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A dry powder inhaler adapted for detachably mounting a compliance monitor having a pressure sensor, the inhaler comprising: • a housing comprising first and second shell parts (2,3), • a mouthpiece which defines an inhalation passage, and • an orifice in an external surface of the housing, wherein the inhaler further comprises • a conduit from the orifice to the inhalation passage which is formed by a channel in the second shell part and a corresponding channel cover in the first shell part, for connecting the pressure sensor to the inhalation passage. • a housing comprising first and second shell parts (2,3), • a mouthpiece which defines an inhalation passage, and • an orifice in an external surface of the housing, wherein the inhaler further comprises • a conduit from the orifice to the inhalation passage which is formed by a channel in the second shell part and a corresponding channel cover in the first shell part, for connecting the pressure sensor to the inhalation passage.
Device for transferring articles between a first machine implementing intermittent movement of the articles at a first predetermined pitch, and a second machine implementing continuous movement of the articles at a second predetermined pitch, the device comprising a flexible conveyor extending around at least two pulleys (320, 330) so as to have at least one rectilinear segment facing a conveyor of the first machine and a rounded segment facing a conveyor of the second machine, the flexible conveyor of the device carrying laterally-projecting article-handling members arranged at regular intervals in such a manner that the handling members are at a pitch corresponding to the first pitch in said rectilinear segment, and said rounded segment has a radius such that the handling members are at a pitch corresponding to the second pitch in the rounded segment, characterized in that the device includes at least one guide rail from which the articles are suspended, the guide rail extending along the rectilinear segment and along at least a portion of the rounded segment and characterized in that the handling members are arranged to be movable between an active position in the vicinity of the guide rail for making contact with the articles, and a retracted inactive position in which the articles escape from contact with the handling members, the device having control means for controlling the handling members and arranged to bring the handling members into the active position in an article-transfer zone that extends over at least a portion of the rectilinear segment and at least an adjacent portion of the rounded segment, and an inactive position outside said zone, at least at the two ends of the zone.
A process of preparing hydroxyalkyl cellulose derivatives by reacting cellulose with ethylene oxide in the presence of alkali metal hydroxide, said process comprising: (a) preparing a mixture of 100 weight parts of cellulose and 2-5 weight parts of isopropyl alcohol azeotropic solvent in a horizontally agitated reactor equipped with a baffle in an upper portion of said reactor, (b) activating said cellulose by adding 1-10 weight parts of alkali metal hydroxide in the mixture, thereby preparing an activated mixture, (c) performing a first reaction by adding 0.1-5 weight parts of ethylene oxide and 0.1-1 weight parts of isopropyl alcohol azeotropic solvent in said, activated mixture, thereby preparing a first reaction solution, (d) cooling said first reaction solution and controlling the amount of the alkali metal hydroxide remaining in said first reaction solution by neutralization by adding an acid in an amount that alkali metal hydroxide may be maintained in 0.01 to 0.20 moles based on 1 mole of cellulose and by adding 2-8 weight parts of isopropyl alcohol azeotropic solvent in said first reaction solution, (e) performing a second reaction by adding ethylene oxide in said first reaction solution, thereby preparing a second reaction solution, and (f) separating and filtering said second reaction solution, followed by its neutralization to pH 5-7 and drying. (a) preparing a mixture of 100 weight parts of cellulose and 2-5 weight parts of isopropyl alcohol azeotropic solvent in a horizontally agitated reactor equipped with a baffle in an upper portion of said reactor, (b) activating said cellulose by adding 1-10 weight parts of alkali metal hydroxide in the mixture, thereby preparing an activated mixture, (c) performing a first reaction by adding 0.1-5 weight parts of ethylene oxide and 0.1-1 weight parts of isopropyl alcohol azeotropic solvent in said, activated mixture, thereby preparing a first reaction solution, (d) cooling said first reaction solution and controlling the amount of the alkali metal hydroxide remaining in said first reaction solution by neutralization by adding an acid in an amount that alkali metal hydroxide may be maintained in 0.01 to 0.20 moles based on 1 mole of cellulose and by adding 2-8 weight parts of isopropyl alcohol azeotropic solvent in said first reaction solution, (e) performing a second reaction by adding ethylene oxide in said first reaction solution, thereby preparing a second reaction solution, and (f) separating and filtering said second reaction solution, followed by its neutralization to pH 5-7 and drying.
A method for generating laser radiation by means of a temperature-controlled optical setup, comprising an optically nonlinear solid-state medium having an active region, which is arranged in a resonator (17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5), wherein pump radiation introduced into the solid-state medium, supported by constructive interference, generates outgoing laser radiation, wherein by adapting the resonator length by setting a first temperature (T 1) within a first section of the active region and adapting the phases of the wavelengths generated and involved in the generation of the laser radiation by setting a second temperature (T 2) within a second section of the active region, wherein the active region extends over the entire solid-state medium.
Device for cooling liquids by heat contact with a cryogenic medium, having a container for receiving a liquid bath (17, 29) of a liquid to be cooled, having a heat exchanger (3, 26) disposed in the liquid bath (17, 29) for cooling the liquid by exchanging heat with a liquefied cryogenic cooling medium, which heat exchanger (3, 26) is equipped with an inlet line and an outlet line for the cooling medium and with a heat exchanger surface (8, 27) for the indirect heat exchange between the liquid and the cooling medium, characterized in that the outlet line for the cooling medium is fluidically connected via a connecting line (13, 33) to an introduction device (14, 30) which, below the heat exchanger surface, opens into the liquid bath (17, 29) for the introduction of evaporated cooling medium into the liquid.
Method for determining a vibration amplitude of a tool which is received in a tool holder of a machine tool, comprising the steps of: generating a light beam of a light barrier with a transmitter for generating the light beam and a receiver for detecting a light intensity of the light beam; generating a receiver signal on the basis of the light intensity of the light beam detected by the receiver of the light barrier; positioning a tool tip of the tool in the light beam; setting the tool into a vibration by means of a piezo element arranged in the tool holder for setting the tool into a vibration and a generator which excites the piezo element at a specific excitation frequency to the ultrasonic vibration; and determining the vibration amplitude of the tool from a modulation of the receiver signal brought about by the vibration of the tool, wherein the tool has at least one cutting edge which protrudes from the rest of the tool in the direction of the vibration of the tool, and the cutting edge of the tool protrudes from the rest of the tool perpendicularly to the direction of the vibration of the tool. generating a light beam of a light barrier with a transmitter for generating the light beam and a receiver for detecting a light intensity of the light beam; generating a receiver signal on the basis of the light intensity of the light beam detected by the receiver of the light barrier; positioning a tool tip of the tool in the light beam; setting the tool into a vibration by means of a piezo element arranged in the tool holder for setting the tool into a vibration and a generator which excites the piezo element at a specific excitation frequency to the ultrasonic vibration; and determining the vibration amplitude of the tool from a modulation of the receiver signal brought about by the vibration of the tool, wherein the tool has at least one cutting edge which protrudes from the rest of the tool in the direction of the vibration of the tool, and the cutting edge of the tool protrudes from the rest of the tool perpendicularly to the direction of the vibration of the tool.
A method of monitoring microseismic events, the monitoring comprising: receiving one or more seismic signals comprising P-wave and S-wave components with a plurality of seismic detectors at one or more locations; applying detection transform to the received seismic signals; recursively performing spatial mapping on the detection transform results using forward or reverse modeled travel times of the P-wave and S-wave components for multiple time steps to generate a time evolving map of seismic signals updated at each time step t = To, wherein the mapped spatial contribution of each seismic detector is given by: Map i j k = 1 − 1 T c ∗ Map i j k + 1 T c ∗ P _ SNR ∗ S _ SNR ∗ P _ Match where: T c is a time constant P_SNR = P Detection SNR at time T 0 + T p (i, j, k); S_SNR = S Detection SNR at time T 0 + T s (i, j, k); and P_Match = dot (Modeled P Vector (i, j, k), Waveform Vector (T 0 + T p (i, j, k)) 2 and where the spatial contributions of each seismic detector at each location at each time step are summed together; identifying values on the time evolving spatial map that exceed a predetermined threshold; determining the occurrence of a microseismic event at the time and location of an identified value. receiving one or more seismic signals comprising P-wave and S-wave components with a plurality of seismic detectors at one or more locations; applying detection transform to the received seismic signals; recursively performing spatial mapping on the detection transform results using forward or reverse modeled travel times of the P-wave and S-wave components for multiple time steps to generate a time evolving map of seismic signals updated at each time step t = To, wherein the mapped spatial contribution of each seismic detector is given by: Map i j k = 1 − 1 T c ∗ Map i j k + 1 T c ∗ P _ SNR ∗ S _ SNR ∗ P _ Match where: T c is a time constant P_SNR = P Detection SNR at time T 0 + T p (i, j, k); S_SNR = S Detection SNR at time T 0 + T s (i, j, k); and P_Match = dot (Modeled P Vector (i, j, k), Waveform Vector (T 0 + T p (i, j, k)) 2 and where the spatial contributions of each seismic detector at each location at each time step are summed together; P_SNR = P Detection SNR at time T 0 + T p (i, j, k); S_SNR = S Detection SNR at time T 0 + T s (i, j, k); and P_Match = dot (Modeled P Vector (i, j, k), Waveform Vector (T 0 + T p (i, j, k)) 2 and where the spatial contributions of each seismic detector at each location at each time step are summed together; identifying values on the time evolving spatial map that exceed a predetermined threshold; determining the occurrence of a microseismic event at the time and location of an identified value.
A surgical kit for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty comprising: a unitary patient-specific unicompartmental tibial guide having a patient-specific body with an inner surface preoperatively configured to nestingly conform and mate in only one position with an anterior portion and a proximal portion of one compartment of a tibial bone of a specific patient, the tibial guide including a drill guide portion preoperatively configured for drilling first and second anterior holes into the tibial bone for guiding a horizontal tibial resection, and a vertical resection guide portion preoperatively configured for guiding a vertical resection through the tibial bone before the horizontal resection. a unitary patient-specific unicompartmental tibial guide having a patient-specific body with an inner surface preoperatively configured to nestingly conform and mate in only one position with an anterior portion and a proximal portion of one compartment of a tibial bone of a specific patient, the tibial guide including a drill guide portion preoperatively configured for drilling first and second anterior holes into the tibial bone for guiding a horizontal tibial resection, and a vertical resection guide portion preoperatively configured for guiding a vertical resection through the tibial bone before the horizontal resection.
Method for the production of a bar of aluminium or aluminium alloy, wherein an extruded bar undergoes a solution heat treatment in a solution heat treatment furnace, this treatment heats the bar to a temperature between 350 - 600°C; wherein a pickling and/or cleaning treatment of the bar, after solution heat treatment, is then carried out using a solution of water and citric acid or water and tartaric acid or combinations thereof, having reached a state of activation of the pickling process; wherein both the pickling treatment and a hardening treatment of the bar, after solution heat treatment, are carried out simultaneously. wherein a pickling and/or cleaning treatment of the bar, after solution heat treatment, is then carried out using a solution of water and citric acid or water and tartaric acid or combinations thereof, having reached a state of activation of the pickling process; wherein both the pickling treatment and a hardening treatment of the bar, after solution heat treatment, are carried out simultaneously.
An auxiliary device which can be connected to an information processing apparatus for audio signals, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises noise suppression means for suppressing a noise in a noisy signal which contains said noise and a target signal by using noise characteristics stored in advance, and noise information generation means for updating said noise characteristics based on a result of said noise suppression and the auxiliary device comprises a mechanism unit which generates a noise replica approximating said noise to be suppressed by said noise suppression means, and a mechanism control unit which controls said mechanism unit so that said noise replica occurs at a timing at which said noise suppression means suppresses said noise.
A floating, anchored installation for energy production where the installation comprises at least one windmill, wherein the installation comprises a triangular portion, where the at least one windmill is disposed outside the triangular portion of the installation, where-in the at least one windmill comprises a wind-mill column, characterised in that the windmill column is connected to a support bridge extending from a corner column (8', 8"), and in that the installation is provided with at least one float driven pump for obtaining a substantial increase in the energy production and capital benefit.
Method for producing a plug-in connector which has a contact carrier that is injection-moulded from plastic and that has contact chambers for receiving a respective contact partner, wherein furthermore a sealing element is provided which acts on in each case an outer sheath of at least one cable, which is guided out of the plug-in connector and the end of which of its electrical conductor is connected to the associated contact partner, wherein the sealing element is likewise produced from plastic in an injection-moulding process and joined to the contact carrier after said sealing element has been produced, wherein the sealing element is produced from exactly two parts (2, 3), which are initially partially open for receiving the cable and which, after receiving the cable, are joined together for the purpose of completely enclosing the cable, and wherein the exactly two parts (2, 3) are connected to one another during their production by way of a flexible connection, in particular a film hinge, wherein the two parts (2, 3) of the sealing element are surrounded by a subsequent encapsulation, after the cables have been fixed there in their end position.
A container, comprising: a tubular housing having first and second opposed open ends (24, 22); a sliding carrier supported in the housing for movement through the first end of the housing between a retracted position in which a first portion of the carrier is within the housing and a second portion of the carrier protrudes from the second end; and an extended position in which the first portion of the carrier protrudes from the first end and the second portion is within the housing; an insertion stop structure that limits movement of the carrier from the extended position upon reaching the retracted position and limits protrusion of the second portion of the carrier from the second end of the housing; and a withdrawal stop structure that limits movement of the carrier from the retracted position upon reaching the extended position; characterised in that the sliding carrier is generally planar, and the insertion stop structure comprises at least one lug protruding from the carrier to engage the housing, the lug extending in the plane of the carrier. a tubular housing having first and second opposed open ends (24, 22); a sliding carrier supported in the housing for movement through the first end of the housing between a retracted position in which a first portion of the carrier is within the housing and a second portion of the carrier protrudes from the second end; and an extended position in which the first portion of the carrier protrudes from the first end and the second portion is within the housing; an insertion stop structure that limits movement of the carrier from the extended position upon reaching the retracted position and limits protrusion of the second portion of the carrier from the second end of the housing; and a withdrawal stop structure that limits movement of the carrier from the retracted position upon reaching the extended position; characterised in that the sliding carrier is generally planar, and the insertion stop structure comprises at least one lug protruding from the carrier to engage the housing, the lug extending in the plane of the carrier.
A method for operating a fuel cell system with a fuel cell stack that supplies electrical power to an external load, comprising the steps of: monitoring actual stack operating voltage (Vm) that is produced by said fuel cell stack; monitoring actual stack operating current that is produced by said fuel cell stack; looking up an expected operating voltage value in a lookup table using said actual stack operating current of said fuel cell stack as a first lookup table reference; comparing said expected operating voltage value to said actual stack operating voltage value; and generating a first signal if said actual stack operating voltage value (Vm) differs from said expected high operating voltage value. monitoring actual stack operating voltage (Vm) that is produced by said fuel cell stack; monitoring actual stack operating current that is produced by said fuel cell stack; looking up an expected operating voltage value in a lookup table using said actual stack operating current of said fuel cell stack as a first lookup table reference; comparing said expected operating voltage value to said actual stack operating voltage value; and generating a first signal if said actual stack operating voltage value (Vm) differs from said expected high operating voltage value.
An article comprising: a Ni-based or Co-based superalloy substrate; and a calcia-magnesia-alumina-silicate (CMAS)-resistant thermal barrier coating layer overlying the Ni-based or Co-based superalloy substrate, wherein the CMAS-resistant TBC layer comprises: between 50 wt. % and 90 wt. % of a TBC composition, wherein the TBC composition comprises at least one of zirconia stabilized with at least three rare earth oxides or hafnia stabilized with at least three rare earth oxides, wherein the at least three rare earth oxides comprise ytterbia, samaria, and at least one of lutetia, scandia, ceria, gadolinia, neodymia, or europia, and between 10 wt. % and 50 wt. % of a CMAS-resistant composition, wherein the CMAS-resistant composition comprises alumina, silica, and an oxide of at least one of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Yb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Tb, or Lu. a Ni-based or Co-based superalloy substrate; and a calcia-magnesia-alumina-silicate (CMAS)-resistant thermal barrier coating layer overlying the Ni-based or Co-based superalloy substrate, wherein the CMAS-resistant TBC layer comprises: between 50 wt. % and 90 wt. % of a TBC composition, wherein the TBC composition comprises at least one of zirconia stabilized with at least three rare earth oxides or hafnia stabilized with at least three rare earth oxides, wherein the at least three rare earth oxides comprise ytterbia, samaria, and at least one of lutetia, scandia, ceria, gadolinia, neodymia, or europia, and between 10 wt. % and 50 wt. % of a CMAS-resistant composition, wherein the CMAS-resistant composition comprises alumina, silica, and an oxide of at least one of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Yb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Tb, or Lu. between 50 wt. % and 90 wt. % of a TBC composition, wherein the TBC composition comprises at least one of zirconia stabilized with at least three rare earth oxides or hafnia stabilized with at least three rare earth oxides, wherein the at least three rare earth oxides comprise ytterbia, samaria, and at least one of lutetia, scandia, ceria, gadolinia, neodymia, or europia, and between 10 wt. % and 50 wt. % of a CMAS-resistant composition, wherein the CMAS-resistant composition comprises alumina, silica, and an oxide of at least one of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Yb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Tb, or Lu.