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A multicomponent writing device comprising an elongate body made from a mixture comprising a first base material with writing properties and a second base material with binding properties, wherein said elongate body has an outer peripheral surface and wherein said second base material is dispersed in said first base material, said elongate body having at least one pointed end to be used for writing; characterized in that said elongate body has a substantially cylindrical shape, with an interior and one first substantially pointed end, said second base material having an increasing concentration from said interior to said outer peripheral surface to impart greater cohesion to the first base material and to define an outer layer that is stably associated with and inseparable from said elongate body, said outer layer having substantially non-writing properties and being designed to protect the hands of a user, said outer layer being adapted to substantially entirely encircle said outer peripheral surface of said substantially cylindrical elongate body while exposing said first substantially pointed end having a greater concentration of said first base material with writing properties.
An image forming apparatus which includes an image forming unit configured to sequentially form a first image and a second image on a continuous sheet and which cuts out a non-image portion located between a first portion on which the first image is formed and a second portion on which the second image is formed to create a first printout on which the first image is formed and a second printout on which the second image is formed, the image forming apparatus comprising, downstream the image forming unit in a conveyance direction of the continuous sheet and in turn, a first conveying means configured to convey the continuous sheet, a second conveying means configured to convey the continuous sheet, a first cutting means configured to cut the continuous sheet and a second cutting means configured to cut the continuous sheet, characterized in that the image forming apparatus further comprises a control means configured to cause the second conveying means to stop while causing the first conveying means to convey the continuous sheet at a first conveyance speed (Va) so as to form a loop of the continuous sheet and cause the first cutting means to cut an end portion, being on a side of the second portion, of the non-image portion, and subsequently cause the second conveying means to convey the continuous sheet at a second conveyance speed (Vh) higher than the first conveyance speed (Va) so as to decrease the loop of the continuous sheet and cause the second cutting means to cut an end portion, being on a side of the first portion, of the non-image portion.
A system comprising: a meter body defining a central passage, the meter body configured to couple to a pipe within which fluid flows; at least four transducer pairs (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D) coupled to the meter body, each transducer pair configured to propagate an acoustic signal across the central passage; a processor mechanically coupled to the meter body and electrically coupled to the at least four transducer (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D) pairs; and a memory (206, 204) electrically coupled to the processor, the memory stores a program executable by the processor; said program causes the processor to determine transit time measurements of acoustic signals across the central passage in a first measurement period; and said program further causes the processor to determine a single pattern of arrival time cycle skip of the transit time measurements across the at least four transducer pairs (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D) within the first measurement period from a plurality of possible patterns of arrival time cycle skip across the at least four transducer pairs (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D). a meter body defining a central passage, the meter body configured to couple to a pipe within which fluid flows; at least four transducer pairs (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D) coupled to the meter body, each transducer pair configured to propagate an acoustic signal across the central passage; a processor mechanically coupled to the meter body and electrically coupled to the at least four transducer (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D) pairs; and a memory (206, 204) electrically coupled to the processor, the memory stores a program executable by the processor; said program causes the processor to determine transit time measurements of acoustic signals across the central passage in a first measurement period; and said program further causes the processor to determine a single pattern of arrival time cycle skip of the transit time measurements across the at least four transducer pairs (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D) within the first measurement period from a plurality of possible patterns of arrival time cycle skip across the at least four transducer pairs (222A, 222B, 222C, 222D).
A humanized anti-human tumor necrosis factor-α antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, comprising a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, wherein the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing; the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region is shown in SEQ ID NO: 15 in the sequence listing, and the first amino acid residue of SEQ ID NO: 1 is Glu or Gln.
A tin oxide based electrode formed of a composition consisting of: tin oxide in an amount of not less than 90% of the total composition by weight, as base material; Sb 2 O 3, Nb 2 O 5, Ta 2 O 5, or a combination thereof in an amount of not greater than 1.0% by weight, as resistivity modifier; CuO, ZnO, Mn 2 O 3, or a combination thereof in an amount of not greater than 1.0% of the total composition by weight, as sintering aid; and ZrO 2 in an amount of 1.85 wt% to 4.0 wt% based on the total weight of the composition, as corrosion inhibitor; optionally HfO 2 and/or TiO 2, as corrosion inhibitor; wherein the ZrO 2 or combination of ZrO 2 with HfO 2 and/or TiO 2 forms a solid solution with the tin oxide and has a melting point not less than 1700°C and a partial pressure of not greater than 1.0E-7 atmospheres at 1500°C; and wherein the density of the electrode is not less than 6.55 g/cm 3. tin oxide in an amount of not less than 90% of the total composition by weight, as base material; Sb 2 O 3, Nb 2 O 5, Ta 2 O 5, or a combination thereof in an amount of not greater than 1.0% by weight, as resistivity modifier; CuO, ZnO, Mn 2 O 3, or a combination thereof in an amount of not greater than 1.0% of the total composition by weight, as sintering aid; and ZrO 2 in an amount of 1.85 wt% to 4.0 wt% based on the total weight of the composition, as corrosion inhibitor; optionally HfO 2 and/or TiO 2, as corrosion inhibitor; wherein the ZrO 2 or combination of ZrO 2 with HfO 2 and/or TiO 2 forms a solid solution with the tin oxide and has a melting point not less than 1700°C and a partial pressure of not greater than 1.0E-7 atmospheres at 1500°C; and wherein the density of the electrode is not less than 6.55 g/cm 3.
A seat break over device (10, 110), comprising: a linkage member (80, 180) comprising first and second arms (18, 20, 136, 142) configured to hinge with respect to one another; the first arm (18, 136) adapted to be secured to a seat back and the second arm (20, 142) adapted to be secured to a stable quadrant arm of a seat assembly; a weighted member (24, 124) configured to move upon application of an identified force load; wherein movement of the weighted member (24, 124) causes hinged movement of the linkage member (80, 180), wherein hinged movement of the linkage member (80, 180) is adapted to cause movement of the seat back with respect to the stable quadrant arm, characterized in that the weighted member (24, 124) is configured to transfer a force onto the linkage member (80, 180) so that the force moves the linkage member into an unstable mode so as to allow movement of the seat back with respect to the stable quadrant arm. a linkage member (80, 180) comprising first and second arms (18, 20, 136, 142) configured to hinge with respect to one another; the first arm (18, 136) adapted to be secured to a seat back and the second arm (20, 142) adapted to be secured to a stable quadrant arm of a seat assembly; a weighted member (24, 124) configured to move upon application of an identified force load; wherein movement of the weighted member (24, 124) causes hinged movement of the linkage member (80, 180), wherein hinged movement of the linkage member (80, 180) is adapted to cause movement of the seat back with respect to the stable quadrant arm, characterized in that the weighted member (24, 124) is configured to transfer a force onto the linkage member (80, 180) so that the force moves the linkage member into an unstable mode so as to allow movement of the seat back with respect to the stable quadrant arm.
A method of producing a sugar comprising providing a paper feedstock with a filler content of greater than 10 wt.% and an ash content of at least 8 wt.%, and wherein the paper further comprises a printing ink, combining the paper with a saccharifying agent which is an enzyme, in a tank, and using jet mixing to mix the tank contents during saccharification.
A surgical instrument, comprising: an end effector; a proximal rotary drive train assembly operably coupled to a source of rotary and axial control motions, the proximal rotary drive train assembly further being longitudinally shiftable in response to applications of the axial control motions thereto; a distal rotary drive train assembly operably coupled to the end effector to apply the rotary control motions thereto; a proximal axial drive train assembly (2230, 2250) operably coupled to a source of other axial control motions; a distal axial drive train assembly (2240, 2260) operably coupled to the end effector to apply the axial control motions thereto; and a coupling arrangement for simultaneously attaching and detaching the proximal rotary drive train assembly to the distal rotary drive train assembly, and the proximal axial drive train assembly to the distal axial drive train assembly, characterized in further comprising: a first proximal articulation drive train assembly operably coupled to a first source of articulation motions; a first distal articulation drive train assembly operably coupled to the end effector; further characterized in that the coupling arrangement is also configured to simultaneously attach and detach the first proximal articulation drive train assembly to the first distal articulation drive train assembly. an end effector; a proximal rotary drive train assembly operably coupled to a source of rotary and axial control motions, the proximal rotary drive train assembly further being longitudinally shiftable in response to applications of the axial control motions thereto; a distal rotary drive train assembly operably coupled to the end effector to apply the rotary control motions thereto; a proximal axial drive train assembly (2230, 2250) operably coupled to a source of other axial control motions; a distal axial drive train assembly (2240, 2260) operably coupled to the end effector to apply the axial control motions thereto; and a coupling arrangement for simultaneously attaching and detaching the proximal rotary drive train assembly to the distal rotary drive train assembly, and the proximal axial drive train assembly to the distal axial drive train assembly, characterized in further comprising: a first proximal articulation drive train assembly operably coupled to a first source of articulation motions; a first distal articulation drive train assembly operably coupled to the end effector; further characterized in that the coupling arrangement is also configured to simultaneously attach and detach the first proximal articulation drive train assembly to the first distal articulation drive train assembly. a first proximal articulation drive train assembly operably coupled to a first source of articulation motions; a first distal articulation drive train assembly operably coupled to the end effector; further characterized in that the coupling arrangement is also configured to simultaneously attach and detach the first proximal articulation drive train assembly to the first distal articulation drive train assembly.
A method of operating a power generation system, comprising: heating a working fluid in a steam generator; directing the heated working fluid into a turbine to rotate the turbine, the working fluid forming a feed after exiting the turbine; extracting a bleed from the turbine and using the bleed to heat the feed in a feedwater heater configured to exchange heat between a first flow path through which the feed flows and a second flow path through which the bleed flows; and adjusting at least one of the mass flow rate of the bleed and the extraction pressure of the bleed such that the temperature of the bleed exiting the feedwater heater is approximately equal to the temperature of the feed entering the feedwater heater such that a double pinch is obtained in the feedwater heater, the double pinch comprising a first pinch point at an onset of condensation of the bleed and a second pinch point at a bleed outlet of the feedwater heater, the pinch points being a point at which temperature difference between the feed and the bleed is at a minimum. heating a working fluid in a steam generator; directing the heated working fluid into a turbine to rotate the turbine, the working fluid forming a feed after exiting the turbine; extracting a bleed from the turbine and using the bleed to heat the feed in a feedwater heater configured to exchange heat between a first flow path through which the feed flows and a second flow path through which the bleed flows; and adjusting at least one of the mass flow rate of the bleed and the extraction pressure of the bleed such that the temperature of the bleed exiting the feedwater heater is approximately equal to the temperature of the feed entering the feedwater heater such that a double pinch is obtained in the feedwater heater, the double pinch comprising a first pinch point at an onset of condensation of the bleed and a second pinch point at a bleed outlet of the feedwater heater, the pinch points being a point at which temperature difference between the feed and the bleed is at a minimum.
A device for implementing a process for the separation of melamine crystals in a plant for the synthesis of melamine from urea, said device being a full basket centrifuge, consisting of a stationary external case in which a rotating basket is positioned, suitable for separating the two phases, solid and liquid, said rotating basket consisting of a hollow cylindrical body C terminating, on the outlet side of the wet cake, with a squeezing section S having a truncated-conical form, said truncated-conical squeezing section S being characterized by an angle α ranging from 6 to 16°, said angle α being the inclination angle of said section S, measured with respect to the rotation plane and said device being characterized in that the S'/C' ratio ranges from 0.45 to 0.85, C' being the length of the cylindrical body and S' being the projection length of the truncated-conical squeezing section on the rotation axis; said device being in a plant for the synthesis of melamine from urea.
A method for transmission, characterized by comprising: based on a channel delay spread for transmitting data to a receiver, determining whether a fixed length for cyclic prefixes is long enough to avoid Inter-Symbol Interference, ISI, between consecutive symbols; upon determining that the fixed length for cyclic prefixes is not long enough to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols, transmitting data to a receiver by transmitting symbols such that each symbol is preceded by a cyclic prefix of the fixed length and the symbol includes enough zero padding to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols, wherein the zero padding comprises zero tail without any zero head, and the zero tail comprises a minimum amount of zero tail so that a length of the zero tail in addition to the fixed length for cyclic prefixes is greater than or equal to the channel delay spread. based on a channel delay spread for transmitting data to a receiver, determining whether a fixed length for cyclic prefixes is long enough to avoid Inter-Symbol Interference, ISI, between consecutive symbols; upon determining that the fixed length for cyclic prefixes is not long enough to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols, transmitting data to a receiver by transmitting symbols such that each symbol is preceded by a cyclic prefix of the fixed length and the symbol includes enough zero padding to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols, wherein the zero padding comprises zero tail without any zero head, and the zero tail comprises a minimum amount of zero tail so that a length of the zero tail in addition to the fixed length for cyclic prefixes is greater than or equal to the channel delay spread.
A method for repairing an imperfection in a corrosion-inhibiting layer paint oxide system comprising a plurality of layers on a turbine engine component, the method comprising the steps of: providing a turbine engine component comprising a superalloy substrate, wherein at least a portion of the substrate has been treated with a corrosion inhibiting paint oxide system, wherein an imperfection region is present on the system exposing the superalloy substrate beneath the system; providing a touch-up paint comprising alumina particles, an evaporable solvent, and a binder selected from the group consisting of silicate, silicone, chromate phosphate, siloxane, and combinations thereof; applying a layer of the touch-up paint to the imperfection region; drying the layer of touch-up paint; and curing the dried layer of touch-up paint in the range 540°C to 760°C, wherein curing the dried layer of touch-up paint occurs during initial engine operation where the engine component reaches a temperature sufficient to fully cure the dried layer of touch-up paint. providing a turbine engine component comprising a superalloy substrate, wherein at least a portion of the substrate has been treated with a corrosion inhibiting paint oxide system, wherein an imperfection region is present on the system exposing the superalloy substrate beneath the system; providing a touch-up paint comprising alumina particles, an evaporable solvent, and a binder selected from the group consisting of silicate, silicone, chromate phosphate, siloxane, and combinations thereof; applying a layer of the touch-up paint to the imperfection region; drying the layer of touch-up paint; and curing the dried layer of touch-up paint in the range 540°C to 760°C, wherein curing the dried layer of touch-up paint occurs during initial engine operation where the engine component reaches a temperature sufficient to fully cure the dried layer of touch-up paint.
A sweetener composition comprising a mixture of sweeteners and at least 50 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the composition, of water; the mixture comprising from 37 wt% to 65 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the mixture, of a first sweetener; from 16 wt% to 35 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the mixture, of a second sweetener; from 3 wt% to 15 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the mixture, of a third sweetener; and less than 30 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the mixture, of erythritol; the first sweetener being selected from the group consisting of cyclamate and a cyclamate salt; the second sweetener being selected from the group consisting of saccharine and a saccharine salt; the third sweetener being selected from the group consisting of acesulfame and an acesulfame salt; the composition comprising from 8 wt% to 13 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the composition, of the first sweetener; from 3 wt% to 7 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the composition, of the second sweetener; from 0.5 wt% to 2.5 wt%, with respect to the overall weight of the composition, of the third sweetener.
A toilet including a cabinet with a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, a first opening in the top wall and a first lid for said first opening, an incineration vessel with an incineration chamber in said incineration vessel, said incineration vessel being inside the cabinet at a distance from the top wall of the cabinet, said incineration vessel comprising an upper part and a lower part, a second opening in a top portion of the upper part of the incineration chamber, a second lid for said second opening, and guiding members for guiding faeces and other waste material down into an incineration chamber in the incineration vessel when the second opening is open, where in at least the lower part of the incineration vessel is at least double-walled in the region of at least a lower portion of said lower part, including an inner wall (80a, 80b, 80c) and an outer wall (81a, 81b, 81c) at a distance from the inner wall, a lower opening in the outer wall (81 a, 81b, 81 c) in said lower portion of said lower part of the incineration vessel, a space (82a, 82b, 82c) between the inner wall (80a, 80b, 80c) and the outer wall (81 a, 81b, 81 c) communicating with said opening in the outer wall a gas burner located in or beneath the opening in the outer wall for heating the incineration chamber and incinerating, at least partly via said space between the inner wall and the outer wall and via the inner wall in the region of said space, any waste deposited in the incineration chamber, said inner wall having capacity to transfer heat more efficiently than the outer wall in the region of said space, characterised in that said space between the inner and the outer wall communicates with the incineration chamber, such that any waste deposited in the incineration chamber can be incinerated through direct combustion by means of gases flowing into the incineration chamber from said space and through indirect incineration via said inner wall, which is heated to a high temperature.