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Composite material lay-up equipment for applying a plurality of individual lengths of elongate fibre reinforcement material to an article, the equipment comprising: a support head; a cutting mechanism carried by the support head for severing a plurality of individual lengths of elongate fibre reinforcement material, the cutting mechanism comprising: a cassette removably attached to the support head; and characterised in comprising: a plurality of cutting elements separate from the cassette and coupled to and moveable with respect to the support head; and a plurality of corresponding counteracting elements statically mounted to the cassette; wherein each cutting element is displaceable relative to the corresponding counteracting element to perform a cutting stroke in which the respective cutting and counteracting elements (60, 76) cooperate to sever a length of elongate fibre reinforcement material extending through the nip formed between them; and wherein the cutting mechanism is configured such that the cassette can be removed from the support head to separate the counteracting elements from the cutting elements. a support head; a cutting mechanism carried by the support head for severing a plurality of individual lengths of elongate fibre reinforcement material, the cutting mechanism comprising: a cassette removably attached to the support head; and characterised in comprising: a plurality of cutting elements separate from the cassette and coupled to and moveable with respect to the support head; and a plurality of corresponding counteracting elements statically mounted to the cassette; wherein each cutting element is displaceable relative to the corresponding counteracting element to perform a cutting stroke in which the respective cutting and counteracting elements (60, 76) cooperate to sever a length of elongate fibre reinforcement material extending through the nip formed between them; and wherein the cutting mechanism is configured such that the cassette can be removed from the support head to separate the counteracting elements from the cutting elements. a cassette removably attached to the support head; and characterised in comprising: a plurality of cutting elements separate from the cassette and coupled to and moveable with respect to the support head; and a plurality of corresponding counteracting elements statically mounted to the cassette; a plurality of cutting elements separate from the cassette and coupled to and moveable with respect to the support head; and a plurality of corresponding counteracting elements statically mounted to the cassette; wherein each cutting element is displaceable relative to the corresponding counteracting element to perform a cutting stroke in which the respective cutting and counteracting elements (60, 76) cooperate to sever a length of elongate fibre reinforcement material extending through the nip formed between them; and wherein the cutting mechanism is configured such that the cassette can be removed from the support head to separate the counteracting elements from the cutting elements.
A method of making a viscoelastic foam, comprising combining at least one organic polyisocyanate with water and a polyol mixture at an isocyanate index of 60 to 150 to form a reaction mixture and curing the reaction mixture to form a polyurethane-urea foam having a foam density of 30 to 120 kg/m 3, a resiliency of less than 15% and a recovery time of at least 3 seconds, wherein the polyol mixture includes: Polyol A: at least one dispersion of polyurethane and/or polyurethane-urea particles in a carrier polyol, wherein the carrier polyol has an average molecular weight of 600 to 5000 and an average of at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, the dispersed polyurethane or polyurethane-urea particles constitute from 5 to 50 weight percent of the dispersion and the dispersion has a hydroxyl number of at least 40; and Polyol B: at least one polyol which is a homopolymer of propylene oxide or a copolymer of 20 to 99.9 weight-% propylene oxide and 0.1 to 80 weight-% ethylene oxide, has 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups per molecule and has a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 200 to 400; and further wherein Polyols A and B together constitute at least 75 weight-percent of all isocyanate-reactive materials other than water in the reaction mixture and the polyol mixture contains at least 1 weight-percent of the dispersed polyurethane or polyurethane-urea particles, wherein the recovery time is measured using ASTM D6374-08 Test M, modified in that the indentation foot is brought into contact with it with a pre-load of 1N to determine the specimen's initial thickness, with the time being measured until the recovering foam applies a force of 4.5N against the indenter or, if the foam is too soft to recover enough to apply a force of 4.5N, then the time is measured until the recovering form applies a force of only 1.0N. Polyol A: at least one dispersion of polyurethane and/or polyurethane-urea particles in a carrier polyol, wherein the carrier polyol has an average molecular weight of 600 to 5000 and an average of at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, the dispersed polyurethane or polyurethane-urea particles constitute from 5 to 50 weight percent of the dispersion and the dispersion has a hydroxyl number of at least 40; and Polyol B: at least one polyol which is a homopolymer of propylene oxide or a copolymer of 20 to 99.9 weight-% propylene oxide and 0.1 to 80 weight-% ethylene oxide, has 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups per molecule and has a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 200 to 400;
A waste receiver for receiving pharmaceutical waste material and adapted to be releasably secured to a fixed surface, said waste receiver comprising: a receiver body defining an opening for receiving the pharmaceutical waste material and comprising an inner surface defining a container volume in fluid communication with said opening, and an outer surface opposite said inner surface with said outer surface defining a lock passageway through said receiver body and separate from said opening, and a keyway comprising a portion of said lock passageway, wherein said lock passageway is adapted to receive a locking assembly and said keyway is adapted to receive an engagement feature of the locking assembly to releasably secure said waste receiver to the locking assembly in a single orientation; a fluid absorber disposed within said receiver body; a chemical composition disposed within said receiver body; and a cover adapted to be coupled with said receiver body over said opening to seal the pharmaceutical waste material within said container volume for disposal of said waste receiver. a receiver body defining an opening for receiving the pharmaceutical waste material and comprising an inner surface defining a container volume in fluid communication with said opening, and an outer surface opposite said inner surface with said outer surface defining a lock passageway through said receiver body and separate from said opening, and a keyway comprising a portion of said lock passageway, wherein said lock passageway is adapted to receive a locking assembly and said keyway is adapted to receive an engagement feature of the locking assembly to releasably secure said waste receiver to the locking assembly in a single orientation; a fluid absorber disposed within said receiver body; a chemical composition disposed within said receiver body; and a cover adapted to be coupled with said receiver body over said opening to seal the pharmaceutical waste material within said container volume for disposal of said waste receiver.
A shrouded valve assembly comprising: a. a valve comprising a valve pipe with a valve channel, and a valve member in the valve channel which is operable to regulate a flow of fluid through the valve channel; b. a valve shroud (110, 120) which shrouds the valve pipe and provides a valve shroud chamber between the valve pipe and the valve shroud (110, 120); and c. first and second shrouded pipe assemblies arranged on opposite sides of the valve, each shrouded pipe assembly comprising a pipe which is in fluid communication with a respective end of the valve channel, and a pipe shroud which shrouds the pipe and provides a pipe shroud chamber between the pipe and the pipe shroud, each pipe shroud chamber being in fluid communication with a respective end of the valve shroud chamber; wherein the first and second shrouded pipe assemblies are connected to the valve shroud (110, 120) by respective first and second connections (410, 420) and to the valve by respective third and fourth connections (430, 440), characterized in that the fourth connection is more flexible than both the first connection and the second connection. a. a valve comprising a valve pipe with a valve channel, and a valve member in the valve channel which is operable to regulate a flow of fluid through the valve channel; b. a valve shroud (110, 120) which shrouds the valve pipe and provides a valve shroud chamber between the valve pipe and the valve shroud (110, 120); and c. first and second shrouded pipe assemblies arranged on opposite sides of the valve, each shrouded pipe assembly comprising a pipe which is in fluid communication with a respective end of the valve channel, and a pipe shroud which shrouds the pipe and provides a pipe shroud chamber between the pipe and the pipe shroud, each pipe shroud chamber being in fluid communication with a respective end of the valve shroud chamber;
A method for inspecting a spiral or a spiral blank arranged to form a spiral, the spiral having to exhibit at least one predetermined resonant frequency, the inspecting method including the following steps: a. applying to the spiral or to the spiral blank a time-varying vibrational excitation to cover a predetermined frequency range, b. identifying at least one characteristic of a resonant frequency, such as a resonance peak, of the spiral or of the spiral blank during the vibrational excitation over the predetermined frequency range, c. submitting to a predicting machine the resonant frequency characteristic identified in the step b. to determine a stiffness of the spiral or of the spiral blank. a. applying to the spiral or to the spiral blank a time-varying vibrational excitation to cover a predetermined frequency range, b. identifying at least one characteristic of a resonant frequency, such as a resonance peak, of the spiral or of the spiral blank during the vibrational excitation over the predetermined frequency range, c. submitting to a predicting machine the resonant frequency characteristic identified in the step b. to determine a stiffness of the spiral or of the spiral blank.
A cannulation tool comprising: a body; a plurality of tubes removably secured to the body, each tube moveable from a retracted position to an extended position, the plurality of tubes including an inner tube (1 10A), an outer tube, and a set of tubes positioned between the inner tube and the outer tube, each tube (110C, 110D, 110E) of the set of tubes nested in an adjacent tube, the outer tube positioned external to the set of tubes, and the inner tube positioned internal to the set of tubes, characterized in that a gripper rod having a gripper is disposed on a gripper first end thereof for forcibly moving each tube of the set of tubes, in sequence, from the retracted position to the extended position, a pair of arms are disposed at the gripper first end, wherein each arm of the pair of arms comprises a primary arm and a secondary arm, wherein the primary arms form a first set of gripper arms when the gripper is in any one of a plurality of first configurations, and the secondary arms form a second set of gripper arms when the gripper is in a second configuration, wherein the first set of gripper arms is operable to move in sequence from one of the plurality of first configurations to another of the plurality of first configurations so as to successively move each tube of the plurality of tubes from a corresponding retracted position to a corresponding extended position, and wherein the second set of gripper arms is operable to move the inner tube and the plurality of tubes back to a retracted position when the gripper is in the second configuration. a body; a plurality of tubes removably secured to the body, each tube moveable from a retracted position to an extended position, the plurality of tubes including an inner tube (1 10A), an outer tube, and a set of tubes positioned between the inner tube and the outer tube, each tube (110C, 110D, 110E) of the set of tubes nested in an adjacent tube, the outer tube positioned external to the set of tubes, and the inner tube positioned internal to the set of tubes, characterized in that a gripper rod having a gripper is disposed on a gripper first end thereof for forcibly moving each tube of the set of tubes, in sequence, from the retracted position to the extended position, a pair of arms are disposed at the gripper first end, wherein each arm of the pair of arms comprises a primary arm and a secondary arm, wherein the primary arms form a first set of gripper arms when the gripper is in any one of a plurality of first configurations, and the secondary arms form a second set of gripper arms when the gripper is in a second configuration, wherein the first set of gripper arms is operable to move in sequence from one of the plurality of first configurations to another of the plurality of first configurations so as to successively move each tube of the plurality of tubes from a corresponding retracted position to a corresponding extended position, and wherein the second set of gripper arms is operable to move the inner tube and the plurality of tubes back to a retracted position when the gripper is in the second configuration.
A game rendering method performed by a terminal device (100, 500), the terminal device comprising a JavaScript layer, a bridge layer and a system framework layer, the method comprising: the JS layer transmitting cached drawing instructions comprised in an instruction set to the bridge layer, when the number of the cached drawing instructions comprised in the instruction set is greater than or equal to a first threshold; the bridge layer obtaining a rendering result by using an OpenGL capability to process the drawing instructions; the bridge layer transmitting the rendering result to the system framework layer; and the system framework layer performing rendering based on the rendering result. the JS layer transmitting cached drawing instructions comprised in an instruction set to the bridge layer, when the number of the cached drawing instructions comprised in the instruction set is greater than or equal to a first threshold; the bridge layer obtaining a rendering result by using an OpenGL capability to process the drawing instructions; the bridge layer transmitting the rendering result to the system framework layer; and the system framework layer performing rendering based on the rendering result.
A method for driving a speaker array, comprising: detecting a distance of a listener from the speaker array; computing a beam pattern directivity index for an audio channel based on the detected distance of the listener from the speaker array, wherein the computed beam pattern directivity index maintains a predefined direct-to-reverberant sound ratio at the location of the listener; and playing the audio channel through the speaker array using the computed beam pattern directivity index. detecting a distance of a listener from the speaker array; computing a beam pattern directivity index for an audio channel based on the detected distance of the listener from the speaker array, wherein the computed beam pattern directivity index maintains a predefined direct-to-reverberant sound ratio at the location of the listener; and playing the audio channel through the speaker array using the computed beam pattern directivity index.
Crane, in particular a deck crane, comprising: a boom which is erectable in its height about an axis of rotation, and an erecting trestle for deflecting a rope of a retracting mechanism in order to erect the boom, wherein the erecting trestle is erectable in its height, and the erecting trestle comprises a pull bar which includes a rotary joint in order to rotate a first portion of the pull bar with respect to a second portion of the pull bar and wherein the rotary joint of the pull bar can be locked in order to fix the erecting trestle in its erected position, wherein depositing of the erecting trestle is effected by gravity, characterized in that locking of the rotary joint is effected via a hydraulic cylinder, and wherein preferably the hydraulic cylinders present for locking the rotary joint support the deposition by a corresponding pretension. a boom which is erectable in its height about an axis of rotation, and an erecting trestle for deflecting a rope of a retracting mechanism in order to erect the boom, wherein the erecting trestle is erectable in its height, and the erecting trestle comprises a pull bar which includes a rotary joint in order to rotate a first portion of the pull bar with respect to a second portion of the pull bar and wherein the rotary joint of the pull bar can be locked in order to fix the erecting trestle in its erected position, wherein depositing of the erecting trestle is effected by gravity, characterized in that locking of the rotary joint is effected via a hydraulic cylinder, and wherein preferably the hydraulic cylinders present for locking the rotary joint support the deposition by a corresponding pretension.
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to be located at or in an ear, or to be fully or partially implanted in the head at an ear, of a user, the hearing device comprising • an input unit providing a multitude of electric input signals (X 1 (k), X 2 (k)) representing sound in an environment of the user; • an output unit for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals (X 1 (k), X 2 (k)) or a processed version thereof; • an adaptive beamformer filtering unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit, and configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on said multitude of electric input signals (X 1 (k), X 2 (k)) and also configured to provide an adaptively updated adaptation factor β(k), where k is a frequency index; and • an own voice detector configured to provide an estimate of whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound originates from the voice of the user, and wherein said estimate, termed the own voice indicator, is classified by a neural network, and • wherein the input to the neural network is given by a set of sampled values of said adaptively updated adaptation factor β(k) labelled by own voice/no own voice. • an input unit providing a multitude of electric input signals (X 1 (k), X 2 (k)) representing sound in an environment of the user; • an output unit for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals (X 1 (k), X 2 (k)) or a processed version thereof; • an adaptive beamformer filtering unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit, and configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on said multitude of electric input signals (X 1 (k), X 2 (k)) and also configured to provide an adaptively updated adaptation factor β(k), where k is a frequency index; and • an own voice detector configured to provide an estimate of whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound originates from the voice of the user, and wherein said estimate, termed the own voice indicator, is classified by a neural network, and • wherein the input to the neural network is given by a set of sampled values of said adaptively updated adaptation factor β(k) labelled by own voice/no own voice.
A method for detecting proliferation of cancer in a human cancer patient after cancer treatment, comprising: evaluating nematode taxis behavior to a time-series of urine from the cancer patient, wherein it is determined that the proliferation of cancer is detected when avoidance to the urine from the cancer patient is weakened or attraction thereto is strengthened as the time-series for evaluating results obtained progresses, and wherein the time-series contains at least two urine samples and has been scheduled with an interval of from one week to three months. evaluating nematode taxis behavior to a time-series of urine from the cancer patient, wherein it is determined that the proliferation of cancer is detected when avoidance to the urine from the cancer patient is weakened or attraction thereto is strengthened as the time-series for evaluating results obtained progresses, and wherein the time-series contains at least two urine samples and has been scheduled with an interval of from one week to three months.
Capsule for the preparation of infusion or instant beverages, comprising: - a cup adapted to define an internal volume for containing at least one food substance to be infused or dissolved, said cup being closed at the top by a lid, said cup being provided with a bottom provided with: - an opening for the outlet of the infused beverage, - an internal base, provided with an external edge and internal reliefs (310, 320, 330, 340, 350); - a disc, arranged inside the cup, between the food substance and the reliefs (310, 320, 330, 340, 350); - a sealed chamber in which the food substance is contained, said chamber being defined at the top by the lid and at the bottom by the disc fixed to the base at the edge; - pushing means for the disc, arranged at the bottom, comprising a peripheral edge, connected by means of a first folding line to an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being connected by means of a second folding line to a central portion; wherein at least said central portion is collapsible towards the inside of the cup by rotating around said second folding line under the action of a pressure force exerted from the outside on said central portion and/or on said intermediate portion; characterized in that the disc is fixed to the edge with a peelable weld, and in that the collapse towards the inside of the intermediate portion pushes the disc which, by lifting itself, detaches from the edge, thus forming a passage towards the outlet of the capsule. - a cup adapted to define an internal volume for containing at least one food substance to be infused or dissolved, said cup being closed at the top by a lid, said cup being provided with a bottom provided with: - an opening for the outlet of the infused beverage, - an internal base, provided with an external edge and internal reliefs (310, 320, 330, 340, 350); - an opening for the outlet of the infused beverage, - an internal base, provided with an external edge and internal reliefs (310, 320, 330, 340, 350); - a disc, arranged inside the cup, between the food substance and the reliefs (310, 320, 330, 340, 350); - a sealed chamber in which the food substance is contained, said chamber being defined at the top by the lid and at the bottom by the disc fixed to the base at the edge; - pushing means for the disc, arranged at the bottom, comprising a peripheral edge, connected by means of a first folding line to an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being connected by means of a second folding line to a central portion; wherein at least said central portion is collapsible towards the inside of the cup by rotating around said second folding line under the action of a pressure force exerted from the outside on said central portion and/or on said intermediate portion; characterized in that the disc is fixed to the edge with a peelable weld, and in that the collapse towards the inside of the intermediate portion pushes the disc which, by lifting itself, detaches from the edge, thus forming a passage towards the outlet of the capsule.