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Domestic appliance, in particular an oven, comprising at least one retractable operating-toggle unit for adjusting a control and regulating apparatus arranged behind a control panel, comprising a dial which is mounted in an opening in the control panel and can be moved back and forth axially between a zero position, an intermediate position in the form of a retraction position, and an actuation position by means of a retraction mechanism, characterised in that, in the actuation position, a bearing surface of the dial is in contact with a bearing surface of the control panel, the bearing surfaces (19, 26) being formed so as to correspond and to be equally conical or tapered, being pressed against one another by the force of a spring element mounted in a shaft assembly of the retraction mechanism, and being designed for centring the dial in the opening and for absorbing radial forces and moments of force.
A propulsion system comprising: a gas turbine engine along an axis, the gas turbine engine comprising an inner engine structure; an exhaust liner along the axis; and a retractable exhaust liner segment between said gas turbine engine and said exhaust liner, wherein the inner engine structure is mounted to the exhaust liner through the retractable exhaust liner segment, wherein the retractable exhaust liner segment is configured to be axially telescoped over the inner engine structure along the axis to provide a clearance, characterised in that said retractable exhaust liner segment includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein said first segment defines a first flange and said second segment defines a second flange, wherein the system further comprises a fastener assembly received by said first flange and said second flange to mount said first retractable exhaust liner segment and said second retractable exhaust liner segment. a gas turbine engine along an axis, the gas turbine engine comprising an inner engine structure; an exhaust liner along the axis; and a retractable exhaust liner segment between said gas turbine engine and said exhaust liner, wherein the inner engine structure is mounted to the exhaust liner through the retractable exhaust liner segment, wherein the retractable exhaust liner segment is configured to be axially telescoped over the inner engine structure along the axis to provide a clearance, characterised in that said retractable exhaust liner segment includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein said first segment defines a first flange and said second segment defines a second flange, wherein the system further comprises a fastener assembly received by said first flange and said second flange to mount said first retractable exhaust liner segment and said second retractable exhaust liner segment.
A sweep gas system for an additive manufacturing machine, comprising: a gas manifold having an outlet configured to effuse gas into a build area of the additive manufacturing machine, wherein the gas manifold is moveable across at least a portion of the build area, and wherein the sweep gas system includes a controller configured to control a position of the gas manifold, and wherein the controller is configured to position the outlet of the gas manifold relative to a laser spot position and/or a melt pool location a predetermined distance from the laser spot position and/or melt pool, and wherein the controller is configured to maintain the predetermined distance from the laser spot position and/or melt pool as a laser scans over the build area such that the sweep gas manifold moves to follow the laser spot position and/or melt pool, and characterized in that the controller is configured to determine the predetermined distance in real time as a function of a laser power, a scan speed, a melt pool size, and/or a sweep gas pressure. a gas manifold having an outlet configured to effuse gas into a build area of the additive manufacturing machine, wherein the gas manifold is moveable across at least a portion of the build area, and wherein the sweep gas system includes a controller configured to control a position of the gas manifold, and wherein the controller is configured to position the outlet of the gas manifold relative to a laser spot position and/or a melt pool location a predetermined distance from the laser spot position and/or melt pool, and wherein the controller is configured to maintain the predetermined distance from the laser spot position and/or melt pool as a laser scans over the build area such that the sweep gas manifold moves to follow the laser spot position and/or melt pool, and characterized in that the controller is configured to determine the predetermined distance in real time as a function of a laser power, a scan speed, a melt pool size, and/or a sweep gas pressure.
Mobile apparatus for comminuting lumpy material, more particulary rock, comprising a chassis, a crusher arranged on the chassis, a feed device provided on the chassis for the lumpy material to be fed to the crusher and comminuted, a removal conveying device for the material comminuted by the crusher having a screen device, and a return conveying device to the feed device for returning material held back by the screen device, characterized in that a conveying section of the return conveying device comprising at least two conveying sections (10, 11) is fastened to the apparatus via at least one rotational joint such that it can be turned away from the feed device.
A neighbor relation information communication method, comprising: establishing a direct interface between a first access point and a second access point; receiving, at the first access point, a first message indicating that neighbor relation information is available for retrieval from an access terminal (step 802); sending, as a result of receiving the first message, a second message to the access terminal requesting the neighbor relation information (step 804); receiving a neighbor relation report including the neighbor relation information from the access terminal at the first access point; generating a neighbor relation message including the neighbor relation information of the neighbor relation report, wherein the neighbor relation message includes an identifier of the access terminal; and sending the neighbor relation message to the second access point via the direct interface. establishing a direct interface between a first access point and a second access point; receiving, at the first access point, a first message indicating that neighbor relation information is available for retrieval from an access terminal (step 802); sending, as a result of receiving the first message, a second message to the access terminal requesting the neighbor relation information (step 804); receiving a neighbor relation report including the neighbor relation information from the access terminal at the first access point; generating a neighbor relation message including the neighbor relation information of the neighbor relation report, wherein the neighbor relation message includes an identifier of the access terminal; and sending the neighbor relation message to the second access point via the direct interface.
A coupling method for joining rotating components comprising: stacking the rotating components to form a rotating stack aligned along a central axis (A'), characterised in that the rotating components are supported on joints friction locked with one another, wherein the rotating stack is formed by adjacently aligning the joints, and wherein each of the joints comprises tapered teeth having tapered side walls which are configured to intermesh with the tapered teeth of an adjacent joint; and applying a compressive force to the rotating stack, the compressive force being sufficient to cause the joints to interlock with one another due to frictional forces between the tapered side walls. stacking the rotating components to form a rotating stack aligned along a central axis (A'), characterised in that the rotating components are supported on joints friction locked with one another, wherein the rotating stack is formed by adjacently aligning the joints, and wherein each of the joints comprises tapered teeth having tapered side walls which are configured to intermesh with the tapered teeth of an adjacent joint; and applying a compressive force to the rotating stack, the compressive force being sufficient to cause the joints to interlock with one another due to frictional forces between the tapered side walls.
Sealing arrangement for a guide vane arrangement of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine, preferably a low-pressure turbine of a gas turbine, comprising a seal support, the seal support having a ring portion which extends in the axial direction and circumferential direction and on which a radially inner sealing element is arranged, and having a first flange portion and a second flange portion which extend outwardly from the ring portion in the circumferential direction and radial direction and are arranged at a distance from one another in the axial direction, the first flange portion being arranged in front of the second flange portion with respect to the main direction of flow of a working fluid, comprising at least one sealing projection (16a, 16b) on the rotor side, in particular connected to a rotor blade arrangement (20, 22) of the gas turbine, which projection is arranged in the radial direction relative to the sealing element of the seal support such that a primary seal point is formed, comprising an inner shroud portion of at least one guide vane or of at least one guide vane segment of the guide vane arrangement, the inner shroud portion having a sealing portion that extends inwardly in the radial direction and circumferential direction, the sealing portion being housed between the first flange portion and the second flange portion of the seal support and being connected to said portions, characterized in that the sealing arrangement comprises at least a first sealing means that is arranged in front of the first flange portion with respect to the main direction of flow of the working fluid and is disk-like based on the radial direction and circumferential direction, the first sealing means radially inwardly abutting, at least in part, the first flange portion in a planar manner and comprising a radially outer free end that projects beyond the first flange portion in the radial direction and abuts the sealing portion of the inner shroud portion as a sealing edge, forming a secondary seal point, the first sealing means comprising, radially outwardly, a bent portion and a radially outer end portion that contains the free end, the radially outer end portion extending substantially in the axial direction and being dimensioned in the axial direction in such a way that the first sealing means is more remote from the flange portion radially outwardly than radially inwardly and is pretensioned in the direction of the sealing portion, a free space being formed in the radial direction between the first flange portion and the bent portion of the first sealing means and the first sealing means forming a cover for the first flange portion.
A method of forming a nanopore (55; 70; 75) in a nanometric material (16; 30; 76), the method comprising: forming a nanopore nucleation site at a location of the nanometric material (16; 30; 76) that is interior to lateral edges of the material (16; 30; 76) by directing a first energetic beam, selected from the group of ion beam and neutral atom beam, at the interior location with a beam energy that is at least that beam energy which provides at the nanometric material (16; 30; 76) a bulk atom displacement energy of E d bulk, that can remove bulk atoms from the nanometric material (16; 30; 76), for a first time duration that imposes a first beam dose which causes removal of no more than five interior bulk atoms from the interior location to produce at the interior location a nanopore nucleation site having a plurality of edge atoms; and forming a nanopore (55; 70; 75) at the nanopore nucleation site; characterized in that forming said nanopore (55; 70; 75) comprises directing a second energetic beam, selected from the group consisting of electron beam, ion beam, and neutral atom beam, at the nanopore nucleation site with a beam energy that is less than that beam energy which provides at the nanometric material (16; 30; 76) a bulk atom displacement energy of E d bulk, to thereby remove edge atoms at the nanopore nucleation site but not remove bulk nanometric material atoms that are not at the nanopore nucleation site. forming a nanopore nucleation site at a location of the nanometric material (16; 30; 76) that is interior to lateral edges of the material (16; 30; 76) by directing a first energetic beam, selected from the group of ion beam and neutral atom beam, at the interior location with a beam energy that is at least that beam energy which provides at the nanometric material (16; 30; 76) a bulk atom displacement energy of E d bulk, that can remove bulk atoms from the nanometric material (16; 30; 76), for a first time duration that imposes a first beam dose which causes removal of no more than five interior bulk atoms from the interior location to produce at the interior location a nanopore nucleation site having a plurality of edge atoms; and forming a nanopore (55; 70; 75) at the nanopore nucleation site; characterized in that forming said nanopore (55; 70; 75) comprises directing a second energetic beam, selected from the group consisting of electron beam, ion beam, and neutral atom beam, at the nanopore nucleation site with a beam energy that is less than that beam energy which provides at the nanometric material (16; 30; 76) a bulk atom displacement energy of E d bulk, to thereby remove edge atoms at the nanopore nucleation site but not remove bulk nanometric material atoms that are not at the nanopore nucleation site.
Hydraulic lifting drive of a mobile working machine, in particular of an industrial truck, for raising and lowering a load-bearing means, wherein the lifting drive has a lifting-cylinder device (10a; 10b) and a control valve, which is intended for controlling the lowering operation of the lifting drive and is connected to a consumer line, which is led to the lifting-cylinder device (10a, 10b), and to a container line, which is led to a container, wherein a discharge pressure compensator is arranged in the container line, which is led from the control valve to the container, the discharge pressure compensator being activated in the direction of a throughflow position by a spring device and the pressure which is present in the container line between the control valve and the discharge pressure compensator and being activated in the direction of a blocking position by the pressure which is present in the consumer line, characterized in that the container line has connected to it, between the control valve and the discharge pressure compensator, a further container line, which is led to the container and in which is arranged a pressure compensator, which is activated in the direction of a throughflow position by a spring device and is activated in the direction of a blocking position by the pressure which is present in the consumer line, wherein the spring device of the pressure compensator is set to a limit load pressure of the lifting drive, so that, during lowering operation of the lifting drive below the limit load pressure, a lowering volume flow flowing out of the lifting drive flows out into the container via the discharge pressure compensator and the pressure compensator and, during lowering operation of the lifting drive above the limit load pressure, a lowering volume flow flowing out of the lifting drive flows out into the container exclusively via the discharge pressure compensator.
Temperature-control device for individual battery cells combined to form a module, having a main body which, in order to circumferentially surround the battery cells, has passage openings situated opposite one another in pairs in the direction of a joining axis and forms a flow channel, extending transversely with respect to the joining axes, for a temperature-control fluid, characterized in that the flow channel is divided into at least two chambers (7, 8) by a membrane which extends transversely with respect to the joining axes and which has passage openings for the battery cells.
An oven, comprising: a cooking chamber; a steam input arrangement; the steam input arrangement being arranged within the cooking chamber including a heat accumulator arrangement to which water is delivered to generate steam; a water collecting structure positioned to capture excess water that passes through the heat accumulator arrangement without being converted to steam and to deliver the excess water to a water exit path, and the water collecting structure being arranged within the cooking chamber; characterized by an outlet from the cooking chamber leading to a chamber drain flow path for delivering food drippings out of the cooking chamber, the water collecting structure delivering the excess water from the cooking chamber without the excess water mixing with drippings traveling along the chamber drain flow path, wherein the water exit path delivers excess water to a water collecting compartment external of the cooking chamber, wherein the water collecting compartment includes a drain outlet path that includes at least one of a first pump for pumping water to drain or a water drain valve for enabling water flow to drain, and wherein the chamber drain flow path leads to the water collecting compartment, and wherein a drippings drain opening is located along the chamber drain flow path and upstream of the water collecting compartment to enable food drippings to exit the chamber drain flow path before reaching the water collecting compartment. a cooking chamber; a steam input arrangement; the steam input arrangement being arranged within the cooking chamber including a heat accumulator arrangement to which water is delivered to generate steam; a water collecting structure positioned to capture excess water that passes through the heat accumulator arrangement without being converted to steam and to deliver the excess water to a water exit path, and the water collecting structure being arranged within the cooking chamber; characterized by an outlet from the cooking chamber leading to a chamber drain flow path for delivering food drippings out of the cooking chamber, the water collecting structure delivering the excess water from the cooking chamber without the excess water mixing with drippings traveling along the chamber drain flow path, wherein the water exit path delivers excess water to a water collecting compartment external of the cooking chamber, wherein the water collecting compartment includes a drain outlet path that includes at least one of a first pump for pumping water to drain or a water drain valve for enabling water flow to drain, and wherein the chamber drain flow path leads to the water collecting compartment, and wherein a drippings drain opening is located along the chamber drain flow path and upstream of the water collecting compartment to enable food drippings to exit the chamber drain flow path before reaching the water collecting compartment.
A portable, self-contained, irradiation apparatus in the form of a diaper, panty liner, sanitary napkin, sanitary pad, or incontinence pad for photodynamic treatment of the vulva and/or the anus, the apparatus comprising: a treatment surface capable of conforming to the area of the vulva and/or anus to be treated, an illumination system for directing light onto a treatment area of the vulva and/or anus and a power source for the illumination system; wherein the illumination system is arranged to provide light at fluence rates of 50 mW/cm 2 or below; wherein the apparatus includes a flexible housing comprising two flexible layers sealed to one another about their periphery and a silicone layer located between the two flexible layers encasing light emitting parts of the illumination system; wherein one of the flexible layers forms a treatment surface; and wherein the power source and/or other electrical components is/are sealed within the housing.
A service request authentication method, the method comprising: receiving a first service request; determining whether the first service request comes from a gateway; upon determining that the first service request comes from the gateway, establishing a session based on the first service request, generating a token corresponding to the session in which the first service request is located, and storing the generated token in a session storage area corresponding to the session; determining a session in which a second service request is located; determining whether a token corresponding to the determined session exists, the token corresponding to the session in which the first service request is located; upon determining that the token corresponding to the determined session exists, determining that an authentication of the second service request is passed; and upon determining that the token corresponding to the determined session does not exist, determining that the authentication of the second service request fails. receiving a first service request; determining whether the first service request comes from a gateway; upon determining that the first service request comes from the gateway, establishing a session based on the first service request, generating a token corresponding to the session in which the first service request is located, and storing the generated token in a session storage area corresponding to the session; establishing a session based on the first service request, generating a token corresponding to the session in which the first service request is located, and storing the generated token in a session storage area corresponding to the session; determining a session in which a second service request is located; determining whether a token corresponding to the determined session exists, the token corresponding to the session in which the first service request is located; upon determining that the token corresponding to the determined session exists, determining that an authentication of the second service request is passed; and upon determining that the token corresponding to the determined session does not exist, determining that the authentication of the second service request fails.