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A power tool, which performs a predetermined operation by using a tool bit, comprising a dust suction device (250; 350; 450), wherein the dust suction device (250; 350; 450) has a dust suction part (251; 351; 451) that sucks and collects dust generated during operation at a tip of the tool bit, and the dust suction part (251; 351; 451) can be moved between a first position in which the dust suction part (251; 351; 451) covers at least a bit tip of the tool bit and a second position in which the bit tip is exposed, and is biased so as to be normally placed in the first position, and an operation mode switching mechanism (253; 453, 455) that is capable of switching between a first operation mode in which the dust suction part (251; 351; 451) placed in the first position is allowed to move between the first and second positions and a second operation mode in which the dust suction part (251; 351; 451) moved from the first position to the second position is locked in the second position, characterized in that the power tool further comprises at least one grip part (181; 109, 181), and the operation mode switching mechanism (253; 453, 455) is provided in a region of the grip part (181; 109, 181) or its vicinity such that the operation mode switching mechanism (253; 453,455) can be operated with a user's hand holding the grip part (181; 109, 181).
Apparatus for performing chromatography, and preferably liquid chromatography, particularly in the industrial field, using, for feeding product and eluent (mobile phase) respectively into at least one separation column, at least one positive-displacement pump provided with a drive in the respective cases, characterised in that the drive (10, 10', 11, 11') of each positive-displacement pump (8, 8', 9, 9') is a highly dynamic drive in the form of a three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous servomotor which is fanless and hence fit for clean-room use and which is fitted with an integrated sensor system for sensing travel/time data, which data, by means of a master system for movement control/regulation which is connected on, can be converted into appropriate position-regulated commands for driving.
A sealing machine for sealing a container, comprising an ejection device and a sliding profile, wherein the ejection device comprises an ejection rod and an ejection head, and the ejection head comprises a supporting element with a supporting axis and a sliding end, and a sliding element for sliding the supporting element along a sliding profile of the sealing machine, wherein the sliding element is arranged at the sliding end and a force acting essentially in the direction of the supporting axis can be transmitted via the sliding element to the supporting element, and the sliding element is designed as a rotatable rolling element, so that in the operating state the supporting element can be unrolled over the rotatable rolling element along the sliding profile, characterized in that the rotatable rolling element can be rotated about the supporting axis and about an axis which is perpendicular to the direction of movement and varies during the movement of the sliding element on the sliding profile and the sliding profile has a groove suitable for receiving and/or guiding the rotatable rolling element.
A method for producing a nanostructured substrate comprising an array of protruding nanostructures, in particular nanopillars, which method comprises at least the following steps: a) providing a primary substrate; b) depositing at least one layer of a material capable to be removed by means of reactive ion etching onto said primary substrate; c) depositing a nanostructured etching mask onto the graded layer deposited in step b); d) generating protruding structures, in particular nanopillars, in the graded layer deposited in step b) by means of reactive ion etching, wherein simultaneously at least 2, preferably 3, predetermined continuous gradients of geometric parameters of the protruding structures are generated on the same substrate; characterized in that the layer deposited in step b) on a primary substrate comprises a predetermined gradient of its thickness. a) providing a primary substrate; b) depositing at least one layer of a material capable to be removed by means of reactive ion etching onto said primary substrate; c) depositing a nanostructured etching mask onto the graded layer deposited in step b); d) generating protruding structures, in particular nanopillars, in the graded layer deposited in step b) by means of reactive ion etching, wherein simultaneously at least 2, preferably 3, predetermined continuous gradients of geometric parameters of the protruding structures are generated on the same substrate; characterized in that the layer deposited in step b) on a primary substrate comprises a predetermined gradient of its thickness.
A method of dismounting and/or mounting a pod housing, which in operation is attached to a seating of a marine vessel and which pod housing has a lower body suspended from the marine vessel by an intermediate portion, from the seating of the marine vessel, the pod housing and the seating forming a pod unit, comprising the steps of: a) providing a first plurality of lifting points, preferably at least one on each side, at a first portion of said pod housing; b) providing at least three wire ropes or groups of wire ropes (11, 19), c) anchoring an end of each of said wire ropes or groups of wire ropes (11, 19) to a fixed part or the seating, each of said wire ropes or wire rope groups (11, 19) extending vertically through vertical passages in said seating, d) providing at least three strand jacks, one on each wire rope or wire rope group (11, 19); e) connecting each strand jack at least indirectly to an associated one of the lifting points (7, 12); f) using said strand jacks to dismount and/or to install said pod housing, whereby the load of the pod housing is carried by said fixed part or the seating, f1) providing a second, or a second plurality of, lifting point/s, at a second portion of said pod housing, f2) attaching the strand jacks below the seating, f3) lowering said pod housing by operating said strand jacks to climb down said wire ropes or groups of wire ropes or raising said pod housing by operating said strand jacks to climb up said wire ropes or groups of ropes. a) providing a first plurality of lifting points, preferably at least one on each side, at a first portion of said pod housing; b) providing at least three wire ropes or groups of wire ropes (11, 19), c) anchoring an end of each of said wire ropes or groups of wire ropes (11, 19) to a fixed part or the seating, each of said wire ropes or wire rope groups (11, 19) extending vertically through vertical passages in said seating, d) providing at least three strand jacks, one on each wire rope or wire rope group (11, 19); e) connecting each strand jack at least indirectly to an associated one of the lifting points (7, 12); f) using said strand jacks to dismount and/or to install said pod housing, whereby the load of the pod housing is carried by said fixed part or the seating, f1) providing a second, or a second plurality of, lifting point/s, at a second portion of said pod housing, f2) attaching the strand jacks below the seating, f3) lowering said pod housing by operating said strand jacks to climb down said wire ropes or groups of wire ropes or raising said pod housing by operating said strand jacks to climb up said wire ropes or groups of ropes. f1) providing a second, or a second plurality of, lifting point/s, at a second portion of said pod housing, f2) attaching the strand jacks below the seating, f3) lowering said pod housing by operating said strand jacks to climb down said wire ropes or groups of wire ropes or raising said pod housing by operating said strand jacks to climb up said wire ropes or groups of ropes.
Support and stabilisation unit (200, 300, 400, 500) for a web being advanced in its longitudinal direction above the unit from upstream to downstream, comprising in series: - at least one rotating support roller (31, 32) that is configured to come into contact with an underside of the web, - at least one rotating anti-vibration roller (131, 132), and - at least one tensioning device (121, 122, 122') of the web comprising: - a guiding face (121a, 122a) oriented towards the underside of the web, - an internal cavity, leading to the outside of the device via an outlet opening oriented towards the guiding face (121a, 122a) and - an inlet of air to the inside of the internal cavity, for generating on the web a force oriented in the direction of the guiding face (121a, 122a); the anti-vibration roller being arranged between the support roller (31, 32) and the tensioning device (121, 122, 122'), characterised in that the highest point of the anti-vibration roller (131, 132) is placed above the highest point of the guiding face (121a, 122a) of the adjacent tensioning device (121, 122, 122') and below the highest point of the adjacent support roller (31, 32). - at least one rotating support roller (31, 32) that is configured to come into contact with an underside of the web, - at least one rotating anti-vibration roller (131, 132), and - at least one tensioning device (121, 122, 122') of the web comprising: - a guiding face (121a, 122a) oriented towards the underside of the web, - an internal cavity, leading to the outside of the device via an outlet opening oriented towards the guiding face (121a, 122a) and - an inlet of air to the inside of the internal cavity, for generating on the web a force oriented in the direction of the guiding face (121a, 122a); the anti-vibration roller being arranged between the support roller (31, 32) and the tensioning device (121, 122, 122'), characterised in that the highest point of the anti-vibration roller (131, 132) is placed above the highest point of the guiding face (121a, 122a) of the adjacent tensioning device (121, 122, 122') and below the highest point of the adjacent support roller (31, 32). - a guiding face (121a, 122a) oriented towards the underside of the web, - an internal cavity, leading to the outside of the device via an outlet opening oriented towards the guiding face (121a, 122a) and - an inlet of air to the inside of the internal cavity, for generating on the web a force oriented in the direction of the guiding face (121a, 122a); the anti-vibration roller being arranged between the support roller (31, 32) and the tensioning device (121, 122, 122'), characterised in that the highest point of the anti-vibration roller (131, 132) is placed above the highest point of the guiding face (121a, 122a) of the adjacent tensioning device (121, 122, 122') and below the highest point of the adjacent support roller (31, 32).
A syringe mold including a core cylinder for forming the inner circumference of a syringe having a communicating groove for mixing two medical agents, characterized in that the core cylinder comprises a jig container space extending axially, a coolant circulation outward and a coolant circulation homeward which are partitioned by the outer circumference of the jig container space and communicate at the tip portion of the core cylinder, and one or more slots (2J, 2J, 2J) which communicate with the jig container space and have openings on the circumference of the core cylinder, the one or more slide cores (5, 5, 5; 7, 7) are respectively inserted into the one or more slots (2J, 2J, 2J) allowing the slide in the radial direction of the core cylinder to form the communicating groove, the jig container space contains a slide core operating jig which is in engagement with the slide cores (5, 5, 5; 7, 7), and the slide cores (5, 5, 5; 7, 7) are put in the position where the slide cores (5, 5, 5; 7, 7) protrude from the circumference of the core cylinder and the position where the slide cores (5, 5, 5; 7, 7) are immersive in the circumference of the core cylinder by moving the slide core operating jig forward and backward in the axial direction of the core cylinder.
A reconfigurable container, the container being reconfigurable between a first configuration in which the container defines a receptacle for receiving an item, and a second configuration in which the container comprises a collapsed configuration for storage, the container comprising: a base and a wall which is arranged to extend around the base, the wall comprising at least two hingedly coupled wall portions, the base being hingedly coupled to a lower region of at least one wall portion, the wall further comprising a ledge disposed along a lower region thereof which is arranged to extend inwardly of the container, for supporting the base when the container is configured in the first configuration, each wall portion comprising a plurality of wall segments interconnected by a plurality of hinges which permit the wall segments to flex relative to each other about the respective hinge characterised in that the wall diverges in a direction which is away from the base, such that an open periphery of the container comprises a larger cross-sectional area than the base. a base and a wall which is arranged to extend around the base, the wall comprising at least two hingedly coupled wall portions, the base being hingedly coupled to a lower region of at least one wall portion, the wall further comprising a ledge disposed along a lower region thereof which is arranged to extend inwardly of the container, for supporting the base when the container is configured in the first configuration, each wall portion comprising a plurality of wall segments interconnected by a plurality of hinges which permit the wall segments to flex relative to each other about the respective hinge characterised in that the wall diverges in a direction which is away from the base, such that an open periphery of the container comprises a larger cross-sectional area than the base.
A system for controlling a position of a micro-robot, the system comprising: a main body; and a coil unit provided in the main body so as to generate a drive signal to electromechanically drive the micro-robot; characterized in that the system further comprises: an image pick-up unit provided in the main body, the image pick-up unit includes two X-ray sources (111a, 111b) and two X-ray detectors (112a, 112b) detecting X-rays emitted from the X-ray sources (111a, 111 b); a drive unit for driving the image pick-up unit and the coil unit, being coupled together, relative to the main body; and a control unit controlling the coil unit or the drive unit based on image data obtained from the image pick-up unit to control a position of the micro-robot. a main body; and a coil unit provided in the main body so as to generate a drive signal to electromechanically drive the micro-robot; characterized in that the system further comprises: an image pick-up unit provided in the main body, the image pick-up unit includes two X-ray sources (111a, 111b) and two X-ray detectors (112a, 112b) detecting X-rays emitted from the X-ray sources (111a, 111 b); a drive unit for driving the image pick-up unit and the coil unit, being coupled together, relative to the main body; and a control unit controlling the coil unit or the drive unit based on image data obtained from the image pick-up unit to control a position of the micro-robot.
A fluorescence lifetime measurement apparatus comprising: an illumination light generation unit configured to generate illumination light; a fluorescence photon detection unit configured to collect fluorescence photons generated by illuminating a sample including fluorescent molecules with the illumination light; a conversion unit configured to convert the collected fluorescence photons into a first clock signal and convert illumination light that does not pass through the sample into a second clock signal; a first module configured to analyze a fluorescence lifetime of the collected fluorescence photons, wherein the first module comprises an analog mean delay, AMD, measurement unit configured to compute the fluorescence lifetime using a difference between an average time of the first clock signal and an average time of the second clock signal from the conversion unit; characterised in that the apparatus further comprises a control unit configured to designate a range of interest, ROI, of the sample S from the fluorescence lifetime computed by the first module; and a second module configured to analyze a fluorescence lifetime of fluorescence photons corresponding to the ROI, wherein the second module comprises a time-correlated single photon counting, TCSPC, measurement unit configured to calculate the fluorescence lifetime by computing time difference data between the first clock signal and the second clock signal through a high photon detection rate of tens of MHz with respect to a single photon. an illumination light generation unit configured to generate illumination light; a fluorescence photon detection unit configured to collect fluorescence photons generated by illuminating a sample including fluorescent molecules with the illumination light; a conversion unit configured to convert the collected fluorescence photons into a first clock signal and convert illumination light that does not pass through the sample into a second clock signal; a first module configured to analyze a fluorescence lifetime of the collected fluorescence photons, wherein the first module comprises an analog mean delay, AMD, measurement unit configured to compute the fluorescence lifetime using a difference between an average time of the first clock signal and an average time of the second clock signal from the conversion unit; characterised in that the apparatus further comprises a control unit configured to designate a range of interest, ROI, of the sample S from the fluorescence lifetime computed by the first module; and a second module configured to analyze a fluorescence lifetime of fluorescence photons corresponding to the ROI, wherein the second module comprises a time-correlated single photon counting, TCSPC, measurement unit configured to calculate the fluorescence lifetime by computing time difference data between the first clock signal and the second clock signal through a high photon detection rate of tens of MHz with respect to a single photon.
An apparatus for dispensing a brushable substance onto a surface, the apparatus comprising: a bracket, configured to be removably coupled with a robot; a sleeve, comprising an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall, circumscribing the inner tubular sleeve wall, wherein the sleeve is coupled to the bracket and is rotatable relative to the bracket about a first axis; a cartridge, comprising an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall, circumscribing the inner tubular cartridge wall, wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the inner tubular sleeve wall and the outer tubular sleeve wall; a valve, configured to be communicatively coupled with the cartridge; a brush-arm assembly, coupled to the sleeve; a linear actuator to control flow of the brushable substance from the valve; an annular plunger, positioned between the inner tubular cartridge wall and the outer tubular cartridge wall and movable along the first axis; and a push-lock pressure cap, configured to be hermetically coupled with the cartridge; and wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the push-lock pressure cap and the valve. a bracket, configured to be removably coupled with a robot; a sleeve, comprising an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall, circumscribing the inner tubular sleeve wall, wherein the sleeve is coupled to the bracket and is rotatable relative to the bracket about a first axis; a cartridge, comprising an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall, circumscribing the inner tubular cartridge wall, wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the inner tubular sleeve wall and the outer tubular sleeve wall; a valve, configured to be communicatively coupled with the cartridge; a brush-arm assembly, coupled to the sleeve; a linear actuator to control flow of the brushable substance from the valve; an annular plunger, positioned between the inner tubular cartridge wall and the outer tubular cartridge wall and movable along the first axis; and a push-lock pressure cap, configured to be hermetically coupled with the cartridge; and wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the push-lock pressure cap and the valve.
A method for determining surface wetting in a wellbore, comprising the steps of: positioning a first electrode and a second electrode in an annulus between a metallic tubular and the borehole of a wellbore in a well; pumping a fluid through the annulus and between the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least once during or after the step of pumping, making an electrical impedance spectroscopy measurement between the first and second electrode (420, 430) in the annulus; wherein the first and second electrodes (420, 430) are electrically insulated from the tubular and the flow path for electrical current is through the fluid in the annulus. positioning a first electrode and a second electrode in an annulus between a metallic tubular and the borehole of a wellbore in a well; pumping a fluid through the annulus and between the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least once during or after the step of pumping, making an electrical impedance spectroscopy measurement between the first and second electrode (420, 430) in the annulus; wherein the first and second electrodes (420, 430) are electrically insulated from the tubular and the flow path for electrical current is through the fluid in the annulus.
Tubular construction having a heat-insulation material arranged in a inter-tube space, wherein the inter-tube space is formed by at least one inner tube and at least outer tube, which is arranged around the inner tube, wherein the inter-tube space has an at least sectionally swellable material for producing longitudinal tightness at at least one signalling conductor, in particular for sealing off a capillary gap, formed through the inter-tube space, by way of swelling of the material transverse to the main extent, characterized in that the swellable material is bonded in a core or extends parallel to and on a core, wherein signalling-conductor wires of the signalling conductor are arranged helically around the core and the swellable material.
Method for driving an electric motor, in particular an EC motor, comprising a rotor, wherein the position and the direction of rotation of the rotor are acquired by electronic sensor signals, wherein the acquired sensor signals are read in via a binary code as a decimal equivalent having a specific decimal value which is assignable in each case to a specific position of the rotor, and a revolution of the rotor is acquired by a specific sequence of decimal equivalents and the electric motor is driven depending on the position and the direction of rotation of the rotor, wherein depending on the presence of at least one erroneous sensor signal the electric motor is driven in an emergency running method, wherein at least one erroneous sensor signal is present if the sequence contains at least one decimal equivalent having a predetermined value that deviates from a predetermined expected value, wherein when at least one erroneous sensor signal is present, the electric motor is driven with a replacement value formed for the decimal equivalent having the predetermined value, wherein the replacement value is calculated, characterized in that if an erroneous sensor signal is present, the replacement value is calculated according to the formula EW = 7 − X wherein EW denotes the replacement value and X denotes the decimal value of a correctly acquired decimal equivalent from the sequence and the variable X corresponds to the decimal value of the decimal equivalent which is read in with the predetermined value in a counting sequence as second-in-line of the acquired sequence following the decimal equivalent having the predetermined value.