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A method of making a loop fastener product, the method comprising knitting a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, wherein at least one of the ground yarns comprises a bicomponent yarn with a filament comprising a first portion of a first polymer and a second portion of a second polymer, the first and second portions bonded together along a length of the filament and defining a boundary between the first and second polymers; holding the knit fabric in a flat state and under transverse tension; and while the fabric is held in the flat state and under transverse tension, setting the fabric by first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of a sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool, completing the setting, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer. knitting a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, wherein at least one of the ground yarns comprises a bicomponent yarn with a filament comprising a first portion of a first polymer and a second portion of a second polymer, the first and second portions bonded together along a length of the filament and defining a boundary between the first and second polymers; holding the knit fabric in a flat state and under transverse tension; and while the fabric is held in the flat state and under transverse tension, setting the fabric by first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of a sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool, completing the setting, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer. first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of a sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool, completing the setting, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer.
Process for the combined regeneration of at least two soluble salts contained in a residue of an industrial process comprising polyvalent metals, according to which: • the amount of reactive aqueous solution needed to dissolve the salts which are desired to be regenerated is brought into contact with the residue; • the resulting aqueous suspension is subjected to a separation so as to obtain an aqueous production solution on the one hand and insoluble impurities on the other hand, which are removed; • the aqueous production solution is successively subjected to at least two selective crystallization steps intended to produce, separately, crystals of the at least two soluble salts which are desired to be regenerated, which are washed, dried and regenerated separately; • the concentration of at least one of the soluble salts to be regenerated in the aqueous production solution, at the moment when it is subjected to the step of crystallization of this salt, is adjusted so as to give rise to the selective crystallization of this salt, by addition of a controlled amount of this salt to the aqueous production solution upstream of said crystallization step. • the amount of reactive aqueous solution needed to dissolve the salts which are desired to be regenerated is brought into contact with the residue; • the resulting aqueous suspension is subjected to a separation so as to obtain an aqueous production solution on the one hand and insoluble impurities on the other hand, which are removed; • the aqueous production solution is successively subjected to at least two selective crystallization steps intended to produce, separately, crystals of the at least two soluble salts which are desired to be regenerated, which are washed, dried and regenerated separately; • the concentration of at least one of the soluble salts to be regenerated in the aqueous production solution, at the moment when it is subjected to the step of crystallization of this salt, is adjusted so as to give rise to the selective crystallization of this salt, by addition of a controlled amount of this salt to the aqueous production solution upstream of said crystallization step.
An extravascular system for accessing the vasculature of a patient, comprising: a catheter adapter having a distal end supporting a catheter, and further comprising a proximal opening, the catheter adapter having a lumen; an introducer needle comprising a sharpened tip and a needle feature; a blood control septum disposed within the lumen of the catheter adapter and dividing the lumen into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber; a septum activator movably positioned within the proximal fluid chamber, the septum activator having a base and a probe end; and a needle shield removably coupled to the proximal opening of the catheter adapter and comprising a safety clip, the safety clip further forming a washer, wherein the safety clip is biased away from a distal aperture of the needle shield when the needle is disposed within the distal aperture, characterized in that: in response to the sharpened tip of the needle being withdrawn into the needle shield beyond the distal aperture, the safety clip is released from the biased position and blocks the distal aperture thereby preventing the sharpened tip from exiting a distal end of the needle shield; and the washer of the safety clip is configured to prevent passage of the needle feature. a catheter adapter having a distal end supporting a catheter, and further comprising a proximal opening, the catheter adapter having a lumen; an introducer needle comprising a sharpened tip and a needle feature; a blood control septum disposed within the lumen of the catheter adapter and dividing the lumen into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber; a septum activator movably positioned within the proximal fluid chamber, the septum activator having a base and a probe end; and a needle shield removably coupled to the proximal opening of the catheter adapter and comprising a safety clip, the safety clip further forming a washer, wherein the safety clip is biased away from a distal aperture of the needle shield when the needle is disposed within the distal aperture, characterized in that: in response to the sharpened tip of the needle being withdrawn into the needle shield beyond the distal aperture, the safety clip is released from the biased position and blocks the distal aperture thereby preventing the sharpened tip from exiting a distal end of the needle shield; and the washer of the safety clip is configured to prevent passage of the needle feature. in response to the sharpened tip of the needle being withdrawn into the needle shield beyond the distal aperture, the safety clip is released from the biased position and blocks the distal aperture thereby preventing the sharpened tip from exiting a distal end of the needle shield; and the washer of the safety clip is configured to prevent passage of the needle feature.
Refrigerant circuit of a vehicle air-conditioning system, in particular for electric vehicles, comprising a compressor unit which includes a first compressor and a second compressor arranged downstream for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for heating air which can be supplied to a vehicle interior, a first pressure reducing unit arranged downstream of the condenser for decompressing the refrigerant from the condenser, a heat exchanger through which refrigerant flows for heat exchange with vehicle ambient air, an evaporator for cooling air which can be supplied to a vehicle interior, and a second pressure reducing unit arranged upstream of the evaporator for decompressing the refrigerant from the heat exchanger, the evaporator and the second pressure reducing unit being bypassed in a heating mode of the vehicle air-conditioning system, characterized in that the second compressor, the condenser and the first pressure reducing unit are bypassed in a cooling mode of the vehicle air-conditioning system.
A method for characterizing a suspension with particles floating therein, which method comprises the steps of - defining a measuring volume by choosing a time window, - performing a series of measurements, wherein each measurement comprises the substeps of - generating a broadband acoustic actuation pulse signal in the suspension using a transmitter, - registering an acoustic reflected signal coming from the suspension in said time window as a result of the actuation pulse signal, wherein the method further comprises the step of - determining a representation of the particle size distribution based on information of the reflected signals from the measurements, wherein the method further comprises the step of - calculating for each measurement a first dataset that represents the autocorrelation function of said reflected signal, and wherein the step of determining the representation of the particle size distribution comprises the two substeps of - combining the first datasets into a second, cumulated dataset, which represents a sum of the autocorrelation functions which correspond with said first datasets, and - solving the representation of a particle size distribution from an expression for the second, cumulated dataset in terms of the representation of a particle size distribution. - defining a measuring volume by choosing a time window, - performing a series of measurements, wherein each measurement comprises the substeps of - generating a broadband acoustic actuation pulse signal in the suspension using a transmitter, - registering an acoustic reflected signal coming from the suspension in said time window as a result of the actuation pulse signal, wherein the method further comprises the step of - generating a broadband acoustic actuation pulse signal in the suspension using a transmitter, - registering an acoustic reflected signal coming from the suspension in said time window as a result of the actuation pulse signal, wherein the method further comprises the step of - determining a representation of the particle size distribution based on information of the reflected signals from the measurements, wherein the method further comprises the step of - calculating for each measurement a first dataset that represents the autocorrelation function of said reflected signal, and wherein the step of determining the representation of the particle size distribution comprises the two substeps of - combining the first datasets into a second, cumulated dataset, which represents a sum of the autocorrelation functions which correspond with said first datasets, and - solving the representation of a particle size distribution from an expression for the second, cumulated dataset in terms of the representation of a particle size distribution. - combining the first datasets into a second, cumulated dataset, which represents a sum of the autocorrelation functions which correspond with said first datasets, and - solving the representation of a particle size distribution from an expression for the second, cumulated dataset in terms of the representation of a particle size distribution.
Motor vehicle comprising a lower crossbeam for a front window opening intended to be installed transversely in said motor vehicle between a lower edge of a windshield and a bulkhead situated plumb with the windshield, said crossbeam comprising a first and a second transverse part which are substantially parallel to one another, said first part having a fixing edge that can be connected to said bulkhead and a receiving edge opposite said fixing edge to accept said windshield lower edge, while said second part has, firstly, a connecting edge connected to said first part between said first fixing edge and said first receiving edge, thereby dividing said first part into a receiving portion extending toward said receiving edge and an opposite fixing portion extending toward said fixing edge and, secondly, a resting edge opposite said connecting edge, said second and first transverse parts being intended to form a transverse box structure to increase the rigidity of said crossbeam, whereas said first part is able to bend along said connecting edge when said windshield is pushed in under the effect of an impact, characterized in that said resting edge of said second part can be connected to said bulkhead in such a way as to form said transverse box structure between said second part and said fixing portion of said first part in a position distant from said windshield lower edge, whereas said receiving portion extends between said transverse box structure and said windshield lower edge.
An image processing apparatus for performing tracking processing in frame images that constitute a movie by detecting in a second image an object existing in a tracking target region set in a first image, the image processing apparatus comprising: setting means configured to set the tracking target region in the first image; tracking means configured to compare an evaluation value which is computed from image information in the tracking target region set by the setting means and an evaluation value which is computed from image information in each region in the second image, and to detect in the second image a tracking target candidate region which has a highest correlation with the tracking target region based on the comparison result; determination means configured to calculate differences between the evaluation value acquired in the tracking target candidate region and an evaluation value which is computed from image information in each of peripheral regions of the tracking target candidate region, wherein each of the peripheral regions is acquired by being set to a region that results from shifting the tracking target candidate region by a shift amount; and control means configured to update the tracking target region with the tracking target candidate region if at least one of the differences is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value and to cause the setting means to set a new tracking target region in a third image if each of the differences is less than the predetermined threshold value. setting means configured to set the tracking target region in the first image; tracking means configured to compare an evaluation value which is computed from image information in the tracking target region set by the setting means and an evaluation value which is computed from image information in each region in the second image, and to detect in the second image a tracking target candidate region which has a highest correlation with the tracking target region based on the comparison result; determination means configured to calculate differences between the evaluation value acquired in the tracking target candidate region and an evaluation value which is computed from image information in each of peripheral regions of the tracking target candidate region, wherein each of the peripheral regions is acquired by being set to a region that results from shifting the tracking target candidate region by a shift amount; and control means configured to update the tracking target region with the tracking target candidate region if at least one of the differences is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value and to cause the setting means to set a new tracking target region in a third image if each of the differences is less than the predetermined threshold value.
Power supply converter unit, in particular for an electrostatic precipitator, converting the frequency of alternating input supply to high frequency alternating output (Ua, Ub) by rectifying the alternating input supply in a rectifier to a direct current (Udc), which is converted to alternating-current in a full bridge inverter in a H-bridge circuit with switches controlled by a control unit, characterized in that on the input side of the rectifier there is provided at least one overvoltage protection circuitry (34, 35, 37), wherein the overvoltage protection circuitry (34, 35, 37) comprises at least one inductor in each of the phases of the alternating input supply, respectively, and wherein at least one voltage limiting circuitry is provided on the input side of the at least one inductor.
A pier (20; 90; 110; 130; 140; 150) for a solar tracker, comprising: a bearing housing assembly; a frame, the frame defining an A-profile having a pair of legs (50; 52; 92; 70; 112; 132; 142) and a crown at a center portion thereof; a support bracket, the support bracket coupled to a portion of the crown of the frame at a first portion thereof and coupled to a portion of the bearing housing assembly at a second portion thereof; and a fastener, the fastener coupling the bearing housing assembly to the support bracket, characterised in that the fastener includes a pair of inclined washers, the pair of inclined washers causing the fastener to engage the bearing housing assembly and the support bracket at an angle relative thereto. a bearing housing assembly; a frame, the frame defining an A-profile having a pair of legs (50; 52; 92; 70; 112; 132; 142) and a crown at a center portion thereof; a support bracket, the support bracket coupled to a portion of the crown of the frame at a first portion thereof and coupled to a portion of the bearing housing assembly at a second portion thereof; and a fastener, the fastener coupling the bearing housing assembly to the support bracket, characterised in that the fastener includes a pair of inclined washers, the pair of inclined washers causing the fastener to engage the bearing housing assembly and the support bracket at an angle relative thereto.
An elevator system comprising - a counterweight that can be moved in an elevator shaft, which counterweight can be provided for weight compensation of an elevator car that can be moved in an opposite direction to the counterweight, and - a protective screen which is arranged or can be arranged in a shaft pit of the elevator shaft and has a vertical portion, the vertical portion being oriented substantially parallel to a movement path of the counterweight, the protective screen being provided for preventing a person located in the shaft pit from entering the movement path of the counterweight, characterized in that the protective screen has a horizontally arranged angulation, an angled portion of the protective screen that adjoins the angulation extending into the projection of the counterweight that can be obtained in the movement direction. - a counterweight that can be moved in an elevator shaft, which counterweight can be provided for weight compensation of an elevator car that can be moved in an opposite direction to the counterweight, and - a protective screen which is arranged or can be arranged in a shaft pit of the elevator shaft and has a vertical portion, the vertical portion being oriented substantially parallel to a movement path of the counterweight, the protective screen being provided for preventing a person located in the shaft pit from entering the movement path of the counterweight, characterized in that the protective screen has a horizontally arranged angulation, an angled portion of the protective screen that adjoins the angulation extending into the projection of the counterweight that can be obtained in the movement direction.
An electric motor comprising a rotor assembly fixed for rotation with a motor shaft, a stator assembly including a first portion comprising ferromagnetic plates and a second portion comprising windings of electrically conductive wire, a pair of opposed cap elements which are provided at axially opposite ends of the rotor assembly and can be clamped together axially in order to clamp the stator assembly, the rotor assembly and the motor shaft together, the motor shaft being supported rotationally on the caps, and an element made of electrically insulating material interposed between the first and second portions (6a, 6b) of the stator assembly, said element made of insulating material comprising one or more motor support appendages extending from the casing of the insulating element, said support appendages being produced integrally with the casing, characterized in that the support appendages comprise respective seats for the mounting and restraint of vibration-damping elements, and in that said seats have an open, circular profile suitable for housing respective vibration-damping elements.
A gear pump extruding machine for extruding a viscous material, having a screw feeder including a tubular casing and a screw disposed in the tubular casing, for supplying the viscous material while kneading same upon rotation of the screw, a gear pump including a pair of gears provided on an outlet side of said screw feeder with a fluid communication channel interposed therebetween, for delivering the viscous material with the gears, a die disposed on an outlet side of said gear pump, for molding and discharging the viscous material, protrusive members (p) movable forward and rearward to protrude into said fluid communication channel which keeps said screw feeder and said gear pump in fluid communication with each other, to thereby change said fluid communication channel in volume; an actuator for moving said protrusive members (p) forward and rearward in said fluid communication channel; and a controller for controlling said actuator, wherein said controller is operable to control said actuator to move said protrusive members (p) forward and rearward to thereby change the volume of said fluid communication channel in order to set the pressure in said fluid communication channel to a predetermined pressure depending on the rate at which said viscous material is extruded, wherein said protrusive members (p) include a plurality of rod-shaped members (p) which are cylindrical in shape extending inward from outside through an outer peripheral wall that defines said fluid communication channel therein and protruding into said fluid communication channel, wherein: said rod-shaped members (p) are small-diameter slender pins; said pins are arrayed parallel to each other and arranged in a plurality of pin groups, said pin groups being disposed in circumferentially equally spaced positions around said fluid communication channel in said outer peripheral wall defining said fluid communication channel therein; and said actuator is provided in combination with each of said pin groups for actuating the pins of each of the pin groups in unison with each other. said rod-shaped members (p) are small-diameter slender pins; said pins are arrayed parallel to each other and arranged in a plurality of pin groups, said pin groups being disposed in circumferentially equally spaced positions around said fluid communication channel in said outer peripheral wall defining said fluid communication channel therein; and said actuator is provided in combination with each of said pin groups for actuating the pins of each of the pin groups in unison with each other.