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Valve comprising a valve body, a cartridge element and a valve support guide, the valve body having at least one seat configured to accommodate at least partially the cartridge, the cartridge comprising an external surface configured to support at least partially an actuation element, said cartridge containing at least one core configured to cooperate with a nozzle fluidly connected with a first fluid passage, said at least one core being movable inside said cartridge between at least a first position in which said at least one core closes the first passage and a second position in which said at least one core allows a flow through the first passage so as to control the flow of a fluid through the valve, wherein the valve comprises quick coupling means for the valve support guide, said quick coupling means being made on an intermediate element interposed between the valve body and the valve support guide, characterized in that the at least one core is movable inside the cartridge against the action of an elastic element, and in that the intermediate element is snapped-on the valve body. the at least one core is movable inside the cartridge against the action of an elastic element, and in that the intermediate element is snapped-on the valve body.
A method for continuously producing a cellulose ether, the method comprising: a contact step of bringing pulp into contact with an alkali metal hydroxide solution in the presence of a heat removal solvent to obtain alkali cellulose; a reaction step of subjecting the alkali cellulose to a reaction with an etherifying agent; a condensation step, after completion of the reaction, of condensing a gas present in a reaction vessel used for the reaction to separate the gas into a gas component and a liquid component for returning some or all of the gas component to the contact step for reuse as some or all of the heat removal solvent; and an incineration step of incinerating the liquid component and, when all of the gas component is not returned to the contact step, the remainder of the gas component, wherein the heat removal solvent is dimethyl ether. a contact step of bringing pulp into contact with an alkali metal hydroxide solution in the presence of a heat removal solvent to obtain alkali cellulose; a reaction step of subjecting the alkali cellulose to a reaction with an etherifying agent; a condensation step, after completion of the reaction, of condensing a gas present in a reaction vessel used for the reaction to separate the gas into a gas component and a liquid component for returning some or all of the gas component to the contact step for reuse as some or all of the heat removal solvent; and an incineration step of incinerating the liquid component and, when all of the gas component is not returned to the contact step, the remainder of the gas component, wherein the heat removal solvent is dimethyl ether.
A method for the control of a door intercom system, wherein a door station transmits a control signal via a power supply unit to a residential phone, and wherein the residential phone or a switching unit assigned to the residential phone receives a building bus signal from a building bus system by means of a bus coupling unit (40.1), characterized in that the power supply unit or a switching unit assigned to the power supply unit converts the control signal into a building bus signal of the building bus system and transmits this to the residential phone via a bus coupling unit (20.2), and that the voice transmission between the power supply unit and the residential phone is made via a voice transmission line installed in addition to the building bus system.
A method of processing crop after ensiling, the method comprising: storing cut crop material in an accumulation having an oxygen barrier; fermenting the cut crop material within the accumulation to form a silage material; and providing a mechanical macerator comprising macerating plates or rollers that move relative to each other, and passing the silage material therebetween; characterized in macerating the silage material after fermentation with the mechanical macerator. storing cut crop material in an accumulation having an oxygen barrier; fermenting the cut crop material within the accumulation to form a silage material; and providing a mechanical macerator comprising macerating plates or rollers that move relative to each other, and passing the silage material therebetween; characterized in macerating the silage material after fermentation with the mechanical macerator.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising atomoxetine, water, a flavoring agent that is F-9999 PFC Artificial Raspberry CA Flavor, and a sweetening agent, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in the form of an oral aqueous solution, and the pH of the oral aqueous solution is in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 and wherein the concentration of atomoxetine is in the range of 1.0 to 10 mg/mL and the concentration of F-9999 PFC Artificial Raspberry CA Flavor is in the range of 1.0-30 mg/mL.
Beverage preparation machine including at least one instantaneous boiler (50, 50a, 50b), a circuit for producing and distributing coffee supplied with hot water by the at least one boiler (50, 50a, 50b) and a rotating stirring device comprising a rotating tool driven by an electric motor about an axis A and intended to cooperate with a preparation contained in a recipient, said rotating stirring device including a duct for conveying hot water and/or steam coming from the at least one boiler (50, 50a, 50b) to the rotating tool, said machine including a single electric pump controlled by a control circuit that supplies the at least one boiler (50, 50a, 50b) with water in order to produce either hot water, or steam.
A coated structure with a monitoring system, the coated structure comprising a base having a base surface, a coating system comprising at least two layers of cured coat providing protection against surface degradation and being joined to the base surface in a base interface and extending in a thickness direction to an outer coating surface, at least one electrode (8, 9, 10, 11) made from a conductive material embedded in the coating system, and the monitoring system being configured to generate an input signal in the at least one electrode and to read an output signal from the at least one electrode, and from the output signal, to determine cracking of the at least two layers of cured coat, wherein the coating system comprises said at least two layers of cured coat joined in a coating interface and forming an adhesive inter coating bond strength, and wherein at least one of the at least one electrode is located in the coating interface and forms an adhesive electrode bond strength to both layers of cured coat, the coated structure being characterized in that the adhesive electrode bond strength is higher or equivalent to the coating bond strength between the at least two layers of cured coat.
Process for the production of a thermoplastic moulding composition by means of an extruder which comprises at least one feed zone, at least one mixing section, at least one venting section and at least one discharge zone, where in the at least one feed zone a water-containing first component of the thermoplastic moulding composition, and also a second component of the thermoplastic moulding composition, are introduced, in the at least one mixing section comprising a first mixing barrel section and a second mixing barrel section the thermoplastic moulding composition is mixed and water present is evaporated, in the at least one venting section water vapour is removed from the thermoplastic moulding composition, and in the at least one discharge zone the thermoplastic moulding composition is discharged, characterized in that at least one of the two mixing barrels sections (31, 32) of the at least one mixing section is maintained at a temperature which is the same as or lower than a temperature of the thermoplastic moulding composition within in this at least one mixing section in that no active heating of this at least one mixing barrel section (31, 32) takes place, and therefore at least this one mixing barrel section (31, 32) is operated adiabatically and that at least one barrel section of the venting section is heated by means of temperature-control equipment in a manner such that a temperature of the barrel section of the venting section is higher than the temperature of at least one mixing barrel section (31, 32) and/or that at least one barrel section of the discharge zone is heated by means of temperature-control equipment in a manner such that a temperature of the barrel section of the discharge zone is higher than the temperature at least of one mixing barrel section (31, 32).
A loudspeaker drive circuit for deriving characteristics and/or diagnostics of a loudspeaker driven by the drive circuit, comprising: an amplifier having a known gain; means for determining a clipping level of the amplifier; a means for sensing the current flowing into the loudspeaker; a processing module to determine the loudspeaker characteristics and/or diagnostics, based on the input audio signal, the sensed current (Isense), the gain of the amplifier and the clipping level of the amplifier; and means for outputting the characteristics and/or diagnostics. an amplifier having a known gain; means for determining a clipping level of the amplifier; a means for sensing the current flowing into the loudspeaker; a processing module to determine the loudspeaker characteristics and/or diagnostics, based on the input audio signal, the sensed current (Isense), the gain of the amplifier and the clipping level of the amplifier; and means for outputting the characteristics and/or diagnostics.
A gyroscope structure for generating electrical energy comprising: - a first frame, which can be mounted so that it can turn about a first axis of rotation; and - a rotor mounted so that it can turn on said first frame about a second axis of rotation substantially orthogonal to said first axis; said structure having electric-generator means operatively connected to said first frame for generating electrical energy as a result of rotation of said first frame about said first axis, said structure being characterized in that it comprises actuator means designed to control rotation of said first frame about said first axis, as a function of the angular position of said first frame, in such a way that in operation said first frame will perform complete rotations through 360° about said first axis, in one and the same direction of rotation. - a first frame, which can be mounted so that it can turn about a first axis of rotation; and - a rotor mounted so that it can turn on said first frame about a second axis of rotation substantially orthogonal to said first axis;
A tubing for a thermosiphon system, comprising: a condenser region, an evaporator region, and a region between the condenser region and the evaporator region; and a thermally conductive matrix material that increases a surface area for heat transfer contained in at least one of the condenser region of the tubing and the evaporator region of the tubing but not in the region of the tubing between the condenser region and the evaporator region, the tubing being operative to contain a heat transport medium and being operative to provide passive two-phase transport of the heat transport medium between the condenser region and the evaporator region according to thermosiphon principles. a condenser region, an evaporator region, and a region between the condenser region and the evaporator region; and a thermally conductive matrix material that increases a surface area for heat transfer contained in at least one of the condenser region of the tubing and the evaporator region of the tubing but not in the region of the tubing between the condenser region and the evaporator region, the tubing being operative to contain a heat transport medium and being operative to provide passive two-phase transport of the heat transport medium between the condenser region and the evaporator region according to thermosiphon principles.
An audio echo suppressor comprising: a first receiver for receiving a first audio signal for rendering by a loudspeaker, a second receiver for receiving a microphone signal; a linear echo-cancellation filter for generating a first compensation signal from the first audio signal; a compensator for generating a residual signal by subtracting the first compensation signal from the microphone signal; a first adapter for determining a set of filter parameters for the linear echo-cancellation filter in response to the residual signal; a first estimator arranged to generate a set of at least one distortion measure providing indication of non-linear distortion which is caused by rendering of signal components in a first frequency interval of the first audio signal, said distortion measure being indicative of a contribution to the residual signal in at least one frequency interval that is outside the first frequency interval; and an echo reducer arranged to perform echo suppression in response to the set of at least one distortion measure. a first receiver for receiving a first audio signal for rendering by a loudspeaker, a second receiver for receiving a microphone signal; a linear echo-cancellation filter for generating a first compensation signal from the first audio signal; a compensator for generating a residual signal by subtracting the first compensation signal from the microphone signal;
A network device configuration system comprising: a monitor component that monitors a local area network for the arrival of network devices; and a configuration component that automatically configures a network device detected by the monitor component to operate in conjunction with a computer system, by: receiving notification and metadata comprising a hardware identifier at the configuration component; retrieving configuration information including driver files and one or more registry keys at the configuration component; and configuring the system including saving the one or more registry keys. a monitor component that monitors a local area network for the arrival of network devices; and a configuration component that automatically configures a network device detected by the monitor component to operate in conjunction with a computer system, by: receiving notification and metadata comprising a hardware identifier at the configuration component; retrieving configuration information including driver files and one or more registry keys at the configuration component; and configuring the system including saving the one or more registry keys. receiving notification and metadata comprising a hardware identifier at the configuration component; retrieving configuration information including driver files and one or more registry keys at the configuration component; and configuring the system including saving the one or more registry keys.
A display comprising: a substrate; a plurality of planar emission structures supported by the substrate; an encapsulation layer extending across the plurality of planar emission structures; and an optical component layer supported by the substrate, the optical component layer extending across the plurality of planar emission structures, the optical component layer being positioned relative to the plurality of planar emission structures such that light emitted by the plurality of planar emission structures encounters the optical component layer; wherein the encapsulation layer is positioned between the plurality of planar emission structures and the optical component layer; wherein the optical component layer comprises a plurality of discontinuities, each discontinuity of the plurality of discontinuities laterally positioned between a respective pair of adjacent planar emission structures of the plurality of planar emission structures, wherein: the substrate comprises a flexible substrate; each planar emission structure comprises a respective organic light emitting diode (OLED) structure supported by the flexible substrate; the encapsulation layer comprises a plurality of encapsulation layers (206, 208) extending across the plurality of OLED structures to encapsulate the plurality of OLED structures; including a first encapsulation layer of the plurality of encapsulation layers (206, 208) comprising a plurality of discontinuities, each discontinuity of the plurality of discontinuities laterally positioned between a respective pair of adjacent OLED structures of the plurality of OLED structures; and a second encapsulation layer of the plurality of encapsulation layers (206, 208) is not patterned to be discontinuous between each respective pair of adjacent OLED structures of the plurality of OLED structures; wherein at least one encapsulation layer comprises a continuous encapsulation layer; the continuous encapsulation layer is in contact with the plurality of OLED structures and wherein: the optical component layer comprises a plurality of optical component layers (210, 212) that extend across the plurality of planar emission structures; including a first optical component layer configured as a quarter-wave retarder; and a second optical component layer adjacent to the quarter-wave plate and configured to act as a linear polarizer; the first optical component layer is disposed between the second optical component layer and the plurality of encapsulation layers (206, 208); and the plurality of discontinuities extend through the second optical component layer.
Appliance for cooking food, comprising: - a cooking vessel (21; 23) having a flat bottom, or a bottom with a difference in level less than 10mm, arranged to receive food to be cooked, - at least one stirring paddle arranged to stir the food to be cooked received in the cooking vessel (21; 23), - drive means arranged to be coupled with the mixing paddle so as to rotate it in the cooking vessel (21; 23), - a paddle tube (50; 50A) removably mounted and/or reversible with respect to the cooking appliance and to the cooking vessel (21; 23), and to the stirring paddle, arranged at least between a central part of the stirring paddle and the cooking vessel (21; 23) to provide a guiding to the stirring paddle. - a cooking vessel (21; 23) having a flat bottom, or a bottom with a difference in level less than 10mm, arranged to receive food to be cooked, - at least one stirring paddle arranged to stir the food to be cooked received in the cooking vessel (21; 23), - drive means arranged to be coupled with the mixing paddle so as to rotate it in the cooking vessel (21; 23), - a paddle tube (50; 50A) removably mounted and/or reversible with respect to the cooking appliance and to the cooking vessel (21; 23), and to the stirring paddle, arranged at least between a central part of the stirring paddle and the cooking vessel (21; 23) to provide a guiding to the stirring paddle.
A method for enhancing an edge of an image, comprising: obtaining a first gradient value of a pixel of the image; determining whether the pixel is at a rough edge according to the first gradient value of the pixel; if the pixel is at the rough edge, obtaining a first edge enhancement value of the pixel, and obtaining a first edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the first edge enhancement value of the pixel; if the pixel is not at the rough edge, obtaining a second gradient value of the pixel; determining whether the pixel is at a tiny edge according to the second gradient value of the pixel; if the pixel is at the tiny edge, obtaining a second edge enhancement value of the pixel, and obtaining a second edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the second edge enhancement value of the pixel; if the pixel is not at the tiny edge, obtaining the pixel value of the pixel as the edge enhancement result of the pixel; and repeating above steps until each pixel of the image is processed; wherein the first gradient value of the pixel comprises a first horizontal gradient value, a first longitudinal gradient value, a gradient value in a 45-degree direction, and a gradient value in a 135-degree direction; and the second gradient value of the pixel comprises a second horizontal gradient value and a second longitudinal gradient value. obtaining a first gradient value of a pixel of the image; determining whether the pixel is at a rough edge according to the first gradient value of the pixel; if the pixel is at the rough edge, obtaining a first edge enhancement value of the pixel, and obtaining a first edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the first edge enhancement value of the pixel; if the pixel is not at the rough edge, obtaining a second gradient value of the pixel; determining whether the pixel is at a tiny edge according to the second gradient value of the pixel; if the pixel is at the tiny edge, obtaining a second edge enhancement value of the pixel, and obtaining a second edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the second edge enhancement value of the pixel; if the pixel is not at the tiny edge, obtaining the pixel value of the pixel as the edge enhancement result of the pixel; and repeating above steps until each pixel of the image is processed; wherein the first gradient value of the pixel comprises a first horizontal gradient value, a first longitudinal gradient value, a gradient value in a 45-degree direction, and a gradient value in a 135-degree direction; and the second gradient value of the pixel comprises a second horizontal gradient value and a second longitudinal gradient value.
A method for producing an acid group-containing polyarylene sulfide, comprising a reaction step of reacting a polyhaloaromatic compound (a), an alkali metal hydrosulfide (b), an alkali metal carboxylate (c), and an aromatic compound (d) having an elimination group and an acid group, which function in a nucleophilic reaction, in the presence of a solid alkali metal sulfide.
A medical positioning system comprising: a magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200) that is x-ray translucent, and configured and arranged to emit a magnetic field for tracking of a medical catheter within an area of interest; a magnetic field sensing element, coupled to the medical catheter, and configured and arranged to sample the magnetic field emitted from the magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200); and processing circuitry electrically coupled to the magnetic field sensing element and the magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200), and configured and arranged to determine a relative location of the medical catheter based on the magnetic field sampled by the magnetic field sensing element; characterized in that the magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200) includes two or more partial winds which extend across a common plane, each of the partial winds are electrically parallel to one another, and extend circumferentially about a common center point. a magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200) that is x-ray translucent, and configured and arranged to emit a magnetic field for tracking of a medical catheter within an area of interest; a magnetic field sensing element, coupled to the medical catheter, and configured and arranged to sample the magnetic field emitted from the magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200); and processing circuitry electrically coupled to the magnetic field sensing element and the magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200), and configured and arranged to determine a relative location of the medical catheter based on the magnetic field sampled by the magnetic field sensing element; characterized in that the magnetic field transmitting element (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200) includes two or more partial winds which extend across a common plane, each of the partial winds are electrically parallel to one another, and extend circumferentially about a common center point.