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A pellet magazine for air compressed rifle and pistols, of the type comprising an outer casing, inside which a drum is placed having housings for the pellets housing, a through hole extending at least partially through its axis of rotation to the drum; a channel through which passes a limit stop for the stroke of the pellets; a joint and an axis around which the drum rotates; wherein it comprises: - a toothed mechanism arranged inside the drum, comprising a series of teeth, - tilting means (11, 12), - at least one pawl in contact with at least one of said teeth, and - a rotation spring which rotates the drum around the rotation axis, wherein, when in a rest position, the limit stop prevents rotation of the pellet prepared to be loaded onto the compressed air gun; once the pellet is loaded onto the gun, the pawl blocks one of said teeth, and once the pellet is fired and as the recoil takes place in the gun, the tilting means (11, 12) move and release the pawl of the teeth, thus releasing the drum, which then rotates, and the next pellet is blocked by the limit stop, making the next housing ready to be loaded with a pellet. - a toothed mechanism arranged inside the drum, comprising a series of teeth, - tilting means (11, 12), - at least one pawl in contact with at least one of said teeth, and - a rotation spring which rotates the drum around the rotation axis,
An automated process for preparing a moulded article from a plurality of pre-pregs comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mould; (b) disposing a laminar pre-preg into or onto said mould by an automated conveying member which applies a prehensile force to said pre-preg to convey said pre-preg from a starting position to a finishing position, wherein said finishing position is in or on said mould; (c) repeating step (b) at least once to dispose one or more further pre-pregs into or onto said mould; wherein said laminar pre-preg is a fibre-reinforced curable composite material, wherein said pre-preg comprises a core layer having a first surface and a second surface and further comprises a surface layer disposed directly on each of said first and second surfaces of said core layer, wherein said core layer comprises one or more layer(s) of reinforcing fibres impregnated with a curable resin, and wherein said surface layer comprises a dry-fibre veil having an areal weight from about 10 to about 50 g/m 2, the dry-fibre veil being adhered to the curable resin of the core layer; and wherein the prehensile force is applied by said automated conveying member directly to the external surface of said surface layer of said pre-preg. (a) providing a mould; (b) disposing a laminar pre-preg into or onto said mould by an automated conveying member which applies a prehensile force to said pre-preg to convey said pre-preg from a starting position to a finishing position, wherein said finishing position is in or on said mould; (c) repeating step (b) at least once to dispose one or more further pre-pregs into or onto said mould;
A refrigeration cycle apparatus including a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a first pressure regulating device, a second pressure regulating device, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an injection pipe, the compressor, the indoor heat exchanger, the first pressure regulating device, the second pressure regulating device, and the outdoor heat exchanger being annularly connected, characterized in that the refrigeration cycle apparatus comprises a first branch portion and a gas-liquid separator disposed in an intermediate pressure refrigerant pipe connecting the first pressure regulating device and the second pressure regulating device, wherein the first branch portion and a compression unit of the compressor are connected by the injection pipe, the gas-liquid separator comprises a gas bypass pipe in which gas refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator flows, the gas bypass pipe and the injection pipe are connected at a joining portion, and the first branch portion is located on an upper side in a vertical direction than the joining portion.
An electrically-powered, aerosol-generating smoking article comprising: an electrical power source in the form of a battery within a tubular outer housing having a mouth-end and an end distal to the mouth-end; at least one electrical resistance heating element powered by said electrical power source, wherein at least a portion of the electrical resistance heating element is elongated and extending downstream toward the mouth-end of the outer housing; a puff-actuated controller within the tubular outer housing and adapted for regulating current flow through the electrical resistance heating element during draw, the controller comprising a sensor adapted for sensing draw on the smoking article by a user; and a cigarette removably engaged with the mouth-end of the tubular outer housing and comprising a tobacco segment circumscribed by a wrapping material and comprising a reconstituted tobacco sheet and an aerosol-forming material, wherein the elongated portion of the electrical resistance heating element extends into the tobacco segment when the cigarette is engaged with the mouth-end of the outer housing, such that during draw, aerosol-forming material can be volatilized to produce a visible mainstream aerosol incorporating tobacco components or tobacco-derived components that can be drawn into the mouth of the user of the smoking article. an electrical power source in the form of a battery within a tubular outer housing having a mouth-end and an end distal to the mouth-end; at least one electrical resistance heating element powered by said electrical power source, wherein at least a portion of the electrical resistance heating element is elongated and extending downstream toward the mouth-end of the outer housing; a puff-actuated controller within the tubular outer housing and adapted for regulating current flow through the electrical resistance heating element during draw, the controller comprising a sensor adapted for sensing draw on the smoking article by a user; and a cigarette removably engaged with the mouth-end of the tubular outer housing and comprising a tobacco segment circumscribed by a wrapping material and comprising a reconstituted tobacco sheet and an aerosol-forming material, wherein the elongated portion of the electrical resistance heating element extends into the tobacco segment when the cigarette is engaged with the mouth-end of the outer housing, such that during draw, aerosol-forming material can be volatilized to produce a visible mainstream aerosol incorporating tobacco components or tobacco-derived components that can be drawn into the mouth of the user of the smoking article.
A system configured to provide bi-directional power flow and power conditioning for low to high-voltage applications, comprising: • a normally-off four-quadrant power semiconductor switch having two gate terminals and first and second conduction terminals; and • first and second normally-on junction field-effect transistor, JFET, each having a gate terminal and first and second conduction terminals; wherein the 4Q switch is coupled with each of the first and second JFETs in a cascode configuration, the first conduction terminal of the 4Q switch being coupled with the first conduction terminal of the first JFET and with the gate terminal of the second JFET, and the second conduction terminal of the 4Q switch being coupled with the first conduction terminal of the second JFET and with the gate terminal of the first JFET. • a normally-off four-quadrant power semiconductor switch having two gate terminals and first and second conduction terminals; and • first and second normally-on junction field-effect transistor, JFET, each having a gate terminal and first and second conduction terminals;
A concrete slab load transfer apparatus comprising: a plurality of load transfer dowels (140,142,144) each having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a basket supporting the load transfer dowels (140,142,144), characterised in that the concrete slab load transfer apparatus also comprises a plurality of welds (160,162,164) including a plurality of breakable welds (150,152,154) temporarily connecting the bottom surfaces of the load transfer dowels (140,142,144) to the basket. a plurality of load transfer dowels (140,142,144) each having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a basket supporting the load transfer dowels (140,142,144), characterised in that the concrete slab load transfer apparatus also comprises a plurality of welds (160,162,164) including a plurality of breakable welds (150,152,154) temporarily connecting the bottom surfaces of the load transfer dowels (140,142,144) to the basket.
Use of a doped tin oxide as a chemical plating promoter in selectively metallizing a surface of an insulating substrate, wherein a doping element of the doped tin oxide comprises niobium, and the doped tin oxide has a coordinate L* value of 70 to 100, a coordinate a value about -5 to 5, and a coordinate b value of -5 to 5 in a CIELab color space.
A series compensation device for double-circuit lines, comprising at least one voltage source converter (Converter 1), characterised in that it further comprises one three-phase multi-winding transformer, wherein at least two windings of the three-phase multi-winding transformer are connected in series into the double-circuit lines (Line 1, Line 2) respectively, and at least one winding of the three-phase multi-winding transformer is connected to an AC side of the voltage source converter (Converter 1).
A liquefied gas treatment system for a vessel, which includes a cargo tank storing liquefied natural gas, and an engine using the liquefied natural gas stored in the cargo tank as fuel, the liquefied gas treatment system comprising: a first stream of boil-off gas, which is generated from the liquefied natural gas in the cargo tank and is discharged from the cargo tank; a second stream of the boil-off gas, which is supplied as fuel to the engine in the first stream; and a third stream of the boil-off gas, which is not supplied to the engine in the first stream, characterized in that the first stream is compressed at about 150 to 400 bara in a compressor so as to be in a supercritical state and is then branched into the second stream and the third stream, and the third stream in the supercritical state is liquefied by exchanging heat with the first stream of the boil-off gas in a heat exchanger, so that the boil-off gas is treated without employing a reliquefaction apparatus using a separate refrigerant. a first stream of boil-off gas, which is generated from the liquefied natural gas in the cargo tank and is discharged from the cargo tank; a second stream of the boil-off gas, which is supplied as fuel to the engine in the first stream; and a third stream of the boil-off gas, which is not supplied to the engine in the first stream, characterized in that the first stream is compressed at about 150 to 400 bara in a compressor so as to be in a supercritical state and is then branched into the second stream and the third stream, and the third stream in the supercritical state is liquefied by exchanging heat with the first stream of the boil-off gas in a heat exchanger, so that the boil-off gas is treated without employing a reliquefaction apparatus using a separate refrigerant.
An expression vector for the heterologous expression of a nucleic acid sequence of interest in mammalian cells, the vector comprising a first chimeric promoter regulatory sequence being operably linked to a first nucleic acid sequence to be expressed, wherein the chimeric promoter regulatory sequence comprises: (i) a promoter sequence from the human cytomegalovirus IE1 promoter consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5 and being operably linked to the transcriptional start site of the nucleic acid sequence to be expressed; and (ii) an enhancer sequence from the simian cytomegalovirus IE1 region or representing a chimera from the human and simian cytomegalovirus IE1 regions, the enhancer sequence being located 5' of and operably linked to the human promoter sequence, wherein the enhancer sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. (i) a promoter sequence from the human cytomegalovirus IE1 promoter consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5 and being operably linked to the transcriptional start site of the nucleic acid sequence to be expressed; and (ii) an enhancer sequence from the simian cytomegalovirus IE1 region or representing a chimera from the human and simian cytomegalovirus IE1 regions, the enhancer sequence being located 5' of and operably linked to the human promoter sequence, wherein the enhancer sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
Biogas plant comprising: a fermentation container for receiving fermentation material to be fermented, the fermentation container comprising a lower wall part and an upper wall part, the upper wall part being positioned above the lower wall part; a support (116, 216); a hinge (118, 218, 318, 418), the hinge hingedly connecting the fermentation container to the support (116, 216), the hinge (118, 218, 318, 418) defining a pivot axis (158, 258) about which the upper wall part and the lower wall part are pivotable; the fermentation container being configured for being filled with fermentation material up to a rated level; and the upper wall part (110, 210) extending up to the rated level. a fermentation container for receiving fermentation material to be fermented, the fermentation container comprising a lower wall part and an upper wall part, the upper wall part being positioned above the lower wall part; a support (116, 216); a hinge (118, 218, 318, 418), the hinge hingedly connecting the fermentation container to the support (116, 216), the hinge (118, 218, 318, 418) defining a pivot axis (158, 258) about which the upper wall part and the lower wall part are pivotable; the fermentation container being configured for being filled with fermentation material up to a rated level; and the upper wall part (110, 210) extending up to the rated level.
A heat shield comprising, a first shield layer defining a cylindrical inner diameter surface of the heat shield, the cylindrical inner diameter surface having a radius and an axis; an air gap layer radially outward of the first shield layer; a second shield layer radially outward of the air gap layer; and a first insulation layer radially outward of the second shield layer; and characterized by: a foil layer radially outward of the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer radially outward of the foil layer; and a third shield layer radially outward of the second insulation layer, wherein the third shield layer extends from a radially outer surface of the first insulation layer to a radially outer surface of the second insulation layer, and wherein the third shield layer forms a first ramp extending from the radially outer surface of the first insulation layer to a radially outer surface of the second insulation layer, and wherein the first ramp extends in an axial direction from a first structure portion of the heat shield to a second structure portion of the heat shield, and wherein the third shield layer partially defines the first structure portion and second structure portion a first shield layer defining a cylindrical inner diameter surface of the heat shield, the cylindrical inner diameter surface having a radius and an axis; an air gap layer radially outward of the first shield layer; a second shield layer radially outward of the air gap layer; and a first insulation layer radially outward of the second shield layer; and characterized by: a foil layer radially outward of the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer radially outward of the foil layer; and a third shield layer radially outward of the second insulation layer, wherein the third shield layer extends from a radially outer surface of the first insulation layer to a radially outer surface of the second insulation layer, and wherein the third shield layer forms a first ramp extending from the radially outer surface of the first insulation layer to a radially outer surface of the second insulation layer, and wherein the first ramp extends in an axial direction from a first structure portion of the heat shield to a second structure portion of the heat shield, and wherein the third shield layer partially defines the first structure portion and second structure portion a foil layer radially outward of the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer radially outward of the foil layer; and a third shield layer radially outward of the second insulation layer, wherein the third shield layer extends from a radially outer surface of the first insulation layer to a radially outer surface of the second insulation layer, and wherein the third shield layer forms a first ramp extending from the radially outer surface of the first insulation layer to a radially outer surface of the second insulation layer, and wherein the first ramp extends in an axial direction from a first structure portion of the heat shield to a second structure portion of the heat shield, and wherein the third shield layer partially defines the first structure portion and second structure portion
A sensor of magnetic fields for use with a light source, comprising: a beam splitter for splitting a light beam into a first and second direction (6,8), a magnetic sensor probe (20, 40) in a magnetic field for receiving light in the first direction and for returning light with a rotated polarization in accordance with the magnetic field, and a detector for detecting the returning light to thereby provide a value relating to the magnitude of the magnetic field, whereby the magnetic sensor probe comprises an inorganic magneto-optically active film, or an organic magneto-optically active film, or both; characterized in that the film comprises a polymer that further includes superparamagnetic particles; wherein the superparamagnetic particles are poled, and/or aligned, and/or doped; and wherein the film is arranged to transmit the light received by the magnetic sensor probe. a beam splitter for splitting a light beam into a first and second direction (6,8), a magnetic sensor probe (20, 40) in a magnetic field for receiving light in the first direction and for returning light with a rotated polarization in accordance with the magnetic field, and a detector for detecting the returning light to thereby provide a value relating to the magnitude of the magnetic field, whereby the magnetic sensor probe comprises an inorganic magneto-optically active film, or an organic magneto-optically active film, or both; characterized in that the film comprises a polymer that further includes superparamagnetic particles; wherein the superparamagnetic particles are poled, and/or aligned, and/or doped; and wherein the film is arranged to transmit the light received by the magnetic sensor probe.
A process for preparing an optical preform, said method comprising the steps of: a) etching an inner portion of an optical preform, said inner portion containing 10-18 wt% GeO 2, to remove a portion of an oxide material deposited on the preform by using a gas comprising an etchant gas containing fluorine at a sufficient temperature and gas concentration to create a redeposited Ge compound contamination in the remaining oxide material on the surface of the inner portion of the optical preform; and b) cleaning the etched preform at a temperature between 800°C and 1600°C by providing to the surface of the inner portion of the preform a cleaning gas containing at least one halogen gas at a sufficient temperature and gas concentration to remove the redeposited Ge compound contamination without any substantial further contamination of the remaining deposited oxide material, wherein the halogen is either chlorine or bromine and does not contain fluorine. a) etching an inner portion of an optical preform, said inner portion containing 10-18 wt% GeO 2, to remove a portion of an oxide material deposited on the preform by using a gas comprising an etchant gas containing fluorine at a sufficient temperature and gas concentration to create a redeposited Ge compound contamination in the remaining oxide material on the surface of the inner portion of the optical preform; and b) cleaning the etched preform at a temperature between 800°C and 1600°C by providing to the surface of the inner portion of the preform a cleaning gas containing at least one halogen gas at a sufficient temperature and gas concentration to remove the redeposited Ge compound contamination without any substantial further contamination of the remaining deposited oxide material, wherein the halogen is either chlorine or bromine and does not contain fluorine.
Meso-2,3-butanediol as an antibacterial agent in an antibacterial composition for use in alleviating and improving skin diseases infected by bacteria and mold, wherein meso-2,3-butanediol shows lower skin irritation compared to the other stereoisomers.
A measurement system comprising: a receiver configured to receive a measurement signal indicative of a parameter of a measured object; a processor configured to: iteratively filter the measurement signal using a threshold value; adjust the threshold value for each iteration of filtration; determine a signal-to-noise ratio for each iteration of filtration; and set a filtering threshold value to the threshold value for the iteration of filtration with the highest signal-to-noise ratio. a receiver configured to receive a measurement signal indicative of a parameter of a measured object; a processor configured to: iteratively filter the measurement signal using a threshold value; adjust the threshold value for each iteration of filtration; determine a signal-to-noise ratio for each iteration of filtration; and set a filtering threshold value to the threshold value for the iteration of filtration with the highest signal-to-noise ratio. iteratively filter the measurement signal using a threshold value; adjust the threshold value for each iteration of filtration; determine a signal-to-noise ratio for each iteration of filtration; and set a filtering threshold value to the threshold value for the iteration of filtration with the highest signal-to-noise ratio.
A method for forming a high resistivity handle substrate for a composite substrate, the method comprising: - providing a base substrate made of monocrystalline silicon; - exposing the base substrate to a carbon single precursor at a pressure below atmospheric pressure to form a polycrystalline silicon carbide layer of at least 10 nm on the surface of the base substrate; and then - growing a polycrystalline charge trapping layer on the polycrystalline silicon carbide layer. - providing a base substrate made of monocrystalline silicon; - exposing the base substrate to a carbon single precursor at a pressure below atmospheric pressure to form a polycrystalline silicon carbide layer of at least 10 nm on the surface of the base substrate; and then - growing a polycrystalline charge trapping layer on the polycrystalline silicon carbide layer.
A dishwasher comprising a body having two side walls; a door providing access into the body; a rack whereon the items to be washed are placed, having a washing position wherein the rack is entirely inside the body and a loading/unloading position wherein the rack is almost entirely taken outside the body by pulling forwards, and an elevating means that enables the position of the rack to be changed in the vertical direction in the loading/unloading position and that has at least two sliders disposed oppositely each on one of the opposite side walls and that are designed to move in the vertical direction, characterized by - at least one magnet pair or - at least one magnet - ferromagnetic plate pair that is positioned oppositely on the rack and on the slider, enabling the rack to be magnetically engaged with the elevating means. - at least one magnet pair or - at least one magnet - ferromagnetic plate pair that is positioned oppositely on the rack and on the slider, enabling the rack to be magnetically engaged with the elevating means.