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A device for presenting products that are cooled below the ambient temperature by means of cooled air, the device comprising - a plurality of holders, each holder having an opening for inserting a product partly into the holder, each holder comprising a sealing ring, located along a circumference of the opening of the holder, configured to close off air flow along a side of the product when the product is placed partly in the holder; - a source of cooled air coupled to the holders for supplying the cooled air to the holders; - means for closing off a flow of the cooled air to and/or from respective ones of the holders in response to removal of the products from the respective ones of the holders, characterized in that the holders comprise - a support structure defining an inner space of cylindrical shape for receiving a part of the product, - a slider fitting within the support structure and slidable on the support structure in a direction of the axis of the cylindrical shape, the slider being configured to support said part when said part is in the inner space; - a spring located to force the slider against the sealing ring, or a further sealing ring in parallel with the sealing ring, when no product is inserted in the holder. - a plurality of holders, each holder having an opening for inserting a product partly into the holder, each holder comprising a sealing ring, located along a circumference of the opening of the holder, configured to close off air flow along a side of the product when the product is placed partly in the holder; - a source of cooled air coupled to the holders for supplying the cooled air to the holders; - means for closing off a flow of the cooled air to and/or from respective ones of the holders in response to removal of the products from the respective ones of the holders, - a support structure defining an inner space of cylindrical shape for receiving a part of the product, - a slider fitting within the support structure and slidable on the support structure in a direction of the axis of the cylindrical shape, the slider being configured to support said part when said part is in the inner space; - a spring located to force the slider against the sealing ring, or a further sealing ring in parallel with the sealing ring, when no product is inserted in the holder.
A locking device for a receptacle which includes a frame and a door, comprising - a retention module which is designed for an attachment to the door or to the frame and includes a first retention means and a second retention means, wherein the second retention means is movably mounted along a first direction of movement; and - a blocking module which is designed for an attachment to the other part (21; 22) of the receptacle and to form a latching with the retention module and includes a blocking element movably arranged along an axis as well as a drive unit for positioning the blocking element at positions (x 1, x 2, x 3) on the axis; characterized in that the blocking module is formed to adopt at least three different states, wherein - in a first state for opening the door the blocking element is positioned at a first position (x 1) on the axis by means of the drive unit, at which the blocking element forms a latching neither with the first retention means nor with the second retention means; - in a second state for preparing closing of the door the blocking element is positioned at a second position (x 2) on the axis by means of the drive unit, at which the blocking element forms a latching only with the second retention means; and - in a third state for closing the door the blocking element is positioned at a third position (x 3) on the axis by means of the drive unit, at which the blocking element forms a latching with the first retention means and with the second retention means. - a retention module which is designed for an attachment to the door or to the frame and includes a first retention means and a second retention means, wherein the second retention means is movably mounted along a first direction of movement; and - a blocking module which is designed for an attachment to the other part (21; 22) of the receptacle and to form a latching with the retention module and includes a blocking element movably arranged along an axis as well as a drive unit for positioning the blocking element at positions (x 1, x 2, x 3) on the axis; - in a first state for opening the door the blocking element is positioned at a first position (x 1) on the axis by means of the drive unit, at which the blocking element forms a latching neither with the first retention means nor with the second retention means; - in a second state for preparing closing of the door the blocking element is positioned at a second position (x 2) on the axis by means of the drive unit, at which the blocking element forms a latching only with the second retention means; and - in a third state for closing the door the blocking element is positioned at a third position (x 3) on the axis by means of the drive unit, at which the blocking element forms a latching with the first retention means and with the second retention means.
An injection molding method of resin containing additive components, comprising: a plasticizing process of feeding a fiber bundle and a resin raw material to a cylinder including a screw that can rotate around a rotation axis and can advance and retreat along the rotation axis, and generating molten resin by rotating the screw in a normal direction, the fiber bundle comprising the reinforcing fibers in a roving state or in a chopped strand state; and an injection process of injecting to a cavity the molten resin containing the reinforcing fibers, characterized in that in the plasticizing process; a shear force in a direction different from a direction of a shear force generated by rotation of the screw is applied to the fiber bundle contained in the molten resin inside a groove of the screw by a retreat operation of forcibly retreating the screw for a predetermined stroke or for a predetermined time that can form a space closer to a downstream side than a tip of the screw, so that a swirling flow is generated in the molten resin containing the reinforcing fibers in a rotation axis direction of the screw, and a velocity of the swirling flow is not less than either smaller one of 5 (mm/s) and 0.05 X D (mm/s) (D is an inner diameter of the cylinder); and the retreat operation is performed, and a rotation operation of rotating the screw in the normal direction is performed after the retreat operation to thereby promote dispersion of reinforcing fibers. a plasticizing process of feeding a fiber bundle and a resin raw material to a cylinder including a screw that can rotate around a rotation axis and can advance and retreat along the rotation axis, and generating molten resin by rotating the screw in a normal direction, the fiber bundle comprising the reinforcing fibers in a roving state or in a chopped strand state; and an injection process of injecting to a cavity the molten resin containing the reinforcing fibers, characterized in that in the plasticizing process; a shear force in a direction different from a direction of a shear force generated by rotation of the screw is applied to the fiber bundle contained in the molten resin inside a groove of the screw by a retreat operation of forcibly retreating the screw for a predetermined stroke or for a predetermined time that can form a space closer to a downstream side than a tip of the screw, so that a swirling flow is generated in the molten resin containing the reinforcing fibers in a rotation axis direction of the screw, and a velocity of the swirling flow is not less than either smaller one of 5 (mm/s) and 0.05 X D (mm/s) (D is an inner diameter of the cylinder); and the retreat operation is performed, and a rotation operation of rotating the screw in the normal direction is performed after the retreat operation to thereby promote dispersion of reinforcing fibers.
Cosmetic use, as deodorant active agent, of a siliceous material that may be obtained by hydrolysis and condensation, in the presence of water, of at least one tetraalkoxysilane of formula below: Si(OR 2) 4 and of an alkyltrialkoxysilane of formula below: R 1 Si(OR 2) 3 in which: R 1 denotes a linear or branched C 7 to C 20 alkyl group, optionally interrupted in its chain with an O or S atom or with an NH group or a carbonyl group, R 2 denotes a linear or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl group. R 1 denotes a linear or branched C 7 to C 20 alkyl group, optionally interrupted in its chain with an O or S atom or with an NH group or a carbonyl group, R 2 denotes a linear or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl group.
Arrangement for an axial turbomachine, comprising a ringshaped flow duct which is delimited by wall surfaces (26, 36) of an outer wall and of an inner wall and between which is provided at least one guide vane cascade through which a medium is capable of flowing, the guide vane cascade comprising a number of aerodynamically curved vane leaves, the free-standing vane leaf tips of which lie, radially on the inside, opposite the inner wall of the flow duct or, radially on the outside, opposite the outer wall of the flow duct, in each case so as to form gaps, downstream of the guide vane cascade, a ring diffuser being arranged, with an outer wall and with an inner wall coaxial thereto, between which a diffuser duct extends in ring form along an axial extent so as to diverge from an inflow-side end to an outflow-side end, the inner wall and the outer wall in each case comprising a wall surface (46, 50) delimiting the diffuser duct, the outer wall of the ring diffuser being arranged downstream of the outer wall of the flow duct and/or the inner wall of the ring diffuser being arranged downstream of the inner wall of the flow duct, characterized in that the wall surface of the inner wall and/or the wall surface of the outer wall is rotationally asymmetrical at least in a portion of the ring diffuser, that wall surface of the ring diffuser at which the gaps are arranged further upstream being a rotationally asymmetrical design, and the portion being arranged at the inflow-side end of the ring diffuser and merging into a rotationally symmetrical portion which is arranged downstream of the rotationally asymmetrical portion in relation to the throughflow direction of the ring diffuser.
A computer-implemented method at a computer system including a processor and a memory, the method for extending remote direct memory access, RDMA, semantics to enable implementation in a local storage system, the method comprising: an act of extending one or more RDMA semantics to provide local storage access using RDMA, wherein extending the RDMA semantics comprises the following: an act of mapping one or more RDMA verbs of an RDMA verbs interface to a local data store; and an act of altering one or more RDMA ordering semantics to allow at least one of out-of-order processing and out-of-order completions; and an act of accessing one or more portions of the local data store using the extended RDMA semantics, the method further comprising: an act of a software application establishing a link between the application and the local data store using the extended RDMA semantics, wherein after the link is established, data is transferred between the software application and the local data store without any processor involvement. an act of extending one or more RDMA semantics to provide local storage access using RDMA, wherein extending the RDMA semantics comprises the following: an act of mapping one or more RDMA verbs of an RDMA verbs interface to a local data store; and an act of altering one or more RDMA ordering semantics to allow at least one of out-of-order processing and out-of-order completions; and an act of mapping one or more RDMA verbs of an RDMA verbs interface to a local data store; and an act of altering one or more RDMA ordering semantics to allow at least one of out-of-order processing and out-of-order completions; and an act of accessing one or more portions of the local data store using the extended RDMA semantics, the method further comprising: an act of a software application establishing a link between the application and the local data store using the extended RDMA semantics, wherein after the link is established, data is transferred between the software application and the local data store without any processor involvement. an act of a software application establishing a link between the application and the local data store using the extended RDMA semantics, wherein after the link is established, data is transferred between the software application and the local data store without any processor involvement.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: generating, by an apparatus, a message indicating a start time of a window during which one or more devices are permitted to communicate with the apparatus, the start time being based on an absolute time reference maintained by the apparatus; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the generated message. generating, by an apparatus, a message indicating a start time of a window during which one or more devices are permitted to communicate with the apparatus, the start time being based on an absolute time reference maintained by the apparatus; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the generated message.
An integrated circuit for interfacing with a MEMS sensor, comprising: an electrostatic actuation controller configured to generate an actuation signal and an excitation signal and to receive a sense information signal; and a sensing capacitance-to-voltage converter responsive to a signal from the MEMS sensor for producing a sense signal; wherein the electrostatic actuation controller is configured to apply a logical operation to the excitation signal and a bit stream to obtain the actuation signal; characterised in that the logical operation is one of an XOR and an XNOR operation. an electrostatic actuation controller configured to generate an actuation signal and an excitation signal and to receive a sense information signal; and a sensing capacitance-to-voltage converter responsive to a signal from the MEMS sensor for producing a sense signal; wherein the electrostatic actuation controller is configured to apply a logical operation to the excitation signal and a bit stream to obtain the actuation signal; the logical operation is one of an XOR and an XNOR operation.
A computer-implemented method of enabling validation of the integrity of data by reference to a plurality of unique data items, referred to as HASH_LINKED, stored in a hash chain on at least one computing device, wherein the hash chain is produced by the following steps: (a) combining at least one HASH_LINKED already recorded on said hash chain with a newly added data source and hashing the resulting combination to produce a new hash, HASH-SALTED; (b) storing the HASH_SALTED to a field within a new record in a digital data store on the at least one computing device, wherein the digital data store is a table within a database; and (c) combining, in a new record, each new HASH_SALTED with the most recent HASH_LINKED and hashing the combination to produce a further HASH_LINKED stored to another field in the same new record, such that the most recent HASH_SALTED and the further HASH_LINKED are permanently linked by position in the database; and steps (a) to (c) being repeated in multiple iterations, wherein following each repeat of step (a), each most recent HASH_LINKED is combined with the succeeding HASH_SALTED and hashed to produce a succeeding further HASH_LINKED stored in the same new record. (a) combining at least one HASH_LINKED already recorded on said hash chain with a newly added data source and hashing the resulting combination to produce a new hash, HASH-SALTED; (b) storing the HASH_SALTED to a field within a new record in a digital data store on the at least one computing device, wherein the digital data store is a table within a database; and (c) combining, in a new record, each new HASH_SALTED with the most recent HASH_LINKED and hashing the combination to produce a further HASH_LINKED stored to another field in the same new record, such that the most recent HASH_SALTED and the further HASH_LINKED are permanently linked by position in the database; and steps (a) to (c) being repeated in multiple iterations, wherein following each repeat of step (a), each most recent HASH_LINKED is combined with the succeeding HASH_SALTED and hashed to produce a succeeding further HASH_LINKED stored in the same new record.
Lighting and/or signalling module (8; 108; 208; 308) for a motor vehicle, comprising: - at least one light source (14; 114; 214; 314); - at least one optical system (10, 10', 10", 10"'; 110, 110'; 210, 210', 210''; 310, 310', 310") capable of cooperating with the rays emitted by the light source or sources in order to form a light beam; the module comprises at least two optical systems (10, 10', 10", 10ʹʹʹ; 110, 110'; 210, 210', 210''; 310, 310', 310'') disposed on a rotary support (18; 118; 218, 318) about an axis of rotation (16; 116, 216, 316) with respect to the light source or sources, the rotary support being capable of selectively positioning each of said systems optically facing the light source or sources, at least one of the optical systems (110, 110'; 210, 210', 210''; 310, 310', 310'') comprising a lens (120, 120'; 220, 220', 220"; 320, 320', 320"), characterized in that it comprises a reflecting surface (122, 122'; 222, 222', 222"; 322, 322', 322") capable of reflecting, by internal reflection, the rays originating from the light source or sources to an output face (136, 136') of the lens when said reflecting surface is optically facing said light source or sources. - at least one light source (14; 114; 214; 314); - at least one optical system (10, 10', 10", 10"'; 110, 110'; 210, 210', 210''; 310, 310', 310") capable of cooperating with the rays emitted by the light source or sources in order to form a light beam;
A nasal delivery device (10,210,310) comprising: an air-receiving section (12,212) that has a first passageway therethrough to allow air to pass through the air-receiving section (12,212); a powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214) sized to receive a powder reservoir (18,218); and a powder-delivery section (16,216) that has a second passageway therethrough to allow aerosolized powder from the powder reservoir (18,218), to pass through the powder-delivery section (16,216), the second passageway having an inlet end and an exit end, with the inlet end being at or adjacent the powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214) and the exit end being sized to be received in a nasal opening of a user, wherein the first passageway has a first end and a second end, the first end being further from the powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214) and the second end being at or near the powder-reservoir receiving area (14,214), and wherein the second end of the air-receiving section (12,212) comprises a flattened region (52,252) so that air exiting the air-receiving section (12,212) and entering the powder reservoir (18,218), after the powder reservoir (18,218) is received at the powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214), has a generally flattened profile, the flattened region (52,252) having a first cross-sectional dimension significantly longer than a second cross-sectional dimension, in a cross-section taken along the length of the flattened region (52,252), forming an elongate slit-shaped passageway, the first cross-sectional dimension being perpendicular to the second cross-sectional dimension. an air-receiving section (12,212) that has a first passageway therethrough to allow air to pass through the air-receiving section (12,212); a powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214) sized to receive a powder reservoir (18,218); and a powder-delivery section (16,216) that has a second passageway therethrough to allow aerosolized powder from the powder reservoir (18,218), to pass through the powder-delivery section (16,216), the second passageway having an inlet end and an exit end, with the inlet end being at or adjacent the powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214) and the exit end being sized to be received in a nasal opening of a user, wherein the first passageway has a first end and a second end, the first end being further from the powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214) and the second end being at or near the powder-reservoir receiving area (14,214), and wherein the second end of the air-receiving section (12,212) comprises a flattened region (52,252) so that air exiting the air-receiving section (12,212) and entering the powder reservoir (18,218), after the powder reservoir (18,218) is received at the powder-reservoir receiving section (14,214), has a generally flattened profile, the flattened region (52,252) having a first cross-sectional dimension significantly longer than a second cross-sectional dimension, in a cross-section taken along the length of the flattened region (52,252), forming an elongate slit-shaped passageway, the first cross-sectional dimension being perpendicular to the second cross-sectional dimension.
Window or door wing made of metal and/or plastics and/or of wood or combinations of these materials with a wing frame with an inner shell and an outer shell, a filling, for example a multiple glazing or a panel, that is placed between the inner shell and the outer shell, an insulation that is provided on the side faces of the filling between the inner shell and the outer shell, wherein the inner shell has a profile, in particular a hollow profile, characterized in that the insulation is configured as a foamed fine pored plastics body with a λ-value <0.08 W/m K, preferably <0.06 W/mK and particularly preferably <0.04 W/m K and that the insulation is connected with the hollow profile of the inner shell by means of a first plastics profile.