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Separating device for an agricultural machine, comprising a sieve for separating grains or seeds of a harvested crop from other constituents of the crop, wherein the sieve comprises a number of sieve elements arranged approximately parallel to each other, which form a sieve surface and between which sieve openings are formed through which grains or seeds can pass, wherein the sieve has a supply side intended for the supply of the harvested crop and a discharge side intended for discharge of the other constituents of the crop, and wherein said sieve elements extend in the direction of the discharge side, characterized in that the sieve elements are rod-like elements.
A watercraft comprising a hull, a fin (215, 305), a motor (325, 500), and an inertial mass (155, 170, 175, 330), wherein the fin is secured to the hull, optionally using a force transmitting member; and the motor is a torque reaction engine arranged in a capsule, wherein the torque reaction engine comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator is secured to or forms the interior of the capsule, wherein the hull is secured to and generally surrounds the capsule, wherein the inertial mass is secured to the rotor such that, the rotor and inertial mass, together, are cyclically counter-rotated by the stator, in one direction and then the other, about an axis of rotation; wherein the inertial mass is symmetrical about the axis of rotation shared with the motor, wherein the watercraft is arranged such that, when the motor cyclically counter-rotates the inertial mass, it is subject to a torque reaction caused thereby (181, 182, 183, 184), wherein the torque reaction on the motor caused by cyclic counter rotation of the inertial mass is communicated to the fin through the hull, resulting in translation of the fin through a surrounding thrust fluid (342, 1000), wherein translation of the fin though the surrounding thrust fluid produces thrust.
A threaded connection comprising a first and a second tubular component, the first tubular component being provided with a pipe body and a male member at a distal end of the pipe body, the second tubular component being provided with another pipe body and a female member at a distal end of that pipe body, such that a male member comprises, on its external peripheral surface, at least one male threaded zone and finishes in a male terminal surface, and a female member comprises, on its internal peripheral surface, at least one female threaded zone and finishes in a female terminal surface, the male threaded zone comprising a male thread having a first portion in which the width of the thread crest (CWTp) increases in a direction oriented from the male terminal surface towards the pipe body of the first tubular component, the tooth closest to the male terminal surface presenting a minimum crest width value (CWTpmin) of the male thread, and the female threaded zone comprising a female thread having a second portion in which the width of the thread crest (CWTb) increases along a direction oriented from the female terminal surface towards the pipe body of the second tubular component, the tooth closest to the female terminal surface presenting a minimum crest width value (CWTbmin) of the female thread wherein each tooth of the first portion is between two adjacent teeth of the second portion when the connection is made up, and characterized in that only part of the first portion cooperate with only a part of the second portion in accordance with a self-locking make-up arrangement in order to provide a locking region in the threaded connection.
An augmented reality display system for delivering augmented reality content to a user, comprising: an image-generating source to provide one or more frames of image data; a light modulator to transmit light associated with the one or more frames of image data; a diffractive optical element to receive the light associated with the one or more frames of image data and direct the light to the user's eyes, the DOE comprising a diffraction structure (1300, 1400, 1401, 1500) having a waveguide substrate corresponding to a waveguide refractive index, and a surface grating, characterized in the the diffraction structure (1300, 1400, 1401, 1500) further comprises an underlayer disposed between the waveguide substrate and the surface grating, wherein the underlayer corresponds to an underlayer refractive index that is different from the waveguide refractive index, wherein the underlayer has a non-uniform thickness, and wherein two of the waveguide substrate, the underlayer, and the surface grating correspond to a common refractive index value. an image-generating source to provide one or more frames of image data; a light modulator to transmit light associated with the one or more frames of image data; a diffractive optical element to receive the light associated with the one or more frames of image data and direct the light to the user's eyes, the DOE comprising a diffraction structure (1300, 1400, 1401, 1500) having a waveguide substrate corresponding to a waveguide refractive index, and a surface grating, characterized in the the diffraction structure (1300, 1400, 1401, 1500) further comprises an underlayer disposed between the waveguide substrate and the surface grating, wherein the underlayer corresponds to an underlayer refractive index that is different from the waveguide refractive index, wherein the underlayer has a non-uniform thickness, and wherein two of the waveguide substrate, the underlayer, and the surface grating correspond to a common refractive index value.
A hook-and-loop fastener with a plurality of fastener parts spaced apart from one another, each of which is arranged on a backing part by means of a base part and each of which has a head part which is connected to the base part via a stem part, wherein the head part is articulated to the stem part via an articulated part, wherein the base part forms a further articulated part by means of which the stem part is articulated relative to the backing part, wherein the respective stem part is reinforced in cross-section with a widening, and wherein the widening has the shape of an ellipsoid or an elliptical paraboloid, characterised in that - the stem part is described, from its outer contour, as part of a regular or irregular ellipsoid of rotation, wherein the centre of an imaginary circle of the articulated part of the base part lies on the imaginary edge boundary thereof; or, - the stem part is described, from its outer contour, as part of an irregular ellipsoid of rotation, wherein the centres (28, 30) of imaginary circles (24, 26) of the articulated parts of the base part and stem part are located within the ellipsoid of rotation. - the stem part is described, from its outer contour, as part of a regular or irregular ellipsoid of rotation, wherein the centre of an imaginary circle of the articulated part of the base part lies on the imaginary edge boundary thereof; or, - the stem part is described, from its outer contour, as part of an irregular ellipsoid of rotation, wherein the centres (28, 30) of imaginary circles (24, 26) of the articulated parts of the base part and stem part are located within the ellipsoid of rotation.
A sprinkler comprising: a sprinkler head comprising at least one nozzle, wherein the nozzle comprises a nozzle body and a nozzle opening, and wherein the nozzle is configured to discharge a liquid jet through the nozzle opening; and a deflector provided downstream of the nozzle, wherein the deflector comprises a deflecting surface which is in use in contact with the liquid jet to adjust a range of the liquid jet; an elongated guiding element provided on the deflector upstream of the deflecting surface, the guiding element extending at an angle (θ) with respect to a direction of discharge of the liquid jet, wherein the angle (θ) lies in a range from about 45 degrees to 90 degrees, and wherein the guiding element is in use in contact with the liquid jet to direct splashed liquid from the deflecting surface back into the liquid jet, characterized in that, the deflector is mounted on the sprinkler head within a holding structure, and the guiding element is in intimate contact with the nozzle body and/or a wall element of the holding structure adjacent to the nozzle body. a sprinkler head comprising at least one nozzle, wherein the nozzle comprises a nozzle body and a nozzle opening, and wherein the nozzle is configured to discharge a liquid jet through the nozzle opening; and a deflector provided downstream of the nozzle, wherein the deflector comprises a deflecting surface which is in use in contact with the liquid jet to adjust a range of the liquid jet; an elongated guiding element provided on the deflector upstream of the deflecting surface, the guiding element extending at an angle (θ) with respect to a direction of discharge of the liquid jet, wherein the angle (θ) lies in a range from about 45 degrees to 90 degrees, and wherein the guiding element is in use in contact with the liquid jet to direct splashed liquid from the deflecting surface back into the liquid jet, characterized in that, the deflector is mounted on the sprinkler head within a holding structure, and the guiding element is in intimate contact with the nozzle body and/or a wall element of the holding structure adjacent to the nozzle body.
A method of servicing a nozzle of an additive manufacturing system for magnetohydrodynamic, MHD, printing liquid metal, comprising the steps of: positioning the nozzle over a ceramic rod; jetting from the nozzle an amount of liquid metal forming on an upper surface of the ceramic rod a bead of metal; advancing the upper surface of the ceramic rod towards the nozzle until the bead of metal contacts a meniscus of liquid metal at the nozzle and rotating the upper surface of the ceramic rod such that the bead removes an amount of dross from the nozzle; retreating the upper surface of the ceramic rod away from the nozzle; and wherein during the step of advancing and rotating the upper surface of the ceramic rod, jetting additional liquid metal such that the bead is increased in size until at least a portion of the bead solidifies and the bead is ejected away from the upper surface of the ceramic rod. positioning the nozzle over a ceramic rod; jetting from the nozzle an amount of liquid metal forming on an upper surface of the ceramic rod a bead of metal; advancing the upper surface of the ceramic rod towards the nozzle until the bead of metal contacts a meniscus of liquid metal at the nozzle and rotating the upper surface of the ceramic rod such that the bead removes an amount of dross from the nozzle; retreating the upper surface of the ceramic rod away from the nozzle; and wherein during the step of advancing and rotating the upper surface of the ceramic rod, jetting additional liquid metal such that the bead is increased in size until at least a portion of the bead solidifies and the bead is ejected away from the upper surface of the ceramic rod.
Method for producing, in particular continuously producing, an elongated product, in which: - a core of the elongated product is continuously conveyed through an extrusion head of an extrusion unit, - by means of the extrusion unit and with unchanged material flow, a material is extruded onto the core as a uniform sheath with a predetermined wall thickness, wherein, downstream of the extrusion unit and while the material is still mouldable, the elongated product is fed in a conveying direction to a moulding unit, characterized in that part of the material is backed up along the conveying direction by means of the moulding unit, in that this particular part of the material is displaced with respect to the rest of the material, and in that a moulded part is integrally formed on the sheath from the backed-up material. - a core of the elongated product is continuously conveyed through an extrusion head of an extrusion unit, - by means of the extrusion unit and with unchanged material flow, a material is extruded onto the core as a uniform sheath with a predetermined wall thickness,
A method of transmitting channel management information by an access point, AP, in a wireless local area network and configured to communicate via a primary subchannel and a secondary subchannel with a plurality of stations of a basic service set, BSS, the method comprising: transmitting a frame including a quiet channel element to at least one station of the plurality of stations, wherein the quiet channel element indicates whether the secondary subchannel is to be quieted during a quiet interval in which the AP tests the secondary subchannel for a presence of radar transmissions and the station does not send any frame to the AP, and wherein the quiet channel element includes an AP status flag indicating whether a communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval; and quieting the secondary subchannel during the quiet interval and communicating with the at least one station of the plurality of stations via the primary subchannel during the quiet interval if the AP status flag indicates that the communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval. transmitting a frame including a quiet channel element to at least one station of the plurality of stations, wherein the quiet channel element indicates whether the secondary subchannel is to be quieted during a quiet interval in which the AP tests the secondary subchannel for a presence of radar transmissions and the station does not send any frame to the AP, and wherein the quiet channel element includes an AP status flag indicating whether a communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval; and quieting the secondary subchannel during the quiet interval and communicating with the at least one station of the plurality of stations via the primary subchannel during the quiet interval if the AP status flag indicates that the communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval.
Prepolymer, prepared under use of (a) at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional organic cyanate, and (b) at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic alcohol in amounts which ensure a molar ratio of OCN groups to OH groups between 95:5 and 70:30 in the starting materials for the preparation of the prepolymer, and optionally at least one filler, wherein the prepolymer has a degree of crosslinking that is below the gel point thereof, wherein the at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic alcohol is selected under compounds having the subsequently depicted structures la to IIIa, wherein R 1 to R 4 are, independent from one another, hydrogen, straight-chain or branched C 1 - C 10 alkyl, C 3 - C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 - C 10 alkoxy, halogen, phenyl or phenoxy, wherein the alkyl groups or aryl groups can be fluorinated or partially fluorinated; wherein R 5 to R 8 are the same as R 1 to R 4 and Z is a chemical bond, SO 2, CF 2, CH 2, CHF, CH(CH 3), isopropylene, hexafluoro isopropylene, C 1 - C 10 alkylene, O, NR 9, N=N, CH=CH, COO, CH=N, CH=N-N=CH, alkylene oxyalkylene with C 1 - C 8 alkylene, S, Si(CH 3) 2, wherein R 8 is hydrogen or C 1 - C 10 alkyl and n is an integer of 0 to 20, with the exception of a prepolymer, prepared from the dicyanate derivative of bisphenol A and either bisphenol A or a brominated derivative thereof or 4,4'-thiodiphenol, as far as the prepolymer does not contain any additional components. (a) at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional organic cyanate, and (b) at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic alcohol in amounts which ensure a molar ratio of OCN groups to OH groups between 95:5 and 70:30 in the starting materials for the preparation of the prepolymer, and optionally at least one filler, wherein the prepolymer has a degree of crosslinking that is below the gel point thereof, wherein the at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic alcohol is selected under compounds having the subsequently depicted structures la to IIIa, wherein R 1 to R 4 are, independent from one another, hydrogen, straight-chain or branched C 1 - C 10 alkyl, C 3 - C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 - C 10 alkoxy, halogen, phenyl or phenoxy, wherein the alkyl groups or aryl groups can be fluorinated or partially fluorinated; wherein R 5 to R 8 are the same as R 1 to R 4 and Z is a chemical bond, SO 2, CF 2, CH 2, CHF, CH(CH 3), isopropylene, hexafluoro isopropylene, C 1 - C 10 alkylene, O, NR 9, N=N, CH=CH, COO, CH=N, CH=N-N=CH, alkylene oxyalkylene with C 1 - C 8 alkylene, S, Si(CH 3) 2, wherein R 8 is hydrogen or C 1 - C 10 alkyl and n is an integer of 0 to 20, with the exception of a prepolymer, prepared from the dicyanate derivative of bisphenol A and either bisphenol A or a brominated derivative thereof or 4,4'-thiodiphenol, as far as the prepolymer does not contain any additional components.
A composition for use in olefin polymerization comprising: (a) a thermally treated particulate material, wherein the thermally treated particulate material comprises one or more transition metal compounds, wherein the transition metal compound comprises chromium compounds, wherein the thermally treated particulate material further comprises one or more aluminium alkyl species, and wherein the thermally treated particulate material is treated between a temperature from about 150 °C to about 1000 °C and has an average particle size from about 20 microns to about 300 microns; (b) 0.05 to 5% by weight of a hydrophobic particulate material relative to the total weight of the particulate materials, wherein the hydrophobic particulate material has an average particle size of less than 5 microns and the hydrophobic particulate material is a treated fumed or pyrogenic silica that increases a bulk density of a solid phase of the composition relative to the bulk density of the solid phase of the composition in the absence of the hydrophobic particulate material; and (c) one or more liquid vehicles. (a) a thermally treated particulate material, wherein the thermally treated particulate material comprises one or more transition metal compounds, wherein the transition metal compound comprises chromium compounds, wherein the thermally treated particulate material further comprises one or more aluminium alkyl species, and wherein the thermally treated particulate material is treated between a temperature from about 150 °C to about 1000 °C and has an average particle size from about 20 microns to about 300 microns; (b) 0.05 to 5% by weight of a hydrophobic particulate material relative to the total weight of the particulate materials, wherein the hydrophobic particulate material has an average particle size of less than 5 microns and the hydrophobic particulate material is a treated fumed or pyrogenic silica that increases a bulk density of a solid phase of the composition relative to the bulk density of the solid phase of the composition in the absence of the hydrophobic particulate material; and (c) one or more liquid vehicles.
A method for sending data to at least one device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - a data sending control server sends to at least one data storage server at least one predetermined rule or a first request for sending data to at least one data processing server; - the at least one data storage server sends, based upon the at least one predetermined rule or the first request for sending data to at least one data processing server, to the at least one data processing server, data; - the data sending control server sends, to the at least one data processing server, a second request for sending to the at least one device, the data received or to be received by the at least one data processing server; - the at least one data processing server sends, based upon the second request for sending the data, to the at least one device, the received data. - a data sending control server sends to at least one data storage server at least one predetermined rule or a first request for sending data to at least one data processing server; - the at least one data storage server sends, based upon the at least one predetermined rule or the first request for sending data to at least one data processing server, to the at least one data processing server, data; - the data sending control server sends, to the at least one data processing server, a second request for sending to the at least one device, the data received or to be received by the at least one data processing server; - the at least one data processing server sends, based upon the second request for sending the data, to the at least one device, the received data.
A method of manufacturing an aluminum (Al) alloy, the method comprising: providing aluminum, preferably as pure aluminum or as an aluminum alloy, and a master alloy; forming a melt (S11, S12) in which the master alloy and the aluminum are melted; and casting the melt; characterised in that: the master alloy contains a calcium (Ca)-based compound, and is formed by adding calcium into a parent material; in that the parent material comprises pure magnesium (Mg) or a magnesium alloy, preferably in which the magnesium alloy comprises aluminum as an alloying element; in that the calcium-based compound is formed by reacting the calcium with magnesium of the pure magnesium or magnesium alloy, or aluminum of the magnesium alloy; and in that casting the melt forms the aluminum alloy comprising the calcium-based compound, wherein the calcium is added in an amount between 0.0001 and 100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the parent material, wherein the calcium is dissolved in an amount less than the solubility limit of the calcium in an aluminum matrix in the aluminum alloy, wherein the amount of calcium in the aluminum alloy is between 0.1 and 40% by weight, and wherein the calcium-based compound comprises at least one of a Mg-Ca compound, an Al-Ca compound and a Mg-Al-Ca compound, wherein the Mg-Ca compound comprises Mg 2 Ca, the Al-Ca compound comprises at least one of Al 2 Ca and Al 4 Ca, and/or the Mg-Al-Ca compound comprises (Mg, Al) 2 Ca. providing aluminum, preferably as pure aluminum or as an aluminum alloy, and a master alloy; forming a melt (S11, S12) in which the master alloy and the aluminum are melted; and casting the melt; the master alloy contains a calcium (Ca)-based compound, and is formed by adding calcium into a parent material; in that the parent material comprises pure magnesium (Mg) or a magnesium alloy, preferably in which the magnesium alloy comprises aluminum as an alloying element; in that the calcium-based compound is formed by reacting the calcium with magnesium of the pure magnesium or magnesium alloy, or aluminum of the magnesium alloy; and in that casting the melt forms the aluminum alloy comprising the calcium-based compound,
A prosthesis comprising: a central body (106, 228) having a longitudinal axis normal to a reference plane that extends through the central body; and a plurality of fins (91-96, 108, 110, 151-154, 208, 210) extending laterally from an outer surface (112, 212) of the central body, the plurality of fins being spaced apart around the outer surface of the central body, wherein spacing of the plurality of fins is asymmetric in the reference plane, characterised in that all of the plurality of fins do not create bilateral symmetry of all of the plurality of fins with respect to a longitudinal plane containing the longitudinal axis due to the spacing in the reference plane of the plurality of fins. a central body (106, 228) having a longitudinal axis normal to a reference plane that extends through the central body; and a plurality of fins (91-96, 108, 110, 151-154, 208, 210) extending laterally from an outer surface (112, 212) of the central body, the plurality of fins being spaced apart around the outer surface of the central body, wherein spacing of the plurality of fins is asymmetric in the reference plane, characterised in that all of the plurality of fins do not create bilateral symmetry of all of the plurality of fins with respect to a longitudinal plane containing the longitudinal axis due to the spacing in the reference plane of the plurality of fins.