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A pressure-tube nuclear reactor comprising: an outer shell having a first shell tubesheet, at least one shell side wall and a second shell tubesheet that cooperate to define an interior to contain a heavy water moderator at a first pressure; a coolant plenum having a plenum cover, at least one plenum side wall and a plenum tubesheet that cooperate to define a plenum chamber to receive a coolant fluid at a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure; a plurality of pressure tubes received within and extending through the interior of the outer shell from the first shell tubesheet to at least the second shell tubesheet, each pressure tube configured to releasably retain at least one fuel bundle and having an outer surface, the outer surfaces of the pressure tubes, in use, being submerged in and having direct physical contact with the heavy water moderator, a first end of each pressure tube being coupled to the plenum tubesheet in fluid communication with the plenum chamber and a second end of each pressure tube fluidly connected to a coolant conduit to enable the coolant fluid to flow though between the coolant plenum and each pressure tube and to flow from the nuclear reactor for further processing; and an insulator disposed within each pressure tube to inhibit heat transfer between the coolant fluid and the pressure tube; wherein optionally the plurality of pressure tubes extend substantially vertically through the interior of the outer shell. an outer shell having a first shell tubesheet, at least one shell side wall and a second shell tubesheet that cooperate to define an interior to contain a heavy water moderator at a first pressure; a coolant plenum having a plenum cover, at least one plenum side wall and a plenum tubesheet that cooperate to define a plenum chamber to receive a coolant fluid at a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure; a plurality of pressure tubes received within and extending through the interior of the outer shell from the first shell tubesheet to at least the second shell tubesheet, each pressure tube configured to releasably retain at least one fuel bundle and having an outer surface, the outer surfaces of the pressure tubes, in use, being submerged in and having direct physical contact with the heavy water moderator, a first end of each pressure tube being coupled to the plenum tubesheet in fluid communication with the plenum chamber and a second end of each pressure tube fluidly connected to a coolant conduit to enable the coolant fluid to flow though between the coolant plenum and each pressure tube and to flow from the nuclear reactor for further processing; and an insulator disposed within each pressure tube to inhibit heat transfer between the coolant fluid and the pressure tube; wherein optionally the plurality of pressure tubes extend substantially vertically through the interior of the outer shell.
A modified cross-section hollow fiber having a fiber center, comprising: a hollow part, a shape maintaining part, and volume control parts, wherein the volume control parts have shape protruding away from the fiber center and have respective end part with a rounded shape, wherein when the top of the end part of the volume control part is defined as a peak and a space between adjacent volume control parts is defined as a valley, wherein a curvature radius of the peak is defined as R and a curvature radius of the valley is defined as r, and R and r values may be determined to be the same as or different from each other for each volume control part, and wherein a deviation of the curvature radius R of the peak and the curvature radius r of the valley is defined as Z, the following conditions are satisfied. − 3 ≤ Z ≤ 4 0.9 ≤ ∑ Z = 1 N Z ≤ 1.8 Herein, Z: R - r N: The number of volume control parts. a hollow part, a shape maintaining part, and volume control parts, wherein the volume control parts have shape protruding away from the fiber center and have respective end part with a rounded shape, wherein when the top of the end part of the volume control part is defined as a peak and a space between adjacent volume control parts is defined as a valley, wherein a curvature radius of the peak is defined as R and a curvature radius of the valley is defined as r, and R and r values may be determined to be the same as or different from each other for each volume control part, and wherein a deviation of the curvature radius R of the peak and the curvature radius r of the valley is defined as Z, the following conditions are satisfied. − 3 ≤ Z ≤ 4 0.9 ≤ ∑ Z = 1 N Z ≤ 1.8 Herein, Z: R - r N: The number of volume control parts. Z: R - r N: The number of volume control parts.
Fireproof and/or soundproof door, comprising a glass door leaf and comprising a pivot hinge, for hanging the glass door leaf in a door opening, the pivot hinge comprising a mounting block which is fastenable to the upper side or underside of the door leaf, a socket which is fastenable in or is arranged in the edge of the door opening and a trunnion which at a first end is positionable in the socket in order to be rotatably arranged in the socket and at a second end is fastenable to the mounting block, characterized in that the door leaf is unperforated and comprises a bracket for fastening the pivot hinge to the door leaf, wherein said bracket locally clamps the door leaf along part of the upper side or underside thereof, in that the trunnion comprises a flange at its second end, which extends at least partially along the edge of the trunnion at said second end, and in that the mounting block comprises an insertion opening and comprises a flange which extends at least partially along the edge of the insertion opening, wherein in the fastened state of the mounting block, the insertion opening is only accessible to the trunnion from the side facing the socket and wherein the trunnion at its second end is fastenable to the mounting block from said side via the insertion opening, wherein, in the fastened state of the trunnion, the flange of the trunnion engages in the insertion opening behind the flange of the insertion opening, wherein in order to fasten the trunnion to the mounting block, the second end of the trunnion is freely positionable in the insertion opening in a first position and is displaceable in the insertion opening from said first position to a second position, in which the flange of the trunnion engages behind the flange of the insertion opening and wherein the mounting block is fastenable to or forms part of said bracket.
Nonwoven fabric for distribution and transferring for personal hygiene products, comprising a matrix component and a resilient binding component forming connection points, which binding component is composed of a resilient thermoplastic polymer at least in part, characterised in that the proportion of matrix component, which is formed of fibres and/or filaments having a titre of more than 1.7 dtex, is 15 to 80 wt.%, and, complementarily thereto, the proportion of binding component is 85 to 20 wt.%.
A method for degrading or converting plant cell wall polysaccharides into one or more sugars, comprising: treating the plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount of a spent whole fermentation broth of a recombinant Trichoderma microorganism, wherein the recombinant Trichoderma microorganism expresses one or more heterologous genes encoding beta-glucosidase.
A mobile robot comprising: a driver configured to move a main body; a memory configured to store an obstacle map of a cleaning area; a sensor (130, 1400) configured to collect information about the cleaning area; a communication interface configured to communicate with another mobile robot; and a controller configured to, when receiving an obstacle map comprising position information about a liquid region present in the cleaning area from the another mobile robot, control the main body to move to the liquid region and clean at least the liquid region, characterized in that the controller specifies the liquid region based on coordinates of the liquid region on the obstacle map and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value between the communication interface and the another mobile robot. a driver configured to move a main body; a memory configured to store an obstacle map of a cleaning area; a sensor (130, 1400) configured to collect information about the cleaning area; a communication interface configured to communicate with another mobile robot; and a controller configured to, when receiving an obstacle map comprising position information about a liquid region present in the cleaning area from the another mobile robot, control the main body to move to the liquid region and clean at least the liquid region, characterized in that the controller specifies the liquid region based on coordinates of the liquid region on the obstacle map and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value between the communication interface and the another mobile robot.
Timepiece assembly comprising a timepiece component and a device (1; 2) comprising a fixed element (13, 23, 33), a movable element and first and second (22; 32) elastic members connecting the fixed element (13, 23, 33) and the movable element and being arranged to guide the movable element in translation with respect to said fixed element (13, 23, 33), characterised in that each of the first and second (22; 32) elastic members is arranged to exert on the movable element a substantially constant elastic return force over a predetermined range of positions of the movable element with respect to the fixed element (13, 23, 33), the elastic return forces exerted by the first and second (22; 32) elastic members compensating for each other at least partially throughout said predetermined range.
An antibody capable of binding to DR5, characterized in that: the heavy chain sequence contains a variable region having CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3, and the CDRH1 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 82, the CDRH2 comprises either one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOS: 89 and 83, and the CDRH3 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 84; and the light chain sequence contains a variable region having CDRL1, CDRL2, and CDRL3, and the CDRL1 comprises any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOS: 87, 85, 86, 88 and 79, the CDRL2 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 80, and the CDRL3 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 81, or a functional fragment of the antibody having antigen-binding activity. the heavy chain sequence contains a variable region having CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3, and the CDRH1 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 82, the CDRH2 comprises either one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOS: 89 and 83, and the CDRH3 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 84; and the light chain sequence contains a variable region having CDRL1, CDRL2, and CDRL3, and the CDRL1 comprises any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOS: 87, 85, 86, 88 and 79, the CDRL2 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 80, and the CDRL3 comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 81, or a functional fragment of the antibody having antigen-binding activity.
A solid oxide fuel cell system comprising a solid oxide fuel cell stack, a compressor and a turbine, the solid oxide fuel cell stack comprising at least one solid oxide fuel cell, each solid oxide fuel cell comprising an electrolyte, an anode and a cathode, the compressor being arranged to supply at least a portion of the oxidant to the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell, a fuel supply being arranged to supply fuel to the anode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell, the solid oxide fuel cell stack being arranged to supply a portion of the unused oxidant from the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell back to the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell, the solid oxide fuel cell stack being arranged to supply a portion of the unused fuel from the anode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell to a combustor, an oxidant supply arranged to supply oxidant to the combustor, the combustor being arranged to supply the combustor exhaust gases to a first inlet of a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger being arranged to supply at least a portion of the combustor exhaust gases from a first outlet of the heat exchanger to the turbine, the at least a portion of the oxidant from the compressor and the unused oxidant from the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell being arranged to be supplied to a second inlet of the heat exchanger to preheat the oxidant supplied to the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell, the heat exchanger being arranged to supply the at least a portion of the oxidant from the compressor and the unused oxidant from the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell from a second outlet of the heat exchanger to the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell; wherein the oxidant supply to supply oxidant to the combustor comprises a supply of a portion of the unused oxidant from the cathode of the at least one solid oxide fuel cell to the combustor; and wherein the compressor is arranged to supply a portion of the oxidant to the combustor and the heat exchanger is arranged to supply a portion of the combustor exhaust gases from the first outlet of the heat exchanger to the combustor.
Device for improving the vision of an eye of a human being, said eye pivoting in its orbit and including a lens and a retina, comprising: • optical means for forming at least one image of a scene to be viewed; • a controllable treatment optical projector mounted to co-operate (13, 14) with said optical means, said projector being suitable for outputting said image in the form of an image light beam, and for being controlled by a signal of determined values applied to a control input so that the image light beam is deflected through a deflection angle that is a function of the value of said signal; • a mirror; • means (40-1, 40-2) for linking said mirror with the orbit and with the treatment optical projector so that the optical axis of the mirror passes substantially through the center of rotation of said eye, and so that the mirror lies on the light path of the image light beam; and • a sensor for determining the rotation of said eye relative to its orbit, the sensor being suitable for outputting a signal representative of the rotation; characterized by the fact that it further comprises means for applying said signal delivered at the output of the sensor to the input of the treatment optical projector so that the image light beam is projected onto a location of said mirror that is a function of the rotation of said eye relative to its orbit. • optical means for forming at least one image of a scene to be viewed; • a controllable treatment optical projector mounted to co-operate (13, 14) with said optical means, said projector being suitable for outputting said image in the form of an image light beam, and for being controlled by a signal of determined values applied to a control input so that the image light beam is deflected through a deflection angle that is a function of the value of said signal; • a mirror; • means (40-1, 40-2) for linking said mirror with the orbit and with the treatment optical projector so that the optical axis of the mirror passes substantially through the center of rotation of said eye, and so that the mirror lies on the light path of the image light beam; and • a sensor for determining the rotation of said eye relative to its orbit, the sensor being suitable for outputting a signal representative of the rotation;
Fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first fitting part and a second fitting part which are rotatable relative to one another and are in geared connection with one another, or are lockable with one another, and a third fitting part which is mounted on a bearing ring, which is fastened on the first fitting part, so as to be pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part, wherein the third fitting part is lockable with the first fitting part, or with a component which is fixedly connected to the first fitting part, by means of pawl which is mounted in a first pivot point on the third fitting part, wherein the bearing ring comprises several run-up cams which interact with several elevations of the third fitting part in such a manner that, with the pawl locked, free play in the radial direction between the bearing ring and the third fitting part is minimized, characterized in that the third fitting part, a blocking cam which is mounted in a second pivot point on the third fitting part, a coupler which is flexibly connected to the blocking cam in a third pivot point and to the pawl in a fourth pivot point, and the pawl define a four-pivot chain (74, 80, 98, 90).
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to a cycle of operation, the laundry treating appliance comprising: a chassis defining an interior; a rotatable treating chamber located within the interior; a controller configured to control the operation of the laundry treating appliance to implement one or more treating cycles of operation; an antenna communicably coupled with the controller 70, the antenna being configured to receive RFID data from RFID tags coupled to the laundry items and to output a signal indicative of the RFID data; characterized in that the controller being configured to receive the signal from the antenna and to process the signal to distinguish between RFID tags that are moving and RFID tags that are stationary, in order to ignore signal from the stationary RFID tags, and to suggest, alter, or implement the cycle of operation based on the signal from the moving RFID tags, and the laundry treating appliance being configured to rotate the rotatable treating chamber during the receiving of the RFID data from the RFID tags. a chassis defining an interior; a rotatable treating chamber located within the interior; a controller configured to control the operation of the laundry treating appliance to implement one or more treating cycles of operation; an antenna communicably coupled with the controller 70, the antenna being configured to receive RFID data from RFID tags coupled to the laundry items and to output a signal indicative of the RFID data; characterized in that the controller being configured to receive the signal from the antenna and to process the signal to distinguish between RFID tags that are moving and RFID tags that are stationary, in order to ignore signal from the stationary RFID tags, and to suggest, alter, or implement the cycle of operation based on the signal from the moving RFID tags, and the laundry treating appliance being configured to rotate the rotatable treating chamber during the receiving of the RFID data from the RFID tags.
A method, carried out on device comprising a global navigation satellite system chipset and a controller, the chipset implementing dead reckoning, of enhancing global navigation satellite system performance comprising: determining position information based upon (i) global navigation satellite system information, (ii) dead reckoning using one or more sensor inputs, and (iii) a correction signal; when said global navigation satellite system information is unavailable, adjusting said position information and generating said correction signal based upon pre-defined map data; and when said global navigation satellite system information is reacquired after being unavailable, in response to detecting that the position information is satellite based, suspending said dead reckoning for a predefined amount of time to force the determining of position information to rely only on the reacquired satellite system information; said one or more sensor inputs are communicated from sensor outputs of a vehicle via a data bus of said vehicle; said position information comprises a location of said vehicle; and the method characterised in that communication of said vehicle sensor outputs via said vehicle data bus to said global navigation satellite system chipset is suspended by said controller for said predefined amount of time when said global navigation satellite system information is reacquired after being unavailable. determining position information based upon (i) global navigation satellite system information, (ii) dead reckoning using one or more sensor inputs, and (iii) a correction signal; when said global navigation satellite system information is unavailable, adjusting said position information and generating said correction signal based upon pre-defined map data; and when said global navigation satellite system information is reacquired after being unavailable, in response to detecting that the position information is satellite based, suspending said dead reckoning for a predefined amount of time to force the determining of position information to rely only on the reacquired satellite system information; said one or more sensor inputs are communicated from sensor outputs of a vehicle via a data bus of said vehicle; said position information comprises a location of said vehicle; and the method characterised in that communication of said vehicle sensor outputs via said vehicle data bus to said global navigation satellite system chipset is suspended by said controller for said predefined amount of time when said global navigation satellite system information is reacquired after being unavailable.
A cloth evaluation apparatus comprising. a measuring member (21, 71, 81, 131) having, on its distal side, a measuring part to pass through a cloth (c, d); a cloth/measuring part moving means (30, 40, 110, 111, 112, 120) for moving the cloth (c, d) or the measuring member (21, 71, 81, 131) so that the measuring part passes through the cloth (c, d); a cloth supporting means (23, 23', 31') for supporting the cloth (c, d) at around a passing-through point in the cloth (c, d) of the measuring part when the measuring part passes through the cloth (c, d); and a load detecting means for detecting a load being applied to the measuring member (21, 71, 81, 131) while the measuring part passes through the cloth (c, d), wherein the measuring part includes a piercing force measuring portion (22A, 72A, 82A, 132A) having an acute tip (22A', 82A'), characterized in that the cloth supporting means (23, 23', 31') can support the cloth (c, d) while following the movement of the cloth (c, d) or the measuring member (21, 71, 81, 131), and in that the cloth (c, d) is supported from both sides of the cloth (c, d) and in that the cloth supporting means (23, 23', 31') comprise a cylindrical elastic member (23, 23') arranged around and concentrically with the measuring part.
Electric generator excited by ionizing radiation of origin external to the generator, characterized in that it includes an electronic device with a semiconductor junction including a reverse-biased or unbiased diode coupled to a pulse transformer that transforms a current pulse into a high-voltage pulse.