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A method for measuring the retroreflectivity of a surface of a reflective layer applied to a road while moving across the surface, the method comprising: - receiving a detector signal indicative of an intensity of light reflected back from an illuminated area (110, 610, 734) of the surface, and detected by a detector (103, 132, 532) at an observation angle (α) relative to the surface in response to an illumination of the illuminated area at an incident angle relative to the surface; - determining, from at least the received detector signal, a first measure of retroreflectivity of the surface; wherein the method further comprises receiving a measured distance between the detector (103, 132, 532) and the illuminated area (110, 610, 734); characterized by a step of determining an adjusted measure of retroreflectivity wherein said step comprises scaling the first measure of retroreflectivity in response to the received measured distance. - receiving a detector signal indicative of an intensity of light reflected back from an illuminated area (110, 610, 734) of the surface, and detected by a detector (103, 132, 532) at an observation angle (α) relative to the surface in response to an illumination of the illuminated area at an incident angle relative to the surface; - determining, from at least the received detector signal, a first measure of retroreflectivity of the surface;
An electric valve (1, 2, 3) comprising: a valve body (10, 10A, 10B) including a valve chamber; a flange member in a circular shape whose inner peripheral edge is attached to a cylindrical portion (12, 12A, 12B) protruding from a surface of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B); a can in a cylindrical shape attached to an outer peripheral edge of the flange member; a rotor (41, 81) disposed in the can; a valve element (50, 50B) driven by rotation of the rotor (41, 81) to open and close a port in the valve chamber; and a stator unit (60, 60A, 60B) attached on an outside of the can, wherein the surface of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B), the cylindrical portion (12, 12A, 12B) of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B), and the flange member form a groove in an annular recess shape, characterized in that the stator unit (60, 60A, 60B) includes a tubular portion (63, 63A, 63B) that surrounds the groove, and a sealing member in an annular shape is disposed in the groove and held between the cylindrical portion (12, 12A, 12B) of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B) and the tubular portion (63, 63A, 63B) of the stator unit (60, 60A, 60B). a valve body (10, 10A, 10B) including a valve chamber; a flange member in a circular shape whose inner peripheral edge is attached to a cylindrical portion (12, 12A, 12B) protruding from a surface of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B); a can in a cylindrical shape attached to an outer peripheral edge of the flange member; a rotor (41, 81) disposed in the can; a valve element (50, 50B) driven by rotation of the rotor (41, 81) to open and close a port in the valve chamber; and a stator unit (60, 60A, 60B) attached on an outside of the can, wherein the surface of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B), the cylindrical portion (12, 12A, 12B) of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B), and the flange member form a groove in an annular recess shape, characterized in that the stator unit (60, 60A, 60B) includes a tubular portion (63, 63A, 63B) that surrounds the groove, and a sealing member in an annular shape is disposed in the groove and held between the cylindrical portion (12, 12A, 12B) of the valve body (10, 10A, 10B) and the tubular portion (63, 63A, 63B) of the stator unit (60, 60A, 60B).
A fuel cell comprising: a pair of interconnectors (12, 13); a single cell located between the interconnectors (12,13) and having an electrolyte layer and electrode layers (14,15) formed on upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the electrolyte layer; and current-collecting members (18, 19) disposed between the electrode layers (14, 15) and the interconnectors (12, 13), respectively, and adapted to electrically connect the corresponding electrode layers (14, 15) and interconnectors (12, 13); the fuel cell being characterized in that the current-collecting member (18, 19) corresponding to at least one of the electrode layers (14, 15) comprises a connector contact portion in contact with the interconnector (12, 13), a cell contact portion in contact with the electrode layer (14, 15) of the single cell, a connection portion connecting the connector contact portion and the cell contact portion, and a spacer disposed between the connector contact portion and the cell contact portion; and an end of the spacer located opposite the connection portion protrudes from at least one of an end of the cell contact portion located opposite the connection portion and an end of the connector contact portion located opposite the connection portion. a pair of interconnectors (12, 13); a single cell located between the interconnectors (12,13) and having an electrolyte layer and electrode layers (14,15) formed on upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the electrolyte layer; and current-collecting members (18, 19) disposed between the electrode layers (14, 15) and the interconnectors (12, 13), respectively, and adapted to electrically connect the corresponding electrode layers (14, 15) and interconnectors (12, 13); the fuel cell being characterized in that the current-collecting member (18, 19) corresponding to at least one of the electrode layers (14, 15) comprises a connector contact portion in contact with the interconnector (12, 13), a cell contact portion in contact with the electrode layer (14, 15) of the single cell, a connection portion connecting the connector contact portion and the cell contact portion, and a spacer disposed between the connector contact portion and the cell contact portion; and an end of the spacer located opposite the connection portion protrudes from at least one of an end of the cell contact portion located opposite the connection portion and an end of the connector contact portion located opposite the connection portion.
An emissions control device for a compression ignition engine comprising: (a) a first catalyst comprising an electrically heatable substrate and a first composition disposed on the electrically heatable substrate, wherein the first composition comprises alumina and a first platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, gold and a combination of two or more thereof; and (b) a second catalyst comprising a substrate and a second composition disposed on the substrate, wherein the second composition comprises alumina and a second platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, gold and a combination of two or more thereof, and wherein the substrate is not an electrically heatable substrate; and wherein the first catalyst is disposed upstream of the second catalyst, and wherein the emissions control device is characterized in that the loading of the first composition is less than the loading of the second composition, and the total loading of the first PGM is less than the total loading of PGM of the second catalyst. (a) a first catalyst comprising an electrically heatable substrate and a first composition disposed on the electrically heatable substrate, wherein the first composition comprises alumina and a first platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, gold and a combination of two or more thereof; and (b) a second catalyst comprising a substrate and a second composition disposed on the substrate, wherein the second composition comprises alumina and a second platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, gold and a combination of two or more thereof, and wherein the substrate is not an electrically heatable substrate; and
An ink cartridge in which gel ink that is to be supplied to an ink tank of an inkjet recording device is reserved, comprising: an ink pack including an ink container formed of a soft film material in which the ink is contained and an ink lead-out section for guiding the ink inside the ink container to an outside of the ink container; and an outer box which houses the ink pack and which has an ink lead-out opening through which the ink lead-out section is exposed outside, wherein the outer box has a pressure applying opening formed therein through which the ink container is exposed and a pressure is capable to be applied to the ink container or has a first perforation line along which the outer box is to be broken to form the pressure applying opening formed thereon, wherein the outer box has an upper surface and a front surface and characterized in that the pressure applying opening extends over the upper surface and the front surface. an ink pack including an ink container formed of a soft film material in which the ink is contained and an ink lead-out section for guiding the ink inside the ink container to an outside of the ink container; and an outer box which houses the ink pack and which has an ink lead-out opening through which the ink lead-out section is exposed outside, wherein the outer box has a pressure applying opening formed therein through which the ink container is exposed and a pressure is capable to be applied to the ink container or has a first perforation line along which the outer box is to be broken to form the pressure applying opening formed thereon, wherein the outer box has an upper surface and a front surface and characterized in that the pressure applying opening extends over the upper surface and the front surface.
Push button system intended to activate an actuation member, the system comprising: - a button head; - a pusher actuator integral with the button head, the pusher actuator having a lower end intended to cooperate with the actuation member; - a first hollow guide member, the pusher actuator being mounted to slide into the first hollow guide member, the first hollow guide member being intended to be secured to a fixed element relative to the button head and to the pusher actuator; - a second hollow guide member arranged in the button head; - a pin mounted to slide into the second hollow guide member, and intended to be secured to the fixed element; characterized in that the pusher actuator has an upper portion provided on the periphery thereof with a collar intended to cooperate with an internal face of the first hollow guide member to guide the pusher inside said member. - a button head; - a pusher actuator integral with the button head, the pusher actuator having a lower end intended to cooperate with the actuation member; - a first hollow guide member, the pusher actuator being mounted to slide into the first hollow guide member, the first hollow guide member being intended to be secured to a fixed element relative to the button head and to the pusher actuator; - a second hollow guide member arranged in the button head; - a pin mounted to slide into the second hollow guide member, and intended to be secured to the fixed element;
A method for producing a radiation detector for ionizing radiation including a first inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material as a direct converter material and/or as a scintillator material in a detector layer (4, 14, 24), comprising: a seeding step of providing an seeding layer (3, 13, 23) including a second inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material different from the first inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material, and a layer growth step of forming the detector layer (4, 14, 24) by growing the first inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material from a solution on the seeding layer (3, 13, 23). a seeding step of providing an seeding layer (3, 13, 23) including a second inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material different from the first inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material, and a layer growth step of forming the detector layer (4, 14, 24) by growing the first inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material from a solution on the seeding layer (3, 13, 23).
A substrate mounting table (12, 52; 62) of a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a base portion (41; 61); a circular plate-shaped electrostatic chuck adhered to an upper surface of the base portion by an adhesive layer, the electrostatic chuck having a circular attracting surface to support a substrate; and an annular focus ring (25; 55) arranged around the electrostatic chuck to surround the substrate and to cover an outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the base portion (41; 61), wherein the electrostatic chuck has a two-layer structure including an upper circular part and a lower circular part having a diameter larger than that of the upper circular part, characterized in that the base portion has a depression in which the lower circular part of the electrostatic chuck is fitted, and a gap is located between a side surface of the lower circular part fitted in the depression and an inner wall surface of the depression, and the gap, the outer peripheral portion of the lower circular part and an outer peripheral portion of the adhesive layer adhering the lower circular part to the base portion (41; 61) being covered with the focus ring (25; 55). a base portion (41; 61); a circular plate-shaped electrostatic chuck adhered to an upper surface of the base portion by an adhesive layer, the electrostatic chuck having a circular attracting surface to support a substrate; and an annular focus ring (25; 55) arranged around the electrostatic chuck to surround the substrate and to cover an outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the base portion (41; 61), wherein the electrostatic chuck has a two-layer structure including an upper circular part and a lower circular part having a diameter larger than that of the upper circular part, characterized in that the base portion has a depression in which the lower circular part of the electrostatic chuck is fitted, and a gap is located between a side surface of the lower circular part fitted in the depression and an inner wall surface of the depression, and the gap, the outer peripheral portion of the lower circular part and an outer peripheral portion of the adhesive layer adhering the lower circular part to the base portion (41; 61) being covered with the focus ring (25; 55).
Ball joint, associable with a first and a second component for their connection in an adjustable position, comprising a substantially spherical element, an insert connected to said spherical element and removably associable with such a second component, a hollow housing seat, obtained in said first component, wherein said substantially spherical element is at least partially housable, the substantially spherical element comprising a substantially cylindrical central portion between two substantially spherical cap shaped portions (202") arranged with respect to one another so that each circular base of each substantially spherical cap shaped portion matches a respective base of such a substantially cylindrical portion, wherein said substantially cylindrical central portion of said substantially spherical element has its circular cross section with a radius (r) shorter than the curvature radius of each of said substantially spherical cap shaped portions, so that said substantially spherical element has reduced overall dimensions in a plane parallel to said bases of said substantially cylindrical central portion, said hollow housing seat has a substantially spherical cap configuration with a curvature radius slightly longer than the radius of said substantially spherical cap shaped portions (202") and delimiting an inlet mouth configured substantially circular with a radius slightly longer than said radius (r) of said circular cross-section of the substantially cylindrical central portion, but shorter than said curvature radius of said substantially spherical cap shaped portions (202"), wherein said first component has two plates of the jaw-like type, which are configured for blocking/clamping in position said spherical element in said hollow housing seat, said ball joint comprising blocking means for said substantially spherical element in said housing seat, wherein said blocking means comprise locking means of said two plates of the jaw-like type, characterised in that said insert radially extends from said substantially spherical element at the side face of said cylindrical portion and in that said hollow housing seat is opened at the top, showing an opening (203") so as to not interfere with said insert of said ball joint, when the latter is inserted into said hollow housing seat, wherein the two plates are at said opening (203") on the opposite sides thereof.
A backing implant for repair of a joint, the backing implant comprising: a disc having an inner hole and an outer edge, characterised in that at least one slit extends from the inner hole to the outer edge; and the disc further comprises a series of wedges formed between the inner hole and the outer edge of the sheet, wherein, optionally, a breakable segment is provided around the inner hole connecting the wedges. a disc having an inner hole and an outer edge, characterised in that at least one slit extends from the inner hole to the outer edge; and the disc further comprises a series of wedges formed between the inner hole and the outer edge of the sheet, wherein, optionally, a breakable segment is provided around the inner hole connecting the wedges.
A system for removal of at least a portion of carbon dioxide from an aqueous fluid, comprising: at least one membrane comprising a first surface and a second surface, the at least one membrane being adapted to pass carbon dioxide and at least one acid gas other than carbon dioxide therethrough, the membrane being further adapted to limit or prevent passage of the fluid therethrough, the system further comprising at least one source of a sweep gas comprising the at least one acid gas other than carbon dioxide, the at least one source of sweep gas being adapted to be placed in fluid connection with the second surface of the at least one membrane to pass sweep gas over the second surface of the at least one membrane so that the at least one acid gas other than carbon dioxide can pass through the at least one membrane into the fluid and carbon dioxide from the fluid can pass from the aqueous fluid through the at least one membrane and into the sweep gas; and characterized in that the at least one membrane comprises immobilized carbonic anhydrase on or in the vicinity of the first surface thereof such that the immobilized carbonic anhydrase comes into contact with the fluid.
Container made of plastic having a main axis being provided with a body and a bottom base extending from a lower end of the body, the bottom base comprising: - a peripheral seat defining a laying plane; - a concave arch which extends from the periphery of a central zone of the bottom base to the peripheral seat, said concave arch having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container; - a series of principal reinforcing grooves which extend radially from the central zone to at least the peripheral seat, characterized in that the concave arch has two annular tangentially continuous concentric regions, i.e. a central region and a peripheral region, said annular tangentially continuous concentric regions being in continuity with each other and presenting two different radii of curvature, the peripheral region having a radius of curvature smaller than the one of the central region. - a peripheral seat defining a laying plane; - a concave arch which extends from the periphery of a central zone of the bottom base to the peripheral seat, said concave arch having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container; - a series of principal reinforcing grooves which extend radially from the central zone to at least the peripheral seat,
A sleeve (1, 34) formed of a number of layers, wherein each layer is formed of two sleeve elements (3, 12, 19, 23, 36, 45, 52), wherein each sleeve element (3, 12, 19, 23, 36, 45, 52) used to form the layers of the sleeve (1, 34) has a general form by means of which an opening is formed when two sleeve elements (3, 12, 19, 23, 36, 45, 52) of each layer are brought together, characterized in that each sleeve element (3, 12, 19, 23, 36, 45, 52) has two joining ears (8, 15, 21, 26, 39, 48, 55) with openings (9, 16, 22, 27, 40, 49, 56), wherein the openings (9, 16, 22, 27, 40, 49, 56) of the joining ears (8, 15, 21, 26, 39, 48, 55) are placed in line with openings (9, 16, 22, 27, 40, 49, 56) of joining ears (8, 15, 21, 26, 39, 48, 55) of each layer of the sleeve, wherein screws (30a, 30b, 59a, 59b) are received in said openings (9, 16, 22, 27, 40, 49, 56) of the joining ears (8, 15, 21, 26, 39, 48, 55) of the sleeve elements (3, 12, 19, 23, 36, 45, 52) and wherein at least the sleeve elements (3, 23, 52) at one end of the sleeve (1, 34) have threaded openings (9, 27, 56) for cooperation with threads of the screws (30a, 30b, 59a, 59b).
Assembly of a valve unit and an air-gas mixing device, the assembly further comprising a system for connecting said valve unit to a fan structure of said air-gas mixing device for supplying burners of boilers and similar equipment, in which a gas feed section of said valve unit can be connected sealingly to a tubular gas supply section of the mixing device in an axial direction of coupling between said sections, the system comprising: - coupling means and counter-means, provided on the mixing device and on the valve unit respectively, which can be engaged with each other coaxially from and towards an operating position in which said sections are connected sealingly to each other; - axial retaining means between said coupling means and counter-means for retaining the valve unit with respect to the mixing device in said direction of axial interconnection, characterized in that said coupling means and counter-means comprise: at least one support appendage formed in one piece with a manifold portion of a fan of said mixing device, and at least one end portion of the feed section of the valve unit adapted to be housed in a seat provided in said appendage, and in that said axial retaining means comprise at least one retaining element, which can be engaged removably in at least one groove (13a,13b) provided transversely with respect to the axial direction in said end portion of the valve unit when said end is housed in said seat, so as to lock the valve unit and the mixing device together axially. - coupling means and counter-means, provided on the mixing device and on the valve unit respectively, which can be engaged with each other coaxially from and towards an operating position in which said sections are connected sealingly to each other; - axial retaining means between said coupling means and counter-means for retaining the valve unit with respect to the mixing device in said direction of axial interconnection, characterized in that said coupling means and counter-means comprise: at least one support appendage formed in one piece with a manifold portion of a fan of said mixing device, and at least one end portion of the feed section of the valve unit adapted to be housed in a seat provided in said appendage, and in that said axial retaining means comprise at least one retaining element, which can be engaged removably in at least one groove (13a,13b) provided transversely with respect to the axial direction in said end portion of the valve unit when said end is housed in said seat, so as to lock the valve unit and the mixing device together axially. at least one support appendage formed in one piece with a manifold portion of a fan of said mixing device, and at least one end portion of the feed section of the valve unit adapted to be housed in a seat provided in said appendage, and in that said axial retaining means comprise at least one retaining element, which can be engaged removably in at least one groove (13a,13b) provided transversely with respect to the axial direction in said end portion of the valve unit when said end is housed in said seat, so as to lock the valve unit and the mixing device together axially.