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An image forming apparatus comprising: fixing means configured to, by adding heat and pressure to a toner image formed on a sheet, fix the toner image to the sheet; temperature sensing means configured to detect a temperature of an end of the fixing means in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction; cooling means configured to cool the end of the fixing means; cooling controller means configured to control a cooling level by the cooling means in accordance with the temperature of the end of the fixing means detected by the temperature sensing means; characterized by prediction means configured to, based on a parameter depending on the cooling level, predict a discharge amount of ultra fine particles that are discharged from the image forming apparatus; and image formation controller means (104; 123) configured to control an image forming operation by the image forming apparatus such that the discharge amount of ultra fine particles is reduced in accordance with the discharge amount predicted by the prediction means. fixing means configured to, by adding heat and pressure to a toner image formed on a sheet, fix the toner image to the sheet; temperature sensing means configured to detect a temperature of an end of the fixing means in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction; cooling means configured to cool the end of the fixing means; cooling controller means configured to control a cooling level by the cooling means in accordance with the temperature of the end of the fixing means detected by the temperature sensing means; characterized by prediction means configured to, based on a parameter depending on the cooling level, predict a discharge amount of ultra fine particles that are discharged from the image forming apparatus; and image formation controller means (104; 123) configured to control an image forming operation by the image forming apparatus such that the discharge amount of ultra fine particles is reduced in accordance with the discharge amount predicted by the prediction means.
A stable lyophilized pharmaceutical formulation of Factor VIII (FVIII) comprising: (a) a FVIII; (b) one or more buffering agents; (c) one or more antioxidants; (d) one or more stabilizing agents; and (e) one or more surfactants; wherein the formulation is prepared by lyophilizing a solution comprising (a) said FVIII comprising a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a recombinant FVIII polypeptide; b) a biologically active analog, fragment or variant of a); (b) a buffer comprising said pH buffering agent in a range of 0.1 mM to 500 mM and maintaining a pH in a range of 2.0 to 12.0; (c) said antioxidant at a concentration of 0.005 to 1.0 mg/ml; (d) said stabilizing agent at a concentration of 0.005 to 20%; (e) said surfactant at a concentration of 0.001 % to 1.0%; and said formulation excluding sodium chloride (NaCl) or including only trace amount of NaCl. (a) said FVIII comprising a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a recombinant FVIII polypeptide; b) a biologically active analog, fragment or variant of a); a) a recombinant FVIII polypeptide; b) a biologically active analog, fragment or variant of a); (b) a buffer comprising said pH buffering agent in a range of 0.1 mM to 500 mM and maintaining a pH in a range of 2.0 to 12.0; (c) said antioxidant at a concentration of 0.005 to 1.0 mg/ml; (d) said stabilizing agent at a concentration of 0.005 to 20%; (e) said surfactant at a concentration of 0.001 % to 1.0%; and
A method for producing a gear-tooth system on a component of a shaft/hub connection; wherein the component has a first axis of rotation and a gear-tooth system; wherein the gear-tooth system comprises a plurality of teeth, which are disposed next to one another along a circumference direction, wherein a tooth interstice is disposed between two teeth, in each instance, and each tooth has a head region and a flank region, in each instance, disposed between head region and a foot region disposed in the tooth interstice, wherein the tooth interstice has a tooth gap width (11, 12) in the flank region; wherein the gear-tooth system has at least a first region and subsequently a second region along an axial direction parallel to the first axis of rotation; wherein the first region has a first tooth gap width, and the second region has a second tooth gap width, which is less in comparison; wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: a) making available the component in a first initial state, wherein the component has the gear-tooth system, wherein the gear-tooth system has the second tooth gap width in the first region and in the second region; b) machining at least the first region and enlarging the second tooth gap width to form the first tooth gap width; characterised in that step b) is carried out using a rolling tool and wherein a different tool is used for producing the first tooth gap width than for producing the gear-tooth system or for producing the second tooth gap width. a) making available the component in a first initial state, wherein the component has the gear-tooth system, wherein the gear-tooth system has the second tooth gap width in the first region and in the second region; b) machining at least the first region and enlarging the second tooth gap width to form the first tooth gap width;
Venting device for an electrochemical battery comprising: a) the venting device comprises at least one inlet opening for receiving gases venting from the battery, the inlet opening being arranged for connection to a degassing opening of the electrochemical battery, b) the venting device comprises at least one outlet opening for venting the gases received from the battery, the outlet opening being directed to the ambience of the battery, c) the venting device comprises at least one flame arrester element, wherein the flame arrester element is or comprises an ignition protection frit made of flame retardant material, the flame arrester element being arranged to prohibit a breakthrough of flames into the interior of the battery, d) the inlet opening is in communication with the outlet opening via the flame arrester element, e) an explosion chamber (5, 6) is located within the venting device on the side of the flame arrester element which is directed to the outlet opening, f) the explosion chamber (5, 6) is arranged for developing and temporarily storing an explosive mixture of the gases received from the battery and oxygen from the ambient air, which explodes in case a flame occurs within the explosion chamber (5, 6), thereby blowing off the flame. a) the venting device comprises at least one inlet opening for receiving gases venting from the battery, the inlet opening being arranged for connection to a degassing opening of the electrochemical battery, b) the venting device comprises at least one outlet opening for venting the gases received from the battery, the outlet opening being directed to the ambience of the battery, c) the venting device comprises at least one flame arrester element, wherein the flame arrester element is or comprises an ignition protection frit made of flame retardant material, the flame arrester element being arranged to prohibit a breakthrough of flames into the interior of the battery, d) the inlet opening is in communication with the outlet opening via the flame arrester element, e) an explosion chamber (5, 6) is located within the venting device on the side of the flame arrester element which is directed to the outlet opening, f) the explosion chamber (5, 6) is arranged for developing and temporarily storing an explosive mixture of the gases received from the battery and oxygen from the ambient air, which explodes in case a flame occurs within the explosion chamber (5, 6), thereby blowing off the flame.
Fluid-filled coupling arrangement with a clutch device which has a housing, having a piston which is at least substantially sealed off and arranged in axially displaceable fashion in the housing, and having a clutch which is provided in a cooling chamber and which has a friction region, wherein, by way of the clutch device, in a manner dependent on the position of the piston relative to the clutch, an operative connection between a drive input and a drive output can be at least partially established or eliminated, wherein, by way of the piston, a drive-input-side pressure chamber provided between a drive-input side of the piston and an adjacent housing wall is at least substantially separated from a drive-output-side pressure chamber provided on a drive-output side of the piston, and at least one of said pressure chambers (105, 112) and the cooling chamber is assigned at least one supply line (75, 76, 78) which is connected to at least one supply source, wherein the drive-output-side pressure chamber is delimited at least substantially at one side by the drive-output side of the piston and at the other side by a partition which is assigned to the piston, which partition itself acts between the drive-output-side pressure chamber and the cooling chamber, and which partition has a rotational securing means at least substantially in the region of its radially outer end, characterized in that, regardless of the respective axial position of the piston and thus regardless of the operating state of the clutch device, the partition is always held in contact with the respectively adjacent component of the clutch, and in that the partition produces, by way of the rotational securing means, a rotationally conjoint connection in relation to the housing and thus in relation to the drive input.
Protective device comprising a transparent wall with an inner face and an outer face, and a light source for providing light at the edge of the aforementioned transparent wall in order that it radiates internally between the aforementioned inner face and outer face, with the aforementioned inner face comprising in a first direction, at least two successive internal reinforcements each constituting a prism, with at least one central angular area defined by a first concave or convex rounded portion, a second concave or convex rounded portion, extending the aforementioned first rounded portion for transferring to the outside in a second direction, via the aforementioned outer face, at least some of the light radiated internally to perform a selected lighting function with the two prisms being connected to each other by a sloping portion with a determined main slope and the curvature radii of the rounded parts (P1, P2) being determined on the basis of the viscosity of the material forming the transparent wall, characterised in that the successive internal reinforcements are each formed by at least two adjacent portions of a cylinder in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, at the sloping portion.
A method of making a multilayer container comprising the steps of: a) injection molding a polymer matrix to create a preform, wherein the preform comprises a threaded neck finish terminating at its lower end in a capping flange, and wherein the preform comprises at least two outer layers comprising a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a polyester, polyamide, polyolefin, polyimide, polylactide, or a copolymer thereof; and at least one barrier layer disposed between the at least two outer layers, wherein the at least one barrier layer comprises a first polymer composition comprising a polymer matrix and a low molecular weight gas barrier enhancing additive, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a polyester, polyester copolymer, polyamide, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene isophthalate, or a copolymer thereof, and wherein a low-molecular weight gas barrier enhancing additive is a purine derivative having a molecular weight below 1000 Daltons and is present in the multilayer container in an amount in the range of 0.2 to 10 weight percent of the multilayer container and in an amount in the range of 0.25 to 25 weight percent of the at least one barrier layer; and b) molding the preform to form a container. a) injection molding a polymer matrix to create a preform, wherein the preform comprises a threaded neck finish terminating at its lower end in a capping flange, and wherein the preform comprises at least two outer layers comprising a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a polyester, polyamide, polyolefin, polyimide, polylactide, or a copolymer thereof; and at least one barrier layer disposed between the at least two outer layers, wherein the at least one barrier layer comprises a first polymer composition comprising a polymer matrix and a low molecular weight gas barrier enhancing additive, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a polyester, polyester copolymer, polyamide, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene isophthalate, or a copolymer thereof, and wherein a low-molecular weight gas barrier enhancing additive is a purine derivative having a molecular weight below 1000 Daltons and is present in the multilayer container in an amount in the range of 0.2 to 10 weight percent of the multilayer container and in an amount in the range of 0.25 to 25 weight percent of the at least one barrier layer; and b) molding the preform to form a container.
A colored resin particle dispersion comprising colored resin particles, a basic dispersant, and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the colored resin particles comprise a colorant and a (meth)acrylic-based resin, and the (meth)acrylic-based resin has: a unit A having a carboxyl group, a unit B having a phosphoric acid group and/or a phosphate ester group, and a unit C having an aromatic ring. a unit A having a carboxyl group, a unit B having a phosphoric acid group and/or a phosphate ester group, and a unit C having an aromatic ring.
Structural member for a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a tower and a nacelle having a rotor, the structural member comprising a body, wherein the body is asymmetrical with respect to a vertical XZ plane passing substantially through the centre of the wind turbine rotor for withstanding asymmetrical loads acting on the wind turbine, characterized in that the structural member body is for connecting the wind turbine tower with the wind turbine rotor and in that the structural member body is inertially asymmetrical with respect to said vertical XZ plane.
A hearing aid comprising a BTE hearing aid housing configured to be worn behind the pinna of a user, at least one BTE sound input transducer accommodated in the BTE hearing aid housing, each of which is configured for conversion of acoustic sound into a respective audio signal, an ITE microphone housing configured to be positioned in the outer ear of the user for fastening and retaining, in its intended position, at least one ITE microphone accommodated in the ITE microphone housing, each of which is configured for conversion of acoustic sound into a respective audio signal, at least one adaptive cue filter, each of which having an input that is provided with an output signal from a respective one of the at least one BTE sound input transducer, and the filter coefficients of which are adapted so that the difference between an output signal of the at least one ITE microphone and a combined output signal of the at least one adaptive cue filter is reduced, a processor configured to generate a hearing loss compensated output signal based on a combination of the filtered audio signals output by the at least one cue filter, an output transducer for conversion of the hearing loss compensated output signal to an auditory output signal that can be received by the human auditory system, an adaptive feedback canceller for feedback suppression and having an input connected to an output of the processor for reception of the hearing loss compensated output signal, at least one output modelling the feedback path from the output of the output transducer to the respective at least one BTE microphone and connected to a subtractor for subtraction of the at least one output of the adaptive feedback canceller from the output signal of the respective at least one BTE microphone and outputting the difference to the respective at least one adaptive cue filter, characterized in that the hearing aid further comprises a feedback monitor connected to the adaptive feedback canceller and configured to monitor the state of feedback and having an output providing an indication of the state of feedback, a cue controller connected to the output of the feedback monitor and the output of the at least one adaptive cue filter, and configured to control, in response to the output of the feedback monitor, the at least one adaptive cue filter so that the difference between an output of the at least one ITE microphone and a combined output of the at least one adaptive cue filter is reduced.
A system comprising: one or more road-side illumination sources arranged to emit illumination to illuminate at least part of a road; one or more detectors arranged to detect at least a control type of a vehicle travelling on said road, the control type being detected from amongst a set comprising: a manually driven vehicle and an autonomous vehicle, the one or more detectors comprising at least one wireless receiver arranged to receive a data signal from a transmitter onboard the vehicle, the data signal indicating said at least a control type of the vehicle; and a controller arranged to control the illumination emitted by the one or more illumination sources, wherein the controller is configured to adapt said illumination in dependence on the detected control type of the vehicle, by: - applying one or more illumination settings designed for an artificial light sensor or image sensor of the vehicle in case of the one or more detectors detecting that the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, and - applying one or more illumination settings designed for a human visual system in case of the one or more detectors detecting that the vehicle is a manually driven vehicle. one or more road-side illumination sources arranged to emit illumination to illuminate at least part of a road; one or more detectors arranged to detect at least a control type of a vehicle travelling on said road, the control type being detected from amongst a set comprising: a manually driven vehicle and an autonomous vehicle, the one or more detectors comprising at least one wireless receiver arranged to receive a data signal from a transmitter onboard the vehicle, the data signal indicating said at least a control type of the vehicle; and a controller arranged to control the illumination emitted by the one or more illumination sources, wherein the controller is configured to adapt said illumination in dependence on the detected control type of the vehicle, by: - applying one or more illumination settings designed for an artificial light sensor or image sensor of the vehicle in case of the one or more detectors detecting that the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, and - applying one or more illumination settings designed for a human visual system in case of the one or more detectors detecting that the vehicle is a manually driven vehicle. - applying one or more illumination settings designed for an artificial light sensor or image sensor of the vehicle in case of the one or more detectors detecting that the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, and - applying one or more illumination settings designed for a human visual system in case of the one or more detectors detecting that the vehicle is a manually driven vehicle.
Household appliance device, in particular hob device, having at least one sensor unit, which has at least two light sensors (24, 26), characterised in that the sensor unit has at least one beam splitter unit, which is provided to split radiation coming from one measuring point into at least two partial beams (T 1, T 2), which are provided to be detected by different light sensors (24, 26), wherein the sensor unit has at least one light guiding unit which is provided to guide light from the measuring point to the beam splitter unit and is formed by an optical fibre.
Fire-resistant glazing comprising more than two glass sheets separated by layers of intumescent material based on hydrated alkali metal silicate, at least one "tin" face of one of the sheets being in contact with the intumescent material, characterized in that this face is coated with a thin layer which is essentially transparent, the thickness of which is not greater than 200 Å, which layer is deposited by magnetron-assisted cathode sputtering, of a material which withstands contact with the intumescent hydrated alkali metal silicate composition from the group consisting of: titanium dioxide, titanium dioxide modified by the incorporation of a metal from the group consisting of Zr, Nb, Ta, Hf, V, Ce, W, Mo and Al, the modification metal representing at most 40 atom% of the combined metals, tin oxide, doped tin oxide, zinc stannate comprising at most 50 atom% of Zn, and optionally doped zinc oxide.
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine, the combustor assembly comprising: a combustor dome at least partially defining a combustion chamber and including a hot side and a cold side; and a fuel-air injector hardware assembly comprising a first member positioned at least partially adjacent to the cold side of the combustor dome; a second member positioned at least partially adjacent to the hot side of the combustor dome, the first and second members (156, 158) together defining an attachment interface joining the first member to the second member and mounting the fuel-air injector hardware assembly to the combustor dome, the attachment interface shielded from the combustion chamber; wherein the first member defines a slot, wherein the combustor dome defines a slot, and wherein the fuel-air injector assembly further comprises a pin extending through the slot in the first member and into the slot in the dome to prevent rotation of the first member relative to the combustor dome; and wherein the first member is a seal plate, and wherein the second member is a heat shield. a combustor dome at least partially defining a combustion chamber and including a hot side and a cold side; and a fuel-air injector hardware assembly comprising a first member positioned at least partially adjacent to the cold side of the combustor dome; a second member positioned at least partially adjacent to the hot side of the combustor dome, the first and second members (156, 158) together defining an attachment interface joining the first member to the second member and mounting the fuel-air injector hardware assembly to the combustor dome, the attachment interface shielded from the combustion chamber; wherein the first member defines a slot, wherein the combustor dome defines a slot, and wherein the fuel-air injector assembly further comprises a pin extending through the slot in the first member and into the slot in the dome to prevent rotation of the first member relative to the combustor dome; and wherein the first member is a seal plate, and wherein the second member is a heat shield.