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A printer configured for printing an image on an instant film having an image forming area and a marginal area which is formed in one side and is wider than other marginal areas in other sides and is an area different from the image forming area, the printer comprising: an image input unit that receives an image; the printer characterised by comprising: a subject detection unit that detects a subject (P1, P2, P4a-b, P5a-c) from the received image; an image rotation unit that rotates the received image according to an orientation of the subject (P1, P2, P4a-b, P5a-c) such that the marginal area is positioned in a specific direction with respect to the subject in a case where the rotated image is to be printed on an instant film; and a print unit configured to print the rotated image on an instant film. a subject detection unit that detects a subject (P1, P2, P4a-b, P5a-c) from the received image; an image rotation unit that rotates the received image according to an orientation of the subject (P1, P2, P4a-b, P5a-c) such that the marginal area is positioned in a specific direction with respect to the subject in a case where the rotated image is to be printed on an instant film; and a print unit configured to print the rotated image on an instant film.
A method comprising pre-treating a contaminated medical instrument and subjecting it to reprocessing, the pre-treating method being carried out before any reprocessing of the instrument occurs, and comprising: applying a distal tip protector to a distal tip of the instrument; and using the distal tip protector to maintain fluid around the distal tip of the instrument while the distal tip is located within the distal tip protector; wherein the distal tip protector is rigid and comprises a resilient seal through which the instrument extends when the distal tip is located in the tip protector, the resilient seal being arranged to conform to a contour of the instrument to inhibit the leakage of fluid from the interior of the distal tip protector; the method further comprising removing the distal tip protector from the instrument and then subjecting the instrument to one or more reprocessing steps, wherein the one or more reprocessing steps comprise one or more decontamination steps; wherein the step of applying the distal tip protector to the distal tip of the instrument comprises inserting the distal tip though the resilient seal into the distal tip protector, wherein the method comprises rupturing the resilient seal to insert the distal tip into the distal tip protector. applying a distal tip protector to a distal tip of the instrument; and using the distal tip protector to maintain fluid around the distal tip of the instrument while the distal tip is located within the distal tip protector; wherein the distal tip protector is rigid and comprises a resilient seal through which the instrument extends when the distal tip is located in the tip protector, the resilient seal being arranged to conform to a contour of the instrument to inhibit the leakage of fluid from the interior of the distal tip protector; the method further comprising removing the distal tip protector from the instrument and then subjecting the instrument to one or more reprocessing steps, wherein the one or more reprocessing steps comprise one or more decontamination steps; wherein the step of applying the distal tip protector to the distal tip of the instrument comprises inserting the distal tip though the resilient seal into the distal tip protector, wherein the method comprises rupturing the resilient seal to insert the distal tip into the distal tip protector.
Supplemental electrical power system (400, 500) for use in an aircraft having a first main generator driven by a first engine and a second main generator driven by a second engine, the first and second main generators configured to provide power to a power distribution system in the aircraft, said supplemental electrical power system comprising: a first supplemental generator driven by the first engine; a second supplemental generator driven by the second engine; a first power converter including a first input coupled to the first supplemental generator, and a first output coupled to the power distribution system; a second power converter including a second input coupled to the second supplemental generator and a second output coupled to the power distribution system; a first branch including the first input, the first power converter and the first output; a second branch including the second input, the second power converter and the second output; and a selector coupled between said first branch and said second branch, characterized in that said selector is configured to selectively connect the first supplemental generator to said first branch or said second branch or both, and to selectively connect the second supplemental generator to said first branch or said second branch or both. a first supplemental generator driven by the first engine; a second supplemental generator driven by the second engine; a first power converter including a first input coupled to the first supplemental generator, and a first output coupled to the power distribution system; a second power converter including a second input coupled to the second supplemental generator and a second output coupled to the power distribution system; a first branch including the first input, the first power converter and the first output; a second branch including the second input, the second power converter and the second output; and a selector coupled between said first branch and said second branch, characterized in that said selector is configured to selectively connect the first supplemental generator to said first branch or said second branch or both, and to selectively connect the second supplemental generator to said first branch or said second branch or both.
Knife blade for a cutting knife of an agricultural harvesting machine, with a blade top side and a blade bottom side, wherein a surface of the blade bottom side is composed of a planar surface arranged in a plane and a recess region extending above the plane, wherein a height of the knife blade corresponds to a maximum distance between the blade top side and the planar surface in a direction normal to the plane, wherein a material thickness of the knife blade corresponds to a distance between the blade top side and the blade bottom side, and wherein the material thickness is in at least a part of the knife blade less than the height of the knife blade, characterized in, that the knife blade has at least one opening, wherein the opening is located in the knife blade and wherein a partial surface of the planar surface of the surface of the blade bottom side is arranged around the at least one opening.
Device for conveying separated objects, in particular disc-shaped objects such as coins, with a guide track and with a conveyor belt circulating at a distance (d) from the guideway on a transport arm, wherein the distance (d) of a run of the conveyor belt facing the guideway from the guideway is smaller than the smallest height of an object above the guideway, wherein the articles can be gripped by the run of the conveyor belt facing the guideway and conveyed on the guideway, and wherein the static friction and/or sliding friction forces between the articles and the conveyor belt are greater than the static friction and/or sliding friction forces between the articles and the guideway, characterized by that the conveyor belt has a layered structure, with at least one supporting layer, a middle layer and an entraining layer, wherein the entraining layer faces the guideway and the supporting layer facing belt rollers and/or supporting surfaces of the transport arm, and wherein the entraining layer and the supporting layer form outer layers of the conveyor belt, and that the middle layer is formed from a material which is more elastically compressible in the direction perpendicular to the guideway than the supporting layer and the entraining layer.
A flow meter validation system, comprising: a flow meter configured to provide information indicative of a parameter of fluid flow through the meter; and display logic coupled to the flow meter; wherein the display logic is configured to provide a display of the information, the display comprising: an indication of a possible range of values of the parameter; an indication of a baseline portion of the range designating preferred limits of the values of the parameter; and an indicator of the value of the parameter; wherein the system further comprises a first stored baseline value indicating a preferred range of the parameter for fluid flow in a forward direction, and a second stored baseline value indicating a preferred range of the parameter for fluid flow in a reverse direction; and wherein the display logic is configured to display a current fluid flow direction as being either of the forward and reverse flow direction and to display an indication of whether the stored baseline value for the current fluid flow direction is initialized. a flow meter configured to provide information indicative of a parameter of fluid flow through the meter; and display logic coupled to the flow meter; wherein the display logic is configured to provide a display of the information, the display comprising: an indication of a possible range of values of the parameter; an indication of a baseline portion of the range designating preferred limits of the values of the parameter; and an indicator of the value of the parameter; an indication of a possible range of values of the parameter; an indication of a baseline portion of the range designating preferred limits of the values of the parameter; and an indicator of the value of the parameter; wherein the system further comprises a first stored baseline value indicating a preferred range of the parameter for fluid flow in a forward direction, and a second stored baseline value indicating a preferred range of the parameter for fluid flow in a reverse direction; and wherein the display logic is configured to display a current fluid flow direction as being either of the forward and reverse flow direction and to display an indication of whether the stored baseline value for the current fluid flow direction is initialized.
A pharmaceutical formulation formulated in effervescent form comprising cefdinir as the active agent characterized in that the combination of sodium chloride and sucralose is used as taste regulating agent and the ratio of sodium chloride to sucralose is in the range of 5:1 and 1:1.
A lightweight knit fabric, comprising a knit structure prepared from at least 80 wt% of one or more yarns having a hydrophobic surface, wherein the one or more yarns contain less than 1 part hydroxyl groups per 10 million parts of (co)polymer forming the one or more yarns, and wherein the fabric has a fabric weight of less than 339 g/m 2 (10 ounces per square yard), characterised in that the fabric provides cooling effects to a wearer of the fabric, comprises from 2-4 wt% of an elastomeric yarn, and is made using a jersey stitch.
The use for reducing discoloration of a zinc pyrithione-compound containing composition comprising adding a pyranone compound and an iron co-chelator to the zinc pyrithione-compound containing composition for complexing iron ions introduced to the composition from impurities present in raw materials used to make the composition or from the processing equipment, wherein the weight ratio of the pyranone compound to the iron co-chelator is from 0.01:10 to 10:0.01, wherein the iron co-chelator comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethylidene diphosphonic acid, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, salts of each of the proceeding compounds and mixtures thereof.
A razor cartridge, comprising: a frame defining a base, said frame having an opening defined in part by a composite guard having a leading guard surface and a cap having a trailing cap surface, said leading guard surface having a leading edge, wherein said leading guard surface and said trailing cap surface cooperate to define a contact plane tangential thereto and extending across said opening; and at least three razor blades attached to said base, said razor blades being fixedly spaced; wherein the cutting edge of the razor blade closest to said leading edge of the leading guard surface has a cutting edge exposure relative to said contact plane that is positive; wherein the cutting edge exposures of the other razor blades reduce from said leading composite guard to said cap, whereby one or more said blades has a cutting edge exposed that is negative or neutral; wherein at least two of the blades have an inter-blade span of from 0.75 to 0.85mm, and; the distance between said leading edge of the leading guard surface and the cutting edge closest to the leading guard surface is from 0.3 to 0.75 mm. a frame defining a base, said frame having an opening defined in part by a composite guard having a leading guard surface and a cap having a trailing cap surface, said leading guard surface having a leading edge, wherein said leading guard surface and said trailing cap surface cooperate to define a contact plane tangential thereto and extending across said opening; and at least three razor blades attached to said base, said razor blades being fixedly spaced; wherein the cutting edge of the razor blade closest to said leading edge of the leading guard surface has a cutting edge exposure relative to said contact plane that is positive; wherein the cutting edge exposures of the other razor blades reduce from said leading composite guard to said cap, whereby one or more said blades has a cutting edge exposed that is negative or neutral; wherein at least two of the blades have an inter-blade span of from 0.75 to 0.85mm, and; the distance between said leading edge of the leading guard surface and the cutting edge closest to the leading guard surface is from 0.3 to 0.75 mm.
An internal combustion engine, comprising: a piston; and an anodic oxide coating formed at least on a piston top surface (PS') on at least a portion of an aluminum-based wall surface facing a combustion chamber, wherein the anodic oxide coating defines a plurality of nanopores extending substantially in a thickness direction of the anodic oxide coating, a first micropore extending from a surface toward an inside of the anodic oxide coating, and a second micropore present in the inside of the anodic oxide coating; a surface opening diameter of the nanopores on the surface of the anodic oxide coating is 0 nm or larger and smaller than 30 nm; an inside diameter of the nanopores in the inside of the anodic oxide coating is larger than the surface opening diameter; a film thickness of the anodic oxide coating is 15 μm or larger and 130 μm or smaller; a porosity of the anodic oxide coating is 23% or more; wherein the anodic oxide coating comprises a thin-film portion having the film thickness of 15 μm or larger and 60 μm or smaller disposed in a portion substantially contributing to a formation of a tumble flow in the piston top surface (PS'); and the film thickness of the anodic oxide coating formed on the piston top surface (PS') except for the thin-film portion is larger than 60 μm and 100 μm or smaller. a piston; and an anodic oxide coating formed at least on a piston top surface (PS') on at least a portion of an aluminum-based wall surface facing a combustion chamber, wherein the anodic oxide coating defines a plurality of nanopores extending substantially in a thickness direction of the anodic oxide coating, a first micropore extending from a surface toward an inside of the anodic oxide coating, and a second micropore present in the inside of the anodic oxide coating; a surface opening diameter of the nanopores on the surface of the anodic oxide coating is 0 nm or larger and smaller than 30 nm; an inside diameter of the nanopores in the inside of the anodic oxide coating is larger than the surface opening diameter; a film thickness of the anodic oxide coating is 15 μm or larger and 130 μm or smaller; a porosity of the anodic oxide coating is 23% or more; wherein the anodic oxide coating comprises a thin-film portion having the film thickness of 15 μm or larger and 60 μm or smaller disposed in a portion substantially contributing to a formation of a tumble flow in the piston top surface (PS'); and the film thickness of the anodic oxide coating formed on the piston top surface (PS') except for the thin-film portion is larger than 60 μm and 100 μm or smaller.
A phase locked loop comprising: a controllable oscillator; a variable divider arrangement (108,110) which takes a signal from the controllable oscillator and divides it by a variable amount to provide a lower frequency signal; a sigma-delta modulator arranged to provide a control input to said variable divider arrangement (108,110); and a phase detector triggered by said lower frequency signal and a reference clock; characterised in that: said phase locked loop is arranged to be operable in a normal mode in which the controllable oscillator is controlled by a voltage from said phase detector and a calibration mode in which the controllable oscillator is controlled digitally by a signal from a calibration module which receives an input from said variable divider arrangement (108,110); wherein the divider arrangement (108,110) is arranged to count pulses from the controllable oscillator and to output a signal to the calibration module indicating whether the oscillator is running too fast or too slow. a controllable oscillator; a variable divider arrangement (108,110) which takes a signal from the controllable oscillator and divides it by a variable amount to provide a lower frequency signal; a sigma-delta modulator arranged to provide a control input to said variable divider arrangement (108,110); and a phase detector triggered by said lower frequency signal and a reference clock; characterised in that: said phase locked loop is arranged to be operable in a normal mode in which the controllable oscillator is controlled by a voltage from said phase detector and a calibration mode in which the controllable oscillator is controlled digitally by a signal from a calibration module which receives an input from said variable divider arrangement (108,110); wherein the divider arrangement (108,110) is arranged to count pulses from the controllable oscillator and to output a signal to the calibration module indicating whether the oscillator is running too fast or too slow. said phase locked loop is arranged to be operable in a normal mode in which the controllable oscillator is controlled by a voltage from said phase detector and a calibration mode in which the controllable oscillator is controlled digitally by a signal from a calibration module which receives an input from said variable divider arrangement (108,110); wherein the divider arrangement (108,110) is arranged to count pulses from the controllable oscillator and to output a signal to the calibration module indicating whether the oscillator is running too fast or too slow.
A moisture-absorbing heat-generating quick-drying moisture-retaining thermal fabric, wherein the fabric is knitted by a first yarn, a second yarn, a third yarn an a fourth yarn; the first yarn is a regenerated cellulose fiber-type blended yarn made by blending regenerated cellulose fiber with linen, wool, cashmere, cotton fiber, or a mixture thereof, or is a regenerated cellulose filament yarn or regenerated cellulose staple yarn; the second yarn is a modified polyester fiber yarn having a non-circular cross section; the third yarn is a cotton fiber-type blended yarn made by blending cotton fiber with polyester staple fiber, polyacrylonitrile fiber, or mixture thereof, or is all-cotton yarn; the fourth yarn is polyurethane fiber yarn; and the cross section of the modified polyester fiber yarn having a non-circular cross section is a cross-shaped cross section, a Y-shaped cross section or a oo-shaped cross section, characterized in that the fabric consists of an outer layer, a middle layer and an inner layer, the outer layer is knitted by the first yarn and the fourth yarn, the middle layer is knitted by the second yarn and the fourth yarn, the inner layer is knitted by the second yarn, the third yarn and the fourth yarn.
Method for producing a light alloy casing obtained by casting including at least one pipe supported by a wall (2, 3) of the casing, said method comprising the steps of producing said pipe, producing a mould reproducing the shape of the casing without said pipe, positioning said pipe in said mould and pouring metal to produce the casing, said mould comprising at least one hollow location around the pipe so as to produce a bridge holding the pipe, extending from said wall (2, 3) of the casing, said pipe crossing one wall (2,3) by being over-moulded for its external part to said casing, characterised in that at least one part of the pipe undergoes prior to its installation in the mould, a step of surface treatment by anodic oxidation intended to create a thermal barrier between this part of said pipe and the cast metal.
A managed access system for mobile wireless devices, i.e. MWDs, in a facility, the facility being geographically within a wireless communications network, the managed access system comprising: a plurality of directional antennas arranged at around a periphery of the facility; radio equipment coupled to said plurality of antennas, said radio equipment comprising a plurality of picocell radios each coupled to a respective directional antenna; a management access controller configured to cooperate with said radio equipment to communicate with a given MWD within the facility, block outside communications via the wireless communications network when the given MWD is an unauthorized MWD, and provide outside communications when the given MWD is an authorized MWD, and further configured to determine a change in the wireless communications network and to implement, in response to said change, a corresponding change in said radio equipment comprising at least one of a change in power level of at least one of said plurality of picocell radios, a change in a communications protocol of at least one of said plurality of picocell radios, and a change in a frequency range of at least one of said plurality of picocell radios; and at least one registration antenna configured to define an MWD registration location at the facility; said management access controller configured to register a candidate MWD presented at the MWD registration location as an authorized MWD. a plurality of directional antennas arranged at around a periphery of the facility; radio equipment coupled to said plurality of antennas, said radio equipment comprising a plurality of picocell radios each coupled to a respective directional antenna; a management access controller configured to cooperate with said radio equipment to communicate with a given MWD within the facility, block outside communications via the wireless communications network when the given MWD is an unauthorized MWD, and provide outside communications when the given MWD is an authorized MWD, and further configured to determine a change in the wireless communications network and to implement, in response to said change, a corresponding change in said radio equipment comprising at least one of a change in power level of at least one of said plurality of picocell radios, a change in a communications protocol of at least one of said plurality of picocell radios, and a change in a frequency range of at least one of said plurality of picocell radios; and at least one registration antenna configured to define an MWD registration location at the facility; said management access controller configured to register a candidate MWD presented at the MWD registration location as an authorized MWD.