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A straightening installation for automatically straightening a candle wick inside a receptacle containing a fusible combustible material in a solidification phase, said straightening installation comprising: - a detection system able to detect an initial position of the wick inside the receptacle; - a movable gripping system able to grasp and displace the wick relative to the receptacle; - a control system connected, on the one hand, to said detection system in order to drive it in a detecting manner and receive said initial position of the wick relative to the receptacle and, on the other hand, to said gripping system in order to drive it in a gripping and displacing manner, from a rest configuration to an initial configuration in which said gripping system grasps the wick in its initial position and then to a final configuration in which said gripping system has vertically straightened the wick inside the receptacle. - a detection system able to detect an initial position of the wick inside the receptacle; - a movable gripping system able to grasp and displace the wick relative to the receptacle; - a control system connected, on the one hand, to said detection system in order to drive it in a detecting manner and receive said initial position of the wick relative to the receptacle and, on the other hand, to said gripping system in order to drive it in a gripping and displacing manner, from a rest configuration to an initial configuration in which said gripping system grasps the wick in its initial position and then to a final configuration in which said gripping system has vertically straightened the wick inside the receptacle.
A floating wind turbine installation comprising a buoyant body, a tower arranged over the buoyant body, a generator housing mounted on the tower which is rotatable in relation to the wind direction and fitted with a wind rotor, and an anchor line arrangement that is connectable to anchors or anchor points on a sea bed, characterised in that the floating wind turbine installation is arranged so that: all eigenperiods of the installation are outside the energy-rich period range of waves; the eigenperiods in heave, T 03, and pitch, T 05, and/or roll, T 04, have a ratio such that T 05 and/or T 04 < 80% of T 03; and the ratio between T 03 and T 05 is not close to 0.5 or 1. all eigenperiods of the installation are outside the energy-rich period range of waves; the eigenperiods in heave, T 03, and pitch, T 05, and/or roll, T 04, have a ratio such that T 05 and/or T 04 < 80% of T 03; and the ratio between T 03 and T 05 is not close to 0.5 or 1.
An electrical steel sheet comprising, with a symmetry plane being the center of the steel sheet in the thickness direction, a surface part in which the Si concentration in the steel sheet changes continuously from a high Si concentration to a low Si concentration in the thickness direction of the steel sheet from the surface of the steel sheet, a boundary part in which the Si concentration changes discontinuously, and an inner part in which the Si concentration does not change substantially in the thickness direction of the steel sheet, the inner part including the center of the steel sheet in the thickness direction, the average Si concentration in the surface part being 2.5% to 6.5% by mass and the average Si concentration in the inner part being 2.0% or less by mass, the electrical steel sheet having a stress distribution such that an in-plane tensile stress is generated in the surface part and an in-plane compressive stress is generated in the inner part, the average aspect ratio of crystal grains included in the surface part, that is, the ratio of the dimension of the crystal grains in a direction parallel to the surface of the steel sheet to the dimension of the crystal grains in a direction (depth direction) perpendicular to the surface of the steel sheet, being 0.7 or more and 4.0 or less, wherein the average aspect ratio is the average of aspect ratios of 50 or more crystal grains and, in the case where a crystal grain included in the surface part extends to the inner part beyond the boundary part, the dimension of the crystal grain in the direction (depth direction) perpendicular to the surface of the steel sheet is determined taking a portion of the crystal grain which is included in the inner part into account, wherein the steel sheet is obtained by the method according to claim 5 or is obtained from a steel sheet having a composition containing, by mass, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 0.15% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05% to 2.00%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and N: 0.01% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
A solid pharmaceutical composition in the form of direct oral granules with extended drug release, comprising: (a) extended-release particles having a core composed of crystalline ascorbic acid and a coating composed of a lipid whose melting point is at least 50 °C and optionally of one or more further excipients, wherein the weight ratio between core and coating is between 50:50 and 90:10, and wherein the lipids in the coating comprise at least 80 wt% of a simple triglyceride, optionally a simple triglyceride selected from the group of glycerol tripalmitate, glycerol tristearate and glycerol triarachidate; and (b) besides the extended-release particles, at least one water-soluble excipient with which the extended-release particles are mixed, the one or more water-soluble excipients being selected from the group of sugars, sugar alcohols and oligosaccharides; as well as (c) optionally one or more further excipients, wherein one or more excipients under (b) or (c) are optionally present in granulated form. (a) extended-release particles having a core composed of crystalline ascorbic acid and a coating composed of a lipid whose melting point is at least 50 °C and optionally of one or more further excipients, wherein the weight ratio between core and coating is between 50:50 and 90:10, and wherein the lipids in the coating comprise at least 80 wt% of a simple triglyceride, optionally a simple triglyceride selected from the group of glycerol tripalmitate, glycerol tristearate and glycerol triarachidate; and (b) besides the extended-release particles, at least one water-soluble excipient with which the extended-release particles are mixed, the one or more water-soluble excipients being selected from the group of sugars, sugar alcohols and oligosaccharides; as well as (c) optionally one or more further excipients,
A rotary cylinder device converting rotation of an input/output shaft (4a, 4b), which is rotatably supported by a case body, into reciprocal movement of first and second piston sets, which are perpendicularly arranged with respect to an eccentric cam, according to the principle of hypocycloid, wherein a plurality of guide shafts, which are disposed parallel to the input/output shaft (4a, 4b), are assembled in the case body, which accommodates a piston unit having the first and the second piston sets assembled to the eccentric cam and positioned in an axial direction, and are respectively held by four corner parts (1d, 2d) of the case body where a first piston body of the first piston set and a second piston body of the second piston set intersect with each other, and wherein first guide bearings abut both side surfaces of the first piston body and receive only lateral pressure generated by reciprocal movement, and second guide bearings abut both side surfaces of the second piston body and receive only lateral pressure generated by reciprocal movement, characterized in that each pair of first and second guide bearings are assembled coaxially and separated in the axial direction on a respective one of the guide shafts.
A process for dewatering biomass material comprising polysaccharide and water, the process comprising: a) washing the biomass material with a wetting composition comprising an alcohol to form a biomass slurry comprising wetted biomass material and a liquid component; b) mechanically separating at least a portion of an effluent from the wash step from the biomass slurry by draining the effluent from the wetted biomass material; and c) mechanically separating at least a portion of the water from the wetted biomass material from step b) by pressing the wetted biomass material to form a dewatered biomass material, wherein the biomass material is selected from the group consisting of citrus peel, apple pomace, sugar beet residue from sugar production, sun flower residue from sun flower oil production, potato residue from starch production, red seaweed, and brown seaweed. a) washing the biomass material with a wetting composition comprising an alcohol to form a biomass slurry comprising wetted biomass material and a liquid component; b) mechanically separating at least a portion of an effluent from the wash step from the biomass slurry by draining the effluent from the wetted biomass material; and c) mechanically separating at least a portion of the water from the wetted biomass material from step b) by pressing the wetted biomass material to form a dewatered biomass material,
An analog front-end circuit for measurement used as an interface between a sensor and a control device, the circuit comprising: an isolated part including at least an AD conversion circuit configured to serve as an interface to the sensor; a non-isolated part including at least a control circuit configured to serve as an interface to the control device; and an isolated communication unit configured to perform isolated half-duplex communication between the isolated part and the non-isolated part, wherein the control circuit is configured to transmit measurement settings to the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, transmit an AD conversion instruction to the AD conversion circuit via the isolated communication unit once the measurement settings have been provided, obtain a result of AD conversion by the AD conversion circuit from the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, and transfer the obtained AD conversion result to the control device. an isolated part including at least an AD conversion circuit configured to serve as an interface to the sensor; a non-isolated part including at least a control circuit configured to serve as an interface to the control device; and an isolated communication unit configured to perform isolated half-duplex communication between the isolated part and the non-isolated part, wherein the control circuit is configured to transmit measurement settings to the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, transmit an AD conversion instruction to the AD conversion circuit via the isolated communication unit once the measurement settings have been provided, obtain a result of AD conversion by the AD conversion circuit from the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, and transfer the obtained AD conversion result to the control device. transmit measurement settings to the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, transmit an AD conversion instruction to the AD conversion circuit via the isolated communication unit once the measurement settings have been provided, obtain a result of AD conversion by the AD conversion circuit from the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, and transfer the obtained AD conversion result to the control device.
A support comprising: - an electrically conductive biased table connected to a high voltage power supply and supported on an electrically insulating stand, - an electrically insulating substrate carrier in the form of a cylinder, its top face presenting a bearing plane designed to receive a substrate, said substrate carrier having further a shoulder 21 that projects from its base - legs standing on said biased table in order to support the bottom face of said substrate carrier, and - an electrically conductive clamping flange for clamping said shoulder against said biased table, - at least one electrically conductive connection (201, 202, 203, 31, 30) for connecting said bearing plane to said biased table, and the support including at least one electrically conductive element (201, 202, 203) for connecting said bearing plane to said shoulder, said electrically conductive element comprising: - a first strip arranged at the periphery of said top face; - a second strip that extends on said cylinder between said first strip and said shoulder; - a third strip in contact with said second strip and arranged on said shoulder, said support being characterized in that: - it comprises electrically conductive springs, these springs being arranged between the third strip and said flange and made to absorb differential expansion; - said clamping flange is arranged to press against the shoulder via said springs, and - said substrate carrier incorporates a heating resistance. - an electrically conductive biased table connected to a high voltage power supply and supported on an electrically insulating stand, - an electrically insulating substrate carrier in the form of a cylinder, its top face presenting a bearing plane designed to receive a substrate, said substrate carrier having further a shoulder 21 that projects from its base - legs standing on said biased table in order to support the bottom face of said substrate carrier, and - an electrically conductive clamping flange for clamping said shoulder against said biased table, - at least one electrically conductive connection (201, 202, 203, 31, 30) for connecting said bearing plane to said biased table, and - a first strip arranged at the periphery of said top face; - a second strip that extends on said cylinder between said first strip and said shoulder; - a third strip in contact with said second strip and arranged on said shoulder, - it comprises electrically conductive springs, these springs being arranged between the third strip and said flange and made to absorb differential expansion; - said clamping flange is arranged to press against the shoulder via said springs, and - said substrate carrier incorporates a heating resistance.
A mixer with a mixer housing, which encloses a mixing space, an input part that can be connected with the mixer housing and has at least two input openings (2, 2a, 2b) for the components (A, B) to be mixed, and a mixing element that at least sectionally extends into the mixing space, wherein each of the input openings (2, 2a, 2b) is flow connected with the mixing space via at least one inlet channel, characterized in that at least one radially open compensation channel is additionally formed in the input part, which connects the input openings (2, 2a, 2b) with each other, and is formed by an outer closed ring and by an inner ring with symmetrically arranged perforations, wherein the compensation channel has a mirror plane that runs through the center points of the input openings (2, 2a, 2b), and wherein a flow wall with a concave or convex shape is provided along the periphery of the input openings (2, 2a, 2b), and/or that at least one stowage chamber is provided in the mixing element, and has only one input opening, while otherwise not being flow connected with the remaining chambers of the mixing element.
An anisotropic conductive adhesive (10,12,21) for electrically connecting an electrode substrate to an LED element having a peak which is a maximum intensity of emitted light, positioned within a range of a wavelength at least 360 nm and at most 500 nm, by adhering electrodes of the LED element to electrodes of the electrode substrate, the anisotropic conductive adhesive (10,12,21) comprising: conductive particles and an adhesive binder, wherein each of the conductive particles includes a resin particle, a base layer formed on a surface of the resin particle by electrolytic plating method, and a conductive light reflecting layer formed on a surface of the base layer by sputtering method, the conductive light reflecting layer including Ag, Bi, and Nd, and wherein the light reflecting layer is formed by sputtering of a sputtering target which contains Ag, Bi, and Nd having a content ratio of Bi set to at least 0.1 weight % and at most 3.0 weight % and a content ratio of Nd set to at least 0.1 weight % and at most 2.0 weight % with respect to a total weight of Ag, Bi, and Nd of 100 weight %. conductive particles and an adhesive binder, wherein each of the conductive particles includes a resin particle, a base layer formed on a surface of the resin particle by electrolytic plating method, and a conductive light reflecting layer formed on a surface of the base layer by sputtering method, the conductive light reflecting layer including Ag, Bi, and Nd, and a resin particle, a base layer formed on a surface of the resin particle by electrolytic plating method, and a conductive light reflecting layer formed on a surface of the base layer by sputtering method, the conductive light reflecting layer including Ag, Bi, and Nd, and wherein the light reflecting layer is formed by sputtering of a sputtering target which contains Ag, Bi, and Nd having a content ratio of Bi set to at least 0.1 weight % and at most 3.0 weight % and a content ratio of Nd set to at least 0.1 weight % and at most 2.0 weight % with respect to a total weight of Ag, Bi, and Nd of 100 weight %.
A fire protection sprinkler system using an inert gas to inert the fire protection sprinkler system, the fire protection sprinkler system comprising an inerting vent assembly for use with an inert gas source, a piping network and at least one sprinkler head connected with said piping network, said inerting vent assembly characterized in that the inerting vent assembly comprises: a gas vent that is adapted to discharge gas; a solenoid that is adapted to selectively open said gas vent and to close said gas vent, wherein said gas vent discharges gas when said solenoid opens said gas vent and does not discharge gas when said solenoid closes said gas vent; and a control including a timer, said control adapted to operate said solenoid in a manner that allows said gas vent to discharge gas for a predetermined period of time established by said timer and close said gas vent after said predetermined period of time. a gas vent that is adapted to discharge gas; a solenoid that is adapted to selectively open said gas vent and to close said gas vent, wherein said gas vent discharges gas when said solenoid opens said gas vent and does not discharge gas when said solenoid closes said gas vent; and a control including a timer, said control adapted to operate said solenoid in a manner that allows said gas vent to discharge gas for a predetermined period of time established by said timer and close said gas vent after said predetermined period of time.
A flexible damper for turbine blades comprising: a plurality of segments positioned together in a substantially linear pattern, each segment comprising a first side, a second side generally opposite the first side, a top side, a bottom side, a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein each segment comprises an inter-segment linkage mechanism on at least one of the first side and the second side, wherein the inter-segment linkage mechanism is constructed to provide a contact surface to an adjacent segment and a clearance gap between adjacent segments for operational blade movement; wherein the flexibility of the damper is provided by the plurality of segments being strung together piece-wise by the inter-segment linkage mechanism in substantially linear segments; characterised in that each segment comprises an extended portion and a cutout portion along one side, wherein the extended portion of one segment overlaps the cutout portion of a next proximate segment. a plurality of segments positioned together in a substantially linear pattern, each segment comprising a first side, a second side generally opposite the first side, a top side, a bottom side, a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein each segment comprises an inter-segment linkage mechanism on at least one of the first side and the second side, wherein the inter-segment linkage mechanism is constructed to provide a contact surface to an adjacent segment and a clearance gap between adjacent segments for operational blade movement; wherein the flexibility of the damper is provided by the plurality of segments being strung together piece-wise by the inter-segment linkage mechanism in substantially linear segments; characterised in that each segment comprises an extended portion and a cutout portion along one side, wherein the extended portion of one segment overlaps the cutout portion of a next proximate segment.
Arrangement having precisely one resistor stack for switching high voltages, wherein a switching device is comprised, having two contact devices which are arranged in an insulator and are spaced from each other by an isolating distance, wherein the isolating distance can be bridged by a movable contact piece, and wherein one contact device is in contact with the resistor stack in a common housing, characterized in that the housing is formed by a direct coating on the resistor stack and the insulator.
A three dimensional image generating device for an automotive exterior lamp that comprises a first lens and a second lens, the second lens positioned at a second distance from the first lens, wherein the first lens and the second lens are lenticular lenses each having an optical axis, wherein the three dimensional image generating device is characterised in that it comprises a plurality of light sources, wherein the first lens is positioned at a first distance from the plurality of light sources, and wherein the projection device is configured and operable to generate a plurality of three-dimensional images from light emitted from the plurality of light sources that pass through the first lens and the second lens when viewed by an observer looking toward the light sources through the first lens and second lens.
An aldose reductase inhibitor for use in the treatment of lung cancer, or metastatic cancer derived therefrom, wherein the aldose reductase inhibitor is zopolrestat, tolrestat, ponlarestat, epalrestat, zenarestat, minalrestat, or fidarestat.
A process for the manufacture of a strained fermented dairy product, comprising at least the following steps: (a) a heat treatment step at a temperature of 75 to 95°C for 2 to 15 min, followed or preceded by a high pressure homogenization step at a pressure of from 20 bars to 300 bars, in particular from 50 bars to 250 bars, of a dairy material, (b) a fermentation step of the product obtained in (a) at a temperature of from 30 to 44 °C, preferably of from 36 to 42°C, (c) a separation step of the product obtained in (b) wherein said separation step is performed by a separator at a temperature of from 30 to 45°C, to obtain a strained fermented dairy product wherein the total protein content is between 6 and 14 g/100g of product, in particular 8 and 11 g/100g of product, (d) a smoothing step of the product obtained in (c) performed by a rotor stator mixer, in particular at a temperature of from 30°C to 45°C. (a) a heat treatment step at a temperature of 75 to 95°C for 2 to 15 min, followed or preceded by a high pressure homogenization step at a pressure of from 20 bars to 300 bars, in particular from 50 bars to 250 bars, of a dairy material, (b) a fermentation step of the product obtained in (a) at a temperature of from 30 to 44 °C, preferably of from 36 to 42°C, (c) a separation step of the product obtained in (b) wherein said separation step is performed by a separator at a temperature of from 30 to 45°C, to obtain a strained fermented dairy product wherein the total protein content is between 6 and 14 g/100g of product, in particular 8 and 11 g/100g of product, (d) a smoothing step of the product obtained in (c) performed by a rotor stator mixer, in particular at a temperature of from 30°C to 45°C.