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A beam-type load cell, comprising - a loading section (1 a) for absorbing a force, - a fixing section (1 b), and - at least one strain sensor arranged between the loading section (1 a) and the fixing section (1 b), characterised in that - the fixing section (1 b) is configured to fix the beam-type load cell in a hollow profile, - the fixing section has at least one movable fixing element having a clamping surface which can be brought into pressing contact with the inner wall of the hollow profile, - a moving device for pressing the fixing element onto the inner wall of the hollow profile is arranged between the loading section (1 a) and the fixing section (1 b), - the clamping surface is adapted to the geometry of the inner wall of the hollow profile, and - the size of the clamping surface is at least 40 % of the area given by the product of the inner periphery of the hollow profile at the clamping point and the length of the fixing element. - a loading section (1 a) for absorbing a force, - a fixing section (1 b), and - at least one strain sensor arranged between the loading section (1 a) and the fixing section (1 b), - the fixing section (1 b) is configured to fix the beam-type load cell in a hollow profile, - the fixing section has at least one movable fixing element having a clamping surface which can be brought into pressing contact with the inner wall of the hollow profile, - a moving device for pressing the fixing element onto the inner wall of the hollow profile is arranged between the loading section (1 a) and the fixing section (1 b), - the clamping surface is adapted to the geometry of the inner wall of the hollow profile, and - the size of the clamping surface is at least 40 % of the area given by the product of the inner periphery of the hollow profile at the clamping point and the length of the fixing element.
A thermal transfer printing apparatus comprising: a first feeding unit feeding an intermediate transfer medium including a transfer layer that is disposed on one surface of a substrate in such a manner as to be peelable from the substrate; a second feeding unit feeding a thermal transfer sheet including a colorant layer disposed on one surface of a base material; a printing unit heating the thermal transfer sheet based on image data and transferring an ink of the colorant layer onto the transfer layer to form an image; and a transfer unit heating the intermediate transfer medium and transferring the transfer layer having the image formed thereon onto a principal surface (41, 42) and a side face of a card, wherein the transfer unit includes a first heat roller and a second heat roller and transfers the transfer layer onto a first principal surface and a second principal surface of the card, with the intermediate transfer medium being sandwiched between the first principal surface and the first heat roller and between the second principal surface and the second heat roller, and wherein the transfer unit includes a pressing member transferring the transfer layer onto the side face of the card, with the intermediate transfer medium being sandwiched between the pressing member and the side face of the card. a first feeding unit feeding an intermediate transfer medium including a transfer layer that is disposed on one surface of a substrate in such a manner as to be peelable from the substrate; a second feeding unit feeding a thermal transfer sheet including a colorant layer disposed on one surface of a base material; a printing unit heating the thermal transfer sheet based on image data and transferring an ink of the colorant layer onto the transfer layer to form an image; and a transfer unit heating the intermediate transfer medium and transferring the transfer layer having the image formed thereon onto a principal surface (41, 42) and a side face of a card, wherein the transfer unit includes a first heat roller and a second heat roller and transfers the transfer layer onto a first principal surface and a second principal surface of the card, with the intermediate transfer medium being sandwiched between the first principal surface and the first heat roller and between the second principal surface and the second heat roller, and wherein the transfer unit includes a pressing member transferring the transfer layer onto the side face of the card, with the intermediate transfer medium being sandwiched between the pressing member and the side face of the card.
An isolated immunogen, comprising: a recombinant RSV F protein or fragment thereof comprising amino acid substitutions compared to a native RSV F protein as set forth as one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-184 that stabilizes the recombinant RSV F protein in a prefusion conformation that specifically binds to a RSV F prefusion-specific antibody, wherein: the recombinant RSV F protein is stabilized in the RSV F protein prefusion conformation by S155C, S290C, S190F, and V207L substitutions, the prefusion conformation of the recombinant RSV F protein or fragment thereof comprises an antigenic site ∅ that comprises residues 62-69 and 196-209 of a native RSV F protein sequence set forth as one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-184, the immunogen specifically binds to the prefusion-specific antibody after incubation at 20°C in phosphate buffered saline at physiological pH for at least 24 hours in the absence of the prefusion-specific antibody, and the RSV F prefusion-specific antibody does not bind to a RSV F protein in a post-fusion conformation; and the prefusion-specific antibody is a D25 antibody comprising VH and VL domains as set forth in SEQ ID NOs 368 and 369, respectively, the recombinant RSV F protein is stabilized in the RSV F protein prefusion conformation by S155C, S290C, S190F, and V207L substitutions, the prefusion conformation of the recombinant RSV F protein or fragment thereof comprises an antigenic site ∅ that comprises residues 62-69 and 196-209 of a native RSV F protein sequence set forth as one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-184, the immunogen specifically binds to the prefusion-specific antibody after incubation at 20°C in phosphate buffered saline at physiological pH for at least 24 hours in the absence of the prefusion-specific antibody, and the RSV F prefusion-specific antibody does not bind to a RSV F protein in a post-fusion conformation; and the prefusion-specific antibody is a D25 antibody comprising VH and VL domains as set forth in SEQ ID NOs 368 and 369, respectively,
A method for generating a substantially one-dimensional scan line image in response to predetermined scan line image data, the method comprising: generating homogenous light such that the homogenous light forms a substantially uniform two-dimensional homogenous light field; modulating the homogenous light in accordance with the predetermined scan line image data such that the modulated light forms a two-dimensional modulated light field; and anamorphically imaging and concentrating the modulated light such that the concentrated modulated light forms the substantially one-dimensional scan line image wherein anamorphically concentrating the modulated light comprises: projecting and magnifying said modulated light portions in a cross-process direction using first and second focusing lens, and concentrating said modulated light portions in a direction parallel to a process direction using a third focusing lens. generating homogenous light such that the homogenous light forms a substantially uniform two-dimensional homogenous light field; modulating the homogenous light in accordance with the predetermined scan line image data such that the modulated light forms a two-dimensional modulated light field; and anamorphically imaging and concentrating the modulated light such that the concentrated modulated light forms the substantially one-dimensional scan line image wherein anamorphically concentrating the modulated light comprises: projecting and magnifying said modulated light portions in a cross-process direction using first and second focusing lens, and concentrating said modulated light portions in a direction parallel to a process direction using a third focusing lens. projecting and magnifying said modulated light portions in a cross-process direction using first and second focusing lens, and concentrating said modulated light portions in a direction parallel to a process direction using a third focusing lens.
A process for removing carbonyl sulfide from a carbonyl sulfide containing stream, comprising: contacting a benzylamine-co-polystyrene based weakly basic ion exchange resin with a carbonyl sulfide containing stream, sorbing a portion of the carbonyl sulfide from the carbonyl sulfide containing stream by the benzylamine-co-polystyrene based weakly basic ion exchange resin, thereby forming a carbonyl-sulfide-form ion exchange resin, and desorbing the attached carbonyl sulfide from the carbonyl-sulfide-form ion exchange resin by one of heat or heat and vacuum, thereby increasing the capacity of the resin to re-adsorb carbonyl sulfide. contacting a benzylamine-co-polystyrene based weakly basic ion exchange resin with a carbonyl sulfide containing stream, sorbing a portion of the carbonyl sulfide from the carbonyl sulfide containing stream by the benzylamine-co-polystyrene based weakly basic ion exchange resin, thereby forming a carbonyl-sulfide-form ion exchange resin, and desorbing the attached carbonyl sulfide from the carbonyl-sulfide-form ion exchange resin by one of heat or heat and vacuum, thereby increasing the capacity of the resin to re-adsorb carbonyl sulfide.
A dental prosthesis moulding block for the production of an individual dental prosthesis part of the anterior tooth and/or canine region which has a dentin zone which is embedded into an enamel region, a boundary surface thus being formed, the boundary surface of the dentin zone having at least a first boundary surface for the formation of a first dentin surface which is directed toward the labial surface of a first potential dental prosthesis part, and a second boundary surface for the formation of a second dentin surface which is directed toward the labial surface of a second potential dental prosthesis part, the first and the second dentin surface being curved surfaces and having a common cutting region in the approximal direction, characterised in that the first and the second dentin surface form opposing labial surfaces of the dentin zone in a respectively convex shape with a different, non-mirror symmetrical contour shape.
A cryptography module (210, 210', 2101) comprising: a key store having a plurality of storage locations for storing a key as k key fragments including a plurality of random key fragments and a remainder key fragment, wherein the key store has the plurality of storage locations for storing the key as k key fragments in different locations of an executable file, the k key fragments including the plurality of random key fragments generated as random numbers and the remainder key fragment generated based on the plurality of random key fragments and the key; and at least one crypto-processing segment (310, 311, 312), coupled to the key store, that operates based on the k key fragments to process an input signal into an output signal such that the key is never assembled, wherein operation of the at least one crypto-processing segment is implemented by the executable file. a key store having a plurality of storage locations for storing a key as k key fragments including a plurality of random key fragments and a remainder key fragment, wherein the key store has the plurality of storage locations for storing the key as k key fragments in different locations of an executable file, the k key fragments including the plurality of random key fragments generated as random numbers and the remainder key fragment generated based on the plurality of random key fragments and the key; and at least one crypto-processing segment (310, 311, 312), coupled to the key store, that operates based on the k key fragments to process an input signal into an output signal such that the key is never assembled, wherein operation of the at least one crypto-processing segment is implemented by the executable file.
A photoacoustic image generation apparatus comprising: an insert of which at least a tip portion is insertable into a subject and which includes a light guide member that guides light to the tip portion and a photoacoustic wave generation portion that absorbs the light guided by the light guide member and generates photoacoustic waves; a probe that detects the photoacoustic waves generated from the photoacoustic wave generation portion and reflected acoustic waves reflected by transmission of acoustic waves to the subject; a photoacoustic image generation unit that generates a photoacoustic image on the basis of the photoacoustic waves; a reflected acoustic image generation unit that generates a reflected acoustic image on the basis of the reflected acoustic waves; a measurement point designation receiving unit that receives designation of a measurement point (P2, P3) on the reflected acoustic image; a tip position detection unit that detects a position of a tip of the insert included in the photoacoustic image on the basis of the photoacoustic image; and a measurement unit that measures a distance between the measurement point (P2, P3) on the reflected acoustic image and the position of the tip of the insert detected on the photoacoustic image; wherein the measurement point designation receiving unit receives the designation of the measurement point (P2, P3) only in a case in which the tip position detection unit detects the position of the tip of the insert. an insert of which at least a tip portion is insertable into a subject and which includes a light guide member that guides light to the tip portion and a photoacoustic wave generation portion that absorbs the light guided by the light guide member and generates photoacoustic waves; a probe that detects the photoacoustic waves generated from the photoacoustic wave generation portion and reflected acoustic waves reflected by transmission of acoustic waves to the subject; a photoacoustic image generation unit that generates a photoacoustic image on the basis of the photoacoustic waves; a reflected acoustic image generation unit that generates a reflected acoustic image on the basis of the reflected acoustic waves; a measurement point designation receiving unit that receives designation of a measurement point (P2, P3) on the reflected acoustic image; a tip position detection unit that detects a position of a tip of the insert included in the photoacoustic image on the basis of the photoacoustic image; and a measurement unit that measures a distance between the measurement point (P2, P3) on the reflected acoustic image and the position of the tip of the insert detected on the photoacoustic image;
Method for operating a measuring device, in particular a flow meter, which has a measurement tube that is used to receive or convey a fluid, a first and second oscillation transducer (5, 6) arranged on one or a respective side wall of the measurement tube, and a control device, wherein the control device, for a first measurement direction, actuates the first oscillation transducer in temporal succession for respective mode-selective excitation of a first and a second oscillation mode of a wave conducted in the side wall of the measurement tube and, for a second measurement direction, actuates the second oscillation transducer in temporal succession for respective mode-selective excitation of a first and a second oscillation mode of a wave conducted in the side wall of the measurement tube, wherein the excited waves are respectively conducted directly in the side wall or indirectly through the fluid to the respective other oscillation transducer (5, 6) and are captured there in order to ascertain respective measurement data for the respective measurement direction and oscillation mode, wherein result information that relates to a property of the fluid or a state of the measuring device is ascertained by the control device from the measurement data for both measurement directions and both respective oscillation modes, wherein initially mode-selective excitation of the first oscillation mode is performed by the first and second oscillation transducers (5, 6) and capturing of measurement values for the first oscillation mode for both measurement directions is performed, and then mode-selective excitation of the second oscillation mode is performed by the first and second oscillation transducers (5, 6) and capturing of measurement values for the second oscillation mode is performed for both measurement directions.
A hand held device, wherein a charging interface thereof is a universal serial bus USB interface, comprising 5 pins: VBUS, D+, D-, ID, and GND, wherein the VBUS pin is a positive pole of an input power supply and the GND is a negative pole of the input power supply, the hand held device further comprising: an identification information acquisition module and a charging control circuit, the identification information acquisition module, connected between the charging control circuit and a non-power pin of the hand held device charging interface, is configured to acquire the identification information of a USB charger, and the non-power pin is the D+ pin, the D- pin, or the ID pin; and the charging control circuit is configured to receive the identification information of the USB charger provided by the identification information acquisition module and use the identification information to determine whether a USB charger matches the hand held device, wherein the hand held device uses the USB charger for charging when the charging control circuit determines that the USB charger matches the hand held device and characterized in that the hand held device excludes using the USB charger for charging when the charging control circuit determines that the USB charger does not match the hand held device.
A leakage oil detection device configured to detect leakage oil in an oil filled apparatus by luminance recognition of a captured image of the oil filled apparatus, the leakage oil detection device comprising: a light source configured to irradiate the oil filled apparatus with light; an imaging device configured to capture the image of the oil filled apparatus; a control device configured to control operations of the light source and the imaging device; a storage device configured to store a captured image; an image processing device configured to process the stored image; and a display device configured to display a processing result, wherein the light source and the imaging device are arranged in a manner of being capable of capturing specular reflection light from a surface of the oil filled apparatus as a target object, characterized in that the image processing device recognizes a brightest portion and a dark portion adjacent to the brightest portion on the captured image as leakage oil adhesion portions when a three-layer structure of luminance having bright portions (K1; K3) having different luminances and a dark portion is observed in the image. a light source configured to irradiate the oil filled apparatus with light; an imaging device configured to capture the image of the oil filled apparatus; a control device configured to control operations of the light source and the imaging device; a storage device configured to store a captured image; an image processing device configured to process the stored image; and a display device configured to display a processing result, wherein the light source and the imaging device are arranged in a manner of being capable of capturing specular reflection light from a surface of the oil filled apparatus as a target object, characterized in that the image processing device recognizes a brightest portion and a dark portion adjacent to the brightest portion on the captured image as leakage oil adhesion portions when a three-layer structure of luminance having bright portions (K1; K3) having different luminances and a dark portion is observed in the image.
An inhaler comprising: • a housing which contains a blister strip having a plurality of blisters which contain powdered medicament for inhalation, • a mouthpiece mounted to the housing through which the medicament is inhaled by a user, • an indexing and opening mechanism for indexing the blister strip and for opening the blisters which is operated by an actuator, • wherein the blister strip is indexed by forward motion of the actuator from a first position to a second position, characterized in that the blister strip is also indexed in the same direction by reverse motion of the actuator from the second positon to the first position. • a housing which contains a blister strip having a plurality of blisters which contain powdered medicament for inhalation, • a mouthpiece mounted to the housing through which the medicament is inhaled by a user, • an indexing and opening mechanism for indexing the blister strip and for opening the blisters which is operated by an actuator, • wherein the blister strip is indexed by forward motion of the actuator from a first position to a second position,
An aerosol delivery system comprising: an aerosol generator comprising a vibrating aperture plate and an actuator (11, 16, 17, 19), wherein the aperture plate has a plurality of apertures extending between a first surface which is adapted to receive a liquid to be aerosolised and a second surface at which an aerosol is generated, and a controller (18, 19) for controlling operation of the aerosol generator, wherein the controller is configured to perform in real time a method comprising the steps of:- monitoring at least one electrical characteristic of the aerosol generator as it is driven for vibration of the aperture plate; detecting a change in the electrical characteristic in response to a transition from a wet state to a dry state of the aperture plate; and automatically modifying (203, 205, 206), during said transition, operation of the aerosol generator in response to said detected change, said modification including reducing power applied to the aerosol generator, characterized in that, the controller is configured to: monitor signals representing the electrical characteristic at each of a plurality of drive frequencies, maintain data representing trends in each signal and/or in a combination of the signals, and to identify a start of a transition if a calculated value representing deviation from said trend or trends rises above a threshold. an aerosol generator comprising a vibrating aperture plate and an actuator (11, 16, 17, 19), wherein the aperture plate has a plurality of apertures extending between a first surface which is adapted to receive a liquid to be aerosolised and a second surface at which an aerosol is generated, and a controller (18, 19) for controlling operation of the aerosol generator, monitoring at least one electrical characteristic of the aerosol generator as it is driven for vibration of the aperture plate; detecting a change in the electrical characteristic in response to a transition from a wet state to a dry state of the aperture plate; and automatically modifying (203, 205, 206), during said transition, operation of the aerosol generator in response to said detected change, said modification including reducing power applied to the aerosol generator, characterized in that, the controller is configured to: monitor signals representing the electrical characteristic at each of a plurality of drive frequencies, maintain data representing trends in each signal and/or in a combination of the signals, and to identify a start of a transition if a calculated value representing deviation from said trend or trends rises above a threshold. monitor signals representing the electrical characteristic at each of a plurality of drive frequencies, maintain data representing trends in each signal and/or in a combination of the signals, and to identify a start of a transition if a calculated value representing deviation from said trend or trends rises above a threshold.