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A temperature sensing system comprising: a thermowell extending into a sensing region (Rs) of a fluid flow; a sensor having a probe housed in the thermowell to sense a temperature in the sensing region (Rs); and a solid insert configured to removably support the probe within the thermowell and to provide a thermal contact between the thermowell and the probe, wherein the solid insert comprises flexible metal components (52, 54) that bend to accommodate insertion of the sensor into the thermowell, wherein the solid insert is formed of metal. a thermowell extending into a sensing region (Rs) of a fluid flow; a sensor having a probe housed in the thermowell to sense a temperature in the sensing region (Rs); and a solid insert configured to removably support the probe within the thermowell and to provide a thermal contact between the thermowell and the probe, wherein the solid insert comprises flexible metal components (52, 54) that bend to accommodate insertion of the sensor into the thermowell, wherein the solid insert is formed of metal.
A method for producing fluorosulfate comprising: a step of dissolving, in which a mixed liquid containing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and fluorosulfonic acid is dissolved in water to prepare an aqueous solution; a step of neutralizing, in which the aqueous solution is neutralized by an alkali compound to prepare a neutralized solution; and a step of recovering fluorosulfate, in which fluorosulfate is recovered from the neutralized solution. a step of dissolving, in which a mixed liquid containing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and fluorosulfonic acid is dissolved in water to prepare an aqueous solution; a step of neutralizing, in which the aqueous solution is neutralized by an alkali compound to prepare a neutralized solution; and a step of recovering fluorosulfate, in which fluorosulfate is recovered from the neutralized solution.
Method of sterilising an adsorbent being flowable or pourable, which is to be made available in a container, having the following method steps: filling of a containing means with the adsorbent to be sterilised, the containing means being of a size such that the adsorbent to be sterilised distributes itself in the containing means in a thin film or layer having a thickness of up to 30 mm, irradiation of the containing means with high-energy radiation having an intensity of at least 25 kGy and not exceeding 50 kGy to sterilise the adsorbent in the containing means, and transfer of the adsorbent into a container in which the adsorbent is to be made available, the containing means for sterilisation and the container in which the adsorbent is to be made available forming a closed system, and the container, in which the adsorbent is to be made available, is an adsorber housing which is to be filled with the adsorbent. filling of a containing means with the adsorbent to be sterilised, the containing means being of a size such that the adsorbent to be sterilised distributes itself in the containing means in a thin film or layer having a thickness of up to 30 mm, irradiation of the containing means with high-energy radiation having an intensity of at least 25 kGy and not exceeding 50 kGy to sterilise the adsorbent in the containing means, and transfer of the adsorbent into a container in which the adsorbent is to be made available, the containing means for sterilisation and the container in which the adsorbent is to be made available forming a closed system, and the container, in which the adsorbent is to be made available, is an adsorber housing which is to be filled with the adsorbent.
A device for diagnosing body liquids, which comprises: an upper housing and a lower housing, wherein said upper housing is vertically slidable toward said lower housing; wherein the upper housing comprises an upper main compartment, suitable to collect a fluid, and a temporary compartment; wherein the lower housing comprises a lower diagnostic compartment comprising one or more diagnostic strips; and wherein the device further comprises a valve suitable to seal fluid connection between the temporary compartment and the lower diagnostic compartment, before a diagnostic stage is initiated, and between the temporary compartment and the upper main compartment, when a diagnostic stage is initiated, characterized in that it further comprises a bottom compartment; and in that a rate of flow between said lower diagnostic compartment and said bottom compartment is regulated by means of a flow regulator. an upper housing and a lower housing, wherein said upper housing is vertically slidable toward said lower housing; wherein the upper housing comprises an upper main compartment, suitable to collect a fluid, and a temporary compartment; wherein the lower housing comprises a lower diagnostic compartment comprising one or more diagnostic strips; and wherein the device further comprises a valve suitable to seal fluid connection between the temporary compartment and the lower diagnostic compartment, before a diagnostic stage is initiated, and between the temporary compartment and the upper main compartment, when a diagnostic stage is initiated, characterized in that it further comprises a bottom compartment; and in that a rate of flow between said lower diagnostic compartment and said bottom compartment is regulated by means of a flow regulator.
A composition comprising human or animal-derived extracellular matrix having incorporated therein a macromolecular network comprising polycarboxylate, polyamine or polyhydroxyphenyl macromolecules that have been cross-linked via dihydroxyphenyl linkages, said macromolecular network being interlocked within said derived extracellular matrix.
A dispenser comprising: a handle; a cylinder secured with respect to the handle; a piston moveable inside the cylinder, the piston dividing the cylinder into a front chamber and a rear chamber; and a rod arranged to move with the piston, the rod extending from the piston through an aperture in a front end of the cylinder, wherein the handle comprises an actuation arrangement comprising first and second triggers (18, 20) for, respectively, advancing and retreating the rod, each trigger for actuation by an operator holding the handle to selectively apply pressure to a respective one of the front and rear chambers, thereby controlling advance and retreat of the rod, characterised in that the first and second triggers are positioned on the handle for actuation by respective fingers of a hand of the operator holding the handle. a handle; a cylinder secured with respect to the handle; a piston moveable inside the cylinder, the piston dividing the cylinder into a front chamber and a rear chamber; and a rod arranged to move with the piston, the rod extending from the piston through an aperture in a front end of the cylinder, wherein the handle comprises an actuation arrangement comprising first and second triggers (18, 20) for, respectively, advancing and retreating the rod, each trigger for actuation by an operator holding the handle to selectively apply pressure to a respective one of the front and rear chambers, thereby controlling advance and retreat of the rod, characterised in that the first and second triggers are positioned on the handle for actuation by respective fingers of a hand of the operator holding the handle.
An oil separator comprising: a vertical body; a first plate positioned within the vertical body, the first plate defining a first chamber within the vertical body; a second plate positioned within the vertical body, the second plate and the first plate defining a second chamber within the vertical body, the second plate further defining a third chamber within the body, the second chamber below the first chamber, the third chamber below the second chamber; an inlet configured to direct a refrigerant into the vertical body and into the first chamber, the inlet being positioned to cause rotation of the refrigerant in the first chamber in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the vertical body, the first plate configured to direct the refrigerant in the first chamber into the second chamber such that the refrigerant in the second chamber rotates in the first direction about the longitudinal axis of the vertical body and downwards towards the second plate, the second plate configured to direct the refrigerant in the second chamber into the third chamber such that the refrigerant in the third chamber rotates in a second direction about the longitudinal axis of the vertical body and downwards towards a bottom of the vertical body, the second direction opposite the first direction; an outlet positioned along the longitudinal axis of the vertical body, the outlet configured to direct the refrigerant in the third chamber upwards through the first and second chambers (214, 216) and out of the vertical body. a vertical body; a first plate positioned within the vertical body, the first plate defining a first chamber within the vertical body; a second plate positioned within the vertical body, the second plate and the first plate defining a second chamber within the vertical body, the second plate further defining a third chamber within the body, the second chamber below the first chamber, the third chamber below the second chamber; an inlet configured to direct a refrigerant into the vertical body and into the first chamber, the inlet being positioned to cause rotation of the refrigerant in the first chamber in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the vertical body, the first plate configured to direct the refrigerant in the first chamber into the second chamber such that the refrigerant in the second chamber rotates in the first direction about the longitudinal axis of the vertical body and downwards towards the second plate, the second plate configured to direct the refrigerant in the second chamber into the third chamber such that the refrigerant in the third chamber rotates in a second direction about the longitudinal axis of the vertical body and downwards towards a bottom of the vertical body, the second direction opposite the first direction; an outlet positioned along the longitudinal axis of the vertical body, the outlet configured to direct the refrigerant in the third chamber upwards through the first and second chambers (214, 216) and out of the vertical body.
A method of separating a biomolecule from at least one other component in a liquid, comprising a step of contacting said liquid with a separation matrix comprising a solid support and copolymer chains bound to said solid support, wherein said copolymer chains comprise units derived from a first monomer of structure CH 2 =CH-L-X, where L is a covalent bond or an alkyl ether or hydroxysubstituted alkyl ether chain comprising 2-6 carbon atoms, and X is a sulfonate or phosphonate group, and further comprise units derived from a second non-charged monomer, wherein said second non-charged monomer is an N-vinylamide.
Latch for a motor vehicle, in particular a side door latch, comprising a locking mechanism, a mass inertia element, and a release lever chain, which has a release lever, a coupling lever, an actuating lever, the actuating lever being couplable to the release lever by means of the coupling lever, and a control lever for controlling the coupling lever, the control lever interacting, by means of a guide peg, with the mass inertia element in such a way that a movement of the control lever can be prevented by means of the mass inertia element depending on a limit speed of the actuating lever, the transmission ratio between a first lever arm from the center of a pin of the control lever up to the guide peg and a second lever arm which extends from the center point of the guide peg to the center of a pin of the mass inertia element being almost constant or increasing over the entire actuating path, characterized in that the actuating lever and the control lever are mounted on a common pin.
A photoelectric conversion element comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a first organic semiconductor material and a second organic semiconductor material that have mutually different mother skeletons, wherein: the first organic semiconductor material is fullerene or a fullerene derivative, the second organic semiconductor material has a deeper HOMO level than the first organic semiconductor material, the photoelectric conversion layer further includes a third organic semiconductor material, the third organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a subphthalocyanine derivative, and characterized in that the third organic semiconductor material in a form of a single-layer film has a higher linear absorption coefficient of a maximal absorption wavelength in a visible region than a single-layer film of the first organic semiconductor material and a single-layer film of the second organic semiconductor material. a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a first organic semiconductor material and a second organic semiconductor material that have mutually different mother skeletons, wherein: the first organic semiconductor material is fullerene or a fullerene derivative, the second organic semiconductor material has a deeper HOMO level than the first organic semiconductor material, the photoelectric conversion layer further includes a third organic semiconductor material, the third organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a subphthalocyanine derivative, and characterized in that the third organic semiconductor material in a form of a single-layer film has a higher linear absorption coefficient of a maximal absorption wavelength in a visible region than a single-layer film of the first organic semiconductor material and a single-layer film of the second organic semiconductor material. the first organic semiconductor material is fullerene or a fullerene derivative, the second organic semiconductor material has a deeper HOMO level than the first organic semiconductor material, the photoelectric conversion layer further includes a third organic semiconductor material, the third organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a subphthalocyanine derivative, and characterized in that the third organic semiconductor material in a form of a single-layer film has a higher linear absorption coefficient of a maximal absorption wavelength in a visible region than a single-layer film of the first organic semiconductor material and a single-layer film of the second organic semiconductor material.
A brush comprising bristle clusters and a support made of a plastically deformable plastic material for disposing the bristle clusters thereon, the support having a plurality of cluster holes each serving to accommodate one bristle cluster, the bristle clusters each being fixed in a cluster hole by means of a clip (16, 40), the clips (16, 40) having a length l greater than the diameter D of the cluster hole so as to form clip projections (23, 24) formed on both longitudinal ends (37, 38), and the clips (16, 40) being provided with discontinuous structural elements (30, 42) at least in the area of the clip projections (23, 24) on at least one longitudinal side (21, 22; 43, 44) disposed essentially parallel to a cluster hole axis, the clip projections (23, 24) provided with the structural elements (30, 42) being pressed into and thereby embedded in the plastic material of the support so as to fix the bristle clusters, the structural elements (30, 42) being disposed at a distance to the longitudinal edges (18, 46, 47) of the clip (16, 40), characterized in that the structural elements (30, 42) have both a valley (35, 47) and a peak (36, 48) relative to a base surface (50, 49) of the longitudinal side (21, 22; 43, 44), the valley (35, 47) at least partially surrounding the peak (36, 48).
A tyre for vehicle wheels comprising at least one reinforced structural element comprising at least one cross-linked elastomeric material and at least one elongated reinforcing element, wherein said at least one elongated reinforcing element comprises one or more polymeric threads comprising at least one semi-aromatic polyamide having a glass transition temperature (Tg) greater than 90° C measured by DSC according to ISO-11357-1/3, 2011, characterized in that said at least one elongated reinforcing element shows in the diagram tenacity - elongation % measured according to the Bisfa method (Test methods for para-aramid fibre yarns, 2002 edition) a bimodal trend of tenacity, characterized by an incremental ratio R between the chord modulus E1 and chord modulus E2 greater than 1, where the chord modulus E1 represents the ratio between the variation of the tenacity and the variation of the elongation measured at 2% and 0% elongation, and the chord modulus E2 represents the ratio between the variation of the tenacity and the variation of the elongation measured at 6% and 2% elongation, respectively. wherein said at least one elongated reinforcing element comprises one or more polymeric threads comprising at least one semi-aromatic polyamide having a glass transition temperature (Tg) greater than 90° C measured by DSC according to ISO-11357-1/3, 2011, characterized in that said at least one elongated reinforcing element shows in the diagram tenacity - elongation % measured according to the Bisfa method (Test methods for para-aramid fibre yarns, 2002 edition) a bimodal trend of tenacity, characterized by an incremental ratio R between the chord modulus E1 and chord modulus E2 greater than 1, where the chord modulus E1 represents the ratio between the variation of the tenacity and the variation of the elongation measured at 2% and 0% elongation, and the chord modulus E2 represents the ratio between the variation of the tenacity and the variation of the elongation measured at 6% and 2% elongation, respectively.
Method for annealing at least one photovoltaic cell comprising a substrate comprising silicon with a first type of conductivity, a layer doped with a second type of conductivity produced in the substrate and forming a front face of the substrate, an antireflection layer produced on the front face of the substrate and forming a front face of the photovoltaic cell, at least one metallization on the front face of the photovoltaic cell and at least on metallization on a rear face of the substrate, said method comprising at least the steps of: a) a first annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 700°C and 900°C, b) a second annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 200°C and 500°C, at ambient pressure and in ambient air, with hydrogen being diffused in the substrate during the process. a) a first annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 700°C and 900°C, b) a second annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 200°C and 500°C, at ambient pressure and in ambient air,
A syrup polymer composition comprising: a) 5 to 40 parts by weight of a solute low T g (meth)acrylate solute (co)polymer component having a T g ≤ 0°C, as calculated using the Fox Equation; b) 60 to 95 parts by weight of a low T g solvent monomer component comprising low T g monomers having a T g ≤ 0°C, as calculated using the Fox Equation; and a multifunctional acrylate, the sum of a) and b) being 100 parts by weight; c) 5 to 50 parts of a plasticizer, relative to 100 parts a) and b); wherein the solvent monomer component comprises: d) 60 to 90 parts by weight of low T g monomers; e) 0 to 5 parts of acid functional monomers; f) 0 to 5 parts of a non-acid functional polar monomer; g) 10 to 40 parts of a multiacrylate; the sum being 100 parts by weight. a) 5 to 40 parts by weight of a solute low T g (meth)acrylate solute (co)polymer component having a T g ≤ 0°C, as calculated using the Fox Equation; b) 60 to 95 parts by weight of a low T g solvent monomer component comprising low T g monomers having a T g ≤ 0°C, as calculated using the Fox Equation; and a multifunctional acrylate, c) 5 to 50 parts of a plasticizer, relative to 100 parts a) and b); d) 60 to 90 parts by weight of low T g monomers; e) 0 to 5 parts of acid functional monomers; f) 0 to 5 parts of a non-acid functional polar monomer; g) 10 to 40 parts of a multiacrylate;
An apparatus for gas elimination in intravenous delivery systems, comprising: a fluid inlet coupling a fluid flow into a liquid chamber; a fluid outlet protruding into the liquid chamber; a flow diversion member proximal to the fluid outlet, the flow diversion member configured to divert a flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet in a radial direction away from the fluid outlet; a membrane separating the liquid chamber from an outer chamber and forming an inner surface of the outer chamber, the membrane configured to allow a gas to pass from the liquid chamber to the outer chamber; and a gas venting valve fluidically coupling the outer chamber with an atmosphere, wherein the flow diversion member is mechanically supported by at least one elongate member extending along a flow direction into the liquid chamber, wherein the elongate member extends from at least one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet to the flow diversion member; characterized by an absorbing element in the outer chamber, the absorbing element configured to absorb a fluid condensate in the outer chamber. a fluid inlet coupling a fluid flow into a liquid chamber; a fluid outlet protruding into the liquid chamber; a flow diversion member proximal to the fluid outlet, the flow diversion member configured to divert a flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet in a radial direction away from the fluid outlet; a membrane separating the liquid chamber from an outer chamber and forming an inner surface of the outer chamber, the membrane configured to allow a gas to pass from the liquid chamber to the outer chamber; and a gas venting valve fluidically coupling the outer chamber with an atmosphere, wherein the flow diversion member is mechanically supported by at least one elongate member extending along a flow direction into the liquid chamber, wherein the elongate member extends from at least one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet to the flow diversion member; characterized by an absorbing element in the outer chamber, the absorbing element configured to absorb a fluid condensate in the outer chamber.