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An end effector for use with a surgical stapler, wherein said end effector comprises: a cartridge body comprising a longitudinal axis; a curved or spiral slot defined in the cartridge body ; a plurality of staple cavities defined in said cartridge body , comprising: a first annular row of staple cavities extending around said longitudinal axis; and a second annular row of staple cavities extending around said longitudinal axis; staples removably stored in said staple cavities ; a plurality of staple drivers configured to push the staples out of the staple cavities ; a firing member configured to lift the staple drivers within the staple cavities to eject the staples from the staple cavities , the firing member comprising: a base slidably positioned within a recess defined in a firing drive , characterized in that the firing member comprises a ramp slidably positioned within the curved or spiral slot defined in the cartridge body and rotatable within the slot about said longitudinal axis, wherein the curved or spiral slot is configured to guide the ramp as the ramp slides within the slot and sequentially engages the staple drivers to sequentially eject the staples from the staple cavities . a cartridge body comprising a longitudinal axis; a curved or spiral slot defined in the cartridge body ; a plurality of staple cavities defined in said cartridge body , comprising: a first annular row of staple cavities extending around said longitudinal axis; and a second annular row of staple cavities extending around said longitudinal axis; a first annular row of staple cavities extending around said longitudinal axis; and a second annular row of staple cavities extending around said longitudinal axis; staples removably stored in said staple cavities ; a plurality of staple drivers configured to push the staples out of the staple cavities ; a firing member configured to lift the staple drivers within the staple cavities to eject the staples from the staple cavities , the firing member comprising: a base slidably positioned within a recess defined in a firing drive , characterized in that the firing member comprises a ramp slidably positioned within the curved or spiral slot defined in the cartridge body and rotatable within the slot about said longitudinal axis, wherein the curved or spiral slot is configured to guide the ramp as the ramp slides within the slot and sequentially engages the staple drivers to sequentially eject the staples from the staple cavities .
Device for applying steam to a moving paper web, cardboard web, tissue web or another fibrous material web , comprising a steam blower box with a steam distribution device , multiple separate zones with zone valves and nozzles which are directed at the fibrous material web and are connected to a steam supply line which maintains the steam at a pressure of greater than 4 bar, typically greater than 6 bar, characterized in that directly in or on the steam blower box there is a further device for reducing the steam pressure, comprising a steam valve in the feed line, a dosing device with a nozzle for introducing cooling water, and a state measuring means for the expanded steam.
Terrace roof with a front end supported by front supports and with a canopy projecting forwards over the plane spanned by the supports , whereby the canopy is pivotable, characterised in that the terrace roof has a transverse beam which is supported by the front supports and to which the canopy is fastened so as to be pivotable.
A smoking article comprising: a tobacco rod; a filter comprising a plug of filtration material that defines a downstream end segment of the smoking article, the plug being surrounded by one or more filter wrappers; and tipping material attaching the tobacco rod and the filter; wherein the hardness of the smoking article at the downstream end segment is at least 90% and no more than 94%, wherein the filtration material extends to the furthest downstream end of the filter; wherein the one or more filter wrappers have a basis weight between 70 grams per square metre and 80 grams per square metre, and a porosity of less than 100 Coresta units. a tobacco rod; a filter comprising a plug of filtration material that defines a downstream end segment of the smoking article, the plug being surrounded by one or more filter wrappers; and tipping material attaching the tobacco rod and the filter; wherein the hardness of the smoking article at the downstream end segment is at least 90% and no more than 94%, wherein the filtration material extends to the furthest downstream end of the filter; wherein the one or more filter wrappers have a basis weight between 70 grams per square metre and 80 grams per square metre, and a porosity of less than 100 Coresta units.
A vehicle brake system comprising: a first master cylinder configured to activate a first brake device for applying a braking force to at least one of a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle ; a first operator configured to be operated by a hand of a user; a second operator configured to be operated by a hand or a foot of the user; and a third operator configured to be operated by a foot of the user, characterized in that the first master cylinder is configured to be operated according to a resultant force of forces applied to the first operator , the second operator , and the third operator . a first master cylinder configured to activate a first brake device for applying a braking force to at least one of a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle ; a first operator configured to be operated by a hand of a user; a second operator configured to be operated by a hand or a foot of the user; and a third operator configured to be operated by a foot of the user, characterized in that the first master cylinder is configured to be operated according to a resultant force of forces applied to the first operator , the second operator , and the third operator .
A protein having the following physicochemical characteristics: effect: oxidizing a saccharide to a saccharic acid; substrate specificity: acting on glucose, maltotriose, maltose, galactose, maltotetraose, lactose, and cellobiose; and, [Km value of glucose]/[Km value of maltose] ≤ 1, or, molecular weight: about 63 kDa (measurement by SDS-PAGE method) wherein the protein consists of an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of 70% or more with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ.ID.NO:10 and wherein the Km values are calculated by the method indicated in Example 8. effect: oxidizing a saccharide to a saccharic acid; substrate specificity: acting on glucose, maltotriose, maltose, galactose, maltotetraose, lactose, and cellobiose; and, [Km value of glucose]/[Km value of maltose] ≤ 1, or, molecular weight: about 63 kDa (measurement by SDS-PAGE method)
A ball screw mechanism comprising: a screw shaft having an outer circumferential surface provided with a helical screw groove; a cylindrical nut having an inner circumferential surface provided with a helical screw groove corresponding to the screw groove of the screw shaft ; a plurality of balls ; wherein the nut is threadedly engaged with the screw groove of the screw shaft through the plurality of balls , an axial force is applied to the screw shaft in accordance with rotation of the nut , the nut includes a uniform diameter portion and an enlarged diameter portion , the uniform diameter portion having a uniform inside diameter, the enlarged diameter portion having an inside diameter larger than the inside diameter of the uniform diameter portion , and the enlarged diameter portion is provided at at least one of opposite axial ends of a region on the inner circumferential surface of the nut , characterized in that a cylindrical retainer is provided between the screw shaft and the nut , the retainer has a retainer groove that retains the plurality of balls to allow the plurality of balls to avoid contact with each other and the region faces the retainer groove and retainer ends adjoining to opposite axial ends of the retainer groove . a screw shaft having an outer circumferential surface provided with a helical screw groove; a cylindrical nut having an inner circumferential surface provided with a helical screw groove corresponding to the screw groove of the screw shaft ; a plurality of balls ; wherein the nut is threadedly engaged with the screw groove of the screw shaft through the plurality of balls , an axial force is applied to the screw shaft in accordance with rotation of the nut , the nut includes a uniform diameter portion and an enlarged diameter portion , the uniform diameter portion having a uniform inside diameter, the enlarged diameter portion having an inside diameter larger than the inside diameter of the uniform diameter portion , and the enlarged diameter portion is provided at at least one of opposite axial ends of a region on the inner circumferential surface of the nut , characterized in that a cylindrical retainer is provided between the screw shaft and the nut , the retainer has a retainer groove that retains the plurality of balls to allow the plurality of balls to avoid contact with each other and the region faces the retainer groove and retainer ends adjoining to opposite axial ends of the retainer groove .
A hydraulic assembly for a heat pump system (1, 1*, 1**, 1***) for room heating and for the production of domestic hot water, in which a heat pump is hydraulically connected to a hydraulic network having a room heating circuit and a domestic hot water heating circuit ; the heat pump is provided with a heat exchanger ; with an auxiliary heater in hydraulic connection with the heat exchanger and provided with a number of electric resistances arranged inside a housing; and with a filtering element in hydraulic connection with the heat exchanger for the impurities released into the water having an outer tank ; wherein the hydraulic assembly is hydraulically connectable to the heat exchanger in a direct manner; and comprises a support body comprising a first portion and a second portion ; wherein the first portion at least partially defines said housing, has a first axis (X 45 ) and is provided with a first union for the connection to the heat exchanger ; the second portion comprises a body having a second axis (X 58 ) orthogonal to the first axis (X 45 ), which defines said tank and is provided with a second union for the connection to the heat exchanger ; the hydraulic assembly is characterized in that the support body is further provided with: - a third union having a third axis (X 49 ) for the connection to an air relief valve ; and/or - a pair of fourth unions having a common fourth axis (X 54 ) for a safety valve ; and/or - a pair of fifth unions having a common fifth axis (X 56 ) for an expansion tank ; and/or - a pair of sixth unions having a common sixth axis (X 57 ) for a tap . - a third union having a third axis (X 49 ) for the connection to an air relief valve ; and/or - a pair of fourth unions having a common fourth axis (X 54 ) for a safety valve ; and/or - a pair of fifth unions having a common fifth axis (X 56 ) for an expansion tank ; and/or - a pair of sixth unions having a common sixth axis (X 57 ) for a tap .
An elevator system, comprising: at least one car ; driving elements , each of the driving elements being configured to drive a corresponding car to a waiting area from which at least one passenger boards the corresponding car ; and characterised by further comprising: at least one sensor configured to identify a presence of more than one passenger intending to board a car and standing or sitting in the waiting area , and configured to determine a characteristic of the more than one passenger intending to board the car when the car is servicing the waiting area ; and a controller configured to compare a capacity of the car servicing the waiting area to the characteristic of the more than one passenger when the car is servicing the waiting area , and to drive at least one additional car to the waiting area when a capacity of the corresponding car is less than the characteristic of the more than one passenger . at least one car ; driving elements , each of the driving elements being configured to drive a corresponding car to a waiting area from which at least one passenger boards the corresponding car ; and characterised by further comprising: at least one sensor configured to identify a presence of more than one passenger intending to board a car and standing or sitting in the waiting area , and configured to determine a characteristic of the more than one passenger intending to board the car when the car is servicing the waiting area ; and a controller configured to compare a capacity of the car servicing the waiting area to the characteristic of the more than one passenger when the car is servicing the waiting area , and to drive at least one additional car to the waiting area when a capacity of the corresponding car is less than the characteristic of the more than one passenger . at least one sensor configured to identify a presence of more than one passenger intending to board a car and standing or sitting in the waiting area , and configured to determine a characteristic of the more than one passenger intending to board the car when the car is servicing the waiting area ; and a controller configured to compare a capacity of the car servicing the waiting area to the characteristic of the more than one passenger when the car is servicing the waiting area , and to drive at least one additional car to the waiting area when a capacity of the corresponding car is less than the characteristic of the more than one passenger .
Gap bridging in the form of a folding/sliding step for a rail vehicle for bridging the gap between a passenger compartment floor and a platform , comprising a step plate , which is mounted such that it can be shifted horizontally by means of a force drive between a retracted position and an extended position, as well as any number of intermediate positions, and a pivot arm , which is connected to the step plate in an articulated manner by means of a joint , wherein the pivot arm is equipped with a pivot joint , which can be shifted vertically, at its end facing away from the joint , wherein the shifting of the pivot joint that can be shifted vertically takes place by way of the effect of the force drive , and wherein the pivot joint that can be shifted vertically can be blocked in its vertical freedom of movement when the step plate is in the extended position, characterised in that a pullback facility is provided, which exerts a restoring force applied by means of a spring upon the pivot arm in a rest position, wherein the blocking and the cancelling of the blocking of the vertical freedom of movement of the pivot joint that can be shifted vertically takes place by means of the force applied by the force drive , such that the force drive acts upon a push-and-pull rod , which is connected to the step plate by means of a spring , wherein once the step plate has reached the extended position, the push-and-pull rod can still be moved by a further path section and this further movement can be transmitted to the shiftable pivot joint via a locking lever and actuates a blocking facility on the shiftable pivot joint .
A method comprising: receiving , by an authoritative domain name service, DNS, server from a recursive resolver, a DNS request to resolve a query on behalf of a client; determining , by the authoritative DNS server, whether the recursive resolver provides information identifying the client or conceals identification of the client; identifying , by the authoritative DNS server, a redirect server based on the recursive resolver concealing identification of the client or the resolved server based on the recursive resolver providing information identifying the client; and transmitting , by the authoritative DNS server, to the recursive resolver, a response to the DNS request including an address of one of the redirect server or the resolved server, the address being identified at the identifying step based on a result of the determining step. receiving , by an authoritative domain name service, DNS, server from a recursive resolver, a DNS request to resolve a query on behalf of a client; determining , by the authoritative DNS server, whether the recursive resolver provides information identifying the client or conceals identification of the client; identifying , by the authoritative DNS server, a redirect server based on the recursive resolver concealing identification of the client or the resolved server based on the recursive resolver providing information identifying the client; and transmitting , by the authoritative DNS server, to the recursive resolver, a response to the DNS request including an address of one of the redirect server or the resolved server, the address being identified at the identifying step based on a result of the determining step.
A system for projecting images onto a target area, comprising: an optical fiber assembly comprising a plurality of optical fibers operable to provide illumination to the target area; an optical system optically coupled with the optical fiber assembly, the optical system operable to focus illumination from the optical fiber assembly to produce a plurality of focal planes located at different distances with respect to an optical axis in the optical system; a scanner actuator coupled to the optical fiber assembly and configured to actuate distal portions associated with the plurality of optical fibers to scan, either together or individually, in a scan pattern on the plurality of focal planes; and one or more processors comprising a tangible medium, the tangible medium comprising instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to project, based at least in part on the illumination provided to the target area, a 3-D composite image having a depth of field spanning over a distance between the plurality of focal planes. an optical fiber assembly comprising a plurality of optical fibers operable to provide illumination to the target area; an optical system optically coupled with the optical fiber assembly, the optical system operable to focus illumination from the optical fiber assembly to produce a plurality of focal planes located at different distances with respect to an optical axis in the optical system; a scanner actuator coupled to the optical fiber assembly and configured to actuate distal portions associated with the plurality of optical fibers to scan, either together or individually, in a scan pattern on the plurality of focal planes; and one or more processors comprising a tangible medium, the tangible medium comprising instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to project, based at least in part on the illumination provided to the target area, a 3-D composite image having a depth of field spanning over a distance between the plurality of focal planes.
A personal accessory comprising a capsule having at least one transparent section through which a user/wearer can see inside the capsule, the capsule containing at least one liquid , the capsule containing at least one decorative element immersed in the liquid, wherein at least one part of one of the decorative elements immersed in the liquid has a light refraction index which is substantially identical to that of the liquid , such as less than 10% different from that of the liquid, preferably less than 5%, ideally less than 3% different, so that said part of one of the decorative elements is made essentially invisible to an observer, wherein the liquid is enclosed in said capsule by a plurality of physical boundaries which are liquid-tight wherein at least one physical boundary (114, 210, 312, 314, 436, 436', 436", 536, 636, 646, 710) is moveable so as to accommodate thermal expansion or contraction of the liquid caused by temperature variations over a given temperature range thereby preventing leaking, bursting, and the generation of bubbles, thus adapting the liquid containing chamber volume to the ambient temperature.
A method of removing a photoresist and dry etching residue on a surface of a semiconductor element having a low-k film and a material that contains 10 atomic % or more of tantalum, said method comprising using a cleaning solution that contains 0.01 to 50% by mass of hydrogen peroxide, 0.003 to 1% by mass of an alkaline earth metal compound, 0.1 to 20% by mass of an alkali, and water, wherein the alkaline earth metal compound is at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a calcium compound, a strontium compound and a barium compound, wherein the alkali is at least one substance selected from the group consisting of potassium hydroxide, potassium acetate, potassium carbonate, potassium phosphate, ammonia, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, triethylamine, ethanolamine and 1-amino-2-propanol, and wherein the pH value of the cleaning solution is 7 to 14.
A tobacco product package , comprising: at least two cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction; a wrapping covering at least part of the outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products ; and a tear strip disposed in the alignment direction along the wrapping and being configured for tearing apart the wrapping when being pulled by a user, characterized in that the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products and is configured for tearing off at the at least one weakening line when being pulled by a user. at least two cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction; a wrapping covering at least part of the outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products ; and a tear strip disposed in the alignment direction along the wrapping and being configured for tearing apart the wrapping when being pulled by a user, characterized in that the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products and is configured for tearing off at the at least one weakening line when being pulled by a user.