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An inhaler comprising: a housing with an outlet end; a reservoir of inhalable composition within the housing, the reservoir having an outlet; a breath operated valve with a valve element biased closed by a spring to selectively close the reservoir outlet, and a diaphragm arranged to deform when suction is applied to the outlet end generating low pressure above the diaphragm to lift the valve element against the biasing force of the spring to selectively open the reservoir outlet allowing composition to flow out of the inhaler at the outlet end; characterised in that the spring is a strip of resilient material forming a U-shape with a first arm extending from a position adjacent to the valve element along the diaphragm in a direction away from the outlet end so as to support the diaphragm to an apex where it extends away from the diaphragm into a second arm extending back towards the outlet end, the second arm engaging with the housing to generate a biasing force to urge the valve element closed. a housing with an outlet end; a reservoir of inhalable composition within the housing, the reservoir having an outlet; a breath operated valve with a valve element biased closed by a spring to selectively close the reservoir outlet, and a diaphragm arranged to deform when suction is applied to the outlet end generating low pressure above the diaphragm to lift the valve element against the biasing force of the spring to selectively open the reservoir outlet allowing composition to flow out of the inhaler at the outlet end; characterised in that the spring is a strip of resilient material forming a U-shape with a first arm extending from a position adjacent to the valve element along the diaphragm in a direction away from the outlet end so as to support the diaphragm to an apex where it extends away from the diaphragm into a second arm extending back towards the outlet end, the second arm engaging with the housing to generate a biasing force to urge the valve element closed.
An active matrix electroluminescence device, comprising: - transistors on an emissive area of a substrate; - a wire on a non-emissive area of the substrate; - an insulating layer (25, 27) on the substrate and the transistors, and exposing a portion of the wire; - electrode lines connected to the transistor of the emissive area through a contact hole penetrating the insulating layer (25, 27); - a metal layer on the exposed wire; - a protective layer on the insulating layer and exposing a portion of the metal layer and one of the electrode lines; - a first electrode on the protective layer in the emissive area wherein the first electrode is formed of an indium tin oxide, ITO; - an electroluminous layer on the first electrode; and - a second electrode on the electroluminous layer and the metal layer, wherein the electrode lines and the metal layer are of a same metal that is not corroded by an ITO etchant, wherein the metal layer directly contacts the second electrode in the non-emissive area, wherein the metal layer on the wire in the non-emissive area protects the wire from corrosion, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the wire through the metal layer in the non-emissive area, and wherein the first electrode is only in a pixel area within the emissive area and is not in the non-emissive area, characterized in that the metal layer is of chromium (Cr). - transistors on an emissive area of a substrate; - a wire on a non-emissive area of the substrate; - an insulating layer (25, 27) on the substrate and the transistors, and exposing a portion of the wire; - electrode lines connected to the transistor of the emissive area through a contact hole penetrating the insulating layer (25, 27); - a metal layer on the exposed wire; - a protective layer on the insulating layer and exposing a portion of the metal layer and one of the electrode lines; - a first electrode on the protective layer in the emissive area wherein the first electrode is formed of an indium tin oxide, ITO; - an electroluminous layer on the first electrode; and - a second electrode on the electroluminous layer and the metal layer,
A self-cleaning drum washing machine, at least comprising a drum and an outer tub which being coaxially arranged, wherein a flange is arranged at a bottom of the drum and fixedly connected to the drum, wherein a groove, which is recessed inside the drum, has the same shape of the flange and is arranged at the bottom of the drum, the flange is arranged in the groove characterized in that cleaning particles are arranged between the drum and the outer tub, a sealing plate is arranged at an opening of the groove to define an enclosed cavity at an outer portion of the bottom of the drum between the groove and the sealing plate, a side of the sealing plate facing towards outside has a smooth plane or a smooth curved surface, and a bottom of the drum is a nonporous smooth structure so that dirt cannot easily adhere thereto and that the enclosed cavity between the groove and the sealing plate on the bottom of the drum is sealed.
Machine for the insertion/removal of toroids into/from wheels of special vehicles, comprising: - at least one base frame for resting on the ground; - gripping and retaining means of a reinforced tire associated with said base frame; - at least one insertion/removal assembly of a toroid into/from said reinforced tire; wherein said insertion/removal assembly comprises deformation means of said toroid and close/away movement means of said deformation means for moving them close to/away from said gripping and retaining means along a direction of close/away movement, wherein said deformation means are extendable/compressible along a first vertical axis, characterized in that said deformation means are extendable/compressible along a second horizontal axis between a configuration of vertical extension, wherein they are elongated along said first axis, an intermediate configuration, wherein they have a substantially circular conformation, and a configuration of horizontal extension, wherein they are elongated along said second axis, and wherein said deformation means are rotatable around said first axis between an aligned position, wherein said second axis is substantially parallel to said direction of close/away movement, and a transverse position, wherein said second axis is substantially perpendicular to said direction of close/away movement. - at least one base frame for resting on the ground; - gripping and retaining means of a reinforced tire associated with said base frame; - at least one insertion/removal assembly of a toroid into/from said reinforced tire; wherein said insertion/removal assembly comprises deformation means of said toroid and close/away movement means of said deformation means for moving them close to/away from said gripping and retaining means along a direction of close/away movement, wherein said deformation means are extendable/compressible along a first vertical axis, characterized in that said deformation means are extendable/compressible along a second horizontal axis between a configuration of vertical extension, wherein they are elongated along said first axis, an intermediate configuration, wherein they have a substantially circular conformation, and a configuration of horizontal extension, wherein they are elongated along said second axis, and wherein said deformation means are rotatable around said first axis between an aligned position, wherein said second axis is substantially parallel to said direction of close/away movement, and a transverse position, wherein said second axis is substantially perpendicular to said direction of close/away movement.
An electrically powered refrigeration module (200; 300) for a transport refrigeration unit (130; 400) comprising: a refrigeration circuit (210, 310) that includes an evaporator, a blower, an expansion valve, and a plurality of electrically powered components including an electrically powered compressor (220a; 420); a power regulator circuit that includes one or more electrical outputs and any combination of one or more DC/AC alternators, one or more AC/AC converter, and/or one or more DC converters that are configured to provide variable DC or AC power to the one or more electrical outputs with variable voltages and/or frequencies; and a control circuit configured to control operation of the refrigeration circuit (210, 310) by controlling the power regulator circuit; wherein the power regulator circuit is configured to, while in transport, receive electric power from an electric power supply and configured to supply DC or AC power having a variable voltage and/or a variable frequency from the one or more electrical outputs to the electrically powered components including the electrically powered compressor (220a, 420), so as to power the electrically powered refrigeration module while in transport, and the control circuit is configured to regulate a speed of a motor of the electrically powered compressor (220a; 420) by setting the voltage and/or frequency of an AC power supplied by one electrical output to the motor of the electrically powered compressor (220a; 420). a refrigeration circuit (210, 310) that includes an evaporator, a blower, an expansion valve, and a plurality of electrically powered components including an electrically powered compressor (220a; 420); a power regulator circuit that includes one or more electrical outputs and any combination of one or more DC/AC alternators, one or more AC/AC converter, and/or one or more DC converters that are configured to provide variable DC or AC power to the one or more electrical outputs with variable voltages and/or frequencies; and a control circuit configured to control operation of the refrigeration circuit (210, 310) by controlling the power regulator circuit; wherein the power regulator circuit is configured to, while in transport, receive electric power from an electric power supply and configured to supply DC or AC power having a variable voltage and/or a variable frequency from the one or more electrical outputs to the electrically powered components including the electrically powered compressor (220a, 420), so as to power the electrically powered refrigeration module while in transport, and the control circuit is configured to regulate a speed of a motor of the electrically powered compressor (220a; 420) by setting the voltage and/or frequency of an AC power supplied by one electrical output to the motor of the electrically powered compressor (220a; 420).
A connection arrangement comprising at least two bodies (11a, 11b) of components of a movement mechanical automation group to be connected to each other and a constraining group of said at least two bodies (11a, 11b) removably to each other, each of the said two bodies comprises - a mutual rest surface (13a, 13b) for resting on each other, - a coupling profile (14a, 15a, 14b, 15b) with said constraining group defined at least in correspondence of two opposite perimetric portions of the respective mutual rest surface (13a, 13b), and characterized by - at least one groove (21a, 21b) open at said mutual rest surface (13a, 13b) and which passes between the respective said two opposite perimetric portions, wherein, in a connection configuration, said at least one groove (21a, 21b) of one of the said two bodies (11a, 11b) faces at least one groove (21a, 21b) of the other of the said two bodies (11a, 11b) to define a corresponding seat, and in that said constraining group comprises at least one pair of tightening clamps (17, 18) engageable with said coupling profiles (14a, 15a, 14b, 15b) and which are removably connectable to each other by at least one connection member, wherein said connecting member is housed with clearance in said corresponding seat, and at least one tongue (25, 25') that is removably insertable into said at least one groove (21a, 21b) of each of the said at least two bodies (11a, 11b). - a mutual rest surface (13a, 13b) for resting on each other, - a coupling profile (14a, 15a, 14b, 15b) with said constraining group defined at least in correspondence of two opposite perimetric portions of the respective mutual rest surface (13a, 13b), and characterized by - at least one groove (21a, 21b) open at said mutual rest surface (13a, 13b) and which passes between the respective said two opposite perimetric portions, wherein, in a connection configuration, said at least one groove (21a, 21b) of one of the said two bodies (11a, 11b) faces at least one groove (21a, 21b) of the other of the said two bodies (11a, 11b) to define a corresponding seat, and in that
An air cleaner assembly for filtering intake air for an air-consuming device, such as an internal combustion engine or compressor, the air cleaner assembly comprising: a) a filter cartridge disposed within a housing of the air cleaner assembly; b) a precleaner assembly including at least one particle separator for separating particulates from an airflow stream and a scavenge port for discharging the separated particulates, the precleaner assembly being located upstream of the filter cartridge; c) a scavenge system for evacuating the separated particulates out of the scavenge port, the scavenge system including an electric motor coupled to a fan; characterised in that said air cleaner assembly further comprises a control system operating the speed of the electric motor, at least in a normal mode of operation, such that a differential pressure across the scavenge system is at least equal to or greater than a pressure within the precleaner assembly, wherein the control system includes one or both of a minimum operating condition and a high operating condition, wherein the control system overrides the output to the electric motor to a different speed when parameters associated with either of the minimum and the high operating conditions are met. a) a filter cartridge disposed within a housing of the air cleaner assembly; b) a precleaner assembly including at least one particle separator for separating particulates from an airflow stream and a scavenge port for discharging the separated particulates, the precleaner assembly being located upstream of the filter cartridge; c) a scavenge system for evacuating the separated particulates out of the scavenge port, the scavenge system including an electric motor coupled to a fan;
A cutting angle adjustment of a cutting mechanism of a self-propelled harvester having a front housing mounted pivotably to an inclined conveyor housing by way of at least one pivot bearing (8, 9), wherein the front housing accommodates a cutting table provided with a mowing mechanism and wherein a pivot angle that the front housing assumes with respect to the inclined conveyor housing is adjustable by means of an adjusting device which has at least one adjusting element engaging on the one hand the front housing and on the other hand the inclined conveyor housing, characterised in that the at least one adjusting element is in the form of a spindle drive (21, 42) which is arranged with its first end in an upper transverse member extending between vertical transverse portions (13 and 14) of the front housing and with its second end engages an upper transverse wall of the inclined conveyor housing.
An inspection device for a sheet object that is continuously conveyed, the inspection device comprising: a linear light source which extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the linear light source is configured to irradiate the sheet object with irradiation light; a projection unit onto which transmitted light or reflected light from the sheet object is projected; an image capture unit configured to capture a projection image projected on the projection unit; and a data processing unit configured to detect a defect present on the sheet object from image data captured by the image capture unit, wherein the longitudinal direction of the linear light source viewed from a direction (z direction) perpendicular to a traveling surface of the sheet object is the same as a conveyance direction (y direction) of the sheet object, and the linear light source is configured to emit light spreading in a sheet width direction(x direction) of the sheet object. a linear light source which extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the linear light source is configured to irradiate the sheet object with irradiation light; a projection unit onto which transmitted light or reflected light from the sheet object is projected; an image capture unit configured to capture a projection image projected on the projection unit; and a data processing unit configured to detect a defect present on the sheet object from image data captured by the image capture unit, wherein the longitudinal direction of the linear light source viewed from a direction (z direction) perpendicular to a traveling surface of the sheet object is the same as a conveyance direction (y direction) of the sheet object, and the linear light source is configured to emit light spreading in a sheet width direction(x direction) of the sheet object.
An apparatus for estimating rotor time constant configured for use in torque control of an induction motor, in an induction motor system including a rotor, the apparatus characterized by: a current controller receiving d-axis and q-axis current commands to output q-axis voltage command; an estimator receiving the d-axis and q-axis current commands to output q-axis voltage estimate; a controller outputting a changed value of rotor time constant, which is a difference between the q-axis voltage command and the q-axis voltage estimate; and an adder adding the changed value of the rotor time constant to a rotor time constant to output a changed rotor time constant.
A ring-laser gyroscope, comprising: a first optical pump configured to generate a first pumped beam; a second optical pump configured to generate a second pumped beam; an optical ring resonator configured to generate, in response to the first pumped beam, a first back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beam propagating in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first pumped beam is propagating, and to generate, in response to the second pumped beam, a second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beam propagating in a direction opposite to a direction in which the second pumped beam is propagating; characterized by: a switch having a first state in which the switch is configured to cause the first and second pumped beams to propagate in the optical ring resonator in first and second directions, respectively, and having a second state in which the switch is configured to cause the first and second pumped beams to propagate in the optical ring resonator in the second and first directions, respectively; and a detector coupled to the optical ring resonator and configured to determine a first optical beat signal in response to the first and second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beams while the switch has the first state, and to determine a second optical beat signal in response to the first and second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beams while the switch has the second state. a first optical pump configured to generate a first pumped beam; a second optical pump configured to generate a second pumped beam; an optical ring resonator configured to generate, in response to the first pumped beam, a first back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beam propagating in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first pumped beam is propagating, and to generate, in response to the second pumped beam, a second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beam propagating in a direction opposite to a direction in which the second pumped beam is propagating; characterized by: a switch having a first state in which the switch is configured to cause the first and second pumped beams to propagate in the optical ring resonator in first and second directions, respectively, and having a second state in which the switch is configured to cause the first and second pumped beams to propagate in the optical ring resonator in the second and first directions, respectively; and a detector coupled to the optical ring resonator and configured to determine a first optical beat signal in response to the first and second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beams while the switch has the first state, and to determine a second optical beat signal in response to the first and second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beams while the switch has the second state. to determine a first optical beat signal in response to the first and second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beams while the switch has the first state, and to determine a second optical beat signal in response to the first and second back-scattered Stimulated Brillouin Scattered beams while the switch has the second state.
A dental implant (300, 400) comprising: a body including: a core (306, 409); a bone-embedded endosseous section having a generally porous tantalum portion covering at least an exterior of the bone-embedded endosseous section, the porous tantalum portion having an outer height approximately the same as an outer diameter (d) of the porous tantalum portion, wherein the core is made of a material different from the material forming the porous tantalum portion; and an abutment portion (307, 405), the abutment portion (307, 405) being made of a material different from the material forming the porous tantalum portion; characterized in that the body further includes a non-porous reinforcing collar coronal of the endosseous section, wherein the abutment portion (307, 405) is integrally formed with one or both of the core and the non-porous reinforcing collar, wherein the reinforcing collar is made of a material different from the material of the porous tantalum portion. a body including: a core (306, 409); a bone-embedded endosseous section having a generally porous tantalum portion covering at least an exterior of the bone-embedded endosseous section, the porous tantalum portion having an outer height approximately the same as an outer diameter (d) of the porous tantalum portion, wherein the core is made of a material different from the material forming the porous tantalum portion; and an abutment portion (307, 405), the abutment portion (307, 405) being made of a core (306, 409); a bone-embedded endosseous section having a generally porous tantalum portion covering at least an exterior of the bone-embedded endosseous section, the porous tantalum portion having an outer height approximately the same as an outer diameter (d) of the porous tantalum portion, wherein the core is made of a material different from the material forming the porous tantalum portion; and an abutment portion (307, 405), the abutment portion (307, 405) being made of a material different from the material forming the porous tantalum portion; characterized in that the body further includes a non-porous reinforcing collar coronal of the endosseous section, wherein the abutment portion (307, 405) is integrally formed with one or both of the core and the non-porous reinforcing collar, wherein the reinforcing collar is made of a material different from the material of the porous tantalum portion.