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Height rescue apparatus having both a fall arrest function and a lowering function, the apparatus comprising: alt elongate safety line which in use has one end secured with respect to a secure anchorage device; a friction device (5; 66, 67) for effecting the fall arrest function and mounted on a bracket having harness attachment means, an elongate lowering line which has a first end attached to said other end of the safety line; a drum mounted on the bracket for rotation relative thereto, around which drum the lowering line is wound and to which drum the second end of the lowering line is secured, said drum being independent of said friction device, at least one speed control means (20 - 27) for controlling the speed of rotation of the drum, one of the drum or the speed control means being releasably held in a first position which prevents rotation of the drum, release means (30 - 36) for releasing the drum or the at least one speed control means from said first position to allow the drum to effect said lowering function by rotating at a controlled speed in a lowering situation thereby hallowing lowering line to be deployed to provide a controlled speed of descent. characterized in that the friction device acts upon a portion of the safety line towards the other end thereof remote from said one end in order to reduce tension in the end of said portion of safety line by at least 50% in a fall arrest situation and that the elongate lowering line has a lower tensile strength than the safety line. alt elongate safety line which in use has one end secured with respect to a secure anchorage device; a friction device (5; 66, 67) for effecting the fall arrest function and mounted on a bracket having harness attachment means, an elongate lowering line which has a first end attached to said other end of the safety line; a drum mounted on the bracket for rotation relative thereto, around which drum the lowering line is wound and to which drum the second end of the lowering line is secured, said drum being independent of said friction device, at least one speed control means (20 - 27) for controlling the speed of rotation of the drum, one of the drum or the speed control means being releasably held in a first position which prevents rotation of the drum, release means (30 - 36) for releasing the drum or the at least one speed control means from said first position to allow the drum to effect said lowering function by rotating at a controlled speed in a lowering situation thereby hallowing lowering line to be deployed to provide a controlled speed of descent. characterized in that the friction device acts upon a portion of the safety line towards the other end thereof remote from said one end in order to reduce tension in the end of said portion of safety line by at least 50% in a fall arrest situation and that the elongate lowering line has a lower tensile strength than the safety line.
Tank container with a tank, arranged between two end frame structures, each having a rectangular end frame, with a tank body which has a filler opening and a drain device, wherein each frame structure has an end frame of cross members and corner members, wherein the end frames envelope end walls to which the tank body is welded, said tank body having a double conical shape in its longitudinal extension, wherein its cross sectional area tapers continuously beginning at its mid-section up to the end walls, and wherein, starting from the lower ends of the corner members, longitudinal members run horizontally and parallel to each other towards the centre of the tank and ending before reaching it, with which members the tank body is connected by means of concavely arched supporting side pieces, each of which is welded to a longitudinal member and to the underside of the tank body, wherein the places where the supporting side pieces are welded to tank body are staggered in relation to the centre of the tank in contrast to their weld places on the longitudinal members.
Process for marking a metal sheet by rolling whereby the metal sheet is passed between a smooth cylinder and a marking cylinder with a straight profile, characterised by the fact that the rolling mill is of the duo type and the smooth cylinder has a cambered profile to compensate for the deflection of the cylinders (2, 3) when working.
Apparatus comprising a display panel, at least one electrode, and an electrically insulating layer, the electrically insulating layer forming a portion of an exterior surface proximal to said at least one electrode, wherein the apparatus is a mobile device, and the mobile device is configured to house the display panel, the at least one electrode and the electrically insulating layer, the at least one electrode being optically transparent if located above the display panel, or may instead be optically opaque or translucent if not located above the display panel, wherein in combination the at least one electrode and the electrically insulating layer are configured to provide nerve stimulation to a user by utilizing capacitive coupling, via the electrically insulating layer, between the electrode and a user contacting the portion of the exterior surface of said insulating layer proximal to said electrode, wherein the electrode comprises a first electrode element and a second electrode element electrically insulated from one another.
A method for generating navigation data for a secondary vehicle (10, 11) using a first vehicle and a navigation device, said first vehicle comprising a set of sensors, said method comprising the steps of; a) travelling, by the first vehicle along a road; and b) detecting at least one landmark (5, 5', 5", 5"', 8) using said vehicle sensors; characterised in that the method further comprises: c) determining, using an on-board computer of the first vehicle or a remote computer, if said at least one landmark (5, 5', 5", 5′′′, 8) has a shape correlating to the main direction of said road if a distance between the first vehicle and the at least one landmark determined by the vehicle sensors is determined to be substantially constant either directly or using a compensation factor or using a distance profile to the at least one landmark or an image of the at least one landmark acquired by the vehicle sensors, and; d) upon determination that said landmark has a shape correlating to the main direction of said road, storing navigation data indicative of said at least one landmark (5, 5', 5", 5′′′, 8) or the associated section (s) of the road as an approved landmark for landmark navigation, in a data base, cloud, or storage unit, accessible by the secondary vehicle for landmark navigation by the secondary vehicle. a) travelling, by the first vehicle along a road; and b) detecting at least one landmark (5, 5', 5", 5"', 8) using said vehicle sensors; characterised in that the method further comprises: c) determining, using an on-board computer of the first vehicle or a remote computer, if said at least one landmark (5, 5', 5", 5′′′, 8) has a shape correlating to the main direction of said road if a distance between the first vehicle and the at least one landmark determined by the vehicle sensors is determined to be substantially constant either directly or using a compensation factor or using a distance profile to the at least one landmark or an image of the at least one landmark acquired by the vehicle sensors, and; d) upon determination that said landmark has a shape correlating to the main direction of said road, storing navigation data indicative of said at least one landmark (5, 5', 5", 5′′′, 8) or the associated section (s) of the road as an approved landmark for landmark navigation, in a data base, cloud, or storage unit, accessible by the secondary vehicle for landmark navigation by the secondary vehicle.
Arrangement comprising a door handle and a door panel, wherein the door handle comprises: a case including a placement space therein; and a light guide disposed in the placement space and configured to guide light emitted from a light source, the light guide including a light exiting surface from which the light is irradiated toward the outside of the case, an irradiation passage hole through which the light irradiated from the light exiting surface passes is formed in the case, and when a tangent line which passes through an outer surface of the door panel on a travelling direction side of the light passing through the irradiation passage hole and a wall surface for forming the irradiation passage hole is defined as a connecting line and an assembly of the connecting lines at the entire circumference of the irradiation passage hole is defined as a connecting line assembly (Sa), the light exiting surface is located on the outside of the connecting line assembly (Sa), or when an opening end on an outer side of the irradiation passage hole is defined as an outer opening end, an opening end on the placement space side thereof is defined as an inner opening end, a straight line passing through an arbitrary point in the outer opening end and an arbitrary point in the inner opening end is defined as a connecting line, and an assembly of the connecting lines at the entire circumference of the irradiation passage hole is defined as a connecting line assembly, the light exiting surface is located on the outside of the connecting line assembly (Ta), characterized in that a diameter of the irradiation passage hole increases as going from the placement space side toward the outside.
An aircraft comprising: landing gear, landing gear legs, an activation lever of the landing gear, a parking brake, an actuation lever for actuation the parking brake, brake systems, wheels and an aircraft safety system for indicating the state of the aircraft and for being able to safely approach said aircraft, whereby said aircraft system comprises: - two types of indicators, a first type or mechanical indicator, and a second type or light indicator, arranged on at least one of said landing gear legs, - a first sensor associated with said activation lever of said landing gear, - a micro switch or the like associated with said wheels of said landing gear and indicating if said wheels are bearing weight, - a second sensor associated with said actuation lever for actuating said parking brake, - a hydraulic pressure sensor in said brake systems, - a control unit which receives information from said first sensors, said second sensor, said hydraulic pressure sensor and said micro switch wherein said light indicator comprises first light means (2.1) and second light means (2.2) of a different colour to that of said first light means (2.1) and said control unit sends a switching signal to said first indicator or mechanical indicator, and a first activation signal for activating said first light means (2.1) or a second activation signal for activating said second light means (2.2), depending on the values of said first sensor, said second sensor and said hydraulic pressure sensor. - two types of indicators, a first type or mechanical indicator, and a second type or light indicator, arranged on at least one of said landing gear legs, - a first sensor associated with said activation lever of said landing gear, - a micro switch or the like associated with said wheels of said landing gear and indicating if said wheels are bearing weight, - a second sensor associated with said actuation lever for actuating said parking brake, - a hydraulic pressure sensor in said brake systems, - a control unit which receives information from said first sensors, said second sensor, said hydraulic pressure sensor and said micro switch wherein
A base station apparatus comprising: a transmitter arranged to transmit, to a remote unit, multiple downlink transmissions in a downlink slot set, wherein the downlink slot set comprises a first number of reference slots and a second number of carriers, wherein the second number of carriers are grouped into a plurality of carrier groups based on a subcarrier spacing value of each carrier, and wherein each carrier in a carrier group has the same subcarrier spacing value; and a receiver arranged to receive a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement, HARQ-ACK, codebook from the remote unit for the downlink slot set, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook for the downlink slot set corresponds to all downlink transmissions in the downlink slot set. a transmitter arranged to transmit, to a remote unit, multiple downlink transmissions in a downlink slot set, wherein the downlink slot set comprises a first number of reference slots and a second number of carriers, wherein the second number of carriers are grouped into a plurality of carrier groups based on a subcarrier spacing value of each carrier, and wherein each carrier in a carrier group has the same subcarrier spacing value; and a receiver arranged to receive a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement, HARQ-ACK, codebook from the remote unit for the downlink slot set, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook for the downlink slot set corresponds to all downlink transmissions in the downlink slot set.
A microcapsule comprising a core containing an active substance and a coating layer system comprising an inner layer of shellac, an outer layer of shellac and a pH-modulating substance provided between the two layers of shellac (2, 3), with the proviso that the active substance is not vitamin B3.
A device for puncturing a capsule to release a powdered medicament therefrom, the device comprising: a chamber adapted to receive a capsule comprising opposing domes and a cylindrical wall portion defined by a capsule wall radius r; and a puncturing mechanism adapted to puncture a received capsule by way of puncturing at least one hole in at least one dome of the received capsule, wherein a centre of each hole being punctured by the puncturing mechanism is located within an annular puncture region of the capsule situated between 0.4r and 0.8r, wherein the puncturing mechanism is adapted to puncture a total surface area of all puncture holes between 0.5% and 2.2% of a total surface area of the received capsule. a chamber adapted to receive a capsule comprising opposing domes and a cylindrical wall portion defined by a capsule wall radius r; and a puncturing mechanism adapted to puncture a received capsule by way of puncturing at least one hole in at least one dome of the received capsule, wherein a centre of each hole being punctured by the puncturing mechanism is located within an annular puncture region of the capsule situated between 0.4r and 0.8r, wherein the puncturing mechanism is adapted to puncture a total surface area of all puncture holes between 0.5% and 2.2% of a total surface area of the received capsule.
A landing gear assembly for an aircraft, the landing gear assembly including: an elongate bogie beam; a first axle bearing having an outer part rotatably coupled to an inner part (16a"), the outer part of the first axle bearing being coupled to the bogie beam, the inner part of the first axle bearing including a mounting aperture; and an elongate axle provided through the mounting aperture of the inner part of the first axle bearing and coupled thereto, characterised in that the axle is coupled to the inner part of the first axle bearing in a configuration such that the longitudinal axis of the axle is parallel with respect to the axis of rotation of the inner part of the first axle bearing when the inner part of the first axle bearing is at a first angular position relative to the outer part of the first axle bearing, and the longitudinal axis of the axle is spaced from the axis of rotation of the inner part, such that rotation of the inner part causes a change in the orientation of the axle relative to the bogie beam. an elongate bogie beam; a first axle bearing having an outer part rotatably coupled to an inner part (16a"), the outer part of the first axle bearing being coupled to the bogie beam, the inner part of the first axle bearing including a mounting aperture; and an elongate axle provided through the mounting aperture of the inner part of the first axle bearing and coupled thereto, characterised in that the axle is coupled to the inner part of the first axle bearing in a configuration such that the longitudinal axis of the axle is parallel with respect to the axis of rotation of the inner part of the first axle bearing when the inner part of the first axle bearing is at a first angular position relative to the outer part of the first axle bearing, and the longitudinal axis of the axle is spaced from the axis of rotation of the inner part, such that rotation of the inner part causes a change in the orientation of the axle relative to the bogie beam.
Method of recovering phosphorus from a sewage sludge, - wherein the sewage sludge is subjected to a thermal-biological hydrolysis in order to dissolve phosphorus as phosphate from its dry matter, wherein citric acid is added to the sewage sludge in the hydrolysis, - wherein a sludge water is separated from a hydrolysate obtained by the hydrolysis, - wherein the dissolved phosphate is precipitated from the sludge water as magnesium ammonium phosphate in a MAP precipitation by raising the pH value and adding a magnesium ion donor, characterized in - that the hydrolysis is carried out for a first period of time at a first pH value, - that the first period of time is terminated by adding the citric acid so that the first pH value is lowered by at least 0.5 to a second pH value, and - that the hydrolysis is continued for a second period of time at the second pH value, - where the second period of time is at least 0.5 h, but shorter than the first period of time. - wherein the sewage sludge is subjected to a thermal-biological hydrolysis in order to dissolve phosphorus as phosphate from its dry matter, wherein citric acid is added to the sewage sludge in the hydrolysis, - wherein a sludge water is separated from a hydrolysate obtained by the hydrolysis, - wherein the dissolved phosphate is precipitated from the sludge water as magnesium ammonium phosphate in a MAP precipitation by raising the pH value and adding a magnesium ion donor, characterized in - that the hydrolysis is carried out for a first period of time at a first pH value, - that the first period of time is terminated by adding the citric acid so that the first pH value is lowered by at least 0.5 to a second pH value, and - that the hydrolysis is continued for a second period of time at the second pH value, - where the second period of time is at least 0.5 h, but shorter than the first period of time.
A magnetic core material for electrophotographic developer, comprising a sulfur component in a content of from 1 to 45 ppm in terms of a sulfate ion, which is a value measured by combustion ion chromatography method described in the description, wherein the magnetic core material has a ferrite composition and does not contain Cu, Zn and Ni in a content exceeding inevitable impurities range, and wherein the sulfur component may be contained in the form of elemental sulfur, a metal sulfide, a sulfate ion, or other sulfides.
A method of determining a breast density measurement from a digital mammogram, the method comprising: receiving an input image corresponding to the digital mammogram; removing metadata information from the input image to generate an intermediate image; generating (415, 500, 600) a region of interest ROI image based on the intermediate image; extracting values of predictor variables where the values are measured from the metadata information, the intermediate image and the ROI image; and calculating the breast density measurement based on using the values of the predictor variables as inputs to a breast density model that comprises a regression model. receiving an input image corresponding to the digital mammogram; removing metadata information from the input image to generate an intermediate image; generating (415, 500, 600) a region of interest ROI image based on the intermediate image; extracting values of predictor variables where the values are measured from the metadata information, the intermediate image and the ROI image; and calculating the breast density measurement based on using the values of the predictor variables as inputs to a breast density model that comprises a regression model.
A device for determining a focus position of a laser beam in a laser machining system, comprising: at least two surfaces of at least one optical element (210, 220), each configured to reflect a portion of the laser beam for outcoupling a sub-beam (12, 14, 16, 18), the at least two sub-beams including a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam being superimposed substantially coaxially; a spatially-resolving sensor for detecting an intensity distribution of the superimposed sub-beams (12, 14); and an evaluation unit configured to determine diameters of the superimposed sub-beams (12, 14) based on the intensity distribution of the superimposed sub-beams (12, 14) detected by the spatially-resolving sensor and to determine a focus position of the laser beam based on the diameters of the sub-beams (12, 14). at least two surfaces of at least one optical element (210, 220), each configured to reflect a portion of the laser beam for outcoupling a sub-beam (12, 14, 16, 18), the at least two sub-beams including a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam being superimposed substantially coaxially; a spatially-resolving sensor for detecting an intensity distribution of the superimposed sub-beams (12, 14); and an evaluation unit configured to determine diameters of the superimposed sub-beams (12, 14) based on the intensity distribution of the superimposed sub-beams (12, 14) detected by the spatially-resolving sensor and to determine a focus position of the laser beam based on the diameters of the sub-beams (12, 14).
An image forming apparatus comprising: trigger determination means for determining whether or not a timing for executing an authentication process of a cartridge that is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus has arrived, in accordance with state information indicating a state of the image forming apparatus, obtaining means for obtaining authentication information regarding authentication from a storage area provided in the cartridge, if the trigger determination means has determined that the timing for executing an authentication process of the cartridge has arrived, reauthentication determination means for determining, from the obtained authentication information obtained by the obtaining means, whether or not an authentication process is required to be executed, and execution means for executing the authentication process using the authentication information if the reauthentication determination means has determined that the authentication process is required to be executed, and write an authentication result as new authentication information to the storage area. trigger determination means for determining whether or not a timing for executing an authentication process of a cartridge that is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus has arrived, in accordance with state information indicating a state of the image forming apparatus, obtaining means for obtaining authentication information regarding authentication from a storage area provided in the cartridge, if the trigger determination means has determined that the timing for executing an authentication process of the cartridge has arrived, reauthentication determination means for determining, from the obtained authentication information obtained by the obtaining means, whether or not an authentication process is required to be executed, and execution means for executing the authentication process using the authentication information if the reauthentication determination means has determined that the authentication process is required to be executed, and write an authentication result as new authentication information to the storage area.