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A yarn producing apparatus for producing carbon nanotube yarn from carbon nanotube fibers while the carbon nanotube fibers are running, the yarn producing apparatus comprising an aggregating unit (5a, 5b) configured to be movable with the running carbon nanotube fibers and to aggregate the carbon nanotube fibers, wherein the aggregating unit (5a, 5b) has a groove provided at a part thereof to aggregate the carbon nanotube fibers; wherein the aggregating unit is a pair of rollers (5a, 5b) configured to rotate about axes (AX1, AX2) in a direction orthogonal to a running direction of the carbon nanotube fibers and arranged to be opposed to each other at a position at which the carbon nanotube fibers are sandwiched, and the groove is provided on an outer circumference of at least one of the pair of rollers and formed in a circumferential direction of the roller; wherein the yarn producing apparatus comprises a second aggregating unit (7, 9a, 9b) on a downstream side from the aggregating unit (5a, 5b) in the running direction of the carbon nanotube fibers to further aggregate the carbon nanotube fibers aggregated by the aggregating unit (5a, 5b); wherein the second aggregating unit (7, 9a, 9b) is any one of a roller (9a, 9b) having a groove on an outer circumference thereof to aggregate the carbon nanotube fibers, a yarn producing unit configured to false-twist the carbon nanotube fibers with a swirl flow of compressed air, a narrow tube configured to aggregate the carbon nanotube fibers while exerting resistive force on the running carbon nanotube fibers, and a twisting unit configured to mechanically twist the carbon nanotube fibers; characterized by that the yarn producing apparatus further comprises a support having a supporting surface for supporting a carbon nanotube assembly from which the carbon nanotube fibers are drawn, wherein the pair of rollers rotate about axes (AX1, AX2) in a direction orthogonal to the running direction of the carbon nanotube fibers and orthogonal to the supporting surface of the support.
A frame for transporting a stretcher comprising: - at least one movement module equipped with wheels and configured for moving on a surface; - a supporting platform configured for receiving in coupling a table of a stretcher; - supporting means, interposed between the at least one movement module and the supporting platform, adjustable in such a way as to vary a height and at least an angle of orientation of the supporting platform during an operational movement of the transport frame along the surface in such a way as to compensate for irregularities or inclinations of the surface, maintaining a predetermined spatial orientation of the supporting platform; characterised in that the supporting means comprise, for at least one movement module, a first four-bar linkage mechanism mounted on the movement module and a second four-bar linkage mechanism interposed between the first four-bar linkage mechanism and the supporting platform, the first and second four-bar linkage mechanisms (6, 7) being configured for moving the supporting platform along a substantially vertical direction. - at least one movement module equipped with wheels and configured for moving on a surface; - a supporting platform configured for receiving in coupling a table of a stretcher; - supporting means, interposed between the at least one movement module and the supporting platform, adjustable in such a way as to vary a height and at least an angle of orientation of the supporting platform during an operational movement of the transport frame along the surface in such a way as to compensate for irregularities or inclinations of the surface, maintaining a predetermined spatial orientation of the supporting platform;
Air nozzle device for a vehicle comprising a housing defining an interior volume and having an air inlet at one side, an air discharge opening at a second side and an air flow channel through the housing for transporting a flow of air between the air inlet and the air discharge opening, the device further comprising a user-actuated manual mechanism, a moveable first linkage assembly, a moveable second linkage assembly, a shutoff mechanism configured to regulate the air flow, a first air flow adjustment arrangement and a second air flow adjustment arrangement, each being pivotably connected to said housing and configured to adjust the direction of the air flow, said first linkage assembly being operatively connected to the user-actuated manual mechanism at one end, and said second linkage assembly being operatively connected to said user-actuated manual mechanism and configured to effect a regulation of the air flow via the shutoff mechanism by a movement of said user-actuated manual mechanism along a longitudinal direction, wherein said user-actuated manual mechanism is configured to permit manual operation of the first air flow adjustment arrangement, the second air flow adjustment and the shutoff mechanism from the outside of the device, and characterized in that said first linkage assembly is further configured to define a channel or groove to accommodate a part of a guiding member of the second air flow adjustment arrangement, wherein the channel or groove extends at least partly in the longitudinal direction to permit a movement of the first linkage assembly along the longitudinal direction independently of the position of the first air flow arrangement and the position of the second air flow adjustment arrangement, while an adjustment of the second air flow arrangement is effected by a movement of the first linkage assembly in a transverse direction. said first linkage assembly being operatively connected to the user-actuated manual mechanism at one end, and said second linkage assembly being operatively connected to said user-actuated manual mechanism and configured to effect a regulation of the air flow via the shutoff mechanism by a movement of said user-actuated manual mechanism along a longitudinal direction, wherein said user-actuated manual mechanism is configured to permit manual operation of the first air flow adjustment arrangement, the second air flow adjustment and the shutoff mechanism from the outside of the device, and characterized in that said first linkage assembly is further configured to define a channel or groove to accommodate a part of a guiding member of the second air flow adjustment arrangement, wherein the channel or groove extends at least partly in the longitudinal direction to permit a movement of the first linkage assembly along the longitudinal direction independently of the position of the first air flow arrangement and the position of the second air flow adjustment arrangement, while an adjustment of the second air flow arrangement is effected by a movement of the first linkage assembly in a transverse direction.
A computer-implemented method for managing a distributed computing architecture, the method comprising: discovering new resources being utilized by one or more nodes within the distributed computing architecture; determining a classification for a newly discovered resource based on one or more classification criteria; determining whether a record exists for the classification within a database; and then if the record exists for the classification within the database, incrementing a counter associated with the record; and if a record does not exist for the classification within the database, initializing another record within the database that corresponds to the classification; and initializing another counter associated with the another record. discovering new resources being utilized by one or more nodes within the distributed computing architecture; determining a classification for a newly discovered resource based on one or more classification criteria; determining whether a record exists for the classification within a database; and then if the record exists for the classification within the database, incrementing a counter associated with the record; and if a record does not exist for the classification within the database, initializing another record within the database that corresponds to the classification; and initializing another counter associated with the another record. initializing another record within the database that corresponds to the classification; and initializing another counter associated with the another record.
An ejector device for an injection moulding machine for processing plastics and other plasticisable materials, such as ceramic and powder materials, having - at least one ejector cross, - at least one ejector plate that is movable in relation to the ejector cross, - at least one drive train which, as the spindle drive, includes a spindle nut and a spindle and a motor, and by which the ejector plate is drivable and linearly movable in a direction of movement of the ejector plate by means of force transmission, wherein, in the event of a movement of the ejector plate, the drive train is cushioned in its direction of movement, in the forward and rearward direction, by way of resilient devices, characterised in that a plurality of spindle drives are provided that are coupled to the motor by way of at least one gear, and in that, in the event of a movement of the ejector plate, the drive train is cushioned by resilient devices that are associated with the spindles and on which there is resiliently mounted at least one bolt. - at least one ejector cross, - at least one ejector plate that is movable in relation to the ejector cross, - at least one drive train which, as the spindle drive, includes a spindle nut and a spindle and a motor, and by which the ejector plate is drivable and linearly movable in a direction of movement of the ejector plate by means of force transmission, wherein, in the event of a movement of the ejector plate, the drive train is cushioned in its direction of movement, in the forward and rearward direction, by way of resilient devices,
Machine for simulating movement produced during transport, in particular that can be applied to simulate how products and/or packaging behave, comprising a load platform where objects, packages, palletised loads or similar loads to be tested are placed, and is characterised in that the lower part of said platform having attached thereto a plurality of upper spherical ball joints (3,61,71) with an approximate ± 30° rotation angle, coplanar with the axis of rotation of a rotating support (5,5', 5"), and wherein a lower platform, which is located opposite the load platform and which is provided with anchors for attachment to a vertical vibration table (25,26), and wherein a counterweight configured to maintain the centre of mass in the central axis of the system is located on the lower platform; additionally, a central support, connecting both platforms, is located between the load platform and the lower platform and, furthermore, a plurality of mutually independent hydraulic servo-actuators (8,8', 8"), configured to generate the pitch and roll movement of the upper load platform are integrally attached between the upper spherical ball joints with a ±30° rotation angle, and the lower ball joints with a ±15° rotation angle; said servo-actuators (8,8', 8") being further arranged along two perpendicular planes that pass through the centre of the rotating support (5,5', 5") forming a 90° angle.
A system comprising a patient support surface including a plurality of inflatable zones (36, 38, 40, 42), a plurality of load cells (66, 68, 70, 72) supporting the patient support surface, a plurality of air pressure sensors (82, 84, 86, 88), each pressure sensor operable to measure the pressure in a respective inflatable zone of the patient support surface, and a controller operable to receive a separate signal from each of the plurality of load cells and each of the plurality of air pressure sensors, process the signals to identify motion of the patient, the signals being further processed to distinguish the type of patient motion between a self-offloading motion and a lateral patient motion and, based on the type of patient motion, automatically update a patient profile in a patient record to reflect the type of patient motion. a patient support surface including a plurality of inflatable zones (36, 38, 40, 42), a plurality of load cells (66, 68, 70, 72) supporting the patient support surface, a plurality of air pressure sensors (82, 84, 86, 88), each pressure sensor operable to measure the pressure in a respective inflatable zone of the patient support surface, and a controller operable to receive a separate signal from each of the plurality of load cells and each of the plurality of air pressure sensors, process the signals to identify motion of the patient, the signals being further processed to distinguish the type of patient motion between a self-offloading motion and a lateral patient motion and, based on the type of patient motion, automatically update a patient profile in a patient record to reflect the type of patient motion.
Installation for fighting fire, having a pump which draws in an extinguishing liquid from a container and which is connected via a pressure line to nozzles, which can be actuated individually or in groups, for distribution of the extinguishing liquid over an area where a fire is being fought, and having a feed line, which is attached to the pressure line for the extinguishing liquid, for feeding an additive stored in a storage container into the stream of extinguishing liquid, characterised in that the feed line for the additive, which is provided with a delivery pump, is laid in parallel with the pressure line for the extinguishing liquid and is attached to this pressure line in each case upstream of the nozzles, which can be actuated individually or in groups, via branch lines provided with control valves.
A gas powered tool comprising a housing (3,73), a fuel gas supply means (23,82) located in the housing (3,73), an isolating valve (20,86) located in the housing (3,73), the isolating valve (20,86) being selectively operable between an isolating state isolating the fuel gas supply means (23,82) from a fuel gas source (19,78) and an open state communicating the fuel gas supply means (23,82) with the fuel gas source (19,78), and a working tool element (7,72) comprising a burner element (11,84), the working tool element (7,72) being releasably coupleable to the housing (3,73) with the burner element (11,84) communicating with the fuel gas supply means (23,82), characterised in that a latching element (50,105) is provided responsive to decoupling of the working tool element (7,72) from the housing (3,73) for retaining the isolating valve (20,86) in the isolating state.
A train control system that allows transmission and reception of information between a train and a Global Positioning System satellite and controls a service of the train on the basis of the information, wherein the train control system comprises: a transmitting and receiving section configured to receive position and time information including position information and time information from a GPS satellite; a time measuring section configured to measure information concerning on-board time when the position and time information is received; an on-rail range calculating section (23, 33) configured to calculate on-rail range information of the train according to the position and time information and the information concerning on-board time when the position and time information is received; and a traveling control section configured to control traveling of the train, wherein the train control system controls a start, speed, or a stop of the traveling of the train according to the on-rail range information; characterized in that the on-rail range calculating section records map information including two-dimensional or three-dimensional position information of a railroad on which the train is traveling, and improves the accuracy of the on-rail range using the map information. a transmitting and receiving section configured to receive position and time information including position information and time information from a GPS satellite; a time measuring section configured to measure information concerning on-board time when the position and time information is received; an on-rail range calculating section (23, 33) configured to calculate on-rail range information of the train according to the position and time information and the information concerning on-board time when the position and time information is received; and a traveling control section configured to control traveling of the train, wherein the train control system controls a start, speed, or a stop of the traveling of the train according to the on-rail range information; characterized in that the on-rail range calculating section records map information including two-dimensional or three-dimensional position information of a railroad on which the train is traveling, and improves the accuracy of the on-rail range using the map information.
A vacuum pump unit, comprising: a main pump disposed at an outside-pressure side; a booster pump disposed at a vacuum side, and a pump mount base having a horizontal upper surface and a vertical side surface, wherein said booster pump and said main pump are coupled in series; wherein said booster pump has a higher pumping speed than that of said main pump; wherein each of said main pump and said booster pump includes: a pair of pump rotors (52a, 25b); and a casing having an inlet port (15a; 16a) and an outlet port (15b; 16b); wherein a communication passage is formed in said pump mount base for providing fluid communication between said outlet port of said booster pump and said inlet port of said main pump, characterised in that a pair of magnet rotors (54, 54) rotatable with said pair of pump rotors (52a, 25b) serve as a magnet coupling that provides synchronized rotation of said pump rotors (52a, 25b) in opposite directions, and in that said booster pump is mounted on said horizontal upper surface of said pump mount base with said pump rotors (52a, 52b) of said booster pump disposed horizontally, and said main pump is mounted on said vertical side surface of said pump mount base with said pump rotors (52a, 52b) of said main pump disposed vertically such that said outlet port of said main pump is below said inlet port of said main pump. a main pump disposed at an outside-pressure side; a booster pump disposed at a vacuum side, and a pump mount base having a horizontal upper surface and a vertical side surface, wherein said booster pump and said main pump are coupled in series; wherein said booster pump has a higher pumping speed than that of said main pump; wherein each of said main pump and said booster pump includes: a pair of pump rotors (52a, 25b); and a casing having an inlet port (15a; 16a) and an outlet port (15b; 16b); wherein a communication passage is formed in said pump mount base for providing fluid communication between said outlet port of said booster pump and said inlet port of said main pump, a pair of pump rotors (52a, 25b); and a casing having an inlet port (15a; 16a) and an outlet port (15b; 16b); wherein a communication passage is formed in said pump mount base for providing fluid communication between said outlet port of said booster pump and said inlet port of said main pump, said booster pump is mounted on said horizontal upper surface of said pump mount base with said pump rotors (52a, 52b) of said booster pump disposed horizontally, and said main pump is mounted on said vertical side surface of said pump mount base with said pump rotors (52a, 52b) of said main pump disposed vertically such that said outlet port of said main pump is below said inlet port of said main pump.
A computer-implemented medical method of planning a position of a tracking reference device for referencing a position in a medical environment, the method comprising the following steps: a) planning image data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional medical image of an anatomical body part of a patient; b) instrument position data is acquired based on the planning image data, wherein the instrument position data describes a planned position of a medical instrument for using the medical instrument on the anatomical body part; c) instrument shape data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional shape of the medical instrument; d) instrument envelope data is acquired based on the instrument shape data and the instrument position data, wherein the instrument envelope data describes a position and a shape of a three-dimensional envelope (5, 8) around the shape of the instrument; e) tracking device data is acquired which describes a position and a field of view of a tracking device usable for tracking the tracking reference device; and f) avoidance region data is determined based on the instrument envelope data, wherein the avoidance region data describes the position of an avoidance region (13, 19) in which the tracking reference device shall not be positioned and wherein the avoidance region is determined based on the tracking device data and by determining, outgoing from the position of the tracking device, a tangential surface on the envelope (5, 8). a) planning image data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional medical image of an anatomical body part of a patient; b) instrument position data is acquired based on the planning image data, wherein the instrument position data describes a planned position of a medical instrument for using the medical instrument on the anatomical body part; c) instrument shape data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional shape of the medical instrument; d) instrument envelope data is acquired based on the instrument shape data and the instrument position data, wherein the instrument envelope data describes a position and a shape of a three-dimensional envelope (5, 8) around the shape of the instrument; e) tracking device data is acquired which describes a position and a field of view of a tracking device usable for tracking the tracking reference device; and f) avoidance region data is determined based on the instrument envelope data, wherein the avoidance region data describes the position of an avoidance region (13, 19) in which the tracking reference device shall not be positioned and wherein the avoidance region is determined based on the tracking device data and by determining, outgoing from the position of the tracking device, a tangential surface on the envelope (5, 8).
A method of operating an underground mine hoist, comprising: monitoring an underground input rate (Q UG) and/or an aboveground output rate (Q MILL) of mined material; filling a hoist container underground with the mined material; raising the hoist container toward a surface of the earth; and emptying the mined material from the hoist container; wherein a rate (Q H) of the mined material filled, raised and emptied is varied in response to the underground input rate (Q UG) and/or the aboveground output rate (Q MILL). monitoring an underground input rate (Q UG) and/or an aboveground output rate (Q MILL) of mined material; filling a hoist container underground with the mined material; raising the hoist container toward a surface of the earth; and emptying the mined material from the hoist container; wherein a rate (Q H) of the mined material filled, raised and emptied is varied in response to the underground input rate (Q UG) and/or the aboveground output rate (Q MILL).
An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% homology to the amino acid sequence of glycoprotein encoded by nucleotide 6084-8124 of Ebola Bundibugyo '07 of Figure 2.