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A method of fabricating electrodes having protruding nanofeatures, comprising: growing metal oxide nanofeatures on a metal or metal alloy wire using a heat treatment in an oxidizing environment; depositing an electrically conducting material on said nanofeatures to form coated nanofeatures, and depositing an electrochemically active material coating onto said coated nanofeatures to form at least one nanofeatured electrode. growing metal oxide nanofeatures on a metal or metal alloy wire using a heat treatment in an oxidizing environment; depositing an electrically conducting material on said nanofeatures to form coated nanofeatures, and depositing an electrochemically active material coating onto said coated nanofeatures to form at least one nanofeatured electrode.
A medical probe comprising: a probe body extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising: an interior surface; an exterior surface; a proximal portion including a proximal end portion adapted for connection to an endoscopy instrument; and a distal portion including a distal tip and being adapted for insertion into a body of a patient, wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the distal portion has a coating of diamond-like carbon or diamond-like carbon derivative; an aspiration lumen surrounding the probe body; and an irrigation lumen surrounding the aspiration lumen. a probe body extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising: an interior surface; an exterior surface; a proximal portion including a proximal end portion adapted for connection to an endoscopy instrument; and a distal portion including a distal tip and being adapted for insertion into a body of a patient, wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the distal portion has a coating of diamond-like carbon or diamond-like carbon derivative; an interior surface; an exterior surface; a proximal portion including a proximal end portion adapted for connection to an endoscopy instrument; and a distal portion including a distal tip and being adapted for insertion into a body of a patient, wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the distal portion has a coating of diamond-like carbon or diamond-like carbon derivative; an aspiration lumen surrounding the probe body; and an irrigation lumen surrounding the aspiration lumen.
A planetary gear system, comprising: a carrier; a gear defining a central axis; a pin extending along the central axis and coupling the gear to the carrier; a roller bearing disposed between the pin and the gear, the roller bearing comprising a plurality of roller elements; a journal bearing disposed between the pin and the gear; and a journal fluid disposed between the journal bearing and the pin, wherein the journal fluid is a liquid. a carrier; a gear defining a central axis; a pin extending along the central axis and coupling the gear to the carrier; a roller bearing disposed between the pin and the gear, the roller bearing comprising a plurality of roller elements; a journal bearing disposed between the pin and the gear; and a journal fluid disposed between the journal bearing and the pin, wherein the journal fluid is a liquid.
Method for checking the suitability, before spreading and distribution, of granulated mineral fertilizer of a mineral fertilizer type to be spread and/or fertilizer mixtures of various mineral fertilizer types to be spread and/or fertilizer variants composed of a plurality of mineral fertilizer types for discharging with a centrifugal fertilizer spreader with driven distribution elements, characterized in that at least one photograph or a plurality of photographs are produced, by means of a camera device, of the granulated mineral fertilizer of a mineral fertilizer type to be spread and/or of the fertilizer mixture of various mineral fertilizer types to be spread and/or the fertilizer components of the fertilizer mixture of various mineral fertilizer types to be spread and/or at least one sample of the above mineral fertilizer types and/or fertilizer variants to be discharged, and in that the at least one photograph or plurality of photographs of the above mineral fertilizer types and/or fertilizer variants are compared with stored basic data by means of an evaluation program which is stored in an electronic device, and the suitability and/or non-suitability of the above photographed mineral fertilizer types and/or fertilizer variants are/is determined therefrom, in that the determined result is output by means of at least one output device and in that when the suitability of the above photographed mineral fertilizer types and/or fertilizer variants for spreading with a centrifugal fertilizer spreader is established, setting data for at least one working width setting of the centrifugal fertilizer spreader is also output for the above photographed fertilizer types and/or fertilizer variants by means of at least one output device.
Method for extruding and labeling a packaging tube comprising the following successive steps performed on an extrusion/labeling line a) formation of a partially or completely tubular label from a film, b) placement of the label into a calibration element, c) extrusion of a tubular body on the side of the concave face of the label, d) bringing the outer face of the tubular body into contact with the concave face of the label, step (c) being performed in the calibration element. a) formation of a partially or completely tubular label from a film, b) placement of the label into a calibration element, c) extrusion of a tubular body on the side of the concave face of the label, d) bringing the outer face of the tubular body into contact with the concave face of the label,
Method for the production, recognition, identification, reading and traceability of a seal or label, comprising the steps of: - preparing a mold for said seal or label, - injecting inside a molding chamber of the mold a first material constituting a matrix of the seal or label, - injecting inside the molding chamber of the mold a second, tracking material, which is mixed into the matrix at random, creating a pattern inside the matrix, said pattern defining a marking of the seal or label. wherein said injection steps of the first and second material (72,76) are carried out before the materials are introduced into the mold so as to pre-mix said materials before they enter into said molding chamber, wherein the molding chamber is shaped so that, following extraction from the mold, the seal or label has a reading area of the marking of the seal or label said reading area being a subset of said seal or label, wherein said reading area of the marking of the seal or label is delimited by a perimeter groove or a bas-relief. - preparing a mold for said seal or label, - injecting inside a molding chamber of the mold a first material constituting a matrix of the seal or label, - injecting inside the molding chamber of the mold a second, tracking material, which is mixed into the matrix at random, creating a pattern inside the matrix, said pattern defining a marking of the seal or label. wherein said injection steps of the first and second material (72,76) are carried out before the materials are introduced into the mold so as to pre-mix said materials before they enter into said molding chamber, wherein the molding chamber is shaped so that, following extraction from the mold, the seal or label has a reading area of the marking of the seal or label said reading area being a subset of said seal or label, wherein said reading area of the marking of the seal or label is delimited by a perimeter groove or a bas-relief.
A method of making an electrode structure for use in a double layer capacitor, comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of electrodes, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising: a current collector; a primary coating formed on each side of the current collector, the primary coating including conducting carbon powder and a binder; and a secondary coating formed on each primary coating, the secondary coating including activated carbon powder, a solvent and a binder; positioning a respective separator between each of the plurality of electrodes while stacking the plurality of electrodes on top of each other such that the respective separator is juxtaposed against respective secondary coatings of adjacent ones of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the respective separator electrically insulates the adjacent ones of the plurality of electrodes from each other, whereby forming a stack of the plurality of electrodes with a respective separator positioned in between respective ones of the plurality of electrodes; and rolling the electrode stack starting at one end of the electrode stack into a cylindrical structure, characterised in that a portion of the primary coating is removed from an edge of each side of the current collector. forming a plurality of electrodes, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising: a current collector; a primary coating formed on each side of the current collector, the primary coating including conducting carbon powder and a binder; and a secondary coating formed on each primary coating, the secondary coating including activated carbon powder, a solvent and a binder; a current collector; a primary coating formed on each side of the current collector, the primary coating including conducting carbon powder and a binder; and a secondary coating formed on each primary coating, the secondary coating including activated carbon powder, a solvent and a binder; positioning a respective separator between each of the plurality of electrodes while stacking the plurality of electrodes on top of each other such that the respective separator is juxtaposed against respective secondary coatings of adjacent ones of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the respective separator electrically insulates the adjacent ones of the plurality of electrodes from each other, whereby forming a stack of the plurality of electrodes with a respective separator positioned in between respective ones of the plurality of electrodes; and rolling the electrode stack starting at one end of the electrode stack into a cylindrical structure, characterised in that a portion of the primary coating is removed from an edge of each side of the current collector.
A thickness measuring device, comprising: a radiation source adapted to irradiate a measurement object with radiation; a radiation detector that is disposed facing the radiation source across the measurement object, and that is adapted to detect the radiation transmitted through the measurement object; multiple A/D converters that are individually connected to the radiation detector, and that are adapted to convert output signals from the radiation detector to digital values; a thickness calculator that is adapted to calculate a thickness of the measurement object based on the digital values from the A/D converters; an anomaly detector that is individually adapted to detect an anomaly of the A/D converters; and an excluder that is adapted to exclude an A/D converter having an anomaly detected by the anomaly detector, from subjects of calculation by the thickness calculator. a radiation source adapted to irradiate a measurement object with radiation; a radiation detector that is disposed facing the radiation source across the measurement object, and that is adapted to detect the radiation transmitted through the measurement object; multiple A/D converters that are individually connected to the radiation detector, and that are adapted to convert output signals from the radiation detector to digital values; a thickness calculator that is adapted to calculate a thickness of the measurement object based on the digital values from the A/D converters; an anomaly detector that is individually adapted to detect an anomaly of the A/D converters; and an excluder that is adapted to exclude an A/D converter having an anomaly detected by the anomaly detector, from subjects of calculation by the thickness calculator.
A vertical jacketed straight tube countercurrent condenser for operation at sub-atmospheric pressures, wherein the condensing steam flows on the shell side of the condenser and the cooling water on the tube side, the countercurrent condenser being two pass on both the shell side and the tube side, whereby the heat surface of the first pass on the shell side is formed from heat surface tubes attached at their lower end to a lower tube sheet; and the heat surface of the second pass on the shell side is formed from heat surface tubes attached at their upper end to an upper tube sheet and at their lower end to either the lower tube sheet or to a separate lower tube sheet, whereby the steam spaces (14, 15) of the shell side first and second passes are interconnected by means of an opening or openings; whereby the flow direction of the steam in the steam space of the shell side first pass, in which space the main condensation of steam occurs, is upwards, stripping the counter-flowing condensate downward stream which has been formed from the steam; and it is countercurrent to the tube-side second pass cooling water flow, which appears as a falling film on the inner surface of the heat surface tubes at essentially normal pressure; and in the shell-side second-pass steam space the steam flow is downwards, countercurrent to the first-pass cooling water stream which is upwards inside the tubes, characterized in that the heat surface tubes are also attached at their upper end to an upper tube sheet, and in that the opening or openings is or are located between the upper end of a separating wall (4, 50) dividing the shell space and an upper tube sheet.
Method for detecting a user input on the basis of a gesture, in which image data are captured, the captured image data comprising picture elements and the picture elements having associated distance information, which is captured at least by a time-of-flight camera, an ultrasonic system, a laser scanner or a stereo camera, and the captured image data being filtered on the basis of the distance information; the filtered image data are used to perform a segmentation, an object being determined by an outline; the object is used to determine a reference point; a distance from the reference point is respectively determined for a multiplicity of points on the outline of the object and the distances are used to produce a measured distance profile, the reference point being the geometric centroid of the object; the measured distance profile is used to determine a gesture; and the gesture determined is used to generate and output an output signal. image data are captured, the captured image data comprising picture elements and the picture elements having associated distance information, which is captured at least by a time-of-flight camera, an ultrasonic system, a laser scanner or a stereo camera, and the captured image data being filtered on the basis of the distance information; the filtered image data are used to perform a segmentation, an object being determined by an outline; the object is used to determine a reference point; a distance from the reference point is respectively determined for a multiplicity of points on the outline of the object and the distances are used to produce a measured distance profile, the reference point being the geometric centroid of the object; the measured distance profile is used to determine a gesture; and the gesture determined is used to generate and output an output signal.
Milling head including two milling tools (1, la, lb), wherein the milling tools (1, la, 1b) for the machining processing of workpieces include in each case one rotational axis and at least one cutter carrier having at least one cutting edge, wherein on the milling tools (1, la, 1b) is provided in each case at least one vane element with a curvature and the vane element during the rotation of the respective milling tool (1, la, 1b) about its rotational axis generates an airflow for the removal of abraded shavings and the milling tools are disposed parallel to one another, characterised in that the milling tools (1, la, 1b) of the milling head are designed as front-facing cutters, which have cutters on their end faces facing towards the profile to be processed, wherein the milling tools (1, la, 1b) are connected axially and distanced from the rotational axis in a twist-resistant manner with one another by means of a connecting disc.
Containing device for food products, obtained by folding a suitably shaped sheet, comprising lateral walls (11, 12, 13, 14) associated with each other, a bottom wall and a closing wall configured to selectively open/close a compartment defined by the bottom wall and by the lateral walls (11, 12, 13, 14), the containing device further comprising a plurality of separator elements, also obtained by folding said sheet, located inside the compartment, having a height lower than the height of the lateral walls (11, 12, 13, 14) and configured to define a support plane and form a plurality of seatings located under said support plane, characterized in that said containing device comprises a container containing food products positioned on said support plane, and at least one temperature conditioning device, positioned in at least one of said seatings under said container and cooperating with the latter to condition the temperature of the food product contained in said container.
A photoelectric conversion device, comprising: a doped semiconductor substrate (10, 100) comprising a front side and a back side; a protective layer (60, 600) formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate (10,100); a first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200) formed on the back side of the semiconductor substrate (10,100); a first conductive layer (30, 300) including a doped non-single crystalline semiconductor layer comprising a first impurity formed on a first portion of a back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200); a second conductive layer (31, 310) including a doped non-single crystalline semiconductor layer comprising the first impurity and a second impurity formed on a second portion of the back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200), wherein an electric polarity of the first impurity is opposite to the electric polarity of the second impurity; and a trench between the first conductive layer (30, 300) and the second conductive layer (31, 310), wherein a portion of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200) is exposed by the trench, wherein a concentration of the first impurity is less than that of the second impurity. a doped semiconductor substrate (10, 100) comprising a front side and a back side; a protective layer (60, 600) formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate (10,100); a first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200) formed on the back side of the semiconductor substrate (10,100); a first conductive layer (30, 300) including a doped non-single crystalline semiconductor layer comprising a first impurity formed on a first portion of a back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200); a second conductive layer (31, 310) including a doped non-single crystalline semiconductor layer comprising the first impurity and a second impurity formed on a second portion of the back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200), wherein an electric polarity of the first impurity is opposite to the electric polarity of the second impurity; and a trench between the first conductive layer (30, 300) and the second conductive layer (31, 310), wherein a portion of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer (20, 200) is exposed by the trench, wherein a concentration of the first impurity is less than that of the second impurity.
No-frost chest freezer, of the type comprising a cabinet, an evaporator, ventilation means capable of causing a stream of air to circulate through said evaporator and said cabinet, comprising an auxiliary element equipped with a plurality of openings ( 28 a) capable of being introduced into the cabinet so as to form, together with the cabinet, a gap for air circulation, the ventilation means directing cold air into the cabinet, from the cabinet the air passing through the openings ( 28 a) into the gap where it is drawn towards the evaporator, wherein said evaporator is located in a zone of the cabinet ( 12 a) that is separated from the remainder of the cabinet by means of a thermally insulated wall, there being provided in said wall at least one openin g ( 16 a) for the air to pass through, and wherein said freezer comprises a door provided with internal ducts for conveying the stream of air downstream from the evaporator towards an upper zone of the cabinet, air bein g returned towards the evaporator in said gap, characterised in that the auxiliary element is a tank-like auxiliary element and the freezer comprises valve means capable of preventing the circulation of air during defrosting of the evaporator.
A process for producing a water-based pigment dispersion comprising: a first step of mixing an emulsion composition comprising a water-insoluble vinyl polymer having a solubility in water of 10 g or lower (defined and measured according to the description), and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 90,000 to 400,000 in terms of a weight average molecular weight of polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography using dimethylformamide containing 60 mmol/l of phosphoric acid and 50 mmol/l of lithium bromide as a solvent, and containing a salt-forming group, an organic solvent having a solubility in 100 g of water of from 5 to 40% by weight as measured at 20°C, a neutralizing agent and water, with a pigment to obtain a preliminary dispersion having a content of non-volatile components of from 5 to 50% by weight and a weight ratio of the organic solvent to water [organic solvent/water] of from 0.1 to 0.9; a second step of continuously dispersing the preliminary dispersion by using a media-type dispersing device and continuously separating the resultant dispersion from media particles; and a third step of further dispersing the resultant dispersion by using a homogenizer, wherein the organic solvent is selected from alcohol solvents, ketone solvents, ether solvents, aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents and halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents. a first step of mixing an emulsion composition comprising a water-insoluble vinyl polymer having a solubility in water of 10 g or lower (defined and measured according to the description), and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 90,000 to 400,000 in terms of a weight average molecular weight of polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography using dimethylformamide containing 60 mmol/l of phosphoric acid and 50 mmol/l of lithium bromide as a solvent, and containing a salt-forming group, an organic solvent having a solubility in 100 g of water of from 5 to 40% by weight as measured at 20°C, a neutralizing agent and water, with a pigment to obtain a preliminary dispersion having a content of non-volatile components of from 5 to 50% by weight and a weight ratio of the organic solvent to water [organic solvent/water] of from 0.1 to 0.9; a second step of continuously dispersing the preliminary dispersion by using a media-type dispersing device and continuously separating the resultant dispersion from media particles; and a third step of further dispersing the resultant dispersion by using a homogenizer,
Pressure gauge comprising a curved Bourdon tube which can be loaded inside with the pressure to be measured, a measurement mechanism which is coupled with the Bourdon tube, and at least one damping element which is supported on the housing side and is arranged with respect to the Bourdon tube radially outside between the Bourdon tube and the tubular pressure gauge housing and counteracts plastic deformation of the Bourdon tube, characterized in that the damping element is formed as a closed damping ring of plastic foam or microcellular rubber or as a damping ring segment of plastic foam or microcellular rubber which abuts all-round the inner wall of the tubular pressure gauge housing.