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A laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet forming an appearance of the apparatus; a drum having a laundry space therein to accommodate laundry; a rotating shaft for rotatably supporting the drum in the cabinet; a balancer comprising a housing fixed to the drum, an accommodation space defined in the housing, at least two balancing units movably provided in the accommodation space, and a housing power line provided in the accommodation space to supply the balancing units with electric power, a shaft through-hole formed through the rotating shaft; a first power supply unit fixed to the rotating shaft, including a connection line connected to the housing power line through the shaft through-hole; and a second power supply unit rotatably fixed to the first power supply unit to connect the connection line to a power source, characterised in that the first power supply unit comprises a first body fitted in the shaft through-hole, a body through-hole formed through the first body, and a first contact element provided at an inner peripheral surface of the body through-hole and connected to the connection line; and the second power supply unit comprises a second body fitted in the body through-hole and rotatably supported in the first body, a second contact element provided at the second body and being in contact with the first contact element, and a power line for connecting the second contact element to the power source. a cabinet forming an appearance of the apparatus; a drum having a laundry space therein to accommodate laundry; a rotating shaft for rotatably supporting the drum in the cabinet; a balancer comprising a housing fixed to the drum, an accommodation space defined in the housing, at least two balancing units movably provided in the accommodation space, and a housing power line provided in the accommodation space to supply the balancing units with electric power, a shaft through-hole formed through the rotating shaft; a first power supply unit fixed to the rotating shaft, including a connection line connected to the housing power line through the shaft through-hole; and a second power supply unit rotatably fixed to the first power supply unit to connect the connection line to a power source, characterised in that the first power supply unit comprises a first body fitted in the shaft through-hole, a body through-hole formed through the first body, and a first contact element provided at an inner peripheral surface of the body through-hole and connected to the connection line; and the second power supply unit comprises a second body fitted in the body through-hole and rotatably supported in the first body, a second contact element provided at the second body and being in contact with the first contact element, and a power line for connecting the second contact element to the power source.
Filter element which has an element material, which extends between two cap parts (22, 24), and is supported on the inner circumference by a fluid-permeable supporting device, wherein a compensator device is arranged in the interior of the supporting device, characterised in that one cap part is an integral component of the compensator device.
A method for dusting bees with a plant treatment formulation, with the replaceable tray of claim 8, the method comprising: a) peeling a sealed removable top from a tray, the tray having a base and a layer of the plant treatment formulation on the base, the layer having an initial depth that is less than a spiracle height of the bees, and a depletion time corresponding to a shelf life of the plant treatment formulation; characterized by the following steps: b) positioning the tray in an exit path of a bee hive such that for the duration of the depletion time, the vertical clearance of the exit path above the layer discourages bee flight within the exit path. a) peeling a sealed removable top from a tray, the tray having a base and a layer of the plant treatment formulation on the base, the layer having an initial depth that is less than a spiracle height of the bees, and a depletion time corresponding to a shelf life of the plant treatment formulation; characterized by the following steps: b) positioning the tray in an exit path of a bee hive such that for the duration of the depletion time, the vertical clearance of the exit path above the layer discourages bee flight within the exit path.
Head of an electromechanical actuator for operating a windable element, comprising: - a mechanical link element (20, 24) linking to a body of the actuator without rotational play, - at least two torque take-up branches (22, 22a, 22b, 22c) suitable for cooperating with an accessory for fixing to a frame, - at least one first deformable part (25a, 26a, 222) that can be deformed under the action of a torque to which the actuator is subjected, characterized in that the first deformable part is incorporated in a first branch (22a, 22c) of said at least two torque take-up branches (22, 22a, 22b, 22c). - a mechanical link element (20, 24) linking to a body of the actuator without rotational play, - at least two torque take-up branches (22, 22a, 22b, 22c) suitable for cooperating with an accessory for fixing to a frame, - at least one first deformable part (25a, 26a, 222) that can be deformed under the action of a torque to which the actuator is subjected,
A method of making an extruded film comprising: melt filtering an amorphous thermoplastic composition comprising an amorphous thermoplastic polymer with a glass transition temperature T g of 130oC to 280oC, 150 oC to 250 oC, or, 160 oC to 230 oC, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry to form a melt filtered amorphous thermoplastic composition; extruding the melt filtered amorphous thermoplastic composition into strands at a temperature T E represented by the Equation A T g + 250 ≥ T E ≥ T g + 100 ° _ C cooling the strands to a temperature T C represented by the Equation B T g − 30 ≥ T C ≥ 20 ° _ C to form cooled strands; cutting the cooled strands into pellets having a length of 2.0 to 6.0 millimeters or 3.0 to 5.0 millimeters; treating the pellets by cyclone separation, vortex separation, vibration screening, air washing, water washing, fluidized bed treatment, pneumatic material separation, hydro-cyclone separation, electro static separation, or any combination thereof at a temperature Ts represented by the Equation C T g − 10 ° _ C ≥ T S ≥ 20 ° _ C to remove particulates of the amorphous thermoplastic composition having at least one of length, width, and height of less than 0.5 millimeters to form treated pellets; melting the treated pellets in an extruder at a temperature T p represented by Equation D T g + 250 ≥ T p ≥ T g + 100 ° _ C to form a molten composition; and extruding the molten composition through a flat die to form a film having an average thickness less than or equal to 50 micrometers. melt filtering an amorphous thermoplastic composition comprising an amorphous thermoplastic polymer with a glass transition temperature T g of 130oC to 280oC, 150 oC to 250 oC, or, 160 oC to 230 oC, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry to form a melt filtered amorphous thermoplastic composition; extruding the melt filtered amorphous thermoplastic composition into strands at a temperature T E represented by the Equation A T g + 250 ≥ T E ≥ T g + 100 ° _ C cooling the strands to a temperature T C represented by the Equation B T g − 30 ≥ T C ≥ 20 ° _ C to form cooled strands; cutting the cooled strands into pellets having a length of 2.0 to 6.0 millimeters or 3.0 to 5.0 millimeters; treating the pellets by cyclone separation, vortex separation, vibration screening, air washing, water washing, fluidized bed treatment, pneumatic material separation, hydro-cyclone separation, electro static separation, or any combination thereof at a temperature Ts represented by the Equation C T g − 10 ° _ C ≥ T S ≥ 20 ° _ C to remove particulates of the amorphous thermoplastic composition having at least one of length, width, and height of less than 0.5 millimeters to form treated pellets; melting the treated pellets in an extruder at a temperature T p represented by Equation D T g + 250 ≥ T p ≥ T g + 100 ° _ C to form a molten composition; and extruding the molten composition through a flat die to form a film having an average thickness less than or equal to 50 micrometers.
A communication control apparatus comprising: a communication control unit configured to control radio communication in a long term evolution, LTE, communication system performed by a terminal apparatus of one or more terminal apparatuses on a component carrier having a basic bandwidth, wherein the communication control unit is configured to set an extension band that is added to the component carrier only in an excess frequency band of the component carrier either on an upper side or a lower side of the component carrier, wherein the radio communication is performed using a frequency division duplex, FDD, scheme, wherein the component carrier is a downlink component carrier, said communication control apparatus being characterized in that the communication control unit is further configured to set a guard band on which no radio signal is transmitted, between the downlink component carrier and the extension band. a communication control unit configured to control radio communication in a long term evolution, LTE, communication system performed by a terminal apparatus of one or more terminal apparatuses on a component carrier having a basic bandwidth, wherein the communication control unit is configured to set an extension band that is added to the component carrier only in an excess frequency band of the component carrier either on an upper side or a lower side of the component carrier, wherein the radio communication is performed using a frequency division duplex, FDD, scheme, wherein the component carrier is a downlink component carrier, said communication control apparatus being characterized in that the communication control unit is further configured to set a guard band on which no radio signal is transmitted, between the downlink component carrier and the extension band.
Rotor of a rotating electric machine, comprising - a rotor laminated core with grooves running in parallel with an axis of rotation of the rotor - and rotor components generating magnetic poles, which rotor components correspond to the grooves, - wherein a rotor component generating magnetic poles is arranged in each groove - and at least one cooling duct for the passage of a coolant runs in each groove in the region of its groove base in parallel with the rotor axis over the entire longitudinal extension of the groove, characterised in that an end section on the groove base side of each rotor component generating magnetic poles is embodied as a cooling web which reaches the groove base of the groove containing this rotor component and runs along the entire longitudinal extension of the groove, so that a hollow chamber forming a cooling duct arises in the groove on each side of the cooling web. - a rotor laminated core with grooves running in parallel with an axis of rotation of the rotor - and rotor components generating magnetic poles, which rotor components correspond to the grooves, - wherein a rotor component generating magnetic poles is arranged in each groove - and at least one cooling duct for the passage of a coolant runs in each groove in the region of its groove base in parallel with the rotor axis over the entire longitudinal extension of the groove,
A process for the regeneration of deactivated catalyst from a Fischer- Tropsch synthesis reactor, the catalyst being cobalt supported on a modified alumina support comprising a spinel phase, the process comprising the following steps: - a withdrawal step, in which a portion of deactivated catalyst together with liquid hydrocarbon is withdrawn from the reactor; - a concentration step, in which the concentration of the catalyst in the liquid hydrocarbon is increased at a temperature below 220°C to produce a first deactivated catalyst composition containing from 45 to 99.5% of catalyst particles on a dry weight basis; - a first calcination step, in which the first deactivated catalyst composition is subjected to an oxidising gas arranged to oxidise carbonaceous material contained in the deactivated catalyst, at a temperature in the range 150 to 600°C, into gaseous oxides of components of the carbonaceous material to produce a second deactivated catalyst composition; - a reactivation step, in which the second deactivated catalyst composition is reactivated to produce a regenerated catalyst. - a withdrawal step, in which a portion of deactivated catalyst together with liquid hydrocarbon is withdrawn from the reactor; - a concentration step, in which the concentration of the catalyst in the liquid hydrocarbon is increased at a temperature below 220°C to produce a first deactivated catalyst composition containing from 45 to 99.5% of catalyst particles on a dry weight basis; - a first calcination step, in which the first deactivated catalyst composition is subjected to an oxidising gas arranged to oxidise carbonaceous material contained in the deactivated catalyst, at a temperature in the range 150 to 600°C, into gaseous oxides of components of the carbonaceous material to produce a second deactivated catalyst composition; - a reactivation step, in which the second deactivated catalyst composition is reactivated to produce a regenerated catalyst.
A composition comprising: a. an imide containing quaternary ammonium salt ("imide quat"), wherein the imide quat comprises the reaction product of: i. a quaternizable compound that is the reaction product of: 1. a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, wherein the hydrocarbyl-substituent has a number average molecular weight ranging from 350 to 650, and comprises at least one polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride or polyisobutenyl succinic acid; 2. a nitrogen containing compound having a nitrogen atom capable of reacting with said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent to form an imide, and further having at least one quaternizable amino group; and ii. a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the quaternizable amino group of the nitrogen containing compound to a quaternary nitrogen; and b. at least one other additive comprising a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid. a. an imide containing quaternary ammonium salt ("imide quat"), wherein the imide quat comprises the reaction product of: i. a quaternizable compound that is the reaction product of: 1. a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, wherein the hydrocarbyl-substituent has a number average molecular weight ranging from 350 to 650, and comprises at least one polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride or polyisobutenyl succinic acid; 2. a nitrogen containing compound having a nitrogen atom capable of reacting with said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent to form an imide, and further having at least one quaternizable amino group; and ii. a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the quaternizable amino group of the nitrogen containing compound to a quaternary nitrogen; and i. a quaternizable compound that is the reaction product of: 1. a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, wherein the hydrocarbyl-substituent has a number average molecular weight ranging from 350 to 650, and comprises at least one polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride or polyisobutenyl succinic acid; 2. a nitrogen containing compound having a nitrogen atom capable of reacting with said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent to form an imide, and further having at least one quaternizable amino group; and 1. a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, wherein the hydrocarbyl-substituent has a number average molecular weight ranging from 350 to 650, and comprises at least one polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride or polyisobutenyl succinic acid; 2. a nitrogen containing compound having a nitrogen atom capable of reacting with said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent to form an imide, and further having at least one quaternizable amino group; and ii. a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the quaternizable amino group of the nitrogen containing compound to a quaternary nitrogen; and b. at least one other additive comprising a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid.
A method for producing a battery which operates by circulation of A+ ions selected from among Li + and Na +, the said method consisting of assembling a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte, and of subjecting the assembly to first charging at the operating temperature of the battery, wherein: - the electrolyte is a material in which the A + cations are mobile, selected from among ceramics and solutions of an A + salt in a polar liquid, a polymer or the mixtures thereof; - the active substance of the negative electrode is a material which has a redox couple having a potential of 0 V to 1.6 V relative to the A + /A° couple, selected from among metal A, the alloys and intermetallic compounds of metal A and materials capable of reversibly releasing A + cations; - the active material of the positive electrode is a material which has a redox couple having a potential higher than the couple of the negative electrode, and is reversibly capable either of inserting A + cations or of reacting with A + cations, the said method being characterized in that the positive electrode used during assembly is formed of a composite electrode material and a current collector, the said composite material containing the said active material of the positive electrode and at least one so-called "sacrificial" salt of which the E + cation is selected from among Li +, Na +, K + and onium cations, and the anion is a redox anion selected from among azide anions, keto carboxylate anions and hydrazide anions optionally in polymer form, the said sacrificial salt having a redox couple at a higher potential than the potential of the redox couple of the active material of the negative electrode. - the electrolyte is a material in which the A + cations are mobile, selected from among ceramics and solutions of an A + salt in a polar liquid, a polymer or the mixtures thereof; - the active substance of the negative electrode is a material which has a redox couple having a potential of 0 V to 1.6 V relative to the A + /A° couple, selected from among metal A, the alloys and intermetallic compounds of metal A and materials capable of reversibly releasing A + cations; - the active material of the positive electrode is a material which has a redox couple having a potential higher than the couple of the negative electrode, and is reversibly capable either of inserting A + cations or of reacting with A + cations,
Method for manufacturing a photovoltaic cell comprising the following steps: - providing a semiconductor substrate doped of a first conductivity type; - forming a first doped region (14, 22) in the substrate, the first region having a first concentration of doping elements; - forming, by ion implantation of doping elements into the substrate, at least one set of alignment patterns, whose the largest dimension is less than a millimetre, and a second region (14', 24) neighbouring the first region (14, 22), having a second concentration of doping elements greater than the first concentration; - subjecting the substrate to a heat treatment, so as to activate the doping elements and to form an oxide layer (36a, 36b) at the surface of the substrate, above the alignment patterns, the first region (14, 22) and the second region (14', 24), the second concentration and the heat treatment conditions being chosen such that the oxide layer has a thickness above the alignment patterns which is at least 10 nm greater than the thickness of the oxide layer above a substrate area adjacent to the alignment patterns; - depositing an anti-reflection layer (18, 18') on the oxide layer; and - depositing through a screen an electrode (16a, 26b) on the anti-reflection layer, facing the second region (14', 24), the screen being positioned relative to the substrate using the alignment patterns. - providing a semiconductor substrate doped of a first conductivity type; - forming a first doped region (14, 22) in the substrate, the first region having a first concentration of doping elements; - forming, by ion implantation of doping elements into the substrate, at least one set of alignment patterns, whose the largest dimension is less than a millimetre, and a second region (14', 24) neighbouring the first region (14, 22), having a second concentration of doping elements greater than the first concentration; - subjecting the substrate to a heat treatment, so as to activate the doping elements and to form an oxide layer (36a, 36b) at the surface of the substrate, above the alignment patterns, the first region (14, 22) and the second region (14', 24), the second concentration and the heat treatment conditions being chosen such that the oxide layer has a thickness above the alignment patterns which is at least 10 nm greater than the thickness of the oxide layer above a substrate area adjacent to the alignment patterns; - depositing an anti-reflection layer (18, 18') on the oxide layer; and - depositing through a screen an electrode (16a, 26b) on the anti-reflection layer, facing the second region (14', 24), the screen being positioned relative to the substrate using the alignment patterns.
A method for determining critical operating states in a fuel cell stack, consisting of individual cells switched in series, wherein a low-frequency current or voltage signal is applied to the fuel cell stack, the resulting voltage or current signal is measured and the distortion factor thd of the signal is determined, characterised in that the parameters thd dif0 and thd dif1 as well as the fluctuations fd in the measured voltage curve are used for determining an indicator THDA liquid correlating with impermissible water accumulations and droplet formations on the membranes of the fuel cell stack, wherein thd dif0 and thd dif1 respectively concern linear combinations of the distortion factors of current and voltage.
A method for heteroepitaxially growing a layer of a semiconductor material with reduced defects and dislocations comprising: forming a plurality of spatially separated island like structures comprising a seed material that are arranged on a base substrate without regular pattern, depositing a discontinuous masking material directly on the base substrate on which said island like structures have been formed, in such a manner as to substantially cover the portions of the base substrate that have remained exposed between said spatially separated island like structures while leaving a substantial portion of the island like structures uncovered by the masking material, the island like structures thereby emerging from the masking material, and epitaxially growing the semiconductor material so that growth initiates primarily on the seed material of the island-like structures not covered by the masking material and so that growth then continues to form a substantially continuous layer. forming a plurality of spatially separated island like structures comprising a seed material that are arranged on a base substrate without regular pattern, depositing a discontinuous masking material directly on the base substrate on which said island like structures have been formed, in such a manner as to substantially cover the portions of the base substrate that have remained exposed between said spatially separated island like structures while leaving a substantial portion of the island like structures uncovered by the masking material, the island like structures thereby emerging from the masking material, and epitaxially growing the semiconductor material so that growth initiates primarily on the seed material of the island-like structures not covered by the masking material and so that growth then continues to form a substantially continuous layer.