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A poultry product skinning apparatus, comprising: an infeed conveyor for transporting poultry pieces toward a skinning station, the infeed conveyor having a textured endless conveyor belt for gripping the skin of the poultry piece, the infeed conveyor having a downstream end at the skinning station where the conveyor belt travels along an arcuate path; a powered outfeed conveyor for transporting skinned poultry pieces away from the skinning station; and a pinch block at the skinning station, the pinch block having an arcuate surface in close proximity to the arcuate path of the infeed conveyor belt to define an opening sized to engage the outer skin of the poultry piece between the infeed conveyor belt and the arcuate surface of the pinch block to pull the skin from the poultry piece; characterized by: a powered transfer roller positioned between the downstream end of the infeed conveyor and the upstream end of the outfeed conveyor to support and facilitate transfer of the skinned poultry piece from the infeed conveyor to the out feed conveyor; and a hold down structure spaced above the skinning station, the hold down structure mounted to apply downward pressure to the poultry piece while at the skinning station. an infeed conveyor for transporting poultry pieces toward a skinning station, the infeed conveyor having a textured endless conveyor belt for gripping the skin of the poultry piece, the infeed conveyor having a downstream end at the skinning station where the conveyor belt travels along an arcuate path; a powered outfeed conveyor for transporting skinned poultry pieces away from the skinning station; and a pinch block at the skinning station, the pinch block having an arcuate surface in close proximity to the arcuate path of the infeed conveyor belt to define an opening sized to engage the outer skin of the poultry piece between the infeed conveyor belt and the arcuate surface of the pinch block to pull the skin from the poultry piece; characterized by: a powered transfer roller positioned between the downstream end of the infeed conveyor and the upstream end of the outfeed conveyor to support and facilitate transfer of the skinned poultry piece from the infeed conveyor to the out feed conveyor; and a hold down structure spaced above the skinning station, the hold down structure mounted to apply downward pressure to the poultry piece while at the skinning station. a powered transfer roller positioned between the downstream end of the infeed conveyor and the upstream end of the outfeed conveyor to support and facilitate transfer of the skinned poultry piece from the infeed conveyor to the out feed conveyor; and a hold down structure spaced above the skinning station, the hold down structure mounted to apply downward pressure to the poultry piece while at the skinning station.
A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material for use in a smokeless tobacco product, comprising: (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to give a clarified tobacco extract; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with the clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material; wherein the clarified tobacco extract is characterized by: not comprising any components having a molecular weight greater than 1000 Da; and optionally (a) a tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of 150 ng/g or less; or (b) a benzo[a]pyrene content of 1 ng/g or less. (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to give a clarified tobacco extract; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with the clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material; (a) a tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of 150 ng/g or less; or (b) a benzo[a]pyrene content of 1 ng/g or less.
An antenna system comprising: a feed element containing an array of transmitting/receiving elements; a reflector, having a midpoint wherein a plurality of the transmitting/receiving elements are offset from the midpoint, for reflecting signals received from the feed element to a target region, and for reflecting signals received from the target region to the feed element; and a beam scanner which is configured to activate and deactivate in turn subarrays (20, 30) within the array of transmitting/receiving elements of the feed element to steer a scanned beam characterized in that the beam scanner is configured to phase shift at least one transmitting/receiving element to correct for an offset phase error of the scanned beam. a feed element containing an array of transmitting/receiving elements; a reflector, having a midpoint wherein a plurality of the transmitting/receiving elements are offset from the midpoint, for reflecting signals received from the feed element to a target region, and for reflecting signals received from the target region to the feed element; and a beam scanner which is configured to activate and deactivate in turn subarrays (20, 30) within the array of transmitting/receiving elements of the feed element to steer a scanned beam characterized in that the beam scanner is configured to phase shift at least one transmitting/receiving element to correct for an offset phase error of the scanned beam.
A method for generating chlorine dioxide from a composition comprising a polymer and a chlorite salt disposed in the polymer, the method comprising: exposing the composition to ultraviolet light; and exposing the composition to moisture, wherein the composition comprises less than 10% by weight of an energy-activated catalyst and comprises 2% or less by weight of an acid-releasing agent, and wherein the composition comprises a ratio of energy-activated catalyst to chlorite salt of 1:2 or less and comprises a ratio of acid-releasing compound to chlorite salt of 1:10 or less. exposing the composition to ultraviolet light; and exposing the composition to moisture, wherein the composition comprises less than 10% by weight of an energy-activated catalyst and comprises 2% or less by weight of an acid-releasing agent, and wherein the composition comprises a ratio of energy-activated catalyst to chlorite salt of 1:2 or less and comprises a ratio of acid-releasing compound to chlorite salt of 1:10 or less.
A method for setting up a media stream connection between a sending device (100, 110) and at least one receiving device (200, 210), performed in said sending device, comprising the steps: to send a session initiation message to said at least one receiving device; to send a request for a list of IP-addresses of said at least one receiving device; to receive said list of IP-addresses from said at least one receiving device; to set up a first connection which is uni-directional between said sending device (100, 110) and said at least one receiving device (200, 210) by using said received list of IP-addresses; to send a request to set up a second connection which is bi-directional between said sending device and said at least one receiving device; to send said media stream via said uni-directional connection to said at least one receiving device before receiving any permission to set up the bi-directional connection from the receiving device. to send a session initiation message to said at least one receiving device; to send a request for a list of IP-addresses of said at least one receiving device; to receive said list of IP-addresses from said at least one receiving device; to set up a first connection which is uni-directional between said sending device (100, 110) and said at least one receiving device (200, 210) by using said received list of IP-addresses; to send a request to set up a second connection which is bi-directional between said sending device and said at least one receiving device; to send said media stream via said uni-directional connection to said at least one receiving device before receiving any permission to set up the bi-directional connection from the receiving device.
A method for evaluating a human subject for having atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (ASCAD) or as having a coronary atherosclerotic plaque, the method comprising: measuring the levels of each analyte within a panel of analyte biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from a subject, wherein the panel of analyte biomarkers comprises acisoga, o-cresol sulfate, threonate, and cysteine-glutathione disulfide; comparing the measured levels of the analytes in the biological sample with one or more reference samples, wherein the references are representative of matched human subjects; and identifying the subject as having atherosclerotic coronary artery disease or as having a coronary atherosclerotic plaque if measured levels of the analytes in the biological sample are increased or decreased relative to the amounts of the analytes in the reference samples. measuring the levels of each analyte within a panel of analyte biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from a subject, wherein the panel of analyte biomarkers comprises acisoga, o-cresol sulfate, threonate, and cysteine-glutathione disulfide; comparing the measured levels of the analytes in the biological sample with one or more reference samples, wherein the references are representative of matched human subjects; and identifying the subject as having atherosclerotic coronary artery disease or as having a coronary atherosclerotic plaque if measured levels of the analytes in the biological sample are increased or decreased relative to the amounts of the analytes in the reference samples.
Ferrite core coil device as sensing element for a sensor device for determining rotational speed of a metallic rotatable object, characterized in that the ferrite core coil comprises an electromagnetic coil and a ferrite core having a bed for holding the coil, wherein the ferrite core has a shape of a disk lacking a disk segment, thereby having a shape defined by a contour of the disk and a chord of the disk, wherein the chord forms a bending edge of the ferrite core, wherein a first segment of the coil is not arranged on the bed and a second segment of the coil is arranged on the bed, wherein the first segment is bent around the bending edge at a bending angle (a) with respect to the second segment.
A method of providing an end server with connectivity information and status information of a mobile device able to wirelessly communicate with the end server, the method comprising: communicating between the end server and the mobile device through a communication pathway using a communication channel; and collecting connectivity information at a connectivity monitoring device outside of the communication pathway between the mobile device and the end server by obtaining connectivity information from the mobile device and/or an intermediary device in the communication pathway between the mobile device and the end server characterized in that: the method further comprises: associating the connectivity information with security information; determining whether the end server is permitted to access the connectivity information based on the security information; and in response to successfully determining that the end server is permitted to access the connectivity information, storing the connectivity information in an electronic file at the end server, wherein the electronic file represents the last known state of the connectivity information to the end server, and during the step of communicating between the end server and the mobile device, the end server updates a further, separate electronic file in the end server with status information relating to the mobile device. communicating between the end server and the mobile device through a communication pathway using a communication channel; and collecting connectivity information at a connectivity monitoring device outside of the communication pathway between the mobile device and the end server by obtaining connectivity information from the mobile device and/or an intermediary device in the communication pathway between the mobile device and the end server associating the connectivity information with security information; determining whether the end server is permitted to access the connectivity information based on the security information; and in response to successfully determining that the end server is permitted to access the connectivity information, storing the connectivity information in an electronic file at the end server, wherein the electronic file represents the last known state of the connectivity information to the end server, and during the step of communicating between the end server and the mobile device, the end server updates a further, separate electronic file in the end server with status information relating to the mobile device.
A light source module for a microscope, comprising: a light source unit configured to emit illumination light along an illumination light path, at least one light blocking shutter configured to be moved into and out of the illumination light path, and at least one light sensor configured to detect an intensity of the illumination light propagating along the illumination light path, wherein the at least one light sensor is integrated with the at least one light blocking shutter to be moved therewith into and out of the illumination light path. a light source unit configured to emit illumination light along an illumination light path, at least one light blocking shutter configured to be moved into and out of the illumination light path, and at least one light sensor configured to detect an intensity of the illumination light propagating along the illumination light path, wherein the at least one light sensor is integrated with the at least one light blocking shutter to be moved therewith into and out of the illumination light path.
A preparation method for an epoxy compound having an alkoxysilyl group, the method comprising: performing a ring opening step by reacting an epoxy compound having an epoxide group which is a starting material, with an aromatic alcohol ring-opening agent in the presence of a phosphine-based catalyst and an optional solvent so as to obtain an intermediate having a partially ring-opened epoxide group; and performing an alkoxysilylation step by reacting the intermediate having a partially ring-opened epoxide group with isocyanate alkoxysilane. performing a ring opening step by reacting an epoxy compound having an epoxide group which is a starting material, with an aromatic alcohol ring-opening agent in the presence of a phosphine-based catalyst and an optional solvent so as to obtain an intermediate having a partially ring-opened epoxide group; and performing an alkoxysilylation step by reacting the intermediate having a partially ring-opened epoxide group with isocyanate alkoxysilane.
A method, comprising: determining, by a device in a network, a first channel hopping schedule for the device to receive unicast communications from one or more neighbors of the device, wherein the first channel hopping schedule differs from channel hopping schedules used by the one or more neighbors to receive unicast communications; determining, by the device, a common second channel hopping schedule for the device for network discovery that includes channels that are common to the device and the one or more neighbors at any given point in time, wherein the second channel hopping schedule is self-generated by each of the device and the one or more neighbors based on parameters that are preconfigured across the device and the one or more neighbors during the manufacture or deployment of the device and the one or more neighbors; switching, by the device, from the first channel hopping schedule to the second channel hopping schedule, in response to a network event; and causing, by the device, a particular neighbor to join the network using the second channel hopping schedule. determining, by a device in a network, a first channel hopping schedule for the device to receive unicast communications from one or more neighbors of the device, wherein the first channel hopping schedule differs from channel hopping schedules used by the one or more neighbors to receive unicast communications; determining, by the device, a common second channel hopping schedule for the device for network discovery that includes channels that are common to the device and the one or more neighbors at any given point in time, wherein the second channel hopping schedule is self-generated by each of the device and the one or more neighbors based on parameters that are preconfigured across the device and the one or more neighbors during the manufacture or deployment of the device and the one or more neighbors; switching, by the device, from the first channel hopping schedule to the second channel hopping schedule, in response to a network event; and causing, by the device, a particular neighbor to join the network using the second channel hopping schedule.
A method for supporting a mobile router in IPv6, comprising: obtaining, by the mobile router from a visited network, a care-of-address associated with an address configuration; registering, by the mobile router, the care-of-address with a home agent; establishing, by the mobile router, a bi-directional tunnel between the mobile router and the home agent; forwarding configuration information of a mobile network via the bi-directional tunnel employing an address associated with the mobile network wherein a node on mobile network is reachable through the mobile router; requesting that packets that include an address prefix within a set of prefixes be forwarded to the mobile router; and forwarding a packet from the mobile router to the mobile node on the mobile network, wherein the mobile node has a care-of-address on said mobile network; said configuration information being static, said method comprising sending all outgoing traffic not destined to said mobile network to the home agent. obtaining, by the mobile router from a visited network, a care-of-address associated with an address configuration; registering, by the mobile router, the care-of-address with a home agent; establishing, by the mobile router, a bi-directional tunnel between the mobile router and the home agent; forwarding configuration information of a mobile network via the bi-directional tunnel employing an address associated with the mobile network wherein a node on mobile network is reachable through the mobile router; requesting that packets that include an address prefix within a set of prefixes be forwarded to the mobile router; and forwarding a packet from the mobile router to the mobile node on the mobile network, wherein the mobile node has a care-of-address on said mobile network;
Motor vehicle headlight light module which means for imaging an internal light distribution using projection optics having a projection lens, a first lens (42.1) and a second lens (42.2), the optics being designed to image the internal light distribution as external light distribution, the projection optics having a variable focal length and an actuator means designed to adjust the focal length, the actuator means being designed to adjust a position of at least one of the first and the second lens (42.1, 42.2) with respect to the other of the two first and second lenses, and the actuator means being designed to change the position by moving, transversely to an optical axis of the projection optics, the first lens (42.1) against the second lens (42.2) and/or the second lens (42.2) against the first lens (42.1), and the first lens (42.1) and the second lens (42.1) being designed to react to the change in position with a change in the focal length of the projection optics, and the internal light distribution resulting from illumination of the micromirrors of a DMD chip by means of a light source, characterized in that the motor vehicle headlight light module has a dust-proof housing (16.1) and in that the two lenses (42.1, 42.1) are arranged in the dust-proof housing (16.1) and in that its interior is delimited by a housing front part, a central support element, the DMD chip, a first printed circuit board, the projection lens of the projection optics and a dust-proof pressure equalization membrane.
A turbocharger comprising an air inlet, an intake joint structure and a suction pipe, with the intake joint structure capable of blocking backflow of lubricating oil at a connection position between the air inlet and the suction pipe, the intake joint structure comprising an integrally molded backflow-preventive plate having a cylindrical portion fitted over said air inlet and a tapered portion curved inward from an upstream end of said cylindrical portion and converged downstream to provide an open end, a downstream end of said suction pipe being integrally molded from soft material over a predetermined range using exchange blow molding, the cylindrical portion of said backflow-preventive plate being fitted over said air inlet via a first soft layer made from rubber, the downstream end of said suction pipe being fitted over said cylindrical portion and being banded by a hose band.