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Knock-out unit with a multitude of knock-out cups, which are connected to a base, wherein the knock-out unit comprises a fluid supply for a cleaning fluid and means (17, 18) to guide the cleaning fluid to and through the knock-out cups, wherein the base comprises at least one fluid channel to guide the cleaning fluid from the supply to the knock-out cups and wherein the knock-out unit comprises a gas supply, characterized in that the base comprises a channel to guide the gas from the supply to each knock-out cup, wherein the gas channel is at least partially separated from the fluid channel and wherein the gas- and fluid flow are combined in a mixing zone which is upstream from the knock out cups and wherein the knock-out unit comprises a cover plate which covers the at least one fluid channel.
Adenovirus-36 E4orf1 protein or functional variant thereof, or a nucleic acid encoding Adenovirus-36 E4orf1 or functional variant thereof, or an analog of Adenovirus-36 E4orf1 for use in a method of treating or preventing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in an individual.
A method of preparing a flexible photovoltaic device by preserving the integrity of a growth substrate, the method comprising: providing a structure (400, 500) having a growth substrate with at least one growing surface; a flexible photovoltaic device; a sacrificial layer; a first protective layer; and a second protective layer, wherein the sacrificial layer and the first and second protective layers are positioned between the growth substrate and the flexible photovoltaic device, the first protective layer is positioned above the growth substrate, the second protective layer is positioned above the first protective layer, the sacrificial layer is positioned above the second protective layer, and the growth substrate and the second protective layer comprise the same material; releasing the flexible photovoltaic device by etching the sacrificial layer with an etchant; and characterized by removing the second protective layer by etching the second protective layer with an etchant; and removing the first protective layer by etching the first protective layer with an etchant. providing a structure (400, 500) having a growth substrate with at least one growing surface; a flexible photovoltaic device; a sacrificial layer; a first protective layer; and a second protective layer, wherein the sacrificial layer and the first and second protective layers are positioned between the growth substrate and the flexible photovoltaic device, the first protective layer is positioned above the growth substrate, the second protective layer is positioned above the first protective layer, the sacrificial layer is positioned above the second protective layer, and the growth substrate and the second protective layer comprise the same material; releasing the flexible photovoltaic device by etching the sacrificial layer with an etchant; and characterized by removing the second protective layer by etching the second protective layer with an etchant; and removing the first protective layer by etching the first protective layer with an etchant.
An intermittent urinary catheter (1, 20, 40) with a triangular cross-section, the intermittent urinary catheter comprises three substantially flat surfaces (7a, 7b, 7c) connected by rounded corners (8a, 8b, 8c) characterised in that at least one eyelet (6, 10, 21, 41, 42, 43) is positioned in one of the surfaces (7a, 7b, 7c).
A regulated dispensing device for dispensing components contained in a container having an upper opening, the dispensing device comprising: • a hopper having a large opening and a small opening opposite the large opening; • a support configured to receive and hold the container; • first displacement means (M 1) configured to bring together the hopper and the support up to a coupling position in which the large opening of the hopper covers the upper opening of the container; • second displacement means (M 2) configured to pivot, about a non-vertical axis of rotation, the assembly consisting of the hopper and the support in the coupling position, between a first position in which the small opening of the hopper is located above the large opening of the hopper and at least a second position, said dispensing position, in which the small opening is located below the large opening, the hopper further including a regulation member configured to regulate the rate of dispensing of the components exiting through the small opening when said assembly is in the dispensing position, characterized in that the regulation member includes a pivoting shutter configured to seal all or part of the small opening of the hopper. • a hopper having a large opening and a small opening opposite the large opening; • a support configured to receive and hold the container; • first displacement means (M 1) configured to bring together the hopper and the support up to a coupling position in which the large opening of the hopper covers the upper opening of the container; • second displacement means (M 2) configured to pivot, about a non-vertical axis of rotation, the assembly consisting of the hopper and the support in the coupling position, between a first position in which the small opening of the hopper is located above the large opening of the hopper and at least a second position, said dispensing position, in which the small opening is located below the large opening, the hopper further including a regulation member configured to regulate the rate of dispensing of the components exiting through the small opening when said assembly is in the dispensing position, characterized in that the regulation member includes a pivoting shutter configured to seal all or part of the small opening of the hopper.
A modular multilevel converter, comprising: a low-frequency AC to DC conversion module, comprising three first branch circuits connected in parallel between output ends (V 1, V 2), each first branch circuit being formed of multiple IGBT circuit modules connected in series, and a first electric coupling point (N 0) of two adjacent IGBT circuit modules in a middle position of each first branch circuit being connected to a respective voltage input end (Vin); each IGBT circuit module being an IGBT half-bridge circuit or an IGBT full-bridge circuit; and a DC to high-frequency AC conversion module, connected between the output ends (V 1, V 2), the DC to high-frequency AC conversion module comprising two second branch circuits connected in parallel with the output ends (V 1, V 2), each second branch circuit being formed of multiple IGBT circuit modules connected in series, the DC to high-frequency AC conversion module having multiple sets of output ends, each set of output ends comprising a first output end (V 3) and a second output end (V 4), the first output end (V 3) being connected to a second electric coupling point (N 1) between adjacent IGBT circuit modules in one of the second branch circuits, and the second output end (V 4) being connected to a third electric coupling point (N 2) between adjacent IGBT circuit modules in the other second branch circuit, wherein a number of the first output ends (V 3), the second output ends (V 4) and outputted voltage values may be set arbitrarily according to actual circumstances. a low-frequency AC to DC conversion module, comprising three first branch circuits connected in parallel between output ends (V 1, V 2), each first branch circuit being formed of multiple IGBT circuit modules connected in series, and a first electric coupling point (N 0) of two adjacent IGBT circuit modules in a middle position of each first branch circuit being connected to a respective voltage input end (Vin); each IGBT circuit module being an IGBT half-bridge circuit or an IGBT full-bridge circuit; and a DC to high-frequency AC conversion module, connected between the output ends (V 1, V 2), the DC to high-frequency AC conversion module comprising two second branch circuits connected in parallel with the output ends (V 1, V 2), each second branch circuit being formed of multiple IGBT circuit modules connected in series, the DC to high-frequency AC conversion module having multiple sets of output ends, each set of output ends comprising a first output end (V 3) and a second output end (V 4), the first output end (V 3) being connected to a second electric coupling point (N 1) between adjacent IGBT circuit modules in one of the second branch circuits, and the second output end (V 4) being connected to a third electric coupling point (N 2) between adjacent IGBT circuit modules in the other second branch circuit, wherein a number of the first output ends (V 3), the second output ends (V 4) and outputted voltage values may be set arbitrarily according to actual circumstances.
An apparatus for melting an object on a cable, the apparatus comprising: a heater capable of producing enough heat to melt the material of the object in a heating zone; a photoelectric sensor directed toward the heating zone and configured to transmit light and acquire sensor data indicating transitions between transmitted light being obstructed and not being obstructed, wherein the photoelectric sensor is positioned and configured to transmit light that scans in a scanning plane intersecting the heating zone and then generate respective edge detection signals indicating that interruption of the transmitted light has started and then stopped; and a computer system operatively coupled to receive sensor data from the photoelectric sensor, the computer system being configured to compute a measured value of a dimension of the object using the sensor data and issue an alert signal if the measured value becomes equal to a target value corresponding to a fully melted object, wherein the computer system is further configured to start and then stop a count of clock pulses in response to receipt of the respective edge detection signals and then de-activate the heater in response to the count reaching a value corresponding to the target value. a heater capable of producing enough heat to melt the material of the object in a heating zone; a photoelectric sensor directed toward the heating zone and configured to transmit light and acquire sensor data indicating transitions between transmitted light being obstructed and not being obstructed, wherein the photoelectric sensor is positioned and configured to transmit light that scans in a scanning plane intersecting the heating zone and then generate respective edge detection signals indicating that interruption of the transmitted light has started and then stopped; and a computer system operatively coupled to receive sensor data from the photoelectric sensor, the computer system being configured to compute a measured value of a dimension of the object using the sensor data and issue an alert signal if the measured value becomes equal to a target value corresponding to a fully melted object, wherein the computer system is further configured to start and then stop a count of clock pulses in response to receipt of the respective edge detection signals and then de-activate the heater in response to the count reaching a value corresponding to the target value.
A flat knitting machine comprising: at least two needle beds; a carriage that reciprocates on the needle beds and includes a stitch cam motor that changes a stitch density value of a stitch cam; a carrier (8, 9) that feeds a yarn to needles of the needle beds; a yarn feeding apparatus that feeds the yarn to the carrier (8, 9); a sensor that measures a yarn length of the yarn fed from the yarn feeding apparatus; and a controller that controls the stitch cam motor based on a signal of the sensor, and corrects the stitch density value, characterized in that the controller is configured to correct the stitch density value for each predetermined length that is shorter than one course in order to correct an error between a consumed yarn length and a target yarn length within a course of the carriage in which the error occurred.
A landing gear actuator comprising: a motor; a screw coupled to the motor; a member having a nut that is coupled to the screw, the member being movable between first and second positions that correspond to locked and unlocked conditions; and a rod movable relative to the member during a jammed condition in which the member is disposed in an undesired position between the first and second positions, the rod being permitted to free-drive relative to the member with the member in the undesired position, characterised in that the member includes fingers and the rod is connected to a guide, the fingers and the guide interlocking with one another under normal operating conditions, and the fingers and the guide being configured to decouple from one another during the jammed condition to permit the rod to free-drive relative to the member. a motor; a screw coupled to the motor; a member having a nut that is coupled to the screw, the member being movable between first and second positions that correspond to locked and unlocked conditions; and a rod movable relative to the member during a jammed condition in which the member is disposed in an undesired position between the first and second positions, the rod being permitted to free-drive relative to the member with the member in the undesired position, characterised in that the member includes fingers and the rod is connected to a guide, the fingers and the guide interlocking with one another under normal operating conditions, and the fingers and the guide being configured to decouple from one another during the jammed condition to permit the rod to free-drive relative to the member.
A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the entire amount of the working fluid is from 70 to 100 mass%, and the proportion of trifluoroethylene based on the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is from 35 to 95 mass%.
Method of treating objects with a physical plasma at atmospheric pressure, wherein a gas is supplied to a discharge chamber and a physical plasma is generated out of the gas by an electric discharge in the discharge chamber, and wherein the physical plasma passes over out of the discharge chamber into a treatment chamber and acts upon the objects to be treated here, wherein the physical plasma out of the discharge chamber enters the treatment chamber from below through a sparger plate comprising a multitude of holes, wherein a plasma cushion supporting the objects to be treated is formed out of the physical plasma at the upper side of the sparger plate.
Camera-mounting apparatus comprising - a frame for supporting - a plurality of camera fastenings, each of which is suitable for receiving and fixing at least one camera, the camera fastenings being attached distributed around the frame and oriented such that the overall field of view of all cameras is larger than the field of view of an individual camera and each point of the overall visual field lying within the visual field of at least two of the cameras, characterised in that the frame - is approximately ring-shaped, toroidal or bowl-shaped, or has the form of a hollow polygon, in particular an equilateral polygon, or a hollow polyhedron, and - in the interior has a cavity for receiving the head of a person wearing the apparatus or a small approximately head-sized vehicle or aircraft. - a frame for supporting - a plurality of camera fastenings, each of which is suitable for receiving and fixing at least one camera, the camera fastenings being attached distributed around the frame and oriented such that the overall field of view of all cameras is larger than the field of view of an individual camera and each point of the overall visual field lying within the visual field of at least two of the cameras, - is approximately ring-shaped, toroidal or bowl-shaped, or has the form of a hollow polygon, in particular an equilateral polygon, or a hollow polyhedron, and - in the interior has a cavity for receiving the head of a person wearing the apparatus or a small approximately head-sized vehicle or aircraft.
A bottle teat having a base portion comprising a connecting flange and in which the bottle teat is substantially circular in a cross-section running perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, a lip support portion and a nipple portion which opens out in a teat tip, wherein, in a direction perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, the bottle teat comprises, in the lip support portion, a non-circular cross-section with a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis which is shorter compared to the longitudinal axis, characterized in that between the base portion and the lip support portion there is provided a flexible portion comprising enhanced flexibility with respect to the base and the lip support portion (2, 5), wherein the flexible portion comprises a circumferentially encircling depression in the form of an indent and/or a smaller wall thickness in portions adjacent to the depression and comprises an ascending and falling profile when viewed over the circumference so that about an axis running substantially in the direction of the transverse axis, the bottle teat has an enhanced flexibility compared to a similarly configured bottle teat without a depression for pivoting the lip support and nipple portions (5, 6).
A flame cell of a flame arrestor, the flame cell comprising: a body of a first material having first and second ends (632, 636), an exterior surface, and an interior core surrounded by the exterior surface, the interior core having a plurality of channels formed in the body and extending from the first end to the second end of the body; an element of a second material coupled to the body, the second material being different from the first material, wherein the element is configured to draw heat away from fluid flowing through the plurality of channels; and wherein the element extends outwardly from the exterior surface of the body; and a slot formed in the body and sized to receive the element, wherein the element is coupled to the body by inserting the element into the slot, and wherein the exterior surface provides a walled enclosure to the plurality of channels.. a body of a first material having first and second ends (632, 636), an exterior surface, and an interior core surrounded by the exterior surface, the interior core having a plurality of channels formed in the body and extending from the first end to the second end of the body; an element of a second material coupled to the body, the second material being different from the first material, wherein the element is configured to draw heat away from fluid flowing through the plurality of channels; and wherein the element extends outwardly from the exterior surface of the body; and a slot formed in the body and sized to receive the element, wherein the element is coupled to the body by inserting the element into the slot, and wherein the exterior surface provides a walled enclosure to the plurality of channels..
A method for a relay node, which is in communication with an eNB, for communications device operations, the method comprising: determining, by the relay node, if a relay physical downlink control channel has been detected in a first control region consisting of Physical Resource Blocks or Virtual Resource Blocks wherein the relay physical downlink control channel comprises an encoded payload that has been rate matched by increasing a code rate of the encoded payload to reduce the number of resources needed to transmit encoded information or by decreasing the code rate of the encoded payload to increase the number of resources needed to transmit the encoded information; and decoding, by the relay node, the detected relay physical downlink control channel to determine a location of a Relay Physical Downlink Shared Channel, R-PDSCH, if the relay physical downlink control channel has been detected in the first control region; wherein multiple relay physical downlink control channels are in the first control region, and wherein the determining if a relay physical downlink control channel has been detected comprises detecting (1154,1160) the relay physical downlink control channel from N Resource Blocks, RBs, to N+M RBs according to a predefined puncture level, wherein N is a predefined RB region length and N+M is equal or less than the length of the first control region. determining, by the relay node, if a relay physical downlink control channel has been detected in a first control region consisting of Physical Resource Blocks or Virtual Resource Blocks wherein the relay physical downlink control channel comprises an encoded payload that has been rate matched by increasing a code rate of the encoded payload to reduce the number of resources needed to transmit encoded information or by decreasing the code rate of the encoded payload to increase the number of resources needed to transmit the encoded information; and decoding, by the relay node, the detected relay physical downlink control channel to determine a location of a Relay Physical Downlink Shared Channel, R-PDSCH, if the relay physical downlink control channel has been detected in the first control region; wherein multiple relay physical downlink control channels are in the first control region, and wherein the determining if a relay physical downlink control channel has been detected comprises detecting (1154,1160) the relay physical downlink control channel from N Resource Blocks, RBs, to N+M RBs according to a predefined puncture level, wherein N is a predefined RB region length and N+M is equal or less than the length of the first control region.
A mixture for producing a molding, comprising - from 33 to 65% by weight of melamine-formaldehyde precondensate, based on the total amount of the mixture, - from 1 to 3.5% by weight of an organic acid selected from the group consisting of formic acid, citric acid and mixtures thereof, based on the total amount of the mixture, - from 6 to 12% by weight of a total amount of one or more solid additives selected from the group consisting of (i) inorganic fillers and (ii) flame retardants, based on the total amount of the mixture, - from 25 to 35% by weight of prefoamed polystyrene particles, based on the total amount of the mixture, having a pentane content of up to 4% by weight, - up to 30% by weight in total of inert liquids selected from the group consisting of water and other inert liquids, based on the total amount of the mixture. - from 33 to 65% by weight of melamine-formaldehyde precondensate, based on the total amount of the mixture, - from 1 to 3.5% by weight of an organic acid selected from the group consisting of formic acid, citric acid and mixtures thereof, based on the total amount of the mixture, - from 6 to 12% by weight of a total amount of one or more solid additives selected from the group consisting of (i) inorganic fillers and (ii) flame retardants, based on the total amount of the mixture, - from 25 to 35% by weight of prefoamed polystyrene particles, based on the total amount of the mixture, having a pentane content of up to 4% by weight, - up to 30% by weight in total of inert liquids selected from the group consisting of water and other inert liquids, based on the total amount of the mixture.