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Device for detection of the tactile sensitivity of a user, comprising a base frame and a mechanical system attached to said base frame, which mechanical system is movable relatively to said base frame, and which mechanical system has a resting area for the fingertip of at least one finger of said user, characterized in that said mechanical system comprises a plurality of movable plate-shaped members arranged side by side to each other in such a way that said resting area is defined by the thicknesses of at least part of the upper edges of the plate-shaped members, each plate-shaped member being connected to an actuator which can be operated to independently move each plate-shaped member from a minimum height position to a maximum height position, a control unit being further provided which is adapted to operate said actuators, each plate-shaped member having an edge projecting from said upper edge at said resting area adapted to face towards the fingertip of said user in such a way that the resting area is defined by the set of projecting edges of each plate-shaped member.. said mechanical system comprises a plurality of movable plate-shaped members arranged side by side to each other in such a way that said resting area is defined by the thicknesses of at least part of the upper edges of the plate-shaped members, each plate-shaped member being connected to an actuator which can be operated to independently move each plate-shaped member from a minimum height position to a maximum height position, a control unit being further provided which is adapted to operate said actuators, each plate-shaped member having an edge projecting from said upper edge at said resting area adapted to face towards the fingertip of said user in such a way that the resting area is defined by the set of projecting edges of each plate-shaped member..
A method for the in-situ repair of holes in the side wall of well tubulars, such as production tubing, said method comprising the following steps: - running a hole sealing device (10, 30) into the well tubular, - identifying the hole in the side wall of the well tubular, and - injecting a sealant material into the hole via the hole sealing device, characterized by pressing the hole sealing device (10, 30) against the inner surface of the well tubular such that a semi-rectangular, oval or circular seal is established around the hole so that the hole is within an area of the inner surface of the well tubular defined by the perimeter of the seal, thereby creating a well-defined sealed volume between the inside of the well tubular and the device, and by injecting the sealant material into the hole via said well-defined sealed volume. - running a hole sealing device (10, 30) into the well tubular, - identifying the hole in the side wall of the well tubular, and - injecting a sealant material into the hole via the hole sealing device,
A device for extracting a case made of ferromagnetic material, comprising a rod integral at a first end with a magnet which is intended to attract a case inserted within a weapon chamber, the magnet being strong enough to extract the case from the chamber upon a traction being exerted on the rod or the magnet, characterised in that said device comprises a non-magnetic guide surrounding the magnet, and with respect to which the magnet can slide by a traction on the rod.
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit (220, 420); a cover glass covering a top surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a frame bonded by a filling member (270, 470) to the cover glass and surrounding the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit (220, 420); wherein the filling member (270, 470) having a shielding property for the light of the backlight unit (220, 420) is formed of a resin composition containing carbon black and is disposed between the frame and the liquid crystal display panel and between the frame and the backlight unit (220, 420), wherein the filling member (270, 470) bonds the frame, the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit (220, 420) to each other, wherein the filling member (270, 470) is in contact with and bonds to each other a bottom surface of the cover glass, a lateral surface of the frame, a lateral surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and a lateral surface of the backlight unit (220, 420), and wherein the frame is in contact with and bonded to the bottom surface of the cover glass and a lateral surface of the cover glass. a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit (220, 420); a cover glass covering a top surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a frame bonded by a filling member (270, 470) to the cover glass and surrounding the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit (220, 420); wherein the filling member (270, 470) having a shielding property for the light of the backlight unit (220, 420) is formed of a resin composition containing carbon black and is disposed between the frame and the liquid crystal display panel and between the frame and the backlight unit (220, 420), wherein the filling member (270, 470) bonds the frame, the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit (220, 420) to each other, wherein the filling member (270, 470) is in contact with and bonds to each other a bottom surface of the cover glass, a lateral surface of the frame, a lateral surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and a lateral surface of the backlight unit (220, 420), and wherein the frame is in contact with and bonded to the bottom surface of the cover glass and a lateral surface of the cover glass.
A method to prepare a catheter locking formulation, comprising: in a first step, dissolving trimethoprim in propylene glycol at a temperature between 50° C and 55° C; after solubilizing trimethoprim in propylene glycol, adding phosphate buffered saline to the trimethoprim / propylene glycol solution at a temperature greater than room temperature; adding EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate to the solution of trimethoprim / propylene glycol / phosphate buffered saline solution at a temperature greater than room temperature; adding glycerin to the solution of EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate / trimethoprim / propylene glycol / phosphate buffered saline solution at a temperature greater than room temperature and in a final step, adding absolute ethanol at about room temperature to the solution of trimethoprim, propylene glycol, EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate, phosphate buffered saline, and glycerin. in a first step, dissolving trimethoprim in propylene glycol at a temperature between 50° C and 55° C; after solubilizing trimethoprim in propylene glycol, adding phosphate buffered saline to the trimethoprim / propylene glycol solution at a temperature greater than room temperature; adding EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate to the solution of trimethoprim / propylene glycol / phosphate buffered saline solution at a temperature greater than room temperature; adding glycerin to the solution of EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate / trimethoprim / propylene glycol / phosphate buffered saline solution at a temperature greater than room temperature and in a final step, adding absolute ethanol at about room temperature to the solution of trimethoprim, propylene glycol, EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate, phosphate buffered saline, and glycerin.
A tissue resecting device, comprising: an assembly of tubular first and second members (815, 820), the second member having a resecting element at a distal end thereof; a handle; a motor drive system carried in the handle and a controller configured for moving the second member across a window of the first member; the motor drive system including a motor and a motor shaft driving a rotation-to-linear motion conversion mechanism, wherein a distal edge of the second member moves back and forth across the window of the first member from a window open position to a window closed position; wherein the controller includes an algorithm configured to stop reciprocation of the second member with the distal edge of the second member at a stop position in which the tissue-receiving window is partially open; wherein the rotation-to-linear motion conversion mechanism includes a rotatable drive collar; wherein the tissue resecting device further comprises a microswitch, wherein the microswitch engages an engagement feature of the drive collar once each revolution of the drive collar; characterised in that the engagement feature is an indent in the drive collar. an assembly of tubular first and second members (815, 820), the second member having a resecting element at a distal end thereof; a handle; a motor drive system carried in the handle and a controller configured for moving the second member across a window of the first member; the motor drive system including a motor and a motor shaft driving a rotation-to-linear motion conversion mechanism, wherein a distal edge of the second member moves back and forth across the window of the first member from a window open position to a window closed position; wherein the controller includes an algorithm configured to stop reciprocation of the second member with the distal edge of the second member at a stop position in which the tissue-receiving window is partially open; wherein the rotation-to-linear motion conversion mechanism includes a rotatable drive collar; wherein the tissue resecting device further comprises a microswitch, wherein the microswitch engages an engagement feature of the drive collar once each revolution of the drive collar; characterised in that the engagement feature is an indent in the drive collar.
A surface temperature control system, comprising: - at least one flexible plastic pipe, the outside of which is at least partly covered by a first element of a hook-and-loop connection; - a support sheet, wherein a second element of the hook-and-loop connection is arranged on a side of the support sheet such that the flexible plastic pipe(s) can be releasably fixed to the support sheet to form the hook-and-loop connection; and - a dimensionally stable, flat support, on one side of which the support sheet is arranged; characterized in that the dimensionally stable, flat support is designed as a multiwall sheet made of a plastic material. - at least one flexible plastic pipe, the outside of which is at least partly covered by a first element of a hook-and-loop connection; - a support sheet, wherein a second element of the hook-and-loop connection is arranged on a side of the support sheet such that the flexible plastic pipe(s) can be releasably fixed to the support sheet to form the hook-and-loop connection; and - a dimensionally stable, flat support, on one side of which the support sheet is arranged;
A recombinant lactic acid bacterium having been genetically modified to decrease the expression of a phosphoglycerol transferase, wherein the decrease in expression of the phosphoglycerol transferase decreases the display of lipoteichoic acid on the surface of said lactic acid bacterium, when compared to the display of LTA on the surface of an appropriate control bacterium without said genetic modification.
A brewing chamber cleaner comprising: a lid configured to be retained in a beverage brewer proximal to a brewing chamber water supply and to rest above a brewing chamber; a passage of the lid; a cylindrical extension attached to the lid; an interior of the cylindrical extension configured to be in fluid communication with the brewing chamber water supply through the passage; and orifices in the cylindrical extension providing fluid communication between the interior of the cylindrical extension and the brewing chamber, the orifices positioned and sized to spray the liquid flow through the orifices into the brewing chamber, a skirt reaching downward from the lid; a ring extending radially from the lid, at the exterior of the skirt, for supporting the brewing chamber cleaner in the brewing chamber; wherein the orifices open into the brewing chamber to release sprays of cleaning solution, wherein the cylindrical extension reaches down into the brewing chamber, such that the passage provides fluid communication from the top of the lid to the at least one set of orifices through the passage of the cylindrical extension. a lid configured to be retained in a beverage brewer proximal to a brewing chamber water supply and to rest above a brewing chamber; a passage of the lid; a cylindrical extension attached to the lid; an interior of the cylindrical extension configured to be in fluid communication with the brewing chamber water supply through the passage; and orifices in the cylindrical extension providing fluid communication between the interior of the cylindrical extension and the brewing chamber, the orifices positioned and sized to spray the liquid flow through the orifices into the brewing chamber, a skirt reaching downward from the lid; a ring extending radially from the lid, at the exterior of the skirt, for supporting the brewing chamber cleaner in the brewing chamber; wherein the orifices open into the brewing chamber to release sprays of cleaning solution, wherein the cylindrical extension reaches down into the brewing chamber, such that the passage provides fluid communication from the top of the lid to the at least one set of orifices through the passage of the cylindrical extension.
A yarn winding apparatus comprising: a tension sensor adapted to measure a yarn tension of a yarn wound to form a package; a calibration mechanism adapted to calibrate a correspondence between an electric signal output by the tension sensor and a tension value corresponding to the electric signal; and a control section adapted to execute a plurality of operating modes, wherein the operating modes include a calibration mode for performing calibration by using the calibration mechanism, characterized by a tension applying section adapted to apply a predetermined tension to the yarn, wherein the operating modes include a winding mode in which a yarn is unwound from a yarn supplying bobbin and then wound to form a package, and the control section is adapted to cause the tension applying section to hold the yarn such that the predetermined tension is generated in the yarn when the operating mode is the winding mode, and to cause the tension applying section to release the yarn when the operating mode is the calibration mode. a tension sensor adapted to measure a yarn tension of a yarn wound to form a package; a calibration mechanism adapted to calibrate a correspondence between an electric signal output by the tension sensor and a tension value corresponding to the electric signal; and a control section adapted to execute a plurality of operating modes, wherein the operating modes include a calibration mode for performing calibration by using the calibration mechanism, characterized by a tension applying section adapted to apply a predetermined tension to the yarn, wherein the operating modes include a winding mode in which a yarn is unwound from a yarn supplying bobbin and then wound to form a package, and the control section is adapted to cause the tension applying section to hold the yarn such that the predetermined tension is generated in the yarn when the operating mode is the winding mode, and to cause the tension applying section to release the yarn when the operating mode is the calibration mode.
A mixer faucet handle for a mixer faucet with a cartridge, said cartridge having a mixer cartridge stem, the mixer faucet handle adapted to convert user handling into controlling rotation and tilt of said mixer cartridge stem to control temperature and flowrate respectively of water poured from said mixer faucet, the mixer faucet handle comprising: - a knob with an outer surface for receiving rotational user handling, - a rotating mechanism converting rotation of a section of said knob outer surface into rotation of said mixer cartridge stem, and - a tilting mechanism being a different mechanism from the rotating mechanism, said tilting mechanism converting rotation of said section of said knob outer surface into tilting said mixer cartridge stem characterized in that the mixer faucet handle further comprises a shifter for switching between a first gear and a second gear of the mixer faucet handle, where: - when the mixer faucet handle is in said first gear, the rotating mechanism is engaged to the knob and the tilting mechanism is disengaged from said knob, and - when the mixer faucet handle is in said second gear, the tilting mechanism is engaged to the knob and said rotating mechanism is disengaged from said knob, - wherein said shifter switches between said first and second gears by disengaging one mechanism and engaging another mechanism. - a knob with an outer surface for receiving rotational user handling, - a rotating mechanism converting rotation of a section of said knob outer surface into rotation of said mixer cartridge stem, and - a tilting mechanism being a different mechanism from the rotating mechanism, said tilting mechanism converting rotation of said section of said knob outer surface into tilting said mixer cartridge stem characterized in that the mixer faucet handle further comprises a shifter for switching between a first gear and a second gear of the mixer faucet handle, where: - when the mixer faucet handle is in said first gear, the rotating mechanism is engaged to the knob and the tilting mechanism is disengaged from said knob, and - when the mixer faucet handle is in said second gear, the tilting mechanism is engaged to the knob and said rotating mechanism is disengaged from said knob, - wherein said shifter switches between said first and second gears by disengaging one mechanism and engaging another mechanism.
An electrode assembly comprising: a positive electrode sheet having a positive electrode tab protruding from an outer end of one side thereof and a positive electrode mixture layer comprising a positive electrode active material applied to a lower part of the positive electrode tab and to a positive electrode current collector, the lower part being a positive electrode tab end close to a coated area of the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode sheet having a negative electrode tab protruding from an outer end of one side thereof and a negative electrode mixture layer comprising a negative electrode active material applied to a lower part of the negative electrode tab and to a negative electrode current collector, the lower part being a negative electrode tab end close to a coated area of the negative electrode current collector; and a separator located between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet, wherein the negative electrode sheet has a shoulder portion extending in a horizontal direction (A-A') by a predetermined length and formed at a part of the negative electrode sheet that overlaps the part of the positive electrode sheet at which the positive electrode tab is formed, the negative electrode active material being applied to the shoulder portion, and the shoulder portion is wrapped with a coating portion configured to prevent contact between the positive electrode mixture layer formed at the positive electrode tab and the shoulder portion of the negative electrode sheet. a positive electrode sheet having a positive electrode tab protruding from an outer end of one side thereof and a positive electrode mixture layer comprising a positive electrode active material applied to a lower part of the positive electrode tab and to a positive electrode current collector, the lower part being a positive electrode tab end close to a coated area of the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode sheet having a negative electrode tab protruding from an outer end of one side thereof and a negative electrode mixture layer comprising a negative electrode active material applied to a lower part of the negative electrode tab and to a negative electrode current collector, the lower part being a negative electrode tab end close to a coated area of the negative electrode current collector; and a separator located between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet, wherein the negative electrode sheet has a shoulder portion extending in a horizontal direction (A-A') by a predetermined length and formed at a part of the negative electrode sheet that overlaps the part of the positive electrode sheet at which the positive electrode tab is formed, the negative electrode active material being applied to the shoulder portion, and the shoulder portion is wrapped with a coating portion configured to prevent contact between the positive electrode mixture layer formed at the positive electrode tab and the shoulder portion of the negative electrode sheet.
System for analyzing a surface of a filling material in a container, the system comprising: a parabolic antenna for providing two different directional characteristics, the parabolic antenna comprising: a transmitting and receiving unit for feeding and receiving a radar signal; a parabolic mirror for reflecting the radar signal; a subreflector for reflecting the radar signal, wherein the subreflector comprises an opening an evaluation unit for analyzing the surface of the filling material in the container based on echoes of the radar signal emitted by the parabolic antenna. a parabolic antenna for providing two different directional characteristics, the parabolic antenna comprising: a transmitting and receiving unit for feeding and receiving a radar signal; a parabolic mirror for reflecting the radar signal; a subreflector for reflecting the radar signal, wherein the subreflector comprises an opening a transmitting and receiving unit for feeding and receiving a radar signal; a parabolic mirror for reflecting the radar signal; a subreflector for reflecting the radar signal, wherein the subreflector comprises an opening an evaluation unit for analyzing the surface of the filling material in the container based on echoes of the radar signal emitted by the parabolic antenna.
Ventilation unit for a cold chamber, having a tubular main body, wherein the main body comprises, on the inlet side, an end, which has an inlet aperture and, on the outlet side, an end, which has an outlet aperture, wherein the main body is formed tapered in such a manner that the inlet aperture comprises a larger surface than the outlet aperture, wherein the inlet aperture is arranged in a first end face plane and the outlet aperture is arranged in a second end face plane, wherein the first end face plane and the second end face plane are arranged substantially parallel to and offset from each other, and wherein at least one mechanical valve (30, 30') is arranged in the main body, characterized in that the main body comprises a heating element, wherein the mechanical valve (30, 30') is implemented such that, when a specified difference in pressure between the end on the inlet side and end on the outlet side is exceeded, the mechanical valve (30, 30') is opened by means of a vacuum induced negative pressure, whereby air is nevertheless prevented from flowing from the end on the outlet side to the end on the inlet side.