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A video predictive encoding device comprising: input means which inputs a plurality of pictures constituting a video sequence; encoding means (105, 106, 107) which conducts predictive coding of the pictures and generates compressed picture data, the predictive encoding of a current picture conducted using a plurality of reference pictures which have been encoded and then decoded and reproduced in the past; reconstruction means (108, 109, 110) which decodes the compressed picture data to reconstruct a reproduced picture; picture storage means which stores at least one said reproduced picture as a reference picture to be used for encoding of a subsequent picture; and buffer management means which controls the picture storage means, wherein prior to processing of the current picture, the buffer management means controls the picture storage means on the basis of buffer description information BD[k], the buffer description information BD[k] relating to a plurality of reference pictures which are used in predictive encoding of the current picture and, at the same time, encodes the buffer description information BD[k], using prediction with reference to a buffer description information BD[m] with m < k, relating to a picture different from the current picture, and thereafter adds the encoded data thereof to the compressed picture data, the buffer description information describing a number of reference pictures to be stored in the buffer and information to identify which reference picture is to be stored. input means which inputs a plurality of pictures constituting a video sequence; encoding means (105, 106, 107) which conducts predictive coding of the pictures and generates compressed picture data, the predictive encoding of a current picture conducted using a plurality of reference pictures which have been encoded and then decoded and reproduced in the past; reconstruction means (108, 109, 110) which decodes the compressed picture data to reconstruct a reproduced picture; picture storage means which stores at least one said reproduced picture as a reference picture to be used for encoding of a subsequent picture; and buffer management means which controls the picture storage means, wherein prior to processing of the current picture, the buffer management means controls the picture storage means on the basis of buffer description information BD[k], the buffer description information BD[k] relating to a plurality of reference pictures which are used in predictive encoding of the current picture and, at the same time, encodes the buffer description information BD[k], using prediction with reference to a buffer description information BD[m] with m < k, relating to a picture different from the current picture, and thereafter adds the encoded data thereof to the compressed picture data, the buffer description information describing a number of reference pictures to be stored in the buffer and information to identify which reference picture is to be stored.
A bevel gear face cutter head for face hobbing and face milling of bevel and hypoid gears, said cutter head being generally disc-shaped and rotatable about a cutter head axis, said cutter head comprising: a first side and a second side, one or more cutting blade positioning slots arranged in said cutter head with each of said blade positioning slots extending between said first and second sides and defining a four-sided shaped cross-section, said blade positioning slots each having at least one blade seating surface (4; 22) extending between said first and second sides (3, 5), characterized in that said at least one blade seating surface (4; 22) has a modified shape and extends from said first side to said second side wherein said modified shape departs from the shape of a continuous straight seating surface extending from said first side to said second side, whereby the cutter head is capable of clamping a cutting blade to said blade seating surface (4; 22) and of adjusting the cutting blade radially after it is pre-clamped and axially located. a first side and a second side, one or more cutting blade positioning slots arranged in said cutter head with each of said blade positioning slots extending between said first and second sides and defining a four-sided shaped cross-section, said blade positioning slots each having at least one blade seating surface (4; 22) extending between said first and second sides (3, 5), characterized in that said at least one blade seating surface (4; 22) has a modified shape and extends from said first side to said second side wherein said modified shape departs from the shape of a continuous straight seating surface extending from said first side to said second side, whereby the cutter head is capable of clamping a cutting blade to said blade seating surface (4; 22) and of adjusting the cutting blade radially after it is pre-clamped and axially located.
A system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising: a turbine casing; a clip; an anti-rotation pin; a blade track coupled to the turbine casing with the clip; a nozzle guide vane coupled to the turbine casing, wherein an end of the blade track, the clip, and a portion of the nozzle guide vane form a cavity; and a heat shield positioned between the clip and the end of the blade track in the cavity, an edge of the heat shield and the portion of the nozzle guide vane form a gap, characterized in that the heat shield and the nozzle guide vane are configured to close the gap in response to a thermal expansion of the heat shield and a thermal expansion of the nozzle guide vane, wherein the heat shield comprises a slot to receive the anti-rotation pin, wherein the clip is coupled to the anti-rotation pin at a first end of the clip and at a second end of the clip, the first end of the clip opposite the second end of the clip. a turbine casing; a clip; an anti-rotation pin; a blade track coupled to the turbine casing with the clip; a nozzle guide vane coupled to the turbine casing, wherein an end of the blade track, the clip, and a portion of the nozzle guide vane form a cavity; and a heat shield positioned between the clip and the end of the blade track in the cavity, an edge of the heat shield and the portion of the nozzle guide vane form a gap, characterized in that the heat shield and the nozzle guide vane are configured to close the gap in response to a thermal expansion of the heat shield and a thermal expansion of the nozzle guide vane, wherein the heat shield comprises a slot to receive the anti-rotation pin, wherein the clip is coupled to the anti-rotation pin at a first end of the clip and at a second end of the clip, the first end of the clip opposite the second end of the clip.
A cylinder forming apparatus for making a nonwoven web, the cylinder forming apparatus comprising: a) a first source configured to dispense a first fluid flow stream, and a second source configured to dispense a second fluid flow stream, wherein at least the first fluid flow stream comprises a fiber; b) an arcuate mixing partition having one or more open areas and having a distal end downstream from the two or more sources (302, 306) wherein the mixing partition comprises a partition wall at the distal end, the arcuate mixing partition positioned between the first and second flow streams, the arcuate mixing partition defining one or more openings that permit fluid communication between the two flow streams (304, 308), wherein, partition wall in conjunction with the arcuate mixing partition forms a chamber that isolates the first flow stream from the second flow stream, except where the second flow stream flows through the openings; c) a cylindrical receiving region situated downstream from the sources (302, 306) and proximal to the first flow stream and designed to receive at least a combined flow stream and form a nonwoven web by collecting fiber from the combined flow stream. a) a first source configured to dispense a first fluid flow stream, and a second source configured to dispense a second fluid flow stream, wherein at least the first fluid flow stream comprises a fiber; b) an arcuate mixing partition having one or more open areas and having a distal end downstream from the two or more sources (302, 306) wherein the mixing partition comprises a partition wall at the distal end, the arcuate mixing partition positioned between the first and second flow streams, the arcuate mixing partition defining one or more openings that permit fluid communication between the two flow streams (304, 308), wherein, partition wall in conjunction with the arcuate mixing partition forms a chamber that isolates the first flow stream from the second flow stream, except where the second flow stream flows through the openings; c) a cylindrical receiving region situated downstream from the sources (302, 306) and proximal to the first flow stream and designed to receive at least a combined flow stream and form a nonwoven web by collecting fiber from the combined flow stream.
A radial hydraulic pump comprising at least a frame, a pump shaft capable of being rotated by a motor around an axis which is stationary with respect to the frame, an eccentric sleeve engaged with the pump shaft, and at least one stage of pistons, arranged to be stationary with respect to the frame and radially extending in pump cylinders defining chambers, said pump comprising at least one tappet received in a recess formed in the eccentric sleeve, characterized in that said tappet cooperates with at least one compressible resilient means, which length varies according to the load of the downstream circuit emerging at the level of the pump chambers, said tappet actuating means decreasing the stroke of the pistons.
A method of producing carbon-enriched biomass material, comprising the steps of: (i) providing lignocellulosic material as starting material, (ii) subjecting said starting material to a treatment at temperatures in the range of from 120°C to 320°C in the presence of a substoichiometric amount of oxygen at a concentration of O 2 or O 2 derived from oxygen donors in the range of 0.15-0.45 mol/kg dried lignocellulosic material with the proviso that complete combustion of the lignocellulosic material requires a stoichiometric amount of oxygen, in a sealed reaction vessel, at absolute pressures in the range of from 2 to 100 bar and (iii) opening of said reaction vessel, wherein the lignocellulosic starting material is lignocellulosic wood material, corn, straw, greenery, paper waste, algae or mixtures thereof. (i) providing lignocellulosic material as starting material, (ii) subjecting said starting material to a treatment at temperatures in the range of from 120°C to 320°C in the presence of a substoichiometric amount of oxygen at a concentration of O 2 or O 2 derived from oxygen donors in the range of 0.15-0.45 mol/kg dried lignocellulosic material with the proviso that complete combustion of the lignocellulosic material requires a stoichiometric amount of oxygen, in a sealed reaction vessel, at absolute pressures in the range of from 2 to 100 bar and (iii) opening of said reaction vessel, wherein the lignocellulosic starting material is lignocellulosic wood material, corn, straw, greenery, paper waste, algae or mixtures thereof.
A method for treating lignin extracted from lignocellulosic raw material comprising - subjecting the lignin extracted from lignocellulosic raw material to hydrothermal carbonization process for 1 to 10 hours at a temperature of 150 to 300 °C, where carbonized lignin having increased carbon content is obtained, characterized by - stabilizing the obtained carbonized lignin under controlled atmosphere at a stabilization temperature higher than the temperature of the hydrothermal carbonization process by - raising temperature from a starting temperature to an end temperature of 300 - 600°C and - holding the material in the end temperature for 10 min - 10h thereby - converting the lignin having increased carbon content to a more permanent stabilized form. - subjecting the lignin extracted from lignocellulosic raw material to hydrothermal carbonization process for 1 to 10 hours at a temperature of 150 to 300 °C, where carbonized lignin having increased carbon content is obtained, characterized by - stabilizing the obtained carbonized lignin under controlled atmosphere at a stabilization temperature higher than the temperature of the hydrothermal carbonization process by - raising temperature from a starting temperature to an end temperature of 300 - 600°C and - holding the material in the end temperature for 10 min - 10h thereby - converting the lignin having increased carbon content to a more permanent stabilized form.
Process for treating urban solid waste and similar industrial waste, that comprises the continuous operation of - treating the waste in a pressure tank provided with an inlet and an outlet, while transporting said waste from the inlet to the outlet of the pressure tank, turning it and mixing said waste and subjecting said waste in an uninterrupted manner during its retention in the pressure tank to a pressure over 2 bar and a temperature between 100°C and 200°C, and further comprising the discontinuous operations of - subjecting to pressure, one by one, successive batches of loaded waste in a loading or compression chamber from ambient pressure to that of inside the pressure tank and introducing them, also one by one, inside the pressure tank; and - extracting from the pressure tank, also one by one, several already treated batches of discharged waste into a discharge or decompression chamber, said discharge or decompression chamber having previously reached the pressure of the pressure tank and - depressurizing in the discharge or decompression chamber, also one by one, the several already treated batches of discharged waste; performing the corresponding compression and decompression operations in the respective loading or compression chamber and discharge or decompression chamber provided with pressure adjustment means, wherein the pressure to which the waste is subjected is increased from ambient pressure to that of inside the pressure tank and vice-versa, respectively, compensating the small pressure and temperature losses inside the pressure tank, whose values are maintained essentially constant, after the waste introductions and extraction operations, characterized in that a new discharge cycle of the treated waste starts with increasing the pressure inside the discharge or decompression chamber until the value of the pressure inside the discharge or decompression chamber has reached the pressure in the pressure tank. - treating the waste in a pressure tank provided with an inlet and an outlet, while transporting said waste from the inlet to the outlet of the pressure tank, turning it and mixing said waste and subjecting said waste in an uninterrupted manner during its retention in the pressure tank to a pressure over 2 bar and a temperature between 100°C and 200°C, - subjecting to pressure, one by one, successive batches of loaded waste in a loading or compression chamber from ambient pressure to that of inside the pressure tank and introducing them, also one by one, inside the pressure tank; and - extracting from the pressure tank, also one by one, several already treated batches of discharged waste into a discharge or decompression chamber, said discharge or decompression chamber having previously reached the pressure of the pressure tank and - depressurizing in the discharge or decompression chamber, also one by one, the several already treated batches of discharged waste;
A rotating device for receiving and handling goods and/or products, where the device comprises a number of holding devices designed for receiving storage devices, where each holding device is connected via a holding plate (6, 61) and a frame (7, 71) to an elongated element (8, 81), which elongated element (8, 81) is connected to a stem arranged centrally in the device, characterised in that drive devices (9, 91) associated with each frame (7, 71) are connected to a common drive arrangement, in order thereby to provide a rotation of the holding devices about a central axis extending parallel to the stem, the holding plate (6, 61) furthermore being connected to the common drive arrangement by means of a chain-driven drive arrangement, thereby permitting the holding device to rotate relative to the vertical frame about a vertical axis extending through a centre of the holding device.
Method for operating a washing machine for the treatment of laundry items having a drum mounted rotatably in an outer tub, a drive motor for the drum, a control facility, a water supply system (8, 9, 10, 11) and a drainage system (20, 21), comprising the steps: (a) specifying a quantity of laundry items to be treated in the drum; (b) adding a predetermined quantity M1 of water; (c) adding a predetermined quantity D1 of detergent; and (d) carrying out a washing step with the treatment solution with a concentration c 1 of detergent resulting from steps (b) and (c), wherein the drum is rotated at least partially with a speed of rotation ω 1, characterised in that according to step (d) a treatment rinsing module is carried out n times (n≥1), in which in each case the treatment solution is removed partially from the outer tub and water is added, and the laundry items are in each case treated with a reduced concentration c n +1 < c n (n≥1) of detergent in a (n+1)'th washing step. (a) specifying a quantity of laundry items to be treated in the drum; (b) adding a predetermined quantity M1 of water; (c) adding a predetermined quantity D1 of detergent; and (d) carrying out a washing step with the treatment solution with a concentration c 1 of detergent resulting from steps (b) and (c), wherein the drum is rotated at least partially with a speed of rotation ω 1,
An apparatus for combining ions and charged particles, comprising: a multipole device in which said ions and said charged particles are combined, said multipole device having an ion exit end; a mass analyzer connected to said ion exit end and comprising means arranged to analyse the mass of ions emerging from said ion exit and which have reacted with said charged particles; wherein a source of said charged particles is connected to said mass analyzer; and said apparatus is configured so that charged particles produced by said source of charged particles pass through said mass analyzer and into said multipole device via said ion exit end. a multipole device in which said ions and said charged particles are combined, said multipole device having an ion exit end; a mass analyzer connected to said ion exit end and comprising means arranged to analyse the mass of ions emerging from said ion exit and which have reacted with said charged particles; wherein a source of said charged particles is connected to said mass analyzer; and said apparatus is configured so that charged particles produced by said source of charged particles pass through said mass analyzer and into said multipole device via said ion exit end.
Process for conversion of silicon tetrachloride with hydrogen to trichlorosilane in a reactor, in which reactant gases are introduced into the reactor via a gas inlet apparatus and distributed homogeneously by means of a gas distribution apparatus into a heating zone, in which the reactant gases are heated to a mean temperature of 500-1500°C by means of heating elements and then conducted into a reaction zone, wherein the heating of the heating elements is controlled by temperature measurements in the reaction zone, at least two temperature sensors being present in the reaction zone for this purpose, and the reactant gases reacting in the reaction zone to give a product gas which is finally conducted out of the reactor via a gas outlet apparatus, wherein the reactant gases are silicon tetrachloride and hydrogen, which react at a temperature of at least 600°C to give trichlorosilane and HCl.
A method for desulfurizing the digestate and the biogas in a digester for municipal and/or agricultural and/or industrial effluents, by wet and/or dry route, the digester being made up of a closed vessel in which a mass of products for treatment is anaerobically digested, forming the digestate, the biogas being extracted from a gas space above the digestate, in which method the digestate is withdrawn at one point in the digester and then reinjected at another point, characterized in that the digestate withdrawn is subjected to: - an upward first path with injection of gaseous oxidizing agent at the bottom part for aeration, the gaseous oxidizing agent and the digestate circulating cocurrently, - and a downward second path, under anaerobic conditions, before return to the digester, - the excess gaseous oxidizing agent being evacuated in the top part of at least one of the paths. - an upward first path with injection of gaseous oxidizing agent at the bottom part for aeration, the gaseous oxidizing agent and the digestate circulating cocurrently, - and a downward second path, under anaerobic conditions, before return to the digester, - the excess gaseous oxidizing agent being evacuated in the top part of at least one of the paths.
A system for securing a prosthesis to tissue within a patient's body, comprising: an attachment device comprising a base and a pair of legs extending from the base, the attachment device being elastically movable from a first relaxed configuration wherein the legs cross one another and a second delivery configuration wherein the legs extend substantially parallel with one another; a tool for deploying the attachment device, the attachment device being loadable into the tool with the attachment device in the relaxed configuration, the tool being adapted to place the attachment device in the second delivery configuration by application of a force; and a prosthesis securable to tissue, using the attachment device while applying the force using the tool to place the attachment device in the delivery configuration, the attachment device being releasable from the tool such that the attachment device returns towards the relaxed configuration such that the legs cross one another. an attachment device comprising a base and a pair of legs extending from the base, the attachment device being elastically movable from a first relaxed configuration wherein the legs cross one another and a second delivery configuration wherein the legs extend substantially parallel with one another; a tool for deploying the attachment device, the attachment device being loadable into the tool with the attachment device in the relaxed configuration, the tool being adapted to place the attachment device in the second delivery configuration by application of a force; and a prosthesis securable to tissue, using the attachment device while applying the force using the tool to place the attachment device in the delivery configuration, the attachment device being releasable from the tool such that the attachment device returns towards the relaxed configuration such that the legs cross one another.