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An e-vapor apparatus comprising: a pod assembly including a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a first electrical connector, a vapor channel traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment, and a vaporizer, the pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein and in fluidic communication with the vaporizer during an operation of the e-vapor apparatus, the first electrical connector including, first and second power electrodes (2335 1, 2335 2), the first power electrode (2335 1) including a first contact portion (2330 1) on an exterior of the first electrical connector and a first extended portion configured to contact an anode portion of the vaporizer, the second power electrode (2335 2) including a second contact portion (2330 2) on the exterior of the first electrical connector and a second extended portion configured to contact a cathode portion of the vaporizer; and a dispensing body defining a receiving area to receive the pod assembly, the dispensing body including a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector, wherein each of the first contact portion (2330 1) and the second contact portion (2330 2) includes a part that extends away from the exterior of the first electrical connector, wherein the part that extends away from the exterior of the first electrical connector is semi-circular and defines a half cylinder shape that provides a contact area along a width of a tangent of the semi-circular part. a pod assembly including a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a first electrical connector, a vapor channel traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment, and a vaporizer, the pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein and in fluidic communication with the vaporizer during an operation of the e-vapor apparatus, the first electrical connector including, first and second power electrodes (2335 1, 2335 2), the first power electrode (2335 1) including a first contact portion (2330 1) on an exterior of the first electrical connector and a first extended portion configured to contact an anode portion of the vaporizer, the second power electrode (2335 2) including a second contact portion (2330 2) on the exterior of the first electrical connector and a second extended portion configured to contact a cathode portion of the vaporizer; and a dispensing body defining a receiving area to receive the pod assembly, the dispensing body including a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector, wherein each of the first contact portion (2330 1) and the second contact portion (2330 2) includes a part that extends away from the exterior of the first electrical connector, wherein the part that extends away from the exterior of the first electrical connector is semi-circular and defines a half cylinder shape that provides a contact area along a width of a tangent of the semi-circular part.
A lid for closing the upper opening of a cup, said cup containing a cold or hot, liquid or semi-liquid, food or beverage product, said lid comprising a substantially flat body and a peripheral rim extending downwardly for attaching said lid to the upper edge of the cup, said lid further comprising a drinking spout and a coating comprising at least one volatile aromatic product, characterized in that the volatile aromatic product is microencapsulated in the coating; or entrapped in a jellified matrix coating for controlled release mechanism; or stored within a capsule which is coated to the surface of the lid, said capsule being adapted to melt at a predetermined temperature to release the volatile active product; said coating being adapted to release said volatile aromatic product with air that is mixed to a liquid or semi-liquid edible product, at the time the latter is sipped through said drinking spout and/or release said aromatic product by contact with steam. entrapped in a jellified matrix coating for controlled release mechanism; or stored within a capsule which is coated to the surface of the lid, said capsule being adapted to melt at a predetermined temperature to release the volatile active product;
A motorcycle in which a power unit exerting power for driving a rear wheel is mounted on a body frame, and a tail light unit emitting light toward the vehicle rear is arranged in a rear cowl which covers a rear part of said body frame at least behind a riding seat, wherein a straightening plate, which covers the rear part of said body frame from below, while allowing air flowing from said power unit to the rear to be straightened and discharged to the vehicle rear, is fixedly arranged below said rear cowl which covers the rear part of said body frame from the side and above, behind said riding seat; an air flow passage allowing air to flow in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed in said rear cowl; a front wall portion facing the vehicle front is provided in said rear cowl behind said riding seat; a first intake port taking air into said air flow passage from the front is formed in said front wall portion; characterized in that an exhaust port of the air flow passage opens toward the rear around said tail light unit; a second intake port taking air into said air flow passage from the front is formed in a ceiling wall of said rear cowl, behind the first intake port; a total opening area of the first and second intake ports (46, 47) is set larger than an opening area of said exhaust port; and said air flow passage is formed such that air flowed in from the first and second intake ports (46, 47) is mixed and discharged from said exhaust port.
A non-volatile memory cell comprising a first ferromagnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer, the first and second ferromagnetic layers (11, 12) separated by a non-magnetic spacer layer, the first ferromagnetic layer having a defined magnetization direction and the relative orientation of the magnetization directions of the first and second ferromagnetic layers defining a value of stored information, comprising a third ferromagnetic layer with a defined magnetization direction and a resistance switching material between the second ferromagnetic layer and the third ferromagnetic layer, wherein a charge carrier density of the resistance switching material is reversibly switchable between different carrier density states by an applied electrical voltage signal, different carrier density states causing different effective magnetic exchange couplings between the second ferromagnetic layer and the third ferromagnetic layer and thereby causing different magnetization directions of the second ferromagnetic layer, characterised in that at least one layer of the memory cell is an ion conducting layer capable of accepting ions from the resistance switching material and of releasing ions into the resistance switching material, depending on a polarity of said voltage signal, said ion conducting layer being in contact with the resistance switching material.
A bioactive molecule-containing liposome formulation for use in a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing an ocular disease or dysfunction by administering the formulation to the eye of a subject by iontophoresis, wherein the bioactive molecule is selected from the group consisting of lutein and/or zeaxanthin and the liposome has a positive zeta potential.
A tire, comprising a tire component at least partially comprising a rubber composition, having a dynamic modulus E* that reversibly changes with water and satisfying the following relationship: Dynamic modulus E * when water-wet / Dynamic modulus E * when dry × 100 % ≤ 90 % wherein the dynamic modulus E* when water-wet and dynamic modulus E* when dry are determined by the methods defined in the description.
A heating system for a vehicular fluid tank, said heating system comprising at least one resistive element and a control unit adapted to direct an electric current through said at least one resistive element, said control unit being adapted to vary said current according to a pulse width modulation scheme, characterized in that said control unit is further adapted to determine a duty cycle of said current in inverse proportion to the square of a measurement of the supply voltage.
A surgical instrument (10a, 10b) comprising: an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a first longitudinal axis; a toothed rack disposed within the elongate body and being movable in a direction parallel to the first longitudinal axis; and an end effector having a proximal end pivotally supported on the distal end of the elongate body, the end effector defining a second longitudinal axis and supporting a gear operatively associated with the rack, wherein longitudinal movement of the rack effects rotational movement of the gear to effect pivotal movement of the end effector relative to the elongate body from a first position in which the second longitudinal axis is aligned with the first longitudinal axis to a second position in which the second longitudinal axis is misaligned with the first longitudinal axis; another gear rotatably supported at the distal end of the elongate body, the gear supported on the elongate body defining a first gear and the gear supported on the end effector defining a second gear, wherein the first gear is in meshing engagement with the rack and the second gear such that the first gear converts longitudinal movement of the rack into rotational movement of the second gear, characterised in that the first gear includes: a bottom gear in meshing engagement with the rack; and a top gear non-rotatably coupled to the bottom gear and in meshing engagement with the second gear. an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a first longitudinal axis; a toothed rack disposed within the elongate body and being movable in a direction parallel to the first longitudinal axis; and an end effector having a proximal end pivotally supported on the distal end of the elongate body, the end effector defining a second longitudinal axis and supporting a gear operatively associated with the rack, wherein longitudinal movement of the rack effects rotational movement of the gear to effect pivotal movement of the end effector relative to the elongate body from a first position in which the second longitudinal axis is aligned with the first longitudinal axis to a second position in which the second longitudinal axis is misaligned with the first longitudinal axis; another gear rotatably supported at the distal end of the elongate body, the gear supported on the elongate body defining a first gear and the gear supported on the end effector defining a second gear, wherein the first gear is in meshing engagement with the rack and the second gear such that the first gear converts longitudinal movement of the rack into rotational movement of the second gear, characterised in that the first gear includes: a bottom gear in meshing engagement with the rack; and a top gear non-rotatably coupled to the bottom gear and in meshing engagement with the second gear. a bottom gear in meshing engagement with the rack; and a top gear non-rotatably coupled to the bottom gear and in meshing engagement with the second gear.
Process for removal of SOx in flue gas from a boiler comprising the steps of (a) heating the flue gas upstream a catalytic reactor by heat exchange with a hot heat transfer medium; (b) oxidizing SO 2 in the flue gas to SO 3 in said catalytic reactor with at least one catalyst pass operating at temperatures in the range of 350-450 °C; (c) cooling the oxidized, SO 3 -rich flue gas from step (b) to a temperature above the H 2 SO 4 dew point of the flue gas by heat exchange with a heat transfer medium providing said hot heat transfer medium; (d) further cooling the SO 3 -rich flue gas from step (c) in an air cooled condenser thereby condensing said SO 3 as H 2 SO 4 and producing hot air and a gas containing less than 150 ppmv SO2 or SO3 or a combination of both and less than 30 ppmv NO or NO2 or a combination of both; (e) withdrawing the condensed H 2 SO 4 from the condenser; wherein the temperature of the flue gas in step (c) is controlled by cooling the flue gas in a heat exchanger via heat exchange with heat transfer medium being a split stream of the boiler feed water for the boiler at a pressure above 60 bar, and in which the inlet temperature of the pressurized water to said heat exchanger is above the H 2 SO 4 dew point of the gas. (a) heating the flue gas upstream a catalytic reactor by heat exchange with a hot heat transfer medium; (b) oxidizing SO 2 in the flue gas to SO 3 in said catalytic reactor with at least one catalyst pass operating at temperatures in the range of 350-450 °C; (c) cooling the oxidized, SO 3 -rich flue gas from step (b) to a temperature above the H 2 SO 4 dew point of the flue gas by heat exchange with a heat transfer medium providing said hot heat transfer medium; (d) further cooling the SO 3 -rich flue gas from step (c) in an air cooled condenser thereby condensing said SO 3 as H 2 SO 4 and producing hot air and a gas containing less than 150 ppmv SO2 or SO3 or a combination of both and less than 30 ppmv NO or NO2 or a combination of both; (e) withdrawing the condensed H 2 SO 4 from the condenser;
An auto-provision method for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) accesses based on Software Defined Networking, the auto-provision method comprising: detecting, by an optical line terminal, OLT, installed within an Internet service provider infrastructure, when an optical network unit, ONU, is connected to an optical termination point at a customer premises equipment, CPE, of a user; when the ONU is detected as connecting to the optical termination point, notifying, by said OLT, a SDN controller installed at said Internet service provider infrastructure; providing, by the SDN controller, connectivity to said user to a dedicated and limited network which provides access to a single self-provisioning web site by at least connecting said CPE to a service provider site; receiving, by the self-provisioning web site, credential information identifying the user on the self-provisioning web site; receiving, by the self-provisioning web site, configuration information specifying which FTTH services the user wants to subscribe to; and disconnecting, by the SDN controller, the user from the self-provisioning web site and reconnecting the user to a different network via a virtual customer equipment, vCPE, connected to said Internet service provider infrastructure, wherein the Internet service provider infrastructure is configured to provide access to the Internet and to the subscribed FTTH services to the user. detecting, by an optical line terminal, OLT, installed within an Internet service provider infrastructure, when an optical network unit, ONU, is connected to an optical termination point at a customer premises equipment, CPE, of a user; when the ONU is detected as connecting to the optical termination point, notifying, by said OLT, a SDN controller installed at said Internet service provider infrastructure; providing, by the SDN controller, connectivity to said user to a dedicated and limited network which provides access to a single self-provisioning web site by at least connecting said CPE to a service provider site; receiving, by the self-provisioning web site, credential information identifying the user on the self-provisioning web site; receiving, by the self-provisioning web site, configuration information specifying which FTTH services the user wants to subscribe to; and disconnecting, by the SDN controller, the user from the self-provisioning web site and reconnecting the user to a different network via a virtual customer equipment, vCPE, connected to said Internet service provider infrastructure, wherein the Internet service provider infrastructure is configured to provide access to the Internet and to the subscribed FTTH services to the user.
An abdominal cavity-vein shunt stent for transporting ascites accumulated in the abdominal cavity of a patient to a vascular system, including: a cylindrically-extending stent body which has one end disposed in an intrahepatic vein and the other end disposed in the abdominal cavity by piercing a liver parenchyma; a cover member which is arranged in a portion of the stent body passing through the liver parenchyma, and which prevents the liver parenchyma from entering the stent body, characterized in that the abdominal cavity-vein shunt stent further includes: a one-way valve which is disposed in the stent body, which is opened to drain the ascites into the intrahepatic vein when a differential pressure obtained by subtracting a pressure of the intrahepatic vein from a pressure in the abdominal cavity is not lower than a predetermined value, and which is closed when the differential pressure is lower than the predetermined value; wherein the one-way valve is integrally formed with the cover member, and they are disposed on an inner circumferential side of the stent body. a cylindrically-extending stent body which has one end disposed in an intrahepatic vein and the other end disposed in the abdominal cavity by piercing a liver parenchyma; a cover member which is arranged in a portion of the stent body passing through the liver parenchyma, and which prevents the liver parenchyma from entering the stent body, characterized in that the abdominal cavity-vein shunt stent further includes: a one-way valve which is disposed in the stent body, which is opened to drain the ascites into the intrahepatic vein when a differential pressure obtained by subtracting a pressure of the intrahepatic vein from a pressure in the abdominal cavity is not lower than a predetermined value, and which is closed when the differential pressure is lower than the predetermined value; wherein the one-way valve is integrally formed with the cover member, and they are disposed on an inner circumferential side of the stent body. a one-way valve which is disposed in the stent body, which is opened to drain the ascites into the intrahepatic vein when a differential pressure obtained by subtracting a pressure of the intrahepatic vein from a pressure in the abdominal cavity is not lower than a predetermined value, and which is closed when the differential pressure is lower than the predetermined value; wherein the one-way valve is integrally formed with the cover member, and they are disposed on an inner circumferential side of the stent body.
A water-cooled air conditioner comprising: an indoor unit including an indoor unit front panel having a front intake hole through which indoor air is introduced, an indoor unit top panel, and a first heat exchanger installed in the indoor unit, the first heat exchanger being arranged such that indoor air introduced through the front intake hole and refrigerant are heat-exchanged with each other; an outdoor unit provided adjacent to and below the indoor unit and arranged to direct refrigerant which has been heat exchanged with cooling water to the indoor unit, the outdoor unit including a second heat exchanger installed in the outdoor unit and arranged such that the cooling water and the refrigerant are heat-exchanged with each other; a dividing plate dividing an upper internal space corresponding to the indoor unit from a lower internal space corresponding to the outdoor unit; a cooling tower for cooling the cooling water that is being directed to the second heat exchanger, the cooling tower being connected to the outdoor unit; a discharge duct coupled to the indoor unit top panel, and arranged to guide the air conditioned in the indoor unit to an indoor space for an air conditioning; and an intake duct for guiding the air in the indoor space to the indoor unit, the intake duct being provided at a side of the discharge duct, wherein the second heat exchanger is a plate type heat exchanger having a space that is divided by a plurality of thin plates spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance into a plurality of sections along which the refrigerant and the cooling water separately flow. an indoor unit including an indoor unit front panel having a front intake hole through which indoor air is introduced, an indoor unit top panel, and a first heat exchanger installed in the indoor unit, the first heat exchanger being arranged such that indoor air introduced through the front intake hole and refrigerant are heat-exchanged with each other; an outdoor unit provided adjacent to and below the indoor unit and arranged to direct refrigerant which has been heat exchanged with cooling water to the indoor unit, the outdoor unit including a second heat exchanger installed in the outdoor unit and arranged such that the cooling water and the refrigerant are heat-exchanged with each other; a dividing plate dividing an upper internal space corresponding to the indoor unit from a lower internal space corresponding to the outdoor unit; a cooling tower for cooling the cooling water that is being directed to the second heat exchanger, the cooling tower being connected to the outdoor unit; a discharge duct coupled to the indoor unit top panel, and arranged to guide the air conditioned in the indoor unit to an indoor space for an air conditioning; and an intake duct for guiding the air in the indoor space to the indoor unit, the intake duct being provided at a side of the discharge duct,
A flight conveyor of the kind which is arranged for conveying a material from one position to another one and which is comprising, - a frame, - at least one drive wheel and at least one idler wheel rotatably mounted on the frame, - a number of segments for supporting the material, - a number of shafts for pivotally interconnecting the segments to an endless row which has an upper row part and lower row part and is running, during operation, over the at least one drive wheel and the at least one idler wheel, and - a number of conveyor flights for bringing the material along in the conveying direction, further comprising - that the flights are pivotally mounted on each shaft, - that at least one rail is extending between the idler wheel and the drive wheel in an area below the upper row part, - that at least one slide (11;21), which is mounted on the back of each flight, seen in the conveying direction, is slidingly supported by the at least one rail, - that removing means is arranged at the drive wheel for successively removing adhered material from segments and flights passing the removing means during operation, and characterized in that the flights can pivot freely around their shaft when transported between the removing means and the at least one rail. - a frame, - at least one drive wheel and at least one idler wheel rotatably mounted on the frame, - a number of segments for supporting the material, - a number of shafts for pivotally interconnecting the segments to an endless row which has an upper row part and lower row part and is running, during operation, over the at least one drive wheel and the at least one idler wheel, and - a number of conveyor flights for bringing the material along in the conveying direction, further comprising - that the flights are pivotally mounted on each shaft, - that at least one rail is extending between the idler wheel and the drive wheel in an area below the upper row part, - that at least one slide (11;21), which is mounted on the back of each flight, seen in the conveying direction, is slidingly supported by the at least one rail, - that removing means is arranged at the drive wheel for successively removing adhered material from segments and flights passing the removing means during operation, and characterized in that the flights can pivot freely around their shaft when transported between the removing means and the at least one rail.