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A foundation for a wind turbine tower, comprising a connection to one or more piles, which can be driven into a seabed, and a connected pile-sleeve encasing the pile, characterised in that the connection further comprises a clamp connection whereby the pile comprises a pile-collar, securely fixed to the pile, and the pile-collar and the pile-sleeve are connected by a wedge joint with mating wedge surfaces (7, 8).
Combination comprising aflibercept, folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and irinotecan in therapeutically effective amounts for use for treating Colorectal Cancer or Colorectal Cancer symptom in a patient in need thereof.
A hot-melt adhesive resin film comprising a first adhesive layer, a first intermediate layer, a substrate layer having heat resistance, a second intermediate layer, and a second adhesive layer, which are laminated in this order, wherein said first adhesive layer and said second adhesive layer include an acid-modified polyolefin resin, and said substrate layer is a layer formed of cyclic olefin polymer or methylpentene polymer.
A turbomachine including at least one stator vane sector (10, 100, 200, 300) and a fluid distribution circuit (22, 322), the stator vane sector comprising at least one vane, a fluid inlet (25a, 325aa), a fluid outlet (25b, 325ba), and a channel (24a, 124a, 224a, 324a) providing fluid flow connection between the fluid inlet (25a, 325aa) and the fluid outlet (25b, 325ba) while extending at least in part in the vane, the vane and the channel being adapted, while the turbomachine is in operation, to enable heat to be exchanged between a hot fluid passing through the channel and a stream of cold air passing through the stator vane sector, the fluid distribution circuit (22, 322) presenting at least one feed pipe (22a, 322aa) and at least one recovery pipe (22b, 322b) distinct from the feed pipe, the fluid inlet (25a, 325aa) being in fluid flow connection with a branch tapping (23a, 323aa) of the feed pipe (22a, 322aa) while the fluid outlet (25b, 325ba) is in fluid flow connection with a branch tapping (23b, 322ba) of the recovery pipe (22b, 322b), wherein the stator vane sector (100, 200, 300) comprises an inner plate connected to the inner end of the vane and an outer plate connected to the outer end of the vane, the fluid inlet (25a, 325aa) and the fluid outlet (25b, 325ba) both being arranged in one of the plates selected from the inner plate and the outer plate, while the channel (124a, 224a, 324a) extends in part in the other plate from among the inner plate and the outer plate.
An electric motor adapted to be driven by an inverter, comprising: a rotor including: a rotor magnet; a shaft; and a resin section formed on an outer circumference of the shaft so as to integrate the rotor magnet and the shaft; two roller bearings (21a, 21b) mounted on the shaft; a mold stator including: a stator; and a mold resin, which is for molding the stator, including: an opening at one end in an axis direction; and a bearing supporting section formed at another end in the axis direction and supporting one of the two roller bearings (21a, 21b); a metal bracket press-fitted to the one end in the axial direction of the mold stator so as to close the opening and supporting another of the two roller bearings (21a, 21b) with a bearing supporting section, characterized in that the resin section formed on the outer circumference of the shaft extends between the shaft and the roller bearing supported by the metal bracket. a rotor including: a rotor magnet; a shaft; and a resin section formed on an outer circumference of the shaft so as to integrate the rotor magnet and the shaft; a rotor magnet; a shaft; and a resin section formed on an outer circumference of the shaft so as to integrate the rotor magnet and the shaft; two roller bearings (21a, 21b) mounted on the shaft; a mold stator including: a stator; and a mold resin, which is for molding the stator, including: an opening at one end in an axis direction; and a bearing supporting section formed at another end in the axis direction and supporting one of the two roller bearings (21a, 21b); a stator; and a mold resin, which is for molding the stator, including: an opening at one end in an axis direction; and a bearing supporting section formed at another end in the axis direction and supporting one of the two roller bearings (21a, 21b); an opening at one end in an axis direction; and a bearing supporting section formed at another end in the axis direction and supporting one of the two roller bearings (21a, 21b); a metal bracket press-fitted to the one end in the axial direction of the mold stator so as to close the opening and supporting another of the two roller bearings (21a, 21b) with a bearing supporting section,
Electrowetting element comprising a first electrode layer having a hydrophobic surface and a second electrode layer opposite said hydrophobic surface, a containment space formed between said first and said second electrode layer, wherein said containment space comprises at least one polar liquid having a first conductivity and at least one non-polar liquid having a second conductivity, said polar liquid and non-polar liquid being immiscible forming a polar non-polar liquid interface, and wherein said electrowetting element further comprises powering means for controllably powering said first and second electrode layers for rearranging said polar liquid relative to said non-polar liquid for switching said electrowetting element between an optically transmissive and optically non-transmissive state, wherein at least one substance comprised of particles (27, 28, 29) is present in said containment space, characterized in that, said polar liquid comprises said at least one substance, the particles (27, 28, 29) of which having a particle size matching an average void size of voids (20, 21, 22) present in said hydrophobic surface, for clogging one or more of said voids (20, 21, 22).
An apparatus (12, 14) suitable for controlling vegetation which apparatus comprises a storage tank for liquid comprising water which may be at ambient temperature; means to supply liquid comprising water from the storage tank to a reservoir, where it is to be heated; the reservoir for hot liquid comprising a heating means to heat the liquid in the reservoir, the heating means being connectable to a power source, and being arranged to heat the liquid to a temperature of above 102°C such that the pressure in the reservoir would be above atmospheric pressure, the heating means comprising a plurality of heaters arranged in series, so the water is heated successively by the heaters and the temperature is raised in a plurality of stages; release means connected to the reservoir; and at least one nozzle for applying a stream of foam that contains steam, connected to the reservoir through the release means, arranged such that the water is at an elevated pressure, and does not boil until it emerges from a nozzle, and such that the liquid combines with air as it leaves the nozzle to form the foam that contains steam; each nozzle being connected to the release means via a header box, the header box being provided with an outflow means to carry excess liquid back to the storage tank; the apparatus being mounted on a wheeled trolley (40, 42) or a trailer to be propelled by a vehicle or being mounted on a vehicle.
A rotor (3"', 3"") for a hover-capable aircraft, comprising: - a hub rotatable about a first axis; and - at least two blades (6"') hinged to said hub; each of said blade (6"') comprising a main portion articulated to said hub and a tip portion (11"', 11""), which is arranged radially outermost from said first axis with respect to the corresponding main portion; said tip portion (11"', 11"") of each said blade (6"') being movable with respect to the corresponding said main portion of said blade (6"') between: - a first angular position, in which it defines a first dihedral or anhedral angle (α) with respect to the corresponding said main portion; and - a second angular position, in which it defines a second dihedral or anhedral or null angle different from the first dihedral or anhedral angle (α) with respect to the corresponding said main portion; said rotor (3"', 3"") further comprising connecting means (60'", 60"") for movably connecting said tip portion (11"', 11"") to said main portion; wherein said connecting means (60'", 60"") can be selectively set in a first configuration in which they: - allow the rotation of said tip portion (11"', 11"") with respect to said main portion in a first angular direction and up to said first angular position of said tip portion (11"', 11"") with respect to said main portion; and - prevent said tip portion (11"', 11"") from rotating in a second angular direction, opposite to said first direction, with respect to said main portion; characterized in that, in said first configuration, said connecting means (60''', 60"") allow the rotation of said tip portion (11"', 11"") by means of the resultant moments (Mr) generated, in use, by inertia forces and aerodynamic forces on said tip portion (11"', 11""). - a hub rotatable about a first axis; and - at least two blades (6"') hinged to said hub; - a first angular position, in which it defines a first dihedral or anhedral angle (α) with respect to the corresponding said main portion; and - a second angular position, in which it defines a second dihedral or anhedral or null angle different from the first dihedral or anhedral angle (α) with respect to the corresponding said main portion; - allow the rotation of said tip portion (11"', 11"") with respect to said main portion in a first angular direction and up to said first angular position of said tip portion (11"', 11"") with respect to said main portion; and - prevent said tip portion (11"', 11"") from rotating in a second angular direction, opposite to said first direction, with respect to said main portion;
A breaking apparatus which includes; - a housing; - a striker pin having a driven end and an impact end, locatable in said housing in at least one retaining location to protrude said impact end through the housing; - a moveable mass for impacting on said driven end of the striker pin, and - a shock-absorber coupled to said retaining locations, wherein said shock-absorber includes a first and second shock-absorbing assemblies (7a, b), wherein said first shock-absorbing assembly includes at least two elastic and at least one inelastic layer, the first shock-absorbing assembly located internally within said housing about the striker pin between said retaining location and said striker pin impact end, said second shock-absorbing assembly being located internally within said housing about the striker pin between said retaining location and said striker pin driven end, characterised in that said at least one inelastic layer is disposed along an axial direction parallel to, or co-axial with, the longitudinal axis of the striker pin at a position between said at least two elastic layers, at least one said shock-absorbing assembly (7a, b) being slideably retained within the housing about the striker pin, said breaking apparatus further including two or more guide elements, said guide elements arranged: - on inner walls of the housing and orientated parallel to the longitudinal axis of the striker pin, said guide elements configured to slideably engage with complementary projections or recesses located about an elastic layer periphery, or - on the exterior of the striker pin and orientated parallel to the longitudinal axis of the striker pin, said guide elements configured to slideably engage with complementary projections or recesses located about an elastic layer periphery, and said breaking apparatus being configured such that during use; both said shock-absorbing assemblies (7a, b) allow movement of the shock absorber parallel to, or co-axial with the striker pin longitudinal axis. - a housing; - a striker pin having a driven end and an impact end, locatable in said housing in at least one retaining location to protrude said impact end through the housing; - a moveable mass for impacting on said driven end of the striker pin, and - a shock-absorber coupled to said retaining locations, - on inner walls of the housing and orientated parallel to the longitudinal axis of the striker pin, said guide elements configured to slideably engage with complementary projections or recesses located about an elastic layer periphery, or - on the exterior of the striker pin and orientated parallel to the longitudinal axis of the striker pin, said guide elements configured to slideably engage with complementary projections or recesses located about an elastic layer periphery, and
A method for manufacturing methionine comprising a hydantoin step of reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, or a compound obtained by reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, with carbon dioxide and ammonia to obtain a liquid containing 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin, a hydrolysis step of hydrolyzing the 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin to obtain a liquid containing a methionine salt, a crystallization step of introducing carbon dioxide into the liquid containing a methionine salt to precipitate methionine, and a separation step of performing solid-liquid separation of a methionine slurry obtained in the crystallization step into a cake of the methionine and a mother liquor, the method comprising: a removal step of supplying the liquid containing a methionine salt obtained in the hydrolysis step to a diffusion tower from an upper portion thereof and supplying a stripping gas to the diffusion tower from a lower portion thereof to remove ammonia contained in the liquid through stripping, wherein the stripping gas contains a process gas generated in a process of manufacturing methionine. a hydantoin step of reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, or a compound obtained by reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, with carbon dioxide and ammonia to obtain a liquid containing 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin, a hydrolysis step of hydrolyzing the 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin to obtain a liquid containing a methionine salt, a crystallization step of introducing carbon dioxide into the liquid containing a methionine salt to precipitate methionine, and a separation step of performing solid-liquid separation of a methionine slurry obtained in the crystallization step into a cake of the methionine and a mother liquor, the method comprising: a removal step of supplying the liquid containing a methionine salt obtained in the hydrolysis step to a diffusion tower from an upper portion thereof and supplying a stripping gas to the diffusion tower from a lower portion thereof to remove ammonia contained in the liquid through stripping, wherein the stripping gas contains a process gas generated in a process of manufacturing methionine. a removal step of supplying the liquid containing a methionine salt obtained in the hydrolysis step to a diffusion tower from an upper portion thereof and supplying a stripping gas to the diffusion tower from a lower portion thereof to remove ammonia contained in the liquid through stripping, wherein the stripping gas contains a process gas generated in a process of manufacturing methionine.
A heat insulating and sound absorbing material which comes into contact with a car body panel; having an air-permeable rigid layer, and an air-permeable resilient layer, between which is an air-flow resistance controlling layer, consisting of a pulp fiber layer, or a laminated layer of said pulp fiber layer and nonwoven fabric, wherein said air-permeable rigid layer consists of a fiber layer using partially or wholly as a fiber a thermoplastic fiber having a low melting point of below 180 °C, each pulp fiber having a large number of open surface micropores, said pulp fiber layer being a creped paper, the degree of creping being in the range of between 10 and 50%, and said pulp fiber layer having a mass per unit area in the range of between 10 and 50g/m 2, a thickness in the range of between 0.08 and 0.30mm, and a air-flow resistance in the range of between 0.07 and 3.00kPa·s/m, and said air-permeable rigid layer has a thickness in the range of between 3.0 and 10.0mm and an air-flow resistance in the range of between 0.20 and 3.00 kPa·s/m and said air-permeable resilient layer has a thickness in the range of between 5 and 20mm, a mass per unit area in the range of between 0.2 and 2.0 kg/m 2 and an air flow resistance in the range of between 0.20 and 3.00 kPa·s/m characterized in that: said pulp fiber contains at least 90% by mass of porous pulp fiber which are beaten or refined to a degree of beating or refining in the range of between 350 and 650 ml as Canadian Standard Freeness provided in JIS P8121 1995.4; said air-permeable rigid layer has a mass per unit area in the range of between 0.3 and 2.0kg/m 2 and a flexural strength in the range of between 0.05 and 5.00N/25mm; and said air-permeable resilient layer has a density below 400kg/m 3. said pulp fiber contains at least 90% by mass of porous pulp fiber which are beaten or refined to a degree of beating or refining in the range of between 350 and 650 ml as Canadian Standard Freeness provided in JIS P8121 1995.4; said air-permeable rigid layer has a mass per unit area in the range of between 0.3 and 2.0kg/m 2 and a flexural strength in the range of between 0.05 and 5.00N/25mm; and said air-permeable resilient layer has a density below 400kg/m 3.
A multi-region imaging system configured to simultaneously image objects located at specific non-adjacent regions in the object space, comprising: a single aperture that limits light rays entering the imaging system; imaging optics (1230, 1240); an optical pathlength difference -modifying element and a sensor array, the imaging optics (1230, 1240) and the OPD-modifying element forming an optical image at the sensor array, the sensor array converting the optical image to a data stream; and a digital signal processor for processing the data stream to generate a final image; wherein the OPD-modifying element imparts a continuous phase modification, to provide the first and second regions in the optical image corresponding to object distance ranges that are discontiguous, the continuous phase modification comprising a phase function of: α ⁢ x 3 + Lower x β x 2, where α and β are constants specified such that the OPD-modifying element provides a first region in the optical image that is characterized by a first range of best focus and a second region in the optical image that is characterized by a second range of best focus, the first range and the second range corresponding to object distance ranges that are discontiguous and, Lower ( x) is zero for x in an upper half of the OPD-modifying element, and unity for x in a lower half of the OPD-modifying element, wherein the boundary between the upper half and the lower half of the OPD-modifying element is located at x=0. a single aperture that limits light rays entering the imaging system; imaging optics (1230, 1240); an optical pathlength difference -modifying element and a sensor array, the imaging optics (1230, 1240) and the OPD-modifying element forming an optical image at the sensor array, the sensor array converting the optical image to a data stream; and a digital signal processor for processing the data stream to generate a final image; wherein the OPD-modifying element imparts a continuous phase modification, to provide the first and second regions in the optical image corresponding to object distance ranges that are discontiguous, the continuous phase modification comprising a phase function of: α ⁢ x 3 + Lower x β x 2, where α and β are constants specified such that the OPD-modifying element provides a first region in the optical image that is characterized by a first range of best focus and a second region in the optical image that is characterized by a second range of best focus, the first range and the second range corresponding to object distance ranges that are discontiguous and, Lower ( x) is zero for x in an upper half of the OPD-modifying element, and unity for x in a lower half of the OPD-modifying element, wherein the boundary between the upper half and the lower half of the OPD-modifying element is located at x=0.
A motorized drive for racking operations in a medium voltage switchgear comprising a main drive shaft actuated by a drive motor and adapted to be operatively coupled to a truck in said medium voltage switchgear, wherein it comprises a replicating device which replicates the stroke of said truck during rack-in or rack out operations in said switchgear, characterised in that said replicating device is operatively coupled to said main drive shaft and comprises a movable actuator which is movable between a first position corresponding to a rack-in condition of said truck and a second position corresponding to a rack-out condition of said truck; said replicating device comprises a main frame comprising a first and a second sliding support slidingly connected to said frame and first and second adjustable end-stroke means for setting respectively said first and second position, said first and second adjustable end-stroke means being respectively positioned on said first and second sliding support.
A method for a device (3.1, 4.20) moving in a space (3.5), said method comprising: - determining (4.3) two zones (3.2, 3.3) surrounding completely the device, wherein the two zones are linked to the device and move together with the device through the space, - detecting (4.4) if a border of a first (3.3) of the two zones starts to intersect or stops to intersect with a border of an area (3.1.2) inside the space, and - transmitting (4.5) information related to the intersection when the detecting is affirmative, wherein the information related to the intersection comprises an indication that the intersection started or that the intersection stopped. - determining (4.3) two zones (3.2, 3.3) surrounding completely the device, wherein the two zones are linked to the device and move together with the device through the space, - detecting (4.4) if a border of a first (3.3) of the two zones starts to intersect or stops to intersect with a border of an area (3.1.2) inside the space, and - transmitting (4.5) information related to the intersection when the detecting is affirmative,
A moldable structure comprising: a moldable body comprising a fiber reinforcement and an uncured thermosetting resin that has a curing temperature at which said uncured thermosetting resin is converted from a moldable resin to a solid resin having a glass transition temperature that is above said curing temperature, said moldable body comprising an internal surface that defines a chamber (28, 32, 43) located within said moldable body; and a solid mandrel located within said chamber (28, 32, 34), said solid mandrel being in contact with said internal surface to provide shape thereto, said solid mandrel comprising a material having a melting point at which said solid mandrel material melts to form a liquid material, said melting point being above said curing temperature and below said glass transition temperature; ch aracterised in that said moldable body comprises a central portion in which said chamber (28, 32, 34) is located and at least one solid end portion (44,46); and further wherein said central portion comprises fibers in a first orientation and said solid end portion (44, 46) comprises fibers in a second orientation that is different from said first fiber orientation, said fibers in said first orientation comprising unidirectional fibers and said fibers in said second orientation comprising randomly oriented segments of unidirectional fiber tape.