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An arrangement comprising: an apparatus for handling a compound storage vessel; and a compound storage vessel, the apparatus for handling the compound storage vessel comprising: a lifting head having at least one cavity that receives the compound storage vessel; and a resiliently biased member extending in the or each cavity and disposed so that insertion of the compound storage vessel into the or each cavity deforms the resiliently biased member in the or each cavity so that the resiliently biased member contacts the compound storage vessel and urges the compound storage vessel introduced into the or each cavity against a wall of the or each cavity to help retain the compound storage vessel relative to the cavity; where the or each cavity of the lifting head includes a respective detector operative to detect the presence of the compound storage vessel in the cavity, and at least one compound storage vessel is inserted into a respective one of the or each cavity by displacement from a rack located underneath the lifting head into the respective cavity of the lifting head. a lifting head having at least one cavity that receives the compound storage vessel; and a resiliently biased member extending in the or each cavity and disposed so that insertion of the compound storage vessel into the or each cavity deforms the resiliently biased member in the or each cavity so that the resiliently biased member contacts the compound storage vessel and urges the compound storage vessel introduced into the or each cavity against a wall of the or each cavity to help retain the compound storage vessel relative to the cavity; where the or each cavity of the lifting head includes a respective detector operative to detect the presence of the compound storage vessel in the cavity, and at least one compound storage vessel is inserted into a respective one of the or each cavity by displacement from a rack located underneath the lifting head into the respective cavity of the lifting head.
Method for monitoring the tread depth of at least one vehicle tyre, which method comprises using a model calculation to determine an optimum measurement time for the tread depth, the optimum measurement time selected being a time at which a likelihood of survival of the vehicle tyre calculated by means of the model has a specified value, wherein the model is based on a survival function that can be used to ascertain the time or mileage at which the likelihood of survival of the vehicle tyre has the specified value, and wherein the survival function indicates the likelihood of a vehicle tyre still being roadworthy at a specified time or with a specified mileage. wherein the model is based on a survival function that can be used to ascertain the time or mileage at which the likelihood of survival of the vehicle tyre has the specified value, and wherein the survival function indicates the likelihood of a vehicle tyre still being roadworthy at a specified time or with a specified mileage.
A safety device for use with a syringe having a needle comprising a helical spiral coil spring couplable at a proximal end to the needle of the syringe, and a needle tip cover coupled to the helical spiral coil spring at a distal end and slidably receivable over the needle shaft, the needle tip cover being lockable in a first retracted position along the needle shaft, wherein the device is so adapted, that when the needle cover is retained in the first retracted position the helical spiral coil spring is biased to urge the needle cover to a second position partially beyond a distal tip of the needle shaft and oriented at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the needle shaft preventing the needle shaft from re-emerging from the needle cover, wherein the helical spiral coil spring is biased to axially and rotationally urge a first latch member on the needle tip cover into engagement with a second latch member coupled to the needle shaft to retain the needle cover in the first retracted position, wherein the needle cover is moveable proximally in an axial direction from the first retracted position to passively disengage the first latch member from the second latch member due to a proximal force exerted on the needle cover and upon proximal movement of the needle cover from the first retracted position, the spring being biased to rotationally urge the first latch member away from the second latch member to avoid reengagement of the first and second latch members upon distal movement of the needle cover.
A fluctuation absorbing device comprising: a buffer for temporarily storing packets; a pulse generation section for generating a pulse at a same interval as a transmitting interval of the packets; a fluctuation time derivation section for deriving a fluctuation time of delay of the packets based on the pulse; a maximum fluctuation time estimate section for estimating a maximum fluctuation time based on a plurality of fluctuation times derived in the fluctuation time derivation section; and a setting section for setting data storage capacity of the buffer based on the maximum fluctuation time; characterized in that the buffer has a first buffer for temporarily storing a first packet transmitted via one of the transmission lines and a second buffer for temporarily storing a second packet having the same content as the first packet transmitted via the other transmission line; said fluctuation absorbing device comprises a time lag detection section for detecting a time lag of receiving timings of the first packet and the second packet; and a modification section for modifying a number of packets stored in the first buffer or in the second buffer and matching the number of the packets of both buffers when the time lag is detected by the time lag detection section. a buffer for temporarily storing packets; a pulse generation section for generating a pulse at a same interval as a transmitting interval of the packets; a fluctuation time derivation section for deriving a fluctuation time of delay of the packets based on the pulse; a maximum fluctuation time estimate section for estimating a maximum fluctuation time based on a plurality of fluctuation times derived in the fluctuation time derivation section; and a setting section for setting data storage capacity of the buffer based on the maximum fluctuation time; characterized in that the buffer has a first buffer for temporarily storing a first packet transmitted via one of the transmission lines and a second buffer for temporarily storing a second packet having the same content as the first packet transmitted via the other transmission line; said fluctuation absorbing device comprises a time lag detection section for detecting a time lag of receiving timings of the first packet and the second packet; and a modification section for modifying a number of packets stored in the first buffer or in the second buffer and matching the number of the packets of both buffers when the time lag is detected by the time lag detection section.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a hardware processor of a computing device (100, 110) for predicting wireless access point availability for mobile data offloading from a cellular network, characterised in that the machine-readable storage medium comprises instructions to cause the hardware processor to: generate, for a wireless access point, a mapping for predicting availability of the wireless access point, the mapping specifying: one or more in-range cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network to which at least one client device has been connected while the at least one client device was also connected to the wireless access point; one or more border cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network, wherein a border cellular tower is a tower to which at least one client device has been connected to i) subsequent to being connected to one of the one or more in-range cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network, and ii) while not being able to connect to the wireless access point; and one or more out-of-range cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network, wherein an out-of-range cellular tower is a tower to which at least one client device has been connected to i) subsequent to being connected to one of the one or more border cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604), and ii) while not being able to connect to the wireless access point. one or more in-range cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network to which at least one client device has been connected while the at least one client device was also connected to the wireless access point; one or more border cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network, wherein a border cellular tower is a tower to which at least one client device has been connected to i) subsequent to being connected to one of the one or more in-range cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network, and ii) while not being able to connect to the wireless access point; and one or more out-of-range cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604) of the cellular network, wherein an out-of-range cellular tower is a tower to which at least one client device has been connected to i) subsequent to being connected to one of the one or more border cellular towers (210, 220, 230, 240, 422; 504, 604), and ii) while not being able to connect to the wireless access point.
A vascular closure system, comprising: a flexible seal (26;126) having a relaxed configuration with a domed shape, said seal while in said domed shape having a convex exterior surface (86;186), an opposite open concave interior surface (88;188), and a rim (84;184) adjacent said convex and concave surfaces, said seal adapted to contact the interior of a vessel at said rim; a flexible filament (28;128) fixed to said seal, said filament having a plurality of protuberances (92;192) fixed thereto; a compressible buffer connected to said filament and being slidable with respect to said filament and said protuberances, the buffer having a length substantially greater than its width; a locking member having an opening, said locking member adapted to slide along said filament and allow said protuberances through said opening whereafter said protuberances resist travel back through said opening, said locking member slidable along said filament so as to compress said compressible buffer against an external surface of the vessel and separate the locking member from the external surface of the vessel when the system is in a locked condition. a flexible seal (26;126) having a relaxed configuration with a domed shape, said seal while in said domed shape having a convex exterior surface (86;186), an opposite open concave interior surface (88;188), and a rim (84;184) adjacent said convex and concave surfaces, said seal adapted to contact the interior of a vessel at said rim; a flexible filament (28;128) fixed to said seal, said filament having a plurality of protuberances (92;192) fixed thereto; a compressible buffer connected to said filament and being slidable with respect to said filament and said protuberances, the buffer having a length substantially greater than its width; a locking member having an opening, said locking member adapted to slide along said filament and allow said protuberances through said opening whereafter said protuberances resist travel back through said opening, said locking member slidable along said filament so as to compress said compressible buffer against an external surface of the vessel and separate the locking member from the external surface of the vessel when the system is in a locked condition.
A method of evaluating a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a carbon material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, the method comprising: measuring, by an XAFS method, an intensity α of a peak attributable to a three-coordinate structure of a coating derived from lithium bis(oxalate)borate formed on the negative electrode; measuring, by the XAFS method, an intensity β of a peak attributable to a four-coordinate structure of the coating; and evaluating the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery based on whether or not the coating satisfies α/(α+β) ≥ 0.4. measuring, by an XAFS method, an intensity α of a peak attributable to a three-coordinate structure of a coating derived from lithium bis(oxalate)borate formed on the negative electrode; measuring, by the XAFS method, an intensity β of a peak attributable to a four-coordinate structure of the coating; and evaluating the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery based on whether or not the coating satisfies α/(α+β) ≥ 0.4.
A hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet for hot pressing comprising: a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal and contains Al in a hot-dip Zn-based plating layer therein; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet, wherein the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from zirconia, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, and neodymium oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m 2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m 2 per one surface, and further contains resin, the amount of the one or more aluminum-containing compounds in the surface treatment layer is more than or equal to 0.0 g/m 2 and less than or equal to 0.002 g/m 2 on an Al basis, and the amount of the one or more silicon-containing compounds in the surface treatment layer is more than or equal to 0.0 g/m 2 and less than or equal to 0.002 g/m 2 on an Si basis. a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal and contains Al in a hot-dip Zn-based plating layer therein; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet, wherein the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from zirconia, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, and neodymium oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m 2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m 2 per one surface, and further contains resin, the amount of the one or more aluminum-containing compounds in the surface treatment layer is more than or equal to 0.0 g/m 2 and less than or equal to 0.002 g/m 2 on an Al basis, and the amount of the one or more silicon-containing compounds in the surface treatment layer is more than or equal to 0.0 g/m 2 and less than or equal to 0.002 g/m 2 on an Si basis.
A filter (100, 600, 775, 900) comprising: a body (110, 608, 903) having a non-cylindrical shape defined by side walls (122, 124); the body having a plurality of cavities (905a, 905b, 905c) and the filter comprising a plurality of subassemblies; wherein each subassembly of the plurality of subassemblies has: a plurality of pleat covers (202, 204, 605, 612, 704, 705, 705a, 705b, 710) defining a first side channel, a first region, a center channel (220, 758), a second region, and a second side channel in the cavity, each pleat cover of the plurality of pleat covers (202, 204, 605, 612, 704, 705, 705a, 705b, 710) having openings, wherein the first region is located between the first side channel and the center channel and wherein the second region is located between the center channel and the second side channel; and a plurality of pleat packs (200, 603a, 603b, 740a, 740b, 907) comprising a first pleat pack positioned in the first region and a second pleat pack positioned in the second region; wherein each subassembly of the plurality of subassemblies is structured and dimensioned to fit inside a cavity of the plurality of cavities; and wherein a first end cap is bonded to the body (110, 608, 903) at a first end of the body. a body (110, 608, 903) having a non-cylindrical shape defined by side walls (122, 124); the body having a plurality of cavities (905a, 905b, 905c) and the filter comprising a plurality of subassemblies; wherein each subassembly of the plurality of subassemblies has: a plurality of pleat covers (202, 204, 605, 612, 704, 705, 705a, 705b, 710) defining a first side channel, a first region, a center channel (220, 758), a second region, and a second side channel in the cavity, each pleat cover of the plurality of pleat covers (202, 204, 605, 612, 704, 705, 705a, 705b, 710) having openings, wherein the first region is located between the first side channel and the center channel and wherein the second region is located between the center channel and the second side channel; and a plurality of pleat packs (200, 603a, 603b, 740a, 740b, 907) comprising a first pleat pack positioned in the first region and a second pleat pack positioned in the second region; a plurality of pleat covers (202, 204, 605, 612, 704, 705, 705a, 705b, 710) defining a first side channel, a first region, a center channel (220, 758), a second region, and a second side channel in the cavity, each pleat cover of the plurality of pleat covers (202, 204, 605, 612, 704, 705, 705a, 705b, 710) having openings, wherein the first region is located between the first side channel and the center channel and wherein the second region is located between the center channel and the second side channel; and a plurality of pleat packs (200, 603a, 603b, 740a, 740b, 907) comprising a first pleat pack positioned in the first region and a second pleat pack positioned in the second region; wherein each subassembly of the plurality of subassemblies is structured and dimensioned to fit inside a cavity of the plurality of cavities; and wherein a first end cap is bonded to the body (110, 608, 903) at a first end of the body.
Method for imaging a surface of a sample (16, 2016) with a topography by means of confocal Raman and/or fluorescence microscopy, in which a first light source (10, 2010) is provided for generating excitation radiation for Raman scattered light and/or fluorescence and a second light source (80, 2080) is provided, wherein - the first light source (10, 2010) emits light in a first wavelength range, wherein the limits of the first wavelength range are defined by the limits of the emitted luminescence spectrum and/or Raman spectrum of the sample (16, 2016) to be examined, - the light from the first light source (10, 2010) is directed onto the sample (16, 2016) by means of optics (21, 2029), - the second light source (80, 2080) emits light in a second wavelength range; wherein the second wavelength range lies above or below the first wavelength range without overlaps with the first wavelength range, and - the light of the second light source (80, 2080) with the optics (21, 2029) and a periodically excited, electrically focusable lens (84, 2094) is brought onto the surface of the sample (16, 2016), resulting in a periodic focus, such that - the topography of the sample (16, 2016) is determined from the signal of the focal plane of the second light source (80, 2080) and the detected light of the second light source (80, 2080) with the aid of a control/regulating device, and the focus of the first light source (10, 2010) is tracked by means of the optics (21, 2029) on the basis of this signal and is applied to the sample (16, 2016), and the modulation range of the periodic focus of the second light source (80, 2080) is tracked by means of the optics (21, 2029) on the basis of the signal. - the first light source (10, 2010) emits light in a first wavelength range, wherein the limits of the first wavelength range are defined by the limits of the emitted luminescence spectrum and/or Raman spectrum of the sample (16, 2016) to be examined, - the light from the first light source (10, 2010) is directed onto the sample (16, 2016) by means of optics (21, 2029), - the second light source (80, 2080) emits light in a second wavelength range; wherein the second wavelength range lies above or below the first wavelength range without overlaps with the first wavelength range, and - the light of the second light source (80, 2080) with the optics (21, 2029) and a periodically excited, electrically focusable lens (84, 2094) is brought onto the surface of the sample (16, 2016), resulting in a periodic focus, such that - the topography of the sample (16, 2016) is determined from the signal of the focal plane of the second light source (80, 2080) and the detected light of the second light source (80, 2080) with the aid of a control/regulating device, and the focus of the first light source (10, 2010) is tracked by means of the optics (21, 2029) on the basis of this signal and is applied to the sample (16, 2016), and the modulation range of the periodic focus of the second light source (80, 2080) is tracked by means of the optics (21, 2029) on the basis of the signal.
A flavour delivery system for smoking articles containing tobacco comprising: a flavour material entrained in a zeolite material and forming a core; and a shell comprising a wax material encapsulating the core and forming an encapsulated flavour particle, wherein the encapsulated flavour particle has a particle size in a range from 5 micrometres to 80 micrometres, and wherein the core represents less than 50 wt% of the encapsulated flavour particle total weight. a flavour material entrained in a zeolite material and forming a core; and a shell comprising a wax material encapsulating the core and forming an encapsulated flavour particle, wherein the encapsulated flavour particle has a particle size in a range from 5 micrometres to 80 micrometres, and wherein the core represents less than 50 wt% of the encapsulated flavour particle total weight.
A one-piece storage clip used to secure clipless cycling shoes to a wall or other surface for storage, the one-piece storage clip for cycling shoes having cleats to secure to the cleat of a cycling shoe, the clip formed from a single piece of sheet metal, metal wire or injection moulded plastic and comprising a generally planar base plate having an arm extending therefrom, the arm defining an opening for engaging the front edge of a cleat and a retaining tab carried by the base plate and arranged to engage the rear edge of a cleat by resilient deformation of the retaining tab, the retaining tab extending at an angle of less than 90° with respect to the base plate.