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A valve comprising: a valve body (924, 102) having an opening defining a passageway; a shaft having a longitudinal axis; a closure member operatively coupled to the shaft and disposed within the passageway of the valve body; a closure member biasing apparatus arranged to bias the closure member along the longitudinal axis of the shaft to axially align the closure member with the opening of the valve body, the closure member biasing apparatus comprising: a first spring seat formed by a distal end of the shaft; a second spring seat formed on an end of a follower spacer; and a wave spring disposed between the first and second spring seats, wherein the first spring seat forms a first seating surface and the second spring seat forms a second seating surface, and wherein the first and second spring seats form a body sized to be at least partially disposed within a bore of the valve body. a valve body (924, 102) having an opening defining a passageway; a shaft having a longitudinal axis; a closure member operatively coupled to the shaft and disposed within the passageway of the valve body; a closure member biasing apparatus arranged to bias the closure member along the longitudinal axis of the shaft to axially align the closure member with the opening of the valve body, the closure member biasing apparatus comprising: a first spring seat formed by a distal end of the shaft; a second spring seat formed on an end of a follower spacer; and a wave spring disposed between the first and second spring seats, wherein the first spring seat forms a first seating surface and the second spring seat forms a second seating surface, and wherein the first and second spring seats form a body sized to be at least partially disposed within a bore of the valve body. a first spring seat formed by a distal end of the shaft; a second spring seat formed on an end of a follower spacer; and a wave spring disposed between the first and second spring seats, wherein the first spring seat forms a first seating surface and the second spring seat forms a second seating surface, and wherein the first and second spring seats form a body sized to be at least partially disposed within a bore of the valve body.
A method for the production of a hydraulic binder from a CaO containing substance and an Al 2 O 3 containing by-product from secondary aluminium production, characterised in that the Al 2 O 3 containing by-product is burned and melted together with the CaO containing substance at 1500°C to 2000°C, preferably at least 1700°C, without prior washing, in which the salts would have been removed, whereby the salts and heavy metals are expelled, and the volatile salts contained in the exhaust gases are recovered by cooling.
A packaging and applicator device comprising: · an applicator comprising an applicator element having a length; and · a container containing a composition for application to human keratinous materials, the container defining an internal space containing the composition, the space being of height that is at least twice the length of the applicator element, characterized in that said applicator element defines an envelope surface of cross-section that varies, passing through at least one maximum and in that the maximum cross-section of the envelope surface of the applicator element occupies at least 70% of the inside section of the internal space of the container containing the composition, at least along a portion of the path over which the applicator element travels while it is being removed from the container, the portion being of height that is at least equal to twice the length of the applicator element, the composition being able to flow relative to the applicator element from a zone located below the applicator element to a zone located above the applicator element, and vice versa. · an applicator comprising an applicator element having a length; and · a container containing a composition for application to human keratinous materials, the container defining an internal space containing the composition, the space being of height that is at least twice the length of the applicator element, characterized in that said applicator element defines an envelope surface of cross-section that varies, passing through at least one maximum and in that the maximum cross-section of the envelope surface of the applicator element occupies at least 70% of the inside section of the internal space of the container containing the composition, at least along a portion of the path over which the applicator element travels while it is being removed from the container, the portion being of height that is at least equal to twice the length of the applicator element, the composition being able to flow relative to the applicator element from a zone located below the applicator element to a zone located above the applicator element, and vice versa.
A first circuit connector for establishing a contactless connection with a second circuit connector using extremely high frequency electromagnetic signals, the first circuit connector comprising: a receiver configured to receive an EHF electromagnetic signal transmitted from the second circuit connector and to convert the received EHF electromagnetic signal to an electronic signal; an output circuit coupled to the receiver and responsive to a control signal such that the output circuit is configured to output the electronic signal when the control signal has a first state and to prevent output of the electronic signal when the control signal has a second state; and a controller coupled to the receiver and configured to: produce the control signal having the second state until a signal strength of the received signal exceeds a first threshold for a first time interval, whereupon the controller produces the control signal having the first state; and thereafter produce the control signal with the second state when the signal strength of the received signal fails to meet a second threshold for a second time interval. a receiver configured to receive an EHF electromagnetic signal transmitted from the second circuit connector and to convert the received EHF electromagnetic signal to an electronic signal; an output circuit coupled to the receiver and responsive to a control signal such that the output circuit is configured to output the electronic signal when the control signal has a first state and to prevent output of the electronic signal when the control signal has a second state; and a controller coupled to the receiver and configured to: produce the control signal having the second state until a signal strength of the received signal exceeds a first threshold for a first time interval, whereupon the controller produces the control signal having the first state; and thereafter produce the control signal with the second state when the signal strength of the received signal fails to meet a second threshold for a second time interval. produce the control signal having the second state until a signal strength of the received signal exceeds a first threshold for a first time interval, whereupon the controller produces the control signal having the first state; and thereafter produce the control signal with the second state when the signal strength of the received signal fails to meet a second threshold for a second time interval.
A knitted sleeve pattern comprising: a tubular sleeve body, the tubular sleeve body comprising: a) an upper arm portion; b) a forearm portion; and c) an elbow portion between the upper arm portion and the forearm portion; a shoulder portion adjacent a posterior sleeve edge of the tubular sleeve body, the shoulder portion comprising a front neck extension and a rear neck extension that extend from a sleeve upper end, the shoulder portion forming at least a portion of a neckline of a garment to which the tubular sleeve body is joinable; and an underarm extension with respect to a garment body, the underarm extension adjacent an anterior sleeve edge of the tubular sleeve body, the underarm extension having a bottom edge displaced a threshold distance from the anterior sleeve edge; characterized in that the tubular sleeve body is configured such that the sleeve upper end extends to form the shoulder portion and the front and rear neck extensions, wherein the shoulder portion and the front and rear neck extensions are seamlessly coupled to the tubular sleeve body such that the shoulder portion and the front and rear neck extensions provide an extension of the tubular sleeve body. a tubular sleeve body, the tubular sleeve body comprising: a) an upper arm portion; b) a forearm portion; and c) an elbow portion between the upper arm portion and the forearm portion; a shoulder portion adjacent a posterior sleeve edge of the tubular sleeve body, the shoulder portion comprising a front neck extension and a rear neck extension that extend from a sleeve upper end, the shoulder portion forming at least a portion of a neckline of a garment to which the tubular sleeve body is joinable; and an underarm extension with respect to a garment body, the underarm extension adjacent an anterior sleeve edge of the tubular sleeve body, the underarm extension having a bottom edge displaced a threshold distance from the anterior sleeve edge; characterized in that the tubular sleeve body is configured such that the sleeve upper end extends to form the shoulder portion and the front and rear neck extensions, wherein the shoulder portion and the front and rear neck extensions are seamlessly coupled to the tubular sleeve body such that the shoulder portion and the front and rear neck extensions provide an extension of the tubular sleeve body.
A composition comprising: greater than 40 to 94.8 weight percent of a poly(phenylene ether); 5 to 59.8 weight percent of polymerized styrene residue; and 0.2 to less than 1.5 weight percent of polymerized acrylonitrile residue; wherein the composition comprises less than or equal to 120 parts per million by weight of secondary aliphatic hydroxyl groups; wherein all amounts are based on the total weight of the composition; and wherein at least a portion of the polymerized styrene residue and at least a portion of the polymerized acrylonitrile residue are provided in the form of a post-consumer recycled material comprising homopolystyrene and a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer. greater than 40 to 94.8 weight percent of a poly(phenylene ether); 5 to 59.8 weight percent of polymerized styrene residue; and 0.2 to less than 1.5 weight percent of polymerized acrylonitrile residue; wherein the composition comprises less than or equal to 120 parts per million by weight of secondary aliphatic hydroxyl groups; wherein all amounts are based on the total weight of the composition; and wherein at least a portion of the polymerized styrene residue and at least a portion of the polymerized acrylonitrile residue are provided in the form of a post-consumer recycled material comprising homopolystyrene and a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer.
System applicable in building industry to thrusting structures including at least one device based on shape memory alloys (or SMA), a tension member and at least an anchor plate, characterized by the fact that the tension member is a metal chain and by the fact that the stress changing in the chain, caused by variation of the room temperature or by seismic phenomena, is limited and controlled by the thermal and mechanical behavior of said SMA device, which results to be antagonist with respect to said chain.
A composition for making tea, the composition comprising a layer of fibrous plant product and a plant extract applied thereto, wherein the plant extract is applied to the layer of fibrous plant product after formation of the layer; and wherein said plant extract comprises a tea; wherein the composition comprises a wet strength agent comprising polyamideepichlorohydrin resins, polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, poly(aminoamide)-epichlorohydrin resins, urea-formaldehyde resins; melamine-formaldehyde resins; alkyl ketene dimer; alkyl succinic anhydride; polyvinylamines; oxidized polysaccharides; glyoxalated polyacrylamide resins; polyimines, and polyethyleneimine, wherein the wet strength agent is used in an amount of 0.1% to 20%.
Compacting device for a drafting system of a spinning machine, in particular a ring spinning machine, for compacting a drafted sliver, comprising a compacting zone, in which a suction flow is produced perpendicularly to the fibre transport direction by means of a suction opening, wherein the compacting device comprises a suction shoe having the suction opening, a compacting apron which wraps around an output top roller and the suction shoe in the region of the suction opening and has defined through-openings which are permeable to the suction flow, and an output bottom roller which bears against the compacting apron in the region of the output top roller, with a compacting element having a guide roller, which can be arranged in the region of the compacting zone opposite the suction opening so as to be rotatable in the fibre transport direction that the sliver comes into engagement with the guide roller, wherein the guide roller in engagement with the sliver presses the sliver - in relation to the transport direction of the sliver - against the compacting apron in the region in front of the pair of output rollers of the compacting device formed by the output top roller and output bottom roller.
An electronic device comprising: a Wi-Fi communication unit; and a controller configured to: identify an input for turning on Wi-Fi; in response to the input for turning on Wi-Fi, search for nearby Access Points, APs, via the Wi-Fi communication unit; if an AP supporting Hotspot 2.0 is searched, request an information message for the AP from an information server connected to the AP; in response to the requesting of the information message, receive the information message from the information server; display service information, if the service information related to the AP is included in the information message; and connect the electronic device with the AP using access information and authentication information included in the information message. a Wi-Fi communication unit; and a controller configured to: identify an input for turning on Wi-Fi; in response to the input for turning on Wi-Fi, search for nearby Access Points, APs, via the Wi-Fi communication unit; if an AP supporting Hotspot 2.0 is searched, request an information message for the AP from an information server connected to the AP; in response to the requesting of the information message, receive the information message from the information server; display service information, if the service information related to the AP is included in the information message; and connect the electronic device with the AP using access information and authentication information included in the information message. identify an input for turning on Wi-Fi; in response to the input for turning on Wi-Fi, search for nearby Access Points, APs, via the Wi-Fi communication unit; if an AP supporting Hotspot 2.0 is searched, request an information message for the AP from an information server connected to the AP; in response to the requesting of the information message, receive the information message from the information server; display service information, if the service information related to the AP is included in the information message; and connect the electronic device with the AP using access information and authentication information included in the information message.
A method of improving a resolution of a tomographic image using image reconstruction, said method comprising: acquiring scan data of an object; forward projecting a current image estimate of the scan data to generate calculated projection data; characterized by: iteratively applying a data-fit term and a regularization term to the scan data and the calculated projection data to form a reconstructed image of the object; iteratively modifying the regularization term based on spatio-temporal information and a change in voxel value over time; and applying said modified regularization term to the scan data and the calculated projection data to form an updated reconstructed image of the object. acquiring scan data of an object; forward projecting a current image estimate of the scan data to generate calculated projection data; iteratively applying a data-fit term and a regularization term to the scan data and the calculated projection data to form a reconstructed image of the object; iteratively modifying the regularization term based on spatio-temporal information and a change in voxel value over time; and applying said modified regularization term to the scan data and the calculated projection data to form an updated reconstructed image of the object.
A wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes including plural routers (10, 20) and plural end devices, which nodes each include a wireless interface (13, 23, 33) for wireless communication, the nodes of the network being arranged to communicate in accordance a network protocol, in accordance with which: the routers (10, 20) transmit beacons in respective timeslots within a periodic beaconing interval, passively scan for messages, and, in response to receiving a message, transmit an acknowledgement of the received message; and when an end device has a message that is pending transmission, the end device a) passively scans for beacons transmitted from any router (10, 20); and b) in response to receiving a beacon, transmits the message, and passively scans for an acknowledgement, the end device repeating steps a) and b) if no acknowledgement is received. the routers (10, 20) transmit beacons in respective timeslots within a periodic beaconing interval, passively scan for messages, and, in response to receiving a message, transmit an acknowledgement of the received message; and when an end device has a message that is pending transmission, the end device a) passively scans for beacons transmitted from any router (10, 20); and b) in response to receiving a beacon, transmits the message, and passively scans for an acknowledgement, the end device repeating steps a) and b) if no acknowledgement is received.
A build-up welding method in which a welding torch is guided along a metallic workpiece and in which at least one melting wire serving as a build-up material is fed at an infeed speed into the arc between at least one non-melting electrode of the welding torch and the workpiece, wherein the non-melting electrode, positioned normal to the workpiece, is guided along the workpiece, characterized in that the fed wire is additionally moved back and forth along its infeed direction.
A bariatric device (10, 10', 10", 10''', 134, 142, 174, 186, 200, 210, 234), comprising: an esophageal member (12, 12', 136, 144, 176, 188, 202, 212, 242, 246) having an esophageal surface that is configured to generally conform to the shape and size of a portion of the esophagus; a cardiac member (14, 14', 21, 138, 146, 178, 190, 204, 214, 236) having a cardiac surface that is configured to generally conform to the shape and size of a portion of the cardiac portion of the stomach; and a connector (16, 140, 148, 180, 192, 206, 216, 238) connected with said esophageal member and said cardiac member, wherein at least said cardiac member is adapted to stimulate receptors in order to influence a neurohormonal mechanism in the patient sufficient to cause weight loss characterized in that said connector (16, 140, 148, 180, 192, 206, 216, 238) comprises at least one tension member that is connected with said esophageal member and said cardiac member, said cardiac member adapted to transmit strain from said connector to the cardiac portion of the stomach to stimulate receptors and wherein said at least one tension member is adapted to extend through the GE junction and allow normal operation of the pseudo-sphincter of the GE junction. an esophageal member (12, 12', 136, 144, 176, 188, 202, 212, 242, 246) having an esophageal surface that is configured to generally conform to the shape and size of a portion of the esophagus; a cardiac member (14, 14', 21, 138, 146, 178, 190, 204, 214, 236) having a cardiac surface that is configured to generally conform to the shape and size of a portion of the cardiac portion of the stomach; and a connector (16, 140, 148, 180, 192, 206, 216, 238) connected with said esophageal member and said cardiac member, wherein at least said cardiac member is adapted to stimulate receptors in order to influence a neurohormonal mechanism in the patient sufficient to cause weight loss characterized in that said connector (16, 140, 148, 180, 192, 206, 216, 238) comprises at least one tension member that is connected with said esophageal member and said cardiac member, said cardiac member adapted to transmit strain from said connector to the cardiac portion of the stomach to stimulate receptors and wherein said at least one tension member is adapted to extend through the GE junction and allow normal operation of the pseudo-sphincter of the GE junction.
A short message center system, comprising at least two short message offices and one virtual short message office, wherein said short message office comprises a signaling processing module, a service processing module and a short message peer to peer protocol agent, SMPP AGENT, module; wherein when one module of the signaling processing module, the service processing module and the SMPP AGENT module of one of said at least two short message offices is faulted, only a message to be processed by the faulted module is forwarded to the virtual short message office, and the other modules without faults of the one of said at least two short message offices continue to work normally; said virtual short message office monitors and manages traffic and status of each of the at least two short message offices, does not process specific services but receives and forwards messages from each of the at least two short message offices according to a configurable load-balancing policy, comprises a forwarding module and a returning module; said forwarding module is configured to, when the one module of the one of said at least two short message offices is faulted, forward the message to be processed by the faulted module to a module of another one of said at least two short message offices which is corresponding to said faulted module to be processed; said returning module is configured to return a processing result to the short message office with said faulted module; thereby a short message center system with multi-network multi-plane structure is implemented.