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A method for producing particulate mineral material having a desired particle size distribution, wherein the particulate mineral material is calcium carbonate, comprising: (a) processing at a first location a source of the mineral material, wherein the mineral material is processed by grinding in step (a) to produce a first processed mineral suspension having a particle size distribution of about 10% to about 30% by weight particles having an equivalent spherical diameter esd less than 2 microns and having a solids content ranging from 70% to 80% solids; (b) stabilizing the first processed mineral suspension by adding a thickener including a cellulose derivative; (c) transporting portions of the stabilized processed mineral to a plurality of different second locations; and (d) further processing portions of the stabilized processed mineral at the plurality of different second locations to produce multiple processed minerals having desired particle size distributions, wherein the mineral material is processed instep (d) by further grinding, including the step of adding an aqueous solution to decrease the solids content of the stabilized processed mineral to a solids content ranging from 20% to 35% prior to the further grinding step, wherein the desired particle size ranges from 75% to 90% by weight particles having an equivalent spherical diameter esd less than 2 microns. (a) processing at a first location a source of the mineral material, wherein the mineral material is processed by grinding in step (a) to produce a first processed mineral suspension having a particle size distribution of about 10% to about 30% by weight particles having an equivalent spherical diameter esd less than 2 microns and having a solids content ranging from 70% to 80% solids; (b) stabilizing the first processed mineral suspension by adding a thickener including a cellulose derivative; (c) transporting portions of the stabilized processed mineral to a plurality of different second locations; and (d) further processing portions of the stabilized processed mineral at the plurality of different second locations to produce multiple processed minerals having desired particle size distributions, wherein the mineral material is processed instep (d) by further grinding, including the step of adding an aqueous solution to decrease the solids content of the stabilized processed mineral to a solids content ranging from 20% to 35% prior to the further grinding step, wherein the desired particle size ranges from 75% to 90% by weight particles having an equivalent spherical diameter esd less than 2 microns.
Cosmetic use of a composition for external application which comprises as an effective ingredient at least one component selected from the group consisting of trehalulose and isomaltulose, for improving wrinkles or sagging.
An exterior tube to be used for an outer tube that guides an insertion part of a medical instrument (100, 200) through a body wall into a body cavity, the exterior tube comprising: an exterior tube main body having a base end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis; a distal end opening provided at the distal end of the exterior tube main body; a base end opening provided at the base end of the exterior tube main body; an insertion passage that is provided along the longitudinal axis of the exterior tube main body, and allows the distal end opening and the base end opening to communicate with each other, and the outer tube, which guides the insertion part of the medical instrument (100, 200) into the body cavity, to be inserted therethrough; a supply port opening to a base end side of the exterior tube main body; an air supply port opening to a distal end side of the exterior tube main body; and an air supply passage (572, 574, 576) that is formed along the longitudinal axis of the exterior tube main body and allows the supply port and the air supply port to communicate with each other, characterized by a locking part that has a longitudinal recess or longitudinal protrusion formed along the longitudinal axis in an outer peripheral surface of the exterior tube main body and adapted to prevent the rotation of the exterior tube main body about the longitudinal axis with respect to the body wall. an exterior tube main body having a base end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis; a distal end opening provided at the distal end of the exterior tube main body; a base end opening provided at the base end of the exterior tube main body; an insertion passage that is provided along the longitudinal axis of the exterior tube main body, and allows the distal end opening and the base end opening to communicate with each other, and the outer tube, which guides the insertion part of the medical instrument (100, 200) into the body cavity, to be inserted therethrough; a supply port opening to a base end side of the exterior tube main body; an air supply port opening to a distal end side of the exterior tube main body; and an air supply passage (572, 574, 576) that is formed along the longitudinal axis of the exterior tube main body and allows the supply port and the air supply port to communicate with each other, characterized by a locking part that has a longitudinal recess or longitudinal protrusion formed along the longitudinal axis in an outer peripheral surface of the exterior tube main body and adapted to prevent the rotation of the exterior tube main body about the longitudinal axis with respect to the body wall.
A portfolio creation assistance device comprising: a calculation unit configured to calculate a predetermined formula as an Ising model based on attribute information on each of financial instruments and information on an expected loss in each of the financial instruments associated with scenarios of event occurrence, the predetermined formula describing expected revenues and expected losses associated with the event occurrence corresponding to each of predetermined scenario groups when the predetermined scenario group is adopted to a portfolio formed by combining the financial instruments at predetermined ownership ratios, wherein the calculation unit is configured to output to a predetermined device information on the ownership ratios at which profitability obtained from the expected revenues and the expected losses as a result of the calculation is high, and wherein the portfolio creation assistance device is a CMOS annealing machine configured to solve a combinatorial optimization problem in regard to the Ising model, and wherein the portfolio creation assistance device is configured to generate combinations of the ownership ratios of each of the financial instruments, is configured to set as many types of the Ising models as the combinations, and is configured to solve the combinatorial optimization problem in regard to each of the Ising models. a calculation unit configured to calculate a predetermined formula as an Ising model based on attribute information on each of financial instruments and information on an expected loss in each of the financial instruments associated with scenarios of event occurrence, the predetermined formula describing expected revenues and expected losses associated with the event occurrence corresponding to each of predetermined scenario groups when the predetermined scenario group is adopted to a portfolio formed by combining the financial instruments at predetermined ownership ratios, wherein the calculation unit is configured to output to a predetermined device information on the ownership ratios at which profitability obtained from the expected revenues and the expected losses as a result of the calculation is high, and wherein the portfolio creation assistance device is a CMOS annealing machine configured to solve a combinatorial optimization problem in regard to the Ising model, and wherein the portfolio creation assistance device is configured to generate combinations of the ownership ratios of each of the financial instruments, is configured to set as many types of the Ising models as the combinations, and is configured to solve the combinatorial optimization problem in regard to each of the Ising models.
Robot, in particular a handling robot, for a painting plant, comprising a) a handling tool for handling components to be painted in the painting plant, particularly for opening and closing doors or bonnets of motor vehicle bodies, and/or with a robotic limb susceptible to soiling, where the handling tool and/or the robotic limb susceptible to soiling of the robot are/is exposed to a spray jet applied to the component to be painted in the painting operation, b) a cleaning device (10, 12) for cleaning the handling tool and/or the robotic limb of the robot susceptible to soiling of the paint applied with the spray jet in the painting operation, c) wherein the cleaning device (10, 12) comprises a protective covering that covers the handling tool or the robotic limb susceptible to soiling at least partly and prevents a soiling of the handling tool or of the robotic limb susceptible to soiling with the applied paint or makes it more difficult at least through this, and d) wherein the protective covering can be replaced, in order to replace a soiled protective covering by a clean protective covering, characterised by e) a disposal container to dispose of the used protective coverings soiled with paint, where the robot can dispose of the soiled protective coverings in the disposal container independently, and/or f) a supply container with a supply of clean protective coverings, where the robot can take clean protective coverings from the supply container independently. a) a handling tool for handling components to be painted in the painting plant, particularly for opening and closing doors or bonnets of motor vehicle bodies, and/or with a robotic limb susceptible to soiling, where the handling tool and/or the robotic limb susceptible to soiling of the robot are/is exposed to a spray jet applied to the component to be painted in the painting operation, b) a cleaning device (10, 12) for cleaning the handling tool and/or the robotic limb of the robot susceptible to soiling of the paint applied with the spray jet in the painting operation, c) wherein the cleaning device (10, 12) comprises a protective covering that covers the handling tool or the robotic limb susceptible to soiling at least partly and prevents a soiling of the handling tool or of the robotic limb susceptible to soiling with the applied paint or makes it more difficult at least through this, and d) wherein the protective covering can be replaced, in order to replace a soiled protective covering by a clean protective covering, e) a disposal container to dispose of the used protective coverings soiled with paint, where the robot can dispose of the soiled protective coverings in the disposal container independently, and/or f) a supply container with a supply of clean protective coverings, where the robot can take clean protective coverings from the supply container independently.
Device for detecting an opening process of a covering device, wherein the covering device is embodied to cover an opening of a housing and wherein the housing is embodied to accommodate the device and an electrical apparatus, characterised in that the device has at least one magnet arrangement and at least one magnetic field sensor arrangement, wherein the magnet arrangement has at least one permanent magnet with a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field sensor arrangement has at least one magnetic field sensor, wherein the magnet arrangement extends along a relevant housing dimension such that with a change in magnetic field an opening process has an impact in the detection region of the magnetic field sensor arrangement, wherein the magnet arrangement has a least one magnetic field guiding arrangement, which in the closed state of the covering device is embodied for guiding the magnetic field of the magnet arrangement into a detection region of the magnetic field sensor arrangement and wherein the magnetic field guiding arrangement is manufactured from a soft-magnetic material.
A container for transporting a vehicle, said container being essentially cuboidal and having a first end face and a second end face, two lengthwise sides, a bottom and a top, whereby the container has a first end face, a floor element that makes up the bottom, and a superstructure that is movable relative to the floor element and that comprises the second end face, the two lengthwise sides, and the top, whereby, on the first end face of the container, there is a reclosable opening that can be closed with a closure element (31, 36, 37), whereby, on the second end face, the floor element has a support element on which the container can be moved once it has been lifted at the first end face, characterized in that intermediate elements (14, 54) for the top and for the lengthwise sides can be inserted between the top and the lengthwise sides, so that the superstructure can be extended in the lengthwise direction, whereby the lengthwise sides and the top are each configured in two parts so that the parts can be separated in order to insert intermediate elements (14, 54).
Continuous-time delta sigma modulator, - with an integrator (Int) and a comparator (Comp) which is cycled at a clock frequency (f clk) and which is connected into a feedback loop, and - with a voltage source (Cal), which is connected with the comparator (Comp) for application of a threshold voltage (V th) to the comparator (Comp) and which comprises a second capacitance (C 2) for setting the threshold voltage (V th), - in which an integration time constant of the integrator (Int) has a first resistance (R 1) and a first capacitance (C 1), characterised in that - in which the voltage source (Cal) has a second resistance (R 2) for setting the threshold voltage (V th), - in which the first resistance (R 1) and the second resistance (R 2) are a component of a resistance pairing structure and - in which the first capacitance (C 1) and the second capacitance (C 2) are a component of a capacitance pairing structure. - with an integrator (Int) and a comparator (Comp) which is cycled at a clock frequency (f clk) and which is connected into a feedback loop, and - with a voltage source (Cal), which is connected with the comparator (Comp) for application of a threshold voltage (V th) to the comparator (Comp) and which comprises a second capacitance (C 2) for setting the threshold voltage (V th), - in which an integration time constant of the integrator (Int) has a first resistance (R 1) and a first capacitance (C 1), - in which the voltage source (Cal) has a second resistance (R 2) for setting the threshold voltage (V th), - in which the first resistance (R 1) and the second resistance (R 2) are a component of a resistance pairing structure and - in which the first capacitance (C 1) and the second capacitance (C 2) are a component of a capacitance pairing structure.
Bodywork arrangement of a motor vehicle comprising a bodywork element of the vehicle, which is provided with a housing receiving a finishing piece fitted from the outside of the vehicle into the housing to a position of fixing via clipping means (31, 25), characterized in that the finishing piece constitutes a dummy exhaust pipe and in that the housing has lateral walls (21, 22) extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle over a dimension of at least 20 mm, so as to guide the finishing piece in the manner of a drawer upon its introduction into the housing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
A method for manufacturing a centralizer, comprising: rolling a plate such that first and second sides (18, 16) of the plate are adjacent; and attaching together the first and second sides, such that a seam is formed where the first and second sides are attached together; characterized in that the method further comprises: after rolling the plate, removing one or more portions from the plate, such that two or more ribs are defined extending between two or more end collars (162, 164), and removing the one or more portions comprises removing at least a portion of the seam. rolling a plate such that first and second sides (18, 16) of the plate are adjacent; and attaching together the first and second sides, such that a seam is formed where the first and second sides are attached together; characterized in that the method further comprises: after rolling the plate, removing one or more portions from the plate, such that two or more ribs are defined extending between two or more end collars (162, 164), and removing the one or more portions comprises removing at least a portion of the seam. after rolling the plate, removing one or more portions from the plate, such that two or more ribs are defined extending between two or more end collars (162, 164), and removing the one or more portions comprises removing at least a portion of the seam.
Trim part for a vehicle, comprising at least a fibrous layer comprising of thermoplastic bicomponent filaments or staple fibers, consisting of a first polymer forming the sheath of the bicomponent filament or staple fiber and a second polymer forming the core of the bicomponent filament or staple fiber and whereby the fibrous layer is consolidated by heating thereby melting the sheath polymer forming binding points between the filaments or staple fibers, characterized in that at least the sheath of the bicomponent filament or staple fiber comprises a shrinkage reducing additive being at least a polysiloxane, preferably a polydimethylsiloxane.
Electrochemical energy store, comprising a gas electrode, an electrolyte conducting ions and a counter electrode comprising an active material, which is present as liquid at operating temperatures between 500 and 1000° C both in at least one reduced form and also in at least one oxidised form, in which the electrochemical energy store has a container, which comprises the active material, the liquid active material is present inside the container in the form of horizontal layers and the counter electrode is made exclusively from the liquid active material or from the liquid active material and a catalyst layer, characterised in that - the electrolyte conducting ions and the gas electrode are arranged perpendicular to the ground only on one side of the housing and - the electrolyte conducting ions has a layer thickness of less than 500 μm. - the electrolyte conducting ions and the gas electrode are arranged perpendicular to the ground only on one side of the housing and - the electrolyte conducting ions has a layer thickness of less than 500 μm.
An information protection method for a micro control unit, MCU, chip to protect programs from being stolen by users and cooperative companies, wherein, the MCU chip comprises an instruction bus, a data bus, a flash controller and a user area of a flash memory; the flash controller is used to divide the user area into a first sub-area and a second sub-area and programs of the cooperative companies are written separately in their own sub-areas; wherein the MCU chip comprises a central processing unit, CPU, with a Harvard architecture; the method comprising: when the instruction bus accesses the user area, determining whether the instruction bus accesses the first sub-area; if yes, entering the first sub-area working state; in the first sub-area working state, allowing the instruction bus to access the user area; allowing the data bus to access the first sub-area but prohibiting the data bus from accessing the second sub-area; when the flash controller is in the first sub-area working state, if the instruction bus accesses the second sub-area, entering a transition state; in the transition state, temporarily prohibiting the instruction bus from accessing the user area, allowing the data bus to access the first sub-area, but prohibiting the data bus from accessing the second sub-area; determining whether the time in the transition state reaches a preset waiting time set to ensure the data accessing of the first working sub-area is completely accomplished; if yes, entering the second sub-area working state, in the second sub-area working state, allowing the instruction bus to access the user area, prohibiting the data bus from accessing the first sub-area, but allowing the data bus to access the second sub-area. when the instruction bus accesses the user area, determining whether the instruction bus accesses the first sub-area; if yes, entering the first sub-area working state; in the first sub-area working state, allowing the instruction bus to access the user area; allowing the data bus to access the first sub-area but prohibiting the data bus from accessing the second sub-area; when the flash controller is in the first sub-area working state, if the instruction bus accesses the second sub-area, entering a transition state; in the transition state, temporarily prohibiting the instruction bus from accessing the user area, allowing the data bus to access the first sub-area, but prohibiting the data bus from accessing the second sub-area; determining whether the time in the transition state reaches a preset waiting time set to ensure the data accessing of the first working sub-area is completely accomplished; if yes, entering the second sub-area working state, in the second sub-area working state, allowing the instruction bus to access the user area, prohibiting the data bus from accessing the first sub-area, but allowing the data bus to access the second sub-area.
Pressing apparatus of a bag for alimentary pasta, able to receive, from conveying means, said bag with an upper edge folded over the bag in substantially horizontal position, said pressing apparatus comprising at least one first and one second plate (504, 505), which are mutually adjacent along a moving direction of the bags and arranged on top with respect to the conveying means at a given height which is greater than the height of the bag, characterized in that said at least one first and second plate (504, 505) are heating plates, and in that said pressing apparatus further comprises vertical moving means of said first and second heating plates (504, 505) in a direction perpendicular to said moving direction, configured to press said first heating plate over the bag in a first interval of time and also to press said second heating plate over the bag in a second interval of time, successive to the first interval of time.
A method for performing actions for users with a computing device in a locked state, the method comprising: presenting a first user interface to a user of a computing device, said first user interface being a first lock screen interface; allowing the user to scroll from said first user interface through a set of lock screen interfaces, each of which is associated with a user, to find the user's own personalized lock screen by swiping in a first direction; activating an application from the set of lock screen interfaces associated with the user of the lock screen by swiping in a second direction different from the first direction while the device remains in the locked state; and saving content produced by the activated application in an application folder of the user of the lock screen. presenting a first user interface to a user of a computing device, said first user interface being a first lock screen interface; allowing the user to scroll from said first user interface through a set of lock screen interfaces, each of which is associated with a user, to find the user's own personalized lock screen by swiping in a first direction; activating an application from the set of lock screen interfaces associated with the user of the lock screen by swiping in a second direction different from the first direction while the device remains in the locked state; and saving content produced by the activated application in an application folder of the user of the lock screen.