,3 disubstituted tricarboxylate compound of formula followed by d) first hydrolysing compound using an inorganic base and then decarboxylating the hydrolysed compound using an inorganic acid to yield a 2,3 disubstituted succinic acid compound of formula wherein R and R1 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of branched or linear C 1 - C 10 hydrocarbons, preferably linear, C 1 - C 10 hydrocarbons, more preferably C 1 - C 4 hydrocarbons and R2 and R3 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, and alkylaryl, optionally containing heteroatoms, preferably C 1 -C 8 primary alkyl and X is a halogen, preferably Cl, Br or I more preferably Cl.
A method for transforming a doughy substance into a finished food product, comprising a step of mechanical working (P2a) by brewing the doughy substance, a step of fermenting said substance, a step of dividing the substance into doughs followed by a step of baking (P2c) said doughs, characterized in that after a fermentation step, the doughy substance is subjected to a new step of mechanical working (P2a) of said substance during which a carbon dioxide degassing phase and a recovery gas injection phase are performed, this sequence occurring at least once, and in that before the division step, the doughy substance is subjected to a step of pre-dividing into pre-doughs.
A method of manufacturing a fiber-matrix composite profile structure using a first tool module with at least one forming device and a second tool module with at least one deflection section (136, 138, 212, 214, 304) with a contact point, wherein in a first step a composite profile strand (140, 202, 302) is manufactured from reinforcing fibers (112, 114) and matrix material, wherein the composite profile strand (140, 202, 302) has at least a first Strand section (142, 204, 328) with cured matrix material and has at least one second strand section (144, 206, 300) with uncured, incompletely cured and/or only superficially cured matrix material, and in a second step the second strand section (144, 206, 300) of the composite profile strand (140, 202, 302) is deflected at the contact point of the second tool module, wherein the first step and the second step are performed in synchronization, and in a third step the matrix material of the at least one second strand portion is cured while the composite profile strand (140, 202, 302) is fixed to the second tool module.
Closure cap for a container for receiving a pharmaceutical substance, in particular for an infusion or transfusion bottle, having a flanged cap which is suitable for engaging around a container neck and which has a metal foil layer, the flanged cap also having a cut-out which is overlaid by a plastics cover, the plastics cover being connected in a holding manner to the flanged cap by means of at least one connecting element formed on the underside, and the plastics cover being removable at least in part, characterized in that the plastics cover is connected to the flanged cap by way a plurality of connecting elements formed on the underside of the cap and engaging through connecting openings formed for this purpose in the flanged cap, and that the plastics cover has a tear-off tab for exposing the cut-out, the tab extending from a location overlying the cut-out as far as an edge of the plastics cover without any connection being formed between the plastics cover and the flanged cap in the region of the tear-off tab.
A range finder, comprising: a plurality of imaging elements (22a, 22b); a plurality of optical systems (5a, 5b) configured to form subject images on the imaging elements, respectively; and a distance calculator configured to calculate a distance to a subject based on imaging data output from the imaging elements on which the subject image is formed, wherein the distance calculator is configured to search a position of a first comparative image (A2s, B2s) having a high correlation with a standard image (A1, B1) in imaging data output from the other (imaging element relative to the standard image (A1, B1) in an area obtained from imaging data output from one imaging element, the position of the comparative image (A2s, B2s) being searched in a direction of a base length of the imaging elements, to calculate a first relative positional difference between the standard image (A1, B1) and the first comparative image (A2s, B2s) in the imaging data, and to calculate the distance to the subject by a triangulation system based on the first calculated relative positional difference, and the distance calculator is configured to perform searching of a second comparative image (A3s,B3s) in the same direction as the base length while shifting in a direction vertical to the base length by a predetermined position, and to calculate a second relative positional difference between the standard image (A1, B1) and the second comparative image (A3s, B3s), characterized in that the distance calculator is configured to determine whether or not the second relative positional difference is shifted from the first relative positional difference by an amount smaller than a predetermined value, to use the calculated relative positional differences for range-finding calculation when the shift in the first and second calculated relative positional differences is smaller than the predetermined value and not to use the calculated relative positional differences for range-finding calculation when the shift in the first and second calculated relative positional differences is larger than the predetermined value. a plurality of imaging elements (22a, 22b); a plurality of optical systems (5a, 5b) configured to form subject images on the imaging elements, respectively; and a distance calculator configured to calculate a distance to a subject based on imaging data output from the imaging elements on which the subject image is formed, wherein
An electric propulsion system with stationary plasma thrusters, the system comprising at least one device for regulated delivery of gas under high pressure; first and second power processor units (PPUs) (160N, 160S); first and second external thruster switch units (ETSUs) (170A, 170B); first and second electrical filters (190A, 190B); and first and second juxtaposed stationary plasma thrusters (111A, 111B); the first stationary plasma thruster comprising a first ionization channel, a single first cathode arranged in the vicinity of the outlet from the first ionization channel, a first anode associated with the first ionization channel, a first gas manifold (121A, 141A), and first devices (131A, 133A) for creating a magnetic field around the first ionization channel, and the second stationary plasma thruster comprising a second ionization channel, a second single cathode arranged in the vicinity of the outlet from the second ionization channel, a second anode associated with the second ionization channel, a second gas manifold (121B, 141B), and second devices (131B, 133B) for creating a magnetic field around the second ionization channel; the electric propulsion system further comprises an electrical connection device (191 to 193) common to the first and second cathodes (140A, 140B); first and second gas flow rate control devices (180A, 180B) associated respectively with each of the first and second stationary plasma thrusters (111A, 111B), with a common fluid flow device (300; 300'; 300") for feeding gas to the first and second anodes (125A, 125B) and to the first and second cathodes (140A, 140B) from said device for regulated delivery of gas under high pressure; and a device for selectively controlling the activation at any given instant of only one of said first and second cathodes (140A, 140B) in co-operation with one of said first and second anodes (125A, 125B).
A compound of Formula: wherein: R' 1 is or L 2 is -NH-C(=O)-, or -C(=O)NH-; X is CR 3 or N; Y is independently selected from CR 9 or N; R 2 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkyleneC 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl or fused heteroaryl; wherein C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkyleneC 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl or fused heteroaryl is optionally substituted with at least one R 3; R 3 is independently selected from H, F, D, Cl, Br, I, -CN, -NO 2, -OH, -CF 3, -OCF 3, -OR 5, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted O-aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, n is an integer selected from 0-2; R 9 is independently selected from H, D, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, -OR 5, -OCF 3, C 1 -C 6 carbonylalkyl, or -CF 3; or two R 9 attached to the same carbon atom form an oxetane ring; R 10 is selected from halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, -OR 5, -OCF 3, C 1 -C 6 carbonylalkyl, or-CF 3; R 5 is independently selected from H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, phenyl, and benzyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof R' 1 is or L 2 is -NH-C(=O)-, or -C(=O)NH-; X is CR 3 or N; Y is independently selected from CR 9 or N; R 2 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkyleneC 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl or fused heteroaryl; wherein C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkyleneC 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl or fused heteroaryl is optionally substituted with at least one R 3; R 3 is independently selected from H, F, D, Cl, Br, I, -CN, -NO 2, -OH, -CF 3, -OCF 3, -OR 5, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 8 heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted O-aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, n is an integer selected from 0-2; R 9 is independently selected from H, D, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, -OR 5, -OCF 3, C 1 -C 6 carbonylalkyl, or -CF 3; or two R 9 attached to the same carbon atom form an oxetane ring; R 10 is selected from halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, -OR 5, -OCF 3, C 1 -C 6 carbonylalkyl, or-CF 3; R 5 is independently selected from H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, phenyl, and benzyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof
A process for the surface-treatment of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate comprising the following steps: (i) providing at least one surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more H 3 O + ion donors in an aqueous medium, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the H 3 O + ion donor treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, (ii) providing at least one water soluble metal salt, wherein the water soluble metal salt is selected from the group consisting of a chromium salt, manganese salt, iron salt, cobalt salt, copper salt, zinc salt, silver salt and mixtures thereof, (iii) providing an aqueous solvent, (iv) contacting the at least one water soluble metal salt of step (ii) with the aqueous solvent of step (iii) to prepare a metal containing solution, (v) contacting the at least one surface-reacted calcium carbonate of step (i) with the metal containing solution of step (iv), in one or several steps, to obtain a mixture and (vi) heating the mixture obtained from step (v) to a temperature in the range from 50 to 180 °C to form a surface-treated surface-reacted calcium carbonate containing at least one water insoluble metal compound formed from the metal provided as metal salt in step (ii) on the surface of the surface-reacted calcium carbonate. (i) providing at least one surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more H 3 O + ion donors in an aqueous medium, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the H 3 O + ion donor treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, (ii) providing at least one water soluble metal salt, wherein the water soluble metal salt is selected from the group consisting of a chromium salt, manganese salt, iron salt, cobalt salt, copper salt, zinc salt, silver salt and mixtures thereof, (iii) providing an aqueous solvent, (iv) contacting the at least one water soluble metal salt of step (ii) with the aqueous solvent of step (iii) to prepare a metal containing solution, (v) contacting the at least one surface-reacted calcium carbonate of step (i) with the metal containing solution of step (iv), in one or several steps, to obtain a mixture and (vi) heating the mixture obtained from step (v) to a temperature in the range from 50 to 180 °C to form a surface-treated surface-reacted calcium carbonate containing at least one water insoluble metal compound formed from the metal provided as metal salt in step (ii) on the surface of the surface-reacted calcium carbonate.
A vacuum pump, in particular a turbomolecular pump, comprising a rotor which has pump-active elements and an axis of rotation about which the pump-active elements rotate during operation of the vacuum pump and which defines an axial direction, and an inlet opening which is arranged in a housing of the vacuum pump, wherein the inlet opening comprises an open region, which extends outside the pump-active elements of the rotor and adjoins them in the axial direction, and an overlap region in which the inlet opening extends at least partly over one of the pump-active elements of the rotor in the axial direction, the inlet opening has, in the overlap region, an inner margin at an inner side of the housing and an outer margin at an outer side of the housing, the overlap region has an obliquely extending boundary surface between the outer margin and the inner margin, the inner margin and the outer margin are spaced apart in the axial direction such that the overlap region has a greater axial length at the inner side of the housing than at the outer side of the housing, and the axial length of the overlap region is greater than half the axial length of the one of the pump-active elements of the rotor over which the inlet opening extends in the overlap region, characterized in that an axial length of the open region is greater than the axial length of the overlap region. a rotor which has pump-active elements and an axis of rotation about which the pump-active elements rotate during operation of the vacuum pump and which defines an axial direction, and an inlet opening which is arranged in a housing of the vacuum pump, wherein the inlet opening comprises an open region, which extends outside the pump-active elements of the rotor and adjoins them in the axial direction, and an overlap region in which the inlet opening extends at least partly over one of the pump-active elements of the rotor in the axial direction, the inlet opening has, in the overlap region, an inner margin at an inner side of the housing and an outer margin at an outer side of the housing, the overlap region has an obliquely extending boundary surface between the outer margin and the inner margin, the inner margin and the outer margin are spaced apart in the axial direction such that the overlap region has a greater axial length at the inner side of the housing than at the outer side of the housing, and the axial length of the overlap region is greater than half the axial length of the one of the pump-active elements of the rotor over which the inlet opening extends in the overlap region, characterized in that an axial length of the open region is greater than the axial length of the overlap region.