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An animal feed system in which fluid is provided to a cup, said cup, as viewed in side elevation, having an open top, substantially vertically projecting sides and means for accepting fluid projecting through the bottom of said cup, said system including means for ejecting said fluid into said cup along a substantially lateral direction; wherein the means for accepting fluid is incorporated into a nipple housing which further comprises a rod means situated therewithin, said rod means being accessible from atop the cup and functionally incorporated with said means for accepting fluid such that movement of said rod means out of a nominal vertical orientation causes said means for accepting fluid to allow fluid to enter into said cup via said means for ejecting said fluid; characterised in that a float is present inside the nipple housing which serves to automatically limit movement of the rod means, and hence the effecting of fluid flow, when ejected fluid level rises in said cup and inside said nipple housing; wherein the float is in an annular space between said nipple housing and said rod means therewithin, and the annular space is smaller at an upper location than a lower position.
Drug delivery device, comprising: - a case for retaining drug container, the drug container defining a cavity for containing a drug, wherein a stopper is slidably disposed within the container so as to displace the drug through a discharge nozzle on translation in a distal direction, - an inner magnet disposable within the drug container for abutting the stopper, - at least one outer magnet disposed within the case coaxially with the container and slidable in an axial direction (D, P), - a trigger arrangement (15, 16) for advancing the outer magnet in a distal direction on actuation, wherein the outer magnet and inner magnet are arranged for magnetically interacting through the drug container wall such the outer magnet advances the inner magnet on trigger actuation, characterized in that a cord with a low flexibility is arranged between a proximal face of the inner magnet and the outer magnet so as to define their relative axial position. - a case for retaining drug container, the drug container defining a cavity for containing a drug, wherein a stopper is slidably disposed within the container so as to displace the drug through a discharge nozzle on translation in a distal direction, - an inner magnet disposable within the drug container for abutting the stopper, - at least one outer magnet disposed within the case coaxially with the container and slidable in an axial direction (D, P), - a trigger arrangement (15, 16) for advancing the outer magnet in a distal direction on actuation,
A multi beam output fiber laser system for producing a plurality of fiber laser beam outputs, the system comprising: a plurality of fiber laser modules (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24), the fiber laser modules (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24) providing a plurality of distinct fiber laser outputs, the respective outputs differing by one or more beam characteristics, wherein the system further comprises a control system to control the beam characteristics of each of the distinct fiber laser outputs, characterized in that, the system further comprises: a plurality of output fibers (29, 30, 32), each of which is configured to deliver one of said distinct fiber laser outputs; and a bulk optic having a surface to which each of said output fibers (29, 30, 32) is fused to, the bulk optic configured to receive the distinct fiber laser outputs from the output fibers (29, 30, 32) and output the distinct fiber laser outputs as substantially spaced apart. a plurality of fiber laser modules (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24), the fiber laser modules (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24) providing a plurality of distinct fiber laser outputs, the respective outputs differing by one or more beam characteristics, wherein the system further comprises a control system to control the beam characteristics of each of the distinct fiber laser outputs, characterized in that, the system further comprises: a plurality of output fibers (29, 30, 32), each of which is configured to deliver one of said distinct fiber laser outputs; and a bulk optic having a surface to which each of said output fibers (29, 30, 32) is fused to, the bulk optic configured to receive the distinct fiber laser outputs from the output fibers (29, 30, 32) and output the distinct fiber laser outputs as substantially spaced apart. a plurality of output fibers (29, 30, 32), each of which is configured to deliver one of said distinct fiber laser outputs; and a bulk optic having a surface to which each of said output fibers (29, 30, 32) is fused to, the bulk optic configured to receive the distinct fiber laser outputs from the output fibers (29, 30, 32) and output the distinct fiber laser outputs as substantially spaced apart.
A safe access needle injection instrument to safely access the submucosal layer of a mammal, comprising: an elongate tubular member having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough; a tissue holding member positioned adjacent the distal end of said elongate tubular member and adapted to engage mucosal tissue within the digestive tract, said tissue holding member being a window member adapted to engage the mucosal tissue within the digestive tract, the window member being integrally formed with the tubular member, and a seal plug included within the lumen distal said window member, such that upon application of a vacuum to the proximal end of said elongate tubular member, said tissue holding member would suction the mucosal tissue into said window member; and a needle member having a lumen, said needle member being longitudinally movable within the lumen of said elongate tubular member and adapted to pierce a desired region of the mucosal tissue engaged by said tissue holding member and enter the submucosal layer thereof such that delivery of a fluid through the lumen of said needle member enters said mucosal tissue to thereby elevate said mucosal tissue, characterised in that said needle member includes a stop member located on said distal end of said needle member, said stop member being adapted to engage said mucosal tissue within said window member and provide a seal about said distal end of said needle member when said stop member engages said mucosal tissue. an elongate tubular member having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough; a tissue holding member positioned adjacent the distal end of said elongate tubular member and adapted to engage mucosal tissue within the digestive tract, said tissue holding member being a window member adapted to engage the mucosal tissue within the digestive tract, the window member being integrally formed with the tubular member, and a seal plug included within the lumen distal said window member, such that upon application of a vacuum to the proximal end of said elongate tubular member, said tissue holding member would suction the mucosal tissue into said window member; and a needle member having a lumen, said needle member being longitudinally movable within the lumen of said elongate tubular member and adapted to pierce a desired region of the mucosal tissue engaged by said tissue holding member and enter the submucosal layer thereof such that delivery of a fluid through the lumen of said needle member enters said mucosal tissue to thereby elevate said mucosal tissue, characterised in that said needle member includes a stop member located on said distal end of said needle member, said stop member being adapted to engage said mucosal tissue within said window member and provide a seal about said distal end of said needle member when said stop member engages said mucosal tissue.
Crystalline micronisate of tiotropium bromide of formula characterised by a particle size X 50 of between 1.0 μm and 3.5 μm at a Q (5.8) value of more than 60 %, by a specific surface value in the range between 2 m 2 /g and 5 m 2 /g, by a specific heat of solution of more than 65 Ws/g and by a water content of 1 % to 4.0 %.
A compound which is selected from: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, optionally containing a chelated nonradioactive or radioactive cation and wherein the fluorine atom is optionally 18 F.
A method for preparing a cycloaliphatic diepoxide comprising the steps of: - mixing a diene compound, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an alkaline salt, and a solvent, and cooling; - dropwise adding a hydrogen peroxide solution thereto over 1-12 h, and then continuing the reaction for 3-8 h; - standing for layering to obtain an underlayer of an organic phase I, washing the organic phase I with a washing liquid, and standing for layering to obtain an underlayer of an organic phase II; and - purifying the organic phase II; wherein the washing liquid includes an inorganic alkali solution and a reducing salt; the reducing salt accounts for 0.5-5 wt% of the washing liquid; and in said step of dropwise adding a hydrogen peroxide solution and continuing the reaction, the pH value is kept in a range of 3.0-4.5. - mixing a diene compound, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an alkaline salt, and a solvent, and cooling; - dropwise adding a hydrogen peroxide solution thereto over 1-12 h, and then continuing the reaction for 3-8 h; - standing for layering to obtain an underlayer of an organic phase I, washing the organic phase I with a washing liquid, and standing for layering to obtain an underlayer of an organic phase II; and - purifying the organic phase II; the washing liquid includes an inorganic alkali solution and a reducing salt; the reducing salt accounts for 0.5-5 wt% of the washing liquid; and in said step of dropwise adding a hydrogen peroxide solution and continuing the reaction, the pH value is kept in a range of 3.0-4.5.
Turn-up method for a reel-up for reeling of fiber webs, a fiber web travelling in direction is cut by means of two water jet nozzles moving substantially in transverse direction in relation to the travelling direction of the fiber web, in the method two cuts (C1, C2) are formed by two water jet nozzles (10, 12) starting their movement at latest from edges of the fiber web and moving with cutting pressure of the water jet nozzles (10, 12) on towards center area of the fiber web and at the center area of the fiber web the cuts (C1, C2) cross or meet and a substantially V-shaped tail end to the fiber web is formed, after the cuts (C1, C2) of the tail end of the fiber web are finished the cutting by the water jet nozzles (10, 12) and the movement of the water jet nozzles (10,12) is stopped and after the stop the return movement of the water jet nozzles (10, 12) and the cutting by the water jet nozzles (10,12) is started again from the center area of the fiber web and the water jet nozzles are moved by return movement towards the edges of the fiber web so that the fiber web is cut by two cuts (C3, C4) and a substantially V-shaped beginning end to the fiber web W is formed and between the cuts (C1, C2) for the tail end and the cuts (C3, C4) for the beginning end one reject part of the fiber web with two substantially V-shaped cuts is formed.
Connecting element for the mechanical arrangement of, and an electrical connection with, a light-emitting diode band, which has a receiving body having a bottom wall and side walls laterally emanating from the bottom wall and an in particular elongated inner recess, formed by the bottom wall and the side walls, in which the light-emitting diode band is adapted to be arranged, and at least one contact receptacle for contact means, extending away from the bottom wall in the direction of the, in particular elongated, inner recess, by means of which an electrical connection is adapted to be created between the connecting element and the light-emitting diode band, wherein the contact receptacle has an inner recess, which passes through the bottom wall and extends into the region of the, in particular elongated, inner recess and contact means are adapted to be received in the inner recess of the contact receptacle for inducing an electrical connection of the connecting element with the light-emitting diode band, wherein the connecting element has an electrically conductive contacting device, on which the contact means are adapted to be brought into contact, and the contact means received by the contact receptacle extends into the region of the inner recess of the connecting element, characterised in that a sealing device is provided in the region between the inner recess of the connecting element and the contact receptacle, which is formed to be passed through by the contact means and is adapted to be formed with a protrusion extending into the inner recess.
Device for the detection of an opening process of a covering device, wherein the covering device is designed to cover an opening of a housing and wherein the housing is designed to accommodate the device and an electrical device, characterised in that the device has a magnet arrangement and at least one magnetic field sensor arrangement, wherein the magnet arrangement has at least one permanent magnet, wherein the magnetic field sensor arrangement has at least one magnetic field sensor, wherein the magnet arrangement and/or the magnetic field sensor arrangement are each attached to the covering device and/or the housing such that the opening process can be detected by the magnetic sensor arrangement and wherein the magnetic field sensor is designed to detect the direction of magnetic fields, wherein the device further has at least one magnetic field guide arrangement which in the closed state of the covering device is designed to guide the magnetic field of the magnet arrangement into a detection range of the magnetic sensor arrangement and wherein the magnetic field guide arrangement is designed as one or more fasteners, wherein the one or more fasteners are provided for fastening the covering device to the housing and are designed such that when the housing is closed by the covering device the magnetic field of the magnet arrangement is relayed to the magnetic field sensor arrangement.
A velocity determination apparatus for determining a velocity of an object, the velocity determination apparatus comprising: - a Doppler frequency measuring unit for measuring a Doppler frequency in at least three different frequency directions (10, 11, 12), - a Doppler frequency calculation unit for calculating a Doppler frequency for a calculation frequency direction of the at least three different frequency directions (10, 11, 12), wherein the Doppler frequency calculation unit is adapted to determine whether the measurement of the Doppler frequency in the calculation frequency direction is faulty, and to calculate the Doppler frequency for the calculation frequency direction being the faulty frequency direction depending on the Doppler frequencies measured for at least two further frequency directions of the at least three different frequency directions (10, 11, 12), - a velocity determination unit for determining a velocity of the object depending on the calculated Doppler frequency, which has been calculated for the calculation frequency direction, and the Doppler frequencies for the at least two further frequency directions. - a Doppler frequency measuring unit for measuring a Doppler frequency in at least three different frequency directions (10, 11, 12), - a Doppler frequency calculation unit for calculating a Doppler frequency for a calculation frequency direction of the at least three different frequency directions (10, 11, 12), wherein the Doppler frequency calculation unit is adapted to determine whether the measurement of the Doppler frequency in the calculation frequency direction is faulty, and to calculate the Doppler frequency for the calculation frequency direction being the faulty frequency direction depending on the Doppler frequencies measured for at least two further frequency directions of the at least three different frequency directions (10, 11, 12), - a velocity determination unit for determining a velocity of the object depending on the calculated Doppler frequency, which has been calculated for the calculation frequency direction, and the Doppler frequencies for the at least two further frequency directions.
Charge transporting semi-conducting material comprising: a) at least one electrical dopant, and b) a branched or cross-linked charge-transporting polymer comprising cyclobutenone cross-linking units of at least one of the general formulae Ia and/or Ib, wherein aa) Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 are independently selected charge transporting chains of the charge-transporting polymer, and each of Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 being crosslinked by at least two or more cyclobutenon cross-linking units as defined in Formula Ia or or Ib, bb) X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are independently selected optional spacer units or, independently, represent direct bonding of Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 chains to the cyclobutenone ring, cc) Z 1, Z 2, Z 3, and Z 4 are independently selected from H, halogen or a carbon-containing group. a) at least one electrical dopant, and b) a branched or cross-linked charge-transporting polymer comprising cyclobutenone cross-linking units of at least one of the general formulae Ia and/or Ib, wherein aa) Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 are independently selected charge transporting chains of the charge-transporting polymer, and each of Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 being crosslinked by at least two or more cyclobutenon cross-linking units as defined in Formula Ia or or Ib, bb) X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are independently selected optional spacer units or, independently, represent direct bonding of Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 chains to the cyclobutenone ring, cc) Z 1, Z 2, Z 3, and Z 4 are independently selected from H, halogen or a carbon-containing group. aa) Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 are independently selected charge transporting chains of the charge-transporting polymer, and each of Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 being crosslinked by at least two or more cyclobutenon cross-linking units as defined in Formula Ia or or Ib, bb) X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are independently selected optional spacer units or, independently, represent direct bonding of Pol 1, Pol 2, Pol 3 and Pol 4 chains to the cyclobutenone ring, cc) Z 1, Z 2, Z 3, and Z 4 are independently selected from H, halogen or a carbon-containing group.
A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprising: energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; generating an electromagnetic field with the primary inductive coil within the chamber, wherein said electromagnetic field passes through a susceptor coupled to said chamber between said primary inductive coil and said mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field; sensing a magnetic flux leakage past the susceptor within the chamber; generating a control signal, said control signal being responsive to at least one of a flux sensor input and a flux set point input; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil proximate the chamber, wherein said control field is a secondary electromagnetic field and adjusts said magnetic flux that has leaked past the susceptor; and casting the material within the mold. energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; generating an electromagnetic field with the primary inductive coil within the chamber, wherein said electromagnetic field passes through a susceptor coupled to said chamber between said primary inductive coil and said mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field; sensing a magnetic flux leakage past the susceptor within the chamber; generating a control signal, said control signal being responsive to at least one of a flux sensor input and a flux set point input; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil proximate the chamber, wherein said control field is a secondary electromagnetic field and adjusts said magnetic flux that has leaked past the susceptor; and casting the material within the mold.
A process for the manufacturing of a long metallic product in a continuous casting plant, wherein said product follows a trajectory comprising a curvilinear section and a straight section, said process comprises at least a first and a second deformation phase, each of said phases comprising a contemporaneous deformation of the perimeter and of the transversal section of said product, the first deformation phase being effected in said curvilinear section and the second deformation phase being effected in said straight section, the first and the second deformation phases being effected in an area defined as a metallurgical line where liquid metal is still present in the product, and at a location where each reduction provokes an increase of the speed of the product, characterized in that said deformation phases create a deformation of the section of said product in two directions perpendicular to each other in an alternating horizontal and vertical direction, by positioning pairs of rolls (4A, 4B) with vertical axis and adding at least two pairs of rolls (5A, 5B) with an horizontal axis.
A collapsible ground plane adapted to an antenna mounted elevated on a vehicle for a field enivronment comprising: a hub for mounting to one of a riser or an antenna, a set of radial conductive members extending radially from a proximal end mounted to the hub to a distal end, and having connectors to electrically connect to an antenna, and a peripheral conductive member (20, 40) connected between at least two distal ends of adjacent radial conductive members, characterized in that each member of the set of radial conductive members and the peripheral conductive member has a linkage that yields under a force like a force due to impacts in the field and then returns to its original shape when the force is relieved. a hub for mounting to one of a riser or an antenna, a set of radial conductive members extending radially from a proximal end mounted to the hub to a distal end, and having connectors to electrically connect to an antenna, and a peripheral conductive member (20, 40) connected between at least two distal ends of adjacent radial conductive members, characterized in that each member of the set of radial conductive members and the peripheral conductive member has a linkage that yields under a force like a force due to impacts in the field and then returns to its original shape when the force is relieved.
Device for storing and supplying cryogenic fluid, notably an on-board device for storing and supplying liquefied hydrogen, comprising a cryogenic tank for storing liquefied fluid, a withdrawal circuit, the device comprising a system for pressurizing the tank comprising a pressurization line having two ends respectively connected to the upper and lower parts of the tank, a vaporization heat exchanger and a set of valve(s) (5, 6) configured to allow liquid to be withdrawn from the tank, to be heated in the vaporization heat exchanger and to be reintroduced into the tank, the system for pressurizing the tank being configured to withdraw a determined volume of fluid from the tank, to store and isolate this volume in the vaporization heat exchanger until the volume of fluid reaches determined temperature and/or pressure conditions prior to re-injection of this volume of fluid into the tank, the pressurization line comprising an element (7, 6) for limiting the flow rate and/or the pressure of the re-injected volume of fluid, characterized in that the pressurization line comprises a buffer storage reservoir that communicates with an outlet of the heat exchanger and that is configured to accommodate part of the volume of fluid.