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A lighting apparatus comprising: a main body ; a bulb body connected to a first end of the main body ; a head body connected to a second end of the main body , and is configured to be connected to an electrical socket for receiving power; a light emitting diode - hereafter abbreviated LED - module configured for emitting light; a communication module configured for providing wireless communication; and a composite printed circuit board comprising a first sub-board and a second sub-board physically coupled to the first sub-board , wherein the communication module is located on the first sub-board and the LED module is located on the second sub-board , characterized in that the second sub-board physically surrounds the first sub-board , and the first sub-board and the second sub-board are physically arranged in a same plane. a main body ; a bulb body connected to a first end of the main body ; a head body connected to a second end of the main body , and is configured to be connected to an electrical socket for receiving power; a light emitting diode - hereafter abbreviated LED - module configured for emitting light; a communication module configured for providing wireless communication; and a composite printed circuit board comprising a first sub-board and a second sub-board physically coupled to the first sub-board , wherein the communication module is located on the first sub-board and the LED module is located on the second sub-board , characterized in that the second sub-board physically surrounds the first sub-board , and the first sub-board and the second sub-board are physically arranged in a same plane.
An electronic cigarette comprising: a tank configured and arranged to contain eCig juice; an atomizer including a heating element , and configured and arranged to vaporize eCig juice into an airflow; and an oscillating diaphragm pump including a diaphragm and a permanent magnet , the oscillating diaphragm pump is positioned in fluid communication with the tank and the atomizer, and configured and arranged to draw eCig juice from the tank and deposit the eCig juice on to the heating element , characterized in that the oscillating diaphragm pump further comprises an electro-magnet configured and arranged to transmit an oscillating magnetic field in proximity to the permanent magnet ; and the permanent magnet is configured and arranged to produce a non-oscillating magnetic field that interacts with the oscillating magnetic field of the electro-magnet to linearly oscillate the diaphragm, which draws eCig juice from the tank and injects the eCig juice on to the heating element . a tank configured and arranged to contain eCig juice; an atomizer including a heating element , and configured and arranged to vaporize eCig juice into an airflow; and an oscillating diaphragm pump including a diaphragm and a permanent magnet , the oscillating diaphragm pump is positioned in fluid communication with the tank and the atomizer, and configured and arranged to draw eCig juice from the tank and deposit the eCig juice on to the heating element , characterized in that the oscillating diaphragm pump further comprises an electro-magnet configured and arranged to transmit an oscillating magnetic field in proximity to the permanent magnet ; and the permanent magnet is configured and arranged to produce a non-oscillating magnetic field that interacts with the oscillating magnetic field of the electro-magnet to linearly oscillate the diaphragm, which draws eCig juice from the tank and injects the eCig juice on to the heating element .
A method for recycling filter tow starting material consisting of or at least comprising cellulose acetate, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - providing cellulose acetate-containing material which at least partially, preferably entirely, consists of spinning mill waste accumulating during production or of filter tow bales; - supplying the cellulose acetate-containing material to be recycled to a pelletizing press; and - pelletizing the cellulose acetate-containing material in the pelletizing press in order to convert the cellulose acetate-containing material into pellets, wherein the converted pellets have a higher density than the supplied cellulose acetate-containing material, wherein there is at least intermittent cooling of the cellulose acetate-containing material, the pellets and/or intermediate material stages during the pelletizing, wherein the cellulose acetate-containing material, the pellets and/or intermediate material stages are kept below a critical temperature during the cooling, wherein the critical temperature corresponds to a cellulose acetate glass transition temperature, wherein the pelletizing is effected by a roller and a die, wherein the die is made from a thermally conductive material and the cooling is effected via the die, and wherein the cooling ensues by means of fluid cooling, preferably water cooling, and/or by means of solid-state cooling. - providing cellulose acetate-containing material which at least partially, preferably entirely, consists of spinning mill waste accumulating during production or of filter tow bales; - supplying the cellulose acetate-containing material to be recycled to a pelletizing press; and - pelletizing the cellulose acetate-containing material in the pelletizing press in order to convert the cellulose acetate-containing material into pellets,
Method for testing a so-called rectifier transformer intended to be installed at the interface between a power supply circuit including at least one phase, and a plant , such as a plant including aluminium electrolysis tanks, the rectifier transformer including, for each phase of the power supply circuit, a primary winding intended to be connected to the corresponding phase of the power supply circuit and a secondary winding intended to be connected through a rectifier circuit to the plant by a positive arm and a negative arm, each of the positive and negative arms being equipped with a magnetic transducer (230a, b, c, d, e, f), the method being characterised in that it includes the steps consisting in: - short-circuiting each positive arm with the corresponding negative arm so as to allow travel of the current between a positive arm and a negative arm only in one direction, in order to put the magnetic transducers (230a, b, c, d, e, f) of said positive and negative arms in magnetic saturation during a measurement of impedance and/or of losses, - making a measurement of impedance and/or of losses of the rectifier transformer , the magnetic transducers (230a, b, c, d, e, f) of the transformer being in magnetic saturation by virtue of the short-circuiting. - short-circuiting each positive arm with the corresponding negative arm so as to allow travel of the current between a positive arm and a negative arm only in one direction, in order to put the magnetic transducers (230a, b, c, d, e, f) of said positive and negative arms in magnetic saturation during a measurement of impedance and/or of losses, - making a measurement of impedance and/or of losses of the rectifier transformer , the magnetic transducers (230a, b, c, d, e, f) of the transformer being in magnetic saturation by virtue of the short-circuiting.
A radio unit adapted for cross-polar signal transfer , comprising an optical transmit interface and an optical receive interface , characterized in that the optical transmit interface and the optical receive interface are arranged to transfer cross-polar signals for cross-polar interference cancellation, XPIC, to and from an external source in the form of a corresponding optical transmit interface and optical receive interface comprised in another radio unit , respectively, wherein the optical transmit interface and the optical receive interface are arranged at equal distances (D) from a symmetry line of the interfaces, and in a plane perpendicular to the symmetry line , such that, upon rotation of the radio unit about the symmetry line by 180 degrees, the optical transmit interface after rotation aligns with the optical receive interface before rotation, and the optical receive interface after rotation aligns with the optical transmit interface before rotation.
A surgical stapling apparatus comprising: an end effector having an anvil assembly and a staple cartridge assembly ; and an anvil buttress retention system releasably disposed on the anvil assembly, the anvil buttress retention system including an anvil buttress and a retention member including an elongated body characterised in that the elongated body is looped around at least a portion of the anvil buttress with a free end of the elongated body extendable through a looped end of the elongated body in an untightened configuration such that the anvil buttress retention system is slidable relative to the anvil assembly, the free end of the retention member movable relative to and through the looped end to a tightened configuration to secure the anvil buttress retention system to the anvil assembly. an end effector having an anvil assembly and a staple cartridge assembly ; and an anvil buttress retention system releasably disposed on the anvil assembly, the anvil buttress retention system including an anvil buttress and a retention member including an elongated body characterised in that the elongated body is looped around at least a portion of the anvil buttress with a free end of the elongated body extendable through a looped end of the elongated body in an untightened configuration such that the anvil buttress retention system is slidable relative to the anvil assembly, the free end of the retention member movable relative to and through the looped end to a tightened configuration to secure the anvil buttress retention system to the anvil assembly.
A light-based epilation device for at least temporal hair removal comprising a light emission unit having a regular pattern array having a plurality of rows and columns of light emission elements , realized as semiconductor light emitter elements such as LEDs, having at least two sub-groups of light emission elements , each of the sub-groups of light emission elements comprising at least one distinct light emission element , wherein the sub-groups of light emission elements are arranged for separate energizing; and wherein the sub-groups of light emission element are arranged as consecutive N times M sub-arrays of the array of light emission elements ; the device being characterised by further comprising: a controller unit arranged for energizing the sub-groups of light emission elements in accordance with an energizing sequence so that the light emission unit quasi-continuously emits light while a light output window of the light-based epilation device is in skin contact, the energizing sequence comprising consecutive sub-sequences that each comprise each of the sub-groups of light emission elements at least once and where at least one sub-group is not energized at any given time instant, and where the energizing sequence comprises at least one non-energizing gap having a length so that the non-energizing gap is not noticed by a human observer, wherein the non-energizing gap is in the range of between 1 μs and 4000 μs.
A tire obtained by employing a crosslinked polymer produced through crosslinking of a polymer composition that comprises a hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer, silica, and a crosslinking agent as a tread material, a sidewall material, or both, and wherein the hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer is a hydrogenation product of a conjugated diene-based polymer including butadiene-derived structural units, wherein the hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer is produced through a method comprising: a step of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer having, at a side chain moiety thereof, a functional group capable of interacting with silica; and a step of hydrogenating the conjugated diene-based polymer so as to achieve a hydrogenation rate of 80 to 99% of butadiene-derived structural units included in the conjugated diene-based polymer. a step of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer having, at a side chain moiety thereof, a functional group capable of interacting with silica; and a step of hydrogenating the conjugated diene-based polymer so as to achieve a hydrogenation rate of 80 to 99% of butadiene-derived structural units included in the conjugated diene-based polymer.
An oxygen concentrator for generating oxygen enriched gas, comprising: at least one oxygen separation device , and a sensor system for quantitatively detecting nitrogen in an oxygen comprising gas, said oxygen comprising gas comprising nitrogen, wherein the sensor system comprises: a zeolite capable of sorbing nitrogen, wherein the zeolite undergoes a temperature change when sorbing nitrogen; at least a first temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the zeolite; and characterised in that the sensor system further comprises a second temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the oxygen comprising gas, and comprising a control unit being adapted for quantitatively determining nitrogen based on the temperature change of the zeolite relative to a temperature change of the oxygen comprising gas, and for dynamically controlling the at least one oxygen separation device in dependence upon the result of the quantitatively determined nitrogen. at least one oxygen separation device , and a sensor system for quantitatively detecting nitrogen in an oxygen comprising gas, said oxygen comprising gas comprising nitrogen, wherein the sensor system comprises: a zeolite capable of sorbing nitrogen, wherein the zeolite undergoes a temperature change when sorbing nitrogen; at least a first temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the zeolite; and characterised in that the sensor system further comprises a second temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the oxygen comprising gas, and comprising a control unit being adapted for quantitatively determining nitrogen based on the temperature change of the zeolite relative to a temperature change of the oxygen comprising gas, and for dynamically controlling the at least one oxygen separation device in dependence upon the result of the quantitatively determined nitrogen. a zeolite capable of sorbing nitrogen, wherein the zeolite undergoes a temperature change when sorbing nitrogen; at least a first temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the zeolite; and characterised in that the sensor system further comprises a second temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the oxygen comprising gas, and comprising a control unit being adapted for quantitatively determining nitrogen based on the temperature change of the zeolite relative to a temperature change of the oxygen comprising gas, and for dynamically controlling the at least one oxygen separation device in dependence upon the result of the quantitatively determined nitrogen.
A method for synchronising analogue data (Data_anal, Data_ana2, Data_anal) at an output of a plurality of digital/analogue converters (DAC, DAC1, DAC2, DACI), comprising at least one conversion core (C, C1, C2), on an active edge of a common reference clock (Clk), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) Supplying an external synchronisation signal (SYNC_ext), emitted by a control unit (UC), to at least one converter of the plurality of converters, and supplying a clock signal of the common reference clock to the plurality of converters; b) Generating, within each converter of the plurality of converters, an internal synchronisation signal (SYNC_int, SYNC_int1, SYNC_int2, SYNC_intl) based on the external synchronisation signal, such that all the internal synchronisation signals are aligned on an active edge of the common reference clock; c) Generating, by means of at least one electronic circuit internal to each converter of the plurality of converters, a start signal (START1, START2, STARTI) which represents the start of the sending of digital data (Data_numl, Data_num2, Data_numl) by the control unit, on each core of the plurality of converters, and counting a number of clock strokes between the generation of the start signal and the generation of the internal synchronisation signal for each of the cores of the plurality of converters; and d) Applying a delay Ri (RI, R2, RI) to each core i of the plurality of converters, equal to the difference between the highest number counted in step c) and the number counted in step c) for the core i, i being an integer between 1 and the number of cores of the plurality of converters. a) Supplying an external synchronisation signal (SYNC_ext), emitted by a control unit (UC), to at least one converter of the plurality of converters, and supplying a clock signal of the common reference clock to the plurality of converters; b) Generating, within each converter of the plurality of converters, an internal synchronisation signal (SYNC_int, SYNC_int1, SYNC_int2, SYNC_intl) based on the external synchronisation signal, such that all the internal synchronisation signals are aligned on an active edge of the common reference clock; c) Generating, by means of at least one electronic circuit internal to each converter of the plurality of converters, a start signal (START1, START2, STARTI) which represents the start of the sending of digital data (Data_numl, Data_num2, Data_numl) by the control unit, on each core of the plurality of converters, and counting a number of clock strokes between the generation of the start signal and the generation of the internal synchronisation signal for each of the cores of the plurality of converters; and d) Applying a delay Ri (RI, R2, RI) to each core i of the plurality of converters, equal to the difference between the highest number counted in step c) and the number counted in step c) for the core i, i being an integer between 1 and the number of cores of the plurality of converters.
A ski boot comprising: a substantially rigid foot-casing which is shaped so as to accommodate the user's foot, and has the lower part structured so as to couple with a ski binding device; a substantially rigid cuff which is shaped so as to surround the lower part of the user's leg, and is pivotally joined to the foot-casing so as to be able to swing about a rotation axis (A) substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the boot; and foot-casing closing means adapted to selectively tighten the foot-casing against the user's foot; the foot-casing being superiorly provided with a main opening from which the user's leg comes out, and with a longitudinal slit that branches off from said main opening and extends along the upper part of the foot-casing , towards the front tip of the same foot-casing ; wherein said foot-casing closing means comprise: a plurality of first transversal flexible tongues that are arranged inside the foot-casing astride and transversal to the two longer lateral and opposite edges of the longitudinal slit , and are firmly fixed to the foot-casing so as to extend cantilevered inside of the longitudinal slit ; a second transversal flexible tongue which is arranged inside the foot-casing astride and transversal to one of the two longer lateral edges of the longitudinal slit , and is firmly fixed to the foot-casing so as to extend cantilevered inside the longitudinal slit ; and a cable-winding winch which is rigidly fixed on said second transversal flexible tongue , within the perimeter of the longitudinal slit , and is provided with a tightening cable that exits from the cable-winding winch and engages, in pass-through and freely sliding manner, the distal ends of the various first transversal flexible tongues . the foot-casing being superiorly provided with a main opening from which the user's leg comes out, and with a longitudinal slit that branches off from said main opening and extends along the upper part of the foot-casing , towards the front tip of the same foot-casing ; wherein said foot-casing closing means comprise: a plurality of first transversal flexible tongues that are arranged inside the foot-casing astride and transversal to the two longer lateral and opposite edges of the longitudinal slit , and are firmly fixed to the foot-casing so as to extend cantilevered inside of the longitudinal slit ; a second transversal flexible tongue which is arranged inside the foot-casing astride and transversal to one of the two longer lateral edges of the longitudinal slit , and is firmly fixed to the foot-casing so as to extend cantilevered inside the longitudinal slit ; and a cable-winding winch which is rigidly fixed on said second transversal flexible tongue , within the perimeter of the longitudinal slit , and is provided with a tightening cable that exits from the cable-winding winch and engages, in pass-through and freely sliding manner, the distal ends of the various first transversal flexible tongues .
A lamp to be mounted on a vehicle, the lamp comprising: a first heat sink including a first portion (11b1) and a second portion (11b2) which are at least partially isolated by a gap (11b3); a light source supported on the first portion (11b1); and a control part supported on the second portion (11b2) and having a circuit which is configured to control an on/off operation of the light source, characterised in that : the control part includes: a board on which the circuit is provided; and a second heat sink which is fixed to the second portion (11b2) and supports the board , wherein each of the first portion (11b1) and the second portion (11b2) extends in a first direction of the first heat sink, and wherein a main surface of the board has a portion extending in a second direction of the first heat sink intersecting with the first direction of the first heat sink. a first heat sink including a first portion (11b1) and a second portion (11b2) which are at least partially isolated by a gap (11b3); a light source supported on the first portion (11b1); and a control part supported on the second portion (11b2) and having a circuit which is configured to control an on/off operation of the light source, characterised in that : the control part includes: a board on which the circuit is provided; and a second heat sink which is fixed to the second portion (11b2) and supports the board , a board on which the circuit is provided; and a second heat sink which is fixed to the second portion (11b2) and supports the board , wherein each of the first portion (11b1) and the second portion (11b2) extends in a first direction of the first heat sink, and wherein a main surface of the board has a portion extending in a second direction of the first heat sink intersecting with the first direction of the first heat sink.