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A fusing device for an image forming apparatus, the fusing device comprising: a fusing belt disposed in a rotatable manner; a heat source placed in the fusing belt to heat the fusing belt ; a pressure roller placed to apply pressure to an outer surface of the fusing belt ; and a nip plate to support an inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a fusing nip (N) between the fusing belt and the pressure roller , wherein the nip plate includes: a pressure portion arranged to face the pressure roller and to apply pressure to the inner surface of the fusing belt ; characterized in that the nip plate includes a stepped portion located at an end of the pressure portion with respect to a longitudinal direction (X) of the nip plate and extending from the end of the pressure portion in the longitudinal direction, the stepped portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a space at the end of the pressure portion for accommodation of a lubricant applied to the inner surface of the fusing belt in use. a fusing belt disposed in a rotatable manner; a heat source placed in the fusing belt to heat the fusing belt ; a pressure roller placed to apply pressure to an outer surface of the fusing belt ; and a nip plate to support an inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a fusing nip (N) between the fusing belt and the pressure roller , wherein the nip plate includes: a pressure portion arranged to face the pressure roller and to apply pressure to the inner surface of the fusing belt ; characterized in that the nip plate includes a stepped portion located at an end of the pressure portion with respect to a longitudinal direction (X) of the nip plate and extending from the end of the pressure portion in the longitudinal direction, the stepped portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a space at the end of the pressure portion for accommodation of a lubricant applied to the inner surface of the fusing belt in use. a pressure portion arranged to face the pressure roller and to apply pressure to the inner surface of the fusing belt ; characterized in that the nip plate includes a stepped portion located at an end of the pressure portion with respect to a longitudinal direction (X) of the nip plate and extending from the end of the pressure portion in the longitudinal direction, the stepped portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a space at the end of the pressure portion for accommodation of a lubricant applied to the inner surface of the fusing belt in use.
A method of cleaning a heat-transfer surface connected to a masonry structure of a combustion boiler, in which method the surface is cleaned by blasting solid particles onto it, in essentially water-free conditions, characterised in that a metal surface, in particular steel surface, is cleaned,_the blasting is carried out at a pressure of 8-12 bar, using particles of nickel slag, with - a hardness of greater than 6° on the Mohs scale of hardness, especially greater than 6° and at maximum approximately 8° on the Mohs scale, - a density of 3.1-4.2 g/cm 3 , most suitably 3.3-3.9 g/cm 3 , for example 3.5-3.8 g/cm 3 , - a bulk density which is greater than 1.8 g/cm 3 , especially 1.85 g/cm 3 or greater, and - the particle size used is 0.3-2.5 mm. - a hardness of greater than 6° on the Mohs scale of hardness, especially greater than 6° and at maximum approximately 8° on the Mohs scale, - a density of 3.1-4.2 g/cm 3 , most suitably 3.3-3.9 g/cm 3 , for example 3.5-3.8 g/cm 3 , - a bulk density which is greater than 1.8 g/cm 3 , especially 1.85 g/cm 3 or greater, and - the particle size used is 0.3-2.5 mm.
An intracavity system for illuminating a surgical site within a body cavity to be used with a stationary surgical device, the system comprising: a coupling assembly ; and at least one light source comprising a light-emitting diode configured and operable to emit illumination light into said body cavity; said light-emitting diode being mounted on the coupling assembly; the coupling assembly being configured to secure said light-emitting diode to an external surface of said stationary surgical device to permit selective fastening of said light source to any desired location along said stationary surgical device and repositioning thereof; wherein said coupling assembly comprises two spaced-apart magnetic elements of opposite magnetic polarity, a first magnetic element being configured to be fastened to said light source and a second magnetic element being configured to be mounted on the external surface of the surgical device; wherein said two spaced-apart magnetic elements are connected via a first wire; wherein each of said at least one light source is connected via a second wire to a self-contained electrical power supply unit , said second wire being configured to transmit power supply energy from the power supply unit to the light source. a coupling assembly ; and at least one light source comprising a light-emitting diode configured and operable to emit illumination light into said body cavity; said light-emitting diode being mounted on the coupling assembly; the coupling assembly being configured to secure said light-emitting diode to an external surface of said stationary surgical device to permit selective fastening of said light source to any desired location along said stationary surgical device and repositioning thereof; wherein said coupling assembly comprises two spaced-apart magnetic elements of opposite magnetic polarity, a first magnetic element being configured to be fastened to said light source and a second magnetic element being configured to be mounted on the external surface of the surgical device; wherein said two spaced-apart magnetic elements are connected via a first wire; wherein each of said at least one light source is connected via a second wire to a self-contained electrical power supply unit , said second wire being configured to transmit power supply energy from the power supply unit to the light source.
Control method in an electronic torque wrench , the wrench comprising: - a body with an axial extension along a longitudinal axis ; - a front end provided with a coupling intended to engage the wrench on a joint to be tightened by manual rotation around a rotation axis which is transverse to the longitudinal axis ; - a handle along the body for operating the wrench; - a sensor for detecting a torque applied with the wrench to the coupling and comprising two flex sensor elements (16a and 16b) which are arranged spaced apart along the longitudinal axis ; - an electronic control circuit which is connected to the sensor for receiving signals from it; the method comprising the steps of: - calculating, depending on flexing values detected by the two sensor elements (16a and 16b), the point P along the longitudinal axis which is used for applying the manual force of rotation of the wrench around the rotation axis ; - comparing the position of the point P with admissible predefined positions along the longitudinal axis ; - emitting an error signal if the position of the point P does not correspond to these admissible positions. - a body with an axial extension along a longitudinal axis ; - a front end provided with a coupling intended to engage the wrench on a joint to be tightened by manual rotation around a rotation axis which is transverse to the longitudinal axis ; - a handle along the body for operating the wrench; - a sensor for detecting a torque applied with the wrench to the coupling and comprising two flex sensor elements (16a and 16b) which are arranged spaced apart along the longitudinal axis ; - an electronic control circuit which is connected to the sensor for receiving signals from it; - calculating, depending on flexing values detected by the two sensor elements (16a and 16b), the point P along the longitudinal axis which is used for applying the manual force of rotation of the wrench around the rotation axis ; - comparing the position of the point P with admissible predefined positions along the longitudinal axis ; - emitting an error signal if the position of the point P does not correspond to these admissible positions.
A method for modeling computer and network threats, comprising: receiving information about an entity that is to be protected from threats, the entity being one of an application and an operating system; receiving information about one or more security products for protecting the entity; retrieving a plurality of transforms based on the information about one or more security products for protecting the entity, each transform querying a database containing empirical test results data on exploits that bypass security products; modeling each security product using the plurality of transforms to identify one or more exploits that are not stopped by the security product; and displaying, based on the modeling, a graphical output to the user that displays the one or more security products for protecting the entity and a plurality of known exploits and each exploit is linked to one or more of the security products, each security product having an icon having a size wherein the size of the icon for a particular security product grows when additional exploits are linked to the particular security product. receiving information about an entity that is to be protected from threats, the entity being one of an application and an operating system; receiving information about one or more security products for protecting the entity; retrieving a plurality of transforms based on the information about one or more security products for protecting the entity, each transform querying a database containing empirical test results data on exploits that bypass security products; modeling each security product using the plurality of transforms to identify one or more exploits that are not stopped by the security product; and displaying, based on the modeling, a graphical output to the user that displays the one or more security products for protecting the entity and a plurality of known exploits and each exploit is linked to one or more of the security products, each security product having an icon having a size wherein the size of the icon for a particular security product grows when additional exploits are linked to the particular security product.
A power adapter , comprising: a charging interface ; a power conversion unit , configured to form a charging loop with a terminal to be charged via the charging interface ; a communication unit , configured to receive a battery parameter sent by the terminal to be charged, wherein the battery parameter comprises at least one of: a battery voltage and a battery current; an anomaly detection unit , configured to determine whether the battery parameter is greater than a predetermined threshold, and determine that an anomaly occurs in the charging loop when the battery parameter is greater than the predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold comprises at least one of: a battery voltage threshold and a battery current threshold; and an anomaly handling unit , configured to control the charging loop to enter into a protection state when the anomaly occurs in the charging loop, the power adapter being characterized in that the communication unit is configured to send a charging protection indicative message to the terminal to be charged when the anomaly occurs in the charging loop, and the charging protection indicative message is configured to indicate the terminal to be charged to control the charging loop to enter into the protection state. a charging interface ; a power conversion unit , configured to form a charging loop with a terminal to be charged via the charging interface ; a communication unit , configured to receive a battery parameter sent by the terminal to be charged, wherein the battery parameter comprises at least one of: a battery voltage and a battery current; an anomaly detection unit , configured to determine whether the battery parameter is greater than a predetermined threshold, and determine that an anomaly occurs in the charging loop when the battery parameter is greater than the predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold comprises at least one of: a battery voltage threshold and a battery current threshold; and an anomaly handling unit , configured to control the charging loop to enter into a protection state when the anomaly occurs in the charging loop, the power adapter being characterized in that the communication unit is configured to send a charging protection indicative message to the terminal to be charged when the anomaly occurs in the charging loop, and the charging protection indicative message is configured to indicate the terminal to be charged to control the charging loop to enter into the protection state.
A computer-implemented method of operating a convolutional neural network, the convolutional neural network including a plurality of network layers (IL, HL, OL) including operating units performing arithmetic operations on input data ( a (k-1) , w (k) ) to provide output data ( a (k) ), wherein the method includes: - selecting a set of operating units (conv, fc, inception) in the network layers (IL, HL, OL), and - performing arithmetic operations in operating units in said selected set of operating units by performing operations in a Residue Number System, RNS, on RNS-converted (12; 16) input data ( a (k-1) , w (k) ) by obtaining RNS output data ( a (k) ) in the Residue Number System, - backward converting from the Residue Number System the RNS output data ( a (k) ) resulting from the RNS operations, characterized in that : - the RNS-converted input data ( a (k-1) , w (k) ) include data scaled by respective scale factors, - backward converting from the Residue Number System includes complementary re-scaling of the RNS output data ( a (k) ) resulting from the RNS operations by respective complementary scale factors, - the Residue Number System, RNS, is accompanied with a range of represented values and scale factors determine said range of values. - selecting a set of operating units (conv, fc, inception) in the network layers (IL, HL, OL), and - performing arithmetic operations in operating units in said selected set of operating units by performing operations in a Residue Number System, RNS, on RNS-converted (12; 16) input data ( a (k-1) , w (k) ) by obtaining RNS output data ( a (k) ) in the Residue Number System, - backward converting from the Residue Number System the RNS output data ( a (k) ) resulting from the RNS operations, - the RNS-converted input data ( a (k-1) , w (k) ) include data scaled by respective scale factors, - backward converting from the Residue Number System includes complementary re-scaling of the RNS output data ( a (k) ) resulting from the RNS operations by respective complementary scale factors, - the Residue Number System, RNS, is accompanied with a range of represented values and scale factors determine said range of values.
A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station , downlink signals for transmission beams; and transmitting, to the base station , measurement information including best beam information and other beam information, based on the downlink signals, wherein the best beam information indicates a first transmission beam corresponding to a best channel quality among the transmission beams, wherein the other beam information indicates at least one second transmission beam other than the first transmission beam among the transmission beams, wherein a channel quality of each beam of the at least one second transmission beam is greater than a threshold, and wherein a broadcast message including information for identifying the other beam information is received from the base station . receiving, from a base station , downlink signals for transmission beams; and transmitting, to the base station , measurement information including best beam information and other beam information, based on the downlink signals, wherein the best beam information indicates a first transmission beam corresponding to a best channel quality among the transmission beams, wherein the other beam information indicates at least one second transmission beam other than the first transmission beam among the transmission beams, wherein a channel quality of each beam of the at least one second transmission beam is greater than a threshold, and wherein a broadcast message including information for identifying the other beam information is received from the base station .
A service initiation method based on a consortium blockchain network, wherein the consortium blockchain network comprises a plurality of service nodes among which a target service node is in cooperative relationship with at least one service node and a target client device is any one client device for which the target service node is responsible, wherein the target client device stores a candidate queue corresponding to the target service node from which the target client device selects a service node to continue initiating a service-related transaction when the target service node is down, wherein the stored candidate queue comprises a node identifier of the at least one service node in cooperative relationship with the target service node and the service initiation method comprises: creating (S300), by the target client device, the service-related transaction and sending the service-related transaction to the target service node; determining (S302), when determining that the target service node does not record the service-related transaction because the target service node is shutdown or overloaded, one node identifier in the stored candidate queue as a designated node identifier; and sending (S304) the service-related transaction to a service node corresponding to the designated node identifier to request the service node corresponding to the designated node identifier to record the service-related transaction in place of the target service node. creating (S300), by the target client device, the service-related transaction and sending the service-related transaction to the target service node; determining (S302), when determining that the target service node does not record the service-related transaction because the target service node is shutdown or overloaded, one node identifier in the stored candidate queue as a designated node identifier; and sending (S304) the service-related transaction to a service node corresponding to the designated node identifier to request the service node corresponding to the designated node identifier to record the service-related transaction in place of the target service node.
An imaging spectrometer , comprising: an entrance opening configured to admit light to the spectrometer , a coded aperture , a first dispersive element , a second dispersive element , a two-dimensional array detector , and a plurality of converging optical elements (121-124); wherein: the plurality of converging optical elements (121-124) are configured to focus light from the entrance opening at the coded aperture , and to focus light from the coded aperture at the detector , the coded aperture is arranged to modulate light from the entrance opening in at least one of the spatial and spectral domain, the first dispersive element is between the entrance opening and the coded aperture , the second dispersive element is between the coded aperture and the detector , the first dispersive element is arranged to shear light from the entrance opening in a first direction, and the second dispersive element is arranged to shear light from the coded aperture in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, an optical path between the entrance opening and detector traverses one of the dispersive elements twice in a folded configuration such that light incident on the detector is sheared in the second direction so that each location on the detector corresponds with a plurality of spatial locations of the scene. the plurality of converging optical elements (121-124) are configured to focus light from the entrance opening at the coded aperture , and to focus light from the coded aperture at the detector , the coded aperture is arranged to modulate light from the entrance opening in at least one of the spatial and spectral domain, the first dispersive element is between the entrance opening and the coded aperture , the second dispersive element is between the coded aperture and the detector , the first dispersive element is arranged to shear light from the entrance opening in a first direction, and the second dispersive element is arranged to shear light from the coded aperture in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, an optical path between the entrance opening and detector traverses one of the dispersive elements twice in a folded configuration such that light incident on the detector is sheared in the second direction so that each location on the detector corresponds with a plurality of spatial locations of the scene.
A compact boot of a constant velocity joint having a housing and a drive shaft comprising: a large diameter portion connected to the housing; a small diameter portion connected to the drive shaft, positioned in the same central axis as the large diameter portion, and having a smaller external diameter than the large diameter portion; and a corrugated portion connecting between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and having a plurality of peaks (P1, P2, P3, P4) and valleys (V1, V2, V3, V4), wherein the plurality of peaks are not radially protruded to be converged between the external diameter of the large diameter portion and the external diameter of the small diameter portion, characterized in that the plurality of peaks are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion and the plurality of valleys are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion. a large diameter portion connected to the housing; a small diameter portion connected to the drive shaft, positioned in the same central axis as the large diameter portion, and having a smaller external diameter than the large diameter portion; and a corrugated portion connecting between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and having a plurality of peaks (P1, P2, P3, P4) and valleys (V1, V2, V3, V4), wherein the plurality of peaks are not radially protruded to be converged between the external diameter of the large diameter portion and the external diameter of the small diameter portion, characterized in that the plurality of peaks are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion and the plurality of valleys are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion.
Hearing device comprising a connecting device for the connection of a programming device to the hearing device, the hearing device comprising a frame or housing with a bore for the insertion of a plug connector or programming device, characterized in that the connecting device comprising a plate , being insertable into the casing or frame of the hearing device, said plate comprising on its one side contacts to the hearing device electronics and on its opposite side contact pins provided for the connection of a contact adapter/cable system of the programming device, the hearing device frame or housing comprising grooves or notches provided for the sliding in and correct positioning of the plate into the frame or housing from a lateral side of the bore such that after insertion the contact pins are arranged within the bore of the frame or housing of the hearing device.