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A replaceable staple cartridge for use with a circular stapling instrument, wherein said replaceable staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body, comprising: a tissue-supporting deck; and staple cavities defined in said deck; staples removably stored in said staple cavities; an anvil configured to deform said staples; a closure drive comprising a trocar shaft , wherein said anvil is attachable to said trocar shaft , wherein said trocar shaft is movable between an extended position and a retracted position to move said anvil between an open position and a closed position, wherein said trocar shaft extends above said deck when said trocar shaft is in said extended position, and wherein trocar shaft is retracted below said deck when said trocar shaft is in said retracted position; a firing drive movable toward said deck between an unfired position and a fired position to eject said staples from staple cavities once said trocar shaft is in said retracted position, wherein said closure drive is movable to said extended position to re-open said anvil after said staples have been deformed against said anvil ; and characterized by a lockout for preventing said trocar shaft from being returned to said retracted position after said firing drive has ejected said staples from said staple cavities, said lockout comprising a lock arm that is configured to be biased into a lock recess defined in said trocar shaft and/or said anvil when said anvil is opened and to prevent said trocar shaft from being retracted proximally once said lock arm is positioned in said lock recess . a cartridge body, comprising: a tissue-supporting deck; and staple cavities defined in said deck; a tissue-supporting deck; and staple cavities defined in said deck; staples removably stored in said staple cavities; an anvil configured to deform said staples; a closure drive comprising a trocar shaft , wherein said anvil is attachable to said trocar shaft , wherein said trocar shaft is movable between an extended position and a retracted position to move said anvil between an open position and a closed position, wherein said trocar shaft extends above said deck when said trocar shaft is in said extended position, and wherein trocar shaft is retracted below said deck when said trocar shaft is in said retracted position; a firing drive movable toward said deck between an unfired position and a fired position to eject said staples from staple cavities once said trocar shaft is in said retracted position, wherein said closure drive is movable to said extended position to re-open said anvil after said staples have been deformed against said anvil ; and characterized by a lockout for preventing said trocar shaft from being returned to said retracted position after said firing drive has ejected said staples from said staple cavities, said lockout comprising a lock arm that is configured to be biased into a lock recess defined in said trocar shaft and/or said anvil when said anvil is opened and to prevent said trocar shaft from being retracted proximally once said lock arm is positioned in said lock recess .
Method for detecting faults during ignition of a burner for the combustion of a mixture of air and fuel, in which a fan generates an air flow at a predetermined target speed, which is fed to the burner , and the air flow is admixed with a fuel at a fuel inlet by means of a fuel valve with a predetermined target position, wherein during the ignition process, at least the speed (D) of the fan or the position (S) of the fuel valve are monitored by triggering ignition sparks by means of ignition monitoring and wherein characteristic changes to the monitored speed (D) and/or the monitored position (S) are detected and stored or processed as faults during ignition, wherein characteristic changes with short-term differences of up to 2 s [seconds] long in the monitored speed (D) from the predetermined target speed and/or the monitored position (S) from the predetermined target position of more than 20 % serve as an indication of a delayed ignition.
A stabilizing flow feeder, wherein the feeder comprises: an agitating bin provided with an upward opening at the top and configured to receive powder material, an agitating device rotatable about a vertical axis of the agitating bin being disposed in an interior of the agitating bin ; a feeding bin located below the agitating bin , a top of the feeding bin being provided with an inlet communicated with a bottom of the agitating bin , a bottom of the feeding bin being provided with an outlet , an interior of the feeding bin being provided with a feeding impeller rotatable about the vertical axis, the inlet and the outlet being staggered in a circumferential direction around the vertical axis; a driving device configured to drive the agitating device and the feeding impeller to rotate; and an air flow-assisting device having a flow-assisting air path disposed in a top wall of the feeding bin , the flow-assisting air path being air-communicated with the feeding bin and configured to generate, from above the outlet , a flow-assisting air flowing outward through the outlet , characterized in that the stabilizing flow feeder comprises at least two feeding bins which are disposed stacked in an up-and-down direction, the outlet of an upper feeding bin is communicated with the inlet of a lower feeding bin , and the flow-assisting air path is disposed in the lowermost feeding bin. an agitating bin provided with an upward opening at the top and configured to receive powder material, an agitating device rotatable about a vertical axis of the agitating bin being disposed in an interior of the agitating bin ; a feeding bin located below the agitating bin , a top of the feeding bin being provided with an inlet communicated with a bottom of the agitating bin , a bottom of the feeding bin being provided with an outlet , an interior of the feeding bin being provided with a feeding impeller rotatable about the vertical axis, the inlet and the outlet being staggered in a circumferential direction around the vertical axis; a driving device configured to drive the agitating device and the feeding impeller to rotate; and an air flow-assisting device having a flow-assisting air path disposed in a top wall of the feeding bin , the flow-assisting air path being air-communicated with the feeding bin and configured to generate, from above the outlet , a flow-assisting air flowing outward through the outlet , characterized in that the stabilizing flow feeder comprises at least two feeding bins which are disposed stacked in an up-and-down direction, the outlet of an upper feeding bin is communicated with the inlet of a lower feeding bin , and the flow-assisting air path is disposed in the lowermost feeding bin.
A robot control system comprising: a humanoid conversation robot for having a conversation with a user ; a plurality of service execution robots for providing a service to the user ; and a recognition unit arranged to recognize a request and an emotion of the user through the conversation between the user and the humanoid conversation robot ; a determination unit arranged to determine, according to the request and the emotion of the user, a service which is to be provided to the user and a service execution robot which is to execute the service among the plurality of service execution robots , wherein the service execution robot determined by the determination unit executes the determined service; characterized in that the control system further comprises a sensor detecting user information, arranged on a ceiling or a wall of a base point where the robot control system is arranged in, wherein the sensor is a three-dimensional motion sensor and is configured to detect facial expression, behavior, a change of body state, heart rate, and body temperature of the user and outputs the detected information as user information to the determination unit , wherein the determination unit uses the user information to determine the emotion of the user. a humanoid conversation robot for having a conversation with a user ; a plurality of service execution robots for providing a service to the user ; and a recognition unit arranged to recognize a request and an emotion of the user through the conversation between the user and the humanoid conversation robot ; a determination unit arranged to determine, according to the request and the emotion of the user, a service which is to be provided to the user and a service execution robot which is to execute the service among the plurality of service execution robots , wherein the service execution robot determined by the determination unit executes the determined service; characterized in that the control system further comprises a sensor detecting user information, arranged on a ceiling or a wall of a base point where the robot control system is arranged in, wherein the sensor is a three-dimensional motion sensor and is configured to detect facial expression, behavior, a change of body state, heart rate, and body temperature of the user and outputs the detected information as user information to the determination unit , wherein the determination unit uses the user information to determine the emotion of the user.
A parking assist device for calculating a parking path from a current position of an own vehicle to a target parking position, the parking assist device being characterized by : - a backward-direction-path calculation unit configured to calculate a backward-direction path for taking the own vehicle out from the target parking position based on constraint conditions of a parking space and an own-vehicle behavior and the number of vehicle direction changes of the own vehicle ; - a connection-candidate-position storage unit configured to set a plurality of connection candidate positions on the backward-direction path; - a forward-direction-path calculation unit configured to sequentially calculate paths respectively leading to the plurality of connection candidate positions from the current position of the own vehicle based on the number of vehicle direction changes of the own vehicle and the current position of the own vehicle , to select a connection candidate position to which a path having a shortest moving distance from the current position of the own vehicle leads, and to determine the path leading to the selected connection candidate position as a forward-direction path; and - a parking-path setting unit configured to set the parking path by combining the backward-direction path and the forward-direction path. - a backward-direction-path calculation unit configured to calculate a backward-direction path for taking the own vehicle out from the target parking position based on constraint conditions of a parking space and an own-vehicle behavior and the number of vehicle direction changes of the own vehicle ; - a connection-candidate-position storage unit configured to set a plurality of connection candidate positions on the backward-direction path; - a forward-direction-path calculation unit configured to sequentially calculate paths respectively leading to the plurality of connection candidate positions from the current position of the own vehicle based on the number of vehicle direction changes of the own vehicle and the current position of the own vehicle , to select a connection candidate position to which a path having a shortest moving distance from the current position of the own vehicle leads, and to determine the path leading to the selected connection candidate position as a forward-direction path; and - a parking-path setting unit configured to set the parking path by combining the backward-direction path and the forward-direction path.
Apparatus for use in Magnetic Resonance imaging of a part of a patient comprising: a patient support table ; a magnet arranged to generate a magnetic field at the patient support table; an RF coil for use in the MR imaging; the RF coil including an upper coil portion for location on top of the patient and a lower coil portion for location underneath the patient; wherein the upper coil portion is formed of a flexible material allowing the upper coil portion to be flexed to different shapes with at least one stiffening element attached to the flexible material and movable therewith and having a resistance to bending which is arranged such that said at least one stiffening element acts to hold the flexible material in the different shapes; characterized in that said at least one stiffening element comprises a plurality of separate pieces each connected to the next along the length of the stiffening element and each pivotally movable relative to the next. a patient support table ; a magnet arranged to generate a magnetic field at the patient support table; an RF coil for use in the MR imaging; the RF coil including an upper coil portion for location on top of the patient and a lower coil portion for location underneath the patient; wherein the upper coil portion is formed of a flexible material allowing the upper coil portion to be flexed to different shapes with at least one stiffening element attached to the flexible material and movable therewith and having a resistance to bending which is arranged such that said at least one stiffening element acts to hold the flexible material in the different shapes; characterized in that said at least one stiffening element comprises a plurality of separate pieces each connected to the next along the length of the stiffening element and each pivotally movable relative to the next.
Vehicle sunroof, the vehicle sunroof comprises: a torsion spring , a wind-blocking mesh assembly ; and a torsion spring installation means for a vehicle sunroof; wherein the torsion spring being fixed and connected to the wind-blocking mesh assembly via the torsion spring installation means , for the purpose of providing an action force or a reaction force for the wind-blocking mesh assembly ; wherein the torsion spring comprising: spring coils , a first torsion arm and a second torsion arm , and the torsion spring installation means comprises: a recess , the recess being configured as a cavity having an opening, for the purpose of receiving the spring coils , and having a wall and a recess bottom ; a receiving component , the receiving component having an opening part , in order to receive the first torsion arm ; characterized in that a guide block is provided on a first wall face of the wall in a fixed manner, the guide block extending out from the first wall face in such a way that its size gradually diminishes. a torsion spring , a wind-blocking mesh assembly ; and a torsion spring installation means for a vehicle sunroof; wherein the torsion spring being fixed and connected to the wind-blocking mesh assembly via the torsion spring installation means , for the purpose of providing an action force or a reaction force for the wind-blocking mesh assembly ; wherein the torsion spring comprising: spring coils , a first torsion arm and a second torsion arm , and the torsion spring installation means comprises: a recess , the recess being configured as a cavity having an opening, for the purpose of receiving the spring coils , and having a wall and a recess bottom ; a receiving component , the receiving component having an opening part , in order to receive the first torsion arm ; characterized in that a guide block is provided on a first wall face of the wall in a fixed manner, the guide block extending out from the first wall face in such a way that its size gradually diminishes. a recess , the recess being configured as a cavity having an opening, for the purpose of receiving the spring coils , and having a wall and a recess bottom ; a receiving component , the receiving component having an opening part , in order to receive the first torsion arm ; characterized in that a guide block is provided on a first wall face of the wall in a fixed manner, the guide block extending out from the first wall face in such a way that its size gradually diminishes.
An apparatus for treating a lesion in a vasculature, comprising: a catheter comprising a shaft including a plurality of lateral openings and a support within the shaft including one or more sharpened cutters adapted for moving from a retracted position to a deployed position projecting radially from the shaft through one or more of the plurality of axially aligned lateral openings for cutting the lesion.
An earphone control circuit for an earphone, comprising: a detecting module , comprising a tri-axial acceleration sensor, for detecting whether the earphone is in a wearing state based on data sensed by the tri-axial acceleration sensor and outputting a detection signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state or in a non-wearing state; and a determining module for outputting a first control signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state or outputting a second control signal indicating that the earphone is in a non-wearing state according to the detection signal, characterized by further comprising a switch module for turning on/off the earphone control circuit, whereby when the earphone control circuit is turned on, the determining module outputs the first control signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state or outputs the second control signal indicating that the earphone is in a non-wearing state, and when the earphone control circuit is turned off, the determining module always outputs the first control signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state. a detecting module , comprising a tri-axial acceleration sensor, for detecting whether the earphone is in a wearing state based on data sensed by the tri-axial acceleration sensor and outputting a detection signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state or in a non-wearing state; and a determining module for outputting a first control signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state or outputting a second control signal indicating that the earphone is in a non-wearing state according to the detection signal, characterized by further comprising a switch module for turning on/off the earphone control circuit, whereby when the earphone control circuit is turned on, the determining module outputs the first control signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state or outputs the second control signal indicating that the earphone is in a non-wearing state, and when the earphone control circuit is turned off, the determining module always outputs the first control signal indicating that the earphone is in a wearing state.
A primary enhanced node B, eNB , for dual connectivity comprising: a packet splitter configured to split packets associated with an EPS bearer with a destination of a user equipment into at least two streams of packets , a first stream and a second stream ; and wherein the primary eNB is configured to communicate the first stream over a first set of wireless frequencies to the user equipment ; and to route the second stream to the user equipment through another, secondary eNB ; characterized in that the primary eNB is configured to map two TFTs to a single bearer; and wherein the packet splitter is further configured to assign packets of the packets having application characteristic associated with a first TFT of said two TFTs to the first stream and packets of the packets having application characteristic associated with the other second TFT of said two TFTs to the second stream . a packet splitter configured to split packets associated with an EPS bearer with a destination of a user equipment into at least two streams of packets , a first stream and a second stream ; and wherein the primary eNB is configured to communicate the first stream over a first set of wireless frequencies to the user equipment ; and to route the second stream to the user equipment through another, secondary eNB ; characterized in that the primary eNB is configured to map two TFTs to a single bearer; and wherein the packet splitter is further configured to assign packets of the packets having application characteristic associated with a first TFT of said two TFTs to the first stream and packets of the packets having application characteristic associated with the other second TFT of said two TFTs to the second stream .
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%, 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 50 grams per square metre and 100 grams per square metre, and wherein the ovality of the furthest downstream end of the smoking article , after a 50% deformation of the furthest downstream end of the smoking article , is less than 25%. 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%, 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 50 grams per square metre and 100 grams per square metre, and wherein the ovality of the furthest downstream end of the smoking article , after a 50% deformation of the furthest downstream end of the smoking article , is less than 25%.
Process for producing polyetherimide (PEI) HT foams and PEI blends for further processing into sandwich materials, wherein particles of a hightemperature polymer are foamed and sintered in a mould at a sintering temperature T 1 to form an HT foam moulding and subsequently the mould cavity is heated to a temperature T 2 at least 10°C above the sintering temperature and not more than 20°C above the glass transition temperature of the HT polymer for 5 to 120 sec.
A continuous casting and rolling apparatus, comprising: a continuous casting device ; a cutting device disposed on an outlet side of the continuous casting device and cutting an inner slab (IS) produced in the continuous casting device ; a rolling device pressing a slab down and disposed downstream of the continuous casting device in a moving direction of the inner slab (IS); a tunnel furnace provided between the cutting device and the rolling device and heating a slab located on a main path (MP) of the inner slab (IS) transferred from the continuous casting device to the rolling device ; the continuous casting and rolling apparatus characterised in that it comprises: a loading adjustment unit provided adjacent to the tunnel furnace, separating the slab on the main path (MP) from the tunnel furnace and introducing the slab onto the main path (MP) from the inlet side of the tunnel furnace . a continuous casting device ; a cutting device disposed on an outlet side of the continuous casting device and cutting an inner slab (IS) produced in the continuous casting device ; a rolling device pressing a slab down and disposed downstream of the continuous casting device in a moving direction of the inner slab (IS); a tunnel furnace provided between the cutting device and the rolling device and heating a slab located on a main path (MP) of the inner slab (IS) transferred from the continuous casting device to the rolling device ; the continuous casting and rolling apparatus characterised in that it comprises: a loading adjustment unit provided adjacent to the tunnel furnace, separating the slab on the main path (MP) from the tunnel furnace and introducing the slab onto the main path (MP) from the inlet side of the tunnel furnace .