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A surgical fastener forming apparatus comprising: a surgical fastener including; a backspan and at least one leg extending outwardly from the backspan; and a forming structure including; an anvil (150, 450) having at least one cavity (162, 462) to receive the at least one leg; and a pusher (140, 440) including a protruding member (144, 444); characterised in that the backspan has a bend (124, 424) along its length, the backspan and bend (124, 424) defining a horizontal flat plane "H", the at least one leg extending outwardly from the backspan such that it is perpendicular to the horizontal plane "H" and the back span, the at least one cavity (162, 462) has an arcuate profile, and the protruding member(144, 444) engages the at least one leg, wherein the anvil (150, 450) and protruding member (144, 444) are configured to cooperate such that a portion of the at least one leg deforms to lie in the horizontal plane "H" and abut a portion of the backspan. a surgical fastener including; a backspan and at least one leg extending outwardly from the backspan; and a backspan and at least one leg extending outwardly from the backspan; and a forming structure including; an anvil (150, 450) having at least one cavity (162, 462) to receive the at least one leg; and a pusher (140, 440) including a protruding member (144, 444); an anvil (150, 450) having at least one cavity (162, 462) to receive the at least one leg; and a pusher (140, 440) including a protruding member (144, 444); characterised in that the backspan has a bend (124, 424) along its length, the backspan and bend (124, 424) defining a horizontal flat plane "H", the at least one leg extending outwardly from the backspan such that it is perpendicular to the horizontal plane "H" and the back span, the at least one cavity (162, 462) has an arcuate profile, and the protruding member(144, 444) engages the at least one leg, wherein the anvil (150, 450) and protruding member (144, 444) are configured to cooperate such that a portion of the at least one leg deforms to lie in the horizontal plane "H" and abut a portion of the backspan.
Heat exchange element comprising: - at least one first plate and one second plate, the first plate having at least one first channel for the circulation of the first fluid which has a substantially undulating general shape and the second plate having at least one second channel for the circulation of the first fluid which has a substantially undulating general shape, and - a separator plate interposed between the first plate and the second plate, characterized in that the separator plate has: - a predefined number of deformations (57, 59, 61, 63) respectively arranged in line with the curved zones of an undulation of a first circulation channel or a second circulation channel. - at least one first plate and one second plate, the first plate having at least one first channel for the circulation of the first fluid which has a substantially undulating general shape and the second plate having at least one second channel for the circulation of the first fluid which has a substantially undulating general shape, and - a separator plate interposed between the first plate and the second plate, - a predefined number of deformations (57, 59, 61, 63) respectively arranged in line with the curved zones of an undulation of a first circulation channel or a second circulation channel.
A chemical reaction system comprising: a supply source configured to generate a first carbon compound including at least one of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; an electrochemical reaction device configured to generate a second carbon compound by a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide, and oxygen by an oxidation reaction of water, the second carbon compound including carbon monoxide; a reactor configured to generate a product including a third carbon compound by a chemical reaction of a reactant including hydrogen and the first and second carbon compounds; and a flow path through which the second carbon compound is supplied from the electrochemical reaction device to the reactor, wherein the supply source is configured to generate the first carbon compound under an atmosphere including the oxygen generated by and supplied from the electrochemical reaction device. a supply source configured to generate a first carbon compound including at least one of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; an electrochemical reaction device configured to generate a second carbon compound by a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide, and oxygen by an oxidation reaction of water, the second carbon compound including carbon monoxide; a reactor configured to generate a product including a third carbon compound by a chemical reaction of a reactant including hydrogen and the first and second carbon compounds; and a flow path through which the second carbon compound is supplied from the electrochemical reaction device to the reactor, wherein the supply source is configured to generate the first carbon compound under an atmosphere including the oxygen generated by and supplied from the electrochemical reaction device.
A calibration method for a capacitive touch sensor, the capacitive touch sensor comprising a first electrode coupled with an input of a microcontroller and a second electrode (250, 260, 270) coupled with an output of the microcontroller and being adjacent to the first electrode, the method comprising: performing an individual self-capacitance measurement of the first electrode and storing an associated first measurement value; performing an individual mutual capacitance measurement between the first and second electrode and storing an associated second measurement value; and calculating a scale factor from said first and second measurement values; the calibration method being characterized by comprising a subsequent method for performing a touch determination comprises performing a self-capacitance measurement of the first electrode which is overlapped with a mutual capacitance measurement including the first electrode and the second electrode (250, 260, 270) wherein said scale factor is applied to said self-capacitance measurement or said mutual capacitance measurement, wherein the subsequent method further comprises, after the input has been set to a high impedance state during the self capacitance measurement, generating a pulse by the output and capacitively coupling the pulse into the first electrode via the second electrode (250, 260, 270) thereby performing the overlapping mutual capacitance measurement. performing an individual self-capacitance measurement of the first electrode and storing an associated first measurement value; performing an individual mutual capacitance measurement between the first and second electrode and storing an associated second measurement value; and calculating a scale factor from said first and second measurement values; the calibration method being characterized by comprising a subsequent method for performing a touch determination comprises performing a self-capacitance measurement of the first electrode which is overlapped with a mutual capacitance measurement including the first electrode and the second electrode (250, 260, 270) wherein said scale factor is applied to said self-capacitance measurement or said mutual capacitance measurement, wherein the subsequent method further comprises, after the input has been set to a high impedance state during the self capacitance measurement, generating a pulse by the output and capacitively coupling the pulse into the first electrode via the second electrode (250, 260, 270) thereby performing the overlapping mutual capacitance measurement.
A system configured for processing substrates in vacuum processing chambers, comprising: - a plurality of carriers (1701, 1702, 1703), each carrier configured for supporting and transporting substrates throughout the system; - each of the carriers (1701, 1702, 1703) comprising clips (1709, 1808) configured for holding substrates while exposing both surfaces of each substrate; - each of the carriers (1701, 1702, 1703) comprising two paramagnetic common rails (1705, 1805) at each end thereof; - a plurality of magnetized rollers configured for transporting the carriers (1701, 1702, 1703) throughout the system, by engaging and magnetically holding the common rails (1705, 1805); - a flip station comprising a rotatable cradle coupled to rotating axis, and wherein a subset of the plurality of magnetized rollers is positioned on each end of the cradle. - a plurality of carriers (1701, 1702, 1703), each carrier configured for supporting and transporting substrates throughout the system; - each of the carriers (1701, 1702, 1703) comprising clips (1709, 1808) configured for holding substrates while exposing both surfaces of each substrate; - each of the carriers (1701, 1702, 1703) comprising two paramagnetic common rails (1705, 1805) at each end thereof; - a plurality of magnetized rollers configured for transporting the carriers (1701, 1702, 1703) throughout the system, by engaging and magnetically holding the common rails (1705, 1805); - a flip station comprising a rotatable cradle coupled to rotating axis, and wherein a subset of the plurality of magnetized rollers is positioned on each end of the cradle.
An electrical appliance comprising an electronic control unit and a power circuit supplying power to the electronic control unit, the power circuit having a soft on/off switch for turning on and off the electrical appliance, the soft on/off switch being connected electrically in parallel with a branch containing a relay, characterised in that said branch also contains a rectifier, the power circuit further having an electrical node connecting the soft on/off switch and the rectifier to a button sensing circuit and to an AC/DC converter through separate circuit lines, whereby conduction and non-conduction of the relay is controlled by the electronic control unit by applying control signals in response to open and closed states of the relay at a time instance when the soft on/off switch is closed.
A method for setting up a system for deicing a skin of an aircraft element, including the deposition over the skin of several independent layers of solid and/or fluid materials which are successively set, comprising at least one layer of a material with a controlled electric resistivity, receiving electrodes conducting an electric current originating from an external source, which is surrounded on each side by layers of an electrically-insulating material (4, 8), this method being characterized in that said layer with a controlled electric resistivity is a layer of a polyurethane paint charged with carbon particles.
A refrigerating appliance comprising: a cabinet having an inner liner that defines at least one aperture for accessing a corresponding refrigerating compartment; at least one door operably coupled to the cabinet and operable between open and closed positions (528, 530), the open position defined by the refrigerating compartment being accessible through the at least one aperture, the closed position being defined by the door engaging at least a portion of the at least one aperture; a plurality of storage surfaces positioned within the refrigerating compartment, each of the plurality of storage surfaces adapted to receive at least one temporarily stored item; a scanning apparatus adapted to record data related to the plurality of storage surfaces and the at least one temporarily stored item, wherein a portion of the scanning apparatus is disposed on the at least one door and conducts first and second data capturing phases (552, 554) during a movement of the door, and wherein secondary data recorded during the second data capturing phase is compared against previous data recorded during the first data capturing phase to create a current inventory manifest, and wherein the current inventory manifest is compared with a set of predetermined parameters related to the at least one temporarily stored item to selectively provide an output, characterized in that the plurality of storage surfaces are U-shaped shelves such that the temporarily stored items are continually near an outside perimeter of the U-shaped shelves. a cabinet having an inner liner that defines at least one aperture for accessing a corresponding refrigerating compartment; at least one door operably coupled to the cabinet and operable between open and closed positions (528, 530), the open position defined by the refrigerating compartment being accessible through the at least one aperture, the closed position being defined by the door engaging at least a portion of the at least one aperture; a plurality of storage surfaces positioned within the refrigerating compartment, each of the plurality of storage surfaces adapted to receive at least one temporarily stored item; a scanning apparatus adapted to record data related to the plurality of storage surfaces and the at least one temporarily stored item, wherein a portion of the scanning apparatus is disposed on the at least one door and conducts first and second data capturing phases (552, 554) during a movement of the door, and wherein secondary data recorded during the second data capturing phase is compared against previous data recorded during the first data capturing phase to create a current inventory manifest, and wherein the current inventory manifest is compared with a set of predetermined parameters related to the at least one temporarily stored item to selectively provide an output, characterized in that the plurality of storage surfaces are U-shaped shelves such that the temporarily stored items are continually near an outside perimeter of the U-shaped shelves.
Method for operating a brake system, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising an electrically controllable pressure supplying device for hydraulically activating at least one brake, in particular a wheel brake, wherein the pressure supplying device comprises a cylinder-piston arrangement with a hydraulic pressure chamber, the pistons of which can be moved by an electromechanical actuator (1, 2) in order to generate a predefineable setpoint pressure (P V,setp) in the hydraulic pressure chamber, wherein an actuator position is detected as a motor angle position of the electromechanical actuator characterized in that an actuator torque (T actr), in particular a motor torque, of the electromechanical actuator (1, 2) is detected and in that a pressure value (P V,est, P V,act B, P V,act C) for the pressure (P V) is determined in the hydraulic pressure chamber using the actuator torque (T actr) and the actuator position (φ actr) taking into account a pressure model.
A hydraulic manifold for a hydraulic heating and/or cooling system and which is constructed in a modular manner with a main module and at least one load module which is connectable to the main module and which comprises at least one hydraulic connection (22, 24) for a load circuit, and at least one closed-loop control device (26, 28) for the closed-loop control of the flow through the load circuit connected to the hydraulic connection as well as for connection to a further identically designed load module, characterised in that the at least one load module comprises a circuit board which extends between a first and a second end of the load module and which at its first and second axial end comprises electrical couplings (50, 52) which correspond to one another in a manner such that the electrical coupling at the second axial end of the circuit board can electrically conductively engage with an electrical coupling at the first end of a further identical load module.
A method of determining a time of transit of a packet over a communication network, comprising: providing a physical layer portion of a slave communication device a packet including a value indicating an approximate time of transmission of the packet by the slave communication device (211,213,311,602); having the physical layer portion of the slave communication device determine an actual time of transmission of the packet by the physical layer portion of the slave communication device (313, 606) and insert a correction value into the packet, the correction value indicating a difference between the approximate time of transmission and the determined actual time of transmission of the packet by the slave communication device (315,612); transmitting, by the physical layer portion of the slave communication device, the packet to a master communication device (317,616); receiving, by the slave communication device, a responsive packet from the master communication device, the responsive packet including a time value indicating a time of receipt of the packet by the master communication device and an indication of the correction value (215,622); and calculating the time of transit by the packet over the communication network using the approximate time of transmission, the received indication of the correction value, and the time of receipt by the master communication device (217,626). providing a physical layer portion of a slave communication device a packet including a value indicating an approximate time of transmission of the packet by the slave communication device (211,213,311,602); having the physical layer portion of the slave communication device determine an actual time of transmission of the packet by the physical layer portion of the slave communication device (313, 606) and insert a correction value into the packet, the correction value indicating a difference between the approximate time of transmission and the determined actual time of transmission of the packet by the slave communication device (315,612); transmitting, by the physical layer portion of the slave communication device, the packet to a master communication device (317,616); receiving, by the slave communication device, a responsive packet from the master communication device, the responsive packet including a time value indicating a time of receipt of the packet by the master communication device and an indication of the correction value (215,622); and calculating the time of transit by the packet over the communication network using the approximate time of transmission, the received indication of the correction value, and the time of receipt by the master communication device (217,626).
Protective device for preventing a tank from floating up in its associated protective structure in the event of flooding, comprising a feed pipe into the lowest region of the tank, which feed pipe is normally closed by means of a controllable shut-off valve, a transmission device being provided, by means of which the shut-off valve can be opened by means of the buoyancy forces produced during a minimum floating up, so that water can flow through the shut-off valve into the tank to balance the hydrostatic pressure inside and outside the tank and thus to prevent further flooding of the tank within its protective structure, characterised in that the protective device includes struts (3,4) for the tank for arrangement within its protective structure, for supporting the tank laterally on all sides against the inner walls of its protective structure, a longitudinally displaceable sensing support on the tank, for mechanically acting on a stationary stop when the tank floats slightly, and in that the transmission device is a purely mechanical transmission device consisting of a balance beam, one end of which rests on a support on the upper side of the tank, the centre of which is pivotably supportable or suspendable on a profile which is stationary with respect to the protective structure, and the other end of which is pivotably connected to a push rod, the other end of which is pivotally connected to the end of a crank, the rotary shaft of which is used to open and close the shut-off valve.
A method of providing access control, AC, in respect of a database storing information and being accessible from a user interface, where the database is configured to accept a database query and return information extracted from the database, the method being implemented at least in part at a policy enforcement point, PEP, which is located between the database and the user interface, and comprising: i) intercepting, at the PEP, a query to the database; ii) assigning attribute values by performing at least one of the following: ii-a) assigning a resource attribute value based on at least one target table or target column appearing in the query; and ii-b) assigning an action attribute value based on a construct type appearing in the query; iii) providing an attributed-based AC policy defined in terms of said attributes; iv) deriving an access condition, for which the AC policy, when evaluated for the attribute value(s) assigned in step ii), evaluates to permit access; v) amending the database query by imposing said access condition; and vi) transmitting the amended query to the database. i) intercepting, at the PEP, a query to the database; ii) assigning attribute values by performing at least one of the following: ii-a) assigning a resource attribute value based on at least one target table or target column appearing in the query; and ii-b) assigning an action attribute value based on a construct type appearing in the query; ii-a) assigning a resource attribute value based on at least one target table or target column appearing in the query; and ii-b) assigning an action attribute value based on a construct type appearing in the query; iii) providing an attributed-based AC policy defined in terms of said attributes; iv) deriving an access condition, for which the AC policy, when evaluated for the attribute value(s) assigned in step ii), evaluates to permit access; v) amending the database query by imposing said access condition; and vi) transmitting the amended query to the database.
A method for combining two or more different components for the production of smoking articles, wherein at least one of the components is non-cleanly-cuttable, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a stream of components along a moving delivery path; compacting the stream of components into groups of two or more different components, each group corresponding to a discrete smoking article, wherein the components within a group abut one another and wherein there is a predefined space between a leading group of components and a trailing group of components; wrapping the components in a web of material; and cutting the web of material in each space between groups of components. feeding a stream of components along a moving delivery path; compacting the stream of components into groups of two or more different components, each group corresponding to a discrete smoking article, wherein the components within a group abut one another and wherein there is a predefined space between a leading group of components and a trailing group of components; wrapping the components in a web of material; and cutting the web of material in each space between groups of components.