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Machine for the automatic treatment of components of inhalers, in particular cartomizers for electronic cigarettes, wherein each component comprises a central body, preferably of a tubular shape, having a lower end part normally protected by a removable lower cap and an upper end part normally protected by a removable upper cap, and wherein said machine comprises a loading station configured to load said components on a transporting member, a final station configured to unload said components from said transporting member and one or more work stations and/or one or more inspection stations of said components, interposed between said loading station and said final station, characterized in that after said loading station and upstream of said one or more work stations and/or one or more inspection stations a removal station is disposed, configured to selectively and automatically remove said caps (25 and 26) from the respective central bodies of said components and in that before said final station a repositioning station is disposed configured to selectively and automatically reposition said caps (25 and 26) in the lower end part and, respectively, in the upper end part of the corresponding central body of each of said components.
Device for damping torsional oscillations, comprising: - at least one holder that is able to rotate about an axis, - a plurality of pendulum assemblies that are able to move with respect to the holder, each pendulum assembly comprising: - a first and a second pendulum mass that are spaced apart axially from one another, the first pendulum mass being disposed axially on a first side of the holder and the second pendulum mass being disposed axially on a second side of the holder, and - at least two connecting members for connecting the first and the second pendulum mass, pairing up said masses, - a plurality of rolling elements, each rolling element cooperating with a first raceway integrated in the holder and with a second raceway integrated in a pendulum assembly and defined by one of the connecting members of this pendulum assembly, so as to guide the movement of this pendulum assembly with respect to the holder, characterized in that each pendulum assembly comprises, for each rolling element guiding the movement of this pendulum assembly, at least one abutment member, this abutment member protruding into the axial space defined between the two pendulum masses of this pendulum assembly so as to prevent the movement of the rolling element beyond at least one end position. - at least one holder that is able to rotate about an axis, - a plurality of pendulum assemblies that are able to move with respect to the holder, each pendulum assembly comprising: - a first and a second pendulum mass that are spaced apart axially from one another, the first pendulum mass being disposed axially on a first side of the holder and the second pendulum mass being disposed axially on a second side of the holder, and - at least two connecting members for connecting the first and the second pendulum mass, pairing up said masses, - a first and a second pendulum mass that are spaced apart axially from one another, the first pendulum mass being disposed axially on a first side of the holder and the second pendulum mass being disposed axially on a second side of the holder, and - at least two connecting members for connecting the first and the second pendulum mass, pairing up said masses, - a plurality of rolling elements, each rolling element cooperating with a first raceway integrated in the holder and with a second raceway integrated in a pendulum assembly and defined by one of the connecting members of this pendulum assembly, so as to guide the movement of this pendulum assembly with respect to the holder, characterized in that each pendulum assembly comprises, for each rolling element guiding the movement of this pendulum assembly, at least one abutment member, this abutment member protruding into the axial space defined between the two pendulum masses of this pendulum assembly so as to prevent the movement of the rolling element beyond at least one end position.
A device adapted to humidify compressed air for a compressed air-assisted application device for water-based paint, characterized by a partially water-filled pressure-resistant container having an air inlet and an air outlet for compressed air, wherein the air inlet is situated below a water level of a water bath contained in the container, and the air outlet is situated above the water level of the water bath contained in the container, wherein an air heating unit is connected downstream from the air outlet.
A device for reducing quantization noise in a sound signal synthesized from a decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)), the device being characterized in that it comprises: an excitation extrapolator to compute from the decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)) in a current frame an extrapolated time-domain excitation (e x (n)) of a future frame; an excitation concatenator to concatenate past decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)) from a previous frame, the decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)) of the current frame and the extrapolated (e x (n)) time-domain excitation of the future frame to form a concatenated time-domain excitation (e c (n)); a windowing and frequency transform module for applying a window ( w ( n)) to the concatenated time-domain excitation (e c (n)) to form a windowed concatenated time-domain excitation (e wc (n)); a first converter for converting the windowed concatenated time-domain excitation (e wc (n)) into a frequency-domain excitation ( f e ( k)); a mask builder responsive to the frequency-domain excitation (f e (k)) for producing a weighting mask ( G m); a modifier for modifying the frequency-domain excitation ( f e ( k)) to increase spectral dynamics by application of the weighting mask ( G m) to generate a modified frequency-domain excitation ( f e ( k)); and a second converter for converting the modified frequency-domain excitation ( f ' e ( k)) into a modified CELP time-domain excitation ( e ' td). an excitation extrapolator to compute from the decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)) in a current frame an extrapolated time-domain excitation (e x (n)) of a future frame; an excitation concatenator to concatenate past decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)) from a previous frame, the decoded CELP time-domain excitation (e(n)) of the current frame and the extrapolated (e x (n)) time-domain excitation of the future frame to form a concatenated time-domain excitation (e c (n)); a windowing and frequency transform module for applying a window ( w ( n)) to the concatenated time-domain excitation (e c (n)) to form a windowed concatenated time-domain excitation (e wc (n)); a first converter for converting the windowed concatenated time-domain excitation (e wc (n)) into a frequency-domain excitation ( f e ( k)); a mask builder responsive to the frequency-domain excitation (f e (k)) for producing a weighting mask ( G m); a modifier for modifying the frequency-domain excitation ( f e ( k)) to increase spectral dynamics by application of the weighting mask ( G m) to generate a modified frequency-domain excitation ( f e ( k)); and a second converter for converting the modified frequency-domain excitation ( f ' e ( k)) into a modified CELP time-domain excitation ( e ' td).
A method for manufacturing a particle source, comprising: placing a metal wire in vacuum, introducing active gas and catalyst gas, adjusting a temperature of the metal wire, and applying a positive high voltage V to the metal wire to ionize the active gas at the surface of the metal wire, in order to generate at a peripheral surface of the head of the metal wire an etching zone in which field induced chemical etching, FICE, is performed; increasing by the FICE a surface electric field at the apex of the metal wire head to be greater than the evaporation field of the metal wire material, so that metal atoms at the apex of the metal wire are evaporated off; after the field evaporation is activated by the FICE, causing mutual adjustment between the FICE and the field evaporation, until the head of the metal wire has a shape of combination of a base and a tip on the base; and stopping the FICE and the field evaporation when the head of the metal wire takes a predetermined shape, the method being characterized in that the catalyst gas has a first ionization energy smaller than that of the active gas, and the positive high voltage V is constant while the FICE and the field evaporation are occurring simultaneously and adjusting each other. placing a metal wire in vacuum, introducing active gas and catalyst gas, adjusting a temperature of the metal wire, and applying a positive high voltage V to the metal wire to ionize the active gas at the surface of the metal wire, in order to generate at a peripheral surface of the head of the metal wire an etching zone in which field induced chemical etching, FICE, is performed; increasing by the FICE a surface electric field at the apex of the metal wire head to be greater than the evaporation field of the metal wire material, so that metal atoms at the apex of the metal wire are evaporated off; after the field evaporation is activated by the FICE, causing mutual adjustment between the FICE and the field evaporation, until the head of the metal wire has a shape of combination of a base and a tip on the base; and stopping the FICE and the field evaporation when the head of the metal wire takes a predetermined shape, the method being characterized in that the catalyst gas has a first ionization energy smaller than that of the active gas, and the positive high voltage V is constant while the FICE and the field evaporation are occurring simultaneously and adjusting each other.
A method comprising: Determining, based on an inter-line spectral pair, LSP, spacing associated with a frame of an audio signal, that the audio signal includes a component corresponding to an artifact-generating condition; and in response to determining that the audio signal includes the component, adjusting a gain parameter corresponding to the audio signal, wherein the inter-LSP spacing is a smallest of a plurality of inter-LSP spacings corresponding to a plurality of LSPs of a high-band portion of the frame of the audio signal. Determining, based on an inter-line spectral pair, LSP, spacing associated with a frame of an audio signal, that the audio signal includes a component corresponding to an artifact-generating condition; and in response to determining that the audio signal includes the component, adjusting a gain parameter corresponding to the audio signal, wherein the inter-LSP spacing is a smallest of a plurality of inter-LSP spacings corresponding to a plurality of LSPs of a high-band portion of the frame of the audio signal.
Gas turbine comprising, on the one hand, a radial-type turbine wheel and, on the other hand, a fixed distributor, fed by a volute and surrounding said wheel, said distributor enabling the inlet gases coming from a combustion chamber to be conveyed to the periphery of the wheel before passing through it in a centripetal direction, characterized in that said turbine wheel is constructed in massive form and has passing through it, from inlets of its periphery to substantially axial outlets, first ducts with a dual inclination for said gases, namely ducts having, with respect to the radial direction, a first inclination in the direction of rotation of the wheel, and a second inclination with respect to the axial direction, directing them from the periphery towards the centre of the wheel, the wheel being characterized in that these first ducts are lined with a lining of refractory material of the ceramic kind.
A reversible window suspension device comprising at least two pivot arms (32, 33, 34), a slide and a guide formed of a profiled element that can be affixed to a frame, which profiled element includes a side wall, wherein said pivot arms can be pivotally fixed to the frame for movement in respective movement planes that are mutually parallel and perpendicular to a rotational axis for a window sash, which by means of the pivot arms is rotatably fixable to the frame and wherein the slide is fixable to the sash and arranged to be displaceably received by the guide arranged at the frame, characterized in that the profiled element is arranged to be accommodated in a recess in the frame for forming an open channel between the side wall and a frame surface which opposes the side wall and which constitutes a side delimiting surface of the recess, which open channel accommodates the movement plane of at least one of the pivot arms and is delimited by a hook-shaped guide wall which extends to some extent from the side wall towards said frame surface, thereby forming an opening of the open channel, between the free end of the guide wall and the frame surface, which guide wall, in coaction with the slide, guides movement of said slide, wherein the channel and said pivot arm are adapted to permit the insertion of at least a part of said pivot arm into the channel, through said opening, past the guide wall.
A titanium copper containing from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti, optionally a total amount of from 0 to 1.0% by mass of one or more elements selected from Ag, B, Co, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, P, Si, Cr and Zr, and the balance being of Cu and inevitable impurities, the titanium copper being in a form of a foil or strip, wherein the titanium copper has a layered structure of Cu and Ti where in a Ti concentration curve obtained by analyzing a cross section parallel to a rolling direction along a thickness direction by STEM-EDX according to the methods disclosed in the description, a lower concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration less than an average value of Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve and a higher concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration equal to or higher than the average value of the Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve are alternately present in the thickness direction, the layered structure being defined as a structure in which the lower concentration Ti layer and the higher concentration Ti layer are alternately present and each of the lower concentration Ti layer and the higher concentration Ti layer is continuous over 50 nm or more in the rolling direction, wherein in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction, a number of higher concentration Ti layers is 5 layers or more per 500 nm in the thickness direction, and wherein the titanium copper has a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or more in the direction parallel to the rolling direction measured in accordance with JIS Z2241: 2011 (Metal Material Tensile Test Method). wherein the titanium copper has a layered structure of Cu and Ti where in a Ti concentration curve obtained by analyzing a cross section parallel to a rolling direction along a thickness direction by STEM-EDX according to the methods disclosed in the description, a lower concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration less than an average value of Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve and a higher concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration equal to or higher than the average value of the Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve are alternately present in the thickness direction, the layered structure being defined as a structure in which the lower concentration Ti layer and the higher concentration Ti layer are alternately present and each of the lower concentration Ti layer and the higher concentration Ti layer is continuous over 50 nm or more in the rolling direction, wherein in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction, a number of higher concentration Ti layers is 5 layers or more per 500 nm in the thickness direction, and wherein the titanium copper has a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or more in the direction parallel to the rolling direction measured in accordance with JIS Z2241: 2011 (Metal Material Tensile Test Method).
A mold-releasing agent comprising, as active ingredients, a polyfluoroalkylphosphonic acid represented by the general formula: C n F 2n+1 (CH 2 CF 2) a (CF 2 CF 2) b (CH 2 CH 2) c P 2 I wherein n is an integer of 1 to 6, a is an integer of 1 to 4, b is an integer of 1 to 3, and c is an integer of 1 to 3, or a salt thereof and a polyfluoroalkylphosphonic acid oxyalkylene ester represented by the general formula: C n F 2n+1 (CH 2 CF 2) a (CF 2 CF 2) b (CH 2 CH 2) c P [O m R'] d 2-d XI wherein RO is a linear or branched oxyalkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R' is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or aralkyl group, n is an integer of 1 to 6, a is an integer of 1 to 4, b is an integer of 1 to 3, c is an integer of 1 to 3, d is an integer of 1 or 2, and m is an integer of 1 to 100.
Method for reducing the NOx emissions from a burner arrangement comprising a plurality of burners (B1,...,Bn), in particular in a gas turbine, which burners (B1,...,Bn) are operated in parallel and each burn supplied fuel by means of combustion air to form a flame (F1,...,Fn), characterized in that at a predetermined time the flame temperatures of individual burners (B1,...,Bn) or burner groups or differences between the flame temperatures of individual burners (B1,...,Bn) or burner groups are measured directly or indirectly, and in that the fuel supply to those burners or burner groups whose flame temperature exceeds a predetermined value for the flame temperature is selectively throttled permanently without control and regulation devices with a settable throttling member in order to homogenize the flame temperatures of the burners (B1,...,Bn).
Therapeutic parallel bars which can be brought into a use position and a stowed position, the parallel bars comprising four uprights (3, 3A), two longitudinal members, wherein each longitudinal member is supported by two uprights (3, 3A), which belong to one pair, at the respective upper ends of these uprights (3, 3A), and two transverse members, wherein each transverse member supports two uprights (3, 3A) which belong to different pairs, wherein the respective combinations of two uprights (3, 3A) belonging to the same pair and the longitudinal member supported by the uprights, at least insofar as this longitudinal member extends between the ends of the upper ends of these uprights (3, 3A), are each separate from the two transverse members in the stowed position and are rigidly connected to the two transverse members at the respective lower ends of the uprights belonging to the respective combinations in the use position, wherein the parallel bars are combined with an item of furniture, which item of furniture has at least two furniture legs and a furniture leaf supported by the at least two furniture legs, and the two combinations in the stowed position of the parallel bars are stowed in the item of furniture, characterized in that in the stowed position the two longitudinal members extend parallel to one another and to the furniture leaf under the furniture leaf, and the four uprights (3, 3A) extend parallel to one another and to the at least two furniture legs.
A method of video processing, said method comprising: receiving a first selection of a first object within a primary video stream that has a primary field of view; in response to receiving the first selection, generating, from the primary video stream, a first video stream including the first object and having a first field of view that is narrower than the primary field of view; receiving a second selection of a second object within the primary video stream; and in response to receiving the second selection, generating, from the primary video stream, a second video stream including the second object and having a second field of view that is narrower than the primary field of view, wherein the first video stream is generated prior to and independently of receiving the second selection, wherein the second video stream is generated independently of receiving the first selection, wherein the second video stream is displayed on a screen while the first video stream is displayed on the screen, and wherein the first field of view includes a portion of the primary field of view that is not within the second field of view and the second field of view includes a portion of the primary field of view that is not within the first field of view. receiving a first selection of a first object within a primary video stream that has a primary field of view; in response to receiving the first selection, generating, from the primary video stream, a first video stream including the first object and having a first field of view that is narrower than the primary field of view; receiving a second selection of a second object within the primary video stream; and in response to receiving the second selection, generating, from the primary video stream, a second video stream including the second object and having a second field of view that is narrower than the primary field of view, wherein the first video stream is generated prior to and independently of receiving the second selection, wherein the second video stream is generated independently of receiving the first selection, wherein the second video stream is displayed on a screen while the first video stream is displayed on the screen, and wherein the first field of view includes a portion of the primary field of view that is not within the second field of view and the second field of view includes a portion of the primary field of view that is not within the first field of view.
A liquid composition for forming a coating film, the liquid composition comprising: an infrared absorbent (a) containing one or more oxides selected from a tin-doped indium oxide, an antimony-doped tin oxide, and a composite tungsten oxide; an ultraviolet absorbent (b) containing one or more compounds selected from a benzophenone-based compound, a triazine-based compound, and a benzotriazole-based compound; 5 to 15 parts by mass of a dispersing agent (c) relative to 100 parts by mass of the infrared absorbent (a), the dispersing agent having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000; 1 to 13 parts by mass of a chelating agent (d) relative to 100 parts by mass of the infrared absorbent (a), the chelating agent being capable of forming a complex with the infrared absorbent (a) and having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000, the formed complex exhibiting substantially no absorption with respect to light having a visible wavelength; a binder component (e); and a liquid medium (f), wherein the molecular weight is a weight average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography, the chelating agent (d) is a polymer constituted of one or more monomers selected from a maleic acid, an acrylic acid, and a methacrylic acid, and the binder component (e) is mainly constituted of a material component for forming silicon oxide-based matrix. an infrared absorbent (a) containing one or more oxides selected from a tin-doped indium oxide, an antimony-doped tin oxide, and a composite tungsten oxide; an ultraviolet absorbent (b) containing one or more compounds selected from a benzophenone-based compound, a triazine-based compound, and a benzotriazole-based compound; 5 to 15 parts by mass of a dispersing agent (c) relative to 100 parts by mass of the infrared absorbent (a), the dispersing agent having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000; 1 to 13 parts by mass of a chelating agent (d) relative to 100 parts by mass of the infrared absorbent (a), the chelating agent being capable of forming a complex with the infrared absorbent (a) and having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000, the formed complex exhibiting substantially no absorption with respect to light having a visible wavelength; a binder component (e); and a liquid medium (f), wherein the molecular weight is a weight average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography, the chelating agent (d) is a polymer constituted of one or more monomers selected from a maleic acid, an acrylic acid, and a methacrylic acid, and the binder component (e) is mainly constituted of a material component for forming silicon oxide-based matrix.