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Tool for processing plastic, comprising: - a number of tool walls (2a-2f), which delimit a shaping cavity of the tool, - at least one tool element, which is held in a receptacle provided therefor of a tool wall (2a-2f) delimiting the shaping cavity of the tool, - an oscillation-generating device, which comprises at least one oscillation-generating element, which is designed to generate mechanical oscillations, more particularly ultrasonic oscillations, and - a sensing device, which comprises at least one sensing element, which is designed to sense mechanical oscillations generated by the at least one oscillation-generating element, wherein the at least one oscillation-generating element and the at least one sensing element are arranged or formed on or in the at least one tool element, characterised in that the at least one tool element is mounted such that it can be moved in at least one, in particular translatory, degree of freedom of movement between a first operating position, in which the at least one tool element is not moved into the free volume of the shaping cavity, and a second operating position, in which the at least one tool element is moved at least in sections into the free volume of the shaping cavity. - a number of tool walls (2a-2f), which delimit a shaping cavity of the tool, - at least one tool element, which is held in a receptacle provided therefor of a tool wall (2a-2f) delimiting the shaping cavity of the tool, - an oscillation-generating device, which comprises at least one oscillation-generating element, which is designed to generate mechanical oscillations, more particularly ultrasonic oscillations, and - a sensing device, which comprises at least one sensing element, which is designed to sense mechanical oscillations generated by the at least one oscillation-generating element, wherein the at least one oscillation-generating element and the at least one sensing element are arranged or formed on or in the at least one tool element, characterised in that the at least one tool element is mounted such that it can be moved in at least one, in particular translatory, degree of freedom of movement between a first operating position, in which the at least one tool element is not moved into the free volume of the shaping cavity, and a second operating position, in which the at least one tool element is moved at least in sections into the free volume of the shaping cavity.
Agitator ball mill having a grinding chamber which is bounded by a side wall and an end wall (3, 4) on each of the inlet and outlet side, an agitator which is arranged in the grinding chamber and has a rotatably mounted and driven agitator shaft and accelerators (7, 8, 9) which are arranged on the agitator shaft and designed as paddle wheels, an inlet for material to be ground and grinding bodies arranged near the end wall on the inlet side, an outlet for material to be ground arranged in the end wall on the outlet side, which outlet for material to be ground is separated from the grinding chamber by a screen, characterized in that the blades of the accelerator arranged furthest downstream, i.e. closest to the outlet of the material to be ground, are axially extended and extend downstream along the axial length of the screen, and in that a deflection channel which surrounds the screen in an annular manner and which has the shape of a toroid halved perpendicularly to its axis is arranged in the end wall on the outlet side.
A method (500, 600) comprising: under control of one or more processors configured with instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising: initiating presentation of a media file on a touchscreen display, the media file including multiple video frames; detecting (502, 602) a user gesture performed on the touchscreen display; determining (508, 614) text selected by the user gesture, wherein the selected text comprises a plurality of words that span more than one video frame in response to determining that the user gesture comprises a tap and hold and drag while holding gesture; and automatically performing (514, 618) one or more follow-up actions based at least partly on the text selected by the user gesture. under control of one or more processors configured with instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising: initiating presentation of a media file on a touchscreen display, the media file including multiple video frames; detecting (502, 602) a user gesture performed on the touchscreen display; determining (508, 614) text selected by the user gesture, wherein the selected text comprises a plurality of words that span more than one video frame in response to determining that the user gesture comprises a tap and hold and drag while holding gesture; and automatically performing (514, 618) one or more follow-up actions based at least partly on the text selected by the user gesture. initiating presentation of a media file on a touchscreen display, the media file including multiple video frames; detecting (502, 602) a user gesture performed on the touchscreen display; determining (508, 614) text selected by the user gesture, wherein the selected text comprises a plurality of words that span more than one video frame in response to determining that the user gesture comprises a tap and hold and drag while holding gesture; and automatically performing (514, 618) one or more follow-up actions based at least partly on the text selected by the user gesture.
A device comprising: a biosensor having disposed upon it a coating; the coating comprising: a polymer matrix; where the polymer matrix is operative to facilitate an inwards and outwards diffusion of analytes, byproducts and other water soluble entities towards a sensing element of the biosensor; and a sacrificial moiety; the sacrificial moiety being dispersed in the polymer matrix, where the sacrificial moiety erodes with time and increases the porosity of the polymer matrix thus offsetting decreases in analyte permeability as a result of biofouling; where the polymer matrix comprises hydrogels, xerogels, organogels, absorbent polymers, dip-coated or layer-by-layer coated polyelectrolytes, electropolymerized polymers, or combinations thereof. a biosensor having disposed upon it a coating; the coating comprising: a polymer matrix; where the polymer matrix is operative to facilitate an inwards and outwards diffusion of analytes, byproducts and other water soluble entities towards a sensing element of the biosensor; and a sacrificial moiety; the sacrificial moiety being dispersed in the polymer matrix, where the sacrificial moiety erodes with time and increases the porosity of the polymer matrix thus offsetting decreases in analyte permeability as a result of biofouling; where the polymer matrix comprises hydrogels, xerogels, organogels, absorbent polymers, dip-coated or layer-by-layer coated polyelectrolytes, electropolymerized polymers, or combinations thereof. a polymer matrix; where the polymer matrix is operative to facilitate an inwards and outwards diffusion of analytes, byproducts and other water soluble entities towards a sensing element of the biosensor; and a sacrificial moiety; the sacrificial moiety being dispersed in the polymer matrix, where the sacrificial moiety erodes with time and increases the porosity of the polymer matrix thus offsetting decreases in analyte permeability as a result of biofouling; where the polymer matrix comprises hydrogels, xerogels, organogels, absorbent polymers, dip-coated or layer-by-layer coated polyelectrolytes, electropolymerized polymers, or combinations thereof.
A consumable cartridge for an aerosol generation device, the consumable cartridge comprising: a casing; a first heating element provided within the casing arranged to be inductively heated, where the first heating element defines a cavity; a second heating element provided radially within the cavity, the second heating element arranged to be conductively heated by receiving heat energy from the first heating element;and a solid or semi-solid aerosol forming material provided within the casing adapted to form an aerosol upon receiving heat from the first and second heating elements. a casing; a first heating element provided within the casing arranged to be inductively heated, where the first heating element defines a cavity; a second heating element provided radially within the cavity, the second heating element arranged to be conductively heated by receiving heat energy from the first heating element;and a solid or semi-solid aerosol forming material provided within the casing adapted to form an aerosol upon receiving heat from the first and second heating elements.
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet; (b) an air flow passage extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (c) an upper section movably mounted to the cleaning head and moveable between a upright position and a second inclined in use position and comprising: (d) an air treatment member positioned in the air flow passage between the dirty air inlet and the clean air outlet; (e) a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage; characterised in that the air flow passage comprises: (f) a detachable cleaning wand, an upflow conduit, and a flexible hose fluidly coupled between the detachable cleaning wand and the upflow conduit, the upflow conduit having an upstream end fluidly coupled to the flexible hose at a position below the centre of gravity of the surface cleaning apparatus and the downstream end of the upflow conduit is fluidly coupled to the air treatment member at a position above the centre of gravity of the surface cleaning apparatus when the upper section is in an upright position. (a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet; (b) an air flow passage extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (c) an upper section movably mounted to the cleaning head and moveable between a upright position and a second inclined in use position and comprising: (d) an air treatment member positioned in the air flow passage between the dirty air inlet and the clean air outlet; (e) a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage;
A cuff-equipped tube for use in a trachea or bronchus of a patient; the cuff equipped tube comprising a flexible tube for insertion in the trachea or bronchus in order to supply air to a lung, and a cuff affixed to an outer periphery of the flexible tube, the cuff being capable of being expanded by introducing an operation fluid thereinto and of being contracted by discharging the operation fluid therefrom; wherein the cuff is provided with a cuff affixing portion that is expanded outward by the introduction of the operation fluid into the cuff, for affixing the cuff in the trachea or bronchus, the cuff affixing portion having a center part, and also with a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion that are mounted to an outer peripheral surface of the tube, a first connecting portion connecting the first mounting portion and the cuff affixing portion is affixed in a constricted shape to an outer peripheral surface of the flexible tube, and a second connecting portion connecting the second mounting portion and the cuff affixing portion is affixed in a constricted shape to the outer peripheral surface of the tube; wherein, in use, in the case in which an external force is applied to the flexible tube when the cuff affixing portion is in the expanded state, the cuff deforms from an original posture and the distance between the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion is constant and does not change and the cuff affixing portion remains, via the center part expanded outward, at a predetermined position within a trachea or bronchus, and in the case in which the external force is removed, the cuff returns to the original posture; wherein the cuff affixing portion, first connecting portion and first mounting portion form a generally Z-shaped cross section, wherein the first connecting portion has a gradient that forms an acute angle (α) with the first mounting portion and forms an acute angle (β) with the cuff affixing portion; and the cuff affixing portion, second connecting portion and second mounting portion form a generally Z-shaped cross section, wherein the second connecting portion has a gradient that forms an acute angle (α) with the second mounting portion and forms an acute angle (β) with the cuff affixing portion; characterized in that the cuff affixing portion has a generally barrel shape in which the center part of the cuff affixing portion is expanded outward so that the center part has a curved surface expanded outward with the largest diameter when the cuff is inflated in a free state outside the patient.
An absorbent laminate for an absorbent article, wherein the absorbent laminate includes an upper layer, a lower layer, and an intermediate layer, wherein - the intermediate layer is positioned between the upper and lower layers (102, 104) and comprised a thermoplastic adhesive composition and a particulate superabsorbent material, - the adhesive composition of the intermediate layer is joined to each of the upper layer and the lower layer, - each of the upper layer and the lower layer is constructed of a synthetic nonwoven comprising at least one of polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, polyester and blends of these materials, or tissue paper, wherein in case each of the upper layer and the lower layer is constructed of a synthetic nonwoven comprising tissue paper, the absorbent laminate consists of three layers, - the thermoplastic adhesive composition comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive or a synthetic rubber-based pressure sensitive thermoplastic adhesive composition being selected from the group comprising styrene-butadiene-styrene and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers, characterized in that the thermoplastic adhesive composition has a glass transition temperature ("Tg") of or greater than 27°C (Tg≥27°C), and exhibits an average rate of change in vertical delamination strength with respect to temperature in the interval from Tg -2°C to Tg + 4°C that is greater than the rate of change in vertical delamination strength with respect to temperature in the interval from Tg + 4°C to Tg + 20°C, with the vertical delamination strength decreasing as the temperature increases. - the intermediate layer is positioned between the upper and lower layers (102, 104) and comprised a thermoplastic adhesive composition and a particulate superabsorbent material, - the adhesive composition of the intermediate layer is joined to each of the upper layer and the lower layer, - each of the upper layer and the lower layer is constructed of a synthetic nonwoven comprising at least one of polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, polyester and blends of these materials, or tissue paper, wherein in case each of the upper layer and the lower layer is constructed of a synthetic nonwoven comprising tissue paper, the absorbent laminate consists of three layers, - the thermoplastic adhesive composition comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive or a synthetic rubber-based pressure sensitive thermoplastic adhesive composition being selected from the group comprising styrene-butadiene-styrene and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers,
A method of constructing a liquefied gas storage tank on land, comprising: producing unit-wall structures made of concrete and each having a front set and rear set of iron rods arranged lengthwise and breadthwise therein; stacking the unit-wall structures in a cylindrical arrangement; and connecting the unit-wall structures adjacent in vertical and lateral directions to each other to form a wall of the storage tank, wherein each of the unit-wall structures having respective grooves on upper and lower surfaces thereof, and stacking the unit-wall structures includes interposing a positioning block between the groove formed on the lower surface of the upper unit-wall structure and the groove formed on the upper surface of the lower unit-wall structure to be fitted into the grooves to allow the unit-wall structures to be located in place when the unit-wall structures are stacked, characterised in that the positioning block is located between protruded ends of the lengthwise iron rods of the front set of iron rods and protruded ends of the lengthwise iron rods of the rear set of iron rods. producing unit-wall structures made of concrete and each having a front set and rear set of iron rods arranged lengthwise and breadthwise therein; stacking the unit-wall structures in a cylindrical arrangement; and connecting the unit-wall structures adjacent in vertical and lateral directions to each other to form a wall of the storage tank, wherein each of the unit-wall structures having respective grooves on upper and lower surfaces thereof, and stacking the unit-wall structures includes interposing a positioning block between the groove formed on the lower surface of the upper unit-wall structure and the groove formed on the upper surface of the lower unit-wall structure to be fitted into the grooves to allow the unit-wall structures to be located in place when the unit-wall structures are stacked, characterised in that the positioning block is located between protruded ends of the lengthwise iron rods of the front set of iron rods and protruded ends of the lengthwise iron rods of the rear set of iron rods.
Appliance comprising: - a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, - within the drying chamber, a capacitive sensing arrangement arranged for generating an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, said capacitive sensing arrangement comprising at least one electrically conductive pad (425,430) on an operating support and being adapted to operate as a respective plate of a capacitor, a control unit comprising an electronic board, the electronic board comprising conductive tracks or wires for routing a DC reference electric potential (Vref) being the reference voltage for the electronic board, a second plate of said capacitor being formed by said conductive tracks or wires, and - the control unit being arranged for carrying out, according to the electric signal generated by said capacitive sensing arrangement, at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle. - a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, - within the drying chamber, a capacitive sensing arrangement arranged for generating an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, said capacitive sensing arrangement comprising at least one electrically conductive pad (425,430) on an operating support and being adapted to operate as a respective plate of a capacitor, a control unit comprising an electronic board, the electronic board comprising conductive tracks or wires for routing a DC reference electric potential (Vref) being the reference voltage for the electronic board, a second plate of said capacitor being formed by said conductive tracks or wires, and - the control unit being arranged for carrying out, according to the electric signal generated by said capacitive sensing arrangement, at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle. estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle.
A gap control device for a Pilger die assembly, comprising: a lower plate having first and second receiving holes (111, 112) which respectively correspond to upper portions of a pair of bearing blocks (31a, 31b); first and second wedge plates (120, 130) fitted into the receiving holes (111, 112), the wedge plates (120, 130) respectively having inclined surfaces on upper portions thereof; first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150) respectively having inclined guide surfaces to be in surface contact with the inclined surfaces of the first and second wedge plates (120, 130), the first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150) being movable horizontally with respect to the lower plate; an upper plate assembled to an upper portion of the lower plate to cover the first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150); characterized in further comprising first and second adjustment bolts (170, 180) with which the first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150) are to be respectively independently manipulated in a horizontal direction such that the heights of the pair of bearing blocks (31a, 31b) can be controlled independently of each other. a lower plate having first and second receiving holes (111, 112) which respectively correspond to upper portions of a pair of bearing blocks (31a, 31b); first and second wedge plates (120, 130) fitted into the receiving holes (111, 112), the wedge plates (120, 130) respectively having inclined surfaces on upper portions thereof; first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150) respectively having inclined guide surfaces to be in surface contact with the inclined surfaces of the first and second wedge plates (120, 130), the first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150) being movable horizontally with respect to the lower plate; an upper plate assembled to an upper portion of the lower plate to cover the first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150); characterized in further comprising first and second adjustment bolts (170, 180) with which the first and second adjustment blocks (140, 150) are to be respectively independently manipulated in a horizontal direction such that the heights of the pair of bearing blocks (31a, 31b) can be controlled independently of each other.
A process for distilling a product mixture comprised of biobased propylene glycol, biobased ethylene glycol or comprising both of these, and which further comprises one or both of propylene oxide and glycidol, including separating out the propylene oxide and glycidol so that a distilled biobased glycol product is produced which is substantially free of both propylene oxide and glycidol and wherein the product mixture is an aqueous reaction product from the reaction of hydrogen with an aqueous solution of biobased glycerol, and wherein the distillation of the product mixture includes: distilling low molecular weight alcohols inclusive of methanol, ethanol and any propanols overhead in a first column; distilling substantially all of the water from the first column bottoms overhead in a second column; modifying the pH of the second column bottoms with acid, and then removing substantially all of the components therein with higher boiling points than that of propylene glycol in the bottoms from a third column; and distilling the overheads from the third column in a fourth column to produce the distilled biobased propylene glycol product as the bottoms, with removing any glycidol and propylene oxide contained in the third column overheads as the overheads from the fourth column. distilling low molecular weight alcohols inclusive of methanol, ethanol and any propanols overhead in a first column; distilling substantially all of the water from the first column bottoms overhead in a second column; modifying the pH of the second column bottoms with acid, and then removing substantially all of the components therein with higher boiling points than that of propylene glycol in the bottoms from a third column; and distilling the overheads from the third column in a fourth column to produce the distilled biobased propylene glycol product as the bottoms, with removing any glycidol and propylene oxide contained in the third column overheads as the overheads from the fourth column.