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Damped and compact hinge device for doors, shutters and hatches of an apparatus or furnishing for closing and opening a respective door and comprising, in an operating condition of assembly to the apparatus, a first member fixed to a body of the apparatus and a second member fixed to the door of said apparatus or made in said door; said device comprises a friction shoe sliding on a respective friction wall means of the first member and connected to the second member by means of interconnection means causing the sliding of the friction shoe along the friction wall means following the rotation of the second member for opening and closing the door; it comprises a linear resilient means having a first end fixed to a connection of the first member and a second end connected to a first fixing pin of a first end of a lever means for transmitting to the latter an elastic force away from the second member, said lever means is connected to the friction shoe by means of a swiveling connection means; the connection of the first member for the corresponding end of the resilient means is placed on the side of the geometrical plane defined by the friction wall means opposite to that of the friction shoe or is placed on the same side of the first fixing pin and of the friction shoe in respect to said geometrical plane defined by the friction wall means and the distance of said connection from this plane is lower than the distance of the first fixing pin from the same geometric plane so as to incline the resilient means with respect to the plane and to transmit to the lever means an elastic force with a direct component towards said geometrical plane by pressing the friction shoe against the frictional wall means; said device being characterized in that said first and second members are mutually connected by means of a pivot pin for the rotation of door around the rotation geometric axis of said pivot pin between extreme opening and closing conditions; the second end of the lever means, opposite to its end bearing the first fixing pin, is provided with a first mobile pin sliding along first slot means of the first member or of an element fixed thereto, said first slot means being parallel or inclined with respect to the friction wall means; the interconnection means comprise a rocker arm means having a first end linked to the first mobile pin and having the opposite end rotatably connected to the second member by a third fixing pin spaced from the pivot pin; the median portion of the rocker arm means has a second mobile pin sliding into a second slot means of the first member or of an element fixed thereto, said second slot means being rectilinear or curved, or "S" or "C" shaped, or similar.
Method for production of water-soluble or water-swellable polymers containing: a) 9.49 to 98 mol%, preferably from 27.5 to 97.4 mol% of one or more recurring structural units of formula wherein R 1, R 2 are hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, A is linear or branched C 1 -C 12 alkylene, and Q + is H +, Li +, Na +, K +, 1⁄2 Ca ++, 1⁄2 Mg ++, 1⁄2 Zn ++ or mixtures of these ions, preferably Na +, b) 0.01 to 5 mol%, preferably 0.01 to 4 mol% of one or more mutually independent recurring crosslinking structural units emergent from one or more monomers having at least two olefinic double bonds, and c) 0.01 to 88.51 mol%, preferably 0.05 to 72.4 mol% of one or more mutually independent recurring neutral structural units, and d) 1.98 to 20 mol%, preferably from 2.5 to 18 mol% of one or more recurring further anionic structural units emergent from one or more monomers having at least one carboxylate anion, and wherein monomers wherefrom the structural units of components a) and b) derive are free-radically precipitation polymerized in a polar solvent, wherein the polar solvent contains 0.5 to 10 wt% of water, 1 to 98.5 wt% of 2-methyl-2-propanol and 1 to 98.5 wt% of dimethyl ketone, and optionally the monomers before the polymerization or the polymer after the polymerization are/is neutralized with an Li + -, Na + -, K + -, Ca ++ -, Mg ++ -, Zn ++ - or Al +++ -containing base preferably with the corresponding hydroxides, bicarbonates and carbonates. a) 9.49 to 98 mol%, preferably from 27.5 to 97.4 mol% of one or more recurring structural units of formula wherein R 1, R 2 are hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, A is linear or branched C 1 -C 12 alkylene, and Q + is H +, Li +, Na +, K +, 1⁄2 Ca ++, 1⁄2 Mg ++, 1⁄2 Zn ++ or mixtures of these ions, preferably Na +, R 1, R 2 are hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, A is linear or branched C 1 -C 12 alkylene, and Q + is H +, Li +, Na +, K +, 1⁄2 Ca ++, 1⁄2 Mg ++, 1⁄2 Zn ++ or mixtures of these ions, preferably Na +, b) 0.01 to 5 mol%, preferably 0.01 to 4 mol% of one or more mutually independent recurring crosslinking structural units emergent from one or more monomers having at least two olefinic double bonds, and c) 0.01 to 88.51 mol%, preferably 0.05 to 72.4 mol% of one or more mutually independent recurring neutral structural units, and d) 1.98 to 20 mol%, preferably from 2.5 to 18 mol% of one or more recurring further anionic structural units emergent from one or more monomers having at least one carboxylate anion, and
A bearing device that supports a rotary member to a fixed member via a rolling bearing (31, 41) and comprises a displacement measuring unit for measuring an axial direction displacement of the rotary member by supplying compressed gas into a gap to be measured (g) between the rotary member and the fixed member in the vicinity of the rolling bearing, the gap being formed between a surface of the rotary member and a surface of the fixed member, which face each other in an axial direction of the rotary member, the displacement measuring unit including at least one displacement detecting unit having a compressed gas injection nozzle for injecting compressed gas into the gap to be measured, and at least one pressure loss measuring unit for measuring a pressure loss of the compressed gas supplied to the displacement detecting unit, each of the at least one displacement detecting unit having at least one gas collection groove (85a, 85b) for collecting the compressed gas injected into the gap to be measured from the compressed gas injection nozzle, the at least one gas collection groove being formed on one side or both sides of an axis of the compressed gas injection nozzle, characterized in that: an outer ring spacer and an inner ring spacer are disposed in contact with the rolling bearing between the rotary member and the fixed member; and the compressed gas injection nozzle of each said displacement detecting unit is formed in the outer ring spacer, and the gap to be measured is formed between the outer ring spacer and the inner ring spacer. the displacement measuring unit including at least one displacement detecting unit having a compressed gas injection nozzle for injecting compressed gas into the gap to be measured, and at least one pressure loss measuring unit for measuring a pressure loss of the compressed gas supplied to the displacement detecting unit, each of the at least one displacement detecting unit having at least one gas collection groove (85a, 85b) for collecting the compressed gas injected into the gap to be measured from the compressed gas injection nozzle, the at least one gas collection groove being formed on one side or both sides of an axis of the compressed gas injection nozzle, characterized in that: an outer ring spacer and an inner ring spacer are disposed in contact with the rolling bearing between the rotary member and the fixed member; and the compressed gas injection nozzle of each said displacement detecting unit is formed in the outer ring spacer, and the gap to be measured is formed between the outer ring spacer and the inner ring spacer. an outer ring spacer and an inner ring spacer are disposed in contact with the rolling bearing between the rotary member and the fixed member; and the compressed gas injection nozzle of each said displacement detecting unit is formed in the outer ring spacer, and the gap to be measured is formed between the outer ring spacer and the inner ring spacer.
Method for the fabrication of a meander spring, wherein the meander spring has a radially outward seal area as well as a number of radially inward spring arms (222, 224, 226), wherein the meander spring is punched out, and the seal area is structured during the punching process in a pressing and/or shaping manner.
Pipeline system with direct electric heating comprising a pipeline having a conductive pipe, a first DEH cable, and a second DEH cable, said first and second DEH cables (20, 30) providing heat to a same section of said pipeline; wherein the first and second DEH cable are arranged in parallel along the same section of the pipeline to be heated, characterized in that the DEH cables (20,30,40) are distributed evenly around the pipeline. a pipeline having a conductive pipe, a first DEH cable, and a second DEH cable, said first and second DEH cables (20, 30) providing heat to a same section of said pipeline; wherein the first and second DEH cable are arranged in parallel along the same section of the pipeline to be heated, characterized in that the DEH cables (20,30,40) are distributed evenly around the pipeline.
Apparatus for displaying the received real-time position of a probe navigated through airways of the lungs of a patient, the apparatus comprising: means for measuring a patient's characteristics prior to the procedure with the probe; an imager for imaging of said patient to acquire one or more images, including an identified area of interest in the lungs, prior to the procedure with the probe; sensors for collecting data regarding positions of key points on the patient's body while the patient is breathing; a display configured to display at least one of said acquired images including an identified area of interest in the lungs; and a computer configured to use measurements of the patient's characteristics and the data collected from the said sensors to develop a mathematical model of movement due to breathing and to cause the display to display a real-time indication of a position of the probe on said at least one of said acquired images. and to use said mathematical model to adjust relative positions of said real-time indication and said at least one acquired image such that said real-time indication is accurately portrayed on said at least one acquired image. means for measuring a patient's characteristics prior to the procedure with the probe; an imager for imaging of said patient to acquire one or more images, including an identified area of interest in the lungs, prior to the procedure with the probe; sensors for collecting data regarding positions of key points on the patient's body while the patient is breathing; a display configured to display at least one of said acquired images including an identified area of interest in the lungs; and a computer configured to use measurements of the patient's characteristics and the data collected from the said sensors to develop a mathematical model of movement due to breathing and to cause the display to display a real-time indication of a position of the probe on said at least one of said acquired images. and to use said mathematical model to adjust relative positions of said real-time indication and said at least one acquired image such that said real-time indication is accurately portrayed on said at least one acquired image.
A guidewire, comprising: a tubular member extending from a proximal end to a distal end and comprising a lumen extending therethrough; a core member extending from a proximal end to a distal end and disposed within said lumen of said tubular member; a first helical member attached to said distal end of said tubular member; and a second helical member attached to said distal end of said core member; wherein said first and second helical members (26, 28) cooperate in an enmeshed engagement, said first and second helical members (26, 28) being longitudinally moveable relative to each other by rotating said core member and said tubular member relative to each other, said enmeshed engagement thereby driving said first and second helical members (26, 28) along a rotational and longitudinal path; wherein leading ends of the first and second helical members (26, 28) have rounded edges (64, 66) around the outer circumference to form an atraumatic tip both when the second helical member is retracted and when the second helical member is extended. a tubular member extending from a proximal end to a distal end and comprising a lumen extending therethrough; a core member extending from a proximal end to a distal end and disposed within said lumen of said tubular member; a first helical member attached to said distal end of said tubular member; and a second helical member attached to said distal end of said core member; wherein said first and second helical members (26, 28) cooperate in an enmeshed engagement, said first and second helical members (26, 28) being longitudinally moveable relative to each other by rotating said core member and said tubular member relative to each other, said enmeshed engagement thereby driving said first and second helical members (26, 28) along a rotational and longitudinal path; wherein leading ends of the first and second helical members (26, 28) have rounded edges (64, 66) around the outer circumference to form an atraumatic tip both when the second helical member is retracted and when the second helical member is extended.
A method for operating an autonomous agricultural vehicle in accordance with a cleaning plan defining a cleaning schedule and one or more cleaning routes of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, wherein the autonomous agricultural vehicle comprises a cleaning device suitable for moving manure from/in a livestock area, and a load sensor, the method characterised by: - monitoring at a plurality of individual times, while operating the autonomous agricultural vehicle in accordance with the cleaning plan, a load quantity by means of the load sensor, representing an amount of material moved by the cleaning device, and - adjusting the cleaning plan of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, by adjusting the cleaning schedule or cleaning route of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, based on a variation in the monitored load quantity among the individual times. - monitoring at a plurality of individual times, while operating the autonomous agricultural vehicle in accordance with the cleaning plan, a load quantity by means of the load sensor, representing an amount of material moved by the cleaning device, and - adjusting the cleaning plan of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, by adjusting the cleaning schedule or cleaning route of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, based on a variation in the monitored load quantity among the individual times.
An actuator arrangement for use in a fuel injector, comprising: a piezoelectric actuator having a body section, said body section having a first end piece and a second end piece; an encapsulation member which encloses the body section between the end pieces, wherein potting material is fitted between the encapsulation member and the body section, wherein the encapsulation member has a corrugated bellows form comprising a plurality of corrugations over its entire length and is of a substantially rectangular cross section with rounded corners and adjoining flattened sections. a piezoelectric actuator having a body section, said body section having a first end piece and a second end piece; an encapsulation member which encloses the body section between the end pieces, wherein potting material is fitted between the encapsulation member and the body section, wherein the encapsulation member has a corrugated bellows form comprising a plurality of corrugations over its entire length and is of a substantially rectangular cross section with rounded corners and adjoining flattened sections.
A building comprising a heat energy system for heating or maintaining thermal balance of an interior of at least a part of the building, wherein the heat energy system comprising containers built near to surrounding surfaces of the building, wherein said containers define a fluid volume which is filled with heat transporting fluid, said containers are closed containers built near to at least two opposite lateral surrounding surfaces and at least a part of upper and lower horizontal surrounding surfaces (13, 14), of said building; the neighboring containers are interconnected via joint elements in such a manner that all containers define one closed fluid volume filled with said heat transporting fluid, characterized in that each container is divided into two parts by a separating plate which is parallel to the side of the container, one of the parts is connected to the closed fluid volume and the other part constitutes a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is connected to a conventional energy system of the building and/or to a heat storage unit. said containers define a fluid volume which is filled with heat transporting fluid, said containers are closed containers built near to at least two opposite lateral surrounding surfaces and at least a part of upper and lower horizontal surrounding surfaces (13, 14), of said building; the neighboring containers are interconnected via joint elements in such a manner that all containers define one closed fluid volume filled with said heat transporting fluid, characterized in that each container is divided into two parts by a separating plate which is parallel to the side of the container, one of the parts is connected to the closed fluid volume and the other part constitutes a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is connected to a conventional energy system of the building and/or to a heat storage unit.
An implantable device configured to deliver, to an injured bone site, components for revascularisation and bone repair, and designed to treat Avascular Necrosis and aid in musculo-skeletal tissue healing, the device comprising: a first osteoconductive scaffold component comprising growth factors present in platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow aspirate, for inducing cellular events that initiate healing; and comprising a porous biomaterial of which the pores of the biomaterial have a relatively small pore size, of 2 - 10 μM, sized to hold and deliver to the injured bone site, the growth factors present in the platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow aspirate; and comprising a second osteoconductive scaffold component comprising viable autologous osteogenic and/or angiogenic cells present in bone marrow aspirate; and comprising a porous biomaterial of which the pores of the biomaterial have a relatively larger pore size of 100 - 350 μM sized to hold and deliver to the injured bone site, the viable autologous osteogenic and/or angiogenic cells present in the bone marrow aspirate, and wherein the device also comprises a third scaffold component comprising a biomimetic bone generating agent, wherein the biomimetic bone generating agent comprises an inorganic bone precursor, and wherein the inorganic bone precursor comprises a calcium phosphate based compound that promotes bone cell proliferation and vascularity, and whereby the scaffold components provide a stable mechanical environment for promoting bone cell proliferation and vascularity.
A composition comprising: poly(4-methylpent-1-ene); and hollow glass microspheres, wherein the composition has a density of less than 0.8 grams per cubic centimeter. poly(4-methylpent-1-ene); and hollow glass microspheres, wherein the composition has a density of less than 0.8 grams per cubic centimeter.
A dust collecting system comprising: a dust collector and a dust collector motor, a clamp sensor detachably encircling a cord supplying power to a power tool, wherein the cord includes a neutral conductor and a hot conductor, characterized in that: the clamp body houses a plurality of sensors that, in response to current flow through the cord, generate a plurality of sensor signals; the sensor signals being provided to conditioning circuits which create conditioned signals, the system further comprising a selection circuit that generates a positive output signal by selecting a highest signal from among the conditioned signals and generates a negative output signal by selecting a lowest signal from among the conditioned signals; a detection circuit connected to the selection circuit that generates a current detection signal in response to a difference between the positive and negative output signals exceeding a threshold value; and a motor control circuit that selectively turns on the dust collector motor of the dust collecting system apparatus in response to the current detection signal. a dust collector and a dust collector motor, a clamp sensor detachably encircling a cord supplying power to a power tool, wherein the cord includes a neutral conductor and a hot conductor, characterized in that: the clamp body houses a plurality of sensors that, in response to current flow through the cord, generate a plurality of sensor signals; the sensor signals being provided to conditioning circuits which create conditioned signals, the system further comprising a selection circuit that generates a positive output signal by selecting a highest signal from among the conditioned signals and generates a negative output signal by selecting a lowest signal from among the conditioned signals; a detection circuit connected to the selection circuit that generates a current detection signal in response to a difference between the positive and negative output signals exceeding a threshold value; and a motor control circuit that selectively turns on the dust collector motor of the dust collecting system apparatus in response to the current detection signal. the clamp body houses a plurality of sensors that, in response to current flow through the cord, generate a plurality of sensor signals; the sensor signals being provided to conditioning circuits which create conditioned signals, the system further comprising a selection circuit that generates a positive output signal by selecting a highest signal from among the conditioned signals and generates a negative output signal by selecting a lowest signal from among the conditioned signals; a detection circuit connected to the selection circuit that generates a current detection signal in response to a difference between the positive and negative output signals exceeding a threshold value; and a motor control circuit that selectively turns on the dust collector motor of the dust collecting system apparatus in response to the current detection signal.
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a negative electrode comprising an oxide of titanium; a positive electrode comprising a nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide represented by a composition formula Li 1-a Ni x Co y Mn z O 2, subscripts x, y, and z satisfying an inequality 0.1 ≤ x/(y + z) ≤ 1.3, subscript a satisfying 0 ≤ a ≤ 1; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein a ratio p/n of a capacity p of the positive electrode to a capacity n of the negative electrode is within a range of 1.2 to 2, characterized in that the positive electrode has a surface state where a ratio A S /A Ni of a S atom abundance ratio A S to a Ni atom abundance ratio A Ni obtained by subjecting a surface of the positive electrode to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement is 0.4 to 5. a negative electrode comprising an oxide of titanium; a positive electrode comprising a nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide represented by a composition formula Li 1-a Ni x Co y Mn z O 2, subscripts x, y, and z satisfying an inequality 0.1 ≤ x/(y + z) ≤ 1.3, subscript a satisfying 0 ≤ a ≤ 1; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein a ratio p/n of a capacity p of the positive electrode to a capacity n of the negative electrode is within a range of 1.2 to 2, characterized in that the positive electrode has a surface state where a ratio A S /A Ni of a S atom abundance ratio A S to a Ni atom abundance ratio A Ni obtained by subjecting a surface of the positive electrode to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement is 0.4 to 5.