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A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining location information for a plurality of merchant locations; determining a number of nearest merchant locations that are nearest to a location of a mobile device among the plurality of merchant locations; determining a triggering geofence that encloses a geographic region that includes the number of nearest merchant locations; characterized in that the method further comprises: determining that a size of the geographic region enclosed by the triggering geofence is smaller than a threshold; in response to determining that the size of the triggering geofence is smaller than the threshold, associating each of two or more merchant locations of the number of nearest merchant locations with a common coalesced geofence, wherein detection of the mobile device within the coalesced geofence triggers a notification on the mobile device of the proximity of each merchant corresponding to the associated two or more merchant locations. obtaining location information for a plurality of merchant locations; determining a number of nearest merchant locations that are nearest to a location of a mobile device among the plurality of merchant locations; determining a triggering geofence that encloses a geographic region that includes the number of nearest merchant locations; determining that a size of the geographic region enclosed by the triggering geofence is smaller than a threshold; in response to determining that the size of the triggering geofence is smaller than the threshold, associating each of two or more merchant locations of the number of nearest merchant locations with a common coalesced geofence, wherein detection of the mobile device within the coalesced geofence triggers a notification on the mobile device of the proximity of each merchant corresponding to the associated two or more merchant locations.
A method for gasifying biomass by water vapor, the method using a high temperature superheated water vapor as an oxidant and an energy carrier to transform the biomass into a crude synthetic gas in a gasifier, quenching the crude synthetic gas in a spray tower, and finally producing a clean synthetic gas; the method comprising the steps as follows: a) grinding the biomass, feeding the biomass into the gasifier, at the same time spraying a high temperature superheated water vapor with a temperature of 1200-1600 °C into the gasifier, wherein a plasma torch heater is used to supply the high temperature superheated water vapor with the temperature of 1200-1600 °C, controlling the gasifier at an operating temperature of 1200-1600°C, fully contacting the biomass with the high temperature superheated water vapor to carry out desiccation, separation of volatile matters, pyrolysis, gasification, and producing the crude synthetic gas and an ash; wherein an input speed of the high temperature superheated water vapor into the gasifier is 35-50 m/s, a retention time of the crude synthetic gas in the gasifier is 15-20 s, and an output speed of the crude synthetic gas from the gasifier is 15-20 m/s, b) transporting the crude synthetic gas into the spray tower, quenching the crude synthetic gas by spraying water to cool down the crude synthetic gas to a temperature of 650-800°C, condensing a slag and a tar, dissolving alkali metal oxides and part of acid gases, and acquiring a primary synthetic gas; and c) carrying out cooling, dust removal, deacidification, and desiccation to transform the primary synthetic gas into the clean synthetic gas. a) grinding the biomass, feeding the biomass into the gasifier, at the same time spraying a high temperature superheated water vapor with a temperature of 1200-1600 °C into the gasifier, wherein a plasma torch heater is used to supply the high temperature superheated water vapor with the temperature of 1200-1600 °C, controlling the gasifier at an operating temperature of 1200-1600°C, fully contacting the biomass with the high temperature superheated water vapor to carry out desiccation, separation of volatile matters, pyrolysis, gasification, and producing the crude synthetic gas and an ash; wherein an input speed of the high temperature superheated water vapor into the gasifier is 35-50 m/s, a retention time of the crude synthetic gas in the gasifier is 15-20 s, and an output speed of the crude synthetic gas from the gasifier is 15-20 m/s, b) transporting the crude synthetic gas into the spray tower, quenching the crude synthetic gas by spraying water to cool down the crude synthetic gas to a temperature of 650-800°C, condensing a slag and a tar, dissolving alkali metal oxides and part of acid gases, and acquiring a primary synthetic gas; and c) carrying out cooling, dust removal, deacidification, and desiccation to transform the primary synthetic gas into the clean synthetic gas.
Thermal conditioning device comprising a refrigerant circuit and a heat-transfer fluid circuit, - the refrigerant circuit comprising at least a compressor an internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger and an evaporator, - the heat-transfer fluid circuit comprising at least a first heat exchanger associated with a first component, a second heat exchanger associated with a second component and a radiator and a third heat exchanger associated with a third component installed in the second loop, - the said first component being at least one battery, the said second component being at least one inverter, the said third component being an electric motor, - a fluid/fluid heat exchanger installed in the refrigerant circuit and in the heat-transfer fluid circuit, the heat-transfer fluid circuit comprising a first loop and a second loop which are interconnected by an interconnection device, characterized in that the first loop comprises the fluid/fluid heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger associated with a component and a heating means for heating the heat-transfer fluid, interposed between the interconnection device and the fluid/fluid heat exchanger, the second loop comprising the second heat exchanger associated with a component and the radiator. - the refrigerant circuit comprising at least a compressor an internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger and an evaporator, - the heat-transfer fluid circuit comprising at least a first heat exchanger associated with a first component, a second heat exchanger associated with a second component and a radiator and a third heat exchanger associated with a third component installed in the second loop, - the said first component being at least one battery, the said second component being at least one inverter, the said third component being an electric motor, - a fluid/fluid heat exchanger installed in the refrigerant circuit and in the heat-transfer fluid circuit,
Control unit for fluid-operated consuming devices, comprising two housing parts (12, 14) with sealing faces facing toward one another, between which is arranged an intermediate plate which comprises a carrier plate and metallic seal layers (64, 66) arranged on both sides of the carrier plate, wherein the seal layers (64, 66) abut mutually opposite surfaces (72, 74) of the carrier plate and, with seal surface regions facing the respective sealing surfaces, abut these sealing surfaces in a fluid-tight manner, characterised in that at least one of the seal surface regions is formed by an exposed metal coating which is capable of sliding relative to the respective sealing face for direct contact with the respective sealing face, the metal coating having a layer thickness that is 10 μm or less.
Citrus juice machine comprising a fruit feed chute, fruit cutting and squeezing means and a peel collection tray, the cutting and squeezing means comprising a fruit reception cup, which is located below the fruit feed chute; means to initiate the rotation of the cup between a vertical fruit reception position and an inverted position; a horizontal tilting blade facing the rotating trajectory of the cup to cut the fruit in an upper and lower half; a retaining stop for the upper half of the fruit; a ramp to support the lower half of the fruit during the rotation of the cup from its vertical position to the inverted position; a squeezing ball located below the cup; and means to vertically displace the cup in the inverted position and the ramp in a synchronized manner from the upper inverted position of said cup to the lower position wherein it presses the lower half of the fruit housed in said cup against the squeezing ball, said citrus juice machine characterized in that the means to initiate the rotation of the cup comprise a horizontal rotating axis, upon which said cup is mounted, a pinion joined together with said axis and a vertical rack which may be vertically displaced, to which said pinion is geared and in that the blade is mounted onto a horizontal axis upon which it may tilt transversally between positions of minimum and maximum inclination, whose axis bears a probe which is retained, with the blade in the minimum inclination position, by means of a releasable upper stop and is propelled by means of a spring towards the maximum inclination position of the blade, said probe receiving the action of a vertical plate of the rack when said plate reaches the highest point of its vertical trajectory, to initiate the tilting of the blade from the maximum inclination position towards the minimum inclination position.
Delivery vehicle (1, 31) for delivering consignments at different locations on a delivery route, having at least one receiving device for receiving the consignments, having at least one sensor device for separately capturing delivery information for the consignments received via the receiving device, having at least one storage device (26, 36) for storing the received consignments during the delivery of other consignments, and having at least one conveying device (13, 32) for conveying the received consignments from the receiving device to storage positions (18, 35) of the storage device (26, 36) and from the storage positions (18, 35) of the storage device (26, 36) to a dispensing device for dispensing the consignments at the particular location for delivery of the consignments.
A wind instrument formed from a woody material, the woody material comprising: a plurality of veneers being laminated; and a plurality of buffer layers, each buffer layer comprising a fibrous sheet constituted from a nonwoven fabric and an adhesive with which the fibrous sheet is impregnated, each buffer layer being interposed between adjacent two of the plurality of veneers, characterized in that the fibrous sheet is a nonwoven fabric constituted from a synthetic fiber and that a percentage content of the adhesive in each buffer layer is no less than 40% by mass and no greater than 90% by mass, wherein an average thickness of each buffer layer is no less than 0.07 mm and no greater than 0.20 mm; and an average thickness of the veneer is no less than 0.7 mm and no greater than 5 mm. a plurality of veneers being laminated; and a plurality of buffer layers, each buffer layer comprising a fibrous sheet constituted from a nonwoven fabric and an adhesive with which the fibrous sheet is impregnated, each buffer layer being interposed between adjacent two of the plurality of veneers, characterized in that the fibrous sheet is a nonwoven fabric constituted from a synthetic fiber and that a percentage content of the adhesive in each buffer layer is no less than 40% by mass and no greater than 90% by mass, wherein an average thickness of each buffer layer is no less than 0.07 mm and no greater than 0.20 mm; and an average thickness of the veneer is no less than 0.7 mm and no greater than 5 mm.
An animal hoof cleaning system comprising: - an automatic milking station configured to automatically milk an animal therein, said automatic milking station comprising a set of teat cups that are configured to be attached to the teats of said animal during milking thereof, - an automatic spraying device configured to clean at least one hoof of an animal housed in said automatic milking station by spraying a fluid towards the hoof of said animal, - a control unit configured to control the operation of the automatic spraying device, characterized in that the system comprises - detecting means (6-9, 10) configured to detect a milking state in which each teat of an animal housed in the milking station is attached to a respective teat cup, and that the control unit is configured to control the operation of the automatic spraying device on basis of information from the detecting means (6-9, 10), and that the control unit is configured to activate the automatic spraying device for spraying on the at least one hoof of said animal only when the detecting means (6-9, 10) has detected said milking state. - an automatic milking station configured to automatically milk an animal therein, said automatic milking station comprising a set of teat cups that are configured to be attached to the teats of said animal during milking thereof, - an automatic spraying device configured to clean at least one hoof of an animal housed in said automatic milking station by spraying a fluid towards the hoof of said animal, - a control unit configured to control the operation of the automatic spraying device, characterized in that the system comprises - detecting means (6-9, 10) configured to detect a milking state in which each teat of an animal housed in the milking station is attached to a respective teat cup, and that the control unit is configured to control the operation of the automatic spraying device on basis of information from the detecting means (6-9, 10), and that the control unit is configured to activate the automatic spraying device for spraying on the at least one hoof of said animal only when the detecting means (6-9, 10) has detected said milking state.
Insert ring for a road surface, wherein the insert ring is a prefabricated insert ring which - comprises, at least on its upper side, a covering material that is matched to a material of the road surface, and - comprises an inner diameter or an inner contour that corresponds substantially to an outer diameter or an outer contour of a well element that is to be bordered by a road surface, characterised in that the covering material corresponds to the material of the road surface, and in that the covering material comprises a fine asphalt which is applied to an asphalt layer. - comprises, at least on its upper side, a covering material that is matched to a material of the road surface, and - comprises an inner diameter or an inner contour that corresponds substantially to an outer diameter or an outer contour of a well element that is to be bordered by a road surface,
Vacuum pump components without conversion layers, made of valve metals or their alloys, characterized in that their surfaces have a coating of at least one oxide of an element of the group consisting of boron, germanium, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, niobium, hafnium and/or zirconium and mixtures thereof, and/or an oxyfluoride of the group consisting of aluminum, titanium and/or zirconium, produced by electroplating and having a layer thickness within a range of from 5 to 50 μm.
A solar module comprising first and second bus bars and a common substrate supporting a rectifying diode sheet, the rectifying diode sheet comprising at least a back electrode layer, a front electrode layer, and an absorber layer located between the back electrode layer and the front electrode layer, wherein the rectifying diode sheet is divided in first and second sheet parts, said first sheet part comprising a first string of one or more series connected solar cells each having front and back electrodes formed in the front and back electrode layers, which first string is series connected to the first and second bus bars, and said second sheet part comprising a second string of one or more series connected bypass diodes each having front and back electrodes formed in the front and back electrode layers, which second string is connected in an anti-parallel configuration with the first string via the first and second bus bars, wherein the back electrode layer has a higher electrical conductivity than the front electrode layer, and wherein the first string comprises a first solar cell sub-string and a second solar cell sub-string, and the second string comprises a first bypass diode sub-string and a second bypass diode sub-string, wherein the first solar cell sub-string comprises one or more solar cells, and the second solar cell sub-string comprises one or more solar cells, whereby the first and second solar cell sub-strings are series connected, and wherein the first bypass diode sub-string comprises one or more bypass diodes and the second bypass diode sub-string comprises one or more bypass diodes, whereby the first bypass diode and second bypass diode sub-strings are directly series connected, wherein the first and second solar cell sub-strings and the first and second bypass diode sub-strings are each series connected with an integrated electric series connection, whereby in addition to the first string and second string being connected in anti-parallel configuration via the first and second bus bars, the first solar cell sub-string is connected in anti-parallel configuration with the first bypass diode sub-string and the second solar cell sub-string is connected in anti-parallel configuration with the second bypass diode sub-string, and wherein the front electrode of the one solar cell in the first solar cell sub-string that is series connected to the back electrode of the one solar cell in the second solar cell sub-string is also connected to the back electrode of the one bypass diode in the first bypass diode sub-string that is series connected with the front electrode of the one bypass diode in the second bypass diode sub-string, wherein the back electrode layer extends from the back electrode of the one solar cell in the second solar cell sub-string to the back electrode of the one bypass diode in the first bypass diode sub-string, and wherein at least a part of the one bypass diode in the first bypass diode sub-string faces at least a part of the one solar cell in the second solar cell sub-string [page 34, last paragraph, to page 35, first paragraph, of WO-publication, Fig. 3A].
A wind turbine blade, comprising: a plurality of electro-thermal heating panels (302, 702, 802, 816) disposed on or in a wind turbine blade structure; and one or more busbars (408, 710, 814, 820) electrically connected to each of the plurality of electro-thermal heating panels (302, 702, 802, 816), wherein the one or more busbars (408, 710, 814, 820) extend along a chordwise and/or spanwise direction of the wind turbine blade, characterized in that adjacent busbars (408, 710, 814, 820) are substantially aligned in a vertical direction perpendicular to a surface of the wind turbine blade at the adjacent busbars (408, 710, 814, 820) to substantially prevent either a cold spot or hot spot in the wind turbine blade structure during heating of the wind turbine blade.
A food and beverage preparation machine comprising a machine body, a fluid system adapted to mix a fluid with an ingredient for the preparation of a food or beverage product, and a dispensing opening for delivering the food or beverage into a cup or other receptacle, and further comprising a cup tray that can be attached to the machine body in at least two alternative height positions relative to said dispensing opening, wherein: i. said machine body comprises a pit with a cylindrical opening located below the dispensing opening, said cylindrical opening comprising at least one guiding pin extending inwardly from the pit's opening peripheral edge, and ii. said cup tray comprises a horizontal plate and a cylinder extending vertically downwardly therefrom, the outer surface of said cylinder having at least one vertical cam groove adapted to receive said guiding pin in a slidable manner for displacing the cup tray in height, said food and beverage machine being characterized in that said cup tray comprises at least two discrete superimposed horizontal groove branches extending from the vertical groove, for fixing the cup tray at predetermined height positions. i. said machine body comprises a pit with a cylindrical opening located below the dispensing opening, said cylindrical opening comprising at least one guiding pin extending inwardly from the pit's opening peripheral edge, and ii. said cup tray comprises a horizontal plate and a cylinder extending vertically downwardly therefrom, the outer surface of said cylinder having at least one vertical cam groove adapted to receive said guiding pin in a slidable manner for displacing the cup tray in height, said food and beverage machine being characterized in that said cup tray comprises at least two discrete superimposed horizontal groove branches extending from the vertical groove, for fixing the cup tray at predetermined height positions.
An anchor assembly comprising: an anchor for placement in a bone hole, the anchor comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, the anchor comprising a cavity and an opening to the cavity; an insertion member disposed within the cavity of the anchor; and a sleeve coupled to the anchor, the sleeve disposed over the proximal portion of the anchor. an anchor for placement in a bone hole, the anchor comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, the anchor comprising a cavity and an opening to the cavity; an insertion member disposed within the cavity of the anchor; and a sleeve coupled to the anchor, the sleeve disposed over the proximal portion of the anchor.
An apparatus comprising an optical repeater (850, 950, 1050, 1120, 1220, 1320) having (i) a plurality of first input ports (IN a) and a plurality of first output ports (OUT a) for a plurality of first optical paths (830 a, 1130 a, 1230 a) and (ii) a plurality of second inputports (IN b) and a plurality of second output ports (OUT b) for a plurality of second optical paths (830 b, 1130 b, 1230 b), each first optical path having a corresponding second optical path, wherein the corresponding second optical path is in the opposite direction to the first optical path, the optical repeater comprising: a plurality of first optical amplifiers (960a, 1060a, 1122a/1152a, 1222a/1252a, 1322a/1352a), each first optical amplifier connecting a first input port and a corresponding first output port for a corresponding first optical path; a plurality of second optical amplifiers (960b, 1060b, 1122b/1152b, 1222b/1252b, 1322b/1352b), each second optical amplifier connecting a second input port and a corresponding second output port for a corresponding second optical path; the apparatus being characterized in the fact that the optical repeater comprises a set of shared optical elements (910/920, 1020, 610/620), wherein each optical element is configured to receive, modify, and forward optical signals between each of the first optical paths and its corresponding second optical path, wherein at least one of the shared optical elements comprises a filter or an attenuator. a plurality of first optical amplifiers (960a, 1060a, 1122a/1152a, 1222a/1252a, 1322a/1352a), each first optical amplifier connecting a first input port and a corresponding first output port for a corresponding first optical path; a plurality of second optical amplifiers (960b, 1060b, 1122b/1152b, 1222b/1252b, 1322b/1352b), each second optical amplifier connecting a second input port and a corresponding second output port for a corresponding second optical path; the apparatus being characterized in the fact that the optical repeater comprises a set of shared optical elements (910/920, 1020, 610/620), wherein each optical element is configured to receive, modify, and forward optical signals between each of the first optical paths and its corresponding second optical path, wherein at least one of the shared optical elements comprises a filter or an attenuator.