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Nanopositioner, comprising at least one actuator with at least one support for the object to be moved, which support is movable by deflection of the actuator, and at least one spring element which can subject the object to be moved to a normal force acting between the object and the support, the spring element being connected to the support in such a way that the state of tension of the spring element is independent of the position of the object to be moved, characterised in that the spring element is connected to the support in such a way that it is moved in one piece with the support when the support is moved.
A method for prevention of yellowing on a surface of a Si containing steel sheet subjected to re-pickling with a non-oxidizing acid, washing with water and drying after a surface of a continuously annealed steel sheet is pickled with an acid to remove Si-containing oxide layer from a surface layer of the steel sheet, characterized in that the surface of the steel sheet is held at a wet state between the pickling and the re-pickling and between the re-pickling and the washing and wherein the washing is carried out with washing water having an iron ion concentration limited to not more than 20 g/L.
A method of optimizing program guide data associated with a plurality of broadcast events for display on an electronic program guide, the method comprising: associating a data field with a broadcast event selected from among the plurality of broadcast events, the data field comprising at least the following fields: a language data field; a title data field; a channelgroup data field; a broadcast time data field; a channel data field; and a service data field; ordering the program guide data associated with the broadcast event according to the data field associated with the broadcast event in the following order: Language; Title; ChannelGroup; Channel; and Service, thereby producing ordered program guide data associated with the broadcast event; assigning the broadcast event a LastInChannelFlag (LICF) flag and a LastInChannelGroupFlag (LICGF) flag; and determining at least one main event from among the plurality of broadcast events, wherein the at least one main event comprises an event within the ordered list of program guide data associated with the broadcast event comprising an identical Title field within a ChannelGroup within a first Channel comprised in the ChannelGroup. associating a data field with a broadcast event selected from among the plurality of broadcast events, the data field comprising at least the following fields: a language data field; a title data field; a channelgroup data field; a broadcast time data field; a channel data field; and a service data field; a language data field; a title data field; a channelgroup data field; a broadcast time data field; a channel data field; and a service data field; ordering the program guide data associated with the broadcast event according to the data field associated with the broadcast event in the following order: Language; Title; ChannelGroup; Channel; and Service, Language; Title; ChannelGroup; Channel; and Service, thereby producing ordered program guide data associated with the broadcast event; assigning the broadcast event a LastInChannelFlag (LICF) flag and a LastInChannelGroupFlag (LICGF) flag; and determining at least one main event from among the plurality of broadcast events, wherein the at least one main event comprises an event within the ordered list of program guide data associated with the broadcast event comprising an identical Title field within a ChannelGroup within a first Channel comprised in the ChannelGroup.
A preform mold assembly comprising: a cavity plate; a cavity insert received in a bore in the cavity plate, the cavity insert for forming the body portion of the perform; the cavity insert defining at least in part an annular decompression chamber for receiving a supply of cooling fluid from a cooling fluid inlet and an annular cooling chamber in fluid communication with and receiving fluid from the annular decompression chamber; characterized in that the annular cooling chamber is an annular film cooling chamber where cooling fluid flows along the length of the cavity insert in a film flow as a uniform flow of cooling fluid in all regions of the annular film cooling chamber in the direction from the inlet to the outlet of the annular cooling chamber. a cavity plate; a cavity insert received in a bore in the cavity plate, the cavity insert for forming the body portion of the perform; the cavity insert defining at least in part an annular decompression chamber for receiving a supply of cooling fluid from a cooling fluid inlet and an annular cooling chamber in fluid communication with and receiving fluid from the annular decompression chamber; characterized in that the annular cooling chamber is an annular film cooling chamber where cooling fluid flows along the length of the cavity insert in a film flow as a uniform flow of cooling fluid in all regions of the annular film cooling chamber in the direction from the inlet to the outlet of the annular cooling chamber.
Process for producing an optical casting comprising at least one volume-holographic optical element by means of a casting operation, the process comprising the following steps: - providing a casting mould comprising a first mould section having a flat, spherical, aspherical or free-form first surface and a second mould section having a flat, spherical, aspherical or free-form second surface, the first mould section being connectable to the second mould section to form the casting mould, - providing at least one holographic optical element, - positioning and aligning the at least one holographic optical element with respect to the first mould section or/and with respect to the second mould section, - combining the first and second mould sections to form the casting mould, - introducing casting material in one or more casting steps, the casting material having a viscosity at 25°C of less than 5000 mPas, - curing the casting material, - removing the cured casting material comprising the at least one holographic optical element from the casting mould, the at least one holographic optical element being at least partly surrounded by the casting material. - providing a casting mould comprising a first mould section having a flat, spherical, aspherical or free-form first surface and a second mould section having a flat, spherical, aspherical or free-form second surface, the first mould section being connectable to the second mould section to form the casting mould, - providing at least one holographic optical element, - positioning and aligning the at least one holographic optical element with respect to the first mould section or/and with respect to the second mould section, - combining the first and second mould sections to form the casting mould, - introducing casting material in one or more casting steps, the casting material having a viscosity at 25°C of less than 5000 mPas, - curing the casting material, - removing the cured casting material comprising the at least one holographic optical element from the casting mould, the at least one holographic optical element being at least partly surrounded by the casting material.
Method for analyzing and describing the reflection properties of a three-dimensionally structured original surface, in particular an embossed surface, in the form of a data record that is made available to a machining system or testing system for surfaces, wherein a) firstly the topology of the original surface is determined with the aid of a three-dimensional scanning method, and the topological data thus determined and essentially comprising the height values and depth values belonging to each surface element of a raster spanning the original surface, are stored in a first data record, each surface element or raster element being assigned a measured depth value such that a depth map of the original surface results, b) the first data record is subjected to an assessment of the depth values with regard to their influence on the reflection properties, c) a reflection value is assigned to each surface element, depending on the assessment, and is stored in a second data record, after which the second data record containing the reflection values assigned to each surface element is made available to further machining systems or testing systems, wherein the method steps b) and c) are designed such that b) the first data record is subjected to an edge detection and subsequently an averaging with reference to the depth values, wherein the averaging is performed after the edge detection such that surface elements are combined into groups, and in each case edge frequencies and/or heights averaged inside the groups by proximity operations are assigned to the groups and stored in the second data record, and c) the value that is obtained by the averaging and describing the frequency and/or height of the edges is assigned to each surface element as reflection value and is stored in a second data record. a) firstly the topology of the original surface is determined with the aid of a three-dimensional scanning method, and the topological data thus determined and essentially comprising the height values and depth values belonging to each surface element of a raster spanning the original surface, are stored in a first data record, each surface element or raster element being assigned a measured depth value such that a depth map of the original surface results, b) the first data record is subjected to an assessment of the depth values with regard to their influence on the reflection properties, c) a reflection value is assigned to each surface element, depending on the assessment, and is stored in a second data record, b) the first data record is subjected to an edge detection and subsequently an averaging with reference to the depth values, wherein the averaging is performed after the edge detection such that surface elements are combined into groups, and in each case edge frequencies and/or heights averaged inside the groups by proximity operations are assigned to the groups and stored in the second data record, and c) the value that is obtained by the averaging and describing the frequency and/or height of the edges is assigned to each surface element as reflection value and is stored in a second data record.
A method of operating a very low temperature refrigeration system, the method comprising: flowing a refrigerant stream in a downward direction through at least one flow passage of a brazed plate heat exchanger, a velocity of the downward flowing refrigerant stream being maintained to be at least 0.1 meters per second during cooling operation of the very low temperature refrigeration system, the downward flowing refrigerant stream comprising a high pressure flow of the very low temperature refrigeration system; and flowing a refrigerant stream in an upward direction through at least one further flow passage of the brazed plate heat exchanger, a velocity of the upward flowing refrigerant stream being maintained to be at least 1 meter per second during cooling operation of the very low temperature refrigeration system, the upward flowing refrigerant stream comprising a low pressure flow of the very low temperature refrigeration system; wherein a coldest heat exchanger in the system has a length of between 17 inches and 48 inches. flowing a refrigerant stream in a downward direction through at least one flow passage of a brazed plate heat exchanger, a velocity of the downward flowing refrigerant stream being maintained to be at least 0.1 meters per second during cooling operation of the very low temperature refrigeration system, the downward flowing refrigerant stream comprising a high pressure flow of the very low temperature refrigeration system; and flowing a refrigerant stream in an upward direction through at least one further flow passage of the brazed plate heat exchanger, a velocity of the upward flowing refrigerant stream being maintained to be at least 1 meter per second during cooling operation of the very low temperature refrigeration system, the upward flowing refrigerant stream comprising a low pressure flow of the very low temperature refrigeration system; wherein a coldest heat exchanger in the system has a length of between 17 inches and 48 inches.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre of radial type, having a tread with at least one shoulder-side profile block row, which is provided along its circumferential extent with a multiplicity of transverse channels that subdivide the profile block row into shoulder blocks, wherein a bottom elevation is formed in each transverse channel, said bottom elevation attaching shoulder blocks that follow one another in the circumferential direction to one another, and wherein the tread has a ground contact patch with a width, the edge of which lies within the shoulder-side profile block row, characterized in that the bottom elevation, when the transverse channel is seen in longitudinal section, has, at least along the majority of its extent, a surface that extends in a radially outwardly curved manner and is interrupted by grooves formed in the bottom elevation, wherein the grooves extend parallel to one another and at an angle (α) of 0° to 20° to the circumferential direction of the pneumatic vehicle tyre.
Sample holder comprising: a sample-holding body made of a refractory dielectric material, a thermocouple for measuring the temperature of the sample, in particular during heating, formed of two conductors (13.1, 13.2) which are different in nature, connected in a measurement junction (13.0), the sample-holding body comprising a receiving surface on which is adhesively bonded the measurement junction (13.0), this receiving surface being a receiving surface of the sample, a protective sheath of the sample-holding body which encloses the sample-holding body by forming a rim around the receiving surface in such a way as to define a bowl for receiving the sample the bottom of which is the receiving surface of the sample, first means for guiding conductors in order to electrically isolate one from the other starting from the measurement junction, the conductors (13.1, 13.2) exiting from the first means for guiding opposite the receiving surface with respect to the sample-holding body, characterised in that the sample-holding body and/or the protective sheath further comprise second means for guiding to guide the conductors (13.1, 13.2) from their exit from the first means for guiding to the receiving surface in such a way that the conductors can be accessed from the side of the receiving surface. a sample-holding body made of a refractory dielectric material, a thermocouple for measuring the temperature of the sample, in particular during heating, formed of two conductors (13.1, 13.2) which are different in nature, connected in a measurement junction (13.0), the sample-holding body comprising a receiving surface on which is adhesively bonded the measurement junction (13.0), this receiving surface being a receiving surface of the sample, a protective sheath of the sample-holding body which encloses the sample-holding body by forming a rim around the receiving surface in such a way as to define a bowl for receiving the sample the bottom of which is the receiving surface of the sample, first means for guiding conductors in order to electrically isolate one from the other starting from the measurement junction, the conductors (13.1, 13.2) exiting from the first means for guiding opposite the receiving surface with respect to the sample-holding body, characterised in that the sample-holding body and/or the protective sheath further comprise second means for guiding to guide the conductors (13.1, 13.2) from their exit from the first means for guiding to the receiving surface in such a way that the conductors can be accessed from the side of the receiving surface.
An apparatus (1, 100) configured to remove one or more substances from blood, wherein the apparatus comprises: a blood pump configured to move blood through a blood circuit; a leak detector fixed to and extending from the housing of the apparatus (1, 100), the leak detector comprising a collector defining a containment volume and a liquid sensor at least partially disposed within the containment volume, wherein the liquid sensor is configured to sense a liquid in the containment volume; and a control unit operably connected to the liquid sensor, wherein the control unit is configured to receive a signal from the liquid sensor where the signal is indicative of a presence of liquid in the containment volume; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: an on-line port extending away from a housing of the apparatus (1, 100) and an infusion line coupled to the on-line port and in fluid communication with the blood circuit, the on-line port being configured to provide liquid to the blood circuit via the infusion line; wherein the containment volume is configured to collect liquid from the online port, the control unit being configured to determine that the liquid is leaking from the on-line port based on the signal received from the liquid sensor. a blood pump configured to move blood through a blood circuit; a leak detector fixed to and extending from the housing of the apparatus (1, 100), the leak detector comprising a collector defining a containment volume and a liquid sensor at least partially disposed within the containment volume, wherein the liquid sensor is configured to sense a liquid in the containment volume; and a control unit operably connected to the liquid sensor, wherein the control unit is configured to receive a signal from the liquid sensor where the signal is indicative of a presence of liquid in the containment volume; an on-line port extending away from a housing of the apparatus (1, 100) and an infusion line coupled to the on-line port and in fluid communication with the blood circuit, the on-line port being configured to provide liquid to the blood circuit via the infusion line; wherein the containment volume is configured to collect liquid from the online port, the control unit being configured to determine that the liquid is leaking from the on-line port based on the signal received from the liquid sensor.
A gas turbine combustor having an inner liner and an outer liner surrounding a center axis and being concentric and cylindrical and an end liner closing between upstream ends of the inner liner and the outer liner and forming a hollow cylindrical combustion chamber therein, the gas turbine combustor comprising: a swirling air flow forming device introducing combustion air into the vicinity of the end liner in the combustion chamber from the outside and forming a swirling air flow surrounding the center axis; a fuel ejector ejecting fuel in the swirling direction of the swirling air flow to form a premixed swirling flow; and an igniter igniting the premixed swirling flow to form a tubular flame surface characterized in that the combustion chamber includes a primary combustion chamber disposed close to the end liner and having a relatively small outer diameter and a secondary combustion chamber disposed downstream of the primary combustion chamber and having a relatively large outer diameter, and wherein an annular restrictor reducing the outer diameter of the primary combustion chamber is disposed between the primary combustion chamber and the secondary combustion chamber. a swirling air flow forming device introducing combustion air into the vicinity of the end liner in the combustion chamber from the outside and forming a swirling air flow surrounding the center axis; a fuel ejector ejecting fuel in the swirling direction of the swirling air flow to form a premixed swirling flow; and an igniter igniting the premixed swirling flow to form a tubular flame surface characterized in that the combustion chamber includes a primary combustion chamber disposed close to the end liner and having a relatively small outer diameter and a secondary combustion chamber disposed downstream of the primary combustion chamber and having a relatively large outer diameter, and wherein an annular restrictor reducing the outer diameter of the primary combustion chamber is disposed between the primary combustion chamber and the secondary combustion chamber.
A microsphere, comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising a plurality of pendant moieties; a zirconium oxide, polyoxometalate, hydroxide, alkoxide, carboxylate or combination thereof; and a first radioisotope, wherein said first radioisotope is in the form of 32 P phosphate.
Listening device having an ear hook adapted for carrying the device behind the ear of a user and magnetically operated compression parts (13,12) including a subcutaneous compression part and a device compression part, and where further a vibrator is provided and adapted to vibrationally energize a skin portion (15,16) through an output coupler, wherein the ear hook is adapted to carry the weight of the listening device and the magnetic compression parts (13,12) ensures compression between the output coupler and the skin portion (15, 16) characterized in that the listening device comprises means adapted to adjust a distance between the skin surface over the subcutaneous compression part and the device compression part.
An oscillator (100; 200) providing a precise clock signal, comprising: a tunable oscillator comprising an output coupled with a first pin (OSCOUT) wherein the first pin provides for a drive signal driving directly an external resonant element; a phase detector circuit having a first input coupled with the output of the tunable oscillator and a second input coupled with an external input to the oscillator (100; 200); and an oscillator controller circuit configured to adjust frequency of the tunable oscillator based upon phase detection by the phase detector circuit between the output signal of the tunable oscillator and a voltage output signal provided by the external resonant element directly received at the external input to the oscillator (100; 200), wherein the external resonant element is only driven by the drive signal. a tunable oscillator comprising an output coupled with a first pin (OSCOUT) wherein the first pin provides for a drive signal driving directly an external resonant element; a phase detector circuit having a first input coupled with the output of the tunable oscillator and a second input coupled with an external input to the oscillator (100; 200); and an oscillator controller circuit configured to adjust frequency of the tunable oscillator based upon phase detection by the phase detector circuit between the output signal of the tunable oscillator and a voltage output signal provided by the external resonant element directly received at the external input to the oscillator (100; 200), wherein the external resonant element is only driven by the drive signal.
A soil activator for stimulating the growth of a plant or crop, comprising: a) 83% of ammonium lignosulfonate; b) 10% of at least one microorganism, and c) 7% of sodium bicarbonate said ammonium lignosulfonate being at least one of tetrabutyl ammonium lignosulfonate and phenyltrimethylammonium lignosulfonate. a) 83% of ammonium lignosulfonate; b) 10% of at least one microorganism, and c) 7% of sodium bicarbonate
A contactless power supply device comprising a power supply portion located in a parking space and a power receiving portion installed on a lower surface of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to the vehicle without contact through magnetic connection between the power supply portion and the power receiving portion, the floor panel including, in a middle portion thereof in a vehicle width direction, a tunnel portion protruding toward an interior room and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, the power receiving portion including a junction box on an upper surface thereof, the power receiving portion being placed at a front portion on the lower surface of the floor panel and elongated across a lower open portion of the tunnel portion, the junction box being arranged inside the tunnel portion.