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An apparatus for automatic feeding of elongated sheet stock from a stamping station into a roll forming station in a window component production line, characterized by: a) a transfer mechanism between the stamping station and the roll forming station comprising two gripping members for grasping an end portion of the elongated sheet stock extending from an outlet of the stamping station and a conveyor for moving the gripping members and the end portion toward the roll forming station; b) a feed mechanism positioned at an entrance to the roll forming station for feeding the end portion of the sheet stock moved to an entrance of the roll forming station by said transfer mechanism into the roll forming station; c) a controller in communication with the stamping station, the transfer mechanism and the feed mechanism for: i) actuating one of said gripping members for engaging the end portion of the stock material that extends from the stamping station; ii) actuating the conveyor for moving the gripping members and accompanying stock material from the stamping station to a region of the feed mechanism; and iii) driving the feed mechanism to feed the elongated sheet stock into the roll forming station. a) a transfer mechanism between the stamping station and the roll forming station comprising two gripping members for grasping an end portion of the elongated sheet stock extending from an outlet of the stamping station and a conveyor for moving the gripping members and the end portion toward the roll forming station; b) a feed mechanism positioned at an entrance to the roll forming station for feeding the end portion of the sheet stock moved to an entrance of the roll forming station by said transfer mechanism into the roll forming station; c) a controller in communication with the stamping station, the transfer mechanism and the feed mechanism for: i) actuating one of said gripping members for engaging the end portion of the stock material that extends from the stamping station; ii) actuating the conveyor for moving the gripping members and accompanying stock material from the stamping station to a region of the feed mechanism; and iii) driving the feed mechanism to feed the elongated sheet stock into the roll forming station. i) actuating one of said gripping members for engaging the end portion of the stock material that extends from the stamping station; ii) actuating the conveyor for moving the gripping members and accompanying stock material from the stamping station to a region of the feed mechanism; and iii) driving the feed mechanism to feed the elongated sheet stock into the roll forming station.
A deodorant latex composition comprising: a compound containing an aryl group and exhibiting an acidic property, latex, and a carrier, wherein the composition has a durable odor control property and wherein the compound containing an aryl group and exhibiting an acidic property is selected from the group consisting of: aromatic species which contain as part of their structure a carboxylic acid, a polymeric acid, a sulfonic acid, or a phenolic group, and the anhydrides and the esters thereof with Lewis acid behavior; naturally derived heterocycles; derivatives of pyridine; heterocycles and derivatives thereof; inorganic salts and complexes of substituted heterocycles; and a combination thereof. a compound containing an aryl group and exhibiting an acidic property, latex, and a carrier, wherein the composition has a durable odor control property and wherein the compound containing an aryl group and exhibiting an acidic property is selected from the group consisting of: aromatic species which contain as part of their structure a carboxylic acid, a polymeric acid, a sulfonic acid, or a phenolic group, and the anhydrides and the esters thereof with Lewis acid behavior; naturally derived heterocycles; derivatives of pyridine; heterocycles and derivatives thereof; inorganic salts and complexes of substituted heterocycles; and a combination thereof. aromatic species which contain as part of their structure a carboxylic acid, a polymeric acid, a sulfonic acid, or a phenolic group, and the anhydrides and the esters thereof with Lewis acid behavior; naturally derived heterocycles; derivatives of pyridine; heterocycles and derivatives thereof; inorganic salts and complexes of substituted heterocycles; and a combination thereof.
A base station for communication with a terminal station where the terminal station expects to receive an acknowledgement of communication within a fixed time period, X, to maintain a communication link with the base station, and a communication delay, Y, exists between the base station and the terminal station which is greater than the fixed time period, Y>X, said base station comprising: a processing device configured to schedule with the terminal station an expected time period (T=2) at which the terminal station is expected to initially send data, wherein the processing device is configured to provide that expected time period to the terminal station, and characterised by the processing device being configured to send a dummy acknowledgement signal, ACK, of the data to the terminal station at a first time period (T=1) that begins prior to the expected time period (T=2).
A temperature indicator comprising: a substrate and a plurality of coating layers, each coating layer being distinct from the substrate, wherein each of the coating layers undergoes degradation at a different temperature, characterised in that each of the coating layers comprises a different material makeup and the degradation each of the coating layers undergoes is a failure at the interface between the coating layer and substrate causing detachment of the coating from the substrate to give a visual indication of a temperature experienced by the indicator which is provided by the presence or substantial absence of a coating layer on the substrate. a substrate and a plurality of coating layers, each coating layer being distinct from the substrate, wherein each of the coating layers undergoes degradation at a different temperature, characterised in that each of the coating layers comprises a different material makeup and the degradation each of the coating layers undergoes is a failure at the interface between the coating layer and substrate causing detachment of the coating from the substrate to give a visual indication of a temperature experienced by the indicator which is provided by the presence or substantial absence of a coating layer on the substrate.
An apparatus (10,310) comprising at least one processor (20, 318, 338, 358) and at least one memory (40, 42, 314, 334, 354) including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: direct a communication interface (312, 332, 352) to communicate with at least one other device on a network in an instance in which the communication interface is communicatively connected to the network, receive an indication that the communication interface will be communicatively disconnected from the network in the instance in which the communication interface (312, 332, 352) is communicatively connected to the network, in response to receiving the indication that the communication interface will be communicatively disconnected from the network, direct the communication interface to download information including a plurality of predefined web pages and respective levels of web pages accessible via links on the predefined web pages, wherein the apparatus is caused to direct the downloading based on predefined rules indicating at least a user-specified number of levels of web pages to be downloaded and a defined amount of time for each predefined web page for attempting to download each predefined web page before attempting to download a next predefined web page, and cause the downloaded information to be stored so that the apparatus may access the downloaded information in an instance in which the apparatus is communicatively disconnected from the network. direct a communication interface (312, 332, 352) to communicate with at least one other device on a network in an instance in which the communication interface is communicatively connected to the network, receive an indication that the communication interface will be communicatively disconnected from the network in the instance in which the communication interface (312, 332, 352) is communicatively connected to the network, in response to receiving the indication that the communication interface will be communicatively disconnected from the network, direct the communication interface to download information including a plurality of predefined web pages and respective levels of web pages accessible via links on the predefined web pages, wherein the apparatus is caused to direct the downloading based on predefined rules indicating at least a user-specified number of levels of web pages to be downloaded and a defined amount of time for each predefined web page for attempting to download each predefined web page before attempting to download a next predefined web page, and cause the downloaded information to be stored so that the apparatus may access the downloaded information in an instance in which the apparatus is communicatively disconnected from the network.
A medical device comprising: a medical instrument adapted to be introduced into a body cavity and having: a contact portion that is adapted to be fixed in contact with a wall within a body, and a wire adapted to be pulled out toward to the outside of the body; an extracorporeal device adapted to be installed on a body surface and having: a hole portion adapted to allow the wire to be inserted and removed therethrough, a fixing mechanism (25, 26) adapted for fixing the wire inserted through the hole portion, and a housing that is adapted to be fixed in contact with the body surface; and characterized by further comprising a pressure detecting mechanism (73, 75-77, 82-81) provided to the extracorporeal device adapted to detect a predetermined pressure applied to the housing when the medical instrument is pulled up toward to the outside of the body by the wire and the housing contacts the body surface, and adapted to drive the fixing mechanism so as to fix the wire while maintaining a predetermined tensile force or more that is applied to the wire with a body wall being sandwiched between the contact portion and the housing. a medical instrument adapted to be introduced into a body cavity and having: a contact portion that is adapted to be fixed in contact with a wall within a body, and a wire adapted to be pulled out toward to the outside of the body; a contact portion that is adapted to be fixed in contact with a wall within a body, and a wire adapted to be pulled out toward to the outside of the body; an extracorporeal device adapted to be installed on a body surface and having: a hole portion adapted to allow the wire to be inserted and removed therethrough, a fixing mechanism (25, 26) adapted for fixing the wire inserted through the hole portion, and a housing that is adapted to be fixed in contact with the body surface; and a hole portion adapted to allow the wire to be inserted and removed therethrough, a fixing mechanism (25, 26) adapted for fixing the wire inserted through the hole portion, and a housing that is adapted to be fixed in contact with the body surface; and characterized by further comprising a pressure detecting mechanism (73, 75-77, 82-81) provided to the extracorporeal device adapted to detect a predetermined pressure applied to the housing when the medical instrument is pulled up toward to the outside of the body by the wire and the housing contacts the body surface, and adapted to drive the fixing mechanism so as to fix the wire while maintaining a predetermined tensile force or more that is applied to the wire with a body wall being sandwiched between the contact portion and the housing.
A high wear-resistance bearing material for being used under a humid environment comprising: a substrate made of a polymer material having a methylene group; and a polymer layer covering a bearing surface of the substrate, the polymer layer comprising polymer chains which have a phosphorylcholine group and are grafted from the bearing surface, wherein the polymer layer has a thickness of 10 to 200 nm, and wherein a phosphoric index of the bearing surface which is calculated by dividing a peak intensity of phosphate group in an infrared spectrum measured on the bearing surface by a peak intensity of the methylene group is not less than 0.32. a substrate made of a polymer material having a methylene group; and a polymer layer covering a bearing surface of the substrate, the polymer layer comprising polymer chains which have a phosphorylcholine group and are grafted from the bearing surface, wherein the polymer layer has a thickness of 10 to 200 nm, and wherein a phosphoric index of the bearing surface which is calculated by dividing a peak intensity of phosphate group in an infrared spectrum measured on the bearing surface by a peak intensity of the methylene group is not less than 0.32.
A printed circuit board mounting arrangement for use in an environment with an aggressive vibration profile, comprising a connector body having at least one flange, which flange is provided with a location hole, a printed circuit board being provided with a corresponding location hole, and at least one mechanical press fit pin wherein the printed circuit board is provided with holes to receive electrical pins to provide an electrical connection wherein the mechanical press fit pin is received in the location hole to provide a mechanical connection between the connector and the printed circuit board, the press fit pin both fixing and orienting the printed circuit board, and the connector body is configured to co-operate with a housing, which housing receives the printed circuit board to form a closed assembly. a connector body having at least one flange, which flange is provided with a location hole, a printed circuit board being provided with a corresponding location hole, and at least one mechanical press fit pin wherein the printed circuit board is provided with holes to receive electrical pins to provide an electrical connection wherein the mechanical press fit pin is received in the location hole to provide a mechanical connection between the connector and the printed circuit board, the press fit pin both fixing and orienting the printed circuit board, and the connector body is configured to co-operate with a housing, which housing receives the printed circuit board to form a closed assembly.
A supporting member for implantation into or between a subject's vertebral body, comprising: a main body having two opposite sides defined respectively as an upper side and a lower side; a first connecting portion formed at the upper side of the main body and shaped as a male or female part of a dovetail joint; a second connecting portion formed at the lower side of the main body and corresponding in shape to the first connecting portion; and a guiding structure formed at a side of the main body and configured to mate with an external template plug; wherein the first connecting portion of the supporting member is connectable with the second connecting portion of another said supporting member to form a said dovetail joint; characterized in that the guiding structure includes a plurality of guiding holes and buffer groove. a main body having two opposite sides defined respectively as an upper side and a lower side; a first connecting portion formed at the upper side of the main body and shaped as a male or female part of a dovetail joint; a second connecting portion formed at the lower side of the main body and corresponding in shape to the first connecting portion; and a guiding structure formed at a side of the main body and configured to mate with an external template plug; wherein the first connecting portion of the supporting member is connectable with the second connecting portion of another said supporting member to form a said dovetail joint; characterized in that the guiding structure includes a plurality of guiding holes and buffer groove.
A method of production or reproduction of an storage medium assembly for use with a cartridge (10,1,2) of an image forming apparatus, the assembly including: a storage medium having an electrical contact surface; and a holder configured to hold the electrical contact surface, the holder having: a first outer surface positioned at one side in a first direction crossing the electrical contact surface and configured to hold the electrical contact surface; a second outer surface positioned at another side in the first direction and apart from the first outer surface in the first direction; and an elastic member positioned between the first outer surface and the second outer surface and configured to expand and contract in the first direction, a distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface being changeable between a first distance and a second distance shorter than the first distance in accordance with expansion and contraction of the elastic member, the method carried out the storage medium assembly being outside the image forming apparatus comprising: a step of reducing the distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface to a prescribed distance shorter than the first distance by compressing the elastic member in the first direction; a step of maintaining the distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface at the prescribed distance; and a step of performing at least one of writing information to, deleting information from, and updating information in the storage medium by bringing a probe into contact with the electrical contact surface in a state where the distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface is maintained at the prescribed distance. a step of reducing the distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface to a prescribed distance shorter than the first distance by compressing the elastic member in the first direction; a step of maintaining the distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface at the prescribed distance; and a step of performing at least one of writing information to, deleting information from, and updating information in the storage medium by bringing a probe into contact with the electrical contact surface in a state where the distance in the first direction between the first outer surface and the second outer surface is maintained at the prescribed distance.
An atherectomy catheter device, the device comprising: an elongate body; a drive shaft extending proximally to distally within the elongate body; and a cutter attached to the driveshaft, the cutter including: a serrated annular cutting edge formed on a distal edge of the cutter, and a recessed bowl extending radially inwards from the annular cutting edge to a center of the cutter, characterized in that: the cutter further comprises a plurality of grinding segments extending radially inwardly from the cutting edge into the bowl that are configured to break calcified and hard fibrous disease in an artery, the bowl having a first curvature, each of the plurality of grinding segments having a second curvature that is different from the first curvature and forming a convex tooth of the serrated annular cutting edge that is a portion of a circular shape, an elliptical shape or other convex shape along a distal-most circumference of the serrated annular cutting edge, and wherein the portion of the circular shape, the elliptical shape or other convex shape in the convex teeth is configured for cutting tissue. an elongate body; a drive shaft extending proximally to distally within the elongate body; and a cutter attached to the driveshaft, the cutter including: a serrated annular cutting edge formed on a distal edge of the cutter, and a recessed bowl extending radially inwards from the annular cutting edge to a center of the cutter, a serrated annular cutting edge formed on a distal edge of the cutter, and a recessed bowl extending radially inwards from the annular cutting edge to a center of the cutter, characterized in that: the cutter further comprises a plurality of grinding segments extending radially inwardly from the cutting edge into the bowl that are configured to break calcified and hard fibrous disease in an artery, the bowl having a first curvature, each of the plurality of grinding segments having a second curvature that is different from the first curvature and forming a convex tooth of the serrated annular cutting edge that is a portion of a circular shape, an elliptical shape or other convex shape along a distal-most circumference of the serrated annular cutting edge, and wherein the portion of the circular shape, the elliptical shape or other convex shape in the convex teeth is configured for cutting tissue.
A slide assembly for use in rack mounted applications, comprising: a first slide member; a second slide member extendably coupled to the first slide member; and a housing rotatably coupled to the first slide member, characterised in that the housing has protrusions (117a, 117b, 119a, 119b) extending from opposing sidewalls of the housing and a retractable pin (213, 421) extending from the housing and engageable with a feature associated with the first slide member; and by a depressible button (121, 511, 633, 719) configured to cause retraction of the retractable pin (213, 421) when depressed. a first slide member; a second slide member extendably coupled to the first slide member; and a housing rotatably coupled to the first slide member, characterised in that the housing has protrusions (117a, 117b, 119a, 119b) extending from opposing sidewalls of the housing and a retractable pin (213, 421) extending from the housing and engageable with a feature associated with the first slide member; and by a depressible button (121, 511, 633, 719) configured to cause retraction of the retractable pin (213, 421) when depressed.