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Method for preparing a nitrogen-modified active carbon having catalytic and/or reactive properties and having a nitrogen content based on the dry weight of the modified nitrogen-activated carbon, of at least 2 wt.-%, preferably an activated carbon with nitrogen as the catalytically active heteroatom, whereby a spherical activated carbon ("output activated carbon") is used as the starting material obtained by carbonisation of a starting material in the form of sulfonated organic polymers and subsequent activation of the carbonised starting material, whereby initially surface oxidation is performed using, and/or in the presence of at least one oxidising reagent ("OR"), whereby oxygen is selected as the oxidising reagent ("OR"), and whereby the surface oxidation is carried out in the temperature range of 100°C to 1000°C, and whereby the activated carbon obtained in this manner undergoes oxidation at its surface and subsequently undergoes modification with nitrogen using, and/or in the presence of, at least one nitrogen modification reagent ("SMR"), whereby the modification with nitrogen brings into contact the activated carbon obtained following the surface oxidation with the nitrogen modification reagent ("SMR"), followed by a thermal treatment, whereby the modification of the activated carbon oxidised on its surface with nitrogen is carried out while heating in the temperature range of 200°C to 1200°C, and whereby the nitrogen modification reagent ("SMR") used for the modification of the activated carbon oxidised on its surface with nitrogen is selected from the group consisting of urea and ammonia, and combinations thereof.
Dishwasher accessory (100;200), which accessory is adapted for being arranged below a dishwasher basket and to support the basket inside the dishwasher and during washing operation of the dishwasher, wherein the accessory comprises a first support part (101;201), arranged to support a first part of the basket, and a second support part (103;203), arranged to support a second part of the basket located on the opposite side of a bottom of the basket, wherein the second support part is arranged higher than the first support part when the basket is supported on top of the accessory inside the dishwasher so that a main dish supporting plane of the basket, when the basket is supported by the accessory in the dishwasher, is inclined in relation to the horizontal, and wherein the accessory further comprises an open structure so as to allow dishing and/or rinsing water from below the accessory to reach dishes arranged in the basket through the open structure, characterised in that the accessory is formed as one single homogenous material body comprising said support parts, in that the accessory (100;200) further comprises a second side wall (102;202), in turn comprising the said second support part (103;203), in that the second side wall (102;202) is rigidly connected to the first support part (101;201), and in that the second support part (103;203) is arranged to engage with a stackability indentation of the basket, so as to fix the position, in relation to the horizontal, of the basket when supported by the accessory in the dishwasher.
A method for launching a projectile from a barrel accommodating a. a projectile; b. a rocket motor at the rear end of the projectile comprising a first compartment (6") containing a first propellant; c. a countermass at the rear end of the barrel; and d. a second compartment between the rocket motor and the countermass containing a second propellant, wherein said first and second compartments (6",6') form a high pressure chamber subsequent to firing of the projectile; wherein a cartridge case radially encloses the projectile, the rocket motor, the countermass, and the second compartment, wherein a pressure sealing is provided between the cartridge case and the barrel at the rearmost part of the cartridge case, i) wherein combustion gases originating from propellants contained in said first and second compartments (6",6') in said high pressure chamber accelerate the projectile in the firing direction and the countermass in the opposite direction towards a breech; and ii) wherein the pressure in the high pressure chamber falls in the second compartment to a level below the pressure in the first compartment (6") when the countermass leaves the barrel; and iii) wherein said first compartment (6") upholds substantially the originally formed pressure by means of an opening of said first compartment (6") delimiting the exhaust of gases from the first compartment (6") to the second compartment, thus enabling continued acceleration of the projectile after the countermass has exited the barrel. a. a projectile; b. a rocket motor at the rear end of the projectile comprising a first compartment (6") containing a first propellant; c. a countermass at the rear end of the barrel; and d. a second compartment between the rocket motor and the countermass containing a second propellant, wherein said first and second compartments (6",6') form a high pressure chamber subsequent to firing of the projectile; i) wherein combustion gases originating from propellants contained in said first and second compartments (6",6') in said high pressure chamber accelerate the projectile in the firing direction and the countermass in the opposite direction towards a breech; and ii) wherein the pressure in the high pressure chamber falls in the second compartment to a level below the pressure in the first compartment (6") when the countermass leaves the barrel; and iii) wherein said first compartment (6") upholds substantially the originally formed pressure by means of an opening of said first compartment (6") delimiting the exhaust of gases from the first compartment (6") to the second compartment, thus enabling continued acceleration of the projectile after the countermass has exited the barrel.
A ball stud comprising: a stud portion with an approximately columnar shape; and a ball portion that is formed at an end of the stud portion, wherein the stud portion has a sealing portion which has an upper end portion formed with a flange projecting outwardly and a lower end portion that is with a projection, and wherein the flange has a root and an outer circumferential portion, characterized in that the flange has a concave portion with a curved shape from the root to the outer circumferential portion in an axial cross-section, and the concave portion is concave with respect to a straight line that connects an end on the root side and an end on the outer circumferential portion side of the curved shape. a stud portion with an approximately columnar shape; and a ball portion that is formed at an end of the stud portion, wherein the stud portion has a sealing portion which has an upper end portion formed with a flange projecting outwardly and a lower end portion that is with a projection, and wherein the flange has a root and an outer circumferential portion, characterized in that the flange has a concave portion with a curved shape from the root to the outer circumferential portion in an axial cross-section, and the concave portion is concave with respect to a straight line that connects an end on the root side and an end on the outer circumferential portion side of the curved shape.
A method of handling a wind turbine component for assembly or maintenance, the method comprising: moving a plurality of unmanned air vehicles (20,52) to respective positions proximal to a wind turbine component, wherein each of the unmanned air vehicles is attached to a lifting yoke, which is in turn attached to the component by one or more support lines so that the wind turbine component can be supported by the plurality of unmanned air vehicles; controlling the plurality of unmanned air vehicles to lift the wind turbine component and manoeuvre said component with respect to a wind turbine; the method further including guiding the component to the wind turbine using a guidance system. moving a plurality of unmanned air vehicles (20,52) to respective positions proximal to a wind turbine component, wherein each of the unmanned air vehicles is attached to a lifting yoke, which is in turn attached to the component by one or more support lines so that the wind turbine component can be supported by the plurality of unmanned air vehicles; controlling the plurality of unmanned air vehicles to lift the wind turbine component and manoeuvre said component with respect to a wind turbine; the method further including guiding the component to the wind turbine using a guidance system.
Automatic central buffer coupling for rail vehicles with a coupling head according to a Scharfenberg construction with a coupling head housing and a coupling closure means arranged therein, comprising a main bolt, a coupling eye, a coupling eye bolt and a heart piece, characterized in that for safety-release of a coupling connection after exceeding a response force in pull direction the coupling eye bolt (8; 8') of the coupling closure means is designed as a shear pin.
A capacitive touch sensitive device, comprising: a matrix of pads patterned in a first electrically conductive material on a substrate, wherein horizontally adjacent pads within each even row of the matrix are electrically coupled to one another via channels to form a plurality of horizontally arranged electrodes; and conductive links formed over respective channels configured to electrically couple vertically adjacent pads between odd rows of the matrix to form a plurality of vertically arranged electrodes, characterized in that dimensions of the channels and the conductive links are optimized locally (i) by varying a ratio of width (Cw) of the channels to width (Lw) of the respective conductive links and keeping an overlap area of the channels and the respective conductive links constant, or (ii) by varying an overlap area of the channels and the respective conductive links so as to minimize a worst case resistor-capacitor time constant (RCtc) of the matrix. a matrix of pads patterned in a first electrically conductive material on a substrate, wherein horizontally adjacent pads within each even row of the matrix are electrically coupled to one another via channels to form a plurality of horizontally arranged electrodes; and conductive links formed over respective channels configured to electrically couple vertically adjacent pads between odd rows of the matrix to form a plurality of vertically arranged electrodes, characterized in that dimensions of the channels and the conductive links are optimized locally (i) by varying a ratio of width (Cw) of the channels to width (Lw) of the respective conductive links and keeping an overlap area of the channels and the respective conductive links constant, or (ii) by varying an overlap area of the channels and the respective conductive links so as to minimize a worst case resistor-capacitor time constant (RCtc) of the matrix.
An image forming system comprising: image forming means arranged to form an image on a sheet; inspection means arranged to inspect an image on a sheet; conveyance means arranged to convey a sheet to the inspection means; a controller (102, 222, 233, 238, 245) configured to execute a first inspection mode in which an image is formed on a sheet by the image forming means and the sheet having the image formed thereon is conveyed by the conveyance means to the inspection means and is inspected by the inspection means, and a second inspection mode in which, without executing image forming by the image forming means, a sheet having an image formed thereon is conveyed by the conveyance means to the inspection means and inspected by the inspection means; and characterized by setting means arranged to set a recovery process such that in a case where the inspection means determines that the sheet conveyed by the conveyance means is an abnormal sheet having abnormality in the image, an image corresponding to the image formed on the abnormal sheet is formed according to image data used to form the image on the abnormal sheet by the image forming means on a sheet different from the abnormal sheet, wherein the setting means permits the setting of the recovery process in the first inspection mode and does not permit the setting of the recovery process in the second inspection mode. image forming means arranged to form an image on a sheet; inspection means arranged to inspect an image on a sheet; conveyance means arranged to convey a sheet to the inspection means; a controller (102, 222, 233, 238, 245) configured to execute a first inspection mode in which an image is formed on a sheet by the image forming means and the sheet having the image formed thereon is conveyed by the conveyance means to the inspection means and is inspected by the inspection means, and a second inspection mode in which, without executing image forming by the image forming means, a sheet having an image formed thereon is conveyed by the conveyance means to the inspection means and inspected by the inspection means; and characterized by setting means arranged to set a recovery process such that in a case where the inspection means determines that the sheet conveyed by the conveyance means is an abnormal sheet having abnormality in the image, an image corresponding to the image formed on the abnormal sheet is formed according to image data used to form the image on the abnormal sheet by the image forming means on a sheet different from the abnormal sheet, wherein the setting means permits the setting of the recovery process in the first inspection mode and does not permit the setting of the recovery process in the second inspection mode.
A battery monitoring device, comprising: a plurality of detectors provided corresponding to each of a plurality of battery modules constituting a battery pack, each including a detection circuit for detecting state data of the corresponding battery module, and a first wireless circuit for wirelessly transmitting the detected state data; and a monitor including a second wireless circuit configured to receive the state data transmitted from the plurality of detectors, wherein the first wireless circuit of a relay detector receives the state data wirelessly transmitted from another detector, and transmits wirelessly the received state data of the another detector to the second wireless circuit; characterized in that each of the plurality of detectors is configured to transmit an update signal to the other detectors and receive reply signals via the first wireless circuit, update, as a relay detector, the detector with the highest received signal strength or smallest communication delay among the received reply signals, and transmit the updated relay detector to the monitor via the first wireless circuit; and the monitor is configured to receive and store the updated relay detector. a plurality of detectors provided corresponding to each of a plurality of battery modules constituting a battery pack, each including a detection circuit for detecting state data of the corresponding battery module, and a first wireless circuit for wirelessly transmitting the detected state data; and a monitor including a second wireless circuit configured to receive the state data transmitted from the plurality of detectors, wherein the first wireless circuit of a relay detector receives the state data wirelessly transmitted from another detector, and transmits wirelessly the received state data of the another detector to the second wireless circuit; characterized in that each of the plurality of detectors is configured to transmit an update signal to the other detectors and receive reply signals via the first wireless circuit, update, as a relay detector, the detector with the highest received signal strength or smallest communication delay among the received reply signals, and transmit the updated relay detector to the monitor via the first wireless circuit; and transmit an update signal to the other detectors and receive reply signals via the first wireless circuit, update, as a relay detector, the detector with the highest received signal strength or smallest communication delay among the received reply signals, and transmit the updated relay detector to the monitor via the first wireless circuit; and the monitor is configured to receive and store the updated relay detector.
A method comprising layering different types of composite material in an inner chamber of an open top drum to form a layered composite material; compressing the layered composite material in the inner chamber of the open top drum to form a layered compressed composite material; stirring the layered compressed composite material in the inner chamber of the open top drum in order to break the layered compressed composite material into different sized fragments and develop a marbleized pattern forming a fragmented composite marbleized material; and compressing again the fragmented composite marbleized material in the inner chamber of the open top drum in order to further reinforce the marbleized pattern within the fragmented composite marbleized material.
Heat exchanger device able to deliver at least one stream of dry gas under pressure and cooled to a substantially constant temperature, the said at least one stream of gas circulating, at the device, through a coil or a corresponding similar pipe a functional part of which is immersed in a liquid fraction of a second gas present in a chamber of a corresponding container, at least a portion of the wall of the container delimiting the said chamber being in contact with a liquid fraction of a third gas so as to constitute a condensation surface for the second gas, the device being characterized in that the or each container is a sealed container able to contain the second gas under pressure, in that the condensation surface is dimensioned to allow the gas contained in the chamber of the said container to absorb a predetermined calorific power with no notable variation in its temperature and its pressure and in that the device also comprises a means for the controlled variable heating of the bath formed by the liquid fraction of the gas residing in the container, the sum of the calorific powers released, on the one hand, by the circulating gas that is to be cooled and, on the other hand, by the heating means being constantly kept substantially equal to the aforementioned determined calorific power.
A repair nozzle for dispensing adhesives and/or sealants, usable in the automotive field, from a cartridge containing said materials by means of an associated caulking gun having a proximal product input side that comprises means for releasably fastening the repair nozzle (10, 20) to the cartridge, and having a distal product output side that comprises a slotted discharge opening in order to dispense a wide adhesive and/or sealant bead, the substrate being wetted with this adhesive and/or sealant over a large surface area, a product channel being provided in order to transport the adhesive and/or sealant from the product input side to the product output side, the product channel being designed so as to be rotationally symmetrical about an axis of rotation at least in regions, a collar that protrudes radially outwards relative to the axis of rotation being provided on the proximal product input side, and the product channel tapering from the proximal product input side towards the distal product output side, characterized in that an end cap comprising the slotted discharge opening is formed on the product output side, which cap is curved in the distal direction of the repair nozzle (10, 20), the slotted discharge opening extending over a curved summit of the convexly curved end cap.
A method for manufacturing a cold working die, comprising steps of: quenching and tempering a steel material including, by mass: 0.6% to 1.2% of carbon, 3.0% to 9.0% of chromium, 0.01% to less than 0.3% of aluminum, 0.3% to 2.0% of manganese, 0.02% to 0.1% of sulfur, optionally one or both of niobium and vanadium in an amount of (Nb + 1/2V) being not more than 1.0%, optionally one or more of silicon, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum, and copper, and the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, to provide a prehardened steel having a hardness of not lower than 55 HRC; machining the prehardened steel to form a working surface of the die; nitriding the machined working surface to produce a nitrided layer having a thickness of not more than 80 μm; and depositing a hard coating film onto the nitrided working surface through a physical vapor deposition process. quenching and tempering a steel material including, by mass: 0.6% to 1.2% of carbon, 3.0% to 9.0% of chromium, 0.01% to less than 0.3% of aluminum, 0.3% to 2.0% of manganese, 0.02% to 0.1% of sulfur, optionally one or both of niobium and vanadium in an amount of (Nb + 1/2V) being not more than 1.0%, optionally one or more of silicon, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum, and copper, and the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, 0.6% to 1.2% of carbon, 3.0% to 9.0% of chromium, 0.01% to less than 0.3% of aluminum, 0.3% to 2.0% of manganese, 0.02% to 0.1% of sulfur, optionally one or both of niobium and vanadium in an amount of (Nb + 1/2V) being not more than 1.0%, optionally one or more of silicon, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum, and copper, and the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, to provide a prehardened steel having a hardness of not lower than 55 HRC; machining the prehardened steel to form a working surface of the die; nitriding the machined working surface to produce a nitrided layer having a thickness of not more than 80 μm; and depositing a hard coating film onto the nitrided working surface through a physical vapor deposition process.
A catalyst composition comprising A) at least one polymerization catalyst based on a Ziegler catalyst, B) at least one polymerization catalyst based on a late transition metal component having a tridentate ligand which bears at least two ortho,ortho-disubstituted aryl radicals, with the ortho,ortho-disubstituted aryl radicals being substituted in each case by at least one halogen in the α position, C) one or more activating compounds and D) one or more organic or inorganic supports, wherein the components and are applied to a joint support. A) at least one polymerization catalyst based on a Ziegler catalyst, B) at least one polymerization catalyst based on a late transition metal component having a tridentate ligand which bears at least two ortho,ortho-disubstituted aryl radicals, with the ortho,ortho-disubstituted aryl radicals being substituted in each case by at least one halogen in the α position, C) one or more activating compounds and D) one or more organic or inorganic supports,