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Rear gearshift mechanism for a shift arrangement for a bicycle, comprising: - a base element which is attachable to a bicycle frame; - a movable element which is coupled to the base element and is displaceable relative to the latter, - a chain-guide arrangement which is coupled to the movable element and is pivotable about a pivot axle relative to the latter, - a preload device by way of which the chain-guide arrangement is preloaded into a starting position about the pivot axle relative to the movable element, wherein the chain-guide arrangement, from the initial position, is pivotable about the pivot axle into various operating positions counter to a load force of the preload device, and - at least one blocking apparatus which is intended for blocking the chain-guide arrangement in at least one blocking position, different from the starting position, relative to the movable element, wherein the blocking apparatus has a blocking element which is displaceable between a passive position, in which said blocking apparatus releases the chain-guide arrangement relative to the movable element, and at least one active position, in which said blocking apparatus holds the chain-guide arrangement in the at least one blocking position, characterized in that the blocking apparatus has a longitudinal axis and the blocking element has a longitudinal axis, and the two longitudinal axes (101, 121) are spaced apart from one another and parallel. - a base element which is attachable to a bicycle frame; - a movable element which is coupled to the base element and is displaceable relative to the latter, - a chain-guide arrangement which is coupled to the movable element and is pivotable about a pivot axle relative to the latter, - a preload device by way of which the chain-guide arrangement is preloaded into a starting position about the pivot axle relative to the movable element, wherein the chain-guide arrangement, from the initial position, is pivotable about the pivot axle into various operating positions counter to a load force of the preload device, and - at least one blocking apparatus which is intended for blocking the chain-guide arrangement in at least one blocking position, different from the starting position, relative to the movable element, wherein the blocking apparatus has a blocking element which is displaceable between a passive position, in which said blocking apparatus releases the chain-guide arrangement relative to the movable element, and at least one active position, in which said blocking apparatus holds the chain-guide arrangement in the at least one blocking position, characterized in that the blocking apparatus has a longitudinal axis and the blocking element has a longitudinal axis, and the two longitudinal axes (101, 121) are spaced apart from one another and parallel.
A hydraulic accumulator in the form of a bellows accumulator - wherein the bellows serving as the mobile separating element between the gas side and the fluid side has a closing element that closes the interior of the bellows in a fluid-tight manner on its bellows end that can be moved in the axial direction during expansion and compression in the accumulator housing, and is immobilised at its other bellows end relative to the accumulator housing, - a sealing system sealing the interior of the bellows from the accumulator housing on the immobile bellows end having, in addition to a first functional area having a sealing effect, a second functional area in the form of an attachment projecting into the interior of the bellows, which attachment forms a flexible buffer for the contact of the closing element of the bellows when the latter is completely compressed, - a metal bellows with a metallic closing element welded to the respective bellows end being provided as the bellows, - characterised in that the attachment projecting into the interior of the bellows has at least one bulge projecting in the axial direction towards the mobile bellows end as a mobile buffer for the contact of the closing element, - that the immobile bellows end is fixed to a holding ring secured to the housing by means of a fluid-tight welded connection, the inner ring opening of the holding ring being adjacent to the interior of the bellows forming the fluid side, and - that the sealing system forms with its first functional area the seal between the inner ring opening of the holding ring and the accumulator housing. - wherein the bellows serving as the mobile separating element between the gas side and the fluid side has a closing element that closes the interior of the bellows in a fluid-tight manner on its bellows end that can be moved in the axial direction during expansion and compression in the accumulator housing, and is immobilised at its other bellows end relative to the accumulator housing, - a sealing system sealing the interior of the bellows from the accumulator housing on the immobile bellows end having, in addition to a first functional area having a sealing effect, a second functional area in the form of an attachment projecting into the interior of the bellows, which attachment forms a flexible buffer for the contact of the closing element of the bellows when the latter is completely compressed, - a metal bellows with a metallic closing element welded to the respective bellows end being provided as the bellows, - characterised in that the attachment projecting into the interior of the bellows has at least one bulge projecting in the axial direction towards the mobile bellows end as a mobile buffer for the contact of the closing element, - that the immobile bellows end is fixed to a holding ring secured to the housing by means of a fluid-tight welded connection, the inner ring opening of the holding ring being adjacent to the interior of the bellows forming the fluid side, and - that the sealing system forms with its first functional area the seal between the inner ring opening of the holding ring and the accumulator housing.
A pipe strap for use in a boring device, the pipe strap comprising first and second strap portions (3, 4) connected together at a first of their ends (30, 40), the first strap portion comprising a slot (35a, 35b) at or adjacent a free end thereof, the second strap portion comprising one or more hooks (45a, 45b, 46a, 46b, 47a, 47b) spaced along its length, the strap being configured to be wrapped, in use, around a pipe with the first strap portion overlapping the second strap portion such that the second strap portion is between the first strap portion and the pipe and one of the hooks (45a, 45b, 46a, 46b, 47a, 47b) is received in the slot (35a, 35b), extends through the first strap portion and is in engagement with the end (36a, 36b) of the slot (35a, 35b), wherein the or each hook (45a, 45b, 46a, 46b, 47a, 47b) comprises a scoop shaped transition portion bound by three side walls (62, 63, 64) and a tab extending from the open side of the scoop shaped transition portion.
An apparatus comprising: a microfluidic channel formed on a substrate; at least one pair of electrodes arranged on the substrate on opposite sides of the microfluidic channel, wherein the pair of electrodes is configured to control an electric field across the microfluidic channel; an electromechanical gel provided within the microfluidic channel; wherein the at least one pair of electrodes are configured to control the electric field across the microfluidic channel to cause the electromechanical gel to deform in response to a voltage applied to the electrodes such that the deformation enables fluid to be pumped through the microfluidic channel; characterised by a common electrode of lower potential being provided and arranged between the at least one pair of electrodes. a microfluidic channel formed on a substrate; at least one pair of electrodes arranged on the substrate on opposite sides of the microfluidic channel, wherein the pair of electrodes is configured to control an electric field across the microfluidic channel; an electromechanical gel provided within the microfluidic channel; wherein the at least one pair of electrodes are configured to control the electric field across the microfluidic channel to cause the electromechanical gel to deform in response to a voltage applied to the electrodes such that the deformation enables fluid to be pumped through the microfluidic channel;
Shutter system comprising, firstly, drive systems permitting movement of the shutter along a path between a closed and an open position, intended to close an opening or other aperture and, secondly, detection systems allowing determination of whether the shutter is being deflected from its path, for example, by the presence of an obstruction below the shutter during its movement into its closed position or open position, said detection systems being linked to the drive systems in such a way as to stop or open the shutter, the part of the path alongside the opening or other aperture being demarcated by a guide track extending downwards from the drive systems and each of the side edges of the shutter running in a guide track, the detection systems being fitted in a way permitting their combination with the guide track in order to detect whether the shutter is being deflected from its path in the vicinity of the guide track, characterised by the fact that the detection systems are mounted on the guide track in the vicinity of that part of the path located outside the guide track.
A presence service system, comprising at least two terminals connected via a network to each other and to a server for communicating presence information, wherein the terminals or the server comprises: presence information keeping means for keeping therein a plurality of presence information of a first terminal; presence notification policy keeping means for keeping therein a condition regarding presence information and a presence notification policy to change the number of presence information to notify to a second terminal on the basis of the condition, presence notification policy setting means for acquiring one of the plurality of the presence information of the first terminal from the presence information keeping means and determining whether or not one of the plurality of the presence information satisfies the condition kept in the presence information keeping means; second terminal list keeping means for storing the second terminal; and presence information notifying means for notifying, if the presence information satisfies the condition, the presence information obtained from the presence information keeping means to the second terminal stored in the second terminal list keeping means, according to the presence notification policy received from the presence notification policy setting means. presence information keeping means for keeping therein a plurality of presence information of a first terminal; presence notification policy keeping means for keeping therein a condition regarding presence information and a presence notification policy to change the number of presence information to notify to a second terminal on the basis of the condition, presence notification policy setting means for acquiring one of the plurality of the presence information of the first terminal from the presence information keeping means and determining whether or not one of the plurality of the presence information satisfies the condition kept in the presence information keeping means; second terminal list keeping means for storing the second terminal; and presence information notifying means for notifying, if the presence information satisfies the condition, the presence information obtained from the presence information keeping means to the second terminal stored in the second terminal list keeping means, according to the presence notification policy received from the presence notification policy setting means.
A plant cultivating apparatus comprising: a main body that defines a cultivation space and includes a door configured to open or close the cultivation space; a shelf that is disposed at the cultivation space; a cultivation bed that is disposed on the shelf, that defines a receiving space, and that includes a water supply part that is disposed at a bottom surface of the cultivation bed and configured to store water; a cultivation container that is disposed above the water supply part of the cultivation bed; characterized in that the shelf includes a water level sensor, and the plant cultivating apparatus further comprises an elastic member that is disposed between the water level sensor and the shelf and supports the water level sensor on the shelf, wherein the water supply part of the cultivation bed is positioned above the water level sensor of the shelf, and wherein the water level sensor is a non-contact type sensor, and configured to measure an amount of the water stored in the water supply part of the cultivation bed, and wherein the elastic member is configured to bias the water level sensor against the shelf such that, based on the bottom surface of the water supply part of the cultivation bed coming into contact with the water level sensor, the water level sensor is lowered toward the shelf. a main body that defines a cultivation space and includes a door configured to open or close the cultivation space; a shelf that is disposed at the cultivation space; a cultivation bed that is disposed on the shelf, that defines a receiving space, and that includes a water supply part that is disposed at a bottom surface of the cultivation bed and configured to store water; a cultivation container that is disposed above the water supply part of the cultivation bed; an elastic member that is disposed between the water level sensor and the shelf and supports the water level sensor on the shelf, wherein the water supply part of the cultivation bed is positioned above the water level sensor of the shelf, and wherein the water level sensor is a non-contact type sensor, and configured to measure an amount of the water stored in the water supply part of the cultivation bed, and wherein the elastic member is configured to bias the water level sensor against the shelf such that, based on the bottom surface of the water supply part of the cultivation bed coming into contact with the water level sensor, the water level sensor is lowered toward the shelf.
A luminance controller, comprising: an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, configured to receive an analog ambient luminance signal, and configured to transform the analog ambient luminance signal to a digital ambient luminance signal; and an adaptive luminance adjusting module, characterized in that, the adaptive luminance adjusting module is configured to generate an output luminance control signal at a current stage based on a first ratio of the digital ambient luminance signal at the current stage and a second ratio of the output luminance control signal at a previous stage with a formula of Y[n]=f{X[n]×α+(1-α)×Y[n-1]}, and is configured to control an illuminating unit according to the output luminance control signal at the current stage, wherein n refers to the current stage and is a nonnegative integer, Y[n] refers to the output luminance control signal at the current stage, Y[n-1] refers to the output luminance control signal at the previous stage, X[n] refers to the digital ambient luminance signal at the current stage, α refers to the first ratio that is predetermined and ranges between 0 and 1, 1-α refers to the second ratio, and f{} refers to a rounding function that rounds its input to a designated decimal place. an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, configured to receive an analog ambient luminance signal, and configured to transform the analog ambient luminance signal to a digital ambient luminance signal; and an adaptive luminance adjusting module, characterized in that, the adaptive luminance adjusting module is configured to generate an output luminance control signal at a current stage based on a first ratio of the digital ambient luminance signal at the current stage and a second ratio of the output luminance control signal at a previous stage with a formula of Y[n]=f{X[n]×α+(1-α)×Y[n-1]}, and is configured to control an illuminating unit according to the output luminance control signal at the current stage, wherein n refers to the current stage and is a nonnegative integer, Y[n] refers to the output luminance control signal at the current stage, Y[n-1] refers to the output luminance control signal at the previous stage, X[n] refers to the digital ambient luminance signal at the current stage, α refers to the first ratio that is predetermined and ranges between 0 and 1, 1-α refers to the second ratio, and f{} refers to a rounding function that rounds its input to a designated decimal place.
A method comprising: forming a substrate in a master mold; removing the substrate from the master mold to form a template having a periodic side that is continuous and comprises areas of high relief and areas of low relief that periodically alternate in a first direction with a first periodicity; and forming a high refractive index diffraction grating in the template by adding high refractive index material to the template to form a continuous planar surface, the high refractive index material filling the areas of low relief of the template and covering the areas of high relief of the template to form a high refractive index diffraction grating in the template, wherein the high refractive index diffraction grating comprises the high refractive index material configured to have a planar side corresponding to the continuous planar surface and configured by the template to have a periodic side comprising areas of high relief and areas of low relief, wherein the areas of high relief and the areas of low relief of the high refractive index material periodically alternate in the first direction with the first periodicity and are interconnected by the high refractive index material, characterized in that the method comprises forming a high refractive index diffraction grating in the template by adding high refractive index material to the template using atomic layer deposition. forming a substrate in a master mold; removing the substrate from the master mold to form a template having a periodic side that is continuous and comprises areas of high relief and areas of low relief that periodically alternate in a first direction with a first periodicity; and forming a high refractive index diffraction grating in the template by adding high refractive index material to the template to form a continuous planar surface, the high refractive index material filling the areas of low relief of the template and covering the areas of high relief of the template to form a high refractive index diffraction grating in the template, wherein the high refractive index diffraction grating comprises the high refractive index material configured to have a planar side corresponding to the continuous planar surface and configured by the template to have a periodic side comprising areas of high relief and areas of low relief, wherein the areas of high relief and the areas of low relief of the high refractive index material periodically alternate in the first direction with the first periodicity and are interconnected by the high refractive index material, characterized in that the method comprises forming a high refractive index diffraction grating in the template by adding high refractive index material to the template using atomic layer deposition.
A process for the preparation of L-valine, 2-[(2-amino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-9H-purin-9-yl)methoxy]-3-hydroxypropyl ester (valgancyclovir) of formula 1 which comprises: a) reaction of a compound of formula 7, in an aprotic solvent, in the presence of a condensing agent, with a compound of formula 8, in which the double bond may either be in the E or Z configuration or a mixture thereof, to yield a compound of formula 9 b) hydrolysis of compound obtained in a) in an acidic reaction medium to give L-valine, 2-[(2-amino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-9H-purin-9-yl)methoxy]-3-hydroxypropyl ester (valgancyclovir) of formula 1; c) isolation of L-valine, 2-[(2-amino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-9H-purin-9-yl)methoxy]-3-hydroxypropyl ester (valgancyclovir) of formula 1 from the hydrolysis solution by lyophilization. a) reaction of a compound of formula 7, in an aprotic solvent, in the presence of a condensing agent, with a compound of formula 8, in which the double bond may either be in the E or Z configuration or a mixture thereof, to yield a compound of formula 9 b) hydrolysis of compound obtained in a) in an acidic reaction medium to give L-valine, 2-[(2-amino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-9H-purin-9-yl)methoxy]-3-hydroxypropyl ester (valgancyclovir) of formula 1; c) isolation of L-valine, 2-[(2-amino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-9H-purin-9-yl)methoxy]-3-hydroxypropyl ester (valgancyclovir) of formula 1 from the hydrolysis solution by lyophilization.
A vibration damper system in a food processor to reduce vibration, comprising: a motor suspended from a motor mount ceiling that is mounted on a housing of a motor base through a plurality of bolted joints; each bolted joint is surround by a vibration dampening block; the vibration dampening block is defined by an upper portion, a middle portion, a lower portion, and a vertical bore through the center of the vibration dampening block; wherein the middle portion is smaller than the upper portion and the lower portion wherein a recess is defined in which the motor mount ceiling is received such that said ceiling is positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion; and the lower portion further comprises a plurality of petal members surrounding the bore; and a safety switch (132, 420, 320) residing between a higher position and a lower position, wherein said safety switch (132, 420, 320), when pressed to said lower position, allows the motor to operate. a motor suspended from a motor mount ceiling that is mounted on a housing of a motor base through a plurality of bolted joints; each bolted joint is surround by a vibration dampening block; the vibration dampening block is defined by an upper portion, a middle portion, a lower portion, and a vertical bore through the center of the vibration dampening block; wherein the middle portion is smaller than the upper portion and the lower portion wherein a recess is defined in which the motor mount ceiling is received such that said ceiling is positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion; and the lower portion further comprises a plurality of petal members surrounding the bore; and a safety switch (132, 420, 320) residing between a higher position and a lower position, wherein said safety switch (132, 420, 320), when pressed to said lower position, allows the motor to operate.