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A linkage mechanism for a seating unit, the linkage mechanism comprising: a seat mounting plate having a seat-mounting surface onto which a seat is mountable; a rear ottoman link and front ottoman link attached to the seat mounting plate; a main ottoman link attached to the rear ottoman link and to a footrest bracket for supporting a first footrest; a second ottoman link attached to the front ottoman link and to the footrest bracket; a flipper control link attached to the second ottoman link; and a flipper ottoman bracket attached to the flipper control link and to the footrest bracket, wherein the flipper ottoman bracket includes a footrest mounting surface for supporting a second footrest; and a lock link pivotably coupled to a lock bracket, which is coupled to a drive tube, wherein activation of the drive tube operates the lock link, characterized in that the lock link is pivotably coupled to the front ottoman link, so that the lock link directly drives the front ottoman link. a seat mounting plate having a seat-mounting surface onto which a seat is mountable; a rear ottoman link and front ottoman link attached to the seat mounting plate; a main ottoman link attached to the rear ottoman link and to a footrest bracket for supporting a first footrest; a second ottoman link attached to the front ottoman link and to the footrest bracket; a flipper control link attached to the second ottoman link; and a flipper ottoman bracket attached to the flipper control link and to the footrest bracket, wherein the flipper ottoman bracket includes a footrest mounting surface for supporting a second footrest; and a lock link pivotably coupled to a lock bracket, which is coupled to a drive tube, wherein activation of the drive tube operates the lock link, characterized in that the lock link is pivotably coupled to the front ottoman link, so that the lock link directly drives the front ottoman link.
Method for drying bulk material, in particular solids, such as granule materials, powders, grains, films, chips, or the like, preferably for plastics-processing machines, in one or several drying devices and containers (10, 31), in particular material containers (10, 31), which are interconnected to form an assembly, wherein, depending on the material or bulk material, respectively, used, the drying time specified by the manufacturer or set by the user, in particular the residence time, is either transmitted by a superordinate controller or by the consumer or is set in the controller of the container (10, 31) or of the drying device by the operator or is present in the controller of the container (10, 31) or of the drying device in the form of a local database, wherein the consumer transmits the material consumption or the shot weight per production cycle, respectively, or the individual or cumulated shot weights for several production cycles or other values which are indicative of the material consumption to the drying device(s) and/or material container(s) (10, 31), directly or indirectly via the superordinate controller, whereby each material container (10, 31) consists on the control side of several loading batches (48,48a,48b,48c) with time stamps (50a,50b,50c), and for the respectively lowest loading batch (48,48a,48b,48c), in particular material batch, in the material container (10, 31) the drying or residence time, respectively, results from the difference between the current time of the respective material removal by the consumer and the time stamp associated with the oldest loading batch, wherein the control or control systems of the drying device or devices or of the material container or containers (19, 31) hold the respective entries for the loading batches (48, 48a, 48b, 48c), at least the time stamps (50a,50b,50c), in the form of a ring buffer, wherein the current material consumption transmitted by the consumer is subtracted from the respectively oldest loading batch in the ring buffer until this loading batch is completely used up, whereby subsequently the next oldest loading batch, i.e. the next entry in the ring buffer, is used for the calculation, whereby a new loading batch (48,48a,48b,48c) for a specific material container (10, 31) results from a conveying cycle of the bulk material conveying device associated with the loading of this material container (10, 31).
An implantable marker (6, 20) for imaging and surgical guidance, the marker comprising one or more pieces of a ferromagnetic material; characterised in that the one or more pieces of the ferromagnetic material have a total length to diameter ratio of at least about 500, a total volume of less than about 1 × 10 -11 m 3, and a high initial relative permeability, μ r,i, > about 1000.
Method for providing a detection output which is representative for the presence of a molecule of interest in a sample, wherein the method is a computer implemented method comprising the steps of: - providing assay data, wherein said assay data comprises a plurality of data values for a plurality of time points being indicative for at least one detection curve obtained from an assay containing said sample; - determining, from said assay data, a value of a second derivative of said detection curve; - comparing said determined value of the second derivative with a predetermined non-zero threshold, and; - providing said detection output if, following from said comparison, the absolute value of said determined value of the second derivative exceeds said threshold. - providing assay data, wherein said assay data comprises a plurality of data values for a plurality of time points being indicative for at least one detection curve obtained from an assay containing said sample; - determining, from said assay data, a value of a second derivative of said detection curve; - comparing said determined value of the second derivative with a predetermined non-zero threshold, and; - providing said detection output if, following from said comparison, the absolute value of said determined value of the second derivative exceeds said threshold.
A chuck for use in holding a patterning device or a substrate onto a supporting table (MT/WT) of a lithography apparatus by electrostatic force, in which the patterning device is for imparting a radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, and the substrate is for receiving the patterned radiation beam; said chuck comprising: a dielectric member; a temperature conditioning fluid channel formed within the dielectric member; a drive electrode (40,42) for applying a potential difference between the drive electrode (40, 42) and the patterning device or substrate across the dielectric member in order to electrostatically attract the patterning device or substrate towards the drive electrode (40, 42), the drive electrode being arranged within the dielectric member and between the temperature conditioning fluid channel and the patterning device or the substrate; and a first shield electrode for reducing or preventing the development of an electric field across temperature conditioning fluid in the temperature conditioning fluid channel due to a voltage applied to the drive electrode (40, 42), in order to reduce or prevent electrolysis in the fluid. a dielectric member; a temperature conditioning fluid channel formed within the dielectric member; a drive electrode (40,42) for applying a potential difference between the drive electrode (40, 42) and the patterning device or substrate across the dielectric member in order to electrostatically attract the patterning device or substrate towards the drive electrode (40, 42), the drive electrode being arranged within the dielectric member and between the temperature conditioning fluid channel and the patterning device or the substrate; and a first shield electrode for reducing or preventing the development of an electric field across temperature conditioning fluid in the temperature conditioning fluid channel due to a voltage applied to the drive electrode (40, 42), in order to reduce or prevent electrolysis in the fluid.
A piezoelectric accelerometer comprising: a first acceleration sensor including: a first axis; a first proofmass having an axis coincident with the first axis; a first axially-thin membrane portion (14a,b,c,d) coupled to and laterally extending from a first axial end of the first proofmass; and a first piezoelectric transducer (16a,b,c,d) on the first membrane portion, wherein the first acceleration sensor is axially asymmetric, and a second acceleration sensor including: a second axis; a second proofmass having an axis coincident with the second axis; and a second axially-thin membrane portion (14e,f,g,h) coupled to and laterally extending from a first axial end of the second proofmass; wherein the second acceleration sensor is axially asymmetric, and wherein the first and second acceleration sensors are mechanically coupled to one another at second axial ends of the first and second acceleration sensors such that the first axis is coincident with the second axis. a first acceleration sensor including: a first axis; a first proofmass having an axis coincident with the first axis; a first axially-thin membrane portion (14a,b,c,d) coupled to and laterally extending from a first axial end of the first proofmass; and a first piezoelectric transducer (16a,b,c,d) on the first membrane portion, wherein the first acceleration sensor is axially asymmetric, and a first axis; a first proofmass having an axis coincident with the first axis; a first axially-thin membrane portion (14a,b,c,d) coupled to and laterally extending from a first axial end of the first proofmass; and a first piezoelectric transducer (16a,b,c,d) on the first membrane portion, wherein the first acceleration sensor is axially asymmetric, and a second acceleration sensor including: a second axis; a second proofmass having an axis coincident with the second axis; and a second axially-thin membrane portion (14e,f,g,h) coupled to and laterally extending from a first axial end of the second proofmass; wherein the second acceleration sensor is axially asymmetric, and wherein the first and second acceleration sensors are mechanically coupled to one another at second axial ends of the first and second acceleration sensors such that the first axis is coincident with the second axis. a second axis; a second proofmass having an axis coincident with the second axis; and a second axially-thin membrane portion (14e,f,g,h) coupled to and laterally extending from a first axial end of the second proofmass; wherein the second acceleration sensor is axially asymmetric, and wherein the first and second acceleration sensors are mechanically coupled to one another at second axial ends of the first and second acceleration sensors such that the first axis is coincident with the second axis.
An image projection device, comprising: image projection circuitry configured to generate a light beam having a power, and to project the light beam onto and focus the light beam on a projection surface located an imaging distance from the image projection circuitry; a time-of-flight sensor configured to sense the imaging distance between the image projection circuitry and the projection surface, and to generate an imaging distance signal based on the sensed imaging distance; and control circuitry coupled to the image projection circuitry and to the time-of-flight sensor, the control circuitry configured to adjust the power and the focus of the light beam based upon the imaging distance signal; characterized in that the control circuitry is configured to linearly control the power of the projected light beam as a function of the imaging distance signal, with the magnitude of the power being controlled at levels below a threshold which represents a sufficiently low level to prevent damage from the projected light beam in a region below a threshold which represents a minimum safe distance. image projection circuitry configured to generate a light beam having a power, and to project the light beam onto and focus the light beam on a projection surface located an imaging distance from the image projection circuitry; a time-of-flight sensor configured to sense the imaging distance between the image projection circuitry and the projection surface, and to generate an imaging distance signal based on the sensed imaging distance; and control circuitry coupled to the image projection circuitry and to the time-of-flight sensor, the control circuitry configured to adjust the power and the focus of the light beam based upon the imaging distance signal; characterized in that the control circuitry is configured to linearly control the power of the projected light beam as a function of the imaging distance signal, with the magnitude of the power being controlled at levels below a threshold which represents a sufficiently low level to prevent damage from the projected light beam in a region below a threshold which represents a minimum safe distance.
A chemical-mechanical polishing method for polishing a silicon-containing substrate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a surface of a silicon-containing substrate with a polishing pad and a CMP composition comprising; (i) an aqueous carrier, (ii) a ceria abrasive wherein the ceria is present at a concentration of 0.005 wt. % to 0.5 wt. % and has an average primary particle size of 60nm to 120nm, (iii) a polishing additive bearing a functional group having a pK a of 4 to 9, and (iv) a non ionic surfactant comprising a hydrophilic portion and a lipophilic portion wherein the hydrophilic portion has a number average molecular weight of 500 g/mol or higher; and wherein the CMP composition has a pH of 7 or less; (b) causing relative motion between the polishing pad and the substrate while maintaining a portion of the CMP composition in contact with the substrate to abrade at least a portion of the surface of the substrate, thereby polishing the substrate. (a) contacting a surface of a silicon-containing substrate with a polishing pad and a CMP composition comprising; (i) an aqueous carrier, (ii) a ceria abrasive wherein the ceria is present at a concentration of 0.005 wt. % to 0.5 wt. % and has an average primary particle size of 60nm to 120nm, (iii) a polishing additive bearing a functional group having a pK a of 4 to 9, and (iv) a non ionic surfactant comprising a hydrophilic portion and a lipophilic portion wherein the hydrophilic portion has a number average molecular weight of 500 g/mol or higher; and wherein the CMP composition has a pH of 7 or less; (i) an aqueous carrier, (ii) a ceria abrasive wherein the ceria is present at a concentration of 0.005 wt. % to 0.5 wt. % and has an average primary particle size of 60nm to 120nm, (iii) a polishing additive bearing a functional group having a pK a of 4 to 9, and (iv) a non ionic surfactant comprising a hydrophilic portion and a lipophilic portion wherein the hydrophilic portion has a number average molecular weight of 500 g/mol or higher; and wherein the CMP composition has a pH of 7 or less; (b) causing relative motion between the polishing pad and the substrate while maintaining a portion of the CMP composition in contact with the substrate to abrade at least a portion of the surface of the substrate, thereby polishing the substrate.
A device for placing in a vein a cannula made of a short catheter with a proximal hub, this device comprising a needle having a puncture end and a cage which extends the hub of the cannula in a proximal direction, this cage determining a chamber slidingly crossed by the needle from a proximal entry to a distal exit and fitted with a trap to hold back in the chamber the needle puncture end when the needle is extracted from the catheter hub, the cage and the hub being provided with holding means cooperating to ensure a temporary holding of the cage on the hub before the needle puncture end is trapped in the cage chamber, said holding means comprising an outer rim formed on the hub and an outer mouth provided on the cage to be held by this rim, the mouth being formed on a moveable member (9, 10) which has a wall crossed by a hole for passing the needle so that the needle passing in the hole keeps the mouth in a holding position, characterized in that said wall is slidingly mounted in the cage chamber along a direction transverse to the needle between a holding low position and a release upper position such that when the needle is removed from the cage up to being recessed from said hole, the wall which is not crossed by the needle can slide towards its upper position, which raises said mouth and enables the cage to be separated from the catheter hub, said rim and/or said mouth having a ramp such that a backward movement of the cage in a proximal direction causes the raising of the mouth when the needle does no longer cross said hole.
A hinge apparatus configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the hinge apparatus comprising: a hinge body including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first knuckle portion and the second portion having a second knuckle portion, the first knuckle portion and the second knuckle portion defining a tubular opening when aligned, and one of the first portion and the second portion including a recess; and a hinge pin including an axial portion and a gripping portion, the gripping portion being offset from an axis of the hinge pin; the axial portion of the hinge pin being received by the tubular opening; the hinge apparatus characterised in that: the gripping portion of the hinge pin is received by the recess to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge apparatus is in the closed position and to prevent axial movement of the hinge pin out of the tubular opening; and an internal side of the other of the one of the first portion and the second portion of the hinge body contacts the gripping portion to remove the gripping portion of the hinge pin from the recess by rotation relative to the one of the first portion and the second portion as the hinge apparatus is moved to the open position. a hinge body including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first knuckle portion and the second portion having a second knuckle portion, the first knuckle portion and the second knuckle portion defining a tubular opening when aligned, and one of the first portion and the second portion including a recess; and a hinge pin including an axial portion and a gripping portion, the gripping portion being offset from an axis of the hinge pin; the axial portion of the hinge pin being received by the tubular opening; the hinge apparatus characterised in that: the gripping portion of the hinge pin is received by the recess to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge apparatus is in the closed position and to prevent axial movement of the hinge pin out of the tubular opening; and an internal side of the other of the one of the first portion and the second portion of the hinge body contacts the gripping portion to remove the gripping portion of the hinge pin from the recess by rotation relative to the one of the first portion and the second portion as the hinge apparatus is moved to the open position. the gripping portion of the hinge pin is received by the recess to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge apparatus is in the closed position and to prevent axial movement of the hinge pin out of the tubular opening; and an internal side of the other of the one of the first portion and the second portion of the hinge body contacts the gripping portion to remove the gripping portion of the hinge pin from the recess by rotation relative to the one of the first portion and the second portion as the hinge apparatus is moved to the open position.
Radar module for process automation, in particular for process measurement technology and the automation industry, comprising: a radar signal source which is configured to generate and transmit and/or receive a radar signal, in particular a high-frequency radar signal, a dielectric radar signal conductor which is configured to receive the radar signal and then transmit it to an antenna, waveguide and/or dielectric lens (19, 22), and/or which is configured to forward the radar signal received by the antenna and/or dielectric lens to the radar signal source, wherein the radar signal conductor is arranged at a predetermined distance (a) from the radar signal source, forming an intermediate space, and an end face of the radar signal conductor facing the radar signal source comprises at least partially a metallic layer; wherein the metallic layer has a recess in the form of a slot on the end face facing the radar signal source, which recess comprises a non-metallic material; wherein the recess is arranged above an antenna structure of the radar signal source. a radar signal source which is configured to generate and transmit and/or receive a radar signal, in particular a high-frequency radar signal, a dielectric radar signal conductor which is configured to receive the radar signal and then transmit it to an antenna, waveguide and/or dielectric lens (19, 22), and/or which is configured to forward the radar signal received by the antenna and/or dielectric lens to the radar signal source, wherein the radar signal conductor is arranged at a predetermined distance (a) from the radar signal source, forming an intermediate space, and an end face of the radar signal conductor facing the radar signal source comprises at least partially a metallic layer; wherein the metallic layer has a recess in the form of a slot on the end face facing the radar signal source, which recess comprises a non-metallic material; wherein the recess is arranged above an antenna structure of the radar signal source.
A site controller for use in a wireless communication network adapted for use in an automated monitoring system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of remote devices (130, 140) via a host computer connected to a wide area network, the wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) each having a unique first identifier, each of the plurality of wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) configured to receive a sensor data signal from one of the plurality of remote devices and transmit an original data message comprising the corresponding unique first identifier and sensor data signal, wherein one or more of the plurality of wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) is further configured to receive the original data message transmitted by one of the other wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) and transmit a first repeated data message comprising the sensor data signal and the corresponding unique first identifier in the original data message, wherein the site controller is a means for identifying, for each received message, the remote device associated with the corresponding sensor data signal; is a means for providing information related to the sensor data signal to the wide area network for delivery to the host computer; is in communication with the wireless communication means (125, 135, 145); is configured to receive the original data messages and the repeated data messages, identify the wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) associated with the corresponding sensor data signal and provide information related to the sensor data signal to the wide area network for delivery to the host computer; is configured to map the wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) so as to learn all of the unique addresses and the necessary communication paths of each of the plurality of wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) by issuing a command to document the down-stream addresses and the up-stream addresses for each communication path associated with each of the plurality of wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) and logging the response data from the wireless communication means (125, 135, 145) into appropriate databases.