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A gas turbine engine shaft, comprising: an outer circumferential surface that circumscribes a central axis; a plurality of splines (402, 403, 404; 902, 903, 904, 905, 906) extending along a portion of the outer circumferential surface, characterized in that each of the plurality of splines (402... 906) comprises: an axial face (408, 409, 410) that tapers from the outer circumferential surface to a spline top surface (412, 413, 414) and includes a curved chamfered surface (416, 417, 418) at a radially distal end of the axial face (408, 409, 410); and a first sidewall (448, 442) and a second sidewall (450, 444) separated by a first spline width distance (Wi; 420) along the spline top surface (412, 413, 414), where the first and second sidewalls (448, 442, 450, 444) taper down in the axial direction toward the axial face (408, 409, 410) of the spline (402... 906) to a second spline width (W 2) along the spline top surface (412, 413, 414) where the second spline width distance (W 2) is less than the first spline width distance (Wi; 420). an outer circumferential surface that circumscribes a central axis; a plurality of splines (402, 403, 404; 902, 903, 904, 905, 906) extending along a portion of the outer circumferential surface, characterized in that each of the plurality of splines (402... 906) comprises: an axial face (408, 409, 410) that tapers from the outer circumferential surface to a spline top surface (412, 413, 414) and includes a curved chamfered surface (416, 417, 418) at a radially distal end of the axial face (408, 409, 410); and a first sidewall (448, 442) and a second sidewall (450, 444) separated by a first spline width distance (Wi; 420) along the spline top surface (412, 413, 414), where the first and second sidewalls (448, 442, 450, 444) taper down in the axial direction toward the axial face (408, 409, 410) of the spline (402... 906) to a second spline width (W 2) along the spline top surface (412, 413, 414) where the second spline width distance (W 2) is less than the first spline width distance (Wi; 420). an axial face (408, 409, 410) that tapers from the outer circumferential surface to a spline top surface (412, 413, 414) and includes a curved chamfered surface (416, 417, 418) at a radially distal end of the axial face (408, 409, 410); and a first sidewall (448, 442) and a second sidewall (450, 444) separated by a first spline width distance (Wi; 420) along the spline top surface (412, 413, 414), where the first and second sidewalls (448, 442, 450, 444) taper down in the axial direction toward the axial face (408, 409, 410) of the spline (402... 906) to a second spline width (W 2) along the spline top surface (412, 413, 414) where the second spline width distance (W 2) is less than the first spline width distance (Wi; 420).
A method for radio access virtualization in a wireless network, the method comprising: defining, by a network controller, one or more operation modes for a first radio node in the network, wherein the one or more operation modes includes a hyper transceiver mode where multiple transmitting nodes cooperatively communicate with multiple receiving nodes, wherein the hyper transceiver mode configures a virtual transmission point formed from plural transmitting nodes to cooperatively communicate with a virtual reception point formed from cooperating receiving nodes in accordance with neighborhood relations of a target radio node; selecting one of the one or more operation modes for the first radio node; and signaling a selected operation mode to the first radio node, wherein the network is a cloud radio access network CRAN, the hyper transceiver mode utilizes device-to-device D2D communications, and the plural transmitting nodes are base stations. defining, by a network controller, one or more operation modes for a first radio node in the network, wherein the one or more operation modes includes a hyper transceiver mode where multiple transmitting nodes cooperatively communicate with multiple receiving nodes, wherein the hyper transceiver mode configures a virtual transmission point formed from plural transmitting nodes to cooperatively communicate with a virtual reception point formed from cooperating receiving nodes in accordance with neighborhood relations of a target radio node; selecting one of the one or more operation modes for the first radio node; and signaling a selected operation mode to the first radio node,
A method of wireless communication in a wireless network, comprising: scheduling, at a base station, a data burst for transmission to a user equipment, UE, on a target directional beam of a plurality of directional beams available to the base station, wherein the target directional beam is beamformed according to a direction of the UE; generating an opportunistic synchronization block including network access information usable by a non-served UE to access the wireless network; and transmitting the data burst to the UE, wherein the opportunistic synchronization block is embedded in the data burst. scheduling, at a base station, a data burst for transmission to a user equipment, UE, on a target directional beam of a plurality of directional beams available to the base station, wherein the target directional beam is beamformed according to a direction of the UE; generating an opportunistic synchronization block including network access information usable by a non-served UE to access the wireless network; and transmitting the data burst to the UE, wherein the opportunistic synchronization block is embedded in the data burst.
A separation apparatus for separating an unwanted substance from coffee beans, comprising: a forming unit configured to form a separation chamber into which coffee beans fall, an unwanted substance being separated from the coffee beans in the separation chamber; and a suction unit configured to communicate with the separation chamber in a direction crossing a fall direction of the coffee beans so as to suck an air in the separation chamber, wherein the forming unit includes an outlet through which coffee beans, which are not sucked by the suction unit in the separation chamber, fall to an outside of the separation chamber, and wherein the forming unit includes a tubular portion extending in a vertical direction, the tubular portion including a first opening portion at one end forming an inlet for ground beans and a second opening portion at the other end which faces the separation chamber, a sectional area of the outlet is larger than a sectional area of the second opening portion, and an outside air is sucked from the outlet into the separation chamber by suction of the suction unit so that the outside air mainly flows into the separation chamber through the outlet in a direction opposite to the fall direction of the coffee beans. a forming unit configured to form a separation chamber into which coffee beans fall, an unwanted substance being separated from the coffee beans in the separation chamber; and a suction unit configured to communicate with the separation chamber in a direction crossing a fall direction of the coffee beans so as to suck an air in the separation chamber, wherein the forming unit includes an outlet through which coffee beans, which are not sucked by the suction unit in the separation chamber, fall to an outside of the separation chamber, and wherein the forming unit includes a tubular portion extending in a vertical direction, the tubular portion including a first opening portion at one end forming an inlet for ground beans and a second opening portion at the other end which faces the separation chamber, a sectional area of the outlet is larger than a sectional area of the second opening portion, and an outside air is sucked from the outlet into the separation chamber by suction of the suction unit so that the outside air mainly flows into the separation chamber through the outlet in a direction opposite to the fall direction of the coffee beans.
A method of communication in a home-automation network allowing communication between actors consisting of command transmitters and/or command receivers associated with items of equipment in a building by means of messages transmitted in the form of frames, a frame comprising several functional segments, characterized in that it comprises a step of constructing a frame based on an instruction written in a programming language, the instruction comprising words made up in the form of alphanumeric character strings and/or of signs and/or of icons, delimited by separators, in which each word gives rise to a functional segment.
A system comprising: a rotatable retracting mechanism; a leash coiled around the rotatable retracting mechanism and configured to be uncoiled from and recoiled to the rotatable retracting mechanism; an end-of-leash detection mechanism (230 and 240) configured to determine when the leash is nearing a maximum uncoiled state as the leash is being uncoiled; and a warning mechanism operatively connected to the end-of-leash detection mechanism and configured to generate a warning signal in response to the end-of-leash detection mechanism determining when the leash is nearing the maximum uncoiled state, wherein the end-of-leash detection mechanism (230 and 240) includes a spring component and the warning mechanism includes a rattle component operatively connected to the spring component, characterized in that the spring component is configured to build up stored energy as the leash uncoils in response to rotation of the rotatable retracting mechanism, and in that the spring component is further configured to release the stored energy when the leash is nearing the maximum uncoiled state, and in that the rattle component is configured to make a rattling sound in response to the stored energy being released. a rotatable retracting mechanism; a leash coiled around the rotatable retracting mechanism and configured to be uncoiled from and recoiled to the rotatable retracting mechanism; an end-of-leash detection mechanism (230 and 240) configured to determine when the leash is nearing a maximum uncoiled state as the leash is being uncoiled; and a warning mechanism operatively connected to the end-of-leash detection mechanism and configured to generate a warning signal in response to the end-of-leash detection mechanism determining when the leash is nearing the maximum uncoiled state, wherein the end-of-leash detection mechanism (230 and 240) includes a spring component and the warning mechanism includes a rattle component operatively connected to the spring component, characterized in that the spring component is configured to build up stored energy as the leash uncoils in response to rotation of the rotatable retracting mechanism, and in that the spring component is further configured to release the stored energy when the leash is nearing the maximum uncoiled state, and in that the rattle component is configured to make a rattling sound in response to the stored energy being released.
A gas discharge laser, comprising: a laser housing including a lasing gas; a plurality of individual ceramic waveguide tubes (14, 16) located in the laser housing and filled with the lasing gas, with adjacent ones of the ceramic waveguide tubes (14, 16) thereof at an acute angle to each other, and with ends of the adjacent ones thereof beveled or chamfered over a given length (Li) in such a way as to be fitted together in contact to provide a common aperture; first and second electrodes (32, 34) located in the housing and arranged to create a gas discharge in the lasing gas in the ceramic waveguide tubes when electrical power is applied to the electrodes; and a plurality of mirrors (22, 24, 26) arranged to form a laser-resonator having a longitudinal axis extending through the plurality of ceramic waveguide tubes. a laser housing including a lasing gas; a plurality of individual ceramic waveguide tubes (14, 16) located in the laser housing and filled with the lasing gas, with adjacent ones of the ceramic waveguide tubes (14, 16) thereof at an acute angle to each other, and with ends of the adjacent ones thereof beveled or chamfered over a given length (Li) in such a way as to be fitted together in contact to provide a common aperture; first and second electrodes (32, 34) located in the housing and arranged to create a gas discharge in the lasing gas in the ceramic waveguide tubes when electrical power is applied to the electrodes; and a plurality of mirrors (22, 24, 26) arranged to form a laser-resonator having a longitudinal axis extending through the plurality of ceramic waveguide tubes.
A device for obtaining lactic acid from ensiled biomass, comprising - a water-permeable floor, - an inlet that feeds ensiled biomass onto the floor and an outlet that discharges ensiled biomass from the floor, - at least one transport device (10, 11, 14, 15) for transporting the ensiled biomass from the inlet to the outlet, - a plurality of collecting vessels that are arranged one behind the other beneath the floor between the inlet and the outlet and are each connected in a communicating manner to one another by means of an overflow, the connecting vessels having a supply line that feeds a washing medium to the collecting vessels and a discharge line that discharges washing medium enriched with lactic acid from the collecting vessels, wherein the supply line is connected to a collecting vessel arranged in the region of the outlet and the discharge line is connected to a collecting vessel arranged in the region of the inlet, and - a plurality of spray devices that are arranged between the inlet and the outlet above the floor, wherein at least one upstream spray device is connected in a communicating manner to an upstream collecting vessel and at least one downstream spray device is connected in a communicating manner to a downstream collecting vessel, in each case by means of a pump. - a water-permeable floor, - an inlet that feeds ensiled biomass onto the floor and an outlet that discharges ensiled biomass from the floor, - at least one transport device (10, 11, 14, 15) for transporting the ensiled biomass from the inlet to the outlet, - a plurality of collecting vessels that are arranged one behind the other beneath the floor between the inlet and the outlet and are each connected in a communicating manner to one another by means of an overflow, the connecting vessels having a supply line that feeds a washing medium to the collecting vessels and a discharge line that discharges washing medium enriched with lactic acid from the collecting vessels, wherein the supply line is connected to a collecting vessel arranged in the region of the outlet and the discharge line is connected to a collecting vessel arranged in the region of the inlet, and - a plurality of spray devices that are arranged between the inlet and the outlet above the floor, wherein at least one upstream spray device is connected in a communicating manner to an upstream collecting vessel and at least one downstream spray device is connected in a communicating manner to a downstream collecting vessel, in each case by means of a pump.
A latching gate fastener for securing a double gate (8, 12), comprising: a pivotable body that is fixable to a first gate; and at least one ramp or strike plate that facilitates sideways latching of a second gate, such that when the two gates are out of alignment the second gate swings toward the first gate, allowing the second gate rail to contact the ramp and lift the pivotable body enough that the second gate rail passes under the ramp and into the recess of the pivotable body, where it is secured in the closed position, wherein the pivotable body comprises at least one recess for receiving a gate rail on the second gate. a pivotable body that is fixable to a first gate; and at least one ramp or strike plate that facilitates sideways latching of a second gate, such that when the two gates are out of alignment the second gate swings toward the first gate, allowing the second gate rail to contact the ramp and lift the pivotable body enough that the second gate rail passes under the ramp and into the recess of the pivotable body, where it is secured in the closed position, wherein the pivotable body comprises at least one recess for receiving a gate rail on the second gate.
A lens indexing assembly, comprising a holding portion and a rotating portion, the holding portion is configured to support the rotating portion, wherein the holding portion has an outer surface configured for holding and a bearing surface; the rotating portion is configured for coupling with the holding portion, wherein the rotating portion is configured to rotate relative to the holding portion, and wherein the rotating portion has a bearing surface for rotating relative to the bearing surface of the holding portion, the rotating portion having an interface for coupling to an ophthalmic contact lens; characterized in that the holding portion includes a plurality of tactile features on the outer surface of the holding portion, the plurality of tactile features of the holding portion including a plurality of fingertip indentations or a plurality of fingertip protrusions; wherein the rotating portion includes a plurality of tactile features on an outer surface (142, 154), the plurality of tactile features of the rotating portion including a plurality of fingertip indentations or a plurality of fingertip protrusions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of tactile features on the outer surface (142, 154) of the rotating portion is configured to align with the plurality of tactile features of the holding portion as the rotating portion rotates relative to the holding portion to provide tactile feedback corresponding to a plurality of angular positions of the ophthalmic contact lens relative to the holding portion. the holding portion is configured to support the rotating portion, wherein the holding portion has an outer surface configured for holding and a bearing surface; the rotating portion is configured for coupling with the holding portion, wherein the rotating portion is configured to rotate relative to the holding portion, and wherein the rotating portion has a bearing surface for rotating relative to the bearing surface of the holding portion, the rotating portion having an interface for coupling to an ophthalmic contact lens; characterized in that the holding portion includes a plurality of tactile features on the outer surface of the holding portion, the plurality of tactile features of the holding portion including a plurality of fingertip indentations or a plurality of fingertip protrusions; wherein the rotating portion includes a plurality of tactile features on an outer surface (142, 154), the plurality of tactile features of the rotating portion including a plurality of fingertip indentations or a plurality of fingertip protrusions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of tactile features on the outer surface (142, 154) of the rotating portion is configured to align with the plurality of tactile features of the holding portion as the rotating portion rotates relative to the holding portion to provide tactile feedback corresponding to a plurality of angular positions of the ophthalmic contact lens relative to the holding portion.
An improved cathodic electrocoating composition, comprising an aqueous emulsion having dispersed therein a crosslinkable component and a crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the incorporation of a non-water reducible anticrater agent comprising a polyesterurethane which is the reaction product of a monomer mixture consisting essentially of: (a) a cyclic aliphatic carboxylic acid anhydride; (b) a monofunctional epoxy compound; (c) a monofunctional alcohol; and (d) a diisocyanate, polyisocyanate or a combination thereof; wherein the cyclic aliphatic carboxylic acid anhydride contains one or more side chains selected from the group consisting of an alkyl side chain having in the range of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl side chain having in the range of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms and a combination thereof. (a) a cyclic aliphatic carboxylic acid anhydride; (b) a monofunctional epoxy compound; (c) a monofunctional alcohol; and (d) a diisocyanate, polyisocyanate or a combination thereof;
A method for use in a series module of capacitors, each capacitor having a respective relative capacitance, each capacitor at a particular moment having a respective charge, each capacitor at a particular moment having a respective voltage, the method comprising: arriving at an estimate of the respective relative capacitance of each capacitor by measuring voltages at each of the capacitors; identifying a first capacitor in the series module having an estimated relative capacitance smaller than the estimated relative capacitance of a second capacitor in the series module; and causing the first capacitor to be charged to a respective level of charge lower than the respective level of charge of the second capacitor. arriving at an estimate of the respective relative capacitance of each capacitor by measuring voltages at each of the capacitors; identifying a first capacitor in the series module having an estimated relative capacitance smaller than the estimated relative capacitance of a second capacitor in the series module; and causing the first capacitor to be charged to a respective level of charge lower than the respective level of charge of the second capacitor.
A foam dispenser comprising: a pump mechanism that mixes a liquid with air to generate foam, the pump mechanism comprising: a first stage pump that delivers the liquid and a first volume of the air through a first foam generator to generate a first foam; and a second stage pump that delivers the first foam and a second volume of the air through a second foam generator to generate a second foam, characterised in that the first stage pump comprises a high pressure valve that regulates fluid flow through the first foam generator; and wherein the high pressure valve prevents fluid from flowing past the high pressure valve unless the fluid is at or above a threshold pressure. a pump mechanism that mixes a liquid with air to generate foam, the pump mechanism comprising: a first stage pump that delivers the liquid and a first volume of the air through a first foam generator to generate a first foam; and a second stage pump that delivers the first foam and a second volume of the air through a second foam generator to generate a second foam, characterised in that the first stage pump comprises a high pressure valve that regulates fluid flow through the first foam generator; and a first stage pump that delivers the liquid and a first volume of the air through a first foam generator to generate a first foam; and a second stage pump that delivers the first foam and a second volume of the air through a second foam generator to generate a second foam, characterised in that the first stage pump comprises a high pressure valve that regulates fluid flow through the first foam generator; and wherein the high pressure valve prevents fluid from flowing past the high pressure valve unless the fluid is at or above a threshold pressure.
Waterpipe tobacco substitute comprising a fluid and at least one carrier, a) the fluid being suitable for releasing an aerosol and/or a flavoring to hot air when the hot air is supplied, characterized in that b) the fluid attaches adhesively to the at least one carrier, and c) the at least one carrier is not open-pore in configuration. a) the fluid being suitable for releasing an aerosol and/or a flavoring to hot air when the hot air is supplied, characterized in that b) the fluid attaches adhesively to the at least one carrier, and c) the at least one carrier is not open-pore in configuration.