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A coating agent valve for controlling a stream of a coating agent in an application device, in particular in an atomiser, having a) a rotatably movable valve element which controls the stream of coating agent dependent on its rotational position, b) a first coating agent inlet for supplying a first coating agent, c) a second coating agent inlet for supplying a second coating agent, and d) a coating agent outlet for delivering either the first coating agent or the second coating agent, the rotatable valve element connecting the coating agent outlet either to the first coating agent inlet or to the second coating agent inlet dependent on its rotary position, characterised by e) a first return means for returning the first coating agent, the rotatable valve element either blocking off the first return means or connecting it to the first coating agent inlet dependent on its rotary position, and f) a second return means for returning the second coating agent, the rotatable valve element either blocking off the second return means or connecting it to the second coating agent inlet dependent on its rotary position. a) a rotatably movable valve element which controls the stream of coating agent dependent on its rotational position, b) a first coating agent inlet for supplying a first coating agent, c) a second coating agent inlet for supplying a second coating agent, and d) a coating agent outlet for delivering either the first coating agent or the second coating agent, the rotatable valve element connecting the coating agent outlet either to the first coating agent inlet or to the second coating agent inlet dependent on its rotary position, characterised by e) a first return means for returning the first coating agent, the rotatable valve element either blocking off the first return means or connecting it to the first coating agent inlet dependent on its rotary position, and f) a second return means for returning the second coating agent, the rotatable valve element either blocking off the second return means or connecting it to the second coating agent inlet dependent on its rotary position.
An apparatus for processing a three dimensional image, the apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving a three dimensional image, each pixel of at least a group of pixels of the three dimensional image having associated an image value and a disparity value; a subset selector being arranged to detect a potential presence of a graphic overlay by evaluating an image property criterion for the image value of each pixel of the group of pixels and determining a subset of pixels of the group of pixels for which the image property criterion is met; a distribution evaluator for generating a frequency distribution for disparity values of the subset of pixels; an analyzer for determining a shape property for the frequency distribution, wherein the shape property is indicative of a property of a peakedness of the frequency distribution; an adaptor for determining a disparity range remapping in response to the shape property, wherein the adaptor is arranged to increase a disparity compression provided by the disparity remapping in response to an increasing peakedness of the frequency distribution; and a remapper for modifying the disparity values for at least some pixels of the three dimensional image by applying the disparity remapping to the disparity values for the at least some pixels. a receiver for receiving a three dimensional image, each pixel of at least a group of pixels of the three dimensional image having associated an image value and a disparity value; a subset selector being arranged to detect a potential presence of a graphic overlay by evaluating an image property criterion for the image value of each pixel of the group of pixels and determining a subset of pixels of the group of pixels for which the image property criterion is met; a distribution evaluator for generating a frequency distribution for disparity values of the subset of pixels; an analyzer for determining a shape property for the frequency distribution, wherein the shape property is indicative of a property of a peakedness of the frequency distribution; an adaptor for determining a disparity range remapping in response to the shape property, wherein the adaptor is arranged to increase a disparity compression provided by the disparity remapping in response to an increasing peakedness of the frequency distribution; and a remapper for modifying the disparity values for at least some pixels of the three dimensional image by applying the disparity remapping to the disparity values for the at least some pixels.
A method of using an information processing system, comprising a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a test coverage analyzer communicatively coupled to the processor and the memory, to determine test coverage for a circuit design, the method comprising: by means of the test coverage analyzer: obtaining node testability data and physical location data for each node of a plurality of nodes in a circuit design; determining one or more low test coverage areas within the circuit design comprising untested nodes based on the node testability data and the physical location data of each node of the plurality of nodes; and generating test coverage data for the circuit design comprising at least an identification of the one or more low test coverage areas; and updating the circuit design based on the one or more low test coverage areas identified in the test coverage data, wherein updating the circuit design increases test coverage in at least one of the one or more low test coverage areas. by means of the test coverage analyzer: obtaining node testability data and physical location data for each node of a plurality of nodes in a circuit design; determining one or more low test coverage areas within the circuit design comprising untested nodes based on the node testability data and the physical location data of each node of the plurality of nodes; and generating test coverage data for the circuit design comprising at least an identification of the one or more low test coverage areas; and updating the circuit design based on the one or more low test coverage areas identified in the test coverage data, wherein updating the circuit design increases test coverage in at least one of the one or more low test coverage areas.
Device for connecting up two string ends, which device comprises a base element which is configured such that the string ends can be introduced and at least one locking element which is configured for locking the string ends by cooperating with the base element, wherein the base element and the at least one locking element can be click-fitted together, wherein the base element has an insertion groove (8A,8B) for each string end for inserting said string end, the device comprising at least two openings (3A, 3B) wherein the two insertion grooves (8A, 8B) are associated with a respective opening (3A,3B), the openings (3A,3B) being situated substantially between the two insertion grooves (8A, 8B), wherein the insertion grooves are recessed with respect to a top side of the base element, wherein the two insertion grooves (8A, 8B), in top view, extend at an angle (β) of less than 15 degrees with respect to one another, and are in particular in line with one another, wherein the insertion grooves (8A, 8B) extend as far as the sides of the base element and, together with the locking element, define passages (55A, 55B) to the outside there, wherein the two insertion grooves comprise means for preventing the string end from sliding in said insertion groove, wherein said means comprise one or more serrated elements or more barb elements which are provided with sloping edges on the top side, wherein the means for preventing the string ends from sliding in insertion grooves (8A, 8B) are resilient, wherein the at least one locking element has a pressure part which is configured to cooperate with the respective insertion groove in such a manner that the string end is pressed into said insertion groove and remains pressed into said insertion groove after the base element and locking element have been click-fitted together, wherein the at least one opening and the insertion grooves (8A, 8B) are formed in such a way that the string ends, during use, describe a curve around respective curve axes (105A, 105B) which extend substantially parallel to the top surface of the base element, wherein the insertion grooves (8A, 8B) are formed in such a way that they accommodate the string ends during use, so that the string ends extend through the insertion grooves (8A, 8B) and are situated between the base element and the locking element.
Apparatus for dispensing a dose of fluid, the apparatus comprising a dispensing vessel with a dispensing outlet at one end, the vessel having a first piston and a vessel wall defining a cylinder in which the piston is operable to move under pressure from a first position to a second position, wherein the apparatus has a bypass passage that extends through the first piston and has a valve that is opened by a valve actuating plunger in the first piston that moves within the first piston to push the valve open when the valve actuating plunger abuts a shoulder at or near the second position in the vessel, wherein the vessel has at least a first chamber proximate the dispensing outlet end of the vessel and a second chamber, the first and second chamber being separated from each other by the first piston, characterised in that the apparatus is a handheld device that is a hand-held syringe or a hand-held manual ratchet driven plunger operated cartridge device, the vessel has a plunger end with a manually driven plunger at one end of the vessel to drive fluid through the vessel, and whereby when the plunger at the said one end of the vessel operates to pressurize fluid in the vessel it moves the piston towards the dispensing aperture end of the vessel, the valve of the first piston is pushed open and a fluid in the second chamber is pushed through the bypass passage to flow to the dispensing aperture at the dispensing aperture end of the vessel.
An implantable cardiac pacing system, comprising: a first pacemaker implantable in a first chamber of a heart of a patient and comprising: a first sensing module configured to receive a cardiac electrical signal and sense near field events in the first chamber from the cardiac electrical signal, a first pulse generator configured to generate and deliver pacing pulses to the first chamber via a pair of electrodes (162, 164), and a first control module coupled to the first sensing module and the first pulse generator and configured to: establish a lower rate interval to control a rate of delivery of the pacing pulses, schedule a first pacing pulse to be delivered by the first pulse generator by starting a first pacing escape interval equal to the lower rate interval, withhold the scheduled pacing pulse in response to the first sensing module sensing a near-field event during the first pacing escape interval, and characterised in that the first control module is further configured to schedule a next pacing pulse to be delivered at the lower rate interval from a time that the first pacing escape interval is scheduled to expire. a first sensing module configured to receive a cardiac electrical signal and sense near field events in the first chamber from the cardiac electrical signal, a first pulse generator configured to generate and deliver pacing pulses to the first chamber via a pair of electrodes (162, 164), and a first control module coupled to the first sensing module and the first pulse generator and configured to: establish a lower rate interval to control a rate of delivery of the pacing pulses, schedule a first pacing pulse to be delivered by the first pulse generator by starting a first pacing escape interval equal to the lower rate interval, withhold the scheduled pacing pulse in response to the first sensing module sensing a near-field event during the first pacing escape interval, and characterised in that the first control module is further configured to schedule a next pacing pulse to be delivered at the lower rate interval from a time that the first pacing escape interval is scheduled to expire. establish a lower rate interval to control a rate of delivery of the pacing pulses, schedule a first pacing pulse to be delivered by the first pulse generator by starting a first pacing escape interval equal to the lower rate interval, withhold the scheduled pacing pulse in response to the first sensing module sensing a near-field event during the first pacing escape interval, and characterised in that the first control module is further configured to schedule a next pacing pulse to be delivered at the lower rate interval from a time that the first pacing escape interval is scheduled to expire.
A method of removing carbon monoxide from a feed fluid comprising the steps of: a) providing a feed fluid comprising (i) an olefin monomer including substituted and unsubstituted alkenes having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and (ii) carbon monoxide; b) measuring an oxygen concentration and a carbon monoxide concentration in the feed fluid or in a reacting fluid; c) combining an oxygen-containing fluid with the feed fluid to form the reacting fluid, wherein an amount of oxygen-containing fluid combined with the feed fluid is controlled to establish an O 2 /CO molar ratio in the reacting fluid of greater than 0.5:1; and d) passing the reacting fluid over a reduced copper-oxide catalyst at an operating temperature of less than 40°C to form a purified fluid, wherein oxygen and carbon monoxide contained in the reacting fluid are reacted in the presence of the reduced copper-oxide catalyst to form carbon dioxide; and wherein the reduced copper-oxide catalyst comprises copper oxide and zinc oxide; and further comprising passing the purified fluid to a polymerization reactor, wherein the polymerization is a solution, high pressure, slurry or gas phase polymerization process of one or more olefin monomers having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms. a) providing a feed fluid comprising (i) an olefin monomer including substituted and unsubstituted alkenes having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and (ii) carbon monoxide; b) measuring an oxygen concentration and a carbon monoxide concentration in the feed fluid or in a reacting fluid; c) combining an oxygen-containing fluid with the feed fluid to form the reacting fluid, wherein an amount of oxygen-containing fluid combined with the feed fluid is controlled to establish an O 2 /CO molar ratio in the reacting fluid of greater than 0.5:1; and d) passing the reacting fluid over a reduced copper-oxide catalyst at an operating temperature of less than 40°C to form a purified fluid, wherein oxygen and carbon monoxide contained in the reacting fluid are reacted in the presence of the reduced copper-oxide catalyst to form carbon dioxide; and wherein the reduced copper-oxide catalyst comprises copper oxide and zinc oxide; and
Surface active agent comprising an anchoring part, a stabilizing part and a stimulus responsive part, wherein the stimulus responsive part comprises photodecomposable group with a covalent bond, which covalent bond is such that it is broken upon stimulation of the surface active agent by exposure to UV radiation and which stimulus responsive part is arranged such that the anchoring part and the stabilizing part are no longer connected after breaking said covalent bond, wherein the photodecomposable group is a combination of a benzoyl group and a polar group on an α-position to the carbonyl of the benzoyl-group, and chosen from and Wherein R 1 -R 7 is a substituent group or hydrogen and wherein X is a substituent group, said substituent group X being either the anchoring part or the stabilizing part and at least one of R 1 -R 4 constitutes the other one of anchoring part and stabilizing part.
Hairdressing appliance comprising a portable treatment unit equipped with two arms (3, 4) configured to form a clamp equipped with two surfaces (5, 6) positioned opposite each other that enable the simultaneous clamping of a lock of hair, with the portable treatment unit comprising steam dispersion means configured to disperse steam from a first of two surfaces towards the second of the two surfaces, one of the arms (3, 4) comprising a comb arranged downstream or upstream of one of the surfaces (5, 6) of said arm (3,4), the appliance comprising containment means (9, 10, 10') for the dispersed steam, between the two surfaces (5, 6) pressed one against the other, characterised in that the appliance comprises a vapour barrier configured to block the steam from escaping from the containment means (9, 10, 10'), in the direction of the near part (3a, 4a) of the clamp which is configured for handling the portable treatment unit.
An oral system, comprising: a detector capable of detecting a marker of an oral condition; an agent capable of indicating the existence of an oral condition, wherein said agent is disposed within a releaser; and the releaser, configured to release said agent in response to a marker being detected by said detector; characterised in that the releaser and the agent are together configured as a first layer or membrane, and the detector is configured as a second layer or membrane over the first layer. a detector capable of detecting a marker of an oral condition; an agent capable of indicating the existence of an oral condition, wherein said agent is disposed within a releaser; and the releaser, configured to release said agent in response to a marker being detected by said detector; characterised in that the releaser and the agent are together configured as a first layer or membrane, and the detector is configured as a second layer or membrane over the first layer.
Method for monitoring an exothermic chemical reaction in a continuously operated reactor with at least one tube section, wherein the reactor has an intake (2, 2'), an outlet and a main flow direction running between the intake and the outlet, wherein the reactor is an empty tube or a tube with at mixer-heat exchanger or a tube with a static mixer, - wherein substances are supplied to the reactor via the intake and a product mixture made up of these substances and the solidified products thereof is created in the reactor, - wherein the reaction is monitored by means of thermal balance detection and local temperature measurement, whereby the monitoring detects an accumulation and/or a migration of the chemical reaction - and/or wherein the reaction is monitored by means of probes for measuring substance properties which identify migration at the reactor outlet - wherein measures are taken to prevent an uncontrolled reaction process, whereby the reaction is interrupted to prevent a local runaway and a chain reaction, - wherein these measures comprise at least the following steps: - interruption of the intake and outlet, - active pressure relief of the reactor and - flushing of the reactor with an inert substance, whereby the product mixture is flushed out of the reactor, - whereby the active pressure relief and the flushing take place simultaneously. - wherein substances are supplied to the reactor via the intake and a product mixture made up of these substances and the solidified products thereof is created in the reactor, - wherein the reaction is monitored by means of thermal balance detection and local temperature measurement, whereby the monitoring detects an accumulation and/or a migration of the chemical reaction - and/or wherein the reaction is monitored by means of probes for measuring substance properties which identify migration at the reactor outlet - wherein measures are taken to prevent an uncontrolled reaction process, whereby the reaction is interrupted to prevent a local runaway and a chain reaction, - wherein these measures comprise at least the following steps: - interruption of the intake and outlet, - active pressure relief of the reactor and - flushing of the reactor with an inert substance, whereby the product mixture is flushed out of the reactor, - interruption of the intake and outlet, - active pressure relief of the reactor and - flushing of the reactor with an inert substance, whereby the product mixture is flushed out of the reactor, - whereby the active pressure relief and the flushing take place simultaneously.
A method for controlling an optical path difference in a step scanning interferometer comprising: stepping the optical pathlength difference in the step scanning interferometer from a first value to a second value; characterised by: enabling an interferometer mirror dither under AC servo control for a first time interval to stabilize the pathlength difference at the second step value; for a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval, disabling the mirror dither under AC servo control and enabling an interferometer mirror position DC servo control; and performing an interferometer sample data collection while the mirror dither under AC servo control is disabled. stepping the optical pathlength difference in the step scanning interferometer from a first value to a second value; characterised by: enabling an interferometer mirror dither under AC servo control for a first time interval to stabilize the pathlength difference at the second step value; for a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval, disabling the mirror dither under AC servo control and enabling an interferometer mirror position DC servo control; and performing an interferometer sample data collection while the mirror dither under AC servo control is disabled. enabling an interferometer mirror dither under AC servo control for a first time interval to stabilize the pathlength difference at the second step value; for a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval, disabling the mirror dither under AC servo control and enabling an interferometer mirror position DC servo control; and performing an interferometer sample data collection while the mirror dither under AC servo control is disabled.
An extractor (10; 150) comprising: an extraction chamber; a screen configured to support a solid material as the solid material is conveyed through the extraction chamber; and a conveyance system configured to convey the solid material along the screen in a direction of material travel, wherein the screen has a top surface that the solid material contacts during operation, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a plurality of apertures extending from the top surface through the bottom surface, characterized in that the bottom surface of the screen is coated with a non-stick coating while the top surface of the screen is devoid of the non-stick coating, and the screen is fabricated from metal and the top surface is exposed metal. an extraction chamber; a screen configured to support a solid material as the solid material is conveyed through the extraction chamber; and a conveyance system configured to convey the solid material along the screen in a direction of material travel, wherein the screen has a top surface that the solid material contacts during operation, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a plurality of apertures extending from the top surface through the bottom surface, the bottom surface of the screen is coated with a non-stick coating while the top surface of the screen is devoid of the non-stick coating, and the screen is fabricated from metal and the top surface is exposed metal.
A coating composition, comprising - a crosslinker composition which is a reaction product UC of a cyclic urea U which is ethylene urea and glyoxal C, - boric acid, and - an active hydrogen containing binder resin B. - a crosslinker composition which is a reaction product UC of a cyclic urea U which is ethylene urea and glyoxal C, - boric acid, and - an active hydrogen containing binder resin B.