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A fixing device (501; 601) for attaching an item to a suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling, the fixing device comprising: a plug portion (504; 604) for securing in a hole in the suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling, the plug portion comprising an aperture (506; 606) for receiving a fastener that extends in a first direction; a longitudinal backplate (502; 602) that extends in a second direction and is attached to and projects from diametrically opposite sides of the plug portion, wherein the backplate is arranged in use to engage with the rear face of the suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling when the plug portion is secured in the hole; characterised in that: an outer wall of the plug portion comprises a screw thread; the perimeter of the cross section of the plug portion in a plane perpendicular to the first direction has a minimum bounding circle having a first diameter; and the perimeter of the cross section of the fixing device through the plug portion in a plane perpendicular to the second direction has a minimum bounding circle having a second diameter less than or equal to the first diameter. a plug portion (504; 604) for securing in a hole in the suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling, the plug portion comprising an aperture (506; 606) for receiving a fastener that extends in a first direction; a longitudinal backplate (502; 602) that extends in a second direction and is attached to and projects from diametrically opposite sides of the plug portion, wherein the backplate is arranged in use to engage with the rear face of the suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling when the plug portion is secured in the hole; characterised in that: an outer wall of the plug portion comprises a screw thread; the perimeter of the cross section of the plug portion in a plane perpendicular to the first direction has a minimum bounding circle having a first diameter; and the perimeter of the cross section of the fixing device through the plug portion in a plane perpendicular to the second direction has a minimum bounding circle having a second diameter less than or equal to the first diameter. an outer wall of the plug portion comprises a screw thread; the perimeter of the cross section of the plug portion in a plane perpendicular to the first direction has a minimum bounding circle having a first diameter; and the perimeter of the cross section of the fixing device through the plug portion in a plane perpendicular to the second direction has a minimum bounding circle having a second diameter less than or equal to the first diameter.
A process for packaging products. comprising the steps of: advancing first and second continuous web portions of film (26, 28) along a path; affixing a label to one surface of the advancing first web portion; piercing the first web portion and label to form a plurality of tab portions in the label and corresponding tear features in the first web portion, each tab portion being adhered to a corresponding tear feature and being graspable to allow easy-opening of the package by grasping and pulling the tab portion to tear through the film; and enclosing a product between the first and second web portions (26, 28) and sealing respective edges or the web portions together to form a package of the film enclosing the product. advancing first and second continuous web portions of film (26, 28) along a path; affixing a label to one surface of the advancing first web portion; piercing the first web portion and label to form a plurality of tab portions in the label and corresponding tear features in the first web portion, each tab portion being adhered to a corresponding tear feature and being graspable to allow easy-opening of the package by grasping and pulling the tab portion to tear through the film; and enclosing a product between the first and second web portions (26, 28) and sealing respective edges or the web portions together to form a package of the film enclosing the product.
Electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell, containing sulfur dioxide and a conductive salt, characterized in that the molar concentration of hydroxide groups in the electrolyte is at most 50 mmol per liter, and that the molar concentration of chlorosulfonate groups in the electrolyte is at most 350 mmol per liter.
A transmission with a housing formed from a lower part and an upper part, and partly filled with oil, and with a gear wheel, wherein an oil guidance means is fastened to the lower part, wherein a channel is arranged between the gear wheel and the oil guidance means, into which channel a pipe opens, wherein the channel is limited by the oil guidance means and the gear wheel, wherein the oil guidance means forms and/or contains the pipe, wherein the pipe leads from the oil sump of the transmission to the channel, wherein the oil level is located within the lower part, therefore the oil sump is arranged in the lower part, wherein the oil guidance means has a central metal plate which is arranged between two metal side plates of the oil guidance means, wherein the channel is limited by the gear wheel, the central metal plate and the two metal side plates, characterised in that the central metal plate has a quadrant-shaped portion which corresponds to a quarter of a cylinder casing, with an opening being formed in a lower region of the portion, which opening acts as a mouth opening of the pipe into the channel, with the channel, i.e. oil duct, being formed from the oil sump of the transmission up to a peripheral point on the rolling circle of the gear wheel with a vertical tangent, with a means for collecting oil which has emerged from the channel conducting the collected oil to lubrication points, namely bearings and/or at least one toothing meshing region, with each side plate having a tab region bent over at right-angles, wherein the tab region is fastened to the lower part.
A surface extraction interface system comprising: a seal assembly comprising: a cavity assembly defining a cavity with an inlet, an outlet, and an open side; an actuator operable to press the cavity assembly against an opposed surface facing the open side of the cavity; a force gauge operable to measure a force applied by the seal assembly against the opposed surface; and a control system connected to the actuator and the force gauge, the control system responsive to input data identifying characteristics of the opposed surface to determine a force to be applied by the seal assembly against the opposed surface and to operate the actuator to achieve the force. a seal assembly comprising: a cavity assembly defining a cavity with an inlet, an outlet, and an open side; an actuator operable to press the cavity assembly against an opposed surface facing the open side of the cavity; a force gauge operable to measure a force applied by the seal assembly against the opposed surface; and a cavity assembly defining a cavity with an inlet, an outlet, and an open side; an actuator operable to press the cavity assembly against an opposed surface facing the open side of the cavity; a force gauge operable to measure a force applied by the seal assembly against the opposed surface; and a control system connected to the actuator and the force gauge, the control system responsive to input data identifying characteristics of the opposed surface to determine a force to be applied by the seal assembly against the opposed surface and to operate the actuator to achieve the force.
Flat-knitting machine comprising a knitting system (100, 100', 100") which has at least one first cam assembly (101, 101', 101"), assigned to a first needle bed, for producing knitted fabrics that are formed from at least one first thread and at least one second thread, the at least one first thread and the at least one second thread being feedable through separate thread guides (F1, F2), the first cam assembly (101, 101', 101") being provided with two different withdrawal curves (23, 24) for the first and second needles, the first withdrawal curve withdrawing the first needles into a first and a second thread insertion position (E1, E2), and the second withdrawal curve withdrawing the second needles into the first thread insertion position only, characterized in that the second withdrawal curve has two differently extending non-horizontal portions (21', 22') in the region of a respective limiting cam part.
Method for the optimized recharging of the electric battery of at least one electric system (V E) by an electric recharging device (T E), wherein the electric battery is recharged during at least one charging time interval (ΔT chg (i)) which is part of an available charging time period (Td) initiated by connection of the electric battery recharging system to the electric recharging device, determined as a function of a load curve associated with said electric recharging device, wherein the determination of the charging time interval (ΔT chg (i)) comprises sampling the load curve over the available charging time period (Td) in order to obtain a set of load curve power values ({TLC(i)} 1≤i≤n) associated with consecutive time intervals (ΔT(i)), and sorting, in ascending order, the load curve power values ({TLC(i)} 1≤i≤n) in order to obtain a set of sorted load curve power values ({TTC(i)} 1≤i≤n) respectively associated with one of said time intervals; the electric battery being recharged during at least one charging time interval (ΔT chg (i)) corresponding to a time interval associated with the first value (TTC) of the sorted load curve power values. sampling the load curve over the available charging time period (Td) in order to obtain a set of load curve power values ({TLC(i)} 1≤i≤n) associated with consecutive time intervals (ΔT(i)), and sorting, in ascending order, the load curve power values ({TLC(i)} 1≤i≤n) in order to obtain a set of sorted load curve power values ({TTC(i)} 1≤i≤n) respectively associated with one of said time intervals; the electric battery being recharged during at least one charging time interval (ΔT chg (i)) corresponding to a time interval associated with the first value (TTC) of the sorted load curve power values.
Automatic device for measuring thickness of a slag on the surface of a given liquid metal contained in a metallurgical vessel, the device comprising: - a wire made of electrically conductive material and capable of being eliminated under the effect of the heat at the temperature of said slag, the wire comprising a free end intended to be dipped into said slag, wherein said wire is at least partially wound on a reel mounted free in rotation, - means for feeding the wire from the reel, capable of displacing the wire so that its free end dips vertically into the slag according to a predetermined trajectory, - measuring means capable of measuring a distance travelled by the free end of the wire during a time interval between two predetermined events when the latter is displaced under the action of the feeding means, and - means for controlling said feeding means, the control means comprising detection means, capable of detecting contact between the free end and the surface of the liquid metal. - a wire made of electrically conductive material and capable of being eliminated under the effect of the heat at the temperature of said slag, the wire comprising a free end intended to be dipped into said slag, wherein said wire is at least partially wound on a reel mounted free in rotation, - means for feeding the wire from the reel, capable of displacing the wire so that its free end dips vertically into the slag according to a predetermined trajectory, - measuring means capable of measuring a distance travelled by the free end of the wire during a time interval between two predetermined events when the latter is displaced under the action of the feeding means, and - means for controlling said feeding means, the control means comprising detection means, capable of detecting contact between the free end and the surface of the liquid metal.
Device for detecting fuel theft in a vehicle, having: - axle load sensors (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32,..., 61, 62) which are arranged on different axles (10, 20,..., 60) and/or on different sides (1, 2) of the vehicle and are set up to capture an axle load (xi) of the vehicle at intervals of time (S2, S3, S11), and - an evaluation unit which is set up to evaluate the captured axle load (xi) of the vehicle, characterized in that - the evaluation unit is integrated in a digital tachograph, - the evaluation unit is set up to detect fuel theft if a profile of a change (Δxi) in the axle load (xi) that is typical of fuel theft occurs, and - the evaluation unit is set up to trigger an alarm if the evaluation unit detects fuel theft during the evaluation. - axle load sensors (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32,..., 61, 62) which are arranged on different axles (10, 20,..., 60) and/or on different sides (1, 2) of the vehicle and are set up to capture an axle load (xi) of the vehicle at intervals of time (S2, S3, S11), and - an evaluation unit which is set up to evaluate the captured axle load (xi) of the vehicle, characterized in that - the evaluation unit is integrated in a digital tachograph, - the evaluation unit is set up to detect fuel theft if a profile of a change (Δxi) in the axle load (xi) that is typical of fuel theft occurs, and - the evaluation unit is set up to trigger an alarm if the evaluation unit detects fuel theft during the evaluation.
A vehicle occupant protection device, comprising: a seat belt device having a variable force limiter mechanism that is capable of changing a force limiter load that an occupant who is sitting on a vehicle seat receives from a seat belt at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; an airbag device that is configured to deploy an airbag in front of the occupant at the time of the frontal collision; a seating position detection unit that is configured to detect a seating position of the occupant; and the vehicle occupant protection device being characterized in that it comprises a control unit that is configured to reduce the force limiter load if, compared to a case in which the occupant is positioned within a standard seating region, the seating position of the occupant detected by the seating position detection unit is further toward a vehicle rear than the standard seating region and is within an airbag protection region in which the occupant is protected by the airbag, wherein: the vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle that is capable of switching between automatic driving and manual driving; the occupant is a driver of the autonomous driving vehicle; and the control unit is configured to detect the standard seating region based on the seating position of the occupant during manual driving. a seat belt device having a variable force limiter mechanism that is capable of changing a force limiter load that an occupant who is sitting on a vehicle seat receives from a seat belt at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; an airbag device that is configured to deploy an airbag in front of the occupant at the time of the frontal collision; a seating position detection unit that is configured to detect a seating position of the occupant; and the vehicle occupant protection device being characterized in that it comprises the vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle that is capable of switching between automatic driving and manual driving; the occupant is a driver of the autonomous driving vehicle; and the control unit is configured to detect the standard seating region based on the seating position of the occupant during manual driving.
Method for producing multilayer noise barrier panels, comprising the steps of making the two layers in a single session from fresh concrete applying slipform construction technology, where one of the layers is a conventional gravel concrete layer comprising reinforcement, while the second layer is a wood concrete layer, laying during a pre-profiling operation a wood concrete on the gravel concrete layer at a height exceeding the final height and the profile outline of the noise barrier panel by 10-15%, characterised by producing the final panel height and profile by means of periodically distancing, for short intervals, the profiling plates adapted to form the upper profiled portion of the wood concrete layer of the noise barrier panel from the wood concrete surface, where the profiling plate is only partially distanced from the wood concrete material by the periodical motion of the profiling plate, the amplitude of periodic distancing being the greatest in the area near the forward edge of the profiling plate with respect to the direction of travel, said amplitude gradually decreasing rearward therefrom.
A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a pouch exterior case comprising a planar long side region and a short side region to surround the electrode assembly; and adhesives in a dot array configuration at an outermost portion of the electrode assembly facing the planar long side region of the pouch exterior case, wherein a dot size to pitch ratio of the adhesives in the dot array configuration is in a range from 0.7 to 1.4. an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a pouch exterior case comprising a planar long side region and a short side region to surround the electrode assembly; and adhesives in a dot array configuration at an outermost portion of the electrode assembly facing the planar long side region of the pouch exterior case, wherein a dot size to pitch ratio of the adhesives in the dot array configuration is in a range from 0.7 to 1.4.
A brake pad for a heavy vehicle disc brake, the brake pad comprising: a layer of friction material having a friction face for contacting and retarding rotation of a rotor, the brake pad defining: a first circumferential surface having a profile that defines a part-circular segment of a first fixed radius (r 1) for contact with a complementary first circumferential pad abutment surface of a disc brake in use; and a second circumferential surface having a profile that defines a part-circular segment of a second fixed radius (r 2) for contact with a complementary second circumferential pad abutment surface of a disc brake in use, the brake pad further comprising a first spring forming part of the first circumferential surface and arranged to contact the first circumferential pad abutment surface and urge the brake pad, in use, towards the second circumferential pad abutment surface; wherein the brake pad comprises a backplate arranged to support the layer of friction material and the first spring is mounted to the backplate; wherein the first circumferential surface is curved and the first spring, at least in a compressed condition, is curved in a similar shape and radius as the first circumferential surface. a layer of friction material having a friction face for contacting and retarding rotation of a rotor, the brake pad defining: a first circumferential surface having a profile that defines a part-circular segment of a first fixed radius (r 1) for contact with a complementary first circumferential pad abutment surface of a disc brake in use; and a second circumferential surface having a profile that defines a part-circular segment of a second fixed radius (r 2) for contact with a complementary second circumferential pad abutment surface of a disc brake in use, a first circumferential surface having a profile that defines a part-circular segment of a first fixed radius (r 1) for contact with a complementary first circumferential pad abutment surface of a disc brake in use; and a second circumferential surface having a profile that defines a part-circular segment of a second fixed radius (r 2) for contact with a complementary second circumferential pad abutment surface of a disc brake in use, the brake pad further comprising a first spring forming part of the first circumferential surface and arranged to contact the first circumferential pad abutment surface and urge the brake pad, in use, towards the second circumferential pad abutment surface; wherein the brake pad comprises a backplate arranged to support the layer of friction material and the first spring is mounted to the backplate; wherein the first circumferential surface is curved and the first spring, at least in a compressed condition, is curved in a similar shape and radius as the first circumferential surface.
A method, comprising: determining values of casing and drill string variables of a casing and a drill string, respectively, and constants including determining a load per unit width of a contacting element, a radii of curvature of the casing and a tool joint of the drill string, a modulii of elasticity of the casing and the tool joint of the drill string, and a Poisson's ratio of the casing and the tool joint of the drill string; generating an estimate of casing wear based on the variables and constants according to V = π 0.564 kF n D tj NLt ⌈ ρ c − ρ tj ρ c ρ tj 1 − v c 2 E c + 1 − v tj 2 E tj ⌉ 1 2 inches 3 / feet 0.0000538 meters 3 / meter where L = drilling distance (feet (0.305 meters)), k = proportionality constant that depends on the material of the casing and a wear coefficient, F n = force of normal load per unit width of an element of the drill string in contact with the casing, V = volume removed per linear distance from the casing from the contact (inches 3 /feet (0.0000538 meters 3 /meter)), N = rotary speed (revolutions per minute), D tj = tool-joint diameter (inches), t = contact time (minutes), ρ c, ρ tj = radii of curvature of the casing and the tool joint, respectively, E c, E tj = modulii of elasticity of the casing and the tool joint, respectively, and v c, v tj = Poisson's ratio of the casing and the tool joint, respectively; determining when the estimate of casing wear has reached a threshold; and stopping a drilling operation based on the estimate of casing wear reaching or exceeding the threshold. determining values of casing and drill string variables of a casing and a drill string, respectively, and constants including determining a load per unit width of a contacting element, a radii of curvature of the casing and a tool joint of the drill string, a modulii of elasticity of the casing and the tool joint of the drill string, and a Poisson's ratio of the casing and the tool joint of the drill string; generating an estimate of casing wear based on the variables and constants according to where L = drilling distance (feet (0.305 meters)), k = proportionality constant that depends on the material of the casing and a wear coefficient, F n = force of normal load per unit width of an element of the drill string in contact with the casing, V = volume removed per linear distance from the casing from the contact (inches 3 /feet (0.0000538 meters 3 /meter)), N = rotary speed (revolutions per minute), D tj = tool-joint diameter (inches), t = contact time (minutes), ρ c, ρ tj = radii of curvature of the casing and the tool joint, respectively, E c, E tj = modulii of elasticity of the casing and the tool joint, respectively, and v c, v tj = Poisson's ratio of the casing and the tool joint, respectively; determining when the estimate of casing wear has reached a threshold; and stopping a drilling operation based on the estimate of casing wear reaching or exceeding the threshold.