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An integrated variable geometry flow restrictor and heat exchanger system comprising: one or more heat exchangers mounted in a duct, heat transfer cooling passages in each of the heat exchangers, a variable geometry flow restrictor in parallel flow relationship with each of the heat exchangers; the heat exchangers including an annular upstream row of tube and fin heat exchangers rotatable and/or axially translatable with respect to an annular downstream row of tube and fin heat exchangers, the annular upstream and downstream rows of tube and fin heat exchangers (170, 172) including radially extending upstream and downstream heat transfer tubes (174, 176) respectively, and the annular upstream and downstream rows of tube and fin heat exchangers (170, 172) operable as the variable geometry flow restrictor for opening and closing a variable area between the upstream and downstream heat transfer tubes (174, 176) via an annular slide valve. one or more heat exchangers mounted in a duct, heat transfer cooling passages in each of the heat exchangers, a variable geometry flow restrictor in parallel flow relationship with each of the heat exchangers; the heat exchangers including an annular upstream row of tube and fin heat exchangers rotatable and/or axially translatable with respect to an annular downstream row of tube and fin heat exchangers, the annular upstream and downstream rows of tube and fin heat exchangers (170, 172) including radially extending upstream and downstream heat transfer tubes (174, 176) respectively, and the annular upstream and downstream rows of tube and fin heat exchangers (170, 172) operable as the variable geometry flow restrictor for opening and closing a variable area between the upstream and downstream heat transfer tubes (174, 176) via an annular slide valve.
An electrostatic image developing toner comprising: toner base particles each comprising a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the toner base particles each have protrusions on a surface thereof, wherein the average of lengths of long sides of the protrusions is 0.1 μm or more but less than 0.5 μm, wherein the standard deviation of the lengths of the long sides of the protrusions is 0.2 or less, wherein the coverage rate of the protrusions on the surface of each toner base particle is 10% to 90%, wherein the external additive includes an external additive which is fine inorganic particles each containing silicone oil, and wherein the amount of the external additive is 1.0% by mass to 5.0% by mass relative to the toner base particles. toner base particles each comprising a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the toner base particles each have protrusions on a surface thereof, wherein the average of lengths of long sides of the protrusions is 0.1 μm or more but less than 0.5 μm, wherein the standard deviation of the lengths of the long sides of the protrusions is 0.2 or less, wherein the coverage rate of the protrusions on the surface of each toner base particle is 10% to 90%, wherein the external additive includes an external additive which is fine inorganic particles each containing silicone oil, and wherein the amount of the external additive is 1.0% by mass to 5.0% by mass relative to the toner base particles.
A cleaning machine for cleaning ballast of a track, comprising a machine frame mobile on on-track undercarriages, a ballast pick-up device, and a track lifting device which is connected to the machine frame and has rail contact elements for gripping rails of the track and is designed to be displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the machine relative to the machine frame as well as relative to the ballast pick-up device, characterized in that the track lifting device is formed of a longitudinal beam, connected to the machine frame and extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine, and a transverse beam mounted for longitudinal displacement on the former.
A cigarette heating device for heating a cigarette, comprising: a main sleeve unit preset with a first position and a second position along an axial direction thereof; a central heater arranged in the main sleeve unit; a movable element movable between the first position and the second position along the axial direction of the main sleeve unit; and an internal cup adapted to receive a cigarette, the internal cup being in linkage relation with the movable element, such that when the movable element is in the first position, the internal cup is adjacent to the central heater so that the central heater is able to heat the cigarette received in the internal cup; when the movable element is in the second position, the internal cup is away from the central heater so that the central heater is able to be separated from the cigarette received in the internal cup; characterized by further comprising a restoring element configured for driving the movable element to restore from the second position to the first position. a main sleeve unit preset with a first position and a second position along an axial direction thereof; a central heater arranged in the main sleeve unit; a movable element movable between the first position and the second position along the axial direction of the main sleeve unit; and an internal cup adapted to receive a cigarette, the internal cup being in linkage relation with the movable element, such that when the movable element is in the first position, the internal cup is adjacent to the central heater so that the central heater is able to heat the cigarette received in the internal cup; when the movable element is in the second position, the internal cup is away from the central heater so that the central heater is able to be separated from the cigarette received in the internal cup; characterized by further comprising a restoring element configured for driving the movable element to restore from the second position to the first position.
An overhead conveying device (01, 30) for integration into an assembly plant for transporting vehicle components by means of a conveying device that is arranged on the overhead conveying device (01, 30), comprising a supporting framework (03, 38), said supporting framework (03, 38) having a length of more than 5 m and a width of more than 2 m, and the conveying device being mountable on the supporting framework (03, 38), and the supporting framework (03, 38) and the conveying device forming a conveying corridor in which the vehicle components can be transported from an input point to an output point, and the supporting framework (03, 38) being mounted on the floor of the assembly plant by bearing means, and the bearing means forming, between the underside of the supporting framework (03, 38) and the surface of the floor, a free space that is suitable for component assembly and/or for component transport and that is accessible on foot and/or on wheels and has a free movement height of at least 2 m below the supporting framework, at least one bearing means being designed in the manner of a column gantry (39, 48), said column gantry (39, 48) comprising at least two support columns (21, 40, 41) whose lower ends are attached to the floor of the assembly plant, and at least one transverse bridge (08, 42) being mounted between two support columns (21, 40, 41) in each case, and the supporting framework (03, 38) being arranged on the upper side of the transverse bridge (08, 42), characterized in that the supporting framework (03, 38) can be transported in preassembled form, comprises at least two lateral parts (35, 36, 49, 50) which extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the supporting framework and limit the cross-section of the conveying corridor to the right and to the left, and is designed to be self-supporting in the manner of a spatial truss that comprises longitudinally and transversely oriented and diagonal and upright interconnected supporting beam elements (04, 05, 06, 07).
A portable apparatus for marking a surface, including a casing equipped with at least one handle and having a front face with a rectangular opening for the passage of a marking member forming part of a marking system and adapted to make at least one substantially point mark, this marking member being moved on the surface to be marked, in a two-dimensional marking area, the apparatus being characterized in that the front face of the casing is provided with a stiffening frame surrounding the passage opening for the marking member, this stiffening frame being provided with an indexing system adapted to cooperate with a complementary indexing system equipping each of the toolings with a series of removable toolings (20A,..., 20E) for positioning the apparatus on the surface to be marked, each removable tooling (20A,..., 20E) of the series and the stiffening frame including at least one of the elements of a magnetic fixing system with two elements, namely a magnet and a material ferromagnetic.
Light-emitting diode comprising: - a stack of semiconductor layers including a first face and a second face that are opposite one another relative to a thickness of the stack, - a first electrode comprising a face in contact with the first face of the stack, and - a second electrode in contact with the stack, the stack comprising an active region able to generate photons, a layer of semiconductor material with doping of a first type and a layer of semiconductor material with doping of a second type, a recess being formed in the second face of the stack which results in that the stack comprises a thinned part, the face of the first electrode in contact with the first face being in contact only with the thinned part of the stack, the second electrode being in contact with a zone of the stack separate from said thinned part of the stack, the stack having a first thickness between its first and second faces (3, 4) and a second thickness d between a bottom of the recess and the first face, the second thickness d being strictly less than the first thickness, the thinned part of the stack comprising a first part linking the first electrode to a zone located in the active region of the stack and a second part extending from the first part to the bottom of the recess, characterized in that the recess is formed in the layer of semiconductor material with doping of a first type that has an electrical conductivity strictly greater than the electrical conductivity of the layer of semiconductor material with doping of a second type, and in that the second thickness d satisfy the following equation: d = z + L where z = k z. λ 2 n, d = k d. λ 2 n, and L being such that λ 2 n. k d − k z = L where k d > k z, k d and k z being positive integers other than 0, λ being a main emission wavelength during operation of the light-emitting diode, and n being an optical index of the stack determined at the main emission wavelength, the first part having a thickness equal to z and the second part having a thickness equal to L. - a stack of semiconductor layers including a first face and a second face that are opposite one another relative to a thickness of the stack, - a first electrode comprising a face in contact with the first face of the stack, and - a second electrode in contact with the stack,
Paper clip system comprising at least two paper clips physically separated from one another and positioned directly one above the other, with a large loop and a small loop lying in the inner region delimited by the latter, and at least one connecting element, characterized in that in that the connecting element holds the small loop of one paper clip in the region delimited by the large loop of the other paper clip and a free large loop of one paper clip lies on one side of the interlocking loops (2, 3') over the longitudinal broad side thereof and a free small loop of the other paper clip lies on the other side of the interlocking loops (2, 3') over the longitudinal broad side thereof.
Apparatus for the three-dimensional measurement of an object using a confocal microscopy method, comprising a laser source for producing an illumination beam, a focusing optical system for focusing the illumination beam onto at least one measuring point (5, 23) on a surface of the object to be measured, a detector for detecting an observation beam reflected by the surface of the object, a confocal observation optical system which allows only the observation beam focused onto the surface of the object to pass through to the detector, characterized in that the laser source comprises a plurality of coherent laser elements, wherein the laser elements are configured to simultaneously emit illumination beams that are focused onto a plurality of measurement points (5, 23) on the surface of the object, wherein the laser elements are arranged such that a speckle effect in the 3D image data generated during the measurement is reduced, wherein the confocal observation optical system comprises an aperture and a confocally arranged pinhole aperture, wherein the observation beams reflected by the object are blurred by diffraction at the aperture of the observation optical system, so that portions of the observation beams are averaged and the detector detects a common projection point having an averaged intensity, wherein the diffraction of the observation beams at the aperture of the observation optical system results in diffraction disks, the form of which is a function of the shape and size of the confocally arranged pinhole aperture in the observation optical system.
Method for securing vehicle components, comprising the following steps: - capturing data on vehicle usage by means of a first of a plurality of vehicle components; - supplementing a data structure which is stored in the first vehicle component and contains a list of captured data on vehicle usage, wherein the captured data are stored in blocks (21, 22, 23) which are linked to one another in that each block contains a cryptographic checksum of the previous block, with a block having further data on vehicle usage, wherein the block is added by this first vehicle component and the added block contains a cryptographic checksum of the most recent block of the data structure; - transferring the new block to at least one of the other vehicle components; and - checking the validity of the added block by means of the cryptographic checksum contained therein and a version of the data structure present locally in the at least one other vehicle component, wherein if the result of the check is positive, the supplemented data structure is stored in the at least one other vehicle component, and if the result of the check is negative, the range of functions of the first vehicle component is restricted or said component cannot be put into operation in the vehicle. - capturing data on vehicle usage by means of a first of a plurality of vehicle components; - supplementing a data structure which is stored in the first vehicle component and contains a list of captured data on vehicle usage, wherein the captured data are stored in blocks (21, 22, 23) which are linked to one another in that each block contains a cryptographic checksum of the previous block, with a block having further data on vehicle usage, wherein the block is added by this first vehicle component and the added block contains a cryptographic checksum of the most recent block of the data structure; - transferring the new block to at least one of the other vehicle components; and - checking the validity of the added block by means of the cryptographic checksum contained therein and a version of the data structure present locally in the at least one other vehicle component, wherein if the result of the check is positive, the supplemented data structure is stored in the at least one other vehicle component, and if the result of the check is negative, the range of functions of the first vehicle component is restricted or said component cannot be put into operation in the vehicle.
Inhalation device for powdered drugs to be received by a patient by an inhalation-caused air stream, comprising at least one powder reservoir, metering means for repeatedly metering a powder dose from the reservoir, a transportation mechanism for moving said metering means from a filling position for receiving a powder dose into an emptying position for releasing said powder dose into a powder channel, at least one activating device for manual operation by the patient, said activating device being operatively connected to said transportation mechanism such that upon operation a single powder dose is being metered, said activating device comprising a dosage key acting on said transportation mechanism when pressed by the patient, said transportation mechanism comprising a dosage lever acting on said metering means, wherein said dosage lever is locked in the inhalation position of said metering means after said dosage key has been actuated by the user, wherein said dosage lever in the inhalation position engages a trigger member and is releasable by actuation of the trigger member, wherein the trigger member comprises at least one cam surface, characterised in that the dosage lever comprises a fastening hook engaging behind and/or under said cam surface in the inhalation position whereby the dosage lever engages said cam surface tangentially in the locked inhalation position whereby the fastening hook comprises a planar contact surface making line contact with the cam surface in the inhalation position.
A humidification system for aircrafts comprising: - a first duct (6, 6') configured to guide a first air stream; - a second duct (10, 10') configured to guide a second air stream, said second duct (10, 10') comprising a humidifier (28, 28') for humidifying the air in the second duct (10, 10'), the humidification system further comprising: - a first conduit (8, 8') for directing a part of the second air stream to the first duct (6, 6'), said first conduit (8, 8') comprising a first conduit inlet (20, 20') leading into the first duct (6, 6') and a first conduit outlet (22, 22') from the second duct (10, 10'); - a second conduit (12, 12') for directing a part of the first air stream to the second duct (10, 10'), said second conduit (12, 12') comprising a second conduit inlet (34, 34') leading into the second duct (10, 10') and a second conduit outlet (36, 36') from the first duct (6, 6'), wherein the first conduit outlet (22, 22') is arranged downstream of the humidifier (28, 28'), characterized in that the second conduit inlet (34, 34') is arranged downstream of the first conduit outlet (22, 22') and wherein the first conduit inlet (20, 20') is arranged downstream the second conduit outlet (36, 36'). - a first duct (6, 6') configured to guide a first air stream; - a second duct (10, 10') configured to guide a second air stream, said second duct (10, 10') comprising a humidifier (28, 28') for humidifying the air in the second duct (10, 10'), - a first conduit (8, 8') for directing a part of the second air stream to the first duct (6, 6'), said first conduit (8, 8') comprising a first conduit inlet (20, 20') leading into the first duct (6, 6') and a first conduit outlet (22, 22') from the second duct (10, 10'); - a second conduit (12, 12') for directing a part of the first air stream to the second duct (10, 10'), said second conduit (12, 12') comprising a second conduit inlet (34, 34') leading into the second duct (10, 10') and a second conduit outlet (36, 36') from the first duct (6, 6'), wherein the first conduit outlet (22, 22') is arranged downstream of the humidifier (28, 28'),
A self-propelled sweeping machine comprising a chassis having at least one driven axle with wheels, for cleaning drivable, preferably solid ground surfaces such as roads, streets, footpaths and cycle paths, squares or similar, and comprising a refuse collection container built onto the chassis for collecting refuse, which is lifted from the ground by means of suction air and/or suction force generated by a suction air unit having a suction air blower, by means of a suction device provided at the front end of a suction air line and is conveyed to the interior of the refuse collection container via the connected, preferably rising, suction air line, wherein the refuse collection container has a screening device spaced apart from the upper container wall for separating the refuse and, to conduct the suction air, a downstream air outlet line for conducting the suction air to be discharged, and wherein, for the purpose of being emptied, the refuse collection container is configured at the rear end so as to be pivotable around a horizontal axis arranged transversely to a forward direction of movement and the inner face of the rear wall of the refuse collection container is configured as a sliding surface which rises or is inclined to the rear for emptying the refuse, characterised in that the suction air unit, connected to the interior of the refuse collection container by means of a line through the suction air opening, is arranged on the outer face of the rear wall of the refuse collection container configured with an inner sliding surface.
A cell evaluation device comprising: an image acquisition unit that is adapted to acquire a cell image obtained by imaging a cell group; and a cell evaluation unit that is adapted to recognize individual cells in the cell group, specify an evaluation target cell and peripheral cells around the evaluation target cell among the recognized individual cells, and to fix evaluation of the evaluation target cell based on evaluation results of the peripheral cells and an evaluation result of the evaluation target cell, wherein the cell evaluation unit is adapted to determine a region for specifying the peripheral cells and to specify cells of which all or a part are included in the region as the peripheral cells characterised in that determining the region is based on at least the shape of a cell nucleus of the evaluation target cell. an image acquisition unit that is adapted to acquire a cell image obtained by imaging a cell group; and a cell evaluation unit that is adapted to recognize individual cells in the cell group, specify an evaluation target cell and peripheral cells around the evaluation target cell among the recognized individual cells, and to fix evaluation of the evaluation target cell based on evaluation results of the peripheral cells and an evaluation result of the evaluation target cell, wherein the cell evaluation unit is adapted to determine a region for specifying the peripheral cells and to specify cells of which all or a part are included in the region as the peripheral cells characterised in that determining the region is based on at least the shape of a cell nucleus of the evaluation target cell.