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A method of controlling a washing machine configured such that a drum having on a front surface thereof an inlet through which laundry is put is rotatably provided in a tub containing water, the method comprising: (a) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub; (b) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating a heater and the drum is rotated at a first set speed; (c) a step of draining the tub; (d) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub, wherein a water supply amount at the step (d) is greater than a water supply amount at the step (a); and (e) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating the heater and the drum is rotated at a second set speed which is lower than the first set speed. (a) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub; (b) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating a heater and the drum is rotated at a first set speed; (c) a step of draining the tub; (d) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub, wherein a water supply amount at the step (d) is greater than a water supply amount at the step (a); and (e) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating the heater and the drum is rotated at a second set speed which is lower than the first set speed.
Device (1, 2) for preparing a beverage on the basis of interaction between a beverage extract and an extracting fluid, particularly a beverage having a crema layer, the device (1, 2) comprising: - a brewing chamber for accommodating a quantity of the beverage extract, having an inlet for receiving the extracting fluid and an outlet for discharging the beverage, - pumping means for displacing the extracting fluid from a source of the extracting fluid to the brewing chamber, and for forcing the extracting fluid to flow through the quantity of the beverage extract as may be present in the brewing chamber, - restricting means (60, 65) which are movable between an activated position for realizing a restriction in the outlet of the brewing chamber and an inactivated position for minimizing the restriction in the outlet of the brewing chamber, and - actuator means for controlling the position of the restricting means (60, 65) in relation to an actual state of the pumping means, which actuator means are configured and arranged to be operable under the influence of pressure exerted by the pumping means on the fluid in the actual state thereof, being in fluid communication with the pumping means, and said actuator means being configured and arranged to put the restricting means (60, 65) to the activated position when the pumping means are operated, and to put the restricting means (60, 65) to the inactivated position when the pumping means are put to an inactivated state. - a brewing chamber for accommodating a quantity of the beverage extract, having an inlet for receiving the extracting fluid and an outlet for discharging the beverage, - pumping means for displacing the extracting fluid from a source of the extracting fluid to the brewing chamber, and for forcing the extracting fluid to flow through the quantity of the beverage extract as may be present in the brewing chamber, - restricting means (60, 65) which are movable between an activated position for realizing a restriction in the outlet of the brewing chamber and an inactivated position for minimizing the restriction in the outlet of the brewing chamber, and - actuator means for controlling the position of the restricting means (60, 65) in relation to an actual state of the pumping means, which actuator means are configured and arranged to be operable under the influence of pressure exerted by the pumping means on the fluid in the actual state thereof, being in fluid communication with the pumping means, and said actuator means being configured and arranged to put the restricting means (60, 65) to the activated position when the pumping means are operated, and to put the restricting means (60, 65) to the inactivated position when the pumping means are put to an inactivated state.
A power reception device, comprising: a vehicle-side resonant portion mountable on a vehicle and resonating, through an electromagnetic field, with a facility-side resonant portion providable in an external facility; and a vehicle-side support including a first support member supporting said vehicle-side resonant portion, and a second support member spaced apart from said vehicle-side resonant portion and supporting said first support member, wherein the dielectric tangent of said first support member is smaller than the dielectric tangent of said second support member, wherein said vehicle-side resonant portion includes a first resonant coil formed by winding a first coil wire, said second support member is cylindrically formed and includes an inner circumferential surface extending along said first resonant coil, and said first resonant coil is arranged on the inner circumferential surface side of said second support member. a vehicle-side resonant portion mountable on a vehicle and resonating, through an electromagnetic field, with a facility-side resonant portion providable in an external facility; and a vehicle-side support including a first support member supporting said vehicle-side resonant portion, and a second support member spaced apart from said vehicle-side resonant portion and supporting said first support member, wherein the dielectric tangent of said first support member is smaller than the dielectric tangent of said second support member, wherein said vehicle-side resonant portion includes a first resonant coil formed by winding a first coil wire, said second support member is cylindrically formed and includes an inner circumferential surface extending along said first resonant coil, and said first resonant coil is arranged on the inner circumferential surface side of said second support member.
A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating, wherein the coating comprises a layer of MTCVD TiCN, and a layer of α-Al 2 O 3, wherein the α-Al 2 O 3 layer exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern, as measured using CuKα radiation and θ-2θ scan, wherein the texture coefficient TC(hkl) is defined according to Harris formula TC hkl = I hkl I 0 hkl ⁢ 1 n ∑ n = 1 n I hkl I 0 hkl - 1 where I(hkl) = measured intensity (integrated area) of the (hkl) reflection, I 0 (hkl)=standard intensity according to ICDD's PDF-card No. 00-010-0173, n=number of reflections used in the calculation, (hkl) reflections used are,,,,,, and (0 0 12), and characterized in that TC(0 0 12) is higher than 5, preferably higher than 6, most preferably higher than 7, and wherein a full width half maximum (FWHM) of a rocking curve peak of the (0 0 12) plane of the α-Al 2 O 3 using X-ray diffraction as measured on the clearance face of the cutting tool is FWHM lower than 30°, preferably lower than 26°, more preferably lower than 22°, and wherein the TiCN layer exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern, as measured using CuKα radiation, wherein the relation between the integrated area intensity of the 220 peak and the integrated area intensity of the 311 peak, I 220 /I 311, is lower than 3, preferably lower than 2, most preferably lower than 1.
A method for extracting contaminants from agrarian products or foods or animal feeds containing agrarian products, comprising contacting a solvent for the contaminants with the agrarian products containing or having adsorbed the contaminants, or the foods or animal feeds, and at least one extraction buffer, and optionally a powdery carrier, in an optionally closable mixing vessel, characterized in that the extraction buffer, which is contained in a film soluble in the solvent and is supplemented with at least one surfactant, in particular nonionic surfactant, and the contaminated agrarian product or food or animal feed are contacted with cold water as solvent in the mixing vessel, and the extraction buffer and the contaminants are brought into solution by agitating or stirring in the mixing vessel.
A method for the manufacturing of a piston ring having an axial height of < 2 mm and comprising a radial outer bearing surface which is provided with at least one web, a radial inner circumferential surface as well as upper and lower flank surfaces (3', 3") which extend between them, in that the respective web is provided with a radially outwards conically tapering contour, afterwards the bearing surface including the web flanks (4, 4') of the respective conical web are provided with at least one wear-resistant layer and afterwards exclusively the web flank of the respective web which forms a strip edge is subjected to an at least partial material removal.
A storage-tank pressure-rise suppressing apparatus (1;51) comprising: a storage tank arranged to store liquefied gas; a heat exchange means arranged to exchange heat between the liquid-phase liquefied gas extracted from the storage tank and a refrigerant; a refrigerant compression means (31,32) arranged to compress the refrigerant that is to be fed to the heat exchange means; a refrigerant expansion means arranged to reduce the pressure of the refrigerant that has been compressed by the refrigerant compression means (31,32) and arranged to feed the refrigerant to the heat exchange means; a feeding means arranged to feed the liquid-phase liquefied gas that has been cooled in the heat exchange means to the liquid-phase liquefied gas in the storage tank; a bypassing means arranged to make a portion of the liquid-phase liquefied gas that is fed to the heat exchange means bypass the heat exchange means and arranged to feed the portion to the feeding means; a bypass-flow-rate adjusting means arranged to adjust the bypass flow rate of the liquid-phase liquefied gas that is passed through the bypassing means; and a temperature measurement means arranged to measure temperature of a liquefied gas that is merged and mixed of the portion of the liquid-phase liquefied gas passed through the heat exchanger and the portion of the liquid-phase liquefied gas passed through the bypass means, wherein the bypass-flow-rate adjusting means is arranged to adjust the bypass flow rate on the basis of the measuring result by the temperature measurement means. a storage tank arranged to store liquefied gas; a heat exchange means arranged to exchange heat between the liquid-phase liquefied gas extracted from the storage tank and a refrigerant; a refrigerant compression means (31,32) arranged to compress the refrigerant that is to be fed to the heat exchange means; a refrigerant expansion means arranged to reduce the pressure of the refrigerant that has been compressed by the refrigerant compression means (31,32) and arranged to feed the refrigerant to the heat exchange means; a feeding means arranged to feed the liquid-phase liquefied gas that has been cooled in the heat exchange means to the liquid-phase liquefied gas in the storage tank; a bypassing means arranged to make a portion of the liquid-phase liquefied gas that is fed to the heat exchange means bypass the heat exchange means and arranged to feed the portion to the feeding means; a bypass-flow-rate adjusting means arranged to adjust the bypass flow rate of the liquid-phase liquefied gas that is passed through the bypassing means; and a temperature measurement means arranged to measure temperature of a liquefied gas that is merged and mixed of the portion of the liquid-phase liquefied gas passed through the heat exchanger and the portion of the liquid-phase liquefied gas passed through the bypass means, wherein the bypass-flow-rate adjusting means is arranged to adjust the bypass flow rate on the basis of the measuring result by the temperature measurement means.
An electric device for the ground connection of a coaxial cable comprising: an internal contact electrically connected to the shield conductor of said coaxial cable, a contact bar electrically connected to the above-mentioned internal contact and having an end to which a grounding cable is fixed and having an opposite end, a gasket made of an elastomeric material and provided with a seat for the above-mentioned internal contact, a pocket seat (8,9) having a bottom for said opposite end of the contact bar, and an outer metallic shell for enclosing said electric device, characterized in that it further comprises a fixing hook (13,16) for locking said contact bar to the above-mentioned internal contact through the elastic action exerted by said gasket made of an elastomeric material on the opposite end of the contact bar housed inside said pocket seat (8,9). an internal contact electrically connected to the shield conductor of said coaxial cable, a contact bar electrically connected to the above-mentioned internal contact and having an end to which a grounding cable is fixed and having an opposite end, a gasket made of an elastomeric material and provided with a seat for the above-mentioned internal contact, a pocket seat (8,9) having a bottom for said opposite end of the contact bar, and an outer metallic shell for enclosing said electric device, characterized in that it further comprises a fixing hook (13,16) for locking said contact bar to the above-mentioned internal contact through the elastic action exerted by said gasket made of an elastomeric material on the opposite end of the contact bar housed inside said pocket seat (8,9).
A method for measuring the lateral tension profile of a fibrous web by using at least one pressure sensor comprising a pressure-sensitive film sensor, for example an EMFi-film pressure sensor, having an active zone or active zones used for measuring a force and planted in a spirally helical position in contact with the surface of a roll, for measuring a force created by the web, characterized in that the active zone or zones of the pressure-sensitive film sensor of the pressure sensor is/are dimensioned to be, over the course of each roll revolution, at one time completely within an overlap angle defining a section of the roll being in contact with the web and at another time completely in an open space.
An IPM motor for a vacuum pump, comprising: a rotor core into which a rotor shaft of the vacuum pump is pressed and which also has magnets embedded therein; and a stator core which surrounds the rotor core (110, 110A, 110B) and around which stator windings are wound, the magnets per pole embedded in the rotor core are each split into a plurality of pieces and inserted in respective magnet slots (111, 111A, 111B) in the rotor core, and two holes (112, 112a, 112b) for stress concentration relaxation are provided between each pole, spaced apart from the magnet slots, for enabling the rotor core to withstand the centrifugal force during the rotation of the vacuum pump; a distance between said two holes (112, 112a, 112b) provided between each pole for stress concentration relaxation is set to be wider than a distance between the holes (112, 112a, 112b) for stress concentration relaxation and the magnet slots (111, 111A, 111B). the magnets per pole embedded in the rotor core are each split into a plurality of pieces and inserted in respective magnet slots (111, 111A, 111B) in the rotor core, and two holes (112, 112a, 112b) for stress concentration relaxation are provided between each pole, spaced apart from the magnet slots, for enabling the rotor core to withstand the centrifugal force during the rotation of the vacuum pump; a distance between said two holes (112, 112a, 112b) provided between each pole for stress concentration relaxation is set to be wider than a distance between the holes (112, 112a, 112b) for stress concentration relaxation and the magnet slots (111, 111A, 111B).
An artificial insemination device for animals, comprising: a cannula to be inserted in the cervix of the animal to be inseminated; an insertion tip placed on one of the ends of the cannula, said insertion tip having one or more holes; and a fixing element placed on the cannula for fixing the cannula in position during insemination, said fixing element comprising a tubular portion, a first frustoconical portion and a second frustoconical portion, wherein said first and second frustoconical portions (4, 5) are made from a flexible material, wherein said first and second frustoconical portions (4, 5) define an end with a larger diameter (41, 51) and an end with a smaller diameter (42, 52), such that during the insertion of the cannula, said ends with a larger diameter (41, 51) are farther from the insertion tip and during the removal of the cannula, said ends with a larger diameter (41, 51) are closer to the insertion tip, wherein the fixing element is displaced with respect to the insertion tip. a cannula to be inserted in the cervix of the animal to be inseminated; an insertion tip placed on one of the ends of the cannula, said insertion tip having one or more holes; and a fixing element placed on the cannula for fixing the cannula in position during insemination, said fixing element comprising a tubular portion, a first frustoconical portion and a second frustoconical portion, wherein said first and second frustoconical portions (4, 5) are made from a flexible material, wherein said first and second frustoconical portions (4, 5) define an end with a larger diameter (41, 51) and an end with a smaller diameter (42, 52), such that during the insertion of the cannula, said ends with a larger diameter (41, 51) are farther from the insertion tip and during the removal of the cannula, said ends with a larger diameter (41, 51) are closer to the insertion tip, wherein the fixing element is displaced with respect to the insertion tip.
Use of a semipermeable membrane formed of a cellulose ester for water treatment, the cellulose ester having an optionally substituted benzoyl group, wherein the optionally substituted benzoyl group is selected from a benzoyl group, a p-methylbenzoyl group, an o-methylbenzoyl group, a p-methoxybenzoyl group, an o-methoxybenzoyl group, an o-carboxylic acid (carboxylate) benzoyl group and a dimethylbenzoyl group, and wherein the cellulose ester has a degree of substitution of the optionally substituted benzoyl group within the range of 2.0 to 3.0. wherein the optionally substituted benzoyl group is selected from a benzoyl group, a p-methylbenzoyl group, an o-methylbenzoyl group, a p-methoxybenzoyl group, an o-methoxybenzoyl group, an o-carboxylic acid (carboxylate) benzoyl group and a dimethylbenzoyl group, and wherein the cellulose ester has a degree of substitution of the optionally substituted benzoyl group within the range of 2.0 to 3.0.
A support adapted for location exteriorly of a blood vessel, the support being locatable around the blood vessel and shaped to be in morphological relationship with the blood vessel, characterised in that the support is a single piece dense mesh which may be formed into a tube, and in that the support has at least one normal region and one or more regions (220,240) which is more supportive than the normal region.
A line replaceable unit for an array antenna, the line replaceable unit comprising: a panel having a front surface configured to be electrically and mechanically connected with electronics of the array antenna, and a rear surface opposing the front surface; and a mounting bracket that is attached to the rear surface and extends perpendicular to the rear surface opposite the electronics, wherein the mounting bracket is a right-angle bracket that has at least two mutually orthogonal flanges (58, 60) that are configured to align the line replaceable unit within the array antenna, wherein a right angle is formed between the at least two orthogonal flanges at a corner of the rear surface, and wherein at least one of the orthogonal flanges is configured as an electrical and mechanical interface for one or more additional features of the line replaceable unit, in addition to the panel. a panel having a front surface configured to be electrically and mechanically connected with electronics of the array antenna, and a rear surface opposing the front surface; and a mounting bracket that is attached to the rear surface and extends perpendicular to the rear surface opposite the electronics, wherein the mounting bracket is a right-angle bracket that has at least two mutually orthogonal flanges (58, 60) that are configured to align the line replaceable unit within the array antenna, wherein a right angle is formed between the at least two orthogonal flanges at a corner of the rear surface, and wherein at least one of the orthogonal flanges is configured as an electrical and mechanical interface for one or more additional features of the line replaceable unit, in addition to the panel.
Method for detecting light in a microscope, having an arrangement of a plurality of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM), wherein each SiPM comprises an array of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) and forms a pixel, wherein the arrangement has a greater surface-area than the incident light, and wherein for each SiPM only the SPADs which are acted on with a specific minimum intensity of light are activated and/or evaluated so that only the SPADs which contribute to a high signal-to-noise ratio are activated, and wherein for each SiPM the SPADs whose function is inadequate or defective are deactivated or not evaluated.
A device-registration-operation assisting apparatus for use in a device management system comprising a plurality of devices installed in a building and a management device connected to the devices via a network, for assisting in an operation for registering position of the devices, the device-registration-operation assisting apparatus comprising: an emission unit of an electromagnetic wave, the emission unit being integrated into or positioned near each of the plurality of devices; and a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a receiving unit configured to receive the electromagnetic wave, a display unit configured to display information of the device into or near which the emission unit from which the electromagnetic wave is emitted is integrated or positioned, and an input unit configured to receive an input of registration information for registering the device displayed on the display unit in the device management system, the registration information being position information of the device in the building, wherein the display unit does not display the information of the device for which the registration information is input to the input unit, or changes display of the information, characterised in that the emission unit is configured to stop emission of the electromagnetic wave after the receiving unit receives the electromagnetic wave. an emission unit of an electromagnetic wave, the emission unit being integrated into or positioned near each of the plurality of devices; and a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a receiving unit configured to receive the electromagnetic wave, a display unit configured to display information of the device into or near which the emission unit from which the electromagnetic wave is emitted is integrated or positioned, and an input unit configured to receive an input of registration information for registering the device displayed on the display unit in the device management system, the registration information being position information of the device in the building, wherein the display unit does not display the information of the device for which the registration information is input to the input unit, or changes display of the information, characterised in that the emission unit is configured to stop emission of the electromagnetic wave after the receiving unit receives the electromagnetic wave.