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A suture manipulating device comprising: a jaw structure having a longitudinal axis, wherein the jaw structure comprises a first jaw having a first jaw track (64, 264) and a second jaw having a second jaw track (66, 148); a shuttle for holding and moving a suture, said shuttle being movable in said first and second tracks (64, 264; 66, 148); wherein said first jaw track (64, 264) distally terminates at a first track port and said second jaw track (66, 148) distally terminates at a second track port, said first and second track ports (60, 62) aligning with each other and being adjacent to or in contact with each other when the jaw structure is in its closed configuration; a first pusher configured for sliding in said first jaw track and for pushing the shuttle from the first jaw track out the first track port and into the second track port; a second pusher configured for sliding in said second jaw track and for pushing the shuttle from the second jaw track out the second track port and into the first track port; characterised by an opening element between the first jaw and the second jaw, wherein the opening element is configured to produce an outward force against the first jaw to bring the jaw structure into an open configuration when the opening element is translated proximally along the longitudinal axis of the jaw structure; and a closing element configured to compress the first jaw toward the second jaw to bring the jaw structure into a closed configuration when the closing element is translated distally with respect to the jaw structure. a jaw structure having a longitudinal axis, wherein the jaw structure comprises a first jaw having a first jaw track (64, 264) and a second jaw having a second jaw track (66, 148); a shuttle for holding and moving a suture, said shuttle being movable in said first and second tracks (64, 264; 66, 148); wherein said first jaw track (64, 264) distally terminates at a first track port and said second jaw track (66, 148) distally terminates at a second track port, said first and second track ports (60, 62) aligning with each other and being adjacent to or in contact with each other when the jaw structure is in its closed configuration; a first pusher configured for sliding in said first jaw track and for pushing the shuttle from the first jaw track out the first track port and into the second track port; a second pusher configured for sliding in said second jaw track and for pushing the shuttle from the second jaw track out the second track port and into the first track port; characterised by an opening element between the first jaw and the second jaw, wherein the opening element is configured to produce an outward force against the first jaw to bring the jaw structure into an open configuration when the opening element is translated proximally along the longitudinal axis of the jaw structure; and a closing element configured to compress the first jaw toward the second jaw to bring the jaw structure into a closed configuration when the closing element is translated distally with respect to the jaw structure.
A surface-coated cutting tool comprising a coating layer formed on a substrate, wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer on a first surface and a second surface of the substrate is A, a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the coating layer on the first surface and the second surface of the substrate is larger than 0.04 × A; wherein the first surface and the second surface are rake faces, and the thickness of the coating layer on the first surface is greater than the thickness of the coating layer on the second surface.
A method for hot laminating a multilayer comprising elastomeric ribbons (6', 6"') and a reinforcement ribbon (6") of a textile material having periodical splices, each splice having, with respect to the movement direction of the reinforcement ribbon (6"), a leading edge and a trailing edge of a thickened splice tract of the reinforced ribbon (6"), in a calender comprising a pair of counter-rotating cylinders (1, 2) with parallel axes defining a lamination gap, whose height is controlled in a closed loop mode by a position control system comprising hydraulic actuators (7, 8) connected to a movable cylinder of said pair of cylinders (1, 2), the method comprising the steps of: - instrumentally detecting an incoming splice of the reinforcement ribbon (6") upstream of the lamination gap relative to said movement direction; - switching the control system from the position control mode to a pressure control mode before the leading edge of the detected splice reaches the lamination gap; and - restoring the position control mode after the trailing edge of the splice has crossed the lamination gap. - instrumentally detecting an incoming splice of the reinforcement ribbon (6") upstream of the lamination gap relative to said movement direction; - switching the control system from the position control mode to a pressure control mode before the leading edge of the detected splice reaches the lamination gap; and - restoring the position control mode after the trailing edge of the splice has crossed the lamination gap.
A method for adding a hot treatment liquor and steam to unsteamed comminuted cellulose material, preferably wood chips, during the manufacture of chemical pulp in a continuous process using a down flow vessel where chips are descending down the vessel in a plug flow and where treated chips are continuously fed out at the bottom of the vessel characterized in that the addition of the hot treatment liquor is made via 2 or more pipes being arranged parallel to plug flow direction, the temperature of the treatment liquor added via the 2 or more pipes at the position of the outlets exceeds the boiling temperature at the prevailing pressure close to the outlets, such that a flashing effect is obtained in the chip volume being located above the fluid level in the vessel, thus distributing the treatment liquor in parallel flows and flashed steam at multiple points over the plug flow area with the vertical pipes located at a radial position R1 in the treatment vessel being smaller than the radius R2 of the treatment vessel at the height of the open lower ends of the vertical pipes and reducing interference of the plug flow to a minimum and that the fluid level in the vessel is established such that it lies under the level of the chips in the treatment vessel and that the outlets of the pipes are located above the fluid level but below the level of the chips in the treatment vessel.
Method for producing contact prints of volume reflection holograms on a holographic film, wherein - the film is guided over a rotating drum with a polygonal cross-section, at least two level master surfaces being present on the drum, to each of which a master hologram is fixed, which is moved together with the master hologram through or into an exposure area, in which the film and the master hologram are subjected to at least one laser exposure so as to reproduce the master hologram in the photo-sensitive layer of the film, - a contact pressure device is present for close adherence of the film to the drum, characterized in that - the drum rotates constantly, wherein at least one polygonal face or master surface (3, 5) at a time with the master hologram on it is located in the exposure area, - the laser exposure is at least one coherent parallel radiation covering the entire/full surface, i. e. the entire master surface or the surface of the respective master holograms of a master surface or several master surfaces at the same time, - wherein the at least one laser exposure sequentially follows the rotational movement of the drum with equal speed, such that the laser exposure covering the entire surface is present for an exposure time which is sufficiently long and, at an incident angle which remains the same, affects master and film, so as to be subsequently reset into its initial or starting position and then to perform the same angular sweep and exposure together with the next master surface. - the film is guided over a rotating drum with a polygonal cross-section, at least two level master surfaces being present on the drum, to each of which a master hologram is fixed, which is moved together with the master hologram through or into an exposure area, in which the film and the master hologram are subjected to at least one laser exposure so as to reproduce the master hologram in the photo-sensitive layer of the film, - a contact pressure device is present for close adherence of the film to the drum, - the drum rotates constantly, wherein at least one polygonal face or master surface (3, 5) at a time with the master hologram on it is located in the exposure area, - the laser exposure is at least one coherent parallel radiation covering the entire/full surface, i. e. the entire master surface or the surface of the respective master holograms of a master surface or several master surfaces at the same time, - wherein the at least one laser exposure sequentially follows the rotational movement of the drum with equal speed, such that the laser exposure covering the entire surface is present for an exposure time which is sufficiently long and, at an incident angle which remains the same, affects master and film, so as to be subsequently reset into its initial or starting position and then to perform the same angular sweep and exposure together with the next master surface.
A laser cutting device, having an arrangement for producing and guiding a working laser beam, comprising a nozzle which has an opening for emission of the working laser beam to a machining zone, wherein an optical axis is defined in the arrangement, and the arrangement has at least one cutting lens which focuses the working laser beam, near the opening of the nozzle, and having an arrangement for monitoring the machining process, comprising at least one group of detector arrangements (12, 13), characterized in that the laser cutting device has at least one evaluating unit and that the detector arrangements of each group (12, 13) are arranged in an annular manner about the optical axis, preferably along at least one circle which is coaxial and substantially orthogonal to the optical axis, and the observation direction of the detector arrangements (12, 13) is oriented at least in a sub-region between the focusing element closest to the machining zone and the machining zone, preferably in a sub-region at a greater distance from the focusing element, at a polar angle (φ1) greater than 5° in relation to the optical axis of the working laser beam, preferably at a polar angle of greater than or equal to 7°, in particular at a polar angle (φ2) of approximately 10°, and that the detector arrangements are sensitive to a radiation from the machining zone which is characteristic of the machining process, which detector arrangements (12, 13) are associated with at least the evaluating unit for calculating characteristics that correlate with the different features of the cutting quality, using suitable algorithms from the detector signals.
A medical thermometer, comprising: a housing having a radiation entrance aperture a mirror disposed in the housing; a reflective surface of the mirror having a parabolic shape defining a vertex, a baseline tangent to the parabolic shape at the vertex, an axis of symmetry perpendicular to both the baseline and to the radiation entrance aperture and a focal point; and a radiation sensor having a detection surface, the radiation sensor disposed in the housing at the focal point characterized in that the detector is disposed such that a normal to the detection surface is angled between approximately 25° and 35° from the baseline of the reflective surface, whereby the mirror reflects away from the detection surface radiation that passes through the radiation entrance and that is oriented outside a radiation range of angles from the axis. a housing having a radiation entrance aperture a mirror disposed in the housing; a reflective surface of the mirror having a parabolic shape defining a vertex, a baseline tangent to the parabolic shape at the vertex, an axis of symmetry perpendicular to both the baseline and to the radiation entrance aperture and a focal point; and a radiation sensor having a detection surface, the radiation sensor disposed in the housing at the focal point characterized in that the detector is disposed such that a normal to the detection surface is angled between approximately 25° and 35° from the baseline of the reflective surface, whereby the mirror reflects away from the detection surface radiation that passes through the radiation entrance and that is oriented outside a radiation range of angles from the axis.
Harvesting machine, in particular in the form of a loader wagon or a baling press, comprising a pick-up having a circulating spiked roller for picking-up harvested material from the ground, and a conveying rotor having a rotatably-mounted drive shaft and a plurality of conveying tines, which are co-rotatably connected to the drive shaft, wherein the conveying rotor is arranged downstream of the pick-up and is assigned to a conveying channel, which leads from the pick-up to a storage and/or processing chamber of the harvesting machine, characterized in that the conveying tines of the conveying rotor are fastened groupwise to crossbeams, which are arranged radially-spaced from the drive shaft and fastened to holding brackets circumferentially projecting from the drive shaft and co-rotationally connected to the drive shaft, wherein the conveying tines in each case fixed on a crossbeam are tilted to one another in circumferential direction of the drive shaft.
A method for receiving a frame by a station, STA, in a wireless LAN, WLAN, system, the method comprising: receiving a first primary connectivity radio, PCR, frame including a counter value related to a version of a PCR system parameter; entering a wake-up radio, WUR, mode; receiving a WUR frame during the WUR mode, wherein the WUR frame is modulated based on an On-Off Keying, OOK, scheme and includes a counter field; and determining whether the counter value in the first PCR frame is different from a value of the count field in the WUR frame, wherein based on the counter value being different from the value of the counter field, the STA wakes up to receive a second PCR frame and updates the PCR system parameter based on the second PCR frame. receiving a first primary connectivity radio, PCR, frame including a counter value related to a version of a PCR system parameter; entering a wake-up radio, WUR, mode; receiving a WUR frame during the WUR mode, wherein the WUR frame is modulated based on an On-Off Keying, OOK, scheme and includes a counter field; and determining whether the counter value in the first PCR frame is different from a value of the count field in the WUR frame, wherein based on the counter value being different from the value of the counter field, the STA wakes up to receive a second PCR frame and updates the PCR system parameter based on the second PCR frame.
Shock-absorber for sliding devices, such as sliding doors or windows, panels, gates, drawers comprising a support body suitable for being attached near an end stop position of the sliding device and, borne by said support body, at least one decelerating device suitable for slowing down the travel of the sliding device near the end stop position and at least one magnet suitable for attracting a corresponding magnetic or ferromagnetic element borne by the sliding device to at least block the sliding device in the end stop position, the decelerating device and the magnet being housed in respective seats (21, 41) made in the support body, the decelerating device being a hydraulic cylinder comprising a body and a piston, said shock-absorber being characterized in that the support body comprises a main body and a plug positioned to close off said main body on the side of the sliding device, in said main body and in said plug there being facing cavities (21', 21"; 41', 41") which form the seats (21, 41) for the decelerating device and for the magnet when said cavities (21',21"; 41',41") are flanking, wherein the main body houses the body of said decelerating device and wherein the plug axially blocks said body and one of its cavities being a through cavity (21") which houses an end part of the piston projecting from the body.
Escapement for a timepiece comprising: - an escapement wheel mounted in a pivotable manner about a first axis of rotation and destined to be driven by a power source; - a pallet fork mounted in a pivotable manner about a second axis of rotation, said pallet fork comprising an entry pallet and an exit pallet, each pallet (13, 15) comprising a rest surface (13a, 15a) arranged to block said escapement wheel alternately and sequentially, the pallet fork being adapted to transmit impulsions received from the escapement wheel to a regulating member arranged to produce oscillations, and to release said escapement wheel periodically under the control of said regulating member, in which the rest surface of the entry pallet is arranged in such a way that, when it blocks a tooth of the escapement wheel, a draw force is generated by the interaction between said rest surface and said tooth in such a way as to apply a torque which tends to retain the pallet fork in the rest position, characterized in that said rest surface is configured in such a way that the draw angle (γ) at the point of contact of said surface with a tooth of the escapement wheel is constant or decreasing during disengagement of the entry pallet. - an escapement wheel mounted in a pivotable manner about a first axis of rotation and destined to be driven by a power source; - a pallet fork mounted in a pivotable manner about a second axis of rotation, said pallet fork comprising an entry pallet and an exit pallet, each pallet (13, 15) comprising a rest surface (13a, 15a) arranged to block said escapement wheel alternately and sequentially, the pallet fork being adapted to transmit impulsions received from the escapement wheel to a regulating member arranged to produce oscillations, and to release said escapement wheel periodically under the control of said regulating member,
An X-ray imaging method, comprising: (a) performing a first object imaging process to obtain a first object intensity signal by detecting a plurality of X-rays of a X-ray source passing through a first object in an field of view, FOV; characterized by: (b) performing a baseline imaging process to obtain a baseline intensity signal by detecting the X-rays when the first object is not in the FOV; and; (c) obtaining a first thickness of the first object based on the first object intensity signal, the baseline intensity signal, and a first attenuation coefficient of the first object. (a) performing a first object imaging process to obtain a first object intensity signal by detecting a plurality of X-rays of a X-ray source passing through a first object in an field of view, FOV; characterized by: (b) performing a baseline imaging process to obtain a baseline intensity signal by detecting the X-rays when the first object is not in the FOV; and; (c) obtaining a first thickness of the first object based on the first object intensity signal, the baseline intensity signal, and a first attenuation coefficient of the first object.
A liquid toner composition comprising: (a) a carrier liquid; (b) particles comprising (i) a first component comprising a polymer having acidic side groups; and (ii) a second component comprising a polymer having ester side groups; and (c) a charge director; wherein the polymer having ester side groups is a co-polymer of a monomer having ester side groups, a monomer having acidic side groups, and a monomer absent of any acidic and ester side groups. (a) a carrier liquid; (b) particles comprising (i) a first component comprising a polymer having acidic side groups; and (ii) a second component comprising a polymer having ester side groups; and (i) a first component comprising a polymer having acidic side groups; and (ii) a second component comprising a polymer having ester side groups; and (c) a charge director;
A user terminal comprising: a storage configured to store content; and an indexing information processor configured to: generate indexing information (200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250) for searching the stored content, encrypt the generated indexing information, provide the encrypted indexing information to a service providing apparatus which manages the encrypted indexing information, and in response to receiving a request, which is generated based on the encrypted indexing information, from an external user terminal, provide the content to the external user terminal. a storage configured to store content; and an indexing information processor configured to: generate indexing information (200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250) for searching the stored content, encrypt the generated indexing information, provide the encrypted indexing information to a service providing apparatus which manages the encrypted indexing information, and in response to receiving a request, which is generated based on the encrypted indexing information, from an external user terminal, provide the content to the external user terminal. generate indexing information (200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250) for searching the stored content, encrypt the generated indexing information, provide the encrypted indexing information to a service providing apparatus which manages the encrypted indexing information, and in response to receiving a request, which is generated based on the encrypted indexing information, from an external user terminal, provide the content to the external user terminal.
Use of an anionically acting naphthalene sulphonic acid condensation product as the protective colloid in manufacturing a friction lining from a friction paper which is displaced with a latex based on an elastomer and fibres of the friction paper are then bonded with each other by precipitation of the elastomer out of the latex, wherein the naphthalene sulphonic acid condensation product is added to the latex before its application to the friction paper.