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A method for decorating a natural leather which comprises a corium side the method comprising the following steps: a) holding by vacuum suction the natural leather with its corium side to an air-permeable support which is carried on a vacuum support of an inkjet printer; and b) inkjet printing a decorative image on the natural leather wherein the air-permeable support is partly covered by said natural leather; and wherein the air-permeable support comprises a fibrous layer in contact with the corium side of the natural leather. a) holding by vacuum suction the natural leather with its corium side to an air-permeable support which is carried on a vacuum support of an inkjet printer; and b) inkjet printing a decorative image on the natural leather wherein the air-permeable support is partly covered by said natural leather;
A beverage can end comprising: a center panel; an arcuate panel wall that extends outwardly from the center panel; an upwardly-opening annular bead merging into the arcuate panel wall; a lower transition wall extending from an outer end of the annular bead, the lower transition wall being inclined at an angle A2 that is less than 11 degrees from a vertical axis defined when the can end is conventionally oriented; a curved upper transition wall extending outwardly from an upper end of the lower transition wall, the lower transition wall yielding smoothly to the upper transition wall; a substantially flat intermediate wall; a substantially flat upper wall that is inclined more than the intermediate wall and that is inclined at an angle A4 that is at least 13 degrees from said axis; a juncture formed between the intermediate wall and the upper wall; a seaming panel extending from an upper end of the upper wall, the seaming panel having a radius R4 of between 0.050 inches (1.27 mm) and 0.060 inches (1.524 mm); a curl extending outwardly from an outer end of the seaming panel. a center panel; an arcuate panel wall that extends outwardly from the center panel; an upwardly-opening annular bead merging into the arcuate panel wall; a lower transition wall extending from an outer end of the annular bead, the lower transition wall being inclined at an angle A2 that is less than 11 degrees from a vertical axis defined when the can end is conventionally oriented; a curved upper transition wall extending outwardly from an upper end of the lower transition wall, the lower transition wall yielding smoothly to the upper transition wall; a substantially flat intermediate wall; a substantially flat upper wall that is inclined more than the intermediate wall and that is inclined at an angle A4 that is at least 13 degrees from said axis; a juncture formed between the intermediate wall and the upper wall; a seaming panel extending from an upper end of the upper wall, the seaming panel having a radius R4 of between 0.050 inches (1.27 mm) and 0.060 inches (1.524 mm); a curl extending outwardly from an outer end of the seaming panel.
A cleaning tool comprising: a handle assembly; a pad assembly coupled to the handle assembly such that the handle assembly extends distally beyond a first end of the pad assembly, the pad assembly comprising: a pad securing surface having a plurality of pad securing members; and a slotted member located at a second end of the pad assembly, the second end being opposite the first end, the slotted member defining a slot configured to accept a cleaning pad; characterized in that the pad securing members extend substantially perpendicularly from the pad securing surface; and the slotted member extends at an angle from the pad securing surface. a handle assembly; a pad assembly coupled to the handle assembly such that the handle assembly extends distally beyond a first end of the pad assembly, the pad assembly comprising: a pad securing surface having a plurality of pad securing members; and a slotted member located at a second end of the pad assembly, the second end being opposite the first end, the slotted member defining a slot configured to accept a cleaning pad; characterized in that the pad securing members extend substantially perpendicularly from the pad securing surface; and the slotted member extends at an angle from the pad securing surface. a pad securing surface having a plurality of pad securing members; and a slotted member located at a second end of the pad assembly, the second end being opposite the first end, the slotted member defining a slot configured to accept a cleaning pad; characterized in that the pad securing members extend substantially perpendicularly from the pad securing surface; and the slotted member extends at an angle from the pad securing surface.
An ultrasound device comprising a transducer arrangement and an acoustically transmissive window over said arrangement, said window comprising an elastomer layer having conductive particles dispersed in the elastomer, the elastomer layer having a pressure-sensitive conductivity, the ultrasound device further comprising an electrode arrangement coupled to said elastomer layer and adapted to measure said pressure-sensitive conductivity, wherein the transducer arrangement is adapted to generate ultrasound waves having a minimum wavelength in a body of a patient to be exposed to the ultrasound waves, the conductive particles having a maximum diameter of less than 10% of said minimum wavelength.
A method of removing sample residue from a surface of a mass spectrometer inlet, the surface being adjacent to an ion passageway, the method comprising: a. forming a pendent droplet of a cleaning solvent at a tip of a capillary, the tip being spaced apart from the surface; b. causing the pendent droplet to detach from the tip and to contact the surface; and c. heating the surface to a temperature T at least 50° C above the boiling point of the least volatile component of the cleaning solvent. a. forming a pendent droplet of a cleaning solvent at a tip of a capillary, the tip being spaced apart from the surface; b. causing the pendent droplet to detach from the tip and to contact the surface; and c. heating the surface to a temperature T at least 50° C above the boiling point of the least volatile component of the cleaning solvent.
A flap device for an internal combustion engine, the flap device comprising: a flow housing configured to delimit a flow duct, a flap body rotatably attached in the flow duct, a shaft supported on one side thereof, the flap body being mounted thereon, an actuator configured to rotate the shaft and the flap body in the flow duct, an actuator housing in which the actuator is arranged, a bore arranged to open into the flow duct from a chamber surrounding the shaft, characterized in that the shaft is configured to protrude into the actuator housing and is supported on the one side via the first bearing and via second bearing, and wherein the first bearing seat is formed on the flow housing and the chamber from which the bore opens into the flow duct is arranged between the first bearing and the second bearing. a flow housing configured to delimit a flow duct, a flap body rotatably attached in the flow duct, a shaft supported on one side thereof, the flap body being mounted thereon, an actuator configured to rotate the shaft and the flap body in the flow duct, an actuator housing in which the actuator is arranged, a bore arranged to open into the flow duct from a chamber surrounding the shaft, characterized in that the shaft is configured to protrude into the actuator housing and is supported on the one side via the first bearing and via second bearing, and wherein the first bearing seat is formed on the flow housing and the chamber from which the bore opens into the flow duct is arranged between the first bearing and the second bearing.
A method for manufacturing a papermaker's or industrial fabric, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a base substrate for the fabric comprising fabric strips having a lateral fringe comprising yarns that extend beyond a lateral edge wherein lateral edges of adjacent turns of fabric strip abut one another with the lateral fringe overlying the adjacent strip; b) depositing polymeric resin material on said lateral fringe at a plurality of preselected discrete locations where yarns of the lateral fringe overlap with yarns in an adjacent strip in droplets in a controlled manner to bond said yarns together and in turn the fabric strip; and c) at least partially setting said polymeric resin material. a) providing a base substrate for the fabric comprising fabric strips having a lateral fringe comprising yarns that extend beyond a lateral edge wherein lateral edges of adjacent turns of fabric strip abut one another with the lateral fringe overlying the adjacent strip; b) depositing polymeric resin material on said lateral fringe at a plurality of preselected discrete locations where yarns of the lateral fringe overlap with yarns in an adjacent strip in droplets in a controlled manner to bond said yarns together and in turn the fabric strip; and c) at least partially setting said polymeric resin material.
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving downlink data; determining a schedule of a set of uplink channel resources associated with a medium access control layer; identifying, based at least in part on the set of uplink channel resources, a transmission opportunity associated with the set of uplink channel resources, altering a behavior of data layer traffic at a modem of the UE, based at least in part on a characteristic of the uplink channel resources and based at least in part on a configuration of a connected discontinuous reception mode, to deliver a feedback message from a host of the UE to the modem of the UE before the transmission opportunity; and transmitting a feedback message in connection with one or more of the uplink channel resources and based at least in part on altering the behavior of the data layer traffic at the modem of the UE. receiving downlink data; determining a schedule of a set of uplink channel resources associated with a medium access control layer; identifying, based at least in part on the set of uplink channel resources, a transmission opportunity associated with the set of uplink channel resources, altering a behavior of data layer traffic at a modem of the UE, based at least in part on a characteristic of the uplink channel resources and based at least in part on a configuration of a connected discontinuous reception mode, to deliver a feedback message from a host of the UE to the modem of the UE before the transmission opportunity; and transmitting a feedback message in connection with one or more of the uplink channel resources and based at least in part on altering the behavior of the data layer traffic at the modem of the UE.
Device (1, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500) for turning rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular cigarettes, comprising a turning drum having a drum shaft (2, 102, 202, 302), which is driven by a drum drive, and having at least one turning segment (5, 105, 205, 305, 405a,b, 505a,b), which has at least two receptacles (125, 225, 325, 425a,b, 525a,b) for rod-shaped articles to be turned and which is arranged such as to be rotatable relative to the turning drum about an axis of rotation in such a way that, as the turning segment rotates, articles arranged in the at least two receptacles are turned in a substantially parallel manner with respect to one another, and an additional electric drive device (4, 104, 204, 304), which is arranged and designed to drive the at least one turning segment, characterised in that the additional electric drive device (4, 104, 204, 304) is arranged and designed to drive the at least one turning segment (5, 105, 205, 305, 405a,b, 505a,b) via a transmission (120, 220, 320). a turning drum having a drum shaft (2, 102, 202, 302), which is driven by a drum drive, and having at least one turning segment (5, 105, 205, 305, 405a,b, 505a,b), which has at least two receptacles (125, 225, 325, 425a,b, 525a,b) for rod-shaped articles to be turned and which is arranged such as to be rotatable relative to the turning drum about an axis of rotation in such a way that, as the turning segment rotates, articles arranged in the at least two receptacles are turned in a substantially parallel manner with respect to one another, and an additional electric drive device (4, 104, 204, 304), which is arranged and designed to drive the at least one turning segment, characterised in that the additional electric drive device (4, 104, 204, 304) is arranged and designed to drive the at least one turning segment (5, 105, 205, 305, 405a,b, 505a,b) via a transmission (120, 220, 320).
Heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a core for heat exchange between a coolant fluid and an air flow, said exchanger further comprising a thermal storage element composed of a phase-change material and a matrix, said storage element being integrated into said core in such a manner that said phase-change material captures thermal energy originating from said coolant fluid and/or releases same towards said air flow, said matrix making it possible to maintain said phase-change material within the core during a change of phase of said phase-change material, wherein said core comprises coolant fluid circulation tubes, said thermal storage element being installed between two of said adjacent tubes, referred to as first tubes, wherein said core further comprises a fin, referred to as specific fin, designed to be traversed by said air flow, said specific fin being located between said thermal storage element and one of said first tubes, characterized in that said exchanger further comprises an intermediate component located between said thermal storage element and said core, in particular one of said tubes and/or the specific fin, said intermediate component being designed so as to facilitate the exchange of thermal energy with said thermal storage element, and in that said phase-change material is a eutectic material.
A synergistic fungicide composition, comprising two active components A and B, wherein the active component A is benzisothiazolinone, the active component B is iprodione, and the weight ratio of the two components is 1:50 to 50:1.
A curable polymer composition comprising the following monomer constituents: (a) from 0.5 to 10% of a nitrogen-functional monomer where the N atom in the monomer side chain is linked to hydrogen or any other substitution groups, excluding hydroxyalkyl groups and any reaction products or condensates of aldehydes with amino- or amido-functional monomers, said nitrogen-functional monomer being selected from methacrylamide, acrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminoethylacrylate or 3-dimethylaminopropylmethacrylate, (b) from 0.5 to 10% of an oxygen-functional monomer, where the O atom in the monomer side chain is single-bonded to either one or two carbon atoms of that side chain, said oxygen-functional monomer being selected from hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, glycidyl (meth)acrylate, allyl glycidyl ether or 4-acrylamidophenyl glycidyl ether, (c) from 0.5 to 10% of an acid-functional monomer or its salts, said acid-functional monomer being selected from itaconic acid, and (d) from 70% up to 98.5% of one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers different from any one of above (a), (b) and (c) but capable of copolymerizing with any of the functional monomers (a), (b) and (c), to build up the polymeric backbone, where all percentages are based on the total amount of monomers that constitute the final polymeric composition (w/w) and the monomers add up to 100%. (a) from 0.5 to 10% of a nitrogen-functional monomer where the N atom in the monomer side chain is linked to hydrogen or any other substitution groups, excluding hydroxyalkyl groups and any reaction products or condensates of aldehydes with amino- or amido-functional monomers, said nitrogen-functional monomer being selected from methacrylamide, acrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminoethylacrylate or 3-dimethylaminopropylmethacrylate, (b) from 0.5 to 10% of an oxygen-functional monomer, where the O atom in the monomer side chain is single-bonded to either one or two carbon atoms of that side chain, said oxygen-functional monomer being selected from hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, glycidyl (meth)acrylate, allyl glycidyl ether or 4-acrylamidophenyl glycidyl ether, (c) from 0.5 to 10% of an acid-functional monomer or its salts, said acid-functional monomer being selected from itaconic acid, and (d) from 70% up to 98.5% of one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers different from any one of above (a), (b) and (c) but capable of copolymerizing with any of the functional monomers (a), (b) and (c), to build up the polymeric backbone, where all percentages are based on the total amount of monomers that constitute the final polymeric composition (w/w) and the monomers add up to 100%.
A method of video filtering, comprising: receiving and decoding an encoded video sequence comprising a plurality of fields, wherein a field is one of an even parity field and an odd parity field, wherein at least one field of the plurality of fields is a superfluous field; comparing each field to at least one temporally adjacent field of the same parity; determining a pair of fields which are most similar to each other, wherein the pair of fields comprise the superfluous field; determining which of the pair of fields is the superfluous field by determining which of the pair of fields is least similar to a respective temporally adjacent field that is not the other of the pair of fields; and reconstructing the video sequence without the determined superfluous field. receiving and decoding an encoded video sequence comprising a plurality of fields, wherein a field is one of an even parity field and an odd parity field, wherein at least one field of the plurality of fields is a superfluous field; comparing each field to at least one temporally adjacent field of the same parity; determining a pair of fields which are most similar to each other, wherein the pair of fields comprise the superfluous field; determining which of the pair of fields is the superfluous field by determining which of the pair of fields is least similar to a respective temporally adjacent field that is not the other of the pair of fields; and reconstructing the video sequence without the determined superfluous field.
A method of controlling a 3D printing system comprising one or more 3D printers, the method comprising: receiving one or more input jobs, each input job comprising data describing a 3D object, and a user-defined metric associated with each input job; automatically scheduling the one or more input jobs to optimize at least one of latency and throughput of the system based on a printing envelope of each of the 3D printers, characteristics of each of the 3D printers and the user-defined metric associated with each input job; outputting data to at least one of the 3D printers; repeating the automatic scheduling on receipt of a next input job and during printing of a previously received input job to further optimize at least one of latency and throughput of the system based on a printing envelope of each of the 3D printers, characteristics of each of the 3D printers and the user-defined metric associated with each input job (806, 808); determining if the next input job is an updated version of the previously received input job, both the previously received input job and the updated version comprising data describing a 3D object; and if the updated version differs from the previously received input job only in relation to non-printed parts of the 3D object, replacing the previously received input job with the updated version such that printing of the 3D object can continue using the updated version instead of the previously received input job. receiving one or more input jobs, each input job comprising data describing a 3D object, and a user-defined metric associated with each input job; automatically scheduling the one or more input jobs to optimize at least one of latency and throughput of the system based on a printing envelope of each of the 3D printers, characteristics of each of the 3D printers and the user-defined metric associated with each input job; outputting data to at least one of the 3D printers; repeating the automatic scheduling on receipt of a next input job and during printing of a previously received input job to further optimize at least one of latency and throughput of the system based on a printing envelope of each of the 3D printers, characteristics of each of the 3D printers and the user-defined metric associated with each input job (806, 808); determining if the next input job is an updated version of the previously received input job, both the previously received input job and the updated version comprising data describing a 3D object; and if the updated version differs from the previously received input job only in relation to non-printed parts of the 3D object, replacing the previously received input job with the updated version such that printing of the 3D object can continue using the updated version instead of the previously received input job.
Measuring system adapted to measure and detect physical and dimensional parameters of multi-segment rod-like articles, wherein each article has a longitudinal axis and comprises a front segment and a back segment of non-completely opaque material and two adjacent segments with different opacity, in such a way to generate an interface (I1, I2) between the two adjacent segments; said measuring system comprising: - a first lighting device that generates a light beam that strikes and crosses the front segment, wherein the lighting axis of the light beam of the first lighting device coincides with the longitudinal axis of the article; - a second lighting device that generates a light beam that strikes and crosses the back segment, wherein the lighting axis of the light beam of the second lighting device coincides with the longitudinal axis of the article; - an image detection sensor comprising a detection axis that radially strikes the longitudinal axis of the article, said image detection sensor being adapted to acquire a set of images of the article; - a control and processing unit configured in such a way to process the images acquired by the image detection sensor and calculate dimensional, geometrical and physical features of the segments of said article. - a first lighting device that generates a light beam that strikes and crosses the front segment, wherein the lighting axis of the light beam of the first lighting device coincides with the longitudinal axis of the article; - a second lighting device that generates a light beam that strikes and crosses the back segment, wherein the lighting axis of the light beam of the second lighting device coincides with the longitudinal axis of the article; - an image detection sensor comprising a detection axis that radially strikes the longitudinal axis of the article, said image detection sensor being adapted to acquire a set of images of the article; - a control and processing unit configured in such a way to process the images acquired by the image detection sensor and calculate dimensional, geometrical and physical features of the segments of said article.