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A device for selectively ablating a submucosal layer of a duodenal wall and/or of sensory neurons therein, the device comprising a catheter comprising: an expandable member configured to stretch the duodenal wall and to generate a fixed distance between a center of the catheter and the duodenal wall; wherein the expandable member comprises a semi- or non-compliant balloon having a radius of 12.5-25 mm; a laser transmitting element comprising a single mode optical fiber configured to transmit a first laser beam having a wavelength of 1550-1567 nm, a laser power in the range of 3-30 Watt and a spot diameter of 20-200 microns; and a deflective optical element functionally coupled with the laser emitting element and configured to direct the first laser beam to a region on and/or beneath the duodenal wall; wherein the catheter and/or the deflective optical element is rotatable so as to bring about a circumferential ablation of the duodenal wall; and wherein the first laser beam is capable as serving as both a modulating and a feedback beam. an expandable member configured to stretch the duodenal wall and to generate a fixed distance between a center of the catheter and the duodenal wall; wherein the expandable member comprises a semi- or non-compliant balloon having a radius of 12.5-25 mm; a laser transmitting element comprising a single mode optical fiber configured to transmit a first laser beam having a wavelength of 1550-1567 nm, a laser power in the range of 3-30 Watt and a spot diameter of 20-200 microns; and a deflective optical element functionally coupled with the laser emitting element and configured to direct the first laser beam to a region on and/or beneath the duodenal wall; wherein the catheter and/or the deflective optical element is rotatable so as to bring about a circumferential ablation of the duodenal wall; and wherein the first laser beam is capable as serving as both a modulating and a feedback beam.
A fruit and vegetable juicing device, the device having: a juice collection chamber having a circumferential side wall (3704, 4504); a feed tube communicating with the juice collection chamber; a grating disc located below the feed tube; a frusto-conical sieve (3700, 4503) located between the grating disc and the juice collection chamber, the frusto-conical sieve (3700, 4503) being arranged to taper from a smallest diameter at an upper rim to a widest diameter at a lower rim; characterized in that the device further comprises a juice discharge spout (3706, 4516) to discharge juice from the juice collection chamber, the juice discharge spout (3706, 4516) being located adjacent an upper rim of the side wall (3704, 4504) of the juice collection chamber and vertically above the grating disc, and the circumferential side wall (3704, 4504) being an upwardly and outwardly sloping frusto-conical side wall (3704, 4504), such that during use, juice ejected through the frusto-conical sieve (3700, 4503) is carried up the side wall (3704, 4504). a juice collection chamber having a circumferential side wall (3704, 4504); a feed tube communicating with the juice collection chamber; a grating disc located below the feed tube; a frusto-conical sieve (3700, 4503) located between the grating disc and the juice collection chamber, the frusto-conical sieve (3700, 4503) being arranged to taper from a smallest diameter at an upper rim to a widest diameter at a lower rim; characterized in that the device further comprises a juice discharge spout (3706, 4516) to discharge juice from the juice collection chamber, the juice discharge spout (3706, 4516) being located adjacent an upper rim of the side wall (3704, 4504) of the juice collection chamber and vertically above the grating disc, and the circumferential side wall (3704, 4504) being an upwardly and outwardly sloping frusto-conical side wall (3704, 4504), such that during use, juice ejected through the frusto-conical sieve (3700, 4503) is carried up the side wall (3704, 4504).
A method for treating a lithium ion battery waste, the method comprising: an alloy production step of introducing the lithium ion battery waste into a furnace and then melting the lithium ion battery waste by heating, thereby producing an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt; and an electrolytic purification step of subjecting the alloy to such an electrolytic treatment that the alloy is charged as an anode into a sulfuric acid solution and then electricity is conducted between the anode and a cathode to electrodeposit copper contained in the alloy onto the cathode, thereby separating copper from nickel and cobalt, wherein in the electrolytic purification step, the electrolytic treatment is performed while a pH of an electrolyte solution is controlled to 0 or more and 1.2 or less and a current density (Dk) of the cathode is controlled to be less than or equal to the current density calculated by the following Equation I: Dk A / m 2 = − 2062 × pH + 3002 an alloy production step of introducing the lithium ion battery waste into a furnace and then melting the lithium ion battery waste by heating, thereby producing an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt; and an electrolytic purification step of subjecting the alloy to such an electrolytic treatment that the alloy is charged as an anode into a sulfuric acid solution and then electricity is conducted between the anode and a cathode to electrodeposit copper contained in the alloy onto the cathode, thereby separating copper from nickel and cobalt, wherein in the electrolytic purification step, the electrolytic treatment is performed while a pH of an electrolyte solution is controlled to 0 or more and 1.2 or less and a current density (Dk) of the cathode is controlled to be less than or equal to the current density calculated by the following Equation I: Dk A / m 2 = − 2062 × pH + 3002
A polymer-coated particulate material comprising: a particulate substrate; and an applied compound, wherein the applied compound coats at least 50% of the surface of the particulate substrate, and wherein, at the time of application, the applied compound comprises a dispersion comprising: a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of propylene-based homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers; ethylene-based homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers; and combinations thereof; a dispersion medium selected from water, an organic solvent, or a combination thereof; and a stabilizing compound selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a dispersing agent, an emulsifier, a polymer different from the thermoplastic polymer, or mixtures thereof. a particulate substrate; and an applied compound, wherein the applied compound coats at least 50% of the surface of the particulate substrate, and wherein, at the time of application, the applied compound comprises a dispersion comprising: a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of propylene-based homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers; ethylene-based homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers; and combinations thereof; a dispersion medium selected from water, an organic solvent, or a combination thereof; and a stabilizing compound selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a dispersing agent, an emulsifier, a polymer different from the thermoplastic polymer, or mixtures thereof. a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of propylene-based homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers; ethylene-based homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers; and combinations thereof; a dispersion medium selected from water, an organic solvent, or a combination thereof; and a stabilizing compound selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a dispersing agent, an emulsifier, a polymer different from the thermoplastic polymer, or mixtures thereof.
Catamaran comprising - two floating bodies (2, 3) which are arranged side by side in a transverse direction at a floating body distance delimited by parallel wall areas (6, 7) of the floating bodies (2, 3), - a drive fin which extends in the transverse direction along the floating body distance, and - a guiding and driving mechanism configured to move the drive fin up and down between the floating bodies (2, 3), wherein the drive fin is actively and/or passively pivotable and/or deformable about a transverse axis, wherein the drive fin moved up and down extends between the wall areas (6 7) of the floating bodies (2, 3) which are parallel to one another, and wherein the drive fin moved up and down does not move downwards beyond the floating bodies (2, 3), characterized in that the drive fin is moved up and down below a water surface, and that the drive fin in at least one area of each of its two side edges, which is moved up and down with respect to the wall areas (6, 7) by the guiding and driving mechanism, ends within a maximum distance of 20 mm to the wall areas (6, 7). - two floating bodies (2, 3) which are arranged side by side in a transverse direction at a floating body distance delimited by parallel wall areas (6, 7) of the floating bodies (2, 3), - a drive fin which extends in the transverse direction along the floating body distance, and - a guiding and driving mechanism configured to move the drive fin up and down between the floating bodies (2, 3), wherein the drive fin is actively and/or passively pivotable and/or deformable about a transverse axis, wherein the drive fin moved up and down extends between the wall areas (6 7) of the floating bodies (2, 3) which are parallel to one another, and wherein the drive fin moved up and down does not move downwards beyond the floating bodies (2, 3), characterized in that the drive fin is moved up and down below a water surface, and that the drive fin in at least one area of each of its two side edges, which is moved up and down with respect to the wall areas (6, 7) by the guiding and driving mechanism, ends within a maximum distance of 20 mm to the wall areas (6, 7).
Display device for a dashboard of a motor vehicle, comprising two screens (3, 4), in particular two touchscreens, and a central block of parallelepipedal shape elongated in the substantially vertical direction and of small thickness, the central block comprising at least one air vent, characterized in that the two screens are situated on either side of the central block, each screen (3, 4) being connected to the central block by a hinge-type connection allowing a first rotational movement between said screen (3, 4) and the central block.
An apparatus for thermally processing a relief image printing element, wherein the relief image printing element comprises at least one photopolymer layer, and wherein the relief image printing element is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to crosslink portions of the at least one photopolymer layer, while portions of the at least one photopolymer layer are not exposed to actinic radiation and are not crosslinked, the apparatus comprising: a) means (12, 14, 16, 18) for supporting the relief image printing element; b) heating means for melting or softening non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer; c) at least one rotatable roll with a blotting material arranged on a portion of the at least one rotatable roll, that is capable of bringing the blotting material into contact with the at least one photopolymer layer to remove the melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer, wherein a nip is formed between the means (12, 14, 16, 18) for supporting the relief image printing element and the at least one rotatable roll, wherein as the at least one rotatable roll rotates against the printing element, melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer are transferred from the printing element to the blotting material; characterized by: d) a scraping means (30, 40) arranged adjacent to the at least one rotatable roll, for removing non-crosslinked photopolymer remaining on a surface of the at least one rotatable roll after melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer are transferred from the printing element to the blotting material. a) means (12, 14, 16, 18) for supporting the relief image printing element; b) heating means for melting or softening non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer; c) at least one rotatable roll with a blotting material arranged on a portion of the at least one rotatable roll, that is capable of bringing the blotting material into contact with the at least one photopolymer layer to remove the melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer, wherein a nip is formed between the means (12, 14, 16, 18) for supporting the relief image printing element and the at least one rotatable roll, wherein as the at least one rotatable roll rotates against the printing element, melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer are transferred from the printing element to the blotting material; characterized by: d) a scraping means (30, 40) arranged adjacent to the at least one rotatable roll, for removing non-crosslinked photopolymer remaining on a surface of the at least one rotatable roll after melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer are transferred from the printing element to the blotting material.
A consumable level monitoring system for association with a solid content-filled consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201), comprising: a sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 604, 1206) suitable to sense the consumable level, wherein the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 604, 1206) comprising a plurality of sensors (104, 301, 402) at various volume levels of the content-filled consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201), and the plurality of sensors (104, 301, 402) comprise light sensors; and characterized in that the system further comprises: a visual indicator suitable to receive the consumable level from the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 1206), and for communicating the consumable level to a user, and a dispensing base (202, 1224) for accommodating the consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201) wherein the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 1206) is embedded in a label associated with the consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201), and wherein the visual indicator is provided in the dispensing base (202, 1224). a sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 604, 1206) suitable to sense the consumable level, wherein the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 604, 1206) comprising a plurality of sensors (104, 301, 402) at various volume levels of the content-filled consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201), and the plurality of sensors (104, 301, 402) comprise light sensors; and characterized in that the system further comprises: a visual indicator suitable to receive the consumable level from the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 1206), and for communicating the consumable level to a user, and a dispensing base (202, 1224) for accommodating the consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201) wherein the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 1206) is embedded in a label associated with the consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201), and wherein the visual indicator is provided in the dispensing base (202, 1224). a visual indicator suitable to receive the consumable level from the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 1206), and for communicating the consumable level to a user, and a dispensing base (202, 1224) for accommodating the consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201) wherein the sensing module (104, 210, 406, 506, 1206) is embedded in a label associated with the consumable (100, 200, 504, 1201), and wherein the visual indicator is provided in the dispensing base (202, 1224).
A device, comprising: means for converting pressure levels of a high-pressure manifold of a fluid pump having a plurality of cylinders to a proportionate voltage signal; and means for detecting a malfunction in a component of one of the plurality of cylinders by examination of an AC component of the proportionate voltage signal, characterized in that the detecting means includes means (146, 156) for comparing a frequency of the AC component of the proportionate voltage signal to a reference frequency, wherein the detecting means includes means for converting the AC component of the proportionate voltage signal to a digital signal for comparison to the reference frequency. means for converting pressure levels of a high-pressure manifold of a fluid pump having a plurality of cylinders to a proportionate voltage signal; and means for detecting a malfunction in a component of one of the plurality of cylinders by examination of an AC component of the proportionate voltage signal, characterized in that the detecting means includes means (146, 156) for comparing a frequency of the AC component of the proportionate voltage signal to a reference frequency, wherein the detecting means includes means for converting the AC component of the proportionate voltage signal to a digital signal for comparison to the reference frequency.
An article of apparel comprising: a nonwoven textile comprising a plurality of fibers, the plurality of fibers having an average staple length ranging from 40 mm to 60 mm and a staple-length standard deviation in a range from 5 mm to 30 mm, wherein the plurality of fibers comprises a first plurality of fibers arranged in a first fiber web and a second plurality of fibers (310, 312) arranged in a second fiber web entangled with the first fiber web, wherein the first fiber web forms, at least in part, a first face of the nonwoven textile.
A cryosurgical instrument having a feed line for supplying fluid, in particular gas, into an expansion chamber, wherein the supply line comprises a capillary line section which opens into the expansion chamber, having a return device connected to the expansion chamber for returning gas from the expansion chamber, wherein the feed line has at least a first section (30n-2, 30n-1) and a second section (30n-1, 30n) with different sized inside cross-sections, wherein the flow path through the feed line tapers in a funnel-shaped manner in a transition section (32n-2, 32n-1) from the first section (30n-2, 30n-1) to the second section (30n-1, 30n) in the flow direction of the fluid toward the expansion chamber, wherein the ratio of the inner diameter of the capillary line section to the length of the capillary line section is between a minimum of 0.004 and a maximum of 0.2. having a feed line for supplying fluid, in particular gas, into an expansion chamber, wherein the supply line comprises a capillary line section which opens into the expansion chamber, having a return device connected to the expansion chamber for returning gas from the expansion chamber, wherein the feed line has at least a first section (30n-2, 30n-1) and a second section (30n-1, 30n) with different sized inside cross-sections, wherein the flow path through the feed line tapers in a funnel-shaped manner in a transition section (32n-2, 32n-1) from the first section (30n-2, 30n-1) to the second section (30n-1, 30n) in the flow direction of the fluid toward the expansion chamber, wherein the ratio of the inner diameter of the capillary line section to the length of the capillary line section is between a minimum of 0.004 and a maximum of 0.2.
An use of a blade in a bread cutting machine for cutting bread, the blade comprising - a receiving area for the creation of a rotationally fixed connection with a drive shaft rotating about an axis of rotation, - a cutting area orbiting a rotational axis of the blade which is identical to the rotational axis of the drive shaft, and in a cutting plane parallel to the rotational axis of the blade outwardly narrowing to a point, which at its radially outwardly located end comprises a cutting edge and is serrated, and - arranged between the receiving area and the cutting area, a middle area in which a thickness of the blade measured in parallel to the axis of rotation of the blade is constant, wherein the thickness of the blade in the middle area is at least as great as the greatest thickness of the blade in the cutting area, wherein a largest distance of the cutting edge from the axis of rotation of the blade is at least 180 mm, wherein both side surfaces of the blade are unoiled in their middle area, characterised in that the thickness of the blade in its middle area is between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm. - a receiving area for the creation of a rotationally fixed connection with a drive shaft rotating about an axis of rotation, - a cutting area orbiting a rotational axis of the blade which is identical to the rotational axis of the drive shaft, and in a cutting plane parallel to the rotational axis of the blade outwardly narrowing to a point, which at its radially outwardly located end comprises a cutting edge and is serrated, and - arranged between the receiving area and the cutting area, a middle area in which a thickness of the blade measured in parallel to the axis of rotation of the blade is constant, wherein the thickness of the blade in the middle area is at least as great as the greatest thickness of the blade in the cutting area, wherein a largest distance of the cutting edge from the axis of rotation of the blade is at least 180 mm, wherein both side surfaces of the blade are unoiled in their middle area, characterised in that the thickness of the blade in its middle area is between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm.
A cap for removably attaching to a head of a fastener comprised in a system for retaining a ground engaging tool (26, 28, 30) connected to a work implement, the cap comprising: a main body having an open end and defining a hollow interior; an end section forming a closed end of the main body; the main body including an axis extending between the open end and the closed end; and a hollow inner portion connecting to an inner surface of the end section and extending through the hollow interior toward the open end of the main body, the hollow inner portion being spaced from the main body, the hollow inner portion having a distal end configured to be inserted into an opening in the head of the fastener, the hollow inner portion including at least one slit extending through a wall of the hollow inner portion parallel to the axis of the main body, the at least one slit extending through the distal end of the hollow inner portion. a main body having an open end and defining a hollow interior; an end section forming a closed end of the main body; the main body including an axis extending between the open end and the closed end; and a hollow inner portion connecting to an inner surface of the end section and extending through the hollow interior toward the open end of the main body, the hollow inner portion being spaced from the main body, the hollow inner portion having a distal end configured to be inserted into an opening in the head of the fastener, the hollow inner portion including at least one slit extending through a wall of the hollow inner portion parallel to the axis of the main body, the at least one slit extending through the distal end of the hollow inner portion. the hollow inner portion being spaced from the main body, the hollow inner portion having a distal end configured to be inserted into an opening in the head of the fastener, the hollow inner portion including at least one slit extending through a wall of the hollow inner portion parallel to the axis of the main body, the at least one slit extending through the distal end of the hollow inner portion.