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An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, characterized in that the photosensitive layer contains oxytitanium phthalocyanine showing chief diffraction peaks at Bragg angles (2θ ± 0.2°) of 9.6°, 24.1° and 27.2° to CuKα characteristic X-ray (wavelength: 1.541 Å) obtained by subjecting a phthalocyanine crystal precursor to an acid pasting method and then bringing it into contact with an organic solvent, and a hydrazone compound represented by the following formula: wherein each of Ar 1 and Air is a phenyl group, provided that at least one of Ar 1 and Ar 2 is a phenyl group having a substituent, the substituent being a lower alkyl group having at most 5 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having at most 5 carbon atoms, each of Ar 3 and Ar 4 is a phenyl group which may have a substituent, and Ar 5 is an 1,4-phenylene group having no substituent, and the oxytitanium phthalocyanine is obtained by crystal conversion from oxytitanium phthalocyanine having a chlorine content of at most 0.4 wt%, or oxytitanium phthalocyanine in which the ratio of chlorinated oxytitanium phthalocyanine to non-substituted oxytitanium phthalocyanine is at most 0.05 by the mass spectrum intensity ratio.
Handling apparatus for handling objects, comprising: - a robot, in particular a collaborating robot, having a robot arm; - a gripper device for gripping an object; - a lifting tube, which can be subjected to negative pressure, as a translational drive for assisting a vertical adjustment movement along a Z axis, wherein the lifting tube has, at its first end, a first connection interface to the robot arm of the robot and, at its second end, a second connection interface to the gripper device, wherein the lifting tube has a tube interior, such that a lifting effect on the gripper device can be exerted along the Z axis by acting on the tube interior; - a motor-driven vertical lifting device, which is designed to displace the second end of the lifting tube relative to the first end of the lifting tube. - a robot, in particular a collaborating robot, having a robot arm; - a gripper device for gripping an object; - a lifting tube, which can be subjected to negative pressure, as a translational drive for assisting a vertical adjustment movement along a Z axis, wherein the lifting tube has, at its first end, a first connection interface to the robot arm of the robot and, at its second end, a second connection interface to the gripper device, wherein the lifting tube has a tube interior, such that a lifting effect on the gripper device can be exerted along the Z axis by acting on the tube interior; - a motor-driven vertical lifting device, which is designed to displace the second end of the lifting tube relative to the first end of the lifting tube.
A method for producing a crystalline film comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on a porous substrate, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a porous substrate, b) rendering at least a part of said porous substrate hydrophobic by treatment with a composition comprising one or more hydrophobic agent(s), wherein the hydrophobic agent is selected from one or more of the following compounds: octylhydroxamate, decylhydroxamate, dodecylhydroxamate,, octadecyltrihydrosilane, triethoxypropylsilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane, trimethyloctylsilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H- perfluorocetylmethyldichlorosilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctyltrimethoxysilane, or a combination thereof. c) treating the hydrophobic porous substrate obtained in step b) with a composition comprising one or more amphiphile(s) and/or one or more ionic polymers, d) subjecting said treated porous substrate to a composition comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals thereby depositing and attaching zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous substrate, and e) growing a crystalline film comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous substrate obtained in step d). a) providing a porous substrate, b) rendering at least a part of said porous substrate hydrophobic by treatment with a composition comprising one or more hydrophobic agent(s), wherein the hydrophobic agent is selected from one or more of the following compounds: octylhydroxamate, decylhydroxamate, dodecylhydroxamate,, octadecyltrihydrosilane, triethoxypropylsilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane, trimethyloctylsilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H- perfluorocetylmethyldichlorosilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctyltrimethoxysilane, or a combination thereof. c) treating the hydrophobic porous substrate obtained in step b) with a composition comprising one or more amphiphile(s) and/or one or more ionic polymers, d) subjecting said treated porous substrate to a composition comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals thereby depositing and attaching zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous substrate, and e) growing a crystalline film comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous substrate obtained in step d).
Dichroic polarizer, containing at least one anisotropically absorbing film of oriented molecules of an organic matter, comprising the anisotropically absorbing film which is characterized by the fact that for the semimajor axes of the ellipsoids of the real and imaginary part of its anisotropic refractive index in the range of at least one band of absorption wavelengths, the following is true on the area with dimensions of no less than the maximum wavelength of at least one absorption band: K 1 > K 2 > K 3 K 3 < 0.2 * K 1 n 1 + n 2 2 > n 3 wherein K 1, K 2, K 3 and n 1, n 2, n 3, are main values of the imaginary and real part, accordingly, of the semiaxis of the ellipsoid representing the anisotropic refractive index, wherein the ratio of K 1 and K 2 is selected such that the light transmission of two anisotropically absorbing films with cross-oriented polarization axes does not increase with the angle of incidence at least for a certain range of wavelengths in case of the deviation of its propagation from the normal to the polarizer plane, and wherein the directions which correspond to K 1 and K 3 lay in a plane parallel to the polarizer.
A composite induction consolidation apparatus for heating and consolidating a composite part, comprising: a base mandrel; a ferromagnetic base mandrel facesheet having a specific Curie temperature carried by said base mandrel; said base mandrel facesheet is adapted to support a composite part and allow ambient air pressure to compact the composite part against said base mandrel facesheet; bagging material configured to be placed on the composite part such that the composite part may be evacuated onto the base mandrel facesheet; at least one magnetic induction coil in said base mandrel; and an enclosing hood carried by said base mandrel, with a ferromagnetic enclosing hood facesheet having a specific Curie temperature carried by said enclosing hood and adapted for positioning into adjacent proximity to the composite part, with at least one magnetic induction coil in said enclosing hood, the apparatus characterized such that, in use, said enclosing hood facesheet is disposed above and out of contact with said bagging material. a base mandrel; a ferromagnetic base mandrel facesheet having a specific Curie temperature carried by said base mandrel; said base mandrel facesheet is adapted to support a composite part and allow ambient air pressure to compact the composite part against said base mandrel facesheet; bagging material configured to be placed on the composite part such that the composite part may be evacuated onto the base mandrel facesheet; at least one magnetic induction coil in said base mandrel; and an enclosing hood carried by said base mandrel, with a ferromagnetic enclosing hood facesheet having a specific Curie temperature carried by said enclosing hood and adapted for positioning into adjacent proximity to the composite part, with at least one magnetic induction coil in said enclosing hood, the apparatus characterized such that, in use, said enclosing hood facesheet is disposed above and out of contact with said bagging material.
A turbine nozzle comprising: an inner band; an outer band; and a plurality of airfoils extending between the inner band and the outer band; each airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side, each cross-section of the airfoil, in a plane at right angles to the length of the airfoil, having on the suction side a convex curvature with an apex (P 4, P 6, P 8, P 10); the apexes of all the said cross-sections describing a curve that is convex toward the pressure side of the airfoil; characterised in that the said curve is a parabola line, and the maximum distance between the parabola line and a straight line segment connecting the end points (P 2, P 4) of the parabola line occurs at the mid-point (P 0) of the said straight line segment and is within the range from 0.02 to 0.03 times the length of the said straight line segment. an inner band; an outer band; and a plurality of airfoils extending between the inner band and the outer band; each airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side, each cross-section of the airfoil, in a plane at right angles to the length of the airfoil, having on the suction side a convex curvature with an apex (P 4, P 6, P 8, P 10); the apexes of all the said cross-sections describing a curve that is convex toward the pressure side of the airfoil; characterised in that the said curve is a parabola line, and the maximum distance between the parabola line and a straight line segment connecting the end points (P 2, P 4) of the parabola line occurs at the mid-point (P 0) of the said straight line segment and is within the range from 0.02 to 0.03 times the length of the said straight line segment.
A process for producing a coffee tablet comprising subjecting ground roast coffee to a multi-step compaction process including a pre-compression step and a subsequent main compression step, the pre-compression step being carried out at a lower compaction force but in the same compaction die as the main compression step so as to produce a coffee tablet exhibiting a hardness when dry of at least 30 N (Newtons), a friability when dry of no greater than 10%, and readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing in the ADC, wherein the lower compaction force applied during the pre-compression step is from 20% to less than 100% of the compaction force applied during the main compaction step.
A method comprising: receiving segments of content from an inputted data stream; receiving encoder control information specifying multiple different bit rate data streams in which to encode the segments of content; and as specified by the encoder control information, adaptively encoding the segments of content into a varying number of different bit rate data streams, the varying number of different bit rate data streams being available to subscribers characterized in that adaptively encoding the segments of content includes: encoding a first portion of the segments of content into a first number of different bit rate data streams, wherein the first number of different bit rate data streams have different levels of quality up to a first level of quality and corresponding bit rate; and encoding a second portion of the segments of content into a second number of different bit rate data streams, wherein the second number of different bit rate data streams have different levels of quality up to a second level of quality and corresponding bit rate, the second level of quality being higher than the first level of quality. receiving segments of content from an inputted data stream; receiving encoder control information specifying multiple different bit rate data streams in which to encode the segments of content; and as specified by the encoder control information, adaptively encoding the segments of content into a varying number of different bit rate data streams, the varying number of different bit rate data streams being available to subscribers characterized in that adaptively encoding the segments of content includes: encoding a first portion of the segments of content into a first number of different bit rate data streams, wherein the first number of different bit rate data streams have different levels of quality up to a first level of quality and corresponding bit rate; and encoding a second portion of the segments of content into a second number of different bit rate data streams, wherein the second number of different bit rate data streams have different levels of quality up to a second level of quality and corresponding bit rate, the second level of quality being higher than the first level of quality. encoding a first portion of the segments of content into a first number of different bit rate data streams, wherein the first number of different bit rate data streams have different levels of quality up to a first level of quality and corresponding bit rate; and encoding a second portion of the segments of content into a second number of different bit rate data streams, wherein the second number of different bit rate data streams have different levels of quality up to a second level of quality and corresponding bit rate, the second level of quality being higher than the first level of quality.
An electronic cigarette, comprising: a first tubular body forming a vaporizer chamber having an open lower end, and a sealed top end with a mouth piece hole in the center; a removable mouth piece disposed on the mouth piece hole of the first tubular body; a vaporizer assembly disposed inside of the vaporizer chamber, having a metal positive power source terminal with an e-liquid conduit hole, a metal negative power source terminal, a plurality of e-liquid media, and a plurality of heating wires wound around the plurality of e-liquid media; a squeezable e-liquid tank having an e-liquid body and an e-liquid tank top, adapted for storing e-liquid, wherein the squeezable e-liquid tank has an e-liquid conduit to provide e-liquid to the plurality of e-liquid media in the vaporizer chamber through the e-liquid conduit hole; a second tubular body forming a squeezable e-liquid tank container; and a connecting and sealing assembly adapted for connecting the first tubular body and the second tubular body, wherein after a user squeezes the squeezable e-liquid tank to soak the plurality of e-liquid media with e-liquid in the vaporizer chamber through the e-liquid conduit hole, the user starts e-cigarette smoking by switching on a battery power source to energize the plurality of heating wires to vaporize the e-liquid in the plurality of e-liquid media and generate e-cigarette vapor for the user. a first tubular body forming a vaporizer chamber having an open lower end, and a sealed top end with a mouth piece hole in the center; a removable mouth piece disposed on the mouth piece hole of the first tubular body; a vaporizer assembly disposed inside of the vaporizer chamber, having a metal positive power source terminal with an e-liquid conduit hole, a metal negative power source terminal, a plurality of e-liquid media, and a plurality of heating wires wound around the plurality of e-liquid media; a squeezable e-liquid tank having an e-liquid body and an e-liquid tank top, adapted for storing e-liquid, wherein the squeezable e-liquid tank has an e-liquid conduit to provide e-liquid to the plurality of e-liquid media in the vaporizer chamber through the e-liquid conduit hole; a second tubular body forming a squeezable e-liquid tank container; and a connecting and sealing assembly adapted for connecting the first tubular body and the second tubular body, wherein after a user squeezes the squeezable e-liquid tank to soak the plurality of e-liquid media with e-liquid in the vaporizer chamber through the e-liquid conduit hole, the user starts e-cigarette smoking by switching on a battery power source to energize the plurality of heating wires to vaporize the e-liquid in the plurality of e-liquid media and generate e-cigarette vapor for the user.
An active matrix droplet microfluidic device, comprising: first and second substrates (72,36), the first substrate spaced from the second substrate; and N array elements (202,204,...) arranged spatially in a sequence of first through Nth array elements (where N is an integer ≥ 2), each array element including a respective electrode (38,38A,38B) disposed on the first substrate; the N array elements each including a write input for receiving a corresponding write input signal which controls operation of the array element, and a sense circuit for sensing a property of the array element, the property being associated with a droplet being present in the respective array element, and providing a sensor output based on the sensed property; the device being characterised in that thin-film electronics are arranged on the first substrate, the thin-film electronics comprising a manipulation circuit (160, 160a-160f) including logic circuitry (222,224,...) connecting the sensor output from an nth array element in the sequence directly to the write input of an adjacent array element and configured to provide the write input signal to the write input of the adjacent array element based on the sensor output from the nth array element. first and second substrates (72,36), the first substrate spaced from the second substrate; and N array elements (202,204,...) arranged spatially in a sequence of first through Nth array elements (where N is an integer ≥ 2), each array element including a respective electrode (38,38A,38B) disposed on the first substrate; the N array elements each including a write input for receiving a corresponding write input signal which controls operation of the array element, and a sense circuit for sensing a property of the array element, the property being associated with a droplet being present in the respective array element, and providing a sensor output based on the sensed property; the device being characterised in that thin-film electronics are arranged on the first substrate, the thin-film electronics comprising a manipulation circuit (160, 160a-160f) including logic circuitry (222,224,...) connecting the sensor output from an nth array element in the sequence directly to the write input of an adjacent array element and configured to provide the write input signal to the write input of the adjacent array element based on the sensor output from the nth array element.
A method of writing to a cross point memory cell of an array of cross point memory cells comprising a plurality of word lines (WL1-WL4) and a plurality of bit lines (BL1-BL4) crossing the plurality of word lines (WL1-WL4), each cross point memory cell being located at a corresponding crossing of the plurality of word lines (WL1-WL4) and the plurality of bit lines (BL1-BL4) relative to one another, each cross point memory cell comprising a pair of opposing conductive electrodes (12, 14) having resistance switchable material there-between, the resistance switchable material having opposing lateral edges (18, 20) extending toward and away from the corresponding crossing word line and bit line, the method characterised by comprising: applying a differential write voltage between the two immediately adjacent bit lines which are on opposing lateral sides of said cross point memory cell to apply an electric field to the resistance switchable material in a direction prevailingly extending from one of the opposing lateral edges (18, 20) to the other one of the opposing lateral edges to cause mobile dopants within the resistance switchable material to move laterally toward or away from one of the opposing lateral edges (18, 20) of the resistance switchable material to change resistance between the pair of electrodes (12, 14), the resistance switchable material retaining the changed resistance after said applied electric field is removed.
A method for recovering filtered fluid retained in a filter system including a filter device comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet defining a filtration flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a porous filter medium across the filtration flow path, the porous filter medium having an upstream side and a downstream side; the system also including a filtered fluid receiving container arranged downstream of the outlet; a first fluid flow path between the outlet and the filtered fluid receiving container; a second fluid flow path between the first fluid flow path and the filtered fluid receiving container; wherein the second fluid flow path is connected to the first fluid flow path; the method comprising: (a) filtering fluid by passing the fluid along the filtration flow path through the filter device and along the first fluid flow path into the filtered fluid receiving container, including displacing, by the filtered fluid, sterile air and/or sterile gas into the filtered fluid receiving container, wherein a volume of filtered fluid is retained in the housing between the downstream side of the porous filter medium and the outlet; and, (b) allowing the sterile air and/or the sterile gas to pass from the filtered fluid receiving container along the second fluid flow path into the first fluid flow path and through the outlet into the housing of the filter device, and displacing retained filtered fluid into the filtered fluid receiving container. (a) filtering fluid by passing the fluid along the filtration flow path through the filter device and along the first fluid flow path into the filtered fluid receiving container, including displacing, by the filtered fluid, sterile air and/or sterile gas into the filtered fluid receiving container, wherein a volume of filtered fluid is retained in the housing between the downstream side of the porous filter medium and the outlet; and, (b) allowing the sterile air and/or the sterile gas to pass from the filtered fluid receiving container along the second fluid flow path into the first fluid flow path and through the outlet into the housing of the filter device, and displacing retained filtered fluid into the filtered fluid receiving container.
An extravascular system,for accessing the vasculature of a patient, comprising: a catheter assembly having a catheter a needle comprising a sharp distal tip; a needle tip shield assembly having a needle cap; the needle cap having a V-clip and beeing configured to contain the distal tip of the needle when the needle is removed from the catheter; the V-clip comprising a first arm and a second arm joined by an elbow; and a structure having at least one low friction surface; characterized in that, the structure having the low friction surface resides between the V-clip and the needle, wherein the at least one low friction surface comprises a coating on the first arm of the V-clip, wherein the coating comprises polytetrafluoroethylene, a soft metal, and/or a cured lubricant, wherein the coating is configured to reduce a withdrawal force necessary to move an outer surface of the needle across a face of the first arm. a catheter assembly having a catheter a needle comprising a sharp distal tip; a needle tip shield assembly having a needle cap; the needle cap having a V-clip and beeing configured to contain the distal tip of the needle when the needle is removed from the catheter; the V-clip comprising a first arm and a second arm joined by an elbow; and a structure having at least one low friction surface; characterized in that, the structure having the low friction surface resides between the V-clip and the needle,