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A structure for containing a substance, the structure comprising: a tank comprising an outer cylindrical surface and a domed end ; and a tank skirt positioned circumferentially around the tank , wherein a wall of the tank and a wall of the tank skirt form two sides of a y-joint between the tank and the tank skirt ; wherein: the y-joint comprises a wedge structure positioned between the tank and the tank skirt ; a thickness of at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt forming the y-joint tapers such that the thickness of the at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt that tapers has a greater thickness at the y-joint than away from the y-joint ; the tank comprises a first lay-up of plies; the tank skirt comprises a second lay-up of plies; and the wedge structure comprises a third lay-up of plies, the third lay-up of plies comprising a first ply and a second ply adjacent to the first ply, the first ply of the third lay-up of plies being oriented in a different direction from the second ply of the third lay-up of plies. a tank comprising an outer cylindrical surface and a domed end ; and a tank skirt positioned circumferentially around the tank , wherein a wall of the tank and a wall of the tank skirt form two sides of a y-joint between the tank and the tank skirt ; wherein: the y-joint comprises a wedge structure positioned between the tank and the tank skirt ; a thickness of at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt forming the y-joint tapers such that the thickness of the at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt that tapers has a greater thickness at the y-joint than away from the y-joint ; the tank comprises a first lay-up of plies; the tank skirt comprises a second lay-up of plies; and the wedge structure comprises a third lay-up of plies, the third lay-up of plies comprising a first ply and a second ply adjacent to the first ply, the first ply of the third lay-up of plies being oriented in a different direction from the second ply of the third lay-up of plies. the y-joint comprises a wedge structure positioned between the tank and the tank skirt ; a thickness of at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt forming the y-joint tapers such that the thickness of the at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt that tapers has a greater thickness at the y-joint than away from the y-joint ; the tank comprises a first lay-up of plies; the tank skirt comprises a second lay-up of plies; and the wedge structure comprises a third lay-up of plies, the third lay-up of plies comprising a first ply and a second ply adjacent to the first ply, the first ply of the third lay-up of plies being oriented in a different direction from the second ply of the third lay-up of plies.
A modular installation allowing the implementation of a method for manufacturing an explosive emulsion precursor consisting of a water-in-oil inverse emulsion including: a) a step of preparing an aqueous phase by dissolving nitrates in water and of heating, in a first container b) a step of preparing an oil phase by mixing components comprising at least a vegetable and/or mineral fatty substance and a surfactant and of heating, in a second container , and c) a step of preparing said emulsion by mixing said aqueous phase in said oil phase, in a third container , characterized in that the modular installation includes a said first container comprising a first dissolution tank provided with first heating means and first stirring means able to stir the aqueous phase contained in the first tank, said first dissolution tank being parallelepiped with at least 5 walls disposed in parallel with and against respectively at least 5 walls of said first container, said first heating means of said first tank comprising a first tubular heat exchanger , said first tubular heat exchanger consisting of a network of cylindrical heat transfer fluid pipes disposed longitudinally and transversely, continuously, at different height levels , able to heat the liquid contained in said first parallelepiped tank by distributing the heat of the heat transfer fluid circulating in said network of pipes throughout the volume of said first tank, said longitudinal cylindrical pipes disposed substantially at the same height level being interconnected at their ends on the same side by pipe elements forming horizontal transverse connectors (126a-126f, 128a-128b), one end of at least one longitudinal pipe disposed at a given level being connected to the end of a longitudinal pipe disposed at the bottom or at the top by at least one elbow pipe element extending in a vertical plane (127a-127b), said pipes of the upper levels being disposed in slightly inclined slopes descending relative to the horizontal in the direction of circulation of the heat transfer fluid from an upper supply port at an upper transverse connector towards a lower discharge port at a first lower transverse connector . a) a step of preparing an aqueous phase by dissolving nitrates in water and of heating, in a first container b) a step of preparing an oil phase by mixing components comprising at least a vegetable and/or mineral fatty substance and a surfactant and of heating, in a second container , and c) a step of preparing said emulsion by mixing said aqueous phase in said oil phase, in a third container ,
Flush-mounted box having at least two retaining elements , including a. a housing having a base and a plurality of side walls laterally adjoining the base ; b. wherein the retaining elements protrude laterally from the flush-mounted box and serve to fasten the flush-mounted box in particular to a reinforcement ; and c. coupling means for operatively connecting the at least two retaining elements to the flush-mounted box ; wherein d. the at least two retaining elements are operatively connected to the housing of the flush-mounted box at two diagonally opposite corners via the coupling means ; and e. the flush-mounted box and the retaining elements have been produced from one or more plastic materials by injection moulding. a. a housing having a base and a plurality of side walls laterally adjoining the base ; b. wherein the retaining elements protrude laterally from the flush-mounted box and serve to fasten the flush-mounted box in particular to a reinforcement ; and c. coupling means for operatively connecting the at least two retaining elements to the flush-mounted box ; wherein d. the at least two retaining elements are operatively connected to the housing of the flush-mounted box at two diagonally opposite corners via the coupling means ; and e. the flush-mounted box and the retaining elements have been produced from one or more plastic materials by injection moulding.
An apparatus for inducing motion of a fluid relative to the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: an elongated cannula having a proximal portion and a distal portion , the proximal portion including a conduit having a fixed diameter, and the distal portion including an expandable cannula having a diameter expandable to a diameter greater than the fixed diameter; and an impeller positioned in the expandable cannula and having a deployed configuration and a stored configuration, the impeller including a hub ; and a plurality of blades supported by the hub , each blade having a proximal end attached to the hub and a distal end, wherein at least one of the proximal and distal ends of a first blade is at least partially offset along a longitudinal length of the hub from at least one of the proximal and distal ends of a second blade, the blades in the deployed configuration of the impeller extending away from the hub , and the blades in the stored configuration of the impeller being compressed so as to move the distal end of the blade towards the hub . an elongated cannula having a proximal portion and a distal portion , the proximal portion including a conduit having a fixed diameter, and the distal portion including an expandable cannula having a diameter expandable to a diameter greater than the fixed diameter; and an impeller positioned in the expandable cannula and having a deployed configuration and a stored configuration, the impeller including a hub ; and a plurality of blades supported by the hub , each blade having a proximal end attached to the hub and a distal end, wherein at least one of the proximal and distal ends of a first blade is at least partially offset along a longitudinal length of the hub from at least one of the proximal and distal ends of a second blade, the blades in the deployed configuration of the impeller extending away from the hub , and the blades in the stored configuration of the impeller being compressed so as to move the distal end of the blade towards the hub .
Collapsible support frame for a hammock having a frame body which is symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal centre plane and is made of straight struts and joint pieces connecting the struts to one another and forming plug-in receivers for the struts, wherein the frame body comprises two joint pieces having plug-in receivers for every three struts spanning a tetrahedron, two of the struts being formed as foot struts and the third strut extending in the plane of symmetry between the two foot struts being formed as a support arm for the hammock , that, between the two joint pieces on the side facing away from the tetrahedron, a longitudinal strut engaging into aligned plug-in receivers of the joint pieces is provided, characterised in that the struts forming a respective tetrahedron and also the foot struts of the mutually opposing joint pieces are connected to each other by traction means engaging on the strut ends.
A computer-implemented aircraft refuelling method comprising instructing a refuelling operator to dispense a quantity of fuel to a fuel tank of an aircraft, and characterised by maintaining, during dispensing of the fuel, an at least intermittent, substantially real time wireless communication link between the refuelling operator and an officer responsible for the aircraft to advise the officer of the status of the refuelling process, wherein the communication with the officer is a two-way communication, allowing the officer to modify the instruction to dispense a quantity of fuel, or to transmit an alternative, updated instruction, whilst fuel is being dispensed, wherein the wireless communications link is maintained between a refuelling module used by the refuelling operator and an officer module used by the officer.
A voice information processing apparatus , comprising: a voice input unit configured to input a voice; a voice output unit configured to output the voice; and a voice information processing unit configured to convert a voice input by the voice input unit into text during a voice reception period that is a period in which an uttered voice to be converted into text is received from a user and that is started by the user uttering a message start word or when the user performs a predetermined operation on an input means or performs a predetermined gesture and that is ended by the user uttering a message end word or when the user performs a predetermined operation on an input means or performs a predetermined gesture, wherein the voice information processing unit is configured to: automatically output utterance content already uttered by the user during the voice reception period to the voice output unit for outputting by voice in a case where the utterance of the user can be regarded as being interrupted while the utterance of the user is sequentially converted into text during the voice reception period, and cause the voice output unit to output a voice corresponding to the utterance content already uttered by the user during the voice reception period in a case where a period in which the user's utterance is not performed is a predetermined time or longer during the voice reception period. a voice input unit configured to input a voice; a voice output unit configured to output the voice; and a voice information processing unit configured to convert a voice input by the voice input unit into text during a voice reception period that is a period in which an uttered voice to be converted into text is received from a user and that is started by the user uttering a message start word or when the user performs a predetermined operation on an input means or performs a predetermined gesture and that is ended by the user uttering a message end word or when the user performs a predetermined operation on an input means or performs a predetermined gesture, wherein the voice information processing unit is configured to: automatically output utterance content already uttered by the user during the voice reception period to the voice output unit for outputting by voice in a case where the utterance of the user can be regarded as being interrupted while the utterance of the user is sequentially converted into text during the voice reception period, and cause the voice output unit to output a voice corresponding to the utterance content already uttered by the user during the voice reception period in a case where a period in which the user's utterance is not performed is a predetermined time or longer during the voice reception period.
A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of members (25a to 25j, 24, 22) made of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a bundling component having a main body portion including an anchoring portion and a band portion extending from the main body portion and whose section on the opposite side of the main body portion side is anchored in the anchoring portion, with the bundling component being made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, wherein the bundling component is brazed and secured to the plurality of members in a state in which the bundling component is bundling together the plurality of members. a plurality of members (25a to 25j, 24, 22) made of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a bundling component having a main body portion including an anchoring portion and a band portion extending from the main body portion and whose section on the opposite side of the main body portion side is anchored in the anchoring portion, a main body portion including an anchoring portion and a band portion extending from the main body portion and whose section on the opposite side of the main body portion side is anchored in the anchoring portion, with the bundling component being made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, wherein the bundling component is brazed and secured to the plurality of members in a state in which the bundling component is bundling together the plurality of members.
Ultra-wide band antenna system (100; 30) for emitting or receiving electromagnetic radiation in a desired ultra-wide frequency band, the antenna system comprising - an electrically short radiator plate (101; 31-1, 31-2), - a power unit having an input configured for receiving an input signal that is detected or to be emitted via the radiator plate, a power supply and a transistor circuit (106; 36) for amplifying the input signal, and - a current loop configured for electrically connecting the radiator plate and the power unit into an electrical loop, wherein the current loop comprises - a return conductor being a ground plane (104; 34), and a layer of absorber material (105; 35) between the radiator plate and the ground plane configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in said desired frequency band, - a first electrical lead connecting the ground plane to the power unit, and - a second electrical lead (103; 33-1, 33-2) connecting the ground plane to the radiator plate, wherein the first electrical lead is non-narrowing away from the radiator plate, and wherein the first electrical lead has a rectangular cross-section and/or widens away from the radiator plate. the antenna system comprising - an electrically short radiator plate (101; 31-1, 31-2), - a power unit having an input configured for receiving an input signal that is detected or to be emitted via the radiator plate, a power supply and a transistor circuit (106; 36) for amplifying the input signal, and - a current loop configured for electrically connecting the radiator plate and the power unit into an electrical loop, - an electrically short radiator plate (101; 31-1, 31-2), - a power unit having an input configured for receiving an input signal that is detected or to be emitted via the radiator plate, a power supply and a transistor circuit (106; 36) for amplifying the input signal, and - a current loop configured for electrically connecting the radiator plate and the power unit into an electrical loop, wherein the current loop comprises - a return conductor being a ground plane (104; 34), and a layer of absorber material (105; 35) between the radiator plate and the ground plane configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in said desired frequency band, - a first electrical lead connecting the ground plane to the power unit, and - a second electrical lead (103; 33-1, 33-2) connecting the ground plane to the radiator plate, - a return conductor being a ground plane (104; 34), and a layer of absorber material (105; 35) between the radiator plate and the ground plane configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in said desired frequency band, - a first electrical lead connecting the ground plane to the power unit, and - a second electrical lead (103; 33-1, 33-2) connecting the ground plane to the radiator plate, wherein the first electrical lead is non-narrowing away from the radiator plate, and wherein the first electrical lead has a rectangular cross-section and/or widens away from the radiator plate.
An eye patch (400; 500; 600; 700; 800; 900) for treatment of eye disorders, the eye patch comprising: a first adhesive layer configured for adhering an inner area (520; 620; 720; 820; 920) of the eye patch to secure an eyelid of a user closed, the first adhesive layer comprising a silicone adhesive contact layer having a first coat formula; a second adhesive layer configured for adhering an outer area (510; 610; 710; 810; 910) of the eye patch to an area around an eye of the user, the second adhesive layer comprising a silicone adhesive contact layer having a second coat formula, the second coat formula being of stronger adherence than the first coat formula of the first adhesive layer , the second adhesive area having first and second portions where the second portion is configured to surround the first portion and to be attached to the area around the eye of the user; a reflecting layer adhered to the first portion of the second adhesive layer , the reflecting layer being configured for reflecting radiation towards the eyelid of a user; a flexible element (440; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930) positioned in the inner area (520; 620; 720; 820; 920) of the eye patch between the first layer and the first adhesive layer and configured for providing radiation therapy in accordance with a predetermined radiation therapy program; and a connection (135a, 135b; 235a, 235b) configured for connecting the flexible element (440; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930) to a control unit and for providing electrical power to the flexible element in accordance with the predetermined radiation therapy. a first adhesive layer configured for adhering an inner area (520; 620; 720; 820; 920) of the eye patch to secure an eyelid of a user closed, the first adhesive layer comprising a silicone adhesive contact layer having a first coat formula; a second adhesive layer configured for adhering an outer area (510; 610; 710; 810; 910) of the eye patch to an area around an eye of the user, the second adhesive layer comprising a silicone adhesive contact layer having a second coat formula, the second coat formula being of stronger adherence than the first coat formula of the first adhesive layer , the second adhesive area having first and second portions where the second portion is configured to surround the first portion and to be attached to the area around the eye of the user; a reflecting layer adhered to the first portion of the second adhesive layer , the reflecting layer being configured for reflecting radiation towards the eyelid of a user; a flexible element (440; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930) positioned in the inner area (520; 620; 720; 820; 920) of the eye patch between the first layer and the first adhesive layer and configured for providing radiation therapy in accordance with a predetermined radiation therapy program; and a connection (135a, 135b; 235a, 235b) configured for connecting the flexible element (440; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930) to a control unit and for providing electrical power to the flexible element in accordance with the predetermined radiation therapy.
An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner transport body that is an endless belt holding a toner image, or is a transfer member transferring the toner image to a recording medium (P) nipped between the endless belt and the transfer member; a cleaning brush that has a plurality of first bristle materials that rotates and comes into contact with a surface of the toner transport body , and cleans a toner adhering to the surface of the toner transport body; and a removing brush that has a plurality of second bristle materials in contact with the first bristle material of the cleaning brush and removes the toner adhering to the first bristle material , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the removing brush comes into contact with the cleaning brush ; the image forming apparatus characterized by further comprising a first rotation driving device that rotates the removing brush ; and a second rotation driving device that rotates the cleaning brush , wherein the first bristle material of the cleaning brush and the second bristle material of the removing brush move in directions opposite to each other at a contact portion of the removing brush and the cleaning brush . a toner transport body that is an endless belt holding a toner image, or is a transfer member transferring the toner image to a recording medium (P) nipped between the endless belt and the transfer member; a cleaning brush that has a plurality of first bristle materials that rotates and comes into contact with a surface of the toner transport body , and cleans a toner adhering to the surface of the toner transport body; and a removing brush that has a plurality of second bristle materials in contact with the first bristle material of the cleaning brush and removes the toner adhering to the first bristle material , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the removing brush comes into contact with the cleaning brush ; the image forming apparatus characterized by further comprising a first rotation driving device that rotates the removing brush ; and a second rotation driving device that rotates the cleaning brush , wherein the first bristle material of the cleaning brush and the second bristle material of the removing brush move in directions opposite to each other at a contact portion of the removing brush and the cleaning brush .
A positive electrode additive, wherein the positive electrode additive comprises a modified lithium carbonate, the modified lithium carbonate comprises: a lithium carbonate particle; and a polymer coating, the polymer coating coats a surface of the lithium carbonate particle and comprises a polymer. a lithium carbonate particle; and a polymer coating, the polymer coating coats a surface of the lithium carbonate particle and comprises a polymer.
A high-pressure capsule for calorimetric measurements comprising: a crucible (2, 2', 2", 2′′′) comprising a receiving space for receiving a sample , a lid for closing the crucible (2, 2', 2", 2′′′), and a coating at least regions, wherein the coating is arranged at least in regions on a surface of the high-pressure capsule facing the receiving space , characterized in that the coating comprises at least one amorphous carbon layer, and that the crucible (2, 2', 2", 2′′′) is made of steel. a crucible (2, 2', 2", 2′′′) comprising a receiving space for receiving a sample , a lid for closing the crucible (2, 2', 2", 2′′′), and a coating at least regions, wherein the coating is arranged at least in regions on a surface of the high-pressure capsule facing the receiving space ,