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A backing pad for a hand-guided polishing or sanding power tool, comprising - a support layer made of a rigid material, the support layer comprising a connection element on its top surface for connection of the backing pad to a driving shaft or an eccentric element of the polishing or sanding power tool, - a damping layer made of a resilient material, the damping layer being fixedly attached to a bottom surface of the support layer, and - an adhesive layer for releasable attachment of a polishing or sanding member to the backing pad, the adhesive layer being fixedly attached to a bottom surface of the damping layer, wherein the bottom surface of the support layer is provided with reinforcement elements (24, 26, 28; 46; 50, 52) for enhancing flexural rigidity of the support layer, and the bottom surface of the support layer is further provided with recesses formed between and at least partially limited by the reinforcement elements (24, 26, 28; 46; 50, 52),, characterized in that the reinforcement elements (24, 26, 28; 46; 50, 52) comprise first reinforcement ribs extending in a radial direction from a center of the support layer or parallel to the radial direction starting in a distance to the center of the support layer and ending at an outer edge of the support layer, wherein during manufacture of the backing pad the resilient material of the damping layer enters into the recesses and after curing of the resilient material entirely fills the recesses. - a support layer made of a rigid material, the support layer comprising a connection element on its top surface for connection of the backing pad to a driving shaft or an eccentric element of the polishing or sanding power tool, - a damping layer made of a resilient material, the damping layer being fixedly attached to a bottom surface of the support layer, and - an adhesive layer for releasable attachment of a polishing or sanding member to the backing pad, the adhesive layer being fixedly attached to a bottom surface of the damping layer, wherein the bottom surface of the support layer is provided with reinforcement elements (24, 26, 28; 46; 50, 52) for enhancing flexural rigidity of the support layer, and the bottom surface of the support layer is further provided with recesses formed between and at least partially limited by the reinforcement elements (24, 26, 28; 46; 50, 52),, characterized in that the reinforcement elements (24, 26, 28; 46; 50, 52) comprise first reinforcement ribs extending in a radial direction from a center of the support layer or parallel to the radial direction starting in a distance to the center of the support layer and ending at an outer edge of the support layer, wherein during manufacture of the backing pad the resilient material of the damping layer enters into the recesses and after curing of the resilient material entirely fills the recesses.
A sewing device for producing a sewn multilayer structure which comprises at least one top cover web and at least one compressible intermediate layer, said sewing device comprising a machine sewing mechanism, a conveyor for at least one of said cover webs (21, 23) and/or intermediate layers, and a lower needle plate with a stitch-hole, characterized in that an upper needle plate is provided which is spaced apart from the lower needle plate according to the intended height of the sewn multilayer structure and, starting from a stitch-hole which is aligned relative to the stitch-hole of the lower needle plate with respect to a needle stroke, includes a slot that extends in the sewing direction to an edge of the upper needle plate, and wherein the upper needle plate is provided for supporting the top cover web.
A device for probing a structure on a surface of an object substrate, said device comprising: a monolithic microfabricated compliant chip, wherein said microfabricated compliant chip comprises integrated electrical interconnects (20, 30, 50), and said microfabricated compliant chip is configured to: be secured to a housing by clamping said microfabricated compliant chip in the housing; be electrically interconnected to a measurement instrument; and contact the structure on a surface of an object substrate. be secured to a housing by clamping said microfabricated compliant chip in the housing; be electrically interconnected to a measurement instrument; and contact the structure on a surface of an object substrate.
A blood treatment machine comprising: a treatment module including a structure for coupling with a dialyzer, a blood treatment machine console configured to control the treatment module; and an arm coupled to and extending between the treatment module and the blood treatment machine console, wherein the blood treatment machine console is configured to control movement of the arm to automatically reposition the treatment module in response to data received from one or more sensors (226, 228, 326, 328, 526, 528, 626, 628, 726, 826, 926) related to tension along a blood line (102, 104) coupled to the dialyzer. a treatment module including a structure for coupling with a dialyzer, a blood treatment machine console configured to control the treatment module; and an arm coupled to and extending between the treatment module and the blood treatment machine console, wherein the blood treatment machine console is configured to control movement of the arm to automatically reposition the treatment module in response to data received from one or more sensors (226, 228, 326, 328, 526, 528, 626, 628, 726, 826, 926) related to tension along a blood line (102, 104) coupled to the dialyzer.
An automatic yarn threading device for threading yarns onto yarn guides, respectively, comprising: a suction gun configured to suck the yarns having been spun out; characterized by further comprising: a pressing roller configured to be pressed onto the yarns sucked by the suction gun to widen intervals of the yarns; and a yarn separation guide including grooves lined up in one direction, the yarns lined up at the intervals and widened by the pressing roller being inserted into the respective grooves. a suction gun configured to suck the yarns having been spun out; characterized by further comprising: a pressing roller configured to be pressed onto the yarns sucked by the suction gun to widen intervals of the yarns; and a yarn separation guide including grooves lined up in one direction, the yarns lined up at the intervals and widened by the pressing roller being inserted into the respective grooves. a pressing roller configured to be pressed onto the yarns sucked by the suction gun to widen intervals of the yarns; and a yarn separation guide including grooves lined up in one direction, the yarns lined up at the intervals and widened by the pressing roller being inserted into the respective grooves.
Polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin powder comprising a polyacrylic acid (salt) as a main component, wherein some particles of said polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin powder include an inorganic compound internally present therein, said polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin powder being characterized by satisfying the following physical properties to: a water absorption time according to a vortex method (Vortex) is 42 seconds or less or a free swell rate is 0.28 g/(g·s) or more, wherein the water absorption time according to the vortex method (Vortex) is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description, and the free swell rate is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description; a percentage of water-absorbing resin powder having a particle size of 150 μm or more and less than 850 μm is 90 weight% or more, wherein the particle size is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description; a gel particle's collapse rate at swelling is 10 weight% or less, wherein the gel particle's collapse rate at swelling is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description; an internal gas bubble ratio defined by the following equation is 0.1% to 2.5%, wherein the internal gas bubble ratio is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description: Internal gas bubble ratio % = true density − apparent density / true density × 100. a water absorption time according to a vortex method (Vortex) is 42 seconds or less or a free swell rate is 0.28 g/(g·s) or more, wherein the water absorption time according to the vortex method (Vortex) is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description, and the free swell rate is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description; a percentage of water-absorbing resin powder having a particle size of 150 μm or more and less than 850 μm is 90 weight% or more, wherein the particle size is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description; a gel particle's collapse rate at swelling is 10 weight% or less, wherein the gel particle's collapse rate at swelling is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description; an internal gas bubble ratio defined by the following equation is 0.1% to 2.5%, wherein the internal gas bubble ratio is measured according to a method described in the Examples section of the description: Internal gas bubble ratio % = true density − apparent density / true density × 100.
A method for detecting the application of scratches and/or bumps to a vehicle using at least one acceleration sensor mounted to the vehicle, wherein signals which are output by the acceleration sensor are monitored and analyzed by means of an electronic device, the method comprising: - analyzing the envelope of the signals, - determining if a signal is to be evaluated based on the envelope analysis; and - if the signal is to be evaluated, - evaluating the signal on the basis of a duration and a frequency of the signal, wherein the signals are evaluated in a plurality of frequency bands, of e.g. 150 - 250 Hz, which are respectively filtered out from the total bandwidth of the signal. - analyzing the envelope of the signals, - determining if a signal is to be evaluated based on the envelope analysis; and - if the signal is to be evaluated, - evaluating the signal on the basis of a duration and a frequency of the signal, wherein the signals are evaluated in a plurality of frequency bands, of e.g. 150 - 250 Hz, which are respectively filtered out from the total bandwidth of the signal.
Connecting element for securing two half shells (10, 20) of a buckle cap assigned to a belt buckle of a safety belt system, consisting of - two externally profiled end portions, - an anchoring portion, which is secured in a first half shell and - a fastening portion, which adjoins a separating portion and is pressed in a force-fitting manner into a receptacle of the other half shell, characterised by that - the connecting element is inserted with the anchoring portion in a material-locking or force-fitting manner into the first half shell and the fastening portion is inserted in a force- and/or form-fitting manner into the second half shell, wherein - the fastening portion has a conically tapering core pin at one free end, which pin has a symmetrically or asymmetrically executed structure of individual ribs on the outside. - two externally profiled end portions, - an anchoring portion, which is secured in a first half shell and - a fastening portion, which adjoins a separating portion and is pressed in a force-fitting manner into a receptacle of the other half shell, - the connecting element is inserted with the anchoring portion in a material-locking or force-fitting manner into the first half shell and the fastening portion is inserted in a force- and/or form-fitting manner into the second half shell, wherein - the fastening portion has a conically tapering core pin at one free end, which pin has a symmetrically or asymmetrically executed structure of individual ribs on the outside.
A gas tank arrangement for a breathing apparatus, comprising: - a gas tank, - an inlet valve for controlling a flow of gas into said gas tank, - an outlet valve for controlling a flow of gas out of said gas tank and towards a patient, and - a control unit for controlling said inlet and outlet valves to maintain the gas within said gas tank at an overpressure for subsequent delivery to the patient, and the control unit is configured to control the outlet valve based on a parameter that is indicative of the pressure within the gas tank, characterised in that the control unit is further configured to control the inlet and outlet valves to always maintain the pressure in the gas tank between a minimum pressure threshold value and a maximum pressure threshold value, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine the minimum and/or maximum pressure threshold value based on preset parameters relating to: - the dynamics of said outlet valve, and/or - a desired minimum and/or maximum flow of gas out of the gas tank. - a gas tank, - an inlet valve for controlling a flow of gas into said gas tank, - an outlet valve for controlling a flow of gas out of said gas tank and towards a patient, and - a control unit for controlling said inlet and outlet valves to maintain the gas within said gas tank at an overpressure for subsequent delivery to the patient, and - the dynamics of said outlet valve, and/or - a desired minimum and/or maximum flow of gas out of the gas tank.
A method for manufacturing a coating or doctoring blade having a wear-resistant polymer tip material applied to a longitudinal edge section thereof subjected to wear, comprising the successive steps of: applying a fast-curing polymer composition to a blade substrate; allowing the applied composition to spread out and to partly cure, to form a tack-free tip material; winding the tip material covered blade substrate into a coil such that successive turns of the coil deform the partly cured composition of adjacent turns; and allowing the applied composition to further cure while the blade substrate is still wound onto the coil. applying a fast-curing polymer composition to a blade substrate; allowing the applied composition to spread out and to partly cure, to form a tack-free tip material; winding the tip material covered blade substrate into a coil such that successive turns of the coil deform the partly cured composition of adjacent turns; and allowing the applied composition to further cure while the blade substrate is still wound onto the coil.
A copolymer comprising 5 to 95 mol% monomer of formula I; wherein; R is H or alkyl; 'd' is 1-10 X may be present or absent; with the proviso when X is present, X represents O, S or NR 2 where R 2 is H, (un)substituted or substituted alkyl, (un)substituted or substituted aryl, CH 2 C 6 H 5; Ar represents an aromatic ring which is (un) substituted or substituted with H, CH 3, CF 3, C 2 H 5, alkyl, OCH 3, C 6 H 11, Cl, Br, C 6 H 5, or CH 2 C 6 H 5; 5 to 95 mol% monomer of formula II; wherein; R is H or alkyl; Y represents O or S; Ar represent an aromatic ring which is (un) substituted or substituted with H, CH 3, CF 3, C 2 H 5, alkyl, OCH 3, C 6 H 11, Cl, Br, C 6 H 5, or CH 2 C 6 H 5; and and 0.1 to 20 mol% a co-polymerizable cross linker selected from the group consisting of terminally ethylenically unsaturated compounds such as hexanediol dimethacrylate (HDDMA), Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA), allyl methacrylate, diallyl methacrylate; pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, 1,3-propanediol dimethacrylate, 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate; and their corresponding acrylates. R is H or alkyl; 'd' is 1-10 X may be present or absent; with the proviso when X is present, X represents O, S or NR 2 where R 2 is H, (un)substituted or substituted alkyl, (un)substituted or substituted aryl, CH 2 C 6 H 5; Ar represents an aromatic ring which is (un) substituted or substituted with H, CH 3, CF 3, C 2 H 5, alkyl, OCH 3, C 6 H 11, Cl, Br, C 6 H 5, or CH 2 C 6 H 5; R is H or alkyl; Y represents O or S; Ar represent an aromatic ring which is (un) substituted or substituted with H, CH 3, CF 3, C 2 H 5, alkyl, OCH 3, C 6 H 11, Cl, Br, C 6 H 5, or CH 2 C 6 H 5; and
A numerical control method which uses a servo control unit to drive a feed axis of a machine tool, the numerical control method comprising steps of measuring a closed loop transfer function (G BP) of a position loop at the servo control unit of the machine tool by using a frequency response of the feed axis, finding a control coverage, P P, of the position loop by using the measured closed loop transfer function, G BP, using the following equation: P P = G BP K PP 1 − G BP, wherein K PP is the position proportional gain of the position loop, finding a modeling error (ΔP P) of the position loop from the control coverage (P P), and calculating the position proportional gain K pp of the position loop as a control parameter from the closed loop transfer function G BP of the position loop and the modeling error (ΔP p) of the position loop, wherein i) the closed loop transfer function (G BP) is set to not cross the modeling error (ΔP P) and ii) the small gain theorem is used to find K PP using the following equation: ΔP p < T − 1, wherein T is the closed-loop transfer function G BP and is shifted toward the modeling error (ΔP P) in a direction where frequency increases.
An apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis, the apparatus comprising means for delivering dialysis fluid to the peritoneal cavity of a patient, a measurement device for measuring the fluid pressure of the delivered dialysis fluid or the fluid pressure in the peritoneal cavity and a control unit operably connected to said means and the measurement device, wherein the control unit is configured to effect an inflow or outflow phase encompassing a series of fill-and-measurement or drain-and-measurement steps, each step comprising delivering a predetermined quantity of dialysis fluid to the peritoneal cavity or draining a predetermined quantity of dialysis fluid from the peritoneal cavity and subsequently measuring and recording a pressure value, to establish a function of intraperitoneal pressure by added volume and to use the slope and curvature of the function to generate and output at least one therapy-related prediction or recommendation, characterized in that the control unit is configured to obtain an average dwell behaviour in terms of the temporal variation of the interpertioneal volume by superimposition of dwell curves of consecutive cycles.
A backplane of a communications device, comprising: two fixing plates, multiple connectors, and multiple flexible cables, wherein signal connection is implemented between corresponding connectors by means of the flexible cables, each of the connectors is provided with a housing and multiple signal pins installed on the housing,-the housing is provided with a jack for insertion of a connector of a subcard in the communications device, wherein each fixing plate has an insertion surface for facing a subcard; one end of each signal pin is inserted into the jack, and the other end is connected to one of the multiple flexible cables; characterized in that each fixing plate is provided with at least one connector opening running through a thickness direction of the fixing plate, the housing of each connector is installed on one of the two fixing plates and runs through said fixing plate through the connector opening, and the multiple flexible cables are located on the sides of the two fixing plates opposite to their insertion surface, wherein the two fixing plates are parallel to each other, and the multiple flexible cables are located between the two fixing plates; or the two fixing plates are perpendicular to each other, one side of one of the two fixing plates is spliced with one side of the other fixing plate, and the flexible cables are located in a region of an angle of 90 degrees formed between the two fixing plates.
A method for predicting the outcome of a patient suffering colorectal cancer, or for selecting a patient which is likely to benefit from adjuvant therapy after surgical resection of colorectal cancer comprising the determination of the expression levels of the NPR3/C5orf23, CDKN2B and FLT1 genes in a sample from said patient, wherein an increased expression level of said genes with respect to a reference value for said genes is indicative of an increased likelihood of a negative outcome of the patient, or that the patient is likely to benefit from therapy after surgical treatment or wherein a decreased expression level of said genes with respect to reference values for said genes is indicative of an increased likelihood of a positive outcome of the patient, or that the patient is unlikely to benefit from therapy after surgical treatment. wherein an increased expression level of said genes with respect to a reference value for said genes is indicative of an increased likelihood of a negative outcome of the patient, or that the patient is likely to benefit from therapy after surgical treatment or wherein a decreased expression level of said genes with respect to reference values for said genes is indicative of an increased likelihood of a positive outcome of the patient, or that the patient is unlikely to benefit from therapy after surgical treatment.
A spray head for a fluid dispenser device, said spray head comprising: a hollow body comprising a sleeve that is substantially cylindrical and that extends along a longitudinal axis, and an end wall that is substantially radial and that is provided with a spray orifice; and a spray profile upstream from said spray orifice, said spray profile comprising at least one channel that is non-radial and/or non-axial relative to said longitudinal axis; said head, said spray orifice, and said spray profile are made as a single piece, said spray profile including a central pin, the internal end of said central pin, arranged inside said hollow body, being of shape that is conical or frustoconical, so as to guide the fluid towards said at least one non-radial and/or non-axial channel, said spray head being characterized in that said internal end forms an outlet valve.
A method of converting energy into electricity using an externally heated Brayton cycle, comprising steps of: compressing a gaseous working fluid in a compressor to form a high-pressure working fluid; heating the high-pressure working fluid in a recuperator by heat exchange with a low-pressure working fluid emerging from a turbine; adding energy to the recuperated high-pressure working fluid to increase the temperature and enthalpy of the working fluid by indirect heat transfer from an external source of heat comprising solar energy; expanding the recuperated high-pressure working fluid through the turbine to form said low-pressure working fluid, using the turbine to generate electricity; cooling the low-pressure working fluid emerging from the turbine in the recuperator; and lowering the temperature and increasing the mass of the high-pressure working fluid (22;26) after leaving the compressor, and/or after leaving the recuperator, by introducing an evaporative fluid (49;48) to produce evaporative cooling. compressing a gaseous working fluid in a compressor to form a high-pressure working fluid; heating the high-pressure working fluid in a recuperator by heat exchange with a low-pressure working fluid emerging from a turbine; adding energy to the recuperated high-pressure working fluid to increase the temperature and enthalpy of the working fluid by indirect heat transfer from an external source of heat comprising solar energy; expanding the recuperated high-pressure working fluid through the turbine to form said low-pressure working fluid, using the turbine to generate electricity; cooling the low-pressure working fluid emerging from the turbine in the recuperator; and lowering the temperature and increasing the mass of the high-pressure working fluid (22;26) after leaving the compressor, and/or after leaving the recuperator, by introducing an evaporative fluid (49;48) to produce evaporative cooling.