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A method of installing a solar energy collection device as part of a roof that comprises a plurality of roofing elements attached to a plurality of battens, a plurality of said roofing elements (103, 103A, 103B, 103C) being edge roofing elements having edges arranged to define a line extending down said roof, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining a collection device for converting solar energy to another form of energy; obtaining a plurality of flashing elements (501, 501A, 501B) having a plurality of grooves; positioning said flashing elements so that a first portion of each flashing element is located beneath a respective edge roofing element; and positioning said collection device alongside said edge roofing elements and over exposed portions of said flashing elements, characterised in that: each said groove defines a living hinge extending along a line, and said step of positioning said flashing elements comprises positioning a first portion of a first flashing element beneath a first one of said edge roofing elements, positioning a first portion of a second flashing element beneath a second one of said edge roofing elements and on top of said first edge roofing element, and folding said second flashing element about said living hinges of said second flashing element such that an exposed portion of said second flashing element is brought to rest on an exposed portion of said first flashing element. obtaining a collection device for converting solar energy to another form of energy; obtaining a plurality of flashing elements (501, 501A, 501B) having a plurality of grooves; positioning said flashing elements so that a first portion of each flashing element is located beneath a respective edge roofing element; and positioning said collection device alongside said edge roofing elements and over exposed portions of said flashing elements, characterised in that: each said groove defines a living hinge extending along a line, and said step of positioning said flashing elements comprises positioning a first portion of a first flashing element beneath a first one of said edge roofing elements, positioning a first portion of a second flashing element beneath a second one of said edge roofing elements and on top of said first edge roofing element, and folding said second flashing element about said living hinges of said second flashing element such that an exposed portion of said second flashing element is brought to rest on an exposed portion of said first flashing element. each said groove defines a living hinge extending along a line, and said step of positioning said flashing elements comprises positioning a first portion of a first flashing element beneath a first one of said edge roofing elements, positioning a first portion of a second flashing element beneath a second one of said edge roofing elements and on top of said first edge roofing element, and folding said second flashing element about said living hinges of said second flashing element such that an exposed portion of said second flashing element is brought to rest on an exposed portion of said first flashing element.
Metallic connecting piece for a clamping connector for pipes and/or hoses made of polymeric material, having at least two pipe/hose connection elements formed as a plug-in region, wherein at least one connection element has a plug-in region, provided with circumferential ribs (4, 4a, 4b), for pushing on in each case one pipe and/or hose end, the plug-in regions being adjoined by in each case a flange attachment, wherein a plurality of, in particular 8, tooth-like elevations are arranged in a manner distributed around the circumference and gap openings are arranged between the individual tooth-like elevations, characterized in that on that side of the flange attachment that is opposite the circumferential ribs (4, 4a, 4b) there is arranged at least one tooth-like elevation and a free space is arranged between the flange attachment and the tooth-like elevations.
A washing machine comprising - a drum wherein the laundry to be washed is loaded, - a dispenser having at least one compartment wherein the liquid cleaning agent is loaded, - a siphon extending upwards from the base of the compartment and having a hollow siphon pipe and a siphon lid formed as a tube with its top closed, mounted on the siphon pipe such that a gap remains therebetween and which provides the liquid cleaning agent and water taken into the compartment to be sucked into the siphon pipe and discharged by creating siphon effect when the amount of the liquid in the compartment reaches a certain level, so that the liquid cleaning agent in the compartment is sucked into the siphon pipe and delivered from there into the drum. characterized by - a perforated defoaming means which is held at suspended position over the compartment such that the perforated defoaming means provides the foams that occur in the compartment to be dampened by impacting in such a manner that air bubbles are prevented from entering between the siphon pipe and the siphon lid during the transfer of the liquid cleaning agent to the drum. - a drum wherein the laundry to be washed is loaded, - a dispenser having at least one compartment wherein the liquid cleaning agent is loaded, - a siphon extending upwards from the base of the compartment and having a hollow siphon pipe and a siphon lid formed as a tube with its top closed, mounted on the siphon pipe such that a gap remains therebetween and which provides the liquid cleaning agent and water taken into the compartment to be sucked into the siphon pipe and discharged by creating siphon effect when the amount of the liquid in the compartment reaches a certain level, so that the liquid cleaning agent in the compartment is sucked into the siphon pipe and delivered from there into the drum. characterized by - a perforated defoaming means which is held at suspended position over the compartment such that the perforated defoaming means provides the foams that occur in the compartment to be dampened by impacting in such a manner that air bubbles are prevented from entering between the siphon pipe and the siphon lid during the transfer of the liquid cleaning agent to the drum.
A controller for use in a power factor correction converter, comprising: a power factor correction controller circuit coupled to output a drive signal to switch a power switch (118, 502) between an on state and an off state to transfer energy to an output of the power factor correction converter; a switching frequency adjuster coupled to output a frequency adjust signal to the power factor correction controller circuit to adjust an average switching frequency of the power switch (118, 502) in response to a load signal representative of a load coupled to the output of the power factor correction converter, wherein the frequency adjust signal is responsive to a range of load conditions, wherein the power factor correction controller circuit controls a waveform of the input current of the power factor correction converter to follow a shape of an input voltage waveform by varying an on time and an off time of the power switch (118, 502) in the power factor correction converter, and characterized in that the power factor correction controller circuit comprises an integrator to integrate a difference between a constant voltage and an input voltage of the power factor correction converter to determine the off time of a switching cycle. a power factor correction controller circuit coupled to output a drive signal to switch a power switch (118, 502) between an on state and an off state to transfer energy to an output of the power factor correction converter; a switching frequency adjuster coupled to output a frequency adjust signal to the power factor correction controller circuit to adjust an average switching frequency of the power switch (118, 502) in response to a load signal representative of a load coupled to the output of the power factor correction converter, wherein the frequency adjust signal is responsive to a range of load conditions, wherein the power factor correction controller circuit controls a waveform of the input current of the power factor correction converter to follow a shape of an input voltage waveform by varying an on time and an off time of the power switch (118, 502) in the power factor correction converter, and characterized in that the power factor correction controller circuit comprises an integrator to integrate a difference between a constant voltage and an input voltage of the power factor correction converter to determine the off time of a switching cycle.
A hand position detecting device for a time display, the hand position detecting device comprising: a first gear rotating interlockingly with a minute hand; a second gear rotating interlockingly with a second hand and rotating about a same rotational axis as the first gear; and further being segmented into angular segments with each angular segment having an angle of 12°; a first detection target portion provided at a predetermined radial position of the first gear and configured to be identified by light irradiation; a second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) provided at a radial position of the second gear so as to be overlapped with the first detection target portion and configured to be identified by light irradiation, wherein the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) is divided into a plurality of parts arranged over a predetermined angular range of the second gear forming a pattern of the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7), a detector configured to detect, on the basis of irradiated light, whether the first detection target portion and the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) are set to be overlapped with each other at a predetermined detection position, characterized in that said pattern of the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) is different for each set of N successive angular segments in an angular range of N successive angular segments of the second gear, wherein N is a number from 5 to 10. a first gear rotating interlockingly with a minute hand; a second gear rotating interlockingly with a second hand and rotating about a same rotational axis as the first gear; and further being segmented into angular segments with each angular segment having an angle of 12°; a first detection target portion provided at a predetermined radial position of the first gear and configured to be identified by light irradiation; a second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) provided at a radial position of the second gear so as to be overlapped with the first detection target portion and configured to be identified by light irradiation, wherein the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) is divided into a plurality of parts arranged over a predetermined angular range of the second gear forming a pattern of the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7), a detector configured to detect, on the basis of irradiated light, whether the first detection target portion and the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) are set to be overlapped with each other at a predetermined detection position, characterized in that said pattern of the second detection target portion (24h1 to 24h7) is different for each set of N successive angular segments in an angular range of N successive angular segments of the second gear, wherein N is a number from 5 to 10.
A fuel incinerating system comprising: a fuel injector configured to inject fuel at a predetermined velocity; a multi-stage fuel-air mixing device (10, 110) having an inlet end and an outlet end (16b, 22b), the multistage fuel-air mixing device being in fluidic communication at the inlet end with the fuel injector to receive fuel injected from the fuel injector to be mixed with entrained air to form a fuel-air mixture, the multi-stage fuel-air mixing device (10, 110) comprising a plurality of fuel intake tubes (14, 16, 18) stacked vertically, each intake tube having an inlet (14a, 16a, 18a) and an outlet (14b, 16b, 18b), wherein the cross sectional area of the inlet (14a, 16a, 18a) of each intake tube is greater than the cross sectional area of the outlet (14b, 16b, 18b) of a preceding intake tube (14, 16, 18), thereby providing an annular gap between two adjacent intake tubes for entraining additional air when the fuel-air mixture is passed from one intake tube into the adjacent intake tube; a combustor (32, 62, 112) extending vertically from the multi-stage fuel-air mixing device, the combustor (32, 62, 112) having an inlet portion in fluidic communication with the outlet end (16b, 22b) of the multistage fuel-air mixing device (10, 110), and an outlet portion to exhaust products of fuel combustion, said combustor (32, 62, 112) defining a combustor chamber (34, 68) between the inlet and the outlet portions (34a, 34b); said combustor (32, 62, 112) further in communication with a primary ignition source; wherein the combustor (32, 62, 112) is configured to impede flow of the fuel-air mixture through the combustor chamber (34, 68) to achieve a desired retention time of the fuel-air mixture within the combustor chamber (34, 68).
Writing device or cosmetic pencil having a control valve having at least one control channel delimited by a channel wall, characterised in that a deformable control element is provided in the channel interior of the control channel, said control element being produced as a stable suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in a carrier fluid as a so-called "ferrofluid" and being held in the channel interior between at least two magnets or electromagnets (3, 4) such that the permeability of the control element and thus the maximum possible differential pressure in the control channel can be varied by the variation of the magnetic field generated between the magnets (3, 4), said variation being caused by a relative movement of the magnets (3, 4), or can be varied by the variation of the field strength in electromagnets.
Apparatus for use in autoclave curing of a composite charge having an internal cavity, comprising: a flexible bladder adapted to be placed in the cavity for applying pressure on the composite charge during the curing; a reservoir of fluid for pressuring the bladder, the reservoir and the bladder being coupled together in a closed system; and a flexible bag sealed over the flexible bladder and the fluid reservoir wherein the flexible bag is in face-to-face contact with the fluid reservoir. a flexible bladder adapted to be placed in the cavity for applying pressure on the composite charge during the curing; a reservoir of fluid for pressuring the bladder, the reservoir and the bladder being coupled together in a closed system; and a flexible bag sealed over the flexible bladder and the fluid reservoir wherein the flexible bag is in face-to-face contact with the fluid reservoir.
A manifold body comprising: at least first and second valve body segments (610a,610b) each comprising an upper perimeter wall portion (611a,611b) defining a valve cavity (612a,612b) and a lower base portion (614a,614b) defining one or more flow ports (616a, 616b, 617a, 617b) characterised in that the manifold body further comprising: a unified leak test port; a first branch leak test passage extending from the unified leak test port to an outer peripheral portion of the valve cavity of the first valve body segment, radially outward of an outer seal surface in the valve cavity; and a second branch leak test passage extending from the unified leak test port to an outer peripheral portion of the valve cavity of the second valve body segment, radially outward of an outer seal surface in the valve cavity. at least first and second valve body segments (610a,610b) each comprising an upper perimeter wall portion (611a,611b) defining a valve cavity (612a,612b) and a lower base portion (614a,614b) defining one or more flow ports (616a, 616b, 617a, 617b) characterised in that the manifold body further comprising: a unified leak test port; a first branch leak test passage extending from the unified leak test port to an outer peripheral portion of the valve cavity of the first valve body segment, radially outward of an outer seal surface in the valve cavity; and a second branch leak test passage extending from the unified leak test port to an outer peripheral portion of the valve cavity of the second valve body segment, radially outward of an outer seal surface in the valve cavity.
A signal processing device (1; 2; 3) for controlling sound localization, the signal processing device comprising: one or more filter processors (302a to 302n) that perform sound localization processing of an input acoustic signal and generate output signals; a coefficient setter that sets, for the one or more filter processors (302a to 302n), a plurality of filter coefficients for use in the one or more filter processors (302a to 302n); an output data selector that selects, out of the output signals subjected to the sound localization processing by the one or more filter processors (302a to 302n), an output signal to be output to a speaker (201, 202); a time measurer (403, 404) that monitors a time for selecting the output signal; and a controller that causes the output data selector to select the output signal in accordance with the time for selecting the output signal, characterised in that: the plurality of filter coefficients includes filter coefficients generated under the conditions of a plurality of hearing positions (1001, 1002, 1003); the time for selecting the output signal is set to a value ranging from 0.1 seconds to 0.5 seconds; and the controller is configured to cause the output data selector to change which output signal is output to the speaker (201, 202) in accordance with the time for selecting the output signal. one or more filter processors (302a to 302n) that perform sound localization processing of an input acoustic signal and generate output signals; a coefficient setter that sets, for the one or more filter processors (302a to 302n), a plurality of filter coefficients for use in the one or more filter processors (302a to 302n); an output data selector that selects, out of the output signals subjected to the sound localization processing by the one or more filter processors (302a to 302n), an output signal to be output to a speaker (201, 202); a time measurer (403, 404) that monitors a time for selecting the output signal; and a controller that causes the output data selector to select the output signal in accordance with the time for selecting the output signal, characterised in that: the plurality of filter coefficients includes filter coefficients generated under the conditions of a plurality of hearing positions (1001, 1002, 1003); the time for selecting the output signal is set to a value ranging from 0.1 seconds to 0.5 seconds; and the controller is configured to cause the output data selector to change which output signal is output to the speaker (201, 202) in accordance with the time for selecting the output signal. the plurality of filter coefficients includes filter coefficients generated under the conditions of a plurality of hearing positions (1001, 1002, 1003); the time for selecting the output signal is set to a value ranging from 0.1 seconds to 0.5 seconds; and the controller is configured to cause the output data selector to change which output signal is output to the speaker (201, 202) in accordance with the time for selecting the output signal.
A method for manufacturing a papermaker's or industrial fabric, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a base substrate for the fabric having yarns that crossover one another at discrete crossover locations in a woven or nonwoven pattern; b) depositing a plurality of polymeric resin material droplets on said base substrate at a plurality of preselected discrete crossover locations in a controlled manner to bond said yarns together at said discrete crossover locations so as to provide dimensional stability to said fabric; and c) at least partially setting said polymeric resin material droplets. a) providing a base substrate for the fabric having yarns that crossover one another at discrete crossover locations in a woven or nonwoven pattern; b) depositing a plurality of polymeric resin material droplets on said base substrate at a plurality of preselected discrete crossover locations in a controlled manner to bond said yarns together at said discrete crossover locations so as to provide dimensional stability to said fabric; and c) at least partially setting said polymeric resin material droplets.
A gas turbine engine airfoil assembly, comprising: a first airfoil (161A;461A) including a first set of ridges (185A;485A) protruding from a first cold side surface adjacent to a first mate face; a second airfoil (161B;461B) including a second set of ridges (185B;485B) protruding from a second cold side surface adjacent to a second mate face, the second mate face circumferentially adjacent to the first mate face to define a leakage gap (181;481); and a seal member (182;282;382;482) abutting the first set of ridges (185A;485A) to define a first set of cooling channels, and abutting the second set of ridges (185B;485B) to define a second set of cooling channels, the seal member (182...482) spaced apart from the first cold side surface and the second cold side surface, wherein the first airfoil includes an airfoil section extending from a platform (162;462), platform (162;462) includes an upper surface bounding a core flow path and an undersurface (183;483) bounding a cooling cavity (175;475), and the first cold side surface is located at the undersurface of the platform (162...462). a first airfoil (161A;461A) including a first set of ridges (185A;485A) protruding from a first cold side surface adjacent to a first mate face; a second airfoil (161B;461B) including a second set of ridges (185B;485B) protruding from a second cold side surface adjacent to a second mate face, the second mate face circumferentially adjacent to the first mate face to define a leakage gap (181;481); and a seal member (182;282;382;482) abutting the first set of ridges (185A;485A) to define a first set of cooling channels, and abutting the second set of ridges (185B;485B) to define a second set of cooling channels, the seal member (182...482) spaced apart from the first cold side surface and the second cold side surface, wherein the first airfoil includes an airfoil section extending from a platform (162;462), platform (162;462) includes an upper surface bounding a core flow path and an undersurface (183;483) bounding a cooling cavity (175;475), and the first cold side surface is located at the undersurface of the platform (162...462).
Electrical energy store with more than one stack, each with at least one storage cell which comprises, in turn, an air electrode, which is connected to an air supply device, and a storage electrode, the storage electrode being adjacent to ducts which contain a storage medium and water vapor, wherein a reservoir of water vapor is provided which is connected directly to the ducts, and the water vapor reservoir surrounds a plurality of stacks.
An isolated human stem cell line derived from parthenogenetic blastocysts, wherein at least one cell comprising the cell line is a) homozygous for one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) relative to the donor's heterozygous somatic cells, wherein the cell line genome is homozygous across the entire genome at loci relative to the heterozygous donor cells; and b) homozygous for one or more genes selected from HLA DRB1*, DRB3*, DRB5*, DQA1* and DQB1*, wherein the cells of the blastocyst are haploid or diploid and lack paternal imprinting. a) homozygous for one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) relative to the donor's heterozygous somatic cells, wherein the cell line genome is homozygous across the entire genome at loci relative to the heterozygous donor cells; and b) homozygous for one or more genes selected from HLA DRB1*, DRB3*, DRB5*, DQA1* and DQB1*,