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A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a transport belt configured to transport a medium in a transport direction in a state in which the medium is supported on a medium supporting surface; a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid from a plurality of nozzles formed on a nozzle surface with respect to the medium supported on the medium supporting surface of the transport belt; and a controller configured to perform a flushing operation of ejecting the liquid from the nozzles as a maintenance operation for the liquid ejecting head, on a flushing area on the medium supporting surface; wherein the flushing area is separated from and adjacent to the medium, in a liquid ejecting head scanning direction, by an interval; and characterised in that when the amount of the liquid ejected to the flushing area is equal to or more than a set value, the controller is configured to set an attachment position of the liquid on the flushing area to be larger than the attachment position when the amount of the liquid is less than the set value. a transport belt configured to transport a medium in a transport direction in a state in which the medium is supported on a medium supporting surface; a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid from a plurality of nozzles formed on a nozzle surface with respect to the medium supported on the medium supporting surface of the transport belt; and a controller configured to perform a flushing operation of ejecting the liquid from the nozzles as a maintenance operation for the liquid ejecting head, on a flushing area on the medium supporting surface; wherein the flushing area is separated from and adjacent to the medium, in a liquid ejecting head scanning direction, by an interval; and characterised in that when the amount of the liquid ejected to the flushing area is equal to or more than a set value, the controller is configured to set an attachment position of the liquid on the flushing area to be larger than the attachment position when the amount of the liquid is less than the set value.
Method for operating a heat pump device having an associated heating circuit in which a heating medium circulates and which has a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger which are connected via a feed line and a return line, wherein a bypass hydraulically connects the feed line and the return line, a first pump is arranged in the feed line downstream of the bypass or in the return line upstream of the bypass, a second pump is arranged in the feed line upstream of the bypass or in the return line downstream of the bypass, and wherein the heat pump device and the heating circuit are thermally coupled by way of the second heat exchanger, wherein a regulating unit deactivates the heat pump device, characterized in that the regulating unit deactivates the heat pump device when an efficiency loss of the heat pump device is greater than a start-up loss during a restart of the heat pump device.
A rolling stand with three working rolls (5, 6, 7) for rolling seamless tubes with mandrel, the rolling stand defining a rolling axis and comprising a bearing structure, three working rolls (5, 6, 7) each having a respective median plane lying on the rolling axis, wherein the median planes form an angle of 120° with each other, each of said three working rolls having a respective chock (11, 12, 13), a roll-holding cartridge wherein said three working rolls (5, 6, 7) and said chocks (11, 12, 13) are accommodated, a locking device for locking the position of said chocks (11, 12, 13) within the roll-holding cartridge, in order to lock the chocks (11, 12, 13) in a respective first radial position which allows an extraction of the roll-holding cartridge from the bearing structure and an insertion of the roll-holding cartridge in the bearing structure in a direction transversal to the rolling axis, wherein said locking device includes three stopping pins (15, 16, 17), fastened to the roll-holding cartridge, and control means comprising a single actuator connected to the three stopping pins (15, 16, 17) by means of a kinematic mechanism which allows a combined actuation of the three stopping pins (15, 16, 17) so that each of the three stopping pins (15, 16, 17) locks a respective chock (11, 12, 13) in said respective first position.
A housing for an electronic device, the housing comprising a base made of metal, the base defining at least two openings corresponding to an antenna of the electronic device, the at least two openings dividing the base into at least two main portions, the at least two main portions separated from each other through at least one portion of the base adjacent to the at least two openings, each of the at least two openings having at least one metal strip, each metal strip alternating with one non-conductive member, each two adjacent metal strips connected to each other by one non-conductive member located between the two metal strips, one non-conductive member positioned between each main portion and one metal strip adjacent to the main portion, thereby combining the main portions with the at least one metal strips adjacent to the main portions; wherein the housing further comprises a combining layer of plastic material, the combining layer is formed on an internal surface of the base and entirely covers each metal strip, each non-conductive member, and one end of each main portion connected to the non-conductive member.
A non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium ion battery, comprising a compound represented by structural formula I: in formula I, R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 4 are each independently selected from hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, cyano group, hydrocarbyl group or halogenated hydrocarbyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, silicon-containing hydrocarbyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, X is a -O-R 5 -CN group, R 5 is a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, m, n, z and y are integers of 0 or 1, and m+n+y+z≠0.
A compound of a formula wherein each of R 1 and R 2 is independently selected from H, F, Cl, Br and I, providing at least one of R 1 and R 2 is not H, or a salt thereof.
A conveyor comprising two helical conveying tracks (2, 3) located at a distance from each other and a bridging track which connects the two helical conveying tracks (2, 3) to each other such that products can be transported upwardly via one helical conveying track, then via the bridging track to the other helical conveying track and subsequently downwardly via the other helical conveying track, wherein the conveyor is provided with a driveable endless conveyor belt which follows at least one of the helical conveying tracks (2, 3), at least a part of the bridging track and a return track (5, 5', 5"), wherein the return track at said one helical conveying track has a vertically oriented portion (5a, 5a', 5a") and a horizontally oriented portion (5b, 5b', 5b"), which horizontally oriented portion is disposed below the bridging track and extends beyond the vertically oriented portion (5a, 5a', 5a") with respect to the centre line of said one helical conveying track, characterized in that the lower side of the conveyor belt is provided with guide elements which are guided via guiding rails along said one helical conveying track, said part of bridging track and the return track (5, 5', 5"), wherein the lower side of the conveyor belt is also guided via guiding rails in a curve between the horizontally oriented portion (5b, 5b', 5b") and the vertically oriented portion (5a, 5a', 5a") of the return track (5, 5', 5").
Device for infusing a fluid substance into the body of a living being, comprising a hollow duct body in which a distal portion, a middle portion and a proximal portion are defined, wherein the distal portion terminates with a pointed end and extends along an axis substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the middle portion extends, wherein the middle portion comprises a curved section which extends along an arc of circle in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the distal portion wherein the hollow duct body is partially housed in a protective housing made of rubber or material similar to rubber, wherein the protective housing has a flat base centrally provided with a cylindrical portion which has an axis parallel to the axis of the distal portion of the hollow duct body and houses the middle portion of the hollow duct body and from which the distal portion of the hollow duct body projects, wherein the flat base further comprises a second cylindrical portion which is perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical portion of the protective housing and houses the proximal portion of the hollow duct body, and wherein the curved section confers a certain flexibility to the curved section itself, capable of adsorbing an energy that would be conveyed from the proximal portion of the hollow body to the distal portion of the hollow duct body and vice versa, when forces are applied to the device that tend to vary a spatial arrangement between the proximal portion of the hollow duct body and the distal portion of the hollow duct body, characterized in that the part of the duct body housed in the protective housing is incorporated in the rubber or material similar to rubber of which said protective housing is made and which confers a certain liberty of movement for the curved section of the hollow duct body.
A method for increasing tensile strength of a cold workable alpha-beta titanium alloy, comprising in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 3.5 to 4.5 aluminum; 2.0 to 3.0 vanadium; 1.2 to 1.8 iron; 0.2 to 0.3 oxygen; up to 0.08 carbon; up to 0.03 nitrogen; up to 0.015 hydrogen; up to 0.10 each other elements, total of other elements up to 0.3; balance titanium and incidental impurities; wherein the method comprises: solution heat treating the cold workable alpha-beta titanium alloy by heating the alpha-beta titanium alloy in a temperature range of T β - 106°C to T β - 72.2°C for 15 minutes to 2 hours; cooling the alpha-beta titanium alloy at a cooling rate of at least 3000°C per minute to ambient temperature; cold working the alpha-beta titanium alloy, in a temperature range from ambient temperature to no greater than 677°C, to impart an effective strain in the range of 5 percent to 35 percent; and aging the alpha-beta titanium alloy by heating the alpha-beta titanium alloy in a temperature range of T β - 669°C to T β - 517°C for 1 to 8 hours. 3.5 to 4.5 aluminum; 2.0 to 3.0 vanadium; 1.2 to 1.8 iron; 0.2 to 0.3 oxygen; up to 0.08 carbon; up to 0.03 nitrogen; up to 0.015 hydrogen; up to 0.10 each other elements, total of other elements up to 0.3; balance titanium and incidental impurities; solution heat treating the cold workable alpha-beta titanium alloy by heating the alpha-beta titanium alloy in a temperature range of T β - 106°C to T β - 72.2°C for 15 minutes to 2 hours; cooling the alpha-beta titanium alloy at a cooling rate of at least 3000°C per minute to ambient temperature; cold working the alpha-beta titanium alloy, in a temperature range from ambient temperature to no greater than 677°C, to impart an effective strain in the range of 5 percent to 35 percent; and aging the alpha-beta titanium alloy by heating the alpha-beta titanium alloy in a temperature range of T β - 669°C to T β - 517°C for 1 to 8 hours.
A method of monitoring a subsea cable comprising: performing distributed fibre optic sensing on a sensing optical fibre to provide a measurement signal from each of a plurality of longitudinal sensing portions of the sensing optical fibre, the sensing optical fibre being deployed along the path of the subsea cable; and characterised by: for at least one sensing portion, analysing a frequency spectrum of the respective measurement signal corresponding to pressure variations due to surface water waves to determine an indication of relative attenuation of the measurement signal at different frequencies so as to determine a burial status for that sensing portion. performing distributed fibre optic sensing on a sensing optical fibre to provide a measurement signal from each of a plurality of longitudinal sensing portions of the sensing optical fibre, the sensing optical fibre being deployed along the path of the subsea cable; and characterised by: for at least one sensing portion, analysing a frequency spectrum of the respective measurement signal corresponding to pressure variations due to surface water waves to determine an indication of relative attenuation of the measurement signal at different frequencies so as to determine a burial status for that sensing portion.
Laser system for selective treatment of acne comprising: at least two laser sources having a wavelength ranging from 1690 to 1750 nm which are adapted to supply a first and a second laser beam respectively having Gaussian form, to a respective single-mode optical fibre; a first multi-mode optical fibre having a length equal to or greater than 5 m adapted to receive said first laser beam; a second multi-mode optical fibre having a length equal to or greater than 5 m adapted to receive said second laser beam; a fused fibre optical combiner connected to said first and second optical fibre and adapted to supply a third laser beam to a third optical fibre; said third optical fibre having a length equal to or greater than 5 m; said third optical fibre is connected to an output of said fused fibre optical combiner and is adapted to receive said third laser beam and to provide at its output, a fourth laser beam; a fourth optical fibre which is adapted to receive said fourth laser beam; a handpiece, comprising two lenses (30, 31), the ratio of whose focal lengths determining a magnification factor, said handpiece being associated with said fourth optical fibre; such that the laser beam output of the laser system has a distribution intensity variance lower than or equal to 15% of the mean rated value, a diameter greater than 2.5 mm and a maximum available fluence greater than 30 J/cm2. at least two laser sources having a wavelength ranging from 1690 to 1750 nm which are adapted to supply a first and a second laser beam respectively having Gaussian form, to a respective single-mode optical fibre; a first multi-mode optical fibre having a length equal to or greater than 5 m adapted to receive said first laser beam; a second multi-mode optical fibre having a length equal to or greater than 5 m adapted to receive said second laser beam; a fused fibre optical combiner connected to said first and second optical fibre and adapted to supply a third laser beam to a third optical fibre; said third optical fibre having a length equal to or greater than 5 m; said third optical fibre is connected to an output of said fused fibre optical combiner and is adapted to receive said third laser beam and to provide at its output, a fourth laser beam; a fourth optical fibre which is adapted to receive said fourth laser beam; a handpiece, comprising two lenses (30, 31), the ratio of whose focal lengths determining a magnification factor, said handpiece being associated with said fourth optical fibre; such that the laser beam output of the laser system has a distribution intensity variance lower than or equal to 15% of the mean rated value, a diameter greater than 2.5 mm and a maximum available fluence greater than 30 J/cm2.
A steel flat product intended for heat treatment, wherein the steel flat product comprises a base layer consisting of steel and an aluminium based protective layer which is applied to the base layer and which protects against corrosion, and wherein a separate top layer is applied to the protective layer, characterized in that - the separate top layer, which is applied at least to the protective layer, as one of the free surfaces of the steel flat product, contains at least one oxide, nitride, sulphide, sulphate, carbide, carbonate, fluoride, hydrate, hydroxide or phosphate compound of a base metal belonging to the group "Na, K, Mg, B, Mn", - the surface weight of the finishing coat is between 0.01 and 15 g/m 2, - the coating thickness is between 0.01 and 5 μ m, - the coating layer has an absorption level for heat radiation, that is in the range of 0.3 and 0.99 %, - the compound present in the finishing coat is particulate, and - the average diameter of the particles of the compound is 0.01 to 0.3 μ m. - the separate top layer, which is applied at least to the protective layer, as one of the free surfaces of the steel flat product, contains at least one oxide, nitride, sulphide, sulphate, carbide, carbonate, fluoride, hydrate, hydroxide or phosphate compound of a base metal belonging to the group "Na, K, Mg, B, Mn", - the surface weight of the finishing coat is between 0.01 and 15 g/m 2, - the coating thickness is between 0.01 and 5 μ m, - the coating layer has an absorption level for heat radiation, that is in the range of 0.3 and 0.99 %, - the compound present in the finishing coat is particulate, and - the average diameter of the particles of the compound is 0.01 to 0.3 μ m.
A compound having a structure represented by formula III: wherein: A 1 is -COR 2, -SO 2 R 2, -CONR 2 R 3, or -SO 2 NR 2 R 3; R 1, R 2 and R 3 are each independently H, arylalkyl, aryl, or C 1-4 alkyl; X and Y are each independently O or a lone pair of electrons; and each Z is independently O or NH; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof. wherein: A 1 is -COR 2, -SO 2 R 2, -CONR 2 R 3, or -SO 2 NR 2 R 3; R 1, R 2 and R 3 are each independently H, arylalkyl, aryl, or C 1-4 alkyl; X and Y are each independently O or a lone pair of electrons; and each Z is independently O or NH; or
Headgear for a respiratory interface having a strap assembly comprising: an elongate flexible strap (9, 109, 209, 309, 409, 509, 609, 809, 1009, 1109, 1209, 1309); a rail (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517, 617, 817, 1017, 1117, 1217, 1317) extending longitudinally along a rail portion of the strap; and a slide member (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619, 719, 819, 919, 1016) having a channel that receives the rail; wherein the slide member is attached to an attachment portion of the flexible strap and slidable along the rail to adjust the length of the strap assembly; and wherein the strap comprises woven threads of different thicknesses, or woven bundles of varying numbers of threads, to vary the width or thickness of the strap. an elongate flexible strap (9, 109, 209, 309, 409, 509, 609, 809, 1009, 1109, 1209, 1309); a rail (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517, 617, 817, 1017, 1117, 1217, 1317) extending longitudinally along a rail portion of the strap; and a slide member (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619, 719, 819, 919, 1016) having a channel that receives the rail;
A container for receiving therein a liquid, said container comprising an upper portion, a lower portion opposite thereto, and sidewalls extending therebetween and all defining an enclosed volume therewithin, said upper portion comprising an opening to said volume; said container further comprising a cap configured to be secured to said upper portion for closing said enclosed volume, said upper portion being configured to be connected to a corresponding lower portion of a second container; and said sidewalls being associated with one or more arrangements configured to facilitate connection to sidewalls of similarly constructed containers; wherein said arrangements associated with the sidewalls comprise complementary sidewall connecting elements configured to facilitate the connection to sidewalls associated with similarly constructed arrangements; said container characterized by: said sidewall connecting elements being formed on a band element snugly disposed about a circumference of the container, and said sidewalls comprising one or more circumferential channels, each configured to receive therein said band element. said sidewall connecting elements being formed on a band element snugly disposed about a circumference of the container, and said sidewalls comprising one or more circumferential channels, each configured to receive therein said band element.
Thermochromic coating for glass that contains a vanadium dioxide coating, is characterized by the vanadium dioxide coating consisting of vanadium oxide doped with the alkaline earth metals calcium, barium and strontium individually or in combination.
A fuel filter assembly comprising: a filter housing surrounding a filter element and configured to direct fuel through filter media supported by the filter element, said filter housing defining an inlet for fuel to be filtered and an outlet through which filtered fuel is delivered; a pump housing coupled to the filter housing and partially defining a compartment on the side of the pump housing; a BLDC motor connected to a pump arranged to pump fuel from the inlet, through the filter housing and filter media to the outlet, said BLDC motor and pump arranged within the pump housing with a pump inlet in fluid communication with said inlet characterized in that a control circuit is arranged within the compartment and connected to said BLDC motor through a wall of the pump housing, the control circuit configured to drive the BLDC motor at a plurality of rotational speeds, said control circuit further being programmed to monitor the current draw of the BLDC motor and configured to drive the BLDC motor at a first pre-determined rotational speed at startup and to switch to a second pre-determined rotational speed when the current drawn by the BLDC motor exceeds a threshold current, wherein said first pre-determined rotational speed is greater than said second pre-determined rotational speed. a filter housing surrounding a filter element and configured to direct fuel through filter media supported by the filter element, said filter housing defining an inlet for fuel to be filtered and an outlet through which filtered fuel is delivered; a pump housing coupled to the filter housing and partially defining a compartment on the side of the pump housing; a BLDC motor connected to a pump arranged to pump fuel from the inlet, through the filter housing and filter media to the outlet, said BLDC motor and pump arranged within the pump housing with a pump inlet in fluid communication with said inlet characterized in that a control circuit is arranged within the compartment and connected to said BLDC motor through a wall of the pump housing, the control circuit configured to drive the BLDC motor at a plurality of rotational speeds, said control circuit further being programmed to monitor the current draw of the BLDC motor and configured to drive the BLDC motor at a first pre-determined rotational speed at startup and to switch to a second pre-determined rotational speed when the current drawn by the BLDC motor exceeds a threshold current, wherein said first pre-determined rotational speed is greater than said second pre-determined rotational speed.
A method of making a tomato fruit extract wherein tomato fruit is processed to optimise the platelet aggregation inhibiting activity of the extract comprising the steps of: (a) Preparing a start mix of homogenised fruit; (b) Separating a water soluble fraction from fruit solids; (c) filtration of the water soluble fraction to make the extract substantially lycopene-free; and (d) concentration of active agents in the filtration permeate using an evaporator wherein the extract has a browning index of < 0.8 AU, a pH of 4.0-4.3 and a density of 1.15-1.20. (a) Preparing a start mix of homogenised fruit; (b) Separating a water soluble fraction from fruit solids; (c) filtration of the water soluble fraction to make the extract substantially lycopene-free; and (d) concentration of active agents in the filtration permeate using an evaporator