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A bipolar battery comprising: - a plurality of sub battery elements including a plurality of collectors having a positive electrode layer on one surface and a negative electrode layer on another surface and conductor means disposed between the collectors, the conductor means being arranged to permit ion exchange between the positive electrode layer formed on the one collector and the negative electrode layer formed on the other collector; and - accumulated thickness absorption means disposed between the collector of the one sub battery element and the collector of the other sub battery element constructed such that thickness changes are absorbed, characterized in that the thickness absorption means is formed of a fibrous carbon material. - a plurality of sub battery elements including a plurality of collectors having a positive electrode layer on one surface and a negative electrode layer on another surface and conductor means disposed between the collectors, the conductor means being arranged to permit ion exchange between the positive electrode layer formed on the one collector and the negative electrode layer formed on the other collector; and - accumulated thickness absorption means disposed between the collector of the one sub battery element and the collector of the other sub battery element constructed such that thickness changes are absorbed, characterized in that the thickness absorption means is formed of a fibrous carbon material.
An apparatus for assessing hot coal fallout propensity of burning cigarettes based on human behavior features of ash-tapping action, comprising: a holding unit for holding a cigarette; a suction unit connectable to one end of the cigarette at a contact surface to suck the cigarette; a tapping unit disposed adjacent to the holding unit, and the tapping unit being capable of tapping the cigarette; and a control unit coupled with the suction unit and the tapping unit, respectively, to control suction and tapping actions, characterized in that the tapping unit comprises: a tapping arm; and a tapping hammer disposed at one end of the tapping arm to slap the cigarette under driving of the tapping arm, wherein a width or diameter of the tapping hammer is between 9.5mm-10.5mm, and a distance between a tapping point and the contact surface is between 33mm-38mm. a holding unit for holding a cigarette; a suction unit connectable to one end of the cigarette at a contact surface to suck the cigarette; a tapping unit disposed adjacent to the holding unit, and the tapping unit being capable of tapping the cigarette; and a control unit coupled with the suction unit and the tapping unit, respectively, to control suction and tapping actions, characterized in that the tapping unit comprises: a tapping arm; and a tapping hammer disposed at one end of the tapping arm to slap the cigarette under driving of the tapping arm, wherein a width or diameter of the tapping hammer is between 9.5mm-10.5mm, and a distance between a tapping point and the contact surface is between 33mm-38mm. a tapping arm; and a tapping hammer disposed at one end of the tapping arm to slap the cigarette under driving of the tapping arm, wherein a width or diameter of the tapping hammer is between 9.5mm-10.5mm, and a distance between a tapping point and the contact surface is between 33mm-38mm.
Rubber composition based at least on a diene elastomer, on a 1,3-dipolar compound and on a reinforcing filler, the diene elastomer being obtained by stereospecific polymerization in the presence of a neodymium-based Ziegler-Natta catalytic system, the 1,3-dipolar compound comprising a group Q and a group A connected together by a group B, in which Q comprises a dipole containing at least and preferably one nitrogen atom, A comprises an associative group comprising at least one nitrogen atom and B is an atom or a group of atoms forming a bond between Q and A, characterized in that the composition additionally comprises an acid which is a Lewis acid selected from the group consisting of aluminium oxides, titanium oxides and the compounds M n or a Bronsted acid selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acids, M being boron, magnesium, aluminium, titanium, iron, zinc, indium or ytterbium, L being a monodentate or bidentate ligand, n being an integer ranging from 2 to 4; the group A corresponding to one of the following formulae to, preferably to the formula: where: - Ch denotes a carbon chain which can optionally contain heteroatoms, - * represents a direct attachment to B, - R denotes a hydrocarbon group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, - X denotes an oxygen or sulfur atom or an NH group, preferably an oxygen atom. - Ch denotes a carbon chain which can optionally contain heteroatoms, - * represents a direct attachment to B, - R denotes a hydrocarbon group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, - X denotes an oxygen or sulfur atom or an NH group, preferably an oxygen atom.
Appliance for body care comprising - a case which encloses an electric motor and a gear train driven by said motor, - a depilatory cylinder rotating about a depilatory axis (Δ) parallel to the plane of the skin to be treated, said depilatory cylinder comprising at one of its ends a drive pinion intended to be driven by said gear train, - a massaging element intended to be in contact with the skin and to be driven in a translation oscillating motorised movement in a direction parallel to the depilatory axis (Δ), Characterised in that it comprises a two-treatment unit integrating said massaging element and said depilatory cylinder and in that said two-treatment unit is mounted interchangeably on the case of the appliance, and in that said two-treatment unit comprises a mobile flap in rotation of said depilatory axis (Δ) which defines at least one mobile longitudinal edge of a depilatory window and which comprises a support bracket on the depilatory zone extending in the extension of the mobile longitudinal edge opposite the depilatory window, and in that the massaging element is mounted opposite the mobile longitudinal edge of the support bracket and that there is a slide link in relation to the mobile flap in a direction parallel to said depilatory axis (Δ) - a case which encloses an electric motor and a gear train driven by said motor, - a depilatory cylinder rotating about a depilatory axis (Δ) parallel to the plane of the skin to be treated, said depilatory cylinder comprising at one of its ends a drive pinion intended to be driven by said gear train, - a massaging element intended to be in contact with the skin and to be driven in a translation oscillating motorised movement in a direction parallel to the depilatory axis (Δ),
A power storage apparatus having a temperature adjustment structure for adjusting a temperature of a power storage module, the power storage apparatus being mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a duct forming a moving path of air in adjusting the temperature of the power storage module, and a case housing an equipment placed parallel with the power storage module, wherein the duct has a protrusion portion protruding toward the outside of the duct with respect to a surface forming the moving path, and characterized in that the protrusion portion is located above a connector (42, 55) and at least a connection portion of the connector (42, 55) is located within an area of the protrusion portion when viewed from a vertical direction, the connector (42, 55) being provided additionally for the power storage apparatus and used for electrical connection to the equipment, the connector (42, 55) is located outside the case and is connected to a connector (61, 63) provided at one end of a wiring (62, 64) placed outside the power storage apparatus. a duct forming a moving path of air in adjusting the temperature of the power storage module, and a case housing an equipment placed parallel with the power storage module, wherein the duct has a protrusion portion protruding toward the outside of the duct with respect to a surface forming the moving path, and characterized in that the protrusion portion is located above a connector (42, 55) and at least a connection portion of the connector (42, 55) is located within an area of the protrusion portion when viewed from a vertical direction, the connector (42, 55) being provided additionally for the power storage apparatus and used for electrical connection to the equipment, the connector (42, 55) is located outside the case and is connected to a connector (61, 63) provided at one end of a wiring (62, 64) placed outside the power storage apparatus.
A method for producing L-methionine, comprising a step of reacting a mixture comprising 3-(methylthio)-propanal (methional), carbon dioxide, a decarboxylase, its corresponding cofactor and (a) at least one donor amino acid and an aminotransferase and/or (b) NADH, ammonia and/or an ammonium salt and an amino acid dehydrogenase to form L-methionine or a salt thereof. (a) at least one donor amino acid and an aminotransferase and/or (b) NADH, ammonia and/or an ammonium salt and an amino acid dehydrogenase to form L-methionine or a salt thereof.
A method for differentiating between live and inactivated bacteria in a whole sample comprising the steps of: staining the whole sample with a single membrane-associated dye, illuminating the stained whole sample with an incident light having an excitation wavelength, measuring an emission intensity at a range of emitted wavelengths, creating, for the whole sample, a first emission fluorescence spectra from the plurality of emitted wavelengths, and comparing the first emission fluorescence spectra with an emission fluorescence spectra generated from a sample comprising live bacteria only to determine a spectral shift. staining the whole sample with a single membrane-associated dye, illuminating the stained whole sample with an incident light having an excitation wavelength, measuring an emission intensity at a range of emitted wavelengths, creating, for the whole sample, a first emission fluorescence spectra from the plurality of emitted wavelengths, and comparing the first emission fluorescence spectra with an emission fluorescence spectra generated from a sample comprising live bacteria only to determine a spectral shift.
A method for dispersing carbon nanotubes, comprising contacting the nanotubes with an electronic liquid comprising a metal and an amine solvent, wherein the ratio of metal atoms in the electronic liquid to carbon atoms in the carbon nanotubes with which the electronic liquid is contacted is greater than 1:14 and less than 1:11.
Optical fiber comprising an optical core and an optical cladding surrounding the optical core, the optical core having a refractive graded-index profile with a minimal refractive index n 1 and a maximal refractive index n 0, said optical fiber being characterized in that it has a numerical aperture NA and an optical core radius a satisfying a criterion C of quality of optical communications defined by the following equation: C = NA − 0.02 × a where: NA = n 0 2 − n 1 2 = n 0 ⋅ 2 Δ with Δ = n 0 2 − n 1 2 2 n 0 2, Δ is the normalized refractive index difference, and in that said minimal and maximal refractive indexes n 1, n 0 and said optical core radius a are chosen such that NA > 0.20, a > 10 μm and | C | < 0.20. NA = n 0 2 − n 1 2 = n 0 ⋅ 2 Δ with Δ = n 0 2 − n 1 2 2 n 0 2, Δ is the normalized refractive index difference, and in that said minimal and maximal refractive indexes n 1, n 0 and said optical core radius a are chosen such that NA > 0.20, a > 10 μm and | C | < 0.20.
A cooktop comprising a heating element and a device limiting a temperature of a cookware on the cooktop below a predetermined oil ignition temperature, the device comprising: a temperature sensor adjacent a bottom of the cookware; and a control device in combination with each of the temperature sensor and the cooktop, characterized in that the control device is configured to execute an algorithm that controls the power level of the cooktop as a function of the continuously monitored and sensed temperature and a rate of change of the sensed temperature calculated continuously over predetermined time intervals to maintain a temperature of the bottom of the cookware below the predetermined oil ignition temperature and above a cooking temperature, wherein a) the cooktop is an electric coil cooktop or an electric glass ceramic cooktop and the control device is configured to control the power level of the cooktop by turning the heating element continuously on and off; or b) the cooktop is a gas burner cooktop and the control device is configured to control the power level of the cooktop by reducing the gas flow to the burner without turning it off entirely. a temperature sensor adjacent a bottom of the cookware; and a control device in combination with each of the temperature sensor and the cooktop, characterized in that the control device is configured to execute an algorithm that controls the power level of the cooktop as a function of the continuously monitored and sensed temperature and a rate of change of the sensed temperature calculated continuously over predetermined time intervals to maintain a temperature of the bottom of the cookware below the predetermined oil ignition temperature and above a cooking temperature, wherein a) the cooktop is an electric coil cooktop or an electric glass ceramic cooktop and the control device is configured to control the power level of the cooktop by turning the heating element continuously on and off; or b) the cooktop is a gas burner cooktop and the control device is configured to control the power level of the cooktop by reducing the gas flow to the burner without turning it off entirely. a) the cooktop is an electric coil cooktop or an electric glass ceramic cooktop and the control device is configured to control the power level of the cooktop by turning the heating element continuously on and off; or b) the cooktop is a gas burner cooktop and the control device is configured to control the power level of the cooktop by reducing the gas flow to the burner without turning it off entirely.
A method for cutting out, by means of a first die, a shape that is printed on a sheet material, wherein the first die includes an inside opening that corresponds to the shape to be cut from the sheet material, a flat outside border having first and opposite faces that surround said inside opening, and a cutting edge that projects from the first face of said flat outside border, such that the cutting edge surrounds the inside opening of said die and corresponds exactly with the shape that is printed on the sheet material and none of said flat outside border of said first die extends into the inside opening of said first die past an interface of said cutting edge with the first face of said flat outside border; said method characterised by the steps of: locating the shape printed on the sheet material to be cut therefrom; placing the cutting edge which projects from the first face of the flat outside border of said first die directly against the sheet material, and looking through the inside opening of said first die so that the shape printed on the sheet material is located entirely within the inside opening of said first die and the cutting edge which projects from the first face of said flat outside border is automatically registered so as to surround the shape to be cut from the sheet material; positioning said first die and the sheet material having the shape to be cut therefrom within a roller die press; and moving said first die and said sheet material through said roller die press for causing a force to be applied to the opposite face of the flat outside border of said first die after said cutting edge has first been placed against the sheet material and said first die and said sheet material have been positioned in said roller die press for pushing said cutting edge through the sheet material to cut the shape outwardly therefrom.
Switching circuitry for applying operating power from a peripheral device power source to a peripheral device, the peripheral device being configured for communication with at least one other electronic device by a data bus, the switching circuitry including a sensing circuit for sensing data signals on said data bus and providing an indication of sensed data signals to the peripheral device power source to apply the operating power to the peripheral device in response to said sensed data signals, the sensing circuit being characterized by a transformer including a first winding coupled to said data bus and a second winding coupled to a first switching transistor of the switching circuitry for coupling a signal to said first switching transistor generated on said data bus when activity occurs on said data bus to perform a switching operation in said first switching transistor, the switching operation developing a voltage in a capacitor that is coupled to a control circuit of said power source for providing power to said control circuit, such that power dissipation in said switching circuitry and in said power source between said transformer and an output of said power source is prevented in the absence of activity on said data bus; and a second switching transistor having an input coupled to said capacitor, wherein the second switching transistor is brought from a non-conducting state to a conducting state in response to a charge on said capacitor exceeding a threshold level when said first switching transistor is in said conducting state.
Method for operating a labelling machine, wherein feature coordinates of a design feature of a container are detected by a first inspection unit and are transferred to a second inspection unit, downstream of a labelling device, wherein the inspection of the container in the second inspection unit, with regard to the correct label location, is carried out by comparison of the feature coordinates of the design feature of the container concerned, these coordinates being detected by the first inspection unit and stored in the second inspection unit, and with the feature coordinates of the design feature being tracked along the conveying path from the first inspection unit to the second inspection unit.
Method of treating a pickling solution for a pickling process, wherein the pickling solution comprises silicon compounds dispersed in the pickling solution, wherein, in a first step, the pickling solution is provided to a cavity of a container means, wherein in a second step, an electro-magnetic field (23, 23') is created within the container means, wherein the electro-magnetic field (23, 23') substantially extends within the cavity, wherein, in a third step, the pickling solution provided to the cavity is treated by the electro-magnetic field (23, 23') such that precipitates formed by the silicon compounds are dissolved and/or a formation of said precipitates is restrained, wherein the pickling solution comprises silicon compound ions and counter-ions, wherein in a fourth step, the silicon compound ions and counter-ions are separated from each other by the electro-magnetic field (23, 23'), wherein the silicon compound ions and counter-ions are separated depending on a variation of the magnetic field in time and/or space, wherein, in a fifth step, the silicon compound ions and counter-ions are preferably collided depending on the variation of the magnetic field in time and/or space, wherein in the fourth step and/or fifth step, the silicon compound ions and/or counter-ions are preferably moved on spiral, linear and/or sinusoid pathways (43, 43').
A media device, comprising: a media content input configured to receive segments of protected media content from media content streams that each include a different version of the protected media content; a content rendering system configured to generate a media content file that includes the segments of the protected media content that are sequenced to render the protected media content for viewing; and a digital rights management platform configured to instantiate a file header object in a file header of the media content file, the file header object including DRM-associated features that correspond to the media content file to provision all of the segments of the protected media content together, wherein the DRM-associated features include one or more DRM licenses in the file header object to provision all of the segments of the protected media content together in the media content file. a media content input configured to receive segments of protected media content from media content streams that each include a different version of the protected media content; a content rendering system configured to generate a media content file that includes the segments of the protected media content that are sequenced to render the protected media content for viewing; and a digital rights management platform configured to instantiate a file header object in a file header of the media content file, the file header object including DRM-associated features that correspond to the media content file to provision all of the segments of the protected media content together, wherein the DRM-associated features include one or more DRM licenses in the file header object to provision all of the segments of the protected media content together in the media content file.
A parabolic aerial for a fill level radar, with the parabolic aerial comprising: a parabolic mirror; an exciter for transmitting electromagnetic waves to the parabolic mirror; and a diffusion disc for laterally removing an interfering fraction of the electromagnetic waves past the exciter; wherein the parabolic mirror is designed to concentrate the electromagnetic waves; wherein the diffusion disc is arranged in the centre of the parabolic mirror; and wherein the shape of the diffusion disc is such that a beam of parallel radiation that impinges the diffusion disc along an axis from the exciter is diverted from the axis by a backscatter process at the diffusion disc; characterized in that the parabolic aerial comprises a flushing device with a flushing outlet for flushing the exciter with a flushing agent; the flushing outlet is located in the diffusion disc. a parabolic mirror; an exciter for transmitting electromagnetic waves to the parabolic mirror; and a diffusion disc for laterally removing an interfering fraction of the electromagnetic waves past the exciter; wherein the parabolic mirror is designed to concentrate the electromagnetic waves; wherein the diffusion disc is arranged in the centre of the parabolic mirror; and wherein the shape of the diffusion disc is such that a beam of parallel radiation that impinges the diffusion disc along an axis from the exciter is diverted from the axis by a backscatter process at the diffusion disc; characterized in that the parabolic aerial comprises a flushing device with a flushing outlet for flushing the exciter with a flushing agent; the flushing outlet is located in the diffusion disc.