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A surgical instrument , comprising: an elongate shaft ; and a surgical end effector coupled to said elongate shaft by an articulation joint , wherein said articulation joint is configured to facilitate selective articulation of said surgical end effector relative to said elongate shaft, and wherein said surgical end effector comprises a firing member supported for axial travel within said surgical end effector between a starting position and an ending position; and characterized by : a loose-linked drive member operably supported by said elongate shaft and traversing said articulation joint, wherein said loose-linked drive member is configured to accommodate said articulation of said surgical end effector relative to said elongate shaft; and means for converting a portion of said loose-linked drive member that is distal to said articulation joint into a rigid drive member , wherein the means for converting is configured to drive the rigid drive member to apply axial drive motions to said firing member to drive said firing member between said starting position and said ending position. an elongate shaft ; and a surgical end effector coupled to said elongate shaft by an articulation joint , wherein said articulation joint is configured to facilitate selective articulation of said surgical end effector relative to said elongate shaft, and wherein said surgical end effector comprises a firing member supported for axial travel within said surgical end effector between a starting position and an ending position; and characterized by : a loose-linked drive member operably supported by said elongate shaft and traversing said articulation joint, wherein said loose-linked drive member is configured to accommodate said articulation of said surgical end effector relative to said elongate shaft; and means for converting a portion of said loose-linked drive member that is distal to said articulation joint into a rigid drive member , wherein the means for converting is configured to drive the rigid drive member to apply axial drive motions to said firing member to drive said firing member between said starting position and said ending position. a loose-linked drive member operably supported by said elongate shaft and traversing said articulation joint, wherein said loose-linked drive member is configured to accommodate said articulation of said surgical end effector relative to said elongate shaft; and means for converting a portion of said loose-linked drive member that is distal to said articulation joint into a rigid drive member , wherein the means for converting is configured to drive the rigid drive member to apply axial drive motions to said firing member to drive said firing member between said starting position and said ending position.
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment ; a refrigerating compartment door configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment ; a freezing compartment door configured to open and close the freezing compartment ; a dispenser ; an ice maker ; a water tank detachably disposed on a rear surface of the refrigerating compartment door ; and a tank connection member disposed in the refrigerating compartment door and connectable to the water tank when the water tank is mounted to provide a passage branched toward the dispenser and the ice maker , wherein the tank connection member comprises a connector that is branched into a dispenser-side connection part for supplying water from the water tank to the dispenser and an ice maker-side connection part for supplying water to the ice maker , the refrigerator being characterised by : the dispenser being provided in a front surface of the refrigerating compartment door , the ice maker being provided in the freezing compartment door , the water tank being placed above the dispenser to supply water by a self-weight of the water. a cabinet defining a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment ; a refrigerating compartment door configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment ; a freezing compartment door configured to open and close the freezing compartment ; a dispenser ; an ice maker ; a water tank detachably disposed on a rear surface of the refrigerating compartment door ; and a tank connection member disposed in the refrigerating compartment door and connectable to the water tank when the water tank is mounted to provide a passage branched toward the dispenser and the ice maker , wherein the tank connection member comprises a connector that is branched into a dispenser-side connection part for supplying water from the water tank to the dispenser and an ice maker-side connection part for supplying water to the ice maker , the refrigerator being characterised by : the dispenser being provided in a front surface of the refrigerating compartment door , the ice maker being provided in the freezing compartment door , the water tank being placed above the dispenser to supply water by a self-weight of the water. the dispenser being provided in a front surface of the refrigerating compartment door , the ice maker being provided in the freezing compartment door , the water tank being placed above the dispenser to supply water by a self-weight of the water.
A headphone system comprising: an acoustic transducer to convert a driver signal into an acoustic signal ; a microphone to provide a feedback signal ; a first processing component configured to process the feedback signal through a feedback transfer function to provide an anti-noise signal , the driver signal being based at least in part upon the anti-noise signal; characterized in that the headphone system further comprises: a filter to filter the driver signal and provide a reference signal , the filter configured to have a second transfer function that is inverse of the feedback transfer function; and a second processing component to compare the feedback signal to the reference signal to determine a feedback instability based upon the comparison. an acoustic transducer to convert a driver signal into an acoustic signal ; a microphone to provide a feedback signal ; a first processing component configured to process the feedback signal through a feedback transfer function to provide an anti-noise signal , the driver signal being based at least in part upon the anti-noise signal; characterized in that the headphone system further comprises: a filter to filter the driver signal and provide a reference signal , the filter configured to have a second transfer function that is inverse of the feedback transfer function; and a second processing component to compare the feedback signal to the reference signal to determine a feedback instability based upon the comparison. a filter to filter the driver signal and provide a reference signal , the filter configured to have a second transfer function that is inverse of the feedback transfer function; and a second processing component to compare the feedback signal to the reference signal to determine a feedback instability based upon the comparison.
Method for producing or propagating an engineered bacteriophage, comprising the steps of: - providing a functional synthetic genome of an engineered bacteriophage being able to infect a target bacterium, - providing a recipient bacterium, - transforming said recipient bacterium with said functional synthetic genome in a transformation step, yielding a transformed recipient bacterium, - incubating said transformed recipient bacterium in a first incubation step, wherein said engineered bacteriophage is propagated within said transformed recipient bacterium, and - further incubating said transformed recipient bacterium or said propagated engineered bacteriophage released from said transformed recipient bacterium with a target bacterium in a second incubation step, wherein said propagated engineered bacteriophage infects said target bacterium and is further propagated within said target bacterium, wherein said recipient bacterium is a cell wall-deficient bacterium. - providing a functional synthetic genome of an engineered bacteriophage being able to infect a target bacterium, - providing a recipient bacterium, - transforming said recipient bacterium with said functional synthetic genome in a transformation step, yielding a transformed recipient bacterium, - incubating said transformed recipient bacterium in a first incubation step, wherein said engineered bacteriophage is propagated within said transformed recipient bacterium, and - further incubating said transformed recipient bacterium or said propagated engineered bacteriophage released from said transformed recipient bacterium with a target bacterium in a second incubation step, wherein said propagated engineered bacteriophage infects said target bacterium and is further propagated within said target bacterium,
Pharmaceutical composition in solid form comprising, per dosage unit, between 5 and 400 mg of a PEG with a grade of 3000 or more, for use in the topical treatment or prevention of vaginal atrophy.
Method for the wet treatment of laundry, wherein the laundry is at least washed in a treatment liquid and the laundry is disinfected with disinfectant, and the disinfectant is measured after the disinfection or before and after the disinfection, characterized in that , with at least one sensor for a respective specific disinfectant, the concentration of the respective disinfectant in the treatment liquid is measured, in that various sensors for different disinfectants, according to the type of laundry, are provided and specifically measure the concentration in the treatment liquid of the respective disinfectant used and, when there is too low a concentration of the at least one disinfectant in the treatment liquid measured after washing, the washing is continued beyond the post-disinfection time period.
A processing machine comprising - a housing , - a spindle having a hollow bore, which spindle is rotatably mounted in the housing and can be driven by a motor , - a tool holder arranged in or on the spindle and - a rod which is movable within the hollow bore of the spindle and connected to a length measuring system , characterized by - a screw-in tool arranged in the tool holder , the screw-in tool comprising a base part , which is clamped in the tool holder , and has a receptacle , which can be longitudinally displaced in the base part but is rotationally coupled therewith, for a screw and/or a thread insert , characterized in that the rod is movable up to said receptacle . - a housing , - a spindle having a hollow bore, which spindle is rotatably mounted in the housing and can be driven by a motor , - a tool holder arranged in or on the spindle and - a rod which is movable within the hollow bore of the spindle and connected to a length measuring system , - a screw-in tool arranged in the tool holder , the screw-in tool comprising a base part , which is clamped in the tool holder , and has a receptacle , which can be longitudinally displaced in the base part but is rotationally coupled therewith, for a screw and/or a thread insert , characterized in that the rod is movable up to said receptacle .
A parking lock for a motor vehicle, the parking lock having: - a housing , - a locking pawl , which is pivotably arranged about an axis of rotation (a) and has a pawl tooth which is designed for positive engagement in a parking lock gear, - an actuator for actuating the locking pawl so that the locking pawl can be brought into reversible engagement with the parking lock gear with the pawl tooth thereof, - a movable transmission means which transmits the movement of the actuator to the locking pawl , characterised in that - the parking lock has a spring assembly as a stop for the movable transmission means. - a housing , - a locking pawl , which is pivotably arranged about an axis of rotation (a) and has a pawl tooth which is designed for positive engagement in a parking lock gear, - an actuator for actuating the locking pawl so that the locking pawl can be brought into reversible engagement with the parking lock gear with the pawl tooth thereof, - a movable transmission means which transmits the movement of the actuator to the locking pawl , characterised in that - the parking lock has a spring assembly as a stop for the movable transmission means.
Method for decoupled transmission of data between networks with different security requirements, in which first data are transmitted in a first network with high security requirements by a first application in a communication exclusively between components within the first network via multiple communication connections (16.1, 16.2), wherein - data are passively monitored and captured in decoupled fashion in the first network by at least one monitoring device (17.1, 17.2) per communication connection (16.1, 16.2) that produces a one-way communication, and are transferred to a second network with lower security requirements and wherein second data of a second application are transmitted between components (123.1, 123.2) within the second network , - data are captured in the second network by at least one second monitoring device and are transferred to the first network , - a reconstructed communication of the second application is created from the captured data and, just in the event of successful reconstruction, second data are transferred to components of the first network. - data are passively monitored and captured in decoupled fashion in the first network by at least one monitoring device (17.1, 17.2) per communication connection (16.1, 16.2) that produces a one-way communication, and are transferred to a second network with lower security requirements and wherein second data of a second application are transmitted between components (123.1, 123.2) within the second network , - data are captured in the second network by at least one second monitoring device and are transferred to the first network , - a reconstructed communication of the second application is created from the captured data and, just in the event of successful reconstruction, second data are transferred to components of the first network.
A method for mixing with a static mixer a heat-dissipating material comprising a thermally conductive resin composition, wherein the thermally conductive resin composition comprises a resin component and a thermally conductive filler, wherein the method for mixing a heat-dissipating material comprises a step of determining a capacity (V) of the static mixer based on an injection amount (Q) per process unit time, a process unit time (td) and a time (t2) during which the viscosity of the heat-dissipating material flowing out of the static mixer becomes twice the initial mixing viscosity, wherein the heat-dissipating material is sequentially injected into first and second external devices with the static mixer, and the process unit time is the difference between the time on which the heat-dissipating material starts to be injected into the second external device and the time on which the heat-dissipating material starts to be injected into the first external device, wherein the capacity of the static mixer (V) is determined by Equation 1 below: V < t 2 / td * Q , and wherein the time (t2) during which the initial mixing viscosity is doubled is 1 to 10 minutes. wherein the method for mixing a heat-dissipating material comprises a step of determining a capacity (V) of the static mixer based on an injection amount (Q) per process unit time, a process unit time (td) and a time (t2) during which the viscosity of the heat-dissipating material flowing out of the static mixer becomes twice the initial mixing viscosity, wherein the heat-dissipating material is sequentially injected into first and second external devices with the static mixer, and the process unit time is the difference between the time on which the heat-dissipating material starts to be injected into the second external device and the time on which the heat-dissipating material starts to be injected into the first external device, wherein the capacity of the static mixer (V) is determined by Equation 1 below: V < t 2 / td * Q , and wherein the time (t2) during which the initial mixing viscosity is doubled is 1 to 10 minutes.
A method for producing a compound B, which comprises reacting a compound A as a starting material by means of stannous chloride in accordance with the following reaction formula and which includes a purification step of bringing the above reaction liquid into contact with a mixed liquid of a compound having a benzene ring and a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution to carry out liquid separation and obtaining the compound B from the obtained organic layer: where the compound A may be a single compound or a mixture of plural compounds.
Washing machine with a device for irradiation with UV light, said device having: - a fluid passage for receiving fluid and/or flowing through of fluid, - at least one UV light source which is arranged completely within the fluid passage , - an energy source for the at least one UV light source , the energy source being arranged completely outside the fluid passage , - energy transfer means for a wireless and contactless transmission of energy from the energy source to the at least one UV light source , wherein the fluid passage is a receptacle housing for a drum of the washing machine , the drum being configured to rotate in the receptacle housing and the receptacle housing being not rotatable, at least a part of the energy transfer means being arranged on the outside of the receptacle housing, and the at least one UV light source being arranged in the receptacle housing , wherein - only one energy source is provided both for the UV light source and for a drive motor for the drum of the washing machine , - the energy source comprises a power controller or a converter, and characterized in that : - the energy transfer means comprise a microwave device outside of the fluid passage with at least one microwave generator and at least one microwave antenna , the UV light source being an electrodeless microwave lamp , or - the energy transfer means comprise an induction device outside of the fluid passage with at least one induction generator and with at least one external induction coil, the UV light source being an inductively coupled induction lamp. - a fluid passage for receiving fluid and/or flowing through of fluid, - at least one UV light source which is arranged completely within the fluid passage , - an energy source for the at least one UV light source , the energy source being arranged completely outside the fluid passage , - energy transfer means for a wireless and contactless transmission of energy from the energy source to the at least one UV light source , wherein the fluid passage is a receptacle housing for a drum of the washing machine , the drum being configured to rotate in the receptacle housing and the receptacle housing being not rotatable, at least a part of the energy transfer means being arranged on the outside of the receptacle housing, and the at least one UV light source being arranged in the receptacle housing , - only one energy source is provided both for the UV light source and for a drive motor for the drum of the washing machine , - the energy source comprises a power controller or a converter, and - the energy transfer means comprise a microwave device outside of the fluid passage with at least one microwave generator and at least one microwave antenna , the UV light source being an electrodeless microwave lamp , or - the energy transfer means comprise an induction device outside of the fluid passage with at least one induction generator and with at least one external induction coil, the UV light source being an inductively coupled induction lamp.
A liquid discharge head comprising: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles from each of which a liquid is to be discharged, the multiple nozzles arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the nozzle plate ; a channel substrate on the nozzle plate in a lamination direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, the channel substrate including: multiple channels arrayed in the longitudinal direction in a channel region of the channel substrate , the multiple channels respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles ; a first recess outside the channel region in the longitudinal direction; and a flat portion between the channel region and the first recess in the longitudinal direction, characterised in that the first recess includes multiple recesses discrete at a first interval around the periphery of the channel region on the plane of the channel substrate . a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles from each of which a liquid is to be discharged, the multiple nozzles arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the nozzle plate ; a channel substrate on the nozzle plate in a lamination direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, the channel substrate including: multiple channels arrayed in the longitudinal direction in a channel region of the channel substrate , the multiple channels respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles ; a first recess outside the channel region in the longitudinal direction; and a flat portion between the channel region and the first recess in the longitudinal direction, multiple channels arrayed in the longitudinal direction in a channel region of the channel substrate , the multiple channels respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles ; a first recess outside the channel region in the longitudinal direction; and a flat portion between the channel region and the first recess in the longitudinal direction,
A polyester resin for toner, obtained by reacting a mixture of a monomer including an acid component and an alcohol component which is 90 parts by moles or more and 150 parts by moles or less with respect to 100 parts by moles of the acid component; and a compound A, wherein the compound A has any one of a functional group which reacts with an acid, a functional group which reacts with an alcohol, and an ester group, and a hydrocarbon group having 12 carbon atoms or more, the amount of the compound A is 0.1 mass% or more and less than 3 mass% in the mixture, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and ethylene glycol are included as the alcohol component, the total amount of a volatile organic compound (TVOC) is 330 ppm or less, which is determined as indicated in the description, and a ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups derived from the alcohol component to the number of carboxyl groups derived from the acid component (hydroxyl group/carboxyl group) is 1.20 or less. a monomer including an acid component and an alcohol component which is 90 parts by moles or more and 150 parts by moles or less with respect to 100 parts by moles of the acid component; and a compound A, wherein the compound A has any one of a functional group which reacts with an acid, a functional group which reacts with an alcohol, and an ester group, and a hydrocarbon group having 12 carbon atoms or more, the amount of the compound A is 0.1 mass% or more and less than 3 mass% in the mixture, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and ethylene glycol are included as the alcohol component, the total amount of a volatile organic compound (TVOC) is 330 ppm or less, which is determined as indicated in the description, and a ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups derived from the alcohol component to the number of carboxyl groups derived from the acid component (hydroxyl group/carboxyl group) is 1.20 or less.