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A process cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member configured to bear a developer image formed by developing an electrostatic latent image with a developer; a charging member configured to contact the image bearing member and charge the image bearing member ; and a cleaning member configured to contact a surface of the image bearing member and clean the surface, wherein the charging member having an electrically conductive support and an elastic layer in which is positioned in contact with the image bearing member ; the elastic layer including a semi-conductive rubber composition having a matrix-domain structure including a matrix and domains having electric conductivity; the matrix has a higher volume resistivity than the domains ; a developer including a toner having toner particles; the toner particles each have a surface layer including an organosilicon polymer; the organosilicon polymer has a structure represented by a following formula : R-SiO 3/2 , wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having at least 1 and not more than 6 carbon atoms; and wherein, when the ratio of the amount of silicon in the toner particles after washing with aqueous solution of neutral detergent to the amount of silicon in the toner particles before washing with the aqueous solution of neutral detergent is defined as the adhesion ratio, the adhesion ratio of the organosilicon polymer on the surface of each of the toner particles is 90% or more an image bearing member configured to bear a developer image formed by developing an electrostatic latent image with a developer; a charging member configured to contact the image bearing member and charge the image bearing member ; and a cleaning member configured to contact a surface of the image bearing member and clean the surface, wherein the charging member having an electrically conductive support and an elastic layer in which is positioned in contact with the image bearing member ; the elastic layer including a semi-conductive rubber composition having a matrix-domain structure including a matrix and domains having electric conductivity; the matrix has a higher volume resistivity than the domains ; a developer including a toner having toner particles; the toner particles each have a surface layer including an organosilicon polymer; the organosilicon polymer has a structure represented by a following formula : R-SiO 3/2 ,
A capsule for containing a substance from which a beverage can be produced, comprising: - a capsule body that comprises: ∘ a base wall ; and ∘ a side wall , wherein the side wall and the base wall define a space for containing said substance, - a centre element which extends towards said space from the base wall , wherein the capsule body has been injection moulded including said centre element , and wherein a closure element is provided for closing an external end of the centre element , characterized in that, an internal end of the centre element is at least partially closed by a transverse wall , wherein there are outlet openings in the centre element for permitting liquid to flow from the capsule body, wherein an inner surface of the base wall has ribs thereon which stand proud of the base wall and define flow channels in between the ribs that connect to the outlet openings in the centre element , and wherein the centre element extends towards said space from the base wall to a height that is substantially equal to heights of radially inward ones of the ribs or radially inward portions of the ribs that lie adjacent or terminate against the centre element . - a capsule body that comprises: ∘ a base wall ; and ∘ a side wall , wherein the side wall and the base wall define a space for containing said substance, ∘ a base wall ; and ∘ a side wall , - a centre element which extends towards said space from the base wall , wherein the capsule body has been injection moulded including said centre element , and wherein a closure element is provided for closing an external end of the centre element , characterized in that, an internal end of the centre element is at least partially closed by a transverse wall , wherein there are outlet openings in the centre element for permitting liquid to flow from the capsule body, wherein an inner surface of the base wall has ribs thereon which stand proud of the base wall and define flow channels in between the ribs that connect to the outlet openings in the centre element , and wherein the centre element extends towards said space from the base wall to a height that is substantially equal to heights of radially inward ones of the ribs or radially inward portions of the ribs that lie adjacent or terminate against the centre element .
A method for post-mold processing a Venturi device , the method comprising: providing a molded Venturi device having a body defining a Venturi gap between an outlet end of a converging motive passageway and an inlet end of a diverging discharge passageway , the outlet end defining a motive exit having flash extending radially inward and the inlet end defining a discharge inlet having flash extending radially inward; characterised by positioning the molded Venturi device with an inlet end of the converging motive passageway or an outlet end of the diverging discharge passageway facing a blasting nozzle ; and propelling blasting media into a motive inlet or a discharge exit of the Venturi device for six to eight seconds to remove the flash in the motive exit and in the discharge inlet and to modify the interior surface of the discharge inlet to form a corner radius within a range of 0.05mm to 1mm. providing a molded Venturi device having a body defining a Venturi gap between an outlet end of a converging motive passageway and an inlet end of a diverging discharge passageway , the outlet end defining a motive exit having flash extending radially inward and the inlet end defining a discharge inlet having flash extending radially inward; characterised by positioning the molded Venturi device with an inlet end of the converging motive passageway or an outlet end of the diverging discharge passageway facing a blasting nozzle ; and propelling blasting media into a motive inlet or a discharge exit of the Venturi device for six to eight seconds to remove the flash in the motive exit and in the discharge inlet and to modify the interior surface of the discharge inlet to form a corner radius within a range of 0.05mm to 1mm.
A method of tracking an object of interest between temporally successive images taken from a vehicle based camera system comprising: a) from an initial image , determining an initial patch with a respective bounding box encapsulating an identified object of interest; b) using a search template based on the initial patch to track, using Kanade Lucas Tomasi - KLT-methodology, said object of interest in a temporally successive image from said camera system; so as to determine therein a new patch having a respective new bounding box or portion thereof, with respect to said object of interest, c) performing a check on the robustness of the tracking step in step b) by analysing one or more parameters output from step b), including in step c) determining the degree of similarity or difference between the search template and an updated patch template based on the new patch , comprising: comparing the search template to the updated patch template in order to compute local differences and characterised in keeping track of the local per-pixel gray value variance over time of the updated patch template and checking for a sufficient number of updated patch template pixels whose computed local differences satisfy a check by comparing with respective values derived from said per-pixel variances. a) from an initial image , determining an initial patch with a respective bounding box encapsulating an identified object of interest; b) using a search template based on the initial patch to track, using Kanade Lucas Tomasi - KLT-methodology, said object of interest in a temporally successive image from said camera system; so as to determine therein a new patch having a respective new bounding box or portion thereof, with respect to said object of interest, c) performing a check on the robustness of the tracking step in step b) by analysing one or more parameters output from step b), including in step c) determining the degree of similarity or difference between the search template and an updated patch template based on the new patch , comprising: comparing the search template to the updated patch template in order to compute local differences and characterised in keeping track of the local per-pixel gray value variance over time of the updated patch template and checking for a sufficient number of updated patch template pixels whose computed local differences satisfy a check by comparing with respective values derived from said per-pixel variances.
A method to manufacture a multi-chamber container, comprising: disposing a first parison within a first mold assembly having a first inner surface defining a first mold chamber, the first mold assembly including at least one first insert disposed on the first inner surface within the first mold chamber; blow molding the first parison to form a first container body within the first mold chamber, wherein at least one first portion of the first container body corresponding to the at least one first insert has a first portion temperature greater than a remaining portion of the first container body ; and contacting the at least one first portion of the first container body to at least one second portion of a second container body to attach the first container body to the second container body . disposing a first parison within a first mold assembly having a first inner surface defining a first mold chamber, the first mold assembly including at least one first insert disposed on the first inner surface within the first mold chamber; blow molding the first parison to form a first container body within the first mold chamber, wherein at least one first portion of the first container body corresponding to the at least one first insert has a first portion temperature greater than a remaining portion of the first container body ; and contacting the at least one first portion of the first container body to at least one second portion of a second container body to attach the first container body to the second container body .
A coupling system (1; 100) for coupling a piece of equipment rigidly connected to a user to at least one rigging strand, the coupling system (1; 100) comprising:: - a central body having an end on the rigging strand side configured for the connection to the at least one rigging strand and an opposite end on the user side ; - a fastener comprising two ends , namely a first end and a second end , said fastener being configured to attach releasably to the piece of equipment rigidly connected to the user; - a shell configured to at least partially cover the side surface of the central body ; and - at least one means for blocking the second end of the fastener, configured to cooperate with the shell to releasably block the second end of the fastener at the user-side end of the central body , the shell being translatable on the side surface of the central body and being connected to the central body via at least one elastic recall means, such that, in a position urged away from the elastic recall means in which the shell does not cover the at least one blocking means, the second end of the fastener is configured to be inserted in/removed from the at least one blocking means and, in a position urged alongside the elastic recall means in which the shell covers the at least one blocking means and when the second end of the fastener is arranged in the at least one blocking means, the at least one blocking means is configured to block the second end of the fastener in the coupling system , characterized in that the central body is made up of two parts configured to be assembled with one another via an attachment means. - a central body having an end on the rigging strand side configured for the connection to the at least one rigging strand and an opposite end on the user side ; - a fastener comprising two ends , namely a first end and a second end , said fastener being configured to attach releasably to the piece of equipment rigidly connected to the user; - a shell configured to at least partially cover the side surface of the central body ; and - at least one means for blocking the second end of the fastener, configured to cooperate with the shell to releasably block the second end of the fastener at the user-side end of the central body ,
An aircraft passenger compartment suite, comprising: a privacy shell element proximate to an aircraft seat installed within the aircraft passenger compartment suite, a first section of the privacy shell element being configured to conform to a primary section of the aircraft seat , a second section of the privacy shell element being configured to conform to an auxiliary section of the aircraft seat , the privacy shell element including a first profile configured to conform with the aircraft seat when the aircraft seat is in a first position, the privacy shell element including a second profile configured to conform with the aircraft seat when the aircraft seat is in a second position, the second profile of the privacy shell element being configured to occupy a greater amount of passenger aircraft living space surrounding the aircraft passenger compartment suite than an amount of passenger aircraft living space occupied by the first profile of the privacy shell element . a privacy shell element proximate to an aircraft seat installed within the aircraft passenger compartment suite, a first section of the privacy shell element being configured to conform to a primary section of the aircraft seat , a second section of the privacy shell element being configured to conform to an auxiliary section of the aircraft seat , the privacy shell element including a first profile configured to conform with the aircraft seat when the aircraft seat is in a first position, the privacy shell element including a second profile configured to conform with the aircraft seat when the aircraft seat is in a second position, the second profile of the privacy shell element being configured to occupy a greater amount of passenger aircraft living space surrounding the aircraft passenger compartment suite than an amount of passenger aircraft living space occupied by the first profile of the privacy shell element .
A lighting device comprising: a plurality of solid state lighting elements in a circular pattern; and an optical element comprising a central cavity extending from a first aperture to a second aperture of the optical element, said central cavity gradually widening in a direction from the first aperture to the second aperture, said central cavity being delimited by a stack of transparent frustums , forming a main body of the optical element including a first frustum defining the first aperture and a final frustum defining the second aperture, each frustum having a prismatic outer surface having a first surface portion tapering in the direction from the second aperture to the first aperture and a continuous inner surface , wherein the respective continuous inner surfaces combine to delimit said central cavity; wherein the optical element is designed such that the luminous surface of the solid state lighting elements is positioned facing the surface of the main body of the optical element delimiting the first aperture , such that the solid state lighting elements are arranged to emit light into the first frustum.
Apparatus for an integrated access and backhaul, IAB, node, comprising: means for sending configured to send, when not knowing an uplink destination address of a parent node or a path identifier, an uplink packet using an unspecified destination address or an unspecified path identifier on an adaptation layer protocol of uplink packets; means for monitoring configured to monitor if an assignment packet is received from the parent node in response to the uplink packet having the unspecified destination address or unspecified path identifier; means for setting configured to set, if the assignment packet is received, a new value of an identifier of the IAB node for determining if a first packet of a first layer protocol is intended for the IAB node; wherein the assignment packet comprises the new value of the identifier; the assignment packet is a packet of the adaptation layer protocol; the assignment packet comprises a header of the adaptation layer protocol. means for sending configured to send, when not knowing an uplink destination address of a parent node or a path identifier, an uplink packet using an unspecified destination address or an unspecified path identifier on an adaptation layer protocol of uplink packets; means for monitoring configured to monitor if an assignment packet is received from the parent node in response to the uplink packet having the unspecified destination address or unspecified path identifier; means for setting configured to set, if the assignment packet is received, a new value of an identifier of the IAB node for determining if a first packet of a first layer protocol is intended for the IAB node; wherein the assignment packet comprises the new value of the identifier; the assignment packet is a packet of the adaptation layer protocol; the assignment packet comprises a header of the adaptation layer protocol.
A method for forcibly draining drip and/or press whey (PM) from a cheese press , which is equipped with movable covers for pressing cheese (K) in a plurality of cheese molds such that pressure can be exerted on the cheese (K) via the covers , wherein the cheese molds are arranged in at least one pressing row (R), the cheese molds are introduced into the relevant pressing row (R) via an entrance (E) and discharged from the pressing row (R) via an exit (A) and are intermittently conveyed from the entrance (E) to the exit (A), wherein the cheese (K) is pressed in the stationary position of the cheese molds in the pressing row (R) and wherein the drip and/or press whey (PM) that comes out of the cheese molds of a pressing row (R) is captured and collected on a base wall of the cheese press , guided away to one end of the pressing row (R) and subsequently discharged from the cheese press , characterized in that a flushing liquid (S) provided as hygienically innocuous fresh water or another hygienic liquid is supplied, as needed and whenever appropriate, to the drip and/or press whey (PM) flowing away to the end of the pressing row (R), from the other end of the pressing row (R), as a result of which the drip and/or press whey (PM) is conveyed more quickly to the outlet of the cheese press and supplied for the further processing procedure without a deterioration in quality.
A medical observation device comprising: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object to be observed, and output a video signal, wherein the imaging unit is a microscope unit; and a support unit configured with a plurality of arm units rotatably connected to each other via joint units, and configured to support the imaging unit , wherein an actuator that applies driving force with respect to rotation about a rotational axis of at least one joint unit that defines an attitude of the imaging unit , among a plurality of the joint units that form the support unit, is provided, characterised in that the at least one joint unit and the actuator are arranged separated from each other, the actuator being arranged on a proximal end portion of one predetermined arm unit , among the arm units that form the support unit, and the joint unit being arranged on a distal end portion of that arm , wherein the at least one joint unit and the actuator are connected to each other via a power transmission mechanism provided inside the predetermined arm unit that transmits rotary movement between two rotational axes that are substantially orthogonal to each other. an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object to be observed, and output a video signal, wherein the imaging unit is a microscope unit; and a support unit configured with a plurality of arm units rotatably connected to each other via joint units, and configured to support the imaging unit , wherein an actuator that applies driving force with respect to rotation about a rotational axis of at least one joint unit that defines an attitude of the imaging unit , among a plurality of the joint units that form the support unit, is provided, characterised in that the at least one joint unit and the actuator are arranged separated from each other, the actuator being arranged on a proximal end portion of one predetermined arm unit , among the arm units that form the support unit, and the joint unit being arranged on a distal end portion of that arm , wherein the at least one joint unit and the actuator are connected to each other via a power transmission mechanism provided inside the predetermined arm unit that transmits rotary movement between two rotational axes that are substantially orthogonal to each other.
Filter device with a filter housing in which a replaceable filter element is received and which comprises a lid part , wherein the end of the element material of the filter element is delimited by at least one end cap , wherein at least this one end cap of the filter element is positioned on a fluid duct and in that an apparatus for transverse force support for the filter element is provided between this one end cap and the fluid duct , said apparatus supporting the filter element with respect to the fluid duct engaging inside the filter element at least partially at the ends, characterised in that the apparatus for transverse force support is formed by a sleeve which comprises an inwardly retracted edge on one side and forms a surrounding wall on the other side as part of a guide for the fluid duct , and in that a web-like annular flange is formed on the outer circumferential side on the surrounding wall, said flange engaging in a step-shaped recess in the one end cap .
Multi-layer winter sports equipment for gliding on snow, comprising a number of interconnected layers, wherein an elastic film is arranged between adjacent layers, which is bonded to the adjacent layers by means of an adhesive, wherein a film having the following is used as the elastic film: a rubber layer with a flat upper side and a flat underside , wherein the upper side and/or the underside of the rubber layer is coated with a woven fabric, a knitted fabric and/or a nonwoven fabric, characterized in that the elongation at break is at least 50% and the drum peel strength is at least 1 N / m. a number of interconnected layers, wherein an elastic film is arranged between adjacent layers, which is bonded to the adjacent layers by means of an adhesive, wherein a film having the following is used as the elastic film: a rubber layer with a flat upper side and a flat underside , wherein the upper side and/or the underside of the rubber layer is coated with a woven fabric, a knitted fabric and/or a nonwoven fabric, characterized in that the elongation at break is at least 50% and the drum peel strength is at least 1 N / m. a rubber layer with a flat upper side and a flat underside , wherein the upper side and/or the underside of the rubber layer is coated with a woven fabric, a knitted fabric and/or a nonwoven fabric, characterized in that the elongation at break is at least 50% and the drum peel strength is at least 1 N / m.