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A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material, the dispenser comprising: a housing configured to support sheet material therein, the housing including a roll base having a first tubular member and a cover having a second tubular member positioned in a confronting relationship relative to the first tubular member, the housing formed to include an exit port; characterised in that the dispenser is configured such that in use sheet material disposed in the dispenser flows on a circuitous path from the housing, across a portion of the first tubular member and a portion of the second tubular member and through the exit port, wherein at least a portion of the second tubular member is configured to have a smaller diameter than at least a portion of the first tubular member and is configured to be positioned within an opening formed in the first tubular member; and wherein the circuitous path is a serpentine path including a first angle and a second angle. a housing configured to support sheet material therein, the housing including a roll base having a first tubular member and a cover having a second tubular member positioned in a confronting relationship relative to the first tubular member, the housing formed to include an exit port; characterised in that the dispenser is configured such that in use sheet material disposed in the dispenser flows on a circuitous path from the housing, across a portion of the first tubular member and a portion of the second tubular member and through the exit port, wherein at least a portion of the second tubular member is configured to have a smaller diameter than at least a portion of the first tubular member and is configured to be positioned within an opening formed in the first tubular member; and wherein the circuitous path is a serpentine path including a first angle and a second angle.
A set top box upgrade method, comprising: acquiring a version number of a current batch of set top boxes; judging, according to the version number, whether to upgrade the batch of set top boxes in batch; and upgrading the batch of set top boxes in batch according to an upgrade mode for each set top box in the batch of set top boxes, when it is judged to upgrade the batch of set top boxes in batch; characterized in that before the batch of set top boxes is upgraded in batch according to the upgrade mode for each set top box in the batch of set top boxes, the method further comprises: determining the upgrade mode for each set top box in the batch of set top boxes, wherein the upgrade mode comprises: a silent upgrade mode and a non-silent upgrade mode; when the upgrade mode is the silent upgrade mode, providing an upgrade package for the batch of set top boxes to enable the batch of set top boxes to download the upgrade package in background and prompt the user to select whether to continue upgrading; and when the upgrade mode is a non-silent upgrade mode, issuing an instruction indicative of enforcement or non-enforcement, and when the instruction is indicative of enforcement, providing an upgrade package for the batch of set top boxes to enable the batch of set top boxes to download the upgrade package; when the instruction is indicative of non-enforcement, receiving user-selected upgrade indications acquired by the batch of set top boxes, and providing an upgrade package for the batch of set top boxes to enable the batch of set top boxes to download the upgrade package. acquiring a version number of a current batch of set top boxes; judging, according to the version number, whether to upgrade the batch of set top boxes in batch; and upgrading the batch of set top boxes in batch according to an upgrade mode for each set top box in the batch of set top boxes, when it is judged to upgrade the batch of set top boxes in batch; characterized in that before the batch of set top boxes is upgraded in batch according to the upgrade mode for each set top box in the batch of set top boxes, the method further comprises: determining the upgrade mode for each set top box in the batch of set top boxes, wherein the upgrade mode comprises: a silent upgrade mode and a non-silent upgrade mode; when the upgrade mode is the silent upgrade mode, providing an upgrade package for the batch of set top boxes to enable the batch of set top boxes to download the upgrade package in background and prompt the user to select whether to continue upgrading; and when the upgrade mode is a non-silent upgrade mode, issuing an instruction indicative of enforcement or non-enforcement, and when the instruction is indicative of enforcement, providing an upgrade package for the batch of set top boxes to enable the batch of set top boxes to download the upgrade package; when the instruction is indicative of non-enforcement, receiving user-selected upgrade indications acquired by the batch of set top boxes, and providing an upgrade package for the batch of set top boxes to enable the batch of set top boxes to download the upgrade package.
A method of communication for reducing interference between Radio Access Technologies, RATs, comprising: receiving signals via a resource, wherein a first RAT is used to receive the signals; identifying utilization of the resource associated with the first RAT, wherein the identification is based on the received signals; and cycling operation of a second RAT between activated and deactivated periods of transmission over the resource in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexing, TDM, communication pattern, wherein the cycling is based on the identified utilization of the resource; characterized by: transmitting an Activation / Deactivation Medium Access Control, MAC, Control Element, CE, to a user device associated with the second RAT to activate or deactivate a Secondary Cell, SCell, configured at the user device in accordance with the TDM communication pattern. receiving signals via a resource, wherein a first RAT is used to receive the signals; identifying utilization of the resource associated with the first RAT, wherein the identification is based on the received signals; and cycling operation of a second RAT between activated and deactivated periods of transmission over the resource in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexing, TDM, communication pattern, wherein the cycling is based on the identified utilization of the resource; characterized by: transmitting an Activation / Deactivation Medium Access Control, MAC, Control Element, CE, to a user device associated with the second RAT to activate or deactivate a Secondary Cell, SCell, configured at the user device in accordance with the TDM communication pattern.
A method of fabricating a spin-orbit torque-based switching device, comprising: forming (910, 912) a spin torque generating layer provided with a tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film; and forming a magnetization free layer on the spin torque generating layer, wherein a magnetization direction of the magnetization free layer is perpendicular to a surface of the magnetization free layer; forming a tunnel barrier layer on the magnetization free layer, and performing heat treatment within a temperature range of 250°C to 400 °C wherein, in the forming of the alloy thin film, when the heat treatment temperature is 250°C, the tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film having a composition ratio of vanadium x of 20 at% ≤ x ≤ 90 at% is formed; when the heat treatment temperature is 300°C, the tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film having a composition ratio of vanadium x of 0 at% < x ≤ 70 at% is formed; and when the heat treatment temperature is 400°C, the tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film having a composition ratio of vanadium x of 0 at% < x ≤ 30 at% is formed; wherein x represents a real number. forming (910, 912) a spin torque generating layer provided with a tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film; and forming a magnetization free layer on the spin torque generating layer, wherein a magnetization direction of the magnetization free layer is perpendicular to a surface of the magnetization free layer; forming a tunnel barrier layer on the magnetization free layer, and performing heat treatment within a temperature range of 250°C to 400 °C wherein, in the forming of the alloy thin film, when the heat treatment temperature is 250°C, the tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film having a composition ratio of vanadium x of 20 at% ≤ x ≤ 90 at% is formed; when the heat treatment temperature is 300°C, the tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film having a composition ratio of vanadium x of 0 at% < x ≤ 70 at% is formed; and when the heat treatment temperature is 400°C, the tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film having a composition ratio of vanadium x of 0 at% < x ≤ 30 at% is formed; wherein x represents a real number.
An access point device (110, 800) comprising a transceiver configured to receive and send messages on a communication channel; and a controller configured to cause the transceiver to transmit beacon messages regularly on the communication channel, wherein the beacon messages include a first indication that data, for one or more stations (120, 140, 140, 150, 160, 1100) arranged to communicate with the access point device over the communication channel, is buffered in a buffer associated with the access point device when data is buffered in the buffer, characterised in that the transceiver is arranged to transmit at least one utility message (540, 600, 710, 740), wherein the utility message (540, 600, 710, 740) comprises any one of a data packet and a control packet where the control packet comprises any one of an acknowledgement frame, a block acknowledgement, a block acknowledgement request, a request-to-send, and a clear-to-send, and is transmitted over the communication channel between transmissions of the beacon messages (510, 520, 720, 760, 790) to some of the stations operating in a normal mode, wherein the at least one utility message comprises a second indication for at least one of the one or more stations operating in a power save mode as to whether an upcoming beacon message (520, 760, 790) comprises the first indication that data for the at least one of the one or more stations is buffered in the buffer.
An electrical power system comprising: a direct current, DC, bus connected to a load; a plurality of generators driven by rotation of a common shaft; and a plurality of power converters characterized in that each power converter comprises an active rectifier controller that operates a respective active rectifier to rectify alternating current, AC, from a respective one of the generators to DC on the DC bus; and said system further comprising: a load sharing controller operable to provide a respective adjustment signal to each respective power converter that is enabled, the respective adjustment signals based on a difference between an average output current across all of the active rectifiers that are enabled, and a particular output current of the respective power converter; wherein each active rectifier controller is operable to determine a quadrature component current value for its associated generator based on its adjustment signal. a direct current, DC, bus connected to a load; a plurality of generators driven by rotation of a common shaft; and a plurality of power converters characterized in that each power converter comprises an active rectifier controller that operates a respective active rectifier to rectify alternating current, AC, from a respective one of the generators to DC on the DC bus; and said system further comprising: a load sharing controller operable to provide a respective adjustment signal to each respective power converter that is enabled, the respective adjustment signals based on a difference between an average output current across all of the active rectifiers that are enabled, and a particular output current of the respective power converter; wherein each active rectifier controller is operable to determine a quadrature component current value for its associated generator based on its adjustment signal. a load sharing controller operable to provide a respective adjustment signal to each respective power converter that is enabled, the respective adjustment signals based on a difference between an average output current across all of the active rectifiers that are enabled, and a particular output current of the respective power converter; wherein each active rectifier controller is operable to determine a quadrature component current value for its associated generator based on its adjustment signal.
An electrolytic solution for a lithium ion secondary battery, containing: a lithium salt electrolyte; an organic solvent; an aliphatic compound having three or more carboxylic acid groups in a molecule, wherein the lithium salt electrolyte and the aliphatic compound are dissolved in the organic solvent, wherein a content of the aliphatic compound is within a range from 0.1 to 3 mass%.
Device for monitoring the operation of a hybrid drive in a vehicle, wherein the hybrid drive has an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, having a comparator means, characterized in that the comparator means detects a first temperature variable (Ts) representing the temperature of the electric machine and a second temperature variable (T K) representing the temperature of the internal combustion engine, wherein the comparator means generates a fault message if the first and second temperature variables are inadmissibly far apart from one another, and wherein the detection of the fault starts after a predefined time period (t M) after the switching off of the internal combustion engine.
A device for performing PCR comprising; a sample container for holding a PCR sample, wherein the sample container comprises a target nucleic acid, dNTPs, a polymerase provided at a concentration of at least 0.5 μM, and a pair of primers configured for amplifying the target nucleic acid, wherein the primers are each provided at a concentration of at least 2 μM; means for heating the sample; means for cooling the sample; and control means for repeatedly subjecting the sample container to the means for heating the sample and the means for cooling the sample to thermal cycle the sample at a ramp rate of at least 200°C/s, wherein each cycle is completed in a cycle time less than 20 seconds per cycle.
Method for the documented tightening or tightening up of a heavily loaded screw connection, consisting of a threaded bolt and a nut screwed thereon, by using an axially operating, preferably hydraulically driven tensioning device and a process control unit provided with a documentation module, in which 1) the screw connection is identified by scanning an identification, preferably a barcode identification, provided on the screw connection, and the data thus determined are stored in the documentation module; 2) the screw connection is longitudinally extended by means of the tensioning device by axially pulling on the threaded end of the threaded bolt, and the tightening force (F A) and/or the tightening pressure (P A) thereby exerted is/are stored in the documentation module; 3) after the longitudinal extension, the nut is turned by using a hand torque wrench, characterized in that the hand torque actually exerted thereby is stored in the documentation module. 1) the screw connection is identified by scanning an identification, preferably a barcode identification, provided on the screw connection, and the data thus determined are stored in the documentation module; 2) the screw connection is longitudinally extended by means of the tensioning device by axially pulling on the threaded end of the threaded bolt, and the tightening force (F A) and/or the tightening pressure (P A) thereby exerted is/are stored in the documentation module; 3) after the longitudinal extension, the nut is turned by using a hand torque wrench, characterized in that the hand torque actually exerted thereby is stored in the documentation module.
A brake pad assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake, the assembly comprising a brake pad and a retainer clip, the brake pad comprising: a volume of friction material; a friction face of the friction material configured to contact a brake rotor in use; a support face opposing the friction face, the distance between the friction face and the support face defining a first depth; and first and second circumferential end faces arranged to extend from the friction face towards the support face, wherein a bearing surface is provided in the pad spaced from the support face at a second depth less than the first depth and being generally coplanar therewith, the retainer clip being arranged to engage the bearing surface and further being engageable in a complementary formation associated with a complementary support of the disc brake so as to hold the brake pad against the support face, characterised in that the bearing surface is formed from friction material. a volume of friction material; a friction face of the friction material configured to contact a brake rotor in use; a support face opposing the friction face, the distance between the friction face and the support face defining a first depth; and first and second circumferential end faces arranged to extend from the friction face towards the support face, wherein a bearing surface is provided in the pad spaced from the support face at a second depth less than the first depth and being generally coplanar therewith, the retainer clip being arranged to engage the bearing surface and further being engageable in a complementary formation associated with a complementary support of the disc brake so as to hold the brake pad against the support face, characterised in that the bearing surface is formed from friction material.
Lighting system with a basic housing at which at least one electric luminaire and at least one electric luminaire operating device are fastened, wherein the basic housing is designed as elongated U-profile, consisting of a basic flank and two lateral flanks, wherein on the inside of the two lateral flanks of the basic housing, facing each other, there is at least one first pair of grooves and at least one second pair of grooves, wherein the at least one second pair of grooves is provided to hold an electric luminaire, characterized by the fact that the at least one first pair of grooves is provided to hold at least one electric luminaire operating device, and that at least one electric luminaire operating device consists of a first basic frame designed as elongated profile, and that the first basic frame with at least one flexible first part is held in the first pair of grooves of the two lateral flanks of the basic housing, and that at least one electric luminaire provides a second basic frame consisting of an elongated profile, and that the second basic frame with at least one flexible second part is held in at least one second pair of grooves at the two lateral flanks of the basic housing.
A delivery device comprising a container containing a dose of a powder and having a diameter greater than its height and at least one integral exit orifice preformed in the container during manufacture for dispensing the dose from the container, and a chamber adapted to receive the container in an operative configuration, the device further comprising at least one gas inlet by which gas may enter the chamber and at least one gas outlet by which gas and entrained powder may exit the chamber, wherein the delivery device is operable to generate a gas flow through the chamber between the at least one gas inlet and the at least one gas outlet, which brings about orbital motion of the container within the chamber in that at least a central region of the container orbits a central axis of the chamber, and characterised in that the volume occupied by the container is at least 25% of the volume of the chamber.
A process for removal of acid gases from fluid stream, wherein the fluid stream is brought into contact with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent, the absorbent comprising a diluent and a compound of the general formula wherein R 1 is C 1 -C 5 -alkyl; R 2 is hydrogen; R 3 is hydrogen; R 4 is selected from hydrogen and C 1 -C 5 -alkyl; R 5 is selected from isopropyl, tert-butyl or tert-pentyl, preferably tert-butyl; and n is0or1, wherein the absorbent comprises a total amount of 10% to 70% by weight of the compound of the general formula, based on the total weight of the absorbent. R 1 is C 1 -C 5 -alkyl; R 2 is hydrogen; R 3 is hydrogen; R 4 is selected from hydrogen and C 1 -C 5 -alkyl; R 5 is selected from isopropyl, tert-butyl or tert-pentyl, preferably tert-butyl; and n is0or1,
Particulate food component comprising a filling and a coating, characterised in that the filling is a food preparation that is flowable at room temperature, selected from the group consisting of fruit preparations, other preparations selected from the group consisting of preparations of honey, nuts, cocoa, low-fat cocoa, chocolate, coffee and vanilla, and mixtures thereof, in that the coating comprises a layer consisting of a component selected from the group consisting of food-grade cocoa products, chocolate products and hydrophobically acting food ingredients, in particular optionally flavoured and/or coloured food-grade fats or fat-containing materials having a fat content of 80% or more, or mixtures thereof, in that the average particle diameter of the substantially spherical food component is from 6 to 18 mm, preferably 8 to 11 mm, and in that the food component is substantially germ-free.
Method of controlling a separation unit, comprising a reverse osmosis element, a raw water pump, a concentrate and permeate outlet conduit (11, 12), wherein the concentrate conduit comprises a first flow rate meter and a control valve controlled by the same, wherein a predetermined yield given by a ratio of permeate and concentrate is kept constant, characterized in that for keeping the yield and flow rate of the raw water constant a) the capacity of the raw water pump is controlled in response to a flow rate measurement of the raw water between the raw water pump and the reverse osmosis element via a second flow rate meter and b) the control valve is controlled in response to a flow rate measurement by the first flow rate meter such that in response to the flow rate measurement in the concentrate conduit the flow cross-section of the concentrate conduit is adapted.
A low smoke, zero halogen (LSZH) polymer composition, comprising: a polymer resin; and a flame retardant package dispersed within the polymer resin, wherein less than 25% by weight of the polymer composition is the flame retardant package and wherein the flame retardant package comprises: an acid source; a carbon source; and an LSZH additive, comprising: a polyoxometalate ionic liquid; and a synergist carrier, characterised in that the LSZH polymer composition has a limiting oxygen index of greater than 31%; and in that the synergist carrier is a zeolite. a polymer resin; and a flame retardant package dispersed within the polymer resin, wherein less than 25% by weight of the polymer composition is the flame retardant package and wherein the flame retardant package comprises: an acid source; a carbon source; and an LSZH additive, comprising: a polyoxometalate ionic liquid; and a synergist carrier, an acid source; a carbon source; and an LSZH additive, comprising: a polyoxometalate ionic liquid; and a synergist carrier, a polyoxometalate ionic liquid; and a synergist carrier, characterised in that the LSZH polymer composition has a limiting oxygen index of greater than 31%; and in that the synergist carrier is a zeolite.