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An outlet fitting for a positive expiratory therapy device, the outlet fitting comprising: a first hollow arm having a tubular connector arranged for engagement with an expiratory port of the positive expiratory therapy device, the first hollow arm having an inlet end for receiving exhaled air from the positive expiratory therapy device and an outlet end for expelling the exhaled air, the tubular connector being at the inlet end; a second hollow arm in fluid communication with the first hollow arm, the second hollow arm having an inlet end for receiving the exhaled air from the outlet end of the first hollow arm and an outlet end for expelling the exhaled air into the atmosphere; the outlet fitting having a minimum cross-sectional area of fluid flow that is less than a cross-sectional area of fluid flow at the expiratory port; the second hollow arm having a side surface and at least one protrusion extending from the side surface at or to the outlet end of the second hollow arm, such that connection of a tube to the outlet end of the second hollow arm is impeded, wherein the at least one protrusion extends from the inlet end of the second hollow arm to the outlet end of the second hollow arm and ends at the outlet end of the second hollow arm, wherein the at least one protrusion comprises one or more side surface which each extend from an edge on the side surface of the second hollow arm, and wherein the width of the one or more side surface of the at least one protrusion is reduced as the protrusion extends from the inlet end of the second hollow arm to the outlet end of the second hollow arm. a first hollow arm having a tubular connector arranged for engagement with an expiratory port of the positive expiratory therapy device, the first hollow arm having an inlet end for receiving exhaled air from the positive expiratory therapy device and an outlet end for expelling the exhaled air, the tubular connector being at the inlet end; a second hollow arm in fluid communication with the first hollow arm, the second hollow arm having an inlet end for receiving the exhaled air from the outlet end of the first hollow arm and an outlet end for expelling the exhaled air into the atmosphere; the outlet fitting having a minimum cross-sectional area of fluid flow that is less than a cross-sectional area of fluid flow at the expiratory port; the second hollow arm having a side surface and at least one protrusion extending from the side surface at or to the outlet end of the second hollow arm, such that connection of a tube to the outlet end of the second hollow arm is impeded, wherein the at least one protrusion extends from the inlet end of the second hollow arm to the outlet end of the second hollow arm and ends at the outlet end of the second hollow arm, wherein the at least one protrusion comprises one or more side surface which each extend from an edge on the side surface of the second hollow arm, and wherein the width of the one or more side surface of the at least one protrusion is reduced as the protrusion extends from the inlet end of the second hollow arm to the outlet end of the second hollow arm.
A method for shaping keratin fibres comprising: (a) providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: - an active agent, wherein the active agent is an amine or diamine; wherein the active agent has at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of: -NH 2, -NH-, -SH, -OH, -C(=O)H, -C=O, and -COOH; and wherein the active agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; - a photocatalyst being a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound; - a cosmetically acceptable carrier; wherein the crosslinking composition has not been exposed to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of 750 nm or less for 30 min or more; (b) applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres, mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance or implement, and exposing the composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm. (a) providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: - an active agent, wherein the active agent is an amine or diamine; wherein the active agent has at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of: -NH 2, -NH-, -SH, -OH, -C(=O)H, -C=O, and -COOH; and wherein the active agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; - a photocatalyst being a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound; - a cosmetically acceptable carrier; wherein the crosslinking composition has not been exposed to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of 750 nm or less for 30 min or more; - an active agent, wherein the active agent is an amine or diamine; wherein the active agent has at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of: -NH 2, -NH-, -SH, -OH, -C(=O)H, -C=O, and -COOH; and wherein the active agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; - a photocatalyst being a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound; - a cosmetically acceptable carrier; (b) applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres, mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance or implement, and exposing the composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm.
Motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch, comprising a locking mechanism (1, 2) consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl, and comprising a securing device (5, 6, 7, 8) and comprising an emergency actuation element (9, 10, 11) for the securing device (5, 6, 7, 8), wherein the securing device (5, 6, 7, 8) has at least a first securing lever which can be acted upon both by a first motor drive and by an emergency actuation lever as part of the emergency actuation element (9, 10, 11), wherein the first securing lever has a spring for irs positioning, wherein the securing lever has a stop for the emergency actuation element (9, 10, 11), wherein the stop interacts with a pin of the emergency actuation element (9, 10, 11), wherein the securing device (5, 6, 7, 8) is provided with two securing levers (5, 6), namely a first securing lever and a second securing lever, wherein the first securing lever is designed as an anti-theft securing lever, whereas the second securing lever is a central locking lever, wherein the two securing levers (5, 6) are mounted coaxially about an axis of rotation A, wherein two motor drives (7, 8) are provided, wherein the first drive acts on the first securing lever, whereas the second drive interacts with the second securing lever, wherein the first motor drive is an anti-theft drive, by means of which the anti-theft securing lever can perform pivot movements about its axis or the axis of rotation A, wherein the second motor drive or central locking drive conversely ensures that the central locking lever is also brought into pivot movements about the same axis of rotation A.
A drug delivery composition comprising: a polymer; one or more drugs dispersed within the polymer; and a bioactive polyelectrolyte complex dispersed within the polymer that regulates the release of the drugs from the polymer, wherein the bioactive polyelectrolyte complex comprises a polyelectrolyte and an oppositely charged component, wherein the polyelectrolyte and/or the oppositely charged component is bioactive, or wherein the bioactive polyelectrolyte complex is formed from positively-charged and negatively-charged polyelectrolytes. a polymer; one or more drugs dispersed within the polymer; and a bioactive polyelectrolyte complex dispersed within the polymer that regulates the release of the drugs from the polymer, wherein the bioactive polyelectrolyte complex comprises a polyelectrolyte and an oppositely charged component, wherein the polyelectrolyte and/or the oppositely charged component is bioactive, or wherein the bioactive polyelectrolyte complex is formed from positively-charged and negatively-charged polyelectrolytes.
Adjusting drive, in particular height-adjusting drive, for a vehicle seat, having an input part, which is connected to a handle, and having an output part, which interacts with the adjuster, in particular the height adjuster, wherein an actuator is arranged between the input part and the output part, said actuator being driven in rotation by the input part and, for its part, driving the output part in rotation, wherein a means which at least reduces a relative movement between the actuator and the output part, at least temporarily, is provided between the actuator and the output part, characterized in that - the means has three radially outwardly directed arms, on each of which two positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means (15.1) are provided, which are designed to interact positively and/or nonpositively with complementary positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means (3.1) on the actuator, or - the means has six radially outwardly directed arms, on each of which one positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means (15.1) is provided, which is designed to interact positively and/or nonpositively with complementary positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means on the actuator. - the means has three radially outwardly directed arms, on each of which two positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means (15.1) are provided, which are designed to interact positively and/or nonpositively with complementary positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means (3.1) on the actuator, or - the means has six radially outwardly directed arms, on each of which one positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means (15.1) is provided, which is designed to interact positively and/or nonpositively with complementary positive engagement and/or nonpositive engagement means on the actuator.
A method of starting operation of a converter (400, 500) of a high voltage direct current, HVDC, converter station, wherein said converter is a modular multilevel converter, MMC, including, at a direct current, DC, side, two DC terminals (422, 424) for connection to a DC transmission system and, at an alternating current, AC, side, AC connectors (472, 474, 476) connectable to electrical phase lines (442, 444, 446) of an AC power source, wherein said converter includes valve arms each connected between a DC terminal and an AC connector for connection to one electrical phase line, wherein each valve arm includes at least one full-bridge, FB, submodule and at least one half-bridge, HB, submodule connected in series, said method comprising: establishing (S610, S710) a direct electrical connection between the DC terminals of the converter; electrically connecting (S620, S720) the converter to the AC power source via said AC connectors; obtaining (S630, S730), from the AC power source and for a certain period of time, an AC voltage between two electrical phase lines for charging capacitors of the FB submodules connected to said two electrical phase lines; and controlling (S640, S750), after said period of time, switching devices of the FB submodules for charging capacitors of the HB submodules to at least a minimum voltage required to start switching switching devices of the HB submodules. establishing (S610, S710) a direct electrical connection between the DC terminals of the converter; electrically connecting (S620, S720) the converter to the AC power source via said AC connectors; obtaining (S630, S730), from the AC power source and for a certain period of time, an AC voltage between two electrical phase lines for charging capacitors of the FB submodules connected to said two electrical phase lines; and controlling (S640, S750), after said period of time, switching devices of the FB submodules for charging capacitors of the HB submodules to at least a minimum voltage required to start switching switching devices of the HB submodules.
Method for supplying energy wirelessly by means of Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, comprising the steps of - sending by an RFID reader device a request message to at least one RFID tag device, - receiving by the at least one RFID tag device while being in an RFID operation mode the request message, - sending by the at least one RFID tag device while being in the RFID operation mode an answer message to the RFID reader device and changing by the at least one RFID tag device its state into a high power mode, - receiving by the RFID reader device the answer message, - sending by the RFID reader device an energizing signal having an unmodulated constant wave at a predefined frequency during an adjustable amount of time, - receiving by the at least one RFID tag device the energizing signal, converting said signal into energy and using the energy by the at least one RFID tag device, - changing by the at least one RFID tag device its state into the RFID operation mode at the end of the adjustable amount of time, characterized in that the request message comprises a first command which causes the at least one RFID tag device to change its state into the high power mode, and wherein the request message further comprises information on the adjustable amount of time for the sending of the energizing signal. - sending by an RFID reader device a request message to at least one RFID tag device, - receiving by the at least one RFID tag device while being in an RFID operation mode the request message, - sending by the at least one RFID tag device while being in the RFID operation mode an answer message to the RFID reader device and changing by the at least one RFID tag device its state into a high power mode, - receiving by the RFID reader device the answer message, - sending by the RFID reader device an energizing signal having an unmodulated constant wave at a predefined frequency during an adjustable amount of time, - receiving by the at least one RFID tag device the energizing signal, converting said signal into energy and using the energy by the at least one RFID tag device, - changing by the at least one RFID tag device its state into the RFID operation mode at the end of the adjustable amount of time,
A method for producing containers from preforms of a thermoplastic material filled with a liquid filling material, wherein the respective preform is thermally conditioned along a heating section in a heating device and subsequently, during a forming and filling phase in a mould of a forming station, is formed into the container and filled with at least one liquid filling material fed under a pressure into the preform as pressure medium, wherein the preform is preferably guided at least for a time by a stretching rod during its formation into the container and is stretched in the axial direction thereof, wherein several forming stations are arranged circumferentially spaced apart on a common, continuously circumferentially driven working wheel at a radial distance from an axis of rotation of the working wheel, characterised by a compensating device (36, 53, 100) for compensation of the thermal consequences of the centrifugal force acting on the filling material filled into the preform, wherein the compensating device (36, 53, 100) is designed as a temperature control device, which imparts a temperature profile to the preform in the circumferential direction, which temperature profile is not point-symmetrical in relation to the longitudinal axis of the preform and thus creates a temperature-differentiated partial circumferential region in the preform, wherein the preform is inserted into the mould so as to be aligned such that the temperature-differentiated partial circumferential region points in the radial direction of the working wheel.
A method of X-ray imaging, comprising: passing an X-ray beam through an absorbing pre-sample mask with one aperture; passing the X-ray beam through a sample; detecting the X-rays using a spatially resolving detector representing a detector mask having one aperture to provide images I 1, I 2... with the relative position of the pre-sample mask and detector mask at respective position or positions x 1, x 2... and characterised by obtaining a dark field image of the sample by calculating the dark field image from the captured images I 1, I 2... at respective positions x 1, x 2... using a formulation representing the image intensity as a function of scattering, transmission and refraction, and wherein obtaining a dark field image comprises finding a solution of the equation I x I 0 = t O ∗ L x − Δx R from the captured images I 1, I 2... at respective positions x 1, x 2... to obtain the dark field image of the sample; where ∗ denotes convolution, I 0 is the beam intensity passing through the sample aperture, the illumination function L ( x) describes how the detected beam intensity changes as a function of the relative displacement x between the pre-sample and the detector mask, in the absence of the sample, t represents the transmission of the sample, Δx R represents the refraction induced by the sample and 0(x) describes the scattering of the sample, represented in the dark field image. passing an X-ray beam through an absorbing pre-sample mask with one aperture; passing the X-ray beam through a sample; detecting the X-rays using a spatially resolving detector representing a detector mask having one aperture to provide images I 1, I 2... with the relative position of the pre-sample mask and detector mask at respective position or positions x 1, x 2... and characterised by obtaining a dark field image of the sample by calculating the dark field image from the captured images I 1, I 2... at respective positions x 1, x 2... using a formulation representing the image intensity as a function of scattering, transmission and refraction, and wherein obtaining a dark field image comprises finding a solution of the equation I x I 0 = t O ∗ L x − Δx R from the captured images I 1, I 2... at respective positions x 1, x 2... to obtain the dark field image of the sample; where ∗ denotes convolution, I 0 is the beam intensity passing through the sample aperture, the illumination function L ( x) describes how the detected beam intensity changes as a function of the relative displacement x between the pre-sample and the detector mask, in the absence of the sample, t represents the transmission of the sample, Δx R represents the refraction induced by the sample and 0(x) describes the scattering of the sample, represented in the dark field image.
A roof structure that constitutes a roof of a vehicle, the vehicle roof structure comprising: a pair of roof side rails that is arranged to be separated in a width direction of a vehicle body and each constitute a framework of a side portion of the roof; a front header and a rear header that are arranged to be separated in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and respectively constitute frameworks in a front end portion and a rear end portion of the roof; a roof panel that covers an opening formed by the pair of roof side rails, the front header, and the rear header; and an annular frame that is joined to a circumferential edge of the roof panel and supports said roof panel, wherein the annular frame has higher rigidity than the roof panel, is arranged in the opening, and is joined to the pair of roof side rails, the front header, and the rear header, wherein the annular frame has a body portion that has a cross-sectional shape including: a panel joint portion that extends along a surface of the circumferential edge of the roof panel and is joined to said circumferential edge; and a vertical plate portion that extends from said panel joint portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle body, characterised in that the body portion has a hollow closed cross-sectional shape that is formed by a pair of the panel joint portions and a pair of the vertical plate portions. a pair of roof side rails that is arranged to be separated in a width direction of a vehicle body and each constitute a framework of a side portion of the roof; a front header and a rear header that are arranged to be separated in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and respectively constitute frameworks in a front end portion and a rear end portion of the roof; a roof panel that covers an opening formed by the pair of roof side rails, the front header, and the rear header; and an annular frame that is joined to a circumferential edge of the roof panel and supports said roof panel, wherein the annular frame has higher rigidity than the roof panel, is arranged in the opening, and is joined to the pair of roof side rails, the front header, and the rear header, wherein the annular frame has a body portion that has a cross-sectional shape including: a panel joint portion that extends along a surface of the circumferential edge of the roof panel and is joined to said circumferential edge; and a vertical plate portion that extends from said panel joint portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle body, characterised in that the body portion has a hollow closed cross-sectional shape that is formed by a pair of the panel joint portions and a pair of the vertical plate portions. a panel joint portion that extends along a surface of the circumferential edge of the roof panel and is joined to said circumferential edge; and a vertical plate portion that extends from said panel joint portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle body, characterised in that the body portion has a hollow closed cross-sectional shape that is formed by a pair of the panel joint portions and a pair of the vertical plate portions.
An intraoral X-ray system comprising: an X-ray source located in an environment; a robotic arm comprising an actuatable scissor arm, the robotic arm having a first end configured to be attached to a mounting and a second end attached to the X-ray source, at least one of the first and the second end comprising a rotatable actuatable joint; a position sensor to determine variation of position and/or orientation of the environment with respect to the X-ray source and variation of position and/or orientation of a mobile X-ray sensor with respect to the X-ray source; and a driving unit actuating the robotic arm as a function of the determined variation of position and/or orientation to control the position and/or orientation of the X-ray source with respect to a predetermined position and/or orientation of the X-ray source, wherein the system is adapted to use the same reference frame to determine the relative movement of the X-ray sensor with respect to the X-ray source and to determine the relative movement of the environment with respect to the X-ray source. an X-ray source located in an environment; a robotic arm comprising an actuatable scissor arm, the robotic arm having a first end configured to be attached to a mounting and a second end attached to the X-ray source, at least one of the first and the second end comprising a rotatable actuatable joint; a position sensor to determine variation of position and/or orientation of the environment with respect to the X-ray source and variation of position and/or orientation of a mobile X-ray sensor with respect to the X-ray source; and a driving unit actuating the robotic arm as a function of the determined variation of position and/or orientation to control the position and/or orientation of the X-ray source with respect to a predetermined position and/or orientation of the X-ray source, wherein the system is adapted to use the same reference frame to determine the relative movement of the X-ray sensor with respect to the X-ray source and to determine the relative movement of the environment with respect to the X-ray source.