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Button assembly for activating a drain device of a flushing tank, extending substantially along an axis and comprising a base casing, at least one movable slider housed in the casing and sliding parallel to the axis with respect to the casing, at least one operating button connected to the slider; wherein the slider is provided with one or more fastening teeth which are housed inside respective slots of the casing for engaging axially respective shoulders of the casing; characterized in that the button has locking elements projecting from a bottom edge of the button and corresponding to respective fastening teeth for cooperating with the fastening teeth and locking radially the fastening teeth.
A curable adhesive composition comprising: a) a first oligomer comprising polymerizable groups selected from pendent (meth)acrylate groups or terminal aryl ketone photoinitiator groups, and comprising i. greater than 50 parts by weight of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units derived from alkanols having an average carbon number of C 4 -C 18, ii. hydroxyl-functional monomer units, iii. monomer units having the polymerizable groups, b) a second component comprising C 2 -C 4 alkylene oxide repeat units and polymerizable terminal groups, and c) a diluent monomer component. a) a first oligomer comprising polymerizable groups selected from pendent (meth)acrylate groups or terminal aryl ketone photoinitiator groups, and comprising i. greater than 50 parts by weight of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units derived from alkanols having an average carbon number of C 4 -C 18, ii. hydroxyl-functional monomer units, iii. monomer units having the polymerizable groups, i. greater than 50 parts by weight of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units derived from alkanols having an average carbon number of C 4 -C 18, ii. hydroxyl-functional monomer units, iii. monomer units having the polymerizable groups, b) a second component comprising C 2 -C 4 alkylene oxide repeat units and polymerizable terminal groups, and c) a diluent monomer component.
Method for route selection in a mobile communication system, comprising a base station connected to one or more relay node and one or more user equipment node directly over a single hop communication route and via one or more relay nodes over a multi-hop communication route, wherein a user equipment node sends to the base station one or more measurement reports concerning the channel quality of the direct communication link, wherein further the position is reported from the one or more relay node and one or more user equipment node to the base station, wherein said base station performs a segmentation of its coverage area by using a plurality of sector antennas or by segmenting the coverage area into a plurality of geographical areas and wherein the base station determines the affiliation of each of said one or more user equipment nodes and each of said one or more relay nodes in its coverage area to a segment, based on their reported geographical position, wherein said base station informs the relay nodes and user equipment nodes about the affiliation of all relay nodes and user equipment nodes in the coverage area to a segment, and wherein the relay nodes and/or user equipment nodes send further measurement reports to the base station only for a subset of all further communication links between a relay node and the reporting user equipment node or between another relay node and the reporting relay node, wherein the selection of the subset is performed in the one or more relay node or one or more user equipment node according to the criterion if both nodes of a respective further communication link are located in the same segment, wherein the base station determines a single-hop or multi-hop communication route for the communication with the reporting user equipment based on an evaluation of the channel qualities reported in the measurement reports and further measurements reports and informs the reporting user equipment node or the reporting relay node about the single-hop or multi-hop communication route to be taken for the communication with a reporting user equipment node or relay node.
An apparatus for encoding an image, the apparatus comprising: an intra predictor configured to generate a prediction block using intra prediction; a transform/quantization unit configured to transform and quantize a residual block to generate a quantized transform block; an inverse quantization/transform unit configured to inversely quantize and inversely transform the quantized transform block; and an entropy coder configured to entropy-code quantized transform coefficients of the quantized transform block, wherein the quantized transform coefficients are divided into a plurality of sub-blocks if it is determined that a size of a transform block is equal to or larger than 8x8 in an intra prediction, wherein the plurality of sub-blocks are scanned and non-zero coefficients of each sub-block are scanned according to a scan pattern, wherein said scan pattern for scanning the plurality of sub-blocks and for scanning the non-zero coefficients of each sub-block is determined by an intra prediction mode of the prediction block to entropy-code the scanned non-zero coefficients, wherein a scan pattern for generating a plurality of flags is the same as the scan pattern for scanning the non-zero coefficients of each sub-block, wherein each flag indicates whether a corresponding transform coefficient is 0 or not. an intra predictor configured to generate a prediction block using intra prediction; a transform/quantization unit configured to transform and quantize a residual block to generate a quantized transform block; an inverse quantization/transform unit configured to inversely quantize and inversely transform the quantized transform block; and an entropy coder configured to entropy-code quantized transform coefficients of the quantized transform block, wherein the quantized transform coefficients are divided into a plurality of sub-blocks if it is determined that a size of a transform block is equal to or larger than 8x8 in an intra prediction, wherein the plurality of sub-blocks are scanned and non-zero coefficients of each sub-block are scanned according to a scan pattern, wherein said scan pattern for scanning the plurality of sub-blocks and for scanning the non-zero coefficients of each sub-block is determined by an intra prediction mode of the prediction block to entropy-code the scanned non-zero coefficients, wherein a scan pattern for generating a plurality of flags is the same as the scan pattern for scanning the non-zero coefficients of each sub-block, wherein each flag indicates whether a corresponding transform coefficient is 0 or not.
Static mixer for the treatment of exhaust gases, comprising an annular support portion and a plurality of radial vanes that are radially arranged with the rear end or base connected to said support portion and the front end or tip converging towards the centre ("C") of the mixer, characterised in that the vanes have a shape twisted around the longitudinal axis ("R") of the vanes passing through centre "C" of the mixer and in that said angle of twist of the vane shape exceeds 90° and is below 150°.
An apparatus for removing organic material from a root canal of a tooth, the apparatus comprising: an enclosure configured to be attached to the tooth, wherein the enclosure comprises a chamber configured to be filled with a liquid; and a means for generating acoustic energy capable of producing acoustic vibrations to cause an acoustic wave to propagate through the liquid and tooth, said acoustic wave being sufficient to cause organic material in the tooth to be detached from surrounding dentin; and wherein said means for generating acoustic energy is a piezoelectric transducer disposed in or on the chamber, an ultrasonic horn disposed near the enclosure, or a high velocity liquid jet device directable onto or into the enclosure. an enclosure configured to be attached to the tooth, wherein the enclosure comprises a chamber configured to be filled with a liquid; and a means for generating acoustic energy capable of producing acoustic vibrations to cause an acoustic wave to propagate through the liquid and tooth, said acoustic wave being sufficient to cause organic material in the tooth to be detached from surrounding dentin; and wherein said means for generating acoustic energy is a piezoelectric transducer disposed in or on the chamber, an ultrasonic horn disposed near the enclosure, or a high velocity liquid jet device directable onto or into the enclosure.
Apparatus for determining a confidence measure measuring a confidence in a correctness of, or an uncertainty measure measuring a liability of incorrectness of, a measurement of a disparity of a predetermined position of a first picture relative to a second picture, configured to accumulate, for each of a set of disparity candidates for the predetermined position, a contribution value which depends on the respective disparity candidate and a dissimilarity to the second picture which is associated with the respective disparity candidate according to a function which has a first monotonicity with the dissimilarity (c) associated with the respective disparity candidate, and has a second monotonicity, opposite to the first monotonicity, with an absolute difference between the respective disparity candidate (d) and a predetermined disparity (di) having a minimum dissimilarity (c 1) associated therewith among dissimilarities associated with the set of disparity candidates, wherein the contribution value is computed as a product comprising a first factor and a second factor, the first factor has the first monotonicity with the dissimilarity (c) associated with the respective disparity candidate, and the second factor has the second monotonicity with the absolute difference between the respective disparity candidate (d) and the predetermined disparity (d 1). has a first monotonicity with the dissimilarity (c) associated with the respective disparity candidate, and has a second monotonicity, opposite to the first monotonicity, with an absolute difference between the respective disparity candidate (d) and a predetermined disparity (di) having a minimum dissimilarity (c 1) associated therewith among dissimilarities associated with the set of disparity candidates, wherein the contribution value is computed as a product comprising a first factor and a second factor, the first factor has the first monotonicity with the dissimilarity (c) associated with the respective disparity candidate, and the second factor has the second monotonicity with the absolute difference between the respective disparity candidate (d) and the predetermined disparity (d 1). the first factor has the first monotonicity with the dissimilarity (c) associated with the respective disparity candidate, and the second factor has the second monotonicity with the absolute difference between the respective disparity candidate (d) and the predetermined disparity (d 1).
An item of furniture having a furniture body and at least one drawer element held so it is movable on at least two pullout guides, wherein the pullout guides are fixed using a guide rail on the furniture body and a slide rail on the drawer element, wherein one or more pullout-extending middle rails are optionally also arranged between the guide rail and the slide rail, and an ejection device is provided on each pullout guide, to eject the drawer element via a force accumulator in the opening direction upon unlocking of the ejection devices, wherein synchronization means (16, 17, 18) are provided between the two ejection devices, which also unlock the other ejection device upon unlocking of one ejection device, characterized in that the two ejection devices are arranged offset in relation to one another in the movement direction of the drawer element.
Method for printing a concavely curved inner surface of an object to be printed by means of a pad printing machine which has at least one printing plate and a printing pad with an outer surface, the method having at least the following steps: - picking up a printing image from the printing plate by means of the outer surface of the printing pad; and - transferring the printing image from the outer surface of the printing pad to an object to be printed; characterized in that when transferring the printing image to the object to be printed, the outer surface of the printing pad is rolled on a concavely curved inner surface of the object to be printed and/or a concavely curved inner surface of the object to be printed is rolled on the outer surface of the printing pad. - picking up a printing image from the printing plate by means of the outer surface of the printing pad; and - transferring the printing image from the outer surface of the printing pad to an object to be printed;
A system for deploying an anchor, comprising: a cartridge comprising a tab (1012, 1014) connected with a needle, the anchor located inside the needle; and a handle comprising: a cartridge chamber; a sled positionable in the cartridge chamber; and wherein: the sled is connected to a first end of a spring,; the sled includes a slot, wherein: the cartridge chamber of the handle is configured to accept the cartridge when the sled is positioned in the cartridge chamber such that the slot on the sled in the handle aligns with the tab (1012, 1014) on the cartridge and the slot and the tab (1012, 1014) are a complementary mechanism that allows the transfer of energy from the spring via the sled to the cartridge, and the needle is fired from the cartridge by the transfer of energy from the spring via the sled to the cartridge which includes the needle; and wherein the anchor is configured to be deployed from a distal end of the needle after the needle is fired from the cartridge. a cartridge comprising a tab (1012, 1014) connected with a needle, the anchor located inside the needle; and a handle comprising: a cartridge chamber; a sled positionable in the cartridge chamber; and a cartridge chamber; a sled positionable in the cartridge chamber; and wherein: the sled is connected to a first end of a spring,; the sled includes a slot, wherein: the cartridge chamber of the handle is configured to accept the cartridge when the sled is positioned in the cartridge chamber such that the slot on the sled in the handle aligns with the tab (1012, 1014) on the cartridge and the slot and the tab (1012, 1014) are a complementary mechanism that allows the transfer of energy from the spring via the sled to the cartridge, and the needle is fired from the cartridge by the transfer of energy from the spring via the sled to the cartridge which includes the needle; and wherein the anchor is configured to be deployed from a distal end of the needle after the needle is fired from the cartridge. the sled is connected to a first end of a spring,; the sled includes a slot, wherein: the cartridge chamber of the handle is configured to accept the cartridge when the sled is positioned in the cartridge chamber such that the slot on the sled in the handle aligns with the tab (1012, 1014) on the cartridge and the slot and the tab (1012, 1014) are a complementary mechanism that allows the transfer of energy from the spring via the sled to the cartridge, and the needle is fired from the cartridge by the transfer of energy from the spring via the sled to the cartridge which includes the needle; and wherein the anchor is configured to be deployed from a distal end of the needle after the needle is fired from the cartridge.
A drilling mud gas separating system comprising a First MGS and a Second MGS connected in series, the First MGS comprising a first liquid seal of an inner pipe and outer casing that forms a first dip tube, located in a containment chamber comprising a vent line, the dip tube having an outlet connected to the Second MGS, the Second MGS comprising a second liquid seal of a U tube inlet line connected to a U tube outlet line that form a U tube liquid seal or a second dip tube liquid seal.
A method for the manufacture of zearalenol comprising dissolving the zearalenone in isopropanol; forming an isopropanol solution of zearalenone; combining the isopropanol solution of zearalenone with aluminum isopropoxide to form a reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture to reduce the zearalenone to zearalenol.
A negative electrode for a secondary battery, comprising: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer present on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises a negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite, and has a sphericity of 0.58 to 1, a tap density of 1.08 g/cm 3 to 1.32 g/cm 3, D max -D min of 16 μm to 19 μm, and an average particle diameter (D 50) of 8 μm to 16 μm, D 50 being a particle diameter corresponding to a cumulative volume of 50% in a particle size distribution curve, wherein D max -D min is a difference between a maximum particle diameter D max and a minimum particle diameter D min in a particle size distribution, wherein D max, D min and D 50 are measured by analyzing a particle size distribution of the negative electrode active material using a particle size distribution measuring device, and wherein the sphericity is measured using a particle shape analyser and represents an average value for the sphericity of 10 particles arbitrarily selected from the negative electrode active material, the sphericity fulfilling the following Equation1: Sphericity = (circumference of circle having the same area as projection image of negative electrode active material for secondary battery)/(perimeter of projection image of negative electrode active material for secondary battery). a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer present on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises a negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite, and has a sphericity of 0.58 to 1, a tap density of 1.08 g/cm 3 to 1.32 g/cm 3, D max -D min of 16 μm to 19 μm, and an average particle diameter (D 50) of 8 μm to 16 μm, D 50 being a particle diameter corresponding to a cumulative volume of 50% in a particle size distribution curve, wherein D max -D min is a difference between a maximum particle diameter D max and a minimum particle diameter D min in a particle size distribution, wherein D max, D min and D 50 are measured by analyzing a particle size distribution of the negative electrode active material using a particle size distribution measuring device, and wherein the sphericity is measured using a particle shape analyser and represents an average value for the sphericity of 10 particles arbitrarily selected from the negative electrode active material, the sphericity fulfilling the following Equation1: Sphericity = (circumference of circle having the same area as projection image of negative electrode active material for secondary battery)/(perimeter of projection image of negative electrode active material for secondary battery).
A method for coordinating interfering networks, said method comprising initializing a first network comprising: a)receiving, by a controlling authority of said first network, all existing neighbouring network beacons from neighbouring networks,; c) decoding, by the controlling authority of said first network, said neighbouring network beacons to ascertain network scheduling information for said neighbouring networks, said network scheduling information identifying scheduled transmission periods; d) adjusting bandwidth assignments for said first network to coordinate with said network scheduling information for said neighbouring networks, said adjusting being performed by the controlling authority of said first network, wherein adjusting bandwidth assignments comprises determining a unified allocation of bandwidth of all neighboring networks according to a priority scheme so as to avoid transmission during intervals when neighbouring networks have scheduled transmission periods, e) generating a new beacon including new scheduling information according to the unified allocation and broadcasting the beacon. a)receiving, by a controlling authority of said first network, all existing neighbouring network beacons from neighbouring networks,; c) decoding, by the controlling authority of said first network, said neighbouring network beacons to ascertain network scheduling information for said neighbouring networks, said network scheduling information identifying scheduled transmission periods; d) adjusting bandwidth assignments for said first network to coordinate with said network scheduling information for said neighbouring networks, said adjusting being performed by the controlling authority of said first network, wherein adjusting bandwidth assignments comprises determining a unified allocation of bandwidth of all neighboring networks according to a priority scheme so as to avoid transmission during intervals when neighbouring networks have scheduled transmission periods, e) generating a new beacon including new scheduling information according to the unified allocation and broadcasting the beacon.
Scaffold comprising at least one scaffolding element, in particular a vertical frame and at least one pipe coupling for releasable attachment to the scaffolding element, and at least one bracket for supporting a scaffolding board with a plurality of openings for releasably fastening the bracket to the pipe coupling, wherein the pipe coupling has a connecting element for releasably securing the bracket for engagement in the openings of the bracket, wherein the bracket has a first limb with a first limb length and a second limb with a second limb length different from the first limb length, wherein the first limb is connected substantially at right angles to the second limb at a connection, wherein at least one opening is arranged in the first limb and at least one opening is arranged in the second limb, so that the bracket can be fixed in two different positions, wherein the at least one opening of the first limb and the at least one opening of the second limb are arranged at an equal distance from the connection, so that when the pipe coupling is engaged in the respective opening, either the first limb or the second limb is oriented upwardly and so that the relative position of the upper edge of the respective limbs (32 or 33) in the respective position relative to the vertical frame remains unchanged, independently thereof, with which opening the console is in connection with the pipe coupling, characterised in that the connecting element of the pipe coupling is T-shaped and that the openings of the console are formed as an elongated hole with a length and a width, wherein preferably the length is at least 1.1, preferably 1.5 and particularly preferably at least 2 times greater than the width.