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A dunnage conversion machine (16, 200, 300) for converting a sheet stock material into a wrapping dunnage product, comprising: a feed mechanism (20, 40, 204, 304) for advancing at least a first web of sheet stock material therethrough at a first rate; and a connecting mechanism (22, 42, 206, 306) downstream of the feed mechanism (20, 40, 204, 304) that (a) retards the advancement of the sheet stock material by passing the sheet stock material therethrough at a second rate that is less than the first rate, thereby causing the first web to randomly crumple with an irregular pitch in a longitudinal space between the feed mechanism (20, 40, 204,304) and the connecting mechanism (22, 42, 206, 306), and (b) connects the crumpled first web to a second web to maintain the crumpled first web in its crumpled state. a feed mechanism (20, 40, 204, 304) for advancing at least a first web of sheet stock material therethrough at a first rate; and a connecting mechanism (22, 42, 206, 306) downstream of the feed mechanism (20, 40, 204, 304) that (a) retards the advancement of the sheet stock material by passing the sheet stock material therethrough at a second rate that is less than the first rate, thereby causing the first web to randomly crumple with an irregular pitch in a longitudinal space between the feed mechanism (20, 40, 204,304) and the connecting mechanism (22, 42, 206, 306), and (b) connects the crumpled first web to a second web to maintain the crumpled first web in its crumpled state.
An apparatus for use in visualizing a body cavity, wherein said apparatus comprises: an angled endoscope with an elongated body configured to be positioned in a first position within a body cavity, in use; an image capture device positioned in a distal end portion of the elongated body of the endoscope, such that in use a surgical site is within a field of view, wherein the field of view of the image capture device is configured to capture a first volume of the cavity, including the surgical site, when the angled endoscope is in the first position; means configured to rotate the elongated body about the longitudinal axis (A-A) of the elongated body in response to a command point; wherein said image capture device is configured to capture a plurality of images as the elongated body is rotated; and wherein a panoramic view of the cavity may be generated from the plurality of images, wherein the angle of the distal end portion with respect to the longitudinal axis is such that said image capture device is able to provide a truncated conical field of view through the distal end of the elongated body such that one edge or a first edge of a projection of the field of view is approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis (A-A) defined by the elongated body and another, opposite, or second edge of the projection of the field of view extends at an angle "α" of approximately 30° with the longitudinal axis (A-A), characterized in that the apparatus comprises image processing means configured to stitch together a plurality of images captured during a rotation of the angled endoscope to generate a panoramic view.
A method of creating a bitmap for creating a printing plate for printing ink on a substrate, the method comprising: (a) defining an area of an image intended to print with ink; (b) applying a halftone screen to the defined area, the screen comprising a pattern comprising plurality of dashes having a plus or minus 45-degree orientation, a plus or minus 135-degree orientation, or a combination of two or more plus or minus 45-degree and 135-degree orientations; and (c) creating a bitmap embodying application of the halftone screen to the defined area; wherein: (i) each dash or component dash thereof comprises a same number of two or more adjacent touching pixels in length and a same number of one or more adjacent touching pixels in width; and characterised in that: (ii) the dashes with line segments having the same orientation are orthogonally aligned in identical rows and columns. (a) defining an area of an image intended to print with ink; (b) applying a halftone screen to the defined area, the screen comprising a pattern comprising plurality of dashes having a plus or minus 45-degree orientation, a plus or minus 135-degree orientation, or a combination of two or more plus or minus 45-degree and 135-degree orientations; and (c) creating a bitmap embodying application of the halftone screen to the defined area; wherein: (i) each dash or component dash thereof comprises a same number of two or more adjacent touching pixels in length and a same number of one or more adjacent touching pixels in width; and characterised in that: (ii) the dashes with line segments having the same orientation are orthogonally aligned in identical rows and columns. (i) each dash or component dash thereof comprises a same number of two or more adjacent touching pixels in length and a same number of one or more adjacent touching pixels in width; and characterised in that: (ii) the dashes with line segments having the same orientation are orthogonally aligned in identical rows and columns.
A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a one piece piston body fabricated of steel and including a crown portion, a pair of diametrically opposed skirt portions depending from said crown portion, and a pair of pin boss panels; said crown portion having an upper combustion surface, a lower surface having an undercrown surface area, and an outer annular ring belt with at least one ring groove; and said pin boss panels depending from said crown portion and extending in spaced relationship with one another between said skirt portions, each pin boss panel including a pin boss having a pin bore, said pin bores being aligned with one another for receiving a wrist pin, and each pin boss panel presenting at least one recess located between the associated one of said pin boss bores and said crown portion to increase said undercrown surface area for improved cooling of said crown portion, wherein said crown portion has an outer diameter and said piston body has a compression height (Hc) that is in the range of 25 to 35% of said outer diameter of said crown portion, and wherein said piston body is without any oil galleries. a one piece piston body fabricated of steel and including a crown portion, a pair of diametrically opposed skirt portions depending from said crown portion, and a pair of pin boss panels; said crown portion having an upper combustion surface, a lower surface having an undercrown surface area, and an outer annular ring belt with at least one ring groove; and said pin boss panels depending from said crown portion and extending in spaced relationship with one another between said skirt portions, each pin boss panel including a pin boss having a pin bore, said pin bores being aligned with one another for receiving a wrist pin, and each pin boss panel presenting at least one recess located between the associated one of said pin boss bores and said crown portion to increase said undercrown surface area for improved cooling of said crown portion, wherein said crown portion has an outer diameter and said piston body has a compression height (Hc) that is in the range of 25 to 35% of said outer diameter of said crown portion, and wherein said piston body is without any oil galleries.
A method for creating a secure communication session between a user identified by a user identifier and an application server via a core network and a IP network external to said core network, said user accessing said core network via a radio access network, the method including the steps of: • providing the core network with an interworking function; • providing a database associating a plurality of authorized user identifiers with a plurality of security credentials approved by the application server; • assigning, when said user connects to said core network, an IP address to the user; • providing the interworking function with the IP address and the user identifier(s) of the user connected to the core network, the user requesting a communication session with the application server; • checking whether the user identifier(s) of the connected user to the core network is (are) present in the database among the authorized user identifiers which can request a communication session with the application server; • if the user identifier(s) of the connected user to the network is (are) present in the database, forming a secure connection between the application server and the interworking function using the security credential associated to the authorized user identifier of the user connected to the core network; • forwarding, by the interworking function, all packets from the application server addressed to the user and all the packets from the user to the application server via the secure connection. • providing the core network with an interworking function; • providing a database associating a plurality of authorized user identifiers with a plurality of security credentials approved by the application server; • assigning, when said user connects to said core network, an IP address to the user; • providing the interworking function with the IP address and the user identifier(s) of the user connected to the core network, the user requesting a communication session with the application server; • checking whether the user identifier(s) of the connected user to the core network is (are) present in the database among the authorized user identifiers which can request a communication session with the application server; • if the user identifier(s) of the connected user to the network is (are) present in the database, forming a secure connection between the application server and the interworking function using the security credential associated to the authorized user identifier of the user connected to the core network; • forwarding, by the interworking function, all packets from the application server addressed to the user and all the packets from the user to the application server via the secure connection.
A cap for attachment to a distal end of an endoscope, the cap comprising: a tubular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen extending therethrough, the proximal portion comprising: a first portion and a second portion, at least one of the first portion and the second portion comprising a connector for operably connecting the first portion to the second portion; the cap having an open configuration wherein at least a portion of the first portion and the second portion are spaced apart and movable relative to each other and a closed configuration wherein the first and second portions are connected and the lumen is formed therethrough, the cap in the closed configuration being sized and shaped to be positionable on the distal end of the endoscope; and an electrode portion for ablating tissue within a patient's lumen or a plurality of ligating bands removably positioned on the distal portion of the cap. a tubular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen extending therethrough, the proximal portion comprising: a first portion and a second portion, at least one of the first portion and the second portion comprising a connector for operably connecting the first portion to the second portion; the cap having an open configuration wherein at least a portion of the first portion and the second portion are spaced apart and movable relative to each other and a closed configuration wherein the first and second portions are connected and the lumen is formed therethrough, the cap in the closed configuration being sized and shaped to be positionable on the distal end of the endoscope; and an electrode portion for ablating tissue within a patient's lumen or a plurality of ligating bands removably positioned on the distal portion of the cap.
A three-phase electric motor comprising a rotor having N pairs of poles and a stator part having 3xN teeth (11 to 16) extending radially from an annular gear, with the stator part being excited by electric coils (41 to 43), with each tooth (11 to 16) having, at the end thereof, an arc of a circle and two sides (18 and 19), and two sides (18 and 19), with the middle of the arc of a circle being located on a circle having a first radius R1, and with the two sides (18 and 19) defining an alpha angle, the apex of which is located on a circle having a second radius R2, with the centres of the circles having the radiuses R1 and R2 coinciding with the centre of the stator part, characterized in that the first radius R1 and the second radius R2 define a ratio R2/R1 equal to (1+/- 0.26/N), and in that the alpha angle ranges from 110 to 135°, and in that the rotor has a normal induction and a tangential induction each containing less than 20% of third harmonic, less than 2% of fifth harmonic and less than 2% of seventh harmonic.
A process for preparing an aqueous solution comprising hypochlorous acid, the process comprising: i. treating an aqueous starting solution comprising hypochlorite and a precipitable counter-ion with an alkali metal carbonate to form a counter-ion precipitate and a supernatant liquid having a pH greater than 6.0; ii. removing at least part of said precipitate; and subsequently iii. acidifying at least part of the supernatant liquid with a strong inorganic acid other than hydrochloric acid, to a pH in the range of from 3.0 to 6.0, to form an aqueous product solution comprising hypochlorous acid. i. treating an aqueous starting solution comprising hypochlorite and a precipitable counter-ion with an alkali metal carbonate to form a counter-ion precipitate and a supernatant liquid having a pH greater than 6.0; ii. removing at least part of said precipitate; and subsequently iii. acidifying at least part of the supernatant liquid with a strong inorganic acid other than hydrochloric acid, to a pH in the range of from 3.0 to 6.0, to form an aqueous product solution comprising hypochlorous acid.
A device for determining the temperature of a road building material applied by a construction machine in a mounting width, comprising: an infrared temperature measuring head, a motor, and a controller, wherein the infrared temperature measuring head is arranged to be twistable by the motor transverse to the direction of travel of the construction machine and is effective to record temperature measuring values of the surface of the road building material during a rotational movement at at least two measuring points spaced apart from one another, characterized in that the controller is effective to control, when fitting the device at the construction machine in the region within the mounting width, the motor based on the fitting position of the device at the construction machine such that the distance between measuring points on the surface to be measured remains equal wherein the distance (d) of the measuring points and/or the duration of the temperature measurement at a measuring point is/are settable. an infrared temperature measuring head, a motor, and a controller, wherein the infrared temperature measuring head is arranged to be twistable by the motor transverse to the direction of travel of the construction machine and is effective to record temperature measuring values of the surface of the road building material during a rotational movement at at least two measuring points spaced apart from one another, characterized in that the controller is effective to control, when fitting the device at the construction machine in the region within the mounting width, the motor based on the fitting position of the device at the construction machine such that the distance between measuring points on the surface to be measured remains equal wherein the distance (d) of the measuring points and/or the duration of the temperature measurement at a measuring point is/are settable.
A method of reducing redox ratio of soda-lime-silica glass for cover plates for electric generating solar collectors and glass substrates for solar mirrors, the soda-lime-silica glass comprising: SiO 2 65-75 weight percent Na 2 O 10-20 weight percent CaO 5-15 weight percent MgO >0-5 weight percent SO 3 0.12-0.2 weight percent Total iron as Fe 2 O 3 ≤ 0.01 weight percent Redox ratio less than 0.200 wherein CeO 2 is present as a tramp material and the glass has less than 0.0025 weight percent of CeO 2 and spectral properties of the glass measured at a thickness 5.5 millimeters comprises: a visible transmission of greater than 85% measured using C.I.E. standard illuminant "A" with a 2° observer over a wavelength range of 380 to 770 nanometers; a total solar infrared transmittance of greater than 87% measured over a wavelength range of 775 to 2125 nanometers, and a total solar energy transmittance of greater than 89% measured over a wavelength range of 300 to 2500 nanometers, wherein the total solar infrared transmittance and the total solar energy transmittance are calculated using Parry Moon air mass 2.0 direct solar irradiance data and ASTM air mass 1.5 global solar irradiance data respectively, and integrated using the Rectangular Rule and Trapezoidal Rule, respectively, comprising: heating a pool of molten soda-lime-silica glass having iron in a ferrous state (Fe ++) and in a ferric state (Fe +++), wherein the pool of molten glass is heated with an ignited mixture of combustion gas and fuel gas emanating from one or more burners, wherein flow of the combustion gas exceeds the amount of combustion gas required to ignite the fuel gas such that excess oxygen of the combustion gas oxidizes the iron in the ferrous state to iron in the ferric state to reduce the redox ratio. a visible transmission of greater than 85% measured using C.I.E. standard illuminant "A" with a 2° observer over a wavelength range of 380 to 770 nanometers; a total solar infrared transmittance of greater than 87% measured over a wavelength range of 775 to 2125 nanometers, and a total solar energy transmittance of greater than 89% measured over a wavelength range of 300 to 2500 nanometers, wherein the total solar infrared transmittance and the total solar energy transmittance are calculated using Parry Moon air mass 2.0 direct solar irradiance data and ASTM air mass 1.5 global solar irradiance data respectively, and integrated using the Rectangular Rule and Trapezoidal Rule, respectively, heating a pool of molten soda-lime-silica glass having iron in a ferrous state (Fe ++) and in a ferric state (Fe +++), wherein the pool of molten glass is heated with an ignited mixture of combustion gas and fuel gas emanating from one or more burners, wherein flow of the combustion gas exceeds the amount of combustion gas required to ignite the fuel gas such that excess oxygen of the combustion gas oxidizes the iron in the ferrous state to iron in the ferric state to reduce the redox ratio.
Tyre with sidewalls, a crown region provided with a tread, a reinforcing structure extending between the sidewalls and passing via the crown region, at least a portion of one of the sidewalls and/or of the crown comprises an insert comprising a first elastomer composition serving as a matrix, within which a second elastomer composition derived from recycled tyres is distributed substantially uniformly, characterized in that the dynamic shear modulus G* of the first composition is at least 10% greater than the mean dynamic shear modulus G* of the second composition, the dynamic shear modulus G* of being measured at 23°C under an alternating shear stress of 0.7 MPa at a frequency of 10 Hz and in that the proportion of second composition is greater than or equal to 20% of the mass of the said insert.
A light unit comprising: a light guide plate comprising a flat top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of areas; a plurality of grooves formed on the bottom surface of the light guide plate; each groove including a first surface, a second surface and an intersection through which the first surface and the second surface meet each other; two or more light guide extensions (231, 232, 333) formed in each of the plurality of grooves, wherein the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333) are attached to a surface of said light guide plate which, at least in part, forms the corresponding groove, and wherein the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333) extend longitudinally within the corresponding groove; a module substrate arranged under each of the grooves; and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the module substrate and allowing light to be incident on a lateral surface of the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333); and a reflective member disposed on the first surface and disposed under the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333), wherein the reflective member is not formed on the second surface (122b wherein each of the plurality of areas has a light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting diode has a side light emitting type, wherein the module substrate is configured to supply electric power to the plurality of light emitting diodes such that the areas of the light guide plate emit light having different luminance from one area to another. a light guide plate comprising a flat top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of areas; a plurality of grooves formed on the bottom surface of the light guide plate; each groove including a first surface, a second surface and an intersection through which the first surface and the second surface meet each other; two or more light guide extensions (231, 232, 333) formed in each of the plurality of grooves, wherein the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333) are attached to a surface of said light guide plate which, at least in part, forms the corresponding groove, and wherein the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333) extend longitudinally within the corresponding groove; a module substrate arranged under each of the grooves; and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the module substrate and allowing light to be incident on a lateral surface of the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333); and a reflective member disposed on the first surface and disposed under the light guide extensions (231, 232, 333), wherein the reflective member is not formed on the second surface (122b wherein each of the plurality of areas has a light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting diode has a side light emitting type, wherein the module substrate is configured to supply electric power to the plurality of light emitting diodes such that the areas of the light guide plate emit light having different luminance from one area to another.
A prosthesis comprising a support member configured to be implanted on the femur outside the knee joint capsule, characterized in that the support member has a spanning section between a displacement portion and a fixation portion, with a bearing surface in the displacement portion configured to atraumatically engage and displace the target tissue; wherein the spanning section is configured and dimensioned to avoid select anatomical features between a fixation location and a target tissue displacement location; the fixation portion being configured and dimensioned to be secured to the femur outside the knee joint capsule; and the displacement portion being configured and dimensioned to displace the target tissue in a lateral direction away from the knee, wherein the support member is configured and dimensioned to displace a target tissue in said lateral direction away from the knee when implanted, and to displace the target tissue from its natural path to a therapeutic path, the target tissue comprising at least one associated muscle or connective tissue of the knee.