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A spark chamber for an optical emission analyser, comprising: an elongated electrode located within the spark chamber having an electrode axis generally along the direction of elongation, wherein the electrode axis is directed towards a sample position where in use there is provided a solid sample for analysis such that the sample presents a surface of the sample towards an end of the elongated electrode and the sample acts as a counter electrode for initiating an electrical discharge between the elongated electrode and the sample; a gas inlet located on a first side of the spark chamber for supplying an inert gas into the spark chamber; and a gas outlet located on a second side of the spark chamber arranged to convey the inert gas from the spark chamber; wherein: (a) the first and second sides of the spark chamber lie at either side of the elongated electrode in directions generally perpendicular to the electrode axis; (b) there is a gas flow axis through the spark chamber between the gas inlet and the gas outlet and characterised in that (c) on passing along the gas flow axis from the gas inlet to the gas outlet the unobstructed internal cross sectional area of the spark chamber perpendicular to the gas flow axis remains constant to within a factor A, wherein A lies between 1.0 and 2.0. an elongated electrode located within the spark chamber having an electrode axis generally along the direction of elongation, wherein the electrode axis is directed towards a sample position where in use there is provided a solid sample for analysis such that the sample presents a surface of the sample towards an end of the elongated electrode and the sample acts as a counter electrode for initiating an electrical discharge between the elongated electrode and the sample; a gas inlet located on a first side of the spark chamber for supplying an inert gas into the spark chamber; and a gas outlet located on a second side of the spark chamber arranged to convey the inert gas from the spark chamber; wherein: (a) the first and second sides of the spark chamber lie at either side of the elongated electrode in directions generally perpendicular to the electrode axis; (b) there is a gas flow axis through the spark chamber between the gas inlet and the gas outlet and characterised in that (c) on passing along the gas flow axis from the gas inlet to the gas outlet the unobstructed internal cross sectional area of the spark chamber perpendicular to the gas flow axis remains constant to within a factor A, wherein A lies between 1.0 and 2.0. (a) the first and second sides of the spark chamber lie at either side of the elongated electrode in directions generally perpendicular to the electrode axis; (b) there is a gas flow axis through the spark chamber between the gas inlet and the gas outlet and characterised in that (c) on passing along the gas flow axis from the gas inlet to the gas outlet the unobstructed internal cross sectional area of the spark chamber perpendicular to the gas flow axis remains constant to within a factor A, wherein A lies between 1.0 and 2.0.
A method for controlling a fuel tank arrangement connected to a prime mover for propulsion of a vehicle, wherein the fuel tank arrangement comprises a first and a second fuel tank, the first and second fuel tanks being connected to the prime mover of the vehicle for delivery of fuel to the prime mover and for receiving return flow from the prime mover, the method being characterized by the steps of: - receiving a signal indicative of an upcoming maintenance event for the first fuel tank; - determining a minimum allowable fuel level within the first fuel tank; if the fuel level in the first fuel tank is above said minimum allowable fuel level: - controlling at least the first fuel tank to deliver fuel to the prime mover; and - controlling the fuel tank arrangement to prevent return flow from the prime mover to the first fuel tank. - receiving a signal indicative of an upcoming maintenance event for the first fuel tank; - determining a minimum allowable fuel level within the first fuel tank; - controlling at least the first fuel tank to deliver fuel to the prime mover; and - controlling the fuel tank arrangement to prevent return flow from the prime mover to the first fuel tank.
Process for the production of a transparent fireproof glazing comprising at least one layer of intumescent material between glass sheets, in which the intumescent layer is a layer of hydrated alkali metal silicate with a water content of between 30 and 48% by weight, with an SiO 2 /M 2 O molar ratio of between 3 and 8, in the preparation of which alkali metal silicate the silica is at least partially introduced in the form of an aqueous suspension of silica particles, the mean particle size of which is greater than 50 nm.
Use of an anionic polymer to increase the adsorption capacity of clay or dredged sediments to heavy metals comprising: a) mixing clay or dredged sediment with a solution comprising an anionic polymer in order to obtain a mixture, and then b) drying said mixture at a temperature range between 45 °C and 120°C in order to irreversibly adsorb said polymer onto said clay or dredged sediment.
A blow molded article formed from a preform having an exterior surface including at least one etched region and at least one non-etched region, the article comprising: a body portion including one or more walls surrounding an interior space, the one or more walls having an article inner surface, an article outer surface, and a wall thickness; a cavity region disposed on a portion of the article outer surface, the cavity region corresponding to the etched region in the preform; and a non-cavity region disposed on a portion of the article outer surface and adjacent the cavity region; wherein the adjacent cavity and non-cavity regions form one or more visual effects, and wherein at least one of the one or more visual effects includes a portion having a 95% Delta E Value of at least 3.0, and preferably at least 5.0, and more preferably at least 5.5, the blow molded article being characterized in that the article includes a label disposed at least partially over the portion of the article outer surface corresponding to the visual effect. a body portion including one or more walls surrounding an interior space, the one or more walls having an article inner surface, an article outer surface, and a wall thickness; a cavity region disposed on a portion of the article outer surface, the cavity region corresponding to the etched region in the preform; and a non-cavity region disposed on a portion of the article outer surface and adjacent the cavity region; wherein the adjacent cavity and non-cavity regions form one or more visual effects, and wherein at least one of the one or more visual effects includes a portion having a 95% Delta E Value of at least 3.0, and preferably at least 5.0, and more preferably at least 5.5, the blow molded article being characterized in that the article includes a label disposed at least partially over the portion of the article outer surface corresponding to the visual effect.
Press jacket for a press roll, especially for a press roll of a shoe press for dewatering of a web of fibrous material, especially a paper web, paperboard web, tissue web or pulp web, or conveyor belt, especially for a machine for production or treatment of a web of fibrous material, especially paper machine, paperboard machine or tissue machine, wherein the press jacket or conveyor belt comprises at least one polyurethane-containing layer, wherein the at least one layer includes a polyurethane matrix having a prepolymer which is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate with a mixture of at least two different polyols, and at least one crosslinker, characterized in that the prepolymer is a reaction product of 3,3'-dimethylbiphenylene 4,4'-diisocyanate (TODI), phenylene 1,4-diisocyanate (PPDI) or naphthylene 1,5-diisocyanate with the mixture of the at least two different polyols from polyetherpolyol, such as polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) or polyethercarbonate polyol, and polycarbonate polyol.
A cooking appliance, comprising: a casing defining a cooking cavity, wherein the casing includes a top wall provided with an aperture; an imaging device assembly configured to take imagery of the cooking cavity, the imaging device assembly comprising an imaging sensor and a lens supported by a lens holder, wherein the imaging device assembly is positioned so as to capture images through the aperture; a supporting member at least partially made of an insulating material and defining a chamber having a peripheral wall, a first opening and a second opening, wherein the lens holder is positioned proximate the first opening so that the lens faces the chamber, and further wherein at least one transparent member is mounted at the second opening and configured to seal the chamber relative to the cooking cavity; and a fan coupled to the casing proximate the aperture in the top wall, the fan being configured to selectively supply an airflow towards the lens holder of the imaging device assembly, characterised in that the chamber is sealed and filled with an inert gas and in that the inert gas has a velocity less than 0.1 meters per second. a casing defining a cooking cavity, wherein the casing includes a top wall provided with an aperture; an imaging device assembly configured to take imagery of the cooking cavity, the imaging device assembly comprising an imaging sensor and a lens supported by a lens holder, wherein the imaging device assembly is positioned so as to capture images through the aperture; a supporting member at least partially made of an insulating material and defining a chamber having a peripheral wall, a first opening and a second opening, wherein the lens holder is positioned proximate the first opening so that the lens faces the chamber, and further wherein at least one transparent member is mounted at the second opening and configured to seal the chamber relative to the cooking cavity; and a fan coupled to the casing proximate the aperture in the top wall, the fan being configured to selectively supply an airflow towards the lens holder of the imaging device assembly, characterised in that the chamber is sealed and filled with an inert gas and in that the inert gas has a velocity less than 0.1 meters per second.
A method of operating a base station, comprising: receiving data to be transmitted to one or more User Equipment, UE,; scheduling transmission of at least one block of data to a UE of the one or more UE in a first scheduler; transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on at least a first component carrier, CC; and receiving a negative acknowledgement, NAK, from the UE indicating one or more errors in at least one received data block; the method further comprising the step of: re-transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on a Re-transmission Extension Carrier, REC, wherein the REC is a CC separate from any CC on which a block of data was transmitted to the UE, wherein the REC has a capacity smaller than the capacity of the at least one CC on which the block of data was transmitted to the UE in that the bandwidth of the REC is configured to be much lower than that of the at least one CC, and the method characterised wherein the REC is a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum. receiving data to be transmitted to one or more User Equipment, UE,; scheduling transmission of at least one block of data to a UE of the one or more UE in a first scheduler; transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on at least a first component carrier, CC; and receiving a negative acknowledgement, NAK, from the UE indicating one or more errors in at least one received data block; the method further comprising the step of: re-transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on a Re-transmission Extension Carrier, REC, wherein the REC is a CC separate from any CC on which a block of data was transmitted to the UE, wherein the REC has a capacity smaller than the capacity of the at least one CC on which the block of data was transmitted to the UE in that the bandwidth of the REC is configured to be much lower than that of the at least one CC, and the method characterised wherein the REC is a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum.
A valve component for a faucet comprising: a substrate comprising a base material; a strengthening layer provided above the substrate in an amount sufficient to improve abrasion resistance of the substrate, and a layer comprising amorphous diamond provided above the strengthening layer, the amorphous diamond having sp 3 bonding of at least 40%, a hardness of at least 45 GPa, and an elastic modulus of at least 400 GPa, characterised in that the strengthening layer comprises tantalum. a substrate comprising a base material; a strengthening layer provided above the substrate in an amount sufficient to improve abrasion resistance of the substrate, and a layer comprising amorphous diamond provided above the strengthening layer, the amorphous diamond having sp 3 bonding of at least 40%, a hardness of at least 45 GPa, and an elastic modulus of at least 400 GPa, characterised in that the strengthening layer comprises tantalum.
Rivet supply device, having a rivet store with at least one rivet outlet, for providing rivet elements or the like from the rivet store via the at least one rivet outlet for at least one riveting application, wherein the rivet store has at least two stacked, in particular exchangeable, rivet cassettes that each have at least one outlet flange or the like for dispensing rivet elements, and wherein a transfer carriage having at least one rivet controller for receiving and onwardly transporting rivet elements is provided, which transfer carriage is movable along the rivet cassettes in the stack direction thereof, such that a rivet control unit of the rivet controller is able to be oriented towards a rivet cassette for transferring a rivet element from the rivet cassette in question to the rivet control unit in question, characterized in that the rivet store has at least one rivet inlet, wherein a rivet element provided at a rivet inlet, optionally by means of a further rivet supply device, is able to be passed through a rivet outlet, wherein, to pass a rivet element through from a rivet inlet to a rivet outlet, the transfer carriage is movable into a pass-through position and then a rivet element to be passed through is able to be transferred to the transfer carriage, and in that the pass-through position is different from the transfer positions in which a rivet control unit is oriented towards a rivet cassette for transferring a rivet element from the rivet cassette in question to the rivet control unit in question.
Tool receiving member having a base member and a receiving member which is connected to the base member for torque transmission and which is anchored in the base member so as to be axially movable with resilient pretensioning, the base member having a shaft portion with a recess which is open at the machine tool side and which is preferably central, and a sleeve portion which extends the shaft portion axially and which has a preferably central guiding hole which is open at the tool side and which is separated from the recess of the shaft portion by means of a radial partition wall, and the receiving member having a preferably cylindrical guiding portion which is guided in an axially movable manner in the guiding hole of the sleeve portion, characterised in that the receiving member is anchored by means of an anchor which engages through an axial aperture in the radial partition wall and which can be actuated to adjust the resilient pretensioning via the recess of the base member.
An anti-vibration device comprising: a cylinder body coupled to one of a vibration source or a vibration receiver; a support body coupled to the other of the vibration source or the vibration receiver; an elastic body attaching the support body to the cylinder body such that the support body is capable of moving relative to the cylinder body; a first liquid chamber housing a liquid and provided between the elastic body and a pathway member that is formed within the cylinder body; a second liquid chamber provided between the pathway member and a diaphragm that partitions an interior of the cylinder body, a liquid flowing between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber through a pathway that is formed by the pathway member; a first gas chamber provided on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the second liquid chamber; a second gas chamber isolated from the first gas chamber; and a switching section switching between a state of communication and a state of non-communication between the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber, wherein the diaphragm does not configure a wall of the second gas chamber, wherein the second gas chamber is configured so that when the pressure inside the second liquid chamber changes so as to displace the diaphragm, the second gas chamber does not influence the pressure change inside the second liquid chamber so long as the second gas chamber and the first gas chamber are in a state of non-communication, and characterized in that, the second gas chamber is only communicable with the first gas chamber. a cylinder body coupled to one of a vibration source or a vibration receiver; a support body coupled to the other of the vibration source or the vibration receiver; an elastic body attaching the support body to the cylinder body such that the support body is capable of moving relative to the cylinder body; a first liquid chamber housing a liquid and provided between the elastic body and a pathway member that is formed within the cylinder body; a second liquid chamber provided between the pathway member and a diaphragm that partitions an interior of the cylinder body, a liquid flowing between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber through a pathway that is formed by the pathway member; a first gas chamber provided on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the second liquid chamber; a second gas chamber isolated from the first gas chamber; and a switching section switching between a state of communication and a state of non-communication between the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber, wherein the diaphragm does not configure a wall of the second gas chamber, wherein the second gas chamber is configured so that when the pressure inside the second liquid chamber changes so as to displace the diaphragm, the second gas chamber does not influence the pressure change inside the second liquid chamber so long as the second gas chamber and the first gas chamber are in a state of non-communication, and characterized in that, the second gas chamber is only communicable with the first gas chamber.
A method of separating components of devulcanized rubber, the method comprising: bringing the devulcanized rubber into contact with a solvent without agitating the solvent to reduce the amount of carbon black particles that may become suspended in the solvent; allowing the solvent to dissolve polymer from the devulcanized rubber; allowing carbon black particles to remain un-suspended in the polymer-solvent solution; removing the polymer-solvent solution without disturbing the un-suspended carbon black particles to reduce the amount of carbon black particles that may become suspended in the polymer-solvent solution; and removing the carbon black. bringing the devulcanized rubber into contact with a solvent without agitating the solvent to reduce the amount of carbon black particles that may become suspended in the solvent; allowing the solvent to dissolve polymer from the devulcanized rubber; allowing carbon black particles to remain un-suspended in the polymer-solvent solution; removing the polymer-solvent solution without disturbing the un-suspended carbon black particles to reduce the amount of carbon black particles that may become suspended in the polymer-solvent solution; and removing the carbon black.
A surgical suture apparatus for passing a double-ended surgical needle forwards and backwards, the surgical suture apparatus comprising: a first jaw element, comprising a first holding device to hold a first needle-end of the surgical needle a second jaw element comprising a second holding device to hold a second needle-end of the surgical needle, a main body, an operating device to operate the first holding device and the second holding device to alternately hold the first needle-end by the first holding device and the second needle-end by the second holding device, and wherein the first jaw element and second jaw element are movable with respect to each other between a take-over position, wherein a surgical needle can be passed between the first holding device and the second holding device, and an open position, wherein the first holding device and second holding device are spaced further from each other, wherein the first jaw element or a detachable part thereof is detachably mounted on the main body, characterized in that the surgical suture apparatus further comprises a holder, wherein the holder is configured to releasably hold the first jaw element or the detachable part thereof in a fixed position with respect to the holder, wherein after coupling of the first jaw element or the detachable part thereof to the main body, the first jaw element or the detachable part thereof will be released from the holder. a first jaw element, comprising a first holding device to hold a first needle-end of the surgical needle a second jaw element comprising a second holding device to hold a second needle-end of the surgical needle, a main body, an operating device to operate the first holding device and the second holding device to alternately hold the first needle-end by the first holding device and the second needle-end by the second holding device, and wherein the first jaw element and second jaw element are movable with respect to each other between a take-over position, wherein a surgical needle can be passed between the first holding device and the second holding device, and an open position, wherein the first holding device and second holding device are spaced further from each other, wherein the first jaw element or a detachable part thereof is detachably mounted on the main body, characterized in that the surgical suture apparatus further comprises a holder, wherein the holder is configured to releasably hold the first jaw element or the detachable part thereof in a fixed position with respect to the holder, wherein after coupling of the first jaw element or the detachable part thereof to the main body, the first jaw element or the detachable part thereof will be released from the holder.