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A method for making a flexible circuit on a textile base, said method comprising the steps of: providing a polymeric single-thread precision fabric having coherent and even mesh square openings and having 4-600 threads/cm, a thread diameter from 10 to 500 micrometres, a weaved structure, a weight from 15 to 300 g/m 2 and a thickness from 15 to 1000 micrometres, said fabric having first and second surfaces, applying a metal, alloy or semiconductor coating on one or both of said first and second surfaces, removing, so as to form a desired circuit pattern, portions of said metal, alloy or semiconductor coating from said fabric by a quick and localized evaporation provided by a laser beam not causing fabric combustion, melting or degrading phenomena and adapted to be absorbed by said metal, alloy or semiconductor coating, without absorption nor modifying the polymeric bulk or surfaces of said fabric, said laser operating either with a continuous or a pulsed operating regimen, with a frequency from 100 MHz to 500 MHz, and a laser pulse duration from 200 ns to 10 femtoseconds, thereby facilitating the evaporation of said metal, alloy or semiconductor coating while limiting heat diffusion, said laser beam having a laser beam wavelength from 1080 nm to 354 nm, said laser beam having a laser beam power from 5 to 100 W, and said laser beam having a laser beam spot with a spot size from 10 to 200 micrometres, and providing a cooling system for preventing the fabric from being degraded during the metal, alloy or semiconductor evaporation by said laser beam. providing a polymeric single-thread precision fabric having coherent and even mesh square openings and having 4-600 threads/cm, a thread diameter from 10 to 500 micrometres, a weaved structure, a weight from 15 to 300 g/m 2 and a thickness from 15 to 1000 micrometres, said fabric having first and second surfaces, applying a metal, alloy or semiconductor coating on one or both of said first and second surfaces, removing, so as to form a desired circuit pattern, portions of said metal, alloy or semiconductor coating from said fabric by a quick and localized evaporation provided by a laser beam not causing fabric combustion, melting or degrading phenomena and adapted to be absorbed by said metal, alloy or semiconductor coating, without absorption nor modifying the polymeric bulk or surfaces of said fabric, said laser operating either with a continuous or a pulsed operating regimen, with a frequency from 100 MHz to 500 MHz, and a laser pulse duration from 200 ns to 10 femtoseconds, thereby facilitating the evaporation of said metal, alloy or semiconductor coating while limiting heat diffusion, said laser beam having a laser beam wavelength from 1080 nm to 354 nm, said laser beam having a laser beam power from 5 to 100 W, and said laser beam having a laser beam spot with a spot size from 10 to 200 micrometres, and providing a cooling system for preventing the fabric from being degraded during the metal, alloy or semiconductor evaporation by said laser beam.
A printing apparatus comprising: feeding means (3, 206, 210) for feeding a printing sheet stacked on a stacking means; conveying means (5, 205, 209) for conveying the printing sheet fed by said feeding means; printing means (7, 207) for printing the printing sheet conveyed by said conveying means; and control means for controlling said feeding means and said conveying means; characterized in that the control means is capable of controlling conveyance of printing sheets so that an overlap state, in which a trailing edge of a preceding printing sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding printing sheet overlap each other, is formed by controlling the feeding means to form the overlap state and the conveying means to convey the printing sheets while keeping the overlap state, wherein when continuously printing on first surfaces of a plurality of printing sheets, said control means controls the conveyance of the printing sheets so that the overlap state is formed, and when performing double-sided printing on first surfaces and second surfaces of a plurality of printing sheets, said control means controls the conveyance of the printing sheets so that the overlap state is not formed by controlling the feeding means and the conveying means so that the feeding means does not form the overlap state. feeding means (3, 206, 210) for feeding a printing sheet stacked on a stacking means; conveying means (5, 205, 209) for conveying the printing sheet fed by said feeding means; printing means (7, 207) for printing the printing sheet conveyed by said conveying means; and control means for controlling said feeding means and said conveying means; characterized in that the control means is capable of controlling conveyance of printing sheets so that an overlap state, in which a trailing edge of a preceding printing sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding printing sheet overlap each other, is formed by controlling the feeding means to form the overlap state and the conveying means to convey the printing sheets while keeping the overlap state, wherein when continuously printing on first surfaces of a plurality of printing sheets, said control means controls the conveyance of the printing sheets so that the overlap state is formed, and when performing double-sided printing on first surfaces and second surfaces of a plurality of printing sheets, said control means controls the conveyance of the printing sheets so that the overlap state is not formed by controlling the feeding means and the conveying means so that the feeding means does not form the overlap state.
A tamper-evident closure comprising: a body having a closure body skirt; a cap portion coupled to the body by a joint, wherein the cap portion includes a lip portion; and a tab attached to the closure body skirt of the body by a seal, wherein a space is provided between the closure body skirt and the tab to accommodate the lip portion of the cap portion, wherein the seal comprises at least one break-away stitch between the tab and the closure body skirt, wherein the tab is detachable from the closure body skirt upon the seal being subjected to a force, and wherein an inset is provided below the tab in the closure body skirt, characterized in that said inset facilitates the breaking of the seal by allowing a user to use his thumb to pull the tab outwardly away from the closure body skirt. a body having a closure body skirt; a cap portion coupled to the body by a joint, wherein the cap portion includes a lip portion; and a tab attached to the closure body skirt of the body by a seal, wherein a space is provided between the closure body skirt and the tab to accommodate the lip portion of the cap portion, wherein the seal comprises at least one break-away stitch between the tab and the closure body skirt, wherein the tab is detachable from the closure body skirt upon the seal being subjected to a force, and wherein an inset is provided below the tab in the closure body skirt, characterized in that said inset facilitates the breaking of the seal by allowing a user to use his thumb to pull the tab outwardly away from the closure body skirt.
An elevator arrangement, comprising an elevator car arranged to move in an elevator shaft or equivalent, preferably along car guide rails, and an element (5,15,25,35) which is disposed in the elevator shaft or equivalent and is shiftable between an activated state and an inactivated state, and activating means (1,11,21,31,16,26,36,37) for shifting the said element (5,15,25,35) between the activated and inactivated states, wherein the said activating means comprise a flexible element (1,11,21,31), such as e.g. a rope or equivalent, movably attached to a fixed structure of the elevator shaft or equivalent, and that the said flexible element is connected to the said shiftable element (5,15,25,35) in a manner permitting the shiftable element (5,15,25,35) to be shifted by means of the flexible element (1,11,21,31), characterized in that the flexible element is arranged to run at a close distance from at least one, preferably all of the landing doors, to make it possible to move the flexible element manually via an opened landing door.
A safety capsule for a container, comprising: - a cap for closing the container and comprising a thread for connection to the container; - a cover for said cap, said cover comprising a base and a lateral wall that extends from said base; said base and said lateral wall overlying said cap, said base being at the opposite end with respect to a zone of the capsule that comprises an intactness band designed to be connected with the container; - a press-fit engagement means that set said cap and said cover into operative communication, enabling transmission of motion from the cover to the cap for the purpose of making it possible to unscrew said cap; - means for preventing extraction of the cover from the cap, comprising a first connecting means for connecting the cover to the cap and that extends along a first imaginary annular line; the first connecting means comprising a first protrusion that interacts with a corresponding first abutment, said first protrusion and said first abutment being afforded one on the cap and the other on the cover; said engagement means and said first connecting means being at least partly incorporated in said cap and cover; said capsule being characterized in that the extraction prevention means comprises a second connecting means for connecting the cover to the cap and that extends along a second imaginary annular line, said second connecting means being at least partly incorporated in said cap and cover; the second connecting means comprising a second protrusion that interacts with a corresponding second abutment, said second protrusion and said second abutment being afforded one on the cover and the other on the cap. - a cap for closing the container and comprising a thread for connection to the container; - a cover for said cap, said cover comprising a base and a lateral wall that extends from said base; said base and said lateral wall overlying said cap, said base being at the opposite end with respect to a zone of the capsule that comprises an intactness band designed to be connected with the container; - a press-fit engagement means that set said cap and said cover into operative communication, enabling transmission of motion from the cover to the cap for the purpose of making it possible to unscrew said cap; - means for preventing extraction of the cover from the cap, comprising a first connecting means for connecting the cover to the cap and that extends along a first imaginary annular line; the first connecting means comprising a first protrusion that interacts with a corresponding first abutment, said first protrusion and said first abutment being afforded one on the cap and the other on the cover;
Method for producing a semi-finished web having a longitudinal direction, a plastic matrix, and a plurality of fibers fixed in a unidirectionally oriented manner enclosing a predetermined angle (a) greater than 0° to the longitudinal direction, wherein the method comprises: using a supply web having a main direction, a plastic matrix, and a plurality of fibers fixed in a unidirectionally oriented manner enclosing an angle (a) of 0° to the main direction, separating segments from the supply web, arranging the separated segments next to one another so that the longitudinal edges (9, 10) of adjacent segments are parallel to the main direction and to one another, and enclose the predetermined angle (a) to the longitudinal direction, and connecting the adjacent segments in a region of their longitudinal edges (9, 10), characterized in that adjacent segments are connected by a strip of the material of the plastic matrix that overlaps the adjacent longitudinal edges (9, 10) or a supply web is used having an edge strip, wherein the edge strip of one segment overlaps an adjacent segment.
Release bearing, in particular a CSC bearing, for an actuating device of a shift clutch for vehicles having an internal combustion engine and a gear-shift transmission, the release bearing designed as an oblique shoulder bearing having a rotating outer bearing ring and a rotationally fixed inner bearing ring, between which are arranged rolling bodies guided in raceways and and inserted into a cage, there being provided, for sealing off the near-clutch side of the release bearing, an inner metal sealing disc which is connected frictionally to the outer bearing ring and which, while maintaining an annular sealing gap, is led up to the inner bearing ring, and the two bearing rings (2, 3) being connected in one part in each case by means of an inner annular flange and outer annular flange oriented at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the release bearing, there being provided on the near-clutch side of the release bearing (1, 1a-m) a sealing element (11, 11a-m, 11n, 11o, 11p) of an additional seal, which sealing element serves for forming a trailing and/or a labyrinth or gap seal, the sealing element (11, 11a-m, 11n, 11o, 11p) being arranged between a near-clutch surface of the outer annular flange and a clutch-remote surface of the inner annular flange, characterized in that the release bearing has a prestressing ring and/or a crimped collar, and in that the sealing element (11, 11a, 11b, 11n, 11o, 11e) of the release bearing (1, 1a, 1b) has a radial inwardly directed sealing flange (17, 17a, b, 17c, 17d, 17e) which consists of sheet metal and is connected in one part to the inner metal sealing disc or is formed separately from the other sheet metal of the inner metal sealing disc and the inner end region (30, 30a, b, 30c) of which is in metallic or non-metallic contact with a rotationally fixed run-on surface (23, 23a) of the prestressing ring or of the crimped collar (Fig. 1, 2, 3 and 17).
A separation medium in the form of a monolith comprising a hydrogel having internal channels, wherein the internal channels of the hydrogel are of a structure whose surfaces are defined by a triply periodic minimal surface, and the hydrogel comprises at least one ligand that binds at least one target analyte, wherein the hydrogel is functionalised with a ligand for use in affinity chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, or multimodal chromatography.
A shelf assembly for a refrigerator comprising a food compartment and a door configured to provide access to the food compartment, the food compartment comprising a rear wall and a pair of opposed side walls (36, 37) extending normal from the rear wall, the shelf assembly comprising: a frame including two opposed side arms (56, 57) and one middle support arm that are arranged in parallel and project normally from the rear wall; a first shelf portion comprising a first planar support surface that is arranged normal to the rear wall and the pair of opposed side walls; and a second shelf portion comprising a second planar support surface, the second shelf portion being slidably moveable relative to the first shelf portion between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein at the extended position, the second shelf portion is arranged relative to the first shelf portion such that the second planar support surface is substantially coplanar with the first planar support surface and the second planar support surface is located generally between the first planar support surface and one of the side walls (36, 37), wherein at the retracted position, a majority of the second planar support surface is arranged subjacent to the first planar support surface, wherein the second shelf portion comprises a rear bearing member (74, 75, 94, 95), and further comprising a rear track arranged substantially parallel to the rear wall and configured to guide the rear bearing member (74, 75, 94, 95) as the second shelf portion is slidably moved between the extended and retracted positions. a frame including two opposed side arms (56, 57) and one middle support arm that are arranged in parallel and project normally from the rear wall; a first shelf portion comprising a first planar support surface that is arranged normal to the rear wall and the pair of opposed side walls; and a second shelf portion comprising a second planar support surface, the second shelf portion being slidably moveable relative to the first shelf portion between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein at the extended position, the second shelf portion is arranged relative to the first shelf portion such that the second planar support surface is substantially coplanar with the first planar support surface and the second planar support surface is located generally between the first planar support surface and one of the side walls (36, 37), wherein at the retracted position, a majority of the second planar support surface is arranged subjacent to the first planar support surface, wherein the second shelf portion comprises a rear bearing member (74, 75, 94, 95), and further comprising a rear track arranged substantially parallel to the rear wall and configured to guide the rear bearing member (74, 75, 94, 95) as the second shelf portion is slidably moved between the extended and retracted positions.
A method characterised by: during a print cycle of a print apparatus, applying a liquid print agent comprising a carrier fluid to a photoconductive surface, and reducing a proportion of the carrier fluid in the liquid print agent on the photoconductive surface at a first location; and during a non-print cycle of the print apparatus, adding carrier fluid to the photoconductive surface at the first location. during a print cycle of a print apparatus, applying a liquid print agent comprising a carrier fluid to a photoconductive surface, and reducing a proportion of the carrier fluid in the liquid print agent on the photoconductive surface at a first location; and during a non-print cycle of the print apparatus, adding carrier fluid to the photoconductive surface at the first location.
A hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising: a) from 5% to 50%, preferably from 8% to 45%, more preferably from 15% to 40% by weight of the total composition of a surfactant system comprising: (i) from 1% to 20%, preferably from 2% to 15%, more preferably from 3% to 10%, by weight of the surfactant system of an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, wherein the alkyl polyglucoside surfactant consists of 100% by weight of the total alkyl polyglucoside surfactant of alkyl polyglucoside surfactant having an average alkyl carbon chain length between 10 and 12, and wherein the alkyl polyglucoside surfactant has an average degree of polymerization of between 0.1 and 3. (ii) from 5% to 40%, preferably from 10% to 35%, more preferably from 15% to 30%, by weight of the surfactant system of one or more amphoteric surfactant that is an amine oxide surfactant, and (iii) from 50% to 85%, preferably from 55% to 80%, more preferably from 60% to 75%, by weight of the surfactant system of an anionic surfactant or mixtures thereof; and b) from 50% to 85%, preferably from 50% to 75% by weight of the total composition of water. a) from 5% to 50%, preferably from 8% to 45%, more preferably from 15% to 40% by weight of the total composition of a surfactant system comprising: (i) from 1% to 20%, preferably from 2% to 15%, more preferably from 3% to 10%, by weight of the surfactant system of an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, wherein the alkyl polyglucoside surfactant consists of 100% by weight of the total alkyl polyglucoside surfactant of alkyl polyglucoside surfactant having an average alkyl carbon chain length between 10 and 12, and wherein the alkyl polyglucoside surfactant has an average degree of polymerization of between 0.1 and 3. (ii) from 5% to 40%, preferably from 10% to 35%, more preferably from 15% to 30%, by weight of the surfactant system of one or more amphoteric surfactant that is an amine oxide surfactant, and (iii) from 50% to 85%, preferably from 55% to 80%, more preferably from 60% to 75%, by weight of the surfactant system of an anionic surfactant or mixtures thereof; and (i) from 1% to 20%, preferably from 2% to 15%, more preferably from 3% to 10%, by weight of the surfactant system of an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, wherein the alkyl polyglucoside surfactant consists of 100% by weight of the total alkyl polyglucoside surfactant of alkyl polyglucoside surfactant having an average alkyl carbon chain length between 10 and 12, and wherein the alkyl polyglucoside surfactant has an average degree of polymerization of between 0.1 and 3. (ii) from 5% to 40%, preferably from 10% to 35%, more preferably from 15% to 30%, by weight of the surfactant system of one or more amphoteric surfactant that is an amine oxide surfactant, and (iii) from 50% to 85%, preferably from 55% to 80%, more preferably from 60% to 75%, by weight of the surfactant system of an anionic surfactant or mixtures thereof; and b) from 50% to 85%, preferably from 50% to 75% by weight of the total composition of water.
A shrinkable food preparation product (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d; 10) comprising a knitted food encapsulating structure formed from a heat-shrinkable thread (2; 102) comprising one or more yarns (6; 106) of a heat-shrinkable material, the heat-shrinkable material comprising or formed entirely from a High-Shrinkage Polyester that shrinks when heated in the temperature range 75°C to about 225°C, whereby the knitted food encapsulating structure shrinks in the presence of sufficient heat, said High-Shrinkage Polyester being a polyethylene terephthalate-based yarn having a boiling water shrinkage of at least 40%, the knitted food encapsulating structure thereby being configured such that upon heating the food preparation product, permanent shrinking of at least some of said heat-shrinkable threads imparts a compressive force onto a food product prepared using the food preparation product, the shrinkable food preparation product being in the form of a knitted, seamless, tubular net suitable for encapsulating a meat product, the knitted, seamless, tubular net comprising spaced apart warp threads and spaced apart weft threads, said weft threads being connected to the warp threads, said weft threads and/or said warp threads at least in part comprising said one or more yarns of heat-shrinkable material, the arrangement being such that upon heating a food product encapsulated in the knitted, seamless, tubular net, shrinking of the warp and/or weft threads imparts a compressive force on said food product.
An optical coherence tomographic device configured to acquire a tomographic image of a subject by using an optical interferometry, the optical coherence tomographic device comprising: a detector configured to detect interference light acquired by the optical interferometry, and to output an interference signal of the interference light; and a processor, characterized in that the processor is configured to calculate von Neumann entropy of noise components by using the noise components and signal intensities of the interference signals corresponding to at least one interference light detected by the detector, to calculate von Neumann entropy of the interference signal; and to calculate von Neumann entropy that indicates a polarization property of the subject by removing the von Neumann entropy of noise components from the calculated von Neumann entropy of the interference signal. a detector configured to detect interference light acquired by the optical interferometry, and to output an interference signal of the interference light; and a processor, characterized in that the processor is configured to calculate von Neumann entropy of noise components by using the noise components and signal intensities of the interference signals corresponding to at least one interference light detected by the detector, to calculate von Neumann entropy of the interference signal; and to calculate von Neumann entropy that indicates a polarization property of the subject by removing the von Neumann entropy of noise components from the calculated von Neumann entropy of the interference signal.