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A pulley for an endless belt drive system, the pulley comprising: a hub including an outer hub (220 or 320); an outer rim (240 or 340); and a first plurality of arms (232a, 232b, 232c..., 332a, 332b, 332c...) extending radially outward from and connecting the outer hub to the outer rim, characterized in that radially outermost ends of proximate pairs of arms (232a/232b, 232b/232c... or 332a/332b, 332b/332c...) in the first plurality of arms (232a, 232b, 232c..., 332a, 332b, 332c...) are arcuately spaced apart according to a pitch sequence (X n) describing a pattern of varying relative spacing (a n), wherein n is an integer 1 through n T representing, in order, the first through the n T proximate pairs of arms, and n T is the total number of arms; and the sequence of said relative spacing (a n) is determinable as a n =(2nr X n)/ X T, where X T is the sum of members of X n. a hub including an outer hub (220 or 320); an outer rim (240 or 340); and a first plurality of arms (232a, 232b, 232c..., 332a, 332b, 332c...) extending radially outward from and connecting the outer hub to the outer rim, characterized in that radially outermost ends of proximate pairs of arms (232a/232b, 232b/232c... or 332a/332b, 332b/332c...) in the first plurality of arms (232a, 232b, 232c..., 332a, 332b, 332c...) are arcuately spaced apart according to a pitch sequence (X n) describing a pattern of varying relative spacing (a n), wherein n is an integer 1 through n T representing, in order, the first through the n T proximate pairs of arms, and n T is the total number of arms; and the sequence of said relative spacing (a n) is determinable as a n =(2nr X n)/ X T, where X T is the sum of members of X n.
Use of a Lactobacillus strain selected from the group consisting of the strains Lb2132, lbc-82, LC-10, Lpc-37 and Lr-32 in the manufacture of a food or feed product containing a probiotic strain selected from the group consisting of a Lactobacillus acidophilus strain and a Bifidobacterium animalis lactis strain for increasing the survival rate of said probiotic strain during the storage of said food or feed product.
A backstop for a syringe, the backstop comprising: a base including a first surface and an opposing second surface; a skirt extending outwardly from the second surface of the base; an opening extending through the base, the opening being at least generally surrounded by the skirt; a first extension extending generally perpendicularly from the second surface of the base at an outer periphery of the base, the first extension including a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first ledge extending outwardly from the second surface of the first extension; and a second extension extending generally perpendicularly from the second surface of the base at the outer periphery of the base, the second extension being diametrically opposed to the first extension, the second extension including a first surface and an opposing second surface, a second ledge extending outwardly from the second surface of the second extension; wherein the skirt includes a first end at the second surface of the base and a second end spaced apart therefrom; characterised in that a first diameter of the opening at the first end of the skirt is greater than a second diameter of the opening at the second end of the skirt; optionally wherein the skirt is formed of an elastic material. a base including a first surface and an opposing second surface; a skirt extending outwardly from the second surface of the base; an opening extending through the base, the opening being at least generally surrounded by the skirt; a first extension extending generally perpendicularly from the second surface of the base at an outer periphery of the base, the first extension including a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first ledge extending outwardly from the second surface of the first extension; and a second extension extending generally perpendicularly from the second surface of the base at the outer periphery of the base, the second extension being diametrically opposed to the first extension, the second extension including a first surface and an opposing second surface, a second ledge extending outwardly from the second surface of the second extension; wherein the skirt includes a first end at the second surface of the base and a second end spaced apart therefrom; characterised in that a first diameter of the opening at the first end of the skirt is greater than a second diameter of the opening at the second end of the skirt; optionally wherein the skirt is formed of an elastic material.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: sending a data transmission from a user equipment UE to a serving base station; determining whether to send uplink control information UCI based on received signal strength of a non-serving base station at the UE; and sending the uplink control information UCI from the UE to the non-serving base station to allow the non-serving base station to process the data transmission from the UE to cancel interference at the non-serving base station, wherein the sending the UCI comprises sending the UCI on resources allocated to the UE for sending the UCI, wherein the non-serving base station is informed of the resources or wherein the non-serving base station reserves the resources for the UE. sending a data transmission from a user equipment UE to a serving base station; determining whether to send uplink control information UCI based on received signal strength of a non-serving base station at the UE; and sending the uplink control information UCI from the UE to the non-serving base station to allow the non-serving base station to process the data transmission from the UE to cancel interference at the non-serving base station, wherein the sending the UCI comprises sending the UCI on resources allocated to the UE for sending the UCI, wherein the non-serving base station is informed of the resources or wherein the non-serving base station reserves the resources for the UE.
An apparatus for producing a silicon carbide single crystal, including a crucible configured to house a seed crystal containing silicon carbide and a raw material for sublimation arranged opposite the seed crystal and used for growing the seed crystal, wherein the crucible comprises: a crucible body configured to house the raw material for sublimation, and a lid (8, 30) configured such that the seed crystal is arranged on the lid (8, 30), characterised in that a thickness (T1, T3) of the lid (8, 30) at a center area thereof corresponding to a radial center portion of the seed crystal is larger than a thickness (T2, T4) of the lid (8, 30) at a peripheral area thereof corresponding to a portion located radially outside the radial center portion of the seed crystal, the lid having a peak portion corresponding to the radial center portion of the seed crystal and inclines downwardly from the peak portion towards the peripheral area thereof. a crucible body configured to house the raw material for sublimation, and a lid (8, 30) configured such that the seed crystal is arranged on the lid (8, 30), characterised in that a thickness (T1, T3) of the lid (8, 30) at a center area thereof corresponding to a radial center portion of the seed crystal is larger than a thickness (T2, T4) of the lid (8, 30) at a peripheral area thereof corresponding to a portion located radially outside the radial center portion of the seed crystal, the lid having a peak portion corresponding to the radial center portion of the seed crystal and inclines downwardly from the peak portion towards the peripheral area thereof.
A method for carrying out work in order to maintain in an operational state a rotor of a turbomachine: - which rotates about a central axis generally parallel to which can flow, from upstream to downstream between blades, at least one gaseous fluid stream, - and the outer periphery of which has at least one circumferential groove, wherein said blades, to be rotated about said central axis by said rotor, are placed and retained between an upstream face and a downstream face (341, 343) in an upright position at the groove boundary, with at least one of said upstream and downstream faces having recessed marks located opposite at least one of the blades, characterized in that: - as the groove has a radial neck for retaining the blades defined between rims (371, 373), said face(s) (341, 343) which has/have recessed marks is/are ground at some distance from the neck so as to erase or at least blur at least some of such recessed marks, - as one of said rims is interrupted by a notch for introducing the blades into the groove, the notch through which the blades are then introduced with their foils is reworked, - and foils are placed in the groove, between the blades and the rotor, at least in the area where said face has been ground. - which rotates about a central axis generally parallel to which can flow, from upstream to downstream between blades, at least one gaseous fluid stream, - and the outer periphery of which has at least one circumferential groove, wherein said blades, to be rotated about said central axis by said rotor, are placed and retained between an upstream face and a downstream face (341, 343) in an upright position at the groove boundary, with at least one of said upstream and downstream faces having recessed marks located opposite at least one of the blades, - as the groove has a radial neck for retaining the blades defined between rims (371, 373), said face(s) (341, 343) which has/have recessed marks is/are ground at some distance from the neck so as to erase or at least blur at least some of such recessed marks, - as one of said rims is interrupted by a notch for introducing the blades into the groove, the notch through which the blades are then introduced with their foils is reworked, - and foils are placed in the groove, between the blades and the rotor, at least in the area where said face has been ground.
An apparatus (100, 200, 300) for heating a product, the apparatus comprising: a housing (207, 305) that defines a reaction chamber; a rigid barrier inside the reaction chamber that demarcates a first portion of the reaction chamber from a second portion of the reaction chamber; a first liquid chemical reactant (214, 314) inside the reaction chamber; a flexible container (212, 312), inside the first portion of the reaction chamber, and immersed in the first liquid chemical reactant (214, 314) and a second liquid chemical reactant (216, 316) within the flexible container (212, 312) that is configured to react exothermically with the first chemical reactant (214, 314) upon contact; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: a piercing element that is movable to pierce the flexible container and to help define a fluid communication path from inside the flexible container to the second portion of the reaction chamber when a distal end of the piercing element is extended into the flexible container, and one or more fluid distribution channels (338a, 338b) in the second portion of the reaction chamber configured to carry the second liquid chemical reactant from the fluid communication path to a section of the first portion of the reaction chamber away from where the flexible container is located. a housing (207, 305) that defines a reaction chamber; a rigid barrier inside the reaction chamber that demarcates a first portion of the reaction chamber from a second portion of the reaction chamber; a first liquid chemical reactant (214, 314) inside the reaction chamber; a flexible container (212, 312), inside the first portion of the reaction chamber, and immersed in the first liquid chemical reactant (214, 314) and a second liquid chemical reactant (216, 316) within the flexible container (212, 312) that is configured to react exothermically with the first chemical reactant (214, 314) upon contact; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: a piercing element that is movable to pierce the flexible container and to help define a fluid communication path from inside the flexible container to the second portion of the reaction chamber when a distal end of the piercing element is extended into the flexible container, and one or more fluid distribution channels (338a, 338b) in the second portion of the reaction chamber configured to carry the second liquid chemical reactant from the fluid communication path to a section of the first portion of the reaction chamber away from where the flexible container is located. a piercing element that is movable to pierce the flexible container and to help define a fluid communication path from inside the flexible container to the second portion of the reaction chamber when a distal end of the piercing element is extended into the flexible container, and one or more fluid distribution channels (338a, 338b) in the second portion of the reaction chamber configured to carry the second liquid chemical reactant from the fluid communication path to a section of the first portion of the reaction chamber away from where the flexible container is located.
A method for the parallel power supply of at least one consumer with electrical energy that is carried out in an electrical system having at least: One electrical direct voltage source, one power inverter, in particular a bidirectional power inverter, one measuring device, in particular an energy meter that measures the electrical output of at least one consumer, one electrical alternating voltage source and one control element that has at least one evaluation unit which analyzes the measured data from the at least one measuring device to determine whether the consumer output is greater than the output available from the direct voltage source, and that once this condition is satisfied, the control element establishes an electrically conductive connection (line link), in particular by means of a switch between at least the alternating voltage source and the at least one consumer, characterized in that the data of the measuring device are transmitted to a receiver of a higher-level control center, and that the control element receives data from the higher-level control center which specifies one of the voltage sources (6, 10, 18), and controls an infeed of electrical energy into the direct voltage source and/or the alternating voltage source.
An adhesive composition comprising a tackifier and at least one grafted isobutylene copolymer having the formula: wherein Z is the grafted polymer, a is at least 20; the sum of b and c is at least one, and d is zero.
A power cable termination device for a high voltage direct current gas-insulated switchgear, the power cable termination device comprising: - an outer housing made of an electrically conducting material, the outer housing being fixedly connectable at a first end thereof to the high-voltage direct current gas-insulated switchgear, - a terminal portion of a power cable, the power cable comprising an electrical conductor, an electrically insulating layer circumferentially surrounding the electrical conductor, and a conductive shield circumferentially surrounding the insulating layer and the electrical conductor wherein the conductive shield is stripped off along a first part of the power cable, - an electric field grading system comprising a resistive field grading material layer, arranged circumferentially around the power cable such as to extend axially at least along a part of the electrically insulating layer, the resistive field grading material layer being in electrical contact therewith, and - a connection device connectable to the gas-insulated switchgear and arranged to provide mechanical support and electrical contact with the gas-insulated switchgear, characterized by the resistive field grading material layer being made of a non-linear resistive field grading material and arranged circumferentially around the power cable such as to cover the edge of the conductive shield where the conductive shield is terminated, and by comprising an inner shell made of an electrically insulating material and fastened at a first end thereof to the connection device and at a second end thereof to a power cable receiving part of the outer housing, wherein the inner shell is fastened at the first end thereof to the connection device via a first metal plate and wherein the inner shell is fastened at the second end thereof to the outer housing via a second metal plate. - an outer housing made of an electrically conducting material, the outer housing being fixedly connectable at a first end thereof to the high-voltage direct current gas-insulated switchgear, - a terminal portion of a power cable, the power cable comprising an electrical conductor, an electrically insulating layer circumferentially surrounding the electrical conductor, and a conductive shield circumferentially surrounding the insulating layer and the electrical conductor wherein the conductive shield is stripped off along a first part of the power cable, - an electric field grading system comprising a resistive field grading material layer, arranged circumferentially around the power cable such as to extend axially at least along a part of the electrically insulating layer, the resistive field grading material layer being in electrical contact therewith, and - a connection device connectable to the gas-insulated switchgear and arranged to provide mechanical support and electrical contact with the gas-insulated switchgear,
A composite particle comprising: at least one hydrophilic core particle comprising at least one cellulose or derivative thereof chosen from cellulose esters and ethers; and a plurality of hydrophobic particles, wherein the surface of the hydrophilic core particle is discontinuously covered by the hydrophobic particles and an uncovered hydrophilic surface of the hydrophilic core particle is present. at least one hydrophilic core particle comprising at least one cellulose or derivative thereof chosen from cellulose esters and ethers; and a plurality of hydrophobic particles, wherein the surface of the hydrophilic core particle is discontinuously covered by the hydrophobic particles and an uncovered hydrophilic surface of the hydrophilic core particle is present.
Method for operating a cleaning system with a plurality of mobile cleaning devices (20, 30) and a base station for the cleaning devices (20, 30), characterized in that that the cleaning devices (20, 30) are emptied simultaneously by the base station.
A method for drilling a cased hole (12.2) into the ground and installing a cast-in-place concrete pile (95a, 95b, 95c) using a sonic drilling apparatus including a rotating and vibrating apparatus for rotating and vibrating a drill string into the ground, the drill string having an inner space and a removable drill bit being operatively connected to the drill string, the method comprising: positioning a sonic drilling apparatus at a desired location; drilling the cased hole to a desired depth by rotating and vibrating the drill string into the ground; pumping a fluid into the inner space of the drill string to form a fluid column; removing the removable drill bit from the drill string following the drilling of the cased hole to a desired depth; discharging concrete into the cased hole following the removal of the removable drill bit; and removing the drill string from the ground, wherein the step of vibrating the drill string into the ground causes the pressure in the fluid column to oscillate at the same frequency as the drill string so as to cause the fluid column to act as a water hammer. positioning a sonic drilling apparatus at a desired location; drilling the cased hole to a desired depth by rotating and vibrating the drill string into the ground; pumping a fluid into the inner space of the drill string to form a fluid column; removing the removable drill bit from the drill string following the drilling of the cased hole to a desired depth; discharging concrete into the cased hole following the removal of the removable drill bit; and removing the drill string from the ground, wherein the step of vibrating the drill string into the ground causes the pressure in the fluid column to oscillate at the same frequency as the drill string so as to cause the fluid column to act as a water hammer.
Sensor device for a motor vehicle, having a light source and a detection device, the detection device being formed with an array of optical pixels, wherein the light source and the detection device are coupled to a control and evaluation device which controls the light source to emit light pulses and controls the detection device for detection and evaluates the detected signals of the detection device, wherein the control and evaluation device, the detection device and the light source cooperate as a time-of-flight camera (ToF camera) so that spatial distance data are detected, and wherein the control and evaluation device is designed to operate the light source and the detection device in at least two modes, namely an initialization mode on the one hand and a measurement mode on the other hand, characterized in that in the initialization mode it is determined by a calibration process which pixels of the installed sensor device are available for sensory detection when the installation situation is taken into account, the control and evaluation device controls the light source and the detection device in the initialization mode and samples the signals of all pixels at least once and, depending on the result of the sampling, assigns each pixel either to a group of relevant pixels or to a group of irrelevant pixels, the control and evaluation device storing this assignment, wherein the control and evaluation device, depending on the result of the evaluation in the initialization mode, permanently adapts the detection in the measurement mode in such a way that only the signals of the pixels from the group of relevant pixels are taken into account during a measurement.