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Filtration unit intended to enable the leucocyte depletion of blood or of a blood component, comprising an external shell equipped with at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice, the shell containing a porous element inserted between said orifices, said porous element containing at least one prefilter for removing aggregates and at least one leucocyte depletion medium using leucocyte adsorption and/or filtration, the prefilter for removing aggregates comprising at least one cohesive non-woven nap characterised in that the nap comprises a mixture of first discontinuous thermoplastic fibres and of second discontinuous thermoplastic fibres wherein a melting point is less than that of said first fibres, said first and second fibres being connected by thermal junctions to one another.
A cutting insert designed to be fixed to an end of a tool body in order to be driven in rotation about an axis, including: - an axially extending core; and - at least a first branch and a second branch extending radially from the core, the first branch and the second branch each comprising: • a proximal portion (12a, 14a) connected to the core, a distal portion (12b, 14b), and a central portion (12c, 14c) connecting the proximal portion (12a, 14a) and the distal portion (12b, 14b); and • a cutting edge (12d, 14d) extending at least on the distal portion (12b, 14b) and on the central portion (12c, 14c); the cutting edge of the second branch being, at least in part, axially further forward than the cutting edge of the first branch and said cutting insert including at least a third branch comprising a proximal portion connected to the core, a distal portion, and a central portion connecting the proximal portion and the distal portion; and a cutting edge extending at least over the distal portion and the central portion; and characterized in that the cutting edge of the third branch is, at least in part, axially further forward than the cutting edge (12d, 14d) of the second branch. - an axially extending core; and - at least a first branch and a second branch extending radially from the core, the first branch and the second branch each comprising: • a proximal portion (12a, 14a) connected to the core, a distal portion (12b, 14b), and a central portion (12c, 14c) connecting the proximal portion (12a, 14a) and the distal portion (12b, 14b); and • a cutting edge (12d, 14d) extending at least on the distal portion (12b, 14b) and on the central portion (12c, 14c); • a proximal portion (12a, 14a) connected to the core, a distal portion (12b, 14b), and a central portion (12c, 14c) connecting the proximal portion (12a, 14a) and the distal portion (12b, 14b); and • a cutting edge (12d, 14d) extending at least on the distal portion (12b, 14b) and on the central portion (12c, 14c);
A method for optimizing operation of a wind turbine, the method comprising: providing a voltage regulator between a power grid and the wind turbine, the voltage regulator configured to control a stator voltage of the wind turbine, wherein the voltage regulator comprises a tap changer located between the power grid and a transformer of the wind turbine; monitoring, via one or more sensors (252...264), at least a generator speed and the stator voltage of the wind turbine; determining a margin between the stator voltage and a maximum allowable voltage threshold; determining a margin-to-threshold ratio by dividing the margin by the threshold; and controlling, via a controller, the tap changer to decrease the stator voltage so as to maximize the margin-to-threshold ratio. providing a voltage regulator between a power grid and the wind turbine, the voltage regulator configured to control a stator voltage of the wind turbine, wherein the voltage regulator comprises a tap changer located between the power grid and a transformer of the wind turbine; monitoring, via one or more sensors (252...264), at least a generator speed and the stator voltage of the wind turbine; determining a margin between the stator voltage and a maximum allowable voltage threshold; determining a margin-to-threshold ratio by dividing the margin by the threshold; and controlling, via a controller, the tap changer to decrease the stator voltage so as to maximize the margin-to-threshold ratio.
A dosing system for an inhalation device, comprising (a) a filling chamber for receiving a liquid to be aerosolized, the filling chamber having a lateral wall with an outer side, an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a closing means for closing the outlet opening; (b) an overflow chamber surrounding the inlet opening of the filling chamber and having an outer wall with an inner side, wherein the outer side of the lateral wall of the filling chamber and the inner side face the overflow chamber; and (c) a plunger which is at least partially insertable into the filling chamber, and which sealingly contacts the lateral wall while being at least partially inserted into the filling chamber such as to push, after the filling chamber has received at least a predefined fill volume of the liquid, a metered volume of the liquid out from the filling chamber through the outlet opening, wherein the metered volume is smaller than the fill volume, wherein the filling chamber has a portion into which the plunger is inserted and wherein the filling chamber, or the portion of the filling chamber into which the plunger is inserted is made of a flexible material; wherein the dosing system comprises a flip-top lid which is attached with an off-centered hinge; wherein the plunger is connectable to, or an integral part of the lid; and wherein the plunger is sized and shaped such as to be capable of closing the filling chamber, or wherein the lid is capable of closing the filling chamber. (a) a filling chamber for receiving a liquid to be aerosolized, the filling chamber having a lateral wall with an outer side, an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a closing means for closing the outlet opening; (b) an overflow chamber surrounding the inlet opening of the filling chamber and having an outer wall with an inner side, wherein the outer side of the lateral wall of the filling chamber and the inner side face the overflow chamber; and (c) a plunger which is at least partially insertable into the filling chamber, and which sealingly contacts the lateral wall while being at least partially inserted into the filling chamber such as to push, after the filling chamber has received at least a predefined fill volume of the liquid, a metered volume of the liquid out from the filling chamber through the outlet opening, wherein the metered volume is smaller than the fill volume,
A display device comprising: a display that is configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen; a back chassis disposed on an opposite surface side to the display screen of the display; and a support body disposed on a peripheral side of the display and the back chassis, wherein the support body includes a plate section (17a, 18a), a first link section (17b, 18b), and a second link section (19, 20), the plate section (17a, 18a) being directed in a direction orthogonal to the display, the first link section (17b, 18b) being provided on one surface of the plate section (17a, 18a) in a direction parallel to the display, and the second link section (19, 20) being provided in the direction parallel to the display, a first member is attached to a periphery of the opposite surface to the display screen of the display, the first member being linked to the first link section (17b, 18b), and a second member is attached to a periphery of the back chassis, the second member being linked to the second link section (19, 20), characterized in that the first member is provided with a recess for link, and the first link section (17b, 18b) is formed as a projection that is inserted in and linked to the recess for link, and in that the second link section (19, 20) is provided on the one surface of the plate section (17a, 18a) on which also the first link section (17b, 18b) is provided. a display that is configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen; a back chassis disposed on an opposite surface side to the display screen of the display; and a support body disposed on a peripheral side of the display and the back chassis, wherein the support body includes a plate section (17a, 18a), a first link section (17b, 18b), and a second link section (19, 20), the plate section (17a, 18a) being directed in a direction orthogonal to the display, the first link section (17b, 18b) being provided on one surface of the plate section (17a, 18a) in a direction parallel to the display, and the second link section (19, 20) being provided in the direction parallel to the display, a first member is attached to a periphery of the opposite surface to the display screen of the display, the first member being linked to the first link section (17b, 18b), and a second member is attached to a periphery of the back chassis, the second member being linked to the second link section (19, 20), characterized in that the first member is provided with a recess for link, and the first link section (17b, 18b) is formed as a projection that is inserted in and linked to the recess for link, and in that the second link section (19, 20) is provided on the one surface of the plate section (17a, 18a) on which also the first link section (17b, 18b) is provided.
A method for manufacturing an insulating material comprising the steps of: mixing a cement in an amount of 25 to 90% of weight wet with water in an amount of 10 to 70% of weight wet and a rheology modifying agent in an amount of 0.1 to 4.0% of a weight of the cement, wherein the cement comprises a calcium aluminate cement, a Sorel cement, a CSA cement, a phosphate cement, or a geo-polymer cement and the rheology modifying agent is selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, polysaccharide derivatives, proteins, and protein derivatives; foaming the cement-water-rheology modifying agent mixture using a foaming agent comprising an aluminum powder in an amount of 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of the cement or a surfactant in an amount of 0.05 to 4.0% by weight of the water; pouring the foamed cement-water mixture into a mold and allowing the foamed cement-water mixture to rise to form the insulating material; removing the insulating material from the mold; and the insulating material having a maximum use temperature of 1800 degrees Celsius, a density in the range of 0.05 to 1.0 g/cm 3, a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.02 to 1.0 W/(m·K), a compressive strength in the range of 68.95 to 20684.27 kPa (10 to 3000 PSI), and a flexural strength in the range of 68.95 to 20684.27 kPa (10 to 3000 PSI). mixing a cement in an amount of 25 to 90% of weight wet with water in an amount of 10 to 70% of weight wet and a rheology modifying agent in an amount of 0.1 to 4.0% of a weight of the cement, wherein the cement comprises a calcium aluminate cement, a Sorel cement, a CSA cement, a phosphate cement, or a geo-polymer cement and the rheology modifying agent is selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, polysaccharide derivatives, proteins, and protein derivatives; foaming the cement-water-rheology modifying agent mixture using a foaming agent comprising an aluminum powder in an amount of 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of the cement or a surfactant in an amount of 0.05 to 4.0% by weight of the water; pouring the foamed cement-water mixture into a mold and allowing the foamed cement-water mixture to rise to form the insulating material; removing the insulating material from the mold; and the insulating material having a maximum use temperature of 1800 degrees Celsius, a density in the range of 0.05 to 1.0 g/cm 3, a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.02 to 1.0 W/(m·K), a compressive strength in the range of 68.95 to 20684.27 kPa (10 to 3000 PSI), and a flexural strength in the range of 68.95 to 20684.27 kPa (10 to 3000 PSI).
An ultra high pressure pump comprising a servo motor (15,19); a hollow rotor shaft; drive means; two pistons (50, 51); two cylinders (54, 55); and two pumping chambers (58, 59); the servo motor being adapted to axially rotate the hollow rotor shaft in alternating directions; the servo motor having a stator positioned co-axially around the hollow rotor shaft; the hollow rotor shaft being co-axially coupled to the drive means; the drive means being adapted to convert axial rotation into reciprocal displacement and comprising a screw engaged with a linearly fixed nut whereby axial rotation of the hollow rotor shaft imparts linear motion to the screw; the servo motor including an encoder to monitor movement of the hollow rotor shaft or the drive means; the encoder being coupled to the servo motor via a closed feedback loop; wherein the pistons (50, 51) are coupled to opposite ends of the screw, each piston (50, 51) being adapted to complete reciprocal motion within an associated cylinder (54, 55) thus defining the two pumping chambers (58, 59); the drive means being coupled to the pistons such that alternating rotation of the hollow rotor shaft causes reciprocal linear displacement of the pistons to pressurise fluid in the pumping chambers; characterised by the nut of the drive means being within, and coupled to an interior of, the hollow rotor shaft.
Device for inspecting the bottoms of containers, having an observing means which observes the bottoms of containers, a plurality of viewing windows which are arranged below the bottoms of the containers and which have viewing portions through which the observing means observes the bottoms of the containers, the viewing windows being arranged in a carrier plate, characterised in that holding means are provided which transport the containers above the carrier plate and with a spacing from the carrier plate, and the viewing portions are arranged to be at least partly offset from a projection of the containers projected in a direction perpendicular to the carrier plate.
An electrical insulating cap formation comprising a strip of material and one or more electrical insulating caps each comprising a tubular section and a closed end section, in which the one or more electrical insulating caps are carried on the strip of material by their end sections, characterised in that the strip of material comprises a wing portion which extends over at least a part of the tubular sections of the one or more electrical insulating caps, and in that the strip of material is formed such that an outer edge of said wing portion is spaced apart from the tubular sections of the one or more electrical insulating caps.
Lithium-transition-metal-phosphate compound of formula Li 0.9+x Fe 1-y M y (PO 4) with x ≤0.3 and 0 ≤ y ≤ 1 and M is a metal or semimetal or mixtures thereof in the form of secondary particles made of agglomerates of primary particles, wherein the primary particles have a size in the range of 0.02-2 μm and the secondary particles have a mean size of 10-40 μm and a BET surface of 6-15 m 2 /g and wherein the bulk density is in the range of 800-1200 g/1.
Backflow prevention device suitable for installing in a vacuum sewer system comprising a first pipe section, which can be connected to a downstream-situated section and an upstream-situated section of a vacuum pipe of the vacuum sewer system, a second pipe section, which can be connected to a connecting pipe to be connected to the vacuum pipe and which extends from the first pipe section at an acute angle α and is arranged between the downstream-situated section and the upstream-situated section of the vacuum pipe in such a way that a flow cross section of the second pipe section corresponds with a confluence of the first pipe section, wherein the backflow prevention device further has a movable backflow prevention element which can be brought by a downstream-directed flow in the second pipe section into a first position in which a flow cross section of the first pipe section is sealed to prevent a backflow into the upstream-situated section, and which can be brought by a downstream-directed flow in the first pipe section into a second position in which the flow cross section of the second pipe section is sealed to prevent a backflow of waste water into the second pipe section, wherein the backflow prevention element is designed as a flexible membrane and is accommodated without hinges by means of a first edge section in a slot of a wall section of the first pipe section, and whereby the flexible membrane has a second, free edge section which is freely movable between the sais first position and the said second position, characterized in that the slot runs at an angle in the wall section relative to a central axis of the first pipe section and that the membrane is fixed in the first pipe section by welding closed the slot by means of an external welding seam.
A transparent electrode suitable for use in a display, comprising: a transparent substrate, a conductive layer disposed on the transparent substrate and comprising metallic nanowires, and a polymeric overcoat layer disposed on the conductive layer, characterized in that said polymeric overcoat layer comprises nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of antimony tin oxide, zinc oxide and indium tin oxide, wherein a sheet resistance of the polymeric overcoat layer disposed on the transparent substrate without the conductive layer is greater than about 10 7 ohm/sq. a transparent substrate, a conductive layer disposed on the transparent substrate and comprising metallic nanowires, and a polymeric overcoat layer disposed on the conductive layer, characterized in that said polymeric overcoat layer comprises nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of antimony tin oxide, zinc oxide and indium tin oxide, wherein a sheet resistance of the polymeric overcoat layer disposed on the transparent substrate without the conductive layer is greater than about 10 7 ohm/sq.
An apparatus for voice input, comprising: a flow sensor configured to detect an ingressive air flow flowing into the mouth of a user through a gap formed between a microphone and the mouth during an ingressive utterance by the user by detecting a direction of the air flow and to activate a silent voice mode upon detection of the ingressive air flow; and the microphone configured to, in response to the detection of an ingressive air flow by the flow sensor, detect a silent voice generated by the ingressive utterance. a flow sensor configured to detect an ingressive air flow flowing into the mouth of a user through a gap formed between a microphone and the mouth during an ingressive utterance by the user by detecting a direction of the air flow and to activate a silent voice mode upon detection of the ingressive air flow; and the microphone configured to, in response to the detection of an ingressive air flow by the flow sensor, detect a silent voice generated by the ingressive utterance.
Selective laser melting apparatus, comprising; a powder bed (6;200;300) onto which a layer of powder (400;500) can be deposited, a gas flow device for passing a flow of gas over the powder bed along a predefined gas flow direction, the gas flow device comprising at least one gas outlet and at least one gas exhaust, the at least one gas outlet and the at least one gas exhaust being placed either side of the powder bed such that gas pumped from the at least one gas outlet passes to the at least one gas exhaust and provides a substantially planar flow of gas along the predefined gas direction, a laser scanning unit for scanning a laser beam along a scan path on a layer of powder (400;500) deposited on the powder bed (6;200;300), the laser beam being selectively output as the scan path is traversed to allow selected regions of the layer of powder (400;500) to be melted, and a controller configured to control the laser scanning unit to move the laser beam to form a series of hatch lines (600;610) that are advanced over the powder layer (400;500) along a hatch line movement direction, characterised in that the controller is configured to control the laser scanning unit so that the hatch line movement direction is anti-parallel to the gas flow direction or there is an oblique angle between the hatch line movement direction and the gas flow direction such that the hatch line movement direction is at least partially opposed to the gas flow direction, any particles ejected during laser melting thereby being substantially prevented from being carried by the gas flow into regions of the scan path that have yet to be scanned. a powder bed (6;200;300) onto which a layer of powder (400;500) can be deposited, a gas flow device for passing a flow of gas over the powder bed along a predefined gas flow direction, the gas flow device comprising at least one gas outlet and at least one gas exhaust, the at least one gas outlet and the at least one gas exhaust being placed either side of the powder bed such that gas pumped from the at least one gas outlet passes to the at least one gas exhaust and provides a substantially planar flow of gas along the predefined gas direction, a laser scanning unit for scanning a laser beam along a scan path on a layer of powder (400;500) deposited on the powder bed (6;200;300), the laser beam being selectively output as the scan path is traversed to allow selected regions of the layer of powder (400;500) to be melted, and a controller configured to control the laser scanning unit to move the laser beam to form a series of hatch lines (600;610) that are advanced over the powder layer (400;500) along a hatch line movement direction,
A gas turbine engine comprising: a compressor that compresses air which has been taken in: a combustor that sprays a fuel to the air compressed by the compressor and combusts the fuel; a turbine that is rotated by energy of a combustion gas generated by the combustor; a rotating shaft that couples the compressor and the turbine; a rear bearing that is a cageless ball bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a ball, the inner race being fixed to a portion of the rotating shaft which portion is close to the turbine; a housing to which the rear bearing is attached; and a rear bearing holding member that is interposed between the rear bearing and the housing, characterised in that the rear bearing holding member is fixed to the housing, holds the outer race of the rear bearing such that the outer race of the rear bearing is movable in an axial direction relative to the rear bearing holding member, and therefore holds the outer race of the rear bearing such that the outer race of the rear bearing is movable in the axial direction relative to the housing. a compressor that compresses air which has been taken in: a combustor that sprays a fuel to the air compressed by the compressor and combusts the fuel; a turbine that is rotated by energy of a combustion gas generated by the combustor; a rotating shaft that couples the compressor and the turbine; a rear bearing that is a cageless ball bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a ball, the inner race being fixed to a portion of the rotating shaft which portion is close to the turbine; a housing to which the rear bearing is attached; and a rear bearing holding member that is interposed between the rear bearing and the housing, characterised in that the rear bearing holding member is fixed to the housing, holds the outer race of the rear bearing such that the outer race of the rear bearing is movable in an axial direction relative to the rear bearing holding member, and therefore holds the outer race of the rear bearing such that the outer race of the rear bearing is movable in the axial direction relative to the housing.