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A method for forming an uncured rubber component, the method comprising: conveying an uncured extruded rubber strip extruded continuously from an extruder using a conveyor, the conveyor comprising a first conveyor and a second conveyor located at a downstream side (d) of the first conveyor in a convey direction, the step of conveying comprising shrinking the uncured extruded rubber strip, wherein the step of shrinking is such that the uncured extruded rubber strip, in a relaxed state of a U-shaped manner, passes through fluid held in a tank between the first conveyor and the second conveyor without being restrained so that the uncured extruded rubber strip shrinks freely while receiving buoyancy from the fluid, wherein in the step of shrinking, a length of the uncured extruded rubber strip passing through the fluid is from 1.6 to 2.0 times the predetermined length of the uncured rubber component; and cutting the uncured extruded rubber strip in a predetermined length to form an uncured rubber component, after the step of shrinking. conveying an uncured extruded rubber strip extruded continuously from an extruder using a conveyor, the conveyor comprising a first conveyor and a second conveyor located at a downstream side (d) of the first conveyor in a convey direction, the step of conveying comprising shrinking the uncured extruded rubber strip, wherein the step of shrinking is such that the uncured extruded rubber strip, in a relaxed state of a U-shaped manner, passes through fluid held in a tank between the first conveyor and the second conveyor without being restrained so that the uncured extruded rubber strip shrinks freely while receiving buoyancy from the fluid, wherein in the step of shrinking, a length of the uncured extruded rubber strip passing through the fluid is from 1.6 to 2.0 times the predetermined length of the uncured rubber component; and cutting the uncured extruded rubber strip in a predetermined length to form an uncured rubber component, after the step of shrinking.
A method of controlling heating of an aerosol precursor arrangement of an electronic smoking article, comprising: directing power from a power source to turn a heating device on to heat the aerosol precursor arrangement and commensurately initiating a heating time period; and at a periodic rate until expiration of the heating time period, determining a moving window of measurements of instantaneous actual power directed to the heating device, each measurement of the window of measurements being determined as a product of a voltage at the heating device and a current through the heating device; calculating a simple moving average power directed to the heating device based on the moving window of measurements of instantaneous actual power; comparing the simple moving average power to a selected power set point associated with the power source; and adjusting the power directed from the power source to turn the heating device off or on at the periodic rate at each instance in which the simple moving average power is respectively above or below the selected power set point. directing power from a power source to turn a heating device on to heat the aerosol precursor arrangement and commensurately initiating a heating time period; and at a periodic rate until expiration of the heating time period, determining a moving window of measurements of instantaneous actual power directed to the heating device, each measurement of the window of measurements being determined as a product of a voltage at the heating device and a current through the heating device; calculating a simple moving average power directed to the heating device based on the moving window of measurements of instantaneous actual power; comparing the simple moving average power to a selected power set point associated with the power source; and adjusting the power directed from the power source to turn the heating device off or on at the periodic rate at each instance in which the simple moving average power is respectively above or below the selected power set point.
A container holding a pharmaceutical solution containing therapeutic proteins, said container having an hydrophobic surface and a coating to isolate said pharmaceutical solution from said surface, said coating being made of: • Unfolded proteins, used as a molecular linker, pre-adsorbed on said surface, • Molecular chaperones bound to said unfolded proteins, wherein said molecular chaperones stabilize said unfolded proteins. • Unfolded proteins, used as a molecular linker, pre-adsorbed on said surface, • Molecular chaperones bound to said unfolded proteins,
A computer-implemented method for constructing the architecture of sedimentary layers deposited on a topographic surface due to at least one current transporting sedimentary materials, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - discretizing said topographic surface into a set of geometric patterns referred to as cellular automata, - associating with each cellular automaton a physical state, defined by physical parameters characterizing at least said transported materials, material exchange fluxes between said current and its environment, and an energy of said current, - determining, for each cellular automaton, a stationary physical state resulting from an iterative process wherein intermediate physical states are constructed by material and energy exchanges between said cellular automata, - determining, for each cellular automaton and from said stationary physical state, at least one of the following geologic parameters: elevation of the topographic surface, thickness of the sedimentary materials deposited and eroded due to said current, sedimentary material volume concentration, - constructing for each cellular automaton said sedimentary layer architecture from said geologic parameters. - discretizing said topographic surface into a set of geometric patterns referred to as cellular automata, - associating with each cellular automaton a physical state, defined by physical parameters characterizing at least said transported materials, material exchange fluxes between said current and its environment, and an energy of said current, - determining, for each cellular automaton, a stationary physical state resulting from an iterative process wherein intermediate physical states are constructed by material and energy exchanges between said cellular automata, - determining, for each cellular automaton and from said stationary physical state, at least one of the following geologic parameters: elevation of the topographic surface, thickness of the sedimentary materials deposited and eroded due to said current, sedimentary material volume concentration, - constructing for each cellular automaton said sedimentary layer architecture from said geologic parameters.
An agent that is specific for NKG2D and is capable of impairing the expansion of NKG2D+ T cells or NK cells without depleting such cells, for use in treating rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn's disease, wherein the agent is an antibody or an antibody fragment.
An accessory (100, 200) for an electric power tool, said accessory including: a housing (102, 202) for receiving abraded materials produced by an electric power tool on a workpiece, wherein said housing includes an internal cavity, a first longitudinal end (116, 216) with a first opening communicating with said internal cavity, an opposite second longitudinal end with a second opening communicating with said internal cavity, and at least one brush, and wherein when a utility part of said electric power tool is received within said internal cavity through said second opening, said brush is releasably engageable with said utility part of said electric power tool for simultaneous rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of said utility part, and wherein the brush is arranged to move the abraded materials which have fallen on the brush so as to prevent the abraded materials escaping from the internal cavity. a housing (102, 202) for receiving abraded materials produced by an electric power tool on a workpiece, wherein said housing includes an internal cavity, a first longitudinal end (116, 216) with a first opening communicating with said internal cavity, an opposite second longitudinal end with a second opening communicating with said internal cavity, and at least one brush, and wherein when a utility part of said electric power tool is received within said internal cavity through said second opening, said brush is releasably engageable with said utility part of said electric power tool for simultaneous rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of said utility part, and wherein the brush is arranged to move the abraded materials which have fallen on the brush so as to prevent the abraded materials escaping from the internal cavity.
An optical sight comprising: an optical element; a reticle displayed on said optical element; and a housing including a main body, a first post extending from said main body, a second post extending from said main body, and a cross member extending between said first post and said second post to define an opening receiving said optical element therein, characterized in that said first post and said second post are extending above said opening and away from said main body a greater distance than a top surface of said cross member.
Use of a cosmetic composition comprising, as an active ingredient, exosomes derived from stem cells comprising proliferating stem cells, for skin whitening or wrinkle improvement, wherein the exosomes comprise monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-3, MCP-3, chemokine ligand-5, CCL-5, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1, TIMP-1, interleukin-6, IL-6, interleukin-8, IL-8, hepatocyte growth factor, HGF, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, PAI-1, angiogenin and angiopoietin-1, and wherein the stem cells are human adipose-derived stem cells.
A stereo sound decoding method for decoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, the method is characterised by: receiving encoding parameters comprising encoding parameters of a primary channel, encoding parameters of a secondary channel, and a factor β, wherein the primary channel encoding parameters comprise LP filter coefficients of the primary channel; decoding the primary channel in response to the primary channel encoding parameters to provide a decoded primary channel; decoding the secondary channel using one of a plurality of coding models to provide a decoded secondary channel, wherein at least one of the coding models uses the primary channel LP filter coefficients to decode the secondary channel; and time domain up-mixing the decoded primary and secondary channels using the factor β to produce the decoded left and right channels of the stereo sound signal, wherein the factor β determines respective contributions of the primary and secondary channels upon production of the left and right channels. receiving encoding parameters comprising encoding parameters of a primary channel, encoding parameters of a secondary channel, and a factor β, wherein the primary channel encoding parameters comprise LP filter coefficients of the primary channel; decoding the primary channel in response to the primary channel encoding parameters to provide a decoded primary channel; decoding the secondary channel using one of a plurality of coding models to provide a decoded secondary channel, wherein at least one of the coding models uses the primary channel LP filter coefficients to decode the secondary channel; and time domain up-mixing the decoded primary and secondary channels using the factor β to produce the decoded left and right channels of the stereo sound signal, wherein the factor β determines respective contributions of the primary and secondary channels upon production of the left and right channels.
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet so as to contain washing water; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub so as to contain laundry; a housing secured to the drum; a receiving space defined in the housing so as to form a closed loop; a balancing unit movably disposed in the receiving space so as to resolve an unbalanced state of the drum; a ring provided in the receiving space and connected to the balancing unit so as to move the balancing unit; and an actuator for moving the ring in the receiving space, wherein the balancing unit is revolvable 360 degrees along and within the receiving space, wherein the ring includes a ring guide protrusion or a ring guide groove, wherein the receiving space includes a receiving-space groove or a receiving-space protrusion having a shape corresponding to a shape of the ring guide protrusion or to a shape of the ring guide groove, and wherein the ring moves in the receiving space by means of the actuator. a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet so as to contain washing water; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub so as to contain laundry; a housing secured to the drum; a receiving space defined in the housing so as to form a closed loop; a balancing unit movably disposed in the receiving space so as to resolve an unbalanced state of the drum; a ring provided in the receiving space and connected to the balancing unit so as to move the balancing unit; and an actuator for moving the ring in the receiving space, wherein the balancing unit is revolvable 360 degrees along and within the receiving space, wherein the ring includes a ring guide protrusion or a ring guide groove, wherein the receiving space includes a receiving-space groove or a receiving-space protrusion having a shape corresponding to a shape of the ring guide protrusion or to a shape of the ring guide groove, and wherein the ring moves in the receiving space by means of the actuator.
A starter housing for a gas discharge lamp, in particular for motor vehicles, with an outer and an inner housing one arranged inside the other in an assembled state of the starter housing, of which the outer housing comprises a metal layer for electromagnetic screening of the inner housing, and with an inner housing tube at the inner housing which in the assembled state is surrounded by an outer housing tube arranged at the outer housing, said inner housing tube and outer housing tube together forming a plug-in socket comprising an interface for contacting supply and return leads of a current supply of the lamp, wherein reference elements (13; 14) are arranged at the respective tubes (8; 11) of both housings (5; 10) such that they co-operate in the assembled state for defining the positions of the two tubes (8; 11) with respect to one another.
A method of manufacturing a stable composition enriched in cis-lycopene (Z isomers) by prolonged continuous heating in a solvent of a lycopene-containing material, wherein the heating temperature ranges from 50 to 150°C and the heating time ranges from 4 to 240 h and wherein the amount of 13-Z isomer is less than 10% on total lycopene in the stable composition.
A Network Address Translation, NAT, implementation system, comprising: a Controller and an Openflow switch, wherein the Controller is configured to transmit a set of pre-set flow tables and a pre-set improved group table to the Openflow switch via an Openflow protocol once; and the Openflow switch is configured to: receive via the Openflow protocol the set of pre-set flow tables and the pre-set improved group table transmitted by the Controller; and receive a data packet from a private network or the Internet, determine the data packet in need of address translation according to an address translation matching rule recorded in the set of pre-set flow tables, execute translation between a private address and public Internet Protocol, IP, address of the data packet according to an address translation rule recorded in the pre-set improved group table, and send the data packet after the address translation to the Internet or the private network. receive via the Openflow protocol the set of pre-set flow tables and the pre-set improved group table transmitted by the Controller; and receive a data packet from a private network or the Internet, determine the data packet in need of address translation according to an address translation matching rule recorded in the set of pre-set flow tables, execute translation between a private address and public Internet Protocol, IP, address of the data packet according to an address translation rule recorded in the pre-set improved group table, and send the data packet after the address translation to the Internet or the private network.
Electronic device, intended in particular to supply power to an electrical machine, comprising two superimposed electronic boards (54, 56) and a rigid intermediate component positioned between said two electronic boards (54, 56) such that said boards are fastened to one another by said intermediate component, the intermediate component furthermore comprises overmoulded metal inserts able to receive fastening members, the electronic boards (54, 56) each comprise through-apertures and are positioned such that said through-apertures face metal inserts of the intermediate component, characterized in that one of the boards, called first board, is intended to be pressed against a heat sink by way of one of its faces that is opposite the other board, called second board, and said second board, at the centre thereof, comprises metal tracks in contact with the overmoulded metal inserts.
A water outlet having an outlet bowl (3, 6) at the inlet side, an outlet pipe connected thereto and a multiple-siphon-odour-trap (3, 6-11) having a plurality of siphon elements connected in series one after the other, the odour trap comprising an inner air region and a sidewise air region, characterized in that an air channel (13, 14) is provided between said inner air region and said sidewise air region in said water outlet at an inlet side and/or an outlet side of said water outlet, said air channel connecting said inner air region with said sidewise air region, wherein the terms inner air region, sidewise air region and air channel relate to an idle state of said water outlet without an outer pressure difference along said water outlet and with the individual siphon elements being filled completely.
Oven comprising a cooking chamber and a steam generator configured for releasing steam within said cooking chamber, wherein said steam generator comprises a liquid container adapted to contain a liquid, a liquid inlet by which a liquid can enter the liquid container, a liquid outlet by which a liquid can exit said liquid container, a steam releasing duct, fluidly connecting the internal of the liquid container to the cooking chamber, and a heating element at least partially arranged in said liquid container for heating a liquid contained therein, said heating element comprising a gas burner and a heat exchanger, wherein said heat exchanger comprises a plurality of pipes configured for allowing the flow of gas heated-up by said gas burner, characterised in that said oven comprises an anti-limestone system configured for hindering the deposit of limestone on at least a portion of said heating element, wherein said portion of said heating element is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane when said oven is in an operative condition, and wherein said steam generator comprises a gas flow collector adapted to convey a gas flow heated-up by said gas burner towards said pipes of said heat exchanger, said pipes projecting from a top surface of said gas flow collector, and wherein said at least a portion of said heating element inclined with respect to an horizontal plane comprises said top surface of said gas flow collector.
Device (1a; 1b) for removing a beverage from a container, in particular for removing a beverage from a beverage bottle, which has a rotationally symmetrical base body (2a; 2b) provided with a passage channel (7a; 7b) for the liquid and having a connecting section (4a; 4b) which is configured for a fluidic connection to the container, the connecting section (4a; 4b) being provided to enclose a liquid removal section of the container, characterized in that the passage channel (7a; 7b) has a variable diameter in a longitudinal direction of the base body (2a; 2b), which diameter decreases abruptly in a central region (13; 13b) to create a decanting pocket (14; 14b) and then increases again.
A locking device comprising - a locking cylinder having at least one cylinder core rotatable in a locking cylinder housing, a locking member, and at least one electromechanically operating coupling means connecting in a rotationally fast manner, or disconnecting, the cylinder core and the locking member, - at least one handle, - connecting means for mechanically and electrically connecting the handle to the cylinder core in a detachable manner, and - electronic access control means comprising a read-out unit for reading out access authorization data from an identification medium, an evaluation circuit for determining the access authorization as a function of the access authorization data, and a logical unit cooperating with the evaluation circuit for actuating the coupling means, wherein at least one element selected from the read-out unit, evaluation circuit and logical unit is arranged in the handle and electrically connected to an element arranged in the locking cylinder, characterized in that the connecting means comprise a threaded connection between the cylinder core and the handle, wherein the threaded connection comprises positive anti-rotation means formed by axial recesses provided on the cylinder core or on the handle, in which protrusions formed on the respective other part are able to axially engage in the threaded state of the threaded connection, wherein the protrusions and/or the recesses are disposed to be axially displaceable. - a locking cylinder having at least one cylinder core rotatable in a locking cylinder housing, a locking member, and at least one electromechanically operating coupling means connecting in a rotationally fast manner, or disconnecting, the cylinder core and the locking member, - at least one handle, - connecting means for mechanically and electrically connecting the handle to the cylinder core in a detachable manner, and - electronic access control means comprising a read-out unit for reading out access authorization data from an identification medium, an evaluation circuit for determining the access authorization as a function of the access authorization data, and a logical unit cooperating with the evaluation circuit for actuating the coupling means, wherein at least one element selected from the read-out unit, evaluation circuit and logical unit is arranged in the handle and electrically connected to an element arranged in the locking cylinder,