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A one-piece sealing or plaster edge strip for placement at a transition between a component of a building, in particular a window or door frame, a window sill, a beam, a metal joint or a pilaster strip, and a thermal insulation or a plaster layer, comprising a base portion having, on its rear side, an expansion strip extending longitudinally of the sealing or plaster edge strip for sealingly abutting the sealing or plaster edge strip to the building component, and at least one attachment means arranged beside the same for at least temporarily attaching the sealing or plaster edge strip to the building component; said expansion strip being held in a compressed state by a holding means; and said expansion strip being such that, after release of the holding means, it expands to a maximum expanded position that is remoter from the rear side of the base portion than the bottom side of the attachment means in order to thus ensure sealing abutment to the building component also in case of an increased distance between the building component and the thermal insulation or the plaster layer in which the attachment means is located at a distance from the building component.
A device for tensioning a hose line, in particular a hose line of an extracorporeal blood circuit of an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, comprising a clamping unit, which comprises a first receiving element and a second receiving element for clamping the hose line, the clamping unit comprising an actuation mechanism which is constituted such that, when a clamping force is applied, the first and second receiving element can be moved towards one another from a first position releasing the hose line into a second position clamping the hose line, and that the actuation mechanism comprises an electric motor for driving the actuation mechanism characterised in that the device comprises a monitoring unit which is configured such that a hose line inserted into the receiving elements (15, 16) can be detected, the monitoring unit comprises means for measuring the motor current of the electric motor for driving the actuation mechanism of the clamping unit or a variable correlating with the motor current and a computing and evaluation unit, which is configured such that a hose line inserted into the receiving elements (15, 16) can be detected on the basis of the change in the measured motor current or the variable correlating with the motor current. a clamping unit, which comprises a first receiving element and a second receiving element for clamping the hose line, the clamping unit comprising an actuation mechanism which is constituted such that, when a clamping force is applied, the first and second receiving element can be moved towards one another from a first position releasing the hose line into a second position clamping the hose line, and that the actuation mechanism comprises an electric motor for driving the actuation mechanism characterised in that the device comprises a monitoring unit which is configured such that a hose line inserted into the receiving elements (15, 16) can be detected, the monitoring unit comprises means for measuring the motor current of the electric motor for driving the actuation mechanism of the clamping unit or a variable correlating with the motor current and a computing and evaluation unit, which is configured such that a hose line inserted into the receiving elements (15, 16) can be detected on the basis of the change in the measured motor current or the variable correlating with the motor current.
A minimally obstructive retractor having a proximal end, a distal end, an exterior surface, and an interior surface comprising: a central body portion, at least two wings (102, 103), and at least two hinges (104, 105), each configured to affix a different one of the at least two wings (102, 103) to the central body portion; wherein the central body portion, the at least two wings (102, 103) when farther apart from each other, and the at least two hinges (104, 105) form a canopy that affords an open work area and enhances visualization to users about a posterior vaginal wall of a patient when the retractor is within a vagina; and characterized by further comprising a ratchet mechanism to hold the wings in various positions with respect to each other; wherein the ratchet mechanism comprises ratchet arms (109, 110) affixed directly to the interior surfaces of the wings (102, 103). a central body portion, at least two wings (102, 103), and at least two hinges (104, 105), each configured to affix a different one of the at least two wings (102, 103) to the central body portion; wherein the central body portion, the at least two wings (102, 103) when farther apart from each other, and the at least two hinges (104, 105) form a canopy that affords an open work area and enhances visualization to users about a posterior vaginal wall of a patient when the retractor is within a vagina; and characterized by further comprising a ratchet mechanism to hold the wings in various positions with respect to each other; wherein the ratchet mechanism comprises ratchet arms (109, 110) affixed directly to the interior surfaces of the wings (102, 103).
Extractor hood with a capacitive proximity switch for controlling an electrical function of the extractor hood, - said capacitive proximity switch being configured to determine a change in an electrical capacitance at an electrode, - which is shielded in respect of a user by means of a non-conductive shield, characterised in that - a voltage boost facility is provided in order to charge up the electrode to a higher voltage than a supply voltage of the capacitive proximity switch, wherein the voltage boost facility comprises a charge pump, wherein the extractor hood comprises an oscillator embodied as a relaxation oscillator for providing an AC voltage for the voltage boost facility and the relaxation oscillator comprises a first inverting gate and the charge pump comprises a second inverting gate and both gates (A1, A2) are integrated into a common electronic component. - said capacitive proximity switch being configured to determine a change in an electrical capacitance at an electrode, - which is shielded in respect of a user by means of a non-conductive shield, - a voltage boost facility is provided in order to charge up the electrode to a higher voltage than a supply voltage of the capacitive proximity switch, wherein the voltage boost facility comprises a charge pump,
A method for reducing the number of changes in a designated router, DR, of a protocol independent multicast, PIM, protocol, the method comprising the following steps: after a PIM device joins a shared network, receiving, by an interface of the PIM device, a Hello message sent by other PIM device in the shared network, wherein the Hello message carries a DR address option; and using, by the interface of the PIM device, a currently used DR address carried in the Hello message as a DR address of the interface. after a PIM device joins a shared network, receiving, by an interface of the PIM device, a Hello message sent by other PIM device in the shared network, wherein the Hello message carries a DR address option; and using, by the interface of the PIM device, a currently used DR address carried in the Hello message as a DR address of the interface.
Method for separating excess material from an additively manufactured component, wherein a) spatially resolved structure data of the component are received, b) the structure data are used to divide a cavity in the component into grid cells by way of a virtual spatial grid, with a spatial alignment of the grid relative to the component being specified by an alignment specification, c) a discrete pattern of spatial orientations of the component is ascertained on the basis of the alignment specification, d) the grid cells of the cavity are filled with a virtual material in a simulation, e) the structure data are used to simulate an emptying procedure of the virtual material from the component for spatial orientations restricted to the discrete pattern, with a temporal sequence of orientations (AP,..., AP) that are restricted to the discrete pattern being ascertained, and f) the component is successively rotated into the orientations (AP,..., AP) of the temporal sequence on the basis of the simulated emptying procedure. a) spatially resolved structure data of the component are received, b) the structure data are used to divide a cavity in the component into grid cells by way of a virtual spatial grid, with a spatial alignment of the grid relative to the component being specified by an alignment specification, c) a discrete pattern of spatial orientations of the component is ascertained on the basis of the alignment specification, d) the grid cells of the cavity are filled with a virtual material in a simulation, e) the structure data are used to simulate an emptying procedure of the virtual material from the component for spatial orientations restricted to the discrete pattern, with a temporal sequence of orientations (AP,..., AP) that are restricted to the discrete pattern being ascertained, and f) the component is successively rotated into the orientations (AP,..., AP) of the temporal sequence on the basis of the simulated emptying procedure.
A method of monitoring variation over time in the thrust exerted by at least one buoy mounted on an undersea bottom-to-surface connection pipe and exerting traction on said pipe, the method comprising performing the following steps: 1) measuring the deformation of at least one optical fiber by measuring the variation of an optical signal in the optical fiber relative to a reference value for the optical signal, said optical fiber extending at least in part in a direction having a component parallel to the direction of the thrust force exerted by said buoy on said pipe, said optical fiber being securely applied against the surface by adhesive, or preferably being securely embedded in the bulk of a material constituting at least an abutment part secured to said pipe or to the buoy and against which said buoy exerts said thrust, said abutment part being an elastically deformable intermediate abutment part arranged between (i) a portion (6a, 6b) of the buoy and (ii) a rigid retaining part (5, 5a-5d) secured to said pipe, the thrust exerted by said buoy comprising said intermediate abutment part; and 2) determining a variation in said thrust exerted by said buoy as a function of said variation of the optical signal as measured in step 1) relative to a reference value for the optical signal corresponding to a maximum initial thrust from the buoy. 1) measuring the deformation of at least one optical fiber by measuring the variation of an optical signal in the optical fiber relative to a reference value for the optical signal, said optical fiber extending at least in part in a direction having a component parallel to the direction of the thrust force exerted by said buoy on said pipe, said optical fiber being securely applied against the surface by adhesive, or preferably being securely embedded in the bulk of a material constituting at least an abutment part secured to said pipe or to the buoy and against which said buoy exerts said thrust, said abutment part being an elastically deformable intermediate abutment part arranged between (i) a portion (6a, 6b) of the buoy and (ii) a rigid retaining part (5, 5a-5d) secured to said pipe, the thrust exerted by said buoy comprising said intermediate abutment part; and 2) determining a variation in said thrust exerted by said buoy as a function of said variation of the optical signal as measured in step 1) relative to a reference value for the optical signal corresponding to a maximum initial thrust from the buoy.
Tool changing device for industrial robots or lightweight robots, having a housing and a drive shaft for attaching to a manipulator hand, wherein the tool changing device has a tool turret with a turret carrier mounted rotatably on the housing and two or more tools (11, 12, 13, 14) are arranged on the turret carrier, and wherein the turret carrier is rotatable about a turret axis extending obliquely with respect to the drive shaft in order to alternately move in each case one tool (11, 12, 13, 14) into an active position, wherein the tool changing device, in particular the tool turret, has a latching device that holds a tool (11, 12, 13, 14) in a latched position, in particular in an active position, wherein the latching device holds the tool in the latched position with a limited holding force.
A beverage-producing machine, comprising a housing, a beverage producing unit in said housing and a container for at least one beverage ingredient, wherein: the container comprises a bottom aperture for dispensing the ingredient contained therein and a shutter for selectively closing and opening the bottom aperture; and an actuating member (37, 39, 41, 45) is provided in the housing, characterized in that the container is designed to be locked to the housing and unlocked therefrom; and in that said actuating member acts upon the shutter for selectively opening and closing the bottom aperture of the container while respectively locking the container to the housing and unlocking the container from the housing. the container comprises a bottom aperture for dispensing the ingredient contained therein and a shutter for selectively closing and opening the bottom aperture; and an actuating member (37, 39, 41, 45) is provided in the housing, characterized in that the container is designed to be locked to the housing and unlocked therefrom; and in that said actuating member acts upon the shutter for selectively opening and closing the bottom aperture of the container while respectively locking the container to the housing and unlocking the container from the housing.
A method of disseminating a volatile liquid from a reservoir into an atmosphere comprising transferring and evaporating the liquid by means of one or more transfer elements, wherein at least one of the one or more transfer elements comprises dried plant stem material from a sola plant of the genus Aeschynomene L.
A method of seismic imaging, the method comprising: obtaining seismic data acquired by a seismic receiver comprising at least one of a geophone and a hydrophone deployed to a seismic medium, the seismic data responsive to seismic energy generated by at least one seismic source and propagating through the seismic medium by reflection from a subsurface geology; obtaining a set of seismic traces based on the acquired seismic data, each of the seismic traces including one or more samples of the seismic energy; generating a set of migrated gathers by performing reverse time migration on the seismic traces using a velocity model of the seismic energy propagating through the seismic medium, wherein the migrated gathers have amplitudes based at least in part on the reverse time migration and the velocity model; generating amplitude compensated gathers from the migrated gathers; and generating a seismic image of the subsurface geology, based on the amplitude compensated migrated gathers; characterized in that the method further comprises: generating synthetic migrated gathers based on the velocity model and a source-receiver geometry representative of the at least one source and seismic receiver; and generating a filter based on the synthetic migrated gathers and a reflectivity model, wherein the filter is applied to the migrated gathers to correct the amplitudes. obtaining seismic data acquired by a seismic receiver comprising at least one of a geophone and a hydrophone deployed to a seismic medium, the seismic data responsive to seismic energy generated by at least one seismic source and propagating through the seismic medium by reflection from a subsurface geology; obtaining a set of seismic traces based on the acquired seismic data, each of the seismic traces including one or more samples of the seismic energy; generating a set of migrated gathers by performing reverse time migration on the seismic traces using a velocity model of the seismic energy propagating through the seismic medium, wherein the migrated gathers have amplitudes based at least in part on the reverse time migration and the velocity model; generating amplitude compensated gathers from the migrated gathers; and generating a seismic image of the subsurface geology, based on the amplitude compensated migrated gathers; characterized in that the method further comprises: amplitude compensated migrated gathers; characterized in that the method further comprises: generating synthetic migrated gathers based on the velocity model and a source-receiver geometry representative of the at least one source and seismic receiver; and generating a filter based on the synthetic migrated gathers and a reflectivity model, wherein the filter is applied to the migrated gathers to correct the amplitudes.
An asynchronous circuit comprising: a first circuit (404, 904) adapted to receive, from a first further circuit (402, 902), a first data input signal on a first data input line and to generate a first acknowledgement signal and a first data output signal; a second circuit (404', 904') adapted to receive, from a second further circuit (402', 902'), a second data input signal on a second data input line and to generate a second acknowledgement signal and a second data output signal, the second circuit being functionally equivalent to the first circuit; a comparator (414, 912) adapted to detect a mismatch between the first and second data output signals; a further comparator adapted to detect a mismatch between the first and second data input signals; at least one acknowledgement pause circuit (422, 422', 914, 914') adapted to prevent the propagation of the first and second acknowledgement signals to the first and second further circuits if a mismatch is detected by the comparator or by the further comparator; and a non-volatile memory circuit coupled to the first data input line and adapted to store a first value of the first data input signal when the further comparator does not indicate a mismatch between the first and second data input signals. a first circuit (404, 904) adapted to receive, from a first further circuit (402, 902), a first data input signal on a first data input line and to generate a first acknowledgement signal and a first data output signal; a second circuit (404', 904') adapted to receive, from a second further circuit (402', 902'), a second data input signal on a second data input line and to generate a second acknowledgement signal and a second data output signal, the second circuit being functionally equivalent to the first circuit; a comparator (414, 912) adapted to detect a mismatch between the first and second data output signals; a further comparator adapted to detect a mismatch between the first and second data input signals; at least one acknowledgement pause circuit (422, 422', 914, 914') adapted to prevent the propagation of the first and second acknowledgement signals to the first and second further circuits if a mismatch is detected by the comparator or by the further comparator; and a non-volatile memory circuit coupled to the first data input line and adapted to store a first value of the first data input signal when the further comparator does not indicate a mismatch between the first and second data input signals.
An oxidation catalyst for furfural compounds, characterized in that the oxidation catalyst consists of: a nickel-containing material selected from a group consisting of nickel acetate, nickel bromide, nickel sulfate, nickel chloride, nickel oxalate, nickel carbonate and arbitrary combinations thereof; a manganese-containing material selected from a group consisting of manganese acetate, manganese bromide, manganese sulfate, manganese chloride, manganese oxalate, manganese carbonate and arbitrary combinations thereof; a bromine-containing material selected from a group consisting of nickel bromide, manganese bromide, hydrogen bromide, sodium bromide and arbitrary combinations thereof; and a magnesium-containing material selected from a group consisting of magnesium acetate, magnesium bromide, magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, magnesium oxalate, magnesium carbonate and arbitrary combinations thereof; wherein the molar number of an element bromine (Br) in the oxidation catalyst to the total molar number of an element nickel (Ni) and an element manganese (Mn) in the oxidation catalyst ranges from 0.01 to 7.5, and the molar number of the element bromine (Br) to a molar number of a magnesium element (Mg) in the oxidation catalyst ranges from 0.01 to 5. a nickel-containing material selected from a group consisting of nickel acetate, nickel bromide, nickel sulfate, nickel chloride, nickel oxalate, nickel carbonate and arbitrary combinations thereof; a manganese-containing material selected from a group consisting of manganese acetate, manganese bromide, manganese sulfate, manganese chloride, manganese oxalate, manganese carbonate and arbitrary combinations thereof; a bromine-containing material selected from a group consisting of nickel bromide, manganese bromide, hydrogen bromide, sodium bromide and arbitrary combinations thereof; and a magnesium-containing material selected from a group consisting of magnesium acetate, magnesium bromide, magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, magnesium oxalate, magnesium carbonate and arbitrary combinations thereof; wherein the molar number of an element bromine (Br) in the oxidation catalyst to the total molar number of an element nickel (Ni) and an element manganese (Mn) in the oxidation catalyst ranges from 0.01 to 7.5, and the molar number of the element bromine (Br) to a molar number of a magnesium element (Mg) in the oxidation catalyst ranges from 0.01 to 5.
Fillable bottle for dispensing a fluid product, comprising a body having an external wall in which a reservoir intended for packaging said product is formed, said bottle comprising a device for dispensing said packaged product that is mounted sealingly on said body, said bottle being equipped with a valve for filling the reservoir that is arranged so as to enable a product source to be put in communication with said reservoir with a view to filling thereof, said valve comprising a passage for communication between said source and said reservoir, said passage having a seat equipped with a shutter that is able to move relative to said seat between a position of sealed closure and a position of opening of said passage, said bottle being characterised in that the shutter is arranged so as to be able to move between its closed and open positions under the effect of gravity that is caused by the positioning of the bottle respectively in a straight position and in a turned-over position, said bottle comprising at least one bell disposed in the reservoir, said bell being arranged so as, in the straight position, to be in communication with said reservoir and, in the turned-over position, to be isolated from said reservoir so as not to be filled by the product coming from the source.
Mounting box for building into a prefabricated wall during manufacturing of the wall, the mounting box comprising at least one tubular part with an open front end and an open back end, the open front end of the at least one tubular part being bordered by a small edge, the edge of the open front end being provided with a double-sided tape characterized in that the mounting box furthermore comprises alignment means extending from the mounting box in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the edge of the mounting box for introducing a gap between a mould and the mounting box when placing the mounting box into the mould, the alignment means comprising a weakened boundary at its base, such that, when applying a force to the mounting box, the alignment means is removed.
Intramedullary cannulated guide for fracture reduction which consists of a flexible, unbreakable and cannulated shaft having length from 20 to 120 centimeters, internal diameter from 2 to 9,5 millimeters, external diameter from 3 to 10,5 millimeters and a T-handle with a hole in the upper surface, wherein at its edge, the intramedullary cannulated guide bears a camera having diameter from 1,5 to 8,5 millimeters, with a lighting source.