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A transfer valve, comprising: a spool comprising a first circumferential flow channel at a first axial position of the spool and a second circumferential flow channel at a second axial position of the spool, wherein the first circumferential flow channel and the second circumferential flow channel have different circumferential positions and are defined only partially circumferentially; and a sleeve disposed over the spool, the sleeve including at least three windows defined through the sleeve, wherein the spool is configured to translate within the sleeve between a first position and a second position, wherein the first circumferential flow channel of the spool is configured to fluidly connect a first plurality of the at least three windows in the first position, and the second circumferential flow channel is configured to connect a second plurality of the at least three windows in the second position, wherein the first plurality of windows is different by at least one window from the second plurality of windows, such that while switching from one position to the other a first window will be closed and a third window will be opened, whilst a second window will remain open, characterized in that, the at least three windows are defined at an axial position of the sleeve, each window having a different circumferential position on the sleeve. a spool comprising a first circumferential flow channel at a first axial position of the spool and a second circumferential flow channel at a second axial position of the spool, wherein the first circumferential flow channel and the second circumferential flow channel have different circumferential positions and are defined only partially circumferentially; and a sleeve disposed over the spool, the sleeve including at least three windows defined through the sleeve, wherein the spool is configured to translate within the sleeve between a first position and a second position, wherein the first circumferential flow channel of the spool is configured to fluidly connect a first plurality of the at least three windows in the first position, and the second circumferential flow channel is configured to connect a second plurality of the at least three windows in the second position, wherein the first plurality of windows is different by at least one window from the second plurality of windows, such that while switching from one position to the other a first window will be closed and a third window will be opened, whilst a second window will remain open,
A method for preparing a rare earth permanent magnet, comprising the steps of: immersing a sintered magnet body having a R 1 -Fe-B base composition wherein R 1 is at least one element selected from rare earth elements inclusive of Y and Sc, in an electrodepositing bath of a powder dispersed in a solvent, said powder comprising an oxyfluoride of R 2 and/or a hydride of R 3 wherein R 2 and R 3 each are at least one element selected from rare earth elements inclusive of Y and Sc, effecting electrodeposition for letting the powder deposit on the surface of the magnet body to form a coating consisting of particles of the powder, and heat treating the magnet body with the powder deposited on its surface at a temperature equal to or less than the sintering temperature of the magnet body in vacuum or in an inert gas. immersing a sintered magnet body having a R 1 -Fe-B base composition wherein R 1 is at least one element selected from rare earth elements inclusive of Y and Sc, in an electrodepositing bath of a powder dispersed in a solvent, said powder comprising an oxyfluoride of R 2 and/or a hydride of R 3 wherein R 2 and R 3 each are at least one element selected from rare earth elements inclusive of Y and Sc, effecting electrodeposition for letting the powder deposit on the surface of the magnet body to form a coating consisting of particles of the powder, and heat treating the magnet body with the powder deposited on its surface at a temperature equal to or less than the sintering temperature of the magnet body in vacuum or in an inert gas.
System for analyzing the condition of the running gear of rail vehicles, comprising a number of force measurement devices that can be arranged on a rail measuring section for the purpose of detecting forces and/or torques, characterized in that the system additionally comprises a number of acoustic measurement devices that are mechanically decoupled from the rail measuring section for the purpose of detecting sound waves that arise when the rail vehicle travels over the rail measuring section.
A yaw bearing servicing and exchange system for a machine head of a wind turbine, comprising: a support stand, comprising: a base assembly; at least one support post extending perpendicularly from the base assembly, the at least one support post having a first post end coupled to the base assembly and an opposing, second post end; at least one first post cap removably coupled to the second post end, the at least one first post cap defining a first support surface for supporting at least a portion of the yaw bearing, the first support surface defining at least a portion of a first diameter greater than an outside diameter of an inner race of the yaw bearing; and, at least one leveler operably coupled to the at least one first post cap for establishing a level orientation of the support surface with respect to a horizontal plane. a base assembly; at least one support post extending perpendicularly from the base assembly, the at least one support post having a first post end coupled to the base assembly and an opposing, second post end; at least one first post cap removably coupled to the second post end, the at least one first post cap defining a first support surface for supporting at least a portion of the yaw bearing, the first support surface defining at least a portion of a first diameter greater than an outside diameter of an inner race of the yaw bearing; and, at least one leveler operably coupled to the at least one first post cap for establishing a level orientation of the support surface with respect to a horizontal plane.
An image analysis apparatus comprising: an acquiring section which acquires an image; an element analyzing section which analyses the contents of the image acquired by the acquiring section to extract a plurality of constituent elements that constitute the image; a storage section which associates and stores a plurality of words with each of a plurality of constituent elements; a search section which searches the words stored in the storage section for words associated with a constituent element for each of the plurality of constituent elements extracted by the element analyzing section; characterized by a scene analysis section which analyses an image acquired by the acquiring section to determine the scene of the image; and a selecting section which selects words relating to the scene determined through analysis by the scene analyzing section from among words found by the search section, wherein the scene of the image is selected from a group comprising a scene taken during the daytime, outdoors (natural landscape and land), outdoors (natural landscape and man-made structure), outdoors (natural landscape and sea) and indoors. an acquiring section which acquires an image; an element analyzing section which analyses the contents of the image acquired by the acquiring section to extract a plurality of constituent elements that constitute the image; a storage section which associates and stores a plurality of words with each of a plurality of constituent elements; a search section which searches the words stored in the storage section for words associated with a constituent element for each of the plurality of constituent elements extracted by the element analyzing section; a scene analysis section which analyses an image acquired by the acquiring section to determine the scene of the image; and a selecting section which selects words relating to the scene determined through analysis by the scene analyzing section from among words found by the search section,
A camera device comprising, a camera unit comprising an outer shell having a spherical shape and being provided with an equatorial groove having a start and an end, a base member provided with a seating, a cover provided with a pivot defining a tilting axis and an aperture for providing a free line of sight for the camera unit, wherein the camera unit is arranged between the seating and the cover such that the pivot is received by the equatorial groove and such that the cover and the seating of the base member are pressed against the outer shell of the camera unit from opposing sides thereof, wherein the pivot has a conical or frustoconical shape, and the equatorial groove has a corresponding cross section, wherein the pivot is arranged on a lug adjoining the cover via a lug transition and defined by a slit such that the lug is laterally displaceable in a direction parallel with the tilting axis in response to the pivot being subjected to a force having a component in said direction, wherein the pivot is formed integral with the lug and wherein a pivot transition between the pivot and the lug is formed with a radius. a camera unit comprising an outer shell having a spherical shape and being provided with an equatorial groove having a start and an end, a base member provided with a seating, a cover provided with a pivot defining a tilting axis and an aperture for providing a free line of sight for the camera unit, wherein the camera unit is arranged between the seating and the cover such that the pivot is received by the equatorial groove and such that the cover and the seating of the base member are pressed against the outer shell of the camera unit from opposing sides thereof, wherein the pivot has a conical or frustoconical shape, and the equatorial groove has a corresponding cross section, wherein the pivot is arranged on a lug adjoining the cover via a lug transition and defined by a slit such that the lug is laterally displaceable in a direction parallel with the tilting axis in response to the pivot being subjected to a force having a component in said direction, wherein the pivot is formed integral with the lug and wherein a pivot transition between the pivot and the lug is formed with a radius.
An assembly for rotational equipment, comprising: a seal device comprising a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a resilient biasing element; the seal shoes arranged around an axis in an annular array; the seal base circumscribing the annular array of the seal shoes; each of the spring elements radially between and connecting a respective one of the seal shoes and the seal base, a first of the spring elements including a first mount, a second mount and a spring beam, the first mount connected to a first of the seal shoes, the second mount connected to the seal base, and the spring beam connecting the first mount to the second mount; and the resilient biasing element radially between and engaged with first and second components of the seal device, the first component comprising the first mount or the second mount; characterised in that: the resilient biasing element comprises a coil spring. a seal device comprising a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a resilient biasing element; the seal shoes arranged around an axis in an annular array; the seal base circumscribing the annular array of the seal shoes; each of the spring elements radially between and connecting a respective one of the seal shoes and the seal base, a first of the spring elements including a first mount, a second mount and a spring beam, the first mount connected to a first of the seal shoes, the second mount connected to the seal base, and the spring beam connecting the first mount to the second mount; and the resilient biasing element radially between and engaged with first and second components of the seal device, the first component comprising the first mount or the second mount; characterised in that: the resilient biasing element comprises a coil spring.
A hydraulic system including hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic machine (242A,242B) for pressuring the hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic circuit for delivering the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator the hydraulic machine being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator and a kinetic energy storage device for storing energy in a kinetic form, the kinetic energy storage device being operably coupled to the hydraulic machine, the hydraulic system being configured such that the hydraulic machine is operable to transfer energy from the hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator to the kinetic energy storage device, characterised in that the hydraulic machine is defined by a first hydraulic pump for pressuring the hydraulic fluid and a second hydraulic pump being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator, and the kinetic energy storage device is operably coupled to the second hydraulic pump, the system being configured such that the second hydraulic pump is operable to transfer energy from the pressurised hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator to the kinetic energy storage device, wherein the first hydraulic pump is configured to be mechanically driven by a prime mover, wherein the kinetic energy storage device is a flywheel, wherein the flywheel is operably coupled to the second hydraulic pump via a gear box arranged such that the flywheel rotates faster than the second hydraulic pump. the hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic circuit for delivering the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator the hydraulic machine being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator and a kinetic energy storage device for storing energy in a kinetic form, the kinetic energy storage device being operably coupled to the hydraulic machine, the hydraulic system being configured such that the hydraulic machine is operable to transfer energy from the hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator to the kinetic energy storage device, characterised in that the hydraulic machine is defined by a first hydraulic pump for pressuring the hydraulic fluid and a second hydraulic pump being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator, and the kinetic energy storage device is operably coupled to the second hydraulic pump, the system being configured such that the second hydraulic pump is operable to transfer energy from the pressurised hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator to the kinetic energy storage device, wherein the first hydraulic pump is configured to be mechanically driven by a prime mover, wherein the kinetic energy storage device is a flywheel, wherein the flywheel is operably coupled to the second hydraulic pump via a gear box arranged such that the flywheel rotates faster than the second hydraulic pump.
A slurry distributor for use in a slurry spreading equipment, said slurry distributor comprising a distributor housing containing a ball bearing with a bearing housing, on which are mounted one or more eccentrically arranged cutter rings, characterized in that a reservoir for a lubricant in the form of lubricating oil or grease is arranged around the bearing, said reservoir is having the form of a cavity surrounding the ball bearings; which reservoir is connected with an external container for the lubricant through an internal channel within the slurry distributor and a hose connecting the slurry distributor with the external container.
A device for dispensing a fluid product, comprising a body provided with a mouthpiece, a product reservoir containing fluid product and a propellant gas being mounted to slide axially in said body, a valve comprising a valve member being assembled on said reservoir in order to dispense said fluid product, said valve member being displaceable between a rest position and an actuation position, the outlet from said valve member being connected to said mouthpiece by a channel, said device further comprising an electronic unit, characterized in that: - said valve is a continuous valve in which, in the actuation position of the valve member, the reservoir is permanently connected to the outlet from said valve member, - said body comprises a cover which can be displaced between an open position and a closed position in which it urges said valve member into its actuation position, - said device comprises a metering and dispensing system controlled by said electronic unit, said metering and dispensing system comprising a shutter member which can be displaced between a closed position in which it closes said channel and an open position in which it opens said channel, said shutter member being at rest in the closed position and, when the device is actuated, being displaced into its open position for a predetermined time in order to dispense a dose of fluid product. - said valve is a continuous valve in which, in the actuation position of the valve member, the reservoir is permanently connected to the outlet from said valve member, - said body comprises a cover which can be displaced between an open position and a closed position in which it urges said valve member into its actuation position, - said device comprises a metering and dispensing system controlled by said electronic unit, said metering and dispensing system comprising a shutter member which can be displaced between a closed position in which it closes said channel and an open position in which it opens said channel, said shutter member being at rest in the closed position and, when the device is actuated, being displaced into its open position for a predetermined time in order to dispense a dose of fluid product.
A cylindrical case for a jet engine, comprising: - a case body that is formed of a composite material obtained by impregnating reinforced fibers with a thermosetting resin and constitutes a cylindrical structural part of the jet engine; - one pair of cylindrical metal rings (5b, 5c) that are respectively arranged at positions that are spaced at intervals in a central axis direction of the case body on a surface of the case body and one of which is arranged to be coupled to a conductive part of one of an air frame and a jet engine of an aircraft in which the jet engine is mounted and the other of which is arranged to be coupled to a conductive part of the other one of the air frame and the jet engine of the aircraft; and - at least one conductive cable that electrically connects between the pair of metal rings (5b, 5c). - a case body that is formed of a composite material obtained by impregnating reinforced fibers with a thermosetting resin and constitutes a cylindrical structural part of the jet engine; - one pair of cylindrical metal rings (5b, 5c) that are respectively arranged at positions that are spaced at intervals in a central axis direction of the case body on a surface of the case body and one of which is arranged to be coupled to a conductive part of one of an air frame and a jet engine of an aircraft in which the jet engine is mounted and the other of which is arranged to be coupled to a conductive part of the other one of the air frame and the jet engine of the aircraft; and - at least one conductive cable that electrically connects between the pair of metal rings (5b, 5c).
A neutron detector which is self-powered by an electric current produced by nuclear fission occurring around it, comprising: a neutron sensitive emitter element; an annular insulator substantially coaxially disposed around the emitter element; an outer electrically conductive sheath disposed around the annular insulator; and characterized in that a negative bias voltage is applied to the neutron sensitive emitter element, not to power the detector, but insufficient to improve the sensitivity of the detector by overcoming the potential in the insulator such that the minimum potential occurs at the surface of the emitter element / inner surface of the insulator. a neutron sensitive emitter element; an annular insulator substantially coaxially disposed around the emitter element; an outer electrically conductive sheath disposed around the annular insulator; and characterized in that a negative bias voltage is applied to the neutron sensitive emitter element, not to power the detector, but insufficient to improve the sensitivity of the detector by overcoming the potential in the insulator such that the minimum potential occurs at the surface of the emitter element / inner surface of the insulator.
A container seal for sealing a container entrance by thermal bonding and partially opening the container entrance when an opening tab on a top thereof is pulled, the container seal comprising: a top layer where the opening tab is formed; and a bottom layer including an aluminium foil layer adapted to be thermally bonded to a container along a thermal bonding band, wherein the top layer is thermally bonded to the bottom layer and the top layer has: a plurality of guide bands (108, 508) which define respective outer boundaries of partial openings; a plurality of opening tabs (102, 502) each connected at a respective separating guide line (104, 504) to a respective one of the guide bands (108, 508); and wherein portions of the top layer are cut so that the guide bands (108, 508) are separated from the thermal bonding band along the inner edge of the thermal bonding band by an opening guide line (106, 506) and so that each guide band (108, 508) is cut across by the separating guide line (104, 504). a top layer where the opening tab is formed; and a bottom layer including an aluminium foil layer adapted to be thermally bonded to a container along a thermal bonding band, wherein the top layer is thermally bonded to the bottom layer and the top layer has: a plurality of guide bands (108, 508) which define respective outer boundaries of partial openings; a plurality of opening tabs (102, 502) each connected at a respective separating guide line (104, 504) to a respective one of the guide bands (108, 508); and wherein portions of the top layer are cut so that the guide bands (108, 508) are separated from the thermal bonding band along the inner edge of the thermal bonding band by an opening guide line (106, 506) and so that each guide band (108, 508) is cut across by the separating guide line (104, 504). a plurality of guide bands (108, 508) which define respective outer boundaries of partial openings; a plurality of opening tabs (102, 502) each connected at a respective separating guide line (104, 504) to a respective one of the guide bands (108, 508); and wherein portions of the top layer are cut so that the guide bands (108, 508) are separated from the thermal bonding band along the inner edge of the thermal bonding band by an opening guide line (106, 506) and so that each guide band (108, 508) is cut across by the separating guide line (104, 504).