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An in-line coating device, comprising: a transport section configured to transport a plurality of workpieces which are separators for a fuel cell; a coating section having a plurality of coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) arranged in a transport direction of the workpieces so as to face the workpieces; and a voltage applying section configured to apply, to the workpieces, bias voltages to attract particles emitted from the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) toward the workpieces when the workpieces transported by the transport section face the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) of the coating section, wherein the coating section continuously coats each workpiece with the plurality of coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) the bias voltage applied to each workpiece by the voltage applying section when the workpiece faces one of the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) is different from that applied when the workpiece (W, W2) faces another one of the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124), and the workpiece entirely covers the portion of the transport section that faces the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) when the bias voltages are applied thereto. a transport section configured to transport a plurality of workpieces which are separators for a fuel cell; a coating section having a plurality of coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) arranged in a transport direction of the workpieces so as to face the workpieces; and a voltage applying section configured to apply, to the workpieces, bias voltages to attract particles emitted from the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) toward the workpieces when the workpieces transported by the transport section face the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) of the coating section, wherein the coating section continuously coats each workpiece with the plurality of coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) the bias voltage applied to each workpiece by the voltage applying section when the workpiece faces one of the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) is different from that applied when the workpiece (W, W2) faces another one of the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124), and the workpiece entirely covers the portion of the transport section that faces the coating materials (121, 122, 123, 124) when the bias voltages are applied thereto.
Composition characterized in that it contains, in a physiologically acceptable medium, the combination of at least one carrageenan of lambda form and of at least one C-glycoside of general formula below in which: - R represents an unsubstituted linear C 1 -C 4 alkyl radical, - S represents a monosaccharide chosen from D-glucose, D-xylose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine or L-fucose, and - X represents a radical chosen from the groups -CO-, -CH - and -CH(NH 2)-, - the bond S-CH 2 -X represents a bond of C-anomeric nature, which may be α or β, and also the cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, solvates thereof such as hydrates, and optical and geometrical isomers thereof, with the carrageenan concentration which is less than 0.1% relative to the total weight of the composition. - R represents an unsubstituted linear C 1 -C 4 alkyl radical, - S represents a monosaccharide chosen from D-glucose, D-xylose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine or L-fucose, and - X represents a radical chosen from the groups -CO-, -CH - and -CH(NH 2)-, - the bond S-CH 2 -X represents a bond of C-anomeric nature, which may be α or β,
A device for testing thickness of a wall of a dielectric tubular object, having a space adapted to accommodate at least part of the wall of the tubular object, a transmitter and a first coupling system comprising a first waveguide extending towards said space and bent in its proximity, wherein the transmitter is adapted to induce guided wave in the first waveguide and the first waveguide is adapted to induce guided wave inside the wall of the tubular object located in said space, a receiver and a second coupling system comprising a second waveguide extending towards said space and bent in its proximity, wherein the second waveguide is adapted to receive guided wave propagating in the wall of the tubular object located in said space and the receiver is adapted to receive guided wave in the second waveguide and measure time of propagation representative of the thickness of the wall of the tubular object wherein the transmitter and the receiver are adapted to operate at a frequency band comprising frequency selected from a range 50 GHz - 500 GHz. a space adapted to accommodate at least part of the wall of the tubular object, a transmitter and a first coupling system comprising a first waveguide extending towards said space and bent in its proximity, wherein the transmitter is adapted to induce guided wave in the first waveguide and the first waveguide is adapted to induce guided wave inside the wall of the tubular object located in said space, a receiver and a second coupling system comprising a second waveguide extending towards said space and bent in its proximity, wherein the second waveguide is adapted to receive guided wave propagating in the wall of the tubular object located in said space and the receiver is adapted to receive guided wave in the second waveguide and measure time of propagation representative of the thickness of the wall of the tubular object
A surgical instrument having a shaft which on a proximal side joins a fixed handle and a slide which is displaceable on the shaft in a longitudinal direction, said slide being coupled for movement with a pivoting handle, wherein the pivoting handle is hingedly connected with the fixed handle, wherein the slide and the shaft have end tool elements (19, 20) provided thereon that serve for cutting, punching, severing, or grasping, wherein a setting device is provided which acts between the fixed handle and the pivoting handle in order to set the travel of the pivoting handle with respect to the fixed handle at different grip widths when moving from an actuating position to an initial position, and wherein on the proximal end of the shaft, a proximal shaft recess, in particular an elongated hole, is provided in which a pin connected with the slide is guided for displacement, characterised in that said pin is rigidly connected to said slide.
Process for the simultaneous preparation of azelaic and pelargonic acids, comprising the following successive steps: (a) providing a liquid stock solution of oleic acid; (b) dispersing an amount of water in the liquid stock solution of oleic acid provided in step (a) without using carboxylic acid as organic solvent, it being specified that the mass percentage of water based on the mass of liquid stock solution of oleic acid when the dispersion is carried out is at least 15% and at most 34%; (c) bringing the dispersion of water in the liquid stock solution of oleic acid, obtained in step (b), into contact with ozone gas, wherein no organic solvents are used, the process of transforming oleic acid into azelaic and pelargonic acids being carried out until azelaic and pelargonic acids are obtained using water as the only solvent added to the reaction mixture, and wherein the process is carried out until azelaic and pelargonic acids are obtained without using any homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst or any strong acid or any strong base. (a) providing a liquid stock solution of oleic acid; (b) dispersing an amount of water in the liquid stock solution of oleic acid provided in step (a) without using carboxylic acid as organic solvent, it being specified that the mass percentage of water based on the mass of liquid stock solution of oleic acid when the dispersion is carried out is at least 15% and at most 34%; (c) bringing the dispersion of water in the liquid stock solution of oleic acid, obtained in step (b), into contact with ozone gas,
Building material comprising crushed dead algae or aquatic plants and a binder of vegetable origin, characterized in that it comprises an aqueous solution of an organic acid.
A skew rolling apparatus comprising: a skew pierce rolling mill for pierce rolling; and a skew outside-diameter mill following the skew pierce rolling mill, the skew pierce rolling mill having a plurality of pierce rolling rolls (22, 24) provided circumferentially around a pass line, a plug provided between the plurality of pierce rolling rolls, and a bar holding the plug, the skew outside-diameter mill having a plurality of outside-diameter rolling rolls (32, 34, 36) provided circumferentially around the pass line, characterized in that the skew rolling apparatus is controlled such as to satisfy the following formulae and, 3 × 1.2 PO + 2 G ≤ LS ≤ 0.8BL 1.2 PO + 2 G > DS ≥ DB + 2 G where LS is the distance (mm) between a rolling zone of the pierce rolling rolls (22, 24) and a rolling zone of the outside-diameter rolling rolls (32, 34, 36), DS is the roll gap between the plurality of outside-diameter rolling rolls when rolling a pierce-rolled seamless pipe shell, PO is the outside diameter (mm) of the plug, G is the gap (mm) between the plug and the pierce rolling rolls (22, 24), BL is the length (mm) of the bar, and DB is the outside diameter (mm) of the bar, and wherein the gap G is calculated by subtracting the outside diameter PO of the plug from the roll gap DS of the outside-diameter rolling rolls, and dividing the calculated value by 2. a skew pierce rolling mill for pierce rolling; and a skew outside-diameter mill following the skew pierce rolling mill, the skew pierce rolling mill having a plurality of pierce rolling rolls (22, 24) provided circumferentially around a pass line, a plug provided between the plurality of pierce rolling rolls, and a bar holding the plug, the skew outside-diameter mill having a plurality of outside-diameter rolling rolls (32, 34, 36) provided circumferentially around the pass line, characterized in that the skew rolling apparatus is controlled such as to satisfy the following formulae and, 3 × 1.2 PO + 2 G ≤ LS ≤ 0.8BL 1.2 PO + 2 G > DS ≥ DB + 2 G where LS is the distance (mm) between a rolling zone of the pierce rolling rolls (22, 24) and a rolling zone of the outside-diameter rolling rolls (32, 34, 36), DS is the roll gap between the plurality of outside-diameter rolling rolls when rolling a pierce-rolled seamless pipe shell, PO is the outside diameter (mm) of the plug, G is the gap (mm) between the plug and the pierce rolling rolls (22, 24), BL is the length (mm) of the bar, and DB is the outside diameter (mm) of the bar, and wherein the gap G is calculated by subtracting the outside diameter PO of the plug from the roll gap DS of the outside-diameter rolling rolls, and dividing the calculated value by 2.
A pixel circuit comprising: - a front-end circuit comprising a single photodiode and having an output, said front-end circuit being configured for delivering on said output a photoreceptor signal derived from a light exposure intensity of said single photodiode; - a transient detector circuit configured for detecting a change in said photoreceptor signal delivered on said output; characterised in that the pixel circuit further comprises an exposure measurement circuit configured for measuring the light exposure intensity from said photoreceptor signal delivered on said output upon detection by the transient detector circuit of a change in the photoreceptor signal. - a front-end circuit comprising a single photodiode and having an output, said front-end circuit being configured for delivering on said output a photoreceptor signal derived from a light exposure intensity of said single photodiode; - a transient detector circuit configured for detecting a change in said photoreceptor signal delivered on said output;
Pressure sensor having a housing which has a chamber which is filled with a fluid medium, wherein at least one compressible element (6, 7) for protecting against excess pressure is arranged in the chamber, wherein a sensor element (4, 41) having a pressure-sensitive region is arranged in the chamber, characterized in that the chamber is closed off from the outside by a membrane and the housing has a stop for limiting the deflection of the membrane, wherein the compressible element (6, 7) has such compressibility that, at an outside pressure at which the membrane bears against the stop, the volume of the compressible element (6, 7) is reduced, with the result that the compressible element (6, 7) is designed to lower a maximum pressure that prevails in the chamber when the membrane bears against the stop.
Arrangement comprising a curtain rod which is attachable to a ceiling or to a wall and which comprises graspable holders slidable along the sliding rod of said curtain rod and supportable by the same, which holders have means for holding a curtain, wherein the holders at their top have flanges (15, 16), at least one flange of which is shape-adapted to the cross-sectional shape of the sliding rod and adapted to spring apart from the other flange, wherein the curtain rod has a ledge-shaped holder base extending along the length extension of the curtain rod, through which holder base fixing screws are receivable for bolting said holder base of the curtain rod tightly against a said ceiling or against a said wall, characterized in that from the holder base, a ledge-shaped neck extends which supports said sliding rod, wherein there is an obtuse angle (α, β) between said holder base and neck in the space (31, 32) formed between said neck and the ceiling where the curtain rod is arranged to be fastened to a said ceiling or formed between said neck and the wall where the curtain rod is arranged to be fastened to a said wall, wherein the holder base and the neck of the curtain rod are formed of a common, elongate profile ledge of plastic or metal material, and in that the arrangement further comprises two end fastening parts, wherein said elongate profile ledge is receivable with the respective ends in a said respective end fastening part, which in turn is to be arranged tightly attachable against a said ceiling or a said wall, wherein said end fastening parts are closed in one end with a sloping or curved side surface and have, in the opposite end, a congruent recess mating with said elongate profile ledge.
A method for identifying picture type, comprising: acquiring histograms of respective channels in a preset color space of a picture; calculating ratios between numbers of adjacent gray-scale pixels in the respective channels according to the histograms, wherein calculating the ratios between numbers of adjacent gray-scale pixels in the respective channels comprises: with respect to an individual channel of the respective channels, calculating a ratio between a number of i th gray-scale pixels and a number of (i-n) th gray-scale pixels, and a ratio between a number of the i th gray-scale pixels and a number of (i+n) th gray-scale pixels in the individual channel, for all i in the range n≤i≤255-n, where 1≦n≦10, and where both i and n are integer; when the ratios satisfy a preset condition, determining that the picture is a natural picture, wherein the preset color space comprises Red-Green-Blue color space and a calculated ratio satisfies the preset condition when the calculated ratio includes a number of decimal places exceeding 5; determining a number of the ratios which do not satisfy the preset condition; and when the number of ratios which do not satisfy the preset condition exceeds a preset number, determining that the picture is an artificial picture. acquiring histograms of respective channels in a preset color space of a picture; calculating ratios between numbers of adjacent gray-scale pixels in the respective channels according to the histograms, wherein calculating the ratios between numbers of adjacent gray-scale pixels in the respective channels comprises: with respect to an individual channel of the respective channels, calculating a ratio between a number of i th gray-scale pixels and a number of (i-n) th gray-scale pixels, and a ratio between a number of the i th gray-scale pixels and a number of (i+n) th gray-scale pixels in the individual channel, for all i in the range n≤i≤255-n, where 1≦n≦10, and where both i and n are integer; when the ratios satisfy a preset condition, determining that the picture is a natural picture, wherein the preset color space comprises Red-Green-Blue color space and a calculated ratio satisfies the preset condition when the calculated ratio includes a number of decimal places exceeding 5; determining a number of the ratios which do not satisfy the preset condition; and when the number of ratios which do not satisfy the preset condition exceeds a preset number, determining that the picture is an artificial picture.
Hydraulic arrangement comprising a supply port, a return port, a working port arrangement (L, R), and a valve controlling a supply of hydraulic fluid from the supply port to the working port arrangement (L, R), wherein the valve comprises a housing and a spool movable in lengthwise direction in the housing and forming together with the housing at least one flow path the resistance of which depends on the position of the spool in the housing, and the spool is actuated by a hydraulic pilot pressure (21, 22) in a pressure chamber (7, 8), wherein the housing comprises a pilot pressure relief port connected to the return port via a shut-off valve and the spool after a predetermined stroke (13, 14) opens a connection between the pressure chamber (7, 8) and the pilot pressure relief port, wherein the housing is provided with a pilot pressure relief chamber, wherein the pilot pressure relief port is connected to the pilot pressure relief chamber, wherein the spool is movable in two directions opposite to each other, wherein a pressure chamber (7, 8) is provided for each direction of stroke, and the spool after a predetermined stroke in one direction opens a connection between one of the pressure chambers (7, 8) and the pilot pressure relief chamber, characterized in that the spool after a predetermined stroke in the other direction opens a connection between the other of the pressure chambers (8, 7) and the pilot pressure relief chamber.
Method for the infrared light-induced yield optimization of chemical reactions, wherein energy input into at least one starting material which is subjected to a chemical reaction, is carried out by means of infrared light pulses which have an average wavelength in the range from 2,000 to 100,000 nm, wherein the chemical reaction is a synthesis reaction in which a product is formed, the molecular formula of which is not equal to the molecular formula of the starting material, and wherein the yield optimization is predominantly not based on thermal heating of the starting material, wherein the infrared light pulses have a fixed wavelength and the energy input into the starting material takes place by means of vibrational excitation by a single-photon process, characterized in that the infrared light pulses cause an infrared light-induced vibrational excitation of a direct or indirect reaction coordinate in the electronic ground state of the synthesis reaction, in that the synthesis reaction is a thermally driven reaction, and in that at least 10% more of a desired product is obtained within a given time interval by the yield optimization than in the case of a non-yield-optimized execution of the reaction.
An iterative method of reconstructing an x-ray image comprising: (a) activating two or more sources to emit x-ray beams such that said x-ray beams are delivered to a region of interest and spatially and temporally overlap at an at least one pixel of a detector; (b) detecting the intensity of the x-ray beams incident upon the pixel of the detector; (c) using a compressed sensing algorithm, comprising either an optimization and linearization algorithm or a forward-backward splitting algorithm, reconstructing a three-dimensional representation of the ROI of an object; (d) voxelizing the ROI into a plurality of three-dimensional, non-overlapping voxels; using said compressed sensing algorithm to estimate an attenuation coefficient attributable to each said voxel; (e) re-voxelizing the ROI into a plurality of three-dimensional, non-overlapping voxels based on the estimated attenuation coefficients attributable to each said voxel, further repeating said re-voxelization until a stopping criterion is met, (f) wherein the said compressed sensing algorithm is adapted to generate an estimate of the intensity measurements attributable to each of the two or more x-ray beams at the at least one pixel. (a) activating two or more sources to emit x-ray beams such that said x-ray beams are delivered to a region of interest and spatially and temporally overlap at an at least one pixel of a detector; (b) detecting the intensity of the x-ray beams incident upon the pixel of the detector; (c) using a compressed sensing algorithm, comprising either an optimization and linearization algorithm or a forward-backward splitting algorithm, reconstructing a three-dimensional representation of the ROI of an object; (d) voxelizing the ROI into a plurality of three-dimensional, non-overlapping voxels; using said compressed sensing algorithm to estimate an attenuation coefficient attributable to each said voxel; (e) re-voxelizing the ROI into a plurality of three-dimensional, non-overlapping voxels based on the estimated attenuation coefficients attributable to each said voxel, further repeating said re-voxelization until a stopping criterion is met, (f) wherein the said compressed sensing algorithm is adapted to generate an estimate of the intensity measurements attributable to each of the two or more x-ray beams at the at least one pixel.
A thermal energy storage apparatus, including: a block of a heat-absorbing material, and a plurality of heat storage elements, the heat storage elements including a phase change material stored in a containment vessel; wherein each heat storage element is in thermal contact with the block of heat-absorbing material, characterized in that the block is a contiguous block of compressed material in the form of sintered graphite and machinable; and each storage element is received in a respective hole machined in the block. a block of a heat-absorbing material, and a plurality of heat storage elements, the heat storage elements including a phase change material stored in a containment vessel; wherein each heat storage element is in thermal contact with the block of heat-absorbing material, characterized in that the block is a contiguous block of compressed material in the form of sintered graphite and machinable; and each storage element is received in a respective hole machined in the block.
A negative-electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which is capable of storing/releasing lithium ions, characterized in that the negative-electrode active material is obtained by reacting a surface functional group of a raw material for negative electrode with at least one crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of multidentate alcohols, multidentate ethers, multidentate carboxylic acids, multidentate esters, and compounds having a structure composed of a combination thereof.