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A peritoneal dialysis system comprising: a fill container including an outlet tube to empty the fill container and fill a patient; and an energizing unit that removably accepts the fill container, the energizing unit including a sterilization source (462a, 462b) so configured and arranged relative to the fill container when accepted by the energizing unit to place fluid within the fill container in a physiologically safe condition for delivery to the peritoneal cavity of the patient, characterized in that the fill container includes an inlet tube enabling the fill container to be filled with a fluid and the energizing unit includes a measurement device for determining how much fluid has been delivered to the container and in that the system further comprises: a fill valve maneuverably connected to the energizing unit and operable with the inlet tube; and a dispense valve maneuverably connected to the energizing unit and operable with the outlet tube. a fill container including an outlet tube to empty the fill container and fill a patient; and an energizing unit that removably accepts the fill container, the energizing unit including a sterilization source (462a, 462b) so configured and arranged relative to the fill container when accepted by the energizing unit to place fluid within the fill container in a physiologically safe condition for delivery to the peritoneal cavity of the patient, characterized in that the fill container includes an inlet tube enabling the fill container to be filled with a fluid and the energizing unit includes a measurement device for determining how much fluid has been delivered to the container and in that the system further comprises: a fill valve maneuverably connected to the energizing unit and operable with the inlet tube; and a dispense valve maneuverably connected to the energizing unit and operable with the outlet tube. a fill valve maneuverably connected to the energizing unit and operable with the inlet tube; and a dispense valve maneuverably connected to the energizing unit and operable with the outlet tube.
Method for producing a spring element for a clockwork movement or another precision instrument comprising: provide a blade presenting a first elastic limit (σ 1), and effect a controlled micron or sub-micron structuring in or on at least one structured area of the blade, in order to modify the elastic and motor properties of the blade; characterised in that the structured area comprises cavities or holes and in that the method comprises moreover a partial or total filling step of the cavities or holes by a different material from that forming the blade.
A thermoplastic composite laminate comprising: a plurality of structural layers in a stacking arrangement, each structural layer comprising reinforcing fibers impregnated with a thermoplastic matrix resin; and a plurality of interlaminar regions, each being formed between two adjacent structural layers, wherein each interlaminar region comprises a toughening material selected from: (a) nonwoven mat or woven fabric comprising glass fibers, or carbon fibers; (b) polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymer film having toughening particles dispersed threrein, wherein the particles are made of a materi.al selected from: PAEK polymers that are different from the PAEK polymer of the· PAEK polymer film, glass, ceramic, and combination thereof; (c) nonwoven veil comprised of randomly-arranged thermoplastic fibers, and toughening particles dispersed in the veil, wherein the particles are made of a material selected from: PAEK polymers, glass, ceramic, and combination thereof; (d) toughening particles comprised of a material selected from: PAEK polymers, glass, ceramic, and combination thereof, wherein the toughening particles have a particle size of greater than 3 μm; (e) metallic mesh, or particles made of a metallic material selected from: aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel, stainless steel, and combination thereof, wherein the particles have a particle size of greater than 3 μm. (a) nonwoven mat or woven fabric comprising glass fibers, or carbon fibers; (b) polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymer film having toughening particles dispersed threrein, wherein the particles are made of a materi.al selected from: PAEK polymers that are different from the PAEK polymer of the· PAEK polymer film, glass, ceramic, and combination thereof; (c) nonwoven veil comprised of randomly-arranged thermoplastic fibers, and toughening particles dispersed in the veil, wherein the particles are made of a material selected from: PAEK polymers, glass, ceramic, and combination thereof; (d) toughening particles comprised of a material selected from: PAEK polymers, glass, ceramic, and combination thereof, wherein the toughening particles have a particle size of greater than 3 μm; (e) metallic mesh, or particles made of a metallic material selected from: aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel, stainless steel, and combination thereof, wherein the particles have a particle size of greater than 3 μm.
A method for locating a fault in a medium-voltage electrical grid, comprising the steps of - several measurement points are placed at some distance from one another along a three-phase power line, the measurement points including a measurement sensor intended for each phase conductor and placed at a distance from the phase conductor, - using the measurement sensors, the strength of each phase conductor's voltage field is measured separately at the measurement point, and - the location of the power line's disturbance and/or fault is predicted and/or isolated using a measurement of the change in the strength of the conductor's voltage and/or voltage field, characterized in that - a fault in the power line is located using remote detectors, which comprise said measurement sensors, the measurement sensors located in the vicinity of the conductors without touching the conductors, and - fault in the power line is located using the voltage impulse occurring in the conductor's voltage field, created by the fault, in such a way that the precise arrival time of the impulse is registered by the remote detectors at different measurement points and the arrival times are compared with one another, whereby the distance of the fault from the different measurement points can be calculated and the location of the fault isolated in the electrical grid. - several measurement points are placed at some distance from one another along a three-phase power line, the measurement points including a measurement sensor intended for each phase conductor and placed at a distance from the phase conductor, - using the measurement sensors, the strength of each phase conductor's voltage field is measured separately at the measurement point, and - the location of the power line's disturbance and/or fault is predicted and/or isolated using a measurement of the change in the strength of the conductor's voltage and/or voltage field, characterized in that - a fault in the power line is located using remote detectors, which comprise said measurement sensors, the measurement sensors located in the vicinity of the conductors without touching the conductors, and - fault in the power line is located using the voltage impulse occurring in the conductor's voltage field, created by the fault, in such a way that the precise arrival time of the impulse is registered by the remote detectors at different measurement points and the arrival times are compared with one another, whereby the distance of the fault from the different measurement points can be calculated and the location of the fault isolated in the electrical grid.
An antimicrobial colloidal product comprising a gelatinous material with a colloidal silver or gold additive suspended within the gelatinous material, wherein the anti-microbial colloidal silver or gold additive concentration is about 200 to about 2000 PPM and the gelatinous material comprises: a polymeric methylene diphenyl di-isocyanate 100%; and 265 molecular weight (Mw) polyether triol 100%; wherein a ratio of the polymeric methylene diphenyl di-isocyanate to the polyether triol is about 1:1 and the antimicrobial colloidal product has a Shore D hardness of about 80. a polymeric methylene diphenyl di-isocyanate 100%; and 265 molecular weight (Mw) polyether triol 100%;
Removable handle intended to cooperate with a cooking vessel having a side wall which is extended towards the top by a curved portion towards the outside comprising a free end, said removable handle extending along a longitudinal direction and comprising an inner support member and an outer support member intended to come against, respectively, an inner surface and an outer surface of the side wall, as well as an upper support member intended to come against the free end of the curved portion, said removable handle comprising a latch mobile in translation between an open position and a closed position, characterised in that the latch comprises a blocking wall intended to be extended from the inner support member in the open position of the latch and intended to generate a force on the free end in the closed position of the latch, under the action of a pressurised means, said force comprising a vertical component for blocking the free end of the curved portion against the upper support member.
Dry or slurry process to prepare phosphate-crosslinked cellulose ethers from a cellulose starting material comprising the steps of adding an alkalizing agent to the cellulose starting material to achieve mercerization, adding an etherifying agent to the reaction mixture to achieve etherification of the cellulose, and adding a crosslinking agent to the reaction mixture to achieve crosslinking of the cellulose, wherein at least part of the alkalizing agent is added to the cellulose starting material before the etherification and/or crosslinking reactions take place to obtain alkalized cellulose; the crosslinking agent and the etherifying agent are added one after the other in random order or simultaneously; the crosslinking agent is an alkali metal trimetaphosphate; and the crosslinking and etherification steps are performed at an elevated temperature above 20 and below 100 °C. at least part of the alkalizing agent is added to the cellulose starting material before the etherification and/or crosslinking reactions take place to obtain alkalized cellulose; the crosslinking agent and the etherifying agent are added one after the other in random order or simultaneously; the crosslinking agent is an alkali metal trimetaphosphate; and the crosslinking and etherification steps are performed at an elevated temperature above 20 and below 100 °C.
A communication arrangement for communication between a downhole line and a wellhead body having a through-hole and a gate valve member for closing the through-hole, the communication arrangement comprising a lower valve seat and a communication member, wherein the lower valve seat engages the gate valve member so as to permit movement of the gate valve member relative thereto, the lower valve seat co-operates with the wellhead body so as to provide a first portion of a fluid passage extending from a wellhead body port located in a surface of the wellhead body through-hole, the communication member is attached to the downhole line and is configured to be run into the wellhead body through-hole so as to co-operate with the lower valve seat and provide a second portion of the fluid passage which is continuous with the first fluid passage portion and which extends to the downhole line.
A torque tube assembly comprising: a torque tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first fitting coupled to the first end and a second fitting coupled to the second end, the first fitting configured to be coupled to a first high lift device of an aircraft, the second fitting having a spline section; a sliding spline shaft having a channel, the second fitting slidably received within the channel, wherein the spline section of the second fitting meshes with splines on the inside of the channel, which enables the second fitting and the sliding spline shaft to slide axially relative to each other but not rotate relative to each other; the sliding spline shaft having a first yoke; a spline coupling having a second yoke, the second yoke of the spline coupling coupled to the first yoke of the sliding spline shaft to form a U-joint, the spline coupling configured to be coupled to a second high lift device of the aircraft; and a retaining bolt extending into the channel, the retaining bolt to prevent the second fitting from sliding beyond a threshold distance into or out of the channel of the sliding spline shaft. a torque tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first fitting coupled to the first end and a second fitting coupled to the second end, the first fitting configured to be coupled to a first high lift device of an aircraft, the second fitting having a spline section; a sliding spline shaft having a channel, the second fitting slidably received within the channel, wherein the spline section of the second fitting meshes with splines on the inside of the channel, which enables the second fitting and the sliding spline shaft to slide axially relative to each other but not rotate relative to each other; the sliding spline shaft having a first yoke; a spline coupling having a second yoke, the second yoke of the spline coupling coupled to the first yoke of the sliding spline shaft to form a U-joint, the spline coupling configured to be coupled to a second high lift device of the aircraft; and a retaining bolt extending into the channel, the retaining bolt to prevent the second fitting from sliding beyond a threshold distance into or out of the channel of the sliding spline shaft.
A container for food products comprising a basket, which is cup-shaped, is delimited by a bottom wall and by a lateral wall, and is made of a polymer material; a handle to hold the basket, which is substantially U-shaped and has two free ends; and two coupling elements to connect the free ends of the handle to the basket; each coupling element being made of a polymer material welded to the basket, in particular by means of ultrasonic welding; each free end having a respective opening (7; 15) extending around a coupling portion (9; 16) of the relative coupling element; and the handle being mounted so as to move between a rest position, in which the handle is substantially arranged on the inside of the basket, and an operating position, in which the handle substantially extends on the outside of the basket; and characterized in that the handle is made, at least in the area of said openings (7; 15), of an elastically deformable polymer material; each opening (7; 15) and the coupling portion (9; 16) of the relative coupling element being configured so as to allow the coupling portion (9; 16), due to the movement of the handle from its rest position to its operating position, to elastically deform the opening (7; 15) and to lock the handle on the basket by interference.
Mobile proximity coupling device for inductive coupling with an integrated circuit of a proximity object, the integrated circuit comprising a coupling interface for inductive coupling, the proximity coupling device comprising: a contactless interface configured to inductively transmit a first number of commands towards the integrated circuit, and, after transmitting a respective command, to wait for a reception of a dedicated answer to the respective command from the integrated circuit within a predetermined time interval; and a processor configured to determine a quality indicator upon the basis of a second number of received dedicated answers to the first number of commands, the quality indicator indicating a quality of an inductive coupling between the contactless interface and the coupling interface of the integrated circuit, characterized in that the contactless interface is configured to successively transmit the first number of commands, and wherein the processor is configured to determine the quality indicator depending upon the second number of successively received dedicated answers, wherein the processor is configured to determine the quality indicator to indicate a sufficient quality of the inductive coupling if the second number of successively received dedicated answers reaches a predetermined threshold, or to indicate an insufficient quality of the inductive coupling if the second number of successively received dedicated answers is smaller than a predetermined threshold. a contactless interface configured to inductively transmit a first number of commands towards the integrated circuit, and, after transmitting a respective command, to wait for a reception of a dedicated answer to the respective command from the integrated circuit within a predetermined time interval; and a processor configured to determine a quality indicator upon the basis of a second number of received dedicated answers to the first number of commands, the quality indicator indicating a quality of an inductive coupling between the contactless interface and the coupling interface of the integrated circuit, characterized in that the contactless interface is configured to successively transmit the first number of commands, and wherein the processor is configured to determine the quality indicator depending upon the second number of successively received dedicated answers, wherein the processor is configured to determine the quality indicator to indicate a sufficient quality of the inductive coupling if the second number of successively received dedicated answers reaches a predetermined threshold, or to indicate an insufficient quality of the inductive coupling if the second number of successively received dedicated answers is smaller than a predetermined threshold.
A method for producing hexafluorobutadiene, comprising subjecting a starting material composition containing hexafluorobutadiene and at least one additional compound selected from octafluoro-1-butene, octafluoro-2-butene and heptafluoro-2-butene to extractive distillation in the presence of an extraction solvent to reduce the concentration of the additional compound.
A method for checking a printing cylinder for defects in an engraved cylinder surface of the printing cylinder, comprising the steps of: - capturing a first and at least one further digital image of a cylinder surface of a printing cylinder by means of an optical detection unit, wherein the cylinder surface is cleaned before the at least one further image capture, - comparing each of the digital images with a digital engraving template of the printing cylinder, wherein the comparing comprises: - determining deviations between each of the digital images and the digital engraving template, and - checking the determined deviations for matching deviations between the digital images, wherein a pseudo defect is concluded if no matching deviations between the digital images have been found during the comparing, and wherein an engraving defect on the printing cylinder is concluded in the case of matching deviations. - capturing a first and at least one further digital image of a cylinder surface of a printing cylinder by means of an optical detection unit, wherein the cylinder surface is cleaned before the at least one further image capture, - comparing each of the digital images with a digital engraving template of the printing cylinder, wherein the comparing comprises: - determining deviations between each of the digital images and the digital engraving template, and - checking the determined deviations for matching deviations between the digital images, - determining deviations between each of the digital images and the digital engraving template, and - checking the determined deviations for matching deviations between the digital images,
An apparatus for marking a metal surface, comprising: a bed for an object comprising a metal surface, the bed comprising a total marking area; a cover forming an airtight space over the bed; one or more laser marking units (116A, 116B, 116C) capable of directing a laser beam onto the metal surface located within a unit marking area (126A, 126B, 126C), wherein the unit marking area (126A, 126B, 126C) is smaller than the total marking area; each marking unit comprising a sensing unit configured to determine the outline of the object to be marked and control the corresponding marking unit to follow the outlines of the object during marking; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: receive from a remote computer control data comprising parameters to create a pattern on the metal surface; control the focus, bandwidth and movement of the one or more laser marking units on the basis of the parameters and the one or more sensing units to produce the pattern on the metal surface. a bed for an object comprising a metal surface, the bed comprising a total marking area; a cover forming an airtight space over the bed; one or more laser marking units (116A, 116B, 116C) capable of directing a laser beam onto the metal surface located within a unit marking area (126A, 126B, 126C), wherein the unit marking area (126A, 126B, 126C) is smaller than the total marking area; each marking unit comprising a sensing unit configured to determine the outline of the object to be marked and control the corresponding marking unit to follow the outlines of the object during marking; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: receive from a remote computer control data comprising parameters to create a pattern on the metal surface; control the focus, bandwidth and movement of the one or more laser marking units on the basis of the parameters and the one or more sensing units to produce the pattern on the metal surface. receive from a remote computer control data comprising parameters to create a pattern on the metal surface; control the focus, bandwidth and movement of the one or more laser marking units on the basis of the parameters and the one or more sensing units to produce the pattern on the metal surface.
A power supply apparatus that faces a power receiving coil located externally and that supplies power using an electromagnetic force, the apparatus comprising: a spiral power supply coil that has a first hollow portion; a communication section that has an antenna disposed inside a projection space of the first hollow portion projected in a central axis direction of the power supply coil, the antenna being disposed at a position farther away from the power receiving coil than a facing surface of the power supply coil, the facing surface being a surface where the power supply coil faces the power receiving coil, the communication section receiving, via the antenna, and detecting an electromagnetic wave transmitted by a radio tag installed near the power receiving coil; and a control section that determines the presence or absence of the power receiving coil based on the electromagnetic wave detected by the communication section. a spiral power supply coil that has a first hollow portion; a communication section that has an antenna disposed inside a projection space of the first hollow portion projected in a central axis direction of the power supply coil, the antenna being disposed at a position farther away from the power receiving coil than a facing surface of the power supply coil, the facing surface being a surface where the power supply coil faces the power receiving coil, the communication section receiving, via the antenna, and detecting an electromagnetic wave transmitted by a radio tag installed near the power receiving coil; and a control section that determines the presence or absence of the power receiving coil based on the electromagnetic wave detected by the communication section.