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An optical imaging diagnostic apparatus connected to a probe, said optical imaging diagnostic apparatus further including a transmitting and receiving unit (201, 301) for carrying out light transmitting and receiving continuously, adapted to obtain a reflected light from a biological tissue, the transmitting and receiving unit being axially movable while being rotated inside a body lumen, a storage unit adapted to store concurrently line data representing coherent light intensity data in the emission direction of the transmitting and receiving unit, derived from a coherent light produced by interference between the obtained reflected light and a reference light, the apparatus being configured to generate a plurality of cross-sectional images of the biological tissue in the axial direction based on the line data, and to display the images thereof; a designating unit for designating a predetermined circumferential-direction position at the circumference of the transmitting and receiving unit on the cross-sectional image displayed; an extraction unit for extracting, within the plurality of line data used for the generation of the cross-sectional image, line data corresponding to a circumferential-direction position designated in the designating unit from the storage unit; a calculation unit for calculating attenuation rate in a predetermined region in a radial direction of the body lumen with respect to the extracted line data; and a display unit (215, 317) for displaying the calculated attenuation rate, characterized in that the designating unit is configured to designates the predetermined circumferential-direction position depending on a line which extends in a radial direction of the body lumen by setting the position of the transmitting and receiving unit (201, 301) on the displayed cross-sectional image to be an endpoint node and which is rotatable on the circumference of the transmitting and receiving unit (201, 301).
Hooding machine for the wrapping of loads, comprising a support frame on which a system for the forming of a sleeve made of plastic material is arranged, starting from a tubular sheet folded on a plane and wound on at least one feeding reel, wherein said forming system comprises in the proximity of the machine base, presenting means of an initial edge of said tubular sheet, gripping and advancement means which guide said tubular sheet along a forming path until above a stationing position of a load to be wrapped, a cutting and welding unit, arranged along said forming path, and a distribution unit and a force-fitting unit, both being arranged in the upper part of the machine and suitable to cooperate to take up said sleeve from said gripping and advancement means and force-fitting it onto said load, characterised in that said distribution unit is mounted vertically movable with respect to the support frame of the machine, and said gripping and advancement means consist of at least a first advancement device (10, 10a) comprising two symmetrically opposite conveyor-belt assemblies (12, 13; 14, 15), which run on two end-less paths having at least adjacent continuous portions (12a,13a; 14a, 15a), along which said belts adhere by pressure one to the other dragging between them said plastic sheet, and in that at least one of said assemblies (12, 13) of mutually opposite belts also has at least a variable-geometry loop (12g, 13g) the size of which is reduced or extended based on at least the vertical displace- ment of said distribution unit.
A method performed by processing hardware associated with a user device, wherein the user device is configured to support a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second RAT, and is configured to support packet-based voice calls over the first RAT, and to operate in a voice-centric mode via a usage setting, the method comprising: enabling an access mode in which the user device is configured to operate using the second RAT; and selecting a cell (122-1, 122-2, 124) in which a base station (106, 108) operates according to the second RAT even though the user device does not support packet-based voice calls over the second RAT. enabling an access mode in which the user device is configured to operate using the second RAT; and selecting a cell (122-1, 122-2, 124) in which a base station (106, 108) operates according to the second RAT even though the user device does not support packet-based voice calls over the second RAT.
A method for quenching formed glass sheets comprising: moving a formed glass sheet that is heated to a quenching temperature into a quench to between lower and upper quench heads that are operable to supply upward and downward gas flows for quenching the formed glass sheet; initially supplying through the lower and upper quench heads upward and downward gas flows for about 0.5 to 1.3 seconds at initial conventional quench pressures to quench the formed glass sheet; then increasing the upward and downward gas flow pressures through the lower and upper quench heads for 0.5 to 4 seconds to pressures at least 25% higher than the initial conventional quench pressures to further quench the formed glass sheet; and thereafter supplying upward and downward gas flows to the formed glass sheet with decreased cooling power that is less than the cooling power provided by the quench at minimum conventional quench pressures to eventually provide a tempered and formed glass sheet upon cooling throughout to ambient temperature. moving a formed glass sheet that is heated to a quenching temperature into a quench to between lower and upper quench heads that are operable to supply upward and downward gas flows for quenching the formed glass sheet; initially supplying through the lower and upper quench heads upward and downward gas flows for about 0.5 to 1.3 seconds at initial conventional quench pressures to quench the formed glass sheet; then increasing the upward and downward gas flow pressures through the lower and upper quench heads for 0.5 to 4 seconds to pressures at least 25% higher than the initial conventional quench pressures to further quench the formed glass sheet; and thereafter supplying upward and downward gas flows to the formed glass sheet with decreased cooling power that is less than the cooling power provided by the quench at minimum conventional quench pressures to eventually provide a tempered and formed glass sheet upon cooling throughout to ambient temperature.
A flow battery comprising: a first liquid-porous electrode; a second liquid-porous electrode spaced apart from the first liquid-porous electrode; and an ion-exchange membrane arranged between the first liquid-porous electrode and the second liquid-porous electrode; characterised in that the battery further comprises: first and second flow fields (28; 128; 228; 328; 428; 528; 628; 30) adjacent the respective first liquid-porous electrode and second liquid-porous electrode, wherein each of the first and second flow fields (28; 128; 228; 328; 428; 528; 628; 30) includes first channels (34; 534) having at least partially blocked outlets (52; 152; 252) and second channels (36; 536) having at least partially blocked inlets (54; 154; 254), and the second channels (36; 536) are interdigitated with the first channels (34; 534). a first liquid-porous electrode; a second liquid-porous electrode spaced apart from the first liquid-porous electrode; and an ion-exchange membrane arranged between the first liquid-porous electrode and the second liquid-porous electrode; characterised in that the battery further comprises: first and second flow fields (28; 128; 228; 328; 428; 528; 628; 30) adjacent the respective first liquid-porous electrode and second liquid-porous electrode, wherein each of the first and second flow fields (28; 128; 228; 328; 428; 528; 628; 30) includes first channels (34; 534) having at least partially blocked outlets (52; 152; 252) and second channels (36; 536) having at least partially blocked inlets (54; 154; 254), and the second channels (36; 536) are interdigitated with the first channels (34; 534). first and second flow fields (28; 128; 228; 328; 428; 528; 628; 30) adjacent the respective first liquid-porous electrode and second liquid-porous electrode, wherein each of the first and second flow fields (28; 128; 228; 328; 428; 528; 628; 30) includes first channels (34; 534) having at least partially blocked outlets (52; 152; 252) and second channels (36; 536) having at least partially blocked inlets (54; 154; 254), and the second channels (36; 536) are interdigitated with the first channels (34; 534).
A probe arrangement (10, 10a-10h) for a probe-fed patch antenna (50, 50'), comprising: a foot and a top; and four or more probes comprising a first probe and a second probe forming a first probe pair and a third probe and a fourth probe forming a second probe pair; wherein the probes (12, 14, 16, 18) are electrically separated from each other; wherein each probe comprises a feeding portion, an intermediate portion and a termination portion (24-24""), which are connected in series; wherein the feeding portion extends from the foot to the top; wherein the intermediate portion and the termination portion (24-24"") are arranged at the top; wherein the intermediate portion extends at the top from the feeding portion to the termination portion (24-24""); and wherein a width of the termination portion (24-24"") in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the intermediate portion and within a first plane, in which the extension direction and the extension directions (ED'-ED'") of the intermediate portions of the respective probes lie, is larger than a width (W') of the intermediate portion in the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the intermediate portion and within the first plane. a foot and a top; and four or more probes comprising a first probe and a second probe forming a first probe pair and a third probe and a fourth probe forming a second probe pair; wherein the probes (12, 14, 16, 18) are electrically separated from each other; wherein each probe comprises a feeding portion, an intermediate portion and a termination portion (24-24""), which are connected in series; wherein the feeding portion extends from the foot to the top; wherein the intermediate portion and the termination portion (24-24"") are arranged at the top; wherein the intermediate portion extends at the top from the feeding portion to the termination portion (24-24""); and wherein a width of the termination portion (24-24"") in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the intermediate portion and within a first plane, in which the extension direction and the extension directions (ED'-ED'") of the intermediate portions of the respective probes lie, is larger than a width (W') of the intermediate portion in the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the intermediate portion and within the first plane.
An EEG monitor adapted for being arranged in the ear region of a person and comprising a housing holding a power supply and an EEG signal processor, said EEG monitor further comprising an EEG sensing part having EEG electrodes, said EEG sensing part adapted for subcutaneous implantation at the scalp behind the ear of said person, wherein: said housing is individually shaped to fit behind an ear of said person and into the cleft between a pinna and the skull of said person; said EEG monitor comprises an inductive link between said EEG sensing part and said EEG signal processor in said housing, wherein said inductive link comprises a first coil in said EEG sensing part, and a second coil in said housing; said housing is shaped and said second coil being arranged in said housing such that when positioned behind the ear of said person said first and said second coils (20, 21) are aligned; characterized in that said housing is provided with a recessed area, situated at the area of the housing adapted to abut the skin at the spot where the EEG sensing part is implanted below the skin, wherein the EEG sensing part, when implanted, forms a bulge on scull above or behind the ear of said person, and wherein said housing is shaped to fit the bulge and the recessed area is arranged for encompassing the bulge. said housing is individually shaped to fit behind an ear of said person and into the cleft between a pinna and the skull of said person; said EEG monitor comprises an inductive link between said EEG sensing part and said EEG signal processor in said housing, wherein said inductive link comprises a first coil in said EEG sensing part, and a second coil in said housing; said housing is shaped and said second coil being arranged in said housing such that when positioned behind the ear of said person said first and said second coils (20, 21) are aligned; characterized in that said housing is provided with a recessed area, situated at the area of the housing adapted to abut the skin at the spot where the EEG sensing part is implanted below the skin, wherein the EEG sensing part, when implanted, forms a bulge on scull above or behind the ear of said person, and wherein said housing is shaped to fit the bulge and the recessed area is arranged for encompassing the bulge.
An enteral feeding system comprising: a reservoir including a quantity of an enteral feeding solution comprising a plurality of individual nutrients; a data carrier provided with nutritional data relating to the identity and quantity of each of the individual nutrients of the enteral feeding solution included in the reservoir; an enteral feeding set, connectable to the reservoir, for transferring the enteral feeding solution to a patient; a pump, operationally engageable with the enteral feeding set to cause transfer of the enteral feeding solution to the patient, the pump being provided with a flow monitoring device adapted to monitor an amount of solution administered and generate flow data; a data reader, adapted to interrogate the data carrier to extract the nutritional data; and a patient monitoring module adapted to interface with the pump and with the data reader to receive the flow data and the nutritional data, whereby real time delivery of the individual nutrients can be calculated on the basis of the flow data and the nutritional data. a reservoir including a quantity of an enteral feeding solution comprising a plurality of individual nutrients; a data carrier provided with nutritional data relating to the identity and quantity of each of the individual nutrients of the enteral feeding solution included in the reservoir; an enteral feeding set, connectable to the reservoir, for transferring the enteral feeding solution to a patient; a pump, operationally engageable with the enteral feeding set to cause transfer of the enteral feeding solution to the patient, the pump being provided with a flow monitoring device adapted to monitor an amount of solution administered and generate flow data; a data reader, adapted to interrogate the data carrier to extract the nutritional data; and a patient monitoring module adapted to interface with the pump and with the data reader to receive the flow data and the nutritional data, whereby real time delivery of the individual nutrients can be calculated on the basis of the flow data and the nutritional data.
A razor handle comprising a top portion for connection to a blade assembly and a bottom portion with a flexible element (50, 60, 70) reversibly deformable between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the flexible element presents, in the second configuration, a broader footprint than in the first configuration, the broader footprint being configured for supporting the razor handle upright, characterized in that the flexible element (50, 60) extends towards the top portion of the handle in the first configuration and extends away from the top portion of the handle in the second configuration.
An electrical switching apparatus comprising: a stationary contact disposed on a conductive path through the electrical switching apparatus; a rotary contact assembly including a roller and a rotary contact disposed on the surface of the roller, the rotary contact being disposed on the conductive path through the electrical switching apparatus; and an operating mechanism (31,32) configured to initiate a rotation of the roller, wherein the roller is configured to rotate between a first rested state where the stationary contact and the rotary contact are electrically connected and a second rested state where the stationary contact and the rotary contact are electrically disconnected, characterised in that the rotary contact assembly includes a paddle member, the paddle member being coupled with the roller such that the roller rotates in conjunction with the paddle member; and in that the operating mechanism is a solenoid including an actuator that extends to interact with the paddle member to initiate rotation of the roller. a stationary contact disposed on a conductive path through the electrical switching apparatus; a rotary contact assembly including a roller and a rotary contact disposed on the surface of the roller, the rotary contact being disposed on the conductive path through the electrical switching apparatus; and an operating mechanism (31,32) configured to initiate a rotation of the roller, wherein the roller is configured to rotate between a first rested state where the stationary contact and the rotary contact are electrically connected and a second rested state where the stationary contact and the rotary contact are electrically disconnected, characterised in that the rotary contact assembly includes a paddle member, the paddle member being coupled with the roller such that the roller rotates in conjunction with the paddle member; and in that the operating mechanism is a solenoid including an actuator that extends to interact with the paddle member to initiate rotation of the roller.
Device for manipulation of eggs, particularly removal of eggs from an egg drawer, container or crate, at least comprising at least one gripper which is configured to grip the egg and which comprises at least two legs, these legs being designed to grip round the egg, characterized by at least one upward pusher which is configured to push up the at least one of the eggs out of the egg drawer, container or crate with receiving locations for accommodating at least one of the eggs each, wherein the at least one gripper is configured to grip the egg pushed up by the pusher, wherein the pusher comprises a base for supporting an egg and arms reciprocally movable along the base for aligning an egg accommodated on the base, in such a way that the egg can be displaced upright from the drawer, container or crate using the pusher and can be presented in vertical position to the gripper.
A conveyor belt comprising a plurality of spaced apart rods (120; 220; 320) and a plurality of links (122; 222; 322) connecting the rods (120; 220; 320), wherein the links (122; 222; 322) are generally U-shaped and include an outer leg (131; 231; 331), an inner leg and a top bar joining an upper portion of the outer leg (131; 231; 331) and the inner leg, the top bar being configured to be nested in between a lower portion of the outer leg (131; 231; 331; 431) and the inner leg (130; 430) of an adjacent one of the links (122; 222; 322), wherein each link (122; 222; 322) is configured to receive an end (121; 221; 321) of one of the rods (120; 220; 320) through a first aperture (142; 242; 342) formed in the lower portion of the outer leg (131; 231; 331) and the inner leg of the link (122; 222 322) and an end of an adjacent one of the rods (120; 220; 320) through a second aperture formed in the upper portion of the outer leg (131; 231; 331) and the inner leg of the link (122; 222; 322), wherein the first aperture (142; 242; 342) is a circular aperture and the second aperture is an elongated aperture, and wherein the end (121; 221; 321) of said one of the rods (120; 220; 320) is affixed to an outer surface (134; 234; 334) of the outer leg (131; 231; 331) of the link (122; 222; 322) by a weld (125; 225; 325), characterized in that the rods (120; 220; 320) are buttonless rods; wherein the end (121; 221; 321) of said one of the buttonless rods (120; 220; 320) to be welded to the outer surface (134; 234; 334) of the outer leg (131; 231; 331) is substantially coplanar with the outer surface (134; 234; 334) of the outer leg (131; 231; 331); and wherein the weld (125; 225; 325) is formed over the entire surface of the end (121; 221; 321) of said one of the buttonless rods (120; 220; 320) and welds the end (121; 221; 321) to the outer surface (134; 234; 334) in the vicinity of the first aperture (142; 242; 342).
A separation system for dispensing a satellite from a launch vehicle along a dispensing axis into orbit, comprising - a first ring for mounting to the launch vehicle, - a second ring for mounting to the satellite, - a holding means interconnecting the first ring and the second ring in a holding position, - a deployment means that separates the first ring from the second ring, said deployment means comprising two groups of springs (54, 56) having different spring forces, wherein the longitudinal axis of each spring of the first group and of each spring of the second group is arranged tangentially to the first ring, said deployment means further comprising several lever mechanisms each comprising two levers (48, 50) pivotally connected and arranged in a scissor-like shape, wherein said lever mechanisms are arranged around the circumference of the first ring, said lever mechanisms releasably supporting the second ring at contact sites, and - a release means that releases the interconnection of the first and second ring. - a first ring for mounting to the launch vehicle, - a second ring for mounting to the satellite, - a holding means interconnecting the first ring and the second ring in a holding position, - a deployment means that separates the first ring from the second ring, said deployment means comprising two groups of springs (54, 56) having different spring forces, wherein the longitudinal axis of each spring of the first group and of each spring of the second group is arranged tangentially to the first ring, said deployment means further comprising several lever mechanisms each comprising two levers (48, 50) pivotally connected and arranged in a scissor-like shape, wherein said lever mechanisms are arranged around the circumference of the first ring, said lever mechanisms releasably supporting the second ring at contact sites, and - a release means that releases the interconnection of the first and second ring.
A device for filling a can with sliver, which is manufactured in a spinning preparation installation, e.g. a draw frame, a carding machine or a combing machine, wherein the device is suitable to accommodate simultaneously an empty and a full can, including a silver coiling head with a revolving coiler plate, wherein the sliver coiling head is supported in a swivelling manner, wherein the sliver coiling head can swivel away from a first position above a first can in a radius from the top side of the first can into a second position above a second can, characterized in that the sliver coiling head is supported by means of at least two frame-stays (15a; 16a) and the swivel movement of the at least two frame-stays is realized about points of rotation (A, B), which are disposed in the area of the base plate.