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A method for testing the integrity of an endoscope comprising the steps of: obtaining an endoscope; supplying gas to an air enclosure which includes an internal volume of said endoscope to pressurize said air enclosure; sealing said air enclosure; measuring the pressure of said gas in said air enclosure; and using the outcome of said steps of measuring and re-measuring to determine if said pressure has changed sufficiently to indicate a leak in said endoscope, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of instructing a user to manipulate said endoscope while said air enclosure is pressurized, said manipulation causing movement of the endoscope; indicating that said manipulation has been completed; and re-measuring the pressure of said gas in said air enclosure after said manipulation.
A spinning forming device comprising: a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a transform target portion of the plate to transform the plate; a heater (4, 5) that locally heats the transform target portion by induction heating and includes a coil portion (42, 52) extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate; characterized in that the spinning forming device further comprises: a measuring unit that measures distances from the coil portion (42, 52) to an outer peripheral original portion of the plate at a plurality of measurement points distributed in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, the outer peripheral original portion including the transform target portion; an inclining device that inclines the heater (4, 5) relative to a direction from the rotating shaft toward the processing tool; and a controller that controls the inclining device based on a measurement result of the measuring unit such that an angle difference between the coil portion (42, 52) and the outer peripheral original portion becomes not more than a predetermined angle. a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a transform target portion of the plate to transform the plate; a heater (4, 5) that locally heats the transform target portion by induction heating and includes a coil portion (42, 52) extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate; characterized in that the spinning forming device further comprises: a measuring unit that measures distances from the coil portion (42, 52) to an outer peripheral original portion of the plate at a plurality of measurement points distributed in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, the outer peripheral original portion including the transform target portion; an inclining device that inclines the heater (4, 5) relative to a direction from the rotating shaft toward the processing tool; and a controller that controls the inclining device based on a measurement result of the measuring unit such that an angle difference between the coil portion (42, 52) and the outer peripheral original portion becomes not more than a predetermined angle. a measuring unit that measures distances from the coil portion (42, 52) to an outer peripheral original portion of the plate at a plurality of measurement points distributed in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, the outer peripheral original portion including the transform target portion; an inclining device that inclines the heater (4, 5) relative to a direction from the rotating shaft toward the processing tool; and a controller that controls the inclining device based on a measurement result of the measuring unit such that an angle difference between the coil portion (42, 52) and the outer peripheral original portion becomes not more than a predetermined angle.
Device for coupling a coolant feed and/or coolant discharge to a roller, particularly in a continuous casting plant, wherein the roller has a journal, which is rotatably mounted in a bearing block, and a lateral cut-out, which extends in axial direction, and at least one roller cooling channel able to be flowed through by a coolant, wherein the device comprises: at least one coolant channel (11, 12), which on the side of the journal can be brought into fluid connection with the roller cooling channel; and a sealing unit for sealing the fluid connection between the coolant channel and the roller cooling channel, which unit comprises an inner subassembly and an outer subassembly; wherein the inner subassembly comprises a hollow-cylindrical element insertable into the lateral cut-out of the journal, characterised in that the hollow-cylindrical element does not have a flange at the journal outer side as seen in axial direction. at least one coolant channel (11, 12), which on the side of the journal can be brought into fluid connection with the roller cooling channel; and a sealing unit for sealing the fluid connection between the coolant channel and the roller cooling channel, which unit comprises an inner subassembly and an outer subassembly; wherein the inner subassembly comprises a hollow-cylindrical element insertable into the lateral cut-out of the journal, characterised in that the hollow-cylindrical element does not have a flange at the journal outer side as seen in axial direction.
A method for computation of eigenvectors in a multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, communication system, comprising: initializing a first matrix of eigenvectors; and updating the first matrix based on a channel response matrix for a MIMO channel, wherein the first matrix is updated for a plurality of iterations, and wherein eigenvectors in the updated first matrix are used for spatial processing to transmit data via the MIMO channel. initializing a first matrix of eigenvectors; and updating the first matrix based on a channel response matrix for a MIMO channel, wherein the first matrix is updated for a plurality of iterations, and wherein eigenvectors in the updated first matrix are used for spatial processing to transmit data via the MIMO channel.
Pile-driver, comprising: - a support member arranged or arrangeable in transverse direction at or on a pile; - at least one flexible member situated above and close to the support member and enclosing a combustion space of variable volume; - an ignition mechanism adapted to ignite a fuel present in the combustion space; and - wherein the combustion space is adapted to expand during combustion such that a medium located above the support member is displaced at least in upward direction away therefrom and a downward force is thereby exerted on the pile via the support member. - a support member arranged or arrangeable in transverse direction at or on a pile; - at least one flexible member situated above and close to the support member and enclosing a combustion space of variable volume; - an ignition mechanism adapted to ignite a fuel present in the combustion space; and - wherein the combustion space is adapted to expand during combustion such that a medium located above the support member is displaced at least in upward direction away therefrom and a downward force is thereby exerted on the pile via the support member.
A connector assembly for mating with a power distribution module to close a power supply circuit of the power distribution module, the connector assembly comprising: a header assembly configured to mount to the power distribution module, the header assembly including contacts connected to the power supply circuit within the power distribution module; and a fuse connector assembly configured to mate with the header assembly, the fuse connector assembly including a fuse subassembly including an insert body configured to hold a fuse and conductive terminals (240, 242), the conductive terminals (240, 242) mounted to the insert body and configured to electrically couple with the fuse to establish a fused conductive pathway, wherein the fuse subassembly mates with the contacts in the header assembly to electrically couple the fused conductive pathway with the power supply circuit of the power distribution module to close the power supply circuit of the power distribution module. a header assembly configured to mount to the power distribution module, the header assembly including contacts connected to the power supply circuit within the power distribution module; and a fuse connector assembly configured to mate with the header assembly, the fuse connector assembly including a fuse subassembly including an insert body configured to hold a fuse and conductive terminals (240, 242), the conductive terminals (240, 242) mounted to the insert body and configured to electrically couple with the fuse to establish a fused conductive pathway, wherein the fuse subassembly mates with the contacts in the header assembly to electrically couple the fused conductive pathway with the power supply circuit of the power distribution module to close the power supply circuit of the power distribution module.
An assembly for a turbine engine, the assembly comprising: a combustor wall (76,78) including a shell, a heat shield and an annular body; the annular body extending through the combustor wall (76,78) and at least partially defining a quench aperture along a centerline through the combustor wall (76,78); and the shell defining a first cooling aperture radially outward of the annular body relative to the center line and configured to direct air to impinge against a portion of the annular body between the heat shield and the shell; characterised in that: a funnel-shaped portion of the shell extends around the body and defines the cooling aperture. a combustor wall (76,78) including a shell, a heat shield and an annular body; the annular body extending through the combustor wall (76,78) and at least partially defining a quench aperture along a centerline through the combustor wall (76,78); and the shell defining a first cooling aperture radially outward of the annular body relative to the center line and configured to direct air to impinge against a portion of the annular body between the heat shield and the shell; characterised in that: a funnel-shaped portion of the shell extends around the body and defines the cooling aperture.
A tire comprising: a belt layer; and a band layer, wherein the belt layer includes at least one belt ply (7A, 7B), the belt ply (7A, 7B) includes belt cords each formed of a single steel wire, the band layer includes at least one band ply, the band ply includes band cords each formed of an organic fiber and each disposed at an angle not larger than 5° relative to a tire circumferential direction, and a diameter in a tire radial direction (a) of each band cord is not smaller than 0.70 mm, characterized in that the band cords have a cross section with a flattened shape in which a ratio between a major axis (Ld) and a minor axis (Sd) of the cross section is not lower than 1.05 and which is disposed so as to be tilted relative to the tire radial direction (a), wherein an axis that is at a smaller angle relative to the tire radial direction (a) out of the minor axis (Sd) and the major axis (Ld) of the band cord having the cross section with the flattened shape, is defined as the diameter in the tire radial direction (a). a belt layer; and a band layer, wherein the belt layer includes at least one belt ply (7A, 7B), the belt ply (7A, 7B) includes belt cords each formed of a single steel wire, the band layer includes at least one band ply, the band ply includes band cords each formed of an organic fiber and each disposed at an angle not larger than 5° relative to a tire circumferential direction, and a diameter in a tire radial direction (a) of each band cord is not smaller than 0.70 mm, characterized in that the band cords have a cross section with a flattened shape in which a ratio between a major axis (Ld) and a minor axis (Sd) of the cross section is not lower than 1.05 and which is disposed so as to be tilted relative to the tire radial direction (a), wherein an axis that is at a smaller angle relative to the tire radial direction (a) out of the minor axis (Sd) and the major axis (Ld) of the band cord having the cross section with the flattened shape, is defined as the diameter in the tire radial direction (a).
An implantable cardiac pacing system configured to be wholly implanted on or in a patient's heart, the system including a pulse generator having a microprocessor based control circuit, the control circuit comprising: means for triggering periodic pacing threshold searches, wherein the periodic pacing threshold searches comprise applying a series of test pacing pulses at incremented and/or decremented levels of pulse energy and detecting evoked responses thereto; means for setting an operational pacing pulse amplitude based upon the results of the pacing threshold search; and means for reducing pacing rate responsive to the operational pacing pulse energy being set greater than a defined maximum desirable pulse energy. means for triggering periodic pacing threshold searches, wherein the periodic pacing threshold searches comprise applying a series of test pacing pulses at incremented and/or decremented levels of pulse energy and detecting evoked responses thereto; means for setting an operational pacing pulse amplitude based upon the results of the pacing threshold search; and means for reducing pacing rate responsive to the operational pacing pulse energy being set greater than a defined maximum desirable pulse energy.
Movement device for a movable furniture component, in particular a furniture flap, door or drawer or similar, with an actuator and an output, drivable by the actuator, for the movable furniture component, which has at least one output member connectable to the movable furniture component, wherein a coupling device connected between the actuator and the output is provided, wherein detection means are provided which cause the coupling device, in at least one end position of the output, to adopt a neutral position disengaging the output from the actuator, and wherein the detection means are assigned an uncoupler which may be so actuated by the detection means that, on reaching the end position of the output, a disconnection of output and actuator may be generated, characterised in that the uncoupler is formed by the actuator itself, which is in the form of a reversing drive which may be switched optionally between anti-clockwise rotation and clockwise rotation, wherein the disconnection in the end position is effected by a reversal of direction of rotation of the actuator.
A plastering strip that is suitable to be mounted on a building portion (2, 4) and, in the finished state of the building, to be in contact with plaster; said plastering strip comprising a first portion that is provided so as to be invisible from the outside in said finished state; said plastering strip comprising a second portion that is provided so as to be visible from the outside in said finished state and, at least to a large part, is designed as a flexible lip; said plastering strip comprising a main part including at least part of said first portion as well as said second portion; and said plastering strip comprising at least one reinforcing fabric section that is attached to said main part and is provided for being plastered into the plaster on a thermal insulation of the building portion (2, 4), with the flexible lip being manufactured as a separate part, characterised in that said flexible lip is attached to the remainder of the plastering strip in replaceable manner.
A method for removing noise of a positron emission tomography signal in a PET-magnetic resonance imaging fusion device, comprising: amplifying a PET output signal from a PET-MRI fusion device; converting the amplified PET output signal into a digital signal; and characterized in that the method further comprises performing digital filtering by removing radio frequency noise based on the relationship between the frequency of the digitized PET output signal and a magnetic resonance RF frequency (Larmor frequency). amplifying a PET output signal from a PET-MRI fusion device; converting the amplified PET output signal into a digital signal; and performing digital filtering by removing radio frequency noise based on the relationship between the frequency of the digitized PET output signal and a magnetic resonance RF frequency (Larmor frequency).
An extraction valve for highly pressurized gas flowing from a compressed gas reservoir having a pressure sleeve hermetically sealed on one side; a mobile extraction piston, which by moving releases or seals an extraction cross-section, and which on the open side of the pressure sleeve protrudes at least partially into the same; an electromagnetic coil, which surrounds the pressure sleeve at least partially; an anchor made of magnetizable material which is mobile in the pressure sleeve; a pilot bore in the extraction piston, which connects the inside of the pressure sleeve to a discharge opening for the extracted gas; a sealing element, which is pressed against the pilot bore by a spring element in a seal-forming manner; and an operative connection between the sealing element and the anchor, so that the sealing element releases the pilot bore in case of movement of the anchor, wherein the extraction piston is made on its side facing the anchor at least partially of magnetizable or permanently magnetic material, wherein the extraction piston is sealed off with respect to the pressure sleeve by means of a gasket, and wherein a bypass bore is arranged in the extraction piston, which bypass bore extends between the side facing the region connected to the compressed gas reservoir and the side of the extraction piston facing to the inside of the pressure sleeve, characterized in that the bypass bore extends in a direction parallel to a moving direction of the extraction piston in the pressure sleeve.
A process for the production of formaldehyde-stabilised urea comprising the steps of: (a) generating a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and steam in a synthesis gas generation unit; (b) recovering carbon dioxide from the synthesis gas to form a carbon dioxide-depleted synthesis gas; (c) synthesising methanol from the carbon dioxide-depleted synthesis gas in a methanol synthesis unit and recovering the methanol and a methanol synthesis off-gas comprising nitrogen, hydrogen and residual carbon monoxide; (d) subjecting at least a portion of the recovered methanol to oxidation with air in a formaldehyde production unit; (e) subjecting the methanol synthesis off-gas to methanation in a methanation reactor containing a methanation catalyst to form an ammonia synthesis gas; (f) synthesising ammonia from the ammonia synthesis gas in an ammonia production unit and recovering the ammonia; (g) reacting a portion of the ammonia and at least a portion of the recovered carbon dioxide stream in a urea production unit to form a urea stream; and (h) stabilising the urea by mixing the urea stream and a stabiliser prepared using formaldehyde recovered from the formaldehyde production unit, wherein a source of air is compressed and divided into first and second portions, the first portion is provided to the formaldehyde production unit for the oxidation of methanol and the second portion is further compressed and provided to the synthesis gas generation unit.
A method, comprising: receiving, by an authorized shared access controller (210, 310), an indication that a carrier frequency is to be reutilized by a primary system; determining, in the authorized shared access controller (210, 310) in response to receiving the indication, at least one allowable maximal range expansion bias value for at least one picocell (250, 260, 270, 350, 360, 370) within a coverage area of a macrocell (240, 340) determined under certain interference constraints to the primary system; and sending the determined at least one allowable maximal range expansion bias value for the at least one picocell (250, 260, 270, 350, 360, 370) from the authorized shared access controller (210, 310) to the macrocell (240, 340). receiving, by an authorized shared access controller (210, 310), an indication that a carrier frequency is to be reutilized by a primary system; determining, in the authorized shared access controller (210, 310) in response to receiving the indication, at least one allowable maximal range expansion bias value for at least one picocell (250, 260, 270, 350, 360, 370) within a coverage area of a macrocell (240, 340) determined under certain interference constraints to the primary system; and sending the determined at least one allowable maximal range expansion bias value for the at least one picocell (250, 260, 270, 350, 360, 370) from the authorized shared access controller (210, 310) to the macrocell (240, 340).
An adhesive composition including acrylic emulsion resin particles, and 15 to 45 parts by weight of a water dispersible tackifier based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic emulsion resin particles, wherein the acrylic emulsion resin particles are obtained by a reaction between a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having a C1-C14 alkyl group, and 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of a monomer having a carboxyl group, a hydroxy group, or both of carboxyl and hydroxy groups, or a mixture of the monomer, 0.5 to 12 parts by weight of a styrene-based monomer, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a vinyl acetate-based monomer, 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a molecular weight modifier, and 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent, based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer.
Arrangement, formed and configured for handling transport containers for rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry, comprising an apparatus for changing the fill level of empty transport containers or transport containers filled with rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry, a first transport device for the supply of the transport containers to the apparatus for changing the fill level as well as a second transport device for transporting the transport containers away from the apparatus for changing the fill level, wherein the transport devices (13, 14) are arranged on top of one another or below one another, characterized in that the arrangement comprises several machine-bound circulating cassettes for receiving and for transporting transport containers composed of paperboard, cardboard or the like, and that the first and second transport device (13, 14) for supplying and transporting away the transport containers composed of paperboard, cardboard or the like are connected to one another on the side facing away from the apparatus for changing the fill level via a relocation device for the circulating cassettes in such a manner that the circulating cassettes can be conveyed during operation of the arrangement in a closed circuit within the arrangement in a circulating manner for receiving and for transporting the transport containers composed of paperboard, cardboard or the like, wherein the relocation device lies directly in or on the transport path of the circulating cassettes at the free ends of the transport devices (13, 14).