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Dispensing device for dispensing a liquid or a fluid held in a container (C), said device comprising an engagement portion for the mutual engagement of said device and said container, drawing and dispensing means suited to draw said fluid or liquid from said container (C) and then dispense it, a hollow operating cap , and a dispensing nozzle or spout provided with a dispensing duct for dispensing said fluid or liquid and fixed to said operating cap , wherein said dispensing nozzle or spout can be switched through a rotary movement between a first dispensing position, in which said dispensing duct is in communication with the inside of said operating cap , and a second non-dispensing position, wherein said operating cap and said dispensing nozzle or spout are shaped in such a way as to respectively define a first stop surface and a second stop surface , and in that in said dispensing position said first stop surface and said second stop surface are arranged against each other. characterized in that said hollow operating cap is suited to operate said drawing and dispensing means by exerting a pressure thereon, said second stop surface of said dispensing nozzle or spout lies on a plane that is crossed by a line coinciding with the longitudinal extension direction of said dispensing duct, said operating cap and said dispensing nozzle or spout are shaped in such a way as to furthermore define a third stop surface and a fourth stop surface , respectively, and in that in said first dispensing position even said third and said fourth stop surfaces (109/110) are arranged against each other. and in that said third stop surface is substantially perpendicular to said first stop surface , and in that said fourth stop surface is substantially perpendicular to said second stop surface .
Device for manufacturing a cylinder crank case in V-design, comprising an outer casting mold having mold parts for forming the cylinder crank case , sleeves retractable into the mold to form cylinders, at least one core arranged in the mold to form a part of the crank space and removable after casting, as well as at least one feeder core arranged in the interior of the casting mold , characterized in that the at least one feeder core is arranged between opposite sleeves of the two cylinder banks on the side of the crank space facing the sleeves .
A lens driving device comprising: a housing ; a bobbin disposed in the housing ; a magnet disposed on the housing ; a first coil disposed on the bobbin ; and a substrate comprising a second coil facing the magnet , wherein the housing comprises a first and a second side part facing each other, and a third and a fourth side part facing each other, wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet unit disposed on the first side part, a second magnet unit disposed on the third side part, and a third magnet unit disposed on the fourth side part, and wherein the first coil comprises a first coil unit facing the second magnet unit in a horizontal direction, and a second coil unit facing the third magnet unit in the horizontal direction, and wherein the first coil is not disposed between the bobbin and the first magnet unit , wherein the second coil comprises a third coil unit facing the first magnet unit in a vertical direction, a fourth coil unit facing the second magnet unit in the vertical direction, and a fifth coil unit facing the third magnet unit in the vertical direction. a housing ; a bobbin disposed in the housing ; a magnet disposed on the housing ; a first coil disposed on the bobbin ; and a substrate comprising a second coil facing the magnet , wherein the housing comprises a first and a second side part facing each other, and a third and a fourth side part facing each other, wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet unit disposed on the first side part, a second magnet unit disposed on the third side part, and a third magnet unit disposed on the fourth side part, and wherein the first coil comprises a first coil unit facing the second magnet unit in a horizontal direction, and a second coil unit facing the third magnet unit in the horizontal direction, and wherein the first coil is not disposed between the bobbin and the first magnet unit , wherein the second coil comprises a third coil unit facing the first magnet unit in a vertical direction, a fourth coil unit facing the second magnet unit in the vertical direction, and a fifth coil unit facing the third magnet unit in the vertical direction.
A composition for use in a method of disrupting a biofilm, the method comprising applying to a surface having a biofilm the composition, wherein the composition comprises succinic acid, aconitic acid, and a carrier, said succinic acid and aconitic acid being present in the composition in a ratio of succinic acid to aconitic acid of from 0.9:1 to 14:1.
Method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, comprising a membrane, two reinforcers, two seals, gas diffusion layers and a catalyst, the method comprising the following steps: - a step during which a seal is applied to each of the reinforcers using screen printing, - a step during which a reinforcer bearing a screen-printed seal is thermally bonded to each of the faces of the membrane, - a step during which a catalytic chemical element is applied to two gas diffusion layers, - a step during which a catalysed gas diffusion layer is thermally bonded to each of the faces of the membrane bearing a reinforcer and a seal, the method being such that the various elements are held on a support by suction during at least some of the steps of the method. - a step during which a seal is applied to each of the reinforcers using screen printing, - a step during which a reinforcer bearing a screen-printed seal is thermally bonded to each of the faces of the membrane, - a step during which a catalytic chemical element is applied to two gas diffusion layers, - a step during which a catalysed gas diffusion layer is thermally bonded to each of the faces of the membrane bearing a reinforcer and a seal,
Container closure made of metal or plastic for a container for accommodating food or beverages, with a sealing insert made of a sealing material comprising at least one polymer mixed with other substances, whereby - the sealing material does not contain PVC and essentially no cross-linked polymers, - the sealing material is essentially free from components that are liquid at application temperature; - the sealing insert can be pasteurized at temperatures of up to 98°C; - the sealing material measures between 40 and 95 on the Shore A Hardness scale, and - the sealing material comprises at least three different polymers, the first being polypropylene, while the second polymer is a POE, and the third polymer is a thermoplastic elastomer. - the sealing material does not contain PVC and essentially no cross-linked polymers, - the sealing material is essentially free from components that are liquid at application temperature; - the sealing insert can be pasteurized at temperatures of up to 98°C; - the sealing material measures between 40 and 95 on the Shore A Hardness scale, and - the sealing material comprises at least three different polymers, the first being polypropylene, while the second polymer is a POE, and the third polymer is a thermoplastic elastomer.
Method for operating a rechargeable storage system for electrical energy that comprises at least one secondary electrochemical cell, characterized in that , to charge the storage system, • a target voltage U z is defined, • a correction factor K1 that is dependent on the state of health (SOH) of the at least one electrochemical cell is determined for the target voltage U z , • a correction factor K2 that is dependent on the ambient temperature and/or the temperature of the storage system or a component of the storage system is determined for the target voltage U z , • the determined correction factors K1 and/or K2 are applied to the target voltage U z for the purpose of ascertaining a corrected target voltage U ZK , and • the storage system is charged with a charging current and a charging voltage until the target voltage U ZK is reached at the storage system, wherein the secondary electrochemical cell has a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a porous separator that separates the negative electrode and the positive electrode from one another, an aqueous alkaline electrolyte, with which the electrodes and the separator are impregnated, and a housing that encloses the electrodes, the separator and the electrolyte, and the negative electrode of the electrochemical cell comprises a current output conductor and activated carbon and/or graphene as carbon-based storage material that, through formation of an electrical double layer, allows electrical charge to be stored in the electrode, wherein the carbon-based storage material in the negative electrode is present in a proportion of between 5% by weight and 100% by weight, based on the total weight of the electrode in the dry state without taking the current output conductor into consideration. • a target voltage U z is defined, • a correction factor K1 that is dependent on the state of health (SOH) of the at least one electrochemical cell is determined for the target voltage U z , • a correction factor K2 that is dependent on the ambient temperature and/or the temperature of the storage system or a component of the storage system is determined for the target voltage U z , • the determined correction factors K1 and/or K2 are applied to the target voltage U z for the purpose of ascertaining a corrected target voltage U ZK , and • the storage system is charged with a charging current and a charging voltage until the target voltage U ZK is reached at the storage system,
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet , said article being arranged along a longitudinal axis (y1) and a transversal axis (x1) extending in a perpendicular direction in relation to the longitudinal axis (y1), said article comprising a front portion , a back portion and a crotch portion and said absorbent core comprises an absorbent component having a width (a3) in the transversal direction and the absorbent component is enclosed by a core cover comprising an upper side and a lower side wherein two channel sealings , positioned within two corresponding channels , are extending along said longitudinal axis (y1) in said crotch portion for joining said upper and lower side of the core cover , the absorbent component has one centre segment having a first width (a1) between the channel sealings , and two side segments outside each channel sealing , characterized in the absorbent component is formed so that the total amount of absorbent material in the centre segment is generally equal to, or greater than, the total amount of absorbent material in each one of the side segments and that the channel sealings and the centre segment are generally parallel to the longitudinal axis (y1) and that the absorbent component is configured with an ability to expand on wetting and displaying a first volume in dry condition and a second volume in completely expanded wet condition, the second volume being greater than the first volume, and the core cover , which is arranged around the absorbent component , constitutes volume-limiting means and defines and limits an expansion space for the centre segment so that the centre segment is prevented from reaching complete expansion to the second volume on wetting, and that the ratio of the first width (a1) of the centre segment and the width (a3) of the absorbent component , in dry condition, is 0.25-0.45, wherein said channels constitute sections of the absorbent core which are generally free from absorbent material.
An imaging system comprising: a parabolic reflector having a base and defining a focal point and a first axis , wherein the first axis is the collimation axis of the parabolic reflector; a light source disposed proximate said base essentially along said first axis, and wherein said light source has a point source of light disposed at or near the focal point of said parabolic reflector , said light source disposed in front of said parabolic reflector , an imaging device disposed in front of said light source and comprising a zooming lens at the front of the imaging device, and the zooming lens having a second axis essentially coincident with said first axis, wherein the rear of the imaging device faces the light source and wherein the front of the imaging device faces away from the light source and the parabolic reflector; and wherein the diameter of said parabolic reflector is sufficiently larger than the imaging device such that an adequate amount of collimated light is directed around the imaging device , and such that the light emitted from the light source essentially perpendicular to said first axis and toward said parabolic reflector avoids the imaging device to a significant extent. a parabolic reflector having a base and defining a focal point and a first axis , wherein the first axis is the collimation axis of the parabolic reflector; a light source disposed proximate said base essentially along said first axis, and wherein said light source has a point source of light disposed at or near the focal point of said parabolic reflector , said light source disposed in front of said parabolic reflector , an imaging device disposed in front of said light source and comprising a zooming lens at the front of the imaging device, and the zooming lens having a second axis essentially coincident with said first axis, wherein the rear of the imaging device faces the light source and wherein the front of the imaging device faces away from the light source and the parabolic reflector; and wherein the diameter of said parabolic reflector is sufficiently larger than the imaging device such that an adequate amount of collimated light is directed around the imaging device , and such that the light emitted from the light source essentially perpendicular to said first axis and toward said parabolic reflector avoids the imaging device to a significant extent.
An agarose ultrafiltration membrane composite having a pore size less than 0.1 μm, wherein the composite comprises a porous support membrane having an agarose layer on the porous support membrane, wherein the agarose layer comprises a thickness ranging from 1 to 100 μm, wherein the agarose layer infiltrates from 1 to 15 μm into at least a portion of thickness of the porous support membrane and wherein the agarose layer is prepared from an agarose solution comprising zinc chloride for stabilising the agarose solution at a concentration equal to or less than 15 wt.-% and divinylsulfone (DVS) as a crosslinker by casting a layer of the agarose solution onto the porous support membrane, and immersing the agarose coated porous support membrane into a water bath at a temperature below the gelling point of the agarose solution.
An apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate, comprising: a processing system configured to: receive a control frame from a separate wireless communication device, the control frame associated with a clear channel assessment, CCA, for a subsequent data transmission by the separate wireless communication device during a transmission opportunity, TXOP on a shared wireless access medium, the control frame including at least one deferral-related parameter, the deferral-related parameter indicative of allowing concurrent communications on the shared wireless access medium during the TXOP; obtain the at least one deferral-related parameter from the control frame; and transmit data during the TXOP on the shared wireless access medium based, at least in part, on the at least one deferral-related parameter, wherein the data and the subsequent data transmission are transmitted concurrently. receive a control frame from a separate wireless communication device, the control frame associated with a clear channel assessment, CCA, for a subsequent data transmission by the separate wireless communication device during a transmission opportunity, TXOP on a shared wireless access medium, the control frame including at least one deferral-related parameter, the deferral-related parameter indicative of allowing concurrent communications on the shared wireless access medium during the TXOP; obtain the at least one deferral-related parameter from the control frame; and transmit data during the TXOP on the shared wireless access medium based, at least in part, on the at least one deferral-related parameter, wherein the data and the subsequent data transmission are transmitted concurrently.
A system comprising: an optical source for generating a pair of simultaneously produced photons; a first emitter/receiver that emits a first photon in the pair of photons towards a first remote reflector and receives a reflected first photon along a first optical path; a second emitter/receiver that emits a second photon in the pair of photons towards a second remote reflector and receives a reflected second photon along a second optical path; a mode combiner for combining the reflected first photon and the reflected second photon into a first output port and a second output port; a coarse adjuster that performs coarse adjustments to the first optical path and the second optical path; a fine adjuster that performs fine adjustments to the first optical path and the second optical path; a plurality of photodetectors that detect photons from the first output port and photons from the second output port; characterized by a processor configured to execute executable code that causes the processor to control the coarse adjustments and the fine adjustments based on received signals from the plurality of photodetectors , wherein the coarse adjustments are greater than the fine adjustments, wherein the processor measures a difference in flight times of photons, and wherein the processor controls the coarse adjustment by inserting a delay associated with the measured difference into the optical path having the shorter flight time. an optical source for generating a pair of simultaneously produced photons; a first emitter/receiver that emits a first photon in the pair of photons towards a first remote reflector and receives a reflected first photon along a first optical path; a second emitter/receiver that emits a second photon in the pair of photons towards a second remote reflector and receives a reflected second photon along a second optical path; a mode combiner for combining the reflected first photon and the reflected second photon into a first output port and a second output port; a coarse adjuster that performs coarse adjustments to the first optical path and the second optical path; a fine adjuster that performs fine adjustments to the first optical path and the second optical path; a plurality of photodetectors that detect photons from the first output port and photons from the second output port; characterized by a processor configured to execute executable code that causes the processor to control the coarse adjustments and the fine adjustments based on received signals from the plurality of photodetectors , wherein the coarse adjustments are greater than the fine adjustments, wherein the processor measures a difference in flight times of photons, and wherein the processor controls the coarse adjustment by inserting a delay associated with the measured difference into the optical path having the shorter flight time.
Apparatus designed for the capacitive determination and/or monitoring of a level, an electrical conductivity or a permittivity of a medium in a vessel , comprising at least a sensor unit with at least a sensor electrode , a housing and an electronic unit , wherein the electronic unit is designed to - supply a high-frequency excitation signal to the sensor unit - receive a response signal from the sensor unit , and - deduce a statement regarding the level of the medium in the vessel at least from the response signal; wherein a coupling element is provided, said element being arranged in such a way and designed to establish a conductive connection between at least a subsection of the housing and at least a component of the electronic unit in the form of an electrical contact, or in the event that the electrical contact is impaired or interrupted, to bring about a capacitive coupling between the two components, in such a way that the two components at least temporarily form a capacitor element, wherein the coupling element is secured in the housing in a detachable manner, wherein the coupling element and the housing are each designed in a coupling area in such a way that the geometries are adapted to one another at least in these coupling areas , particularly in a complementary manner in relation to one another, and wherein the coupling element can be introduced into the housing in such a tailored manner that the coupling areas touch to establish the conductive connection. - supply a high-frequency excitation signal to the sensor unit - receive a response signal from the sensor unit , and - deduce a statement regarding the level of the medium in the vessel at least from the response signal;
Breast prosthesis with flocking, said breast prosthesis comprising a body having a front side in the shape of a female breast and a back side , the back side of the breast prosthesis having a substrate and the substrate at least partially having a flock , the flock comprising fibres which are arranged parallel to each other and fixed to the substrate by means of an adhesive, characterised in that the substrate comprises a film.
A semi-automatic depilatory tweezers comprising an open fork with two branches joined by an end area , the branches being flexible and the points thereof comprising opposite, facing surfaces of mutual contact for trapping the hair during hair removal when the fork closes, the branches comprising intermediate support areas for pressing with the fingers to cause the fork to close; wherein at least one of the branches of the fork comprises a magnetic section with a magnetic field sufficiently intense to generate magnetic attraction between both branches of the fork, to reduce the manual closing force of the fork when the branches approach one another and facilitate the removal of the hair, characterized in that the magnetic sections comprise permanent magnets.