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A trigger mechanism for an auto-loading weapon, comprising: ∘ a control element enabling to select an appropriate shooting operation mode between either a single action/double action (SA/DA) operation and a decocker with a safe release of a hammer and with the possibility to lock the cocked hammer, or the exclusive double action only operation; ∘ a trigger controlling the hammer by means of a two-arm transfer-bar, characterized in that the selected shooting operation is enabled by: ∘ a swivel pin, ∘ a main catcher (9.1) for the hammer and ∘ an auxiliary catcher (9.2) for the hammer, that are equipped with inter-engaging surfaces (118a, 114), edges and notches (122b, 108b, 108a, 118b), for their mutual collaboration and for their collaboration with the hammer and the transfer-bar, wherein the swivel pin is rotationally adjustable positioned and controlled by the control element on the surface of the weapon. ∘ a control element enabling to select an appropriate shooting operation mode between either a single action/double action (SA/DA) operation and a decocker with a safe release of a hammer and with the possibility to lock the cocked hammer, or the exclusive double action only operation; ∘ a trigger controlling the hammer by means of a two-arm transfer-bar, characterized in that the selected shooting operation is enabled by: ∘ a swivel pin, ∘ a main catcher (9.1) for the hammer and ∘ an auxiliary catcher (9.2) for the hammer, that are equipped with inter-engaging surfaces (118a, 114), edges and notches (122b, 108b, 108a, 118b), for their mutual collaboration and for their collaboration with the hammer and the transfer-bar, wherein the swivel pin is rotationally adjustable positioned and controlled by the control element on the surface of the weapon. ∘ a swivel pin, ∘ a main catcher (9.1) for the hammer and ∘ an auxiliary catcher (9.2) for the hammer,
An automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G) comprising: an analyzer (20; 20A-20G) that analyzes a specimen; a supply unit that stores and supplies a liquid to be used by the analyzer (20; 20A-20G); an analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10) that circulates the liquid existing in the analyzer (20; 20A-20G) and the supply unit; and a controller (50; 50A; 50B) that controls an operation of the automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G), wherein the controller (50; 50A; 50B) switches a flow rate of the liquid circulated by the analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10) between a first flow rate in a normal state and a second flow rate different from the first flow rate, wherein the automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G) further comprises a temperature adjuster that adjusts the temperature of the liquid within the analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10), the liquid within the analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10) is water, characterized in that the controller (50; 50A; 50B) heats the liquid to a temperature of 75°C or higher and higher than the temperature of the liquid in normal temperature adjustment by the temperature adjuster when a device power supply is turned off, or when the automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G) is activated, or when the analysis is not planned for a certain time period or longer in the analyzer (20; 20A-20G), or at predetermined time intervals. an analyzer (20; 20A-20G) that analyzes a specimen; a supply unit that stores and supplies a liquid to be used by the analyzer (20; 20A-20G); an analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10) that circulates the liquid existing in the analyzer (20; 20A-20G) and the supply unit; and a controller (50; 50A; 50B) that controls an operation of the automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G), wherein the controller (50; 50A; 50B) switches a flow rate of the liquid circulated by the analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10) between a first flow rate in a normal state and a second flow rate different from the first flow rate, wherein the automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G) further comprises a temperature adjuster that adjusts the temperature of the liquid within the analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10), the liquid within the analyzer circulation system (5-8, 10) is water, characterized in that the controller (50; 50A; 50B) heats the liquid to a temperature of 75°C or higher and higher than the temperature of the liquid in normal temperature adjustment by the temperature adjuster when a device power supply is turned off, or when the automatic analyzer (100; 100A-100G) is activated, or when the analysis is not planned for a certain time period or longer in the analyzer (20; 20A-20G), or at predetermined time intervals.
A high-pressure hose comprising, within a hose main body, four or more reinforcing layers (16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36) at which linear reinforcing materials extend in spiral shapes, wherein, at two reinforcing layers that are adjacent in a hose radial direction, a pitch length λ of the reinforcing material at a reinforcing layer that is disposed at an outer side is shorter than a pitch length λ of the reinforcing material at a reinforcing layer that is disposed at an inner side, wherein given that there are n reinforcing layers, and that the pitch length λ of the innermost layer is λ1, and that the pitch length λ of the outermost layer is λn, there is a structure in which λ1 > λ2... > λn.
A medical device for implantation into a bodily vessel or luminal structure, particularly a stent, a vascular or other synthetic graft, or a stent in combination with a synthetic graft, said medical device having a coating, the coating comprising one or more ligands selected from an antibody, an antibody fragment and combinations thereof, wherein said ligands configured to bind to progenitor endothelial cells characterized in that said coating comprises one or more pharmaceutical substances, comprising a pharmaceutical substance that inhibits smooth muscle cell migration and/or proliferation and, in that the coating releases said pharmaceutical substances in a controlled release manner.
A system for steering a guidewire, the system comprising: a guidewire tip integrably connected to a distal end of the guidewire, the guidewire tip comprising an elongate hollow body having a first joint and a second joint, the first joint comprising a first plurality of asymmetric recesses in the elongate hollow body and the second joint comprising a second plurality of asymmetric recesses in the elongate hollow body; a first tendon, a second tendon, a third tendon, and a fourth tendon disposed within the elongate hollow body of the guidewire tip, the first and second tendons operably connected to the first joint, and the third and fourth tendons operably connected to the second joint; a routing wedge disposed within the elongate hollow body proximate a distal end of the hollow body spatially separating the tendons from one another; and a control unit operably connected to the first tendon and the second tendon; wherein the control unit is configured to actuate the first tendon and the second tendon to cause the first joint to bend in a manner providing a first degree of freedom of movement of the guidewire tip; and wherein the control unit is further configured to actuate the third tendon and fourth tendon to cause the second joint to bend in a manner providing a second degree of freedom of movement of the guidewire tip different from the first degree of freedom of movement. a guidewire tip integrably connected to a distal end of the guidewire, the guidewire tip comprising an elongate hollow body having a first joint and a second joint, the first joint comprising a first plurality of asymmetric recesses in the elongate hollow body and the second joint comprising a second plurality of asymmetric recesses in the elongate hollow body; a first tendon, a second tendon, a third tendon, and a fourth tendon disposed within the elongate hollow body of the guidewire tip, the first and second tendons operably connected to the first joint, and the third and fourth tendons operably connected to the second joint; a routing wedge disposed within the elongate hollow body proximate a distal end of the hollow body spatially separating the tendons from one another; and a control unit operably connected to the first tendon and the second tendon; wherein the control unit is configured to actuate the first tendon and the second tendon to cause the first joint to bend in a manner providing a first degree of freedom of movement of the guidewire tip; and wherein the control unit is further configured to actuate the third tendon and fourth tendon to cause the second joint to bend in a manner providing a second degree of freedom of movement of the guidewire tip different from the first degree of freedom of movement.
A fan containment system (300; 400) for fitment around an array of radially extending fan blades mounted on a hub in an axial gas turbine engine, the fan containment system comprising: a fan case (350; 450) having an annular casing element (352; 452) for encircling an array of fan blades and a hook (354; 454) projecting in a generally radially inward direction from the annular casing element and positionable axially forward of an array of fan blades when the fan containment system is fitted around said fan blades; an annular fan track liner (356; 456; 556a) comprising a first fan track liner panel positioned circumferentially adjacent a second fan track liner panel, wherein each of the first and second fan track liner panels are connected to the fan case at the hook via one or more connectors configured to permit movement of the respective first or second fan track liner panel relative to the hook such that the first and/or second fan track liner panel can pivot towards the annular casing element when a released fan blade impacts the first and/or second fan track liner panel; characterised in that the fan containment system further comprises: a coupling for connecting the first fan track liner panel to the second fan track liner panel; wherein the first fan track liner panel and the second fan track liner panel each comprise a groove (386; 486) along an axial face thereof and a portion of the coupling is received in each of said grooves. a fan case (350; 450) having an annular casing element (352; 452) for encircling an array of fan blades and a hook (354; 454) projecting in a generally radially inward direction from the annular casing element and positionable axially forward of an array of fan blades when the fan containment system is fitted around said fan blades; an annular fan track liner (356; 456; 556a) comprising a first fan track liner panel positioned circumferentially adjacent a second fan track liner panel, wherein each of the first and second fan track liner panels are connected to the fan case at the hook via one or more connectors configured to permit movement of the respective first or second fan track liner panel relative to the hook such that the first and/or second fan track liner panel can pivot towards the annular casing element when a released fan blade impacts the first and/or second fan track liner panel; characterised in that the fan containment system further comprises: a coupling for connecting the first fan track liner panel to the second fan track liner panel; wherein the first fan track liner panel and the second fan track liner panel each comprise a groove (386; 486) along an axial face thereof and a portion of the coupling is received in each of said grooves. a coupling for connecting the first fan track liner panel to the second fan track liner panel; wherein the first fan track liner panel and the second fan track liner panel each comprise a groove (386; 486) along an axial face thereof and a portion of the coupling is received in each of said grooves.
A flame-retardant polybutylene terephthalate resin composition containing a polybutylene terephthalate resin and a halogenated benzyl acrylate-based flame retardant in which the content of a protic compound is 10-1,000 ppm as measured by headspace gas chromatography (180°C, 1 hour heating), wherein the protic compound is an alkoxy alcohol or an aromatic carboxylic acid, and the aromatic carboxylic acid is derived from a raw material of the halogenated benzyl acrylate-based flame retardant, and wherein the polybutylene terephthalate resin comprises 50-1,000 ppm of a linear low-molecular weight-body, determined as indicated in the description, and wherein the linear low-molecular weight-body is an oligomer of the polybutylene terephthalate.
Chopper, for ophthalmic surgery and in particular for cataract operations, comprising a grip handle and a needle-like head, or needle-head, mounted in a fixed or interchangeable manner at a distal end of the grip handle, said needle-head comprising a needle having a first rectilinear section substantially coaxial with a geometric symmetry axis of the grip handle and a substantially rectilinear second section that forms a first angle α' with the first section, and finally a distal cutting part, for cutting the tissues of the patient's eye, said cutting part forming a right angle with respect to the second section with opposite bend direction with respect to said first angle α' and having a length lower than that of the preceding sections (3', 4') of the needle-head, said cutting part and said first and second section (3', 4') of the needle-head all being coplanar, and the cutting part having a cutter with cusp form, in cross section; said cutter or cusp of the cutting part is rotated a second angle β or β' around a longitudinal axis of the cutting part, said second angle β or β' having absolute value greater than 45° and less than 70°, taking as null rotation reference β = 0 or β'=0 the longitudinal geometric axis Y-Y' of said second section of the needle-head, the chopper being characterized in that said first angle α' is less than 135° and greater than or equal to 110°.
A method of measuring a throughput in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining, by a receiver, a start point, T2, at which a data burst begins; determining, by the receiver, an end point, T1, at which the data burst ends; measuring, by the receiver, a throughput of the data burst based on the start point and the end point; wherein the start point, T2, is set by the receiver to a point in time when a first data block is received from a transmitter after the receiver estimates that a transmitter's buffer size whose previous value was zero becomes greater than zero, wherein when the receiver estimates that the transmitter's buffer size whose previous value was greater than zero becomes zero, the end point, T1, is set by the receiver to a point in time when a last data block is received from the transmitter, and wherein the estimate of the transmitter's buffer size is obtained based on a buffer status report, BSR, from the transmitter. determining, by a receiver, a start point, T2, at which a data burst begins; determining, by the receiver, an end point, T1, at which the data burst ends; measuring, by the receiver, a throughput of the data burst based on the start point and the end point; wherein the start point, T2, is set by the receiver to a point in time when a first data block is received from a transmitter after the receiver estimates that a transmitter's buffer size whose previous value was zero becomes greater than zero, wherein when the receiver estimates that the transmitter's buffer size whose previous value was greater than zero becomes zero, the end point, T1, is set by the receiver to a point in time when a last data block is received from the transmitter, and wherein the estimate of the transmitter's buffer size is obtained based on a buffer status report, BSR, from the transmitter.
Method for diagnostics in orthodontics, wherein at least one initial two-dimensional X-ray image of a first region of a head is recorded, wherein subsequently at least one three-dimensional X-ray image of a second region of a tooth situation is recorded, wherein the three-dimensional X-ray image is combined with the initial two-dimensional X-ray image by means of a registration process to form an overall image, wherein a plurality of three-dimensional X-ray images of the second region of the tooth situation are successively recorded at regular time intervals for the process diagnostics, wherein the first region of the head comprises the second region of the tooth situation, wherein the first region of the head includes specific fixed points (14, 16), such as a cranial base point or an temporomandibular joint, wherein the initial two-dimensional X-ray image is a lateral cephalometric image.
A refrigerator comprising a refrigeration cooling system, said cooling system comprising: • a first cooling loop having a compressor configured to compress a coolant, a condenser operably connected to the compressor, a valving system operably connected to the condenser and configured to selectively provide the coolant to a first evaporator configured to provide cooling to a fresh food compartment and a second evaporator configured to provide cooling to a freezer compartment; and • a secondary cooling loop in non-fluid contact with the first cooling loop and having a reservoir that stores a liquid thermal storage material, a heat exchanger (78a-78f), and a pump operably connected to the reservoir that pumps the liquid thermal storage material to the heat exchanger (78a-78f) to provide cooling to a feature (68a-68f) positioned within the fresh food compartment, wherein the reservoir is thermally connected to the first evaporator and the liquid thermal storage material is cooled in the reservoir by excess cooling capacity of the first evaporator, characterized in that said feature (68a-68f) comprises compartmental areas of the fresh food compartment and/or compartment modules of the fresh food compartment. • a first cooling loop having a compressor configured to compress a coolant, a condenser operably connected to the compressor, a valving system operably connected to the condenser and configured to selectively provide the coolant to a first evaporator configured to provide cooling to a fresh food compartment and a second evaporator configured to provide cooling to a freezer compartment; and • a secondary cooling loop in non-fluid contact with the first cooling loop and having a reservoir that stores a liquid thermal storage material, a heat exchanger (78a-78f), and a pump operably connected to the reservoir that pumps the liquid thermal storage material to the heat exchanger (78a-78f) to provide cooling to a feature (68a-68f) positioned within the fresh food compartment,
An apparatus comprising: a handpiece having a needle and electrical means for ultrasonically vibrating said needle; power source means for providing pulsed electrical power to the handpiece electrical means; input means for enabling an operator to select an amplitude of the electrical pulses; means for providing fluid (34, 34A, 35, 35A, 36, 59) from the handpiece needle; and control means for controlling power supplied to the handpiece, characterized in that said control means is controlling power supplied by applying power in transient application energy bursts at a transient cavitation energy application amplitude for a transient cavitation energy application period followed by applying power at a nonzero lower amplitude energy level for a lower amplitude energy duration with a pause between transient application energy bursts. a handpiece having a needle and electrical means for ultrasonically vibrating said needle; power source means for providing pulsed electrical power to the handpiece electrical means; input means for enabling an operator to select an amplitude of the electrical pulses; means for providing fluid (34, 34A, 35, 35A, 36, 59) from the handpiece needle; and control means for controlling power supplied to the handpiece, characterized in that said control means is controlling power supplied by applying power in transient application energy bursts at a transient cavitation energy application amplitude for a transient cavitation energy application period followed by applying power at a nonzero lower amplitude energy level for a lower amplitude energy duration with a pause between transient application energy bursts.
The use of polyoxometalates, selected from the group comprising Na 5 [IMo 6 O 24] • 3H 2 O, K 5 [SiW 11 VO 40] • 12H 2 O, Na 5 PMo 10 V 2 O 40 and mixtures of at least two thereof, for enhancing the cleaning performance of washing or cleaning agents in aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing, liquor in the presence of a gaseous phase that is present in addition to the liquid phase of the liquor and contains molecular oxygen, in particular atmospheric oxygen.
A pet food comprising: a plurality of kibbles; and one or more inclusions, wherein each one of the one or more inclusions is an edible piece which is physically separable from the plurality of kibbles; characterized in that: each kibble has a convex curve and a pocket which is formed by a concave curve of a predetermined radius, wherein adjacently placed kibbles interlock with each other to form a lattice-like barrier to prevent the inclusions from moving within and through the pet food. a plurality of kibbles; and one or more inclusions, wherein each one of the one or more inclusions is an edible piece which is physically separable from the plurality of kibbles; characterized in that: each kibble has a convex curve and a pocket which is formed by a concave curve of a predetermined radius, wherein adjacently placed kibbles interlock with each other to form a lattice-like barrier to prevent the inclusions from moving within and through the pet food.
A method of securing a first fuel cell plate (22; 122; 222; 322; 422) to a second fuel cell plate (18; 118; 218; 318; 418) using a bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464), comprising: holding the first fuel cell plate (22; 122; 222; 322; 422), the bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464) and the second fuel cell plate (18; 118; 218; 318; 418) within an upper mold (68; 168; 468) and a lower mold (72; 172; 472), while positioning the bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464) between the first fuel cell plate (22; 122; 222; 322; 422) and the second fuel cell plate; injecting a liquid material for forming an injection molded seal into cavities (76; 476) of the upper mold (68; 168; 468), while melting the bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464) using thermal energy from the injection of the injection molded seal. holding the first fuel cell plate (22; 122; 222; 322; 422), the bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464) and the second fuel cell plate (18; 118; 218; 318; 418) within an upper mold (68; 168; 468) and a lower mold (72; 172; 472), while positioning the bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464) between the first fuel cell plate (22; 122; 222; 322; 422) and the second fuel cell plate; injecting a liquid material for forming an injection molded seal into cavities (76; 476) of the upper mold (68; 168; 468), while melting the bond film (64; 164; 264; 364; 464) using thermal energy from the injection of the injection molded seal.