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A testing apparatus for characterizing a tension strength of a fillet bond joining a stiffener component to a skin component of a test specimen, comprising: a lower fixture configured to maintain the stiffener component in a fixed position; an upper fixture configured to engage the skin component at a pair of engagement locations on opposite sides of the fillet bond; and a gimbal joint mechanically coupled to the upper fixture and being configured to substantially isolate the fillet bond from asymmetric bending during application of a tension test load to the fillet bond; and wherein: the upper fixture includes a pair of engagement devices positionable at the engagement locations; and the engagement devices are mechanically coupled to the gimbal joint. a lower fixture configured to maintain the stiffener component in a fixed position; an upper fixture configured to engage the skin component at a pair of engagement locations on opposite sides of the fillet bond; and a gimbal joint mechanically coupled to the upper fixture and being configured to substantially isolate the fillet bond from asymmetric bending during application of a tension test load to the fillet bond; and wherein: the upper fixture includes a pair of engagement devices positionable at the engagement locations; and the engagement devices are mechanically coupled to the gimbal joint.
A method for producing a rail, wherein when a cooling apparatus having a plurality of cooling headers, the cooling headers including head section cooling headers (21a, 21b, 21c) and foot section cooling headers, disposed side by side in the longitudinal direction of the rail cools the rail hot worked or cooled/reheated, the method characterised in that: the rail is conveyed at a conveyance distance L 0 (in meters) satisfying the equation (m - 0.20) x L h ≤ L 0 ≤ (m + 0.20) x L h, in one direction along with the longitudinal direction of the rail, in the cooling apparatus, wherein L 0 is defined as conveyance distance (in meters) of the rail, m is defined as natural number, and L h is defined as length (in meters) of cooling headers in longitudinal direction of the rail wherein the length of L h of cooling headers is 0.5m or more and 4m or less, wherein a length of the rail during cooling is in a range of 25m to 200m, wherein, in conveyance of the rail, the rail is conveyed with being oscillated in both directions of one direction and other direction along with the longitudinal direction of the rail, and the amplitude of the oscillation is set to the conveyance distance L 0 satisfying the equation (m - 0.20) x L h ≤ L 0 ≤ (m + 0.20) x L h.
A method comprising: sending, by a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a control indication that controls transmission of group-addressed data between the first wireless device and the second wireless device over a wireless local area network, WLAN, characterised in that the second wireless device is an access point, AP; and transmitting, by the first wireless device, the group-addressed data in an uplink to the AP while the first wireless device is in an unassociated state with respect to the AP, the unassociated state referring to a state of the first wireless device before establishing a connection with the WLAN. sending, by a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a control indication that controls transmission of group-addressed data between the first wireless device and the second wireless device over a wireless local area network, WLAN, characterised in that the second wireless device is an access point, AP; and transmitting, by the first wireless device, the group-addressed data in an uplink to the AP while the first wireless device is in an unassociated state with respect to the AP, the unassociated state referring to a state of the first wireless device before establishing a connection with the WLAN.
An antenna state determining circuit for determining a validity state of an antenna of a wireless communicator, the wireless communicator including a transmission circuit configured to generate a transmission signal, characterized in that the antenna state determining circuit comprises: an oscillation circuit having a feedback circuit and an oscillation frequency different from a frequency of the transmission signal of the transmission circuit; an antenna connector configured to switch a connection state of the antenna between a first connection state in which the antenna is disconnected from the feedback circuit, and a second connection state in which the antenna is connected to the feedback circuit and disconnected from the transmission circuit; a frequency measuring module configured to measure a first frequency of the oscillation frequency when the connection state is the first connection state and a second frequency of the oscillation frequency when the connection state is the second connection state; and a validity state determining module configured to determine the validity state of the antenna based on the first frequency and the second frequency. an oscillation circuit having a feedback circuit and an oscillation frequency different from a frequency of the transmission signal of the transmission circuit; an antenna connector configured to switch a connection state of the antenna between a first connection state in which the antenna is disconnected from the feedback circuit, and a second connection state in which the antenna is connected to the feedback circuit and disconnected from the transmission circuit; a frequency measuring module configured to measure a first frequency of the oscillation frequency when the connection state is the first connection state and a second frequency of the oscillation frequency when the connection state is the second connection state; and a validity state determining module configured to determine the validity state of the antenna based on the first frequency and the second frequency.
Storage tube for unit doses of medications comprising: - an outer casing with two open ends; - an inner structure within said casing, said inner structure comprising two opposite symmetrical walls joined at their ends and ribbed on their inner faces, so that a blister containing a unit dose of medication can be inserted and fastened in opposite channels of said walls; - traction means for inserting and extracting the inner structure from the outer casing; and - a chip for storing data about the content of said storage tube. - an outer casing with two open ends; - an inner structure within said casing, said inner structure comprising two opposite symmetrical walls joined at their ends and ribbed on their inner faces, so that a blister containing a unit dose of medication can be inserted and fastened in opposite channels of said walls; - traction means for inserting and extracting the inner structure from the outer casing; and - a chip for storing data about the content of said storage tube.
An air oil separator assembly comprising: (a) a tank with a surrounding wall defining an interior volume, an open mouth in communication with the interior volume, and a closed bottom; the tank further including, (i) an inlet extending through the wall; (ii) a lower liquid sump in the interior volume held by the closed bottom; and (iii) a flange circumscribing the mouth; the flange having a projection therefrom; and (b) a filter element removably positioned in the interior volume; the filter element comprising: (i) a tubular construction of filter media having opposite first and second ends (51, 52) and a longitudinal axis; and (ii) a first end cap construction secured to the first end of the filter media; the first end cap construction including a flange-receiving recess therein; wherein the projection on the flange of the tank extends into the flange-receiving recess of the first end cap construction; characterized in that said air oil separator assembly further comprises a cover removably mounted on the tank over the mouth to provide selective access to the interior volume. (a) a tank with a surrounding wall defining an interior volume, an open mouth in communication with the interior volume, and a closed bottom; the tank further including, (i) an inlet extending through the wall; (ii) a lower liquid sump in the interior volume held by the closed bottom; and (iii) a flange circumscribing the mouth; the flange having a projection therefrom; and (i) an inlet extending through the wall; (ii) a lower liquid sump in the interior volume held by the closed bottom; and (iii) a flange circumscribing the mouth; the flange having a projection therefrom; and (b) a filter element removably positioned in the interior volume; the filter element comprising: (i) a tubular construction of filter media having opposite first and second ends (51, 52) and a longitudinal axis; and (ii) a first end cap construction secured to the first end of the filter media; the first end cap construction including a flange-receiving recess therein; (i) a tubular construction of filter media having opposite first and second ends (51, 52) and a longitudinal axis; and (ii) a first end cap construction secured to the first end of the filter media; the first end cap construction including a flange-receiving recess therein; wherein the projection on the flange of the tank extends into the flange-receiving recess of the first end cap construction; characterized in that said air oil separator assembly further comprises a cover removably mounted on the tank over the mouth to provide selective access to the interior volume.
A method of managing a photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200), comprising: enabling a voltage pulser to be coupled to the photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200); applying a voltage signal generated by the voltage pulser to the photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200), the voltage signal having a first state including a series of voltage pulses with a positive magnitude for generating an external electric field across the photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200) and a second state comprising an off cycle between adjacent first states, and blocking frequencies of the voltage signal that are greater than a predetermined frequency from reaching a load driven by the photovoltaic device. enabling a voltage pulser to be coupled to the photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200); applying a voltage signal generated by the voltage pulser to the photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200), the voltage signal having a first state including a series of voltage pulses with a positive magnitude for generating an external electric field across the photovoltaic device (10; 100; 200) and a second state comprising an off cycle between adjacent first states, and blocking frequencies of the voltage signal that are greater than a predetermined frequency from reaching a load driven by the photovoltaic device.
An air filter system comprising a multi-valve device for scavenging particulate dust from said air filter system comprising at least a first valve and a second valve arranged in series along a fluid path, to establish a collection volume for the particulate matter, wherein the first valve and the second valve each comprise a housing segment (14, 24) and a flexible membrane (16, 26) arranged inside the housing segment (14, 24), wherein in each valve (12, 22) the flexible membrane (16, 26) is configured to close or open the fluid path through the valve (12, 22), wherein the first valve and the second valve are configured to be connectable to a valve control unit for activating the flexible membranes (16, 26) independently from each other, wherein the first valve and the second valve being configured as a pinch valve, wherein the flexible membranes (16, 26) of the first valve and the second valve are formed integrally, in particular wherein each of the flexible membranes (16, 26) provide a separated inflatable and deflatable chamber (17, 27) between the respective membrane (16, 26) and housing segment (14, 24).
A hand dryer for drying a user's hands by means of an airflow discharged through an air outlet (3,5) on the hand dryer, the airflow being generated by a motor-driven fan unit, the airflow exiting the fan unit through a fan outlet on the fan unit, the fan unit being mounted to a fixed part of the hand dryer by means of an inflatable mount secured to the fixed part, the mount comprising at least one inflatable duct connecting the fan outlet to the air outlet (3,5), which inflatable duct is, in use, inflated by the airflow passing from the fan outlet to the air outlet (3,5) to provide pneumatic support for the fan unit.
A pressure valve (10, 110, 210) which is configured to be arranged in a seal member configured to seal a casing accommodating therein a capacitor element, in such a manner that a base end of the pressure valve (10, 110, 210) is positioned inside the casing whereas a tip of the pressure valve is positioned outside the casing, characterized in that the pressure valve (10, 110, 210) comprises a tapered portion (22, 102, 222, 322) having a tapered shape formed at the tip of the pressure valve (10, 110, 210), wherein a top portion of the tapered portion (22, 102, 222, 322) has a slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) which is state-changeable between an open-state and a close-state through elastic deformation; and the slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) is formed in a tapered shape such that a width of one end portion of the top portion relative to its thickness direction is wider than another end portion, the slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) is configured to keep its close-state while a casing internal pressure is less than a certain value, whereas the slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) is configured to change its state to the open-state when the casing internal pressure reaches the certain value, thereby releasing the casing internal pressure by communicating the inside and the outside of the casing. a tapered portion (22, 102, 222, 322) having a tapered shape formed at the tip of the pressure valve (10, 110, 210), wherein a top portion of the tapered portion (22, 102, 222, 322) has a slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) which is state-changeable between an open-state and a close-state through elastic deformation; and the slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) is formed in a tapered shape such that a width of one end portion of the top portion relative to its thickness direction is wider than another end portion, the slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) is configured to keep its close-state while a casing internal pressure is less than a certain value, whereas the slit (23, 103, 123, 223, 323) is configured to change its state to the open-state when the casing internal pressure reaches the certain value, thereby releasing the casing internal pressure by communicating the inside and the outside of the casing.
An apparatus for combining two wire mesh models comprising: a model store configured to store model data representative of three dimensional co-ordinates of a first and second wire mesh model of a surface; an overlap identifier operable to identify portions of wire mesh models stored in said model store representative of the same portions of a surface; and a processing module operable to delete from the first and second wire mesh models stored in said model store, model data representative of vertices of said models where triangles including said vertices are represented by the other model, characterized by the processing module being operable to create combined mesh data from said model data and co-ordinate data for shared points on the boundary between the wire mesh models by: determining for vertices at the boundary of a mesh whether a vertex is a vertex of a single triangle (Figs 10A, 11B, 11D) in the mesh or whether more than one triangle meets at that vertex (Figs 11A, 11C) and determining, if the vertex is a vertex of a single triangle whether the edges of the triangle, or if the vertex is a vertex of more than one triangle within a mesh, whether the outermost sides of the outermost triangles meeting at the vertex, overlap a single edge on the boundary of the other mesh (Fig 11B, 11C), two adjacent edges on a triangle on the boundary of the other mesh (Fig 10A, 11A) or two non-adjacent edges on the boundary of other mesh (Fig 11D); and if so generating co-ordinate data for shared points on the boundary between the wire mesh models and the triangles meeting at that vertex (Figs 10B, 12A-D). determining for vertices at the boundary of a mesh whether a vertex is a vertex of a single triangle (Figs 10A, 11B, 11D) in the mesh or whether more than one triangle meets at that vertex (Figs 11A, 11C) and determining, if the vertex is a vertex of a single triangle whether the edges of the triangle, or if the vertex is a vertex of more than one triangle within a mesh, whether the outermost sides of the outermost triangles meeting at the vertex, overlap a single edge on the boundary of the other mesh (Fig 11B, 11C), two adjacent edges on a triangle on the boundary of the other mesh (Fig 10A, 11A) or two non-adjacent edges on the boundary of other mesh (Fig 11D); and if so generating co-ordinate data for shared points on the boundary between the wire mesh models and the triangles meeting at that vertex (Figs 10B, 12A-D).
A method of determining a temperature T of a region below the surface of the Earth, the method comprising: (a) providing at least one vertical seismic two-way travel time t, being associated with a response to at least one source emission into said region in a seismic survey; and (b) applying a scaling factor q / 2a to the or each travel time t to determine said temperature T for the or each travel time, where q is a steady state heat flow at the earth's surface and a is an empirically determined constant. (a) providing at least one vertical seismic two-way travel time t, being associated with a response to at least one source emission into said region in a seismic survey; and (b) applying a scaling factor q / 2a to the or each travel time t to determine said temperature T for the or each travel time, where q is a steady state heat flow at the earth's surface and a is an empirically determined constant.
A seal arrangement for an annulus filler for a gas turbine engine, the annulus filler located in use between two circumferentially-spaced fan blades, the seal comprising a seal body releasably attached in use to the fan annulus filler, the seal body supporting two seal members (52, 54) so that in use one seal member is brought into contact with, and forms a seal against, an aerofoil surface of one of the fan blades, and the other seal member is brought into contact with, and forms a seal against, an aerofoil surface of the other of the fan blades.
A method for manufacturing concrete construction elements, which are permeable to water and mechanically strong, containing a binder and aggregates, characterized in that stacking of the aggregates is counteracted, to arrange recesses promoting permeability by introducing, into the composition intended to result in the concrete, substantially flat elements having a size that is at least of the same order of magnitude as the cross-section of the aggregates, said substantially flat elements acting as bridges that bear on two adjacent aggregates, the substantially flat elements being crushed seashell products, or crushed or fragmented tempered glass.
Energy storage assembly, having a shaft for transmitting torque, a housing, an actuator which can be moved axially, an energy store which can store torque, a supporting element, an inner clutch between the supporting element and the shaft, wherein, by means of axial displacement, the actuator can contact the housing on the one hand, the supporting element on the other hand, so that either the shaft is connected to the housing or the shaft is connected to the supporting element by the actuator, and characterized in that the energy storage assembly further has a freewheel between the shaft and actuator, which is fixed to the shaft, and transmits no torque in one direction of rotation, an outer clutch between the housing and the supporting element, and in that the energy store is fixed to the supporting element on the one hand and to the actuator on the other hand, and in that a relative rotation between the actuator and the supporting element is made possible, so that, by means of shifting the inner and outer clutches (170, 172) and the actuator, torque can be charged up, discharged or retained. a shaft for transmitting torque, a housing, an actuator which can be moved axially, an energy store which can store torque, a supporting element, an inner clutch between the supporting element and the shaft, wherein, by means of axial displacement, the actuator can contact the housing on the one hand, the supporting element on the other hand, so that either the shaft is connected to the housing or the shaft is connected to the supporting element by the actuator, and characterized in that the energy storage assembly further has a freewheel between the shaft and actuator, which is fixed to the shaft, and transmits no torque in one direction of rotation, an outer clutch between the housing and the supporting element, and in that the energy store is fixed to the supporting element on the one hand and to the actuator on the other hand, and in that a relative rotation between the actuator and the supporting element is made possible, so that, by means of shifting the inner and outer clutches (170, 172) and the actuator, torque can be charged up, discharged or retained.