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Oil tank for a turbomachine, comprising: - an enclosure for the oil, having a main axis, and with walls (54.1, 54.2, 54.3, 54.4) delimiting a first compartment and a second compartment separated from the first compartment by a separation wall; - a channel extending into the first compartment, from the separation wall; - an oil inlet mixed with air, arranged on the second compartment; - an oil outlet comprising a conduit extending and opening into the first compartment; characterized in that the channel extends inside the conduit, so as to ensure oil priming of the conduit and thus maintain an oil supply to the conduit during zero or negative gravity flight phases. - an enclosure for the oil, having a main axis, and with walls (54.1, 54.2, 54.3, 54.4) delimiting a first compartment and a second compartment separated from the first compartment by a separation wall; - a channel extending into the first compartment, from the separation wall; - an oil inlet mixed with air, arranged on the second compartment; - an oil outlet comprising a conduit extending and opening into the first compartment;
A washing machine, comprising an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, solid particles as washing medium, and an isolated cylinder with reticular structure for separating the clothes from the particles, which is arranged along the inner side of the inner cylinder, the inner cylinder being driven to rotate by a driver unit, characterized in that a side wall of the inner cylinder is spirally shaped, and the particles are driven to move and turn spirally within the inner cylinder, a storage space for storing the particles is arranged in the washing machine, and the storage space communicates with the inner cylinder, the storage space for storing the particles is an extension part of the inner cylinder extending from the bottom side or from the top side of the inner cylinder, a baffle for blocking clothes is set between the storage space and the inner cylinder, and the side wall of the storage space and the side wall of the inner cylinder are continuously spirally shaped.
An optical fiber cable, comprising at least one optical fiber and a cable connector at a cable end, and a removable cap removably couplable to a free end of the cable connector, characterized in that the cap comprises a recess adapted to receiving and accommodating an anchor element of a cable pulling rope, and to retain the anchor element against traction when the pulling rope is tractioned, wherein said recess comprises a first recess portion and a second recess portion in longitudinal succession, the second recess portion extending from a free end of the cap and being open at said free end, the first recess portion being wider than the second recess portion so as to define an abutment for an enlarged portion of the anchor element.
Digital printing device, comprising: a fixed frame; a support portion; a plurality of printing modules that are integral with said support portion and equipped with at least one print head, whose nozzle plate faces, in use, a printing area underlying the printing module; wherein said digital printing device is arranged to print onto a printing medium that is relatively movable with respect to the fixed frame through said printing area in an advancement direction; wherein said printing modules follow each other along a longitudinal direction that is parallel to said advancement direction; said digital printing device comprising a cleaning bar, extended in the longitudinal direction, spanning below the plurality of said printing modules and translationally movable in a transverse horizontal direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; said cleaning bar comprising a bar body that supports a plurality of cleaning heads, each of them being arranged to clean the nozzle plate of a specific printing module; wherein said cleaning heads are supported in a floating manner by the bar body, so as to adapt their own height to the one of the overlying printing module. a fixed frame; a support portion; a plurality of printing modules that are integral with said support portion and equipped with at least one print head, whose nozzle plate faces, in use, a printing area underlying the printing module; wherein said digital printing device is arranged to print onto a printing medium that is relatively movable with respect to the fixed frame through said printing area in an advancement direction; wherein said printing modules follow each other along a longitudinal direction that is parallel to said advancement direction; said digital printing device comprising a cleaning bar, extended in the longitudinal direction, spanning below the plurality of said printing modules and translationally movable in a transverse horizontal direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; said cleaning bar comprising a bar body that supports a plurality of cleaning heads, each of them being arranged to clean the nozzle plate of a specific printing module; wherein said cleaning heads are supported in a floating manner by the bar body, so as to adapt their own height to the one of the overlying printing module.
A method of elevating a marine platform that is supported by a plurality of hollow metallic leg sections that extend above and below a water line of a body of water, comprising the steps of: a) cutting one of the leg sections at a position next to the water line to provide a cut at a selected elevation; b) attaching a plurality of rams to the leg sections, each ram having a hollowed cylinder and an extensible push rod and first and second end portions, the rams being attached to the leg section at the end portions, one end portion being attached to the leg section above the cut and the other end portion being attached to the leg section below the cut at a first padeye having a first height, and wherein each ram has a retracted and an extended position; c) repeating steps "a" through "b" for the other leg sections of the platform; d) elevating the platform a first distance by extending each ram to the extended position; e) replacing each first padeye with a second padeye having a height greater than said first height; and f) extending the ram to elevate the platform a second distance. a) cutting one of the leg sections at a position next to the water line to provide a cut at a selected elevation; b) attaching a plurality of rams to the leg sections, each ram having a hollowed cylinder and an extensible push rod and first and second end portions, the rams being attached to the leg section at the end portions, one end portion being attached to the leg section above the cut and the other end portion being attached to the leg section below the cut at a first padeye having a first height, and wherein each ram has a retracted and an extended position; c) repeating steps "a" through "b" for the other leg sections of the platform; d) elevating the platform a first distance by extending each ram to the extended position; e) replacing each first padeye with a second padeye having a height greater than said first height; and f) extending the ram to elevate the platform a second distance.
Lift system for attachment to a building from the outside, which lift system extends over at least two floors and comprises a shaft, a cabin, which is mounted in the shaft so as to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and the drive thereof, wherein the shaft has a pit at its lower end and a through-opening for each floor to be served and is in the form of a prefabricated sheet metal box made from at least one thin-walled steel plate (1a, 1b) which also extends over the pit, characterised in that the sheet metal box forming the shaft is arranged to be self-supporting in that the steel plates (1a, 1b) run in a straight line in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, while the steel plates (1a, 1b) are profiled in a plane orthogonal with respect to the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and the steel plates (1a,1b) are of one-piece construction over the entire extent of the shaft in the longitudinal direction.
An implantable article for regulating blood flow direction in a human patient, comprising: a leaflet having a thickness and formed from a composite material having more than one fluoropolymer layer having a plurality of pores and an elastomer present in substantially all of the pores of the more than one fluoropolymer layer, the leaflet having a ratio of leaflet thickness (μm) to number of layers of fluoropolymer of less than about 5. a leaflet having a thickness and formed from a composite material having more than one fluoropolymer layer having a plurality of pores and an elastomer present in substantially all of the pores of the more than one fluoropolymer layer, the leaflet having a ratio of leaflet thickness (μm) to number of layers of fluoropolymer of less than about 5.
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: obtain characteristic values including smoothness and basis weight of a recording medium; the information processing apparatus being characterized in that the processor is further configured to: derive a weighted smoothness value by weighting the smoothness by the basis weight; and identify a type of the recording medium as embossed paper when the weighted smoothness is greater than a predetermined threshold. derive a weighted smoothness value by weighting the smoothness by the basis weight; and identify a type of the recording medium as embossed paper when the weighted smoothness is greater than a predetermined threshold.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a handle portion; a proximal frame portion coupled to said handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis; an end effector for performing a surgical operation; and at least two substantially rigid bars (410, 420) pivotally attached to said proximal frame portion and said end effector and extending therebetween such that one end of at least one said rigid bar is attached to said proximal frame portion along said longitudinal axis, wherein said at least two rigid bars comprise an upper rigid bar having a distal end pivotally attached to a distal frame member of said end effector for pivotal travel relative thereto about a first axis transverse to said longitudinal axis and a proximal end pivotally attached to said proximal frame portion for pivotal travel relative thereto about a second axis that is transverse to said longitudinal axis; and a lower rigid bar having a distal end pivotally attached to said distal frame member of said end effector for pivotal travel relative thereto about a third axis that is transverse to said longitudinal axis and a proximal end pivotally attached to said proximal frame portion for pivotal travel relative thereto about a fourth axis that is transverse to said longitudinal axis, wherein said first, second, third and fourth axes are distinct and parallel. a handle portion; a proximal frame portion coupled to said handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis; an end effector for performing a surgical operation; and at least two substantially rigid bars (410, 420) pivotally attached to said proximal frame portion and said end effector and extending therebetween such that one end of at least one said rigid bar is attached to said proximal frame portion along said longitudinal axis, wherein said at least two rigid bars comprise an upper rigid bar having a distal end pivotally attached to a distal frame member of said end effector for pivotal travel relative thereto about a first axis transverse to said longitudinal axis and a proximal end pivotally attached to said proximal frame portion for pivotal travel relative thereto about a second axis that is transverse to said longitudinal axis; and a lower rigid bar having a distal end pivotally attached to said distal frame member of said end effector for pivotal travel relative thereto about a third axis that is transverse to said longitudinal axis and a proximal end pivotally attached to said proximal frame portion for pivotal travel relative thereto about a fourth axis that is transverse to said longitudinal axis, wherein said first, second, third and fourth axes are distinct and parallel.
An endocrine therapy for use in a method of treating breast cancer in a patient comprising: (a) determining an expression level of a set of estrogen receptor - and progesterone receptor -related genes in a patient sample, wherein the set of ER-and PR-related genes comprises SLC39A6, STC2, CA12, ESR1, PDZK1, NPY1R, CD2, MAPT, QDPR, AZGP1, ABAT, ADCY1, CD3D, NAT1, MRPS30, DNAJC12, SCUBE2, and KCNE4; (b) calculating an index of sensitivity to endocrine therapy (SET ER/PR index) based on the ER- and PR-related gene expression, wherein calculating the SET ER/PR index comprises normalizing the expression of the set of ER- and PR-related genes to a set of reference genes, wherein the set of reference genes comprises LDHA, ATP5J2, VDAC2, DARS, UCP2, UBE2Z, AK2, WIPF2, APPBP2, and TRIM2; and (c) identifying the patient to be sensitive to endocrine treatment with a therapeutically effective amount of the endocrine therapy based on the SET ER/PR index (a) determining an expression level of a set of estrogen receptor - and progesterone receptor -related genes in a patient sample, wherein the set of ER-and PR-related genes comprises SLC39A6, STC2, CA12, ESR1, PDZK1, NPY1R, CD2, MAPT, QDPR, AZGP1, ABAT, ADCY1, CD3D, NAT1, MRPS30, DNAJC12, SCUBE2, and KCNE4; (b) calculating an index of sensitivity to endocrine therapy (SET ER/PR index) based on the ER- and PR-related gene expression, wherein calculating the SET ER/PR index comprises normalizing the expression of the set of ER- and PR-related genes to a set of reference genes, wherein the set of reference genes comprises LDHA, ATP5J2, VDAC2, DARS, UCP2, UBE2Z, AK2, WIPF2, APPBP2, and TRIM2; and (c) identifying the patient to be sensitive to endocrine treatment with a therapeutically effective amount of the endocrine therapy based on the SET ER/PR index
Method for avoiding explosive conditions, when operating a filling system which is configured for transferring a refrigerant to a refrigeration system, the filling system comprising a receiver for collecting a refrigerant-air-mixture, the method comprises the steps of: - determining the saturation pressure of the refrigerant at the actual environmental conditions; - determining the air pressure of the refrigerant-air-mixture within the receiver; the method being characterized in that it comprises the step of: - stopping the operation of the filling system or, alternatively, stopping the operation of the filling system and issuing an alarm if the air pressure of the refrigerant-air-mixture within the receiver exceeds the saturation pressure of the refrigerant by more than a predetermined margin or if the change of the air pressure of the refrigerant-air-mixture within the receiver over time exceeds a predetermined margin. - determining the saturation pressure of the refrigerant at the actual environmental conditions; - determining the air pressure of the refrigerant-air-mixture within the receiver; - stopping the operation of the filling system or, alternatively, stopping the operation of the filling system and issuing an alarm if the air pressure of the refrigerant-air-mixture within the receiver exceeds the saturation pressure of the refrigerant by more than a predetermined margin or if the change of the air pressure of the refrigerant-air-mixture within the receiver over time exceeds a predetermined margin.
An imaging device comprising: an imager including an imaging element with a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally, reading out image signals from the plurality of pixels in accordance with a readout method that is set from either a pixel addition readout method for reading out image signals of a plurality of pixels in the imaging element as an image signal corresponding to a single pixel, or a cutout readout method for reading out image signals of all pixels or part of the pixels individually, and then outputting the image signals; a signal processor outputting a captured image defined by the image signals output by the imager; a zoom setter setting a zoom magnification based on a zoom signal for specifying the zoom magnification; a lightness detector detecting a subject lightness indicating brightness of the subject; and a readout-method switching controller identifying a threshold value corresponding to the subject lightness detected by the lightness detector based on a threshold characteristic that the threshold value changes according to the subject lightness, and setting the readout method based on a result obtained by comparing the set zoom magnification and the identified threshold value. an imager including an imaging element with a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally, reading out image signals from the plurality of pixels in accordance with a readout method that is set from either a pixel addition readout method for reading out image signals of a plurality of pixels in the imaging element as an image signal corresponding to a single pixel, or a cutout readout method for reading out image signals of all pixels or part of the pixels individually, and then outputting the image signals; a signal processor outputting a captured image defined by the image signals output by the imager; a zoom setter setting a zoom magnification based on a zoom signal for specifying the zoom magnification; a lightness detector detecting a subject lightness indicating brightness of the subject; and a readout-method switching controller identifying a threshold value corresponding to the subject lightness detected by the lightness detector based on a threshold characteristic that the threshold value changes according to the subject lightness, and setting the readout method based on a result obtained by comparing the set zoom magnification and the identified threshold value.
A bicycle bag comprising at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B), wherein the at least one suspension flap is configured for providing an attachment condition of the bicycle bag in which the bicycle bag is attached relative to a luggage carrier rack of a bicycle, in such manner that the bicycle bag via the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) is suspended from the luggage carrier rack, while storage space of the bicycle bag is extending on one or both lateral sides of the bicycle, wherein the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) comprises at least two flap passageway pairs (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D), wherein each of said flap passageway pairs has two elongate flap passageways through the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) allowing fastening means to extend through said elongate flap passageways, wherein the two flap passageways are extending alongside one another in a mutually parallel manner, characterized in that the bicycle bag further comprises a first quick-coupling element, which comprises bolt holes for overlapping placement relative to multiple ones of said elongate flap passageways, respectively, for fastening of the first quick-coupling element to the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) by using fastening bolts extending through overlappingly placed combinations of the elongate flap passageways and the bolt holes, wherein said first quick-coupling element is part of a quick-coupling system for luggage carrier racks, said quick-coupling system further comprising a second quick-coupling element, which may be part of or connectable to various types of luggage carrier racks, said first and second quick-coupling elements being configured for quick-coupling to one another. wherein the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) comprises at least two flap passageway pairs (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D), wherein each of said flap passageway pairs has two elongate flap passageways through the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) allowing fastening means to extend through said elongate flap passageways, wherein the two flap passageways are extending alongside one another in a mutually parallel manner, characterized in that the bicycle bag further comprises a first quick-coupling element, which comprises bolt holes for overlapping placement relative to multiple ones of said elongate flap passageways, respectively, for fastening of the first quick-coupling element to the at least one suspension flap (2A, 2B) by using fastening bolts extending through overlappingly placed combinations of the elongate flap passageways and the bolt holes, wherein said first quick-coupling element is part of a quick-coupling system for luggage carrier racks, said quick-coupling system further comprising a second quick-coupling element, which may be part of or connectable to various types of luggage carrier racks, said first and second quick-coupling elements being configured for quick-coupling to one another.
Apparatus for implementing a method for determining the dominant eye of a spectacle wearer, comprising a target, a means (3, 4) for occulting at least one eye, and a sighting device (5, 50) equipped with an optical window, characterized in that the sighting device (5, 50) comprises an electronic sensor making it possible to identify a movement of said sighting device (5, 50), during said method during various steps of viewing the target.
Solid particles-fluids separator comprising: - a containing body defining a housing compartment, - at least one fluid inlet, - at least one fluid outlet, - a diverter engaged inside the housing compartment and operatively interposed between the inlet and outlet, characterized in that the diverter comprises a laminar body defining an arc shape and extending longitudinally along a predetermined development direction or axis between a first and second longitudinal ends (6a, 6b), wherein the housing compartment comprises: - a first chamber delimited by an inner lateral surface of a lateral wall of the diverter, and - a second chamber delimited at least partially by an inner lateral surface of the containing body and extending at least partially outside the diverter, the first and second chambers (7, 11) being directly fluidically communicating with each other; wherein the inlet is directly fluidically communicating with said first chamber, the outlet being directly fluidically communicating with said second chamber and wherein the lateral wall of the diverter comprises a predetermined number of flow diverting elements (22, 23) emerging from the lateral wall itself and configured for intercepting and diverting at least a part of the fluid flow entering the separator, wherein the second chamber comprises a first compartment axially and immediately consecutive to the first chamber, the first compartment being delimited by the inner lateral surface of the containing body, the second chamber further comprising a second compartment directly interposed between the first compartment and the outlet of the separator, the second compartment being defined between the inner lateral surface of the containing body and an outer lateral surface of the lateral wall of the diverter, the first chamber directly fluidically communicates with the inlet, the second chamber being directly communicating, on one side, with the first chamber and, on the other side, with the outlet, the first chamber is directly interposed between the inlet and second chamber, the second chamber being directly interposed between the first chamber and outlet. - a containing body defining a housing compartment, - at least one fluid inlet, - at least one fluid outlet, - a diverter engaged inside the housing compartment and operatively interposed between the inlet and outlet, - a first chamber delimited by an inner lateral surface of a lateral wall of the diverter, and - a second chamber delimited at least partially by an inner lateral surface of the containing body and extending at least partially outside the diverter, the first and second chambers (7, 11) being directly fluidically communicating with each other;