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A system for ophthalmic surgery, comprising: a laser source configured to deliver a laser beam comprising a plurality of laser pulses having a wavelength between about 320 nanometres and about 430 nanometres and a pulse duration between about 1 picosecond and about 100 nanoseconds; an optical system (701, 230, 704, 270, 280) operatively coupled to the laser source and configured to focus and direct the laser beam in a pattern into one or more intraocular targets within an eye of a patient, such that interaction between the one or more targets and the laser pulses is characterized by linear absorption enhanced photodecomposition without formation of a plasma or associated cavitation event; an integrated imaging subsystem (703, 720, 721, 722) that captures in a confocal arrangement back-reflected light from one or more targets within the eye of the patient or fluorescence light from the eye of the patient induced by the laser source; and a controller configured to determine the locations and shapes of ocular structures to determine pattern placement. a laser source configured to deliver a laser beam comprising a plurality of laser pulses having a wavelength between about 320 nanometres and about 430 nanometres and a pulse duration between about 1 picosecond and about 100 nanoseconds; an optical system (701, 230, 704, 270, 280) operatively coupled to the laser source and configured to focus and direct the laser beam in a pattern into one or more intraocular targets within an eye of a patient, such that interaction between the one or more targets and the laser pulses is characterized by linear absorption enhanced photodecomposition without formation of a plasma or associated cavitation event; an integrated imaging subsystem (703, 720, 721, 722) that captures in a confocal arrangement back-reflected light from one or more targets within the eye of the patient or fluorescence light from the eye of the patient induced by the laser source; and a controller configured to determine the locations and shapes of ocular structures to determine pattern placement.
A nitriding method, comprising a gas nitriding step in which a low alloy steel is heated to a temperature ranging from 550 to 620°C in a gas atmosphere containing NH 3, H 2, and N 2 in a total amount of 99.5% or more by volume, the gas nitriding step being performed for a total process time of A ranging from 1.5 to 10 hours, the gas nitriding step including the steps of: performing a high K N value process with a nitriding potential K NX determined by Formula ranging from 0.15 to 1.50 and with an average value K NXave of the nitriding potential K NX, the average value K NXave ranging from 0.30 to 0.80, the high K N value process being performed for a process time of X in hours, and performing a low K N value process after the high K N value process, the low K N value process being performed with a nitriding potential K NY determined by Formula ranging from 0.02 to 0.25 and with an average value K NYave of the nitriding potential K NY, the average value K NYave ranging from 0.03 to 0.20, the low K N value process being performed for a process time of Y in hours, wherein an average nitriding potential value K Nave determined by Formula ranges from 0.07 to 0.30, a nitrogen compound layer formed on the surface of the low alloy steel by the nitriding process having a thickness of not more than 3μm, K Ni = NH 3 partial pressure / H 2 partial pressure 3 / 2 K Nave = X × K NXave + Y × K NYave / A where i is X or Y. performing a high K N value process with a nitriding potential K NX determined by Formula ranging from 0.15 to 1.50 and with an average value K NXave of the nitriding potential K NX, the average value K NXave ranging from 0.30 to 0.80, the high K N value process being performed for a process time of X in hours, and performing a low K N value process after the high K N value process, the low K N value process being performed with a nitriding potential K NY determined by Formula ranging from 0.02 to 0.25 and with an average value K NYave of the nitriding potential K NY, the average value K NYave ranging from 0.03 to 0.20, the low K N value process being performed for a process time of Y in hours, wherein an average nitriding potential value K Nave determined by Formula ranges from 0.07 to 0.30, a nitrogen compound layer formed on the surface of the low alloy steel by the nitriding process having a thickness of not more than 3μm, K Ni = NH 3 partial pressure / H 2 partial pressure 3 / 2 K Nave = X × K NXave + Y × K NYave / A where i is X or Y.
A toner cartridge for use in an image forming device, comprising: a housing having a reservoir for containing toner therein; an exit port on a front portion of the housing in fluid communication with the reservoir for exiting toner from the reservoir; a cover mounted on an exterior portion of the housing, the cover being pivotable between a closed position blocking the exit port and where an inner face of the cover is pressed against an outer portion of the exit port to trap residual toner and an open position unblocking the exit port and where the cover is pivoted away from the outer portion of the exit port with the inner face of the cover being positioned on the exterior portion of the housing of the cartridge and facing away from the front portion of the housing, the cover being biased toward the closed position; and an actuation mechanism operatively connected to the cover to open the cover upon being actuated by an engagement feature in the image forming device, the toner cartridge further comprising a recess on an exterior portion of the housing positioned lower than the exit port that receives the cover when the cover is in the open position. a housing having a reservoir for containing toner therein; an exit port on a front portion of the housing in fluid communication with the reservoir for exiting toner from the reservoir; a cover mounted on an exterior portion of the housing, the cover being pivotable between a closed position blocking the exit port and where an inner face of the cover is pressed against an outer portion of the exit port to trap residual toner and an open position unblocking the exit port and where the cover is pivoted away from the outer portion of the exit port with the inner face of the cover being positioned on the exterior portion of the housing of the cartridge and facing away from the front portion of the housing, the cover being biased toward the closed position; and an actuation mechanism operatively connected to the cover to open the cover upon being actuated by an engagement feature in the image forming device, the toner cartridge further comprising a recess on an exterior portion of the housing positioned lower than the exit port that receives the cover when the cover is in the open position.
Cable feed-through for feeding cables through a component, with a cladding tube, with a base part arranged at a first axial end of the cladding tube, which has an accommodation area for a bulkhead surrounding a feed-through opening, with a ring-shaped, membrane-type sealing element, which is arranged at the first axial end of the cladding tube, and with at least one sealing plug, which is arranged at a second end of the cladding tube, characterised in that the sealing plug is made cylindrical and has a first end face, through which a cable may be fed, in which the first end face has a star-shaped division, in which the circular sectors defined by the star-shaped division increase to a full circle with a circle centre, and in which the sealing plug has a second end face, which is turned away and at a distance from the first end face, in which, starting from the circle centre, the star-shaped division extends along a rotation axis of the sealing plug in the direction of the second end face in such a way that the second end face is made circular and a conical cavity is formed inside the sealing plug, along the lateral surface of which at least one guide groove is formed.
A battery module provided with a battery block in which a plurality of rectangular battery cells are arranged and laminated, comprising: a spacer which intervenes between the plurality of battery cells; a guide member which slidably supports the spacer along a laminating direction of the battery cells; end plates as a pair which are respectively arranged on one side and the other side of the guide member in a sliding direction and which sandwich the battery block from both sides in the sliding direction; a fitting protrusion portion which is provided at one of the guide member and the spacer and which protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction; a fitting recess portion which is provided at the other of the guide member and the spacer, which is recessed in the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, which extends along the sliding direction, and which is fitted with the fitting protrusion portion, wherein the guide member includes a pair of side surface opposed portions opposed to both side surfaces of the battery cell in a cell width direction, an upper surface opposed portion opposed to an upper surface of the battery cell on an upper side in a cell height direction, and a bottom surface opposed portion opposed to a bottom surface of the battery cell on a lower side in the cell height direction, and the spacer includes a pair of side wall portions intervening between both the side surfaces of the battery cell in the cell width direction and the pair of side surface opposed portions, an upper wall portion intervening between the upper surface of the battery cell on the upper side in the cell height direction and the upper surface opposed portion, and a bottom wall portion intervening between the bottom surface of the battery cell on the lower side in the cell height direction and the bottom surface opposed portion, and wherein the fitting recess portion is provided at the upper surface opposed portion, and the fitting protrusion portion is provided at the upper wall portion. a spacer which intervenes between the plurality of battery cells; a guide member which slidably supports the spacer along a laminating direction of the battery cells; end plates as a pair which are respectively arranged on one side and the other side of the guide member in a sliding direction and which sandwich the battery block from both sides in the sliding direction;
Plastic container comprising a body and a bottom, the bottom having an annular outer seat defining a principal seating plane for the container, and a deformable membrane which extends radially inside the annular outer seat and which is arranged to be able to adopt two configurations: - a retracted configuration, in which the membrane extends axially above the principal seating plane; - a deployed configuration, in which the membrane comprises an annular inner seat in the form of an annular bead projecting towards the outside of the container, which extends axially below the principal seating plane and defines a secondary seating plane, the bottom comprising a series of hollow recesses in the annular inner seat, which form local discontinuities of the secondary seating plane, the inner seat comprising a frustoconical outer section and a frustoconical inner section which abut at the inner seat, the hollow recesses extending radially astride the inner seat and forming a junction between the outer section and the inner section of the membrane through the inner seat, characterized in that the radial extension L of the hollow recesses is greater than the width F of the inner seat. - a retracted configuration, in which the membrane extends axially above the principal seating plane; - a deployed configuration, in which the membrane comprises an annular inner seat in the form of an annular bead projecting towards the outside of the container, which extends axially below the principal seating plane and defines a secondary seating plane, the bottom comprising a series of hollow recesses in the annular inner seat, which form local discontinuities of the secondary seating plane, the inner seat comprising a frustoconical outer section and a frustoconical inner section which abut at the inner seat, the hollow recesses extending radially astride the inner seat and forming a junction between the outer section and the inner section of the membrane through the inner seat, characterized in that the radial extension L of the hollow recesses is greater than the width F of the inner seat.
Floor panel (5, 10, 16, 22, 35) comprising a carrier layer (2, 17, 23), a wear layer (3, 14, 18, 24) made of a soft/ resilient material, and at least two opposite pairs (36, 37) of locking edges, where at least the locking edges of one pair are designed as form-fitting edges (6, 11, 20, 25) and in such a way that two floor panels (5, 10, 16, 22, 35) can be connected by means of these form-fitting edges (6, 11, 20, 25), and where the form-fitting edges (6, 11, 20, 25) each display a horizontal locking surface (8a, 13a, 27, 28) which, in connected state, together counteract separation of the floor panels (5, 10, 16, 22, 35) in a direction lying in the floor plane and perpendicular to the form-fitting edges, where each form-fitting edge (6, 11, 20, 25) displays a joint-sealing area (6a, 11a, 29, 31) in the area of the soft/resilient wear layer (3, 14, 18, 24), wherein the form-fitting edge is provided with a lower hook profile and complementary locking edge is provided with an upper hook profile, so that the hook profiles and are to be hooked together by means of a vertical movement or by means of a vertical movement component, respectively, wherein in that the horizontal locking surfaces (8a, 13a, 27, 28) and the joint-sealing areas (6a, 11a, 29, 31) are coordinated in such a way that, in connected state of two floor panels (5, 10, 16, 22, 35), initial compression of the joint-sealing areas (6a, 11a, 29, 31) against each other can be produced and, as a result, a tightly sealed joint in the area of the soft/resilient wear layer (3, 14, 18, 24), wherein the joint sealing areas (6a, 11a, 29, 31) are each projecting compression areas formed as sealing lips and end in a tip close to the top surface of the wear layer, wherein the contour of the joint sealing area of the wear layer is a surface inclined relative to the wear surface, and wherein this inclined surface is tapering to a tip towards the wear surface.
A waveguide tube slot antenna, comprising: a plurality of waveguides, through which a radio wave flows, arranged in parallel with each other; a plurality of radiating slots formed along each of the plurality of waveguides at predetermined intervals; and a plurality of waveguide tubes connected in parallel with each other, the plurality of waveguide tubes each comprise a power supply port and one waveguide, wherein the plurality of waveguide tubes each comprise a first waveguide tube forming member and a second waveguide tube forming member each having a transverse section having a shape with an end, the first waveguide tube forming member and the second waveguide tube forming member being configured to define one of the plurality of waveguides by being coupled to each other, characterized in that any one of the first waveguide tube forming member and the second waveguide tube forming member comprises the radiating slots and another one of the first waveguide tube forming member and the second waveguide tube forming member comprises a plurality of inner walls, each of the pluralities of inner walls provided in a position immediately below the corresponding radiating slot, and reducing a cross sectional area in a direction perpendicular to a tube axis direction of the waveguide, and wherein a height dimension of each inner wall increases as a distance from the supply port increases. a plurality of waveguides, through which a radio wave flows, arranged in parallel with each other; a plurality of radiating slots formed along each of the plurality of waveguides at predetermined intervals; and a plurality of waveguide tubes connected in parallel with each other, the plurality of waveguide tubes each comprise a power supply port and one waveguide, wherein the plurality of waveguide tubes each comprise a first waveguide tube forming member and a second waveguide tube forming member each having a transverse section having a shape with an end, the first waveguide tube forming member and the second waveguide tube forming member being configured to define one of the plurality of waveguides by being coupled to each other, characterized in that any one of the first waveguide tube forming member and the second waveguide tube forming member comprises the radiating slots and another one of the first waveguide tube forming member and the second waveguide tube forming member comprises a plurality of inner walls, each of the pluralities of inner walls provided in a position immediately below the corresponding radiating slot, and reducing a cross sectional area in a direction perpendicular to a tube axis direction of the waveguide, and wherein a height dimension of each inner wall increases as a distance from the supply port increases.
A method for pre-analytical processing of a biological sample for analysis, the method comprising: providing to an automated system for pre-processing a primary biological sample for analysis, a rack (30, 40, 50) carrying a plurality of sample containers (01, 02, 03) wherein each of the sample containers (01, 02, 03) in the rack (30, 40, 50) is one of at least a first type of container or a second type of container, each sample container carrying a biological sample therein; interrogating a label on the rack (30, 40, 50) for information about at least one of the rack type, the one or more types of sample containers (01, 02, 03) carried by the rack (30, 40, 50) or both; characterized by communicating the rack label information to a processor that, based on the rack label information type or the type of sample containers (01, 02, 03) carried by the rack (30, 40, 50), assigns a processing order for the pre-analytical processing to the rack (30, 40, 50) for the samples in the containers disposed in the rack (30, 40, 50). providing to an automated system for pre-processing a primary biological sample for analysis, a rack (30, 40, 50) carrying a plurality of sample containers (01, 02, 03) wherein each of the sample containers (01, 02, 03) in the rack (30, 40, 50) is one of at least a first type of container or a second type of container, each sample container carrying a biological sample therein; interrogating a label on the rack (30, 40, 50) for information about at least one of the rack type, the one or more types of sample containers (01, 02, 03) carried by the rack (30, 40, 50) or both; characterized by communicating the rack label information to a processor that, based on the rack label information type or the type of sample containers (01, 02, 03) carried by the rack (30, 40, 50), assigns a processing order for the pre-analytical processing to the rack (30, 40, 50) for the samples in the containers disposed in the rack (30, 40, 50).
A static engine generator set (10,100) comprising an electric generator, an internal combustion engine having an internal sump for collecting oil, and an oil reservoir external of the engine, the engine including an oil inlet port opening into the internal sump, and connected to an outlet of the oil reservoir, and an oil outlet port connected to an inlet of the oil reservoir, such that a circuit is defined between the internal sump and the oil reservoir, the generator set being modular in form with the electric generator, internal combustion engine and oil reservoir mounted on a common support structure, wherein said flow circuit comprises flow control means for selective control of oil flow between the internal sump and oil reservoir, and the flow control means comprises a flow regulator having a shut-off valve and a controller which inhibits opening of the flow regulator during operation of the engine.
A desulfurization process comprising the steps of: (a) contacting an upwardly flowing gaseous hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream with finely divided solid sorbent particulates comprising a reduced-valence promoter metal component and zinc oxide in a fluidized bed reactor vessel under desulfurization conditions sufficient to remove sulfur from said hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and convert at least a portion of said zinc oxide to zinc sulfide, thereby providing a desulfurized hydrocarbon-containing stream and sulfur-loaded sorbent particulates; (b) simultaneously with step (a), contacting at least a portion of said hydrocarbon-containing stream and said sorbent particulates with a series of substantially horizontal, vertically spaced baffle groups comprising a plurality of substantially parallel baffles each presenting a generally V-shaped cross-section with the point of the "V" facing up, thereby reducing axial dispersion in said fluidized bed reactor; (c) contacting said sulfur-loaded sorbent particulates with an oxygen containing regeneration stream in a regenerator vessel under regeneration conditions sufficient to convert at least a portion of said zinc sulfide to zinc oxide, thereby providing regenerated sorbent particulates comprising an unreduced promoter metal component; and (d) contacting said regenerated sorbent particulates with a hydrogen-containing reducing stream in a reducer vessel under reducing conditions sufficient to reduce said unreduced promoter metal component, thereby providing reduced sorbent particulates. (a) contacting an upwardly flowing gaseous hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream with finely divided solid sorbent particulates comprising a reduced-valence promoter metal component and zinc oxide in a fluidized bed reactor vessel under desulfurization conditions sufficient to remove sulfur from said hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and convert at least a portion of said zinc oxide to zinc sulfide, thereby providing a desulfurized hydrocarbon-containing stream and sulfur-loaded sorbent particulates; (b) simultaneously with step (a), contacting at least a portion of said hydrocarbon-containing stream and said sorbent particulates with a series of substantially horizontal, vertically spaced baffle groups comprising a plurality of substantially parallel baffles each presenting a generally V-shaped cross-section with the point of the "V" facing up, thereby reducing axial dispersion in said fluidized bed reactor; (c) contacting said sulfur-loaded sorbent particulates with an oxygen containing regeneration stream in a regenerator vessel under regeneration conditions sufficient to convert at least a portion of said zinc sulfide to zinc oxide, thereby providing regenerated sorbent particulates comprising an unreduced promoter metal component; and (d) contacting said regenerated sorbent particulates with a hydrogen-containing reducing stream in a reducer vessel under reducing conditions sufficient to reduce said unreduced promoter metal component, thereby providing reduced sorbent particulates.
A device for supporting the head and/or the neck of a person sitting on a seat, said device including at least one part, provided with two internal housings (LIj) fixedly housing two guides (Gj) in which two rods (Tj) are intended to slide, which rods are substantially parallel and fixedly secured to an upper portion of a backrest of said seat and which, for at least one of them, includes notches intended to cooperate with a locking member coupled with one of said guides (Gj), said part including a lower portion provided with an additional housing communicating with said internal housings (LIj) and with the exterior on lower and lateral faces and housing said locking member in a position suitable for permitting its actuation from the side of said lateral face, characterized in that said part is made from a slightly deformable material so as to withstand variations in relative positioning of said rods (Tj) and suitable for absorbing energy in the event of impact of said head and/or of said neck, said material being an expanded polypropylene.