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A replaceable unit for use in an image forming device, comprising: a housing having a reservoir for storing toner; a rotatable agitator positioned in the reservoir, the rotatable agitator having a rotational path; a pivotable agitator positioned in an upper portion of the reservoir above the rotatable agitator when the replaceable unit is in its use position, the pivotable agitator having a pivot path; and a biasing member biasing the pivotable agitator toward a stop in the pivot path of the pivotable agitator, the stop defining a home position of the pivotable agitator; wherein the pivotable agitator includes an engagement feature positioned in the rotational path of the rotatable agitator when the pivotable agitator is in the home position, wherein as the rotatable agitator rotates, the rotatable agitator engages the engagement feature causing the pivotable agitator to pivot away from the home position and as the rotatable agitator rotates further, the rotatable agitator disengages the engagement feature causing the pivotable agitator to return to the home position as a result of the bias applied to the pivotable agitator by the biasing member. a housing having a reservoir for storing toner; a rotatable agitator positioned in the reservoir, the rotatable agitator having a rotational path; a pivotable agitator positioned in an upper portion of the reservoir above the rotatable agitator when the replaceable unit is in its use position, the pivotable agitator having a pivot path; and a biasing member biasing the pivotable agitator toward a stop in the pivot path of the pivotable agitator, the stop defining a home position of the pivotable agitator; wherein the pivotable agitator includes an engagement feature positioned in the rotational path of the rotatable agitator when the pivotable agitator is in the home position, wherein as the rotatable agitator rotates, the rotatable agitator engages the engagement feature causing the pivotable agitator to pivot away from the home position and as the rotatable agitator rotates further, the rotatable agitator disengages the engagement feature causing the pivotable agitator to return to the home position as a result of the bias applied to the pivotable agitator by the biasing member.
A forward osmosis membrane, wherein the membrane consists essentially of a porous support material and a polymer layer; the polymer layer being formed by nonsolvent induced phase separation or phase inversion, and comprising a skin layer and a sublayer; the skin layer comprises a plurality of pores; the sublayer comprises a plurality of macrovoids; the polymer layer is polyaniline and a dopant, wherein the dopant is camphor sulfonic acid; and the thickness of the polymer layer is from about 20 μm to about 120 μm.
An apparatus comprising: a hardware processor; and a storage medium coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: generate a motion signal indicating movement of an image recording device, over time, during generation of image data, perform a delayed-effect process on the motion signal, the delayed-effect process comprising performing a process such that, after modification of the motion signal, subsequent modification is not permitted for a predetermined period of time; and store the image data and the processed motion signal in the storage medium. a hardware processor; and a storage medium coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: generate a motion signal indicating movement of an image recording device, over time, during generation of image data, perform a delayed-effect process on the motion signal, the delayed-effect process comprising performing a process such that, after modification of the motion signal, subsequent modification is not permitted for a predetermined period of time; and store the image data and the processed motion signal in the storage medium. generate a motion signal indicating movement of an image recording device, over time, during generation of image data, perform a delayed-effect process on the motion signal, the delayed-effect process comprising performing a process such that, after modification of the motion signal, subsequent modification is not permitted for a predetermined period of time; and store the image data and the processed motion signal in the storage medium.
A method for packaging at least one electronic circuit, the method comprising at least: - a first phase in which said electronic circuit is fixed to a metal support and several layers of organic materials are stacked on said support to form a cavity in which said electronic circuit is enclosed, the lower layer of the stack of several layers of organic material being in contact with said support and the upper layer of this stack covering the cavity, the lower layer and the upper layer being made of rigid thermosetting material, organic layers (14, 16) of the stack of layers of organic materials which are interposed between the lower layer and the upper layer being made of thermoplastic material LCP, said cavity being filled by means of creep of the thermoplastic material LCP and the upper layer being covered with a metal layer; - a second phase in which said layers of organic materials are pressed onto said support at a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material LCP in order to adhesively bond all the layers together, the layers of thermoplastic material LCP having the objective of contributing to the adhesive bonding of all the layers, the method being characterised in that, in a third phase, a network of metallised holes is produced on the periphery of the stack of said layers, said holes electrically connecting said support and said metal layer in order to form a Faraday cage around the electronic circuit. - a first phase in which said electronic circuit is fixed to a metal support and several layers of organic materials are stacked on said support to form a cavity in which said electronic circuit is enclosed, the lower layer of the stack of several layers of organic material being in contact with said support and the upper layer of this stack covering the cavity, the lower layer and the upper layer being made of rigid thermosetting material, organic layers (14, 16) of the stack of layers of organic materials which are interposed between the lower layer and the upper layer being made of thermoplastic material LCP, said cavity being filled by means of creep of the thermoplastic material LCP and the upper layer being covered with a metal layer; - a second phase in which said layers of organic materials are pressed onto said support at a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material LCP in order to adhesively bond all the layers together, the layers of thermoplastic material LCP having the objective of contributing to the adhesive bonding of all the layers, the method being characterised in that, in a third phase, a network of metallised holes is produced on the periphery of the stack of said layers, said holes electrically connecting said support and said metal layer in order to form a Faraday cage around the electronic circuit.
Method for controlling home-automation services of a home-automation installation, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - providing at least two graphic environments (101, 102) respectively associated with different home-automation services and permitting control of home-automation actuators of the home-automation installation, said at least two graphic environments (101, 102) having different graphic charters, - providing a graphical interface comprising a first element of which the content can be chosen from among any one of said at least two graphic environments (101, 102) and a second element of which the content has a main graphic charter that is retained whatever the chosen content of the first element, and making it possible to choose said content of the first element, - displaying on a screen at least part of the graphical interface, in that it comprises a step of choosing to control a home-automation actuator via one or other of two graphic environments (101, 102) from which it is possible to access the home-automation actuator control, in that the two graphic environments (101, 102) share at least some common ergonomics elements, in that an action on one interaction element in a first content, associated with one of the graphic environments, of the first element will have the same navigation effect as the action on this interaction element in a second content, associated with another of the graphic environments, of the first element, and in that the method comprises a step of configuring the display, this display configuration step making it possible to choose the graphic environment (101, 102) that displays by default as the content of the first element when the control method is initialized. - providing at least two graphic environments (101, 102) respectively associated with different home-automation services and permitting control of home-automation actuators of the home-automation installation, said at least two graphic environments (101, 102) having different graphic charters, - providing a graphical interface comprising a first element of which the content can be chosen from among any one of said at least two graphic environments (101, 102) and a second element of which the content has a main graphic charter that is retained whatever the chosen content of the first element, and making it possible to choose said content of the first element, - displaying on a screen at least part of the graphical interface,
A method of displaying an ultrasound image and a virtual image of a surgical device using a fiducial pattern and a device camera disposed on the surgical device, the method comprising: obtaining an ultrasound image of a scan plane; obtaining a fiducial image of the fiducial pattern; correcting the fiducial image for lens distortion; finding correspondence between the fiducial image and a model image; estimating a camera pose; transforming a position of the surgical device to model coordinates; and displaying the ultrasound image and a virtual image of the surgical device based on the model coordinates characterised in that the fiducial pattern is disposed on an ultrasound device. obtaining an ultrasound image of a scan plane; obtaining a fiducial image of the fiducial pattern; correcting the fiducial image for lens distortion; finding correspondence between the fiducial image and a model image; estimating a camera pose; transforming a position of the surgical device to model coordinates; and displaying the ultrasound image and a virtual image of the surgical device based on the model coordinates characterised in that the fiducial pattern is disposed on an ultrasound device.
An expansion valve operable by a stepper motor, comprising: a housing; a hollow shaft which is arranged in the housing; a valve base body which supports the hollow shaft and which closes the housing; a rotor which is configured to be driven by means of a stator; a central spindle, which is arranged within the hollow shaft and is configured to be driven by the rotor in such a way that a rotational movement of the spindle is convertible into an axial movement for opening and closing the expansion valve via a threaded connection; characterized by a spiral body which comprises a thread, which is arranged around a lateral surface of the hollow shaft and which is configured to be driven by means of the rotor, wherein a stop body is arranged on the hollow shaft, said stop body is arranged so as to be movable in the thread of the spiral body and, as part of a spindle-stopper structure, predefines an upper end position and a lower end position of the central spindle. a housing; a hollow shaft which is arranged in the housing; a valve base body which supports the hollow shaft and which closes the housing; a rotor which is configured to be driven by means of a stator; a central spindle, which is arranged within the hollow shaft and is configured to be driven by the rotor in such a way that a rotational movement of the spindle is convertible into an axial movement for opening and closing the expansion valve via a threaded connection; characterized by a spiral body which comprises a thread, which is arranged around a lateral surface of the hollow shaft and which is configured to be driven by means of the rotor, wherein a stop body is arranged on the hollow shaft, said stop body is arranged so as to be movable in the thread of the spiral body and, as part of a spindle-stopper structure, predefines an upper end position and a lower end position of the central spindle.
An operating method of an edge-cloud collaboration system which analyzes Internet of Things (IoT) data and includes a cloud device providing a cloud service, a user loT device installed in a user space, and an edge device disposed between the cloud device and the user loT device, the operating method comprising: transmitting, by the cloud device, a data prediction model, optimized for the edge device among a plurality of data prediction models predicting variations of pieces of published loT data, to the edge device, wherein the plurality of data prediction models are generated by the cloud device by learning published loT data collected by the cloud device, wherein the optimized data prediction model is selected from among the plurality of data prediction models by assigning, by the cloud device or edge device, published loT data having a highest correlation with sample data of the user loT data, received by the cloud device or edge device, among the pieces of published loT data, and wherein the selected data prediction model is transmitted, by the cloud device, as the optimized data prediction model to the edge device; generating, by the edge device, prediction information obtained by predicting a variation of user loT data collected from the user loT device by using the optimized data prediction model and transmitting the prediction information to the user loT device; and controlling, by the user loT device, an indoor environment of the user space by using the prediction information. transmitting, by the cloud device, a data prediction model, optimized for the edge device among a plurality of data prediction models predicting variations of pieces of published loT data, to the edge device, wherein the plurality of data prediction models are generated by the cloud device by learning published loT data collected by the cloud device, wherein the optimized data prediction model is selected from among the plurality of data prediction models by assigning, by the cloud device or edge device, published loT data having a highest correlation with sample data of the user loT data, received by the cloud device or edge device, among the pieces of published loT data, and wherein the selected data prediction model is transmitted, by the cloud device, as the optimized data prediction model to the edge device; generating, by the edge device, prediction information obtained by predicting a variation of user loT data collected from the user loT device by using the optimized data prediction model and transmitting the prediction information to the user loT device; and controlling, by the user loT device, an indoor environment of the user space by using the prediction information.
A solid state lighting apparatus comprising: a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, including at least a first LED and a second LED, wherein a combined light generated by a mixture of light from the pair of LEDs has about a target chromaticity, wherein the first LED includes a first LED chip that emits light in the blue or green portions of the visible spectrum and includes a first phosphor that emits red light in response to light emitted by the first LED chip, and the second LED includes a second LED chip that emits light in the blue or green portions of the visible spectrum and includes a second phosphor that emits yellow or yellow-green light in response to light emitted by the second LED chip, wherein a combined light emitted by the second LED chip and the second phosphor has a color point that is above the planckian locus of a 1931 CIE Chromaticity diagram and that is outside a ten step Macadam ellipse from any point on the planckian locus. a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, including at least a first LED and a second LED, wherein a combined light generated by a mixture of light from the pair of LEDs has about a target chromaticity, wherein the first LED includes a first LED chip that emits light in the blue or green portions of the visible spectrum and includes a first phosphor that emits red light in response to light emitted by the first LED chip, and the second LED includes a second LED chip that emits light in the blue or green portions of the visible spectrum and includes a second phosphor that emits yellow or yellow-green light in response to light emitted by the second LED chip, wherein a combined light emitted by the second LED chip and the second phosphor has a color point that is above the planckian locus of a 1931 CIE Chromaticity diagram and that is outside a ten step Macadam ellipse from any point on the planckian locus.
A hand held personal care device comprising: - a main housing arranged to be held by hand; - an operative unit connected to the main housing and adapted for carrying out a personal care operation to a body part of a user; - a light source (24, 25, 26); and - an optically transparent light guide having a light receiving surface (27, 28, 29), a light emitting surface and a light guiding member extending from the light receiving surface to the light emitting surface for guiding light from the light receiving surface to the light emitting surface; wherein the light source is arranged in a watertight chamber of the main housing; wherein the main housing includes an optically transparent wall portion arranged adjacent to the light source and bounding said watertight chamber; and wherein the light guide is arranged outside said watertight chamber, said light receiving surface being arranged adjacent to said optically transparent wall portion in a position for receiving light from the light source via said optically transparent wall portion. - a main housing arranged to be held by hand; - an operative unit connected to the main housing and adapted for carrying out a personal care operation to a body part of a user; - a light source (24, 25, 26); and - an optically transparent light guide having a light receiving surface (27, 28, 29), a light emitting surface and a light guiding member extending from the light receiving surface to the light emitting surface for guiding light from the light receiving surface to the light emitting surface; wherein the light source is arranged in a watertight chamber of the main housing; wherein the main housing includes an optically transparent wall portion arranged adjacent to the light source and bounding said watertight chamber; and wherein the light guide is arranged outside said watertight chamber, said light receiving surface being arranged adjacent to said optically transparent wall portion in a position for receiving light from the light source via said optically transparent wall portion. wherein the light source is arranged in a watertight chamber of the main housing; wherein the main housing includes an optically transparent wall portion arranged adjacent to the light source and bounding said watertight chamber; and wherein the light guide is arranged outside said watertight chamber, said light receiving surface being arranged adjacent to said optically transparent wall portion in a position for receiving light from the light source via said optically transparent wall portion.
A method for manufacturing a turbine, the turbine comprising a distributor and a casing surrounding the distributor and manufactured in one piece with the distributor, the distributor having a channel, the channel comprising an upstream portion opening onto an upstream face of the distributor and a downstream portion opening onto a downstream face of the distributor, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: - manufacturing, by additive manufacturing, the distributor provided with said upstream portion and the casing in one piece with the distributor, - removing material from the thus manufactured distributor so as to obtain said downstream portion, wherein said manufacturing step is carried out by powder bed melting of a metal alloy, and wherein the turbine further comprises a hub able to receive the rotor of the turbine, and wherein, during said manufacturing step, at least part of the hub is manufactured by additive manufacturing in one piece with the distributor. - manufacturing, by additive manufacturing, the distributor provided with said upstream portion and the casing in one piece with the distributor, - removing material from the thus manufactured distributor so as to obtain said downstream portion, wherein said manufacturing step is carried out by powder bed melting of a metal alloy, and wherein the turbine further comprises a hub able to receive the rotor of the turbine, and wherein, during said manufacturing step, at least part of the hub is manufactured by additive manufacturing in one piece with the distributor. wherein said manufacturing step is carried out by powder bed melting of a metal alloy, and wherein the turbine further comprises a hub able to receive the rotor of the turbine, and wherein, during said manufacturing step, at least part of the hub is manufactured by additive manufacturing in one piece with the distributor.
A flexographic relief image printing plate comprising a solid relief surface and a plurality of dots in relief, wherein a dot relief of the printing plate is greater than about 9% of an overall plate relief, wherein the dot relief is defined as the relief between dots in tone patches, and the plate relief is defined as the distance between a floor of the plate and the top of the solid relief surface and wherein said plurality of dots comprise at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of: a) a planarity of a top surface of the dot is such that the radius of curvature of the top surface of the dot, r t, is greater than the total thickness of a photopolymer layer of the flexographic relief image printing plate; b) a shoulder angle of the dot is such that the overall shoulder angle of the dot is greater than 50°; and c) an edge sharpness of the dots is such that the ratio of r e:p is less than 5%, where p is the distance from edge to edge across the centre of the dot top, and r e is the radius of curvature of the dot's edge. a) a planarity of a top surface of the dot is such that the radius of curvature of the top surface of the dot, r t, is greater than the total thickness of a photopolymer layer of the flexographic relief image printing plate; b) a shoulder angle of the dot is such that the overall shoulder angle of the dot is greater than 50°; and c) an edge sharpness of the dots is such that the ratio of r e:p is less than 5%, where p is the distance from edge to edge across the centre of the dot top, and r e is the radius of curvature of the dot's edge.
Permanently polarized hydroxyapatite, characterized in that its crystallinity is over 65% and its corresponding 31 P NMR spectrum shows a unique peak at 2.6 ppm corresponding to phosphate groups of hydroxyapatite, wherein said spectrum is carried out with solid hydroxyapatite using H3 PO4 as a reference.