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A gas lighter comprising: - a reservoir intended to contain fuel and having an upper wall; - a well passing through said upper wall, said well extending along a central axis and having an inner wall; and - a gas dispensing device located at least partially in said well and having an external rigid portion facing at least a part of said inner wall; whereas it further comprises a resilient tubular element having at least one stopping portion, said resilient tubular element being fitted into said well and said rigid portion of the gas dispensing device being inserted therein, said well having at least one first edge, oriented toward the inside of the reservoir, extending outwardly from said central axis characterized in that said stopping portion of said tubular element is flexed against said first edge under action of said rigid portion of the gas dispensing device inserted into the resilient tubular element. - a reservoir intended to contain fuel and having an upper wall; - a well passing through said upper wall, said well extending along a central axis and having an inner wall; and - a gas dispensing device located at least partially in said well and having an external rigid portion facing at least a part of said inner wall; whereas it further comprises a resilient tubular element having at least one stopping portion, said resilient tubular element being fitted into said well and said rigid portion of the gas dispensing device being inserted therein, said well having at least one first edge, oriented toward the inside of the reservoir, extending outwardly from said central axis characterized in that said stopping portion of said tubular element is flexed against said first edge under action of said rigid portion of the gas dispensing device inserted into the resilient tubular element.
A geothermal heat pump device comprising: a heat pump heat source unit having a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a water-refrigerant heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a refrigerant-brine heat exchanger, to which an underground heal exchanger (18, 19) buried underground is connected such that a brine circulates from the ground heat exchanger (18, 19), are serially connected; a warm-water heater unit configured to supply warm water heated at the water-refrigerant heat exchanger to heating and air conditioning and hot water supply such that the warm water circulates; and a controller configured to control an upper limit of an operation frequency of the compressor, the geothermal heat pump device being characterized in that the controller is configured to control an upper limit of an operation frequency of the compressor based on a heat collection limit value, set by comparing a unit necessary evaporation capacity calculated from a total length of a vertical hole or a tube buried area of the underground heat exchanger (18, 19), and a total quantity of heat collection pre-designed and estimated for the underground heat exchanger (18, 19), with a unit actual evaporation capacity calculated from inlet and outlet temperatures and a circulation flow rate of the brine circulating through the refrigerant-brine heat exchanger. a heat pump heat source unit having a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a water-refrigerant heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a refrigerant-brine heat exchanger, to which an underground heal exchanger (18, 19) buried underground is connected such that a brine circulates from the ground heat exchanger (18, 19), are serially connected; a warm-water heater unit configured to supply warm water heated at the water-refrigerant heat exchanger to heating and air conditioning and hot water supply such that the warm water circulates; and a controller configured to control an upper limit of an operation frequency of the compressor, the geothermal heat pump device being characterized in that the controller is configured to control an upper limit of an operation frequency of the compressor based on a heat collection limit value, set by comparing a unit necessary evaporation capacity calculated from a total length of a vertical hole or a tube buried area of the underground heat exchanger (18, 19), and a total quantity of heat collection pre-designed and estimated for the underground heat exchanger (18, 19), with a unit actual evaporation capacity calculated from inlet and outlet temperatures and a circulation flow rate of the brine circulating through the refrigerant-brine heat exchanger.
Vibration damper comprising - a damper tube which is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod is movable back and forth, wherein a working piston is movable jointly with the piston rod, by means of which working piston the interior space of the damper tube is divided into a piston-rod-side working space and a piston-rod-remote working space, - a damping module for the frequency-dependent control of a comfort bypass which is formed between the piston-rod-side working space and the piston-rod-remote working space and which comprises a comfort path via which damping fluid can be caused to flow hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston, - a control piston which is received, such that it can perform stroke movements, in the damping module and which, remote from the piston rod, delimits a pressure chamber arranged in the damping module, wherein the pressure chamber comprises at least one inlet, characterized in that the damping module comprises a damping module housing, with a housing cover arranged at the piston rod side and with a housing pot arranged remote from the piston rod, comprises the control piston and comprises at least one first disk valve assembly, wherein the at least one first disk valve assembly, in the comfort path with the housing cover, forms a comfort valve, and the at least one first disk valve assembly comprises at least one bypass control valve with at least one bypass inlet opening, wherein, via the at least one bypass control valve, bypassing the comfort valve, damping fluid can be caused to flow via a bypass control path hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston, wherein the bypass control valve is controlled by means of the stroke of the control piston and wherein the first disk valve assembly comprises at least one bypass disk with at least one bypass disk opening, comprises at least one spacer disk and comprises a comfort disk. - a damper tube which is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod is movable back and forth, wherein a working piston is movable jointly with the piston rod, by means of which working piston the interior space of the damper tube is divided into a piston-rod-side working space and a piston-rod-remote working space, - a damping module for the frequency-dependent control of a comfort bypass which is formed between the piston-rod-side working space and the piston-rod-remote working space and which comprises a comfort path via which damping fluid can be caused to flow hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston, - a control piston which is received, such that it can perform stroke movements, in the damping module and which, remote from the piston rod, delimits a pressure chamber arranged in the damping module, wherein the pressure chamber comprises at least one inlet,
A hydraulic circuit device for activating at least one clamping die of a power tong, the power tong including two housing halves, pivotable relative to each other, the housing halves being arranged to be pivoted between a closed, active position and an open, inactive position, and a radially divided drive ring (6, 8), which is provided with hydraulically activated clamping dies directed towards a centre axis of the power tong, being placed in the housing halves, the drive ring (6, 8) being supported and connected to at least one driving motor for the rotation of the drive ring (6, 8) about the centre axis, wherein a hydraulic pump cylinder is articulatedly connected between the first drive ring part of the drive ring (6, 8) and the second drive ring part of the drive ring (6, 8) and arranged to rotate together with the drive ring (6, 8) about the centre axis; wherein each of the clamping dies is provided with a clamping die cylinder and characterised in that: the hydraulic pump cylinder is in communication with an accumulator via a first check valve, the accumulator being in communication with the clamping die cylinder through an activating valve; and a hydraulic fluid flowing from the clamping die cylinder is directed into a volume cylinder which is limited in volume and sized to receive a sufficient amount of hydraulic fluid for the purpose of withdrawing the clamping die a desired distance.
A rubidium elution system comprising an assembly that includes a 82 Sr/ 82 Rb generator, an activity detector, a waste container, a pump, a sensor, a tubing circuit, at least one valve; and a computer, wherein: - the assembly has a lower section and an upper section, wherein the lower section consists of the lower half of the assembly, and - the waste container is located in the lower section of the assembly; - the waste container is enclosed in a waste compartment; - the generator is enclosed in a generator compartment; - the waste compartment is at an elevation within the assembly that is the same as an elevation at which the generator compartment is located; - the waste container is at an elevation that is lower than the pump; - the assembly further comprises a dose calibrator that is configured to detect at least one radioisotope; - the rubidium elution system further comprises locking means for preventing a user of the system from changing a configuration of the dose calibrator, wherein the dose calibrator further comprises an interface for configuring the dose calibrator, and wherein the locking means prevents a user from changing a configuration of the dose calibrator by locking the interface; - the rubidium elution system includes a sliding mechanism or a lifting mechanism for removing the waste container from the waste compartment. - the assembly has a lower section and an upper section, wherein the lower section consists of the lower half of the assembly, and - the waste container is located in the lower section of the assembly; - the waste container is enclosed in a waste compartment; - the generator is enclosed in a generator compartment; - the waste compartment is at an elevation within the assembly that is the same as an elevation at which the generator compartment is located; - the waste container is at an elevation that is lower than the pump; - the assembly further comprises a dose calibrator that is configured to detect at least one radioisotope; - the rubidium elution system further comprises locking means for preventing a user of the system from changing a configuration of the dose calibrator, wherein the dose calibrator further comprises an interface for configuring the dose calibrator, and wherein the locking means prevents a user from changing a configuration of the dose calibrator by locking the interface; - the rubidium elution system includes a sliding mechanism or a lifting mechanism for removing the waste container from the waste compartment.
A unit device comprising: two first circuit boards provided apart from each other in a horizontal direction; a heat generating component provided on each of the two first circuit boards; and a fan configured to cool the heat generating components on the two first circuit boards, wherein the two first circuit boards are arranged in parallel with an axial direction of the fan, and characterised in that two second circuit boards are provided between the two first circuit boards, arranged to stand in a vertical direction and at a distance from each other, and each having an opening, and the fan is provided between the two second circuit boards and is configured to cool the heat generating components on the two first circuit boards by drawing air through the opening of one of the second circuit boards and by expelling the air through the opening of the other second circuit board. two first circuit boards provided apart from each other in a horizontal direction; a heat generating component provided on each of the two first circuit boards; and a fan configured to cool the heat generating components on the two first circuit boards, wherein the two first circuit boards are arranged in parallel with an axial direction of the fan, and characterised in that two second circuit boards are provided between the two first circuit boards, arranged to stand in a vertical direction and at a distance from each other, and each having an opening, and the fan is provided between the two second circuit boards and is configured to cool the heat generating components on the two first circuit boards by drawing air through the opening of one of the second circuit boards and by expelling the air through the opening of the other second circuit board.
A hydrophone comprising a single piezoelectric crystal ring; characterized in that said single piezoelectric crystal ring is poled in the shear mode in the axial direction, said ring having an inner surface and an outer surface; and in that it further comprises a metallic inner crystal support epoxied to the inner surface of the piezoelectric ring, said inner crystal support having an inertial mass; a metallic outer crystal support epoxied to the outer surface of the piezoelectric ring, said outer crystal support having an inertial mass; a metallic inner support shoe epoxied to the inner crystal support, said inner support shoe having an inertial mass; a metallic outer support shoe epoxied to the outer crystal support, said outer support shoe having an inertial mass; wherein a combined inner inertial mass of the inner crystal support and the inner support shoe is substantially the same as a combined outer inertial mass of the outer crystal support and the outer support shoe, to provide no net shear force on the crystal ring during acceleration but provides a net shear force in response to an acoustic pressure.
A pump (10, 210) comprising: a pump chamber (14, 214) including an inlet (22, 222) and an outlet (24, 224); a shaft (18, 218) at least partially positioned in the pump chamber; an impeller (16, 216) coupled to the shaft; a seal (28, 228) coupled to the shaft; a wet seal chamber (20, 220) including a first fluid; the wet seal chamber including a separator (30, 230), the separator including a disc (44, 244) and a resilient member (54, 254), the disc including at least one slot (46, 246) through which fluid pressure from the pump chamber is transferred to the resilient member, and wherein the resilient member decreases a volume of the wet seal chamber in order to increase a pressure in the wet seal chamber; the wet seal chamber substantially preventing fluid in the pump chamber from contacting the seal in order to prolong a life of the seal; the pump being characterised in that it comprises a bladder (128, 278) positioned within the wet seal chamber, wherein the bladder includes a compressible fluid. a pump chamber (14, 214) including an inlet (22, 222) and an outlet (24, 224); a shaft (18, 218) at least partially positioned in the pump chamber; an impeller (16, 216) coupled to the shaft; a seal (28, 228) coupled to the shaft; a wet seal chamber (20, 220) including a first fluid; the wet seal chamber including a separator (30, 230), the separator including a disc (44, 244) and a resilient member (54, 254), the disc including at least one slot (46, 246) through which fluid pressure from the pump chamber is transferred to the resilient member, and wherein the resilient member decreases a volume of the wet seal chamber in order to increase a pressure in the wet seal chamber; the wet seal chamber substantially preventing fluid in the pump chamber from contacting the seal in order to prolong a life of the seal; the wet seal chamber including a separator (30, 230), the separator including a disc (44, 244) and a resilient member (54, 254), the disc including at least one slot (46, 246) through which fluid pressure from the pump chamber is transferred to the resilient member, and wherein the resilient member decreases a volume of the wet seal chamber in order to increase a pressure in the wet seal chamber; the wet seal chamber substantially preventing fluid in the pump chamber from contacting the seal in order to prolong a life of the seal; the pump being characterised in that it comprises a bladder (128, 278) positioned within the wet seal chamber, wherein the bladder includes a compressible fluid.
A document forgery detection method comprising using at least one processor for: receiving an image of a document including text; identifying an image portion by identifying at least one line of text in said image; image processing one or each channel of said image portion, said image processing comprising separately for said one or each channel: - generating an histogram of gray level values occurring in said channel of said image portion; - evaluating monotony of at least a portion of the histogram, wherein evaluating monotony comprises: - computing a threshold which best separates the histogram in two classes that minimize intra-class variance or maximize inter-class variance; - partitioning the histogram according to the threshold to define a text histogram and a non-text histogram; - normalizing the text histogram by dividing each of the pixel values in the text histogram by the sum of all pixels in the text histogram; - computing an entropy of the text histogram; - normalizing said entropy so that the number of bins of the text histogram does not affect the entropy value; and determining that the image is forged based on at least one output of said normalized entropy being lower than a predetermined threshold. receiving an image of a document including text; identifying an image portion by identifying at least one line of text in said image; image processing one or each channel of said image portion, said image processing comprising separately for said one or each channel: - generating an histogram of gray level values occurring in said channel of said image portion; - evaluating monotony of at least a portion of the histogram, wherein evaluating monotony comprises: - computing a threshold which best separates the histogram in two classes that minimize intra-class variance or maximize inter-class variance; - partitioning the histogram according to the threshold to define a text histogram and a non-text histogram; - normalizing the text histogram by dividing each of the pixel values in the text histogram by the sum of all pixels in the text histogram; - computing an entropy of the text histogram; - normalizing said entropy so that the number of bins of the text histogram does not affect the entropy value; and - generating an histogram of gray level values occurring in said channel of said image portion; - evaluating monotony of at least a portion of the histogram, wherein evaluating monotony comprises: - computing a threshold which best separates the histogram in two classes that minimize intra-class variance or maximize inter-class variance; - partitioning the histogram according to the threshold to define a text histogram and a non-text histogram; - normalizing the text histogram by dividing each of the pixel values in the text histogram by the sum of all pixels in the text histogram; - computing an entropy of the text histogram; - normalizing said entropy so that the number of bins of the text histogram does not affect the entropy value; and determining that the image is forged based on at least one output of said normalized entropy being lower than a predetermined threshold.
A computer-implemented method of processing rays in a graphics processing system configured to render a scene, the method comprising: grouping a plurality of rays together into a ray bundle; performing intersection testing on the rays of the ray bundle in the scene; using results of the intersection testing for the rays of the ray bundle to determine whether the rays are to be maintained in the ray bundle; and rendering the scene, wherein said rendering the scene comprises executing one or more shader programs on the rays in the ray bundle, wherein the execution of at least one of the shader programs comprises determining differential data for a particular ray of the ray bundle using data for another ray of the ray bundle, wherein the differential data indicates the rate of change of an attribute for changes in horizontal or vertical pixel or fragment position. grouping a plurality of rays together into a ray bundle; performing intersection testing on the rays of the ray bundle in the scene; using results of the intersection testing for the rays of the ray bundle to determine whether the rays are to be maintained in the ray bundle; and rendering the scene, wherein said rendering the scene comprises executing one or more shader programs on the rays in the ray bundle, wherein the execution of at least one of the shader programs comprises determining differential data for a particular ray of the ray bundle using data for another ray of the ray bundle, wherein the differential data indicates the rate of change of an attribute for changes in horizontal or vertical pixel or fragment position.
A medical image processing apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image generated through imaging of a living body; a classification unit that classifies the captured image into two or more classes; an image generation unit that generates a region image (208, 408) depicting a location of a region that contributes to classification performed using the classification unit, in the captured image subjected to the classification performed using the classification unit; and a display signal transmission unit that transmits, to a display device, a display signal representing the captured image, a classification result derived using the classification unit, and the region image (208, 408), wherein the display signal transmission unit transmits, to the display device, a display signal for displaying the region image (208, 408) separately from the captured image; and characterized in that the image generation unit changes a depicting manner of the region image (208, 408) in accordance with the classification result of the captured image. an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image generated through imaging of a living body; a classification unit that classifies the captured image into two or more classes; an image generation unit that generates a region image (208, 408) depicting a location of a region that contributes to classification performed using the classification unit, in the captured image subjected to the classification performed using the classification unit; and a display signal transmission unit that transmits, to a display device, a display signal representing the captured image, a classification result derived using the classification unit, and the region image (208, 408), wherein the display signal transmission unit transmits, to the display device, a display signal for displaying the region image (208, 408) separately from the captured image; and characterized in that the image generation unit changes a depicting manner of the region image (208, 408) in accordance with the classification result of the captured image.
A compound according to formula wherein R 1 and R 2, independently from each other, are chosen among hydrocarbons having from 1 carbon atom up to 30 carbon atoms, with the proviso that at least one of R 1 and R 2 are chosen among hydrocarbons having at least 8 carbon atoms, and A is a halogen.