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A process for obtaining low color trimethylolpropane produced by the condensation and cross Cannizzaro reactions of n-butyraldehyde and formaldehyde in the presence of a strong alkaline hydroxide followed by a distillation of the aqueous mixture comprising trimethylolpropane, excess water, unreacted formaldehyde and sodium formate in order to remove the formaldehyde and sodium formate and a further distillation of the remaining mixture of trimethylolpropane, water and color causing materials to remove additional quantities of water, which process comprises the steps of: a) supplying a crude, aqueous base solution of trimethylolpropane, containing color causing impurities, and having a pH of less than 9; b) contacting said base solution with an alkaline material to increase the pH of said base solution to greater than 11 and by heating and maintaining said base solution over a period of time from 1 minute to 60 minutes at a temperature in the range of 50°C to 150°C to allow the color causing impurities to react with said alkaline material; c) cooling the resulting solution from step (b) to a temperature of 15°C to 30°C; d) contacting said base solution of step (c) with an organic acid to lower the pH thereof to less than 9.5; e) extracting the trimethylolpropane from said base solution of step (d) with ethyl acetate; f) separating the trimethylolpropane from ethyl acetate by distillation to evaporate the ethyl acetate and water; and g) purifying said trimethylolpropane from step (f) by distillation at subatmospheric pressure or crystallization and recrystallization, as from solution of the trimethylolpropane in dry ethyl acetate, to form a trimethylolpropane having a phthalic color of less than 0.20 and an acid wash color of less than 8. a) supplying a crude, aqueous base solution of trimethylolpropane, containing color causing impurities, and having a pH of less than 9; b) contacting said base solution with an alkaline material to increase the pH of said base solution to greater than 11 and by heating and maintaining said base solution over a period of time from 1 minute to 60 minutes at a temperature in the range of 50°C to 150°C to allow the color causing impurities to react with said alkaline material; c) cooling the resulting solution from step (b) to a temperature of 15°C to 30°C; d) contacting said base solution of step (c) with an organic acid to lower the pH thereof to less than 9.5; e) extracting the trimethylolpropane from said base solution of step (d) with ethyl acetate; f) separating the trimethylolpropane from ethyl acetate by distillation to evaporate the ethyl acetate and water; and g) purifying said trimethylolpropane from step (f) by distillation at subatmospheric pressure or crystallization and recrystallization, as from solution of the trimethylolpropane in dry ethyl acetate, to form a trimethylolpropane having a phthalic color of less than 0.20 and an acid wash color of less than 8.
An anvil assembly comprising an anvil shaft and an anvil head, the anvil head having anvil depressions for forming surgical staples, the anvil head mounted to the anvil shaft, the anvil shaft having a longitudinal axis and a series of at least first and second spaced apart cutouts formed therealong, the cutouts progressively narrowing in width inwardly toward an opposite wall of the anvil shaft characterised in that the cutouts are directed toward a distal end of the anvil shaft such that they form projecting regions angling toward a proximal end of the anvil shaft forming cinch spots for grasping a suture.
An actuating system for a building closure comprising a locking device, which has at least one locking bolt, which, in a locked position, secures a wing of the building closure with respect to a frame in a closed position, and, in a released position, releases it for opening of the building closure, wherein the actuating system has a mechanical building closure drive, which has a drive element, which can be supported on the frame, and a holding part, which is assigned to the wing, wherein, in a first position of the holding part, the drive element is released, and, in a second position, it is secured with respect to the holding part, wherein the holding part is operatively connected to the locking bolt in such a way that, in the first position of the holding part, the locking bolt is present in its locked position, and, in the second position of the holding part, in its released position, characterised in that the drive element is present as a positive locking element, and the holding part has a positive locking recess, wherein two engage-behind elements, which are configured rotationally symmetrically with respect to their respective longitudinal centre axis and which, in the second position of the holding part, engage behind the drive element for securing with respect to the holding part, are assigned to the holding part, or that the drive element has the positive locking recess and the holding part is configured as a positive locking element, wherein the two engage-behind elements, which are configured rotationally symmetrically with respect to their respective longitudinal centre axis and which, in the second position of the holding part, engage behind the holding part for securing with respect to the drive element, are assigned to the drive element.
A linear compressor, comprising: a casing having a closed inner space; a frame provided in the inner space of the casing; a linear motor coupled to and supported by the frame, and including a mover reciprocating with respect to a stator; a compression unit including a cylinder, a piston, a suction valve and a discharge valve assembly, coupled to the frame and configured to form a compression space in the cylinder while the piston connected to the mover of the linear motor reciprocates in the cylinder; a plurality of discharge covers, each discharge cover having a discharge space to accommodate refrigerant discharged from the compression space, and the each discharge space communicating with one or more other discharge spaces, wherein a temperature of the discharged refrigerant is higher than that of refrigerant in the inner space of the casing; and a gas bearing configured to guide part of refrigerant accommodated in a discharge space of any one of the plurality of discharge covers into a space between the cylinder and the piston for lubrication between the cylinder and the piston with the refrigerant, characterized in that at least part of a discharge cover in contact with the compression unit is arranged in such a manner that at least part of a sidewall portion of the discharge cover is exposed to an outside of a discharge space of another discharge cover, and thereby heat is exchanged between the side wall portion of the discharge cover and the inner space of the casing. a casing having a closed inner space; a frame provided in the inner space of the casing; a linear motor coupled to and supported by the frame, and including a mover reciprocating with respect to a stator; a compression unit including a cylinder, a piston, a suction valve and a discharge valve assembly, coupled to the frame and configured to form a compression space in the cylinder while the piston connected to the mover of the linear motor reciprocates in the cylinder; a plurality of discharge covers, each discharge cover having a discharge space to accommodate refrigerant discharged from the compression space, and the each discharge space communicating with one or more other discharge spaces, wherein a temperature of the discharged refrigerant is higher than that of refrigerant in the inner space of the casing; and a gas bearing configured to guide part of refrigerant accommodated in a discharge space of any one of the plurality of discharge covers into a space between the cylinder and the piston for lubrication between the cylinder and the piston with the refrigerant, characterized in that at least part of a discharge cover in contact with the compression unit is arranged in such a manner that at least part of a sidewall portion of the discharge cover is exposed to an outside of a discharge space of another discharge cover, and thereby heat is exchanged between the side wall portion of the discharge cover and the inner space of the casing.
Method for production of a thermally insulated, light-transmitting, multi-layer composite building element for facades on buildings and the like, in which the multi-layer composite building element comprises of at least one layer (28, 29) of a setting pouring compound and at least one thermally insulated layer of an insulating material, and all the layers (28, 29, 35) have light-transmitting elements passing through them, wherein a) in a first method step the light-transmitting elements are fixed in an insulating body forming the thermally insulated layer, b) in a second step the light-transmitting elements fixed in the insulating body are placed in a formwork cavity of a formwork mould (18, 19, 20) formed of formwork panels (18, 19) and c) in a third step the formwork cavity is filled with a setting pouring compound forming at least one carrying layer, characterised in that to carry out the step a) during the production of the insulating body a1) the light-transmitting elements are passed through bores of first formwork panels (8, 9, 10) which face one another and form a formwork cavity, in that a2) the formwork cavity is filled with a thermally insulating, setting insulating material and in that a3) after the setting of the insulating material the first formwork panels (8, 9, 10) are removed and to carry out the step b) b1) the second formwork panels (18, 19) used in the second step are formed of lost formwork elements made of facade panels (21, 22) provided with bores or openings in which the ends of the light-transmitting elements are at least partly accommodated. a) in a first method step the light-transmitting elements are fixed in an insulating body forming the thermally insulated layer, b) in a second step the light-transmitting elements fixed in the insulating body are placed in a formwork cavity of a formwork mould (18, 19, 20) formed of formwork panels (18, 19) and c) in a third step the formwork cavity is filled with a setting pouring compound forming at least one carrying layer, a1) the light-transmitting elements are passed through bores of first formwork panels (8, 9, 10) which face one another and form a formwork cavity, in that a2) the formwork cavity is filled with a thermally insulating, setting insulating material and in that a3) after the setting of the insulating material the first formwork panels (8, 9, 10) are removed and to carry out the step b) b1) the second formwork panels (18, 19) used in the second step are formed of lost formwork elements made of facade panels (21, 22) provided with bores or openings in which the ends of the light-transmitting elements are at least partly accommodated.
An electrical shut-off module comprising an electrically insulating housing, at least one pair of fixed contacts, including an upstream fixed contact and a downstream fixed contact, and at least one movable contact secured to an item of equipment which is movable in translation in said housing with respect to said at least one pair of fixed contacts between an open position and a closed position, the shut-off module being characterized in that it comprises an electrically insulating shield device (50, 80, 90, 100) disposed in said housing between the upstream fixed contact and the downstream fixed contact of said at least one pair of fixed contacts, said shield device comprising a movable end secured to said movable equipment characterized in that said shield device comprises a fixed end secured to said housing and has a length which can be varied between an extended position when said movable equipment is in the open position and a retracted position when said movable equipment is in the closed position in order to produce a dielectric barrier between the upstream fixed contact and the downstream fixed contact of said at least one pair of fixed contacts.
A release solvent composition for releasing a thermosetting resin coating film coated on a thermoplastic resin molded article, the release solvent composition comprising: 1,1,2,2,3,3,4-heptafluorocyclopentane and an aromatic alcohol, wherein the release solvent composition has no flash point.
An assembly for joining tissue portions, comprising: an anvil assembly and a body portion juxtaposed with respect to one another along a shaft and arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another; and an applicator disposed between the body portion and anvil assembly and configured for retaining a wound treatment material therein, the applicator having channels arranged for dispensing the wound treatment material therefrom onto an interface between the tissue portions; characterized in that the applicator includes: a sleeve operatively connected to the anvil assembly, wherein the wound treatment material is retained within and dispensed from the sleeve into the channels; and an ampoule selectively positionable within the sleeve, wherein the wound treatment material is retained within and dispensed from the ampoule into the sleeve. an anvil assembly and a body portion juxtaposed with respect to one another along a shaft and arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another; and an applicator disposed between the body portion and anvil assembly and configured for retaining a wound treatment material therein, the applicator having channels arranged for dispensing the wound treatment material therefrom onto an interface between the tissue portions; characterized in that the applicator includes: a sleeve operatively connected to the anvil assembly, wherein the wound treatment material is retained within and dispensed from the sleeve into the channels; and an ampoule selectively positionable within the sleeve, wherein the wound treatment material is retained within and dispensed from the ampoule into the sleeve. a sleeve operatively connected to the anvil assembly, wherein the wound treatment material is retained within and dispensed from the sleeve into the channels; and an ampoule selectively positionable within the sleeve, wherein the wound treatment material is retained within and dispensed from the ampoule into the sleeve.
A filtration system comprising: a plurality of filter element mounts, wherein the plurality of filter element mounts are configured to retain filter elements; a compressed gas supply; a plurality of valves, wherein the plurality of valves are in fluid communication with the compressed gas supply; and a control circuit; wherein the control circuit is configured to control actuation of the plurality of valves; wherein the control circuit is further configured to operate in a first mode, wherein operating in a first mode includes opening valves according to a first valve actuation order pattern; operate in a second mode, wherein operating in the second mode includes opening valves according to a second valve actuation order pattern; periodically switch from the first mode to the second mode and compare the efficacy of the first mode with the efficacy of the second mode, wherein efficacy is assessed based on a magnitude of a change in pressure drop in the filtration system before and after execution of the first and second valve actuation order pattern, or a magnitude of sustained pressure drop recovery in the filtration system by integrating the pressure drop over a period of time resulting from the first and second valve actuation order pattern; or a magnitude of a change in air flow velocity across a filter element achieved resulting from execution of a valve actuation order pattern; and wherein the system is configured to store data regarding the efficacy of the first mode, the efficacy of the second mode, and conditions at the time. a plurality of filter element mounts, wherein the plurality of filter element mounts are configured to retain filter elements; a compressed gas supply; a plurality of valves, wherein the plurality of valves are in fluid communication with the compressed gas supply; and a control circuit; wherein the control circuit is configured to control actuation of the plurality of valves; wherein the control circuit is further configured to operate in a first mode, wherein operating in a first mode includes opening valves according to a first valve actuation order pattern; operate in a second mode, wherein operating in the second mode includes opening valves according to a second valve actuation order pattern; periodically switch from the first mode to the second mode and compare the efficacy of the first mode with the efficacy of the second mode, wherein efficacy is assessed based on a magnitude of a change in pressure drop in the filtration system before and after execution of the first and second valve actuation order pattern, or a magnitude of sustained pressure drop recovery in the filtration system by integrating the pressure drop over a period of time resulting from the first and second valve actuation order pattern; or a magnitude of a change in air flow velocity across a filter element achieved resulting from execution of a valve actuation order pattern; and wherein the system is configured to store data regarding the efficacy of the first mode, the efficacy of the second mode, and conditions at the time.
A production method of a β-sialon phosphor comprising europium ions solid-solved in β-sialon, the method comprising: a mixing process for mixing raw materials of the β-sialon phosphor; a burning process for burning the raw materials after the mixing process to form the β-sialon phosphor; a hot isostatic pressing treatment process in which the β-sialon phosphor after the burning process is subjected to a HIP treatment carried out at 2250 °C to 2500 °C; an annealing process in which the β-sialon phosphor after the HIP treatment process is subjected to an annealing treatment, wherein the β-sialon phosphor is placed under an inactive gas atmosphere comprising mainly a gas other than nitrogen at 1350 °C to 1650 °C, or the β-sialon phosphor is placed in vacuum at 1200 °C to 1550 °C; and an acid treatment process in which the β-sialon phosphor after the annealing process is subjected to an acid treatment. a mixing process for mixing raw materials of the β-sialon phosphor; a burning process for burning the raw materials after the mixing process to form the β-sialon phosphor; a hot isostatic pressing treatment process in which the β-sialon phosphor after the burning process is subjected to a HIP treatment carried out at 2250 °C to 2500 °C; an annealing process in which the β-sialon phosphor after the HIP treatment process is subjected to an annealing treatment, wherein the β-sialon phosphor is placed under an inactive gas atmosphere comprising mainly a gas other than nitrogen at 1350 °C to 1650 °C, or the β-sialon phosphor is placed in vacuum at 1200 °C to 1550 °C; and an acid treatment process in which the β-sialon phosphor after the annealing process is subjected to an acid treatment.
A process for the production of nucleic acid encoding a target protein, which comprises: (a) providing an array of mRNAs including one or more encoding the target protein; (b) incubating the array of mRNA under conditions for ribosome translation of the mRNA to generate an array of ternary complexes each comprising an mRNA, a ribosome and a protein translated from the mRNA; (c) incorporating the array of ternary complexes into aqueous phase droplets of a water-in-oil or a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion wherein most or all of the aqueous phase droplets contain no more than one ternary complex; (d) subjecting the aqueous phase droplets to reaction conditions which allow protein activity; and (e) selecting nucleic acid encoding the target protein on the basis of the activity associated therewith. (a) providing an array of mRNAs including one or more encoding the target protein; (b) incubating the array of mRNA under conditions for ribosome translation of the mRNA to generate an array of ternary complexes each comprising an mRNA, a ribosome and a protein translated from the mRNA; (c) incorporating the array of ternary complexes into aqueous phase droplets of a water-in-oil or a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion wherein most or all of the aqueous phase droplets contain no more than one ternary complex; (d) subjecting the aqueous phase droplets to reaction conditions which allow protein activity; and (e) selecting nucleic acid encoding the target protein on the basis of the activity associated therewith.
A device arranged to be mounted to a working arm of a digging machine, forest machine, woodworking machine or the like, in whose free end a manoeuvring device is carried, whereby the manoeuvring device comprises a rotation device in order to exert a movement of rotation on a working tool a lower holder being arranged on the manoeuvring device for firm cooperation with a holder on said working tool, wherein the device comprises an electrical swivel whose one end follows the rotational movement of the rotation device, characterized in that sensors are arranged at the lower holder to verify a correct rigid coupling of the working tool, said sensors communicating via lines (70,71) connected to the electrical swivel.
A sit-to-stand trainer especially for mobilizing convalescents with limited mobility, wherein a positioning unit adapted to move a seat base between a sitting position and a standing position, the positioning unit being movable by a driver and at least one securing device for securing the convalescent is provided; and a support strut for guiding the positioning unit is provided, and wherein the positioning unit is formed by a carriage surrounding the support strut, characterized in that a knee lever that directly or indirectly connects a backrest with the support strut for a positively driven movement of the backrest, the movement being derived from the motion of the seat base, is provided, the knee lever is shaped that way, that by opening up of the knee lever the back rest is shifted forward to shift the convalescent's center of gravity forward.
A stopper for a container including a lid with a peripheral wall engaging around the neck of the container, integrally moulded on whose lower edge there is a peripheral tear-off security ring for tamper evidence of the container contents with inwardly directed locking projections, which, in the fastened position of the stopper, engage beneath an outwardly directed annular projection on the container, and including an olive provided with an outer peripheral annular bead for clamping engagement in the container opening, wherein formed in the lid there is a circular, concentric recessed channel, which has a radially outer annular wall and a radially inner annular wall, which are connected together by a base wall, and wherein the recessed channel is integrally moulded on the central circular lid region and the outer annular lid region, wherein the radially outer annular wall constitutes the olive and the radially inner annular wall is extended beyond the base wall and constitutes the peripheral wall of a desiccant chamber, characterised in that the upper side of the annular lid region is provided with at least one upwardly projecting rib.