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A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing and, inside said outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub and structured for housing the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispenser which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, a fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for selectively channelling a flow of fresh water from the water mains towards the detergent dispenser and/or the washing tub, and an internal water softening device capable of reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water directed towards the detergent dispenser or the washing tub; the laundry washing machine furthermore comprising at least a first drawer (16, 67) which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing (18, 68) located/recessed inside the outer casing, wherein said first drawer (16, 67) is provided with a substantially basin-shaped, regeneration-agent compartment structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of consumable salt or other regeneration agent; and a water-supply line which is structured for channelling a flow of fresh water of the water mains towards said regeneration-agent compartment; wherein said first drawer (16, 67) comprises a water delivery member which is stationary fitted to the regeneration-agent compartment so as to move together with the first drawer (16, 67), wherein said water delivery member is structured to receive, at least when said first drawer (16, 67) is placed in a retracted position, a flow of fresh water from the water-supply line and to spread out said fresh water into the regeneration-agent compartment, characterized in that said water delivery member is fitted to the regeneration-agent compartment substantially at the upper mouth of said regeneration-agent compartment. the laundry washing machine furthermore comprising at least a first drawer (16, 67) which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing (18, 68) located/recessed inside the outer casing, wherein said first drawer (16, 67) is provided with a substantially basin-shaped, regeneration-agent compartment structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of consumable salt or other regeneration agent; and a water-supply line which is structured for channelling a flow of fresh water of the water mains towards said regeneration-agent compartment; wherein said first drawer (16, 67) comprises a water delivery member which is stationary fitted to the regeneration-agent compartment so as to move together with the first drawer (16, 67), wherein said water delivery member is structured to receive, at least when said first drawer (16, 67) is placed in a retracted position, a flow of fresh water from the water-supply line and to spread out said fresh water into the regeneration-agent compartment, characterized in that said water delivery member is fitted to the regeneration-agent compartment substantially at the upper mouth of said regeneration-agent compartment.
A method of forming a container with a featured sidewall, said method comprising: providing a blow molded metal container (200, 300, 500) formed by blow molding a metallic preform, the metal container including a sidewall; performing a localized annealing on a localized portion of the sidewall by at least partially annealing the localized portion of the sidewall, wherein at least partially annealing comprises heating the localized portion of the sidewall to a temperature that causes metal grains of the localized portion of the sidewall to transition to a reduced stress state from an existing stress state; positioning the metal container into a mold (204, 208, 504) inclusive of at least one sidewall feature; and blow molding the metal container again to cause the at least one sidewall feature to be created in the localized portion of the sidewall of the container as defined by the mold. providing a blow molded metal container (200, 300, 500) formed by blow molding a metallic preform, the metal container including a sidewall; performing a localized annealing on a localized portion of the sidewall by at least partially annealing the localized portion of the sidewall, wherein at least partially annealing comprises heating the localized portion of the sidewall to a temperature that causes metal grains of the localized portion of the sidewall to transition to a reduced stress state from an existing stress state; positioning the metal container into a mold (204, 208, 504) inclusive of at least one sidewall feature; and blow molding the metal container again to cause the at least one sidewall feature to be created in the localized portion of the sidewall of the container as defined by the mold.
Carbon dioxide separation plant, wherein the carbon dioxide separation plant comprises an old building material feed, a crushing device, a moistening device and a conversion device, wherein the old building material feed is connected to the crushing device for the transfer of old building material, wherein the comminuting device is connected to the moistening device for transferring comminuted old building material, wherein the moistening device is connected to the conversion device for transferring moistened old building material, characterized in that the conversion device 60) is a countercurrent reactor, the conversion device having a gas feed for the gas to be purified on the underside and a gas outlet on the upper side, as a result of which the gas to be purified is guided from the underside to the upper side, the conversion device having a solids feed on the upper side and a solids outlet on the underside, so that the comminuted and moistened old building material is conveyed by gravity from the solids feed to the solids outlet in a bed of debris, consisting of comminuted and moistened old building material, and thus in countercurrent to the gas to be cleaned, the solids feed being connected to the moistening device for transferring moistened old building material.
A method, comprising: detecting, by a network apparatus, at a first measurement point user plane packets transmitted over a Quick User Datagram Protocol Internet Connection, QUIC, connection between network elements of a communication system; based on a detected user plane packet, obtaining, by the network apparatus, at the first measurement point, user plane customer experience measurement information and user plane packet context information including a timestamp, a packet sequence number and/or a connection identity of the user plane packet; receiving, by the network apparatus, at the first measurement point, user plane customer experience measurement information and user plane packet context information including a timestamp, a packet sequence number and/or a connection identity of the user plane packet, obtained at a second measurement point, transmitted to the first measurement point by using in-band control plane packet header enrichment; and correlating, by the first network apparatus, the user plane customer experience measurement information obtained at the first measurement point, with the user plane customer experience measurement information received from the second measurement point regarding the same user plane packet or a related user plane packet, by using the corresponding context information obtained at the first measurement point and the corresponding context information received at the first measurement point. detecting, by a network apparatus, at a first measurement point user plane packets transmitted over a Quick User Datagram Protocol Internet Connection, QUIC, connection between network elements of a communication system; based on a detected user plane packet, obtaining, by the network apparatus, at the first measurement point, user plane customer experience measurement information and user plane packet context information including a timestamp, a packet sequence number and/or a connection identity of the user plane packet; receiving, by the network apparatus, at the first measurement point, user plane customer experience measurement information and user plane packet context information including a timestamp, a packet sequence number and/or a connection identity of the user plane packet, obtained at a second measurement point, transmitted to the first measurement point by using in-band control plane packet header enrichment; and correlating, by the first network apparatus, the user plane customer experience measurement information obtained at the first measurement point, with the user plane customer experience measurement information received from the second measurement point regarding the same user plane packet or a related user plane packet, by using the corresponding context information obtained at the first measurement point and the corresponding context information received at the first measurement point.
A blood pump housing device comprising a first and second artificial heart pump receiving part (3a, 3b) configured to receive and partly enclose a first and a second artificial heart pump (20a, 20b) of a total artificial heart; and a first and second pump actuation enclosing part (4a, 4b) configured to partly enclose a first and second pump actuation means (60a, 60b), said artificial heart pump receiving parts (3a, 3b) and pump actuation means enclosing parts (4a, 4b) are arranged to connect to each other in a leak-free manner, characterized in that each artificial heart pump (20a, 20b) comprises a valve cylinder (22a, 22b) movably arranged inside said pump receiving part (3a, 3b), said valve cylinder (22a, 22b) is separated by a valve plane (31a, 31b) provided with a valve (32a, 32b), said valve plane (31a, 31b) dividing said valve cylinder (22a, 22b) into an artificial atrium (25a, 25b) and an artificial ventricle (28a, 28b).
A thrombectomy system (300, 400), comprising: an inversion support catheter (307, 407, 507, 907, 1007, 1107, 1307) having an elongate and flexible catheter body, a catheter lumen, and a funnel disposed at a distal end of the catheter body, wherein a distal end of the funnel defines a distal opening in communication with an interior of the funnel and the catheter lumen, respectively, and a flexible tube (305, 405, 505, 905, 1005, 1105) inverting over the distal end of the funnel such that the flexible tube has a first region at least partially disposed within the interior of the funnel and a second region at least partially extending over an exterior of the funnel, and a puller (303, 403) disposed within the catheter lumen, wherein the first region of the flexible tube (305, 405, 505, 905, 1005, 1105) is coupled to a distal end region of the puller (303, 403), characterized in that said funnel (308, 408, 508, 605, 1013, 1308) is expandable and a base region (313, 413, 1023) of the funnel adjacent to the distal end of the catheter body comprises openings configured to allow fluid to pass therethrough; and wherein the funnel (308, 408, 508, 605, 1013, 1308) is configured such that pulling the first region of the flexible tube proximally applies an axially compressive force on the funnel that expands the funnel into an expanded and jammed configuration. an inversion support catheter (307, 407, 507, 907, 1007, 1107, 1307) having an elongate and flexible catheter body, a catheter lumen, and a funnel disposed at a distal end of the catheter body, wherein a distal end of the funnel defines a distal opening in communication with an interior of the funnel and the catheter lumen, respectively, and a flexible tube (305, 405, 505, 905, 1005, 1105) inverting over the distal end of the funnel such that the flexible tube has a first region at least partially disposed within the interior of the funnel and a second region at least partially extending over an exterior of the funnel, and a puller (303, 403) disposed within the catheter lumen, wherein the first region of the flexible tube (305, 405, 505, 905, 1005, 1105) is coupled to a distal end region of the puller (303, 403), characterized in that said funnel (308, 408, 508, 605, 1013, 1308) is expandable and a base region (313, 413, 1023) of the funnel adjacent to the distal end of the catheter body comprises openings configured to allow fluid to pass therethrough; and wherein the funnel (308, 408, 508, 605, 1013, 1308) is configured such that pulling the first region of the flexible tube proximally applies an axially compressive force on the funnel that expands the funnel into an expanded and jammed configuration.
A coating method for coating a component surface of a component with a coating agent using an atomizer in a coating installation, in particular for painting a motor vehicle body part with a paint, with the following steps: a) moving the atomizer over the component surface of the component to be coated and, in this process, b) applying the coating agent onto the component surface using the atomizer, wherein the atomizer is operated with at least one electrical and/or at least one kinematic operating variable (U, Q +, Q -), which comprises a certain high voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent and/or a certain rotational speed of a rotating spray head of the atomizer, c) dynamically modifying the electrical and/or the kinematic operating variable (U, Q +, Q -) of the atomizer during the movement of the atomizer, characterized d) in that the high voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent is generated by means of a high-voltage cascade with several stages of diodes and capacitors, e) in that the diodes of the high-voltage cascade are high-voltage-resistant photodiodes which can be controlled by light, and f) in that the photodiodes are controlled by the light for modifying the high voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent. a) moving the atomizer over the component surface of the component to be coated and, in this process, b) applying the coating agent onto the component surface using the atomizer, wherein the atomizer is operated with at least one electrical and/or at least one kinematic operating variable (U, Q +, Q -), which comprises a certain high voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent and/or a certain rotational speed of a rotating spray head of the atomizer, c) dynamically modifying the electrical and/or the kinematic operating variable (U, Q +, Q -) of the atomizer during the movement of the atomizer, characterized d) in that the high voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent is generated by means of a high-voltage cascade with several stages of diodes and capacitors, e) in that the diodes of the high-voltage cascade are high-voltage-resistant photodiodes which can be controlled by light, and f) in that the photodiodes are controlled by the light for modifying the high voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent.
An electrosurgical generator, comprising: a non-resonant radio frequency output stage configured to output a substantially square electrosurgical waveform, wherein the non-resonant radio frequency output stage comprises: a DC-DC buck converter configured to output a DC waveform, the DC-DC buck converter including at least one first switching element operated at a first duty cycle; a DC-AC boost converter coupled to the DC-DC buck converter and including at least one second switching element (102a - 102d) operated at a second duty cycle, the DC-AC boost converter configured to convert the DC waveform to generate the substantially square electrosurgical waveform; and wherein a controller coupled to the non-resonant radio frequency output stage, characterised in that the controller is configured to adjust the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle to adjust a crest factor of the substantially square electrosurgical waveform on a cycle-by-cycle basis. a DC-DC buck converter configured to output a DC waveform, the DC-DC buck converter including at least one first switching element operated at a first duty cycle; a DC-AC boost converter coupled to the DC-DC buck converter and including at least one second switching element (102a - 102d) operated at a second duty cycle, the DC-AC boost converter configured to convert the DC waveform to generate the substantially square electrosurgical waveform; and wherein a controller coupled to the non-resonant radio frequency output stage, characterised in that the controller is configured to adjust the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle to adjust a crest factor of the substantially square electrosurgical waveform on a cycle-by-cycle basis.
Method for desalinating seawater by means of an apparatus that comprises at least three plates, at least two evaporation chambers, each of them delimited by two consecutive plates (28, 29), and entrance means to feed the evaporation chambers with seawater to be desalinated, the entrance means being suitable to feed all the evaporation chambers with seawater from a common source, one of the plates of each evaporation chamber being suitable to operate as an evaporation surface in said chamber and the other plate being suitable to operate as a condensation surface in said chamber, so that water vapour molecules can follow the shortest path from said evaporation surface to said condensation surface, characterized by comprising the steps of: - creating a suitable vacuum in the evaporation chambers prior to the desalinating operation; - pre-deaerating the seawater to be fed to the evaporation chambers; - entering the pre-deaerated seawater into the evaporation chambers at a suitably controlled pressure and temperature that is the same for all the evaporation chambers; - letting the vacuum in the evaporation chambers to be self-maintained during the desalinating operation. - creating a suitable vacuum in the evaporation chambers prior to the desalinating operation; - pre-deaerating the seawater to be fed to the evaporation chambers; - entering the pre-deaerated seawater into the evaporation chambers at a suitably controlled pressure and temperature that is the same for all the evaporation chambers; - letting the vacuum in the evaporation chambers to be self-maintained during the desalinating operation.
Fixed logic circuitry configured to cause an ion mobility spectrometer comprising a corona discharge point to operate the corona discharge point at an operating voltage for a first time interval to produce a corona discharge, and to operate the corona discharge point at a cleaning voltage greater than the operating voltage for a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval to produce a corona discharge.
A method of forming a patterned tufted article, comprising: moving a backing material through a tufting zone; reciprocating a pair of needle bars (25, 26), each carrying a series of spaced needles, into and out of the backing material; feeding a series of yarns (Y1, Y2) to the needles of the first and second needle bars (25, 26) as the needle bars (25, 26) are reciprocated to deliver the yarns (Y1, Y2) into the backing material; as the needles are reciprocated into and out of the backing material, engaging the needles with a series of gauge parts and forming tufts of yarns (Y1, Y2) in the backing material; characterized by shifting at least one needle bar (25, 26) by an amount sufficient to move the needles carried thereby to an off-gauge position out of alignment with corresponding ones of the gauge parts to prevent pick-up of yarns (Y1, Y2) carried by the needles of the at least one needle bar (25, 26); and controlling the feeding of yarns (Y1, Y2) to the needles of the at least one needle bar (25, 26) such that the yarns (Y1, Y2) carried thereby are selectively pulled low or are retracted from the backing material as the needles are reciprocated out of the backing material. moving a backing material through a tufting zone; reciprocating a pair of needle bars (25, 26), each carrying a series of spaced needles, into and out of the backing material; feeding a series of yarns (Y1, Y2) to the needles of the first and second needle bars (25, 26) as the needle bars (25, 26) are reciprocated to deliver the yarns (Y1, Y2) into the backing material; as the needles are reciprocated into and out of the backing material, engaging the needles with a series of gauge parts and forming tufts of yarns (Y1, Y2) in the backing material; characterized by shifting at least one needle bar (25, 26) by an amount sufficient to move the needles carried thereby to an off-gauge position out of alignment with corresponding ones of the gauge parts to prevent pick-up of yarns (Y1, Y2) carried by the needles of the at least one needle bar (25, 26); and controlling the feeding of yarns (Y1, Y2) to the needles of the at least one needle bar (25, 26) such that the yarns (Y1, Y2) carried thereby are selectively pulled low or are retracted from the backing material as the needles are reciprocated out of the backing material.
An inkjet printing method for manufacturing decorative surfaces including the steps of: a) jetting a colour pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polymer latex binder on a thermosetting resin impregnated paper; and b) drying the one or more aqueous inkjet inks, wherein the polymer latex binder is a polyurethane based latex binder; and wherein the one or more aqueous inkjet inks include an aqueous inkjet ink containing a colour pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I Pigment Yellow 151 and mixed crystals thereof or a colour pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I Pigment Red 254 and mixed crystals thereof. a) jetting a colour pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polymer latex binder on a thermosetting resin impregnated paper; and b) drying the one or more aqueous inkjet inks,
Bicycle tyre comprising: - two sidewalls connecting a tread to two beads, - a continuous toothing having a substantially radial generatrix with respect to the rotation axis of the tyre in the axial direction (YY'), said toothing being positioned circumferentially on an axially outer face of at least one sidewall and comprising an elastomeric material,and - a retroreflective strip, characterized in that the retroreflective strip is axially offset, and is positioned circumferentially on the sidewall, axially on the outside of the axially outer face of the sidewall and radially on the outside of the toothing, in that a strip support is interposed axially between the retroreflective strip and the axially outer face of the sidewall, and in that an axially outer face of the strip support, to which the retroreflective strip is applied, forms an angle of at most equal to 30° with the radial direction (ZZ') of the tyre. - two sidewalls connecting a tread to two beads, - a continuous toothing having a substantially radial generatrix with respect to the rotation axis of the tyre in the axial direction (YY'), said toothing being positioned circumferentially on an axially outer face of at least one sidewall and comprising an elastomeric material,and - a retroreflective strip,