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An integrated hitch and step assembly for being coupled with a base member of an agricultural machine, characterized in that the assembly comprises: a support member configured for being coupled with the base member in a fixed position relative to the base member; a hitch assembly configured for being coupled with the support member and for moving relative to the support member between a hitch storage position and a hitch operating position; and at least one step coupled with the hitch assembly, the step being in a step storage position when the hitch assembly is in the hitch operating position, and the step being in a step operating position when the hitch assembly is in the hitch storage position, wherein the hitch assembly is coupled pivotally with the support member, wherein the hitch assembly moves between the hitch storage position and the hitch operating position when the hitch assembly is rotated relative to the support member, the hitch assembly being configured for pivoting about an axis between the hitch storage position and the hitch operating position. a support member configured for being coupled with the base member in a fixed position relative to the base member; a hitch assembly configured for being coupled with the support member and for moving relative to the support member between a hitch storage position and a hitch operating position; and at least one step coupled with the hitch assembly, the step being in a step storage position when the hitch assembly is in the hitch operating position, and the step being in a step operating position when the hitch assembly is in the hitch storage position, wherein the hitch assembly is coupled pivotally with the support member, wherein the hitch assembly moves between the hitch storage position and the hitch operating position when the hitch assembly is rotated relative to the support member, the hitch assembly being configured for pivoting about an axis between the hitch storage position and the hitch operating position.
A lubricant applying device, comprising: a solid lubricant; an applying member that applies lubricant powder scraped off from the solid lubricant to an application target; a holding member that holds the solid lubricant; a biasing unit that biases the holding member to bring the solid lubricant on the holding member into contact with the applying member; and a regulating unit that regulates, when a force of a direction orthogonal to an endless movement direction of the applying member is applied from the applying member to the solid lubricant at a frictional surface therebetween, movement of the solid lubricant and the holding member in the orthogonal direction, characterized in that the regulating unit has a groove or a protrusion that each regulates movement of the solid lubricant toward the applying member to be in a predetermined direction and is provided in a facing member disposed to face the holding member, and wherein the solid lubricant has a convex portion to be engaged with the groove or a concave portion to be engaged with the protrusion. a solid lubricant; an applying member that applies lubricant powder scraped off from the solid lubricant to an application target; a holding member that holds the solid lubricant; a biasing unit that biases the holding member to bring the solid lubricant on the holding member into contact with the applying member; and a regulating unit that regulates, when a force of a direction orthogonal to an endless movement direction of the applying member is applied from the applying member to the solid lubricant at a frictional surface therebetween, movement of the solid lubricant and the holding member in the orthogonal direction, characterized in that the regulating unit has a groove or a protrusion that each regulates movement of the solid lubricant toward the applying member to be in a predetermined direction and is provided in a facing member disposed to face the holding member, and wherein the solid lubricant has a convex portion to be engaged with the groove or a concave portion to be engaged with the protrusion.
Air curtain device for providing an air curtain in or close to an opening in a wall, the device comprising: - a housing with air displacing means; - at least one air inlet for supplying air to the housing; - at least one outflow opening for achieving the air curtain; - a sensor; and - a controller with connecting means configured for connecting with the sensor, characterized in that the sensor is configured for measuring a temperature profile extending over a length, wherein the length is extending through the air curtain in a substantial horizontal direction and substantially perpendicular to the air curtain thereby measuring the effects of outside conditions and/or disturbances on the air curtain, wherein the sensor measures temperatures in (sub)-intervals of the length or a continuous temperature profile, and wherein the controller is configured for adjusting the air curtain based on differences between the measured temperature profile and the reference temperature profile. - a housing with air displacing means; - at least one air inlet for supplying air to the housing; - at least one outflow opening for achieving the air curtain; - a sensor; and - a controller with connecting means configured for connecting with the sensor, characterized in that the sensor is configured for measuring a temperature profile extending over a length, wherein the length is extending through the air curtain in a substantial horizontal direction and substantially perpendicular to the air curtain thereby measuring the effects of outside conditions and/or disturbances on the air curtain, wherein the sensor measures temperatures in (sub)-intervals of the length or a continuous temperature profile, and wherein the controller is configured for adjusting the air curtain based on differences between the measured temperature profile and the reference temperature profile.
A pile fabric (5, 25, 35), comprising: a ground structure; and pile fibers (2, 22, 32) that are intertwined with ground yarns (1, 21, 31) constituting the ground structure and napped on a front surface of the ground structure, characterized in that the pile fibers (2, 22, 32) are selected from the group consisting of acrylic fibers and acrylic-based fibers and have a softening point lower than a softening point of fibers constituting the ground structure, and wherein among the pile fibers (2, 22, 32) intertwined with the ground yarns (1, 21, 31) constituting the ground structure, at least parts of the pile fibers located on the back surface side of the ground structure outside of the ground yarns (1, 21, 31) constituting the ground structure are fused but the pile fibers (2, 22, 32) on the front surface of the ground structure are not fused. a ground structure; and pile fibers (2, 22, 32) that are intertwined with ground yarns (1, 21, 31) constituting the ground structure and napped on a front surface of the ground structure, characterized in that the pile fibers (2, 22, 32) are selected from the group consisting of acrylic fibers and acrylic-based fibers and have a softening point lower than a softening point of fibers constituting the ground structure, and wherein among the pile fibers (2, 22, 32) intertwined with the ground yarns (1, 21, 31) constituting the ground structure, at least parts of the pile fibers located on the back surface side of the ground structure outside of the ground yarns (1, 21, 31) constituting the ground structure are fused but the pile fibers (2, 22, 32) on the front surface of the ground structure are not fused.
A method of fabricating a part by additive fabrication, the part to be fabricated possessing an asymmetrical portion, which comprises the following steps: supplying a digital model of a part to be fabricated; orienting the model relative to a construction direction for constructing the part; modifying the model by adding a sacrificial balancing fraction configured so as to balance the residual stresses that appear in the part while it is being fabricated; making a rough part layer by layer using an additive fabrication technique on the basis of the model as modified in this way, said layers being stacked in the construction direction; and eliminating the sacrificial portion thanks to a material-removal method from the rough part as results from the sacrificial balancing fraction of the model, thereby obtaining said part that is to be fabricated; wherein the sacrificial balancing fraction is configured in such a manner that the sacrificial portion of the rough part possesses mass lying in the range 70% to 130% of the mass of the asymmetrical portion. supplying a digital model of a part to be fabricated; orienting the model relative to a construction direction for constructing the part; modifying the model by adding a sacrificial balancing fraction configured so as to balance the residual stresses that appear in the part while it is being fabricated; making a rough part layer by layer using an additive fabrication technique on the basis of the model as modified in this way, said layers being stacked in the construction direction; and eliminating the sacrificial portion thanks to a material-removal method from the rough part as results from the sacrificial balancing fraction of the model, thereby obtaining said part that is to be fabricated; wherein the sacrificial balancing fraction is configured in such a manner that the sacrificial portion of the rough part possesses mass lying in the range 70% to 130% of the mass of the asymmetrical portion.
A tunnel finisher for the treatment of textiles, comprising a treatment module (14, 14') which is connected to an air pipe; a steam module which acts upon the textiles with steam; and a transport system which moves the textiles through the modules (14, 14', 16) of the tunnel finisher, a connecting pipe being provided between the steam module and the treatment module (14, 14'), via which steam from the steam module can be introduced into the treatment module (14, 14'); the steam module being adapted to take up steam via a steam supply pipe and to give off steam to the environment via a residual steam suction pipe, and the connecting pipe branching off from the residual steam suction pipe; a control flap being provided in the residual steam suction pipe and fixing the proportions of the residual steam introduced into the connecting pipe in relation to the residual steam given off to the environment; the treatment module (14, 14') being adapted to take up air via the air pipe, a desired total volume and mixing ratio of the air/steam mixture supplied to the treatment module (14, 14') being adjustable by means of the control flap in the residual steam suction pipe and by means of a flow control means in the air pipe; and the treatment module (14, 14') including a heating register through which the air/steam mixture supplied flows.
Blade support for a shaving razor, having an inner face and an outer face comprising: - an elongated lower portion, - an elongated upper portion, and - an elongated intermediate bent portion intermediate the lower and upper portions, said upper portion extending forward said intermediate bent portion to a top side, said lower portion extending downward from said intermediate bent portion to a bottom side, wherein said blade support has a maximum thickness of between about 0.12 and about 0.21 millimetres (mm), characterised in that the inner face, at the intermediate bent portion, has a radius of curvature of about 0.28 millimetres (mm) and in that the top side and/or the bottom side are rounded. - an elongated lower portion, - an elongated upper portion, and - an elongated intermediate bent portion intermediate the lower and upper portions, said upper portion extending forward said intermediate bent portion to a top side, said lower portion extending downward from said intermediate bent portion to a bottom side, wherein said blade support has a maximum thickness of between about 0.12 and about 0.21 millimetres (mm), characterised in that the inner face, at the intermediate bent portion, has a radius of curvature of about 0.28 millimetres (mm) and in that the top side and/or the bottom side are rounded.
An adapter unit adapted to be mounted to a diagnostic instrument, the diagnostic instrument being configured to emit illumination light from an illumination output along a free-air illumination output path towards a target area for ophthalmic treatment, to receive light from the target area along a free-air viewing path and to provide a magnified view of the target area; wherein the adapter unit comprises: - a housing detachably mountable to the diagnostic instrument; - at least one treatment direct diode laser positioned within the housing, the direct diode laser comprising a treatment laser diode configured to emit light at a wavelength suitable for ophthalmic treatment in the wavelength range between 480 nm and 632 nm, - one or more optical elements configured to direct the emitted light as a treatment light beam along at least a portion of said free-air illumination output path and/or free-air viewing path when the housing is mounted to said diagnostic instrument; wherein the one or more optical elements comprise a dichroic mirror operable to reflect the treatment light beam towards the target but to allow other visible wavelengths to pass; and wherein at least one of the optical elements is configured to extend into at least one of the free-air viewing path and the free-air illumination output path of the diagnostic instrument when the housing is mounted to said diagnostic instrument in an operational position; characterized in that the adapter unit further comprises: - a pilot laser diode, accommodated in the housing, wherein the pilot laser diode has a lower power than the treatment direct diode laser and is configured to emit a pilot light beam at a wavelength different from the wavelength of the treatment light beam. - a housing detachably mountable to the diagnostic instrument; - at least one treatment direct diode laser positioned within the housing, the direct diode laser comprising a treatment laser diode configured to emit light at a wavelength suitable for ophthalmic treatment in the wavelength range between 480 nm and 632 nm, - one or more optical elements configured to direct the emitted light as a treatment light beam along at least a portion of said free-air illumination output path and/or free-air viewing path when the housing is mounted to said diagnostic instrument; wherein the one or more optical elements comprise a dichroic mirror operable to reflect the treatment light beam towards the target but to allow other visible wavelengths to pass; and wherein at least one of the optical elements is configured to extend into at least one of the free-air viewing path and the free-air illumination output path of the diagnostic instrument when the housing is mounted to said diagnostic instrument in an operational position; - a pilot laser diode, accommodated in the housing, wherein the pilot laser diode has a lower power than the treatment direct diode laser and is configured to emit a pilot light beam at a wavelength different from the wavelength of the treatment light beam.
A coated sleeved oil and gas well production device comprising: one or more cylindrical bodies (84; 92; 110, 112; 132, 132, 134, 136; 154, 156; 179), one or more sleeves (85; 95; 111; 133; 153; 181) proximal to the outer diameter or inner diameter of the one or more cylindrical bodies, and a coating on at least a portion of the inner sleeve surface, the outer sleeve surface, or a combination thereof of the one or more sleeves, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT: the one or more sleeves include hardbanding on at least a portion of an exposed outer surface, wherein the coating is on top of the hardbanding, and wherein the one or more sleeves further include one or more buttering layers interposed between the exposed outer surface and the coating or between the exposed outer surface and the hardbanding on at least a portion of the exposed surface, and wherein the coating is chosen from an amorphous alloy, a heat-treated electroless or electro plated based nickel-phosphorous composite with a phosphorous content greater than 12 wt.%, graphite, MoS 2, WS 2, a fullerene based composite, a boride based cermet, a quasicrystalline material, a diamond based material, diamond-like-carbon, boron nitride, and combinations thereof. one or more cylindrical bodies (84; 92; 110, 112; 132, 132, 134, 136; 154, 156; 179), one or more sleeves (85; 95; 111; 133; 153; 181) proximal to the outer diameter or inner diameter of the one or more cylindrical bodies, and a coating on at least a portion of the inner sleeve surface, the outer sleeve surface, or a combination thereof of the one or more sleeves, the one or more sleeves include hardbanding on at least a portion of an exposed outer surface, wherein the coating is on top of the hardbanding, and wherein the one or more sleeves further include one or more buttering layers interposed between the exposed outer surface and the coating or between the exposed outer surface and the hardbanding on at least a portion of the exposed surface, and wherein the coating is chosen from an amorphous alloy, a heat-treated electroless or electro plated based nickel-phosphorous composite with a phosphorous content greater than 12 wt.%, graphite, MoS 2, WS 2, a fullerene based composite, a boride based cermet, a quasicrystalline material, a diamond based material, diamond-like-carbon, boron nitride, and combinations thereof.
Method for producing a stable fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion with a hydrocarbon content greater than 50 wt%, comprising the following steps: - Production of a stable fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion with a droplet diameter of 100 μm to 1 mm in at least one unit for producing a fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion from at least medium 1, as a medium containing hydrocarbons, and medium 2, as water, with this unit comprising a fine dispersant consisting of at least one initial pump (pump 01) for an initial pressure increase in an afflux of a coarse hydrocarbon-water dispersion from a premixing unit as part of a coarse dispersant, at least one ultrasonic acoustic flow unit (UADA-01) for producing a fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion by means of hydrodynamic cavitation, and at least one second pump (pump 02) for generating negative pressure in the outflow of the fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion formed, - whereby the coarse dispersion from medium 1 and medium 2 is provided by mixing medium 1 and medium 2 in the premixing unit, of which there is at least one, in the coarse disperser, and - whereby the ratio of the pressure upstream of the ultrasonic acoustic flow unit (UADA), i.e., the initial pressure, of the fine dispersant and the pressure downstream of the ultrasonic acoustic flow unit (UADA), i.e. the negative pressure, of the fine dispersant is at least 10. - Production of a stable fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion with a droplet diameter of 100 μm to 1 mm in at least one unit for producing a fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion from at least medium 1, as a medium containing hydrocarbons, and medium 2, as water, with this unit comprising a fine dispersant consisting of at least one initial pump (pump 01) for an initial pressure increase in an afflux of a coarse hydrocarbon-water dispersion from a premixing unit as part of a coarse dispersant, at least one ultrasonic acoustic flow unit (UADA-01) for producing a fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion by means of hydrodynamic cavitation, and at least one second pump (pump 02) for generating negative pressure in the outflow of the fine hydrocarbon-water dispersion formed, - whereby the coarse dispersion from medium 1 and medium 2 is provided by mixing medium 1 and medium 2 in the premixing unit, of which there is at least one, in the coarse disperser, and - whereby the ratio of the pressure upstream of the ultrasonic acoustic flow unit (UADA), i.e., the initial pressure, of the fine dispersant and the pressure downstream of the ultrasonic acoustic flow unit (UADA), i.e. the negative pressure, of the fine dispersant is at least 10.
A biodegradable acid-modified polyester resin, having an acid value of 2.0 mg·KOH/g to 6.5 mg·KOH/g, and comprising at least one structural unit selected from the structural units represented by the following general formulae to: wherein l is an integer of 2 to 6, wherein m is an integer of 2 to 6, and wherein n is an integer of 2 to 6, and wherein the biodegradable acid-modified polyester resin satisfies the conditions for biodegradability as defined in ISO 14851:1999. wherein n is an integer of 2 to 6, and wherein the biodegradable acid-modified polyester resin satisfies the conditions for biodegradability as defined in ISO 14851:1999.
Frequency converter for operating an electrical machine, having a rectifier which has thyristors (25, 26, 27) as rectifier semiconductors, and having an inverter, the rectifier and the inverter being connected to one another via an intermediate circuit, the intermediate circuit having two intermediate circuit capacitor units (5, 8) connected in series and for each intermediate circuit capacitor unit (5, 8) having a symmetry resistor (11, 12) connected in parallel therewith for voltage balancing at the intermediate circuit capacitor units (5, 8), and having a precharging circuit for the intermediate circuit, which precharging circuit has a diode and a resistor connected in series with the diode, characterized in that for each intermediate circuit capacitor unit (5, 8) there is provided a unit (14, 15) for detecting the voltage applied to this intermediate circuit capacitor unit (5, 8), the unit (14, 15) having an optocoupler (16, 17) which is connected in series with the symmetry resistor (11, 12) of the associated intermediate circuit capacitor unit (5, 8), in that a comparison device is provided which compares the voltages applied at the intermediate circuit capacitors (5, 8) with one another and outputs a corresponding control signal in the event of voltage asymmetry, the voltage asymmetry being recognized in that an optocoupler output assigned to the respective optocoupler (16, 17) switches over and a voltage signal at an input of the comparison device changes, and in that a switch-off device is provided which interrupts the current flow into the intermediate circuit when a control signal emitted by the comparison device is detected, the switch-off device comprising the rectifier, the precharging circuit for the intermediat circuit and a thyristor controller for deactivating a signal which controls the thyristors of the rectifier, and the resistor of the precharging circuit being a temperature-dependent resistor.
An amine composition comprising: (i) N,N'-dimethyl-meta-xylylenediamine (DM-MXDA); (ii) at least one multifunctional amine selected from a phenalkamine; meta-xylylene diamine (MXDA); 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane (1,3-BAC); and a mixture of methylene bridged poly(cyclohexyl-aromatic)amines (MPCA); or any combination thereof, wherein a weight ratio of DM-MXDA to the at least one multifunctional amine is in a range from 10:90 to 90:10; and (iii) at least one plasticizer or solvent. (i) N,N'-dimethyl-meta-xylylenediamine (DM-MXDA); (ii) at least one multifunctional amine selected from a phenalkamine; meta-xylylene diamine (MXDA); 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane (1,3-BAC); and a mixture of methylene bridged poly(cyclohexyl-aromatic)amines (MPCA); or any combination thereof, wherein a weight ratio of DM-MXDA to the at least one multifunctional amine is in a range from 10:90 to 90:10; and (iii) at least one plasticizer or solvent.