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An intracorporeal shock wave device comprising: a catheter sized to fit within at least one of a blood vessel, graft and artificial blood vessel; at least one balloon coupled to the catheter; at least one shock wave applicator coupled to the catheter; and a first water, saline or saline solution opening or lumen operatively coupled to the catheter to deliver saline to a location adjacent the shock wave applicator; and a second water, saline or saline solution opening or lumen is coupled to the catheter to extract water, saline or saline solution away from the location adjacent the shock wave applicator; characterised in that the shock wave applicator is configured to produce shock waves adjacent to at least one reflector having a geometry that focuses the shock waves into a focal volume at a treatment location free from contact with the at least one balloon. a catheter sized to fit within at least one of a blood vessel, graft and artificial blood vessel; at least one balloon coupled to the catheter; at least one shock wave applicator coupled to the catheter; and a first water, saline or saline solution opening or lumen operatively coupled to the catheter to deliver saline to a location adjacent the shock wave applicator; and a second water, saline or saline solution opening or lumen is coupled to the catheter to extract water, saline or saline solution away from the location adjacent the shock wave applicator; characterised in that the shock wave applicator is configured to produce shock waves adjacent to at least one reflector having a geometry that focuses the shock waves into a focal volume at a treatment location free from contact with the at least one balloon.
Hairstyling appliance comprising: - a gripping portion, - a barrel having a longitudinal axis and mounted such that it can move rotatably, relative to the gripping portion, about its longitudinal axis, and - a winding element extending longitudinally relative to the barrel and configured to wind a strand of hair around the barrel, the winding element rotating as one with the barrel and comprising a proximal end (11.1) mounted such that it can pivot relative to the barrel, the winding element being movable between a spaced-apart position wherein a distal end (11.2) of the winding element is spaced apart from the barrel to favour the insertion of a strand of hair between the winding element and the barrel and a near position wherein the winding element is near to the barrel to flatten the strand of hair against the barrel, the hairstyling appliance being characterised in that it further comprises a movable guiding element movable between an standby position occupied when the winding element is in the spaced-apart position and wherein a strand of hair can be introduced through the barrel and between the winding element and the barrel and an operating position occupied when the winding element is in the near position, the movable guiding element being moved from the standby position to the operating position when the winding element is moved from the spaced-apart position to the near position and further moving the strand of hair introduced through the barrel so as to position it in a given orientation (Op) relative to the barrel when the movable guiding element is moved from the standby position to the operating position. - a gripping portion, - a barrel having a longitudinal axis and mounted such that it can move rotatably, relative to the gripping portion, about its longitudinal axis, and - a winding element extending longitudinally relative to the barrel and configured to wind a strand of hair around the barrel, the winding element rotating as one with the barrel and comprising a proximal end (11.1) mounted such that it can pivot relative to the barrel, the winding element being movable between a spaced-apart position wherein a distal end (11.2) of the winding element is spaced apart from the barrel to favour the insertion of a strand of hair between the winding element and the barrel and a near position wherein the winding element is near to the barrel to flatten the strand of hair against the barrel,
A process for converting glycerol to acetol with high selectivity, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a glycerol-containing material with a catalyst that is capable of hydrogenating glycerol, in order to form a reaction mixture; (b) reacting the reaction mixture under a first condition for reaction to dehydrate the glycerol with resultant formation of acetol as a main component of a first reaction product, said first condition being in favor of formation of acetol and including a temperature within a range from 150° C to 250° C and a pressure within a range from 2 to 30 kPa (0.02 bar to 0.3 bar) wherein a molar ratio of hydrogen to glycerol is in a range from 0.1 to less than 1; (c) separating the acetol formed in step (b) from other components in the first reaction product; (d) reacting the separated acetol from step (c) under a second reaction condition to form propylene glycol as a second reaction product (a) contacting a glycerol-containing material with a catalyst that is capable of hydrogenating glycerol, in order to form a reaction mixture; (b) reacting the reaction mixture under a first condition for reaction to dehydrate the glycerol with resultant formation of acetol as a main component of a first reaction product, said first condition being in favor of formation of acetol and including a temperature within a range from 150° C to 250° C and a pressure within a range from 2 to 30 kPa (0.02 bar to 0.3 bar) wherein a molar ratio of hydrogen to glycerol is in a range from 0.1 to less than 1; (c) separating the acetol formed in step (b) from other components in the first reaction product; (d) reacting the separated acetol from step (c) under a second reaction condition to form propylene glycol as a second reaction product
A process for forming cellulose nanofibers from a cellulosic material, comprising: treating the cellulosic material with a first mechanical refiner having stator and rotor plates (106, 104) having a configuration of blades separated by grooves, the first refiner producing a first specific edge loading; and subsequently treating the cellulosic material with a second mechanical refiner having stator and rotor plates having a configuration of blades separated by grooves that is different than the configuration of the first refiner, the second refiner producing a second SEL; wherein the beginning first SEL is greater than 1.0 J/m and is 2 to 40 times greater than the beginning second SEL, to obtain cellulose nanofibers. treating the cellulosic material with a first mechanical refiner having stator and rotor plates (106, 104) having a configuration of blades separated by grooves, the first refiner producing a first specific edge loading; and subsequently treating the cellulosic material with a second mechanical refiner having stator and rotor plates having a configuration of blades separated by grooves that is different than the configuration of the first refiner, the second refiner producing a second SEL; wherein the beginning first SEL is greater than 1.0 J/m and is 2 to 40 times greater than the beginning second SEL, to obtain cellulose nanofibers.
Singulator comprising: - at least a diverger module extending between an inlet station and an outlet station, the diverger module being configured to receive articles at the inlet station, and to convey them towards the outlet station along a main advancement direction, the diverger module comprising: - at least a first zone extending from the inlet station to the outlet station, and including a conveyor configured to impart to the articles resting thereon an advancement motion along the main advancement direction; - at least a second zone flanking the first zone along the main advancement direction and extending between the inlet station and outlet station, said second zone including a conveying element configured to impart to the articles resting thereon an advancement motion along the main direction, and a lateral movement away from the first zone; the first zone of the diverger module projects, at least for a length, away from a prevalent average plane of extension of the second zone in the direction of the articles to be supported, in order to define an ascent zone of the diverger module, characterized in that the ascent zone comprises at least an ascending ramp and a descending ramp consecutively disposed along the advancement direction. - at least a diverger module extending between an inlet station and an outlet station, the diverger module being configured to receive articles at the inlet station, and to convey them towards the outlet station along a main advancement direction, the diverger module comprising: - at least a first zone extending from the inlet station to the outlet station, and including a conveyor configured to impart to the articles resting thereon an advancement motion along the main advancement direction; - at least a second zone flanking the first zone along the main advancement direction and extending between the inlet station and outlet station, said second zone including a conveying element configured to impart to the articles resting thereon an advancement motion along the main direction, and a lateral movement away from the first zone; the first zone of the diverger module projects, at least for a length, away from a prevalent average plane of extension of the second zone in the direction of the articles to be supported, in order to define an ascent zone of the diverger module, characterized in that the ascent zone comprises at least an ascending ramp and a descending ramp consecutively disposed along the advancement direction. - at least a first zone extending from the inlet station to the outlet station, and including a conveyor configured to impart to the articles resting thereon an advancement motion along the main advancement direction; - at least a second zone flanking the first zone along the main advancement direction and extending between the inlet station and outlet station, said second zone including a conveying element configured to impart to the articles resting thereon an advancement motion along the main direction, and a lateral movement away from the first zone;
Power conversion device, for supplying a load with a Pulse Width Modulation signal, comprising an inductive output filter having at least an output configured to be connected to the load, the power conversion device comprising: • a power conversion module supplied by a DC input voltage (Vin) and configured for providing a plurality of output signals (PWM1,..., PWMn) having a level amplitude that is a fraction of the input voltage (Vin) level, each output signal being floating with a bias component split in a plurality of steps ranging from a determined lowest fraction level amplitude to a determined highest fraction level amplitude; • a selection module adapted to select one output signal among said plurality of output signals (PWM1,..., PWMn), the selected output signal being connected to the output filter. • a power conversion module supplied by a DC input voltage (Vin) and configured for providing a plurality of output signals (PWM1,..., PWMn) having a level amplitude that is a fraction of the input voltage (Vin) level, each output signal being floating with a bias component split in a plurality of steps ranging from a determined lowest fraction level amplitude to a determined highest fraction level amplitude; • a selection module adapted to select one output signal among said plurality of output signals (PWM1,..., PWMn), the selected output signal being connected to the output filter.
A laminate including a substrate composed of a heat sealable plastic film, a polyurethane layer formed on the substrate, and a metal vapor deposition layer formed on the polyurethane layer, wherein the polyurethane layer is produced on the substrate by applying and drying, a coating liquid containing a water dispersible polyisocyanate and a polyurethane dispersion containing polyurethane resin produced by reaction of an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer with a chain extender, the isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer is produced by reaction of a polyisocyanate component including xylylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate and a polyol component including diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and an active hydrogen group-containing compound containing a hydrophilic group. wherein the polyurethane layer is produced on the substrate by applying and drying, a coating liquid containing a water dispersible polyisocyanate and a polyurethane dispersion containing polyurethane resin produced by reaction of an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer with a chain extender, the isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer is produced by reaction of a polyisocyanate component including xylylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate and a polyol component including diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and an active hydrogen group-containing compound containing a hydrophilic group.
An optical vital signs sensor, comprising: - at least one light source having at least one primary and at least one secondary light unit (111, 112) each being configured to generate light, which is directed towards a skin of a user, said primary light unit being activated when the optical vital signs sensor is switched on, - at least one photo detector unit having at least one photo diode (121, 122) configured to detect light which is indicative of a transmission or reflection of the light from the at least one primary and at least one secondary light unit (111, 112) in or from the skin of the user, - at least one motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the user, - a periodicity metric unit configured to analyze an output signal of the at least one motion sensor to detect a periodicity of the output signal, and - a control unit configured to control an operation of the at least one primary and secondary light unit (111, 112), wherein the control unit is configured to activate the at least one secondary light unit in addition to the at least one primary light unit when the periodicity metric unit does not detect a periodicity in the output signal of the motion sensor. - at least one light source having at least one primary and at least one secondary light unit (111, 112) each being configured to generate light, which is directed towards a skin of a user, said primary light unit being activated when the optical vital signs sensor is switched on, - at least one photo detector unit having at least one photo diode (121, 122) configured to detect light which is indicative of a transmission or reflection of the light from the at least one primary and at least one secondary light unit (111, 112) in or from the skin of the user, - at least one motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the user, - a periodicity metric unit configured to analyze an output signal of the at least one motion sensor to detect a periodicity of the output signal, and - a control unit configured to control an operation of the at least one primary and secondary light unit (111, 112), wherein the control unit is configured to activate the at least one secondary light unit in addition to the at least one primary light unit when the periodicity metric unit does not detect a periodicity in the output signal of the motion sensor.
A DMRS transmission method for a network device, comprising: configuring a Demodulation Reference Signal, DMRS, for a service channel within a mini-slot; mapping at least one antenna port corresponding to the DMRS for the service channel to a time-domain transmission resource and a frequency-domain transmission resource corresponding to a DMRS for a control channel within the mini-slot; and transmitting the DMRS for the service channel and the DMRS for the control channel on the time-domain transmission resource and the frequency-domain transmission resource, wherein the at least one antenna port corresponding to the DMRS for the service channel is multiplexed with the DMRS for the control channel in the same time-domain and frequency-domain resources. configuring a Demodulation Reference Signal, DMRS, for a service channel within a mini-slot; mapping at least one antenna port corresponding to the DMRS for the service channel to a time-domain transmission resource and a frequency-domain transmission resource corresponding to a DMRS for a control channel within the mini-slot; and transmitting the DMRS for the service channel and the DMRS for the control channel on the time-domain transmission resource and the frequency-domain transmission resource, wherein the at least one antenna port corresponding to the DMRS for the service channel is multiplexed with the DMRS for the control channel in the same time-domain and frequency-domain resources.
A method of manufacturing a drawn tube having a hollow interior for housing an axle shaft, which transmits rotational motion from a prime mover to a wheel of a vehicle, with the drawn tube having a wall that has a thickness of from about 3 to about 18 millimeters and the drawn tube has a yield strength of at least 750 MPa, said method comprising the steps of: placing a billet into a cavity of a first die assembly; pressing the billet into the cavity of the first die assembly to form a bore at one end of the billet thereby producing a pre-formed billet; moving the pre-formed billet from the cavity of the first die assembly to a cavity of a second die assembly; pressing the pre-formed billet into the cavity of the second die assembly to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein thereby producing an extruded tube; moving the extruded tube from the cavity of the second die assembly to a cavity of a third die assembly; and pressing the extruded tube into the cavity of the third die assembly to further elongate the extruded tube and decrease the thickness of the wall of the extruded tube to of from about 3 to about 18 millimeters thereby producing the drawn tube having the yield strength of at least 750 MPa. placing a billet into a cavity of a first die assembly; pressing the billet into the cavity of the first die assembly to form a bore at one end of the billet thereby producing a pre-formed billet; moving the pre-formed billet from the cavity of the first die assembly to a cavity of a second die assembly; pressing the pre-formed billet into the cavity of the second die assembly to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein thereby producing an extruded tube; moving the extruded tube from the cavity of the second die assembly to a cavity of a third die assembly; and pressing the extruded tube into the cavity of the third die assembly to further elongate the extruded tube and decrease the thickness of the wall of the extruded tube to of from about 3 to about 18 millimeters thereby producing the drawn tube having the yield strength of at least 750 MPa.
A dampened hinge assembly comprising a male leaf and a female leaf, the female leaf comprising spaced apart first and second end barrels (108, 109) coaxially rotating with respect to a central barrel of the male leaf therebetween, an axial shaft fixed to the second end barrel of the female leaf at a proximal end of the axial shaft, the axial shaft having a distal helicoidally threaded spindle, a compression gear having a helicoidally threaded bore matching the helicoidal thread of the spindle, the compression gear having external longitudinal threading matching interior longitudinal threading of the central barrel wherein helicoidal threading between the leaves (106, 107) causes the compression gear to displace towards the first end barrel when the leaves (106, 107) move into alignment and towards the second end barrel when the leaves (106, 107) move out of alignment and wherein the first end barrel engages a first removable end closure having an axial bore, an elongate end-of-range soft closure compression strut, and a soft closure helicoidal compression spring, wherein the first removable end closure can be removed in use for the installation of the elongate end-of-range soft closure compression strut within the bore in use for bearing against a central distal bearing face of the compression gear to act between the first removable end closure and the compression gear across an end-of-range soft closure relative rotation offset range between the leaves (106, 107); and the compression gear defines a peripheral distal bearing face and the first removable end closure defines an oppositely facing peripheral bearing face such that the first removable end closure can be removed in use for the installation of the soft closure helicoidal compression spring coaxially with respect to the axial bore to act between the peripheral distal bearing face and the oppositely facing peripheral bearing face across a soft closure relative rotation offset range between the leaves (106, 107), wherein the elongate end-of-range soft closure compression strut does not contact the central distal bearing face of the compression gear outside the end-of-range soft closure relative rotation offset range so that the soft closure relative rotation offset range is greater than the end-of-range soft closure relative rotation offset range.
A dishwasher comprising: a tub (12,602) defining an opening and an interior; a door attached to the tub (12,602) and configured to selectively permit access to the interior of the tub (12,602); a duct (220,620) positioned within the door and having an inlet (222,622) that is in fluid communication with the interior of the tub (12,602), wherein the duct (220,620) is configured to receive warm air and vaporized water from within the tub (12,602); and a blower (210,610) configured to direct the warm air and vaporized water into the duct (220,620) during a drying cycle of the dishwasher, characterized in that the blower (210,610) is further configured to reverse direction of operation during the drying cycle. a tub (12,602) defining an opening and an interior; a door attached to the tub (12,602) and configured to selectively permit access to the interior of the tub (12,602); a duct (220,620) positioned within the door and having an inlet (222,622) that is in fluid communication with the interior of the tub (12,602), wherein the duct (220,620) is configured to receive warm air and vaporized water from within the tub (12,602); and a blower (210,610) configured to direct the warm air and vaporized water into the duct (220,620) during a drying cycle of the dishwasher, characterized in that the blower (210,610) is further configured to reverse direction of operation during the drying cycle.