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Device for transporting media, consisting of a stationary component and a rotating component, in particular a sealing head for conveying media under pressure and at elevated temperature, comprising at least one mechanical seal, through which the medium flows, between the stationary component and the rotating component, the mechanical seal being formed by a slide ring and a counter-ring that seals against the slide ring, further comprising a control element, which is movable in the axial direction, for adjusting the axial position of the slide ring and/or of the counter-ring, and thus the contact pressure acting between the two, as a function of the environmental and operating conditions or parameters of the device, further comprising a sleeve, through which the medium flows and on which the control element is arranged, wherein the control element comprises an adjusting sleeve, to which the slide ring or the counter-ring is fixedly connected at an end face, and the sleeve is sealed off from the component surrounding it on the one hand and from the control element on the other hand, further comprising an annular space, which is preferably arranged in the stationary component and into which the adjusting sleeve projects with its end face remote from the slide ring and/or the counter-ring, characterized in that a pressure medium can be supplied to the annular space via a feed line in order to control the adjusting sleeve, and a separate pressure unit is provided for the pressure medium or the latter is branched off from the medium that is being conveyed.
A pentablock polymer according to the formula CBABC, comprising: polyethylene glycol; polylactic acid; poly(ε-caprolactone); and wherein the pentablock polymer has a PCL-PLA-PEG-PLA-PCL configuration, wherein the PEG has an average molecular weight of 200 to 20,000 Da; and the PLA has an average molecular weight of 100 to 10,000 Da; and the PCL has an average molecular weight of 500 to 25,000 Da, the molecular weights being measured by 1 H NMR spectroscopy according to the description. polyethylene glycol; polylactic acid; poly(ε-caprolactone); and wherein the pentablock polymer has a PCL-PLA-PEG-PLA-PCL configuration, wherein the PEG has an average molecular weight of 200 to 20,000 Da; and the PLA has an average molecular weight of 100 to 10,000 Da; and the PCL has an average molecular weight of 500 to 25,000 Da, the molecular weights being measured by 1 H NMR spectroscopy according to the description.
Agitator configured to be used in a suction head that is configured to be applied in a vacuum cleaner and to perform a cleaning action on a surface when the suction head is in an operational cleaning position relative to the surface, wherein the agitator is configured to be rotatably arranged in the suction head and includes a core element and flexible cleaning elements arranged on the core element, wherein an outer portion of each of the cleaning elements is configured to be moved over the surface during a part of each revolution of the agitator when the agitator is arranged in the suction head and the suction head is in the operational cleaning position, wherein the cleaning elements are arranged along the length of the agitator in a cleaning field, wherein the cleaning field is interrupted by at least one air passage that is configured to enable an airflow between internal edges (23a, 23b) of the cleaning field delimiting the at least one air passage, and wherein outside of the at least one air passage, the cleaning elements are arranged at close range relative to each other whereby an airflow between the cleaning elements is disabled or at most enabled to a significantly smaller extent than at the position of the at least one air passage, characterized in that the cleaning field spans a major part of the core element in a peripheral direction around the core element. wherein the agitator is configured to be rotatably arranged in the suction head and includes a core element and flexible cleaning elements arranged on the core element, wherein an outer portion of each of the cleaning elements is configured to be moved over the surface during a part of each revolution of the agitator when the agitator is arranged in the suction head and the suction head is in the operational cleaning position, wherein the cleaning elements are arranged along the length of the agitator in a cleaning field, wherein the cleaning field is interrupted by at least one air passage that is configured to enable an airflow between internal edges (23a, 23b) of the cleaning field delimiting the at least one air passage, and wherein outside of the at least one air passage, the cleaning elements are arranged at close range relative to each other whereby an airflow between the cleaning elements is disabled or at most enabled to a significantly smaller extent than at the position of the at least one air passage, characterized in that the cleaning field spans a major part of the core element in a peripheral direction around the core element.
An intravenous delivery system comprising: a plurality of components comprising a plurality of interior surfaces that cooperate to define a fluid pathway through which fluid flows into a body of a patient; and one or more anticoagulant coatings on at least a first interior surface of the plurality of interior surfaces, wherein the one or more anticoagulant coatings restrict blood clot formation in the fluid pathway, wherein the intravenous delivery system is characterized in that the one or more anticoagulant coatings comprise a triblock copolymer. a plurality of components comprising a plurality of interior surfaces that cooperate to define a fluid pathway through which fluid flows into a body of a patient; and one or more anticoagulant coatings on at least a first interior surface of the plurality of interior surfaces, wherein the one or more anticoagulant coatings restrict blood clot formation in the fluid pathway, wherein the intravenous delivery system is characterized in that the one or more anticoagulant coatings comprise a triblock copolymer.
A method for maintaining a target electrochemical impedance for a fuel cell, which corresponds to a target hydration state for the fuel cell utilizing a closed loop control system, the method comprising: determining a target electrochemical impedance for the fuel cell based on current operating conditions; determining actual ECI for the fuel cell; comparing actual ECI to the target ECI; and adjusting a cathode flow to the fuel cell based on a deviation of the actual ECI from the target ECI; characterized in that the method of determining a target ECI for the fuel cell comprises: determining an ECI for the fuel cell across a range of cathode flow rates; determining a rate of change of the ECI across the cathode flow range; and identifying a target ECI for the fuel cell as the ECI at the point where the change in the rate of change of the ECI is a maximum. determining a target electrochemical impedance for the fuel cell based on current operating conditions; determining actual ECI for the fuel cell; comparing actual ECI to the target ECI; and adjusting a cathode flow to the fuel cell based on a deviation of the actual ECI from the target ECI; determining an ECI for the fuel cell across a range of cathode flow rates; determining a rate of change of the ECI across the cathode flow range; and identifying a target ECI for the fuel cell as the ECI at the point where the change in the rate of change of the ECI is a maximum.
A battery charger, comprising: - a body, and - a plug detachably coupled to the body; wherein the plug comprises a coupling part having a bottom and two sides, each of said sides comprising a first guiding rail, and the body comprises a coupling recess for receiving the coupling part, said coupling recess having a bottom and two opposite side walls, each of said side walls comprising a first guiding groove; characterised in that: - the first guiding rails are provided with a locking slot, and - the first guiding grooves are provided with a locking spring that is connected to the body in a floating manner so that the locking spring may move in the longitudinal direction of the first guiding groove; wherein the first guiding grooves are arranged to receive the first guiding rails so that the locking springs are engageable with the locking slots, and wherein the locking springs are flat springs. - a body, and - a plug detachably coupled to the body; - the first guiding rails are provided with a locking slot, and - the first guiding grooves are provided with a locking spring that is connected to the body in a floating manner so that the locking spring may move in the longitudinal direction of the first guiding groove;
A razor head and an adapter, wherein the adapter is designed to be connected to the razor head and is designed to be connected to a handle, wherein the razor head can be rotated with respect to the adapter, wherein a razor head biasing member is at least partially arranged within the adapter, wherein the razor head biasing member comprises a compression spring element and a pusher element for pushing the razor head into a rest position, wherein the compression spring is fully contained within the adapter, and wherein the pusher element is only partially contained within the adapter. wherein the adapter is adapted to extend from a handle end to a head end, the adapter comprising an opening extending from the head end to an internal portion of the adapter, wherein the razor head biasing member is mounted within that opening of the adapter, characterized in that the opening of the adapter has one or more protrusions on the side of the adapter which is designed to be connected to the razor head, and wherein the pusher element has one or more stop elements for engaging the one or more protrusions so that the pusher element cannot extend beyond a maximum extension out of the adapter. wherein a razor head biasing member is at least partially arranged within the adapter, wherein the razor head biasing member comprises a compression spring element and a pusher element for pushing the razor head into a rest position, wherein the compression spring is fully contained within the adapter, and wherein the pusher element is only partially contained within the adapter. wherein the adapter is adapted to extend from a handle end to a head end, the adapter comprising an opening extending from the head end to an internal portion of the adapter, wherein the razor head biasing member is mounted within that opening of the adapter, characterized in that the opening of the adapter has one or more protrusions on the side of the adapter which is designed to be connected to the razor head, and wherein the pusher element has one or more stop elements for engaging the one or more protrusions so that the pusher element cannot extend beyond a maximum extension out of the adapter.
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit configured to perform an image output according to input image data; a gradation correction unit configured to correct a gradation value of the input image data using a gradation correction table; a target maximum density storage unit configured to store a target maximum density that is set in advance for the input image data; a gradation correction table correction unit configured to correct the gradation correction table based on maximum density information of a gradation correction chart that is output by the image forming unit and the target maximum density; a data storage unit configured to store the maximum density information and environmental information each time of acquisition of the maximum density information; a maximum density prediction unit configured to, when the image forming unit is to output the gradation correction chart, predict a maximum density of an image formed by the image forming unit based on the maximum density information associated with particular environmental information among the environmental information stored in the data storage unit, the particular environmental information being within a predetermined range with reference to current environmental information; and a maximum density adjustment unit configured to adjust the maximum density of the image formed by the image forming unit in a case that the predicted maximum density is lower than the target maximum density. an image forming unit configured to perform an image output according to input image data; a gradation correction unit configured to correct a gradation value of the input image data using a gradation correction table; a target maximum density storage unit configured to store a target maximum density that is set in advance for the input image data; a gradation correction table correction unit configured to correct the gradation correction table based on maximum density information of a gradation correction chart that is output by the image forming unit and the target maximum density; a data storage unit configured to store the maximum density information and environmental information each time of acquisition of the maximum density information; a maximum density prediction unit configured to, when the image forming unit is to output the gradation correction chart, predict a maximum density of an image formed by the image forming unit based on the maximum density information associated with particular environmental information among the environmental information stored in the data storage unit, the particular environmental information being within a predetermined range with reference to current environmental information; and a maximum density adjustment unit configured to adjust the maximum density of the image formed by the image forming unit in a case that the predicted maximum density is lower than the target maximum density.
A syringe, comprising: a syringe body defining a syringe cavity, a syringe port, and an indicator window, wherein the syringe port is in fluid communication with the syringe cavity; a first plunger comprising a first plunger shaft extending from the first plunger, the first plunger disposed within the syringe cavity and defining a first chamber in the syringe cavity, wherein the first chamber is in fluid communication with the syringe port; a biasing member coupled to the first plunger shaft, wherein the biasing member urges the first plunger from an unprimed position to a primed position toward the syringe port; a priming indicator(683a, 683b) comprising a first indicator portion and a second indicator portion, the priming indicator coupled to the first plunger shaft, wherein the priming indicator presents the first indicator portion through the indicator window in the unprimed position and presents the second indicator portion through the indicator window in the primed position; and characterized by: a retention mechanism releasably coupling the plunger shaft to the syringe body, wherein the retention mechanism prevents the biasing member from advancing the plunger in an engaged position and permits the biasing member to advance the plunger in a released position, the retention mechanism comprising: a priming slot formed in the syringe body and extending along the plunger shaft, wherein the indicator window defines a retention slot extending generally perpendicular from the priming slot; and an actuation lever coupled to the plunger shaft, the actuation lever extending through the priming slot and rotatable into the retention slot, wherein the actuation lever prevents the biasing member from advancing the plunger when rotated into the retention slot and permits the biasing member to advance the plunger when rotated into the priming slot. a priming slot formed in the syringe body and extending along the plunger shaft, wherein the indicator window defines a retention slot extending generally perpendicular from the priming slot; and an actuation lever coupled to the plunger shaft, the actuation lever extending through the priming slot and rotatable into the retention slot, wherein the actuation lever prevents the biasing member from advancing the plunger when rotated into the retention slot and permits the biasing member to advance the plunger when rotated into the priming slot.
A light emitting device package, comprising: a substrate with a cavity, the substrate including a top surface forming a bottom and a side of the cavity, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, and a side surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface; an insulating layer on the substrate; a metal layer on the insulating layer; and a light emitting device on the metal layer at the bottom of the cavity of the substrate, characterized in that the metal layer extends to the bottom surface of the substrate via the side surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate has protrusions on part of the bottom of the cavity where the light emitting device is not disposed, wherein the insulating layer at the bottom of the cavity is formed to correspond to the protrusions of the substrate, wherein the metal layer at the bottom of the cavity has an uneven surface where the substrate has the protrusions. a substrate with a cavity, the substrate including a top surface forming a bottom and a side of the cavity, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, and a side surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface; an insulating layer on the substrate; a metal layer on the insulating layer; and a light emitting device on the metal layer at the bottom of the cavity of the substrate, characterized in that the metal layer extends to the bottom surface of the substrate via the side surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate has protrusions on part of the bottom of the cavity where the light emitting device is not disposed, wherein the insulating layer at the bottom of the cavity is formed to correspond to the protrusions of the substrate, wherein the metal layer at the bottom of the cavity has an uneven surface where the substrate has the protrusions.
An underground heat exchanger comprising: a bottomed tubular flexible bag body which is accommodated in an accommodation hole portion disposed in the ground in a vertical direction, and extends in the vertical direction; and an outer tube which is accommodated in the accommodation hole portion, extends in the vertical direction along an outer surface portion of the bag body and is communicated in its lower end with a lower end of the bag body, wherein the bag body is made of a hardening resin, the outer surface portion of the bag body can cover an inner wall portion of the accommodation hole portion in a closely contact state in a state in which the bag body is inflated,, and wherein the outer tube is structured such as to be pinched between the outer surface portion of the bag body and the inner wall portion, wherein the bag body is structured such as to be hardened in the covering state, and is structured such that a lining tubular body formed by the hardening forms a liquid storage tank for storing a heat medium liquid in its internal space. a bottomed tubular flexible bag body which is accommodated in an accommodation hole portion disposed in the ground in a vertical direction, and extends in the vertical direction; and an outer tube which is accommodated in the accommodation hole portion, extends in the vertical direction along an outer surface portion of the bag body and is communicated in its lower end with a lower end of the bag body, wherein the bag body is made of a hardening resin, the outer surface portion of the bag body can cover an inner wall portion of the accommodation hole portion in a closely contact state in a state in which the bag body is inflated,, and wherein the outer tube is structured such as to be pinched between the outer surface portion of the bag body and the inner wall portion, wherein the bag body is structured such as to be hardened in the covering state, and is structured such that a lining tubular body formed by the hardening forms a liquid storage tank for storing a heat medium liquid in its internal space.
A MIMO based retransmission method, comprising: in a case that the number of layers, called hereafter the number of data flows that need to be occupied by a codeword to be retransmitted is smaller than the number of data flows selected by a transmitter to use and no new data needs to be transmitted, determining a special codeword according to a difference between the number of data flows selected by the transmitter and the number of data flows that need to be occupied for retransmitting the codeword, wherein the number of transport blocks comprised in the special codeword is equal to the difference; allocating, through a data flow mapping, the codeword that needs to be retransmitted and the special codeword to each corresponding transport data flow selected by a transmitter to use; wherein the special codeword is a filling codeword;and sending a special codeword transmission indication to the receiver by adding, to a packet comprising data transmission related control information, a bit, which is used to identify the special codeword transmission indication, and carrying the packet on an HS-SCCH; wherein the special codeword transmission indication is used to identify that current data transmission comprises a special codeword. in a case that the number of layers, called hereafter the number of data flows that need to be occupied by a codeword to be retransmitted is smaller than the number of data flows selected by a transmitter to use and no new data needs to be transmitted, determining a special codeword according to a difference between the number of data flows selected by the transmitter and the number of data flows that need to be occupied for retransmitting the codeword, wherein the number of transport blocks comprised in the special codeword is equal to the difference; allocating, through a data flow mapping, the codeword that needs to be retransmitted and the special codeword to each corresponding transport data flow selected by a transmitter to use; wherein the special codeword is a filling codeword;and sending a special codeword transmission indication to the receiver by adding, to a packet comprising data transmission related control information, a bit, which is used to identify the special codeword transmission indication, and carrying the packet on an HS-SCCH; wherein the special codeword transmission indication is used to identify that current data transmission comprises a special codeword.