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Method of manufacture of an integrally bladed rotor, comprising: - a step of cutting a block of material by means of an abrasive waterjet, undertaken so as to reveal blade preforms extending radially from a disk, whilst retaining the material forming linking means between at least two preforms of directly consecutive blades, wherein the said linking means are spaced radially from the said disk; followed by - a step of removal of the said linking means. - a step of cutting a block of material by means of an abrasive waterjet, undertaken so as to reveal blade preforms extending radially from a disk, whilst retaining the material forming linking means between at least two preforms of directly consecutive blades, wherein the said linking means are spaced radially from the said disk; followed by - a step of removal of the said linking means.
Method for the preparation of a UV blocking functional composite powder consisting of an inorganic powder as a coating base material with a primary coating of an inorganic UV blocking agent to yield a so-called inorganic-inorganic coating powder, a secondary coating of an UV organic absorbent encapsulated into a liposome, and a tertiary coating of a silicone oil wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) preparing an inorganic-inorganic coating powder by primarily coating talc or sericite with an inorganic UV blocking agent selected from titanium dioxide and zinc oxide; (b) separately preparing an UV absorbent sol by encapsulating ethylhexyl methoxycinnamte or butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane in hydrogenated lecithin; (c) preparing an organic-inorganic coating powder by secondarily coating the inorganic-inorganic powder prepared in step (a) as a coating base with the UV absorbent sol of step (b); followed by (d) tertiarily coating the powder with triethoxycaprylylsilane. (a) preparing an inorganic-inorganic coating powder by primarily coating talc or sericite with an inorganic UV blocking agent selected from titanium dioxide and zinc oxide; (b) separately preparing an UV absorbent sol by encapsulating ethylhexyl methoxycinnamte or butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane in hydrogenated lecithin; (c) preparing an organic-inorganic coating powder by secondarily coating the inorganic-inorganic powder prepared in step (a) as a coating base with the UV absorbent sol of step (b); followed by (d) tertiarily coating the powder with triethoxycaprylylsilane.
An open eye needle comprising: an elongated portion; a tip portion attached to the elongated portion; and an open eye portion attached to the elongated portion, wherein the open eye portion comprises: a tongue portion; an eye region defined by the tongue portion; and a channel that extends around the tongue portion and intersects the eye region, wherein the channel comprises a first channel portion and a second channel portion that extends from the first channel portion, wherein the first channel portion is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the second channel portion, wherein the second channel portion is in communication with the eye region, characterised in that the second channel portion is located proximate an entrance to the eye region at the end of the eye region nearer to the tip portion and in that the second channel portion is oriented at an obtuse angle of between about 130° and 170°with respect to the eye region. an elongated portion; a tip portion attached to the elongated portion; and an open eye portion attached to the elongated portion, wherein the open eye portion comprises: a tongue portion; an eye region defined by the tongue portion; and a channel that extends around the tongue portion and intersects the eye region, wherein the channel comprises a first channel portion and a second channel portion that extends from the first channel portion, wherein the first channel portion is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the second channel portion, wherein the second channel portion is in communication with the eye region, characterised in that the second channel portion is located proximate an entrance to the eye region at the end of the eye region nearer to the tip portion and in that the second channel portion is oriented at an obtuse angle of between about 130° and 170°with respect to the eye region. a tongue portion; an eye region defined by the tongue portion; and a channel that extends around the tongue portion and intersects the eye region, wherein the channel comprises a first channel portion and a second channel portion that extends from the first channel portion, wherein the first channel portion is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the second channel portion, wherein the second channel portion is in communication with the eye region, characterised in that the second channel portion is located proximate an entrance to the eye region at the end of the eye region nearer to the tip portion and in that the second channel portion is oriented at an obtuse angle of between about 130° and 170°with respect to the eye region.
A compressor aerofoil comprising a suction surface wall having a suction surface and a pressure surface wall having a pressure surface, the suction surface wall and the pressure surface wall meeting at a leading edge and a trailing edge and defining a tip having a tip surface, the compressor aerofoil having a maximum thickness T max, a mean camber line defined as passing through the leading edge and the trailing edge, the compressor aerofoil further comprising a winglet at the tip, which extends from the suction surface, the winglet having an overhang W that has a perpendicular extent from the suction surface in the range 0.1Tmax to 1.99Tmax, the winglet having a maximum overhang W max that occurs within 50% of the length of the mean camber line from the leading edge, characterised in that the winglet comprises a suction rib extending along a suction surface edge of the winglet. a suction surface wall having a suction surface and a pressure surface wall having a pressure surface, the suction surface wall and the pressure surface wall meeting at a leading edge and a trailing edge and defining a tip having a tip surface, the compressor aerofoil having a maximum thickness T max, a mean camber line defined as passing through the leading edge and the trailing edge, the compressor aerofoil further comprising a winglet at the tip, which extends from the suction surface, the winglet having an overhang W that has a perpendicular extent from the suction surface in the range 0.1Tmax to 1.99Tmax, the winglet having a maximum overhang W max that occurs within 50% of the length of the mean camber line from the leading edge, characterised in that the winglet comprises a suction rib extending along a suction surface edge of the winglet.
A steering spindle arrangement that comprises a spindle bolt, an axle beam that is secured to a conically shaped central part of the spindle bolt, a stub axle that has a first arm that is rotatably arranged around a first part of the spindle bolt via a first bearing and a second arm that is rotatably arranged around a second part of the spindle bolt via a second bearing, characterized in that the spindle arrangement comprises an adjusting mechanism (4, 18) by means of which it is possible to adjust a variable rotational resistance for the stub axle when it is rotated around the spindle bolt, the adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding bearing that is arranged in a position between the stub axle and the axle beam and a tensioning device (3, 4), by means of which it is possible to generate an adjustable force that presses the stub axle and the axle beam from opposite sides of the sliding bearing so that the stub axle acquires a desired resistance when it is rotated around the spindle bolt, the sliding bearing has a first sliding surface that is in contact with a contact surface of the stub axle and a second sliding surface that is in contact with a contact surface of the axle beam, wherein the tensioning device (3, 4) comprises a nut that is rotatably arranged on a threaded part of the first part of the spindle bolt, the nut having one surface that is in direct or indirect contact with one surface of the stub axle, wherein upon tightening the nut, the nut that is in contact with the stub axle and the spindle bolt that is in contact with the axle beam will be displaced in an axial direction toward one another so that the contact surface of the stub axle and the contact surface of the axle beam are pressed against the sliding surfaces of the sliding bearing.
Apparatus for the touchless recording of biometric data of finger and/or hand lines, wherein at the apparatus a rest is provided for the hand and/or the fingers, as well as an illuminating unit that can be traversed and positioned, and a positioning control, wherein the illuminating unit consists of two or more illuminating groups each consisting of at least one illuminating element, with the illuminating groups emitting light at differing times, and wherein the illuminating unit comprises a recording unit consisting of several separate cameras, wherein the positioning control evaluates information about the position and/or size and/or orientation of the fingers and/or the hand, characterized in that the illuminating unit generates illumination regions and an illuminating element is provided projecting two bundles of lines onto the surface of the fingers and/or the hand cutting each other at a certain angle so that the result is a grid projection, and the light colour of the line bundles is different from the light colour of the illumination of the illumination regions, wherein the illuminating unit is configured such that the illumination scenarios can be selected such that in a first illuminating region those illuminating elements are switched on that are required for recording by separate cameras positioned each 50° to 80° laterally with reference to a center axis of a finger, and those are switched off thereafter, and then the illuminating unit for the first separate camera positioned centrally with respect to the center axis of the finger is switched on.
An armrest assembly for a passenger seat comprising: an armrest and an armrest pivot assembly, wherein said armrest pivot assembly comprises: an armrest support defining an aperture comprising an aperture wall, wherein the aperture wall comprises a first pivot-limiting feature; an armrest pivot within the aperture of the armrest support and rotatable within the aperture relative to the armrest support, wherein the armrest pivot comprises a perimeter wall, wherein the perimeter wall comprises a second pivot-limiting feature, and wherein the first pivot-limiting feature and the second pivot-limiting feature define a range of rotation of the armrest pivot relative to the armrest support, characterized in that the armrest pivot is coupled to the armrest thereby controlling rotation of the armrest relative to the armrest support and in that the armrest comprises an end, the end comprising a first extension and a second extension, wherein the first extension and the second extension overlap the aperture and armrest pivot of the armrest pivot assembly. an armrest support defining an aperture comprising an aperture wall, wherein the aperture wall comprises a first pivot-limiting feature; an armrest pivot within the aperture of the armrest support and rotatable within the aperture relative to the armrest support, wherein the armrest pivot comprises a perimeter wall, wherein the perimeter wall comprises a second pivot-limiting feature, and wherein the first pivot-limiting feature and the second pivot-limiting feature define a range of rotation of the armrest pivot relative to the armrest support, characterized in that the armrest pivot is coupled to the armrest thereby controlling rotation of the armrest relative to the armrest support and in that the armrest comprises an end, the end comprising a first extension and a second extension, wherein the first extension and the second extension overlap the aperture and armrest pivot of the armrest pivot assembly.
A substrate having a major surface on which there is a low-maintenance coating, the low-maintenance coating including a thickness of film comprising titania, said thickness being less than 250Å, wherein only part of that thickness includes tungsten oxide, said thickness including an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion being closer to the substrate than is the outer portion, the outer portion being the part that includes tungsten oxide.
A product display device, having a support from which a plurality of parallel arms extend, each arm carrying a product-carrying hook adjustably positionable on the arm, the support comprising a member attachable to a vertical display surface or a hook engageable on a horizontal bar mounted on a vertical display surface, characterised in that each arm is provided with a hole therethrough, the holes (5, 6) in the arms being aligned whereby a security bar passes through the aligned holes (5, 6) and through corresponding holes in the products or packaging therefor, locking means being provided to prevent removal of the security bar from the device.
A method of operating a network element in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: identifying, by at least a network element, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) that is orthogonal to CSI-RSs transmitted by each of a macro cell as a first network cell and a set of neighbor cells that interfere with the macro cell, wherein the macro cell has a coverage containing a coverage of a small cell as a second network cell, wherein the network element is associated with the small cell; and transmitting, by the network element, the identified CSI-RS; wherein the set of interfering neighbor cells is a subset of a CSI-RS network cell group, and the CSI-RS transmitted by the network element is the same as a CSI-RS transmitted by a network cell that is a member of the CSI-RS network cell group, but not a member of the set of interfering neighbor cells, wherein hopping of a CSI-RS port resource mapping is coordinated among cells within the CSI-RS network cell group such that different cells use mutually exclusive CSI-RS port resources, wherein the same hopping sequence is used for all cells within the CSI-RS network cell group, with each cell being offset by a different and predefined offset value that corresponds to a logical ID associated with the cell, wherein different cells within the CSI-RS network cell group have different logical IDs, wherein each cell in the CSI-RS network cell group is configured to mute the transmission of Physical Downlink Shared Channel Resource Elements (PDSCH REs) that coincide with the CSI-RS REs transmitted by other cells within the CSI-RS network cell group.
An anti-scatter device for an X-ray detector, the anti-scatter device comprising: an anti-scatter grid with a plurality of slats for absorbing X-rays; and a cover element (14, 14a) arranged on a side of the anti-scatter grid; wherein ends of the slats are coupled to the cover element (14, 14a); wherein the cover element (14, 14a) comprises an electroactive polymer material; and wherein a dimension of the cover element (14, 14a) is changeable by applying a voltage to the electroactive polymer material, such that a distance between the ends of the slats is changeable by applying the voltage. an anti-scatter grid with a plurality of slats for absorbing X-rays; and a cover element (14, 14a) arranged on a side of the anti-scatter grid; wherein ends of the slats are coupled to the cover element (14, 14a); wherein the cover element (14, 14a) comprises an electroactive polymer material; and wherein a dimension of the cover element (14, 14a) is changeable by applying a voltage to the electroactive polymer material, such that a distance between the ends of the slats is changeable by applying the voltage.
An electric breast pump comprising: a breast placement part in which a breast part including a breast and a nipple of a subject is to be placed; and a suction-pressure generating unit for generating a suction pressure in the breast placement part, wherein the suction-pressure generating unit is configured to generate a suction cycle including a plurality of different suction pressures, wherein the suction cycle includes a basic part of the cycle having a basic sucking operation, an increased suction part of the cycle having an increased sucking operation with an increased suction pressure relative to that of a preceding sucking operation of the basic part of the cycle, and a reduced suction part of the cycle having a reduced sucking operation with a reduced suction pressure relative to that of a preceding sucking operation of the increased suction part of the cycle, the magnitude of the increase in the increased suction pressure relative to that of the preceding sucking operation of the basic part of the cycle, and the magnitude of the reduction in the reduced suction pressure relative to that of the preceding sucking operation of the increased suction part of the cycle are the same and are from 2.5 kPa to 3.5 kPa, and the basic sucking operation, the increased sucking operation, and the reduced sucking operation are each repeated multiple times consecutively at the same respective suction pressure in their respective parts of the cycle. a breast placement part in which a breast part including a breast and a nipple of a subject is to be placed; and a suction-pressure generating unit for generating a suction pressure in the breast placement part, wherein the suction-pressure generating unit is configured to generate a suction cycle including a plurality of different suction pressures, wherein the suction cycle includes a basic part of the cycle having a basic sucking operation, an increased suction part of the cycle having an increased sucking operation with an increased suction pressure relative to that of a preceding sucking operation of the basic part of the cycle, and a reduced suction part of the cycle having a reduced sucking operation with a reduced suction pressure relative to that of a preceding sucking operation of the increased suction part of the cycle, the magnitude of the increase in the increased suction pressure relative to that of the preceding sucking operation of the basic part of the cycle, and the magnitude of the reduction in the reduced suction pressure relative to that of the preceding sucking operation of the increased suction part of the cycle are the same and are from 2.5 kPa to 3.5 kPa, and the basic sucking operation, the increased sucking operation, and the reduced sucking operation are each repeated multiple times consecutively at the same respective suction pressure in their respective parts of the cycle.
A razor cartridge handle configured to be connected to a first type razor cartridge having a connecting member, and configured to be connected to a second type razor cartridge having a connecting member, wherein the first type razor cartridge is different from the second type razor cartridge, the handle comprising: a cartridge end and an opposed end; a first assembly configured to connect the first type razor cartridge to the cartridge end of the handle; a second assembly configured to connect the second type razor cartridge to the cartridge end of the handle; wherein the first and second assemblies (58, 80) are configured so that only a single razor cartridge can be attached to the handle at a time, which attached razor cartridge is either a first type razor cartridge or a second type razor cartridge; a razor cartridge ejector operable to selectively eject an attached first type razor cartridge and operable to selectively eject an attached second type razor cartridge; and laterally opposed stabilizing projections (114, 116), the stabilizing projections (114, 116) being configured to alternately fit within the connecting member of the second type of razor cartridge or external to the connecting member of the first type of razor cartridge. a cartridge end and an opposed end; a first assembly configured to connect the first type razor cartridge to the cartridge end of the handle; a second assembly configured to connect the second type razor cartridge to the cartridge end of the handle; wherein the first and second assemblies (58, 80) are configured so that only a single razor cartridge can be attached to the handle at a time, which attached razor cartridge is either a first type razor cartridge or a second type razor cartridge; a razor cartridge ejector operable to selectively eject an attached first type razor cartridge and operable to selectively eject an attached second type razor cartridge; and laterally opposed stabilizing projections (114, 116), the stabilizing projections (114, 116) being configured to alternately fit within the connecting member of the second type of razor cartridge or external to the connecting member of the first type of razor cartridge.
A method of inspecting a container having a base and a mouth, including the steps of: directing light through the container base into the container, and out of the container through the container mouth, using at least one light source operatively disposed beneath the container base; obtaining a plurality of images of the container mouth from the light directed through the container mouth, wherein the plurality of images are obtained as a plurality of pairs of images of diametrically opposed segments of the container mouth; calculating at least one minimum bore diameter of the container mouth from each image of the plurality of images; identifying an overall lowest minimum bore diameter, OLMBD, of the minimum bore diameters; and determining an effective minimum bore diameter of the container mouth as being a value other than the OLMBD. directing light through the container base into the container, and out of the container through the container mouth, using at least one light source operatively disposed beneath the container base; obtaining a plurality of images of the container mouth from the light directed through the container mouth, wherein the plurality of images are obtained as a plurality of pairs of images of diametrically opposed segments of the container mouth; calculating at least one minimum bore diameter of the container mouth from each image of the plurality of images; identifying an overall lowest minimum bore diameter, OLMBD, of the minimum bore diameters; and determining an effective minimum bore diameter of the container mouth as being a value other than the OLMBD.
A fluid regulator (200, 400) comprising: a valve body having an inlet and an outlet to allow fluid to flow therethrough; and a backing plate disposed within a bonnet and coupled to the valve body; characterized by first and second diaphragms (202, 204), each having a corrugated profile (502, 511) and in a stacked configuration, the diaphragms are operatively coupled to the backing plate, each of the diaphragms is clamped between the valve body and the bonnet proximate a peripheral edge of the diaphragm. a valve body having an inlet and an outlet to allow fluid to flow therethrough; and a backing plate disposed within a bonnet and coupled to the valve body; characterized by first and second diaphragms (202, 204), each having a corrugated profile (502, 511) and in a stacked configuration, the diaphragms are operatively coupled to the backing plate, each of the diaphragms is clamped between the valve body and the bonnet proximate a peripheral edge of the diaphragm.