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A tubular connecting system, comprising: a tong configured to apply a torque on an upper tubular, to torque a connection of the upper tubular to a lower tubular; a torque linkage extending at least partially vertically from the tong, the torque linkage being configured to transmit a force or force-pair, or pure torque, generated by the tong applying the torque to the upper tubular; characterized in that the tubular connecting system further comprises: a transmission plate removably coupled to the torque linkage so as to transmit linear forces thereto, therefrom, or both, wherein the transmission plate is configured to receive the lower tubular therethrough; and a landing plate (220, 222) removably coupled to the transmission plate and configured to engage the lower tubular, wherein the landing plate is configured to counteract the torque as it is applied to the lower tubular by the tong. a tong configured to apply a torque on an upper tubular, to torque a connection of the upper tubular to a lower tubular; a torque linkage extending at least partially vertically from the tong, the torque linkage being configured to transmit a force or force-pair, or pure torque, generated by the tong applying the torque to the upper tubular; characterized in that the tubular connecting system further comprises: a transmission plate removably coupled to the torque linkage so as to transmit linear forces thereto, therefrom, or both, wherein the transmission plate is configured to receive the lower tubular therethrough; and a landing plate (220, 222) removably coupled to the transmission plate and configured to engage the lower tubular, wherein the landing plate is configured to counteract the torque as it is applied to the lower tubular by the tong. a transmission plate removably coupled to the torque linkage so as to transmit linear forces thereto, therefrom, or both, wherein the transmission plate is configured to receive the lower tubular therethrough; and a landing plate (220, 222) removably coupled to the transmission plate and configured to engage the lower tubular, wherein the landing plate is configured to counteract the torque as it is applied to the lower tubular by the tong.
A pneumatic device for a brake system, comprising: - a housing for receiving electronic components and configured for being in fluid communication with the environment during operation of the pneumatic device; and - a exhaust path having an exhaust port and being in fluid connection with the housing for exhaust the pneumatic device to the environment via the exhaust port; characterized by an exhaust element associated to the exhaust path and configured to provide a liquid impermeable but gas permeable barrier between the housing and the environment. - a housing for receiving electronic components and configured for being in fluid communication with the environment during operation of the pneumatic device; and - a exhaust path having an exhaust port and being in fluid connection with the housing for exhaust the pneumatic device to the environment via the exhaust port;
A seal for sealing between a stator and a rotor including a generally annular carrier, an array of adjacent leaves mounted in the annular carrier for sealing between the stator and rotor with their planes lying parallel to the axis of the carrier and front and back plates disposed on respective axial sides of the leaves characterised in that the front and back plates have one or more apertures (17, 18) dimensioned for providing a substantially symmetric pressure drop across the leaves.
An olefin polymerization process, the process comprising contacting a catalyst composition with an olefin monomer which comprises ethylene and an olefin comonomer in a polymerization reactor system under polymerization conditions to produce an ethylene polymer, wherein: the catalyst composition comprises a half-metallocene titanium compound, a bridged metallocene compound, an activator, and a co-catalyst; and the ethylene polymer is characterized by: a density, determined in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm 3) on a compression molded sample, cooled at 15 °C per hour, and conditioned for 40 hours at room temperature in accordance with ASTM D1505 and ASTM D4703, in a range from 0.89 to 0.93 g/cm 3; a ratio of Mw/Mn, wherein Mw and Mn are determined as set out in the description, in a range from 3 to 6.5; a Mz, determined as set out in the description, in a range from 200,000 to 650,000 g/mol; a CY-a parameter at 190 °C, determined as set out in the description, in a range from 0.2 to 0.4; and a number of short chain branches (SCB's) per 1000 total carbon atoms, determined as set out in the description, of the polymer at Mz that is greater than at Mn. the catalyst composition comprises a half-metallocene titanium compound, a bridged metallocene compound, an activator, and a co-catalyst; and the ethylene polymer is characterized by: a density, determined in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm 3) on a compression molded sample, cooled at 15 °C per hour, and conditioned for 40 hours at room temperature in accordance with ASTM D1505 and ASTM D4703, in a range from 0.89 to 0.93 g/cm 3; a ratio of Mw/Mn, wherein Mw and Mn are determined as set out in the description, in a range from 3 to 6.5; a Mz, determined as set out in the description, in a range from 200,000 to 650,000 g/mol; a CY-a parameter at 190 °C, determined as set out in the description, in a range from 0.2 to 0.4; and a number of short chain branches (SCB's) per 1000 total carbon atoms, determined as set out in the description, of the polymer at Mz that is greater than at Mn. a density, determined in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm 3) on a compression molded sample, cooled at 15 °C per hour, and conditioned for 40 hours at room temperature in accordance with ASTM D1505 and ASTM D4703, in a range from 0.89 to 0.93 g/cm 3; a ratio of Mw/Mn, wherein Mw and Mn are determined as set out in the description, in a range from 3 to 6.5; a Mz, determined as set out in the description, in a range from 200,000 to 650,000 g/mol; a CY-a parameter at 190 °C, determined as set out in the description, in a range from 0.2 to 0.4; and a number of short chain branches (SCB's) per 1000 total carbon atoms, determined as set out in the description, of the polymer at Mz that is greater than at Mn.
An apparatus comprising: a cable track configured to be coupled to a moveable object and to be pushed and pulled by the movable object without buckling, the cable track configured to transport at least one signal or material to or from the moveable object; the cable track having a fluid compartment (310, 410) defined between walls (302-304, 402-404) of the cable track; wherein the walls of the cable track are configured to be separated when fluid is inserted into the fluid compartment and to approach one another in a bent portion of the cable track. a cable track configured to be coupled to a moveable object and to be pushed and pulled by the movable object without buckling, the cable track configured to transport at least one signal or material to or from the moveable object; the cable track having a fluid compartment (310, 410) defined between walls (302-304, 402-404) of the cable track; wherein the walls of the cable track are configured to be separated when fluid is inserted into the fluid compartment and to approach one another in a bent portion of the cable track.
A method for discharging fluids from a plurality of flexible reagent containers into a microfluidic device using a fluidic system, the fluidic system comprising: a rigid housing, a single pressure source configured to apply pressure to the interior of the rigid housing; a plurality of flexible reagent containers contained within the housing; a microfluidic device configured to analyse one or more fluids provided from the plurality of reagent containers; and a plurality of channels configured to transfer fluid from the plurality of reagent containers to the microfluidic device; wherein each reagent container has a connection port through which a reagent can flow, in use, on the application of pressure from the single pressure source; wherein the ratio of resistances provided by a combination of the connection ports and the plurality of channels dictates the ratio of flow rates of the reagents; and wherein a plurality of reagents contained within the plurality of flexible reagent containers are configured to be actuated simultaneously by the single pressure source; wherein the method comprises simultaneously actuating the plurality of reagent containers by the single pressure source, characterized in that the plurality of channels is connected to the connection ports of the reagent containers using closed valves that open upon connection. a rigid housing, a single pressure source configured to apply pressure to the interior of the rigid housing; a plurality of flexible reagent containers contained within the housing; a microfluidic device configured to analyse one or more fluids provided from the plurality of reagent containers; and a plurality of channels configured to transfer fluid from the plurality of reagent containers to the microfluidic device; wherein each reagent container has a connection port through which a reagent can flow, in use, on the application of pressure from the single pressure source; wherein the ratio of resistances provided by a combination of the connection ports and the plurality of channels dictates the ratio of flow rates of the reagents; and wherein a plurality of reagents contained within the plurality of flexible reagent containers are configured to be actuated simultaneously by the single pressure source; wherein the method comprises simultaneously actuating the plurality of reagent containers by the single pressure source, characterized in that the plurality of channels is connected to the connection ports of the reagent containers using closed valves that open upon connection.
A video decoder for decoding a bit stream corresponding to pictures of a video signal and including motion vectors having values coded at a nominal resolution, characterized in that said video decoder includes means for rounding decoded nominal motion vectors to a resolution different from the nominal resolution in a way that minimizes the motion vector rounding error accumulation along the motion compensation prediction path in areas of uniform unidirectional motion by alternating at least two motion vector rounding policies from one P or B picture to the other picture of the same P or B type, the at least two motion vector rounding policies giving to rounded successive motion vectors along the motion compensation prediction path, successive values such that their average value is equal to the value of the nominal resolution motion vector.
Use of a micellar dispersion for both: (i) solubilising hydrocarbons, emulsions or water blocks present in an underground formation; and (ii) dissolving carbonate present in filter cakes or other damage in the underground formation; wherein said micellar dispersion comprises: - water; - at least 1% w/v of one or more organic acid precursors, wherein hydrolysis of the organic acid precursor produces formic acid, acetic acid or glycolic acid; - one or more surfactants; and - optionally, one or more salts, co-surfactants and/or organic liquids that are not organic acid precursors; and - wherein live acid is not incorporated into the micellar dispersion; wherein said use comprises: (a) introducing the micellar dispersion into the underground formation; (b) shutting the wellbore in after introduction of the micellar dispersion for 0.5 hours or longer; and (c) allowing the micellar dispersion to solubilise the hydrocarbons, emulsions or water blocks present in the underground formation, and at least a portion of the organic acid precursor to hydrolyse in-situ, thereby producing organic acid to dissolve carbonate present in the filter cakes or other damage in the underground formation. (i) solubilising hydrocarbons, emulsions or water blocks present in an underground formation; and (ii) dissolving carbonate present in filter cakes or other damage in the underground formation; - water; - at least 1% w/v of one or more organic acid precursors, wherein hydrolysis of the organic acid precursor produces formic acid, acetic acid or glycolic acid; - one or more surfactants; and - optionally, one or more salts, co-surfactants and/or organic liquids that are not organic acid precursors; and - wherein live acid is not incorporated into the micellar dispersion; (a) introducing the micellar dispersion into the underground formation; (b) shutting the wellbore in after introduction of the micellar dispersion for 0.5 hours or longer; and (c) allowing the micellar dispersion to solubilise the hydrocarbons, emulsions or water blocks present in the underground formation, and at least a portion of the organic acid precursor to hydrolyse in-situ, thereby producing organic acid to dissolve carbonate present in the filter cakes or other damage in the underground formation.
A reverse osmosis desalination system comprising: a) an array of vertically disposed pressure vessels (PVs), each PV accommodating a plurality of reverse osmosis desalination membranes; b) a pipeline grid adapted for conducting fluid to be desalinated to said PVs and produced permeate from said PVs; c) a plurality of sensors disposed along the longitudinal axis of each PV adapted to measure flow rate and salinity of fluid passing through each of the membranes; and d) a data reading arrangement comprising a reader connected to a mainframe computer, a displacement mechanism adapted for displacement of said reader, and a cable connecting said reader to said displacement mechanism wherein the reader is adapted for displacement between the different sensors for positioning thereof adjacent a sensor, wherein the displacement mechanism is horizontally displaceable along a horizontal plane for locating above a desired PV and the reader is vertically displaceable along said PV, to be aligned with at least one of said plurality of sensors, to receive and collect data therefrom and transfer the data to the main frame computer, wherein said system is completely automated and controlled by the MFC; and wherein each PV and each membrane therein have their own index number recognizable by the MFC. a) an array of vertically disposed pressure vessels (PVs), each PV accommodating a plurality of reverse osmosis desalination membranes; b) a pipeline grid adapted for conducting fluid to be desalinated to said PVs and produced permeate from said PVs; c) a plurality of sensors disposed along the longitudinal axis of each PV adapted to measure flow rate and salinity of fluid passing through each of the membranes; and d) a data reading arrangement comprising a reader connected to a mainframe computer, a displacement mechanism adapted for displacement of said reader, and a cable connecting said reader to said displacement mechanism wherein the reader is adapted for displacement between the different sensors for positioning thereof adjacent a sensor, wherein the displacement mechanism is horizontally displaceable along a horizontal plane for locating above a desired PV and the reader is vertically displaceable along said PV, to be aligned with at least one of said plurality of sensors, to receive and collect data therefrom and transfer the data to the main frame computer,
Reticle for a telescopic sight, having a transparent carrier plate on which a size value scale is depicted, wherein the size value scale has a first principal line, which forms a first positioning line for positioning at a first reference point of a target object, read lines for positioning at a second reference point of the target object being arranged parallel to the first principal line, the read lines being assigned in each case one numerical value, wherein the distance between two adjacently arranged read lines which are each assigned a natural numerical value increases with increasing distance from the first principal line, characterised in that the size value scale has a second principal line which is oriented perpendicular to the first principal line, wherein the read lines are arranged along the second principal line, the second principal line forming a second positioning line for positioning at a third reference point of the target object, and the read lines extending away from the second principal line, and the respective free end of the read lines forming a read point for positioning at a fourth reference point of the target object, wherein the distance between the second principal line and the read point of a read line increases with increasing distance of the read line from the first principal line.
A fluid-assisted bipolar electrosurgical device to treat tissue in a presence of radio frequency energy and a fluid, the device (30, 30g) comprising: a malleable shaft assembly comprising a first shaft and a second shaft, a length of the first shaft and a length of the second shaft being disposed in an outer member comprising a polymer, and at least a portion of the first shaft and at least a portion of the second shaft being malleable; a first electrode and a second electrode at the end of the malleable shaft assembly to be hand shapeable by a user of the device (30, 30g); characterized in at least two fluid outlets (185a, 185b) to expel the fluid from the device (30, 30g) onto the tissue, wherein the fluid outlets (185a, 185b) are located on lateral portions of said electrodes (114a, 114b). a malleable shaft assembly comprising a first shaft and a second shaft, a length of the first shaft and a length of the second shaft being disposed in an outer member comprising a polymer, and at least a portion of the first shaft and at least a portion of the second shaft being malleable; a first electrode and a second electrode at the end of the malleable shaft assembly to be hand shapeable by a user of the device (30, 30g); characterized in at least two fluid outlets (185a, 185b) to expel the fluid from the device (30, 30g) onto the tissue, wherein the fluid outlets (185a, 185b) are located on lateral portions of said electrodes (114a, 114b).
A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the printing material container comprising: a first device; a second device; and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals (220, 230, 260-280), at least one second terminal (150, 290) and at least one third terminal (210,240), wherein the plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion (cp) for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the contact portion of the second terminal is positioned at the outermost position among the contact portions of the terminal group viewed in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction, a depressed portion is situated between the second terminal and another terminal adjacent to the second terminal. a first device; a second device; and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals (220, 230, 260-280), at least one second terminal (150, 290) and at least one third terminal (210,240), wherein the plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion (cp) for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the contact portion of the second terminal is positioned at the outermost position among the contact portions of the terminal group viewed in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction, a depressed portion is situated between the second terminal and another terminal adjacent to the second terminal.
A compound encompassed within Formulae I, II and III: including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and/or solvates thereof; wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of CH 3, and wherein R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or fluorine.
Method for motion-compensated interpolation, comprising: - receiving two consecutive frames, the previous f(n) and the next frame f(n+1) to the frame to be interpolated f(n+α), - generating a motion vector field by making a bidirectional motion estimation between the previous and next frame with a reference timing of the frame to be interpolated, - generating a global motion estimation based on the generated motion vector field, - using the global motion estimation as a background motion estimate, - classifying the blocks as cover and uncover or neither cover nor uncover, - updating the motion estimates of cover and uncover blocks according to the generated global motion estimation; - updating the motion estimates of neither cover nor uncover blocks according to the generated motion vector field; - generating the frame to be interpolated according to updated motion estimates of each block - characterized in that generating said global motion estimation comprises the steps of; - generating a pyramidal structure above the motion vector field of the bidirectional motion estimation wherein each block at the higher level of the pyramidal structure is connected to a group of blocks at the lower level, - applying a median filtering on x and y components of vectors in the group of blocks at the lower level separately to generate higher level motion vector fields of the pyramidal structure, and - providing at the top of the pyramidal structure a single motion vector d glob, which is used as the global motion estimation. - receiving two consecutive frames, the previous f(n) and the next frame f(n+1) to the frame to be interpolated f(n+α), - generating a motion vector field by making a bidirectional motion estimation between the previous and next frame with a reference timing of the frame to be interpolated, - generating a global motion estimation based on the generated motion vector field, - using the global motion estimation as a background motion estimate, - classifying the blocks as cover and uncover or neither cover nor uncover, - updating the motion estimates of cover and uncover blocks according to the generated global motion estimation; - updating the motion estimates of neither cover nor uncover blocks according to the generated motion vector field; - generating the frame to be interpolated according to updated motion estimates of each block - characterized in that generating said global motion estimation comprises the steps of; - generating a pyramidal structure above the motion vector field of the bidirectional motion estimation wherein each block at the higher level of the pyramidal structure is connected to a group of blocks at the lower level, - applying a median filtering on x and y components of vectors in the group of blocks at the lower level separately to generate higher level motion vector fields of the pyramidal structure, and - providing at the top of the pyramidal structure a single motion vector d glob, which is used as the global motion estimation.