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A method of removing waste from a vacuum toilet assembly comprising the steps of:- a) providing a toilet assembly comprising;- i) a bowl comprising a wall defining a rim, a bottom section below the rim, and a main waste-receiving opening; ii) a moveable lid adapted, when closed, to cover the main waste-receiving opening; iii) a distribution ring for introducing water into the bowl at or adjacent the rim; iv) multiple air-inlet openings distributed in the distribution ring around the rim and through the wall of the bowl; v) means for evacuating the bowl; b) closing the lid; c) evacuating the bowl; and characterised in that the multiple air-inlet openings are distributed at approximately the level of the water entering the bowl so that air and water are immediatly mixed upon entry into the bowl at a point well above the bottom section thereof. a) providing a toilet assembly comprising;- i) a bowl comprising a wall defining a rim, a bottom section below the rim, and a main waste-receiving opening; ii) a moveable lid adapted, when closed, to cover the main waste-receiving opening; iii) a distribution ring for introducing water into the bowl at or adjacent the rim; iv) multiple air-inlet openings distributed in the distribution ring around the rim and through the wall of the bowl; v) means for evacuating the bowl; i) a bowl comprising a wall defining a rim, a bottom section below the rim, and a main waste-receiving opening; ii) a moveable lid adapted, when closed, to cover the main waste-receiving opening; iii) a distribution ring for introducing water into the bowl at or adjacent the rim; iv) multiple air-inlet openings distributed in the distribution ring around the rim and through the wall of the bowl; v) means for evacuating the bowl; b) closing the lid; c) evacuating the bowl; and
Sensor module (100, 1100) - having a housing (200, 1200) comprising a frame (220, 1220), a base plate (230, 1230) and a cover plate (210, 1210), - a first displacement sensor and a first pressure sensor being arranged in the housing (200, 1200), - and a first pressure adapter, wherein said first pressure adapter is arranged at an outer side of the housing (200, 1200), the first pressure sensor being able to be acted on with pressure by means of the first pressure adapter, characterized in that the sensor module (100, 1100) has a second displacement sensor, a second pressure sensor and a second pressure adapter. - having a housing (200, 1200) comprising a frame (220, 1220), a base plate (230, 1230) and a cover plate (210, 1210), - a first displacement sensor and a first pressure sensor being arranged in the housing (200, 1200), - and a first pressure adapter,
A method for producing an anti-OX40 antibody by using a cell that expresses an antibody having the amino acid sequences of the heavy chain and light chain variable region of an antibody produced by a hybridoma cell line denoted as 112V8, deposited as ATCC No. PTA-7219, or 112Y131, deposited as ATCC No. PTA-7218, or 112Y55, deposited as ATCC No. PTA-7220. 112V8, deposited as ATCC No. PTA-7219, or 112Y131, deposited as ATCC No. PTA-7218, or 112Y55, deposited as ATCC No. PTA-7220.
An actuator for projector module comprising a cut off shield for a stainless steel optical module and a shield support on which said cut off shield is mounted at the level of a contact area, said contact area being defined by the area of the cut off shield in contact with the shield support, said cut off shield comprising a central part adapted to be located on the path of an optical axis of the optical module and two longitudinal ends (72, 73), characterized in that said cut off shield has a thickness comprised between 0.4 mm and 0.65 mm and the whole area of the contact area is located at a distance bigger than 25 mm from the central part, the associated shield support being in plastics resistant to 220°C.
Fire insulation for use on a ship, comprising • a metal wall which is a deck, a bulkhead or a part of the outer shell of a ship, • insulation pins consisting of metal, which are fastened on the metal wall and are substantially aligned vertically to the metal wall, • plate-shaped insulation material which is placed on the insulation pins so that the insulation material is held on the metal wall, characterized in that • the insulation pins have a diameter of less than or equal to 3 mm, • the insulation pins have reinforcement in the region of the fastening to the metal wall, • wherein the reinforcement is a bushing compressed with the insulation pin, which is arranged at the lower end of the insulation pin. • a metal wall which is a deck, a bulkhead or a part of the outer shell of a ship, • insulation pins consisting of metal, which are fastened on the metal wall and are substantially aligned vertically to the metal wall, • plate-shaped insulation material which is placed on the insulation pins so that the insulation material is held on the metal wall, characterized in that • the insulation pins have a diameter of less than or equal to 3 mm, • the insulation pins have reinforcement in the region of the fastening to the metal wall, • wherein the reinforcement is a bushing compressed with the insulation pin, which is arranged at the lower end of the insulation pin.
A control apparatus for a vehicle comprising a manual transmission, the manual transmission being configured to transmit a drive force from a traveling drive source to drive wheels and allowing any one of a plurality of shift stages to be selected through a manual shift manipulation of a driver, the control apparatus being configured to store a plurality of shift stage corresponding characteristics to set output characteristics of the traveling drive source in accordance with the shift stages, determine a shift stage selected based on a ratio of revolution of the traveling drive source to a revolution of an output shaft of the manual transmission, and change shift stage corresponding characteristics of the traveling drive source in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein change of the shift stage corresponding characteristics of the traveling drive source executed in accordance with the result of the determination of the shift stage is carried out after the manual shift manipulation of the manual transmission and during a predetermined time starting from a time point at which transmission of the drive force from the traveling drive source to the drive wheels is started, characterized in that the control apparatus is further configured to change, during the predetermined time, the shift stage corresponding characteristic only when a condition where a shift stage targeted by the shift stage corresponding characteristic currently set is different from a shift stage obtained based on the result of the determination and the shift stage obtained based on the result of the determination is maintained continues for a predetermined first determination time.
A compound of formula R 1 -X-A-X-R 2 in which - X is oxygen, -NH-C -NH- or -C -NH- - A is a C 4 -C 30 hydrocarbon chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C 1 -C 12 linear or branched alkyl groups, or A represents a C 4 -C 30 hydrocarbon chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, which is partially or completely halogenated; - R 1 and R 2, identical or different, represent hydrogen or -(CH 2) n -R 3 -(CH 2) m -R 4- (CH 2) p -R 5 -R 6 in which • n, m and p, identical or different, are 0 to 10; • R 3 represents a heteroaryl group comprising 1 to 4 oxygen or nitrogen atom(s); • R 4 represents a nucleosidyl group; • R 5 represents a heteroaryl group comprising 1 to 4 heteroatom(s); • R 6 represents a residue of a cyclic carbohydrate or a derivative of the said carbohydrate; wherein said derivative is selected from an oligosaccharide-type glycan deriving from said cyclic carbohydrate, an N-acetyl derivative of said cyclic carbohydrate and a protected derivative of said cyclic carbohydrate, provided that R 1 and R 2 are not simultaneously hydrogen. - X is oxygen, -NH-C -NH- or -C -NH- - A is a C 4 -C 30 hydrocarbon chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C 1 -C 12 linear or branched alkyl groups, or A represents a C 4 -C 30 hydrocarbon chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, which is partially or completely halogenated; - R 1 and R 2, identical or different, represent hydrogen or -(CH 2) n -R 3 -(CH 2) m -R 4- (CH 2) p -R 5 -R 6 • n, m and p, identical or different, are 0 to 10; • R 3 represents a heteroaryl group comprising 1 to 4 oxygen or nitrogen atom(s); • R 4 represents a nucleosidyl group; • R 5 represents a heteroaryl group comprising 1 to 4 heteroatom(s); • R 6 represents a residue of a cyclic carbohydrate or a derivative of the said carbohydrate; wherein said derivative is selected from an oligosaccharide-type glycan deriving from said cyclic carbohydrate, an N-acetyl derivative of said cyclic carbohydrate and a protected derivative of said cyclic carbohydrate,
A powder recoater comprising: a hopper (101; 201) that stores a powder (111; 211); a cylindrical powder supplier (102; 202) that has a side surface as a cylindrical surface close to or in contact with a bottom surface of said hopper and includes a supply path (121; 221) for the powder; and a pivoting unit that causes the powder supplier to pivot, wherein the supply path (121; 221) communicates with a discharge port provided in the bottom surface of said hopper, characterised in that a center axis connecting inlet and outlet of the supply path (121; 221) is displaced from an axis of rotation of said powder supplier in a radial direction of said powder supplier. a hopper (101; 201) that stores a powder (111; 211); a cylindrical powder supplier (102; 202) that has a side surface as a cylindrical surface close to or in contact with a bottom surface of said hopper and includes a supply path (121; 221) for the powder; and a pivoting unit that causes the powder supplier to pivot, wherein the supply path (121; 221) communicates with a discharge port provided in the bottom surface of said hopper, characterised in that a center axis connecting inlet and outlet of the supply path (121; 221) is displaced from an axis of rotation of said powder supplier in a radial direction of said powder supplier.
An adjustable stopper assembly for a vehicle door or hood, comprising: a base part comprising a body and attachment means for securing in an aperture in a body of the vehicle; a pin part comprising a head portion and a shank extending from said head portion; and an intermediate part located between said base part and said head portion of said pin part and being releasably securable to said base part, wherein said shank of said pin part comprises at least one first, resiliently deformable outwardly-extending projection at a first longitudinal position of said shank, characterized in that it comprises a screw-threaded portion between said at least one first, resiliently deformable projection and said head portion of said pin part; said intermediate part comprises a screw-threaded through aperture which is screw-threadedly engaged with said screw-threaded portion of said shank; and said base part further comprises a recess in which said at least one first resiliently deformable projection of said shank is received, said recess having one or more inwardly-extending projections which are engageable with said at least one first resiliently deformable projection as said pin part is rotated, during assembly a base part comprising a body and attachment means for securing in an aperture in a body of the vehicle; a pin part comprising a head portion and a shank extending from said head portion; and an intermediate part located between said base part and said head portion of said pin part and being releasably securable to said base part, wherein said shank of said pin part comprises at least one first, resiliently deformable outwardly-extending projection at a first longitudinal position of said shank, characterized in that it comprises a screw-threaded portion between said at least one first, resiliently deformable projection and said head portion of said pin part; said intermediate part comprises a screw-threaded through aperture which is screw-threadedly engaged with said screw-threaded portion of said shank; and said base part further comprises a recess in which said at least one first resiliently deformable projection of said shank is received, said recess having one or more inwardly-extending projections which are engageable with said at least one first resiliently deformable projection as said pin part is rotated, during assembly
A method for secondary-molding a polymer nano oriented crystal material, comprising the steps of: heating the polymer nano oriented crystal material so that the polymer nano oriented crystal material changes into a melt having a dense entanglement network structure; molding the polymer nano oriented crystal material which changed into the melt having the dense entanglement network structure in the step; and cooling the polymer nano oriented crystal material, which has undergone the step, until the polymer nano oriented crystal materia! changes into an ordered phase, wherein the cooling is performed under a restrained condition, wherein the melt having the dense entanglement network structure is restricted to make no volume change, wh erein - the polymer nano oriented crystal material comprises polymer nano oriented crystals having a crystal size d of not more than 300 nm and an orientation function f c of not less than 0.7, the orientation function f c representing a degree of orientation of polymer chains in crystals, and - the polymer nano oriented crystal material comprises a cylindrical high order structure; wherein the cylindrical high order structure comprises a bundle of strings each of which is constituted by nano oriented crystal particles connected together. heating the polymer nano oriented crystal material so that the polymer nano oriented crystal material changes into a melt having a dense entanglement network structure; molding the polymer nano oriented crystal material which changed into the melt having the dense entanglement network structure in the step; and cooling the polymer nano oriented crystal material, which has undergone the step, until the polymer nano oriented crystal materia! changes into an ordered phase, wherein the cooling is performed under a restrained condition, wherein the melt having the dense entanglement network structure is restricted to make no volume change, wh erein - the polymer nano oriented crystal material comprises polymer nano oriented crystals having a crystal size d of not more than 300 nm and an orientation function f c of not less than 0.7, the orientation function f c representing a degree of orientation of polymer chains in crystals, and - the polymer nano oriented crystal material comprises a cylindrical high order structure; wherein the cylindrical high order structure comprises a bundle of strings each of which is constituted by nano oriented crystal particles connected together. - the polymer nano oriented crystal material comprises polymer nano oriented crystals having a crystal size d of not more than 300 nm and an orientation function f c of not less than 0.7, the orientation function f c representing a degree of orientation of polymer chains in crystals, and - the polymer nano oriented crystal material comprises a cylindrical high order structure; wherein the cylindrical high order structure comprises a bundle of strings each of which is constituted by nano oriented crystal particles connected together.
A magnetic-inductive flowmeter for measuring the flow rate of a flowing medium, comprising a measuring tube for guiding the medium and a flow-measuring device provided in the area of the measuring tube, wherein a valve housing is provided downstream from the flow-measuring device as viewed in the flow direction, wherein the measuring tube and the valve housing are of a ceramic material, and wherein a movable valve member is provided in the valve housing, which is also made of a ceramic material, characterized in that the valve housing is made as one piece with the measuring tube and that no separate gasket is provided between the valve housing and the valve member.
A probe for use in a minimally invasive surgical procedure, comprising: a) an elongate slender main body including a longitudinally disposed cannula and having a proximal end part and a distal end portion, the distal end portion in an initial condition having a first transverse dimension; b) an expansible member associated with the distal end portion, and operable as a dilator, to expand the distal end portion radially to a larger second transverse dimension; c) an electrode attached to and exposed on an exterior surface of the distal end portion; and d) an electrical conductor interconnected with the electrode and extending along the elongate body to a location adjacent the proximal end part, the electrical conductor having a portion thereof available to receive an electrical signal, e) wherein the expansible member is a hollow flexible and elastic body surrounding the cannula and capable of radial expansion when a quantity of a fluid under pressure is introduced into the expansible member, f) wherein the distal end portion includes a plurality of separate elongate segments (50, 52) each having a proximal base portion and each having a distal tip of a material sufficiently rigid to pierce muscular tissue, soft tissue, and connective tissue, and wherein the distal ends of the elongate segments (50, 52) are separable from one another in response to outward force exerted by the expansible member, g) wherein the cannula extends through the elongate body as a continuous tube to the distal end. a) an elongate slender main body including a longitudinally disposed cannula and having a proximal end part and a distal end portion, the distal end portion in an initial condition having a first transverse dimension; b) an expansible member associated with the distal end portion, and operable as a dilator, to expand the distal end portion radially to a larger second transverse dimension; c) an electrode attached to and exposed on an exterior surface of the distal end portion; and d) an electrical conductor interconnected with the electrode and extending along the elongate body to a location adjacent the proximal end part, the electrical conductor having a portion thereof available to receive an electrical signal, e) wherein the expansible member is a hollow flexible and elastic body surrounding the cannula and capable of radial expansion when a quantity of a fluid under pressure is introduced into the expansible member, f) wherein the distal end portion includes a plurality of separate elongate segments (50, 52) each having a proximal base portion and each having a distal tip of a material sufficiently rigid to pierce muscular tissue, soft tissue, and connective tissue, and wherein the distal ends of the elongate segments (50, 52) are separable from one another in response to outward force exerted by the expansible member, g) wherein the cannula extends through the elongate body as a continuous tube to the distal end.
Valve device having a diaphragm to separate a fluid-carrying region from a non-fluid-carrying region, having a first and a second supporting region (10, 12) for the diaphragm, and having an actuating stem which is movable along its longitudinal axis, the first supporting region and/or the second supporting region and/or the diaphragm being of a form such that the diaphragm, as a result of a movement of the actuating stem, is able to bear against the first and/or second supporting region (10, 12) in such a way that the diaphragm, when subject to a fluid pressure in the fluid-carrying region, is loaded substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the actuating stem, with, in an opened position of travel, a radially inner portion of the diaphragm, which is spaced away from the second supporting region, being more sharply curved than a radially outer portion of the diaphragm, which bears against the first supporting region, and, in a closed position of travel, the radially outer portion of the diaphragm, which is spaced away from the first supporting region, being more sharply curved than the radially inner portion of the diaphragm, which bears against the second supporting region, characterised in that the first and the second supporting regions (10, 12) are of a concave curvature.
A gas turbine engine comprising: a fan driven by a shaft and arranged in a bypass flow path; a core flow path downstream from the fan; a compressor section driven by the shaft and arranged within the core flow path; wherein the compressor section includes a counter rotating low pressure compressor comprising: outer and inner compressor stages (72...80) interspersed with one another and configured to rotate in an opposite direction than one another about an axis of rotation, and a transmission coupling at least one of the outer and inner compressor stages (72...80) to the shaft; a turbine section driving the shaft and arranged within the core flow path; and a mid-turbine frame; characterised in that: the turbine section includes a counter rotating low pressure turbine comprising: an outer rotor including an outer set of turbine blades, an inner rotor having an inner set of turbine blades interspersed with the outer set of turbine blades, the outer rotor configured to rotate in an opposite direction about the axis of rotation from the inner rotor, and a gear system coupling at least one of the outer and inner rotors (124,126) to the shaft; said gear system being disposed upstream from the low pressure turbine and being surrounded by the mid-turbine frame. a fan driven by a shaft and arranged in a bypass flow path; a core flow path downstream from the fan; a compressor section driven by the shaft and arranged within the core flow path; wherein the compressor section includes a counter rotating low pressure compressor comprising: outer and inner compressor stages (72...80) interspersed with one another and configured to rotate in an opposite direction than one another about an axis of rotation, and a transmission coupling at least one of the outer and inner compressor stages (72...80) to the shaft; outer and inner compressor stages (72...80) interspersed with one another and configured to rotate in an opposite direction than one another about an axis of rotation, and a transmission coupling at least one of the outer and inner compressor stages (72...80) to the shaft; a turbine section driving the shaft and arranged within the core flow path; and a mid-turbine frame; an outer rotor including an outer set of turbine blades, an inner rotor having an inner set of turbine blades interspersed with the outer set of turbine blades, the outer rotor configured to rotate in an opposite direction about the axis of rotation from the inner rotor, and a gear system coupling at least one of the outer and inner rotors (124,126) to the shaft; said gear system being disposed upstream from the low pressure turbine and being surrounded by the mid-turbine frame.
A method for detecting localized defects, for example of the hot spot or wet spot type, present in a mineral fiber mat bound by a binder, comprising the use of microwave radiation with a frequency between 1 and 50 GHz, the total power of the electromagnetic wave emitted being between 0.1 and 5 watts, characterized in that the incident microwave radiation is implemented by means of an array of microwave emitter devices, positioned transversely facing one side of the mat and oriented in the direction of said mat, and wherein, after passing through said mat, the signal is collected by an array of receiver probes or sensors positioned transversely facing the opposite side of the mat and in that said detection is made at the outlet of the crosslinking means of said binder.