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Planetary gear mechanism having at least one planetary stage, comprising a cast planetary carrier with a plurality of planet journal bores which are arranged along the circumference for receiving planet journals for planetary bearings of planetary gears, the toothing of which interacts at least with the toothing of a central sun gear, a plurality of duct sections (11a, 11b, 11c) for feeding lubricating oil at least to the planetary bearings being configured in the planetary carrier, characterized in that at least one first duct section which runs in the planetary carrier radially between the planetary journal bore and a sun gear shaft bore which receives the sun gear bearing (7a; 7b) consists of a metal pipe which is cast into the planetary carrier.
A computer-implemented method for identifying a source tissue by detecting differential mutations in cell-free or surface-bound nucleic acid molecules in a blood sample of a subject, comprising: (a) separating said blood sample into at least a first component that includes cell-free or surface-bound nucleic acid molecules and a second component that includes leukocytes; (b) extracting nucleic acid molecules from said first and second components; (c) independently sequencing said extracted nucleic acid molecules from said first and second components; and (d) detecting said differential mutations by using a programmed computer processor to compare nucleic acid sequences from said extracted nucleic acid molecules of said first and second components; and (e) using a mutation map to identify said source tissue of said cell-free or surface-bound nucleic acid molecules, wherein said mutation map relates said differential mutations to said source tissue of said subject, wherein said mutation map comprises: (i) a plurality of differential mutations identified in nucleic acid sequences of nucleic acid samples from different tissues, and (ii) one or more relationship(s) generated between said plurality of differential mutations and said different tissues (a) separating said blood sample into at least a first component that includes cell-free or surface-bound nucleic acid molecules and a second component that includes leukocytes; (b) extracting nucleic acid molecules from said first and second components; (c) independently sequencing said extracted nucleic acid molecules from said first and second components; and (d) detecting said differential mutations by using a programmed computer processor to compare nucleic acid sequences from said extracted nucleic acid molecules of said first and second components; and (e) using a mutation map to identify said source tissue of said cell-free or surface-bound nucleic acid molecules, wherein said mutation map relates said differential mutations to said source tissue of said subject, wherein said mutation map comprises: (i) a plurality of differential mutations identified in nucleic acid sequences of nucleic acid samples from different tissues, and (ii) one or more relationship(s) generated between said plurality of differential mutations and said different tissues (i) a plurality of differential mutations identified in nucleic acid sequences of nucleic acid samples from different tissues, and (ii) one or more relationship(s) generated between said plurality of differential mutations and said different tissues
A method of actuating a downhole device, the downhole device having a body with an axis, and having first and second counterweight devices connected on either side of the axis, the method comprising radially moving the counterweight devices between first and second positions by centrifugal force, whereby movement of the counterweight devices causes a change in the activation state of the device, wherein the change in the activation state of the device causes a change in the activation state of a closure device restricting a through bore through a string for the passage of fluid through the string, and wherein the body is incorporated in a string of tools adapted for deployment in a wellbore of an oil or gas well, and creating the centrifugal force to radially move the counterweight devices and change the activation state of the device by rotating the body around the axis, wherein the body is rotated by rotation of the whole string during rotary wellbore operations.
A method for forming a unitary article, comprising the following steps: i. provide at least two powder blends, each of the at least two powder blends being selected from the group consisting of at least one polymer powder, at least one polymer powder with at least one porogen powder, at least one polymer powder with at least one inorganic particle powder, and at least one polymer powder with at least one porogen powder and at least one inorganic particle powder, such that the at least two powder blends differ from one another in terms of content of the polymer powder, content of the porogen powder, content of the inorganic particle powder, or a combination thereof; ii. dispense each of the at least two powder blends into at least one mold; iii. compact each of the at least two powder blends into two or more preforms; iv. machine each of the two or more preforms into two or more parts with complementary mating surfaces; v. assemble the two or more parts with complementary mating surfaces to form an article assembly; vi. compression mold the article assembly to form a unitary article; vii. optionally form additional features in the unitary article; viii. leach porogen from the unitary article. i. provide at least two powder blends, each of the at least two powder blends being selected from the group consisting of at least one polymer powder, at least one polymer powder with at least one porogen powder, at least one polymer powder with at least one inorganic particle powder, and at least one polymer powder with at least one porogen powder and at least one inorganic particle powder, such that the at least two powder blends differ from one another in terms of content of the polymer powder, content of the porogen powder, content of the inorganic particle powder, or a combination thereof; ii. dispense each of the at least two powder blends into at least one mold; iii. compact each of the at least two powder blends into two or more preforms; iv. machine each of the two or more preforms into two or more parts with complementary mating surfaces; v. assemble the two or more parts with complementary mating surfaces to form an article assembly; vi. compression mold the article assembly to form a unitary article; vii. optionally form additional features in the unitary article; viii. leach porogen from the unitary article.
An inflatable mattress for patient transfer comprising: an elongate top sheet having a head end, a foot end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; an elongate bottom sheet having substantially the same size as the top sheet and positioned adjacent to the top sheet, wherein the top and bottom sheets (10, 20) are joined around their perimeter to define a cavity between the top and bottom sheets (10, 20); and a valve in fluid communication with the cavity, wherein the valve includes a port on an external surface of the mattress to enable the cavity to be inflated or deflated, wherein the inflatable mattress comprises a low friction material provided on at least a portion of an outwards facing surface of the bottom sheet, or optionally on a cover sheet attached to and covering at least a portion of the bottom sheet, wherein the top and bottom sheets (10, 20) are joined within the cavity at one or more baffles; characterised in that the mattress further comprises one or more grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) composed of a high-friction material disposed on the outwards facing surface of the bottom sheet or, where present, the cover sheet; wherein the grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) are positioned adjacent or on baffles such that, in use, when the mattress is deflated, the grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) will contact a substrate, thus increasing friction between the mattress and the substrate, and when the mattress is inflated, the grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) will be raised away from and will no longer contact the substrate. an elongate top sheet having a head end, a foot end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; an elongate bottom sheet having substantially the same size as the top sheet and positioned adjacent to the top sheet, wherein the top and bottom sheets (10, 20) are joined around their perimeter to define a cavity between the top and bottom sheets (10, 20); and a valve in fluid communication with the cavity, wherein the valve includes a port on an external surface of the mattress to enable the cavity to be inflated or deflated, wherein the inflatable mattress comprises a low friction material provided on at least a portion of an outwards facing surface of the bottom sheet, or optionally on a cover sheet attached to and covering at least a portion of the bottom sheet, wherein the top and bottom sheets (10, 20) are joined within the cavity at one or more baffles; characterised in that the mattress further comprises one or more grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) composed of a high-friction material disposed on the outwards facing surface of the bottom sheet or, where present, the cover sheet; wherein the grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) are positioned adjacent or on baffles such that, in use, when the mattress is deflated, the grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) will contact a substrate, thus increasing friction between the mattress and the substrate, and when the mattress is inflated, the grip pads (22, 23, 24, 25) will be raised away from and will no longer contact the substrate.
A yarn winding machine comprising: a plurality of winding units, each being adapted to wind a package; and a control section adapted to control the plurality of the winding units, the control section being adapted to calculate a winding-end expected time of the package in each of the winding units, to store a produced quantity indicating a quantity of the packages of which winding has been completed, and, when a difference between the produced quantity and an expected production quantity is equal to or less than a predetermined value, to determine whether or not to supply a new bobbin to the winding units in accordance with the winding-end expected time. a plurality of winding units, each being adapted to wind a package; and a control section adapted to control the plurality of the winding units, the control section being adapted to calculate a winding-end expected time of the package in each of the winding units, to store a produced quantity indicating a quantity of the packages of which winding has been completed, and, when a difference between the produced quantity and an expected production quantity is equal to or less than a predetermined value, to determine whether or not to supply a new bobbin to the winding units in accordance with the winding-end expected time.
A composition of diluted polymer or diluted resin comprising: a) a hydrocarbon diluent for dilution of polymer, with a pour point below -15°C according to ASTM standard D97, with a boiling point comprised between 280 and 450°C, comprising more than 50% by weight of isoparaffins, and naphthenes from 20% to up to at most 40% by weight, said diluent being constituted by a mixture of hydrocarbons with a with a boiling point comprised between 280 and 450°C, obtained by distillation of hydrodewaxed gas-oil cuts of fossil origin, b) a diluted polymer or diluted resin, said polymer or said resin being selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl chloride resin, mastics, silicone-based adhesives and modified silicone polymers. a) a hydrocarbon diluent for dilution of polymer, with a pour point below -15°C according to ASTM standard D97, with a boiling point comprised between 280 and 450°C, comprising more than 50% by weight of isoparaffins, and naphthenes from 20% to up to at most 40% by weight, said diluent being constituted by a mixture of hydrocarbons with a with a boiling point comprised between 280 and 450°C, obtained by distillation of hydrodewaxed gas-oil cuts of fossil origin, b) a diluted polymer or diluted resin, said polymer or said resin being selected from the group consisting of a polyvinyl chloride resin, mastics, silicone-based adhesives and modified silicone polymers.
A device for handling coins, with a conveying unit for conveying the coins and comprising a plurality of receiving areas for receiving at least one coin each, a sensor unit for determining the denomination of the coins, wherein the conveying unit transports the coins received in the receiving areas passed the sensor unit for determining the denomination, a first receiving container and at least a second receiving container for storing coins, a sorting unit arranged downstream of the sensor unit for feeding coins received in the receiving areas of the conveying unit to the receiving containers, and with a control unit for controlling the sorting unit, which activates the sorting unit such that the sorting unit feeds a coin dependent on the determined denomination of the coin to the first receiving container or the second receiving container, wherein the coin, during the transport from the sensor unit to the sorting unit, remains in that receiving area of the conveying unit in which it has been transported passed the sensor unit, and wherein the sorting unit removes the coin from this receiving area and feeds it to the respective receiving container, wherein the conveying unit comprises at least one circulating belt driven in conveying direction, wherein on the belt a plurality of receiving area delimiting elements is arranged stationarily, which delimiting elements separate the receiving areas from one another and keep the coins to be conveyed during the transport through the conveying unit in the respective receiving area, wherein the belt is guided over four deflecting elements (40, 42, 44, 90), wherein three of the four deflecting elements (40, 42, 44) are arranged in the form of a triangle, wherein a first side of the triangle defines a first conveying path, and a second side of the triangle defines a second conveying path connected to the first conveying path, that the fourth deflecting element is arranged within the triangle, and that the deflecting elements (40, 42, 44, 90), as viewed in the circulation direction of the belt, are arranged in the order first deflecting element, second deflecting element, fourth deflecting element, third deflecting element.
A milking robot system for milking of a dairy animal with teats, comprising: - milking cups, - a robot arm for attaching the milking cups to the teats, - a teat detector configured to detects the position of the teats, and - a compressed air system for providing dry compressed air to at least part of the milking robot system, wherein the teat detector comprises a housing containing an optical sensor, wherein the compressed air system is operatively connectable with the inside of the housing via an air line in order to at least partly replace air which is present in the housing by an amount of dry air from the compressed air system, characterised in that a venturi is provided in the compressed air system, to which venturi the air line which ends in the housing is connected, and which combination of the venturi and the air line is configured to suck out at least some of the air which is contained in the housing, wherein furthermore an aeration connection is provided between the housing and the compressed air system, which connection is configured to return the housing to ambient pressure by means of dry air from the compressed air system. - milking cups, - a robot arm for attaching the milking cups to the teats, - a teat detector configured to detects the position of the teats, and - a compressed air system for providing dry compressed air to at least part of the milking robot system, wherein the teat detector comprises a housing containing an optical sensor, wherein the compressed air system is operatively connectable with the inside of the housing via an air line in order to at least partly replace air which is present in the housing by an amount of dry air from the compressed air system, characterised in that a venturi is provided in the compressed air system, to which venturi the air line which ends in the housing is connected, and which combination of the venturi and the air line is configured to suck out at least some of the air which is contained in the housing, wherein furthermore an aeration connection is provided between the housing and the compressed air system, which connection is configured to return the housing to ambient pressure by means of dry air from the compressed air system.
A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: transmitting an allocation of time for one or more of a plurality of receive beam directions, wherein the allocation of time for each of the one or more receive beam directions is based at least in part on information regarding one or more apparatuses known to be located in each respective receive beam direction of the one or more of the receive beam directions, wherein the information regarding one or more apparatuses comprises a quantity of apparatuses known to be located in each of the one or more of the receive beam directions; and receiving a communication from at least one of the one or more apparatuses via the receive beam direction in which the at least one apparatus is known to be located. transmitting an allocation of time for one or more of a plurality of receive beam directions, wherein the allocation of time for each of the one or more receive beam directions is based at least in part on information regarding one or more apparatuses known to be located in each respective receive beam direction of the one or more of the receive beam directions, wherein the information regarding one or more apparatuses comprises a quantity of apparatuses known to be located in each of the one or more of the receive beam directions; and receiving a communication from at least one of the one or more apparatuses via the receive beam direction in which the at least one apparatus is known to be located.
A method of mowing with an autonomous robot lawnmower, comprising traversing a mowable area with the autonomous robot lawnmower carrying a cutter and a vegetation characteristic sensor, the vegetation characteristic sensor configured to generate sensor data in response to detecting a vegetation characteristic of the mowable area, storing position-referenced data representing the vegetation characteristic detected across the mowable area, the position-referenced data based at least in part on the sensor data and position data; and sending data to a remote device to cause the remote device to display a map (705a; 705c) including information based on the position-referenced data, and controlling the robot to mow the area based on the position-referenced data, characterized in that the vegetation characteristic is a color.
A separator for separating out a flow into a first fluid, a second fluid which is denser than the first fluid, and solids, the separator comprising: a vessel; a cyclone contained within the vessel, which cyclone is substantially cylindrical with a closed lower end and an open upper end; an inlet passage passing through a wall of the vessel and into the cyclone, the inlet passage being adapted to cause the flow to rotate within the cyclone, the upper end of the cyclone being open to the vessel such that, in use, the second fluid overflows the cyclone into the vessel; a first outlet passage for the first fluid extending from a position within the cyclone and substantially on a central axis of the cyclone; a second outlet passage for the second fluid extending from a base of the vessel; and a third outlet passage for the solids extending from a lower end of the cyclone. a vessel; a cyclone contained within the vessel, which cyclone is substantially cylindrical with a closed lower end and an open upper end; an inlet passage passing through a wall of the vessel and into the cyclone, the inlet passage being adapted to cause the flow to rotate within the cyclone, the upper end of the cyclone being open to the vessel such that, in use, the second fluid overflows the cyclone into the vessel; a first outlet passage for the first fluid extending from a position within the cyclone and substantially on a central axis of the cyclone; a second outlet passage for the second fluid extending from a base of the vessel; and a third outlet passage for the solids extending from a lower end of the cyclone.
Polymer which is a reaction product of a polyurethane polymer containing blocked isocyanate groups with at least one epoxy resin, wherein the polyurethane polymer containing blocked isocyanate groups is an adduct of at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyester polyol, the isocyanate groups of the adduct being blocked by reaction with at least one aromatic compound which contains one or two phenolic OH groups, and wherein the polyester polyol is formed from at least one C 3 -C 12 diol and at least one aliphatic or aromatic C 3 -C 15 dicarboxylic acid or methyl ester thereof. wherein the polyurethane polymer containing blocked isocyanate groups is an adduct of at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyester polyol, the isocyanate groups of the adduct being blocked by reaction with at least one aromatic compound which contains one or two phenolic OH groups, and wherein the polyester polyol is formed from at least one C 3 -C 12 diol and at least one aliphatic or aromatic C 3 -C 15 dicarboxylic acid or methyl ester thereof.
An electric machine with a permanent magnet including a lower surface that can be arranged on the rotor's outer circumference, and an outer surface (14,16,18) that is towards the electric machine's air gap (δ), the outer surface (14,16,18) of the permanent magnet comprises edge parts (16,18) and a middle part, whereby the permanent magnet has an even thickness in the middle part, and with regard to the edge part (16,18), the permanent magnet's thickness evenly decreases towards the permanent magnet's edge, characterized in that the difference in permanent magnet's thickness in the middle part and at the edge equals the electric machine's air gap (δ), and that the middle part's width is equal to or larger than the combined width of the edge parts.