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A primary Luer female connector, comprising: a tapered female cone, wherein the tapered cone inverts back into a secondary male section and returns into a void of said primary Luer female connector, wherein said secondary male section comprises a second inner fluid flow channel extending along the length thereof, said inner fluid flow channel of said secondary male section has an essentially constant internal diameter extending along the length of said primary Luer female connector, wherein said primary Luer female connector is configured to mate with a primary Luer male connector having a tapered cone, and wherein said secondary male section is configured to mate with a secondary female section of said primary male connector; wherein said secondary male section is sized, shaped, formed and/or includes a material ensuring that said mating occurs first between said female cone and the male cone of said primary female and male Luer connecters. a tapered female cone, wherein the tapered cone inverts back into a secondary male section and returns into a void of said primary Luer female connector, wherein said secondary male section comprises a second inner fluid flow channel extending along the length thereof, said inner fluid flow channel of said secondary male section has an essentially constant internal diameter extending along the length of said primary Luer female connector, wherein said primary Luer female connector is configured to mate with a primary Luer male connector having a tapered cone, and wherein said secondary male section is configured to mate with a secondary female section of said primary male connector; wherein said secondary male section is sized, shaped, formed and/or includes a material ensuring that said mating occurs first between said female cone and the male cone of said primary female and male Luer connecters.
A stone cutting device configured to cut a workpiece with a plurality of cutting tools by swinging the cutting tools within a predetermined angle range, each of the cutting tools comprising a blade extending in a length direction of the workpiece, and at least one cutting tip disposed on an end of the blade and protruding from the blade in a width direction of the blade so as to cut the workpiece while being reciprocated in a swinging motion, and the stone cutting device comprising a frame unit configured to combine and reciprocate the cutting tools and individually adjust tension in each of the cutting tools; characterized in that the stone cutting device comprises spacers maintaining gaps between the cutting tools, the spacers comprise bodies disposed between the cutting tools and integrally combined with both widthwise ends of the bodies being clamped; accommodation portions provided on the bodies to receive the cutting tools, the accommodation portions comprising accommodation recess portions formed in sides of the bodies and having a depth corresponding to the thickness of the blades, gaps are formed in the spacers between the bodies and the blades such that the spacers constrain the cutting tools from moving in a width direction of the cutting tools and allow the cutting tools to move in a length direction of the cutting tools. the stone cutting device comprising a frame unit configured to combine and reciprocate the cutting tools and individually adjust tension in each of the cutting tools; characterized in that the stone cutting device comprises spacers maintaining gaps between the cutting tools, the spacers comprise bodies disposed between the cutting tools and integrally combined with both widthwise ends of the bodies being clamped; accommodation portions provided on the bodies to receive the cutting tools, the accommodation portions comprising accommodation recess portions formed in sides of the bodies and having a depth corresponding to the thickness of the blades, gaps are formed in the spacers between the bodies and the blades such that the spacers constrain the cutting tools from moving in a width direction of the cutting tools and allow the cutting tools to move in a length direction of the cutting tools.
A method, comprising steps of: (a) periodically wirelessly receiving at least one signal from at least one of a plurality of location ID stations at an electronic device (102, 208) associated with a package as the package is transported from a source location to a destination location in a manufacturing process, supply chain, and/or distribution network, the at least one signal including location event information that is sufficient to specify a location (A,B, C) of the package at a time the at least one signal is received; (b) periodically determining whether the electronic device (102, 208) is still in the vicinity of the same ID station or another ID station in the same location; based upon the at least one signal, storing a unique identifier representative of the location event information in memory of the electronic device (102, 208) so that the location of the package identified by the at least one signal can be subsequently ascertained by retrieving and analyzing the data in case the electronic device (102, 208) is determined not to be in the vicinity of the same ID station or another ID station in the same location; and storing an abbreviated amount of information, in particular a single bit, in memory of the electronic device (102, 208) in case the electronic device (102, 208) is determined to be in the vicinity of the same ID station or another ID station in the same location. (a) periodically wirelessly receiving at least one signal from at least one of a plurality of location ID stations at an electronic device (102, 208) associated with a package as the package is transported from a source location to a destination location in a manufacturing process, supply chain, and/or distribution network, the at least one signal including location event information that is sufficient to specify a location (A,B, C) of the package at a time the at least one signal is received; (b) periodically determining whether the electronic device (102, 208) is still in the vicinity of the same ID station or another ID station in the same location; based upon the at least one signal, storing a unique identifier representative of the location event information in memory of the electronic device (102, 208) so that the location of the package identified by the at least one signal can be subsequently ascertained by retrieving and analyzing the data in case the electronic device (102, 208) is determined not to be in the vicinity of the same ID station or another ID station in the same location; and storing an abbreviated amount of information, in particular a single bit, in memory of the electronic device (102, 208) in case the electronic device (102, 208) is determined to be in the vicinity of the same ID station or another ID station in the same location.
Method for the process control of a plant for the continuous production of foams, in particular food foams, comprising the steps of a) continuous inline determination of at least one actual value of at least two state variables of a foam produced in at least one whipping system, wherein the at least two state variables to be determined are chosen from the group consisting of bubble structure and bubble distribution, wherein the determination of the at least one actual value of the state variables of the foam takes place downstream from the at least one whipping system, wherein the actual values of the state variables of the foam are determined by a measurement method for determining conductivity, or by the measurement methods ultrasound, image analysis, magnetic resonance tomography; and b) the determined at least one actual value of the state variable of the foam is compared with at least one predetermined setpoint value of this state variable of the produced foam and, in the case of a deviation of the actual value from the at least one setpoint value, at least one process parameter of the continuous production of the foam is automatically altered. a) continuous inline determination of at least one actual value of at least two state variables of a foam produced in at least one whipping system, wherein the at least two state variables to be determined are chosen from the group consisting of bubble structure and bubble distribution, wherein the determination of the at least one actual value of the state variables of the foam takes place downstream from the at least one whipping system, wherein the actual values of the state variables of the foam are determined by a measurement method for determining conductivity, or by the measurement methods ultrasound, image analysis, magnetic resonance tomography; and b) the determined at least one actual value of the state variable of the foam is compared with at least one predetermined setpoint value of this state variable of the produced foam and, in the case of a deviation of the actual value from the at least one setpoint value, at least one process parameter of the continuous production of the foam is automatically altered.
A battery charging apparatus, comprising: a battery compartment having a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack; a fluid source configured to supply a fluid; and a first heat exchange module including: a plenum around a perimeter of the receptacle, the plenum including a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid source; and a plurality of flow guides (56a-56h) disposed in the chamber; wherein the plenum has a gap through which the fluid exits the chamber and surrounds a side surface of the battery pack, the gap being around the receptacle and in fluid communication with the chamber; wherein the receptacle is defined by a lower side wall and an upper side wall, and the gap is formed between the lower side wall and the upper side wall. a battery compartment having a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack; a fluid source configured to supply a fluid; and a first heat exchange module including: a plenum around a perimeter of the receptacle, the plenum including a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid source; and a plurality of flow guides (56a-56h) disposed in the chamber; a plenum around a perimeter of the receptacle, the plenum including a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid source; and a plurality of flow guides (56a-56h) disposed in the chamber; wherein the plenum has a gap through which the fluid exits the chamber and surrounds a side surface of the battery pack, the gap being around the receptacle and in fluid communication with the chamber; wherein the receptacle is defined by a lower side wall and an upper side wall, and the gap is formed between the lower side wall and the upper side wall.
An adapter device, for use with an exercise bench for weight lifting, the exercise bench having a bench surface configured to support part of a body of an athlete in a lying position, defining a longitudinal direction corresponding to an athlete's height and a transverse direction corresponding to a width of the athlete's body, wherein the adapter device comprises: - a first and a second lateral arm, each one spaced transversely from each other and arranged externally side by side to a respective longitudinal edge of the exercise bench; - a main platform, wherein said first and second lateral arm and said main platform define a supporting surface for the athlete's body which is substantially "U" or "C" shaped; - elevation means of said supporting surface, configured to support said first and second lateral arm and said main platform in an elevated position with respect to a walking plane and substantially placed side by side to the bench surface, wherein said supporting surface is configured to receive as rest a lateral part of the athlete's torso at said first and second lateral arm and the lower limbs of the latter, in particular for their whole length, at said main platform, and wherein said supporting surface is substantially continuous. - a first and a second lateral arm, each one spaced transversely from each other and arranged externally side by side to a respective longitudinal edge of the exercise bench; - a main platform, wherein said first and second lateral arm and said main platform define a supporting surface for the athlete's body which is substantially "U" or "C" shaped; - elevation means of said supporting surface, configured to support said first and second lateral arm and said main platform in an elevated position with respect to a walking plane and substantially placed side by side to the bench surface, wherein said supporting surface is configured to receive as rest a lateral part of the athlete's torso at said first and second lateral arm and the lower limbs of the latter, in particular for their whole length, at said main platform, and wherein said supporting surface is substantially continuous.
A battery pack case, comprising: a bottom plate and a side plate connected to the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate and the side plate surround to form an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a unit cell; a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves opening toward the accommodating portion are provided on the bottom plate, wherein the plurality of first grooves are spaced apart from each other, the plurality of second grooves are spaced apart from each other, and the first grooves and the second grooves are arranged to cross each other, wherein the battery pack case further comprises a strip plate, the strip plate is disposed at a connection between a long side of the bottom plate along a length direction of the bottom plate and the side plate, the strip plate comprises a first long side along the length direction of the bottom plate and a second long side along the length direction of the bottom plate opposite to each other, the first long side is connected and fixed to the side plate, and the second long side is connected and fixed to the long side of the bottom plate. a bottom plate and a side plate connected to the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate and the side plate surround to form an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a unit cell; a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves opening toward the accommodating portion are provided on the bottom plate, wherein the plurality of first grooves are spaced apart from each other, the plurality of second grooves are spaced apart from each other, and the first grooves and the second grooves are arranged to cross each other, wherein the battery pack case further comprises a strip plate, the strip plate is disposed at a connection between a long side of the bottom plate along a length direction of the bottom plate and the side plate, the strip plate comprises a first long side along the length direction of the bottom plate and a second long side along the length direction of the bottom plate opposite to each other, the first long side is connected and fixed to the side plate, and the second long side is connected and fixed to the long side of the bottom plate.
A machine for treating and/or handling objects, in particular containers, comprising: - a guide extending along an advancement direction of the objects; - a main carriage slidably mounted on said guide so as to define together a main linear motor; - at least one auxiliary carriage slidably mounted on said guide so as to define together an auxiliary linear motor; - a control unit connected to said guide and configured to manage the sliding of said main carriage and said auxiliary carriage along said guide and the reciprocal distance thereof; characterised in that it comprises: - a pumping and/or suction member for pumping and/or suctioning a fluid interposed between said main carriage and said auxiliary carriage so as to compress or suction said fluid as a function of the variation of the reciprocal distance between said main carriage and said auxiliary carriage; - an operating element extending from the main carriage towards the object to be treated and/or handled and at least in part arranged in fluid connection with said pumping and/or suction member so as to act on a specific portion of said object to be treated and/or handled through said compressed or suctioned fluid; said operating element having an active surface shaped to be able to interact with the specific portion of the object to be treated and/or handled, in particular a mouth of the container; said active surface having a through opening facing towards the object to be treated and/or handled so as to define a fluid connection between said pumping and/or suction member and the object to be treated and/or handled. - a guide extending along an advancement direction of the objects; - a main carriage slidably mounted on said guide so as to define together a main linear motor; - at least one auxiliary carriage slidably mounted on said guide so as to define together an auxiliary linear motor; - a control unit connected to said guide and configured to manage the sliding of said main carriage and said auxiliary carriage along said guide and the reciprocal distance thereof; - a pumping and/or suction member for pumping and/or suctioning a fluid interposed between said main carriage and said auxiliary carriage so as to compress or suction said fluid as a function of the variation of the reciprocal distance between said main carriage and said auxiliary carriage; - an operating element extending from the main carriage towards the object to be treated and/or handled and at least in part arranged in fluid connection with said pumping and/or suction member so as to act on a specific portion of said object to be treated and/or handled through said compressed or suctioned fluid
A dunnage conversion method comprising the steps of separately guiding at least two sheets (14, 16) of stock material to respective laterally-disposed regions of an inlet to a conversion assembly such that one sheet does not wrap around another sheet; and converting the sheets into strips of dunnage that can readily separate and follow separate paths.
A method for providing pure palmitoyolethanolamide, comprising the steps of (i) heating a suspension of crude PEA in a solvent mixture comprising an alcohol in the presence of a base catalyst having a pKA in water of at least 13 to reflux, thereby allowing the formation of crystalline PEA; and (ii) isolating said crystalline PEA. (i) heating a suspension of crude PEA in a solvent mixture comprising an alcohol in the presence of a base catalyst having a pKA in water of at least 13 to reflux, thereby allowing the formation of crystalline PEA; and (ii) isolating said crystalline PEA.
An antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof capable of binding an epitope of VLA-1 comprising amino acid residues Val-Gln-Arg-Gly-Gly-Arg (SEQ ID NO: 8), wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is capable of binding a human α1-I domain but not a rat α1-I domain, for use in treating an inflammatory disorder in a subject.
A method performed in a first wireless device supporting a Wi-Fi Direct service for searching a device, the method comprising: transmitting a probe request frame to a second wireless device; receiving a probe response frame from the second wireless device in response to the probe request frame, wherein the probe response frame includes information on an Access Point, AP, to which the second wireless device is currently connected; and establishing a session with the second wireless device through the AP when the first wireless device and the second wireless device are connected to a same AP, wherein the session is established based on application service platform, ASP, supported by the Wi-Fi Direct service. transmitting a probe request frame to a second wireless device; receiving a probe response frame from the second wireless device in response to the probe request frame, wherein the probe response frame includes information on an Access Point, AP, to which the second wireless device is currently connected; and establishing a session with the second wireless device through the AP when the first wireless device and the second wireless device are connected to a same AP, wherein the session is established based on application service platform, ASP, supported by the Wi-Fi Direct service.
High corrosion resistant equipment for a plant which includes a lining plate and a support portion which are made of a high corrosion resistant material and a structural material portion, characterised in that the lining plate and the support portion are joined to each other by a joining portion formed by friction stirring, and the support portion is fastened to or assembled into the structural material portion by means of the geometrical structure with a gap interposed between the support portion and the structural material portion, and wherein a gap size between the support portion and the hole formed in the structural material portion fulfills the following terms (i) or (ii): (i) assuming a distance between two joining portions at a room temperature as L 0, the temperature difference between the room temperature and an equipment operation temperature as ΔT, and thermal expansion coefficients of the lining material and the structural material portion as α 1, α 2 respectively, the size L 0 (α 2 -α 1) ΔT is less than a gap size between the support portion and the hole formed in the structural material portion; (ii) with respect to the support portion, which penetrates the structural material portion, assuming a plate thickness of the structural material portion at a room temperature as T 0, the size difference To (α 2 -α 1) ΔT is less than a gap size between the support portion and the hole formed in the structural material portion. (i) assuming a distance between two joining portions at a room temperature as L 0, the temperature difference between the room temperature and an equipment operation temperature as ΔT, and thermal expansion coefficients of the lining material and the structural material portion as α 1, α 2 respectively, the size L 0 (α 2 -α 1) ΔT is less than a gap size between the support portion and the hole formed in the structural material portion; (ii) with respect to the support portion, which penetrates the structural material portion, assuming a plate thickness of the structural material portion at a room temperature as T 0, the size difference To (α 2 -α 1) ΔT is less than a gap size between the support portion and the hole formed in the structural material portion.