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A sunshade apparatus comprising: - a plurality of slats, each tilting about a respective longitudinal axis and having a first and a second end operatively coupled to a first and a second lateral guide, configured to guide the slats along a direction of movement; - a connecting mechanism configured to connect together the slats and rotate them about their respective longitudinal axes; - a lifting shaft, coupled to a motor; - a first lift pulley, coupled to the lifting shaft, and a second lift pulley; - a lifting element connected to the first and the second lift pulley (8,8a), in a closed loop configuration, and connected to a last slat, distal from the lifting shaft, to move the slats in the direction of movement; - a tilt pulley, connected to the connecting mechanism to actuate it in order to modify the tilt of the slats, and operatively connected to the lifting shaft by means of a clutch, so that a rotation of the lifting shaft in a first direction causes the tilt pulley to rotate up to a configuration of maximum or minimum tilt of the slats and a further rotation of the lifting shaft in the first direction causes the tilt pulley to slip on the clutch, characterized in that the tilt pulley is idle relative to the lifting shaft and is connected to the first lift pulley through the clutch, and wherein the clutch comprises an annular friction element, defining at least one surface of contact perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the lifting shaft, and wherein the sunshade apparatus comprises a coupling spring configured to apply pressure on the contact surface. - a plurality of slats, each tilting about a respective longitudinal axis and having a first and a second end operatively coupled to a first and a second lateral guide, configured to guide the slats along a direction of movement; - a connecting mechanism configured to connect together the slats and rotate them about their respective longitudinal axes; - a lifting shaft, coupled to a motor; - a first lift pulley, coupled to the lifting shaft, and a second lift pulley; - a lifting element connected to the first and the second lift pulley (8,8a), in a closed loop configuration, and connected to a last slat, distal from the lifting shaft, to move the slats in the direction of movement; - a tilt pulley, connected to the connecting mechanism to actuate it in order to modify the tilt of the slats, and operatively connected to the lifting shaft by means of a clutch, so that a rotation of the lifting shaft in a first direction causes the tilt pulley to rotate up to a configuration of maximum or minimum tilt of the slats and a further rotation of the lifting shaft in the first direction causes the tilt pulley to slip on the clutch,
A dialysis machine (1; 13) comprising a haemodialysis filter; an inlet branch carrying a dialysis solution to said filter; an outlet branch carrying the dialysis solution from said filter; an artery line carrying blood from a patient to the filter; a vein line carrying blood from the filter to the patient; a number of pumps (3a, 9, 10, 16) for circulating both the blood and the dialysis solution; an isolated-ultrafiltration device located along the artery line of the patient's blood, and from which originates a branch line wherein ultrafiltrated plasma or plasma water circulates; and a glucose concentration measuring device fitted to said branch line; said machine being characterized by comprising a central control unit connected to both said measuring device to receive data relative to the glucose concentration in the blood, and to an intervention system (7, 11) for restoring the correct glucose concentration in the patient's blood as a function of the data from the measuring device; said intervention system comprising a dialysis solution preparation device for metering glucose into the dialysis solution and an insulin infusion device for injecting insulin into the patient undergoing dialysis.
Appliance for sharpening the blades of cutting tools, comprising a plate extending in a plane, said plate which is surrounded by a front side, a rear side, an upper end, a lower end, and two lateral sides (14, 15), is provided with an opening ending in said upper end for passing the blade of a tool, two sharpening structures shaped as elongate prongs (8, 9) being arranged at either side of the opening with respect to said opening, each one of them being pivotally mounted at one of their ends with respect to the plate, and said prongs (8, 9) comprising elastic return means in order to form a sharpening V that is mobile under the pressure of a blade to be sharpened, said plate further comprising a tab to be grasped for holding the appliance which extends from the lower end and the lower end of said plate extending at its rear side into an intermediate element which itself extends into said tab to be grasped for holding the appliance, the latter extending in a plane (P') that is parallel or substantially parallel to said plane of said plate and that is offset from said plane at the rear side of the plate, characterised in that the intermediate element is surrounded by a front edge linked to the lower end of said plate, a rear edge which is parallel to said front edge and linked to the upper end of the tab to be grasped for holding the appliance, and two lateral edges, said front and rear edges determining the width of said intermediate element, and said lateral edges of the intermediate element extending each into lateral flaps, said plate, said intermediate element, said tab to be grasped for holding the appliance, and said flaps being made in one piece from a cut out and folded metal sheet.
An apparatus for planting multiple varieties of seed, comprising: a row unit seed hopper having a plurality of compartments for receiving seeds, each of the plurality of compartments having a seed passage; and a seed transfer actuator disposed to selectively permit the seeds from one of the plurality of compartments to be communicated to a seed pool while preventing the seeds from other of the plurality of compartments to be communicated to the seed pool; a seed meter adapted to dispense seeds from the seed pool, wherein the seed transfer actuator is a rotating gate having an opening selectively positionable in relation to the seed passage of a corresponding one of the plurality of compartments so as to open communication between the corresponding one of the plurality of compartments with the seed pool, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a Hall effect sensor disposed adjacent to the rotating gate to determine the position of the opening of the rotating gate.
A resource optimization method, comprising: estimating an amount of traffic that is anticipated to be generated in a virtual machine, based on a number of subscribers to be processed by the virtual machine; selecting, when the estimated amount of traffic exceeds an optimum value predetermined as throughput of physical hardware on which the virtual machine operates, an optimum physical hardware that has a margin for processing the amount of traffic, and live-migrating the virtual machine to the selected physical hardware; comparing a result obtained by monitoring actual traffic with the amount of traffic estimated based on the number of subscribers; and performing, when between a gap between the result and the amount of estimated traffic, of traffic is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, a notification to a maintainer to prompt a review of settings on the amount of traffic estimated based on the number of subscribers. estimating an amount of traffic that is anticipated to be generated in a virtual machine, based on a number of subscribers to be processed by the virtual machine; selecting, when the estimated amount of traffic exceeds an optimum value predetermined as throughput of physical hardware on which the virtual machine operates, an optimum physical hardware that has a margin for processing the amount of traffic, and live-migrating the virtual machine to the selected physical hardware; comparing a result obtained by monitoring actual traffic with the amount of traffic estimated based on the number of subscribers; and performing, when between a gap between the result and the amount of estimated traffic, of traffic is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, a notification to a maintainer to prompt a review of settings on the amount of traffic estimated based on the number of subscribers.
A tooth- whitening composition comprising: (i) a polymer matrix component that is substantially water-insoluble; is substantially non-degradable in an oral environment; has polar groups which facilitate adhesion of the polymer matrix to the tooth, wherein the polar groups are selected from carboxylic acid, amine, ester, amide, hydroxyl, urethane, urea and urea groups; provided that if the polymer matrix component is in non-solid form, it is solidifiable by changing the chemical bonding structure of the composition by a process selected from radiative curing, thermal curing, or chemical curing; and (ii) gas- or liquid- filled pores embedded in said polymer matrix component, wherein at least a portion of said gas- or liquid- filled pores have at least one size dimension in the range of 100 nm to 5 microns, wherein said pore size is measured by SEM, and wherein the gas- or liquid- filled pores and polymer matrix component possess a difference in refractive index of at least 0.1. (i) a polymer matrix component that is substantially water-insoluble; is substantially non-degradable in an oral environment; has polar groups which facilitate adhesion of the polymer matrix to the tooth, wherein the polar groups are selected from carboxylic acid, amine, ester, amide, hydroxyl, urethane, urea and urea groups; provided that if the polymer matrix component is in non-solid form, it is solidifiable by changing the chemical bonding structure of the composition by a process selected from radiative curing, thermal curing, or chemical curing; and is substantially water-insoluble; is substantially non-degradable in an oral environment; has polar groups which facilitate adhesion of the polymer matrix to the tooth, wherein the polar groups are selected from carboxylic acid, amine, ester, amide, hydroxyl, urethane, urea and urea groups; (ii) gas- or liquid- filled pores embedded in said polymer matrix component, wherein at least a portion of said gas- or liquid- filled pores have at least one size dimension in the range of 100 nm to 5 microns, wherein said pore size is measured by SEM, and wherein the gas- or liquid- filled pores and polymer matrix component possess a difference in refractive index of at least 0.1.
A washing machine comprising a fixed water tub containing a rotatably mounted rotary tub to receive laundry to be washed, a control unit and a detergent feed unit through which water and detergent supplied to the fixed water tub is circulated into the rotary tub characterised in that the detergent feed unit is operable to selectively perform a detergent dissolution operation in dependence on the type of detergent which is input to the control unit by a user.
Method for machining a, in particular planar, workpiece, which is preferably composed at least in part of wood, wood materials, plastics material or the like, using a device comprising a machining apparatus for machining a workpiece, a conveying apparatus for conveying the workpiece in a conveying direction, wherein the conveying apparatus is designed to revolve, a support apparatus, in particular a cantilever arm or gantry, which extends over the conveying apparatus at least in part, in particular fully, and on which the machining apparatus is provided, a shifting apparatus for shifting, in particular for variably shifting, the support apparatus in the conveying direction, wherein the shifting apparatus comprises a drive apparatus for driving the shifting movement, and at least one additional support apparatus, which extends over the conveying apparatus at least in part, at least one additional shifting apparatus for shifting, in particular for variably shifting, the at least one additional support apparatus in the conveying direction, wherein the support apparatuses (4, 5) can be shifted independently of one another in the conveying direction and during the machining, and at least one additional machining apparatus for machining the workpiece, which is provided on the at least one additional support apparatus, wherein the method comprises the steps of: conveying a workpiece by means of the revolving conveying apparatus, machining the workpiece by means of the machining apparatus, wherein the relative movement between the machining apparatus and the workpiece is produced by means of the conveying apparatus, and machining the workpiece by means of the machining apparatus, wherein the relative movement between the machining apparatus and the workpiece is produced by means of the support apparatus. conveying a workpiece by means of the revolving conveying apparatus, machining the workpiece by means of the machining apparatus, wherein the relative movement between the machining apparatus and the workpiece is produced by means of the conveying apparatus, and machining the workpiece by means of the machining apparatus, wherein the relative movement between the machining apparatus and the workpiece is produced by means of the support apparatus.
A coupler for detachably coupling an endotherapy eyepiece cap according to international standard ISO/TS 18339:2015 to a camera and supporting a drape for covering the camera, the coupler comprising: an optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member adapted to be arranged in an optical path between the eyepiece cap and the camera; a base holding the optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member in the optical path; a receiving portion for the eyepiece cap, wherein the receiving portion comprises a base-side receiving portion configured to receive the eyepiece cap along an insertion path extending exclusively in one direction; a liquid barrier provided in the receiving portion and adapted for preventing liquid from entering between the eyepiece cap and the optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member when the eyepiece cap is coupled to the camera, wherein the liquid barrier comprises a sealing structure; and two symmetrically arranged fasteners for detachably fastening the eyepiece cap to the coupler, wherein the fasteners are movably mounted to the base and are configured to be slidably moved in opposing linear directions (S1, S2) orthogonal to an axis of the eyepiece cap from an open state to a closed state and vice versa, and wherein the fasteners are configured to apply a compressive force in an axial and/or in a radial direction with respect to the eyepiece cap in the closed state so as to urge the eyepiece cap into the receiving portion, thereby compressing the sealing structure. an optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member adapted to be arranged in an optical path between the eyepiece cap and the camera; a base holding the optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member in the optical path; a receiving portion for the eyepiece cap, wherein the receiving portion comprises a base-side receiving portion configured to receive the eyepiece cap along an insertion path extending exclusively in one direction; a liquid barrier provided in the receiving portion and adapted for preventing liquid from entering between the eyepiece cap and the optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member when the eyepiece cap is coupled to the camera, wherein the liquid barrier comprises a sealing structure; and two symmetrically arranged fasteners for detachably fastening the eyepiece cap to the coupler, wherein the fasteners are movably mounted to the base and are configured to be slidably moved in opposing linear directions (S1, S2) orthogonal to an axis of the eyepiece cap from an open state to a closed state and vice versa, and wherein the fasteners are configured to apply a compressive force in an axial and/or in a radial direction with respect to the eyepiece cap in the closed state so as to urge the eyepiece cap into the receiving portion, thereby compressing the sealing structure.
A control line space out tool for use in identifying the length of control line required to extend between proximal and distal locations in a wellbore, the control line space out tool comprising: a body having a locator for locating the tool at a proximal location within a wellbore, and a passage through which a control line may pass to extend to a distal location in the wellbore; a grip for locking onto the control line; and an actuator for operating the grip to lock onto the control line, wherein the grip serves as an indicator, the position of the grip when locked on the control line indicating the length of the control line required to extend between said proximal and distal locations in the wellbore when the control line is retrieved from the wellbore. a body having a locator for locating the tool at a proximal location within a wellbore, and a passage through which a control line may pass to extend to a distal location in the wellbore; a grip for locking onto the control line; and an actuator for operating the grip to lock onto the control line, wherein the grip serves as an indicator, the position of the grip when locked on the control line indicating the length of the control line required to extend between said proximal and distal locations in the wellbore when the control line is retrieved from the wellbore.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: identifying a coverage class for a wireless device based at least in part on a characteristic of a communication link associated with the wireless device; identifying, for the coverage class, a subset of subcarriers of a set of subcarriers for transmitting random access messages; communicating on the subset of subcarriers; identifying a subcarrier of the subset of subcarriers within a narrowband region of a wireless communications system bandwidth for transmitting a random access message; identifying a payload to include in the random access message; and transmitting the random access message including the payload using the identified subcarrier. identifying a coverage class for a wireless device based at least in part on a characteristic of a communication link associated with the wireless device; identifying, for the coverage class, a subset of subcarriers of a set of subcarriers for transmitting random access messages; communicating on the subset of subcarriers; identifying a subcarrier of the subset of subcarriers within a narrowband region of a wireless communications system bandwidth for transmitting a random access message; identifying a payload to include in the random access message; and transmitting the random access message including the payload using the identified subcarrier.
A binder for secondary battery electrodes comprising polymer particles obtained by emulsion polymerization from three or more kinds of monomers wherein the three or more kinds of monomers are a mixture of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer (a); at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an acrylate monomer, a vinyl monomer and a nitrile monomer (b); and a unsaturated monocarbonic acid monomer (c) and the emulsifying agent used for emulsion polymerization includes a non-ionic emulsifiying agent, characterized in that the polymer particles have a mean diameter of 0.5 μm to 0.7 μm.
A tire assembly for a mobile vehicle, the tire assembly comprising an outer flexible ring mounted to an inner central rim and a spoke structure extending radially between the inner central rim and the outer flexible ring, the spoke structure being constructed from a plurality of elements disposed side-by-side such that the elements extend circumferentially around the perimeter of the inner central rim and radially inside the outer flexible ring, the spoke structure further defining a plurality of triangular openings disposed between the outer flexible ring, a first element of the plurality of elements and a second element of the plurality of elements, the second element being located adjacent to the first element, the tire assembly being characterised in that the structure of each of the elements includes a first layer, a second layer connected to, or adjacent, the first layer, a third layer connected to, or adjacent, the second layer, and a fourth layer connected to, or adjacent, the third layer, wherein the innermost first and second layers (231, 232) are layers of topping rubber to protect the interior of the elements from foreign objects during rotation of the tire assembly, and wherein third-innermost third layer is constructed of single end dipped cords.
An automatic leveling washing machine, comprising a shell and a barrel assembly set in the shell for washing clothes, wherein a bottom plate of the shell is provided with a leveling bottom foot, a hydraulic medium is provided inside the leveling bottom foot and flows inside the leveling bottom foot and/or between leveling bottom feet for automatically leveling the washing machine, and the bottom plate of the shell is provided with a mounting groove for fixing and mounting the leveling bottom foot, wherein the leveling bottom foot comprises a fixed part and a movable part, and a hollow cavity which is provided with hydraulic medium is formed between the fixed part and the movable part; the hydraulic medium flows in the hollow cavity inside the leveling bottom foot and/or between the hollow cavities of leveling bottom feet under an action of pressure for allowing the movable part to expand and contract, and to execute automatic leveling; and the mounting groove comprises a stamping groove which is stamped and formed on the bottom plate, the stamping groove matches with the fixed part of the leveling bottom foot, and the fixed part of the leveling bottom foot is fixed in the stamping groove, wherein the fixed part comprises a foot base, the movable part comprises a flexible housing and an adjustable foot being slidably sleeved in the foot base, a mounting chamber is formed by the adjustable foot and the foot base, the flexible housing is set in the mounting chamber, a hollow cavity is provided in the flexible housing and is provided with a hydraulic medium therein, one end of the foot base is fixed in the stamping groove and at least part of a circumferential surface of the foot base is in close contact with an inner wall of the stamping groove.
Piezoelectric oriented ceramics composed of a Pb(Ti, Zr)O 3 -based compound having a perovskite structure, having a degree of orientation not lower than 0.64, which is calculated with Lotgering method based on an X-ray diffraction pattern in a prescribed cross-section thereof, and having sintered density not lower than 85% of theoretical density.