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Screening device for mechanically separating and extracting solid elements, solid bodies or solid matter from the stream of liquid of a liquid flowing in a sluice channel, in particular, a screen or filter grating for process, cooling water or effluent currents or for use in sewage treatment plants or hydroelectric power stations, with a number of screening panels, which are substantially oriented transversely to the flow direction of the stream of liquid, and which each have a screening surface with a plurality of screening surface openings, wherein the screening panels form a circulating, continuous screening belt, which can be partially immersed in the stream of liquid and in which a number of successive screening panels arranged adjacent to one another in the direction of motion of the continuous screening belt form a common screening surface in the sluice channel, and with a drive for driving the continuous screening belt in a circulatory motion, wherein the screening panels are arranged successively in the continuous screening belt in such a way that the circulatory motion of the continuous screening belt is kept completely within a single plane, and wherein the pivot axes, about which the screening panels are pivoted at return points (12, 13) of the continuous screening belt, lie perpendicular to the common screening surface, characterized in that it comprises screening panels, the screening surface of which has a plurality of recesses and/or elevations running adjacent to one another across the screening surface and that it comprises screening panels that each have, on the inflow side thereof, a fish-lifting trough, wherein the fish-lifting trough is arranged and designed such that, with respect to the screening panels moving upwards it is located at the lower end, with respect to the screening panels moving upwards it forms in each case a liquid-filled collection recess for aquatic animals located in the particular screening panel, which collecting recess is lifted, in the movement direction of the continuous screening belt, out of the stream of liquid together with the screening panel, together with the liquid contained in the collecting recess and together with aquatic animals caught in the liquid, when the continuous screening belt moves, and is emptied out into a collecting channel in the upper return area of the continuous screening belt, in an emptying area of the screening device, by tipping the screening panel and the collecting recess, wherein the screening device comprises a cleaning area with a spray device for cleaning the debris from the screening surfaces, the cleaning area being arranged so far behind the emptying area in the direction of motion of the continuous screening belt that the collecting recesses are emptied before they reach the cleaning area.
A system, comprising: a medical device having a medical sensor configured to generate patient data indicative of a sensed physiological characteristic of a patient, wherein the medical device is a hand-held medical device and the medical sensor is an imaging sensor; and an authenticator having at least one biometric sensor (20, 22) configured to generate at least one biometric signal indicative of at least one biometric characteristic of a user of the medical device and having a comparator configured to compare the at least one biometric signal generated by the at least one biometric sensor with the at least one model of a previously-recorded biometric signal included in the user profiles; wherein the authenticator is configured to a) identify and authenticate a user of the medical device, b) protect patient data generated by the medical sensor of the medical device using a user ID unique to the identified user, and c) save the protected patient data to a memory;, wherein the at least one biometric sensor (20, 22) includes a ballistocardiography sensor; wherein the comparator is configured to analyze images generated by the medical sensor to determine time intervals during which a user held the medical device at least substantially still; and wherein the comparator is configured to consider only portions of a signal that were generated by the ballistocardiography sensor during the determined time intervals.. a medical device having a medical sensor configured to generate patient data indicative of a sensed physiological characteristic of a patient, wherein the medical device is a hand-held medical device and the medical sensor is an imaging sensor; and an authenticator having at least one biometric sensor (20, 22) configured to generate at least one biometric signal indicative of at least one biometric characteristic of a user of the medical device and having a comparator configured to compare the at least one biometric signal generated by the at least one biometric sensor with the at least one model of a previously-recorded biometric signal included in the user profiles; wherein the authenticator is configured to a) identify and authenticate a user of the medical device, b) protect patient data generated by the medical sensor of the medical device using a user ID unique to the identified user, and c) save the protected patient data to a memory;, wherein the at least one biometric sensor (20, 22) includes a ballistocardiography sensor; wherein the comparator is configured to analyze images generated by the medical sensor to determine time intervals during which a user held the medical device at least substantially still; and wherein the comparator is configured to consider only portions of a signal that were generated by the ballistocardiography sensor during the determined time intervals..
A vehicle seat comprising: a vertically disposed post, the upper end having a bracket for mounting to a vehicle; a vertically disposed tube slidably engaged about said post; a passenger seat, mounted to said tube; a shock absorber, one end of said shock absorber being fixed to said post and the other end being fixed to said tube; and a trailing arm, one end of said trailing arm being pivotally connected to the lower end of said post, and the other end being adapted to be pivotally connected to said vehicle, providing stability and a linear actuator for adjusting the height of the passenger seat; characterised in that one end of the linear actuator is fixed to said post with a shear pin, and the other end is fixed to said tube, the shear pin bearing the weight of said passenger seat until failing, at which point the shock absorber bears the weight of said passenger seat. a vertically disposed post, the upper end having a bracket for mounting to a vehicle; a vertically disposed tube slidably engaged about said post; a passenger seat, mounted to said tube; a shock absorber, one end of said shock absorber being fixed to said post and the other end being fixed to said tube; and a trailing arm, one end of said trailing arm being pivotally connected to the lower end of said post, and the other end being adapted to be pivotally connected to said vehicle, providing stability and a linear actuator for adjusting the height of the passenger seat; characterised in that one end of the linear actuator is fixed to said post with a shear pin, and the other end is fixed to said tube, the shear pin bearing the weight of said passenger seat until failing, at which point the shock absorber bears the weight of said passenger seat.
A conjugated diene-based rubber comprising a polymer block containing isoprene monomer unit as the main component, and a polymer block containing 1,3-butadiene monomer unit as the main component, wherein at least one of the polymer block and the polymer block contains a unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica, the unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica is a unit represented by General Formula, and the polymer block has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 1,000 to 30,000, and the entire conjugated diene-based rubber has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 50,000 to 5,000,000: where X 5 represents a chemical single bond or a hydrocarbylene group, and X 6, X 7 and X 8 each independently represent a hydroxyl group, a substituted amino group, a hydrocarbyloxy group, or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group. wherein at least one of the polymer block and the polymer block contains a unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica, the unit of a vinyl compound having a functional group interactive with silica is a unit represented by General Formula, and the polymer block has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 1,000 to 30,000, and the entire conjugated diene-based rubber has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 50,000 to 5,000,000: where X 5 represents a chemical single bond or a hydrocarbylene group, and X 6, X 7 and X 8 each independently represent a hydroxyl group, a substituted amino group, a hydrocarbyloxy group, or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group.
An under-display sensing device comprising: a liquid crystal display, LCD, module that includes an LCD unit having a display surface and a backlight unit disposed at a side opposite to said display surface for emitting a light; an optical filter unit that is disposed on said backlight unit at a side opposite to said LCD unit for filtering the light to obtain a filtered light having predetermined wavelengths; and an optical sensing unit that is disposed on said optical filter unit at a side opposite to said backlight unit for detecting the filtered light from said optical filter unit, said optical filter unit includes an optical filter that is disposed between said backlight unit and said optical sensing unit for filtering the light, and characterized in that: said optical sensing unit includes a plurality of optical sensing chips, and said optical filter is formed on and covers said optical sensing chips of said optical sensing unit. a liquid crystal display, LCD, module that includes an LCD unit having a display surface and a backlight unit disposed at a side opposite to said display surface for emitting a light; an optical filter unit that is disposed on said backlight unit at a side opposite to said LCD unit for filtering the light to obtain a filtered light having predetermined wavelengths; and an optical sensing unit that is disposed on said optical filter unit at a side opposite to said backlight unit for detecting the filtered light from said optical filter unit, said optical filter unit includes an optical filter that is disposed between said backlight unit and said optical sensing unit for filtering the light, and characterized in that: said optical sensing unit includes a plurality of optical sensing chips, and said optical filter is formed on and covers said optical sensing chips of said optical sensing unit.
Method for producing a brake disk for a vehicle, in which a protective layer is arranged on a main body of the brake disk, comprising at least the following steps: - premachining at least some region or regions of the main body present in the blank; - applying an enamel coating to the main body at least in some region or regions, and - aftertreating the main body coated at least in some region or regions, characterized in that the enamel coating bonds metallurgically to the base material of the main body by phase formation. - premachining at least some region or regions of the main body present in the blank; - applying an enamel coating to the main body at least in some region or regions, and - aftertreating the main body coated at least in some region or regions, characterized in that the enamel coating bonds metallurgically to the base material of the main body by phase formation.
A transdermally absorbable preparation comprising a laminate which comprises, in the order from the skin-contacting side, an outer membrane, a drug containing layer and a support layer; said outer membrane being intended to be in contact with the skin, fixing means for fixing said laminate on the skin, which comprises, in the order from the skin-contacting side, an adhesive layer and a cover layer, and covers said laminate, and an inner layer which has an inner hole, is provided between said support layer and said adhesive layer and extends outward from the peripheral region of said support layer; wherein said outer membrane is a drug permeable polymer membrane having drug permeable pores, ensures controlled release of the drug into the skin, and is provided on the skin-contacting surface, and wherein said inner layer and said support layer comprise a drug impermeable material, and wherein said adhesive layer is directly contacted with one side of said support layer via said inner hole of said inner layer and fixes said laminate, and wherein said inner layer is capable of separating said adhesive layer and the lateral side of said drug containing layer on the application of said transdermally absorbable preparation.
A device for treatment and prevention of vascular disease, comprising a balloon having a balloon surface, at least a portion of the balloon surface having a continuous coating of a first beneficial agent, the beneficial agent having a local areal density that is varied along a selected portion of the balloon surface, wherein the local areal density is a measure of beneficial agent per unit local surface area on a working length of the balloon surface.
A sample tube for centrifuging biological samples, said sample tube having an upper end and a lower end, and comprising a g-force-sensitive label attached to the sample tube or created as integral part of the sample tube for detecting and indicating the application of a g-force to the sample tube, wherein at least one physical property of an area of said label measurably changes its state upon application of a g-force above a threshold value, that is above about 500 g, on the sample tube in a direction from the upper end of the tube towards the lower end, wherein said area comprises a layer containing metal filings distributed according to a first distribution state, the layer being of a material holding the metal filings stably at their position at first distribution state as long as the g-force above the threshold value is not applied on the sample tube, the material allowing the metal filings to move towards the lower end of the sample tube upon the g-force above the threshold value acting on the sample tube, thereby changing the distribution of the metal filings in a way that is detectable by a metal sensor device, or wherein said area comprises a layer containing particles of a first color distributed according to a first distribution state, the layer being of a material holding the particles stably at their position at first distribution state as long as the g-force above the threshold value is not applied on the sample tube, the material allowing the particles to move towards the lower end of the sample tube or towards the upper end of the sample tube upon the g-force above the threshold value acting on the sample tube, thereby changing the distribution of the particles in a way being detectable by an optical sensor device.
A pant comprising a front part (2; 32), a back part (4; 34) and a crotch part (3; 33) positioned between said front and back parts, a waist portion formed at upper end edges (2a; 32a; 4a; 34a) of said front part and said back part and a pair of leg openings (6, 7; 36, 37), said pant further comprising a suspending member (8; 38) formed of elastic material and arranged in said front part (2; 32), said crotch part (3; 33) and said back part (4; 34), said pant having a longitudinal (y) and a transverse (x) direction, said suspending member (8; 38) comprises zones of different elasticity, wherein a first elastic zone (9, 9a, 9b; 39) is provided in a longitudinally extending central region of the crotch part (3; 33), and a pair of second elastic zones (10a, b; 40a, b) extend along both sides of said first elastic zone (9, 9a, 9b; 39) at or close to said leg openings (6, 7; 36, 37) in the crotch part, wherein said second elastic zones (10a, b; 40a, b) have a lower elongation as measured in the longitudinal direction (y) of the pant according to the test method EN 14704-1 as defined herein, in comparison with said first elastic zone (9, 9a, 9b; 39), said first and second elastic zones are arranged also in the front part (2; 32), with said pair of second elastic zones (10a, b; 40a, b) extending along both sides of said first zone (9, 9a, 9b; 39) also in said front part (2; 32), characterized in that a third elastic zone (11; 41) having a lower elongation as measured in the longitudinal direction (y) of the pant according to the test method EN 14704-1 as defined herein, in comparison with said first elastic zone (9, 9a, 9b; 39), extends longitudinally along a central region of the back part (4; 34), wherein said first, second and third elastic zones (9; 39; 10a, b; 40a, b; 11; 41) extend to the upper waist end edges (2a; 32a; 41; 34a) of the front (2; 32) and back parts (4; 32) respectively, wherein the minimum width in the crotch part (3; 33) of the first elastic zone (9, 9a, 9b; 39) is at least 40 mm and the width of each of the second elastic zones (10a, b; 40a, b) in said crotch part (3; 33) is between 3 and 30 mm and wherein said third elastic zone (11; 41) has a width that increases towards the upper waist end edge of the back part (4; 34).
An electric shaver comprising a shaving unit and a controller, wherein the shaving unit comprises: one or more hair-cutting units; a lighting module comprising one or more lighting elements and a skin-facing light output surface via which light generated by the lighting elements is exposed to skin during operation of the shaving unit, said light output surface being made from an optically transmissive material and being arranged for contacting the skin during operation of the shaving unit, and said lighting elements being arranged in thermally conductive contact with the light output surface via a thermally conductive pathway in the lighting module; and a supporting member supporting the one or more hair-cutting units and the lighting module; and wherein the controller is operatively coupled with the lighting module and adapted to control the lighting elements in a drive scheme comprising: an initial heat-up phase, triggered upon activation of the lighting module, in which the lighting elements are driven with an initial power setting until a predetermined temperature of the light output surface is reached; and an operational phase following the initial heat-up phase, in which the lighting elements are driven with an operational power setting such that the temperature of the light output surface is controlled to be maintained at the predetermined temperature; wherein a maximum power value of the operational power setting is lower than a power value of the initial power setting. one or more hair-cutting units; a lighting module comprising one or more lighting elements and a skin-facing light output surface via which light generated by the lighting elements is exposed to skin during operation of the shaving unit, said light output surface being made from an optically transmissive material and being arranged for contacting the skin during operation of the shaving unit, and said lighting elements being arranged in thermally conductive contact with the light output surface via a thermally conductive pathway in the lighting module; and a supporting member supporting the one or more hair-cutting units and the lighting module; an initial heat-up phase, triggered upon activation of the lighting module, in which the lighting elements are driven with an initial power setting until a predetermined temperature of the light output surface is reached; and an operational phase following the initial heat-up phase, in which the lighting elements are driven with an operational power setting such that the temperature of the light output surface is controlled to be maintained at the predetermined temperature;
A multi-sheet buffer module comprising: a frame having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; a first sheet transport path extending across said frame from a first sheet input port on said first side to a first sheet output port on said second side; a second sheet transport path parallel to said first sheet transport path, said second sheet transport path extending across said frame from a second sheet input port on said second side to a second sheet output port on said first side; and a plurality of sheet buffer paths extending between said first sheet transport path and said second sheet transport path. a frame having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; a first sheet transport path extending across said frame from a first sheet input port on said first side to a first sheet output port on said second side; a second sheet transport path parallel to said first sheet transport path, said second sheet transport path extending across said frame from a second sheet input port on said second side to a second sheet output port on said first side; and a plurality of sheet buffer paths extending between said first sheet transport path and said second sheet transport path.
An aqueous dispersion resin composition comprising a first polymer produced by polymerizing a first monomer component containing (meth)acrylamide, and a second polymer produced by polymerizing a second monomer component containing a carboxy group-containing vinyl monomer and (meth)acrylonitrile, wherein the composition is a core-shell particle in which the second polymer is covered with the first polymer, at least a portion of the carboxy group in the second polymer is neutralized by adding a neutralization agent after the polymerization of the second monomer component and keeping a temperature of 40°C or more for 30 minutes or more, in the second monomer component, the carboxy group-containing vinyl monomer content relative to 100 parts by mass of the second monomer component is 4 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less, and in the second monomer component, the (meth)acrylonitrile content relative to 100 parts by mass of the second monomer component is 15 parts by mass or more and 90 parts by mass or less.
A method for processing at least one digital image intended to be reproduced on a display device, said image comprising image elements, an image element being associated with colour information comprising, in a first colour space, a luminance component (Y 1) and chrominance components, said luminance component having a value within a first interval of predetermined values, said device being capable of reproducing luminance values within a second interval of predetermined values, of a length greater than that of the first interval, said method comprising the following steps: - Counting (E2, E'2) a number of image elements, known as "bright" elements, at least the luminance component of which has a value greater than a first predetermined threshold; - Evaluating a maximum tolerated brightness value as a decreasing function of the counted number of image elements; and - Transforming the first luminance components of the image elements into second luminance components, comprising for an image element, calculating an intermediate luminance value by applying an expansion exponent to the first luminance component value and multiplying the calculated intermediate value by the evaluated maximum tolerated brightness value. - Counting (E2, E'2) a number of image elements, known as "bright" elements, at least the luminance component of which has a value greater than a first predetermined threshold; - Evaluating a maximum tolerated brightness value as a decreasing function of the counted number of image elements; and - Transforming the first luminance components of the image elements into second luminance components, comprising for an image element, calculating an intermediate luminance value by applying an expansion exponent to the first luminance component value and multiplying the calculated intermediate value by the evaluated maximum tolerated brightness value.