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A printing apparatus comprising: a printing means for printing an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet stacking means; an information storage means for storing information indicating an orientation of the sheet stacked in the sheet stacking means; and a determination means for determining whether to print the image in a first orientation corresponding to a case where the sheet is conveyed with a short side thereof as a leading edge from the sheet stacking means, or to print the image in a second orientation corresponding to a case where the sheet is conveyed with a long side thereof as the leading edge from the sheet stacking means; characterized in that the printing apparatus further comprises a setting value storing means for storing a setting value which indicates an orientation of a sheet to be printed and which is based on an operation of a user, wherein, in a case where the information indicating the orientation of the sheet stacked in the sheet stacking means is not stored in the information storage means, the determination means determines whether to print the image in the first orientation or to print the image in the second orientation, according to the setting value stored in the setting value storing means. a printing means for printing an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet stacking means; an information storage means for storing information indicating an orientation of the sheet stacked in the sheet stacking means; and a determination means for determining whether to print the image in a first orientation corresponding to a case where the sheet is conveyed with a short side thereof as a leading edge from the sheet stacking means, or to print the image in a second orientation corresponding to a case where the sheet is conveyed with a long side thereof as the leading edge from the sheet stacking means; characterized in that the printing apparatus further comprises a setting value storing means for storing a setting value which indicates an orientation of a sheet to be printed and which is based on an operation of a user, wherein, in a case where the information indicating the orientation of the sheet stacked in the sheet stacking means is not stored in the information storage means, the determination means determines whether to print the image in the first orientation or to print the image in the second orientation, according to the setting value stored in the setting value storing means.
A security device for locking to a container (B) to block access to content of the container (B), wherein the security device has a locking mechanism contained within a housing , the locking mechanism comprising: a slider for sliding within the housing between an unlocked state and a locking state; and a catch mounted within the housing for displacement relative to the slider , the catch having a blocking condition in which it blocks sliding of the slider between its unlocked and locking states, and an activated condition in which the catch is displaced from its blocking condition in response to an activating action applied externally to the security device , the catch reverting to its blocking condition on termination of application of the activating action; wherein the security device further includes a plurality of flexible legs extending from the slider for locking the security device to the container (B) when the slider is in its locking state; characterised in that the plurality of flexible legs comprises a first set of flexible legs that are equally spaced from one another around the inside of the housing , and are interspersed equally by a second set of shorter flexible legs . a slider for sliding within the housing between an unlocked state and a locking state; and a catch mounted within the housing for displacement relative to the slider , the catch having a blocking condition in which it blocks sliding of the slider between its unlocked and locking states, and an activated condition in which the catch is displaced from its blocking condition in response to an activating action applied externally to the security device , the catch reverting to its blocking condition on termination of application of the activating action; wherein the security device further includes a plurality of flexible legs extending from the slider for locking the security device to the container (B) when the slider is in its locking state; characterised in that the plurality of flexible legs comprises a first set of flexible legs that are equally spaced from one another around the inside of the housing , and are interspersed equally by a second set of shorter flexible legs .
Ibudilast, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in a method of treating ophthalmic disease/disorder or injury associated with a neurodegenerative disease/disorder in a human patient in need thereof, wherein the ophthalmic disease/disorder or injury is macular injury, and wherein the neurodegenerative disease/disorder is progressive multiple sclerosis.
Apparatus for decoding a previous encoded multichannel signal of a previous frame to obtain three or more previous audio output channels, and for decoding a current encoded multichannel signal of a current frame to obtain three or more current audio output channels, wherein the apparatus comprises an interface , a channel decoder , a multichannel processor for generating the three or more current audio output channels, and a noise filling module , wherein the interface is adapted to receive the current encoded multichannel signal , and to receive side information comprising first multichannel parameters (MCH_PAR2), wherein the channel decoder is adapted to decode the current encoded multichannel signal of the current frame to obtain a set of three or more decoded channels (D1, D2, D3) of the current frame, wherein the multichannel processor is adapted to select a first selected pair of two decoded channels (D1, D2) from the set of three or more decoded channels (D1, D2, D3) depending on the first multichannel parameters (MCH_PAR2), wherein the multichannel processor is adapted to generate a first group of two or more processed channels (P1*,P2*) based on said first selected pair of two decoded channels (D1, D2) to obtain an updated set of three or more decoded channels (D3, P1*, P2*), characterized in that , before the multichannel processor generates the first group of two or more processed channels (P1*,P2*) based on said first selected pair of two decoded channels (D1, D2), the noise filling module is adapted to identify for at least one of the two channels of said first selected pair of two decoded channels (D1, D2), one or more frequency bands, within which all spectral lines are quantized to zero, and to generate a mixing channel using two or more, but not all of the three or more previous audio output channels, and to fill the spectral lines of the one or more frequency bands, within which all spectral lines are quantized to zero, with noise generated using spectral lines of the mixing channel, wherein the noise filling module is adapted to select the two or more previous audio output channels that are used for generating the mixing channel from the three or more previous audio output channels depending on the side information.
A cooking grate comprising: a first upper sub-grate having a first plurality of cooking members retained in a fixed relationship relative to one another by at least one upper cross-member ; and a second lower sub-grate having a second plurality of cooking members retained in a fixed relationship relative to one another by at least one lower cross member ; wherein the first and second sub-grates are configured to fit together such that their respective cooking members overlap laterally to define a first cooking surface that is heatable with a higher degree of radiant heating relative to convective heating; wherein respective cooking members of the first and second sub-grate each are spaced apart to define a second cooking surface that is heatable with a lower degree of radiant heating relative to convective heating; and wherein the first and second sub-grate fit together such that their respective cooking members overlap laterally so that only an indirect path remains from below the cooking surface to above the cooking surface such that flame is impeded from travelling from below the cooking surface to above the cooking surface; wherein the cooking members of the first and second sub-grates have an inverted V shape with vertices (3002; 3006) of the cooking members of the first and second sub-grates terminating at substantially the same level to form the first cooking surface. a first upper sub-grate having a first plurality of cooking members retained in a fixed relationship relative to one another by at least one upper cross-member ; and a second lower sub-grate having a second plurality of cooking members retained in a fixed relationship relative to one another by at least one lower cross member ; wherein the first and second sub-grates are configured to fit together such that their respective cooking members overlap laterally to define a first cooking surface that is heatable with a higher degree of radiant heating relative to convective heating; wherein respective cooking members of the first and second sub-grate each are spaced apart to define a second cooking surface that is heatable with a lower degree of radiant heating relative to convective heating; and wherein the first and second sub-grate fit together such that their respective cooking members overlap laterally so that only an indirect path remains from below the cooking surface to above the cooking surface such that flame is impeded from travelling from below the cooking surface to above the cooking surface; wherein the cooking members of the first and second sub-grates have an inverted V shape with vertices (3002; 3006) of the cooking members of the first and second sub-grates terminating at substantially the same level to form the first cooking surface.
A modular farm for plant production, comprising: a container ; a carousel system (20; 420) mounted for rotation about a central vertical axis within the container; and a plurality of grow towers (30; 330; 430) mountable to the carousel system for rotation therewith about the central vertical axis, each grow tower comprising an elongated column for growing plants, characterized in that each grow tower (30; 330; 430) is suspendable to the carousel system via a rotary joint for rotation about a further vertical axis spaced from the central vertical axis; and in that the container comprises an enclosed space within the container comprising a grow zone and a work zone , and the carousel system is operable to rotate the grow towers (30; 330; 430) about the vertical axis to move a portion of the grow towers into a location accessible from the work zone. a container ; a carousel system (20; 420) mounted for rotation about a central vertical axis within the container; and a plurality of grow towers (30; 330; 430) mountable to the carousel system for rotation therewith about the central vertical axis, each grow tower comprising an elongated column for growing plants, characterized in that each grow tower (30; 330; 430) is suspendable to the carousel system via a rotary joint for rotation about a further vertical axis spaced from the central vertical axis; and in that the container comprises an enclosed space within the container comprising a grow zone and a work zone , and the carousel system is operable to rotate the grow towers (30; 330; 430) about the vertical axis to move a portion of the grow towers into a location accessible from the work zone.
A method for generating an emoji sequence identification (ID) identifying a wallet address of a blockchain wallet, comprising: receiving the wallet address for the blockchain wallet, the wallet address comprising a predetermined number of bits; dividing the predetermined number of bits of the wallet address into a plurality of non-overlapping groups of sequential bits; converting each group of sequential bits into a respective emoji ID based on a predetermined list of emojis, wherein the emoji ID comprises a predetermined number of emojis selected from the list of emojis, and wherein each unique sequence of bits in a group maps to a unique emoji ID; concatenating the emoji ID for each group of sequential bits into an emoji sequence; and outputting the emoji sequence ID identifying the wallet address based on the emoji sequence
A reflective antenna array , comprising a plurality of antenna units , and the plurality of antenna units are periodically arranged; wherein a spacing between adjacent antenna units of the plurality of antenna units is D, and D is greater than or equal to 0.3 times an operating wavelength and is less than or equal to 0.6 times the operating wavelength; and wherein each antenna unit comprises M layers of cross metal patches, M layers of dielectric substrates, and a metal ground layer, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; an i th -layer dielectric substrate is disposed between an i th -layer cross metal patch and an (i+1) th -layer cross metal patch, and the i th -layer cross metal patch, the i th -layer dielectric substrate and the (i+1) th -layer cross metal patch are sequentially stacked, wherein i is an integer ranging from 1 to M-1; and an M th -layer cross metal patch , an M th -layer dielectric substrate , and the metal ground layer are sequentially stacked, wherein the cross metal patch comprises two rectangular metal patches that are perpendicular to each other, and the shapes of the different layers of cross metal patches of the M layers of cross metal patches are the same, wherein an area of the i th -layer cross metal patch is less than or greater than an area of the (i+1) th -layer cross metal patch. wherein a spacing between adjacent antenna units of the plurality of antenna units is D, and D is greater than or equal to 0.3 times an operating wavelength and is less than or equal to 0.6 times the operating wavelength; and wherein each antenna unit comprises M layers of cross metal patches, M layers of dielectric substrates, and a metal ground layer, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; an i th -layer dielectric substrate is disposed between an i th -layer cross metal patch and an (i+1) th -layer cross metal patch, and the i th -layer cross metal patch, the i th -layer dielectric substrate and the (i+1) th -layer cross metal patch are sequentially stacked, wherein i is an integer ranging from 1 to M-1; and an M th -layer cross metal patch , an M th -layer dielectric substrate , and the metal ground layer are sequentially stacked, wherein the cross metal patch comprises two rectangular metal patches that are perpendicular to each other, and the shapes of the different layers of cross metal patches of the M layers of cross metal patches are the same, wherein an area of the i th -layer cross metal patch is less than or greater than an area of the (i+1) th -layer cross metal patch.
A system for verification of management operations, the system comprising: at least one processor operatively connected to a memory , the at least one processor configured to manage a plurality of system components; an event component configured to identify a control command for execution on a managed device; a monitoring component configured to capture monitor information associated with the managed device responsive to identification of the control command; a profile component configured to determine an expected state of the managed device based on the identified control command; and a verification component configured to select subsets of the monitor information and to verify that a current state of the managed device matches the expected state based on the selected subsets of the monitor information, the system being characterized in that the subsets of the monitor information are randomly selected by the verification component . at least one processor operatively connected to a memory , the at least one processor configured to manage a plurality of system components; an event component configured to identify a control command for execution on a managed device; a monitoring component configured to capture monitor information associated with the managed device responsive to identification of the control command; a profile component configured to determine an expected state of the managed device based on the identified control command; and a verification component configured to select subsets of the monitor information and to verify that a current state of the managed device matches the expected state based on the selected subsets of the monitor information, the system being characterized in that the subsets of the monitor information are randomly selected by the verification component .
Handheld electric tool having a planetary gearbox , which is arranged in a housing interior formed by a gearbox housing and can be switched over between at least a first and a second gear, the planetary gearbox being assigned a switching element that can be actuated for gear changing, characterized in that the switching element is mounted in the housing interior of the gearbox housing .
A method of laser cutting a coated substrate ; the method being characterised by the following steps: substantially removing a plurality of target portions of a polymer coating from a coated substrate to form a predetermined coating removal pattern by directing an ablative laser beam to the plurality of target portions, wherein the ablative laser beam has a wavelength that is absorbed by the polymer coating and wherein the substrate is a material transparent to the wavelength of the ablative laser beam; directing a cutting laser beam along the predetermined coating removal pattern; and separating the coated substrate into at least two coated parts, wherein the predetermined coating removal pattern has a width of between about 10 μm and about 6.0 mm. substantially removing a plurality of target portions of a polymer coating from a coated substrate to form a predetermined coating removal pattern by directing an ablative laser beam to the plurality of target portions, wherein the ablative laser beam has a wavelength that is absorbed by the polymer coating and wherein the substrate is a material transparent to the wavelength of the ablative laser beam; directing a cutting laser beam along the predetermined coating removal pattern; and separating the coated substrate into at least two coated parts, wherein the predetermined coating removal pattern has a width of between about 10 μm and about 6.0 mm.
Breast pump device , comprising: - an expression kit including a breast-receiving funnel , a milk outlet and an air outlet , - a vacuum unit configured to realize a pressure cycle in the expression kit , including an air inlet for connection to the air outlet of the expression kit and a pump mechanism for sucking air from the expression kit , through the air outlet of the expression kit and the air inlet of the vacuum unit , and - an acoustic milk expression assessment system including an acoustic sensor and a processor configured to process an acoustic signal received from the acoustic sensor during operation of the breast pump device when a receptacle is used with the breast pump device for receiving milk from the milk outlet of the expression kit , characterized in that the processor is configured to process an acoustic signal received from the acoustic sensor during operation of the breast pump device according to a routine in which a value of a time duration between a release moment and a first moment following the release moment that a spike in the acoustic signal appears is determined, a release moment being a moment at which a release of vacuum takes place during the pressure cycle and at which an associated release of milk from a position in the expression kit and through the milk outlet takes place. - an expression kit including a breast-receiving funnel , a milk outlet and an air outlet , - a vacuum unit configured to realize a pressure cycle in the expression kit , including an air inlet for connection to the air outlet of the expression kit and a pump mechanism for sucking air from the expression kit , through the air outlet of the expression kit and the air inlet of the vacuum unit , and - an acoustic milk expression assessment system including an acoustic sensor and a processor configured to process an acoustic signal received from the acoustic sensor during operation of the breast pump device when a receptacle is used with the breast pump device for receiving milk from the milk outlet of the expression kit ,
Assembly tool for the assembly of a guide rail on a plate-shaped furniture part , having a shaped body with at least one receptacle for fixing a guide rail and an angular abutment section which can be placed against an edge and a surface of the plate-shaped furniture part , wherein a spring element is provided, which is intended for fixing the shaped body in a clamping manner to the plate-shaped furniture part , characterized in that the spring element is formed integrally with the shaped body and can be mounted on the shaped body after cutting through a predetermined breaking point .
Housing component comprising a flange for creating a flange connection , characterised in that a plurality of microstructures are formed in each of a first and a second region on an end face of the flange in order to increase a local friction coefficient, wherein the microstructures have in each case a blade shape with a cutting line , wherein the cutting lines in the first region are arranged concentrically about a first local centre point and the cutting lines in the second region are arranged concentrically about a second local centre point , wherein the first and second local centre points have different radial distances from a flange centre point .