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A spacer comprising: projections each of which has a frame, multiple standing portions each of which has one end connected to the frame and that stand on the frame, and a standing-end connector that connects other ends of the standing portions, the frames being disposed close to each other such that the projections are connected; and flexible connectors that connect the frames, wherein the projections have a three-dimensional shape, and the flexible connectors are elastically deformable, wherein (i) the projections have different shapes depending on a part of the spacer; and/or (ii) the flexible connectors are elastically deformable and have different shapes and/or different levels of flexibility depending on a part of the spacer. projections each of which has a frame, multiple standing portions each of which has one end connected to the frame and that stand on the frame, and a standing-end connector that connects other ends of the standing portions, the frames being disposed close to each other such that the projections are connected; and flexible connectors that connect the frames, wherein the projections have a three-dimensional shape, and the flexible connectors are elastically deformable, wherein (i) the projections have different shapes depending on a part of the spacer; and/or (ii) the flexible connectors are elastically deformable and have different shapes and/or different levels of flexibility depending on a part of the spacer. (i) the projections have different shapes depending on a part of the spacer; and/or (ii) the flexible connectors are elastically deformable and have different shapes and/or different levels of flexibility depending on a part of the spacer.
A fire activation module for a fire extinguishing system comprising: an actuation device having an instantaneous actuation current draw during a suppression event; first and second power leads connected to the actuation device; and at least one capacitor connected to the actuation device and the power leads, the capacitor being configured to store electricity from the power leads and discharge the electricity to the actuation device during the suppression event; characterised in that the first and second power leads have a current capacity less than the instantaneous actuation current draw. an actuation device having an instantaneous actuation current draw during a suppression event; first and second power leads connected to the actuation device; and at least one capacitor connected to the actuation device and the power leads, the capacitor being configured to store electricity from the power leads and discharge the electricity to the actuation device during the suppression event; characterised in that the first and second power leads have a current capacity less than the instantaneous actuation current draw.
Apparatus having projection means for projecting light objects onto a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object, characterized in that the sensor means are signal-conductively connected to logic means for evaluating the sensor information, wherein the logic means are configured for at least partially measuring the object, such as object structures, and can ascertain, on the basis of the captured, reflected light of the light object, spatial and/or dimensional information and project it onto the object by way of the projection means, wherein the logic means are furthermore configured for recognizing and performing visual instructions from the user while taking into consideration a selection menu that is projected onto the object using the projection means.
A gas sensor diagnostic method of diagnosing an abnormal state of a gas sensor arranged to output a sensor output value corresponding to a concentration of a specified gas component in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the gas sensor diagnostic method comprising: a fuel supply detecting step of detecting an interruption of a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine, and a restart of the fuel supply after the interruption of the fuel supply; a response time period accumulating step (S525, S560, S575) of determining a response time period by accumulating a first time period during which the sensor output value reaches from a first threshold value to a second threshold value after the detection of the interruption of the fuel supply, and a second time period during which the sensor output value reaches from a third threshold value to a fourth threshold value after the detection of the restart of the fuel supply after the interruption of the fuel supply; and an abnormal state diagnosing step (S575, S580, S585) of determining an abnormal state of the gas sensor when the response time period is greater than a predetermined time period, wherein the fourth threshold value is greater than the first threshold value; and the third threshold value is greater than the second threshold value. a fuel supply detecting step of detecting an interruption of a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine, and a restart of the fuel supply after the interruption of the fuel supply; a response time period accumulating step (S525, S560, S575) of determining a response time period by accumulating a first time period during which the sensor output value reaches from a first threshold value to a second threshold value after the detection of the interruption of the fuel supply, and a second time period during which the sensor output value reaches from a third threshold value to a fourth threshold value after the detection of the restart of the fuel supply after the interruption of the fuel supply; and an abnormal state diagnosing step (S575, S580, S585) of determining an abnormal state of the gas sensor when the response time period is greater than a predetermined time period, wherein the fourth threshold value is greater than the first threshold value; and the third threshold value is greater than the second threshold value.
Apparatus for the application of a coating of material or materials, said coating comprising at least first and second layers of material or material compositions, said apparatus including at least first and second unbalanced magnetrons (1,2) from which material (A,B;17) can be selectively applied, a substrate holder, on which the substrates to be coated are held, and positioned between the magnetrons and the substrate holder, is at least one shield (10;11;6;30;31;28), said shield including at least one aperture (12;13;12;13;21) through which material deposited from a magnetron can pass for application onto the substrates when the aperture is suitably positioned with respect to the said magnetron and substrate holder by selective rotation of the shield with respect to the magnetrons so as to define a passage through which the material deposited from the target of said magnetron can pass, said magnetrons provided in a closed field unbalanced magnetron (CFUBM) configuration and characterised in that the substrates and at least one shield are provided at floating electrical potential.
A tenter oven wherein blowing ports which blow air heated to a prescribed temperature and suction ports which recover air in said tenter oven are arranged so as to extend along the transverse direction of the film, said tenter oven comprising clips which grip both end portions of the film in the transverse direction of the film; clip rails which are running paths of said clips; and one or more zones partitioned with walls except for the openings for transporting the film along the film transport direction; wherein said zone is constituted by one or more chambers; said tenter oven further comprising shield plates at a position between one end (12a, 12b) of said blowing port in the transverse direction of the film and the clip-gripping portion (11a, 11b) closest thereto, and at a position between the other end (12a, 12b) of said blowing port in the transverse direction of the film and the clip-gripping portion (11a, 11b) closest thereto, respectively, said shield plates being within planes substantially perpendicular to the film plane and substantially parallel to said clip rails.
An electrical connector pin reforming tool comprising: a pin reforming die configured to at least partially engage a pin of an electrical connector and substantially reform the pin to the original specifications; a force applicator structured to provide a force of a preselected magnitude; and an extension rod connected at one end to the pin reforming die and at another, opposite end to the force applicator, wherein the extension rod is positioned and structured to convey the predetermined force form the force applicator to the pin reforming die; characterized by further comprising a tool housing structured to engage a connector housing having a plurality of pins positioned therein, and wherein the pin reforming die, the extension rod, and the force applicator are movable from one pin or group of pins of the plurality of pins to another pin or group of pins of the plurality of pins by a movement of a spring-loaded slide block that slides on an upper portion of the tool housing, with the extension rod passing through the spring-loaded slide block. a pin reforming die configured to at least partially engage a pin of an electrical connector and substantially reform the pin to the original specifications; a force applicator structured to provide a force of a preselected magnitude; and an extension rod connected at one end to the pin reforming die and at another, opposite end to the force applicator, wherein the extension rod is positioned and structured to convey the predetermined force form the force applicator to the pin reforming die; characterized by further comprising a tool housing structured to engage a connector housing having a plurality of pins positioned therein, and wherein the pin reforming die, the extension rod, and the force applicator are movable from one pin or group of pins of the plurality of pins to another pin or group of pins of the plurality of pins by a movement of a spring-loaded slide block that slides on an upper portion of the tool housing, with the extension rod passing through the spring-loaded slide block.
A method for preparing a cobalt carbide-based catalyst for direct production of olefins from synthesis gas, comprising the following steps: 1) mixing a cobalt source, an electron promoter with water to obtain a first solution; and mixing a precipitant with water to obtain a second solution; wherein the electron promoter is a manganese-based electron promoter; the precipitant is an alkali and/or a basic salt; 2) adding the first solution and the second solution to water, or water and a structure promoter for precipitation, crystallizing, separating, drying and calcination, wherein the structure promoter is one or more selected from alumina, silica, titania, zirconia, magnesia and a carbon material; and 3) reducing a solid obtained in Step 2) in a reducing atmosphere, and then carbonizing in a carbonizing atmosphere; in Step 3), the carbonization conditions comprise a carbonization temperature of 100-500°C, a carbonization pressure of 0.1-10 MPa, a gas hourly space velocity of 500-100,000 h -1, and the carbonization time is of 1-72 hours; the method further comprising adding an alkali metal promoter to the solid obtained in Step 3) by incipient wetness impregnation, then drying, and calcination, or adding an alkali metal promoter to the solid obtained in Step 2) by incipient wetness impregnation, then drying, calcination, and reducing in a reducing atmosphere. 1) mixing a cobalt source, an electron promoter with water to obtain a first solution; and mixing a precipitant with water to obtain a second solution; wherein the electron promoter is a manganese-based electron promoter; the precipitant is an alkali and/or a basic salt; 2) adding the first solution and the second solution to water, or water and a structure promoter for precipitation, crystallizing, separating, drying and calcination, wherein the structure promoter is one or more selected from alumina, silica, titania, zirconia, magnesia and a carbon material; and 3) reducing a solid obtained in Step 2) in a reducing atmosphere, and then carbonizing in a carbonizing atmosphere; in Step 3), the carbonization conditions comprise a carbonization temperature of 100-500°C, a carbonization pressure of 0.1-10 MPa, a gas hourly space velocity of 500-100,000 h -1, and the carbonization time is of 1-72 hours; the method further comprising adding an alkali metal promoter to the solid obtained in Step 3) by incipient wetness impregnation, then drying, and calcination, or adding an alkali metal promoter to the solid obtained in Step 2) by incipient wetness impregnation, then drying, calcination, and reducing in a reducing atmosphere.
An event detection system, wherein the event detection system comprises: a terminal device encoding a sensing result of a physiological state or a motion state into first compressed data via an encoder; and an inference server: receiving the first compressed data via a network; decoding the first compressed data into reconstructed data (X2') via a decoder in an anomaly detection model; wherein the anomaly detection model comprises the decoder and the encoder; encoding the reconstructed data (X2') into second compressed data (Z2') via the encoder; and determining an event of the physiological state or the motion state by an error between the first compressed data and the second compressed data (Z2'). a terminal device encoding a sensing result of a physiological state or a motion state into first compressed data via an encoder; and an inference server: receiving the first compressed data via a network; decoding the first compressed data into reconstructed data (X2') via a decoder in an anomaly detection model; wherein the anomaly detection model comprises the decoder and the encoder; encoding the reconstructed data (X2') into second compressed data (Z2') via the encoder; and determining an event of the physiological state or the motion state by an error between the first compressed data and the second compressed data (Z2'). receiving the first compressed data via a network; decoding the first compressed data into reconstructed data (X2') via a decoder in an anomaly detection model; wherein the anomaly detection model comprises the decoder and the encoder; encoding the reconstructed data (X2') into second compressed data (Z2') via the encoder; and determining an event of the physiological state or the motion state by an error between the first compressed data and the second compressed data (Z2').
A method for manufacturing a facade louver, the louver comprising a number of parallel slats spaced at a distance from each other and having a uniform cross-sectional profile, and end frames at the ends of the slats for supporting the slats, wherein openings corresponding to the cross-sectional profile of the slats are machined in both of the end frames at said distance from each other, holes are machined in both ends of the slats in the same position in each of the slats, the slats are pushed from their ends through the openings of the end frames, so that the holes machined in them pass to the other side of the end frames, and the end frames are rigidly connected from their ends by means of horizontal frames, characterized in that a pipe is pushed through the holes arranged in the same position in each of the slats, and an expanding means is drawn through the pipe, the expanding means being larger than the inner diameter of the pipe, so as to expand the pipe in the areas between the slats, thereby locking the slats in place around the pipe, and the end frames, the pipe and the slats, are positioned relative to each other in such a way that the holes of the slats are pushed just through the end frames, whereby the pipe pushed through the holes comes into contact with the outer surface of the end frame when the pipe is expanded. a pipe is pushed through the holes arranged in the same position in each of the slats, and an expanding means is drawn through the pipe, the expanding means being larger than the inner diameter of the pipe, so as to expand the pipe in the areas between the slats, thereby locking the slats in place around the pipe, and the end frames, the pipe and the slats, are positioned relative to each other in such a way that the holes of the slats are pushed just through the end frames, whereby the pipe pushed through the holes comes into contact with the outer surface of the end frame when the pipe is expanded.
A coupling mechanism for an electric toothbrush comprising a handle and a replaceable refill having a longitudinal axis, the coupling mechanism comprising a handle coupling portion and a refill coupling portion structured and configured to engage one another thereby providing a secure connection between the handle and the refill; wherein the handle coupling portion comprises a coupling stem extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis at a first end of the handle and a coupling pin made of a hard-plastic material or from steel or another hard-surface, wear-resistant material such as a ceramics, a reinforced plastic or a hard-surface-coated material and protruding from the stem in a direction not parallel to the longitudinal axis, the coupling stem having outer walls terminating at a free end thereof; wherein the refill coupling portion comprises a generally tubular structure having refill walls defining an interior space therebetween structured and configured to receive therein the coupling stem of the handle coupling portion, and a pair of mutually opposite cantilevered arms disposed in the interior space, wherein each of the arms extends and curves around the longitudinal axis in a plane substantially perpendicular thereto, is resiliently deformable and terminates with a coupling surface structured and configured to engage the coupling pin of the handle coupling portion for secure and disengageable connection therewith. wherein the handle coupling portion comprises a coupling stem extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis at a first end of the handle and a coupling pin made of a hard-plastic material or from steel or another hard-surface, wear-resistant material such as a ceramics, a reinforced plastic or a hard-surface-coated material and protruding from the stem in a direction not parallel to the longitudinal axis, the coupling stem having outer walls terminating at a free end thereof; wherein the refill coupling portion comprises a generally tubular structure having refill walls defining an interior space therebetween structured and configured to receive therein the coupling stem of the handle coupling portion, and a pair of mutually opposite cantilevered arms disposed in the interior space, wherein each of the arms extends and curves around the longitudinal axis in a plane substantially perpendicular thereto, is resiliently deformable and terminates with a coupling surface structured and configured to engage the coupling pin of the handle coupling portion for secure and disengageable connection therewith.
Method for enabling a processing step for an object to be processed with an allocated credit, having the following steps of: - determining an availability result by means of a processor, wherein the availability result is determined on the basis of a request from the object to be processed with a bid for the processing step, on the basis of further requests from further objects to be processed for the processing step and on the basis of further bids associated with the further requests and on the basis of an offer from a production unit suitable for carrying out the processing step, wherein the bid is a partial amount of the credit allocated to the object to be processed; - enabling the processing step in the case of a processing step request from the object to be processed in exchange for a reduction in the credit by the bid if the availability result indicates availability. - determining an availability result by means of a processor, wherein the availability result is determined on the basis of a request from the object to be processed with a bid for the processing step, on the basis of further requests from further objects to be processed for the processing step and on the basis of further bids associated with the further requests and on the basis of an offer from a production unit suitable for carrying out the processing step, wherein the bid is a partial amount of the credit allocated to the object to be processed; - enabling the processing step in the case of a processing step request from the object to be processed in exchange for a reduction in the credit by the bid if the availability result indicates availability.
Method of diagnosing the likelihood of a subject to resist high fat diet induced weight gain, comprising - determining the level of isovalerylglycine in a urine sample previously obtained from a subject to be tested, and - comparing the subject's isovalerylglycine level to a predetermined reference value, wherein the predetermined reference value is based on an average isovalerylglycine level in urine in a control population, and wherein an increased isovalerylglycine level in the sample compared to the predetermined reference value indicates an increased likelihood to resist high fat diet induced weight gain. - determining the level of isovalerylglycine in a urine sample previously obtained from a subject to be tested, and - comparing the subject's isovalerylglycine level to a predetermined reference value,
An induction heating cooking device characterized by comprising: a top plate on which a container is to be placed; a heating device (5L, 5R) provided under the top plate; a plurality of electrodes (15, 16, 17) provided on a lower surface of the top plate; a capacitance detection device (18, 19, 20) for detecting changes in capacitance of the electrodes (15, 16, 17); and a boil over determination device for determining that liquid is boiled over from the container on the basis of the changes in capacitance detected by the capacitance detection device (18, 19, 20) in heating operation of the heating device (5L, 5R), wherein the plurality of electrodes (15, 16, 17) comprises a plurality of arc-shaped detection parts (15a, 16a, 17a) provided along periphery of the heating device (5L, 5R), wherein the plurality of arc-shaped detection parts (15a, 16a, 17a) are positioned on a circumference of one circle having a center (o) that generally coincides with a center of the heating device (5L, 5R) as seen looking from above. a top plate on which a container is to be placed; a heating device (5L, 5R) provided under the top plate; a plurality of electrodes (15, 16, 17) provided on a lower surface of the top plate; a capacitance detection device (18, 19, 20) for detecting changes in capacitance of the electrodes (15, 16, 17); and a boil over determination device for determining that liquid is boiled over from the container on the basis of the changes in capacitance detected by the capacitance detection device (18, 19, 20) in heating operation of the heating device (5L, 5R), wherein the plurality of electrodes (15, 16, 17) comprises a plurality of arc-shaped detection parts (15a, 16a, 17a) provided along periphery of the heating device (5L, 5R), wherein the plurality of arc-shaped detection parts (15a, 16a, 17a) are positioned on a circumference of one circle having a center (o) that generally coincides with a center of the heating device (5L, 5R) as seen looking from above.