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An article of footwear up surface buffing system, the system comprising: a rotational brush with a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from a rotational axis of the rotational brush; a footwear component holder comprising a support surface, a first clamp, and a second clamp; and a brush rotational drive coupled with the rotational brush to rotate the rotational brush in first direction and in a second direction based on location of the rotational brush relative to the footwear component holder, wherein the first clamp is in a clamp position and the second clamp is in an unclamped position when the rotational brush rotates in the first direction and the second clamp is in a clamp position and the first clamp is in an unclamped position when the rotational brush rotates in the second direction.
A method for obtaining a concentrated protein-rich phase from waste products of bioethanol production, characterised in that: a) a ground cereal is mashed in a cold mashing process before fermentation; b) the fermented mash is fed to a distillation process, which produces thick stillage as waste product; c) the thick stillage from b) is fed to a solid-liquid separation, wherein spent grains are produced as the solid and thin stillage is produced as the liquid phase, and the resulting solid is discharged from the method; d) the thin stillage is partially returned to the mashing process, with at least 0.15 kg thin stillage DM per kg of cereal DM being returned and the raw protein content of the thin stillage being increased by recirculating the thin stillage to the mashing process, wherein a pH value < 4.0 is maintained throughout the method; and e) at least part of the thin stillage is diluted with an aqueous process liquid and fed to a further separation process, wherein the aqueous phase separated in this further separation process, the clear phase, containing predominantly the dissolved dry matter, and wherein the concentrated protein-rich phase produced in this further separation process, the concentrate, containing predominantly protein-rich suspended dry matter. a) a ground cereal is mashed in a cold mashing process before fermentation; b) the fermented mash is fed to a distillation process, which produces thick stillage as waste product; c) the thick stillage from b) is fed to a solid-liquid separation, wherein spent grains are produced as the solid and thin stillage is produced as the liquid phase, and the resulting solid is discharged from the method; d) the thin stillage is partially returned to the mashing process, with at least 0.15 kg thin stillage DM per kg of cereal DM being returned and the raw protein content of the thin stillage being increased by recirculating the thin stillage to the mashing process, wherein a pH value < 4.0 is maintained throughout the method; and e) at least part of the thin stillage is diluted with an aqueous process liquid and fed to a further separation process, wherein the aqueous phase separated in this further separation process, the clear phase, containing predominantly the dissolved dry matter, and wherein the concentrated protein-rich phase produced in this further separation process, the concentrate, containing predominantly protein-rich suspended dry matter.
A shell loading system for a firearm, the system comprising: a barrel defining a longitudinal axis and a chamber configured to hold a shell; a receiver coupled to the barrel; an axially reciprocating slide disposed in the receiver and movable between forward and rearward positions; a bolt carried by the slide and axially aligned with the barrel for forming a closed breech; a magazine configured to retain and feed a plurality of shells into the receiver; a carrier pivotably mounted to the receiver and positioned to receive a shell from the magazine, the carrier movable between a downward loading position and upward feeding position; a pawl pivotably mounted to the carrier and positioned to engage the slide; a carrier latch pivotably movable from an outward position to an inward position engaging and locking the carrier in the loading position; and a carrier latch disconnect operated by the pawl and pivotably movable into and out of engagement with the carrier latch; wherein rotating the pawl in a first direction disengages the carrier latch disconnect from the carrier latch, and rotating the pawl in a second direction engages the carrier latch disconnect with the carrier latch; characterized in that the carrier latch disconnect includes a laterally and inwardly extending cantilevered hammer stop arm arranged to engage a hammer rotatably mounted in the receiver. a barrel defining a longitudinal axis and a chamber configured to hold a shell; a receiver coupled to the barrel; an axially reciprocating slide disposed in the receiver and movable between forward and rearward positions; a bolt carried by the slide and axially aligned with the barrel for forming a closed breech; a magazine configured to retain and feed a plurality of shells into the receiver; a carrier pivotably mounted to the receiver and positioned to receive a shell from the magazine, the carrier movable between a downward loading position and upward feeding position; a pawl pivotably mounted to the carrier and positioned to engage the slide; a carrier latch pivotably movable from an outward position to an inward position engaging and locking the carrier in the loading position; and a carrier latch disconnect operated by the pawl and pivotably movable into and out of engagement with the carrier latch; wherein rotating the pawl in a first direction disengages the carrier latch disconnect from the carrier latch, and rotating the pawl in a second direction engages the carrier latch disconnect with the carrier latch; characterized in that the carrier latch disconnect includes a laterally and inwardly extending cantilevered hammer stop arm arranged to engage a hammer rotatably mounted in the receiver.
An expanded-beam connector comprising: a sleeve for holding at least one lens body, the sleeve having an interior surface having a certain geometry; a fiber having a fiber end face; a lens body, the lens body being formed with a first face and a second face, the first and second faces (204, 205) being substantially planar, the first face having an interface point for optically coupling with the fiber end face, the second face having a convex surface and the second face configured to abut a second face of a mating lens body of a mating connector, the interface point and the convex surface being optically coupled through the lens body, the lens body having an outer periphery at least a portion of which has the certain geometry such that the lens body is held in a precise radial position relative to the sleeve when disposed in the sleeve; and a ferrule having at least one bore hole for receiving the fiber and an end face for presenting the fiber end face to the lens body, wherein the first face abuts in contact with the end face of said ferrule, the sleeve having the certain geometry which holds the ferrule and aligns the ferrule to the lens body, wherein the lens body is an integrally-molded optically transparent material, and wherein the first face comprises a fiber-receiving cavity to receive a portion of the fiber protruding from the end face. a sleeve for holding at least one lens body, the sleeve having an interior surface having a certain geometry; a fiber having a fiber end face; a lens body, the lens body being formed with a first face and a second face, the first and second faces (204, 205) being substantially planar, the first face having an interface point for optically coupling with the fiber end face, the second face having a convex surface and the second face configured to abut a second face of a mating lens body of a mating connector, the interface point and the convex surface being optically coupled through the lens body, the lens body having an outer periphery at least a portion of which has the certain geometry such that the lens body is held in a precise radial position relative to the sleeve when disposed in the sleeve; and a ferrule having at least one bore hole for receiving the fiber and an end face for presenting the fiber end face to the lens body, wherein the first face abuts in contact with the end face of said ferrule, the sleeve having the certain geometry which holds the ferrule and aligns the ferrule to the lens body, wherein the lens body is an integrally-molded optically transparent material, and wherein the first face comprises a fiber-receiving cavity to receive a portion of the fiber protruding from the end face.
An apparatus for decoding multiview video, comprising: means for reading view information of one or more views associated with each interoperability point of 2 N -1 interoperability points in multiview video coding from a bitstream, N being the number of coded views in total in said multiview video, the view information being indicative of the number of views associated with each interoperability point and a view identifier for each of the one or more views of each interoperability point, an interoperability point of said 2 N -1 interoperability points corresponding to a combination of M views of said multiview video, 1 ≤ M ≤ N; and means for reading HRD (hypothetical reference decoder) parameters and bitstream restriction information for each interoperability point from the bitstream, the HRD parameters including at least a buffer size, a bit rate, an initial coded picture buffer removal delay and parameters indicative of timing of each picture for each interoperability point. means for reading view information of one or more views associated with each interoperability point of 2 N -1 interoperability points in multiview video coding from a bitstream, N being the number of coded views in total in said multiview video, the view information being indicative of the number of views associated with each interoperability point and a view identifier for each of the one or more views of each interoperability point, an interoperability point of said 2 N -1 interoperability points corresponding to a combination of M views of said multiview video, 1 ≤ M ≤ N; and means for reading HRD (hypothetical reference decoder) parameters and bitstream restriction information for each interoperability point from the bitstream, the HRD parameters including at least a buffer size, a bit rate, an initial coded picture buffer removal delay and parameters indicative of timing of each picture for each interoperability point.
A resin composition comprising: an epoxy resin; an epoxy compound shown by the following formula and/or formula; a phenolic curing agent that is solid at ordinary temperature having 2 to 6 phenolic hydroxy groups in the skeleton; and a curing accelerator, wherein "A" represents a single bond or a divalent organic group selected from the following formulae. -CH 2 -, an epoxy resin; an epoxy compound shown by the following formula and/or formula; a phenolic curing agent that is solid at ordinary temperature having 2 to 6 phenolic hydroxy groups in the skeleton; and a curing accelerator,
A distributed inspection network for scanning cargo and vehicles, the network comprising: a scanner located at a service post arranged to perform a non-intrusive X-ray scan and generate a scan image; an application arranged to import manifest data associated with the cargo or vehicle being scanned; a features database containing sets of stored features wherein each set is associated with a cargo code and is computed from a combination of physical properties comprising attenuation, texture, atomic number and cargo height taken from a number of cargo images associated with the same cargo code, and a plurality of regional centers, geographically remote from said service post, each regional center comprising an application arranged to receive the scan image and the imported manifest data, associate one or more of the cargo codes with the scan image based on the manifest data, compute features of cargo content from the generated scan image, obtain stored features from the features database for the one or more cargo codes, compare the computed features with the stored features, and thereby determine if the contents of the cargo or vehicle are of the same type as specified in the manifest data; and software adapted to allocate the scan image and associated manifest data to one of the regional centres based on data indicative of inspection queue lengths or workload from the regional centers. a scanner located at a service post arranged to perform a non-intrusive X-ray scan and generate a scan image; an application arranged to import manifest data associated with the cargo or vehicle being scanned; a features database containing sets of stored features wherein each set is associated with a cargo code and is computed from a combination of physical properties comprising attenuation, texture, atomic number and cargo height taken from a number of cargo images associated with the same cargo code, and a plurality of regional centers, geographically remote from said service post, each regional center comprising an application arranged to receive the scan image and the imported manifest data, associate one or more of the cargo codes with the scan image based on the manifest data, compute features of cargo content from the generated scan image, obtain stored features from the features database for the one or more cargo codes, compare the computed features with the stored features, and thereby determine if the contents of the cargo or vehicle are of the same type as specified in the manifest data; and receive the scan image and the imported manifest data, associate one or more of the cargo codes with the scan image based on the manifest data, compute features of cargo content from the generated scan image, obtain stored features from the features database for the one or more cargo codes, compare the computed features with the stored features, and thereby determine if the contents of the cargo or vehicle are of the same type as specified in the manifest data; and software adapted to allocate the scan image and associated manifest data to one of the regional centres based on data indicative of inspection queue lengths or workload from the regional centers.
A jet pipe arrangement for a servo valve, said jet pipe arrangement comprising: a jet pipe; at least two receivers (208a, 208b) in operable communication with the jet pipe; an electromagnet in direct magnetic communication with the jet pipe such that, in use, the jet pipe is movable in response to changes in a magnetic field created by the electromagnet to distribute flow from the jet pipe asymmetrically between the at least two receivers (208a, 208b); and characterised in that the jet pipe has a coating on its outer surface, wherein the coating has magnetic properties. a jet pipe; at least two receivers (208a, 208b) in operable communication with the jet pipe; an electromagnet in direct magnetic communication with the jet pipe such that, in use, the jet pipe is movable in response to changes in a magnetic field created by the electromagnet to distribute flow from the jet pipe asymmetrically between the at least two receivers (208a, 208b); and characterised in that the jet pipe has a coating on its outer surface, wherein the coating has magnetic properties.
An audio processing system (100,200) for a multi-speaker system having a speaker and a further speaker coupled to the output of an amplifier, each of the speaker and the further speaker having a respective amplifier-output-voltage-to-current transfer function comprising at least one speaker passband, the audio processing system comprising: a temperature calculation module configured to determine a first voice coil temperature value of the speaker and a second voice coil temperature value of the further speaker using a thermal loudspeaker model; an audio processor having a first input configured to receive an audio signal, a second input coupled to the temperature calculation module and an output configured to output a processed audio signal to the amplifier; wherein the audio processor is configured to process the audio signal by selectively altering the amplitude of one or more frequencies of the audio signal within frequency regions corresponding to the speaker passbands of the speaker and the further speaker in dependence of the determined respective voice coil temperature value (T1,T2) of the speaker and the further speaker to produce the processed audio signal on the audio processor output. a temperature calculation module configured to determine a first voice coil temperature value of the speaker and a second voice coil temperature value of the further speaker using a thermal loudspeaker model; an audio processor having a first input configured to receive an audio signal, a second input coupled to the temperature calculation module and an output configured to output a processed audio signal to the amplifier; wherein the audio processor is configured to process the audio signal by selectively altering the amplitude of one or more frequencies of the audio signal within frequency regions corresponding to the speaker passbands of the speaker and the further speaker in dependence of the determined respective voice coil temperature value (T1,T2) of the speaker and the further speaker to produce the processed audio signal on the audio processor output.
A vertical column comprising: - a column body extending between a first end and a second end and including a main body, a conical portion extending from the main body, and a tip portion extending from the conical portion; - a first helical structure extending around at least a portion of the main body, wherein the first helical structure is a continuous helical coil formed from a ribbon of material; and - a second helical structure extending around at least a portion of the tip portion, wherein the vertical column is configured to extend substantially vertically from the ground after installation to a horizontal rail (11a, 11b) of a ground mount solar array support structure. - a column body extending between a first end and a second end and including a main body, a conical portion extending from the main body, and a tip portion extending from the conical portion; - a first helical structure extending around at least a portion of the main body, wherein the first helical structure is a continuous helical coil formed from a ribbon of material; and - a second helical structure extending around at least a portion of the tip portion, wherein the vertical column is configured to extend substantially vertically from the ground after installation to a horizontal rail (11a, 11b) of a ground mount solar array support structure.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of a disease requiring the activation of an AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), comprising an α 1 -adrenergic receptor agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient selected from the group consisting of midodrine, 2-amino-N-(2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl)-3-phenylpropanamide, 2-amino-N-(2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl)propanamide, 2-amino-N-(2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl)acetamide hydrochloride, 2-amino-N-(2-(5-ethyl-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl)acetamide hydrochloride and 2-amino-N-(2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl)acetamide hydrochloride, wherein the disease is selected from hypertension hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity, arteriosclerosis, fatty liver and inflammatory disease.
A disc transfer mechanism comprising: a mount base; and a guide plate fitted to the mount base for transferring a disc by clamping the disc in cooperation with a feed roller that rotates in obverse and reverse directions; wherein the mount base has first restraining portions for restraining movement of the guide plate with respect to an axial direction of the feed roller; and wherein the guide plate has a pair of plate portions (51, 52) aligned along the direction that is parallel to the axial direction of the feed roller and an elastic coupling portion interposed between the pair of plate portions (51, 52); the disc transfer mechanism being characterized in that: each of the pair of plate portions (51, 52) has a first restrained portion engaged with the respective first restraining portion of the mount base and provided at only an outer end that is opposite to an inner end to which the coupling portion is coupled, in order to fix the outer end to the mount base, and the coupling portion is adapted to expand and shrink in the direction that is parallel to the direction in which the pair of plate portions (51, 52) align to compensate for thermal expansion of the guide plate. a mount base; and a guide plate fitted to the mount base for transferring a disc by clamping the disc in cooperation with a feed roller that rotates in obverse and reverse directions; wherein the mount base has first restraining portions for restraining movement of the guide plate with respect to an axial direction of the feed roller; and wherein the guide plate has a pair of plate portions (51, 52) aligned along the direction that is parallel to the axial direction of the feed roller and an elastic coupling portion interposed between the pair of plate portions (51, 52); the disc transfer mechanism being characterized in that: each of the pair of plate portions (51, 52) has a first restrained portion engaged with the respective first restraining portion of the mount base and provided at only an outer end that is opposite to an inner end to which the coupling portion is coupled, in order to fix the outer end to the mount base, and the coupling portion is adapted to expand and shrink in the direction that is parallel to the direction in which the pair of plate portions (51, 52) align to compensate for thermal expansion of the guide plate. each of the pair of plate portions (51, 52) has a first restrained portion engaged with the respective first restraining portion of the mount base and provided at only an outer end that is opposite to an inner end to which the coupling portion is coupled, in order to fix the outer end to the mount base, and the coupling portion is adapted to expand and shrink in the direction that is parallel to the direction in which the pair of plate portions (51, 52) align to compensate for thermal expansion of the guide plate.
Method of plasma welding of austenitic materials under shielding gas and using a welding filler material, characterized in that a titanium-containing welding filler material is used and the shielding gas used is a three-substance mixture consisting of argon, hydrogen and nitrogen, wherein the nitrogen content is at least 0.05% by volume and less than 10% by volume and the hydrogen content is between 0.1% by volume and 10% by volume and the welding filler material has a titanium content between 0.05% by volume and 5% by volume.