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Portable automated sample preparation device containing: - a collecting chamber for receiving a sample; - at least one extraction device (7; 7a, 7b) comprising an input in operative connection with an output of said collecting chamber, and comprising an output for outputting a concentrated sample; - a solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73) adapted to contain solvent, said solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73) being in operative connection with the input of said extraction device; - a source of pressurised gas or liquid in operative connection with the collecting chamber and with the solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73), and arranged to cause said sample and said solvent to pass through said extraction device (7; 7a, 7b); said sample preparation device being characterized in that the said collecting chamber, said at least one extraction device (7; 7a, 7b), said solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73) and said source of pressurised gas or liquid are contained in a housing and further characterized in that the housing comprises -a first valve (9; 23; 43; 65) in fluid communication with each of said collecting chamber and said extraction device; - a second valve (17; 77, 79, 81, 83) in fluid communication with each of said source of pressurised gas or liquid and said solvent reservoir; - a controller adapted to control operation of the sample preparation device. - a collecting chamber for receiving a sample; - at least one extraction device (7; 7a, 7b) comprising an input in operative connection with an output of said collecting chamber, and comprising an output for outputting a concentrated sample; - a solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73) adapted to contain solvent, said solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73) being in operative connection with the input of said extraction device; - a source of pressurised gas or liquid in operative connection with the collecting chamber and with the solvent reservoir (13; 45, 47; 67, 69, 71, 73), and arranged to cause said sample and said solvent to pass through said extraction device (7; 7a, 7b); - a second valve (17; 77, 79, 81, 83) in fluid communication with each of said source of pressurised gas or liquid and said solvent reservoir; - a controller adapted to control operation of the sample preparation device.
A method for producing a glass sheet, said method comprising the steps of: causing the glass sheet to travel in a traveling direction; separating the glass sheet which is moving using a scoreless separation device (703a, 703b) which comprises a separation mechanism that generates a stress profile within the moving glass sheet that produces a crack in a predefined location within the moving glass sheet to shear off an edge (706a, 706b) of the moving glass sheet; breaking and collecting the edge (706a, 706b), which is performed after the edge (706a, 706b) has been sheared off of the moving glass sheet; directing the edge (706a, 706b) after it has been sheared off of the moving glass sheet and before it is broken and collected; and winding the remaining portion of the moving glass sheet onto a take-up roller. causing the glass sheet to travel in a traveling direction; separating the glass sheet which is moving using a scoreless separation device (703a, 703b) which comprises a separation mechanism that generates a stress profile within the moving glass sheet that produces a crack in a predefined location within the moving glass sheet to shear off an edge (706a, 706b) of the moving glass sheet; breaking and collecting the edge (706a, 706b), which is performed after the edge (706a, 706b) has been sheared off of the moving glass sheet; directing the edge (706a, 706b) after it has been sheared off of the moving glass sheet and before it is broken and collected; and winding the remaining portion of the moving glass sheet onto a take-up roller.
A fan assembly of a gas turbine engine, comprising: a plurality of fan blades secured to a rotor, each of the plurality of fan blades having an airfoil secured to the rotor at one end and a tip portion that is secured to a shroud that circumscribes the plurality of fan blades; wherein the shroud is rotatably received within a fan containment case; wherein the shroud has a plurality of protrusions located on a radial outer surface of the shroud, and wherein the plurality of protrusions are slidably received in a plurality of grooves located on a radial inner surface of a rub strip secured to the fan containment case; and wherein the shroud has an elongated opening that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the shroud, wherein the elongated opening is configured to receive a portion of an integral pin that extends from the tip portion; characterized in that the elongated opening comprises a bleed hole that is located in the elongated opening proximate to the pin when it is received in the elongated opening; and in that the rub strip has a plenum fluidly coupled to a source of air and the plenum is in fluid communication with the bleed hole. a plurality of fan blades secured to a rotor, each of the plurality of fan blades having an airfoil secured to the rotor at one end and a tip portion that is secured to a shroud that circumscribes the plurality of fan blades; wherein the shroud is rotatably received within a fan containment case; wherein the shroud has a plurality of protrusions located on a radial outer surface of the shroud, and wherein the plurality of protrusions are slidably received in a plurality of grooves located on a radial inner surface of a rub strip secured to the fan containment case; and wherein the shroud has an elongated opening that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the shroud, wherein the elongated opening is configured to receive a portion of an integral pin that extends from the tip portion; characterized in that the elongated opening comprises a bleed hole that is located in the elongated opening proximate to the pin when it is received in the elongated opening; and in that the rub strip has a plenum fluidly coupled to a source of air and the plenum is in fluid communication with the bleed hole.
A drilling fluid or packer fluid for use in the presence of hydrogen sulfide in a subterranean formation, comprising: an oleaginous base; a ferrous based compound having a ferrous content of more than 14% selected from the group of consisting of: ferrous lactate, ferrous bisglycinate, ferrous citrate, ferrous acetate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous succinate, ferrous saccharate, ferrous tartrate, ferrous glycine sulfate, ferrous glutamate, and combinations thereof; and a viscosifier, such that the product of any reaction of the ferrous based compound with any hydrogen sulfide in the drilling fluid or packer fluid will remain in suspension in the fluid. an oleaginous base; a ferrous based compound having a ferrous content of more than 14% selected from the group of consisting of: ferrous lactate, ferrous bisglycinate, ferrous citrate, ferrous acetate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous succinate, ferrous saccharate, ferrous tartrate, ferrous glycine sulfate, ferrous glutamate, and combinations thereof; and a viscosifier, such that the product of any reaction of the ferrous based compound with any hydrogen sulfide in the drilling fluid or packer fluid will remain in suspension in the fluid.
A device for the in-place recycling of materials constituting a road pavement, said pavement including aggregates agglomerated in a bituminous composition, said apparatus including a load-bearing structure adapted to circulate on said pavement, along the latter in a direction of travel, and carrying, from upstream to downstream in the direction of travel, a transverse milling machine for disintegrating the pavement over determined height and depth and producing milling debris, a mixer for mixing the milling debris with a binding composition, and a sub-assembly for distributing the milling debris mixed with the binding composition over the width of the milled pavement, characterized in that it further includes a crusher with blades intended to crush on the ground the milling debris before the mixing of the milling debris with the binding composition, and in that the crusher with blades includes at least two longitudinal rotors parallel to each other and arranged in a casing, the rotors being substantially parallel to the pavement, said casing being closed at its two longitudinal lateral sides and its upper face, said casing being open towards the bottom, i.e. on the pavement side, and at its two upstream, milling machine side, and downstream ends, each of the rotors including a set of blades arranged radially around the rotor and that each blade is a planar plate of determined thickness and in the shape of a circular sector with the tip towards the rotor, and in that the blades of each rotor sweeping, during their simultaneous rotation, a tubular sweeping space coaxial to the rotor, the tubular sweeping spaces of adjacent rotors interpenetrating each other in an interpenetration area, the blades of adjacent rotors being configured so as to create, in the interpenetration area between pairs of two adjacent blades parallel and the closest to each other of the two adjacent rotors, and coming opposite to each other during their rotation, a spacing of determined size between said two parallel adjacent blades of the pair.
Fuel injector having an actuator module arranged in a holding body, wherein the holding body is clamped to a nozzle body with at least one interposed intermediate body designed as a restrictor plate, wherein the restrictor plate is penetrated by at least one high pressure channel and by an outflow channel having an outflow restrictor, and wherein a valve actuated by the actuator module, said valve having at least one valve pin and a sealing sleeve, is arranged between the actuator module and the restrictor plate, so as to form a leakage space facing the restrictor plate, characterized in that the valve pin is arranged in a longitudinally movable manner in the sealing sleeve and there is thus a permanent leakage flow between the valve pin and the sealing sleeve into the leakage space arranged underneath the valve pin, and in that a horizontal leakage outflow channel, which extends from the cylindrical outer circumference of the restrictor plate to a region underneath the leakage space and is hydraulically connected to the leakage space by way of a leakage channel, is let into the restrictor plate.
Self-cleaning cat litter box including: • a rotatable chamber for containing cat litter, the rotatable chamber having a first opening defined in its outer surface and a closing member disposed on the first opening, the first opening being suitable for animals to enter and exit, the closing member being a sliding door, the sliding door being driven to slide by a motor and being used to at least partially close the first opening, the rotatable chamber having a second opening defined in its outer surface, in order to selectively process waste materials passing therethrough, wherein the rotatable chamber is configured to open or close the second opening by rotating; • a screen connected to the second opening to screen out objects larger than a predetermined size, including cat excrement; wherein the rotatable chamber has a third opening and a fourth opening defined in its outer surface, the third opening being provided with a ventilation fan and being for the intake of air and the fourth opening being for the exhaust of air, wherein the self-cleaning cat litter box is configured such that when the first opening and the second opening are closed, air is inhaled through the third opening and discharged through the fourth opening, so that smells in the rotatable chamber are removed. • a rotatable chamber for containing cat litter, the rotatable chamber having a first opening defined in its outer surface and a closing member disposed on the first opening, the first opening being suitable for animals to enter and exit, the closing member being a sliding door, the sliding door being driven to slide by a motor and being used to at least partially close the first opening, the rotatable chamber having a second opening defined in its outer surface, in order to selectively process waste materials passing therethrough, wherein the rotatable chamber is configured to open or close the second opening by rotating; • a screen connected to the second opening to screen out objects larger than a predetermined size, including cat excrement;
System that is configurable for a spread spectrum and a narrowband data transmission and has the following: a DSSS transmitter that is designed to convert a bit succession (d i) that is to be transmitted into a chip succession (s k) using a chip sequence (c j, c j ') and to send a succession of impulses (s(t)) that corresponds to the chip succession (s k), and a DSSS receiver that is designed to use a transmission channel to receive impulses (s(t)) sent by the transmitter, and to filter the received impulses (r(t)) using a filter (40"), the filter (40") having an impulse response (x(t)) that is dependent on the chip sequence (c j, c j '), wherein for the spread spectrum data transmission the chip sequence (c j) that can be set is a spread sequence, and wherein for the narrowband data transmission a chip sequence (c j ') and a corresponding impulse response (x(t)) of the filter (40") can be set, and the chip sequence (c j ') does not comprise a succession having two directly successive arithmetic sign changes and, furthermore, an arithmetic sign change does not occur after the first and before the last chip in the chip sequence (c j '). a DSSS transmitter that is designed to convert a bit succession (d i) that is to be transmitted into a chip succession (s k) using a chip sequence (c j, c j ') and to send a succession of impulses (s(t)) that corresponds to the chip succession (s k), and a DSSS receiver that is designed to use a transmission channel to receive impulses (s(t)) sent by the transmitter, and to filter the received impulses (r(t)) using a filter (40"), the filter (40") having an impulse response (x(t)) that is dependent on the chip sequence (c j, c j '), wherein for the spread spectrum data transmission the chip sequence (c j) that can be set is a spread sequence, and wherein for the narrowband data transmission a chip sequence (c j ') and a corresponding impulse response (x(t)) of the filter (40") can be set, and the chip sequence (c j ') does not comprise a succession having two directly successive arithmetic sign changes and, furthermore, an arithmetic sign change does not occur after the first and before the last chip in the chip sequence (c j ').
Electrically heatable layer stack (100; 200; 330; 430a, 430b; 630) for a wing skin, comprising: at least two substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c), and at least one carbon nanotubes-, CNT-, layer (120; 220a-220c; 634a, 634b), which is arranged between the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) and which is configured to conduct an electric current, wherein the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) and the at least one CNT-layer (120; 220a-220c; 634a, 634b) are configured to produce heating of at least one of the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) when an electric current is applied to the at least one CNT-layer (120; 220a-220c; 634a, 634b), characterized in that the thickness of the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) lies within a range from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm. at least two substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c), and at least one carbon nanotubes-, CNT-, layer (120; 220a-220c; 634a, 634b), which is arranged between the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) and which is configured to conduct an electric current, wherein the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) and the at least one CNT-layer (120; 220a-220c; 634a, 634b) are configured to produce heating of at least one of the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) when an electric current is applied to the at least one CNT-layer (120; 220a-220c; 634a, 634b), characterized in that the thickness of the substrate layers (110a, 110b; 210a-210d; 632a-632c) lies within a range from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm.
Crucible for the directional solidification of a silicon ingot, the said crucible comprising a mould intended to receive molten silicon, and a removable element forming a diffusion barrier to the metal impurities and positioned on the bottom of the internal face of the said mould, the removable element being formed, in all or part, of a barrier layer formed by at least one material chosen from the group consisting of silica SiO 2, silicon nitride Si 3 N 4, silicon carbide SiC, silicon carbonitride, silicon oxynitride, graphite and their mixtures and exhibiting a purity of at least 99.95% by weight, the barrier layer exhibiting a thickness favourable to the retention of the impurities liable to diffuse out of the bottom during the directional solidification and the cooling of the silicon, the cavity of the mould being covered with a nonstick coating advantageously made of silicon nitride, at least a portion of which is inserted between the removable element and the bottom of the cavity.
An entry system for a water slide, comprising: an entry platform configured to support a rider above a water slide entry; an enclosure defining an enclosed space about the entry platform configured to at least partially enclose the rider when the rider is positioned on the entry platform; a fluid delivery system configured to deliver fluid within the enclosure; and a control system configured to: receive a signal that the rider is positioned on the entry platform; provide instructions to the fluid delivery system to deliver the fluid within the enclosure to a predetermined fill level when the rider is positioned on the entry platform; and trigger the entry platform to release the rider into the water slide entry. an entry platform configured to support a rider above a water slide entry; an enclosure defining an enclosed space about the entry platform configured to at least partially enclose the rider when the rider is positioned on the entry platform; a fluid delivery system configured to deliver fluid within the enclosure; and a control system configured to: receive a signal that the rider is positioned on the entry platform; provide instructions to the fluid delivery system to deliver the fluid within the enclosure to a predetermined fill level when the rider is positioned on the entry platform; and trigger the entry platform to release the rider into the water slide entry. receive a signal that the rider is positioned on the entry platform; provide instructions to the fluid delivery system to deliver the fluid within the enclosure to a predetermined fill level when the rider is positioned on the entry platform; and trigger the entry platform to release the rider into the water slide entry.
A computer implemented method for displaying a video stream of a scene captured by a video capture device on a display of a client device, the method comprising: detecting a new event in the scene, determining a new event area in the scene within which the new event is detected, checking whether a prior event has been detected within the new event area during a predetermined time period preceding the new event, determining a size of an object associated with the new event, upon no prior event being detected during the predetermined time period, adding a visual indicator to an image frame temporally corresponding to the detection of the new event and to a number of subsequent image frames of the video stream, wherein the visual indicator coincides with the new event area, and wherein the step of adding the visual indicator comprises gradually changing an appearance of the visual indicator throughout the number of subsequent image frames, wherein the number of subsequent image frames is greater for objects having a determined size smaller than a predetermined threshold than for objects having a determined size greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, and displaying the video stream with the added visual indicator on the display of the client device. detecting a new event in the scene, determining a new event area in the scene within which the new event is detected, checking whether a prior event has been detected within the new event area during a predetermined time period preceding the new event, determining a size of an object associated with the new event, upon no prior event being detected during the predetermined time period, adding a visual indicator to an image frame temporally corresponding to the detection of the new event and to a number of subsequent image frames of the video stream, wherein the visual indicator coincides with the new event area, and wherein the step of adding the visual indicator comprises gradually changing an appearance of the visual indicator throughout the number of subsequent image frames, wherein the number of subsequent image frames is greater for objects having a determined size smaller than a predetermined threshold than for objects having a determined size greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, and displaying the video stream with the added visual indicator on the display of the client device.
Balance-spring (1, 21, 41) including a spiral spring formed of a strip wound on itself in several coils and a collet (5, 25, 45) including a strip (7, 27, 47) extending substantially in the form of a triangle, the strip (7, 27, 47) including, at each of the vertices of said triangle, a bulge (2, 4, 8, 22, 24, 28, 42, 44, 48) extending radially towards the inner coil (S I) of the spring, the point of attachment between the spring and the collet (5, 25, 45) being located on one of the bulges (2, 4, 8, 22, 24, 28, 42, 44, 48) of said triangle which is symmetrical with respect to the staff (A, 103) passing through the centre of the collet (5, 25, 45) and said point of attachment, the strip (7, 27, 47), between each of the vertices of said triangle, being formed of first and second extended areas (Z 1x, Z 2x) of substantially constant widths (W 1x, W 2x) and of a third area (Z 3x, Z 4x, Z 5x), between the first and second areas (Z 1x, Z 2x), which has a thickened width compared to those (W 1x, W 2x) of the first and second areas (Z 1x, Z 2x) and which is arranged to be fitted onto a staff (A, 103) in order to shift the elastic deformation stresses on the first and second two areas (Z 1x, Z 2x), characterized in that the length of the third area (Z 3x, Z 4x, Z 5x) represents between 20% and 50% of the total length of the three areas (Z 1x, Z 2x, Z 3x, Z 4x, Z 5x).