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An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet; a fixing section configured to heat the sheet having the image formed thereon to a fixing temperature; and a control section configured to determine a time period in which a temperature of the fixing section is changed between first and second temperatures, and to adjust parameters of the image forming section to reduce deterioration in image quality of the image formed by the image forming section so long as a length of the time period is greater than a predetermined length; characterized in that the control section is further configured to: control the fixing section to one of four temperatures including a standby temperature for decolorable toner, a fixing temperature for decolorable toner, a standby temperature for non-decolorable toner, and a fixing temperature for non-decolorable toner, and determine that the length of the time period is greater than the predetermined length if the current temperature is the standby temperature for decolorable toner and the target temperature is the fixing temperature for non-decolorable toner; wherein the first temperature is a current temperature of the fixing section and the second temperature is a target temperature. an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet; a fixing section configured to heat the sheet having the image formed thereon to a fixing temperature; and a control section configured to determine a time period in which a temperature of the fixing section is changed between first and second temperatures, and to adjust parameters of the image forming section to reduce deterioration in image quality of the image formed by the image forming section so long as a length of the time period is greater than a predetermined length; characterized in that the control section is further configured to: control the fixing section to one of four temperatures including a standby temperature for decolorable toner, a fixing temperature for decolorable toner, a standby temperature for non-decolorable toner, and a fixing temperature for non-decolorable toner, and determine that the length of the time period is greater than the predetermined length if the current temperature is the standby temperature for decolorable toner and the target temperature is the fixing temperature for non-decolorable toner; wherein the first temperature is a current temperature of the fixing section and the second temperature is a target temperature. control the fixing section to one of four temperatures including a standby temperature for decolorable toner, a fixing temperature for decolorable toner, a standby temperature for non-decolorable toner, and a fixing temperature for non-decolorable toner, and determine that the length of the time period is greater than the predetermined length if the current temperature is the standby temperature for decolorable toner and the target temperature is the fixing temperature for non-decolorable toner; wherein the first temperature is a current temperature of the fixing section and the second temperature is a target temperature.
An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition consisting of Mg: 0.10 mass% to 1.00 mass%, Si: 0.10 mass% to 1.00 mass%, Fe: 0.01 mass% to 2.50 mass%, Ti: 0.000 mass% to 0.100 mass%, B: 0.000 mass% to 0.030 mass%, Cu: 0.00 mass% to 1.00 mass%, Ag: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, Au: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, Mn: 0.00 mass% to 1.00 mass%, Cr: 0.00 mass% to 1.00 mass%, Zr: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, Hf: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, V: 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass%, Sc: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, Co: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, Ni: 0.00 mass% to 0.50 mass%, and the balance: Al and incidental impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod has an average grain size of 1 μm to 35 μm at an outer peripheral portion thereof, and an average grain size at an inner portion thereof is greater than or equal to 1.1 times the average grain size at the outer peripheral portion, wherein the outer peripheral portion is a region that includes an outer edge of the aluminum alloy wire rod and having a width of 1/10 of the diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod from the outer edge in a circular cross section perpendicular to a wire drawing direction or 1/10 of the circle equivalent diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod from the outer edge of a non-circular cross section, and an average grain size at the inner portion that is a part other than the outer peripheral portion of the aluminum alloy wire rod is 1 μm to 90 μm. wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod has an average grain size of 1 μm to 35 μm at an outer peripheral portion thereof, and an average grain size at an inner portion thereof is greater than or equal to 1.1 times the average grain size at the outer peripheral portion, wherein the outer peripheral portion is a region that includes an outer edge of the aluminum alloy wire rod and having a width of 1/10 of the diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod from the outer edge in a circular cross section perpendicular to a wire drawing direction or 1/10 of the circle equivalent diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod from the outer edge of a non-circular cross section, and an average grain size at the inner portion that is a part other than the outer peripheral portion of the aluminum alloy wire rod is 1 μm to 90 μm.
A push-button for a pressurised product dispensing system, in which said push-button includes a body having a mounting shaft on a pressurised product supply tube and a housing in communication with said shaft, in which said housing is equipped with a passage for dispensing the product between said shaft and a swirl assembly including a swirl chamber provided with a dispensing aperture as well as at least one supply channel for said chamber, in which said push-button also includes a needle movably mounted in the housing between a position closing the supply of the dispensing aperture and a position opening said supply; said needle has an actuation bearing in communication with the dispensing passage so as to enable the movement of said needle in the opening position by pressurization of the product in said passage, the needle having a distal wall arranged opposite the dispensing aperture so as to form the base of the swirl chamber when said needle is in the opening position, and said distal wall having a recess, said push-button comprising a barrel solid with the housing, the needle being movably mounted in a bore of said barrel, the dispensing aperture being formed between the periphery of said barrel and the interior of said housing, said barrel has a distal wall that is supported on the supply channels of the swirl chamber in order to form the base thereof.
A device for cleaning an inner wall surface of a bell jar for use in production of polycrystalline silicon, by causing nozzles (112; 122) to discharge a cleaning liquid at the inner wall surface, the cleaning liquid containing abrasive particles, the nozzles (112; 122) including first nozzles and second nozzles, the device comprising: - a first cleaning unit including the first nozzles of the device, which are arranged along at least half an arc of an upper-part curved inner wall surface of the bell jar, the arc passing an apex of the upper-part curved inner wall surface, the upper-part curved inner wall surface being positioned up of a cylindrical-body lateral inner wall surface of the bell jar; - a second cleaning unit including the second nozzles of the device, which are arranged along the cylindrical-body lateral inner wall surface and along a height direction which is from a lower part to an upper part of the bell jar; and - a driving mechanism connected to the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit and configured to cause the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit to move relative to the bell jar, in a state where the nozzles (112; 122) of the device are in both of (i) a first state in which the first nozzles of the first cleaning unit are put closer to the upper-part curved inner wall surface than is a center in the height direction of the bell jar and (ii) a second state in which the second nozzles of the second cleaning unit are put closer to the cylindrical-body lateral inner wall surface than is an axis of the bell jar which axis passes through the apex. - a first cleaning unit including the first nozzles of the device, which are arranged along at least half an arc of an upper-part curved inner wall surface of the bell jar, the arc passing an apex of the upper-part curved inner wall surface, the upper-part curved inner wall surface being positioned up of a cylindrical-body lateral inner wall surface of the bell jar; - a second cleaning unit including the second nozzles of the device, which are arranged along the cylindrical-body lateral inner wall surface and along a height direction which is from a lower part to an upper part of the bell jar; and - a driving mechanism connected to the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit and configured to cause the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit to move relative to the bell jar, in a state where the nozzles (112; 122) of the device are in both of (i) a first state in which the first nozzles of the first cleaning unit are put closer to the upper-part curved inner wall surface than is a center in the height direction of the bell jar and (ii) a second state in which the second nozzles of the second cleaning unit are put closer to the cylindrical-body lateral inner wall surface than is an axis of the bell jar which axis passes through the apex.
Coupling device for reversibly coupling an inlet orifice of a ladle shroud to a collector nozzle fixed to the outside of a bottom floor of a ladle in a metal casting installation, said coupling device comprising: a) a hinge frame having a central opening normal to a longitudinal axis, X1, passing through the centroid of said opening, and which is suitable for receiving a ladle shroud; b) shroud connecting means for connecting said hinge frame to a ladle shroud inserted in said central opening; c) at least a first and second elongated latches comprising a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein each of the at least first and second latches: - is pivotally mounted on a hinge at a level closer to the distal end than to the proximal end of the latch, said hinge being located on the hinge frame, such that the latch can pivot from a fixing position to an idle position, - is coupled to resilient means naturally biased to drive said latch to its fixing position, - is provided with catching means (33, 33a) located closer to the proximal end than to the distal end of the latch, such that the pivoting of anyone of the at least first and second latches about its respective hinge from its respective idle position to its respective fixing position reduces the distance separating the catching means (33, 33a) thereof from the centroid of the central opening. a) a hinge frame having a central opening normal to a longitudinal axis, X1, passing through the centroid of said opening, and which is suitable for receiving a ladle shroud; b) shroud connecting means for connecting said hinge frame to a ladle shroud inserted in said central opening; c) at least a first and second elongated latches comprising a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein each of the at least first and second latches: - is pivotally mounted on a hinge at a level closer to the distal end than to the proximal end of the latch, said hinge being located on the hinge frame, such that the latch can pivot from a fixing position to an idle position, - is coupled to resilient means naturally biased to drive said latch to its fixing position, - is provided with catching means (33, 33a) located closer to the proximal end than to the distal end of the latch, such that the pivoting of anyone of the at least first and second latches about its respective hinge from its respective idle position to its respective fixing position reduces the distance separating the catching means (33, 33a) thereof from the centroid of the central opening. - is pivotally mounted on a hinge at a level closer to the distal end than to the proximal end of the latch, said hinge being located on the hinge frame, such that the latch can pivot from a fixing position to an idle position, - is coupled to resilient means naturally biased to drive said latch to its fixing position, - is provided with catching means (33, 33a) located closer to the proximal end than to the distal end of the latch,
A measurements signals validation method for detecting dependencies of at least two data streams of sensor measurements, which are recorded on an energy generation device or on other technical devices, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - Capturing the streams of sensor data, stemming from the energy generation device or other technical devices or parts thereof; wherein the method is characterized by: - Defining a data structure with configurable length and breadth for analysis in form of a sliding window which is incrementally moved over the respective streams of sensor data so that there is an overlap between consecutive windows; - Applying an entropy-based algorithm on the data within the sliding window for calculating data stream dependencies, while incrementally moving the sliding window, wherein only updated data in the sliding window is processed by the entropy based algorithm, wherein as the window over the data moves on, elements m t of the streams that are out of date drop out and new elements m t+w+1 enter, probabilities p (m t) and p(m t+w+1) for each stream and the respective joint probabilities are adjusted and all joint probabilities are updated in a conditional entropy summation. - Capturing the streams of sensor data, stemming from the energy generation device or other technical devices or parts thereof; - Defining a data structure with configurable length and breadth for analysis in form of a sliding window which is incrementally moved over the respective streams of sensor data so that there is an overlap between consecutive windows; - Applying an entropy-based algorithm on the data within the sliding window for calculating data stream dependencies, while incrementally moving the sliding window, wherein only updated data in the sliding window is processed by the entropy based algorithm, wherein as the window over the data moves on, elements m t of the streams that are out of date drop out and new elements m t+w+1 enter, probabilities p (m t) and p(m t+w+1) for each stream and the respective joint probabilities are adjusted and all joint probabilities are updated in a conditional entropy summation.
A footing for supporting a building structure, the footing comprising: a plurality of precast concrete layers, each precast concrete layer comprising reinforcement bars and a plurality of apertures, and a base structure comprising a base plate and a plurality of alignment bars protruding from a first surface of the base plate, wherein the footing is configured such that when the plurality of precast concrete layers are positioned on top of one another, the plurality of alignment bars of the base structure extend through respective apertures of each concrete layer, characterized in that the footing further comprises a piling structure that is secured to the base structure via a second surface of the base plate that is opposite to the first surface, and in that one or more of the precast concrete layers comprises one or more slab reinforcement bars that, in use, extend into a concrete slab connecting the footing with a further footing. a plurality of precast concrete layers, each precast concrete layer comprising reinforcement bars and a plurality of apertures, and a base structure comprising a base plate and a plurality of alignment bars protruding from a first surface of the base plate, wherein the footing is configured such that when the plurality of precast concrete layers are positioned on top of one another, the plurality of alignment bars of the base structure extend through respective apertures of each concrete layer, characterized in that the footing further comprises a piling structure that is secured to the base structure via a second surface of the base plate that is opposite to the first surface, and in that one or more of the precast concrete layers comprises one or more slab reinforcement bars that, in use, extend into a concrete slab connecting the footing with a further footing.
A self attaching tag for attachment to a bag of blood or other pharmaceutical fluid, wherein the tag is made essentially of self adhesive printable plastic, said tag comprising three parts, the first part being an oblong shape longer in length than width, the second part comprising sloping shoulders which reduce the width of the tag gradually down to the third part which is essentially an attachment strip and comprises a T-shaped end which, in use, is fed through an attachment hole on the bag of blood or other pharmaceutical fluid and doubled back over said sloping shoulders part forming an attachment loop, the whole tag comprised of a plurality of layers including: a first base layer; a second layer of adhesive applied to one side of the first layer; a third layer of film attached to the first layer by the second layer of adhesive the film coated with a heat sensitive chemical layer on a surface of the film of the third layer distal from the second layer of adhesive, the heat sensitive chemical layer; a fifth layer in the form a first varnish applied to the coated surface of the film, the first varnish protective of pre-printing on the film; and a sixth layer in the form of a second varnish applied over the first varnish; characterised in that the sixth layer permits both printing thereon, and writing thereon with a ballpoint pen, by ensuring receptiveness to ball point pen ink and wherein the attachment strip comprises an area of adhesive to be exposed by peeling off a protective layer, and folded back onto a marked sealing area on the tag. a first base layer; a second layer of adhesive applied to one side of the first layer; a third layer of film attached to the first layer by the second layer of adhesive the film coated with a heat sensitive chemical layer on a surface of the film of the third layer distal from the second layer of adhesive, the heat sensitive chemical layer; a fifth layer in the form a first varnish applied to the coated surface of the film, the first varnish protective of pre-printing on the film; and a sixth layer in the form of a second varnish applied over the first varnish; characterised in that the sixth layer permits both printing thereon, and writing thereon with a ballpoint pen, by ensuring receptiveness to ball point pen ink and wherein the attachment strip comprises an area of adhesive to be exposed by peeling off a protective layer, and folded back onto a marked sealing area on the tag.
A method of block partitioning for video encoding or decoding for a video encoder or a video decoder respectively, the method comprising: receiving input data associated with a current block of video data; determining a partitioning tree structure corresponding to a conditional partitioning process for partitioning the current block of video data into one or more final sub-blocks; and applying an encoding or decoding process comprising prediction process, transform process or both to the current block of video data by applying the encoding or decoding process at a level corresponding to the final sub-blocks; characterized in that the conditional partitioning process comprises a conditional binary partitioning process that uses at least a first constraint, defining that if a given block of the partitioning tree structure is partitioned into an above block and a below block using horizontal binary partition and the above block is split into a left block and a right block using vertical binary partition, then the below block is not allowed to be split into a left block and a right block, or a second constraint, defining that if the given block of the partitioning tree structure is partitioned into a left block and a right block using vertical binary partition and the left block is split into an above block and a below block using horizontal binary partition, then the right block is not allowed to be split into an above block and a below block. receiving input data associated with a current block of video data; determining a partitioning tree structure corresponding to a conditional partitioning process for partitioning the current block of video data into one or more final sub-blocks; and applying an encoding or decoding process comprising prediction process, transform process or both to the current block of video data by applying the encoding or decoding process at a level corresponding to the final sub-blocks; characterized in that the conditional partitioning process comprises a conditional binary partitioning process that uses at least a first constraint, defining that if a given block of the partitioning tree structure is partitioned into an above block and a below block using horizontal binary partition and the above block is split into a left block and a right block using vertical binary partition, then the below block is not allowed to be split into a left block and a right block, or a second constraint, defining that if the given block of the partitioning tree structure is partitioned into a left block and a right block using vertical binary partition and the left block is split into an above block and a below block using horizontal binary partition, then the right block is not allowed to be split into an above block and a below block.
A rehabilitation system suitable for assisting an action of a paretic arm due to brain damage, the rehabilitation system comprising: a detecting unit suitable for detecting an assist action that a healthy arm of a patient assists the paretic arm of the patient; an assist unit suitable for causing the paretic arm to carry out bending and stretching actions; an adjustment unit suitable for adjusting an operation timing, operation speed, bending load or stretching load of the assist unit in response to detection of the assist action by the detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the assist unit to operate in accordance with the operation timing, operation speed, bending load or stretching load, adjusted by the adjustment unit. a detecting unit suitable for detecting an assist action that a healthy arm of a patient assists the paretic arm of the patient; an assist unit suitable for causing the paretic arm to carry out bending and stretching actions; an adjustment unit suitable for adjusting an operation timing, operation speed, bending load or stretching load of the assist unit in response to detection of the assist action by the detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the assist unit to operate in accordance with the operation timing, operation speed, bending load or stretching load, adjusted by the adjustment unit.