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A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine for doctoring a moving surface, the doctor apparatus including a blade, a blade holder to which the blade is adapted, a frame component to which the blade holder is adapted, and a loading hose arranged between the frame component and the blade holder for loading the blade holder and further the blade, characterized in that the loading hose is tied to both the frame component and the blade holder.
Wiper blade device with a base unit and an adapter unit which is connectable to a wiper arm and, in at least one mounted state, is fixed in a form-fitting manner to the base unit, wherein at least one form-fitting recess which extends at least from a first side surface to a second side surface of the base unit or of the adapter unit that is spaced apart from the first side surface, wherein the side surfaces (18, 20) are external side surfaces (18, 20) of the base unit or of the adapter unit, characterized in that the form-fitting recess is designed at least substantially as a dovetail guide for connection between the adapter unit and the base unit.
A method of controlling power distribution from a plurality of inverters to one or more electrical loads, the method being executed using one or more computer processors, the method comprising: determining a plurality of possible combinations of the plurality of inverters to meet load demands corresponding to the one or more electrical loads, each possible combination of the plurality of possible combinations including a respective set of one or more inverters of the plurality of inverters; accessing, from a memory coupled with the one or more computer processors, one or more predefined efficiency functions associated with the operation of the inverters of each of the respective sets, wherein each of the one or more predefined efficiency functions describes an efficiency of a respective one of the inverters of the respective set at particular power production levels, wherein said efficiency is affected by the respective one of the inverters of the respective set having different switching losses corresponding to different power production levels; selecting (425, 150), based on a respective efficiency value determined for each of the plurality of possible combinations based on the respective one or more predefined efficiency functions, a combination from the plurality of possible combinations that is relatively efficient, wherein each respective efficiency value is associated with powering the one or more electrical loads using the respective combination; and transmitting control signals to the set of one or more inverters corresponding to the selected combination to thereby power the one or more loads. determining a plurality of possible combinations of the plurality of inverters to meet load demands corresponding to the one or more electrical loads, each possible combination of the plurality of possible combinations including a respective set of one or more inverters of the plurality of inverters; accessing, from a memory coupled with the one or more computer processors, one or more predefined efficiency functions associated with the operation of the inverters of each of the respective sets, wherein each of the one or more predefined efficiency functions describes an efficiency of a respective one of the inverters of the respective set at particular power production levels, wherein said efficiency is affected by the respective one of the inverters of the respective set having different switching losses corresponding to different power production levels; selecting (425, 150), based on a respective efficiency value determined for each of the plurality of possible combinations based on the respective one or more predefined efficiency functions, a combination from the plurality of possible combinations that is relatively efficient, wherein each respective efficiency value is associated with powering the one or more electrical loads using the respective combination; and transmitting control signals to the set of one or more inverters corresponding to the selected combination to thereby power the one or more loads.
Ball screw assembly comprising - a screw provided with an outer thread; - a nut provided with an inner thread; - a series of balls able to circulate along a circulating path between the screw and the nut, along which the balls are engaged in the threads thereof; and - recirculating means defining a recirculating channel to carry the balls from one end to the other end of said circulating path; the recirculating channel comprising a return channel provided in the nut and, between the ends of this return channel and the corresponding ends of said circulating path, deflecting channels (27, 28) which are defined respectively between surfaces (25a, 25b, 25c) of deflecting elements (20, 21) engaged in respective holes (11, 12) of the nut and local zones of surfaces of these respective holes; and comprising means for fixing the deflecting elements (20, 21) in the repective holes (11, 12) of the nut, these fixing means comprising parts (30, 33) of the nut and of the deflecting elements (20, 21) engaging each other characterized in that said parts of the nut are cavities formed in the holes thereof (11, 12) and said parts of the deflecting elements are flexible legs having projections engaged in said respective cavities. - a screw provided with an outer thread; - a nut provided with an inner thread; - a series of balls able to circulate along a circulating path between the screw and the nut, along which the balls are engaged in the threads thereof; and - recirculating means defining a recirculating channel to carry the balls from one end to the other end of said circulating path;
Gas inlet member of a CVD reactor, comprising a gas inlet housing having at least one first gas distribution volume to which a first process gas can be fed by a first supply line and which has a plurality of first gas lines, which gas lines are each designed as a pipe and engage in first openings of a gas outlet plate arranged in front of a gas inlet housing wall, and through which gas lines the first process gas enters a process chamber arranged under the gas outlet plate, the gas inlet member also comprising a clearance space arranged between the gas inlet housing wall and the gas outlet plate, and comprising a coolant chamber which is adjacent to the gas inlet housing wall and into which a coolant can be fed in order to cool the gas inlet housing wall and the mouths of the gas lines that are thermally conductively connected to the cooled gas inlet housing wall, the first gas line crossing the coolant chamber, the gas outlet plate being thermally decoupled from the gas inlet housing wall and being heated from the process chamber by radiant heat, and the gas inlet member further comprising a second gas distribution volume to which a second process gas can be fed by a second supply line, the gas outlet plate having openings (17, 18) through which the second process gas can escape into the process chamber, characterised in that the second gas volume is connected to the gas inlet housing wall via a plurality of second gas lines that pass through the coolant chamber and open into the clearance space.
A method of selectively operating a refrigerant system in at least one of a cooling mode and a reheat mode, wherein the refrigerant system circulates a refrigerant through a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator in heat exchange relationship with a stream of air, a reheat coil, and an expansion device, the method comprising: placing the reheat coil in heat exchange relationship with the stream of air, with the reheat coil being downstream of the evaporator with respect to the stream of air; characterized in that during the reheat mode, monitoring a level of subcooling occurring in the reheat coil; establishing a subcooling target; comparing the level of subcooling to the subcooling target, thereby determining whether the level of subcooling during the reheat mode is above the subcooling target, below the subcooling target, or at the subcooling target; when the level of subcooling is above the subcooling target during the reheat mode, shifting refrigerant out of the reheat coil and into the condenser by conveying refrigerant from the reheat coil into the evaporator via a route that bypasses the expansion device; when the level of subcooling is below the subcooling target during the reheat mode, shifting liquid refrigerant out of the condenser and into the reheat coil by momentarily conveying refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator via a route that bypasses the expansion device; and when the level of subcooling is at the subcooling target during the reheat mode, trapping a fixed amount of refrigerant in the condenser. placing the reheat coil in heat exchange relationship with the stream of air, with the reheat coil being downstream of the evaporator with respect to the stream of air; characterized in that during the reheat mode, monitoring a level of subcooling occurring in the reheat coil; establishing a subcooling target; comparing the level of subcooling to the subcooling target, thereby determining whether the level of subcooling during the reheat mode is above the subcooling target, below the subcooling target, or at the subcooling target; when the level of subcooling is above the subcooling target during the reheat mode, shifting refrigerant out of the reheat coil and into the condenser by conveying refrigerant from the reheat coil into the evaporator via a route that bypasses the expansion device; when the level of subcooling is below the subcooling target during the reheat mode, shifting liquid refrigerant out of the condenser and into the reheat coil by momentarily conveying refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator via a route that bypasses the expansion device; and when the level of subcooling is at the subcooling target during the reheat mode, trapping a fixed amount of refrigerant in the condenser.
A belt connector (10, 50) for connecting two ends of a belt segment to make an endless belt, wherein the belt connector comprises two leaves (20, 22, 58, 60), each leaf having a flat side, one of the leaves having at least two knuckles (28, 60) and the other leaf having at least one knuckle (30, 62), all knuckles having a tip end and a hole (42, 72) extending through the knuckle, each leaf having an end (24, 26) opposite the tip ends that is adapted to be secured to a belt segment, and a pin (32, 74) adapted to extend through the holes (42, 72) of the knuckles (28, 30, 60, 62) when the holes (42, 72) are in registry to connect the leaves to each other, characterized by the tip end of each knuckle having an inside edge (148, 150) that is beveled from the plane of the flat side whereby when the belt connector is installed on a belt segment with the leaves connected to each other and when the knuckles are urged around a sprocket, the beveled edges (148, 150) will tend to align with the flat side of the opposite leaf to minimize an obstructing discontinuity at the tip end of the knuckles.
An annular seal (150; 250; 350) for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a first annular ring (252; 352); a second annular ring (254; 354); an annular brush (256; 356) having a first brush end (258; 358) disposed between the first annular ring (252; 352) and the second annular ring (254; 354); and an axial ring seal (264; 364) having a first seal end (272; 372) configured for contact with the second annular ring (254; 354), wherein the annular brush (256; 356) has a second brush end (260; 360) configured for contact with a radially outer surface (262; 362) of a blade outer air seal (120; 220; 320), wherein the second annular ring (254; 354) includes a socket (276; 376) configured to receive the first seal end (272; 372) of the axial ring seal (264; 364), characterised in that the axial ring seal (264; 364) has a second seal end (274; 374) configured for contact with an axial face (268; 368) of a component (270; 369) disposed downstream of the annular brush (256; 256). a first annular ring (252; 352); a second annular ring (254; 354); an annular brush (256; 356) having a first brush end (258; 358) disposed between the first annular ring (252; 352) and the second annular ring (254; 354); and an axial ring seal (264; 364) having a first seal end (272; 372) configured for contact with the second annular ring (254; 354), wherein the annular brush (256; 356) has a second brush end (260; 360) configured for contact with a radially outer surface (262; 362) of a blade outer air seal (120; 220; 320), wherein the second annular ring (254; 354) includes a socket (276; 376) configured to receive the first seal end (272; 372) of the axial ring seal (264; 364), characterised in that the axial ring seal (264; 364) has a second seal end (274; 374) configured for contact with an axial face (268; 368) of a component (270; 369) disposed downstream of the annular brush (256; 256).
A system for making beverages, comprising a capsule containing at least one powdered food substance which can be extracted by passing pressurised water through it to make a beverage, the capsule comprising a substantially cup-shaped body having a central axis, the body comprising a lower wall, a lateral wall extending from the lower wall, and, at the opposite end of the lateral wall to the lower wall, a perimetric edge projecting outwards from the lateral wall, the capsule also comprising a lid associated with the perimetric edge for closing the top of the body; a capsule holder forming a housing inside it for accommodating the capsule, the capsule holder comprising an infeed opening through which the capsule can be inserted in the housing, the infeed opening being delimited at its perimeter by an annular edge of the capsule holder at the top of which there is a projecting annular element and/or respectively an annular seat, injection means mounted in the capsule holder for in practice injecting pressurised water into the capsule through the lower wall; collecting means for in practice collecting the beverage dispensed through the lid of the capsule; at the perimetric edge, on the opposite side to that where the lid of the capsule is associated, there being an annular groove on whose surface there are three portions annularly arranged relative to the central axis, consisting of a bottom zone and two inner lateral faces (24, 25) which are laterally positioned on opposite sides of the bottom zone, and/or respectively there being an annular tooth on whose surface there are three portions annularly arranged relative to the central axis, consisting of a tip portion and two outer lateral faces (30, 31) which are laterally positioned on opposite sides of the tip portion; the capsule holder and the capsule being able to adopt a sealed configuration in which the annular edge is in contact with the capsule and is connected to it with a watertight seal; in the sealed configuration the projecting annular element being inserted in the annular groove and being in sealed contact with at least one of the inner lateral faces (24, 25), and/or respectively the annular seat receiving inside it the annular tooth and being in sealed contact with at least one of the outer lateral faces (30, 31).
Method of treatment of an organic waste material (3a, 3b) in a liquid form comprising subjecting the liquid to anaerobic fermentation in a biogas reactor resulting in a digestate (17, 23) and subjecting the digestate (17, 23) to ultrafiltration, resulting in a retentate and an ultrafiltrate, and subjecting the ultrafiltrate to reverse osmosis characterized in that: - the digestate (17, 23) from the biogas reactor is centrifuged in a centrifugation step resulting in a centrifugate liquid fraction and a centrifugate concentrate fraction, before being subjected to ultrafiltration, the centrifugate concentrate fraction being returned to the biogas reactor and the centrifugate liquid fraction being subjected to the ultrafiltration step, and in that - the ultrafiltration step includes regular backwashing by reversing the direction of the ultrafiltrate and regular inversion of the direction of circulation of the retentate. - the digestate (17, 23) from the biogas reactor is centrifuged in a centrifugation step resulting in a centrifugate liquid fraction and a centrifugate concentrate fraction, before being subjected to ultrafiltration, the centrifugate concentrate fraction being returned to the biogas reactor and the centrifugate liquid fraction being subjected to the ultrafiltration step, and in that - the ultrafiltration step includes regular backwashing by reversing the direction of the ultrafiltrate and regular inversion of the direction of circulation of the retentate.
A cell culture of a stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte, comprising: an article comprising an acrylate material disposed on a surface; the stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte disposed on the acrylate material; and a culture medium in which the stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte is cultured, wherein the acrylate material comprises a (i) homopolymer formed from glycerol dimethacrylate, or (ii) a copolymer formed from glycerol dimethacrylate and tetra(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, glycerol dimethacrylate and tri(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, or glycerol dimethacrylate and 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate. an article comprising an acrylate material disposed on a surface; the stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte disposed on the acrylate material; and a culture medium in which the stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte is cultured, wherein the acrylate material comprises a (i) homopolymer formed from glycerol dimethacrylate, or (ii) a copolymer formed from glycerol dimethacrylate and tetra(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, glycerol dimethacrylate and tri(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, or glycerol dimethacrylate and 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate. (i) homopolymer formed from glycerol dimethacrylate, or (ii) a copolymer formed from glycerol dimethacrylate and tetra(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, glycerol dimethacrylate and tri(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, or glycerol dimethacrylate and 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate.
A sensing system for detecting moving objects in the surroundings of a vehicle, comprising an imaging unit for acquiring images and generating an image stream consisting of a plurality of images (5a, 5b); and a computing unit configured to receive the image stream from the imaging unit, select a plurality of points in a first image of the image stream based on a preset point selection technique, compute for each selected point in the first image a matching point in a second image of the image stream based on an optical flow technique and obtain a 2D motion vector for each selected point based on the corresponding computed matching point, and compute class information based on the 2D motion vectors; and a control unit for determining, from the class information received from the computing unit, positions and movement directions of one or more moving objects in the image stream and controlling the behavior of the vehicle or issuing a warning indication according to the one or more moving objects, characterized in that said computing unit is configured to compute a connectivity graph based on the selected points, wherein the connectivity graph represents local relations between the selected points, and select a plurality of point pairs based on the connectivity graph, wherein each point pair represents two end points of one of a plurality of edges in the connectivity graph, compute scaling factors (sx, sy) describing a contracting or an expanding motion for each selected point pair based on the computed 2D motion vectors and the 2D coordinates of the two points of the point pair, classify each selected point pair based on the computed scaling factors and group each point pair accordingly into one of multiple transformation classes related to approaching or retreating motion, and compute said class information containing information about the transformation classes from all selected point pairs.
Headlamp for Vehicles with a multitude of LED light sources (2, 4) being combined in a common light-radiating surface, wherein at least one LED light source is assigned to an optics unit (5, 6) for the partial generation of a given light distribution, wherein individual or several LED light sources (2, 4) can be switched on or off, so that the light distribution can be changed, characterized in that a first group of LED light sources, has a first optics unit with a first projection image arranged in front of it and a second group of LED light sources has a second optics unit with a second projection image being different from the first optics unit arranged in front of it, so that, by selectively switching on and off and/or dimming of the LED light sources of the first group of LED light sources or the second group of LED light sources, a number of light spots (2', 4') of different sizes can be generated in traffic space, and that the first projection image of the first optics unit and the second projection image of the second optics unit are embodied so that the light spots of the first group of LED light sources are larger than the light spots of the second group of LED light sources and that the illuminance of the light spots of the second group of LED light sources is larger than the illuminance of the light spots of the first group of LED light sources.
A perfusion apparatus comprising: - a perfusion circuit configured to perfuse an ex vivo organ or tissue; - a compartment in which the organ or tissue may be supported during perfusion by the perfusion apparatus; - a first external cover configured to close the perfusion apparatus; characterized in that the perfusion apparatus further comprises: - an internal cover configured to close the compartment; and - wall portions extending substantially perpendicularly between the internal cover and the first external cover to define a document compartment in a volume between the internal cover, the first external cover and the wall portions. - a perfusion circuit configured to perfuse an ex vivo organ or tissue; - a compartment in which the organ or tissue may be supported during perfusion by the perfusion apparatus; - a first external cover configured to close the perfusion apparatus; - an internal cover configured to close the compartment; and - wall portions extending substantially perpendicularly between the internal cover and the first external cover to define a document compartment in a volume between the internal cover, the first external cover and the wall portions.
A method of determining whether an individual with cancer should continue or discontinue treatment comprising an FGF19 antagonist antibody, the method comprising measuring in a sample from the individual levels of one or more bile acid metabolism biomarkers, wherein i) elevated levels of one or more bile acid metabolism biomarkers indicates that the individual should discontinue treatment comprising the FGF19 antagonist antibody as the individual is more likely to develop toxicity to the treatment and ii) reduced levels of one or more bile acid metabolism biomarkers indicates that the individual should continue treatment comprising the FGF19 antagonist antibody as the individual is less likely to develop toxicity to the treatment, wherein the bile acid metabolism biomarker is BSEP, MRP2 and/or MRP3, wherein the anti-FGF19 antagonist antibody comprises: (i) a light chain comprising (a) hypervariable region -L1 comprising amino acid sequence KASQDINSFLA (SEQ ID NO:1) or KASQDINSFLS (SEQ ID NO:7); (b) HVR-L2 comprising amino acid sequence RANRLVD (SEQ ID NO:2), RANRLVS (SEQ ID NO:8), or RANRLVE (SEQ ID NO:9); and (c) HVR-L3 comprising amino acid sequence LQYDEFPLT (SEQ ID NO:3); and (ii) a heavy chain comprising (a) HVR-H1 comprising amino acid sequence GFSLTTYGVH (SEQ ID NO:4); (b) HVR-H2 comprising amino acid sequence is GVIWPGGGTDYNAAFIS (SEQ ID NO:5); and (c) HVR-H3 comprising amino acid sequence VRKEYANLYAMDY (SEQ ID NO:6).