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A method of controlling a dryer stand, which includes a receptacle allowing a dryer for discharging drying air to be mounted and rotatable in a horizontal direction, and an air purification unit, comprising: (a) detecting the dryer mounted on the receptacle; (b) charging a battery provided in the dryer when the dryer mounted on the receptacle is detected; (c) determining whether a predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied; and (d) operating the air purification unit when it is determined that the predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied. (a) detecting the dryer mounted on the receptacle; (b) charging a battery provided in the dryer when the dryer mounted on the receptacle is detected; (c) determining whether a predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied; and (d) operating the air purification unit when it is determined that the predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied.
A silver based inorganic antibacterial agent comprising, as an effective ingredient, a compound represented by the following general formula: Ag a M b Zr c Hf d (PO 4) 3 ·nH 2 O wherein, in the formula, M is at least one ion selected from alkali metal ion selected from Na ion and K ion, hydrogen ion and ammonium ion, a, b, c and d are positive numbers which satisfy a+b+4(c+d)=9, c and d satisfy 1.75<(c+d)<2.25, and n is 0 or a positive number of not more than 2.
Device for the comminution of foodstuffs, having a base part which has a receptacle for a cutting part and to which an actuation part can be articulatedly fixed such that, for pushing through food items for comminution, the actuation part can be pivoted toward the cutting part, characterized in that a food slicer is provided which, as a replacement for the actuation part or in addition to the actuation part, is articulatedly fixable or fixed to the base part.
Reactor for obtaining gas from biomass or organic residues comprising a support structure for the reactor and a cylinder arranged in a horizontal position, characterised in that all the stages of the gasification process occur in internal sections separated by helical spirals (6.1-6.7) located in the inner cylindrical surface of the cylinder which defines at least one supply and drying section, one pyrolysis section, one partial oxidation section and one gasification section, wherein the cylinder has a number of pathways for perimeter rolling at the ends thereof, which are supported on a number of bearings (22.1-22.2, 23.1-23.2) fixed to the support structure of the reactor, designed such that any expansion along the reactor are absorbed, and wherein the reactor further comprises a drive system which transmits a rotational speed-controlled movement in both directions to the cylinder.
A method for determining the percent fetal cell-free DNA in a maternal sample from a pregnant female with an egg donor pregnancy, comprising: providing a maternal sample comprising maternal and fetal cell-free DNA; interrogating two or more selected polymorphic nucleic acid regions; detecting the interrogated nucleic acid regions; determining a relative frequency of polymorphisms in the interrogated nucleic acid regions to identify egg donor informative loci, wherein the egg donor informative loci include loci in which the maternal DNA and the fetal DNA differ in at least one allele, and exclude loci in which the fetal alleles both differ from the maternal alleles; and calculating a percent fetal cell-free DNA using the identified egg donor informative loci. providing a maternal sample comprising maternal and fetal cell-free DNA; interrogating two or more selected polymorphic nucleic acid regions; detecting the interrogated nucleic acid regions; determining a relative frequency of polymorphisms in the interrogated nucleic acid regions to identify egg donor informative loci, wherein the egg donor informative loci include loci in which the maternal DNA and the fetal DNA differ in at least one allele, and exclude loci in which the fetal alleles both differ from the maternal alleles; and calculating a percent fetal cell-free DNA using the identified egg donor informative loci.
A surgical arm control system for controlling an articulated arm in which a plurality of joints (1422a, 1422b, 1422c) is rotatably connected by a plurality of links (1421a, 1421b, 1421c) and which is capable of supporting an oblique-viewing endoscope at a tip; wherein the control system is configured to control the articulated arm to change a position and a posture of the oblique-viewing endoscope, the control system is configured to control a rotation speed of the oblique-viewing endoscope based on information specifying a position of an observation target in a visual field imaged through the oblique-viewing endoscope; wherein the control system is configured to reduce the rotation speed as the distance from the center of the visual field to the position of the observation target in the visual field increases. the control system is configured to control the articulated arm to change a position and a posture of the oblique-viewing endoscope, the control system is configured to control a rotation speed of the oblique-viewing endoscope based on information specifying a position of an observation target in a visual field imaged through the oblique-viewing endoscope; wherein the control system is configured to reduce the rotation speed as the distance from the center of the visual field to the position of the observation target in the visual field increases.
Machine element with a roller bearing contact surface (5, 6) which is formed by a steel material of the following composition (specifications respectively in wt.%): - carbon: 0.30 to 0.60 - silicon: ≤ 0.5 - manganese: 1.5 to 2.5 - phosphorus: ≤ 0.04 - sulfur: ≤ 0.03 - chromium: 12 to 14.5 - molybdenum: 0.35 to 0.7 - nickel: 0.3 to 0.7 - nitrogen: 0.1 to 0.2 - vanadium: ≤ 0.2 - remainder: iron and impurities resulting from the steel production, wherein - the sum of the carbon content and the nitrogen content of the steel material is at least 0.6 wt.% and at most 0.7 wt.%, - the ratio of carbon content to nitrogen content of the steel material is at least 2.7 and at most 3.1, - the pitting resistance equivalent number value of the steel material is at least 15 and at most 20, wherein the definition applied to the pitting resistance equivalent number value = chromium content +3.3 x the molybdenum content + 16 x the nitrogen content, each respectively in wt.%, - the sum of the carbon content and the nitrogen content of the steel material is at least 0.6 wt.% and at most 0.7 wt.%, - the ratio of carbon content to nitrogen content of the steel material is at least 2.7 and at most 3.1, - the pitting resistance equivalent number value of the steel material is at least 15 and at most 20,
A wavelength-stabilised narrow-linewidth mode-locked picosecond laser system comprising: a laser cavity which includes: an amplifier; a modelocking element; and a fiber Bragg grating which acts as a narrowband reflector, a mount to which the fiber Bragg grating is mounted under tension; a tension control system to adjust the tension of the fiber Bragg grating; a measurement device to provide a measurement output related to a current operating wavelength of the fiber Bragg grating, and a controller to wavelength-stabilise the laser by controlling the tension control system responsive to the measurement output, wherein the controller is configured to receive a feedback signal derived from the measurement device and to generate a responsive control signal for electrically controlling the tension control system, wherein the tension control system comprises one or more temperature control devices to control the temperature of at least part of the mount to cause thermal expansion or contraction of the at least part of the mount, thereby to adjust the tension of the fiber Bragg grating. a laser cavity which includes: an amplifier; a modelocking element; and a fiber Bragg grating which acts as a narrowband reflector, an amplifier; a modelocking element; and a fiber Bragg grating which acts as a narrowband reflector, a mount to which the fiber Bragg grating is mounted under tension; a tension control system to adjust the tension of the fiber Bragg grating; a measurement device to provide a measurement output related to a current operating wavelength of the fiber Bragg grating, and a controller to wavelength-stabilise the laser by controlling the tension control system responsive to the measurement output, wherein the controller is configured to receive a feedback signal derived from the measurement device and to generate a responsive control signal for electrically controlling the tension control system, wherein the tension control system comprises one or more temperature control devices to control the temperature of at least part of the mount to cause thermal expansion or contraction of the at least part of the mount, thereby to adjust the tension of the fiber Bragg grating.
A composite film for EMI shielding having at least two layers, a top layer electrically conductive in all directions (isotropic), and a bottom layer electrically conductive only in the Z direction (anisotropic) after compression of the composite film with a heated pressure source, wherein: the top layer comprises a polymeric resin filled with conductive filler particles at a loading level effective to establish isotropic conductivity, said top layer conductive filler loading being 15 volume percent or greater with respect to the total composition of the top layer; the bottom layer comprises an adhesive polymeric resin filled with conductive particles at a loading level effective to establish anisotropic conductivity after compression of the composite film with a heated pressure source, said bottom layer conductive filler loading level being from 1 to 5 volume percent with respect to the total composition of the bottom layer; said bottom layer further comprises dielectric fillers with a particle size smaller than the particle size of the conductive filler, which dielectric fillers are present at a loading level in the range of 10 weight percent to 80 weight percent based on the composition of the bottom layer; and, the composite film is prepared either by laminating the conductive top layer to the bottom layer or by coating the bottom layer directly onto the top layer. the top layer comprises a polymeric resin filled with conductive filler particles at a loading level effective to establish isotropic conductivity, said top layer conductive filler loading being 15 volume percent or greater with respect to the total composition of the top layer; the bottom layer comprises an adhesive polymeric resin filled with conductive particles at a loading level effective to establish anisotropic conductivity after compression of the composite film with a heated pressure source, said bottom layer conductive filler loading level being from 1 to 5 volume percent with respect to the total composition of the bottom layer; said bottom layer further comprises dielectric fillers with a particle size smaller than the particle size of the conductive filler, which dielectric fillers are present at a loading level in the range of 10 weight percent to 80 weight percent based on the composition of the bottom layer; and, the composite film is prepared either by laminating the conductive top layer to the bottom layer or by coating the bottom layer directly onto the top layer.
A blind fastener configured to be installed in a bore of a given length, the blind fastener comprising: a sleeve member configured to deform during installation of the blind fastener, the sleeve member having a predefined outer surface region that is arranged to be disposed within the bore after installation of the blind fastener; a bolt member at least partially received within the sleeve member; and an electrically insulating member fixedly disposed on the sleeve member, wherein the insulating member and the sleeve member are mutually configured such that the insulating member is present on a first sub-region of the predefined outer surface region and is not present on a second sub-region of the predefined outer surface region, each of the first and second sub-regions comprising a complete circumference of the sleeve member, wherein the bolt member has a head end, on which a head is formed; and the second sub-region is relatively nearer to the head end of the bolt member than the first sub-region. a sleeve member configured to deform during installation of the blind fastener, the sleeve member having a predefined outer surface region that is arranged to be disposed within the bore after installation of the blind fastener; a bolt member at least partially received within the sleeve member; and an electrically insulating member fixedly disposed on the sleeve member, wherein the insulating member and the sleeve member are mutually configured such that the insulating member is present on a first sub-region of the predefined outer surface region and is not present on a second sub-region of the predefined outer surface region, each of the first and second sub-regions comprising a complete circumference of the sleeve member, wherein the bolt member has a head end, on which a head is formed; and the second sub-region is relatively nearer to the head end of the bolt member than the first sub-region.
Apparatus for evacuating a gas stream comprising a corrosive fluid exhausted from a processing chamber, comprising: a dry pumping arrangement for evacuating the gas stream comprising a corrosive fluid from the processing chamber; a liquid ring pump arranged for evacuating the gas stream comprising a corrosive fluid from the dry pump and at least partially reducing the corrosive fluid content of the gas stream by dissolving said corrosive fluid into the service liquid of the liquid ring pump; a separator for separating, from the service liquid and remaining gas stream mixture exhausted from the liquid ring pump, the remaining gas stream; and an abatement arrangement for treating the separated remaining gas stream exhausted from the separator and characterised in that the liquid ring pump comprises a drive shaft (82, 84), connected for driving the rotor for pumping gas in a stator, said liquid ring pump being adapted to be installed in a vertical orientation with the drive shaft extending in a substantially vertical orientation; and a vertical gas inlet, configured to be parallel to the vertical axis of rotation and receive gas conveyed in a substantially downward direction so that any particulates in the exhaust gas stream are conveyed in the direction of gravity into the pump. a dry pumping arrangement for evacuating the gas stream comprising a corrosive fluid from the processing chamber; a liquid ring pump arranged for evacuating the gas stream comprising a corrosive fluid from the dry pump and at least partially reducing the corrosive fluid content of the gas stream by dissolving said corrosive fluid into the service liquid of the liquid ring pump; a separator for separating, from the service liquid and remaining gas stream mixture exhausted from the liquid ring pump, the remaining gas stream; and an abatement arrangement for treating the separated remaining gas stream exhausted from the separator and characterised in that the liquid ring pump comprises a drive shaft (82, 84), connected for driving the rotor for pumping gas in a stator, said liquid ring pump being adapted to be installed in a vertical orientation with the drive shaft extending in a substantially vertical orientation; and a vertical gas inlet, configured to be parallel to the vertical axis of rotation and receive gas conveyed in a substantially downward direction so that any particulates in the exhaust gas stream are conveyed in the direction of gravity into the pump.
A floating connector system of an offshore energy converter device, the system comprising: a buoy having a floating I-tube providing buoyancy to the floating connector system; at least two cables for connecting the offshore energy device to additional offshore energy converter devices, the at least two cables entering the interior of the floating I-tube from a bottom end and running to the top end; and a joint box for coupling to the offshore energy device and for providing an electrical connection of the at least two cables to a switchgear of the offshore energy device, wherein the buoy has a first configuration in which the floating I-tube is air-tight at a top end providing the buoyancy and a second configuration in which an interior of the floating I-tube is accessible at the top end and the floating I-tube is not air-tight at the top end, the joint box is disposed at the top end of the floating I-tube and is accessible only in the second configuration, when the joint box is coupled to the offshore energy device and the buoy is in the second configuration, an electrical circuit with the at least two cables may be completed through the offshore energy device via the switchgear, and, when the joint box is disconnected from the offshore energy device and the buoy is in the first configuration and deployed from the offshore energy device, air retained at the top end of the floating I-tube provides the primary source of buoyancy to the floating connector system. a buoy having a floating I-tube providing buoyancy to the floating connector system; at least two cables for connecting the offshore energy device to additional offshore energy converter devices, the at least two cables entering the interior of the floating I-tube from a bottom end and running to the top end; and a joint box for coupling to the offshore energy device and for providing an electrical connection of the at least two cables to a switchgear of the offshore energy device, wherein the buoy has a first configuration in which the floating I-tube is air-tight at a top end providing the buoyancy and a second configuration in which an interior of the floating I-tube is accessible at the top end and the floating I-tube is not air-tight at the top end, the joint box is disposed at the top end of the floating I-tube and is accessible only in the second configuration, when the joint box is coupled to the offshore energy device and the buoy is in the second configuration, an electrical circuit with the at least two cables may be completed through the offshore energy device via the switchgear, and, when the joint box is disconnected from the offshore energy device and the buoy is in the first configuration and deployed from the offshore energy device, air retained at the top end of the floating I-tube provides the primary source of buoyancy to the floating connector system.
A discharge method for a voltage sourced converter direct-current transmission line, comprising: unlocking a converter valve; generating an additional control signal by an additional controller and superimposing the additional control signal on a reference voltage output by a main controller of a voltage sourced converter direct-current transmission system, so that the converter valve generates a harmonic current in a three-phase bridge arm of a converter; and locking the converter when a direct-current transmission line voltage is lower than a voltage setting or an average voltage of normal operating submodules in the bridge arm of the converter is lower than a submodule operating voltage setting. unlocking a converter valve; generating an additional control signal by an additional controller and superimposing the additional control signal on a reference voltage output by a main controller of a voltage sourced converter direct-current transmission system, so that the converter valve generates a harmonic current in a three-phase bridge arm of a converter; and locking the converter when a direct-current transmission line voltage is lower than a voltage setting or an average voltage of normal operating submodules in the bridge arm of the converter is lower than a submodule operating voltage setting.
A system for marking a strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610), comprising: a loading area for introducing the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) onto a conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506); a camera (214, 318) for capturing an image of the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) when the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) is moved by the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) to an imaging area; a printer (218, 324, 500) for printing guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) on the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) when the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) moves the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) from the imaging area to a printing area, wherein the printer (218, 324, 500) is configured to print a first guideline (102, 104, 106, 220) of the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) within a threshold distance of a second guideline (102, 104, 106, 220) of the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220); and a computing device (216, 322) for determining a position of the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) from the image, and based on the position, instructing the printer (218, 324, 500) where to print the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) on the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610). a loading area for introducing the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) onto a conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506); a camera (214, 318) for capturing an image of the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) when the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) is moved by the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) to an imaging area; a printer (218, 324, 500) for printing guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) on the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) when the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) moves the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) from the imaging area to a printing area, wherein the printer (218, 324, 500) is configured to print a first guideline (102, 104, 106, 220) of the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) within a threshold distance of a second guideline (102, 104, 106, 220) of the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220); and a computing device (216, 322) for determining a position of the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610) from the image, and based on the position, instructing the printer (218, 324, 500) where to print the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) on the strobel (100, 202, 302, 608, 610).
A method for acquiring simultaneous and overlapping optical and charged-particle beam images of a sample mounted on a mechanical scanning stage in a multi-beam microscope; the multi-beam microscope having a first imaging beam comprising charged particles having a first focus, a second imaging beam comprising light having a second focus with a spot size that defines a sample pixel area, the method comprising: aligning the imaging beams (120,130) on the sample so that the first focus and the second focus overlap at a coincidence point; locating the sample so as to place a selected object plane at the coincidence point; specifying a region of interest within the object plane for image acquisition; scanning the sample using the mechanical scanning stage to cover the entire region of interest with the imaging beams (120,130); and recording imaging signals corresponding to the imaging beams while scanning proceeds, whereby the recorded images form pixel-by-pixel simultaneous and overlapping images corresponding to the first and second imaging beams (120,130). aligning the imaging beams (120,130) on the sample so that the first focus and the second focus overlap at a coincidence point; locating the sample so as to place a selected object plane at the coincidence point; specifying a region of interest within the object plane for image acquisition; scanning the sample using the mechanical scanning stage to cover the entire region of interest with the imaging beams (120,130); and recording imaging signals corresponding to the imaging beams while scanning proceeds, whereby the recorded images form pixel-by-pixel simultaneous and overlapping images corresponding to the first and second imaging beams (120,130).