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A flux injector apparatus adapted to distribute a predetermined amount of flux to an associated pool of molten aluminum, the apparatus comprising: a pressurized tank containing said flux; a feed mechanism operative to discharge a predetermined amount of said flux to an outlet, said feed mechanism comprising a housing having an inner wall defining a cavity with an inlet and an outlet and a feed wheel within the cavity, said feed wheel operative to receive a predetermined amount of said flux from the inlet, translate the flux within the cavity and discharge the predetermined amount of flux through the outlet to provide said flux to said pool of molten aluminum and a controller , characterized in that the housing of the feed mechanism includes an undercut portion at a leading edge of the inlet to prevent blockage. a pressurized tank containing said flux; a feed mechanism operative to discharge a predetermined amount of said flux to an outlet, said feed mechanism comprising a housing having an inner wall defining a cavity with an inlet and an outlet and a feed wheel within the cavity, said feed wheel operative to receive a predetermined amount of said flux from the inlet, translate the flux within the cavity and discharge the predetermined amount of flux through the outlet to provide said flux to said pool of molten aluminum and a controller , characterized in that the housing of the feed mechanism includes an undercut portion at a leading edge of the inlet to prevent blockage.
A method performed by a computing system comprising: storing transaction data of a transaction of a hash chain, wherein changing hash chain data within the hash chain invalidates the hash chain, wherein storing the transaction data comprises: appending a lock block to the hash chain, wherein appending the lock block comprises setting a tail block identifier of the hash chain from a preceding tail block of a preceding transaction to the lock block, wherein the lock block locks the hash chain from being written to or read by entities that are not participating in the transaction, and wherein the tail block identifier identifies a block as a tail block of the hash chain, appending a data block to the hash chain, wherein appending the data block comprises setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to the data block; setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to a previous block on the hash chain that was appended to the hash chain prior to the data block to remove the transaction data from the transaction without invalidating the hash chain; and appending an updated data block to the hash chain to update the transaction with updated transaction data, wherein appending the updated data block comprises setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to the updated data block. storing transaction data of a transaction of a hash chain, wherein changing hash chain data within the hash chain invalidates the hash chain, wherein storing the transaction data comprises: appending a lock block to the hash chain, wherein appending the lock block comprises setting a tail block identifier of the hash chain from a preceding tail block of a preceding transaction to the lock block, wherein the lock block locks the hash chain from being written to or read by entities that are not participating in the transaction, and wherein the tail block identifier identifies a block as a tail block of the hash chain, appending a data block to the hash chain, wherein appending the data block comprises setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to the data block; appending a lock block to the hash chain, wherein appending the lock block comprises setting a tail block identifier of the hash chain from a preceding tail block of a preceding transaction to the lock block, wherein the lock block locks the hash chain from being written to or read by entities that are not participating in the transaction, and wherein the tail block identifier identifies a block as a tail block of the hash chain, appending a data block to the hash chain, wherein appending the data block comprises setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to the data block; setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to a previous block on the hash chain that was appended to the hash chain prior to the data block to remove the transaction data from the transaction without invalidating the hash chain; and appending an updated data block to the hash chain to update the transaction with updated transaction data, wherein appending the updated data block comprises setting the tail block identifier of the hash chain to the updated data block.
A normally-engaged single clutch for a drive train of a motor vehicle, having at least one transmission-side cover component , having at least one counter-pressure plate which can be connected to an output side of an internal combustion engine, and having at least one pressure plate which can be displaced to a limited extent with respect to the counter-pressure plate in the axial direction (A) of the single clutch for the friction-locking clamping of a clutch disc between the counter-pressure plate and the pressure plate , wherein, for friction-locking clamping, a transmission-side friction lining of the clutch disc can be brought into contact with a friction surface of the counter-pressure plate which is not displaceable in the axial direction (A) and a motor-side friction lining of the clutch disc can be brought into contact with a friction surface of the pressure plate , wherein a disc spring is braced in the axial direction (A) between the cover component and the counter-pressure plate .
A vacuum skin packaging thermoplastic non-oriented film suitable for use as a top film, said film comprising at least - an outer sealant layer a), comprising one or more sealable polymer(s) and one or more slip agent(s); - a second layer a') adhered thereto, optionally comprising one or more sealable polymer(s) and one or more slip agent(s), wherein the total content of slip agent(s), in the outer sealant layer a) or in the outer sealant layer a) and in the second layer a') adhered thereto, is greater than 0.10% by weight with respect to layer a) weight or to layer a) and second layer a') total weight respectively, - an outer abuse layer b); and - at least one inner bulk layer c) comprising one or more polymers selected from low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, linear low density polyethylenes, linear very low density polyethylenes and ionomers, wherein the total thickness of the bulk layer(s) c) in the overall structure is at least 30%. - an outer sealant layer a), comprising one or more sealable polymer(s) and one or more slip agent(s); - a second layer a') adhered thereto, optionally comprising one or more sealable polymer(s) and one or more slip agent(s), - an outer abuse layer b); and - at least one inner bulk layer c) comprising one or more polymers selected from low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, linear low density polyethylenes, linear very low density polyethylenes and ionomers,
A method for starting a two-stage converter, applied to a controller of an LLC converter of the two-stage converter, the method comprising controlling (S101) a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, to operate an auxiliary power supply of the latter-stage converter to supply power to a controller of the latter-stage converter, wherein the main circuit of the LLC converter comprises an LLC topology; determining (S102) whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, wherein the direct current bus voltage is detected and reported by the controller of the latter-stage converter to the controller of the LLC converter; and controlling (S103) the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase, if the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to the hiccup starting voltage. controlling (S101) a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, to operate an auxiliary power supply of the latter-stage converter to supply power to a controller of the latter-stage converter, wherein the main circuit of the LLC converter comprises an LLC topology; determining (S102) whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, wherein the direct current bus voltage is detected and reported by the controller of the latter-stage converter to the controller of the LLC converter; and controlling (S103) the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase, if the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to the hiccup starting voltage.
A machine for orienting objects (T), comprising: - a hopper for receiving the objects (T) in bulk, - a belt conveyor with a plurality of small blades for withdrawing the objects (T) from the hopper , wherein the belt conveyor has an ascending length along which objects (T) having their barycenter farthest from a belt surface fall back into the hopper under the action of gravity, so that at an upper end of the ascending length only the objects (T) having all a same predetermined orientation are present on the belt conveyor , - an extraction device , arranged downstream of the ascending length of the belt conveyor , to extract the objects (T) from the belt , wherein the small blades form a rest surface facing upwardly in the ascending length , characterized in that said rest surface forms a plurality of cavities open on a side opposite the belt conveyor and open in a movement direction of the belt , and a plurality of reliefs forming partition walls between two neighboring cavities , respectively, suitable to prevent a free rolling of the objects (T) rested on said rest surface . - a hopper for receiving the objects (T) in bulk, - a belt conveyor with a plurality of small blades for withdrawing the objects (T) from the hopper , wherein the belt conveyor has an ascending length along which objects (T) having their barycenter farthest from a belt surface fall back into the hopper under the action of gravity, so that at an upper end of the ascending length only the objects (T) having all a same predetermined orientation are present on the belt conveyor , - an extraction device , arranged downstream of the ascending length of the belt conveyor , to extract the objects (T) from the belt ,
An angle-sensitive pixel ASP device , comprising: a substrate ; a phase grating having a period, p 1 , disposed in the substrate , wherein the phase grating has a periodic variation of refractive index in a direction transverse to an incident light field and forms, by passing the incident light field therethrough, a periodic intensity pattern in a Talbot plane below the phase grating, as well as periodic intensity patterns with higher periodicity than the phase grating at depths above and below a 1⁄2 Talbot depth ; an amplitude transmission analyzer grating having a period, p 2 , placed at the depth of said Talbot pattern with higher periodicity than the phase grating ' this depth being a 1⁄4 Talbot depth; and a sensor disposed at a selected distance below the analyzer grating , characterized in that the pitch of the phase grating is twice the pitch of the analyzer grating. a substrate ; a phase grating having a period, p 1 , disposed in the substrate , wherein the phase grating has a periodic variation of refractive index in a direction transverse to an incident light field and forms, by passing the incident light field therethrough, a periodic intensity pattern in a Talbot plane below the phase grating, as well as periodic intensity patterns with higher periodicity than the phase grating at depths above and below a 1⁄2 Talbot depth ; an amplitude transmission analyzer grating having a period, p 2 , placed at the depth of said Talbot pattern with higher periodicity than the phase grating ' this depth being a 1⁄4 Talbot depth; and a sensor disposed at a selected distance below the analyzer grating , characterized in that the pitch of the phase grating is twice the pitch of the analyzer grating.
An angle multiplexed optical coherence tomography system for evaluating an eye of a patient, the system comprising: a light source ; an optical assembly for obtaining a reference beam and a plurality of sample beams corresponding to respective anatomical locations of the eye of the patient; and a detection mechanism ; wherein the optical assembly directs the reference beam and the plurality of sample beams onto the detection mechanism , wherein individual sample beams are directed onto the detection mechanism at respective unique angles relative to the reference beam , and wherein the detection mechanism detects individual unique interference patterns respectively provided by the plurality of sample beams , for simultaneous evaluation of the anatomical locations. a light source ; an optical assembly for obtaining a reference beam and a plurality of sample beams corresponding to respective anatomical locations of the eye of the patient; and a detection mechanism ; wherein the optical assembly directs the reference beam and the plurality of sample beams onto the detection mechanism , wherein individual sample beams are directed onto the detection mechanism at respective unique angles relative to the reference beam , and wherein the detection mechanism detects individual unique interference patterns respectively provided by the plurality of sample beams , for simultaneous evaluation of the anatomical locations.
Method for operating a communications network with a base station , wherein the method comprises: assigning the base station to a first subnetwork of the communications network and operating the first subnetwork of the communications network by means of a management entity , wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a first set of communication terminals during operation of the first subnetwork ; and assigning the base station to a second subnetwork of the communications network and operating the second subnetwork of the communications network by means of the management entity , wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a second set of communication terminals during operation of the second subnetwork , wherein the first subnetwork of the communication network is a first network slice of the communication network and the second subnetwork of the communication network is a second network slice of the communication network , wherein the management entity switches from the first network slice to the second network slice , or the management entity switches on the second network slice in addition to the first network slice according to whether • defined times are specified therefor by a user in a web portal, or • for a predefined period of time no data is downloaded from the internet or uploaded via the base station as part of the first network slice . assigning the base station to a first subnetwork of the communications network and operating the first subnetwork of the communications network by means of a management entity , wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a first set of communication terminals during operation of the first subnetwork ; and assigning the base station to a second subnetwork of the communications network and operating the second subnetwork of the communications network by means of the management entity , wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a second set of communication terminals during operation of the second subnetwork , wherein the first subnetwork of the communication network is a first network slice of the communication network and the second subnetwork of the communication network is a second network slice of the communication network , wherein the management entity switches from the first network slice to the second network slice , or the management entity switches on the second network slice in addition to the first network slice according to whether • defined times are specified therefor by a user in a web portal, or • for a predefined period of time no data is downloaded from the internet or uploaded via the base station as part of the first network slice . • defined times are specified therefor by a user in a web portal, or • for a predefined period of time no data is downloaded from the internet or uploaded via the base station as part of the first network slice .
An oil-in-oil type cosmetic composition comprising: (a) 5 to 80% by mass of a continuous-phase oil consisting of non-volatile hydrocarbon oil, (b) 1 to 70% by mass of a dispersion-phase oil consisting of non-volatile silicone oil, and (c) 0.1 to 10% by mass of dextrin fatty acid ester, wherein the non-volatile hydrocarbon oil comprises a hydrogenated polyisobutene. (a) 5 to 80% by mass of a continuous-phase oil consisting of non-volatile hydrocarbon oil, (b) 1 to 70% by mass of a dispersion-phase oil consisting of non-volatile silicone oil, and (c) 0.1 to 10% by mass of dextrin fatty acid ester,
A dispensing device for dispensing liquid or viscous materials under pressure, comprising: a tension surface ; a bag for containing the liquid or viscous materials to be dispensed, the bag in contact with the tension surface ; an actuatable valve for releasing the liquid or viscous materials from the bag ; a passage from the bag to the actuatable valve , through the tension surface ; an elasticated diaphragm , the diaphragm forming a floor to the tension surface underneath the bag, the diaphragm such as to expand under the bag when liquid is forced under pressure into the bag and to press the bag against the tension surface to flatten the bag when the tension is released; a circumferential ring part , the diaphragm having an outer circumference, the outer circumference of the diaphragm being clamped around the bag from the outside of the bag by the circumferential ring part ; and an upper cover over the tension surface , wherein the circumferential ring part is connected to the upper cover by a plurality of connectors , wherein the plurality of connectors are dispersed evenly around the circumference, and characterized in that the plurality of connectors pass through holes in the diaphragm . a tension surface ; a bag for containing the liquid or viscous materials to be dispensed, the bag in contact with the tension surface ; an actuatable valve for releasing the liquid or viscous materials from the bag ; a passage from the bag to the actuatable valve , through the tension surface ; an elasticated diaphragm , the diaphragm forming a floor to the tension surface underneath the bag, the diaphragm such as to expand under the bag when liquid is forced under pressure into the bag and to press the bag against the tension surface to flatten the bag when the tension is released; a circumferential ring part , the diaphragm having an outer circumference, the outer circumference of the diaphragm being clamped around the bag from the outside of the bag by the circumferential ring part ; and an upper cover over the tension surface , wherein the circumferential ring part is connected to the upper cover by a plurality of connectors , wherein the plurality of connectors are dispersed evenly around the circumference, and characterized in that the plurality of connectors pass through holes in the diaphragm .
A transparent vehicle lamp including: two lenses each having a main body portion , an optical axis (L) extending through said main body portion in a front-rear direction, and a first light input portion that is connected to one of two opposite sides of said main body portion , and that is spaced apart from the optical axis (L), said main body portion having a reflecting surface that intersects with the optical axis (L) , a coupling surface that is connected to a periphery of said reflecting surface and that is a flat surface, and a light output surface that is spaced apart from said reflecting surface and said coupling surface along the optical axis (L) , said first light input portion having a first light input surface and a first connecting surface that is connected between said coupling surface and said first light input surface and that cooperates with said coupling surface to form a continuous flat surface; characterized by a first light emitting member facing said first light input surfaces , a first light beam emitted from said first light emitting member firstly propagating toward the optical axis (L) through said first light input surfaces , and being then reflected by said reflecting surfaces toward said light output surfaces ; wherein said lenses are fixedly connected to each other and are arranged along the optical axis (L) , said coupling surfaces of said lenses abut against each other, and said light output surfaces of said lenses face away from each other. two lenses each having a main body portion , an optical axis (L) extending through said main body portion in a front-rear direction, and a first light input portion that is connected to one of two opposite sides of said main body portion , and that is spaced apart from the optical axis (L), said main body portion having a reflecting surface that intersects with the optical axis (L) , a coupling surface that is connected to a periphery of said reflecting surface and that is a flat surface, and a light output surface that is spaced apart from said reflecting surface and said coupling surface along the optical axis (L) , said first light input portion having a first light input surface and a first connecting surface that is connected between said coupling surface and said first light input surface and that cooperates with said coupling surface to form a continuous flat surface; characterized by a first light emitting member facing said first light input surfaces , a first light beam emitted from said first light emitting member firstly propagating toward the optical axis (L) through said first light input surfaces , and being then reflected by said reflecting surfaces toward said light output surfaces ; wherein said lenses are fixedly connected to each other and are arranged along the optical axis (L) , said coupling surfaces of said lenses abut against each other, and said light output surfaces of said lenses face away from each other.
A method for selecting a food product for a subject having dysphagia comprising: (a) administering a food product comprising a volatile compound to the subject; (b) detecting release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject during and/or after swallowing of the food product using mass spectrometry, a breath analyser / breathanalyser or a microfluidics chip; (c) comparing the release of the volatile compound to a control; (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) for at least one further food product comprising a volatile compound; and (e) selecting the food product for which the release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject is most similar to the control. (a) administering a food product comprising a volatile compound to the subject; (b) detecting release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject during and/or after swallowing of the food product using mass spectrometry, a breath analyser / breathanalyser or a microfluidics chip; (c) comparing the release of the volatile compound to a control; (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) for at least one further food product comprising a volatile compound; and (e) selecting the food product for which the release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject is most similar to the control.