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Method for the production of spherical, magnetisable polyvinyl alcohol microparticles having a particle size distribution in the range of 0.5 to 3 μ m, comprising the following steps: - dispersing a nanoparticulate, magnetisable material, preferably magnetite, in an aqueous phase which contains polyvinyl alcohol in dissolved form; - adding the aqueous phase to an organic phase which is immiscible with said aqueous phase and contains at least one emulsifier, and producing an emulsion by stirring at a temperature of 40 °C or higher; - adding at least one water-soluble crosslinking agent suitable for crosslinking polyvinyl alcohol, while stirring is continued. - dispersing a nanoparticulate, magnetisable material, preferably magnetite, in an aqueous phase which contains polyvinyl alcohol in dissolved form; - adding the aqueous phase to an organic phase which is immiscible with said aqueous phase and contains at least one emulsifier, and producing an emulsion by stirring at a temperature of 40 °C or higher; - adding at least one water-soluble crosslinking agent suitable for crosslinking polyvinyl alcohol, while stirring is continued.
Apparatus for assisting tool use, the apparatus comprising: one or more motors (30, 24); a wrist support; and a shaft coupled to the one or more motors, wherein the shaft comprises a coupling to couple to a tool to enable a user resting a hand with the wrist on the wrist support to hold and manipulate the tool with one or more fingers of the hand, characterised by a controller configured to: receive position data indicative of a position of an active end of a tool coupled to the coupling; receive constraint data indicative of one or more regions of space in which the active end of the tool should not be positioned; and process the position and constraint data to control the one or more motors (30, 24) to bias the active end of the tool out of the region when a position indicated by the position data is within a region indicated by the constraint data. one or more motors (30, 24); a wrist support; and a shaft coupled to the one or more motors, wherein the shaft comprises a coupling to couple to a tool to enable a user resting a hand with the wrist on the wrist support to hold and manipulate the tool with one or more fingers of the hand, characterised by a controller configured to: receive position data indicative of a position of an active end of a tool coupled to the coupling; receive constraint data indicative of one or more regions of space in which the active end of the tool should not be positioned; and process the position and constraint data to control the one or more motors (30, 24) to bias the active end of the tool out of the region when a position indicated by the position data is within a region indicated by the constraint data. receive position data indicative of a position of an active end of a tool coupled to the coupling; receive constraint data indicative of one or more regions of space in which the active end of the tool should not be positioned; and process the position and constraint data to control the one or more motors (30, 24) to bias the active end of the tool out of the region when a position indicated by the position data is within a region indicated by the constraint data.
A vehicular seat structure comprising: a seat back frame made of resin, the seat back frame extending in a vehicle vertical direction; and a seat cushion frame (11,12) made of resin, the seat cushion frame (11,12) extending toward a vehicle forward side from a lower part of the seat back frame, the seat back frame including longitudinal frame parts (21,22) that extend in the vehicle vertical direction and are arranged in both side parts in a vehicle width direction to be spaced away from each other, wherein each of the longitudinal frame parts (21,22) has a lower part to which a lower bracket extending in a vehicle vertical direction is joined, the lower brackets are formed of a metallic material, characterized in that an upper through hole into which a lower cross member extending in the vehicle width direction is inserted is formed in an upper portion of each of the lower brackets, the two longitudinal frame parts (21,22) are connected by the lower cross member through the respective lower brackets, and the longitudinal frame parts (21,22) are formed of a carbon fiber-reinforced resin material, so that the lower bracket is lower in rigidity than the longitudinal frame parts (21,22). each of the longitudinal frame parts (21,22) has a lower part to which a lower bracket extending in a vehicle vertical direction is joined, the lower brackets are formed of a metallic material, an upper through hole into which a lower cross member extending in the vehicle width direction is inserted is formed in an upper portion of each of the lower brackets, the two longitudinal frame parts (21,22) are connected by the lower cross member through the respective lower brackets, and the longitudinal frame parts (21,22) are formed of a carbon fiber-reinforced resin material, so that the lower bracket is lower in rigidity than the longitudinal frame parts (21,22).
A wound dressing apparatus, which comprises: a wound dressing including a backing layer for positioning over a wound area; and a negative pressure system comprising: a small pump for applying negative pressure to the wound dressing to move wound exudate from the wound area, characterized in that the small pump is integral with the dressing or (i) releasably or (ii) permanently attached to the backing layer; wherein the small pump is a miniature portable diaphragm pump. a wound dressing including a backing layer for positioning over a wound area; and a negative pressure system comprising: a small pump for applying negative pressure to the wound dressing to move wound exudate from the wound area, characterized in that the small pump is integral with the dressing or (i) releasably or (ii) permanently attached to the backing layer; wherein the small pump is a miniature portable diaphragm pump.
An air conditioning system comprising a device on a heat-providing side, a device on a heat-using side, a thermal transfer apparatus configured to transfer a thermal medium from the device on the heat-providing side to the device on the heat-using side, and a machine learning apparatus configured to learn at least one of a temperature and a flowrate at which the thermal transfer apparatus transfers the thermal medium, wherein the machine learning apparatus includes: a state variable obtaining unit configured to obtain state variables including an operation condition of the device on the heat-providing side, an operation condition of the device on the heat-using side, and a value correlated with a heat quantity required by the device on the heat-using side; and a learning unit configured to perform learning by associating the state variables with the at least one of the temperature and the flowrate; characterized by a reward calculating unit configured to calculate a reward, based on a total value of a power consumption of the device on the heat-providing side, a power consumption of the device on the heat-using side, and a power consumption of the thermal transfer apparatus and a risk information obtaining unit configured to, in a case where an abnormality occurs in the device on the heat-providing side or the device on the heat-using side, obtain a signal indicating the abnormality, and provide notification of the signal to the reward calculating unit, wherein the learning unit performs learning by using the reward, wherein the reward calculating unit is configured to reduce the reward in accordance with the notification of the signal provided by the risk information obtaining unit. a state variable obtaining unit configured to obtain state variables including an operation condition of the device on the heat-providing side, an operation condition of the device on the heat-using side, and a value correlated with a heat quantity required by the device on the heat-using side; and a learning unit configured to perform learning by associating the state variables with the at least one of the temperature and the flowrate; characterized by a reward calculating unit configured to calculate a reward, based on a total value of a power consumption of the device on the heat-providing side, a power consumption of the device on the heat-using side, and a power consumption of the thermal transfer apparatus and a risk information obtaining unit configured to, in a case where an abnormality occurs in the device on the heat-providing side or the device on the heat-using side, obtain a signal indicating the abnormality, and provide notification of the signal to the reward calculating unit, wherein the learning unit performs learning by using the reward, wherein the reward calculating unit is configured to reduce the reward in accordance with the notification of the signal provided by the risk information obtaining unit.
A sonotrode for an ultrasonic welding apparatus, having a lower portion of length u and an upper portion of length o, the upper portion and the lower portion being arranged adjacent to each other on a longitudinal axis of the sonotrode, and the total length of the sonotrode in the direction of the longitudinal axis being u + o, the lower portion having a sealing surface oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the sealing surface is intended to come into contact with a material to be processed, wherein the lower portion has a slot, wherein the slot extends from the sealing surface to a side of the lower portion opposing the sealing surface, such that the lower portion of the sonotrode is divided into a plurality of segments which lie adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the slot having two slot walls, characterized in that a spacing between the slot walls tapers in the direction of the sealing surface.
Agitator ball mill for the fine-grinding or dispersion of a grinding material, comprising a container the inner wall of which delimits a cylindrical or conical, vertically arranged grinding chamber, a grinding material inlet for feeding the grinding material into the grinding chamber, a grinding body inlet for introducing grinding bodies into the grinding chamber, and a grinding material outlet for discharging the ground or dispersed grinding material from the grinding chamber, and a rotatably driven agitator having at least one agitator element and extending in the axial direction in the grinding chamber, the agitator element moving the grinding bodies in the grinding chamber as the agitator rotates in a first rotational direction and thereby conveying the grinding material from the grinding material inlet to the grinding material outlet, wherein in the conveying direction of the grinding material there is arranged in the grinding chamber directly upstream of the grinding material outlet a separating device retaining the grinding bodies in the grinding chamber but permitting the ground or dispersed grinding material to be discharged from the grinding chamber through the grinding material outlet, characterised in that a grinding body outlet channel running tangentially to the inner wall of the container and emerging from the grinding chamber is arranged at the lower end of the grinding chamber, and that conveying of the grinding bodies out of the grinding chamber through the grinding body outlet channel is performed by means of a through-flow of the grinding chamber towards its lower end, preferably in the presence of rotation of the agitator in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction.
A light screening apparatus comprising: a base plate comprising a lower electrode; a rollup blade comprising upper electrode; and a driving unit electrically connected to the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein the rollup blade is positionable into a flattened position in which the rollup blade covers a light transmitting portion of the base plate and a rolled-up position; wherein the rollup blade comprises at least two layers having different optical properties; wherein the at least two layers comprises a layer comprising an anti-reflection surface defining an outer circumferential surface of the rollup blade in the rolled-up position; wherein the layer comprising the anti-reflection surface comprises an optical black layer; wherein the optical black layer has a multi-layered structure comprising at least two different materials, and/or wherein the optical black layer comprises at least one metal absorption layer and at least one dielectric layer; wherein the optical black layer includes a first phase compensation layer that faces the base plate, when the rollup blade is in the flattened position, a light absorption layer formed on the first phase compensation layer and a second phase compensation layer formed on the light absorption layer; wherein the first phase compensation layer is formed of a material which has a refractive index greater than that of the air and less than that of the light absorption layer. a base plate comprising a lower electrode; a rollup blade comprising upper electrode; and a driving unit electrically connected to the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein the rollup blade is positionable into a flattened position in which the rollup blade covers a light transmitting portion of the base plate and a rolled-up position; wherein the rollup blade comprises at least two layers having different optical properties; wherein the at least two layers comprises a layer comprising an anti-reflection surface defining an outer circumferential surface of the rollup blade in the rolled-up position; wherein the layer comprising the anti-reflection surface comprises an optical black layer; wherein the optical black layer has a multi-layered structure comprising at least two different materials, and/or wherein the optical black layer comprises at least one metal absorption layer and at least one dielectric layer; wherein the optical black layer includes a first phase compensation layer that faces the base plate, when the rollup blade is in the flattened position, a light absorption layer formed on the first phase compensation layer and a second phase compensation layer formed on the light absorption layer; wherein the first phase compensation layer is formed of a material which has a refractive index greater than that of the air and less than that of the light absorption layer.
A radar level gauge system for determining the filling level of a product in a tank, comprising: a signal propagation device arranged to propagate an electromagnetic transmit signal towards a surface of the product and to return an electromagnetic reflection signal resulting from reflection of the electromagnetic transmit signal at the surface; a microwave signal source coupled to said signal propagation device and controllable to generate said electromagnetic transmit signal, said microwave signal source being configured to exhibit a phase noise greater than or equal to -70dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz offset from a carrier frequency for said transmit signal; a microwave signal source controller coupled to said microwave signal source and configured to control said microwave signal source to generate said transmit signal in the form of a measurement sweep comprising a time sequence of discrete and mutually different frequency steps defining a bandwidth of said transmit signal; a mixer coupled to said microwave signal source and to said signal propagation device, and configured to combine said transmit signal and said reflection signal to form an intermediate frequency signal; and processing circuitry (51,52,55) coupled to said mixer and configured to determine said filling level based on said intermediate frequency signal, wherein at least said microwave signal source and said mixer are comprised in an integrated microwave circuit. a signal propagation device arranged to propagate an electromagnetic transmit signal towards a surface of the product and to return an electromagnetic reflection signal resulting from reflection of the electromagnetic transmit signal at the surface; a microwave signal source coupled to said signal propagation device and controllable to generate said electromagnetic transmit signal, said microwave signal source being configured to exhibit a phase noise greater than or equal to -70dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz offset from a carrier frequency for said transmit signal; a microwave signal source controller coupled to said microwave signal source and configured to control said microwave signal source to generate said transmit signal in the form of a measurement sweep comprising a time sequence of discrete and mutually different frequency steps defining a bandwidth of said transmit signal; a mixer coupled to said microwave signal source and to said signal propagation device, and configured to combine said transmit signal and said reflection signal to form an intermediate frequency signal; and processing circuitry (51,52,55) coupled to said mixer and configured to determine said filling level based on said intermediate frequency signal, wherein at least said microwave signal source and said mixer are comprised in an integrated microwave circuit.
An electric toothbrush (10, 110, 210,310, 311, 313,315) comprising: (a) a handle, a head (20,120, 220,320, 321,323, 325), and a neck extending between said handle and said head, said handle having a hollow interior region, and said electric toothbrush having a longitudinal axis; (b) a movable bristle holder (255, 397) disposed on said head, said movable bristle holder having a plurality of movable bristles (50, 150, 350) disposed thereon; (c) a motor disposed in said hollow interior region, wherein said motor is operatively connected to said movable bristle holder by a drive shaft (25,212); and (d) one or more bristles disposed in a static portion of said head, characterised in that motion of said drive shaft results in motion of said bristles disposed on said static portion of said head, wherein the drive shaft or another drive mechanism component contacts at least a portion of said one or more bristles disposed on said static portion of said head. (a) a handle, a head (20,120, 220,320, 321,323, 325), and a neck extending between said handle and said head, said handle having a hollow interior region, and said electric toothbrush having a longitudinal axis; (b) a movable bristle holder (255, 397) disposed on said head, said movable bristle holder having a plurality of movable bristles (50, 150, 350) disposed thereon; (c) a motor disposed in said hollow interior region, wherein said motor is operatively connected to said movable bristle holder by a drive shaft (25,212); and (d) one or more bristles disposed in a static portion of said head, characterised in that
A non-starch water-soluble polysaccharide being at least partially coated with a methylcellulose having anhydroglucose units joined by 1-4 linkages wherein hydroxy groups of anhydroglucose units are substituted with methyl groups such that s23/s26 is from 0.08 to 0.36, wherein s23 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 3-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups and wherein s26 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 6-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups, and wherein the non-starch water-soluble polysaccharide is different from said methylcellulose.
A guard for providing a cut-resistant pathway through a body opening to protect a tissue margin, the guard comprising a sidewall having a tubular shape defining a central lumen, the central lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal opening at a proximal end and a distal opening at a distal end, the sidewall being made of at least one layer of flexible cut-resistant mesh material having a plurality of interwoven filaments (52a-52d) defining interstices, the interwoven filaments (52a-52d) being formed of a plastically deformable heat setting material with the cut resistant mesh material comprising the interwoven filaments (52a-52d) molded and heat set to give the cut resistant mesh material of the side wall a generally hourglass shape when in a normal, undeformed, configuration with a progressively increasing central lumen toward the proximal end defining a proximal flange in the sidewall and a progressively increasing central lumen toward the distal end defining a distal flange in the sidewall, the proximal flange being configured to anchor the guard with respect to a proximal end of the tissue margin and the distal flange being configured to anchor the guard with respect to a distal end of the tissue margin and the sidewall circumferentially protecting the tissue margin along the body opening, the sidewall having a neck portion located between the proximal flange and the distal flange, the sidewall being deformable from the normal, undeformed configuration and biased to return to the normal, undeformed configuration when released.
A high voltage capacitor, the capacitor comprising: a plurality of capacitor units (301, 302, 303) connected in electrical series in a stacked configuration, the plurality of capacitor units comprising at least two adjacent capacitor units; and only a single insulator element (312, 313) positioned between and separating the two adjacent capacitor units, wherein the insulator element has a first end and a second opposing end, and wherein the first end has a first thickness and the second opposing end has a second smaller thickness. a plurality of capacitor units (301, 302, 303) connected in electrical series in a stacked configuration, the plurality of capacitor units comprising at least two adjacent capacitor units; and only a single insulator element (312, 313) positioned between and separating the two adjacent capacitor units, wherein the insulator element has a first end and a second opposing end, and wherein the first end has a first thickness and the second opposing end has a second smaller thickness.
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprising: a midsole comprising a bladder and a foam midsole component, wherein the bladder defines a fluid-filled chamber, the foam midsole component having a ground facing surface and a sidewall, and wherein the bladder forms a visible portion of the sidewall, and wherein the bladder meets the foam midsole component to define a component boundary on the sidewall; an etched channel extending into both the foam midsole component and the bladder, the etched channel having a depth into the sidewall of between about 2 μm and about 1000 μm, and wherein the etched channel continuously extends across the component boundary, wherein the etched channel is formed by a laser after the article of footwear has been fully assembled. a midsole comprising a bladder and a foam midsole component, wherein the bladder defines a fluid-filled chamber, the foam midsole component having a ground facing surface and a sidewall, and wherein the bladder forms a visible portion of the sidewall, and wherein the bladder meets the foam midsole component to define a component boundary on the sidewall; an etched channel extending into both the foam midsole component and the bladder, the etched channel having a depth into the sidewall of between about 2 μm and about 1000 μm, and wherein the etched channel continuously extends across the component boundary, wherein the etched channel is formed by a laser after the article of footwear has been fully assembled.