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A device (200, 249, 312, 360, 1006) for incision and insertion of a ventilation tube into a tympanic membrane, the device comprising: a cutter member (310, 358, 504, 702, 752, 804, 1600, 1800, 1802a,b, 1804, 1810, 1814a,b, 1900) configured to make an incision; a holder member (310, 358, 502, 602, 804, 1822) configured to dispose the ventilation tube in an orientation in which a longitudinal axis of the ventilation tube is substantially perpendicular to the cutter member (310, 358, 504, 702, 752, 804, 1600, 1800, 1802a,b, 1804, 1810, 1814a,b, 1900); and a pusher member (308, 402, 508, 806, 904, 1008, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1306, 1400, 1604, 1803, 1818) configured to apply a pushing force to a first end of the ventilation tube in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first end of the ventilation tube being disposed closer to the cutter member than a second end of the ventilation tube; wherein the holder member (310, 358, 502, 602, 804, 1822) comprises a pivot element (810,2000,2002a,2002b,2004) configured to releasably engage the second end of the ventilation tube such that the ventilation tube is pivotable about the pivot element under the pushing force applied to the first end of the ventilation tube by the pusher member (308, 402, 508, 806, 904, 1008, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1306, 1400, 1604, 1803, 1818), for insertion of the first end of the ventilation tube into the incision. a cutter member (310, 358, 504, 702, 752, 804, 1600, 1800, 1802a,b, 1804, 1810, 1814a,b, 1900) configured to make an incision; a holder member (310, 358, 502, 602, 804, 1822) configured to dispose the ventilation tube in an orientation in which a longitudinal axis of the ventilation tube is substantially perpendicular to the cutter member (310, 358, 504, 702, 752, 804, 1600, 1800, 1802a,b, 1804, 1810, 1814a,b, 1900); and a pusher member (308, 402, 508, 806, 904, 1008, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1306, 1400, 1604, 1803, 1818) configured to apply a pushing force to a first end of the ventilation tube in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first end of the ventilation tube being disposed closer to the cutter member than a second end of the ventilation tube; wherein the holder member (310, 358, 502, 602, 804, 1822) comprises a pivot element (810,2000,2002a,2002b,2004) configured to releasably engage the second end of the ventilation tube such that the ventilation tube is pivotable about the pivot element under the pushing force applied to the first end of the ventilation tube by the pusher member (308, 402, 508, 806, 904, 1008, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1306, 1400, 1604, 1803, 1818), for insertion of the first end of the ventilation tube into the incision.
Method for producing a hole in an object, comprising the following steps: generating a beam for removing material such that a bore base is placed into a focal position of the beam; removing material by impingement of the beam on the bore base; re-placing the bore base into a focal position of the beam to compensate for an increase in the depth of the hole due to the removal of material; the method is characterized by: changing a beam characteristic of the beam when the bore base is re-placed into a focal position, the changing of the beam characteristic comprising modulating a beam caustic of the beam. generating a beam for removing material such that a bore base is placed into a focal position of the beam; removing material by impingement of the beam on the bore base; re-placing the bore base into a focal position of the beam to compensate for an increase in the depth of the hole due to the removal of material; the method is characterized by: changing a beam characteristic of the beam when the bore base is re-placed into a focal position, the changing of the beam characteristic comprising modulating a beam caustic of the beam.
A method for operating an application device that exchanges application data (111, 211) via a cellular radio communication network with an external application server operated by an application provider, the application device comprising a device memory, and wherein the method comprises: - the application device receiving an information element, the information element being indicative of regulation information, which are adapted to define at least one time span or point in time defined in terms of a week, a day or a time of day, that can be used for an up- or download transmission of application exchange data between the application device and the application server; - the application device receiving an instruction to store the regulation information comprised in the information element in the device memory and storing the regulation information correspondingly, wherein a radio module of the application device receives the information element via a management-channel communication between a cellular network management node and a subscriber identification module; - the application device subsequently initiating a up- or download transmission of the application exchange data (111, 211) between the application device and the application server only at the at least one allowed time that is in accordance with the regulation information stored in the device memory. - the application device receiving an information element, the information element being indicative of regulation information, which are adapted to define at least one time span or point in time defined in terms of a week, a day or a time of day, that can be used for an up- or download transmission of application exchange data between the application device and the application server; - the application device receiving an instruction to store the regulation information comprised in the information element in the device memory and storing the regulation information correspondingly, wherein a radio module of the application device receives the information element via a management-channel communication between a cellular network management node and a subscriber identification module; - the application device subsequently initiating a up- or download transmission of the application exchange data (111, 211) between the application device and the application server only at the at least one allowed time that is in accordance with the regulation information stored in the device memory.
Attachment for harvesting stemmed crops with a number of conveying assemblies which are arranged laterally next to one another for cutting off and conveying away crops, and with a picking device which is arranged downstream of the conveying assemblies, extends transversely with respect to the driving direction, and comprises a picking gap and picking rollers which are arranged underneath, in order to sever multiple fruits from the crops and to feed them to a separate processing means, the conveying assemblies each comprising an intake conveyor, and the intake conveyor which rotates about the vertical axis being configured to cut off the crops and to convey the cut-off crops into an arcuate conveying channel, and an intermediate conveyor being arranged downstream of the intake conveyor, which intermediate conveyor rotates about the vertical axis and is configured to convey the crops along the conveying channel and to transfer them to the picking device, characterized in that the picking device extends over the entire working width of at least half of the attachment, in that a finger roller is arranged rearwards of the intermediate conveyor, which finger roller can be driven about a rotational axis, which extends transversely with respect to the driving direction, and is provided with a finger which is arranged eccentrically with respect to the rotational axis and sweeps over the end region of the conveying channel at least partially, and in that the rotational speeds and numbers of the elements, serving in each case to convey the crops, of the intake conveyor, the intermediate conveyor and the finger roller being dimensioned and synchronized in such a way that the crops are conveyed at a constant speed over the entire length of the conveying channel, and the finger of the finger roller interacts with a crop precisely when the latter passes by way of the intermediate conveyor into that end region of the conveying channel which is adjacent to the picking gap, and the finger pulls the crop downwards in order to introduce the crop between the picking rollers.
A register comprising: a retainer having a ventilation passage inside; and a louver including a plurality of juxtaposed fins provided turnably inside the ventilation passage to adjust an air blowing direction, wherein a serrated portion including a large number of juxtaposed serrations is formed on an edge portion on an upstream side of the fin, characterised in that J angle portions forming outlines of all of the serrations are roundly chamfered to form chamfered portions on the entire outlines. a retainer having a ventilation passage inside; and a louver including a plurality of juxtaposed fins provided turnably inside the ventilation passage to adjust an air blowing direction, wherein a serrated portion including a large number of juxtaposed serrations is formed on an edge portion on an upstream side of the fin, characterised in that J angle portions forming outlines of all of the serrations are roundly chamfered to form chamfered portions on the entire outlines.
Device for controlling pitch, roll and/or steering of a boat, ship or vessel, the device has a length direction and a height direction and comprises; - at least two crankshafts (5, 6) and - an interceptor member, characterized by further comprising - at least two actuators (2A, 2B), and - at least two actuating means (3A, 3B), wherein each actuator (2A, 2B) interacts with the corresponding actuating means (3A, 3B), wherein the actuating means (3A, 3B) interact with the interceptor member, such that the interceptor member is linearly displaceable between a retracted and an extracted position, wherein each actuating means (3A, 3B) interact with the corresponding crankshaft (5, 6), which thereby rotates, and wherein the crankshafts (5, 6) interact with the interceptor member such that rotations of the crankshafts (5, 6) consequently lead to a displacement of the interceptor member between the retracted and the extracted position, wherein the actuating means have a linear movement which are directed perpendicular relative the movement of the interceptor member and opposite directed relative each other. - at least two crankshafts (5, 6) and - an interceptor member, - at least two actuators (2A, 2B), and - at least two actuating means (3A, 3B), wherein each actuator (2A, 2B) interacts with the corresponding actuating means (3A, 3B), wherein the actuating means (3A, 3B) interact with the interceptor member, such that the interceptor member is linearly displaceable between a retracted and an extracted position, wherein each actuating means (3A, 3B) interact with the corresponding crankshaft (5, 6), which thereby rotates, and wherein the crankshafts (5, 6) interact with the interceptor member such that rotations of the crankshafts (5, 6) consequently lead to a displacement of the interceptor member between the retracted and the extracted position, wherein the actuating means have a linear movement which are directed perpendicular relative the movement of the interceptor member and opposite directed relative each other.
A sea-islands type composite fiber comprising: an island component that is a polymer having moisture absorbability; a ratio T/R of a thickness T of an outermost layer to a diameter R of the fiber in a transverse cross-section of the fiber of 0.05 to 0.25, as measured by the method of the description; and a moisture absorption rate difference ΔMR after a hot water treatment of 2.0 to 10.0%,as measured by the method of the description; wherein the polymer having moisture absorbability is a polyetherester, the polyetherester containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol as main components, and containing the polyether as a copolymerization component; and wherein the thickness of an outermost layer is a difference between a radius of the fiber and a radius of a circumscribed circle formed by connecting apexes of the island components disposed in an outermost circle, and represents a thickness of a sea component in the outermost layer. an island component that is a polymer having moisture absorbability; a ratio T/R of a thickness T of an outermost layer to a diameter R of the fiber in a transverse cross-section of the fiber of 0.05 to 0.25, as measured by the method of the description; and a moisture absorption rate difference ΔMR after a hot water treatment of 2.0 to 10.0%,as measured by the method of the description; wherein the polymer having moisture absorbability is a polyetherester, the polyetherester containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol as main components, and containing the polyether as a copolymerization component; and wherein the thickness of an outermost layer is a difference between a radius of the fiber and a radius of a circumscribed circle formed by connecting apexes of the island components disposed in an outermost circle, and represents a thickness of a sea component in the outermost layer.
Use of a molecular probe, comprising the following general structure: wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, NO 2, NH 2, NHCH 3, N(CH 3) 2, OH, OCH 3, COOCH 3, SH, SCH 3, and alkyl derivatives of amines, wherein "alkyl" refers to a branched or unbranched saturated hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 24 carbon atoms; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the detection of myelin in a subject, wherein the molecular probe upon administration to the subject binds to myelin of the subject.
A nucleic acid extraction device, comprising a tube internally provided, in the following order, with a first plug composed of a first oil, a second plug composed of a first washing liquid, which is phase-separated from an oil and is used for washing a nucleic acid-binding solid-phase carrier having nucleic acids bound thereto, a third plug composed of a second oil, a fourth plug composed of a reverse transcription reaction solution, which is phase-separated from an oil and is used for performing a reverse transcription reaction, a fifth plug composed of a third oil, a sixth plug composed of an eluent, which is phase-separated from an oil and is used for eluting the nucleic acids from the nucleic acid-binding solid-phase carrier having nucleic acids bound thereto, and a seventh plug composed of a fourth oil.
A spectacle lens, comprising a lens substrate including a blue light absorbing compound, and a multilayer film including a metal layer having a film thickness of 1.0-10.0 nm, wherein - the blue light cut ratio C b is ≥ 21.0%, - the average reflectance in the range of 400-500 nm measured on the object-side surface is ≤ 1.00%, and - the average reflectance in the range of 400-500 nm measured on the eyeball-side surface is ≤ 1.00%; wherein C b is calculated as C b = 1-τ b, with τ b being a weighted transmittance of blue light in the range of 380-500 nm, calculated by the equation τ b = ∫ 380 nm 500 nm τ λ ⋅ WB λ ⋅ dλ ∫ 380 nm 500 nm WB λ ⋅ dλ wherein τ(λ) is the transmittance at the wavelength λ nm and WB(λ) is a weighting function calculated by the equation WB(λ) = E sλ ( λ) · B wherein E sλ (λ) is the spectral irradiance of sunlight and B(λ) is a blue light hazard function, and E sλ (λ), B (λ) and WB (λ) are described in Annex C of JIS T 7333:2005. - the blue light cut ratio C b is ≥ 21.0%, - the average reflectance in the range of 400-500 nm measured on the object-side surface is ≤ 1.00%, and - the average reflectance in the range of 400-500 nm measured on the eyeball-side surface is ≤ 1.00%; wherein C b is calculated as C b = 1-τ b, with τ b being a weighted transmittance of blue light in the range of 380-500 nm, calculated by the equation τ b = ∫ 380 nm 500 nm τ λ ⋅ WB λ ⋅ dλ ∫ 380 nm 500 nm WB λ ⋅ dλ wherein τ(λ) is the transmittance at the wavelength λ nm and WB(λ) is a weighting function calculated by the equation WB(λ) = E sλ ( λ) · B wherein E sλ (λ) is the spectral irradiance of sunlight and B(λ) is a blue light hazard function, and E sλ (λ), B (λ) and WB (λ) are described in Annex C of JIS T 7333:2005.
A container comprising a base and a lid defining a first compartment therebetween for storing unused snus, wherein at least the lid or the base includes a reconfigurable wall to enable a user to form or enlarge a second compartment for storing used snus on the other side of said wall to the first compartment, and characterised in that: the reconfigurable wall is formed of contiguous polygons (46, 48) configured to move relative to a boundary of the reconfigurable wall and relative to each other under applied pressure so as to be arrangeable in a first, convex configuration and arrangeable in a second, concave configuration, the second compartment being formed or enlarged when the contiguous polygons are arranged in the second, concave configuration.
A chemical mechanical polishing composition comprising: ceria-coated colloidal silica particles; at least one nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound selected from the group consisting of benzotriazole and its derivatives, 2-aminobenzimidazole and its derivatives, amitrole and its derivatives, triazole and its derivatives, and combinations thereof; at least one non-ionic organic molecule having more than one hydroxyl functional group selected from the group consisting of Dulcitol, D-sorbitol, Maltitol, Lactitol, and combinations thereof; at least one solvent; and optionally, a biocide; and optionally, at least one pH adjuster, wherein the composition has a pH of from 2 to 12, preferably from 3 to 10, more preferably from 4 to 9. ceria-coated colloidal silica particles; at least one nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound selected from the group consisting of benzotriazole and its derivatives, 2-aminobenzimidazole and its derivatives, amitrole and its derivatives, triazole and its derivatives, and combinations thereof; at least one non-ionic organic molecule having more than one hydroxyl functional group selected from the group consisting of Dulcitol, D-sorbitol, Maltitol, Lactitol, and combinations thereof; at least one solvent; and optionally, a biocide; and optionally, at least one pH adjuster,
Technical box for a toilet seat set, which is connected via pivot joints (28, 30) to the technical box, which in turn is fixable to a ceramic via fastening means (12, 14), wherein functional components and control electronics of the toilet seat set are arranged in a housing of the technical box, wherein one functional component is a deodorizer which has a fan via which air is drawn in through an air inlet formed on the technical box and discharged via an air outlet, wherein an fragrance agent is arranged in the air flow path between the air inlet and the air outlet, wherein the fragrance agent is arranged in a container which is positioned in a deodorizer housing in such a way that the container is removable from the technical box in order to replace the fragrance agent, characterized in that the air outlet is oriented in such a way that, during operation, the air is loaded with the fragrance agent and discharged in the direction of a receiving space delimited by the ceramic.
A method of selectively providing consumption data associated with a user, comprising the following steps: - receiving, in a collecting device, consumption data that were acquired by at least one consumption data acquisition apparatus (1a to 1d) associated with the user; and - transmitting the consumption data from the collecting device to a preferably mobile display device associated with the user, characterized in that prior to transmitting the consumption data, a device identification code for identification of the display device associated with the user as well as information for an association of the consumption data acquired by the at least one consumption data acquisition apparatus (1a to 1d) with the display device are stored in the collecting device; and when a connection is set up with the display device, the collecting device carries out an identification process by which the collecting device can identify the display device based on the device identification code stored, and subsequently transmits to the display device only the consumption data associated with the display device. - receiving, in a collecting device, consumption data that were acquired by at least one consumption data acquisition apparatus (1a to 1d) associated with the user; and - transmitting the consumption data from the collecting device to a preferably mobile display device associated with the user,
A vinyl chloride resin composition comprising: (a) vinyl chloride resin; (b) a diester plasticizer; and (c) a trimellitate plasticizer, wherein (a) the vinyl chloride resin includes (x) a base vinyl chloride resin in an amount of from 70 mass% to 100 mass% and (y) vinyl chloride resin fine particles having an average particle diameter of at least 0.1 μm and no greater than 10 μm as determined by a laser diffraction method in accordance with JIS Z8825 in an amount of from 0 mass% to 30 mass%; characterized in that the diester plasticizer is formed from a compound represented by formula shown below where, in formula, R 1 and R 3 are monovalent hydrocarbon groups having an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond that may be the same or different, and R 2 is a divalent hydrocarbon group. (a) vinyl chloride resin; (b) a diester plasticizer; and (c) a trimellitate plasticizer, wherein (a) the vinyl chloride resin includes (x) a base vinyl chloride resin in an amount of from 70 mass% to 100 mass% and (y) vinyl chloride resin fine particles having an average particle diameter of at least 0.1 μm and no greater than 10 μm as determined by a laser diffraction method in accordance with JIS Z8825 in an amount of from 0 mass% to 30 mass%; characterized in that the diester plasticizer is formed from a compound represented by formula shown below where, in formula, R 1 and R 3 are monovalent hydrocarbon groups having an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond that may be the same or different, and R 2 is a divalent hydrocarbon group.
A method for the optimised production of natural cork slices for manufacturing stoppers, from a cork plank comprising a crust, a lower portion and the belly, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: - preparation of an untreated plank of natural cork, - cutting of cork blanks in the direction perpendicular to the surface of said blank in order to form a batch of blanks, - cutting with a view to eliminating the lower portion from the blanks in the same batch, - measuring the length of each blank in a batch, after removal of the lower portion, - cutting of slices in an optimised fashion according to the length available in each blank, the slices being intended for manufacturing stoppers, - elimination of the offcuts, which comprise at least the thickness corresponding to the crust. - preparation of an untreated plank of natural cork, - cutting of cork blanks in the direction perpendicular to the surface of said blank in order to form a batch of blanks, - cutting with a view to eliminating the lower portion from the blanks in the same batch, - measuring the length of each blank in a batch, after removal of the lower portion, - cutting of slices in an optimised fashion according to the length available in each blank, the slices being intended for manufacturing stoppers, - elimination of the offcuts, which comprise at least the thickness corresponding to the crust.