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A lens hood that blocks unnecessary light to be incident on a reflective telephoto lens that includes a reflective optical system reflecting light flux twice or more, the lens hood comprising: a first light blocking wall that forms a cylindrical outermost periphery; and a plurality of second light blocking walls (14a, 14b, 14c) that partition an internal space within the first light blocking wall into a plurality of spaces, wherein each of the first light blocking wall and the second light blocking walls (14a, 14b, 14c) have the optical axis of the reflective telephoto lens as a common axis, and each of the second light blocking walls (14a, 14b, 14c) is inclined relative to an optical axis of the reflective telephoto lens and so that the diameter of the rear end portion of each light blocking wall (12, 14a, 14b, 14c) facing the reflective telephoto lens is larger than the diameter of the front end portion of each light blocking wall. a first light blocking wall that forms a cylindrical outermost periphery; and a plurality of second light blocking walls (14a, 14b, 14c) that partition an internal space within the first light blocking wall into a plurality of spaces, wherein each of the first light blocking wall and the second light blocking walls (14a, 14b, 14c) have the optical axis of the reflective telephoto lens as a common axis, and each of the second light blocking walls (14a, 14b, 14c) is inclined relative to an optical axis of the reflective telephoto lens and so that the diameter of the rear end portion of each light blocking wall (12, 14a, 14b, 14c) facing the reflective telephoto lens is larger than the diameter of the front end portion of each light blocking wall.
A feeding apparatus for feeding a tobacco industry segment comprising a hopper for rods with a length being a multiple length of the segment, a cutting and conveying unit, situated underneath the hopper for the rods, for cutting the rods into individual segments, whereas from the rod, after cutting the rod, a group of the segments is formed, a transferring unit, situated underneath the cutting and conveying unit, adapted to receive the groups of the segments and to form of them a stream of the segments, whereas gaps between the groups of the segments in the stream are retained, and the transferring unit is adapted to reduce the gaps between the groups so that at an outlet of the transferring unit the segments are conveyed without gaps, characterised in that the feeding apparatus is provided with a sensor situated in the area of the outlet of the transferring unit, whereas the sensor is adapted to check at least one of segment parameters of a group of parameters comprising: presence of an object in the segment, quality of the object situated in the segment, position of the object in the segment, quality of the segment. a hopper for rods with a length being a multiple length of the segment, a cutting and conveying unit, situated underneath the hopper for the rods, for cutting the rods into individual segments, whereas from the rod, after cutting the rod, a group of the segments is formed, a transferring unit, situated underneath the cutting and conveying unit, adapted to receive the groups of the segments and to form of them a stream of the segments, whereas gaps between the groups of the segments in the stream are retained, and the transferring unit is adapted to reduce the gaps between the groups so that at an outlet of the transferring unit the segments are conveyed without gaps, characterised in that the feeding apparatus is provided with a sensor situated in the area of the outlet of the transferring unit, whereas the sensor is adapted to check at least one of segment parameters of a group of parameters comprising: presence of an object in the segment, quality of the object situated in the segment, position of the object in the segment, quality of the segment.
An oral cleaning and/or treatment unit for an oral cleaning and/or treatment device, the oral cleaning and/or treatment unit comprising: a first protruding member, extending outward from a support surface of the oral cleaning and/or treatment unit, and comprising one or more first electrodes, a second protruding member extending outward from the support surface of the oral cleaning and/or treatment unit, and comprising one or more second electrodes, wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes are arranged to receive an alternating driving signal across the first electrodes and the second electrodes, respectively, each of the first and second protruding members having a height dimension, extending between a proximal end of the member, connected to the support surface, and a distal end; the first protruding member being spaced from the second protruding member; characterized in that at least one of the first and second protruding members (14a, 14b) is adapted to be flexible in a lateral dimension, the lateral dimension being perpendicular the height dimension of the member, to permit at least a distal end of the protruding member to oscillate laterally relative to a proximal end of the member responsive to application of a driving oscillation at a proximal end of the protruding member. a first protruding member, extending outward from a support surface of the oral cleaning and/or treatment unit, and comprising one or more first electrodes, a second protruding member extending outward from the support surface of the oral cleaning and/or treatment unit, and comprising one or more second electrodes, wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes are arranged to receive an alternating driving signal across the first electrodes and the second electrodes, respectively, each of the first and second protruding members having a height dimension, extending between a proximal end of the member, connected to the support surface, and a distal end; the first protruding member being spaced from the second protruding member; characterized in that at least one of the first and second protruding members (14a, 14b) is adapted to be flexible in a lateral dimension, the lateral dimension being perpendicular the height dimension of the member, to permit at least a distal end of the protruding member to oscillate laterally relative to a proximal end of the member responsive to application of a driving oscillation at a proximal end of the protruding member.
A method for regenerating an abrasive from a used abrasive-containing slurry, the method comprising: collecting an abrasive-containing slurry comprising a first abrasive-containing slurry that contains the abrasive, washing water and a polished object component and/or a second abrasive-containing slurry that contains a used abrasive discharged from an abrasive device as a mother liquid; adding a metal salt including an alkali earth metal to the abrasive-containing mother liquid resulting from step A so as to aggregate the abrasive, and separating the aggregated abrasive from the mother liquid so as to primarily concentrate the abrasive; collecting the separated aggregated abrasive obtained in step; and filtering the collected aggregated abrasive obtained in step so as to secondarily concentrate the abrasive, wherein the abrasive is at least one selected from a group consisting of diamond, boron nitride, silicon carbide, alumina, alumina-zirconia, zirconium oxide and cerium oxide, characterized in that step is conducted at a converted pH of less than 10.0 of the mother liquid at 25°C. collecting an abrasive-containing slurry comprising a first abrasive-containing slurry that contains the abrasive, washing water and a polished object component and/or a second abrasive-containing slurry that contains a used abrasive discharged from an abrasive device as a mother liquid; adding a metal salt including an alkali earth metal to the abrasive-containing mother liquid resulting from step A so as to aggregate the abrasive, and separating the aggregated abrasive from the mother liquid so as to primarily concentrate the abrasive; collecting the separated aggregated abrasive obtained in step; and filtering the collected aggregated abrasive obtained in step so as to secondarily concentrate the abrasive,
A symbol-level adaptation method to adapt at least one coefficient of an equalizer, the equalizer being used in an orthogonal CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access, receiver to correct channel distortions at chip level, the receiver simultaneously receiving a pilot channel spread with a full pilot channelization code and other channels spread with respective channelization codes, each channelization code being orthogonal to any other simultaneously used channelization codes, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) determining if there exists a shortened pilot channelization code which has a spreading factor lower than the spreading factor of the full pilot channelization code and which is, at the same time, still orthogonal to any other simultaneously active channelization codes, a channelization code being active if the power of the signal despread with this channelization code is higher than a predetermined threshold, and, b) if there exists a shortened pilot channelization code, despreading the pilot channel using the shortened pilot channelization code to obtain a pilot symbol estimation, and c) adapting the value of the equalizer coefficient according to the error between the pilot symbol estimation obtained from step b) and a corresponding expected pilot symbol. a) determining if there exists a shortened pilot channelization code which has a spreading factor lower than the spreading factor of the full pilot channelization code and which is, at the same time, still orthogonal to any other simultaneously active channelization codes, a channelization code being active if the power of the signal despread with this channelization code is higher than a predetermined threshold, and, b) if there exists a shortened pilot channelization code, despreading the pilot channel using the shortened pilot channelization code to obtain a pilot symbol estimation, and c) adapting the value of the equalizer coefficient according to the error between the pilot symbol estimation obtained from step b) and a corresponding expected pilot symbol.
A medical connector comprising: a body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end; a helical thread extending radially outward from a surface of the sidewall; and at least one protrusion extending radially outward from the surface of the sidewall, the at least one protrusion having a first side, a second side, a proximal end, and a distal end, characterized in that a radial height of the at least one protrusion from the surface of the sidewall tapers circumferentially from the first side of the at least one protrusion to the second side of the at least one protrusion and axially from the proximal end to the distal end. a body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end; a helical thread extending radially outward from a surface of the sidewall; and at least one protrusion extending radially outward from the surface of the sidewall, the at least one protrusion having a first side, a second side, a proximal end, and a distal end, characterized in that a radial height of the at least one protrusion from the surface of the sidewall tapers circumferentially from the first side of the at least one protrusion to the second side of the at least one protrusion and axially from the proximal end to the distal end.
A proximity detection device for motor vehicles, having a sensor carrier having a recess, a sensor electronic system, which is arranged in the recess of the sensor carrier and has at least one capacitive proximity sensor, which is coupled to an evaluation circuit and has an active capacitive surface for detecting proximity, and a carrier frame having a detection opening, wherein the sensor carrier is fastened to the carrier frame in such a manner that the active capacitive surface of the capacitive proximity sensor is aligned with the detection opening and is exposed by the latter, and that an accommodation space is formed by the detection opening and the sensor carrier, and wherein the sensor carrier has at least one raised portion in the region exposed by the accommodation space, and having a sealing means, which is cast or foamed into the accommodation space and has at least one through opening complementary to a raised portion.
An orifice plate assembly comprising: a plurality of ring members, each having an inner facing surface comprising a first annular recess extending therein; and an orifice plate captured between the plurality of ring members; characterized by a plurality of inner annular seals, wherein a different inner annular seal of the plurality of inner annular seals is overmolded to the first annular recess of each of the plurality of ring members to seal against a facing surface of the orifice plate. a plurality of ring members, each having an inner facing surface comprising a first annular recess extending therein; and an orifice plate captured between the plurality of ring members; characterized by a plurality of inner annular seals, wherein a different inner annular seal of the plurality of inner annular seals is overmolded to the first annular recess of each of the plurality of ring members to seal against a facing surface of the orifice plate.
A method for detecting an impending loss of cut or a loss of cut that has already occurred during the thermal separation of a workpiece, in which energy is input into a cutting region, said method comprising the following method steps: a) applying a first alternating signal to the workpiece, b) identifying a second alternating signal caused by the first alternating signal in a measurement electrode spaced apart from the workpiece, characterized in that the method further comprises the process steps c) ascertaining the phase shift between the first and second alternating signal by outputting a phase shift signal (1; U DC), d) comparing the phase shift signal (1; U DC) with a prescribed upper limit value and a prescribed lower limit value (U lim, 2) for the phase shift signal (1; U DC), wherein, when the phase shift signal (1; U DC) exceeds the upper limit value (U lim, 1) or undershoots the lower limit value (U lim, 2), the energy input is changed. a) applying a first alternating signal to the workpiece, b) identifying a second alternating signal caused by the first alternating signal in a measurement electrode spaced apart from the workpiece, ascertaining the phase shift between the first and second alternating signal by outputting a phase shift signal (1; U DC), d) comparing the phase shift signal (1; U DC) with a prescribed upper limit value and a prescribed lower limit value (U lim, 2) for the phase shift signal (1; U DC),
A headset system, comprising: a transducer configured to collect ultrasound data from a subject; a camera configured to capture image data of the subject; and a controller configured to: detect one or more fiducial markers (502a, 502b) placed on the subject using the captured image data; and register the transducer with respect to the subject based on the detected fiducial markers by determining a scanning area at the subject that is bounded by the one or more fiducial markers on the subject; and restrict the transducer from travelling beyond the scanning area while the transducer collects the ultrasound data. a transducer configured to collect ultrasound data from a subject; a camera configured to capture image data of the subject; and a controller configured to: detect one or more fiducial markers (502a, 502b) placed on the subject using the captured image data; and register the transducer with respect to the subject based on the detected fiducial markers by determining a scanning area at the subject that is bounded by the one or more fiducial markers on the subject; and restrict the transducer from travelling beyond the scanning area while the transducer collects the ultrasound data. detect one or more fiducial markers (502a, 502b) placed on the subject using the captured image data; and register the transducer with respect to the subject based on the detected fiducial markers by determining a scanning area at the subject that is bounded by the one or more fiducial markers on the subject; and restrict the transducer from travelling beyond the scanning area while the transducer collects the ultrasound data.
A curable formulation comprising: (i) a curable benzoxazine macromonomer; and (ii) a curable ingredient other than the curable benzoxazine macromonomer selected from the group of N-aliphatic dibenzoxazines and N-aliphatic monobenzoxazines; wherein the curable benzoxazine macromonomer (i) contains at least 3 benzoxazine rings and at least one aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, araliphatic, heteroaraliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic fragment, the fragment comprising a shortest atom chain containing at least 40 consecutive atoms between two benzoxazine nitrogen atoms or between two benzoxazine oxygen atoms, and said atom chain must not include any oxazine ring atoms ("soft fragment"). (i) a curable benzoxazine macromonomer; and (ii) a curable ingredient other than the curable benzoxazine macromonomer selected from the group of N-aliphatic dibenzoxazines and N-aliphatic monobenzoxazines;
A speaker system comprising: a display panel having a display screen; a structure having a plate part functioning as an acoustic diaphragm located outside of a perimeter of the display screen and being supported by the display panel; an actuator (70L, 70R) attached to the structure so that a displacement direction of the actuator is a direction of a plate surface of the plate part; and a buffer member that intervenes between the structure and a perimeter part of the display panel so as to block transmission of the vibration of said structure to the display panel. a display panel having a display screen; a structure having a plate part functioning as an acoustic diaphragm located outside of a perimeter of the display screen and being supported by the display panel; an actuator (70L, 70R) attached to the structure so that a displacement direction of the actuator is a direction of a plate surface of the plate part; and a buffer member that intervenes between the structure and a perimeter part of the display panel so as to block transmission of the vibration of said structure to the display panel.
An identification apparatus for electrical lines, comprising a support plate which is provided with at least one line receiving element and a pressure lever which is pivotably coupled to one side of the support plate, which pressure lever can be latched onto the support plate on the side opposite the pivoting axis, the line receiving element, relating to the latched state of the pressure lever, is arranged on the inner side of the support plate facing the pressure lever, the pressure lever is formed to be flexible and the support plate is formed to be deflection-resistant, characterized in that the line receiving element is formed by at least two receiving prisms which are arranged at a distance from each other, the surfaces of the receiving prisms which can be brought into contact with the electrical line are disposed at an obtuse angle in relation to each other, and the pressure lever comprises a pressure piece which is in correct position with respect to the receiving prisms.
A fixing film (2θ) having an endless shape, wherein the fixing film comprises at least a base material, an elastic layer, and a release layer in this order, the release layer comprises a tube comprising a fluorine resin, and a value of Xe/Xm is 1.20 or more, where when, in a chart of an X-ray diffraction peaks obtained by measuring the release layer with a reflection X-ray diffraction method, a maximum X-ray diffraction strength at 2θ = 17 to 19° is defined as Ic, a maximum X-ray diffraction strength at 2θ = 39.5 to 40.5° is defined as Ia, and a value of Ic/Ia is defined as X, and a length in a direction along a rotational axis of the fixing film is defined as L, Xe represents an average value of the X in an edge region up to 0.15 L from each opposite edge in the direction along the rotational axis of the fixing film, and Xm represents an average value of the X in a central region with a length in the direction along the rotational axis of 0.70 L present between the two edge regions, measured according to the method defined in the description. the fixing film comprises at least a base material, an elastic layer, and a release layer in this order, the release layer comprises a tube comprising a fluorine resin, and a value of Xe/Xm is 1.20 or more, where when, in a chart of an X-ray diffraction peaks obtained by measuring the release layer with a reflection X-ray diffraction method, a maximum X-ray diffraction strength at 2θ = 17 to 19° is defined as Ic, a maximum X-ray diffraction strength at 2θ = 39.5 to 40.5° is defined as Ia, and a value of Ic/Ia is defined as X, and a length in a direction along a rotational axis of the fixing film is defined as L, Xe represents an average value of the X in an edge region up to 0.15 L from each opposite edge in the direction along the rotational axis of the fixing film, and Xm represents an average value of the X in a central region with a length in the direction along the rotational axis of 0.70 L present between the two edge regions, measured according to the method defined in the description.
An endoscope comprising: an operation section provided with an operating member; an insertion section that is provided on a distal end side of the operation section and that is inserted into a subject; a treatment tool erecting base provided at a distal end part of the insertion section; a movable member that is arranged to be exposed to the outside of the operation section and that moves in association with an operation of the operating member; an erecting operation wire that is coupled to the treatment tool erecting base at a distal end side thereof, that is coupled to the movable member at a proximal end side thereof, and that is pushed/pulled in accordance with a movement of the movable member to move the treatment tool erecting base; an attachment member that is provided at a proximal end of the erecting operation wire and that is engaged with the movable member in an attachable/detachable manner; and an interference prevention section that is provided at a position of the operation section on a proximal end side with respect to the movable member and a guide wire locking device that is mounted at the proximal end side of the operation section with respect to the interference prevention section such that the interference prevention section prevents an interference of the guide wire locking device with the movable member. an operation section provided with an operating member; an insertion section that is provided on a distal end side of the operation section and that is inserted into a subject; a treatment tool erecting base provided at a distal end part of the insertion section; a movable member that is arranged to be exposed to the outside of the operation section and that moves in association with an operation of the operating member; an erecting operation wire that is coupled to the treatment tool erecting base at a distal end side thereof, that is coupled to the movable member at a proximal end side thereof, and that is pushed/pulled in accordance with a movement of the movable member to move the treatment tool erecting base; an attachment member that is provided at a proximal end of the erecting operation wire and that is engaged with the movable member in an attachable/detachable manner; and an interference prevention section that is provided at a position of the operation section on a proximal end side with respect to the movable member and a guide wire locking device that is mounted at the proximal end side of the operation section with respect to the interference prevention section such that the interference prevention section prevents an interference of the guide wire locking device with the movable member.