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A pipe joint comprising: an outer pipe assembly comprising a first outer pipe portion, a second outer pipe portion, and a shroud which couples the first outer pipe portion to the second outer pipe portion via an outer pipe joint, wherein the outer pipe joint comprises an outer securing mechanism which secures the shroud to the second outer pipe portion; and an inner pipe assembly within the outer pipe assembly, the inner pipe assembly comprising a first inner pipe portion coupled to a second inner pipe portion via an inner pipe joint, wherein the inner pipe assembly is configured to provide an inner fluid flow path which extends in an axial direction and across the inner pipe joint, wherein the shroud is movably mounted to the first outer pipe portion, and the outer securing mechanism is configured to be releasable to enable the shroud to be moved along the first outer pipe portion in the axial direction and withdrawn away from the second outer pipe portion, thereby opening a gap between the shroud and the second outer pipe portion which provides access to the inner pipe joint and, characterised in that the shroud comprises a first sleeve which engages the first outer pipe portion; a second sleeve with a larger inner diameter than the first sleeve; and a shoulder which connects the first sleeve to the second sleeve. an outer pipe assembly comprising a first outer pipe portion, a second outer pipe portion, and a shroud which couples the first outer pipe portion to the second outer pipe portion via an outer pipe joint, wherein the outer pipe joint comprises an outer securing mechanism which secures the shroud to the second outer pipe portion; and an inner pipe assembly within the outer pipe assembly, the inner pipe assembly comprising a first inner pipe portion coupled to a second inner pipe portion via an inner pipe joint, wherein the inner pipe assembly is configured to provide an inner fluid flow path which extends in an axial direction and across the inner pipe joint, wherein the shroud is movably mounted to the first outer pipe portion, and the outer securing mechanism is configured to be releasable to enable the shroud to be moved along the first outer pipe portion in the axial direction and withdrawn away from the second outer pipe portion, thereby opening a gap between the shroud and the second outer pipe portion which provides access to the inner pipe joint and, characterised in that the shroud comprises a first sleeve which engages the first outer pipe portion; a second sleeve with a larger inner diameter than the first sleeve; and a shoulder which connects the first sleeve to the second sleeve.
A bending installation for forming transverse corrugations in a metal sheet, the bending installation including: - a drive device advancing the metal sheet horizontally from the rear toward the front in a direction of advance, and - a bending device including: - a frame mounted to be mobile parallel to the direction of advance, between a rear position and a front position, said frame being associated with a first actuator adapted to move said frame between the rear position and the front position, - a punch elongate in a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the direction of advance, and - a control unit which is configured to control the first actuator; the bending installation being characterized in that the punch ismobile vertically on the frame between a rest position and a bending position in which said punch deforms the metal sheet in order to form one of the transverse corrugations, the punch being associated with a second actuator adapted to move said punch between the rest position and the bending position, and in that the control unit is configured to control the second actuator and is configured simultaneously to move the frame of the bending device from the rear position toward the front position and the punch from the rest position toward the bending position. - a drive device advancing the metal sheet horizontally from the rear toward the front in a direction of advance, and - a bending device including: - a frame mounted to be mobile parallel to the direction of advance, between a rear position and a front position, said frame being associated with a first actuator adapted to move said frame between the rear position and the front position, - a punch elongate in a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the direction of advance, and - a frame mounted to be mobile parallel to the direction of advance, between a rear position and a front position, said frame being associated with a first actuator adapted to move said frame between the rear position and the front position, - a punch elongate in a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the direction of advance, and - a control unit which is configured to control the first actuator; the bending installation being characterized in that the punch ismobile vertically on the frame between a rest position and a bending position in which said punch deforms the metal sheet in order to form one of the transverse corrugations, the punch being associated with a second actuator adapted to move said punch between the rest position and the bending position, and in that the control unit is configured to control the second actuator and is configured simultaneously to move the frame of the bending device from the rear position toward the front position and the punch from the rest position toward the bending position.
A method for tuning the effective work function of a metal on dielectric of a semiconductor structure, the method comprising: a. providing a semiconductor structure, comprising a semiconductor substrate, comprising at least a region covered with a dielectric (2,3), b. bringing said semiconductor structure into an Atomic Layer Deposition chamber, and; c. depositing a metal at least on said dielectric by performing an ALD cycle comprising a pulsing with a Ti-containing precursor gas and another pulsing with NH3 gas, wherein said ALD cycle further comprises yet another pulsing with a Ta containing precursor gas, wherein said metal is an electrode, wherein said semiconductor structure is a MOS device (850, 900), wherein said MOS device (850, 900) is a n-MOS device and said metal electrode is the gate electrode of said n-MOS device, the method further comprising providing, on said metal electrode, an Al-comprising metal. a. providing a semiconductor structure, comprising a semiconductor substrate, comprising at least a region covered with a dielectric (2,3), b. bringing said semiconductor structure into an Atomic Layer Deposition chamber, and; c. depositing a metal at least on said dielectric by performing an ALD cycle comprising a pulsing with a Ti-containing precursor gas and another pulsing with NH3 gas, wherein said ALD cycle further comprises yet another pulsing with a Ta containing precursor gas, wherein said metal is an electrode, wherein said semiconductor structure is a MOS device (850, 900), wherein said MOS device (850, 900) is a n-MOS device and said metal electrode is the gate electrode of said n-MOS device, the method further comprising providing, on said metal electrode, an Al-comprising metal.
Guide blade for a gas turbine, in particular for the low-pressure turbine of a gas turbine with sequential combustion, which guide blade comprises a turbine blade extending in the radial direction between a blade tip and a cover plate, wherein the turbine blade extends transversely to the direction of the hot gas stream between a leading edge and a trailing edge and has a pressure side and a suction side, and wherein a cooling slot is provided on the pressure side in front of the trailing edge and running parallel to the trailing edge, through which slot a cooling medium can flow out from the guide vane over the entire length of the guide vane and thus the trailing edge of the guide vane can be cooled, wherein means (33; 33a, 33b) for reducing thermal stresses are provided on the blade tip below the trailing edge and the cooling slot, characterised in that the means for reducing thermal stresses comprise a slot (33; 33a, 33b) running through the blade tip, that the slot (33; 33a, 33b) is oriented substantially parallel to the plane of the blade tip, and that the slot (33; 33a, 33b) has a cross-sectional profile in the form of a keyhole with a wall portion with parallel sides and a round, in particular circular end portion arranged at the base of the slot (33; 33a, 33b).
A method for obtaining image data, the method comprising: - acquiring image data by exposing an imaging array to optical radiation and operating the imaging array, wherein acquiring the image data comprises spatially modulating a response of the imaging array to each of a plurality of components of the optical radiation according to a different corresponding basis function for an invertible transformation; - applying the transformation to the image data to yield transformed image data, the transformed image data comprising spatially-separated image copies corresponding respectively to the plurality of components; - extracting the spatially-separated image copies (23A, 24) from the transformed image data; and, - applying an inverse of the transformation to each of the extracted image copies; characterized in that: the components of the optical radiation correspond to different color spectra or different polarizations of the optical radiation; acquiring the image data comprises spatially modulating a response of the imaging array to a first one of the plurality of components of the optical radiation according to a first sinusoid having a first spatial frequency and spatially modulating a response of the imaging array to a second one of the plurality of components of the optical radiation according to a second sinusoid having the first spatial frequency and a phase difference of 1/4 wave with the first sinusoid. - acquiring image data by exposing an imaging array to optical radiation and operating the imaging array, wherein acquiring the image data comprises spatially modulating a response of the imaging array to each of a plurality of components of the optical radiation according to a different corresponding basis function for an invertible transformation; - applying the transformation to the image data to yield transformed image data, the transformed image data comprising spatially-separated image copies corresponding respectively to the plurality of components; - extracting the spatially-separated image copies (23A, 24) from the transformed image data; and, - applying an inverse of the transformation to each of the extracted image copies; the components of the optical radiation correspond to different color spectra or different polarizations of the optical radiation; acquiring the image data comprises spatially modulating a response of the imaging array to a first one of the plurality of components of the optical radiation according to a first sinusoid having a first spatial frequency and spatially modulating a response of the imaging array to a second one of the plurality of components of the optical radiation according to a second sinusoid having the first spatial frequency and a phase difference of 1/4 wave with the first sinusoid.
A pet food comprising protein, curdlan and an adsorptive agent, wherein the adsorptive agent is selected from the group consisting of activated charcoal and a silicate or a combination of these, wherein the pet food is a wet pet food with a moisture content of at least 40 wt%, based on the total weight of the pet food.
Apparatus for preparing infused beverages comprising a body intended to receive water, an infusion basket and a device for moving the infusion basket in the body between a low infusion position wherein said infusion basket is immersed in water and a high drainage position wherein it is arranged above the water level, the moving device comprising a motorised system which comprises a screw rotated by a motor and a nut mounted on the screw and connected to the infusion basket, said nut being movable along the screw between a first extreme position wherein the infusion basket is in the low infusion position and a second extreme position wherein the infusion basket is in the high drainage position, characterised in that the motorised system comprises a clutch device of the threading of the nut with respect to the thread of the screw when the nut reaches the first extreme position or the second extreme position.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of lung cancer by eradicating cancer cells or suppressing or inhibiting a proliferation of the cancer cells, comprising: a human antibody κ-type light chain in the form of a dimer in which a variable region is composed of a polypeptide represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 95% or more with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and having the same CDRs as the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9; or a human antibody κ-type light chain in the form of a monomer in which a variable region is composed of a polypeptide represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 95% or more with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 and having the same CDRs as the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19; wherein the CDRs in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 consist of the 24 th to 40 th amino acid residues, the 56 th to 62 nd amino acid residues, and the 95 th to 102 nd amino acid residues; and wherein the CDRs in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 consist of the 24 th to 39 th amino acid residues, the 55 th to 61 st amino acid residues, and the 94 th to 101 st amino acid residues. a human antibody κ-type light chain in the form of a dimer in which a variable region is composed of a polypeptide represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 95% or more with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and having the same CDRs as the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9; or a human antibody κ-type light chain in the form of a monomer in which a variable region is composed of a polypeptide represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 95% or more with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 and having the same CDRs as the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19;
A coated paper for use in a sack, wherein: the coated paper comprises a paper layer that is internal-sized with at least one hydrophobic size; the sized paper layer is creped; the sized paper layer is provided on a first side with a pre-coating layer and a barrier coating layer; the pre-coating layer comprises binder and inorganic filler in a dry weight ratio of between 10:100 and 50:100; the barrier coating layer comprises clay and synthetic rubber in a dry weight ratio between 1:1 and 2.4:1; the sized paper is provided on a second side with a backside coating layer, which backside coating may have a coat weight of 1-5 g/m 2, such as 2-4 g/m 2; and the grammage according to ISO 536 of said coated paper is 75-140 g/m 2, such as 80-115 g/m 2, wherein the particle size (% < 2 μm) of the inorganic filler is 80 or less. the coated paper comprises a paper layer that is internal-sized with at least one hydrophobic size; the sized paper layer is creped; the sized paper layer is provided on a first side with a pre-coating layer and a barrier coating layer; the pre-coating layer comprises binder and inorganic filler in a dry weight ratio of between 10:100 and 50:100; the barrier coating layer comprises clay and synthetic rubber in a dry weight ratio between 1:1 and 2.4:1; the sized paper is provided on a second side with a backside coating layer, which backside coating may have a coat weight of 1-5 g/m 2, such as 2-4 g/m 2; and the grammage according to ISO 536 of said coated paper is 75-140 g/m 2, such as 80-115 g/m 2, wherein the particle size (% < 2 μm) of the inorganic filler is 80 or less.
A conditioning agent for reducing water absorption and dust formation of a particulate fertilizer, comprising 10 to 50 weight% of wax, 40 to 90 weight% of a mineral oil and 1 to 15 weight% of a resin being mineral oil-soluble and miscible with wax and mineral oil, characterized in that the agent further comprises 0,1 to 1 weight% of a viscoelastic elastomer selected from the group of polyisobutylene and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer which is soluble in mineral oil and has an average molecular weight of 30.000 to 5.000.000.
An air terminal for a heating or air conditioning system comprising: a housing: a fresh air inlet in the housing to supply a fresh airflow to the air terminal; an outlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow airflow from the air terminal into a conditioned space; an inlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow return airflow from the conditioned space into the air terminal; a coil disposed in the housing through which a heat transfer medium is flowable to condition the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow prior to flowing through the outlet diffuser into the conditioned space; and a fan disposed in the housing to urge return airflow through the inlet diffuser and across the coil, the air terminal characterised in that the fan and the inlet diffuser are disposed at a first side of the coil and the outlet diffuser and the fresh air inlet are disposed at a second side of the coil opposite the first side. a fresh air inlet in the housing to supply a fresh airflow to the air terminal; an outlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow airflow from the air terminal into a conditioned space; an inlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow return airflow from the conditioned space into the air terminal; a coil disposed in the housing through which a heat transfer medium is flowable to condition the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow prior to flowing through the outlet diffuser into the conditioned space; and a fan disposed in the housing to urge return airflow through the inlet diffuser and across the coil, the air terminal characterised in that the fan and the inlet diffuser are disposed at a first side of the coil and the outlet diffuser and the fresh air inlet are disposed at a second side of the coil opposite the first side.
Gutter stone system with straight and curved gutter stones (30, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 70, 72, 74) which extend over a width of a gutter to be provided between a roadway and a roadway limit/pavement, in particular a kerbstone, comprising at least one complex gutter stone (30, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57) having false joints on its surface dividing the surface into part-surfaces (28, 40, 42, 44, 46) in the size of the surface of a single stone (47, 70, 72, 74) and thereby creating the impression of a gutter stone surface made up of single stones (47, 70, 72, 74), where at least one complex gutter stone (30, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57) has at least one part-surface (40, 42, 44, 46) inclined from the roadway side surface towards the pavement side surface /gutter side surface, characterized in that the part-surface (40, 42, 44, 46) facing the pavement side surface /gutter side surface has a part-surface profile (42, 62, 64, 80, 82) in which the curvature radius increases in the direction from the roadway side surface to the pavement side surface /gutter side surface or the inclination angle of each angled part-surface (40, 42, 44) decreases, such that a decreasing surface inclination of the part-surface (40, 42, 44) exists in the direction of the pavement side surface /gutter side surface, and the part-surfaces (28, 64, 82) facing the roadway side surface have a substantially straight profile, such that a gutter width is not determined by the position of a false joint, but can be designed freely within the part-surface (40, 42, 44, 46) extending from the roadway side surface to the pavement side surface /gutter side surface (34, 88).
A time-of-flight depth camera, comprising: a light source configured to generate coherent light; a first optical stage including an array of periodically-arranged lens elements positioned to receive at least a portion of the coherent light, the first optical stage adapted to diverge the portion of the coherent light to form divergent light with a light profile that is more intense farther from an optical axis (604, 704) of the divergent light than closer to the optical axis (606, 704) of the divergent light; a second optical stage positioned to receive at least a portion of the divergent light, the second optical stage adapted to reduce an intensity of one or more diffraction artifacts in the divergent light to form illumination light to be projected into an illumination environment; and an image sensor configured to detect at least a portion of return illumination light reflected from the illumination environment. a light source configured to generate coherent light; a first optical stage including an array of periodically-arranged lens elements positioned to receive at least a portion of the coherent light, the first optical stage adapted to diverge the portion of the coherent light to form divergent light with a light profile that is more intense farther from an optical axis (604, 704) of the divergent light than closer to the optical axis (606, 704) of the divergent light; a second optical stage positioned to receive at least a portion of the divergent light, the second optical stage adapted to reduce an intensity of one or more diffraction artifacts in the divergent light to form illumination light to be projected into an illumination environment; and an image sensor configured to detect at least a portion of return illumination light reflected from the illumination environment.
A device for reducing matrix effects in a protein precipitated bioanalytical sample comprising: a) a support, b) a sorbent associated with the support capable of binding matrix interfering agents present in the bioanalytical sample, c) filtering means for removing precipitated protein particles, which is integral with the sorbent, and such that the filtering means is a porous inorganic monolith having macropores of a diameter sufficiently small so as to exclude particles from the sample, and the sorbent is a reversed phase or polar modified reversed phase bonded to the porous inorganic monolith. a) a support, b) a sorbent associated with the support capable of binding matrix interfering agents present in the bioanalytical sample, c) filtering means for removing precipitated protein particles, which is integral with the sorbent, and such that the filtering means is a porous inorganic monolith having macropores of a diameter sufficiently small so as to exclude particles from the sample, and the sorbent is a reversed phase or polar modified reversed phase bonded to the porous inorganic monolith.
A sensor for measuring analytes present in a body fluid in a living being, the sensor comprising: - a substrate, - at least one microneedle, the microneedle comprising: a base, integral with the substrate, the height of the base being greater than 200 μm, and partly comprising a metal coating, a tip, integral with the base, entirely covered by a metal coating, a biochemical element, capable of reacting with analytes and which at least partially covers the metal coating of the tip, characterised in that the ratio of the metallic surface of the base to the total surface of the base is between 1 and 20%, the biochemical element covering at least part of the metallic coating and not the rest of the surface of the base. - a substrate, - at least one microneedle, the microneedle comprising: a base, integral with the substrate, the height of the base being greater than 200 μm, and partly comprising a metal coating, a tip, integral with the base, entirely covered by a metal coating, a biochemical element, capable of reacting with analytes and which at least partially covers the metal coating of the tip, a base, integral with the substrate, the height of the base being greater than 200 μm, and partly comprising a metal coating, a tip, integral with the base, entirely covered by a metal coating, a biochemical element, capable of reacting with analytes and which at least partially covers the metal coating of the tip,