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An apparatus for collating sheets, the apparatus being characterized by comprising: a collating station having a collating position limited at its downstream end by a spring loaded stop member against which the sheets abut whilst they are being collated one on top of each other; means (4, 5, 6) for conveying sheets to the collating position so as to form a collated sheet set comprising a predetermined number of stacked sheets; a collating station eject device for moving the collated sheet set away from the collating position to an exit position; and exit conveying means for conveying the collated sheet set from the exit position out of the apparatus to a downstream sheet handling device; wherein the collating station eject device comprises at least one movable pawl (22a, 22b) arranged to push a first collated sheet set away from the collating position to the exit position and wherein the apparatus is adapted to collate a second sheet set partially overlying the first sheet set pushed away from said collating position. a collating station having a collating position limited at its downstream end by a spring loaded stop member against which the sheets abut whilst they are being collated one on top of each other; means (4, 5, 6) for conveying sheets to the collating position so as to form a collated sheet set comprising a predetermined number of stacked sheets; a collating station eject device for moving the collated sheet set away from the collating position to an exit position; and exit conveying means for conveying the collated sheet set from the exit position out of the apparatus to a downstream sheet handling device; wherein the collating station eject device comprises at least one movable pawl (22a, 22b) arranged to push a first collated sheet set away from the collating position to the exit position and wherein the apparatus is adapted to collate a second sheet set partially overlying the first sheet set pushed away from said collating position.
A tamper-evident adhesive security tape or label comprising a flexible backing substrate based on a flexible polymeric film, characterized in that one surface of the backing substrate bears layers applied in the following order: a) an embossed varnish layer, b) a semitransparent metal layer or a high refractive index layer, c) a first, partial release varnish layer in the form of letters, signs, symbols, lines, guilloches, numbers or writing, d) one or more varnish layers having optical properties, e) a second, full-area release varnish layer, f) a further full-area varnish layer, g) a self-adhesive coating, wherein, in the regions not coated with the first release varnish layer, the adhesion of all layers to one another and the adhesion of the self-adhesive coating to the object to be secured are greater than the adhesion of the layer having optical properties to the second release varnish layer or of the second release varnish layer to the further varnish layer, and wherein, in the regions coated with the first release varnish layer, the adhesion of all layers to one another and the adhesion of the self-adhesive coating to the object to be secured are greater than the adhesion of the metal layer or the high refractive index layer to the first release varnish layer or of the first release varnish layer to the varnish layer having optical properties, and wherein in particular the adhesion of the metal layer or a high refractive index layer to the first release varnish layer or of the first release varnish layer to the layer having optical properties is lower than the adhesion both of the layer having optical properties to the second release varnish layer and of the second release varnish layer to the further varnish layer. a) an embossed varnish layer, b) a semitransparent metal layer or a high refractive index layer, c) a first, partial release varnish layer in the form of letters, signs, symbols, lines, guilloches, numbers or writing, d) one or more varnish layers having optical properties, e) a second, full-area release varnish layer, f) a further full-area varnish layer, g) a self-adhesive coating,
A drainable pouch for collecting human waste, the pouch comprising: an outlet through which the pouch contents may be drained, the outlet being foldable from an extended condition to a stowed condition; a fastener for use in securing the outlet in its stowed condition, the fastener being a peelable distributed mechanical engagement fastener including first and second fastener parts which are peelable securable together; and a security flap foldable at least partly over or around the outlet when the outlet is in its stowed condition; and a flap fastener for directly securing the security flap in its folded condition. an outlet through which the pouch contents may be drained, the outlet being foldable from an extended condition to a stowed condition; a fastener for use in securing the outlet in its stowed condition, the fastener being a peelable distributed mechanical engagement fastener including first and second fastener parts which are peelable securable together; and a security flap foldable at least partly over or around the outlet when the outlet is in its stowed condition; and a flap fastener for directly securing the security flap in its folded condition.
A method including monitoring a network, by a local node for medium access control, MAC, cycle information at domains neighboring a local domain of the local node; determining, by the local node, a MAC cycle for the local domain at the local node based on a quantity of neighboring domains detected; updating a MAC cycle alignment identification, ID, for the local domain at the local node based on the determining; and transmitting a MAC cycle communication including the MAC cycle alignment ID.
A method for use by a node operating as a gateway or server in a network, wherein the node comprises a processor, a memory (44; 46), and communication circuitry, and wherein the node is connected to the network via its communication circuitry and further includes computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the node which, when executed by the processor of the node, perform functions of an instance of a service layer of the network, the method comprising: storing, in the memory of the node, context comprising information concerning a service layer session established between the service layer instance of the node and an application executing on a second node connected to the network; and in response to a trigger condition indicating that the service layer session between the service layer instance of the node and the application of the second node is to be migrated to or shared with a third node, transmitting the stored context for the service layer session from the node to a service layer instance executing on the third node, characterized in that the session context stored for the service layer session comprises one or more of i. information specifying a schedule by which migration or sharing of the service layer session is to be performed; ii. information defining policies by which migration or sharing of the service layer session is to be performed; and iii. information specifying events that may result in said trigger condition indicating that the service layer session is to be migrated or shared. storing, in the memory of the node, context comprising information concerning a service layer session established between the service layer instance of the node and an application executing on a second node connected to the network; and in response to a trigger condition indicating that the service layer session between the service layer instance of the node and the application of the second node is to be migrated to or shared with a third node, transmitting the stored context for the service layer session from the node to a service layer instance executing on the third node, characterized in that the session context stored for the service layer session comprises one or more of i. information specifying a schedule by which migration or sharing of the service layer session is to be performed; ii. information defining policies by which migration or sharing of the service layer session is to be performed; and iii. information specifying events that may result in said trigger condition indicating that the service layer session is to be migrated or shared. i. information specifying a schedule by which migration or sharing of the service layer session is to be performed; ii. information defining policies by which migration or sharing of the service layer session is to be performed; and iii. information specifying events that may result in said trigger condition indicating that the service layer session is to be migrated or shared.
An image processing apparatus comprising: a determiner configured to determine a weight coefficient which varies depending on a position in each of a plurality of parallax images; and an image generator configured to synthesize the plurality of parallax images based on the weight coefficient to generate an image; wherein the image generator is configured to synthesize the plurality of parallax images based on the weight coefficient in a first region of the image; and one of the determiner is configured to set, in the first region of the image, the weight coefficient for a parallax image which has a smallest effective aperture value to be minimized in the plurality of weight coefficients for the plurality of parallax images; and the determiner is configured to set, in the first region of the image, the weight coefficient for a parallax image which has a largest effective aperture value to be maximized in the plurality of weight coefficients for the plurality of parallax images. a determiner configured to determine a weight coefficient which varies depending on a position in each of a plurality of parallax images; and an image generator configured to synthesize the plurality of parallax images based on the weight coefficient to generate an image; wherein the image generator is configured to synthesize the plurality of parallax images based on the weight coefficient in a first region of the image; and one of the determiner is configured to set, in the first region of the image, the weight coefficient for a parallax image which has a smallest effective aperture value to be minimized in the plurality of weight coefficients for the plurality of parallax images; and the determiner is configured to set, in the first region of the image, the weight coefficient for a parallax image which has a largest effective aperture value to be maximized in the plurality of weight coefficients for the plurality of parallax images.
An organic electroluminescence device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode on the first electrode; and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, characterized in that the emission layer comprises a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, the first electrode and the second electrode each independently comprise at least one selected from Ag, Mg, Cu, Al, Pt, Pd, Au, Ni, Nd, Ir, Cr, Li, Ca, LiF/Ca, LiF/Al, Mo, Ti, In, Sn, and Zn, or a compound of two or more selected from them, a mixture of two or more selected from them, or oxides thereof: wherein in Formula 1, X 1 to X 4 are each independently O, S, or NR a, a and b are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, and c and d are each independently an integer of 0 to 4, and R 1 to R 4, and R a are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring-forming carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 2 to 30 ring-forming carbon atoms, and/or are optionally combined with an adjacent group to form a ring. a first electrode; a second electrode on the first electrode; and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, characterized in that the emission layer comprises a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, the first electrode and the second electrode each independently comprise at least one selected from Ag, Mg, Cu, Al, Pt, Pd, Au, Ni, Nd, Ir, Cr, Li, Ca, LiF/Ca, LiF/Al, Mo, Ti, In, Sn, and Zn, or a compound of two or more selected from them, a mixture of two or more selected from them, or oxides thereof: wherein in Formula 1, X 1 to X 4 are each independently O, S, or NR a, a and b are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, and c and d are each independently an integer of 0 to 4, and R 1 to R 4, and R a are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring-forming carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 2 to 30 ring-forming carbon atoms, and/or are optionally combined with an adjacent group to form a ring.
A vibration system for filtering substances, the filtering substances including a fluid and said vibration system comprising: - a filter plate made of a ceramic porous material, said filter plate comprising two sides an upper side and a lower side; - electrodes (23, 24); and - a housing, wherein the filter plate is assembled in said housing with clamping means providing an hermetic seal, a periphery of the housing delimiting a filtering area; characterized in that the vibration system further comprises: - one or more vibration actuators physically coupled to said filter plate and configured to drive, through electrical interconnections and through said electrodes (23, 24), a driving voltage to vibrate said filter plate at a given frequency and to provide a displacement in a plane of said filter plate; and - an isolating protective layer including a fluid-protected layer, FPL, which is deposited on an area of the filter plate, outside the housing, defining a given pattern allowing certain area of the filter plate to be excluded from the isolating protective layer, such that by suitable control of the deposition and curing processes the isolating protective layer can have defined thickness and density which disable the passage of fluid through the isolating protective layer, wherein: - the one or more vibration actuators are located outside said filtering area on the isolating protective layer 17, - said given frequency is comprised in a range between 100 Hz and 100 kHz, and - said displacement has an amplitude between 0.01 and 2 μm. - a filter plate made of a ceramic porous material, said filter plate comprising two sides an upper side and a lower side; - electrodes (23, 24); and - a housing, - one or more vibration actuators physically coupled to said filter plate and configured to drive, through electrical interconnections and through said electrodes (23, 24), a driving voltage to vibrate said filter plate at a given frequency and to provide a displacement in a plane of said filter plate; and - an isolating protective layer including a fluid-protected layer, FPL, which is deposited on an area of the filter plate, outside the housing, defining a given pattern allowing certain area of the filter plate to be excluded from the isolating protective layer, such that by suitable control of the deposition and curing processes the isolating protective layer can have defined thickness and density which disable the passage of fluid through the isolating protective layer, - the one or more vibration actuators are located outside said filtering area on the isolating protective layer 17, - said given frequency is comprised in a range between 100 Hz and 100 kHz, and - said displacement has an amplitude between 0.01 and 2 μm.
Filter medium for filtering a fluid, in particular for use in a passenger compartment air filter, having a spunbonded fabric material formed at least partially of circle-segmented multicomponent fibers having at least a first plastic component and a second plastic component, wherein a proportion of multicomponent fibers, in which circle segments (2, 3) are connected to one another at inner segment limits of the multicomponent fibers along their length extension, amounts to at least 50 %, and wherein at a longitudinal proportion of the multicomponent fibers of a maximum of 50 %, preferably a maximum of 30 %, further preferably a maximum of 20 %, the cercle segments (2, 3) of the multicomponent fibers are split from one another, and wherein the first plastic component and/or the second plastic component features a first proportion of a first thermoplastic material having a first melting point (T A) and a second proportion of a second thermoplastic material having a second melting point (T B), wherein the first melting point (T A) is higher than the second melting point (T B), and wherein the first thermoplastic material is a polypropylene homopolymer and/or the second thermoplastic material is a metallocene polypropylene. wherein a proportion of multicomponent fibers, in which circle segments (2, 3) are connected to one another at inner segment limits of the multicomponent fibers along their length extension, amounts to at least 50 %, and wherein at a longitudinal proportion of the multicomponent fibers of a maximum of 50 %, preferably a maximum of 30 %, further preferably a maximum of 20 %, the cercle segments (2, 3) of the multicomponent fibers are split from one another, and wherein the first plastic component and/or the second plastic component features a first proportion of a first thermoplastic material having a first melting point (T A) and a second proportion of a second thermoplastic material having a second melting point (T B), wherein the first melting point (T A) is higher than the second melting point (T B), and wherein the first thermoplastic material is a polypropylene homopolymer and/or the second thermoplastic material is a metallocene polypropylene.
Support element for bed rests, in particular with slats, comprising a central portion with a mainly vertical development, which is connectable to the bed rest and which is provided with a free end, and an elastically yielding portion, which is slidably connected to said free end of said central portion, characterized in that said free end of said central portion has a first seat limited to housing at least one first pulley or sliding guide, while said elastically yielding portion has at least one second seat on each side limited to housing respective second and third pulleys or sliding guides, movement transmitting elements, such as belts or non-elastic tensioned cables, being also placed on said first, second and third pulleys or sliding guides (16, 18).
A connecting element for galvanically connecting two electrically conductive surfaces, comprising: a body plate having a body plate upper surface defining a body plate top level; and two spring tabs, each having a spring tab upper surface comprising an upper contact section above the body plate top level; wherein the connecting element has a connecting element bottom level, and wherein each spring tab further has a spring tab lower surface comprising a lower contact section, each spring tab having a rest position in which, with no external force applied onto the upper contact section, the lower contact section lies above the connecting element bottom level, and being bendable, by applying external force onto the upper contact section towards the connecting element bottom level, to a compressed position in which the lower contact section lies in or below the connecting element bottom level, characterized in that the two spring tabs extend from opposite corners of the body plate and in that projections of the first spring tab and of the second spring tab in the principal plane of the connecting element lie adjacent to two opposite sides of the body plate. a body plate having a body plate upper surface defining a body plate top level; and two spring tabs, each having a spring tab upper surface comprising an upper contact section above the body plate top level; wherein the connecting element has a connecting element bottom level, and wherein each spring tab further has a spring tab lower surface comprising a lower contact section, each spring tab having a rest position in which, with no external force applied onto the upper contact section, the lower contact section lies above the connecting element bottom level, and being bendable, by applying external force onto the upper contact section towards the connecting element bottom level, to a compressed position in which the lower contact section lies in or below the connecting element bottom level, characterized in that the two spring tabs extend from opposite corners of the body plate and in that projections of the first spring tab and of the second spring tab in the principal plane of the connecting element lie adjacent to two opposite sides of the body plate.