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A substance delivery module comprising: a plurality of substance containers; a plurality of pistons, wherein each substance container is mounted in the module for cooperation with a dedicated piston; and a plurality of actuators, each actuator provided in the form of a compression spring mounted around a dedicated substance container, wherein each dedicated actuator is mounted for cooperation with each substance container; wherein each of the actuators is configured to engage its respective dedicated substance container and to urge the substance container onto its dedicated piston; wherein the substance containers are moveably mounted within the module, each substance container being mounted for motion onto its dedicated piston. a plurality of substance containers; a plurality of pistons, wherein each substance container is mounted in the module for cooperation with a dedicated piston; and a plurality of actuators, each actuator provided in the form of a compression spring mounted around a dedicated substance container, wherein each dedicated actuator is mounted for cooperation with each substance container; wherein each of the actuators is configured to engage its respective dedicated substance container and to urge the substance container onto its dedicated piston; wherein the substance containers are moveably mounted within the module, each substance container being mounted for motion onto its dedicated piston.
A pump assembly (1,1') for household appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers and the like, comprising a body (2, 2') fitted with fluid passage means (23, 24, 27) for letting a wash fluid flow therethrough, at least one pump (3,4,3',4') associated with the body for pumping the fluid, a filter (9, 9') for filtering the fluid flowing through the body (2, 2'); wherein the filter (9,9') is movable between a first position, in which a fluid flow runs through it towards a first side of the filter, and a second position, in which a fluid flow runs through it towards the opposite side of the filter; the pump assembly (1,1') comprising a linear actuator which actuates the filter (9, 9') in order to move it between said first and second positions, characterized in that said body (2, 2') includes a cavity open at the top and closed by a removable cover (7, 7'), on which the linear actuator (6, 6') is mounted.
Wear-resistant element for partially inserting into a recess in the surface of a wear surface (12, 14) of a comminuting device, wherein the wear-resistant element has a fastening region, which is connectable to the recess in the surface of the wear surface (12, 14), and a wearing region, which protrudes at least partially from the surface of the wear surface (12, 14), wherein the fastening region comprises a material that is less wear-resistant than the material of the wearing region and wherein the wearing region extends beyond the fastening region at the level of the wear-resistant element, and wherein the fastening region has a receiving region for receiving the wearing region, which is configured such that it centres the wearing region relative to the fastening region, and characterized in that the fastening region has a lower cylindrical region, on which the wearing region bears, and an upper sleeve-like region, which circumferentially surrounds the wearing region at least partially, and in that the receiving region has at least one cutout and the wearing region has a protrusion which cooperates with the cutout, or wherein the receiving region has a protrusion and the wearing region has a cutout which cooperates with the protrusion.
A pipetting device for pipetting dosing liquids, wherein pipetting comprises an aspiration and a dispensation of the dosing liquid, comprising a pipetting channel extending along a channel path, in which a piston configured at least partially as a solid body is accommodated to be movable along the channel path in order to change, by way of movement along the channel path, the pressure of a working gas that wets the piston on a dosing side facing the dosing liquid, wherein the pipetting device comprises a movement drive for the piston by means of which the piston is drivable to move along the channel path, wherein the pipetting device has a control unit for controlling the movement drive, and wherein at least the dosing end face of the piston facing the dosing liquid is configured as a solid body, characterized in that the control unit is configured to operate the movement drive in dispensation operation in such a way that the piston is initially moved along the channel path in a dispensation direction increasing the pressure of the working gas, and is subsequently moved in an aspiration direction opposite the dispensation direction reducing the pressure on the working gas, wherein the control unit is configured to operate the movement drive for pipetting a predetermined single dosing volume of less than 5 μl in such a way that the piston is moved in the pipetting direction and its dosing side end face thereby sweeps over a pipetting volume which is not less than 1.4 times greater than the single dosing volume, and that the piston is subsequently moved in a counter pipetting direction opposite the pipetting direction and its dosing side end face thereby sweeps over a counter pipetting volume, wherein when pipetting is an aspiration, "pipetting direction" designates a movement direction of the piston which causes an intake of dosing liquid into a pipette cavity of the pipetting device, and wherein when pipetting is a dispensation, "pipetting direction" designates a movement direction of the piston which causes an expulsion of dosing liquid out of the pipette cavity of the pipetting device, wherein not more than 50 ms elapse between the beginning of the control signal from the control unit for driving the piston in the pipetting direction and the end of the control signal for driving the piston in the counter pipetting direction.
An electric heat trace control system for use with a piping system comprising at least one pipe and capable of transporting a fluid; the electric heat trace control system comprising: an electric heat trace, EHT, circuit for heating at least a portion of the piping system; a temperature sensor outputting a temperature value corresponding to the portion of the piping system; a flow status sensor outputting a flow status value corresponding to the portion of the piping system; an electric heat trace management system comprising a controller, the controller connected to the EHT circuit in order to selectively energize the EHT circuit; the controller connected to the temperature sensor in order to receive the temperature value; and the controller connected to the flow status sensor in order to receive the flow status value; the controller configured to execute an EHT management program, the EHT management program comprising the steps of: receiving the temperature value; receiving the flow status value; ceasing to energize the EHT circuit when the temperature value is above a predetermined temperature setpoint; and energizing the EHT circuit when the temperature value is not above the predetermined temperature setpoint, unless the flow status value is above a predetermined flow status setpoint indicating flow is occurring through the portion of the piping system. an electric heat trace, EHT, circuit for heating at least a portion of the piping system; a temperature sensor outputting a temperature value corresponding to the portion of the piping system; a flow status sensor outputting a flow status value corresponding to the portion of the piping system; an electric heat trace management system comprising a controller, the controller connected to the EHT circuit in order to selectively energize the EHT circuit; the controller connected to the temperature sensor in order to receive the temperature value; and the controller connected to the flow status sensor in order to receive the flow status value; the controller configured to execute an EHT management program, the EHT management program comprising the steps of: receiving the temperature value; receiving the flow status value; ceasing to energize the EHT circuit when the temperature value is above a predetermined temperature setpoint; and energizing the EHT circuit when the temperature value is not above the predetermined temperature setpoint, unless the flow status value is above a predetermined flow status setpoint indicating flow is occurring through the portion of the piping system. receiving the temperature value; receiving the flow status value; ceasing to energize the EHT circuit when the temperature value is above a predetermined temperature setpoint; and energizing the EHT circuit when the temperature value is not above the predetermined temperature setpoint, unless the flow status value is above a predetermined flow status setpoint indicating flow is occurring through the portion of the piping system.
A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition, comprising: a first crystal phase of alkali niobate/tantalate type perovskite oxide having piezoelectric properties; and a second crystal phase of A-Ti-B-O composite oxide (where the element A is an alkali metal; the element B is at least one of Nb and Ta; and the contents of the element A, the element B and Ti are not zero), wherein the alkali niobate/tantalate type perovskite oxide of the first crystal phase is represented by (K a Na b Li c C d) e DO f (where the element C is at least one alkaline-earth metal selected from Ca, Sr and Ba; the element D is at least one of Nb and Ta; a, b, c and d satisfy a + b + c + d = 1; and e and f are each an arbitrary value); and wherein the second crystal phase contains at least one of a crystal phase represented by A 1- x Ti 1- x B 1+ x O 5 and a crystal phase represented by A 1 Ti 3 B 1 O 9, wherein x satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15. a first crystal phase of alkali niobate/tantalate type perovskite oxide having piezoelectric properties; and a second crystal phase of A-Ti-B-O composite oxide (where the element A is an alkali metal; the element B is at least one of Nb and Ta; and the contents of the element A, the element B and Ti are not zero), wherein the alkali niobate/tantalate type perovskite oxide of the first crystal phase is represented by (K a Na b Li c C d) e DO f (where the element C is at least one alkaline-earth metal selected from Ca, Sr and Ba; the element D is at least one of Nb and Ta; a, b, c and d satisfy a + b + c + d = 1; and e and f are each an arbitrary value); and wherein the second crystal phase contains at least one of a crystal phase represented by A 1- x Ti 1- x B 1+ x O 5 and a crystal phase represented by A 1 Ti 3 B 1 O 9, wherein x satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15.
A plugged honeycomb structure comprising: a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body (4, 34) having porous partition walls (1, 31) defining a plurality of cells (2, 32) which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face (11, 41) to a second end face (12, 42); and plugging portions (5, 35) disposed in open ends of the predetermined cells in the first end face and open ends of the residual cells in the second end face, wherein the partition walls (1, 31) are constituted of a porous body including α-Al 2 O 3 as a main phase having a mass ratio of 40% or more and further including aluminum titanate and glass; and wherein the mass ratio between the α-Al 2 O 3 and the aluminum titanate in the porous body is from 60/40 to 90/10. a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body (4, 34) having porous partition walls (1, 31) defining a plurality of cells (2, 32) which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face (11, 41) to a second end face (12, 42); and plugging portions (5, 35) disposed in open ends of the predetermined cells in the first end face and open ends of the residual cells in the second end face, wherein the partition walls (1, 31) are constituted of a porous body including α-Al 2 O 3 as a main phase having a mass ratio of 40% or more and further including aluminum titanate and glass; and wherein the mass ratio between the α-Al 2 O 3 and the aluminum titanate in the porous body is from 60/40 to 90/10.
Medical apparatus, comprising a probe, having a distal segment configured for insertion into a body of a patient, the probe comprising at least one optical sensing unit, which is disposed along the distal segment and comprises: first and second radiation sources, configured to emit optical radiation in different, respective, first and second wavelength bands toward tissue in the body in proximity to the distal segment; and an optical sensor, which is configured to receive the optical radiation in the first and second wavelength bands that is scattered from the tissue and to output first and second electrical signals responsively to an intensity of the received optical radiation, wherein the distal segment comprises a cap comprising an outer wall, which is perforated by one or more apertures, and an inner wall, which is contained inside the outer wall and on which the at least one optical sensing unit is mounted so as to emit and receive the optical radiation toward and from the tissue via the one or more apertures in the outer wall, and wherein the outer wall comprises a metallic conductive material, which is configured to be brought into contact with the tissue and to apply electrical energy to the tissue so as to ablate the tissue, while an irrigation fluid flows through a cavity between the inner and outer walls and exits the cavity through the one or more apertures. first and second radiation sources, configured to emit optical radiation in different, respective, first and second wavelength bands toward tissue in the body in proximity to the distal segment; and an optical sensor, which is configured to receive the optical radiation in the first and second wavelength bands that is scattered from the tissue and to output first and second electrical signals responsively to an intensity of the received optical radiation, wherein the distal segment comprises a cap comprising an outer wall, which is perforated by one or more apertures, and an inner wall, which is contained inside the outer wall and on which the at least one optical sensing unit is mounted so as to emit and receive the optical radiation toward and from the tissue via the one or more apertures in the outer wall, and wherein the outer wall comprises a metallic conductive material, which is configured to be brought into contact with the tissue and to apply electrical energy to the tissue so as to ablate the tissue, while an irrigation fluid flows through a cavity between the inner and outer walls and exits the cavity through the one or more apertures. and wherein the outer wall comprises a metallic conductive material, which is configured to be brought into contact with the tissue and to apply electrical energy to the tissue so as to ablate the tissue, while an irrigation fluid flows through a cavity between the inner and outer walls and exits the cavity through the one or more apertures.
An agricultural harvester, preferably a combine harvester, comprising: a chassis; a feeder house pivotally mounted to the chassis; at least one auxiliary axle assembly for the feeder house, the auxiliary axle assembly deployable between a retracted position for a field mode and an extended position for a road mode where at least one wheel of the auxiliary axle assembly contacts the ground; and at least one hydraulic lift cylinder coupled between the chassis and the feeder house, the hydraulic lift cylinder arranged to adjust the height of the feeder house and any connected implements/headers, characterised in that, when in a road mode, the auxiliary axle assembly is locked in the extended position and the hydraulic lift cylinder is configured in a float mode, such that weight of feeder house is supported by the at least one auxiliary axle assembly as the feeder house pivots relative to the chassis. a chassis; a feeder house pivotally mounted to the chassis; at least one auxiliary axle assembly for the feeder house, the auxiliary axle assembly deployable between a retracted position for a field mode and an extended position for a road mode where at least one wheel of the auxiliary axle assembly contacts the ground; and at least one hydraulic lift cylinder coupled between the chassis and the feeder house, the hydraulic lift cylinder arranged to adjust the height of the feeder house and any connected implements/headers, characterised in that, when in a road mode, the auxiliary axle assembly is locked in the extended position and the hydraulic lift cylinder is configured in a float mode, such that weight of feeder house is supported by the at least one auxiliary axle assembly as the feeder house pivots relative to the chassis.
A motorcycle having a mounting structure comprising a motorcycle communication device which is able to perform transmission and reception of specific information between a motorcycle and the outside by radio, and which includes an insertion slot into which a card storing predetermined information is insertable, the motorcycle further comprising: a storage box including a space for storing an item, and an openable and closable lid that covers the space, wherein the motorcycle communication device is provided inside the storage box; a switch for detecting the opening/closing state of the lid; and a light that is provided inside the storage box and turns on when opening of the lid is detected by said switch, and illuminates the insertion slot, wherein the storage box is provided under a seat of the motorcycle, and the seat also serves as the lid; wherein the insertion slot is provided so as to be oriented upward; and wherein the motorcycle communication device is provided in a side wall surface inside the storage box opposite to a side where a side stand is provided. a storage box including a space for storing an item, and an openable and closable lid that covers the space, wherein the motorcycle communication device is provided inside the storage box; a switch for detecting the opening/closing state of the lid; and a light that is provided inside the storage box and turns on when opening of the lid is detected by said switch, and illuminates the insertion slot, wherein the storage box is provided under a seat of the motorcycle, and the seat also serves as the lid; wherein the insertion slot is provided so as to be oriented upward; and wherein the motorcycle communication device is provided in a side wall surface inside the storage box opposite to a side where a side stand is provided.
A composite laminate, comprising: a first metal layer containing copper; a second metal layer arranged on a lower surface of the first metal layer; a third metal layer that is arranged on a lower surface of the second metal layer, and contains silver, at least one metal selected from a first group made up of Sn, Al, and Ga, and at least one metal selected from a second group made up of In and Sb; and a fourth layer arranged on a lower surface of the third metal layer; wherein the third metal layer contains a metal portion that partially penetrates the second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer is jointed to the fourth layer by a brazing material that constitutes the third metal layer and contains from 30 to 70 mass % of Ag, from 1 to 5 mass % of Ti, from 20 to 40 mass % of at least one metal selected from the first group, and from 1 to 40 mass % of at least one metal selected from the second group, wherein the fourth layer is a metal layer with a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the first metal layer, and wherein the composite laminate further comprises a fifth layer that is a ceramic substrate, wherein the fourth layer is jointed to the fifth layer. a first metal layer containing copper; a second metal layer arranged on a lower surface of the first metal layer; a third metal layer that is arranged on a lower surface of the second metal layer, and contains silver, at least one metal selected from a first group made up of Sn, Al, and Ga, and at least one metal selected from a second group made up of In and Sb; and a fourth layer arranged on a lower surface of the third metal layer; wherein the third metal layer contains a metal portion that partially penetrates the second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer is jointed to the fourth layer by a brazing material that constitutes the third metal layer and contains from 30 to 70 mass % of Ag, from 1 to 5 mass % of Ti, from 20 to 40 mass % of at least one metal selected from the first group, and from 1 to 40 mass % of at least one metal selected from the second group, wherein the fourth layer is a metal layer with a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the first metal layer, and wherein the composite laminate further comprises a fifth layer that is a ceramic substrate, wherein the fourth layer is jointed to the fifth layer.
An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between said positive electrode and said negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein said electrolyte comprises a solvent and a solute dissolved in said solvent, said separator is impregnated with said electrolyte, said positive electrode comprises a positive electrode current collector and a mixture containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder, said conductive material is carbonaceous material, said positive electrode active material comprises a polymer compound having a polyacetylene main chain with a plurality of units of a compound having a structure represented by the general formula: where X 1, X 2, X 3 and X 4 each represents a sulfur atom; R 3, R 4, R 5 and R 6 are independent of each other and each represents a linear or cyclic aliphatic group, a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, an amino group, a nitro group or a nitroso group; and said aliphatic group can comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom, a silicon atom, or a phosphorous atom, a boron atom and a halogen atom or a compound having a structure represented by the general formula: wherein X 1, X 2, X 3 and X 4 have the same meaning as in general formula.
A method for control of flows of in a pulp mill, comprising storing pulp from fiberline in a first pulp tower; directing the pulp from the first pulp tower to pulp drying; storing white water from the pulp drying into a first water tower and directing the water therefrom back to the fiberline; and when the fiberline is not able to receive the white water from the first water tower, directing the white water to second pulp tower comprising pulp with such consistency that the white water and the pulp remain substantially separated in different layers in the second pulp tower. storing pulp from fiberline in a first pulp tower; directing the pulp from the first pulp tower to pulp drying; storing white water from the pulp drying into a first water tower and directing the water therefrom back to the fiberline; and when the fiberline is not able to receive the white water from the first water tower, directing the white water to second pulp tower comprising pulp with such consistency that the white water and the pulp remain substantially separated in different layers in the second pulp tower.