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A vitreoretinal surgery device, comprising: - a main body having an elongated shape extending along a longitudinal axis thereof between a first and a second end portion and defining a receiving chamber therein; - a needle or cannula departing away from said first end portion up to a free end thereof and provided with an inner longitudinal cavity in connection with said receiving chamber; characterized in that it comprises: - at least a first surgical instrument of elongated shape and provided with an active end portion thereof; said first surgical instrument being reversibly movable between a resting position, in which it is accommodated inside said receiving chamber, and an operating position, in which it is arranged crossing said inner longitudinal cavity with said active end portion protruding from the free end of the needle or cannula; - at least a second surgical instrument of elongated shape and provided with an active end portion thereof; said second surgical instrument being reversibly movable between a resting position, in which it is accommodated inside said receiving chamber, and an operating position, in which it is arranged crossing said inner longitudinal cavity with said active end portion protruding from the free end of the needle or cannula; - a selecting unit associated with said first and second surgical instruments, accommodated at least partially in said receiving chamber and configured to arrange the first surgical instrument in the operating position and the second surgical instrument in the resting position, and vice versa, upon a command given by a user. - a main body having an elongated shape extending along a longitudinal axis thereof between a first and a second end portion and defining a receiving chamber therein; - a needle or cannula departing away from said first end portion up to a free end thereof and provided with an inner longitudinal cavity in connection with said receiving chamber; - at least a first surgical instrument of elongated shape and provided with an active end portion thereof; said first surgical instrument being reversibly movable between a resting position, in which it is accommodated inside said receiving chamber, and an operating position, in which it is arranged crossing said inner longitudinal cavity with said active end portion protruding from the free end of the needle or cannula; - at least a second surgical instrument of elongated shape and provided with an active end portion thereof; said second surgical instrument being reversibly movable between a resting position, in which it is accommodated inside said receiving chamber, and an operating position, in which it is arranged crossing said inner longitudinal cavity with said active end portion protruding from the free end of the needle or cannula; - a selecting unit associated with said first and second surgical instruments, accommodated at least partially in said receiving chamber and configured to arrange the first surgical instrument in the operating position and the second surgical instrument in the resting position, and vice versa, upon a command given by a user.
An electronic device, comprising: a first circuit board; a battery; a charge pump chipset, connected to the battery, and comprising at least two charge pump chips (320, 330) provided on the first circuit board; a control component; characterized in that, the electronic device further comprises a second circuit board, provided on the first circuit board; the charge pump chipset further comprises at least two charge pump chips (310, 340) provided on the second circuit board, the charge pump chips (320, 330) on the first circuit board being connected in parallel with the charge pump chips (310, 340) on the second circuit board; and the control component is configured to control one charge pump chip on the first circuit board and at least one charge pump chip on the second circuit board to simultaneously be in a working state, and in response to a temperature of the charge pump chip on the first circuit board in the working state being higher than a set threshold, to switch any charge pump chip on the first circuit board having a temperature lower than the set threshold to the working state, to enable the charge pump chips (320, 330) on the first circuit board to work in turn. a first circuit board; a battery; a charge pump chipset, connected to the battery, and comprising at least two charge pump chips (320, 330) provided on the first circuit board; a control component; characterized in that, the electronic device further comprises a second circuit board, provided on the first circuit board; the charge pump chipset further comprises at least two charge pump chips (310, 340) provided on the second circuit board, the charge pump chips (320, 330) on the first circuit board being connected in parallel with the charge pump chips (310, 340) on the second circuit board; and the control component is configured to control one charge pump chip on the first circuit board and at least one charge pump chip on the second circuit board to simultaneously be in a working state, and in response to a temperature of the charge pump chip on the first circuit board in the working state being higher than a set threshold, to switch any charge pump chip on the first circuit board having a temperature lower than the set threshold to the working state, to enable the charge pump chips (320, 330) on the first circuit board to work in turn.
A grounding switch for a power distribution device, comprising: a structural frame; at least one spacer connected to the structural frame; at least one switch device connected to the at least one spacer, each switch device comprising first and second contacts; a drive assembly operably connected to the at least one switch device to move the at least one switch device between open and closed positions, the drive assembly comprising: at least one rod; a drive shaft; characterized in: a drive box connected between the drive shaft and the at least one rod and operable to translate rotation of the drive shaft into rotation of the least one rod; at least one mount secured to the at least one rod, the at least one mount holding the second contact of each switch device; and wherein rotation of the at least one rod causes the second contact of each switch device to pivot and thereby move each switch device toward the open position or the closed position. a structural frame; at least one spacer connected to the structural frame; at least one switch device connected to the at least one spacer, each switch device comprising first and second contacts; a drive assembly operably connected to the at least one switch device to move the at least one switch device between open and closed positions, the drive assembly comprising: at least one rod; a drive shaft; characterized in: a drive box connected between the drive shaft and the at least one rod and operable to translate rotation of the drive shaft into rotation of the least one rod; at least one mount secured to the at least one rod, the at least one mount holding the second contact of each switch device; and at least one rod; a drive shaft; characterized in: a drive box connected between the drive shaft and the at least one rod and operable to translate rotation of the drive shaft into rotation of the least one rod; at least one mount secured to the at least one rod, the at least one mount holding the second contact of each switch device; and a drive box connected between the drive shaft and the at least one rod and operable to translate rotation of the drive shaft into rotation of the least one rod; at least one mount secured to the at least one rod, the at least one mount holding the second contact of each switch device; and wherein rotation of the at least one rod causes the second contact of each switch device to pivot and thereby move each switch device toward the open position or the closed position.
A support layer for an insulating construction panel of the type comprising: - a main layer made of a thermally insulating material comprising a first surface and an opposite second surface (6"), - at least one support layer connected to the main layer along at least one of said first and second surfaces (6', 6"), wherein said support layer comprises a reinforcing layer made of a fibrous material intended to face and be connected to the main layer, as well as a coating layer, said coating layer is made by applying a dispersion of at least one thermoplastic polymer on the reinforcing layer, followed by drying, characterized in that the at least one thermoplastic polymer of the coating layer is selected so that a softening of the coating layer occurs when said at least one thermoplastic polymer is heated at an activation temperature higher than 130°C, and it solidifies or re-solidifies following a lowering of temperature below the activation temperature; said coating layer is made by applying on the reinforcing layer a thermoplastic compound comprising: 40 to 70% (by weight) of acrylic styrol and vinyl resins in aqueous dispersion, in ratio of 80:20, respectively, 5 to 20% (by weight) of inert fillers, 5 to 10 % (by weight) of additives, e.g. foam inhibitors, water-repellent products, dispersants, spreaders, 0.1 to 4% (by weight) of thickeners. - a main layer made of a thermally insulating material comprising a first surface and an opposite second surface (6"), - at least one support layer connected to the main layer along at least one of said first and second surfaces (6', 6"), wherein said support layer comprises a reinforcing layer made of a fibrous material intended to face and be connected to the main layer, as well as a coating layer, said coating layer is made by applying a dispersion of at least one thermoplastic polymer on the reinforcing layer, followed by drying, characterized in that the at least one thermoplastic polymer of the coating layer is selected so that a softening of the coating layer occurs when said at least one thermoplastic polymer is heated at an activation temperature higher than 130°C, and it solidifies or re-solidifies following a lowering of temperature below the activation temperature; said coating layer is made by applying on the reinforcing layer a thermoplastic compound comprising: 40 to 70% (by weight) of acrylic styrol and vinyl resins in aqueous dispersion, in ratio of 80:20, respectively, 5 to 20% (by weight) of inert fillers, 5 to 10 % (by weight) of additives, e.g. foam inhibitors, water-repellent products, dispersants, spreaders, 0.1 to 4% (by weight) of thickeners. 40 to 70% (by weight) of acrylic styrol and vinyl resins in aqueous dispersion, in ratio of 80:20, respectively, 5 to 20% (by weight) of inert fillers, 5 to 10 % (by weight) of additives, e.g. foam inhibitors, water-repellent products, dispersants, spreaders, 0.1 to 4% (by weight) of thickeners.
Smoothing apparatus comprising a base intended to rest stably on a horizontal support, and a smoothing head supported by the base, the smoothing head comprising a treatment surface on which a garment to be smoothed is intended to be arranged, the treatment surface comprising at least one steam emission area provided with at least one steam outlet hole (8.1, 8. 2), the smoothing apparatus being configured such that smoothing of a garment to be smoothed is carried out by manually applying the garment to be smoothed to the treatment surface while the smoothing apparatus is resting on the base and by causing the garment to be smoothed to slide over said treatment surface, the smoothing head being arranged prominently on the base and being inclined towards a front face of the smoothing apparatus, the base comprising a base body on which the smoothing head rests, the treatment surface further comprising at least one suction area (32, 33) provided with a plurality of suction orifices, characterised in that the base body converges in the direction of the smoothing head and the smoothing head projects laterally with respect to the base body and wherein, when the base rests on a horizontal support, the or each normal to the treatment surface is oriented upwards or is inclined at an angle of between 0° and 45° with respect to a vertical axis, in the direction of the front face of the smoothing apparatus, and in that the suction orifices comprise at least two suction orifices which are arranged on either side of the at least one steam emission area.
A method for producing dried microbial cells, characterized in that microbial cells are suspended in a dispersion medium which is an aqueous solution containing sodium glutamate and trehalose as protective agents, sodium ascorbate as an antioxidant, and sodium citrate as a chelating agent, followed by drying.
Locking mechanism for a vehicle superstructure having a loading floor and a roof frame borne by vertical stanchions, wherein the stanchions are configured such as to be able to be pivoted outwards and arranged between the stanchions are side walls which are articulated on hinges arranged at the level of the loading floor, wherein in each case a panel is pivotably arranged on the rear side of the stanchion, which panel is supported in an articulated manner relative to the loading floor and the width of which panel exceeds the width of the stanchion, and wherein the region of the panel projecting laterally beyond the width of the stanchion forms a support for the vertical edge of the adjoining side wall, characterized in that the panel, at its top edge, is non-releasably connected to the stanchion via an articulation and, in order to lock the stanchion, the lower end of the stanchion can be locked at the level of the loading floor to a stanchion holder which is fastened there.
Liquid-crystalline medium having a dielectric anisotropy (Δε) of 0.5 or more characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of formula S in which denotes denotes or n denotes 0 or 1, R S1 and R S2 independently of each other denote alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy, preferably having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and R S1 alternatively denotes R S and R S2 alternatively denotes X S, R S denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxypreferably having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and X S denotes F, Cl, fluorinated alkyl, fluorinated alkenyl, fluorinated alkoxy or fluorinated alkenyloxy, the latter four groups preferably having 1 to 4 C atoms, preferably F, Cl, CF 3 or OCF 3. n denotes 0 or 1, R S1 and R S2 independently of each other denote alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy, preferably having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and R S1 alternatively denotes R S and R S2 alternatively denotes X S, R S denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxypreferably having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and X S denotes F, Cl, fluorinated alkyl, fluorinated alkenyl, fluorinated alkoxy or fluorinated alkenyloxy, the latter four groups preferably having 1 to 4 C atoms, preferably F, Cl, CF 3 or OCF 3.
An assembly system (1, 101, 121, 201) comprising an organ (3, 103, 123, 203) made of at least a first material comprising an axis (2, 102, 122, 202) and a shoulder, a part (5, 105, 205) made of a second material, comprising little or no plastic and comprising silicon, quartz, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride or silicon carbide, said second material having an opening, the axis (2, 102, 122, 202) of the organ (3, 103, 123, 203) being held in the opening of the part (5, 105, 205), in which the assembly system (1, 101, 121, 201) further comprises a washer (9, 19, 109, 129, 209) made of a third material comprising a metal or a metal alloy whose resistance to relaxation is at least equal to 50% of the applied force, the third material being arranged to elastically attach the part (5, 105, 205) between the shoulder of said organ and the washer (9, 19, 109, 129, 209), and in which the washer comprises an internal wall comprising a substantially straight portion over part of the height (H T) of the washer (9, 19, 109, 129, 209) which radially grips the axis (2, 102, 122, 202) of said organ, said internal wall comprising, adjacent to the substantially straight portion, a portion (16, 26, 28) which flares conically towards the part (5, 105, 205) made of a second material so that only the peripheral portion (13, 23) of the washer (9, 19, 109, 129, 209) exerts an axial elastic force vertical to the shoulder of said organ so as to secure the organ (3, 103, 123, 203) - part (5, 105, 205)- washer (9, 19, 109, 129, 209) assembly.
A sensor head for an encoder comprising a housing and at least two detectors (6, 6'), the detectors (6, 6') are displaceably (A, A') arranged to the housing, wherein each detector (6, 6') is arranged in one end of a respective detector strip (10, 10') comprising a circuit board, and a pivot (14, 14') of each detector strip is arranged at an opposite end of the respective detector strip, wherein the position of each detector (6, 6') is displaceable (A, A') in correspondence with a dimension of a shaft to which the sensor head is adapted for installation and wherein, for each detector, the pivot (14, 14'), the detector (6, 6') and a centre of a shaft, when the sensor head is installed to the shaft, are arranged along a straight line when the sensor head is correctly installed..
A planar continuously steerable phased array antenna comprising: a solid front dielectric substrate layer, a solid back dielectric substrate layer and an electronically variable dielectric layer, which is a liquid crystal material and is located in-between said front and back dielectric substrate layers, a signal input port, a feeding network, at least one phase shifter including electrodes capable of tuning the variable dielectric layer, a bias line, at least two radiating elements, characterized in that the phase shifters with their electrodes are integrated into the antenna and are electronically tunable by utilizing the variable dielelctric layer. a solid front dielectric substrate layer, a solid back dielectric substrate layer and an electronically variable dielectric layer, which is a liquid crystal material and is located in-between said front and back dielectric substrate layers, a signal input port, a feeding network, at least one phase shifter including electrodes capable of tuning the variable dielectric layer, a bias line, at least two radiating elements, characterized in that the phase shifters with their electrodes are integrated into the antenna and are electronically tunable by utilizing the variable dielelctric layer.
A method of calculating the derived cetane number of a liquid hydrocarbon sample, the method comprising: (a) injecting a sample into a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being held at a constant volume; (b) combusting the sample in the combustion chamber; (c) measuring the pressure in the constant volume combustion chamber as a function of time after the injection until combustion is completed; and (d) obtaining a pressure versus time combustion profile of the sample injected into said constant volume combustion chamber, wherein the profile comprises a first region and a second region, the first region including the start of combustion, and the second region relating to a later time than the first region; and characterised by: (e) selecting a single data point from the second region of the combustion profile, said single data point representing a combustion delay of the combustion profile, wherein the combustion delay is defined as the elapsed time between injection of the sample, and the time at which the midpoint of the net pressure increase of the combustion pressure curve is reached; and (f) calculating a derived cetane number for the sample using the time value associated with said single data point. (a) injecting a sample into a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being held at a constant volume; (b) combusting the sample in the combustion chamber; (c) measuring the pressure in the constant volume combustion chamber as a function of time after the injection until combustion is completed; and (d) obtaining a pressure versus time combustion profile of the sample injected into said constant volume combustion chamber, wherein the profile comprises a first region and a second region, the first region including the start of combustion, and the second region relating to a later time than the first region; (e) selecting a single data point from the second region of the combustion profile, said single data point representing a combustion delay of the combustion profile, wherein the combustion delay is defined as the elapsed time between injection of the sample, and the time at which the midpoint of the net pressure increase of the combustion pressure curve is reached; and (f) calculating a derived cetane number for the sample using the time value associated with said single data point.
Drive control method of a motor vehicle, the drive train of which comprises a drive engine which is embodied as a turbo-charged internal combustion engine, a start and shift clutch which is embodied as an automated friction clutch, and a transmission which is embodied as an automated step-by-step variable speed transmission, wherein a traction weakness of the drive engine which occurs during travel is overcome, said traction weakness occurring when there is a power request that corresponds to a setpoint torque (M setp) of the drive engine which is above the maximum torque (M max) which can be achieved spontaneously, characterized in that firstly the friction clutch is opened to the transition into the slip operating mode, in that the drive engine is then accelerated to the charging limit rotational speed (n L_min) or to an engine rotational speed (n M) which is slightly above the charging limit rotational speed (n L_min) (n M = n L_min; n M = n L_min + Δn M), and in that the drive engine is then loaded to close to the full load torque (M VL (n L_min)) with the engine rotational speed (n M ≈ n L_min) largely constant before the slip operating mode of the friction clutch is ended.
A conveyor belt system configured for forming a predetermined arrangement from a plurality of products provided thereto individually or in respective groups, wherein the products according to the predetermined arrangement are intended for an infeed process on a packaging machine, and wherein a plurality of products at a time can be oriented in a row transversely to the conveying direction, the conveyor belt system comprising: - a distributing belt module by means of which products can be taken up from an upstream positioned product provider, - a buffer belt module arranged downstream of the distributing belt module and configured to convey in a plurality of tracks extending side by side along the conveying direction a respective plurality of products one after the other, and - an orienting belt module controllable such that it will position the products, which have been transferred thereto, in at least one row transversely to the conveying direction according to the predetermined arrangement, wherein the orienting belt module is positioned further downstream than the buffer belt module, when seen in the conveying direction, characterized in that the orienting belt module is configured as an infeed belt for filling packaging troughs provided for the infeed process. - a distributing belt module by means of which products can be taken up from an upstream positioned product provider, - a buffer belt module arranged downstream of the distributing belt module and configured to convey in a plurality of tracks extending side by side along the conveying direction a respective plurality of products one after the other, and - an orienting belt module controllable such that it will position the products, which have been transferred thereto, in at least one row transversely to the conveying direction according to the predetermined arrangement, wherein the orienting belt module is positioned further downstream than the buffer belt module, when seen in the conveying direction,