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Apparatus for making a coated frozen confectionery product by co-extrusion of a frozen confection and a coating substance, the apparatus comprising a nozzle body with a nozzle exit, through which the coated confectionery product is discharged as stream; the stream of coated confectionery product being the frozen confectionery product at least partially coated with the coating substance, the nozzle body comprising - a frozen confection product channel communicating with at least one frozen confectionery inlet port and leading to the nozzle exit, - at least one coating supply channel communication with at least one coating inlet port and leading to at least one coating application chamber opening into the frozen confection product channel at a position upstream of the nozzle exit, and - a spreading tongue arranged downstream of the at least one coating application chamber and upstream of or forms part of the nozzle exit, said spreading tongue being adapted to distribute the coating substance onto the surface of the frozen confection and define the cross sectional shape of the stream of coated confectionary product and, wherein the spreading tongue has a star-shaped cross section with a concave-shaped perimeter section in between the points of the star. - a frozen confection product channel communicating with at least one frozen confectionery inlet port and leading to the nozzle exit, - at least one coating supply channel communication with at least one coating inlet port and leading to at least one coating application chamber opening into the frozen confection product channel at a position upstream of the nozzle exit, and - a spreading tongue arranged downstream of the at least one coating application chamber and upstream of or forms part of the nozzle exit, said spreading tongue being adapted to distribute the coating substance onto the surface of the frozen confection and define the cross sectional shape of the stream of coated confectionary product and, wherein the spreading tongue has a star-shaped cross section with a concave-shaped perimeter section in between the points of the star.
Device for mixing a first flowable component and a second flowable component in a defined ratio, comprising, inlet openings (4, 5) through which the first component flows into a mixing chamber, a mixing inlet for bringing together the first component and the second component, said mixing inlet delimiting the mixing chamber on one side and restraining the volume flow of an emerging component mixture, a movably arranged intermediate wall that is shifted by the first component flowing in and thus exerts pressure on the second component, and a dosing mechanism for the regulated addition of the second component to the first component, wherein the dosing mechanism comprises two dosing surfaces with a defined surface roughness between which, due to the pressure exerted by the intermediate wall, the second component emerges parallel to the dosing surfaces, and wherein the amount of the added second component depends on the surface roughness of the dosing surfaces, characterized in that the dosing mechanism comprises two blocks with several side surfaces, wherein at least one of the side surfaces of each of the blocks is designed as a dosing surface, the dosing surfaces meet, and the blocks of the dosing mechanism are fixed in the device with a fixing element in such a way that it is prevented that the blocks and thus the dosing surfaces are pushed apart by the pressurized second component.
A quarter turn fastener (49; 149) and a component (26; 126) with a fastener receiving hole (28; 128) suitable for connecting to a base plate having a fastener receptacle, said fastener (49; 149) comprising: a body rotatable between an insertion position connectable to the base plate and a locked position releasably securing the component (26; 126) to the base plate; an attachment portion (50; 150) configured to pass through the fastener receiving hole (28; 128) in the component (26; 126) and the fastener receptacle in the base plate; said attachment portion (50; 150) including at least one abutment surface (46; 146) to abut the rear surface of the base plate in said locked position, a head portion (51; 151) to move said fastener (49; 149) between said insertion position and said locked position;, characterized in that the component (26; 126) includes machine readable indicia and said fastener (49; 149) is configured to obscure at least a portion of the indicia except when in said locked position.
A method of reducing loss of function of sperm cells in vitro, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining an extract from a plant source, said extract containing: i) at least one antioxidant which provides trolox equivalent antioxidant activity of at least 90 μM per gram of said extract or provides an oxygen radical absorbance capacity of at least 200 μM trolox equivalent activity per gram of said extract; ii) at least one polyphenolic compound which provides at least 100 mg gallic acid equivalents per 100 grams of said extract; iii) at least one fatty acid of at least 3 percent by volume of said extract; b) obtaining said sperm cells; and c) contacting in vitro said sperm cells with an amount of said extract effective to reduce loss of function. a) obtaining an extract from a plant source, said extract containing: i) at least one antioxidant which provides trolox equivalent antioxidant activity of at least 90 μM per gram of said extract or provides an oxygen radical absorbance capacity of at least 200 μM trolox equivalent activity per gram of said extract; ii) at least one polyphenolic compound which provides at least 100 mg gallic acid equivalents per 100 grams of said extract; iii) at least one fatty acid of at least 3 percent by volume of said extract; i) at least one antioxidant which provides trolox equivalent antioxidant activity of at least 90 μM per gram of said extract or provides an oxygen radical absorbance capacity of at least 200 μM trolox equivalent activity per gram of said extract; ii) at least one polyphenolic compound which provides at least 100 mg gallic acid equivalents per 100 grams of said extract; iii) at least one fatty acid of at least 3 percent by volume of said extract; b) obtaining said sperm cells; and c) contacting in vitro said sperm cells with an amount of said extract effective to reduce loss of function.
Process for producing BTX and alcohols from biomass, comprising at least the following steps: a) catalytic pyrolysis of said biomass in a fluidized-bed reactor producing a gaseous pyrolysis effluent, b) separation of said gaseous pyrolysis effluent into at least a BTX fraction and a gaseous effluent comprising at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, c) recycling at least part of said gaseous effluent comprising at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into the reactor of said step a), d) purging said gaseous effluent recycled according to step c) to produce a purge effluent, e) sending at least part of said purge effluent from step d) into a fermentation step producing a liquid fermentation stream comprising at least one stream comprising at least one oxygenated compound chosen from ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, butanol, isobutanol, hexanol, butyric acid, hexanoic acid, lactic acid, acetone, butanone and 2,3-butylene glycol (2,3-butanediol), alone or as a mixture. a) catalytic pyrolysis of said biomass in a fluidized-bed reactor producing a gaseous pyrolysis effluent, b) separation of said gaseous pyrolysis effluent into at least a BTX fraction and a gaseous effluent comprising at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, c) recycling at least part of said gaseous effluent comprising at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into the reactor of said step a), d) purging said gaseous effluent recycled according to step c) to produce a purge effluent, e) sending at least part of said purge effluent from step d) into a fermentation step producing a liquid fermentation stream comprising at least one stream comprising at least one oxygenated compound chosen from ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, butanol, isobutanol, hexanol, butyric acid, hexanoic acid, lactic acid, acetone, butanone and 2,3-butylene glycol (2,3-butanediol), alone or as a mixture.
Safety system for a motor cycle, consisting of an arrangement of at least one belt, which is designed and arranged to exert a time-limited restraining function on the rider in the event of a crash and can be releasably fixed to the motor cycle by a retractor (2, 3, 4, 5) and a central locking unit, and of a sensor system emitting signals for recognition of an abnormal movement state of the motor cycle indicative of the risk of an accident, characterised by at least two belts which can be releasably fixed at one of their ends, namely at the motor cycle ends, by retractors (2, 3, 4, 5) and at their ends opposite thereto in the central locking unit, wherein the sensors (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) of the sensor system are connected to the locking unit, wherein the locking unit is designed for processing the data receiveed via the sensors and describing the movement state of the motor cycle, and wherein the locking unit is designed for generation of time-delayed control signals having the purpose of a selective crash-imposed release of the engagement of the belts with the locking unit, in particular according to the stipulation of the received data combination of the sensors (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14), namely with the requirement of a defined order - dependent upon the data, especially the time sequence thereof - of the ejection sequence describing release of the belts.
An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory comprising computer program code; at least one processor; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to carry out at least: allocating resources in a subframe so as to avoid at least one of a first orthogonal code resource or a last orthogonal code resource in the subframe, wherein the subframe is a non-sounding reference signal subframe; and sending a message comprising the resource allocation of the subframe to a user equipment. at least one memory comprising computer program code; at least one processor; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to carry out at least: allocating resources in a subframe so as to avoid at least one of a first orthogonal code resource or a last orthogonal code resource in the subframe, wherein the subframe is a non-sounding reference signal subframe; and sending a message comprising the resource allocation of the subframe to a user equipment. allocating resources in a subframe so as to avoid at least one of a first orthogonal code resource or a last orthogonal code resource in the subframe, wherein the subframe is a non-sounding reference signal subframe; and sending a message comprising the resource allocation of the subframe to a user equipment.
An application-based data interaction method, comprising: sending (S 100), by a preset application installed on a mobile device, a data interaction request; after a preset application-based bridging device receives the data interaction request, establishing, by the mobile device and the bridging device, a first channel for data interaction, wherein the bridging device is configured to provide a network connection for the preset application; establishing, by the bridging device and an application server, a second channel for data interaction; selectively opening the first channel and the second channel; and when both the first channel and the second channel are open, performing, by the preset application, data interaction with the application server through the first and second channels. sending (S 100), by a preset application installed on a mobile device, a data interaction request; after a preset application-based bridging device receives the data interaction request, establishing, by the mobile device and the bridging device, a first channel for data interaction, wherein the bridging device is configured to provide a network connection for the preset application; establishing, by the bridging device and an application server, a second channel for data interaction; selectively opening the first channel and the second channel; and when both the first channel and the second channel are open, performing, by the preset application, data interaction with the application server through the first and second channels.
A reinforcement means for a construction element of a building, such a means adopting the shape of an iron and including a curved portion as well as at least one rectilinear portion situated in the extension of the curved portion, wherein the rectilinear portion or portions (5; 5') and/or the curved portion include at least one weakening means (5; 5') for weakening such a portion (4; 5; 5'), in order to make such a portion (4; 5; 5') divisible.
A drive unit (1, 10, 11) for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine mounted on a front portion of a vehicle; a motor mounted on the front portion of the vehicle; a transmission mounted on a rear portion of the vehicle; an auxiliary transmission connected to an output shaft of the engine and to an output shaft of the motor; and a connecting shaft connecting an output shaft of the auxiliary transmission to the transmission, wherein the motor is arranged to be closer to a rear portion of the auxiliary transmission than to a front portion of the auxiliary transmission in a front/rear direction of the vehicle and to be below the connecting shaft, and wherein the engine and the motor are arranged coaxially in tandem, the output shaft of the engine is connected to an input shaft of the auxiliary transmission via a clutch, and the output shaft of the motor is integrated with the input shaft of the auxiliary transmission. an engine mounted on a front portion of a vehicle; a motor mounted on the front portion of the vehicle; a transmission mounted on a rear portion of the vehicle; an auxiliary transmission connected to an output shaft of the engine and to an output shaft of the motor; and a connecting shaft connecting an output shaft of the auxiliary transmission to the transmission, wherein the motor is arranged to be closer to a rear portion of the auxiliary transmission than to a front portion of the auxiliary transmission in a front/rear direction of the vehicle and to be below the connecting shaft, and wherein the engine and the motor are arranged coaxially in tandem, the output shaft of the engine is connected to an input shaft of the auxiliary transmission via a clutch, and the output shaft of the motor is integrated with the input shaft of the auxiliary transmission.
A method of retrieving data from a database, comprising: at a computer system having one or more computing devices, each computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors: receiving a database query from a client; parsing the database query to build a query operator tree, the query operator tree including a plurality of query operators; performing one or more optimization passes on the query operator tree, including a deduplication optimization pass (308-D), to form an optimized execution plan, the deduplication optimization pass (308-D) including: creating a list of query operators via a first traversal of the query operator tree; computing a list of dependencies among the query operators in the list of query operators; determining a first query operator that is equivalent to a second query operator, based on a hash map, via a second traversal of the query operator tree, wherein the second traversal comprises a breadth-first post-order traversal of the query operator tree based on the list of dependencies so that query operators that do not have dependencies are visited before query operators with dependencies; and substituting, via a third traversal of the query operator tree, the second query operator with a tree node that links to the first query operator; executing the optimized execution plan to retrieve a result set from the database; and returning the result set to the client. receiving a database query from a client; parsing the database query to build a query operator tree, the query operator tree including a plurality of query operators; performing one or more optimization passes on the query operator tree, including a deduplication optimization pass (308-D), to form an optimized execution plan, the deduplication optimization pass (308-D) including: creating a list of query operators via a first traversal of the query operator tree; computing a list of dependencies among the query operators in the list of query operators; creating a list of query operators via a first traversal of the query operator tree; computing a list of dependencies among the query operators in the list of query operators; determining a first query operator that is equivalent to a second query operator, based on a hash map, via a second traversal of the query operator tree, wherein the second traversal comprises a breadth-first post-order traversal of the query operator tree based on the list of dependencies so that query operators that do not have dependencies are visited before query operators with dependencies; and substituting, via a third traversal of the query operator tree, the second query operator with a tree node that links to the first query operator; executing the optimized execution plan to retrieve a result set from the database; and returning the result set to the client.
A drone comprising: - a barometric sensor adapted to deliver a drone altitude signal; - at least one sensor for measuring the attitude of said drone adapted to estimate at least one attitude angle of the drone, - altitude determination means adapted to deliver a drone altitude value, expressed in an absolute terrestrial reference system, characterized in that the drone comprises at least one relative wind speed sensor adapted to measure the relative wind speed, and in that the altitude determination means comprise: - a device for memorizing predetermined altitude compensation data, - an altitude estimator receiving as an input the signal delivered by said at least one attitude measuring sensor and by said at least one relative wind speed sensor and by the barometric sensor and combining these signals with the altitude compensation data memorized in the memorization device to output the estimated drone altitude value. - a barometric sensor adapted to deliver a drone altitude signal; - at least one sensor for measuring the attitude of said drone adapted to estimate at least one attitude angle of the drone, - altitude determination means adapted to deliver a drone altitude value, expressed in an absolute terrestrial reference system, - a device for memorizing predetermined altitude compensation data, - an altitude estimator receiving as an input the signal delivered by said at least one attitude measuring sensor and by said at least one relative wind speed sensor and by the barometric sensor and combining these signals with the altitude compensation data memorized in the memorization device to output the estimated drone altitude value.
A horsebox wall comprising a horse feeding device, in particular hayrack, for feeding hay or other food, wherein the horse feeding device has a first volume and a second volume, wherein the first volume lies in a feeding area and the second volume lies in a storage area, wherein the first volume is separated from the second volume in a stable manner, so that the horse can get to food in the first volume in the feeding area for feeding, but then does not get to storage food in the second volume, wherein a transport means is provided, which is a part of the horse feeding device and which is configured to mechanically move the second volume into the feeding area, in particular by means of a motor, wherein the feeding area of the horse feeding device lies on the horsebox wall of a horsebox on the inner side towards the box interior, and the storage area lies directed away from the box to the outside, characterized in that the transport means is configured to also move the second volume out of the feeding area, in particular into the storage area, after the movement into the feeding area.
A method of modulating cooling of gas turbine engine components in a gas turbine engine comprising the steps of: identifying an input indicative of a usage rate for at least a first gas turbine engine component of a plurality of gas turbine engine components; operating a cooling system (100;550) for at least the first gas turbine engine component; and moving said cooling system (100;550) from a higher cooling potential mode to a lower cooling potential mode once a set point is reached, and the set point is selected based upon said identified usage rate; characterised in that the usage rate is a maintenance condition of said at least a first gas turbine engine component. identifying an input indicative of a usage rate for at least a first gas turbine engine component of a plurality of gas turbine engine components; operating a cooling system (100;550) for at least the first gas turbine engine component; and moving said cooling system (100;550) from a higher cooling potential mode to a lower cooling potential mode once a set point is reached, and the set point is selected based upon said identified usage rate; characterised in that the usage rate is a maintenance condition of said at least a first gas turbine engine component.
Process for depositing, on a substrate, at least the surface of which is at least partially metallic, a metal-adhesive, hydrophobic and electrically conductive coating based on electrically conductive microparticles and on a polymer matrix P comprising at least one thermoplastic fluoropolymer P1 and a thermosetting resin P2, said process comprising at least the following steps: - in a first container, dissolve the polymer P1 in an organic solvent, referred to as first solvent, of this polymer; - in a second container, disperse the electrically conductive microparticles in an organic solvent of the polymer P1, referred to as second solvent, identical to or different from the first solvent; - add, in the first container, the thermosetting resin P2 in the liquid state; - mix the contents of the first and second containers, then deposit the mixture obtained in this way on the substrate; - crosslink the resin P2 and remove the solvents, in order to obtain the targeted final coating. - in a first container, dissolve the polymer P1 in an organic solvent, referred to as first solvent, of this polymer; - in a second container, disperse the electrically conductive microparticles in an organic solvent of the polymer P1, referred to as second solvent, identical to or different from the first solvent; - add, in the first container, the thermosetting resin P2 in the liquid state; - mix the contents of the first and second containers, then deposit the mixture obtained in this way on the substrate; - crosslink the resin P2 and remove the solvents, in order to obtain the targeted final coating.