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An end effector comprising: an elongate shaft having a lumen; an adapter disposed at a proximal end of the elongate shaft and configured to couple the elongate shaft with a handle assembly of a surgical instrument; a support member having proximal and distal openings defining a passage therethrough, the support member disposed in the lumen of the elongate shaft and being slidable relative to the elongate shaft between a proximal position and a distal position; a trocar assembly having a sleeve and a trocar member disposed therein, the trocar assembly insertable into the passage of the support member and the sleeve including an orifice extending through a wall thereof; a pin disposed in the elongate shaft, the pin slidable in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft, the pin insertable into the orifice of the sleeve for retaining the trocar assembly longitudinally stationary relative to the elongate shaft and defining an inserted position of the pin; and a ramp; characterised in that the support member is disposed in the lumen of the elongate shaft; and the ramp is located in a proximal region of the support member, the ramp engageable with a head of the pin to maintain the pin in the orifice of the sleeve. an elongate shaft having a lumen; an adapter disposed at a proximal end of the elongate shaft and configured to couple the elongate shaft with a handle assembly of a surgical instrument; a support member having proximal and distal openings defining a passage therethrough, the support member disposed in the lumen of the elongate shaft and being slidable relative to the elongate shaft between a proximal position and a distal position; a trocar assembly having a sleeve and a trocar member disposed therein, the trocar assembly insertable into the passage of the support member and the sleeve including an orifice extending through a wall thereof; a pin disposed in the elongate shaft, the pin slidable in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft, the pin insertable into the orifice of the sleeve for retaining the trocar assembly longitudinally stationary relative to the elongate shaft and defining an inserted position of the pin; and a ramp; characterised in that the support member is disposed in the lumen of the elongate shaft; and the ramp is located in a proximal region of the support member, the ramp engageable with a head of the pin to maintain the pin in the orifice of the sleeve.
Method for calibrating an x-ray testing system for a tyre type, which comprises three components, namely an x-ray tube, a linear x-ray detector and a manipulator for a tyre, wherein the manipulator is arranged in such a way that the tyre is arranged with the tread thereof between x-ray tube and x-ray detector, wherein, in the method, one of the components is moved along a travel path from a defined initial position to a defined end position and, during the movement, continuous recording of x-ray images of cords within the tyre is carried out at a pre-definable reading rate, wherein the individual cords are tracked by using chronologically successive x-ray images and conclusions are drawn about the absolute position of the cords within the tyre by using the total displacement of the cords in the x-ray images, determined from the latter, between the initial position and the end position, and by using the known geometric data.
A three dimensional printing system comprising: a fluid ejection device; and a fluid ejection device controller for controlling the fluid ejection device of the three dimensional printing system, the fluid ejection device controller comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprises executable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the fluid ejection device controller to control a motion of the fluid ejection device to print agent onto a layer of build material in a build area; and to flush agent through at least one nozzle of the fluid ejection device in response to detecting, by the fluid ejection device controller, an erroneous stopping of the motion of the fluid ejection device and the fluid ejection device being positioned on top of the build area. a fluid ejection device; and a fluid ejection device controller for controlling the fluid ejection device of the three dimensional printing system, the fluid ejection device controller comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprises executable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the fluid ejection device controller to control a motion of the fluid ejection device to print agent onto a layer of build material in a build area; and to flush agent through at least one nozzle of the fluid ejection device in response to detecting, by the fluid ejection device controller, an erroneous stopping of the motion of the fluid ejection device and the fluid ejection device being positioned on top of the build area. control a motion of the fluid ejection device to print agent onto a layer of build material in a build area; and to flush agent through at least one nozzle of the fluid ejection device in response to detecting, by the fluid ejection device controller, an erroneous stopping of the motion of the fluid ejection device and the fluid ejection device being positioned on top of the build area.
A radar apparatus comprising: a radar transmitter that transmits a plurality of radar signals while switching among a plurality of transmitting subarrays which are placed in a first direction; and a radar receiver that receives reflected-wave signals produced by the plurality of radar signals being reflected by a target, the plurality of radar signals being transmitted from the respective transmitting subarrays, wherein each of the plurality of transmitting subarrays includes a plurality of transmitting antennas that are placed at a regular spacing equal or less than half a wavelength in the first direction, and adjacent ones of the plurality of transmitting subarrays share at least one of the plurality of transmitting antennas with each other, characterized in that the radar receiver includes a plurality of receiving antennas which are placed in the first direction, and a configuration spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of receiving antennas takes on a value that is equal to or greater than a value obtained by multiplying a configuration spacing between the adjacent ones of the plurality of transmitting subarrays by the number of transmitting subarrays, wherein the configuration spacing between the adjacent transmitting subarrays is equal to the transmitting antenna spacing. a radar transmitter that transmits a plurality of radar signals while switching among a plurality of transmitting subarrays which are placed in a first direction; and a radar receiver that receives reflected-wave signals produced by the plurality of radar signals being reflected by a target, the plurality of radar signals being transmitted from the respective transmitting subarrays, wherein each of the plurality of transmitting subarrays includes a plurality of transmitting antennas that are placed at a regular spacing equal or less than half a wavelength in the first direction, and adjacent ones of the plurality of transmitting subarrays share at least one of the plurality of transmitting antennas with each other, characterized in that the radar receiver includes a plurality of receiving antennas which are placed in the first direction, and a configuration spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of receiving antennas takes on a value that is equal to or greater than a value obtained by multiplying a configuration spacing between the adjacent ones of the plurality of transmitting subarrays by the number of transmitting subarrays, wherein the configuration spacing between the adjacent transmitting subarrays is equal to the transmitting antenna spacing.
Liquid applicator comprising a liquid container with an open end, a liquid dispensing mechanism, an applicator closure, and an applicator tip, the liquid dispensing mechanism having a valve element disposed within a valve body having a valve body shoulder, said valve element being movable between an open position and a closed position for controlling the flow of an applicator liquid from the container, the liquid dispensing mechanism further comprising a hollow cylindrical portion for supporting the applicator tip with an inner end of the applicator tip communicating with the valve element enabling an axial displacement of the applicator tip to move the valve element into the open position for enabling the applicator tip to apply the liquid to a surface, wherein the applicator closure has a closure coupling coupling the applicator closure to the container at the open end thereof, characterised in that the liquid container has a curl lip peripheral rim defining the open end of the liquid container, the closure coupling comprises an outer wall, a resilient intermediate wall, and an inner wall, the outer wall comprises an outer wall annular radially inward projection, the resilient intermediate wall is deformable for allowing the curl lip peripheral rim of the liquid container to pass over the outer wall annular radially inward projection and to engage with an underside surface of the curl lip peripheral rim of the liquid container upon insertion of the curl lip peripheral rim into the applicator closure, and resiliently retains the curl lip peripheral rim of the liquid container between the outer wall and the resilient intermediate wall, and the inner wall has a closure annular ring extending from the inner wall of the applicator closure for engaging with the valve body shoulder of the valve body for affixing the liquid dispensing mechanism to the applicator closure.
A method of manufacturing a bit for a rotary drill, the bit including a drill tip provided with a point angle, the method including providing a precursor structure comprising a substrate body and a super-hard structure joined to an upper surface of the substrate body, the precursor structure having an upper surface defining a central apex extending between opposite ends of the precursor structure, the apex forming an included angle substantially equaHo the point angle; cutting a plurality of conformal inserts from the precursor structure, each insert comprising a part of the super-hard structure; providing a drill tip configured for receiving the insert; and joining the insert to the drill tip.
An artificial airway device to facilitate lung ventilation of a patient, comprising an airway tube and a mask carried at one end of the airway tube, the mask having a distal end and a proximal end and a peripheral formation capable of forming a seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet, the peripheral formation surrounding a hollow interior space or lumen of the mask, a bore of the airway tube opening into the lumen of the mask, the airway tube including support means such that the cross sectional area of the bore is substantially maintained upon application of pressure by the patient's teeth whilst allowing local deformation of the tube at the point of tooth contact, the support means comprising an insert within the airway tube, the insert including a wall disposed to contact and support the airway tube, the wall including a cut away portion disposed at a point that in use, will be in line with the direction of biting of the patient's teeth, characterised in that the support means further includes an external sleeve of the airway tube, the sleeve comprises a soft and compliant material bonded in place around the outside of the airway tube, covering the area into which the insert section locates.
A hybrid drive device comprising: an engine which outputs a rotation drive force to an output shaft; an input shaft which is rotated in association with a rotation of a drive wheel; a clutch disposed between the output shaft and the input shaft for connecting or disconnecting the output shaft and the input shaft; a motor/generator (MG1, MG2) which is rotated in association with a rotation of the input shaft, characterized by a state change detecting means (31, 40, MG1-1) for detecting a state change of the motor/generator; and a touch point detecting means for detecting a clutch state at the time the state change of the motor/generator is detected by the state change detecting means upon engagement of the clutch which is in a disconnected state, as a touch point where the clutch starts engagement, wherein the state change detecting means (31, 40, MG1-1) detects the change of the rotation speed of the motor/generator and the change of the torque of the rotation drive force generated by the motor/generator, and the touch point detecting means detects the touch point based on the change of the rotation speed of the motor/generator and at the same time detects an erroneous detection of the detected touch point by the change of the torque of the motor/generator, or the touch point detecting means detects the touch point based on the change of the torque of the motor/generator and at the same time detects an erroneous detection of the detected touch point based on the change of the rotation speed of the motor/generator. an engine which outputs a rotation drive force to an output shaft; an input shaft which is rotated in association with a rotation of a drive wheel; a clutch disposed between the output shaft and the input shaft for connecting or disconnecting the output shaft and the input shaft; a motor/generator (MG1, MG2) which is rotated in association with a rotation of the input shaft, characterized by a state change detecting means (31, 40, MG1-1) for detecting a state change of the motor/generator; and a touch point detecting means for detecting a clutch state at the time the state change of the motor/generator is detected by the state change detecting means upon engagement of the clutch which is in a disconnected state, as a touch point where the clutch starts engagement, wherein the state change detecting means (31, 40, MG1-1) detects the change of the rotation speed of the motor/generator and the change of the torque of the rotation drive force generated by the motor/generator, and the touch point detecting means detects the touch point based on the change of the rotation speed of the motor/generator and at the same time detects an erroneous detection of the detected touch point by the change of the torque of the motor/generator, or the touch point detecting means detects the touch point based on the change of the torque of the motor/generator and at the same time detects an erroneous detection of the detected touch point based on the change of the rotation speed of the motor/generator.
A method for monitoring a wearable device, the wearable device having an interchangeable visual feature (8A, 8B, 8C) and being in communication with a remote device, comprising the steps of: sensing, by a sensor of the wearable device, that the wearable device is immersed in water; transmitting, when the sensor senses that the wearable device is immersed in water, from the wearable device, a signal that is detectable by the remote device, wherein the signal is indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; detecting, at the remote device, the signal from the wearable device indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; operating an alarm protocol in a software application on a mobile computing device, comprising: activating an alarm on the mobile computing device immediately upon the remote device detecting the signal indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; activating an alarm on one or more secondary mobile computing devices, if the alarm on the mobile computing device is not cancelled within a predetermined time; and repeating an alarm on the mobile computing device if the wearable device is still immersed in water a predetermined time after a preceding alarm was cancelled; wherein the remote device is a base station or repeater device in communication with the mobile computing device. sensing, by a sensor of the wearable device, that the wearable device is immersed in water; transmitting, when the sensor senses that the wearable device is immersed in water, from the wearable device, a signal that is detectable by the remote device, wherein the signal is indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; detecting, at the remote device, the signal from the wearable device indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; operating an alarm protocol in a software application on a mobile computing device, comprising: activating an alarm on the mobile computing device immediately upon the remote device detecting the signal indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; activating an alarm on one or more secondary mobile computing devices, if the alarm on the mobile computing device is not cancelled within a predetermined time; and repeating an alarm on the mobile computing device if the wearable device is still immersed in water a predetermined time after a preceding alarm was cancelled; activating an alarm on the mobile computing device immediately upon the remote device detecting the signal indicative of the wearable device being immersed in water; activating an alarm on one or more secondary mobile computing devices, if the alarm on the mobile computing device is not cancelled within a predetermined time; and repeating an alarm on the mobile computing device if the wearable device is still immersed in water a predetermined time after a preceding alarm was cancelled; wherein the remote device is a base station or repeater device in communication with the mobile computing device.
A genetically engineered bacterium comprising an arginine regulon, wherein the bacterium comprises a gene encoding a functional N-acetylglutamate synthetase with reduced arginine feedback inhibition as compared to a wild-type N-acetylglutamate synthetase from the same bacterial subtype under the same conditions, wherein the arginine feedback resistant N-acetylglutamate synthetase gene has a DNA sequence selected from: a) SEQ ID NO:28, b) a DNA sequence that, but for the redundancy of the genetic code, encodes the same polypeptide as encoded by SEQ ID NO: 28; and c) a DNA sequence having at least 80% homology to the DNA sequence of a) or b); wherein expression of the gene encoding arginine feedback resistant N-acetylglutamate synthetase is controlled by a promoter that is induced by low-oxygen or anaerobic conditions found in a mammalian gut, selected from a fumarate and nitrate reductase regulator promoter, a dissimilatory nitrate respiration regulator promoter, and an arginine deiminase an nitrate reduction promoter; and wherein each copy of a functional argR gene normally present in a corresponding wild-type bacterium has been independently deleted or rendered inactive by one or more nucleotide deletions, insertions or substitutions. a) SEQ ID NO:28, b) a DNA sequence that, but for the redundancy of the genetic code, encodes the same polypeptide as encoded by SEQ ID NO: 28; and c) a DNA sequence having at least 80% homology to the DNA sequence of a) or b);
Conductor for a power transmission cable comprising at least two separate lengths of aluminium conductors (2a, 2b), wherein the aluminium content of the lengths of the aluminium conductors (2a, 2b) is at least 99.5% by weight, and the remainder up to 100% by weight comprises other metals and/or substances and wherein a titanium content in the remainder is at most 0.02 % by weight, based on the total weight of the lengths of the conductors, the at least two lengths of aluminium conductors being joined together by means of a metal inert gas welded or tungsten inert gas welded joint comprising a welding material alloy, characterized in that the welding material alloy has an aluminium content of at least 85.2% by weight, a silicon content of from 4.0 to 13.0% by weight and the remainder up to 100% by weight and at most 1.8% by weight, based on the total weight of the welding material alloy, comprises other metals and/or substances.
A magnetic field application device, comprising: a magnetic field application unit (25, 26) provided with a magnetic working substance and applying a magnetic field to the magnetic working substance; and a permanent magnet, wherein the magnetic field application device further comprises a yoke that forms at least two closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) each of which is a closed circuit that magnetically connects both ends in a magnetization direction of the permanent magnet, the magnetic field application unit (25, 26) is provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), and the magnetic field application device further comprises a coil (47, 48) capable of changing an intensity of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic working substance and provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), characterized in that the magnetic field application device is configured such that a magnetic flux of the permanent magnet is branched to flow through two or more of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) including the closed magnetic circuit (44 to 46) provided with the magnetic field application unit (25, 26) when the coil (47, 48) is non-energized, wherein the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) include a first closed magnetic circuit and a second closed magnetic circuit, and the magnetic field application device is designed to satisfy 0.01×R1≤R2≤100×R1, where R1 is a magnetic resistance of part of the first closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet, and R2 is a magnetic resistance of part of the second closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet. the magnetic field application device further comprises a yoke that forms at least two closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) each of which is a closed circuit that magnetically connects both ends in a magnetization direction of the permanent magnet, the magnetic field application unit (25, 26) is provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), and the magnetic field application device further comprises a coil (47, 48) capable of changing an intensity of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic working substance and provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), characterized in that the magnetic field application device is configured such that a magnetic flux of the permanent magnet is branched to flow through two or more of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) including the closed magnetic circuit (44 to 46) provided with the magnetic field application unit (25, 26) when the coil (47, 48) is non-energized, wherein the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) include a first closed magnetic circuit and a second closed magnetic circuit, and the magnetic field application device is designed to satisfy 0.01×R1≤R2≤100×R1, where R1 is a magnetic resistance of part of the first closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet, and R2 is a magnetic resistance of part of the second closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet.
Punching head for an apparatus for producing brushes or brooms, comprising at least one punch suitable for inserting groups of bristles into a brush or broom body and driving means (6, 7, 8) of said punch, said driving means (6, 7, 8) being structured for being able to vary a stroke of said punch, said driving means (6, 7, 8) comprising a first connecting rod having a first end hinged on a body of the punch, said body being guided to slide in a guiding body, and a second end hinged on a first crank, said first crank being driven to oscillate by a first motor, said stroke of the punch being proportional to an oscillation angle (α) of said first crank, characterized in that said oscillation angle (α) is varied by said first motor.