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Method for detecting a leak in a filled package formed from a closed flexible foil, the package comprising a fluid, the method comprising the steps: inserting the package between a first flat plate and a second flat plate, the first flat plate and the second flat plate extending parallel to each other; moving the first flat plate in the direction of the second flat plate to compress the package and provide an overpressure in the package; measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the first and second flat plates (2, 1) by means of a measuring transducer; fixing or keeping constant the distance between the first flat plate and the second flat plate during measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the flat plates (2, 1); characterized in that the first flat plate is provided with a measuring opening, and that a measuring plate is provided in the measuring opening, the measuring plate being connected to the measuring transducer, wherein the measuring transducer is a static pressure sensor, wherein the measuring plate with the measuring transducer are fixedly connected to the first flat plate, wherein the step of measuring the pressure and/or the force comprises: measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the measuring plate in the measuring opening. inserting the package between a first flat plate and a second flat plate, the first flat plate and the second flat plate extending parallel to each other; moving the first flat plate in the direction of the second flat plate to compress the package and provide an overpressure in the package; measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the first and second flat plates (2, 1) by means of a measuring transducer; fixing or keeping constant the distance between the first flat plate and the second flat plate during measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the flat plates (2, 1); the first flat plate is provided with a measuring opening, and that a measuring plate is provided in the measuring opening, the measuring plate being connected to the measuring transducer, wherein the measuring transducer is a static pressure sensor, wherein the measuring plate with the measuring transducer are fixedly connected to the first flat plate, wherein the step of measuring the pressure and/or the force comprises: measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the measuring plate in the measuring opening. measuring the pressure and/or the force exerted by the package on the measuring plate in the measuring opening.
A microgravity urine storage apparatus comprising: a bellows defining an internal chamber having an adjustable volume, the bellows comprising a bellows inlet and a bellows outlet, characterised by a housing defining an internal cavity having a fixed volume, the housing comprising a housing inlet and a housing outlet; an absorbent medium disposed within the internal chamber of the bellows, the absorbent medium configured to absorb urine; and a retention feature mounted to the housing, wherein the retention feature is selectively deployable in a retention mode and a released mode, wherein in the retention mode the retention feature secures the bellows in a contracted state, and wherein in the released mode the retention feature is disengaged from the bellows. a housing defining an internal cavity having a fixed volume, the housing comprising a housing inlet and a housing outlet; an absorbent medium disposed within the internal chamber of the bellows, the absorbent medium configured to absorb urine; and a retention feature mounted to the housing, wherein the retention feature is selectively deployable in a retention mode and a released mode, wherein in the retention mode the retention feature secures the bellows in a contracted state, and wherein in the released mode the retention feature is disengaged from the bellows.
Method for producing pellets from large pieces of renewable fibrous raw materials, such as, in particular, wood, straw or energy crops, in which the raw material is comminuted, then dried and subsequently processed into pellets in a matrix press, characterized in that the material coarsely precomminuted, where appropriate, in hackers or choppers is comminuted, before drying, in a first matrix press.
A metering mechanism configured for transferring measured doses of a granular material from a first location to a second location, comprising: a receiver disposed to receive granular material from the first location, said receiver having an outlet; a discharge port axially offset from said receiver outlet; a reciprocating delivery member having a passage defined therethrough; and a controllable drive device configured to move said delivery member in a reciprocating path between a load position wherein said passage is aligned with said receiver outlet and a discharge position wherein said passage is aligned with said discharge port; wherein the amount of granular material transferred from said first location to said second location is a function of the volume of said passage and the reciprocating rate of said delivery member; characterised by a stroke limiter disposed on said delivery member at a location to detect an overfill condition of said receiver. a receiver disposed to receive granular material from the first location, said receiver having an outlet; a discharge port axially offset from said receiver outlet; a reciprocating delivery member having a passage defined therethrough; and a controllable drive device configured to move said delivery member in a reciprocating path between a load position wherein said passage is aligned with said receiver outlet and a discharge position wherein said passage is aligned with said discharge port; a discharge port axially offset from said receiver outlet; a reciprocating delivery member having a passage defined therethrough; and a controllable drive device configured to move said delivery member in a reciprocating path between a load position wherein said passage is aligned with said receiver outlet and a discharge position wherein said passage is aligned with said discharge port; wherein the amount of granular material transferred from said first location to said second location is a function of the volume of said passage and the reciprocating rate of said delivery member; characterised by a stroke limiter disposed on said delivery member at a location to detect an overfill condition of said receiver.
Apparatus for Swept Source Optical Coherence Domain Reflectometry (SS OCDR) on movable samples which are human eyes, for obtaining A-scans with a measurement range corresponding to the sample size, comprising a tunable laser light source, and at least one receiver for the light backscattered from the sample, wherein an interferometer having a reference arm and a sample arm closed off by the sample are provided and a reference plane is settable via a path length difference between reference light path and sample light path, wherein the sample is illuminated with a measurement beam having the diameter D on the sample surface and a wavelength, wherein the light source has a laser linewidth δk < 168 m -1, wherein the light source is tuned in a time of τ < 44 sec/(D*k 0) around a centroid wavenumber ko, and one of the three following options a) - c) is implemented: a) the reference plane is set behind the retina and a maximum laser linewidth is 93 m -1, b) the reference plane is set between the cornea and retina and the maximum laser linewidth is 162 m -1,and c) the reference plane is set in front of the cornea and the maximum laser linewidth is 81 m -1. for obtaining A-scans with a measurement range corresponding to the sample size, comprising a tunable laser light source, and at least one receiver for the light backscattered from the sample, wherein an interferometer having a reference arm and a sample arm closed off by the sample are provided and a reference plane is settable via a path length difference between reference light path and sample light path, wherein the sample is illuminated with a measurement beam having the diameter D on the sample surface and a wavelength, wherein the light source has a laser linewidth δk < 168 m -1, wherein the light source is tuned in a time of τ < 44 sec/(D*k 0) around a centroid wavenumber ko, and one of the three following options a) - c) is implemented: a) the reference plane is set behind the retina and a maximum laser linewidth is 93 m -1, b) the reference plane is set between the cornea and retina and the maximum laser linewidth is 162 m -1,and c) the reference plane is set in front of the cornea and the maximum laser linewidth is 81 m -1. a) the reference plane is set behind the retina and a maximum laser linewidth is 93 m -1, b) the reference plane is set between the cornea and retina and the maximum laser linewidth is 162 m -1,and c) the reference plane is set in front of the cornea and the maximum laser linewidth is 81 m -1.
A method for whitening teeth comprising: applying a composition comprising an oxidizing agent and at least two chromophores to at least one tooth; and exposing the composition on the at least one tooth to actinic light; wherein the at least two chromophores comprise Fluorescein and Eosin Y each in an amount of 0.001 % to 1 % by weight of the composition. applying a composition comprising an oxidizing agent and at least two chromophores to at least one tooth; and exposing the composition on the at least one tooth to actinic light; wherein the at least two chromophores comprise Fluorescein and Eosin Y each in an amount of 0.001 % to 1 % by weight of the composition.
One component reaction system for production of rigid polyurethane foams that comprises the following constituents: A) an organic polyisocyanate component partially or completely in the form of a prepolymer, B) an isocyanate-reactive component whose functional groups are exclusively those having at least one Zerewitinoff-reactive hydrogen atom and also, optionally, at least one halogen atom, C) at least one stabilizer, D) at least one catalyst suitable for catalyzing the reaction of said polyisocyanate component A) with said isocyanate-reactive component B), and also E) optionally auxiliary and added-substance materials and also blowing agent and co-blowing agent, characterized in that said stabilizer C) is selected from the group of polyether-polydialkoxysilane copolymers and has a cloud point of not less than 50°C measured in a 4 wt% aqueous solution of the stabilizer and incrementally raising the temperature from 20°C starting at a heating rate of 2°C/min and ascertaining the cloud point by visually judging the onset of clouding. A) an organic polyisocyanate component partially or completely in the form of a prepolymer, B) an isocyanate-reactive component whose functional groups are exclusively those having at least one Zerewitinoff-reactive hydrogen atom and also, optionally, at least one halogen atom, C) at least one stabilizer, D) at least one catalyst suitable for catalyzing the reaction of said polyisocyanate component A) with said isocyanate-reactive component B), and also E) optionally auxiliary and added-substance materials and also blowing agent and co-blowing agent,
A method of producing a crisscross nucleic acid nanostructure, comprising: combining in a reaction mixture (a) a first nanorod comprising a first plug strand and a second plug strand, (b) a second nanorod comprising a third plug strand and a fourth plug strand, wherein the second nanorod is parallel to the first nanorod, (c) a third nanorod comprising a fifth plug strand complementary to and bound to the first plug strand and a sixth plug strand complementary to and bound to the second plug strand, and (d) a fourth nanorod comprising a seventh plug strand complementary to and bound to the third plug strand and an eighth plug strand complementary to and bound to the fourth plug strand, wherein the third nanorod is parallel to the fourth nanorod; and incubating the reaction mixture under conditions that result in assembly of a crisscross nucleic acid nanostructure. combining in a reaction mixture (a) a first nanorod comprising a first plug strand and a second plug strand, (b) a second nanorod comprising a third plug strand and a fourth plug strand, wherein the second nanorod is parallel to the first nanorod, (c) a third nanorod comprising a fifth plug strand complementary to and bound to the first plug strand and a sixth plug strand complementary to and bound to the second plug strand, and (d) a fourth nanorod comprising a seventh plug strand complementary to and bound to the third plug strand and an eighth plug strand complementary to and bound to the fourth plug strand, wherein the third nanorod is parallel to the fourth nanorod; and (a) a first nanorod comprising a first plug strand and a second plug strand, (b) a second nanorod comprising a third plug strand and a fourth plug strand, wherein the second nanorod is parallel to the first nanorod, (c) a third nanorod comprising a fifth plug strand complementary to and bound to the first plug strand and a sixth plug strand complementary to and bound to the second plug strand, and (d) a fourth nanorod comprising a seventh plug strand complementary to and bound to the third plug strand and an eighth plug strand complementary to and bound to the fourth plug strand, wherein the third nanorod is parallel to the fourth nanorod; and incubating the reaction mixture under conditions that result in assembly of a crisscross nucleic acid nanostructure.
Method for switching between different workpiece processing operating modes of a processing machine which differ from one another in respect of the operator intervention requirements of a machine operator, wherein for each workpiece processing operating mode of the processing machine, operating settings and/or parameters which can be required of the machine operator are stored beforehand, wherein on switching from a first workpiece processing operating mode to a second workpiece processing operating mode, the operation of the processing machine is changed in accordance with the previously stored operating settings and/or parameters of the second workpiece processing operating mode, and feedback is given to the machine operator in respect of whether switching has been successfully completed or whether operator interventions are still required in order to finalise switching, and wherein switching takes place between an operator-attended first workpiece processing operating mode and a non-operator-attended second workpiece processing operating mode, characterized in that after switching to the second workpiece processing operating mode, feedback is given to the machine operator in respect of whether or when the next operator intervention will be required and/or after switching to the second workpiece processing operating mode, a message is given to the machine operator by which early operator intervention the operation of the processing machine in the second workpiece processing operating mode can be extended.
Substitute fuel for wood pellets made of dried wood chips with a particle size in the range between 2 and 30 mm, characterized in that the wood chips have a flame-scarfed surface.
Nasal aspirator syringe, which being preferably and fundamentally designed to carry out the removal of mucus in babies, avoiding direct contact between the person carrying out the removal of mucus and the baby itself, and being formed by a hollow and cylindrical body open on both ends, and an axially movable plunger inside said cylindrical body, comprising on the open front end of the cylindrical body of the syringe, a detachable and disposable cannula coupled under pressure, with an end hole for the passage of mucus that is suctioned from the nose of the baby by the backward movement of the corresponding plunger along the cylindrical body of the syringe; with the particularity that, inside said cannula, a foam block is placed, is characterized in that on the back of an inner diametric partition of the body of the syringe, a watertight joint is mounted, located in a neck or cylindrical section belonging to the plunger itself, cylindrical section that is established between the end head thereof, with a rhombic configuration with sharp rounded vertexes, and a trunk-conical section as the front of the plunger itself, being this trunk-conical section provided with slots for the exit and evaporation of the air during the forward movement phase of the plunger itself.
A power amplifier comprising: a main amplifier connected in parallel with a first peaking amplifier in a first circuit branch; and a second peaking amplifier connected in parallel with a third peaking amplifier in a second circuit branch that is in parallel with the first circuit branch, wherein the main amplifier is configured to operate in a first amplifier class and the peaking amplifiers are configured to operate in an amplifier class that is different from the first amplifier class; a combining node at which an output of the first circuit branch connects to an output of the second circuit branch; an output port of the power amplifier connected to the combining node and configured to connect to a load having an impedance value R; a first impedance inverter in the first circuit branch configured to connect outputs of the main amplifier and first peaking amplifier to the output of the first circuit branch; and; a second impedance inverter in the second circuit branch configured to connect outputs of the second peaking amplifier and third peaking amplifier to the output of the second circuit branch, wherein current ratios for the peaking amplifiers with respect to the main amplifier set a load impedance seen by the main amplifier to approximately a same value when the peaking amplifiers are operating at maximum output currents amplifying received signals and when the peaking amplifiers are not amplifying received signals. a main amplifier connected in parallel with a first peaking amplifier in a first circuit branch; and a second peaking amplifier connected in parallel with a third peaking amplifier in a second circuit branch that is in parallel with the first circuit branch, wherein the main amplifier is configured to operate in a first amplifier class and the peaking amplifiers are configured to operate in an amplifier class that is different from the first amplifier class; a combining node at which an output of the first circuit branch connects to an output of the second circuit branch; an output port of the power amplifier connected to the combining node and configured to connect to a load having an impedance value R; a first impedance inverter in the first circuit branch configured to connect outputs of the main amplifier and first peaking amplifier to the output of the first circuit branch; and; a second impedance inverter in the second circuit branch configured to connect outputs of the second peaking amplifier and third peaking amplifier to the output of the second circuit branch, wherein current ratios for the peaking amplifiers with respect to the main amplifier set a load impedance seen by the main amplifier to approximately a same value when the peaking amplifiers are operating at maximum output currents amplifying received signals and when the peaking amplifiers are not amplifying received signals.
A wind turbine rotor comprising a wind turbine blade, the wind turbine blade comprising: at least one suction side spar cap extending in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade on a suction side of the wind turbine blade; at least one pressure side spar cap extending in the longitudinal direction on a pressure side of the wind turbine blade; and at least one shear web (22, 24) extending in the longitudinal direction between the at least one suction side spar cap and the at least one pressure side spar cap, characterized in that the wind turbine rotor is at least 100 meters in diameter, the wind turbine blade includes a blade tip section whose ratio r/R of a radial position r in the wind turbine rotor to a radius R of the wind turbine rotor is 0.7 to 1.00, a region of the blade tip section has a cross section that accommodates the at least one suction side spar cap, the at least one pressure side spar cap and the at least one shear web, and at least a part of the region of the blade tip section has an airfoil satisfying all of conditions: (a) a blade thickness ratio of a maximum blade thickness t max to a chord length C is not less than 19% and not greater than 23%; (b) a X tmax /C of X tmax to C is not less than 0.28 and not greater than 0.32 where X tmax is a chord-wise distance between a leading edge and a maximum thickness position and C is the chord length; and (c) a ratio t aft /t max of t aft to the maximum blade thickness t max is not less than 0.51 and not greater than 0.56 where t aft is a blade thickness at a midpoint on a chord between the maximum thickness position and a trailing edge, wherein said airfoil and said cross section that accommodates the at least one suction side spar cap, the at least one pressure side spar cap and the at least one shear web are applied to the entire range of 0.80 to 0.95 of the ratio r/R. at least one suction side spar cap extending in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade on a suction side of the wind turbine blade; at least one pressure side spar cap extending in the longitudinal direction on a pressure side of the wind turbine blade; and at least one shear web (22, 24) extending in the longitudinal direction between the at least one suction side spar cap and the at least one pressure side spar cap, (a) a blade thickness ratio of a maximum blade thickness t max to a chord length C is not less than 19% and not greater than 23%; (b) a X tmax /C of X tmax to C is not less than 0.28 and not greater than 0.32 where X tmax is a chord-wise distance between a leading edge and a maximum thickness position and C is the chord length; and (c) a ratio t aft /t max of t aft to the maximum blade thickness t max is not less than 0.51 and not greater than 0.56 where t aft is a blade thickness at a midpoint on a chord between the maximum thickness position and a trailing edge,