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A surgical staple, wherein in an unfired configuration said staple comprises: a staple base portion which defines a first plane; a proximal staple leg extending from said staple base portion; a distal staple leg extending from said staple base portion; lateral transition portions (116, 126), wherein the lateral transition portions extend the staple legs laterally offset from the staple base portion; and vertical transition portions (118, 128), wherein the vertical transition portions extend the staple legs vertically upward from the staple base portion, wherein the staple legs define a second plane which is laterally offset and substantially parallel to said first plane; characterized in that said staple further comprises a center of mass located within said staple base portion. a staple base portion which defines a first plane; a proximal staple leg extending from said staple base portion; a distal staple leg extending from said staple base portion; lateral transition portions (116, 126), wherein the lateral transition portions extend the staple legs laterally offset from the staple base portion; and vertical transition portions (118, 128), wherein the vertical transition portions extend the staple legs vertically upward from the staple base portion, wherein the staple legs define a second plane which is laterally offset and substantially parallel to said first plane; characterized in that said staple further comprises a center of mass located within said staple base portion.
A receiving device, comprising: a pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2) configured to receive a signal of a peripheral electric field varied by a transmitting device configured to cause a voltage to be applied to a pair of transmission electrodes (31-1, 31-2) to be changed and transmit data; a variable gain amplifier configured to amplify a signal from a first reception electrode of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2); a differential amplifier configured to output a difference between a signal from the second reception electrode of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2) and a signal from the variable gain amplifier; and a gain control unit configured to control a gain of the variable gain amplifier in accordance with an amplitude of an output signal (e(n)) from the differential amplifier and an amplitude of the signal from the first of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2), wherein the signal from the first reception electrode of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2) is input to the variable gain amplifier and to the gain control unit. a pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2) configured to receive a signal of a peripheral electric field varied by a transmitting device configured to cause a voltage to be applied to a pair of transmission electrodes (31-1, 31-2) to be changed and transmit data; a variable gain amplifier configured to amplify a signal from a first reception electrode of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2); a differential amplifier configured to output a difference between a signal from the second reception electrode of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2) and a signal from the variable gain amplifier; and a gain control unit configured to control a gain of the variable gain amplifier in accordance with an amplitude of an output signal (e(n)) from the differential amplifier and an amplitude of the signal from the first of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2), wherein the signal from the first reception electrode of the pair of reception electrodes (32-1, 32-2) is input to the variable gain amplifier and to the gain control unit.
An automatic distributing equipment for distributing a variety of components with different shapes, comprising: a base; a storage device mounted on the base to store the components thereon; a recognition device configured to recognize the components stored on the storage device; and a pickup device configured to pick up the recognized components based on a recognition result of the recognition device; characterized in that the automatic distributing equipment further comprises: a first transmission device configured to transmit the components onto the storage device, wherein the first transmission device comprises: a second support seat mounted on the base; a conveyer belt assembly mounted on the second support seat and comprising a receiving end for receiving the components and a releasing end for releasing the components; and a second motor mounted on the second support seat and configured to drive a conveyer belt of the conveyer belt assembly to move. a base; a storage device mounted on the base to store the components thereon; a recognition device configured to recognize the components stored on the storage device; and a pickup device configured to pick up the recognized components based on a recognition result of the recognition device; characterized in that the automatic distributing equipment further comprises: a first transmission device configured to transmit the components onto the storage device, wherein the first transmission device comprises: a second support seat mounted on the base; a conveyer belt assembly mounted on the second support seat and comprising a receiving end for receiving the components and a releasing end for releasing the components; and a second motor mounted on the second support seat and configured to drive a conveyer belt of the conveyer belt assembly to move.
A fuel assembly for a light water reactor comprising fuel which is enriched by adding plutonium or plutonium and other actinoides to a uranium containing at least one of a depleted uranium, natural uranium, a degraded uranium and a low enriched uranium, which further comprises: fuel rods arranged in a triangular lattice configuration; and at least one guide tube adapted to insert thereinto a control rod having a transverese cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of a unit lattice cell of the fuel rod, characterized in that said guide tube has a transverse cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of a unit lattice cell of the fuel rod, and in that water excluding rods are arranged outside of said guide tube for excluding the moderator between the guide tube and the fuel rods adjacent to the guide tube. fuel rods arranged in a triangular lattice configuration; and at least one guide tube adapted to insert thereinto a control rod having a transverese cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of a unit lattice cell of the fuel rod, characterized in that said guide tube has a transverse cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of a unit lattice cell of the fuel rod, and in that water excluding rods are arranged outside of said guide tube for excluding the moderator between the guide tube and the fuel rods adjacent to the guide tube.
A method of executing an instant messaging service using a wireless terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: initiating (S511, S513, S515) the instant messaging service with a server; determining whether an application of the wireless terminal is active for the instant messaging service; transmitting a notification message from the wireless terminal to the server when it is determined that the application for the instant messaging service is active, receiving status information data of any of at least one other party performing the instant messaging service according to the notification message, and displaying information representing an updated status of any of the at least one other party performing the instant messaging service based on the received status data, characterized in that: the application for the instant messaging service is determined as active when the wireless terminal is located at a predetermined instant message service usable area, and the notification message comprises an information notifying the server that the application for the instant messaging service is active and a designation information related to at least one of other party notifying status data, a type of status data to be notified and a notification period of status data. initiating (S511, S513, S515) the instant messaging service with a server; determining whether an application of the wireless terminal is active for the instant messaging service; transmitting a notification message from the wireless terminal to the server when it is determined that the application for the instant messaging service is active, receiving status information data of any of at least one other party performing the instant messaging service according to the notification message, and displaying information representing an updated status of any of the at least one other party performing the instant messaging service based on the received status data, the application for the instant messaging service is determined as active when the wireless terminal is located at a predetermined instant message service usable area, and the notification message comprises an information notifying the server that the application for the instant messaging service is active and a designation information related to at least one of other party notifying status data, a type of status data to be notified and a notification period of status data.
A computer-implemented method for processor task and data management in a system having an output processor and a processor, the processor having a main processor and one or more other processors, the method comprising the steps of: dividing, into two or more segments, data to be processed by a processor task for which the program code, input data and output data require more memory space than is available in a local storage of one of the other processors, and wherein the program code, input data and output data for each segment can fit into an amount of memory space available in the local storage; associating two or more segments into one or more groups, including calculating a number of groups based on an output data size of the segments in a group and a data storage size of the output processor for processing the output data of a group of segments, wherein the output data for the segments in each group has a storage size which is less than or equal to a data storage size of the output processor; building a command list containing one or more commands providing addresses for the program code and for the input data for each segment and one or more commands for the output processor to process the output data for a group of segments; and one or more of the other processors pulling the one or more commands from the command list for processing the two or more segments to produce two or more corresponding outputs so that each segment is handled by one other processor at a time. dividing, into two or more segments, data to be processed by a processor task for which the program code, input data and output data require more memory space than is available in a local storage of one of the other processors, and wherein the program code, input data and output data for each segment can fit into an amount of memory space available in the local storage; associating two or more segments into one or more groups, including calculating a number of groups based on an output data size of the segments in a group and a data storage size of the output processor for processing the output data of a group of segments, wherein the output data for the segments in each group has a storage size which is less than or equal to a data storage size of the output processor; building a command list containing one or more commands providing addresses for the program code and for the input data for each segment and one or more commands for the output processor to process the output data for a group of segments; and one or more of the other processors pulling the one or more commands from the command list for processing the two or more segments to produce two or more corresponding outputs so that each segment is handled by one other processor at a time.
Fiber processing system for opening and mixing fiber material, with a multiple number of bale openers for opening fiber bales, implemented as weighing tray feeders and conveying devices (4a, 4b; 14a, 14b) downstream of the bale openers for mixing and conveying the opened fiber material to a downstream processing device, for example a mixing chamber or a carding feed, wherein at least one of the conveying devices (4a, 4b; 14a, 14b) comprises one or more conveyor belts, characterized in that the bale openers are divided into at least two opener groups (3a, 3b; 13a, 13b), each of which produces a fiber mixture (M1, M2), and that each opener group (3a, 3b; 13a, 13b) is allocated with a conveying device (4a, 4b; 14a, 14b), whereas the conveying devices (4a, 4b; 14a, 14b) are designed and arranged in such a manner that the respective fiber mixture (M1, M2) is transported away in relation to the associated opener group (3a, 3b; 13a, 13b) in different directions (R1, R2; R1', R2') and the fiber mixtures (M1, M2) are combined before or in the processing device into an overall fiber mixture.
A method of coating a food or beverage can, the method comprising: forming a composition comprising an emulsion polymerized latex polymer, comprising: forming a salt of an acid- or anhydride-functional polymer and a tertiary amine in a carrier comprising water to form an aqueous dispersion; combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component comprising 0.1 wt-% to 30 wt-% of an oxirane-functional alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer with the aqueous dispersion, based on the weight of the monomer component; and polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomer component in the presence of the aqueous dispersion to form an emulsion polymerized latex polymer; and applying the composition comprising the emulsion polymerized latex polymer to a metal substrate prior to or after forming the metal substrate into a food or beverage can or portion thereof. forming a composition comprising an emulsion polymerized latex polymer, comprising: forming a salt of an acid- or anhydride-functional polymer and a tertiary amine in a carrier comprising water to form an aqueous dispersion; combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component comprising 0.1 wt-% to 30 wt-% of an oxirane-functional alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer with the aqueous dispersion, based on the weight of the monomer component; and polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomer component in the presence of the aqueous dispersion to form an emulsion polymerized latex polymer; and forming a salt of an acid- or anhydride-functional polymer and a tertiary amine in a carrier comprising water to form an aqueous dispersion; combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component comprising 0.1 wt-% to 30 wt-% of an oxirane-functional alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer with the aqueous dispersion, based on the weight of the monomer component; and polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomer component in the presence of the aqueous dispersion to form an emulsion polymerized latex polymer; and applying the composition comprising the emulsion polymerized latex polymer to a metal substrate prior to or after forming the metal substrate into a food or beverage can or portion thereof.
An image scanning apparatus, comprising: a light source configured to emit light; an image sensor configured to detect reflection light of the light emitted from the light source; a data acquiring unit configured to acquire measurement values of a condensation detection patch by the image sensor as condensation detection patch data; and a condensation determining unit configured to determine whether or not condensation occurs on the basis of condensation detection patch data, characterized in that the condensation detection patch comprises pluralities of black patch areas and pluralities of white patch areas which are aligned adjacently and alternately in the primary scanning direction, wherein if in all of a plurality of black patch areas in the condensation detection patch, a ratio of an average value of measurement values by the image sensor to an average value of black reference data in the same range as a range of the patch area in the primary scanning direction is either equal to or larger than a predetermined value, wherein the ratio is obtained using the value measured by the image sensor when the light source is on, wherein the black reference data is a measurement value of the image sensor when the light source is off, the condensation determining unit determines that condensation occurs, wherein if the ratio is neither equal to nor larger than the predetermined value, the condensation determining unit determines that condensation does not occur. a light source configured to emit light; an image sensor configured to detect reflection light of the light emitted from the light source; a data acquiring unit configured to acquire measurement values of a condensation detection patch by the image sensor as condensation detection patch data; and a condensation determining unit configured to determine whether or not condensation occurs on the basis of condensation detection patch data, characterized in that the condensation detection patch comprises pluralities of black patch areas and pluralities of white patch areas which are aligned adjacently and alternately in the primary scanning direction, wherein if in all of a plurality of black patch areas in the condensation detection patch, a ratio of an average value of measurement values by the image sensor to an average value of black reference data in the same range as a range of the patch area in the primary scanning direction is either equal to or larger than a predetermined value, wherein the ratio is obtained using the value measured by the image sensor when the light source is on, wherein the black reference data is a measurement value of the image sensor when the light source is off, the condensation determining unit determines that condensation occurs, wherein if the ratio is neither equal to nor larger than the predetermined value, the condensation determining unit determines that condensation does not occur.
A tag measurement environment evaluation device comprising: an evaluation value determination section (S2, S12, S22) configured to determine a moving tag evaluation value of each of a plurality of wireless tags based on a radio wave transmitted from each of the wireless tags and received by a tag reader configured to communicate with each of the wireless tags, the wireless tags including one or more moving tags that move and one or more stop tags that stop, the moving tag evaluation value being a value indicating how much each of the wireless tags is likely to be a moving tag; a representative value determination section (S3, S14, S24) configured to determine a moving tag evaluation representative value that is a representative value of the moving tag evaluation values determined for the plurality of wireless tags; and an environment evaluation section (S5, S16, S160, S250) configured to determine, based on the moving tag evaluation representative value, whether a measurement environment is suitable for a moving tag detection in which the moving tags are detected while being distinguished from the stop tags. an evaluation value determination section (S2, S12, S22) configured to determine a moving tag evaluation value of each of a plurality of wireless tags based on a radio wave transmitted from each of the wireless tags and received by a tag reader configured to communicate with each of the wireless tags, the wireless tags including one or more moving tags that move and one or more stop tags that stop, the moving tag evaluation value being a value indicating how much each of the wireless tags is likely to be a moving tag; a representative value determination section (S3, S14, S24) configured to determine a moving tag evaluation representative value that is a representative value of the moving tag evaluation values determined for the plurality of wireless tags; and an environment evaluation section (S5, S16, S160, S250) configured to determine, based on the moving tag evaluation representative value, whether a measurement environment is suitable for a moving tag detection in which the moving tags are detected while being distinguished from the stop tags.
A communication apparatus for connection to another communication apparatus via a power source line, a signal line, and a shared line, the communication apparatus comprising: detection means for detecting a phase of an alternating-current voltage applied between a first terminal for connecting to the power source line and a second terminal for connecting to the shared line; and communication means for communicating with the another communication apparatus, characterized in that the communication means are configured to execute at least one of transmission or reception of an electric current signal except when the phase detected by the detection means is within a specific range, the electric current signal being generated by opening and closing of a circuit that includes the signal line and the shared line, wherein the specific range is defined as a range in which an induced electric current flowing through the signal line due to the alternating-current voltage is greater than a reference value. detection means for detecting a phase of an alternating-current voltage applied between a first terminal for connecting to the power source line and a second terminal for connecting to the shared line; and communication means for communicating with the another communication apparatus, characterized in that the communication means are configured to execute at least one of transmission or reception of an electric current signal except when the phase detected by the detection means is within a specific range, the electric current signal being generated by opening and closing of a circuit that includes the signal line and the shared line, wherein the specific range is defined as a range in which an induced electric current flowing through the signal line due to the alternating-current voltage is greater than a reference value.
A system, comprising a gas turbine combustor, comprising: a combustion liner disposed about a combustion region; a flow sleeve disposed about the combustion liner; an air passage between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve; a structure between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve, wherein the structure obstructs an airflow through the air passage; and a wake reducer disposed adjacent the structure, wherein the wake reducer directs a flow into a wake region downstream of the structure, wherein the wake reducer comprises an upstream opening configured to intake a portion of the airflow, a downstream opening configured to exhaust the portion of the airflow into the wake region during operation, and an intermediate passage between the upstream opening and the downstream opening, wherein the wake reducer comprises a flow control wall having a first wall portion and a second wall portion, characterized in that the wall portions (114, 118) first diverge and then converge toward one another along the airflow from the upstream opening toward the downstream opening. a combustion liner disposed about a combustion region; a flow sleeve disposed about the combustion liner; an air passage between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve; a structure between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve, wherein the structure obstructs an airflow through the air passage; and a wake reducer disposed adjacent the structure, wherein the wake reducer directs a flow into a wake region downstream of the structure, wherein the wake reducer comprises an upstream opening configured to intake a portion of the airflow, a downstream opening configured to exhaust the portion of the airflow into the wake region during operation, and an intermediate passage between the upstream opening and the downstream opening, wherein the wake reducer comprises a flow control wall having a first wall portion and a second wall portion, characterized in that the wall portions (114, 118) first diverge and then converge toward one another along the airflow from the upstream opening toward the downstream opening.