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A method for producing N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide, comprising: a feeding step of feeding N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide as a raw material to an evaporator, an evaporation step of evaporating, by the evaporator, the raw material, to form a vaporized raw material, and a thermal decomposition step of feeding the vaporized raw material to a thermal decomposition reactor, to thermally decompose the raw material, the method for producing N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide, further comprising: between the evaporation step and the thermal decomposition step, a collection step of collecting, from the raw material fed to the evaporator, a liquid raw material that is not vaporized and a liquid raw material comprising a part of the vaporized raw material that is liquefied, the collection step being a step of collecting the liquid raw material by a raw material collection device provided between the evaporator and the thermal decomposition reactor. a feeding step of feeding N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide as a raw material to an evaporator, an evaporation step of evaporating, by the evaporator, the raw material, to form a vaporized raw material, and a thermal decomposition step of feeding the vaporized raw material to a thermal decomposition reactor, to thermally decompose the raw material, the method for producing N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide, further comprising: between the evaporation step and the thermal decomposition step, a collection step of collecting, from the raw material fed to the evaporator, a liquid raw material that is not vaporized and a liquid raw material comprising a part of the vaporized raw material that is liquefied, the collection step being a step of collecting the liquid raw material by a raw material collection device provided between the evaporator and the thermal decomposition reactor. between the evaporation step and the thermal decomposition step, a collection step of collecting, from the raw material fed to the evaporator, a liquid raw material that is not vaporized and a liquid raw material comprising a part of the vaporized raw material that is liquefied, the collection step being a step of collecting the liquid raw material by a raw material collection device provided between the evaporator and the thermal decomposition reactor.
An optical time-of-flight distance measuring device, with a receiver unit, said receiver unit comprising: an array of time-gated single photon avalanche detector, SPAD, elements (250 to 266) in the Geiger mode, a summating unit, a comparator, a time-to-digital converter, TDC, circuit and a processing unit; wherein each SPAD element (250 to 266) is adaptively enabled to detect a photon in at least one time-gated window which is shifted each time an optical measurement pulse is transmitted or repeated with a row of time-gated pulse-formed windows for each optical measurement pulse, and each SPAD element (250 to 266) is configured to output an electric pulse in response to detection of a photon of optical radiation within the at least one time-gated window; the summating unit is configured to summate concurrent electric pulses from all the detector elements (250 to 266); the comparator is configured to determine that a measurement pulse for measuring a distance of the target is detected if the sum of the concurrent electric pulses crosses a predetermined threshold; the receiver unit is configured to compare the summations of the electric pulses of at least two successive moments, and determine that the measurement pulse is detected if the sum of the electric pulses at a second moment is higher than that at a first moment, the summated electric pulses at both moments cross the predetermined threshold and the slope of the summation curve between the successive moments crosses a predetermined slope threshold; and the time-to-digital converter circuit is configured to provide timing data associated with said electric pulses for determination of a distance of a target on the basis of said timing data.
A computing device implemented method for preparing a message (400, 500, 700) having a bit-length determined by a byte-length multiple number of bits, wherein the bit-length is less than or equal to a pre-determined maximum size, for input to a cryptographic hash function operating on blocks of a predetermined block size of B bits, the computing device comprising a processor in communication with a memory, the method comprising: the processor determining the bit-length of the message; the processor padding the message by adding sufficient padding bits and providing a length block (406, 506, 706) of length n bits thus forming a padded message, such that a padded bit length of the padded message is an integer factor times the block size B; the processor setting the bits of the length block (406, 506, 706) such that if the message has a bit-length less than 2 n bits long, the bits of the length block represent the number of bits in the message, thereby having the last three bits fixed to the value '0'; and, if the message (400, 500, 700) has a bit-length greater than or equal to 2 n bits long, the last three bits of the length block are fixed to the value '1'. the processor determining the bit-length of the message; the processor padding the message by adding sufficient padding bits and providing a length block (406, 506, 706) of length n bits thus forming a padded message, such that a padded bit length of the padded message is an integer factor times the block size B; the processor setting the bits of the length block (406, 506, 706) such that if the message has a bit-length less than 2 n bits long, the bits of the length block represent the number of bits in the message, thereby having the last three bits fixed to the value '0'; and, if the message (400, 500, 700) has a bit-length greater than or equal to 2 n bits long, the last three bits of the length block are fixed to the value '1'.
A separation device for separating a rod-like element, like a smoking rod, from a plurality of rod-like elements, like smoking rods, stored in a storage, comprising: a storage space having an approximately V-shaped cross section, for storing a plurality of at least approximately horizontally aligned rod-like elements wherein the storage space includes at least a front wall element, a rear wall element and two side wall elements, having a bottom section and a top section, a first opening provided in the upper region of the storage space for at least feeding the plurality of rod-like elements to the storage space from the top section toward the bottom section of the storage space in an approximately vertically downwardly directed feeding direction, and a first discharge unit for discharging a single rod-like element out of the plurality of rod-like elements stored in the storage space, along a moving path, in a discharge direction directed at least approximately opposite to the feeding direction into a discharge area being located in the upper region of the storage space, characterized in that the first discharge unit is configured for engaging an arbitrary single rod-like element while being moved through the plurality of rod-like elements and for moving the arbitrary single rod-like element upwardly out of the plurality of rod-like elements in discharge direction, and a second discharge unit aligned to the discharge region in the area of the upper region of the storage space, for guiding the separated rod-like element out of the separation device. a storage space having an approximately V-shaped cross section, for storing a plurality of at least approximately horizontally aligned rod-like elements wherein the storage space includes at least a front wall element, a rear wall element and two side wall elements, having a bottom section and a top section, a first opening provided in the upper region of the storage space for at least feeding the plurality of rod-like elements to the storage space from the top section toward the bottom section of the storage space in an approximately vertically downwardly directed feeding direction, and a first discharge unit for discharging a single rod-like element out of the plurality of rod-like elements stored in the storage space, along a moving path, in a discharge direction directed at least approximately opposite to the feeding direction into a discharge area being located in the upper region of the storage space, characterized in that the first discharge unit is configured for engaging an arbitrary single rod-like element while being moved through the plurality of rod-like elements and for moving the arbitrary single rod-like element upwardly out of the plurality of rod-like elements in discharge direction, and a second discharge unit aligned to the discharge region in the area of the upper region of the storage space, for guiding the separated rod-like element out of the separation device.
Welding device comprising a radiation source, the radiation source being designed to generate electromagnetic radiation for absorption in an object (20, 22) to be welded at a welding location, the welding device having a sensor which is arranged and designed to detect electromagnetic process radiation generated at the welding location during the welding, the sensor being designed to generate a sensor signal on the basis of the detected process radiation, and the welding device having a processing unit which is connected to the sensor and the radiation source and is designed to control at least one parameter relating to the radiation generation of the radiation source on the basis of the sensor signal, characterized in that the welding device is designed to limit a beam of the emitted process radiation in a plane transverse to the radiation propagation direction by means of a window, wherein the window has a longitudinal dimension, in the plane, which is greater than a transverse dimension of the window running perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension.
An aerosol delivery device comprising: a substrate configured to carry an aerosol precursor composition; an induction transmitter configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field; an induction receiver positioned in proximity to the substrate, and configured to generate heat when exposed to the oscillating magnetic field and thereby vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; and a control component configured to direct current to the induction transmitter to drive the induction transmitter to generate the oscillating magnetic field, the control component being configured to direct the current according to a zero voltage switching inverter topology, wherein the control component further includes first and second switches that are alternately switchable to effect the ZVS inverter topology, characterized in that the control component and induction transmitter include respectively a capacitor and coil that form a tank circuit, and wherein the control component is configured to direct the current in cycles each of which includes a positive half in which the first and second switches are alternately switchable to charge the capacitor and direct current in a positive direction through the coil, and a negative half in which the first and second switches are alternately switchable to cause the capacitor to discharge and thereby direct current in a negative direction through the coil. a substrate configured to carry an aerosol precursor composition; an induction transmitter configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field; an induction receiver positioned in proximity to the substrate, and configured to generate heat when exposed to the oscillating magnetic field and thereby vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; and a control component configured to direct current to the induction transmitter to drive the induction transmitter to generate the oscillating magnetic field, the control component being configured to direct the current according to a zero voltage switching inverter topology, wherein the control component further includes first and second switches that are alternately switchable to effect the ZVS inverter topology, characterized in that the control component and induction transmitter include respectively a capacitor and coil that form a tank circuit, and wherein the control component is configured to direct the current in cycles each of which includes a positive half in which the first and second switches are alternately switchable to charge the capacitor and direct current in a positive direction through the coil, and a negative half in which the first and second switches are alternately switchable to cause the capacitor to discharge and thereby direct current in a negative direction through the coil.
Formwork box for fastening to a formwork panel in order to provide a cutout in walls or ceilings to be concreted, comprising a formwork housing, wherein the formwork housing has pipe-guiding channels, wherein the pipe-guiding channels are used for guiding introduced protective pipes, wherein the formwork housing has an inlet side and a termination side and is of one-part configuration, wherein the inlet side has inlet openings for the introduction of the protective pipes, wherein the inlet openings have sealing rosettes for ensuring the tightness between the formwork housing and the introduced protective pipe, characterized in that the introduction openings are closed by closure discs, wherein the closure discs are arranged integrally on the inlet side and the formwork housing is of one-part configuration with the closure discs which are arranged on the inlet side, and in that a seal plate assembly is arranged on the inlet side, wherein the seal plate assembly has a soft sealing mat and a hard cover mat, wherein the soft sealing mat is arranged between the inlet side of the formwork housing and the hard cover mat.
A steam iron, comprising: - a housing, comprising a water vaporization chamber that is at least partly bounded by a bottom wall; - a heating element, accommodated by the housing and configured to heat the bottom wall of the vaporization chamber; - a soleplate, connected to the housing and defining at least one steam outlet opening; - a steam-permeable screen, disposed within the water vaporization chamber such that it extends over the bottom wall in a spaced apart relationship thereto, dividing the water vaporization chamber into a vaporization zone that is at least partially disposed below the steam-permeable screen and a steam zone that is at least partially disposed above the steam-permeable screen; - a steam discharge channel having a steam inlet that originates from the steam zone and a steam outlet that discharges into the at least one steam outlet opening in the soleplate; - a liquid water reservoir separate from the water vaporization chamber, characterised in that the steam iron further comprises: a liquid water supply channel having (i) a water inlet that is fluidly connected to the water reservoir,(ii) a water outlet that discharges directly into the vaporization zone, such that water discharged from the water reservoir into the vaporization zone has no passing contact with the steam-permeable screen, and (iii) a dosing valve or other water metering means for adjusting the flow rate at which water is supplied to the vaporization zone. - a housing, comprising a water vaporization chamber that is at least partly bounded by a bottom wall; - a heating element, accommodated by the housing and configured to heat the bottom wall of the vaporization chamber; - a soleplate, connected to the housing and defining at least one steam outlet opening; - a steam-permeable screen, disposed within the water vaporization chamber such that it extends over the bottom wall in a spaced apart relationship thereto, dividing the water vaporization chamber into a vaporization zone that is at least partially disposed below the steam-permeable screen and a steam zone that is at least partially disposed above the steam-permeable screen; - a steam discharge channel having a steam inlet that originates from the steam zone and a steam outlet that discharges into the at least one steam outlet opening in the soleplate; - a liquid water reservoir separate from the water vaporization chamber, characterised in that the steam iron further comprises: a liquid water supply channel having (i) a water inlet that is fluidly connected to the water reservoir,(ii) a water outlet that discharges directly into the vaporization zone, such that water discharged from the water reservoir into the vaporization zone has no passing contact with the steam-permeable screen, and (iii) a dosing valve or other water metering means for adjusting the flow rate at which water is supplied to the vaporization zone.
A refrigerator which includes: a cabinet; a door (14, 15) to open or close a front surface of the cabinet; and a door opening device (20a, 20b) installed on the door (14, 15); the door opening device (20a, 20b) comprising: a handle which is mounted on a front surface of the door (14, 15) to perform a seesaw motion; and a push kit which is mounted on a side surface of the door (14, 15) to operate with the handle, wherein a portion on which the handle and the push kit are mounted is formed to be recessed in the door (14, 15), and wherein the push kit includes: a pushrod which is in contact with the handle; and a rod guide which guides the pushrod; said push kit being characterized in that, it includes an elastic member which is configured to be compressed by the pushrod a cabinet; a door (14, 15) to open or close a front surface of the cabinet; and a door opening device (20a, 20b) installed on the door (14, 15); the door opening device (20a, 20b) comprising: a handle which is mounted on a front surface of the door (14, 15) to perform a seesaw motion; and a push kit which is mounted on a side surface of the door (14, 15) to operate with the handle, wherein a portion on which the handle and the push kit are mounted is formed to be recessed in the door (14, 15), and a handle which is mounted on a front surface of the door (14, 15) to perform a seesaw motion; and a push kit which is mounted on a side surface of the door (14, 15) to operate with the handle, wherein a portion on which the handle and the push kit are mounted is formed to be recessed in the door (14, 15), and wherein the push kit includes: a pushrod which is in contact with the handle; and a rod guide which guides the pushrod; said push kit being characterized in that, it includes an elastic member which is configured to be compressed by the pushrod a pushrod which is in contact with the handle; and a rod guide which guides the pushrod; said push kit being characterized in that, it includes an elastic member which is configured to be compressed by the pushrod
A balloon shoulder assembly (118; 202; 302; 1100; 1300; 1500; 1600; 1700) for a balloon catheter (100; 200), comprising: a proximal balloon shoulder (120; 208; 308; 802; 1002; 1102;, 1302; 1502; 1602; 1702) including a proximal collar portion (216; 316; 806; 1006; 1108) that extends radially outward from a proximal shaft portion, relative to a central axis of the balloon shoulder assembly (118;... 1700); and a distal balloon shoulder (122; 212; 312; 804; 902; 1004; 1104; 1304; 1504; 1604; 1704) including a distal collar portion (222; 322; 1022; 1116) that extends radially outward from a distal shaft portion (224; 324), wherein each of the proximal balloon shoulder (120;... 1702) and the distal balloon shoulder (122;... 1704) are hollow and comprise a compressible, blow molded material and are configured to be positioned within and support an inflatable, main balloon of the balloon catheter (100; 200). a proximal balloon shoulder (120; 208; 308; 802; 1002; 1102;, 1302; 1502; 1602; 1702) including a proximal collar portion (216; 316; 806; 1006; 1108) that extends radially outward from a proximal shaft portion, relative to a central axis of the balloon shoulder assembly (118;... 1700); and a distal balloon shoulder (122; 212; 312; 804; 902; 1004; 1104; 1304; 1504; 1604; 1704) including a distal collar portion (222; 322; 1022; 1116) that extends radially outward from a distal shaft portion (224; 324), wherein each of the proximal balloon shoulder (120;... 1702) and the distal balloon shoulder (122;... 1704) are hollow and comprise a compressible, blow molded material and are configured to be positioned within and support an inflatable, main balloon of the balloon catheter (100; 200).
A negative ion-based neutral beam injector comprising an ion source adapted to produce a negative ion beam, an accelerator and a neutraliser, wherein the negative ion-based neutral beam injector further comprises a pre-accelerator coupled to the ion source, and wherein the accelerator is spaced apart from the ion source by a transition zone interposed between the pre-accelerator and the accelerator, and characterised in that the injector further comprises a pair of deflecting magnets in the transition zone and interposing the pre-accelerator and the accelerator, wherein the pair of deflecting magnets are configured to enable a beam from the pre-accelerator to shift off axis from an axis of the pre-accelerator and onto an axis of the accelerator before entering the accelerator, such that the influx of co-streaming particles to the accelerator is reduced and the back streaming of accelerated particles into the pre-accelerator and the ion source is prevented.
A component configured to removably engage with a receiver, the component comprising: a substrate comprising plurality of wells; a well electrode located at the bottom of each well; a common chamber above the wells comprising a common electrode, wherein each well forms part of a sensor for receiving a fluid, wherein a membrane is formable across each well to separate fluid in the well from a fluid in said common chamber, and wherein the common electrode is arranged to be in contact with the fluid in the common chamber; and an array of electrodes configured to removably connect with a corresponding array of connectors on the receiver, wherein each of the electrodes of the array are electrically connected via a respective via through the substrate to a respective well electrode, characterised by a conductive structure configured across the array of electrodes in a manner that enables an electrical connection to be made between the array of electrodes and the array of connectors of the receiver, and configured to inhibit an electrostatic discharge conducting across the well and/or direct an electrostatic discharge away from the well through the conductive structure. a substrate comprising plurality of wells; a well electrode located at the bottom of each well; a common chamber above the wells comprising a common electrode, wherein each well forms part of a sensor for receiving a fluid, wherein a membrane is formable across each well to separate fluid in the well from a fluid in said common chamber, and wherein the common electrode is arranged to be in contact with the fluid in the common chamber; and an array of electrodes configured to removably connect with a corresponding array of connectors on the receiver, wherein each of the electrodes of the array are electrically connected via a respective via through the substrate to a respective well electrode, characterised by a conductive structure configured across the array of electrodes in a manner that enables an electrical connection to be made between the array of electrodes and the array of connectors of the receiver, and configured to inhibit an electrostatic discharge conducting across the well and/or direct an electrostatic discharge away from the well through the conductive structure.