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A manufacturing method of a meltblown fiber membrane, characterized by comprising: passing a meltblown film between a first pressing roller and a second pressing roller to perform a calendering process on the meltblown film, wherein the meltblown film comprises a plurality of meltblown fibers, each of the meltblown fibers is obtained by mixing a high-fluidity polyester and a modified polyester, a melt index of the high-fluidity polyester under a temperature of 230°C ranges from 350 g/10min to 550 g/10min, a melt index of the modified polyester under a temperature of 230°C ranges from 200 g/10min to 400 g/10min, and a roller temperature of each of the first pressing roller and the second pressing roller ranges from 100°C to 155°C.
A humidifier for use with a pressure support device, comprising: a body having an inlet adapted to be operatively coupled to an outlet of a pressure support device such that a flow of gas generated by such a pressure support device is communicated to the inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet, wherein the inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber, and the outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber; and a valve arrangement including: a cylindrical member having a flexible movable flap, wherein the flexible movable flap is attached at one end to the cylindrical member via a central portion, wherein the valve arrangement is positioned in the inlet and upstream of the fluid holding chamber, wherein the valve arrangement is movable between an open position in which the inlet is substantially unblocked and a closed position in which the inlet is substantially blocked, characterized in that the cylindrical member, flap and central portion are formed from a unitary molded piece of material. a body having an inlet adapted to be operatively coupled to an outlet of a pressure support device such that a flow of gas generated by such a pressure support device is communicated to the inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet, wherein the inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber, and the outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber; and a valve arrangement including: a cylindrical member having a flexible movable flap, wherein the flexible movable flap is attached at one end to the cylindrical member via a central portion, wherein the valve arrangement is positioned in the inlet and upstream of the fluid holding chamber, wherein the valve arrangement is movable between an open position in which the inlet is substantially unblocked and a closed position in which the inlet is substantially blocked, characterized in that the cylindrical member, flap and central portion are formed from a unitary molded piece of material.
An aviary apparatus (10, 110) for rearing laying hens, which comprises mutually laterally adjacent multistory rearing batteries (11, 12, 13, 111), each one of said batteries (11, 12, 13,111) comprising at least one lower stop surface (15, 27, 28, 115) and one upper stop surface (16, 34, 35), with areas on which the poultry can walk between the batteries and laterally to the outermost batteries, characterized in that said lower stop surfaces (15, 115, 27, 28) and upper stop surfaces (16, 34, 35) comprise corresponding conveyor belts (19, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33) for eggs and feces, said walkable areas comprising inclined floors (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 121, 122) descending toward a contiguous conveyor belt (19, 30, 33) of a lower stop surface (15, 27, 28, 150) of a corresponding battery (1, 12, 13, 111); said lower stop surfaces and intermediate stop surfaces (17, 18, 217, 218) of each battery being of the type with inclined stop grids (150, 151, 40, 41, 242, 243) and provided with lateral egg collection conveyor belts (152, 153, 42, 43); said inclined floors (121, 122) having, at longitudinal unloading edges thereof (154, 155, 264, 265), descent extension elements (156, 157) adapted to make the eggs descend from the inclined floors onto the inclined stop grids (150, 151), wherein the entire surface occupied by the apparatus being affected by inclined floors (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) and conveyor belts (19, 30, 33) is adapted to render the collection of the eggs on all of said surface autonomous and automated, and conveyor belts (44, 45) similar to the conveyor belts (19, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33) of the lower and upper stop surfaces of the batteries being arranged below the grids (40, 41) and having the purpose of collecting feces.
A signal generation device comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor communicatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the stored instructions to function as: a signal generation unit configured to generate a sound signal based on key operation data associated with a key operation; and a decay control unit configured to control a decay speed of the sound signal based on pedal operation data associated with a pedal operation position, wherein the decay control unit is further configured to control the decay speed to a first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a first range in a changeable range of the pedal operation position, wherein the decay control unit is further configured to control the decay speed to a second speed greater than the first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a second range adjacent to the first range, and wherein a first boundary position between the first range and the second range is determined based on control information obtained by the key operation. a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor communicatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the stored instructions to function as: a signal generation unit configured to generate a sound signal based on key operation data associated with a key operation; and a decay control unit configured to control a decay speed of the sound signal based on pedal operation data associated with a pedal operation position, wherein the decay control unit is further configured to control the decay speed to a first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a first range in a changeable range of the pedal operation position, wherein the decay control unit is further configured to control the decay speed to a second speed greater than the first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a second range adjacent to the first range, and a signal generation unit configured to generate a sound signal based on key operation data associated with a key operation; and a decay control unit configured to control a decay speed of the sound signal based on pedal operation data associated with a pedal operation position, wherein the decay control unit is further configured to control the decay speed to a first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a first range in a changeable range of the pedal operation position, wherein the decay control unit is further configured to control the decay speed to a second speed greater than the first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a second range adjacent to the first range, and wherein a first boundary position between the first range and the second range is determined based on control information obtained by the key operation.
A mixer for mixing an exhaust gas flow with a fluid injected into an exhaust gas line, said mixer comprising means for generating a swirl effecting a rotating flow and means for a radial displacement in the exhaust gas flow admixed with the fluid and flowing axially through the mixer, wherein the swirl generation means and the radial displacement means are arranged and designed such that, viewed over the cross-section of the mixer perpendicular to the axial exhaust gas flow, at least two mutually separate swirl regions result which are built up via tangentially acting vane-like swirl elements and which are at least partly separated from one another by separation elements, and at least one radial displacement region results which is in each case arranged between two mutually separate swirl regions.
Method for cleaning pipe bundles having ends which are open at the end side, in particular the pipe bundles of heat exchangers, air coolers or condensers, in which a cleaning apparatus which has at least one cleaning device is positioned adjacent to the open ends of the pipe bundle and subsequently the cleaning device which has at least one high-pressure hose is arranged by a control device in alignment one after the other with respect to the respective pipe of the pipe bundle and the cleaning device is inserted into the respective pipe and acted on with fluid under high pressure, wherein during the insertion of the at least one cleaning device into the respective pipe the insertion depth Z is measured and monitored by the control device, and the respective insertion depth is stored in the control device or a storage and documentation device which is connected to the control device and is documented for the respective cleaning operation, characterised in that the documentation involves the production of a three-dimensional contamination profile of the pipe bundle.
Method of forming a solid lithium-based electrolyte for a solid microbattery, by cathode sputtering of a target lithium-based material in a cathode sputtering device comprising a cathode supporting the lithium-based target material and an object supported by a substrate holder, wherein: - the target lithium-based material is sputtered; - a solid lithium-based electrolyte is formed on the object; characterized in that: - prior to the sputtering of the target lithium-based material, a grid made of a lithium-free electrically-conductive material, is interposed between the object and the lithium-based target material, and - the grid and the substrate holder are electrically connected. - the target lithium-based material is sputtered; - a solid lithium-based electrolyte is formed on the object; characterized in that: - prior to the sputtering of the target lithium-based material, a grid made of a lithium-free electrically-conductive material, is interposed between the object and the lithium-based target material, and - the grid and the substrate holder are electrically connected.
An optical fiber manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a heating furnace for heating and melting an optical fiber preform; a pulling mechanism for adjusting an outer diameter of a glass optical fiber by drawing out the glass optical fiber from the optical fiber preform melted through the heating by the heating furnace, and drawing the glass optical fiber that has been adjusted in outer diameter; characterized in that it further comprises: a coating mechanism, having an insertion hole, for applying a predetermined resin on an outer circumference of the glass optical fiber that has been adjusted in outer diameter and is inserted through the insertion hole; and a transport mechanism for returnably retracting the coating mechanism from a passage route of the glass optical fiber. a heating furnace for heating and melting an optical fiber preform; a pulling mechanism for adjusting an outer diameter of a glass optical fiber by drawing out the glass optical fiber from the optical fiber preform melted through the heating by the heating furnace, and drawing the glass optical fiber that has been adjusted in outer diameter; characterized in that it further comprises: a coating mechanism, having an insertion hole, for applying a predetermined resin on an outer circumference of the glass optical fiber that has been adjusted in outer diameter and is inserted through the insertion hole; and a transport mechanism for returnably retracting the coating mechanism from a passage route of the glass optical fiber. a coating mechanism, having an insertion hole, for applying a predetermined resin on an outer circumference of the glass optical fiber that has been adjusted in outer diameter and is inserted through the insertion hole; and a transport mechanism for returnably retracting the coating mechanism from a passage route of the glass optical fiber.
A dummy electric battery (5; 10; 21; 23; 25; 30; 35; 40) comprising, in a shell: - an alternation of thermally-conductive plates and of thermally-insulating plates; - at least, for one of the thermally-insulating plates interposed between two thermally-conductive plates, a thermally-conductive thermal bridge present in said thermally-insulating plate and mechanically connected to said two thermally-conductive plates; and - at least one resistive element and electric conductors connected to the resistive element and extending outside of the shell. - an alternation of thermally-conductive plates and of thermally-insulating plates; - at least, for one of the thermally-insulating plates interposed between two thermally-conductive plates, a thermally-conductive thermal bridge present in said thermally-insulating plate and mechanically connected to said two thermally-conductive plates; and - at least one resistive element and electric conductors connected to the resistive element and extending outside of the shell.
A process comprising: a) epoxidizing an olefin having a carbon number of from 8 to 16 to form an epoxide comprising an epoxide ring; and b) directly esterifying the epoxide with a C 2 to C 18 carboxylic acid to form a diester species for use as a lubricant, the diester species having the following structure: wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are the same or independently selected from C 2 to C 17 hydrocarbon groups. a) epoxidizing an olefin having a carbon number of from 8 to 16 to form an epoxide comprising an epoxide ring; and b) directly esterifying the epoxide with a C 2 to C 18 carboxylic acid to form a diester species for use as a lubricant, the diester species having the following structure:
A method for determining the elongation and/or compression of a self-adhesive profiled sealing element applied to a body or a body part of a vehicle, comprising the steps: - drawing the profiled sealing element from a store and conveying the profiled sealing element along a conveying path by means of a drive system in the direction of an application roller, - applying the profiled sealing element to the body or the body part along an application distance by means of the application roller - peeling a protective strip off an adhesive surface of the self-adhesive profiled sealing element prior to the application in a section of the conveying path between the drive system and the application roller, - measuring the length of the profiled sealing element drawn from the store by means of a measuring sensor comprising a measuring roller, characterized in that the measuring roller rolls on the profiled sealing element without slipping in a section of the conveying path in conveying direction upstream of the drive system. - drawing the profiled sealing element from a store and conveying the profiled sealing element along a conveying path by means of a drive system in the direction of an application roller, - applying the profiled sealing element to the body or the body part along an application distance by means of the application roller - peeling a protective strip off an adhesive surface of the self-adhesive profiled sealing element prior to the application in a section of the conveying path between the drive system and the application roller, - measuring the length of the profiled sealing element drawn from the store by means of a measuring sensor comprising a measuring roller,
An apparatus for performing at least one of mapping and ablation functions, the apparatus comprising: a catheter sized and shaped for vascular access and including an elongate body extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a tip section arranged at the distal end of the elongate body and deployable to form a closed loop, the closed loop comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface comprises a curved surface; and one or more electrode structures (416a-k) arranged with the tip section, characterized in that the interior surface comprises a surface defining an interior cylindrical space with an axis perpendicular to the plane of the closed loop. a catheter sized and shaped for vascular access and including an elongate body extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a tip section arranged at the distal end of the elongate body and deployable to form a closed loop, the closed loop comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface comprises a curved surface; and one or more electrode structures (416a-k) arranged with the tip section, characterized in that the interior surface comprises a surface defining an interior cylindrical space with an axis perpendicular to the plane of the closed loop.
A seatbelt buckle device comprising: a buckle switch which includes a switch substrate and a slider part which slides on the switch substrate, the buckle switch detecting whether a tongue is inserted in and connected with a buckle as the slider part moves by sliding on the switch substrate synchronously with attachment/detachment of the tongue; and a channel which has a substantially U-shaped section and slidably holds an ejector, the ejector sliding synchronously with attachment/detachment of the tongue, the switch substrate being supported by the channel as one end thereof is fixed to a side wall (22A, 22B) of the channel, characterized in that the slider part includes a pin to be fitted to a hole part formed in the ejector, and the pin is offset to one end side of the switch substrate from a middle part of the slider part in a sliding direction, wherein the seatbelt buckle device further comprises a case cover for storing the buckle switch and the channel, wherein one end of the switch substrate is supported by the channel in a cantilever manner, and the other end of the switch substrate is stored in a substrate storing part of the case cover in a non-contact state, wherein the buckle switch includes a substrate housing attached to one end of the switch substrate and held at the side wall (22A, 22B) of the channel, one end of the switch substrate is fixed to the side wall (22A, 22B) of the channel through the substrate housing. a buckle switch which includes a switch substrate and a slider part which slides on the switch substrate, the buckle switch detecting whether a tongue is inserted in and connected with a buckle as the slider part moves by sliding on the switch substrate synchronously with attachment/detachment of the tongue; and a channel which has a substantially U-shaped section and slidably holds an ejector, the ejector sliding synchronously with attachment/detachment of the tongue, the switch substrate being supported by the channel as one end thereof is fixed to a side wall (22A, 22B) of the channel, characterized in that the slider part includes a pin to be fitted to a hole part formed in the ejector, and the pin is offset to one end side of the switch substrate from a middle part of the slider part in a sliding direction, wherein the seatbelt buckle device further comprises a case cover for storing the buckle switch and the channel, wherein one end of the switch substrate is supported by the channel in a cantilever manner, and the other end of the switch substrate is stored in a substrate storing part of the case cover in a non-contact state, wherein the buckle switch includes a substrate housing attached to one end of the switch substrate and held at the side wall (22A, 22B) of the channel, one end of the switch substrate is fixed to the side wall (22A, 22B) of the channel through the substrate housing.
Plug-in connector for an electronic control device, having a connection body, which is designed as an injection-moulded part and consists of plastic, for making contact with a mating plug which can be contact-connected to the control device, wherein the connection body has a collar-like connecting section (14, 15) for the mating plug, wherein the connecting section (14, 15) surrounds first connection plug pins which can be contact-connected to a first circuit carrier, which forms an electronic circuit, of the control device, and having at least one antenna element (30; 35, 36; 44 to 46), which interacts with an antenna electronics system and can be connected to the electronic circuit of the first circuit carrier, characterized in that, in order to form a common assembly (25; 25a), the at least one antenna element (30; 35, 36; 44 to 46) together with the antenna electronics system are arranged on a second circuit carrier.
A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device (12, 28, 30, 32, 34, 416, 516), comprising: receiving a plurality of predefined beams associated with a microphone array; receiving a plurality of predefined nulls associated with the microphone array; selecting at least one of: one or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams, thus defining one or more selected beams; and one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls, thus defining one or more selected nulls; and obtaining (506. 800, 1506, 1700) audio encounter information, via the microphone array, using at least one of the one or more selected beams and the one or more selected nulls. receiving a plurality of predefined beams associated with a microphone array; receiving a plurality of predefined nulls associated with the microphone array; selecting at least one of: one or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams, thus defining one or more selected beams; and one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls, thus defining one or more selected nulls; and one or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams, thus defining one or more selected beams; and one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls, thus defining one or more selected nulls; and obtaining (506. 800, 1506, 1700) audio encounter information, via the microphone array, using at least one of the one or more selected beams and the one or more selected nulls.
A device for measuring a physiological characteristic of a first subject, the device comprising: - a first electrode for contacting a part of the body of the first subject; - a second electrode for contacting a part of the body of a second subject; and - a control unit for obtaining an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal using the electrodes (4; 6) and for processing the ECG signal to determine a measurement of a physiological characteristic of the first subject; and - a sensor (12; 14) for measuring a second physiological characteristic of one of the first subject and second subject; wherein the ECG signal comprises a first ECG signal component relating to the first subject and a second ECG signal component relating to the second subject, and the control unit is configured to: use the measurement of the second physiological characteristic to extract the first ECG signal component relating to the first subject from the ECG signal; and process the first ECG signal component to determine a measurement of the physiological characteristic of the first subject. - a first electrode for contacting a part of the body of the first subject; - a second electrode for contacting a part of the body of a second subject; and - a control unit for obtaining an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal using the electrodes (4; 6) and for processing the ECG signal to determine a measurement of a physiological characteristic of the first subject; and - a sensor (12; 14) for measuring a second physiological characteristic of one of the first subject and second subject; use the measurement of the second physiological characteristic to extract the first ECG signal component relating to the first subject from the ECG signal; and process the first ECG signal component to determine a measurement of the physiological characteristic of the first subject.