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A thermoelastic energy converter, in particular a thermoelastic heating/cooling device, for use in an energy conversion system, comprising: - a thermoelastic arrangement having at least one thermoelastic element made of a thermoelastic material; - two holding elements (3,4) between which the at least one thermoelastic element is arranged in a longitudinal direction, - a fastening element for holding one end of the at least one thermoelastic element; - a guide means (7, 7") coupled with the fastening element of the at least one thermoelastic element for causing a change in length of the at least one thermoelastic element in the longitudinal direction upon synchronous rotation of the holding elements (3, 4) relative to the guide means about the longitudinal direction, so that a cyclic elastic deformation and relaxation of the at least one thermoelastic element is achieved, characterized in that the guide means comprises at least one profile element having a guide track for engagement with the fastening element of the at least one thermoelastic element, so that upon rotation of the holding elements (3, 4) relative to the guide means the holding element is moved along a contour of the guide track in a circumferential direction and causes the length change in the longitudinal direction at the same time. - a thermoelastic arrangement having at least one thermoelastic element made of a thermoelastic material; - two holding elements (3,4) between which the at least one thermoelastic element is arranged in a longitudinal direction, - a fastening element for holding one end of the at least one thermoelastic element; - a guide means (7, 7") coupled with the fastening element of the at least one thermoelastic element for causing a change in length of the at least one thermoelastic element in the longitudinal direction upon synchronous rotation of the holding elements (3, 4) relative to the guide means about the longitudinal direction, so that a cyclic elastic deformation and relaxation of the at least one thermoelastic element is achieved, characterized in that the guide means comprises at least one profile element having a guide track for engagement with the fastening element of the at least one thermoelastic element, so that upon rotation of the holding elements (3, 4) relative to the guide means the holding element is moved along a contour of the guide track in a circumferential direction and causes the length change in the longitudinal direction at the same time.
A refrigerant composition comprising FO-1216 and a halogenated ethylene, wherein the halogenated ethylene is at least one member selected from the group consisting of HCFO-1122a, FO-1114, HFO-1132, HFO-1132, HFO-1132a, and HFO-1141.
A method performed by a wireless device for handling measurement reporting in a wireless network, the method comprising: - detecting (200, 4:1) a coverage object being a cell or a beam not contained in a predefined first list of coverage objects for which the wireless device is required to send measurement reports to a lower layer node in the wireless network operable according to at least one of layer 1 and layer 2, - measuring (202, 4:1) a radio signal of the coverage object where the measured radio signal fulfils a predefined event condition, and - sending (204, 4:2B) a measurement report of said measuring to a higher layer node in the wireless network operable according to one or more layers above layer 1 and layer 2. - detecting (200, 4:1) a coverage object being a cell or a beam not contained in a predefined first list of coverage objects for which the wireless device is required to send measurement reports to a lower layer node in the wireless network operable according to at least one of layer 1 and layer 2, - measuring (202, 4:1) a radio signal of the coverage object where the measured radio signal fulfils a predefined event condition, and - sending (204, 4:2B) a measurement report of said measuring to a higher layer node in the wireless network operable according to one or more layers above layer 1 and layer 2.
A terminal device comprising: a reception unit (402, 403) configured to receive a physical downlink control channel including a downlink control information, DCI, format; a transmission unit (408, 411) configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, for a licensed assisted access, LAA, cell scheduled by the DCI format; and a clear channel assessment, CCA, check unit configured to perform a Listen-Before-Talk, LBT, procedure, the LBT procedure being a procedure that senses a channel to determine whether the channel is idle or busy before transmission of the PUSCH; wherein the CCA check unit is configured to perform a type of the LBT procedure indicated by the DCI format, and the transmission unit (408, 411) is configured to transmit the PUSCH at a transmission timing indicated by the DCI format after the channel determined to be idle, characterized in that in a first case that a value at a field in the DCI format is a first value, the transmission unit (408, 411) is configured to transmit the PUSCH without a transmission gap of single carrier-frequency division multiple access, SC-FDMA, symbol, and in a second case that the value is a second value, the transmission unit (408, 411) is configured to transmit the PUSCH with the transmission gap. a reception unit (402, 403) configured to receive a physical downlink control channel including a downlink control information, DCI, format; a transmission unit (408, 411) configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, for a licensed assisted access, LAA, cell scheduled by the DCI format; and a clear channel assessment, CCA, check unit configured to perform a Listen-Before-Talk, LBT, procedure, the LBT procedure being a procedure that senses a channel to determine whether the channel is idle or busy before transmission of the PUSCH; wherein the CCA check unit is configured to perform a type of the LBT procedure indicated by the DCI format, and the transmission unit (408, 411) is configured to transmit the PUSCH at a transmission timing indicated by the DCI format after the channel determined to be idle, characterized in that in a first case that a value at a field in the DCI format is a first value, the transmission unit (408, 411) is configured to transmit the PUSCH without a transmission gap of single carrier-frequency division multiple access, SC-FDMA, symbol, and in a second case that the value is a second value, the transmission unit (408, 411) is configured to transmit the PUSCH with the transmission gap.
An organic light-emitting device comprising an anode; a cathode; a first light-emitting layer comprising a first light-emitting material between the anode and the cathode; and a hole-transporting layer comprising a hole-transporting copolymer between the anode and the first light-emitting layer and adjacent to the first light-emitting layer, wherein a HOMO level of the first light-emitting material is closer to vacuum than a HOMO level of the hole-transporting copolymer and wherein 55-95 mol % of the repeat units of the hole-transporting copolymer are hole-transporting repeat units of formula: wherein Ar 8, Ar 9 and Ar 10 in each occurrence are independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted phenylene; g is 0 or 1, R 13 is H or a substituent; c, d and e are each independently 1; and any two aromatic or heteroaromatic groups bound directly to the same N atom may be linked by a direct bond or divalent linking group; and wherein the hole transporting copolymer further comprises an arylene co-repeat unit which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents.
Inhalable particles comprising a stabilized anhydrous amorphous form of tiotropium with a stabilizing agent, which is lactose, wherein the stabilized amorphous form of tiotropium with the stabilizing agent comprises a matrix in which tiotropium is dispersed in a molecular state or wherein the stabilized amorphous form of tiotropium with the stabilizing agent comprises amorphous tiotropium dispersed at the surface of the stabilizing agent, and wherein the particles are mixed with one or more coarse excipients having a mean particle size of 15 to 250 μm.
A gray scale display device comprising: a conversion unit which inputs a video level of a video signal so as to convert and output it based on a table establishing a correlation between an input luminance value and a luminance value according to a DICOM gamma characteristic; a display unit which displays the video signal converted by the conversion unit; an illumination detection unit which detects the brightness of the surrounding light on a front face of the display unit; and an update unit which updates the content of the table in response to the varying brightness of the surrounding light detected by the illumination detection unit, wherein the update unit controls a backlight luminance of the display unit to be decreased in response to increase in the surrounding light so as to maintain a white luminance of the display unit, calculates a black luminance which is varied due to the influence of the surrounding light and due to a decrement of the backlight luminance, and updates the content of the table based on the white luminance and the calculated black luminance, wherein the content of the table is updated only when the surrounding light is varied by a predetermined value or more, or wherein the content of the table is updated after lapse of a predetermined time or more. a conversion unit which inputs a video level of a video signal so as to convert and output it based on a table establishing a correlation between an input luminance value and a luminance value according to a DICOM gamma characteristic; a display unit which displays the video signal converted by the conversion unit; an illumination detection unit which detects the brightness of the surrounding light on a front face of the display unit; and an update unit which updates the content of the table in response to the varying brightness of the surrounding light detected by the illumination detection unit, wherein the update unit controls a backlight luminance of the display unit to be decreased in response to increase in the surrounding light so as to maintain a white luminance of the display unit, calculates a black luminance which is varied due to the influence of the surrounding light and due to a decrement of the backlight luminance, and updates the content of the table based on the white luminance and the calculated black luminance, wherein the content of the table is updated only when the surrounding light is varied by a predetermined value or more, or wherein the content of the table is updated after lapse of a predetermined time or more.
Conveying apparatus including: - a plurality of conveying vehicles which can be moved along a movement path independently of one another for conveying piece goods, having contact elements for producing a guiding contact with entrainment means and with holding bodies for holding the piece goods; further comprising - an entraining device with a plurality of entrainment means which can be moved along a movement path by means of an entraining drive; and the conveying apparatus is designed in such a manner that the movement path of the conveying vehicles and of the entrainment means toward the inlet region extends along a descent in such a manner that, by means of their contact elements, the conveying vehicles can be held back from preceding entrainment means whilst forming a holding-back contact and can be moved in the direction of a discharging region in a synchronous manner with the entrainment means; and the movement path of the conveying vehicles and of the entrainment means in the outlet region extends along an ascent in such a manner that, by means of their contact elements, the conveying vehicles can be moved away from following entrainment means from the discharging region whilst forming an entraining contact, characterized in that that the conveying apparatus comprises discharging device for discharging piece goods from the conveying vehicles to a receiving device with a plurality of releasing bodies which can be moved along a closed movement path for releasing the piece goods out of the holding bodies in the discharging region, and in the direction of movement the discharging device realizes an inlet region, a discharging region and an outlet region. - a plurality of conveying vehicles which can be moved along a movement path independently of one another for conveying piece goods, having contact elements for producing a guiding contact with entrainment means and with holding bodies for holding the piece goods; further comprising - an entraining device with a plurality of entrainment means which can be moved along a movement path by means of an entraining drive;
Use of a laser-optical device with monochromatic irradiation at a first wavelength (λ in) and detection of the radiation emitted by a surface to be examined with a second wavelength (λ out) which is greater than the first wavelength (λ in), for spatially resolved analysis of the chemical composition of the non-metallic constituents on the surface, characterised in that the surface is the surface of a turbine component which is later to be provided with a metallic and/or ceramic and/or organic coating, the device comprises both a Raman spectrometer and a fluorescence spectrometer, or a combined Raman/fluorescence spectrometer, and the device is guided over the surface in a systematic fashion scanning the surface, and the correspondingly spatially resolved data are processed into a surface image, wherein the data from the Raman spectrometer and those from the fluorescence spectrometer or the combined Raman/fluorescence spectrometer are processed in combined fashion into a surface image.
Personal respiratory protection device for use by a wearer, comprising: a respirator body having a periphery, a filter media, forming at least part of the respirator body, and a gasket, the gasket being located at the periphery and extending along at least a portion of its length, wherein the gasket is formed of a flexible elastomeric material and is contoured, the contour comprising a ridge that projects away from the periphery, and a flexion point, disposed on the ridge, about which the gasket is adapted to flex, wherein the gasket comprises a sheet-like material, wherein the contour is substantially V-shaped with the apex corresponding to the ridge, wherein the ridge is formed from a local transversal increase in thickness of elastomeric material of the gasket, wherein the ridge is provided with an indent, and the indent forms the flexion point, wherein the indent is adapted to accommodate the nose of a wearer and wherein the flexion point is formed from a local reduction in circumferential thickness of elastomeric material of the ridge. a respirator body having a periphery, a filter media, forming at least part of the respirator body, and a gasket, the gasket being located at the periphery and extending along at least a portion of its length, wherein the gasket is formed of a flexible elastomeric material and is contoured, the contour comprising a ridge that projects away from the periphery, and a flexion point, disposed on the ridge, about which the gasket is adapted to flex, wherein the gasket comprises a sheet-like material, wherein the contour is substantially V-shaped with the apex corresponding to the ridge, wherein the ridge is formed from a local transversal increase in thickness of elastomeric material of the gasket, wherein the ridge is provided with an indent, and the indent forms the flexion point, wherein the indent is adapted to accommodate the nose of a wearer and wherein the flexion point is formed from a local reduction in circumferential thickness of elastomeric material of the ridge.
A pipe joint comprising a conduit and a connector, said conduit formed with at least one connection end, said connection end comprising: a wall defining a receiving recess for receiving an end of a pipe length; a groove formed to a depth in an internal surface of the wall of the receiving recess; a pipe end face abutment extending inwardly of an internal surface of the conduit; and a channel communicating between the groove and an external surface of the connection end; said connector being formed from a length of material which is seatable within the groove via the channel and which is wider than the depth of the groove so that when seated within the groove the connector extends into the receiving recess; the length of material of the connector having a first end insertable into the channel and a second end, remote from the first end, which second end is seatable against an external surface of the connection end, wherein said groove is an annular groove and the connector extends substantially all the way around the groove and characterised in that the connector has a substantially circular cross-section, and is a length of multi-stranded metal wire. a wall defining a receiving recess for receiving an end of a pipe length; a groove formed to a depth in an internal surface of the wall of the receiving recess; a pipe end face abutment extending inwardly of an internal surface of the conduit; and a channel communicating between the groove and an external surface of the connection end; said connector being formed from a length of material which is seatable within the groove via the channel and which is wider than the depth of the groove so that when seated within the groove the connector extends into the receiving recess;
A flow governor (101; 201; 301; 801; 901; 1001) for use in a medicinal inhaler, the flow governor comprising: a tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) that defines at least a portion of an air flow path (107; 207; 307; 1007), the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) comprising at least one flexible wall (140; 240; 340; 1040) configured to flex inwardly in response to an air flow in the air flow path (107; 207; 307; 1007); and an internal support structure (103; 203; 303; 803; 903; 1003; 1023), located within the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) and configured to preserve at least a predetermined cross-sectional area of the air flow path (107; 207; 307; 1007) within the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) when the at least one flexible wall (140; 240; 340; 1040) of the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) flexes inwardly, characterized in that said predetermined cross-sectional area includes a cross-sectional area of space between the tubular element and the internal support structure. a tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) that defines at least a portion of an air flow path (107; 207; 307; 1007), the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) comprising at least one flexible wall (140; 240; 340; 1040) configured to flex inwardly in response to an air flow in the air flow path (107; 207; 307; 1007); and an internal support structure (103; 203; 303; 803; 903; 1003; 1023), located within the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) and configured to preserve at least a predetermined cross-sectional area of the air flow path (107; 207; 307; 1007) within the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) when the at least one flexible wall (140; 240; 340; 1040) of the tubular element (102; 202; 302; 802; 902; 1002) flexes inwardly, characterized in that said predetermined cross-sectional area includes a cross-sectional area of space between the tubular element and the internal support structure.
Drinking straw for a package being filled with a pourable food product; the drinking straw being configured to be at least partially inserted into a package main body of the package; the drinking straw comprises: - a tubular main body including a coupling portion extending along a central axis; the drinking straw further comprises a sleeve fitted on and surrounding at least the coupling portion of the tubular main body;wherein the sleeve comprises an engagement portion fitted to and surrounding the coupling portion, wherein the engagement portion has a hollow cylindrical shape, wherein the sleeve comprises an abutment portion configured to abut onto an inner surface of the package main body after a partial insertion of the drinking straw into the package main body and during a movement of the drinking straw out of the package main body for impeding and/or hindering and/or blocking a removal and a separation of the drinking straw out of and from the package main body; wherein the sleeve comprises an end portion having an inlet opening configured to allow for the introduction of the pourable food product into the drinking straw, wherein the tubular main body comprises a first end having an outlet opening configured to allow for the outflow of the pourable food product from the drinking straw and a second end opposite to the first end; characterised in that the abutment portion has a frustoconical shape, and wherein the second end is interposed between the abutment portion and the inlet opening. the drinking straw being configured to be at least partially inserted into a package main body of the package; the drinking straw comprises: - a tubular main body including a coupling portion extending along a central axis; - a tubular main body including a coupling portion extending along a central axis; the drinking straw further comprises a sleeve fitted on and surrounding at least the coupling portion of the tubular main body;wherein the sleeve comprises an engagement portion fitted to and surrounding the coupling portion, wherein the engagement portion has a hollow cylindrical shape, wherein the sleeve comprises an abutment portion configured to abut onto an inner surface of the package main body after a partial insertion of the drinking straw into the package main body and during a movement of the drinking straw out of the package main body for impeding and/or hindering and/or blocking a removal and a separation of the drinking straw out of and from the package main body; wherein the sleeve comprises an end portion having an inlet opening configured to allow for the introduction of the pourable food product into the drinking straw, wherein the tubular main body comprises a first end having an outlet opening configured to allow for the outflow of the pourable food product from the drinking straw and a second end opposite to the first end; characterised in that the abutment portion has a frustoconical shape, and wherein the second end is interposed between the abutment portion and the inlet opening.