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A method for interpreting electromagnetic survey data, comprising: acquiring electromagnetic survey data near a top of a portion of the Earth's subsurface using an electromagnetic survey instrument comprising horizontally distributed electromagnetic sensors; and generating an initial model of the portion of the Earth's subsurface, the model including at least spatial distribution of formation resistivity within the portion; characterized by applying the initial model to an artificial neural network trained to generate expected electromagnetic survey instrument response to the initial model, said training of the artificial network including input of type curves comprising response of the electromagnetic survey instrument to layered formations including layers of monotonically increasing resistivity, layers of monotonically decreasing resistivity, central layer sandwiched between boundary layers with resistivity of central layer greater than that of boundary layers, and central layer sandwiched between boundary layers with conductivity of central layer greater than that of boundary layers; comparing the acquired electromagnetic survey data to an output of the artificial neural network; adjusting the initial model; and repeating applying the initial model to the artificial neural network, comparing, and adjusting the initial model until differences between the output of the network and the acquired survey data fall below a selected threshold. acquiring electromagnetic survey data near a top of a portion of the Earth's subsurface using an electromagnetic survey instrument comprising horizontally distributed electromagnetic sensors; and generating an initial model of the portion of the Earth's subsurface, the model including at least spatial distribution of formation resistivity within the portion; characterized by applying the initial model to an artificial neural network trained to generate expected electromagnetic survey instrument response to the initial model, said training of the artificial network including input of type curves comprising response of the electromagnetic survey instrument to layered formations including layers of monotonically increasing resistivity, layers of monotonically decreasing resistivity, central layer sandwiched between boundary layers with resistivity of central layer greater than that of boundary layers, and central layer sandwiched between boundary layers with conductivity of central layer greater than that of boundary layers; comparing the acquired electromagnetic survey data to an output of the artificial neural network; adjusting the initial model; and repeating applying the initial model to the artificial neural network, comparing, and adjusting the initial model until differences between the output of the network and the acquired survey data fall below a selected threshold.
A rotary electric machine comprising a rotor rotatable within a stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator body defining a plurality of stator slots accommodating electrical conductors, a slot liner being provided within each slot to provide electrical insulation between the stator body and the electrical conductors, wherein each slot liner protrudes from an end of the stator slot and carries an armour element to protect the slot liner and associated conductors from erosion whilst permitting efficient cooling, characterized in that the each armour element comprises a clip shaped to extend around the protruding end of the associated slot liner.
Hairstyling appliance for curling a strand of hair, comprising: - a housing which comprises a winding chamber having a shape of revolution along a second axis, an insertion slot which extends along the length of the housing in the direction of the second axis and which leads to the winding chamber, and an extraction opening arranged in a lateral end of the housing to which the winding chamber leads, - a mandrel which has one end fixed to the housing and a free end arranged close to the extraction opening, and which extends in the winding chamber along a third axis defined in a plane passing through the second axis and through the slot, - a winder arranged in the winding chamber and rotatably mounted in at least one direction along the third axis, said winder being configured to wind the strand around the mandrel, during its rotation, characterised in that the insertion slot comprises two walls (22a, 22b) which extend longitudinally, over the whole length of the housing, in the direction of the second axis and which cross the thickness of the housing, said walls comprising guide means configured to help the strand penetrate the winding chamber. - a housing which comprises a winding chamber having a shape of revolution along a second axis, an insertion slot which extends along the length of the housing in the direction of the second axis and which leads to the winding chamber, and an extraction opening arranged in a lateral end of the housing to which the winding chamber leads, - a mandrel which has one end fixed to the housing and a free end arranged close to the extraction opening, and which extends in the winding chamber along a third axis defined in a plane passing through the second axis and through the slot, - a winder arranged in the winding chamber and rotatably mounted in at least one direction along the third axis, said winder being configured to wind the strand around the mandrel, during its rotation, characterised in that the insertion slot comprises two walls (22a, 22b) which extend longitudinally, over the whole length of the housing, in the direction of the second axis and which cross the thickness of the housing, said walls comprising guide means configured to help the strand penetrate the winding chamber.
A combination weighing device that repeats a cycle, the cycle includes of supplying products to a plurality of measurement hoppers, measuring weight of supplied products, obtaining combinations of the plurality of measurement hoppers based on a plurality of obtained measurement values, selecting a combination having a measurement value close to a target weight value among the obtained combinations, and discharging the products from the plurality of measurement hoppers of the selected combination, characterised by the combination weighing device comprising: a storage unit that stores time-series measurement values sequentially acquired by the measurement hoppers; a time measurement unit that measures an elapsed time from a timing corresponding to supply of the products to the measurement hoppers until a timing at which the time-series measurement values enter a region considered to be stabilized when the time-series measurement values stored in the storage unit converge to the region considered to be stabilized as a stabilization time until the measurement values become stabilized; and a selection unit (26, 30) that acquires the stabilization times by the time measurement unit over a plurality of cycles and can select a recommended stabilization time that is the stabilization time in which a predetermined measurement accuracy can be maintained based on a standard deviation of the acquired stabilization times for the plurality of cycles. a storage unit that stores time-series measurement values sequentially acquired by the measurement hoppers; a time measurement unit that measures an elapsed time from a timing corresponding to supply of the products to the measurement hoppers until a timing at which the time-series measurement values enter a region considered to be stabilized when the time-series measurement values stored in the storage unit converge to the region considered to be stabilized as a stabilization time until the measurement values become stabilized; and a selection unit (26, 30) that acquires the stabilization times by the time measurement unit over a plurality of cycles and can select a recommended stabilization time that is the stabilization time in which a predetermined measurement accuracy can be maintained based on a standard deviation of the acquired stabilization times for the plurality of cycles.
A filter unit for a filtering chip conveyor, the filter unit comprising: - at least one filtration element comprising a filtration region having a plurality of first openings for permitting cutting fluid to pass through the filtration element while not permitting chips with given dimensions to pass through it; and - at least one second opening allowing cutting fluid inside the filter unit to pass out of the filter unit through the second opening, characterised in that the filter unit further comprises: - at least one brush located inside of the filter unit, the brush being arranged to brush the filtration element to remove cutting chips from clogging the filtration element. - at least one filtration element comprising a filtration region having a plurality of first openings for permitting cutting fluid to pass through the filtration element while not permitting chips with given dimensions to pass through it; and - at least one second opening allowing cutting fluid inside the filter unit to pass out of the filter unit through the second opening, characterised in that the filter unit further comprises: - at least one brush located inside of the filter unit, the brush being arranged to brush the filtration element to remove cutting chips from clogging the filtration element.
An air processing module, suitable for being applied to an air conditioner, wherein, the air processing module comprises: a housing, comprising a base plate and a coaming formed by a periphery of the base plate extending upwardly, the coaming comprises an air inlet; and an air processing assembly, mounted in the housing, the air processing assembly comprises a filter canister, a support plate, and a mounting plate, the filter canister is detachably mounted to the support plate, the support plate is rotatably mounted to the mounting plate, the mounting plate is slidably mounted in the housing along the inside and the outside of the air inlet. a housing, comprising a base plate and a coaming formed by a periphery of the base plate extending upwardly, the coaming comprises an air inlet; and an air processing assembly, mounted in the housing, the air processing assembly comprises a filter canister, a support plate, and a mounting plate, the filter canister is detachably mounted to the support plate, the support plate is rotatably mounted to the mounting plate, the mounting plate is slidably mounted in the housing along the inside and the outside of the air inlet.
Method for manufacturing an aperture surrounding frame for an aircraft fuselage, the method comprising the steps of: • providing a tubular braiding material having a perimeter equal to the perimeter of the aperture surrounding frame to be manufactured, • cutting transversely the tubular braiding material to obtain at least one annular-shaped braiding slice, • providing an annular-shaped inner mold, said inner mold comprising a surface having a desired shape for the aperture surrounding frame, • laying up at least one braiding slice around the inner mold, • forming the at least one braiding slice around the inner mold to obtain an aperture surrounding frame pre-form, and • curing said aperture surrounding frame pre-form to obtain a cured composite aperture surrounding frame. • providing a tubular braiding material having a perimeter equal to the perimeter of the aperture surrounding frame to be manufactured, • cutting transversely the tubular braiding material to obtain at least one annular-shaped braiding slice, • providing an annular-shaped inner mold, said inner mold comprising a surface having a desired shape for the aperture surrounding frame, • laying up at least one braiding slice around the inner mold, • forming the at least one braiding slice around the inner mold to obtain an aperture surrounding frame pre-form, and • curing said aperture surrounding frame pre-form to obtain a cured composite aperture surrounding frame.
A shutter assembly having a portable power supply assembly, the shutter assembly including an electric motor, an electrical power receiving port electrically connected to the electric motor, and a flexible shutter able to open and close by being wound onto and off a rotating shaft, the portable power supply assembly including: (a) a portable power supply; (b) a detachable body capable of electrically connecting the portable power supply to the electrical power receiving port; and (c) a means for switching on and off the portable power supply to operate the shutter assembly when the detachable body is connected to the electrical power receiving port; the electrical power receiving port is adapted so as to be capable of recharging the portable power supply, the shutter assembly being characterized in that the detachable body contains circuitry that utilizes current sensing to sense the end of travel of the shutter in its up and down positions, such circuitry being able to control the re-charging of the portable power supply. (a) a portable power supply; (b) a detachable body capable of electrically connecting the portable power supply to the electrical power receiving port; and (c) a means for switching on and off the portable power supply to operate the shutter assembly when the detachable body is connected to the electrical power receiving port;
A concrete culvert section, comprising: an open bottom, a top wall and spaced apart side walls to define a passage thereunder, each of said side walls extending downward and outward from the top wall, each of said side walls having a substantially planar inner surface and a substantially planar outer surface, the top wall having an arch-shaped inner surface and an arch-shaped outer surface and a substantially uniform thickness (T TW), first and second haunch sections, each haunch section joining one of the side walls to the top wall, each haunch section defining a corner thickness (T HS) greater than the thickness (T TW) of the top wall, for each side wall an interior side wall angle (θ ISWA) is defined by intersection of a first plane in which the inner surface of the side wall lies and a second plane that is perpendicular to a radius (R TW) that defines at least part of the arch-shaped inner surface of the top wall at a first point along the arch-shaped inner surface of the top wall, an exterior side wall angle (θ ESWA) is defined by intersection of a third plane in which the outer surface of the side wall lies and a fourth plane that is perpendicular to a radius that defines at least part of the arch-shaped outer surface of the top wall at a second point along the arch-shaped outer surface, the third plane being non-parallel to the first plane, the interior side wall angle (θ ISWA) being at least one-hundred and thirty degrees, the exterior side wall angle (θ ESWA) being at least one hundred and thirty-five degrees, the exterior side wall angle (θ ESWA) being different from the interior side wall angle (θ ISWA), and each side wall being tapered from top to bottom such that a thickness of each side wall decreases when moving from the top of each side wall to the bottom of each side wall.
A combustion chamber comprising an igniter (100, 500) arranged to ignite combustion in a primary flow comprising a fuel and air mixture, the igniter (100, 500) comprising one or more geometric features (110, 120, 502, 504) including a convergent-divergent nozzle (110, 502) comprising a convergent portion, a divergent portion and a throat therebetween, the throat being configured to provide choked flow, characterised in that the one or more geometric features are arranged to: deliver a secondary flow through the convergent-divergent nozzle to the primary flow to induce a shockwave flow structure (102, 510) at least partially disposed in the primary flow; and ignite the fuel and air mixture of the primary flow by virtue of the shockwave flow structure (102, 510).
A process of thermally or catalytically decomposing N 2 O in an N 2 O-containing gas to be treated, by dividing the N 2 O-containing gas stream to be treated in portions, preheating a portion thereof so as to exothermally decompose N 2 O in said gas stream to form a hot gas stream, and supplying the remainder of the divided gas stream to be treated into said hot gas stream to thereby continuously decompose N 2 O.
A nasal composition, said nasal composition comprising or consisting of a first composition part in the form of a liquid decongestant with 0.05% w/w active agent oxymetazoline, and a second composition part including or consisting of cellulose powder and/or Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) powder for use in nasal application to a patient, said first composition part applied to the patient immediately followed by the second composition part, and wherein the dosage regime of the composition is one puff or squirt of the first composition part immediately followed by one puff or squirt of the second composition part once a day for 7 days, with the first composition part and the second composition part no longer given between days 8-15.
An integrated gaseous fuel CPOX reformer and fuel cell system, the integrated system comprising: (a) an array of spaced-apart CPOX reactor units, each CPOX reactor unit comprising an elongate tube having a gas-permeable wall with an internal surface and an external surface, the gas-permeable wall enclosing an open gaseous flow passageway and defining an inlet and an outlet of the CPOX reactor unit, the open gaseous flow passageway being a conduit or channel for the passage of gas therethrough where a solid, including a porous solid or material, is not present across the entire cross-sectional plane of the conduit or channel extending from the inlet to an outlet of the CPOX reactor unit, wherein a CPOX reactor unit is in thermal communication with at least the adjacent CPOX reactor unit(s) in the array, and at least a portion of the gas-permeable wall having a CPOX catalyst disposed therein, comprising its structure or a combination thereof, comprising a hydrogen barrier associated with the external surface of at least the CPOX catalyst-containing wall portion of a CPOX reactor unit, (b) an igniter in thermal communication with the CPOX catalyst containing wall section of at least one CPOX reactor unit; (c) a fuel cell comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte disposed there between, wherein the anode is in fluid communication with the outlet of the CPOX reactor unit and the cathode is in fluid communication with an oxygen-containing gas; and (d) a current collector electrically coupled to the anode and the cathode of the fuel cell unit. (a) an array of spaced-apart CPOX reactor units, each CPOX reactor unit comprising an elongate tube having a gas-permeable wall with an internal surface and an external surface, the gas-permeable wall enclosing an open gaseous flow passageway and defining an inlet and an outlet of the CPOX reactor unit, the open gaseous flow passageway being a conduit or channel for the passage of gas therethrough where a solid, including a porous solid or material, is not present across the entire cross-sectional plane of the conduit or channel extending from the inlet to an outlet of the CPOX reactor unit, wherein a CPOX reactor unit is in thermal communication with at least the adjacent CPOX reactor unit(s) in the array, and at least a portion of the gas-permeable wall having a CPOX catalyst disposed therein, comprising its structure or a combination thereof, comprising a hydrogen barrier associated with the external surface of at least the CPOX catalyst-containing wall portion of a CPOX reactor unit, (b) an igniter in thermal communication with the CPOX catalyst containing wall section of at least one CPOX reactor unit; (c) a fuel cell comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte disposed there between, wherein the anode is in fluid communication with the outlet of the CPOX reactor unit and the cathode is in fluid communication with an oxygen-containing gas; and (d) a current collector electrically coupled to the anode and the cathode of the fuel cell unit.
A coupling system, including a coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) and a cleaning disk (12, 46, 52), in particular a brush disk or a pad drive plate, wherein the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) is provided for placement between a drive of a floor cleaning machine and the cleaning disk (12, 46, 52), wherein the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) has a machine coupling corresponding to the machine and releasable from the machine by rotation and has a disk coupling, corresponding to the cleaning disk (12, 46, 52) and releasable by rotation, and wherein the disk coupling has retaining portions and insertion recesses located between the retaining portions, such that in an insertion position, coupling portions on the side toward the disk can be introduced axially into the insertion recesses and can be brought into engagement from behind with the retaining portions by rotation, wherein detent means (41, 43) for releasable latching of the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) to the cleaning disk (12, 46, 52) upon rotation and attainment of a fastening position are provided, characterized in that the detent means (41, 43) on the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) and/or on the cleaning disk (12, 52) are formed as axially or radially resiliently yielding detent lugs and on the cleaning disk (12, 52) and/or on the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) are formed as detent recesses cooperating with the lugs, and that the detent means (41, 43) are embodied in such a way that when the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) is located on the machine and the cleaning disk (12, 46, 52) is located on the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50), the rotary force for undoing the latching of the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) and the disk (12, 52) is greater than the force for releasing the coupling module from the machine coupling, so that upon removal of the cleaning disk (12, 46, 52) from the machine, the coupling module (10, 44, 48, 50) remains on the cleaning disk (12, 46, 52).
A composite panel, comprising: a core having first and second sides, the core including: a first section of honeycomb material; a second section surrounded by and bonded to the first section, the second section including laminated plies of composite material forming an essentially solid plank; and a third core section of honeycomb material surrounding and being bonded to the first section of honeycomb material and having a density less than the density of the first section; and laminated plies (64, 66) of composite material bonded to the first and second sides of the core and covering the solid plank. a core having first and second sides, the core including: a first section of honeycomb material; a second section surrounded by and bonded to the first section, the second section including laminated plies of composite material forming an essentially solid plank; and a third core section of honeycomb material surrounding and being bonded to the first section of honeycomb material and having a density less than the density of the first section; and a first section of honeycomb material; a second section surrounded by and bonded to the first section, the second section including laminated plies of composite material forming an essentially solid plank; and a third core section of honeycomb material surrounding and being bonded to the first section of honeycomb material and having a density less than the density of the first section; and laminated plies (64, 66) of composite material bonded to the first and second sides of the core and covering the solid plank.