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Method for operating a washing machine, the washing machine having a suds container, a valve, a reservoir for temporarily storing washing liquor when the washing liquor is pumped out, and a suds pump for pumping washing liquor out of the suds container via the reservoir in the direction of a water drain, the valve being designed to prevent washing liquor in the reservoir from flowing back into the suds container, the method comprising the following steps: conveying washing liquor from the suds container via the reservoir in the direction of the water drain by means of the suds pump at the end of a washing process, an amount of washing liquor remaining in the reservoir after the suds pump has been deactivated; and either returning the washing liquor remaining in the reservoir into the suds container for use in a subsequent washing process, depending on a residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir; or discarding the washing liquor remaining in the reservoir via the water drain depending on the residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir; with a step of carrying out a threshold value decision with regard to the residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir using an adjustable threshold value, either the step of returning or the step of discarding being carried out depending on a result of the threshold value decision; with a step of detecting the residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir by means of a time span measuring device; characterised in that in the step of discarding, the washing liquor remaining in the reservoir is flushed out of the reservoir by means of the suds pump by fresh water being introduced into the suds container and the introduced fresh water being conveyed from the suds container via the reservoir in the direction of the water drain. conveying washing liquor from the suds container via the reservoir in the direction of the water drain by means of the suds pump at the end of a washing process, an amount of washing liquor remaining in the reservoir after the suds pump has been deactivated; and either returning the washing liquor remaining in the reservoir into the suds container for use in a subsequent washing process, depending on a residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir; or discarding the washing liquor remaining in the reservoir via the water drain depending on the residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir; with a step of carrying out a threshold value decision with regard to the residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir using an adjustable threshold value, either the step of returning or the step of discarding being carried out depending on a result of the threshold value decision; with a step of detecting the residence time of the washing liquor in the reservoir by means of a time span measuring device; characterised in that in the step of discarding, the washing liquor remaining in the reservoir is flushed out of the reservoir by means of the suds pump by fresh water being introduced into the suds container and the introduced fresh water being conveyed from the suds container via the reservoir in the direction of the water drain.
A method of plating copper onto a substrate comprising: providing a substrate, wherein said substrate is a metal seed layer on a silicon solar cell wafer comprising an aluminum backside; and contacting said substrate with a copper plating solution comprising a source of copper ions and a lithium sulfate conductivity salt wherein said copper plating solution has a pH between 1.7 and 3.5 and is free of chloride ions and wherein the backside of the silicon solar cell wafer remains unaffected by the plating solution. providing a substrate, wherein said substrate is a metal seed layer on a silicon solar cell wafer comprising an aluminum backside; and contacting said substrate with a copper plating solution comprising a source of copper ions and a lithium sulfate conductivity salt wherein said copper plating solution has a pH between 1.7 and 3.5 and is free of chloride ions and wherein the backside of the silicon solar cell wafer remains unaffected by the plating solution.
A rim assembly for a container, the container comprising a main body and a lid, the main body including a side wall having a plurality of apertures and a top edge defining an opening of the container, and the rim assembly comprising: - a frame member receivable within the opening of the container such that the frame member extends around an interior surface of the side wall of the main body; - a plurality of securing tabs connected to the frame member, each tab including an engagement member; - sealing means configured for repeated sealing engagement with said lid of the container; and - a lining for extending over and covering internal surfaces of the main body, formed of a flexible, thin film plastics material, the lining being secured to the frame member, wherein, in use, each of the securing tabs is movable between a first position in which the engagement member is disengaged from said aperture and a second position in which the engagement member is engaged with one of said apertures, characterised in that the plurality of securing tabs are hingedly connected to the frame member, in that the lining is secured to the frame member such that, in use, an upper edge region of the lining is disposed between the side wall of the container and the frame member, and in that the rim assembly further comprises retaining means configured to retain the securing tabs in the second position such that the rim assembly is secured to the main body of the container around the top edge. - a frame member receivable within the opening of the container such that the frame member extends around an interior surface of the side wall of the main body; - a plurality of securing tabs connected to the frame member, each tab including an engagement member; - sealing means configured for repeated sealing engagement with said lid of the container; and - a lining for extending over and covering internal surfaces of the main body, formed of a flexible, thin film plastics material, the lining being secured to the frame member,
A blow mould for making plastic containers from respective parisons, comprising: - a first and a second half-mould (2, 3) hinged to rotate about a longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position; - a first fastening element fixed to the first half-mould; - a second fastening element associated with the second half-mould to rotate about an axis parallel with the longitudinal axis between a position where the half-moulds (2, 3) are locked and it abuts the first fastening element, and a position where the half-moulds are unlocked, wherein the second fastening element comprises a protrusion which, in the locked position, is operatively inserted in an indentation made in the first fastening element, the mould being characterized in that said protrusion, in the locked position, is positioned behind the axis of rotation of the second fastening element relative to a free end of the second half-mould, wherein the second fastening element comprises a rod-shaped element whose cross section is a circle portion delimited by a circular arc and a chord. - a first and a second half-mould (2, 3) hinged to rotate about a longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position; - a first fastening element fixed to the first half-mould; - a second fastening element associated with the second half-mould to rotate about an axis parallel with the longitudinal axis between a position where the half-moulds (2, 3) are locked and it abuts the first fastening element, and a position where the half-moulds are unlocked,
An arrangement for forming an elongate, channel-like receiving space, which is designed in particular for receiving illumination units, wherein the arrangement comprises two elongate profile parts (140, 150), which are connected with each other positively or in a clamping manner for forming the receiving space and wherein on both end faces of the receiving space in each case a sealing element is arranged, which fills out the receiving space in the end region, wherein the sealing element has at least one through-opening (15, 16) for the passage of cables or lines into the receiving space and wherein the sealing element consists of one at least easily compressible material and in a state not arranged in the receiving space has a cross section slightly enlarged in comparison to the cross section of the receiving space, characterized in that the arrangement has means, which in the end area of the receiving space exert outside pressure on the profile parts (140, 150), wherein the means for exerting pressure comprise at least one elongate support element, which is designed substantially U-shaped, wherein in the or on the support element the elongate profile parts (140, 150)forming the receiving space are arranged, and wherein the means for exerting pressure also have end caps to be fastened in the end area of the support element, which in the fastened state exert pressure on at least one of the profile parts (140, 150).
A method of detecting deterioration of a feeder in a wire electrical discharge machine which performs removal machining of a workpiece by applying a voltage to a machining gap between a wire electrode and the workpiece through the feeder to generate electrical discharge, the method characterised by: loading a data table with a current value for each electrical discharge; detecting the machining current value during the machining; detecting the number of electrical discharges during the machining, and determining whether the feeder is deteriorated by comparing the detected machining current value with the product of the detected number of electrical discharges and the current value for each electrical discharge loaded in the data table. loading a data table with a current value for each electrical discharge; detecting the machining current value during the machining; detecting the number of electrical discharges during the machining, and determining whether the feeder is deteriorated by comparing the detected machining current value with the product of the detected number of electrical discharges and the current value for each electrical discharge loaded in the data table.
A method for manufacturing medical paper for medical sterilization packaging, the method comprising: forming a paper web of fibrous substrate comprising cellulosic fibres, the paper web comprising opposite first and second sides; on-line with the forming of the paper web, applying reinforcing material on the first side and pressing the reinforcing material into structure of the paper web such that delamination resistance of the structure is increased throughout the structure of the paper web; and on-line with the forming of the paper web, applying sealing material on the second side the paper web wherein the basis weight or grammage of the produced medical paper is of 40 to 120 g/m 2. forming a paper web of fibrous substrate comprising cellulosic fibres, the paper web comprising opposite first and second sides; on-line with the forming of the paper web, applying reinforcing material on the first side and pressing the reinforcing material into structure of the paper web such that delamination resistance of the structure is increased throughout the structure of the paper web; and on-line with the forming of the paper web, applying sealing material on the second side the paper web wherein the basis weight or grammage of the produced medical paper is of 40 to 120 g/m 2.
A shoe assembly for a glass panel railing system, comprising: a. a base shoe, comprising: i. a first inner side wall having a top side and a bottom side, ii. a second inner side wall having a top side and a bottom side, iii. a bottom wall adjacent to the bottom side of the first inner side wall and the bottom side of the second inner side wall, the first inner side wall, the second inner side wall, and the bottom wall defining a base shoe channel, iv. a first dovetail groove formed in the first inner side wall adjacent to the top side of the first inner side wall, and v. a second dovetail groove formed in the second inner side wall adjacent to the top side of the second inner side wall; and b. a continuous setting strip comprising a top arm and a bottom arm projecting perpendicularly from the top arm, the continuous setting strip positioned inside the base shoe channel against the first inner side wall; characterized by a first continuous tape strip mounted on the first inner side wall for connecting the continuous setting strip to the first inner side wall. a. a base shoe, comprising: i. a first inner side wall having a top side and a bottom side, ii. a second inner side wall having a top side and a bottom side, iii. a bottom wall adjacent to the bottom side of the first inner side wall and the bottom side of the second inner side wall, the first inner side wall, the second inner side wall, and the bottom wall defining a base shoe channel, iv. a first dovetail groove formed in the first inner side wall adjacent to the top side of the first inner side wall, and v. a second dovetail groove formed in the second inner side wall adjacent to the top side of the second inner side wall; and i. a first inner side wall having a top side and a bottom side, ii. a second inner side wall having a top side and a bottom side, iii. a bottom wall adjacent to the bottom side of the first inner side wall and the bottom side of the second inner side wall, the first inner side wall, the second inner side wall, and the bottom wall defining a base shoe channel, iv. a first dovetail groove formed in the first inner side wall adjacent to the top side of the first inner side wall, and v. a second dovetail groove formed in the second inner side wall adjacent to the top side of the second inner side wall; and b. a continuous setting strip comprising a top arm and a bottom arm projecting perpendicularly from the top arm, the continuous setting strip positioned inside the base shoe channel against the first inner side wall;
A heat conduction component, wherein the heat conduction component comprises a first heat conduction layer and second heat conduction layers, wherein a melting point of the first heat conduction layer is greater than a first value, a melting point of the second heat conduction layer is less than a second value, there is the second heat conduction layer on each of a first surface and a second surface of the first heat conduction layer, and the first surface and the second surface of the first heat conduction layer are opposite to each other, wherein there are protrusion structures on each of a first surface and a second surface of the second heat conduction layer, and the first surface and the second surface of the second heat conduction layer are opposite to each other. a melting point of the first heat conduction layer is greater than a first value, a melting point of the second heat conduction layer is less than a second value, there is the second heat conduction layer on each of a first surface and a second surface of the first heat conduction layer, and the first surface and the second surface of the first heat conduction layer are opposite to each other, wherein there are protrusion structures on each of a first surface and a second surface of the second heat conduction layer, and the first surface and the second surface of the second heat conduction layer are opposite to each other.
A submarine in-situ net cleaner comprising a skid chassis adapted for smooth and snare free sliding across the surface of said net, a buoyancy means associated with said chassis to provide said cleaner with buoyancy, a driving means adapted to cooperate with said net and manoeuvre said cleaner about the surface of said net, a propulsion means adapted to propel said cleaner onto and maintain contact with said net and a cleaning means adapted to remove contaminants from said net including marine fouling from the surface of said net so as to clean said net; characterised in that said cleaning means is a vacuum adapted to draw water and contaminants through and from the surface of the net.
A composition of pickering emulsion type, comprising at least one dispersed fatty phase, and at least one continuous aqueous phase, and comprising: a) at least one hydrophobic gelling agent selected from ester of dextrin and saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, C 12 to C 24 fatty acid; b) at least one amphiphilic crosslinked copolymer; c) at least one anionic terpolymer, linear or branched, of at least one monomer carrying an acid function in free form, partially or totally salified by a nonionic monomer selected from N,N-dimethylacrylamide and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and at least one monomer polyoxethylenated alkyl acrylate of formula wherein in formula: R1 represents a hydrogen atom, R represents a linear or branched C 8 -C 16 alkyl radical, n is an integer ranging from 1 to 10; and d) at least one hydrophobic particles chosen from hydrophobic silicas, hydrophobic cellulose, starch, talc, silicone resin powders, hollow hemispherical silicone particles, polyamide powders, hydrophobic pigments, or a mixture thereof. a) at least one hydrophobic gelling agent selected from ester of dextrin and saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, C 12 to C 24 fatty acid; b) at least one amphiphilic crosslinked copolymer; c) at least one anionic terpolymer, linear or branched, of at least one monomer carrying an acid function in free form, partially or totally salified by a nonionic monomer selected from N,N-dimethylacrylamide and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and at least one monomer polyoxethylenated alkyl acrylate of formula wherein in formula: R1 represents a hydrogen atom, R represents a linear or branched C 8 -C 16 alkyl radical, n is an integer ranging from 1 to 10; and R1 represents a hydrogen atom, R represents a linear or branched C 8 -C 16 alkyl radical, n is an integer ranging from 1 to 10; and d) at least one hydrophobic particles chosen from hydrophobic silicas, hydrophobic cellulose, starch, talc, silicone resin powders, hollow hemispherical silicone particles, polyamide powders, hydrophobic pigments, or a mixture thereof.
A contacting unit for an electronic circuit, the contacting unit extending lengthwise between first and second ends and widthwise between first and second sides, the contacting unit comprising: a circuit board for the electronic circuit; a connector connected to the circuit board for providing electrical contact between the electronic circuit and a host device, and a casing comprising a first cover and a second cover, the electronic circuit and the circuit board being sandwiched between the first and second covers, at least part of the contacting unit thereby having a first height which is sufficient to cover the electronic circuit and the circuit board; wherein the first and second covers are made at least partially from plastics, the covers being configured to be attached to each other at a plurality of attachment regions of the first and second covers such that said attachment is made between parallel- opposing plastic parts of the first and second covers within one or more of the attachment regions; wherein the circuit board having a form which is adapted to expose at least one of said attachment regions to allow for said attachment of the first and second covers; wherein the connector has a coupling region adapted to cooperate with at least one from the first or second covers to secure the connector in place; characterised in that the contacting unit has a second height less than the first height, either of the first cover and the second cover having a slot for inserting an external circuit, the slot being located at a junction where the cover height changes from the first height to the second height. a circuit board for the electronic circuit; a connector connected to the circuit board for providing electrical contact between the electronic circuit and a host device, and a casing comprising a first cover and a second cover, the electronic circuit and the circuit board being sandwiched between the first and second covers, at least part of the contacting unit thereby having a first height which is sufficient to cover the electronic circuit and the circuit board; wherein the first and second covers are made at least partially from plastics, the covers being configured to be attached to each other at a plurality of attachment regions of the first and second covers such that said attachment is made between parallel- opposing plastic parts of the first and second covers within one or more of the attachment regions; wherein the circuit board having a form which is adapted to expose at least one of said attachment regions to allow for said attachment of the first and second covers; wherein the connector has a coupling region adapted to cooperate with at least one from the first or second covers to secure the connector in place; characterised in that the contacting unit has a second height less than the first height, either of the first cover and the second cover having a slot for inserting an external circuit, the slot being located at a junction where the cover height changes from the first height to the second height.
Method of adjusting power absorbed by at least one vehicle, powered by at least: - one electrical energy storage unit, - one electrical network on the ground, providing the vehicle with at least one inrush current necessary for starting up the vehicle, characterised in that - the electrical energy storage unit is installed on at least said vehicle, - before and at least during the starting-up of the vehicle, the inrush current is adjusted to a constant mean value and variations of said inrush current around the mean value are kept to a minimum by controlling at least one variable supply of compensating energy from the energy storage unit of said vehicle. - one electrical energy storage unit, - one electrical network on the ground, providing the vehicle with at least one inrush current necessary for starting up the vehicle, - the electrical energy storage unit is installed on at least said vehicle, - before and at least during the starting-up of the vehicle, the inrush current is adjusted to a constant mean value and variations of said inrush current around the mean value are kept to a minimum by controlling at least one variable supply of compensating energy from the energy storage unit of said vehicle.