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A joint assembly for an annular structure, the joint assembly comprising a first annular member having a first radially extending flange, a second annular member having a second radially extending flange, the first radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced first apertures extending axially there-through, the second radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced second apertures extending axially there-through, the first and second apertures (70,72) being circumferentially aligned, a plurality of fasteners, each fastener being arranged to extend through a respective pair of the first and second apertures (70,72) to join the first and second annular members (60,62) together, the first radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced third apertures extending axially there-through, the second radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced fourth apertures extending axially there-through, the third and fourth apertures (78,80) being circumferentially aligned, a plurality of members, each member being arranged to extend axially through a respective pair of the third and fourth apertures (78,80), each member having at least one circumferentially extending flange, each circumferentially extending flange having an aperture extending axially there-though and each fastener extending through the aperture in the flange of the member to clamp the member against the first flange.
A process for treating dewatered biosolids sludge from a waterworks or wastewater treatment plant to produce biogas comprising: a) providing a static controlled flow, hydrodynamic cavitation apparatus (2, 16, 26; 42, 56, 66) having a local constriction, the localized flow constriction being an orifice, baffle, bluff body or nozzle; b) passing a stream of the dewatered biosolids sludge at a processing pressure in the range of 13.79 to 68.95 bar (200 to 1,000 psi) and a temperature in the range of 10° to 60° C through the local constriction of the static controlled flow, hydrodynamic cavitation apparatus (2, 16, 26; 42, 56, 66) to form a hydrodynamic cavitation zone downstream of the local constriction, the hydrodynamic cavitation zone containing cavitation bubbles, maintaining the cavitation bubbles in the hydrodynamic cavitation zone for less than 0.01 second, the dewatered biosolids sludge being passed through the local constriction to create a pressure differential across the local constriction of at least 10.34 bar (150 psi); c) collapsing the cavitation bubbles under static pressure of at least 2.07 bar (30 psi) to form a treated biosolids sludge; and d) subjecting the treated biosolids sludge to anaerobic digestion to produce an increase in biogas, the biogas comprising carbon dioxide and methane. a) providing a static controlled flow, hydrodynamic cavitation apparatus (2, 16, 26; 42, 56, 66) having a local constriction, the localized flow constriction being an orifice, baffle, bluff body or nozzle; b) passing a stream of the dewatered biosolids sludge at a processing pressure in the range of 13.79 to 68.95 bar (200 to 1,000 psi) and a temperature in the range of 10° to 60° C through the local constriction of the static controlled flow, hydrodynamic cavitation apparatus (2, 16, 26; 42, 56, 66) to form a hydrodynamic cavitation zone downstream of the local constriction, the hydrodynamic cavitation zone containing cavitation bubbles, maintaining the cavitation bubbles in the hydrodynamic cavitation zone for less than 0.01 second, the dewatered biosolids sludge being passed through the local constriction to create a pressure differential across the local constriction of at least 10.34 bar (150 psi); c) collapsing the cavitation bubbles under static pressure of at least 2.07 bar (30 psi) to form a treated biosolids sludge; and d) subjecting the treated biosolids sludge to anaerobic digestion to produce an increase in biogas, the biogas comprising carbon dioxide and methane.
Dishwasher for pot washing, said dishwasher - having a detector for automatically detecting if a pot-washing basket or a standard washing basket has been placed in the dishwasher, - being capable of providing a higher and a lower water pressure, having means for enabling/disabling granules to be added to the dishwater, wherein the dishwasher is adapted to enable use of granules and the higher water pressure if the detector detects a pot-washing basket, and the low water pressure and disabling use of granules if not, wherein the detector is arranged to detect what type of washing basket (140, 143) that has been placed in a basket carrier of the dishwasher, by counting pulses and determining the frequency of the pulses either when an indicating member on the basket passes the detector caused by a driving unit arranged to rotate the basket carrier and hence the basket (140, 143), or when the detector passes the indicating member wherein the detector is arranged to move either linearly or in a circular path around the interior of the dishwasher, and keep the basket carrier stationary, for detecting the presence of a pot-washing basket. - having a detector for automatically detecting if a pot-washing basket or a standard washing basket has been placed in the dishwasher, - being capable of providing a higher and a lower water pressure,
A cleaning or care device (1, 1', 1") for cleaning or care of at least one medical, in particular dental, instrument having a cleaning chamber (3, 3', 3") for receiving the at least one instrument to be cleaned and having a media supply (4, 4', 16') through which a cleaning agent or care agent can be conveyed into the cleaning chamber (3, 3', 3"), characterized in that the cleaning chamber (3, 3', 3") is bordered by a flexible outer shell (5, 5'A, 5'B, 21), so that the spatial volume of the cleaning chamber (3, 3', 3") is variable, wherein the flexible outer shell (5, 5'A, 5'B, 21) is attached to a rigid wall (6, 6'), preferably a metallic wall or a wall made of plastic.
A storage system including a carrier rail having a U-shaped cross section with a first and a second leg interconnected by a front portion, wherein the front portion is provided with first and second parallel rows of elongated slots to accommodate a suspension element such as a bracket, a basket or the like, the system comprising a flexible cover strip having an abutment face and an exterior face, the cover strip including a plurality of projections, elongate in the longitudinal direction of the strip, rising from the abutment face of the strip in first and second parallel rows, wherein the proximal end of each projection has a length that is equal to or shorter than the length of a slot and a width that is narrower than or equal to the width of a slot, wherein the projections are located on the cover strip in a pattern coinciding with slots on a front surface of the rail, such that the cover strip can be fitted on the front portion with the projections entering the slots, and wherein at least some of the projections are provided with a snap element at their distal ends, which snap elements prevent the cover strip from falling off the rail, the system being characterised by the projections rising obliquely from the abutment face.
Pivot bearings for blinds having lamella elements, comprising a bearing housing, a rotating body rotatably mounted in the bearing housing having a hollow shaft for connecting in a non-rotational manner to a drive shaft of the blind, a rocker pivotably mounted in the bearing housing for pivoting the lamella elements and a turning coupling having a wrap spring for coupling the rocker to the rotating body, wherein the turning coupling comprises a stop member having stop means (15, 17) for the wrap spring for uncoupling the rocker from the rotating body, wherein the end positions of the rocker are fixed by the position of the stop means (15, 17), characterized in that the stop member is mounted in a non-rotational manner in a receiving region of the bearing housing, and the stop means (15, 17) are configured to predefine the end positions of the pivoting range of the rocker on the stop member, wherein the stop member is replaceably mountable in the bearing housing and the stop means (15, 17) are arranged differently, or wherein the position of at least one of the stop means (15, 17) is modifiable.
Rotary bearing, in particular a large open-centered ring bearing, comprising two concentric bearing races (2, 3), of which one bearing race has a groove which is open toward the other bearing race, and the other bearing race has a lug ring that engages in the aforementioned groove, wherein the lug ring is supported against the groove by a plurality of bearing assemblies (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) that comprise at least two axial bearings (8, 9, 10) mounted on opposite lug ring end faces to provide support in the axial direction, and at least one radial bearing (11, 12) to provide support in the radial direction, wherein the bearing assemblies (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) include both sliding bearings and rolling bearings, characterized in that multiple radial bearings (11, 12) are arranged on opposite shell surface sides of the lug ring, of which at least one is configured as a sliding bearing and at least one other is configured as a rolling bearing
A method of reducing an amount of media data lost when a handover is performed, wherein the method is performed by a first terminal for transmitting or receiving the media data to or from a second terminal, the method comprising: predicting an amount of the media data that may be lost when the handover is performed using information about an amount of media data lost during at least one past handover, the information comprising at least one of an amount of packet loss, a jitter value, and a time skew value obtained for the at least one past handover; generating control information for reducing the amount of the media data lost when the handover is performed by using the predicted amount of the media data that may be lost when the handover is performed; and reducing the amount of the media data lost when the handover is performed by using the control information while the handover is performed, wherein the reducing the amount of the media data lost when the handover is performed comprises: selecting an algorithm for recovering the packet loss according to the predicted amount of the packet loss by using the control information and recovering the packet loss by using the selected algorithm for recovering the packet loss, or expanding a size of a jitter buffer of the first terminal by using the control information. predicting an amount of the media data that may be lost when the handover is performed using information about an amount of media data lost during at least one past handover, the information comprising at least one of an amount of packet loss, a jitter value, and a time skew value obtained for the at least one past handover; generating control information for reducing the amount of the media data lost when the handover is performed by using the predicted amount of the media data that may be lost when the handover is performed; and reducing the amount of the media data lost when the handover is performed by using the control information while the handover is performed, wherein the reducing the amount of the media data lost when the handover is performed comprises: selecting an algorithm for recovering the packet loss according to the predicted amount of the packet loss by using the control information and recovering the packet loss by using the selected algorithm for recovering the packet loss, or expanding a size of a jitter buffer of the first terminal by using the control information. selecting an algorithm for recovering the packet loss according to the predicted amount of the packet loss by using the control information and recovering the packet loss by using the selected algorithm for recovering the packet loss, or expanding a size of a jitter buffer of the first terminal by using the control information.
In vitro use of a medium composition comprising a concentration of 5 nM to 1 μM of gelsolin as an active ingredient for inducing the differentiation into erythrocytes or granulocytes from hematopoietic progenitor cells.
A gas cylinder assembly, comprising: an outer shell defining an interior chamber and comprising an outlet in fluid communication with the interior chamber; a heat exchanger disposed within the interior chamber, wherein the heat exchanger comprises an inner bore and a heat exchanger spoke extending radially outward from the heat exchanger and wherein the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger spoke are in fluid communication with the outlet; and a pyrotechnic composition disposed within the inner bore. an outer shell defining an interior chamber and comprising an outlet in fluid communication with the interior chamber; a heat exchanger disposed within the interior chamber, wherein the heat exchanger comprises an inner bore and a heat exchanger spoke extending radially outward from the heat exchanger and wherein the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger spoke are in fluid communication with the outlet; and a pyrotechnic composition disposed within the inner bore.
A method of coating a paper substrate, the method comprising the steps of: forming a composition by contacting starch and a synthetic polymer during a starch cooking process in a fluid under temperature and conditions sufficient to gelatinize the starch, and applying the composition to a paper substrate, the synthetic polymer not being a starch, in which the synthetic polymer is a copolymer formed from monomer units of both acrylic acid and acrylamide; in which the contact occurs before the starch cooking process has begun and wherein the temperature of the non-cooking state is no greater than 30° C. forming a composition by contacting starch and a synthetic polymer during a starch cooking process in a fluid under temperature and conditions sufficient to gelatinize the starch, and applying the composition to a paper substrate, the synthetic polymer not being a starch, in which the synthetic polymer is a copolymer formed from monomer units of both acrylic acid and acrylamide; in which the contact occurs before the starch cooking process has begun and wherein the temperature of the non-cooking state is no greater than 30° C.
A method of separating eggshells and attached membranes, comprising: introducing unprocessed eggshells, comprising eggshells and attached membranes, into an airflow, wherein the airflow is generated by an airflow generator in communication with a venturi (118, 318, 418, 518), and wherein the airflow subjects the unprocessed eggshells to one or more shockwaves (340, 342, 344) in which at least one shockwave is a standing shockwave, wherein the unprocessed eggshells interact with the standing shockwave thereby extracting moisture from the unprocessed eggshells and pulverizing the eggshells suspended in the airflow, the shockwaves separating the eggshells from the membranes while leaving the membranes substantially intact. introducing unprocessed eggshells, comprising eggshells and attached membranes, into an airflow, wherein the airflow is generated by an airflow generator in communication with a venturi (118, 318, 418, 518), and wherein the airflow subjects the unprocessed eggshells to one or more shockwaves (340, 342, 344) in which at least one shockwave is a standing shockwave, wherein the unprocessed eggshells interact with the standing shockwave thereby extracting moisture from the unprocessed eggshells and pulverizing the eggshells suspended in the airflow, the shockwaves separating the eggshells from the membranes while leaving the membranes substantially intact.
A lubricating oil composition comprising a base oil, a diamine represented by general formula: wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group; and R 3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, wherein the content of the diamine is 0.03% by mass to 0.1% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, a glycolic acid amide represented by general formula: wherein R 4 and R 5 each independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group, wherein the content of the glycolic acid amide is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass based on the total amount of the composition; and a phosphorous acid ester represented by formula: (R 6 O) a P 3-a wherein R 6 represents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, and a is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein the content of the phosphorous acid ester is 0.05% by mass to 2% by mass based on the total amount of the composition. a diamine represented by general formula: wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group; and R 3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, wherein the content of the diamine is 0.03% by mass to 0.1% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group; and R 3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, wherein the content of the diamine is 0.03% by mass to 0.1% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, a glycolic acid amide represented by general formula: wherein R 4 and R 5 each independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group, wherein the content of the glycolic acid amide is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass based on the total amount of the composition; and a phosphorous acid ester represented by formula: (R 6 O) a P 3-a wherein R 6 represents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, and a is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein the content of the phosphorous acid ester is 0.05% by mass to 2% by mass based on the total amount of the composition. wherein R 4 and R 5 each independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group, wherein the content of the glycolic acid amide is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass based on the total amount of the composition; and a phosphorous acid ester represented by formula: (R 6 O) a P 3-a wherein R 6 represents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, and a is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein the content of the phosphorous acid ester is 0.05% by mass to 2% by mass based on the total amount of the composition. wherein R 6 represents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, and a is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein the content of the phosphorous acid ester is 0.05% by mass to 2% by mass based on the total amount of the composition.
An apparatus for manufacturing three-dimensional objects by selective solidification of a build material applied in layers, - having a build platform, arranged in an X-Y plane, on which at least one three-dimensional object is generated in layers, - having at least one preheating radiation source for inputting thermal energy into the build material, - having at least one solidifying radiation source (7,14) for selective solidification of build material by local heating, characterized in that the apparatus having a passive insulating element which does not itself radiates, said insulating element at least partly overlying the build platform, wherein the insulating element comprising at least two simultaneously usable functional openings (18, 19, 20), wherein one of the at least two functional openings being embodied as a material passthrough and another of the at least two functional openings being embodied as a radiation passthrough (19, 20), having a number of drive devices (15, 21) for generating relative motions in an X and/or Y direction between at least two of the three following components: the build platform, the insulating element, the at least one solidifying radiation source (7, 14). - having a build platform, arranged in an X-Y plane, on which at least one three-dimensional object is generated in layers, - having at least one preheating radiation source for inputting thermal energy into the build material, - having at least one solidifying radiation source (7,14) for selective solidification of build material by local heating,
A geothermal energy system connected to a heating and cooling system of a building, the geothermal energy system comprising a plurality of borehole heat exchangers (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 412), each borehole heat exchanger containing a working fluid and comprising an elongate tube having a closed bottom end (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32), a control module connected to the plurality of borehole heat exchangers for selectively distributing the working fluid within the plurality of borehole heat exchangers according to a thermal profile of the building, the control module comprises a plurality of valves connected between the plurality of borehole heat exchangers and a manifold whereby the borehole heat exchangers are selectively connectable to the manifold by operation of the valves, and wherein the valves are arranged to permit selective passing of the working fluid through a selected one or more of the borehole heat exchangers.
Machine for the treatment of a laminar support on which at least one chemical substance intended to be applied to a leather is spread, configured to be inserted in a treatment line of leather and comprising: - a first reel formed by said laminar support intended to receive said chemical substance which must then be applied to said leather, - a second reel formed by said laminar support after said chemical substance has been applied to said leather, - an apparatus for removing from said laminar support, before its winding on said second reel, of the residues of said chemical substance that has not been applied to said leather, characterized in that during use: - said second reel is in a position substantially below the footprint of said apparatus in the direction of development of said treatment line. - a first reel formed by said laminar support intended to receive said chemical substance which must then be applied to said leather, - a second reel formed by said laminar support after said chemical substance has been applied to said leather, - an apparatus for removing from said laminar support, before its winding on said second reel, of the residues of said chemical substance that has not been applied to said leather, - said second reel is in a position substantially below the footprint of said apparatus in the direction of development of said treatment line.