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A steam generator for generation of steam in a water tube boiler, comprising: a first substantially upright header having a sealed axial pathway adapted for communication with a heated water supply; a second upright header spaced a distance from said first header and defining a gap therebetween, said second upright header having a sealed axial passageway; a first plurality of tubes having interior passages, communicating in sealed engagement between said axial pathway and said axial passageway; said first plurality of tubes forming a lower bank each of said tubes of said lower bank having an angle of incline from a lower engagement point with said first upright header, to an upper engagement point with said second header; a second plurality of tubes having axial conduits therethrough communicating in sealed engagement between said axial passageway and said axial pathway; said second plurality of tubes forming an upper bank, each of said second plurality of tubes communicating at an inclining angle from a first end engaged to said second upright header to a transition point, adjacent to said first upright header; an end portion of each of said tubes of said upper bank between said transition point and an engagement of said tubes with said first upright header; and characterized in that said end portion has a generally declining angle from said transition point to said engagement with said first upright header. a first substantially upright header having a sealed axial pathway adapted for communication with a heated water supply; a second upright header spaced a distance from said first header and defining a gap therebetween, said second upright header having a sealed axial passageway; a first plurality of tubes having interior passages, communicating in sealed engagement between said axial pathway and said axial passageway; said first plurality of tubes forming a lower bank each of said tubes of said lower bank having an angle of incline from a lower engagement point with said first upright header, to an upper engagement point with said second header; a second plurality of tubes having axial conduits therethrough communicating in sealed engagement between said axial passageway and said axial pathway; said second plurality of tubes forming an upper bank, each of said second plurality of tubes communicating at an inclining angle from a first end engaged to said second upright header to a transition point, adjacent to said first upright header; an end portion of each of said tubes of said upper bank between said transition point and an engagement of said tubes with said first upright header; and characterized in that said end portion has a generally declining angle from said transition point to said engagement with said first upright header.
A water outlet tube including a corrugated hollow body, having a first end fitting for connection to a water outlet of a dish and linen washing machine including a water discharging pump and a second end fitting for connection to a valve drain, wherein a length of said tube is arrangeable outside a casing of said washing machine and that said corrugated body comprises, at a middle portion thereof outside said casing of said washing machine, a non-corrugated flat zone including a through hole to the environmental air in which is removably engaged a valve device, said valve device including an insert having an end portion with an outer conical surface narrowing to the upper end, a middle annular portion and a bottom end portion having an outer conical surface narrowing to the lower end, wherein the bottom end portion is adapted to be engaged in said through hole, with a bottom surface of said middle annular portion abutting against a peripheral portion of said through hole, a hollow cylindric support element having a central through hole and a plurality of further through holes radially arranged around said central hole, an umbrella valve slidably arranged in said support element and having an umbrella valve membrane that can close the plurality of holes of said cylindric support element on the upper side of cylindric support element, and an umbrella valve lug integral with said membrane and slideably engaged in said central through hole, wherein said cylindrical support element and said umbrella valve are housed in said insert and wherein said membrane and lug form an integral upward and downward slidable pressure driven assembly which is automatically driven from a water path opening position to a water path closing position as a pressure in said corrugated body exceeds an outside environment pressure and wherein said insert, umbrella membrane an support element are arranged to be quickly and easily disassembled and reassembled again on said middle portion of said non -corrugated flat zone of said outlet tube.
A polyamide composition, which comprises 55wt%-70wt% of at least one of polyamide, 10 wt%-40 wt% of reinforcing fiber, 3 wt%-12 wt% of hollow glass bubbles having adhesive on at least a portion of surfaces of the hollow glass bubbles, wherein crush strength of the hollow glass bubbles is 14,500 psi or more, the content of the adhesive is 0.05-5 wt% of the hollow glass bubbles having adhesive on at least a portion of surfaces of the glass bubbles; the adhesive on at least a portion of surfaces of the glass bubbles adhesive is silane coupling agents, urethane, epoxide, and/or amino-silane acid copolymers.
A method for operating a computing device, the method being performed by one or more processors of the computing device and comprising: enabling a user to enter a sequence of alphanumeric characters; presenting a user interface feature on a contact-sensitive display of the computing device, the user interface feature including one or more images of persons associated with the one or more images, each of the one or more images being (i) associated with a person and a contact record for that person, and (ii) selectable by a user, wherein for each of the one or more images the associated contact record matches the sequence of alphanumeric characters entered by the user; enabling the user to select a first image from the one or more images by a screen tap; in response to the user selecting the first image, presenting information from the contact record associated with the first image on the display, the contact information including multiple types of selectable communication identifiers, wherein each of the selectable communication identifiers includes an alphanumeric data element that identifies a device and/or location available for communications through a network; and in response to the user selecting one of the selectable communication identifiers, automatically initiating a communication using an application corresponding to the type of the selected communication identifier. enabling a user to enter a sequence of alphanumeric characters; presenting a user interface feature on a contact-sensitive display of the computing device, the user interface feature including one or more images of persons associated with the one or more images, each of the one or more images being (i) associated with a person and a contact record for that person, and (ii) selectable by a user, wherein for each of the one or more images the associated contact record matches the sequence of alphanumeric characters entered by the user; enabling the user to select a first image from the one or more images by a screen tap; in response to the user selecting the first image, presenting information from the contact record associated with the first image on the display, the contact information including multiple types of selectable communication identifiers, wherein each of the selectable communication identifiers includes an alphanumeric data element that identifies a device and/or location available for communications through a network; and in response to the user selecting one of the selectable communication identifiers, automatically initiating a communication using an application corresponding to the type of the selected communication identifier.
A solid-state luminaire comprising: a communication module configured to receive data from a first source external to the solid-state luminaire; a processor (140, 240) operatively coupled with the communication module and configured to analyze the data received thereby from the first external source; and a solid-state light source configured to emit a pulsing light signal encoded with the data, characterized in that the first external source comprises a first mobile computing device; the data received from the first mobile computing device comprises a request for indoor navigation to a second mobile computing device; and the communication module is further configured to transmit the indoor navigation request to a second solid-state luminaire local to the second mobile computing device. a communication module configured to receive data from a first source external to the solid-state luminaire; a processor (140, 240) operatively coupled with the communication module and configured to analyze the data received thereby from the first external source; and a solid-state light source configured to emit a pulsing light signal encoded with the data, characterized in that the first external source comprises a first mobile computing device; the data received from the first mobile computing device comprises a request for indoor navigation to a second mobile computing device; and the communication module is further configured to transmit the indoor navigation request to a second solid-state luminaire local to the second mobile computing device.
A medicated compression bandage system for the treatment of leg ulcers of a subject, said device comprising: a single-ply inner, skin contacting layer formed of an elongate strip of an absorbent foam material; and an outer layer comprising an elastic compression bandage applied separately over the skin contacting layer, being characterised in that the absorbent foam material is impregnated with a zinc oxide containing composition comprising from 5% to 40% by weight of zinc oxide in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. a single-ply inner, skin contacting layer formed of an elongate strip of an absorbent foam material; and an outer layer comprising an elastic compression bandage applied separately over the skin contacting layer, being characterised in that the absorbent foam material is impregnated with a zinc oxide containing composition comprising from 5% to 40% by weight of zinc oxide in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Method for determining the state of an electrical switchgear assembly, wherein the electric current and the voltage dropped across the switchgear assembly are measured, characterized in that a time interval of an arc occurring during a switching operation is ascertained, wherein the time interval begins when the value of the measured voltage exceeds a first threshold value and the time interval ends when the value of the current intensity falls below a second threshold value, characterized in that the time interval ascertained in this way is compared with a reference value that is specific to the switchgear assembly and that is ascertained using the same method for an assembly in the new state, and the time difference (Δt) between the ascertained time interval and the reference value, and the voltage profile (U(t)) is measured during the time interval and is compared with a reference voltage profile measured on an assembly in the new state.
A crosslinkable compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated functional group comprising the reaction product of reagents comprising: (a) at least one isocyanate compound having at least 2 isocyanate groups, or a mixture of said compounds; (b) at least one perfluoroalkyl mono-alcohol of Formula, or a mixture of said fluorinated mono-alcohols; R f -Q v -OH wherein R f is a straight or branched-chain perfluoroalkyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one or more ether oxygens -O-, CH 2, CFH, or combinations thereof; Q is a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic structure of alkylene, arylene, aralkylene, sulfonyl, sulfoxy, sulfonamido, carbonamido, carbonyloxy, urethanylene, ureylene, or combinations of such linking groups; and v is 0 or 1; (c) at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having one isocyanate-reactive functional group selected from OH, NH 2, or SH, and having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group; (d) at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having one isocyanate-reactive functional group selected from OH, NH 2 or SH, and at least one terminal carboxylic acid; and (e) optionally, at least one additional isocyanate-reactive compound selected from water, alkoxylated diols, or hydroxyl-functional photoinitiator compounds; provided that if the isocyanate compound (a) has 2 isocyanate groups, then water is present as an additional isocyanate-reactive compound (e). (a) at least one isocyanate compound having at least 2 isocyanate groups, or a mixture of said compounds; (b) at least one perfluoroalkyl mono-alcohol of Formula, or a mixture of said fluorinated mono-alcohols; R f -Q v -OH wherein R f is a straight or branched-chain perfluoroalkyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one or more ether oxygens -O-, CH 2, CFH, or combinations thereof; Q is a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic structure of alkylene, arylene, aralkylene, sulfonyl, sulfoxy, sulfonamido, carbonamido, carbonyloxy, urethanylene, ureylene, or combinations of such linking groups; and v is 0 or 1; R f is a straight or branched-chain perfluoroalkyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one or more ether oxygens -O-, CH 2, CFH, or combinations thereof; Q is a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic structure of alkylene, arylene, aralkylene, sulfonyl, sulfoxy, sulfonamido, carbonamido, carbonyloxy, urethanylene, ureylene, or combinations of such linking groups; and v is 0 or 1; (c) at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having one isocyanate-reactive functional group selected from OH, NH 2, or SH, and having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group; (d) at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having one isocyanate-reactive functional group selected from OH, NH 2 or SH, and at least one terminal carboxylic acid; and (e) optionally, at least one additional isocyanate-reactive compound selected from water, alkoxylated diols, or hydroxyl-functional photoinitiator compounds; provided that if the isocyanate compound (a) has 2 isocyanate groups, then water is present as an additional isocyanate-reactive compound (e).
An air conditioning apparatus comprising: a compression mechanism; a heat source-side heat exchanger; an expansion mechanism; a usage-side heat exchanger; a blower for feeding an air flow to said heat source-side heat exchanger; a housing (2a through 2e) which has a bottom plate and accommodates said heat source-side heat exchanger and said blower in a space above said bottom plate; and a bypass circuit being arranged and configured to connect a third refrigerant tube on a discharge side of said compression mechanism, and at least any one of a first refrigerant tube which extends from said usage-side heat exchanger to said expansion mechanism, and a second refrigerant tube which extends from said expansion mechanism to said heat source-side heat exchanger, characterized in that the bypass circuit is disposed so as to pass below said blower and below said heat source-side heat exchanger, wherein said bypass circuit passes below said heat source-side heat exchanger after passing below said blower from said third refrigerant tube, and extends to the at least any one of said first refrigerant tube and said second refrigerant tube. a compression mechanism; a heat source-side heat exchanger; an expansion mechanism; a usage-side heat exchanger; a blower for feeding an air flow to said heat source-side heat exchanger; a housing (2a through 2e) which has a bottom plate and accommodates said heat source-side heat exchanger and said blower in a space above said bottom plate; and a bypass circuit being arranged and configured to connect a third refrigerant tube on a discharge side of said compression mechanism, and at least any one of a first refrigerant tube which extends from said usage-side heat exchanger to said expansion mechanism, and a second refrigerant tube which extends from said expansion mechanism to said heat source-side heat exchanger, characterized in that the bypass circuit is disposed so as to pass below said blower and below said heat source-side heat exchanger, wherein said bypass circuit passes below said heat source-side heat exchanger after passing below said blower from said third refrigerant tube, and extends to the at least any one of said first refrigerant tube and said second refrigerant tube. a third refrigerant tube on a discharge side of said compression mechanism, and at least any one of a first refrigerant tube which extends from said usage-side heat exchanger to said expansion mechanism, and a second refrigerant tube which extends from said expansion mechanism to said heat source-side heat exchanger, characterized in that a first refrigerant tube which extends from said usage-side heat exchanger to said expansion mechanism, and a second refrigerant tube which extends from said expansion mechanism to said heat source-side heat exchanger, characterized in that the bypass circuit is disposed so as to pass below said blower and below said heat source-side heat exchanger, wherein said bypass circuit passes below said heat source-side heat exchanger after passing below said blower from said third refrigerant tube, and extends to the at least any one of said first refrigerant tube and said second refrigerant tube.
A servo press apparatus driven by multiple motors (21a, 21b), the servo press comprising: a slide that is moved up and down by first and second crank structures (2a, 3a; 2b, 3b); gear trains (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) that interconnect the crank structures (2a, 3a; 2b, 3b) directly or indirectly; a first drive shaft having a first drive gear for transmitting a drive torque to the first crank structure (2a, 3a) via the first drive gear, first servo motors (21a1, 21a2) connected to the first drive shaft, a second drive shaft having second drive gear for transmitting drive torque to the second crank structure (2b, 3b) via the second drive gear; second servo motors (21b1, 21b2) connected to the second drive shaft; and a controller that controls the first and second servo motors (21a1, 21a2; 21b1, 21b2) to output a same drive torque, wherein the first and second drive shafts (21as; 21bs) are interconnected with each other directly or indirectly to be synchronized mechanically, characterized in that the first servo motors (21a1, 21a2) are placed on the first drive shaft such that the phases of the first servo motors (21a1, 21a2) differ from one another with respect to the axis of rotation in order to cancel out mutual torque pulsations of the first motors (21a1, 21a2), and the second servo motors (21b1, 21b2) are placed on the second drive shaft such that the phases of the second servo motors differ from one another with respect to the axis of rotation in order to cancel out mutual torque pulsations of the second motors, and wherein an encoder (61a, 61b) is attached to at least one of the first and second drive shafts, and the controller calculates a same torque command for each servo motor based on rotation signals of the encoder and controls the first and second servo motors by the same torque command. a slide that is moved up and down by first and second crank structures (2a, 3a; 2b, 3b); gear trains (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) that interconnect the crank structures (2a, 3a; 2b, 3b) directly or indirectly; a first drive shaft having a first drive gear for transmitting a drive torque to the first crank structure (2a, 3a) via the first drive gear, first servo motors (21a1, 21a2) connected to the first drive shaft, a second drive shaft having second drive gear for transmitting drive torque to the second crank structure (2b, 3b) via the second drive gear; second servo motors (21b1, 21b2) connected to the second drive shaft; and a controller that controls the first and second servo motors (21a1, 21a2; 21b1, 21b2) to output a same drive torque,
Striking mechanism comprising, coaxially mounted on a same shaft, - a striking spring, one end of which is integral with the shaft and another end of which is integral with a reference frame, and arranged to transmit a torque to the shaft when it is loaded, - an hour striking cam integral with the shaft, - a quarter striking cam, pivoted on the shaft and designed to be driven by the hour striking cam, - a minute striking cam, pivoted on the shaft and designed to be driven by the quarter striking cam, the striking mechanism further comprising disengageable connecting means between the quarter striking cam and the minute striking cam, capable of changing between a disengaged state in which the quarter striking and minute striking cams are free relative to one another, and an engaged state in which the quarter striking and minute striking cams rotate together about said shaft, a control member for switching the disengageable connecting means from one state to another. - a striking spring, one end of which is integral with the shaft and another end of which is integral with a reference frame, and arranged to transmit a torque to the shaft when it is loaded, - an hour striking cam integral with the shaft, - a quarter striking cam, pivoted on the shaft and designed to be driven by the hour striking cam, - a minute striking cam, pivoted on the shaft and designed to be driven by the quarter striking cam, the striking mechanism further comprising disengageable connecting means between the quarter striking cam and the minute striking cam, capable of changing between a disengaged state in which the quarter striking and minute striking cams are free relative to one another, and an engaged state in which the quarter striking and minute striking cams rotate together about said shaft, a control member for switching the disengageable connecting means from one state to another.
A compression apparatus comprising first and second sets of contact elements, each set of contact elements (61, 62) comprising a plurality of contact elements movable along a respective endless path (91, 92) having a linear path section, the contact elements in each set (61, 62) being in spaced relation one with respect to another, the contact elements in each set (61, 62) being disposed transversely to the direction of movement along the path, the two linear path sections being in opposed relation to receive a tubular structure therebetween, the contact elements in the first and second sets (61, 62) being movable along the linear path sections in coordinated sequence with respective contact elements being in registration in pairs to compress the tubular structure at spaced intervals along a portion of the length of the tubular structure, the respective contact elements of each pair defining a compression zone therebetween for application of a localised pressing action on the tubular structure at the respective compression zone to compress the tubular structure, characterised in that there is provided a mechanical registration means for causing the respective pairs of opposed contact elements to be maintained in registration with each other while moving along the opposed path sections.