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A process for heat transfer printing, comprising: electrostatically printing a transparent electrostatic ink composition onto a transfer material, wherein the transparent electrostatic ink composition comprises a thermoplastic resin and a saccharide or a modified saccharide; printing an image on the transparent electrostatic ink composition; contacting the image with a target substrate under conditions such that the thermoplastic resin of the transparent electrostatic ink composition is softened or molten, and separating the target substrate and the transfer material, to leave the target substrate having thereon the image and an overlying layer of transparent electrostatic ink composition. electrostatically printing a transparent electrostatic ink composition onto a transfer material, wherein the transparent electrostatic ink composition comprises a thermoplastic resin and a saccharide or a modified saccharide; printing an image on the transparent electrostatic ink composition; contacting the image with a target substrate under conditions such that the thermoplastic resin of the transparent electrostatic ink composition is softened or molten, and separating the target substrate and the transfer material, to leave the target substrate having thereon the image and an overlying layer of transparent electrostatic ink composition.
A fire detector comprising: an enclosure comprising provision for air transfer from an environment into a sensing volume; a source assembly which illuminates said sensing volume in a first electromagnetic wavelength band; and a photo-sensor assembly configured to sense, in a second electromagnetic wavelength band, photo-luminescent emissions resulting from illumination of particles in the sensing volume by radiation in said first electromagnetic wavelength band, the photo-sensor assembly providing an output indicative of said sensed photo-luminescence wherein said output is an input to a fire condition notification assembly actuated by one or more input signals. an enclosure comprising provision for air transfer from an environment into a sensing volume; a source assembly which illuminates said sensing volume in a first electromagnetic wavelength band; and a photo-sensor assembly configured to sense, in a second electromagnetic wavelength band, photo-luminescent emissions resulting from illumination of particles in the sensing volume by radiation in said first electromagnetic wavelength band, the photo-sensor assembly providing an output indicative of said sensed photo-luminescence
A shower door pulley device, comprising a pulley seat installable on a movable door; a pulley bracket having at least one pulley, wherein the pulley bracket is slidably and rotatably connected with the pulley seat and is slidably movable relative to the pulley seat; and an elastic member, characterized by a pressing block arranged to press said elastic member against the pulley bracket, wherein the pressing block is slidable relative to the pulley seat at assembly of the shower door pulley device, and fixed relative to the pulley seat after the assembly; and a sliding cover slidably mounted on said pulley seat, and engageable with the pulley bracket for moving it towards the pressing block while compressing the elastic member.
Device for connecting a conductor including: - a guide barrel (1, 21) for guiding the conductor towards: - a leaf spring (5, 25) cooperating with a terminal (9, 29) to produce an opening (7, 27) for the passage of the conductor of variable size at the mouth of the barrel (1, 21); - a movable lever (2, 22) that is movable between two stable positions including a profiled part (4, 24) cooperating with the leaf spring (5, 25) such that in a first position, the leaf spring (5, 25) is strained by the lever (2, 22) in an equilibrium position in which the opening (7, 27) is at maximum and positioned facing the outlet of the guide barrel (1, 21) and in a second position, the spring (5, 25) is released and the opening (7, 27) tends to close, the shape of the profiled part (4, 24) allowing the transition from one to the other of these positions; characterized in that it comprises means for triggering (10, 30) the lever (2, 22) by the conductor when it has passed through the opening (7, 27), the actuation of said triggering means (10, 30) by the conductor resulting in the lever (2, 22)/spring (5, 25) equilibrium in the first position being broken and on the one hand shifting the spring leaf (5, 25) from its strained position allowing connection to its released position preventing connection, and on the other hand shifting the lever (2, 22) being made to transition from its first to its second position, the triggering means consisting of a screen (10, 30) that is positioned, in the direction of insertion of the conductor, behind said opening (7, 27) in the strained position of the leaf spring (5, 25), said screen (10, 30) being linked to the lever (2, 22) and driving the movement of the latter when it is struck by a conductor being inserted, breaking the equilibrium established between the strained spring (5, 25) and the lever (2, 22) in the first position. - a guide barrel (1, 21) for guiding the conductor towards: - a leaf spring (5, 25) cooperating with a terminal (9, 29) to produce an opening (7, 27) for the passage of the conductor of variable size at the mouth of the barrel (1, 21); - a movable lever (2, 22) that is movable between two stable positions including a profiled part (4, 24) cooperating with the leaf spring (5, 25) such that in a first position, the leaf spring (5, 25) is strained by the lever (2, 22) in an equilibrium position in which the opening (7, 27) is at maximum and positioned facing the outlet of the guide barrel (1, 21) and in a second position, the spring (5, 25) is released and the opening (7, 27) tends to close, the shape of the profiled part (4, 24) allowing the transition from one to the other of these positions;
Cleaning tool for a robot arm for cleaning threaded bores, studs and surfaces, inter alia on sub-structures of machinery and motor vehicles, by means of pressurized air nozzle technique, wherein the robot arm is equipped with a pneumatic rotation unit and with connecting elements to the cleaning tool, including a torque support structure arrangeable on the end of the robot arm, on which a rotatably-supported pneumatic spray nozzle and a pneumatic bolt cleaning nozzle are arranged, and the upper part of the intermediate space between the inner diameter of a spray nozzle housing (2.2) and the outer diameter of a spray nozzle (2.4) is configured as an air guiding unit for surface cleaning and tapers as far as to the region of the upper terminating plane of the spray nozzle housing.
A method for preparing tea water, comprising: deactivating enzymes of raw tea leaves by subjecting the raw tea leaves to steaming, heating or pressurization, and extracting juice therefrom to obtain tea juice, wherein tea leaves means shoots or leaves of Camellia sinensis; and removing ions from the tea juice by subjecting the tea juice to a vaporization and liquefaction process, or an osmotic filtering process to obtain tea water, wherein the tea water satisfies at least one of the following: a concentration of linalool of 5 μg/mL or less, a concentration of hexanol of 0.2 μg/mL or less, and a concentration of z-3-hexenol of 0.2 μg/mL or less, and aging the tea water at 0-120°C for 12 to 24 hours, after the tea water is obtained, wherein the raw tea leaves are non-processed tea leaves. deactivating enzymes of raw tea leaves by subjecting the raw tea leaves to steaming, heating or pressurization, and extracting juice therefrom to obtain tea juice, wherein tea leaves means shoots or leaves of Camellia sinensis; and removing ions from the tea juice by subjecting the tea juice to a vaporization and liquefaction process, or an osmotic filtering process to obtain tea water, wherein the tea water satisfies at least one of the following: a concentration of linalool of 5 μg/mL or less, a concentration of hexanol of 0.2 μg/mL or less, and a concentration of z-3-hexenol of 0.2 μg/mL or less, and aging the tea water at 0-120°C for 12 to 24 hours, after the tea water is obtained, wherein the raw tea leaves are non-processed tea leaves.
An ultrasonic oscillator unit comprising: an ultrasonic oscillator array in which a plurality of ultrasonic oscillators are arranged outward in a circular-arc shape; an electrode part having a plurality of electrodes (52a, 52b) provided on an end surface side of the ultrasonic oscillator array perpendicular to the circular-arc surface resulting from the arrangement of the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators and electrically connected to the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, respectively; a backing material layer (68, 69, 70) that is disposed on a back surface of the ultrasonic oscillator array serving as an inside with respect to an arrangement surface of the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, has an outer surface having a circular-arc cross section, and is provided with a recess (68a, 69a, 70a) on the inside opposite to the outer surface; a wiring board having a plurality of wiring lines electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the electrode part; and a cable wiring part in which a plurality of cables connected to the plurality of wiring lines, respectively, are wiring-connected, wherein the recess of the backing material layer (68, 69, 70) is a counterbore recessed from at least one outer side surface of the backing material layer toward the center side thereof, and wherein at least a portion of the cable wiring part is included in the recess (68a, 69a, 70a) of the backing material layer (68, 69, 70). an ultrasonic oscillator array in which a plurality of ultrasonic oscillators are arranged outward in a circular-arc shape; an electrode part having a plurality of electrodes (52a, 52b) provided on an end surface side of the ultrasonic oscillator array perpendicular to the circular-arc surface resulting from the arrangement of the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators and electrically connected to the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, respectively; a backing material layer (68, 69, 70) that is disposed on a back surface of the ultrasonic oscillator array serving as an inside with respect to an arrangement surface of the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, has an outer surface having a circular-arc cross section, and is provided with a recess (68a, 69a, 70a) on the inside opposite to the outer surface; a wiring board having a plurality of wiring lines electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the electrode part; and a cable wiring part in which a plurality of cables connected to the plurality of wiring lines, respectively, are wiring-connected, wherein the recess of the backing material layer (68, 69, 70) is a counterbore recessed from at least one outer side surface of the backing material layer toward the center side thereof, and wherein at least a portion of the cable wiring part is included in the recess (68a, 69a, 70a) of the backing material layer (68, 69, 70).
A method for assessing a threat status of a piece of luggage, said method comprising: a) receiving X-ray image data derived by scanning the piece of luggage with a scanning device using X-rays, the X-ray image data conveying information about attenuations of X-rays resulting from X-rays travelling through the piece of luggage; b) processing the X-ray image data with a computing device programmed with software for: i) detecting an object in the piece of luggage; ii) deriving an X-ray signature associated with the detected object, wherein said derived X-ray signature conveys a degree of X-ray attenuation attributed to the detected object; iii) deriving compensated X-ray image data at least in part by reducing in the X-ray image data effects of object induced X-ray attenuation resulting from X-rays travelling through the detected object based at least in part on the derived X-ray signature associated with the detected object; iv) determining the threat status of the piece of luggage at least in part based on the compensated X-ray image data; said method being characterized in that - the X-ray signature associated with the detected object is derived at least in part by simulating interactions between the detected object and X-rays. a) receiving X-ray image data derived by scanning the piece of luggage with a scanning device using X-rays, the X-ray image data conveying information about attenuations of X-rays resulting from X-rays travelling through the piece of luggage; b) processing the X-ray image data with a computing device programmed with software for: i) detecting an object in the piece of luggage; ii) deriving an X-ray signature associated with the detected object, wherein said derived X-ray signature conveys a degree of X-ray attenuation attributed to the detected object; iii) deriving compensated X-ray image data at least in part by reducing in the X-ray image data effects of object induced X-ray attenuation resulting from X-rays travelling through the detected object based at least in part on the derived X-ray signature associated with the detected object; iv) determining the threat status of the piece of luggage at least in part based on the compensated X-ray image data; i) detecting an object in the piece of luggage; ii) deriving an X-ray signature associated with the detected object, wherein said derived X-ray signature conveys a degree of X-ray attenuation attributed to the detected object; iii) deriving compensated X-ray image data at least in part by reducing in the X-ray image data effects of object induced X-ray attenuation resulting from X-rays travelling through the detected object based at least in part on the derived X-ray signature associated with the detected object; iv) determining the threat status of the piece of luggage at least in part based on the compensated X-ray image data; - the X-ray signature associated with the detected object is derived at least in part by simulating interactions between the detected object and X-rays.
A fluid-cooled seal arrangement for a gas turbine engine with an engine axis, including: a rotationally fixed compartment housing, comprising a radially outer wall having an internal surface and an axially extending seal land located radially inside this outer wall; characterised in that it further comprises forward and aft seats (86, 88) located radially within the seal land and configured to be mounted to a shaft of the gas turbine engine for rotation therewith; and a carbon seal supported on the forward and aft seats (86, 88), the carbon seal being in contact with an internal surface of the seal land; wherein the aft seat includes a multiple of oil passages configured to be in communication with multiple shaft apertures, the oil passages located such that, in operation, a mixture of air and oil is slung radially outwardly and comes into contact with the internal surface of the radially outer wall of the housing, which internal surface is angled such that oil is redirected to a back side of the seal land to control the heat of the carbon seal. a rotationally fixed compartment housing, comprising a radially outer wall having an internal surface and an axially extending seal land located radially inside this outer wall; characterised in that it further comprises forward and aft seats (86, 88) located radially within the seal land and configured to be mounted to a shaft of the gas turbine engine for rotation therewith; and a carbon seal supported on the forward and aft seats (86, 88), the carbon seal being in contact with an internal surface of the seal land; wherein the aft seat includes a multiple of oil passages configured to be in communication with multiple shaft apertures, the oil passages located such that, in operation, a mixture of air and oil is slung radially outwardly and comes into contact with the internal surface of the radially outer wall of the housing, which internal surface is angled such that oil is redirected to a back side of the seal land to control the heat of the carbon seal.
A method for layerwise forming an object from a medium capable of solidification, whereby the object is built up layer per layer by repeatedly providing a recoating layer of the medium on a support and/or an already formed part of the object and by subsequently solidifying one or more predetermined areas of the layer of the medium according to a specific pattern before a successive recoating layer is formed in a same manner; wherein the successive recoating layers of the medium are applied using a recoater comprising a nozzle head including a plurality of nozzles being spaced apart from each other, each nozzle having an opening area through which, during application of the successive recoating layer, a continuous stream of the medium is discharged for impinging a coverage area on the layer of the medium on the support and/or the already formed part of the object, wherein the plurality of nozzles are arranged to provide non-intersecting continuous streams, wherein the nozzle head and the support are relatively movable with respect to each other in at least one running direction, and wherein in one or more runs of the nozzle head in the at least one running direction the coverage areas of the continuous streams cover an entire coverage width defined between two outer coverage areas. solidification, whereby the object is built up layer per layer by repeatedly providing a recoating layer of the medium on a support and/or an already formed part of the object and by subsequently solidifying one or more predetermined areas of the layer of the medium according to a specific pattern before a successive recoating layer is formed in a same manner; wherein the successive recoating layers of the medium are applied using a recoater comprising a nozzle head including a plurality of nozzles being spaced apart from each other, each nozzle having an opening area through which, during application of the successive recoating layer, a continuous stream of the medium is discharged for impinging a coverage area on the layer of the medium on the support and/or the already formed part of the object, wherein the plurality of nozzles are arranged to provide non-intersecting continuous streams, wherein the nozzle head and the support are relatively movable with respect to each other in at least one running direction, and wherein in one or more runs of the nozzle head in the at least one running direction the coverage areas of the continuous streams cover an entire coverage width defined between two outer coverage areas.
A connection assembly comprising two pipes and a flange clamping apparatus for supporting a flanged connection between the two pipes, the connection having an axis, and the pipes having a respective flange extending radially from each pipe, away from the axis, wherein the flanges are provided with circumferentially spaced bolt holes which receive threaded fixings, the clamping apparatus comprising: at least first and second clamp devices(16, 116, 216, 316, 416, 516) adapted to be applied to circumferentially spaced portions of the flanges, each of the first and second clamp devices (16, 116, 216, 316, 416, 516) having a foot portion (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521) adapted to engage an outer face of a flange, and a leg portion (20, 120), and a force driver device (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517) adapted to press the flanges together from opposite sides of the flanged connection, characterised in that the foot portion (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521) engages the outer face of each flange between adjacent bolt holes, and wherein each clamp device (16, 116, 216, 316, 416, 516) comprises a collar (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) with a bore extending parallel to the axis of the connection, the collar (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) being radially spaced from the axis of the connection, wherein the bore of the collar (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) is configured to receive and retain a threaded fixing (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517) which connects the collar (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) on one side of the connection between the flanges with a collar (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) on the other side of the connection, the axis of the bores in each of the collars (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) being aligned with one another at a radial spacing that clears the flanges, and wherein the threaded action of the fixing (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517) between the collars (18, 118, 218, 318, 418, 518) provides an axial force to force the two flanges together.
A disc brake for a utility vehicle, having a brake calliper which engages over a brake disc and which is in the form of a sliding calliper and which is fastened to a positionally static brake carrier and which has a central opening over the brake disc, having two brake pads (3, 3') which are arranged in the brake calliper and which are movable in opposite directions and which have in each case one pad carrier plate and one friction pad fastened thereto and of which an action-side or application-side brake pad can be pressed against the brake disc by means of an application device via at least one brake plunger, and having at least one resetting device by means of which the brake calliper can be reset after a braking-induced displacement and release of the brake, wherein the resetting device has a spreading device which engages on the opposite brake pads and which acts equally counter to the respective application direction and which has resilient spreading elements which engage on the respective pad carrier plate, wherein the spreading device is arranged in the central opening, wherein the spreading elements engage, outside the friction pads, directly or indirectly on at least two abutment regions, arranged spaced apart from one another relative to the centre, of the brake pads, wherein the abutment regions have in each case one abutment surface and one bearing surface on which the spreading elements are movably arranged, characterised in that the spreading device has spring arms, of which in each case two bear against an associated pad carrier plate, wherein the spring arms are connected to one another in the central region of the opening, wherein the spring arms are connected to a retaining bow which is attached to the brake carrier, wherein the spring arms are formed as two pairs of spring arms, wherein the pairs are arranged opposite one another in a transverse direction of the opening such that they are fastened by way of inner ends, which point towards the centre of the opening, to the retaining bow, wherein their outer free ends interact with the pad carrier plate of the brake pads (3, 3'), wherein the inner ends of each pair of spring arms are connected in each case to a hood-type connector of sleeve-like form, wherein the hood-type connector is bent around a central section of the retaining bow and attached rotatably and displaceably to the central section, which has a circular cross-section, wherein each spring arm is formed, at the end, with a thrust section which, in its longitudinal direction, is formed with an elongated hole which is a guide section of the spring arm of the spreading device, wherein each thrust section lies in each case on a bearing surface of a respective pad carrier plate, wherein the elongated holes of each thrust section interact in each case with an abutment surface of the pad carrier plate, wherein a pin fixedly connected to the pad carrier plate has the abutment surface, which interacts with the respective elongated hole, of the pad carrier plate, wherein the bearing surfaces run in each case tangentially with respect to the brake disc and lie in a plane.