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Assembly comprising an ophthalmic lens blank and a compensating pad for applying onto said ophthalmic lens blank to be blocked, or for interposing between said ophthalmic lens blank and a block piece, said compensating pad comprising a main body, wherein the maximum thickness of the main body corresponds to about 0.3 mm to about 1.5 mm and/or the main body is made of a rubber-like material and/or a foam-like material; wherein the main body has a disc shape adapted to the first surface of the blocked bifocal ophthalmic lens blank, characterized in that the main body is either designed to be elastic, having a maximum thickness corresponding to a maximum layer thickness difference of the ophthalmic lens blank to locally compensate for the layer thickness difference of the blocked ophthalmic lens blank, or designed to be elastic abutting on an area directly adjacent to a segment edge of the blocked ophthalmic lens blank, to locally compensate for the layer thickness difference of the ophthalmic lens blank at the segment edge, and in that the disc shape of the main body substantially corresponds to a three-quarter segment of a circle. wherein the maximum thickness of the main body corresponds to about 0.3 mm to about 1.5 mm and/or the main body is made of a rubber-like material and/or a foam-like material; wherein the main body has a disc shape adapted to the first surface of the blocked bifocal ophthalmic lens blank, characterized in that the main body is either designed to be elastic, having a maximum thickness corresponding to a maximum layer thickness difference of the ophthalmic lens blank to locally compensate for the layer thickness difference of the blocked ophthalmic lens blank, or designed to be elastic abutting on an area directly adjacent to a segment edge of the blocked ophthalmic lens blank, to locally compensate for the layer thickness difference of the ophthalmic lens blank at the segment edge, and in that the disc shape of the main body substantially corresponds to a three-quarter segment of a circle.
A multi-burner head assembly comprising: a venturi inlet coupled to more than one burner head; wherein the burner heads comprise: a first burner head comprising a first height; and a second burner head comprising a second height greater than the first height. a venturi inlet coupled to more than one burner head; wherein the burner heads comprise: a first burner head comprising a first height; and a second burner head comprising a second height greater than the first height. a first burner head comprising a first height; and a second burner head comprising a second height greater than the first height.
An article comprising a liquid pervious layer, a liquid impervious layer, an absorbent core disposed between said liquid pervious layer and said liquid impervious layer and a nonwoven web, said nonwoven web being characterized in that it comprises: at least a first layer of fibers that are made of a first composition comprising a propylene copolymer, a polypropylene homopolymer and a softness enhancer additive; and at least a second layer of fibers that are made of a second composition, wherein said second composition comprises a polypropylene homopolymer and wherein said second composition is the bottom layer and includes a composition that contains less propylene copolymer by weight of the second composition than the amount of propylene copolymer by weight of the first composition, and at least an intermediate fibrous layer present between said first and second fibrous layers wherein said intermediate fibrous layer comprises fibers that are made of a third composition, wherein said nonwoven web has a Material Factor of at least 2; wherein said nonwoven web comprises a plurality of calendering bonds that provide said nonwoven web with a first textured surface and a second surface opposite said first surface; and wherein said first layer of fibers is disposed at said first textured surface and said second layer of fibers is disposed at said second surface at least a first layer of fibers that are made of a first composition comprising a propylene copolymer, a polypropylene homopolymer and a softness enhancer additive; and at least a second layer of fibers that are made of a second composition, wherein said second composition comprises a polypropylene homopolymer and wherein said second composition is the bottom layer and includes a composition that contains less propylene copolymer by weight of the second composition than the amount of propylene copolymer by weight of the first composition, and at least an intermediate fibrous layer present between said first and second fibrous layers wherein said intermediate fibrous layer comprises fibers that are made of a third composition, wherein said nonwoven web has a Material Factor of at least 2; wherein said nonwoven web comprises a plurality of calendering bonds that provide said nonwoven web with a first textured surface and a second surface opposite said first surface; and wherein said first layer of fibers is disposed at said first textured surface and said second layer of fibers is disposed at said second surface
A method for overall survival prognosis in patients at any point during therapy of metastatic breast cancer patients comprising: a) enriching a fraction of a blood specimen having a mixed cell population suspected of containing circulating tumour cells (CTCs), said fraction containing said CTCs; b) confirming structural integrity of said CTCs to be intact; and c) analyzing said intact CTCs at any time during follow-up treatment of the patient to determine patient survival, wherein said analyzing correlates intact CTC enumeration of said patient with said overall survival prognosis based upon a predetermined statistical association, said analyzing being based upon a measurement of CTC number relative to a threshold number of 5 circulating tumour cells per 7.5 ml of blood, said measurement above or equal to said threshold being indicative of a lower said survival prognosis. a) enriching a fraction of a blood specimen having a mixed cell population suspected of containing circulating tumour cells (CTCs), said fraction containing said CTCs; b) confirming structural integrity of said CTCs to be intact; and c) analyzing said intact CTCs at any time during follow-up treatment of the patient to determine patient survival, wherein said analyzing correlates intact CTC enumeration of said patient with said overall survival prognosis based upon a predetermined statistical association, said analyzing being based upon a measurement of CTC number relative to a threshold number of 5 circulating tumour cells per 7.5 ml of blood, said measurement above or equal to said threshold being indicative of a lower said survival prognosis.
An impact tool comprising a motor, a tool body that houses the motor and has a tip end region to which a tool bit to be driven by the motor is coupled, a handle held by a user and disposed on the tool body at a side opposite to the tip end region to which the tool bit is coupled, a vibration-proofing cushioning material that is disposed between the tool body and the handle and connects the tool body and the handle such that the tool body and the handle can move with respect to each other in an axial direction of the tool bit, a motor-driving manual operating member that is disposed on the handle, biased from an on position to an off position, wherein current is passed to the motor in the on position and the current is interrupted in the off position and wherein the motor-driving manual operating member is normally placed in the off position and can be operated by user's finger between the off position and the on position, an operation mode switching member that is disposed on the tool body and can switch between first operation mode in which the tool bit is continuously driven and second operation mode in which the tool bit is arbitrarily driven, a movable member that is moved in the axial direction of the tool bit by the switching operation of the operation mode switching member, wherein, when the operation mode switching member is switched to the first operation mode, the movable member moves toward the handle and moves the manual operating member from the off position to the on position and locks it in the on position, while, when the operation mode switching member is switched to the second operation mode, the movable member moves away from the handle and releases said lock of the manual operating member so that the manual operating member can be returned to the off position and allowed to be operated by user's finger characterized in that a vibration-proofing elastic member (143c; 143f) is provided on the manual operating member, the movable member or between the movable member and the manual operating member, wherein the vibration-proofing elastic member (143c; 143f) prevents vibration caused in the tool body from being transmitted from the movable member to the handle via the manual operating member when the operation mode switching member is switched to the first operation mode and the manual operating member is locked in the on position by the movable member.
A downhole tool comprising: one or more pads, wherein each of the one or more pads comprises: a pad base; electronic components disposed on the pad base; a pad cover sealed to the pad base, substantially encompassing the electronic components; one or more inserts positioned between the pad base and the pad cover; and characterized by one or more sliders positioned between the pad base and the pad cover, wherein each of the one or more sliders substantially surrounds a respective insert of the one or more inserts in an XY plane of the pad base and pad cover, such that relative movement in the XY plane between the pad base and pad cover is substantially guided along a dimension of the one or more sliders. one or more pads, wherein each of the one or more pads comprises: a pad base; electronic components disposed on the pad base; a pad cover sealed to the pad base, substantially encompassing the electronic components; a pad base; electronic components disposed on the pad base; a pad cover sealed to the pad base, substantially encompassing the electronic components;
A compound having a sugar chain for use in a method of treatment of a bone metabolism disease that relates to excessive bone resorption, an autoimmune disease or an allergy disease accompanied by excessive immune reaction or inflammation of pro-inflammatory cytokines, the sugar chain having a basic structure represented by the following formula: wherein, in the formula, a sialic acid does not exist at two non-reducing terminals, and each of x and y independently represents 3 or 4, wherein the compound is a dendritic cell immune receptor activator, and wherein the sugar chain is asialo-biantennary N-glycan. wherein, in the formula, a sialic acid does not exist at two non-reducing terminals, and each of x and y independently represents 3 or 4, wherein the compound is a dendritic cell immune receptor activator, and wherein the sugar chain is asialo-biantennary N-glycan.
Sensor providing at least one surveillance channel that comprises a first and a second sub-channel (SUB1, SUB2), - wherein the first sub-channel is formed by a first radiation emitter and an individually assigned first detector, - wherein the second sub-channel is formed by a second radiation emitter and an individually assigned second detector, and - wherein an emitter control unit is configured to control the radiation emitters such that the first radiation emitter inputs a first stream of information into its allocated sub-channel and the second radiation emitter inputs a second stream of information into its allocated sub-channel, wherein an evaluation unit is configured to generate an object detection signal if at least one of said first and second streams is interrupted, - wherein the first stream is logically inverse to the second stream such that the sub-channels convey logically opposite information, and characterized in that the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate detection signals of the first and second detector (Rx1, Rx2) and generate a warning signal if the detection signal of the first detector is not logically inverse with respect to the detection signal of the second detector. - wherein the first sub-channel is formed by a first radiation emitter and an individually assigned first detector, - wherein the second sub-channel is formed by a second radiation emitter and an individually assigned second detector, and - wherein an emitter control unit is configured to control the radiation emitters such that the first radiation emitter inputs a first stream of information into its allocated sub-channel and the second radiation emitter inputs a second stream of information into its allocated sub-channel, wherein an evaluation unit is configured to generate an object detection signal if at least one of said first and second streams is interrupted, - wherein the first stream is logically inverse to the second stream such that the sub-channels convey logically opposite information, and characterized in that the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate detection signals of the first and second detector (Rx1, Rx2) and generate a warning signal if the detection signal of the first detector is not logically inverse with respect to the detection signal of the second detector.
A method for securing a transaction defined by a user through his inputs, comprising the following steps in a secure transaction module: receiving of input data from an input device of a user terminal; processing in accordance with the transaction of transaction data when a predetermined condition is fulfilled; matching of the transaction data to be processed allegedly input by the user with the received input data actually input by the user, wherein a positive matching result is the predetermined condition; characterized in that in a first transaction data reception step, a transaction data character is received and in each further transaction data reception step a transaction data character sequence is received which comprises the transaction data characters of the transaction data character sequence received in the preceding transaction data reception step and a further transaction data character, and that in a transaction data character sequence received in a transaction data reception step the further transaction data character is determined by comparing the transaction data characters of the received transaction data character sequence with the transaction data characters of the transaction data character sequence received in the preceding transaction data reception step, and the determined, further transaction data character is matched with a corresponding input data character received as input data. receiving of input data from an input device of a user terminal; processing in accordance with the transaction of transaction data when a predetermined condition is fulfilled; matching of the transaction data to be processed allegedly input by the user with the received input data actually input by the user, wherein a positive matching result is the predetermined condition; characterized in that in a first transaction data reception step, a transaction data character is received and in each further transaction data reception step a transaction data character sequence is received which comprises the transaction data characters of the transaction data character sequence received in the preceding transaction data reception step and a further transaction data character, and that in a transaction data character sequence received in a transaction data reception step the further transaction data character is determined by comparing the transaction data characters of the received transaction data character sequence with the transaction data characters of the transaction data character sequence received in the preceding transaction data reception step, and the determined, further transaction data character is matched with a corresponding input data character received as input data.
A positive locking latch assembly for a hook having a saddle, which latch assembly comprises: a latch body having a latch face, and a pivot shaft to permit said latch body to rotate between an open position and a closed position; a torsion spring urging said latch body toward said closed position; a lock plate retained within said latch body, said lock plate movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; a compression spring urging said lock plate toward said locked position; characterized in that it further comprises: a tab extending from said lock plate into an opening in said latch face, said tab engageable with said latch face to engage said lock plate in said unlocked position. a latch body having a latch face, and a pivot shaft to permit said latch body to rotate between an open position and a closed position; a torsion spring urging said latch body toward said closed position; a lock plate retained within said latch body, said lock plate movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; a compression spring urging said lock plate toward said locked position; characterized in that it further comprises: a tab extending from said lock plate into an opening in said latch face, said tab engageable with said latch face to engage said lock plate in said unlocked position.
Installation for coating a metal product in the form of a head of a strip (1, 1') moving along, comprising a system for securing product (1, 1') of the head of the strip in a coating pot filled with liquid metal of the said coating installation, comprising at least a first and a second apparatus (e1, e2) of the type that is immersed in the pot and of the type that is in the air at the outlet of the strip from the pot, each of the said first and second apparatuses being respectively disposed on either side of each of the faces of the strip moving along vertically in the pot and at the outlet of the strip from the pot, the said securing system comprising a lifting means for lifting one of the said apparatuses out of the pot, and being characterized by a holding means (4, 4') for holding the head of the strip at least above the pot.
A battery-operated field device, particularly a fill level device measuring device, a flow measuring device, a pressure sensor device, or a display device, comprising: an energy storage, a time management unit which is connected to the energy storage via a first line, a radio unit, which is connected to the energy storage via a switch, characterized in that the radio unit is configured to transmit a time information about the next measurement to the time management unit via a first interface and/or to receive said time information from the time management unit, only when the switch is activated, and the time management unit is configured to control the switch by means of the time information. an energy storage, a time management unit which is connected to the energy storage via a first line, a radio unit, which is connected to the energy storage via a switch, characterized in that the radio unit is configured to transmit a time information about the next measurement to the time management unit via a first interface and/or to receive said time information from the time management unit, only when the switch is activated, and the time management unit is configured to control the switch by means of the time information.
An electrical power generation system for a vehicle comprising: a prime mover; an electrical generator to generate electrical power; a gear box operably connected to the prime mover and the electrical generator to transfer rotational energy from the prime mover to the electrical generator; and a braking mechanism at the gear box to selectably transfer rotational energy from the prime mover to the electrical generator for selective generation of electrical power, wherein the gear box includes a planetary gear arrangement, and characterized in that the planetary gear arrangement includes: a sun gear connected to the generator via a generator shaft; a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear and configured to traverse about a sun gear axis; and a ring gear meshed with and disposed radially outboard of the plurality of planet gears; wherein the prime mover is coupled to one of the plurality of planet gears or the ring gear; and wherein the braking mechanism is disposed at the other of the plurality of planet gears or the ring gear to stop of rotation of the ring gear or traversal of the plurality of planet gears. a prime mover; an electrical generator to generate electrical power; a gear box operably connected to the prime mover and the electrical generator to transfer rotational energy from the prime mover to the electrical generator; and a braking mechanism at the gear box to selectably transfer rotational energy from the prime mover to the electrical generator for selective generation of electrical power, wherein the gear box includes a planetary gear arrangement, and characterized in that the planetary gear arrangement includes: a sun gear connected to the generator via a generator shaft; a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear and configured to traverse about a sun gear axis; and a ring gear meshed with and disposed radially outboard of the plurality of planet gears; wherein the prime mover is coupled to one of the plurality of planet gears or the ring gear; and wherein the braking mechanism is disposed at the other of the plurality of planet gears or the ring gear to stop of rotation of the ring gear or traversal of the plurality of planet gears. a sun gear connected to the generator via a generator shaft; a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear and configured to traverse about a sun gear axis; and a ring gear meshed with and disposed radially outboard of the plurality of planet gears; wherein the prime mover is coupled to one of the plurality of planet gears or the ring gear; and wherein the braking mechanism is disposed at the other of the plurality of planet gears or the ring gear to stop of rotation of the ring gear or traversal of the plurality of planet gears.
A swing arm of a saddle riding vehicle comprising: an arm main body formed of a pipe member; and a reinforcement member configured to reinforce an axle support region of the arm main body, characterised in that the arm main body has a notch formed by cutting a portion of a region of a circumferential wall of the arm main body facing in a vehicle width direction, and the reinforcement member is joined to the notch of the circumferential wall. an arm main body formed of a pipe member; and a reinforcement member configured to reinforce an axle support region of the arm main body, characterised in that the arm main body has a notch formed by cutting a portion of a region of a circumferential wall of the arm main body facing in a vehicle width direction, and the reinforcement member is joined to the notch of the circumferential wall.