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An expandable reaming tool for enlarging a borehole comprising: a plurality of support elements distributed around a central axis of the tool where at least one of the support elements comprises at least one cutting region (230, 232, 260) comprising cutters (234, 236, 264) and at least one support element comprises a stabilising pad having a front surface positioned to face the wall of the borehole; and means (530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590) for expanding the support elements radially outwardly from the central axis; wherein the support elements differ in the presence or axial locations of stabilising pads and cutting regions (230, 232) thereon such that the axial length along the tool occupied by each stabilising pad on any one support element is at least partially occupied by one or more cutting regions (230, 232) of one or more other support elements, characterized in that the cutters (234, 236, 264) extend to a gauge radius from the tool axis and the front surfaces of the stabilising pads extend to a maximum radius which is the same as or less than the gauge radius, but any difference between the gauge radius and the maximum radius of the stabilising pads is not more than 0.5mm. a plurality of support elements distributed around a central axis of the tool where at least one of the support elements comprises at least one cutting region (230, 232, 260) comprising cutters (234, 236, 264) and at least one support element comprises a stabilising pad having a front surface positioned to face the wall of the borehole; and means (530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590) for expanding the support elements radially outwardly from the central axis; wherein the support elements differ in the presence or axial locations of stabilising pads and cutting regions (230, 232) thereon such that the axial length along the tool occupied by each stabilising pad on any one support element is at least partially occupied by one or more cutting regions (230, 232) of one or more other support elements, characterized in that the cutters (234, 236, 264) extend to a gauge radius from the tool axis and the front surfaces of the stabilising pads extend to a maximum radius which is the same as or less than the gauge radius, but any difference between the gauge radius and the maximum radius of the stabilising pads is not more than 0.5mm.
A protective arrangement for a laptop, comprising: an outer assembly; an inner assembly, configured to be embedded in the outer assembly, wherein the inner assembly, together with the outer assembly, is configured to form one or more enclosed cavities for buffering; wherein the outer assembly comprises a first resilient bottom wall configured to bear a force impact, and an outer side of the first bottom wall is further formed with one or more semi-closed cavities (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) for buffering, and the inner assembly comprises one or more protective members (1a, 1b, 1c) for covering one side of the laptop. an outer assembly; an inner assembly, configured to be embedded in the outer assembly, wherein the inner assembly, together with the outer assembly, is configured to form one or more enclosed cavities for buffering; wherein the outer assembly comprises a first resilient bottom wall configured to bear a force impact, and an outer side of the first bottom wall is further formed with one or more semi-closed cavities (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) for buffering, and the inner assembly comprises one or more protective members (1a, 1b, 1c) for covering one side of the laptop.
A mounting plate which is placeable on a fork or a rotary bearing of a castor and which is connectable to the fork or to a part of the rotary bearing, a transmission part for locking the castor being disposed on the underside on the mounting plate and being held thereon, the transmission part to be acted on by a sliding part which likewise is held on the mounting plate, that furthermore a holding part is provided which holds the transmission part and is likewise secured to the mounting plate, and which guides the sliding part that is disposed between the mounting plate and the transmission part, the transmission part, starting from and held on the mounting plate, being able to engage in a passage opening at the fork or the rotary bearing, characterized in that the holding part furthermore has a dome-like shape, and the transmission part is formed as a tappet part with an upper enlargement via which it is held captive in the holding part, which holding part is narrowed at the lower side with regard to the receiving space.
A method for shutting down a phase-leg of a three-level active neutral point clamped converter, the phase-leg comprising an output terminal, a plurality of input terminals (202, 204, 206), and a plurality of switches (210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220) disposed therebetween, wherein the plurality of input terminals (202, 204, 206) comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and a neutral input terminal, wherein a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch of the plurality of switches are operatively coupled in series, and wherein the first switch is operatively coupled to the first input terminal, the fourth switch is operatively coupled to the second input terminal, an interconnection point of the second switch and the third switch is operatively coupled to the neutral input terminal, a fifth switch is operatively coupled between an interconnection point of the first switch and the second switch and the output terminal, and a sixth switch is operatively coupled between an interconnection point of the third switch and the fourth switch and the output terminal; the method comprising: determining if a switch fault has occurred, and if a switch fault has occurred then turning off each of the plurality of switches, and if a switch fault has not occurred and a shutdown is requested, then operating the plurality of switches to turn off the first switch and the fourth switch and then; waiting for a first predetermined time period to elapse, wherein the first predetermined period is 2-8 μs; operating the plurality of switches to turn on the second switch and the third switch; waiting for a second predetermined time period to elapse; operating the plurality of switches to turn off the fifth switch and the sixth switch; waiting for a third predetermined time period to elapse; operating the plurality of switches to turn off the second switch and the third switch. determining if a switch fault has occurred, and if a switch fault has occurred then turning off each of the plurality of switches, and if a switch fault has not occurred and a shutdown is requested, then operating the plurality of switches to turn off the first switch and the fourth switch and then; waiting for a first predetermined time period to elapse, wherein the first predetermined period is 2-8 μs; operating the plurality of switches to turn on the second switch and the third switch; waiting for a second predetermined time period to elapse; operating the plurality of switches to turn off the fifth switch and the sixth switch; waiting for a third predetermined time period to elapse; operating the plurality of switches to turn off the second switch and the third switch.
A method for preparing a stable, transparent colloidal titanium dioxide sol comprising amorphous titanium dioxide, comprising: (i) obtaining a solution of a titanium dioxide precursor compound; (ii) hydrolyzing the titanium dioxide precursor compound to form titanium dioxide, wherein the titanium dioxide precipitates from the solution as amorphous titanium dioxide particles having an average particle size of less than 50 nm; (iii) isolating the amorphous titanium dioxide particles from step (ii); (iv) forming a dispersion of the amorphous titanium dioxide particles of step (iii) in a liquid medium; and (v) treating the dispersion of step (iv) with an organic peptizing agent to form a stable, transparent sol comprising amorphous titanium dioxide particles. (i) obtaining a solution of a titanium dioxide precursor compound; (ii) hydrolyzing the titanium dioxide precursor compound to form titanium dioxide, wherein the titanium dioxide precipitates from the solution as amorphous titanium dioxide particles having an average particle size of less than 50 nm; (iii) isolating the amorphous titanium dioxide particles from step (ii); (iv) forming a dispersion of the amorphous titanium dioxide particles of step (iii) in a liquid medium; and (v) treating the dispersion of step (iv) with an organic peptizing agent to form a stable, transparent sol comprising amorphous titanium dioxide particles.
Homogenized tobacco material comprising: - a binder in an amount comprised between about 1 percent and 5 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material; - an aerosol-former in an amount comprised between about 5 percent and about 30 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material; - a grinded tobacco blend in an amount comprised between about 50 percent and about 90 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material; and - cellulose fibres added to cellulose fibres present in the grinded tobacco blend, the added cellulose fibres being at least partially fibrillated and in an amount comprised between about 1 percent and about 3 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material, said cellulose fibers comprising fibers from one or more of wood, flax, hemp or tobacco. - a binder in an amount comprised between about 1 percent and 5 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material; - an aerosol-former in an amount comprised between about 5 percent and about 30 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material; - a grinded tobacco blend in an amount comprised between about 50 percent and about 90 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material; and - cellulose fibres added to cellulose fibres present in the grinded tobacco blend, the added cellulose fibres being at least partially fibrillated and in an amount comprised between about 1 percent and about 3 percent in dry weight basis of said homogenized tobacco material, said cellulose fibers comprising fibers from one or more of wood, flax, hemp or tobacco.
A process for making down a powder comprising one or more acrylamide-based polymer(s) to form a made down powder solution, comprising blending a mixture of the powder and a solvent for no more than 15 minutes to yield the made down powder solution, wherein the mixture of the powder and the solvent is blended at an impeller tip speed of 5 m/sec to 25 m/sec, wherein the powder comprises particles having been dry-cut to a median particle size of from 200 microns to 10,000 microns, wherein the median particle size is determined by a Horiba Laser Scattering Particle Size Distribution Analyzer LA-950; wherein at least one of the one or more acrylamide-based polymer(s) is of formula AP 1: wherein E is one or more associative monomer units(s), F is one or more additional monomer unit(s), G is one or more additional monomer unit(s) of Formula I: wherein R 1 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl and each R 2 is independently H or an alkyl group, an aryl group, a fluoroalkyl group, or a fluoroaryl group, and H is optionally present and is one or more piperidine-2,6-dione unit(s), wherein the one or more piperidine-2,6-dione(s) are formed upon cyclization of an acrylamide nitrogen of the additional monomer unit of Formula I ("G") on a carbonyl of the additional monomer unit ("F"), and wherein the additional monomer units refer to any monomer unit other than the associative monomer unit. wherein the powder comprises particles having been dry-cut to a median particle size of from 200 microns to 10,000 microns, wherein the median particle size is determined by a Horiba Laser Scattering Particle Size Distribution Analyzer LA-950; wherein at least one of the one or more acrylamide-based polymer(s) is of formula AP 1: wherein E is one or more associative monomer units(s), F is one or more additional monomer unit(s), G is one or more additional monomer unit(s) of Formula I: wherein R 1 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl and each R 2 is independently H or an alkyl group, an aryl group, a fluoroalkyl group, or a fluoroaryl group, and H is optionally present and is one or more piperidine-2,6-dione unit(s), wherein the one or more piperidine-2,6-dione(s) are formed upon cyclization of an acrylamide nitrogen of the additional monomer unit of Formula I ("G") on a carbonyl of the additional monomer unit ("F"), and wherein the additional monomer units refer to any monomer unit other than the associative monomer unit.
Use of a medium for improving the heat transfer coefficient of the tube on the steam/water phase in steam generating plants comprising at least one film-forming amine (component a) with the general formula: a. R- (NH-(CH 2) m) n -NH 2, wherein R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical with a chain length between 12 and 22, and m is a whole number between 1 and 8 and n is a whole number between 0 and 7 in amounts of up to 15% by weight, wherein the concentration of the film-forming amine (component a) in the condensate is in the range of 0.05 to 2 ppm. a. R- (NH-(CH 2) m) n -NH 2, wherein R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical with a chain length between 12 and 22, and m is a whole number between 1 and 8 and n is a whole number between 0 and 7 in amounts of up to 15% by weight, wherein the concentration of the film-forming amine (component a) in the condensate is in the range of 0.05 to 2 ppm.
Use of a test device to calibrate the pulse energy of a laser device which provides pulsed laser radiation, wherein the test device includes a measuring head with multiple measuring probes in the form of pins, wherein by means of the laser radiation, multiple test ablation craters are generated on a test surface, in the same relative spatial arrangement as the measuring probes, and the crater depths are then measured by simultaneously dipping each of the multiple measuring probes of the measuring head into a respective test ablation crater, wherein the measured crater depths are used for the calibration of the pulse energy of the laser device.
A method for transmitting a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antenna, the method performed by a user equipment, UE, having a first antenna port and a second antenna port, and configured for using a multiple-antenna transmit mode for transmission using multiple antennas and a single-antenna transmit mode for transmission using a single antenna, and comprising: determining that the multiple-antenna transmit mode is to be used for transmitting the PUCCH; determining a transmit power offset value to be added to a transmit power of the PUCCH depending on a PUCCH format to be used for transmitting the PUCCH using the first and second antenna ports; transmitting the PUCCH by using a first PUCCH resource through the first antenna port, transmitting the PUCCH by using a second PUCCH resource through the second antenna port, wherein the determined transmit power offset value is added to the transmit power of the PUCCH for transmitting the PUCCH using the first and second antenna ports. determining that the multiple-antenna transmit mode is to be used for transmitting the PUCCH; determining a transmit power offset value to be added to a transmit power of the PUCCH depending on a PUCCH format to be used for transmitting the PUCCH using the first and second antenna ports; transmitting the PUCCH by using a first PUCCH resource through the first antenna port, transmitting the PUCCH by using a second PUCCH resource through the second antenna port, wherein the determined transmit power offset value is added to the transmit power of the PUCCH for transmitting the PUCCH using the first and second antenna ports.
An anti-counterfeit printed matter wherein a plurality of object elements are arranged at a predetermined pitch in a matrix on a base material, each object element including a first object and a second object (A') which are arranged along a first direction on both sides of a boundary at a center so as to oppose each other, and a third object and a fourth object (B') which are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on both sides of a boundary at the center so as to oppose each other, the first object and the second object of each object element have the same area, the third object and the fourth object of each object element have the same area, characterised in that the first object and the second object of each object element have a negative/positive relationship, the first object forms one of a positive image and a negative image of a first invisible image, and the second object forms one of the negative image and the positive image of the first invisible image, and in that the third object and the fourth object of each object element have the negative/positive relationship, the third object forms one of a positive image and a negative image of a second invisible image, and the fourth object forms one of the negative image and the positive image of the second invisible image.
A module adapted for use with a handheld power drill comprising: a housing having first and second sides (104, 106); a rotatable spindle extending outwardly from the first side, the spindle having an outer end adapted for releasable coupling to the power drill; a direct drive mechanism coupled to the spindle; and a handle coupled to the housing to facilitate control over the module by an operator; and a backing plate located adjacent the second side and engaged to the direct drive mechanism whereby rotation of the spindle directly drives rotation of the backing plate, the rotation occurring along a circular orbital path relative to the housing; wherein the module lacks any structure that couples the housing to the power drill and prevents rotation of the housing during operation, wherein the spindle and backing plate rotate at different rates according to a pre-defined ratio ranging from 5:1 to 15:1 and wherein the relative rates of rotation of the backing plate and the spindle are generally determined by the relative diameters of a ring gear and spur gear. a housing having first and second sides (104, 106); a rotatable spindle extending outwardly from the first side, the spindle having an outer end adapted for releasable coupling to the power drill; a direct drive mechanism coupled to the spindle; and a handle coupled to the housing to facilitate control over the module by an operator; and a backing plate located adjacent the second side and engaged to the direct drive mechanism whereby rotation of the spindle directly drives rotation of the backing plate, the rotation occurring along a circular orbital path relative to the housing; wherein the module lacks any structure that couples the housing to the power drill and prevents rotation of the housing during operation, wherein the spindle and backing plate rotate at different rates according to a pre-defined ratio ranging from 5:1 to 15:1 and wherein the relative rates of rotation of the backing plate and the spindle are generally determined by the relative diameters of a ring gear and spur gear.
A therapeutic agent for use in treating diabetic retinopathy in a subject, characterised in that the therapeutic agent comprises interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein precursor.
An inkjet ink composition comprising: a pigment coated with a dispersant polymer; a water soluble polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and water, the dispersant polymer being formed from a water soluble dispersant by crosslinking with a crosslinking agent, wherein the water soluble polymerizable compound comprises at least two polymerizable functional groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylamido group, a maleimido group, a vinylsulfono group and a N-vinylamido group, and has a ratio of a molecular weight of the water soluble polymerizable compound to a number of the polymerizable functional groups in a molecule (molecular weight/ number of the polymerizable functional groups) of 175 or less.
A video coding method for deriving motion vectors for a bi-predictive block in direct mode, the method comprising: determining motion vectors of the bi-predictive block; and decoding the bi-predictive block based on the determined motion vectors; characterized in that the method further comprises determining a kind of a reference picture pointed to by a motion vector of a co-located block, the kind of the reference picture including a long-term reference picture and a short-term reference picture, in determining motion vectors of the bi-predictive block a forward motion vector of the bi-predictive block is set equal to the motion vector of the co-located block, if the kind of the reference picture is the long-term reference picture. determining motion vectors of the bi-predictive block; and decoding the bi-predictive block based on the determined motion vectors; characterized in that the method further comprises determining a kind of a reference picture pointed to by a motion vector of a co-located block, the kind of the reference picture including a long-term reference picture and a short-term reference picture, in determining motion vectors of the bi-predictive block a forward motion vector of the bi-predictive block is set equal to the motion vector of the co-located block, if the kind of the reference picture is the long-term reference picture. determining a kind of a reference picture pointed to by a motion vector of a co-located block, the kind of the reference picture including a long-term reference picture and a short-term reference picture, in determining motion vectors of the bi-predictive block a forward motion vector of the bi-predictive block is set equal to the motion vector of the co-located block, if the kind of the reference picture is the long-term reference picture.
A catalytic article for use at low temperatures comprising a combination of a catalyst and an adsorbent, wherein the catalyst is a combination of a platinum group metal catalyst and a base metal catalyst, wherein the base metal catalyst is a manganese based catalyst, and wherein the catalyst and adsorbent are in separate zones of one layer.
A terminal comprising: a receiving section configured to receive downlink control information, DCI; and a control section configured to control transmission of an uplink, UL, shared channel that is scheduled by the DCI, wherein the control section is configured to control timing for the transmission of the UL shared channel based on a reference value, the reference value being indicated by the DCI and information provided through higher layer signaling, wherein the control section is configured to control the transmission of the UL shared channel to be a retransmission of previously transmitted data in response to information included in the DCI, in a case where the information indicates that the UL shared channel does not comprise new data. a receiving section configured to receive downlink control information, DCI; and a control section configured to control transmission of an uplink, UL, shared channel that is scheduled by the DCI, wherein the control section is configured to control timing for the transmission of the UL shared channel based on a reference value, the reference value being indicated by the DCI and information provided through higher layer signaling, wherein the control section is configured to control the transmission of the UL shared channel to be a retransmission of previously transmitted data in response to information included in the DCI, in a case where the information indicates that the UL shared channel does not comprise new data.