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A method for preparing a pressure vessel for receiving high purity acetylene at elevated pressure, said method comprising: providing a porous filler-containing pressure vessel; deep cleaning the porous filler-containing pressure vessel;; and charging a solvent into the deep cleaned, porous filler-containing pressure vessel to provide said pressure vessel; characterized by: vacuum degassing the solvent to purify the solvent prior to charging the solvent into the deep cleaned, porous filler-containing pressure vessel. providing a porous filler-containing pressure vessel; deep cleaning the porous filler-containing pressure vessel;; and charging a solvent into the deep cleaned, porous filler-containing pressure vessel to provide said pressure vessel; vacuum degassing the solvent to purify the solvent prior to charging the solvent into the deep cleaned, porous filler-containing pressure vessel.
A contactless power transfer system comprising: a first coil configured to produce a magnetic field; a second coil configured to receive power from the first coil via the magnetic field; and a field focusing element disposed between the first coil and the second coil for focusing the magnetic field, and comprising a plurality of resonators arranged in an array, wherein each of the plurality of resonators, upon excitation, interfere constructively in a direction of the second coil and interfere destructively in a remaining space to focus the magnetic field onto the second coil and enhance the coupling between the first coil and the second coil. a first coil configured to produce a magnetic field; a second coil configured to receive power from the first coil via the magnetic field; and a field focusing element disposed between the first coil and the second coil for focusing the magnetic field, and comprising a plurality of resonators arranged in an array, wherein each of the plurality of resonators, upon excitation, interfere constructively in a direction of the second coil and interfere destructively in a remaining space to focus the magnetic field onto the second coil and enhance the coupling between the first coil and the second coil.
A method for slotting an integrated thin film solar cell, according to which a slotting tool (8, 8a, 8b) is moved over an integrated thin film solar cell substrate along a line to be scribed on said solar cell substrate with the cutting edge (86, 87) of the slotting tool (8, 8b, 8c) being pressed against said solar cell substrate so that a scribe line is created on said solar cell, wherein said slotting tool (8, 8b, 8c) comprises: a body in rod form; and a cutting edge region formed at a tip of the body, wherein the cutting edge region is formed of a long, rectangular bottom, a front surface and a rear surface which rise from the short sides of the bottom, and a pair of sides, left and right sides (88, 89), which rise at a right angle from the long sides of the bottom and are parallel to each other, and the corner (93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99) formed of either a front or rear side and the bottom is used as a cutting edge (86, 87), and the long axis of the rectangular bottom is in the direction in which said slotting tool (8, 8b, 8c) is moved, characterised in that said slotting tool (8, 8b, 8c) is inclined in the direction in which said slotting tool (8, 8b, 8c) is moved so that the angle formed between the front or rear surface (84, 85) of the cutting edge region and the surface of the solar cell to be processed is in a range from 50 degrees to 80 degrees.
A method for welding or fusing seaming loops formed from yarns having more than one strand on a machine seamable industrial fabric, the method comprising the steps of: applying laser energy absorbing materials on said seaming loops and on the area in the main body of the fabric immediately adjacent to the seaming loops; and focusing a laser source at said seaming loops thereby partially melting and permanently welding or fusing the strands constituting the yarns forming said seaming loops. applying laser energy absorbing materials on said seaming loops and on the area in the main body of the fabric immediately adjacent to the seaming loops; and focusing a laser source at said seaming loops thereby partially melting and permanently welding or fusing the strands constituting the yarns forming said seaming loops.
A multi-station vial packaging machine provided with a horizontal, circular vial-conveyor tray, the tray being mounted mobile in rotation on a fixed frame, the circular plate allowing the vials to be conveyed at the periphery thereof and carrying the vials between the stations by a circular and intermittent movement, said machine allowing the simultaneous and continuous filling of a determined number of vials, both during movements of the vials and when the vials are stopped, said machine including a first motorized means allowing the moving up and down of filling nozzles and a second motorized means allowing the reciprocating displacement of the filling nozzles following the vials over a section of their movements, said machine including a filling station that includes a filling device, characterized in that said filling device includes o a crane (2, 3) including at least two vertical struts secured to the frame, and o a nozzle-holder carriage (4; 6, 21, 5) including • a guiding plate and • a nozzle-holder, - the nozzle-holder carriage being able to move vertically between the struts of the crane and the nozzle-holder being able to be mobile against the guiding plate in a co-circular movement with the vials conveyed by the tray, - said crane supporting the first motorized means acting on the guiding plate of the nozzle-holder carriage so as to allow a vertical up and down displacement of said guiding plate with respect to the struts, the guiding plate supporting the second motorized means able to act on the nozzle-holder so as to produce the horizontal and co-circular according to an arc-of-a-circle, intermittent, reciprocating displacement of said nozzle-holder along the guiding plate. o a crane (2, 3) including at least two vertical struts secured to the frame, and o a nozzle-holder carriage (4; 6, 21, 5) including • a guiding plate and • a nozzle-holder, • a guiding plate and • a nozzle-holder, - the nozzle-holder carriage being able to move vertically between the struts of the crane and the nozzle-holder being able to be mobile against the guiding plate in a co-circular movement with the vials conveyed by the tray, - said crane supporting the first motorized means acting on the guiding plate of the nozzle-holder carriage so as to allow a vertical up and down displacement of said guiding plate with respect to the struts, the guiding plate supporting the second motorized means able to act on the nozzle-holder so as to produce the horizontal and co-circular according to an arc-of-a-circle, intermittent, reciprocating displacement of said nozzle-holder along the guiding plate.
Process for preparing a hydrotreating catalyst comprising of from at least 14 wt% to 30 wt% of molybdenum, of from 2 wt% to 12 wt% of nickel, both assumed to be present in the form of the metal independent of actual form, and of from 1.5 to 3.5 wt% of phosphorus, assumed to be present as the element independent of its actual form, all based on total dry weight of catalyst, which process comprises: (a) treating an alumina carrier by pore volume impregnation with a solution consisting of molybdenum and nickel and of from 1 to 60 %wt of gluconic acid, based on weight of dry carrier, and phosphorus, the gluconic acid being in the form of gluconic acid or a salt of gluconic acid or an ester of gluconic acid which ester forms gluconate in the solution, and the phosphorous compound being orthophosphoric acid, (b) optionally drying the treated carrier at a temperature of from 40 to 200 °C, and (c) calcining the treated and optionally dried carrier at a temperature of from 250 to 600 °C for from 0.5 to 4 hours to obtain the calcined treated carrier, in which process the ratio of weight of gluconic acid to the total weight of nickel and molybdenum deposited on the carrier before calcination is of from 0.7 to 1.5. (a) treating an alumina carrier by pore volume impregnation with a solution consisting of molybdenum and nickel and of from 1 to 60 %wt of gluconic acid, based on weight of dry carrier, and phosphorus, the gluconic acid being in the form of gluconic acid or a salt of gluconic acid or an ester of gluconic acid which ester forms gluconate in the solution, and the phosphorous compound being orthophosphoric acid, (b) optionally drying the treated carrier at a temperature of from 40 to 200 °C, and (c) calcining the treated and optionally dried carrier at a temperature of from 250 to 600 °C for from 0.5 to 4 hours to obtain the calcined treated carrier,
A signal receiver apparatus comprising: a waveform shaping data storage device storing waveform shaping data for each of a plurality of signal transmitter devices coupled to the signal receiver apparatus; a waveform shaping device reading, from the waveform shaping data storage device, waveform shaping data when a signal from the signal transmitter device is received, and shaping a waveform of the received signal to form a reception waveform; and characterized in that it further comprises a pattern identification device identifying a pattern of the reception waveform and outputting a trigger to a waveform shaping data calculation device to update the waveform shaping data. a waveform shaping data storage device storing waveform shaping data for each of a plurality of signal transmitter devices coupled to the signal receiver apparatus; a waveform shaping device reading, from the waveform shaping data storage device, waveform shaping data when a signal from the signal transmitter device is received, and shaping a waveform of the received signal to form a reception waveform; and characterized in that it further comprises a pattern identification device identifying a pattern of the reception waveform and outputting a trigger to a waveform shaping data calculation device to update the waveform shaping data.
A Geiger-Müller tube comprising an enclosed container having at least one metal wall forming a cathode, said metal wall comprising a layer of platinum, a metal anode spaced from said cathode, and means to apply a voltage between said anode and said cathode, said enclosed container being filled with a mixture of a noble gas and a halogen comprising chlorine, bromine or a mixture thereof, to a pressure of equal to or less than 0.2 atmospheres, characterised in that said platinum layer comprises a surface layer of platinum tetrachloride and/or platinum tetrabromide.
An antenna unit (100, 300, 400), comprising: a first metal portion; a second metal portion connected to one side of the first metal portion; a third metal portion connected to another side of the first metal portion which is opposite to the second metal portion; a feed-in point disposed at the second metal portion; a first ground terminal; and a second ground terminal, wherein the feed-in point, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal are disposed in a straight line, and a shape of the first metal portion is mirror-image symmetrical relative to the feed-in point, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal; characterized in that: the first metal portion includes a first semicircle part and a second semicircle part, and the first semicircle part, the second semicircle part, the second metal portion and the third metal portion are disposed in a straight line; or the first metal portion includes a first triangle part and a second triangle part, and the first triangle part, the second triangle part, the second metal portion and the third metal portion are disposed in a straight line. a first metal portion; a second metal portion connected to one side of the first metal portion; a third metal portion connected to another side of the first metal portion which is opposite to the second metal portion; a feed-in point disposed at the second metal portion; a first ground terminal; and a second ground terminal, wherein the feed-in point, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal are disposed in a straight line, and a shape of the first metal portion is mirror-image symmetrical relative to the feed-in point, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal; characterized in that: the first metal portion includes a first semicircle part and a second semicircle part, and the first semicircle part, the second semicircle part, the second metal portion and the third metal portion are disposed in a straight line; or the first metal portion includes a first triangle part and a second triangle part, and the first triangle part, the second triangle part, the second metal portion and the third metal portion are disposed in a straight line. the first metal portion includes a first semicircle part and a second semicircle part, and the first semicircle part, the second semicircle part, the second metal portion and the third metal portion are disposed in a straight line; or the first metal portion includes a first triangle part and a second triangle part, and the first triangle part, the second triangle part, the second metal portion and the third metal portion are disposed in a straight line.
Method of removing a liquid adhering to a convex bottom of a container for accommodating an ophthalmic lens, in particular a contact lens such as a soft contact lens, during transporting the container, which enables the flow of liquid into and out of the container, from a liquid bath to a subsequent processing station, the method comprising the steps of: - transporting the container from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, - providing an aspirator comprising a suction cup having a concave wall with at least one suction orifice arranged in the concave wall, the concave wall of the suction cup having a shape which corresponds to the shape of the convex bottom of the container, - generating suction, - applying the suction through the at least one suction orifice arranged in the concave wall of the suction cup, - moving the suction cup towards the convex bottom of the container with the concave wall of the suction cup facing the convex bottom of the container, applying the suction to the convex bottom of the container during the step of transporting the container from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, thereby removing from the container the liquid adhering to the convex bottom of the container, - wherein the suction cup is moved towards the convex bottom of the container only to an extent that the suction cup does not contact the convex bottom of the container, and - wherein applying the suction to the convex bottom of the container allows a leakage stream to flow between the bottom of the container and the concave wall of the suction cup towards the at least one suction orifice in the concave wall of the suction cup. - transporting the container from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, - providing an aspirator comprising a suction cup having a concave wall with at least one suction orifice arranged in the concave wall, the concave wall of the suction cup having a shape which corresponds to the shape of the convex bottom of the container, - generating suction, - applying the suction through the at least one suction orifice arranged in the concave wall of the suction cup, - moving the suction cup towards the convex bottom of the container with the concave wall of the suction cup facing the convex bottom of the container, applying the suction to the convex bottom of the container during the step of transporting the container from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, thereby removing from the container the liquid adhering to the convex bottom of the container, - wherein the suction cup is moved towards the convex bottom of the container only to an extent that the suction cup does not contact the convex bottom of the container, and - wherein applying the suction to the convex bottom of the container allows a leakage stream to flow between the bottom of the container and the concave wall of the suction cup towards the at least one suction orifice in the concave wall of the suction cup.
A device for implanting a prosthesis in a body tissue, comprising: - a tubular element, at its own interior defining a channel having an extension direction along an axis (X-X) and a cross-section of area, within which a prosthesis can slide that has a cross section of area; - a pressure element movable inside the channel for moving said prosthesis; - a cartridge provided with a chamber, in communication with the channel; characterized in that the cartridge comprises a seat having a preferable extension direction along an axis (H-H) and a cross-section of area, wherein the seat is configured for housing the prosthesis and movable inside the chamber from a first position, in which the area of the cross-section of the seat is outside the area of the cross section of the tubular element and the seat does not face the channel, to a second position, in which the area of the cross section of the seat intersects the area of the cross section of the tubular element; - a pusher element configured to operate on the seat to facilitate the movement of the seat inside the chamber from the first position to the second position, inducing a communication between the channel and the seat suitable for facilitating the insertion of the prosthesis inside the channel upon command of the pressure element. - a tubular element, at its own interior defining a channel having an extension direction along an axis (X-X) and a cross-section of area, within which a prosthesis can slide that has a cross section of area; - a pressure element movable inside the channel for moving said prosthesis; - a cartridge provided with a chamber, in communication with the channel; - a pusher element configured to operate on the seat to facilitate the movement of the seat inside the chamber from the first position to the second position, inducing a communication between the channel and the seat suitable for facilitating the insertion of the prosthesis inside the channel upon command of the pressure element.
A packaged green tea beverage satisfying the following requirements: (i) comprising 100 to 800 ppm of an ascorbic acid; (ii) comprising 1 to 200 ppm of valine; (iii) having a colorimetric lightness of 75 ≤ L* ≤ 95; (iv) having a colorimetric chroma of 15 ≤ C* ≤ 25; (v) comprising raffinose and stachyose in a total amount of not smaller than 10 ppm and not greater than 100 ppm. (i) comprising 100 to 800 ppm of an ascorbic acid; (ii) comprising 1 to 200 ppm of valine; (iii) having a colorimetric lightness of 75 ≤ L* ≤ 95; (iv) having a colorimetric chroma of 15 ≤ C* ≤ 25; (v) comprising raffinose and stachyose in a total amount of not smaller than 10 ppm and not greater than 100 ppm.
A system for imaging a patient's breast with x-rays comprising an x-ray source (90, 100) and an image receptor (16, 94) on a support, and a breast platform and a compression paddle configured to immobilize a patient's breast between the x-ray source (90, 100) and the image receptor (16, 94), a control unit for moving the x-ray source (90, 100) in a trajectory defined by a plurality of points (T1-Tn), wherein said trajectory is to one side of a normal to a center of the image receptor (16, 94) seen from a direction facing the patient's breast when the patient's breast is immobilized by the breast platform and the compression paddle; said image receptor (16, 94) including means to provide respective tomosynthesis data for each of said points (T1-Tn) of said trajectory; characterised by a face shield and a mounting for moving said face shield laterally, side-to-side, so that the face shield is not symmetrically oriented relative to a normal to a center of the compression paddle and the image receptor (16, 94).
A heat exchanger comprising: a duct through which a first fluid may flow; and one or more anti-swirl vanes disposed within the duct and configured to disrupt the flow of the first fluid through the duct; wherein each vane comprises: one or more first flow channels, the first flow channels being in fluid communication with the duct such that the first fluid flowing through the duct may flow through the first flow channels; and one or more second flow channels through which a second fluid may flow so as to transfer heat between the first fluid and the second fluid; the second flow channels within the vanes are separated from the duct and the first flow channels by at least one channel wall such that fluid cannot flow between the duct and a second flow channel or between a first flow channel and a second flow channel. a duct through which a first fluid may flow; and one or more anti-swirl vanes disposed within the duct and configured to disrupt the flow of the first fluid through the duct; wherein each vane comprises: one or more first flow channels, the first flow channels being in fluid communication with the duct such that the first fluid flowing through the duct may flow through the first flow channels; and one or more second flow channels through which a second fluid may flow so as to transfer heat between the first fluid and the second fluid; one or more first flow channels, the first flow channels being in fluid communication with the duct such that the first fluid flowing through the duct may flow through the first flow channels; and one or more second flow channels through which a second fluid may flow so as to transfer heat between the first fluid and the second fluid; the second flow channels within the vanes are separated from the duct and the first flow channels by at least one channel wall such that fluid cannot flow between the duct and a second flow channel or between a first flow channel and a second flow channel.
An apparatus for pumping blood in the pathways of an animal, comprising: a rotor including: means for centrifugally flowing blood toward a first pathway, said centrifugal flow means being rotatable about an axis; and means for axially flowing blood within a second pathway and toward said centrifugal means, said axial flow means being rotatable about the axis; the apparatus further comprising means for protectively containing said centrifugal means and said axial means within a junction of the first pathway and the second pathway; wherein blood flowing from said centrifugal means passes through said protective means into the first pathway, and wherein said centrifugal flow means has a first viscous impelling surface and said axial flow means has a second viscous impelling surface, and the first surface and the second surface comprise a smoothly contouring exterior adapted and configured to impel the flow of blood by viscous drag. a rotor including: means for centrifugally flowing blood toward a first pathway, said centrifugal flow means being rotatable about an axis; and means for axially flowing blood within a second pathway and toward said centrifugal means, said axial flow means being rotatable about the axis; means for centrifugally flowing blood toward a first pathway, said centrifugal flow means being rotatable about an axis; and means for axially flowing blood within a second pathway and toward said centrifugal means, said axial flow means being rotatable about the axis; the apparatus further comprising means for protectively containing said centrifugal means and said axial means within a junction of the first pathway and the second pathway; wherein blood flowing from said centrifugal means passes through said protective means into the first pathway, and wherein said centrifugal flow means has a first viscous impelling surface and said axial flow means has a second viscous impelling surface, and the first surface and the second surface comprise a smoothly contouring exterior adapted and configured to impel the flow of blood by viscous drag.