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A snow conveying assembly for use with a snow making machine comprising: an impeller for receiving snow from the snow making machine and for accelerating the snow; an ejector tube having an inlet end for receiving snow from said impeller , a venturi throat downstream of said inlet end in the direction of snow travel through the ejector tube , and an outlet end for discharging snow from the conveying assembly; a snow inlet tube for introducing snow from said impeller into said ejector tube immediately upstream of said venturi throat in the direction of snow travel through the ejector tube ; an air inlet in the inlet end of said ejector tube upstream of said venturi throat ; said snow inlet tube having a discharge end spaced apart from the venturi throat , creating a small gap between said discharge end and the venturi throat , wherein said impeller includes a tray having a cylindrical side wall, an open top end for receiving the snow from the snow making machine, and a closed bottom end; a rotatable shaft extending through the centre of said closed bottom end; a plurality of blades connected to said shaft and extending radially outwardly therefrom to locations proximate and spaced apart from said cylindrical side wall for regrinding the snow; and a snow outlet tube extending tangentially from said side wall to an inlet end of said snow inlet tube , whereby, when air under pressure passes through said gap and then through said venturi throat , the resulting snow and air mixture from the impeller is accelerated out of said outlet end of the ejector tube . an impeller for receiving snow from the snow making machine and for accelerating the snow; an ejector tube having an inlet end for receiving snow from said impeller , a venturi throat downstream of said inlet end in the direction of snow travel through the ejector tube , and an outlet end for discharging snow from the conveying assembly; a snow inlet tube for introducing snow from said impeller into said ejector tube immediately upstream of said venturi throat in the direction of snow travel through the ejector tube ; an air inlet in the inlet end of said ejector tube upstream of said venturi throat ; said snow inlet tube having a discharge end spaced apart from the venturi throat , creating a small gap between said discharge end and the venturi throat , wherein said impeller includes a tray having a cylindrical side wall, an open top end for receiving the snow from the snow making machine, and a closed bottom end; a rotatable shaft extending through the centre of said closed bottom end; a plurality of blades connected to said shaft and extending radially outwardly therefrom to locations proximate and spaced apart from said cylindrical side wall for regrinding the snow; and a snow outlet tube extending tangentially from said side wall to an inlet end of said snow inlet tube , whereby, when air under pressure passes through said gap and then through said venturi throat , the resulting snow and air mixture from the impeller is accelerated out of said outlet end of the ejector tube .
Method for cleaning a cooking appliance , comprising a preliminary cleaning process and a subsequent rinsing process , wherein the cleaning process comprises the following steps: - introducing a cleaning foam solution into a cooking chamber of the cooking appliance in order to loosen dirt; - pumping a large part of the cleaning foam solution out of the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance ; wherein the rinsing process for removing cleaning foam solution and loosened dirt from the cooking chamber comprises the following steps: - controlling the temperature of a cooking chamber in order to cause foam bubbles of the cleaning foam solution still present in the cooking chamber to burst; - pumping out an at least partially foamed cleaning foam solution in response to the temperature control step ; - rinsing out the cooking chamber using a rinsing fluid; and - discharging the rinsing fluid from the cooking chamber . wherein the cleaning process comprises the following steps: - introducing a cleaning foam solution into a cooking chamber of the cooking appliance in order to loosen dirt; - pumping a large part of the cleaning foam solution out of the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance ; - introducing a cleaning foam solution into a cooking chamber of the cooking appliance in order to loosen dirt; - pumping a large part of the cleaning foam solution out of the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance ; wherein the rinsing process for removing cleaning foam solution and loosened dirt from the cooking chamber comprises the following steps: - controlling the temperature of a cooking chamber in order to cause foam bubbles of the cleaning foam solution still present in the cooking chamber to burst; - pumping out an at least partially foamed cleaning foam solution in response to the temperature control step ; - rinsing out the cooking chamber using a rinsing fluid; and - discharging the rinsing fluid from the cooking chamber . - controlling the temperature of a cooking chamber in order to cause foam bubbles of the cleaning foam solution still present in the cooking chamber to burst; - pumping out an at least partially foamed cleaning foam solution in response to the temperature control step ; - rinsing out the cooking chamber using a rinsing fluid; and - discharging the rinsing fluid from the cooking chamber .
A method performed by a communication device to determine whether to allow a first vehicle to overtake a vehicle platoon , the vehicle platoon comprising two or more second vehicles , the method comprising: obtaining information about the first vehicle , when the first vehicle is within a first distance behind the vehicle platoon , determining whether to allow the first vehicle to overtake the vehicle platoon based on the obtained information, determining that a space for overtaking has to be created, based on at least one of: the obtained information, and one or more current conditions in an environment of the vehicle platoon , determining between which second vehicles in the vehicle platoon the space has to be created, based on at least one of: the obtained information, and the one or more current conditions in the environment of the vehicle platoon , and providing , based on a result of the determinations , a first indication to a second radio node in one of the second vehicles in the vehicle platoon , wherein the first indication is the request for at least one of the second vehicles in the vehicle platoon to create the space for overtaking. obtaining information about the first vehicle , when the first vehicle is within a first distance behind the vehicle platoon , determining whether to allow the first vehicle to overtake the vehicle platoon based on the obtained information, determining that a space for overtaking has to be created, based on at least one of: the obtained information, and one or more current conditions in an environment of the vehicle platoon , determining between which second vehicles in the vehicle platoon the space has to be created, based on at least one of: the obtained information, and the one or more current conditions in the environment of the vehicle platoon , and providing , based on a result of the determinations , a first indication to a second radio node in one of the second vehicles in the vehicle platoon , wherein the first indication is the request for at least one of the second vehicles in the vehicle platoon to create the space for overtaking.
An image forming apparatus , comprising: image forming means arranged to form an image on a recording material (P) based on first image data; control means arranged to control an image forming operation by the image forming means; acquisition means arranged to acquire property information related to a property of the recording material (P); setting means configured to set a control value to be used in the image forming operation to a base value based on the property information acquired by the acquisition means ; reading means arranged to read an image formed on the recording material (P) by the image forming means, and to output second image data; and comparison means configured to compare the first image data to the second image data, wherein the setting means is further configured to determine a correction value based on a comparison result, wherein the setting means is further configured to change the control value based on the base value and the correction value, the image forming apparatus further comprises notification means , an upper limit value corresponding to the property information is set for the correction value, in a case where the correction value exceeds the upper limit value, the setting means is configured not to change the control value and the notification means is configured to notify a user of information related to the comparison result, and in a case where the correction value does not exceed the upper limit value, the setting means is configured to change the control value based on the base value and the correction value. image forming means arranged to form an image on a recording material (P) based on first image data; control means arranged to control an image forming operation by the image forming means; acquisition means arranged to acquire property information related to a property of the recording material (P); setting means configured to set a control value to be used in the image forming operation to a base value based on the property information acquired by the acquisition means ; reading means arranged to read an image formed on the recording material (P) by the image forming means, and to output second image data; and comparison means configured to compare the first image data to the second image data, wherein the setting means is further configured to determine a correction value based on a comparison result, wherein the setting means is further configured to change the control value based on the base value and the correction value, the image forming apparatus further comprises notification means , an upper limit value corresponding to the property information is set for the correction value, in a case where the correction value exceeds the upper limit value, the setting means is configured not to change the control value and the notification means is configured to notify a user of information related to the comparison result, and in a case where the correction value does not exceed the upper limit value, the setting means is configured to change the control value based on the base value and the correction value.
An orthodontic appliance comprising shells shaped to receive teeth, the shells being stacked and comprising: two or more anchoring shells ; and a mutable shell located between the two or more anchoring shells ; wherein the mutable shell is configured to significantly decrease in elastic modulus by comprising a first polymer material that significantly decreases in elastic modulus by exposure of the orthodontic appliance to an environmental condition, the first polymer material having a first glass transition temperature less than 90 degrees Celsius; wherein the two or more anchoring shells are configured to not significantly decrease in elastic modulus by comprising second polymer materials that do not significantly decrease in elastic modulus by exposure of the orthodontic appliance to the environmental condition, the second polymer materials having a second glass transition temperature greater than the first glass transition temperature; and wherein the environmental condition is heat at a temperature at or above the first glass transition temperature and sufficiently below the second glass transition temperature so as to soften the first polymer material without substantially softening the second polymer materials. two or more anchoring shells ; and a mutable shell located between the two or more anchoring shells ; wherein the mutable shell is configured to significantly decrease in elastic modulus by comprising a first polymer material that significantly decreases in elastic modulus by exposure of the orthodontic appliance to an environmental condition, the first polymer material having a first glass transition temperature less than 90 degrees Celsius; wherein the two or more anchoring shells are configured to not significantly decrease in elastic modulus by comprising second polymer materials that do not significantly decrease in elastic modulus by exposure of the orthodontic appliance to the environmental condition, the second polymer materials having a second glass transition temperature greater than the first glass transition temperature; and wherein the environmental condition is heat at a temperature at or above the first glass transition temperature and sufficiently below the second glass transition temperature so as to soften the first polymer material without substantially softening the second polymer materials.
Non-therapeutic use, as antimicrobial material, of semicrystalline nano- and/or microfibrillated cellulose to which silver nanoparticles are attached, said silver nanoparticles being present in a weight amount strictly greater than 1% and strictly less than 20% relative to the total weight of said cellulose, said material being obtaining by means of a process comprising at least one step of microwave irradiation of an aqueous dispersion of semicrystalline nano- and/or microfibrillated cellulose supplemented with at least one silver salt, in the presence of a reducing agent.
A boundary layer ingestion fan system for location aft of the fuselage of an aircraft, comprising: a nacelle defining a duct ; a fan located within the duct, the fan comprising a hub arranged to rotate around a rotational axis (A-A) and a plurality of blades attached to the hub, each of which has a span (r) from a root at the hub defining a 0 percent span position (r = 0) to a tip defining a 100 percent span position (r = 1) and a plurality of span positions therebetween (r ∈ ), characterized in that each plurality of blades has a stagger angle at the 0 percent span position (ζ hub ) relative to the rotational axis of 40 degrees or greater. a nacelle defining a duct ; a fan located within the duct, the fan comprising a hub arranged to rotate around a rotational axis (A-A) and a plurality of blades attached to the hub, each of which has a span (r) from a root at the hub defining a 0 percent span position (r = 0) to a tip defining a 100 percent span position (r = 1) and a plurality of span positions therebetween (r ∈ ), characterized in that each plurality of blades has a stagger angle at the 0 percent span position (ζ hub ) relative to the rotational axis of 40 degrees or greater.
An armchair with passive limb-exercising elements, comprising a seat base that incorporates at least one passive arm-exercising element and is articulated at the rear part to a foldable back by means of a first hinged shaft and at the front part to a skirt by means of a second hinged shaft , the skirt incorporating a passive foot-exercising element , wherein the two hinged shafts are motor-driven, the armchair being characterised in that it comprises at least one projection that is solidly joined to the back at one end and, at the other end, joined by means of an articulation to a support that holds a passive arm-exercising element , the support being solidly joined to an actuator comprising: - a rod solidly joined to a stud at one end and joined to a thread body in an articulated manner at the other end, - a motor with a threaded driveshaft coupled to the thread body , wherein: - the stud rotates freely in a hole of the projection , - the thread body is articulated, - the rod is articulated to the thread body by means of a screw shaft , such that the rotation of the motor and of the driveshaft causes the movement of the thread body and the corresponding rotation of the rod and of the support around the stud , the thread body absorbing this rotation upon rotating around the screw shaft . - a rod solidly joined to a stud at one end and joined to a thread body in an articulated manner at the other end, - a motor with a threaded driveshaft coupled to the thread body , - the stud rotates freely in a hole of the projection , - the thread body is articulated, - the rod is articulated to the thread body by means of a screw shaft ,
A method for verification of the password of a dongle , comprising, following the connection of said dongle to an associated user terminal , a step of receipt, by a first electronic processing module for processing the dongle, of a password to be validated (mdp'), entered by a user requesting access to the user terminal, said method being characterized in that it further comprises the following steps implemented by the electronic processing module of the dongle, a memory of the dongle storing a first cryptographic quantity (CHIFF _CST _dongle_i) equal to the result of encrypting, in confidentiality only, a first constant (CST_dongle_i) using a first symmetric key (Ksym_i) cryptographically derived from the password of the dongle, the memory of the dongle further storing the obtaining function (DERIVE_Ksym(;)) of the symmetric key: - determination of a second symmetric key (Ksym_i') by applying the said obtaining function (DERIVE_Ksym(;)) of a key symmetric to the received password to be validated; - obtaining a second constant (CST_dongle_i') by decrypting the first cryptographic quantity (CHIFF_CST_dongle_i) stored in the memory of the dongle using the second determined symmetric key; and - delivery by the dongle of a set of data, including a data determined according to the second constant (CST_dongle_i') to the user terminal, with a view to the validation by the latter of the password entered according to the said set of data and the first constant (CST_dongle_i). - determination of a second symmetric key (Ksym_i') by applying the said obtaining function (DERIVE_Ksym(;)) of a key symmetric to the received password to be validated; - obtaining a second constant (CST_dongle_i') by decrypting the first cryptographic quantity (CHIFF_CST_dongle_i) stored in the memory of the dongle using the second determined symmetric key; and - delivery by the dongle of a set of data, including a data determined according to the second constant (CST_dongle_i') to the user terminal, with a view to the validation by the latter of the password entered according to the said set of data and the first constant (CST_dongle_i).
A cell observation system for observing a cell moving in a flow path with a fluid , the system comprising: a first imaging apparatus including a first optical system and a first imaging element , the first imaging apparatus arranged to capture an image of the cell by receiving, by the first imaging element , light reaching the first imaging element from the cell at a first position in a moving direction of the cell in the flow path through the first optical system ; a second imaging apparatus including a second optical system , in which a focus is adjusted based on a focus adjustment signal, and a second imaging element , the second imaging apparatus arranged to capture an image of the cell by receiving, by the second imaging element , light reaching the second imaging element from the cell at a second position downstream of the first position in the moving direction of the cell in the flow path through the second optical system ; and a control device arranged to input the image obtained by imaging by the first imaging element of the first imaging apparatus , analyze the image to obtain a passing position of the cell in a cross section of the flow path , and generate the focus adjustment signal based on the obtained passing position to provide the focus adjustment signal to the second optical system of the second imaging apparatus , wherein the cell is focused on a region near a center in the cross section of the flow path in advance upstream of the first position and the second position for restricting a focus deviation amount of the passing position of the cell. a first imaging apparatus including a first optical system and a first imaging element , the first imaging apparatus arranged to capture an image of the cell by receiving, by the first imaging element , light reaching the first imaging element from the cell at a first position in a moving direction of the cell in the flow path through the first optical system ; a second imaging apparatus including a second optical system , in which a focus is adjusted based on a focus adjustment signal, and a second imaging element , the second imaging apparatus arranged to capture an image of the cell by receiving, by the second imaging element , light reaching the second imaging element from the cell at a second position downstream of the first position in the moving direction of the cell in the flow path through the second optical system ; and a control device arranged to input the image obtained by imaging by the first imaging element of the first imaging apparatus , analyze the image to obtain a passing position of the cell in a cross section of the flow path , and generate the focus adjustment signal based on the obtained passing position to provide the focus adjustment signal to the second optical system of the second imaging apparatus , wherein the cell is focused on a region near a center in the cross section of the flow path in advance upstream of the first position and the second position for restricting a focus deviation amount of the passing position of the cell.
A lubricant composition comprising: (a) base-stock comprising: (i) at least one relatively low viscosity polyalphaolefin, wherein the low viscosity polyalphaolefin comprises at least a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity of 4 cSt at 100°C, (ii) at least one diester, and (iii) at least one API Group III mineral base oil; (b) viscosity improver comprising: (i) at least one relatively high viscosity polyalphaolefin, and (ii) at least one olefin copolymer; and wherein said viscosity improver comprises a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity of 100 cSt at 100°C; (c) a performance additive comprising at least one additive effective to improve at least one property of the lubricant and/or the performance of the equipment in which the lubricant is to be used; (d) at least one pour-point depressant; and, optionally, (e) at least one antifoam agent; wherein said lubricant composition meets the American Petroleum Institute's GL-5 and SAE J2360 performance classification requirements and has a viscosity of less than 150,000 cP at -40°C, a kinematic viscosity of less than 150,000 cSt at -40 °C, and a kinematic viscosity of at least 18.5 cSt at 100°C, (a) base-stock comprising: (i) at least one relatively low viscosity polyalphaolefin, wherein the low viscosity polyalphaolefin comprises at least a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity of 4 cSt at 100°C, (ii) at least one diester, and (iii) at least one API Group III mineral base oil; (i) at least one relatively low viscosity polyalphaolefin, wherein the low viscosity polyalphaolefin comprises at least a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity of 4 cSt at 100°C, (ii) at least one diester, and (iii) at least one API Group III mineral base oil; (b) viscosity improver comprising: (i) at least one relatively high viscosity polyalphaolefin, and (ii) at least one olefin copolymer; and wherein said viscosity improver comprises a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity of 100 cSt at 100°C; (i) at least one relatively high viscosity polyalphaolefin, and (ii) at least one olefin copolymer; and wherein said viscosity improver comprises a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity of 100 cSt at 100°C; (c) a performance additive comprising at least one additive effective to improve at least one property of the lubricant and/or the performance of the equipment in which the lubricant is to be used; (d) at least one pour-point depressant; and, optionally, (e) at least one antifoam agent;