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A gas turbine engine rotor including an upstream axial flow compressor portion and a downstream turbine portion in longitudinal serial flow relationship said compressor comprising a hub having forward and aft end portions and at least one bladed disk disposed within said compressor hub between and in engagement with said forward and aft end portions thereof; said turbine comprising a hub having forward and aft end portions and at least one bladed disk disposed within said turbine hub between and in engagement with said forward and aft end portions thereof; characterised in that said rotor further comprises a forward tie shaft extending through and engaging said compressor hub at said forward and aft end portions thereof to longitudinally and compressively preload said compressor hub for compressive preloaded retention of said at least one bladed compressor disk between said forward and aft portions of said compressor hub ; said rotor further comprises an aft tie shaft independent of said forward tie shaft , said aft tie shaft engaging said compressor hub at said aft end portion thereof; said aft tie shaft engaging said turbine hub at said aft end portion thereof to longitudinally and compressively preload said turbine hub for compressive retention of said at least one bladed turbine disk between said aft portion of said turbine and compressor hubs independently of said preloaded retention of said at least one bladed compressor disk within said compressor hub .
A method of printing an image on a textile, said method comprising treating a textile substrate with a primer polymer coating, electrophotographically printing an image onto the primed textile substrate using an electrophotographic ink composition, applying a coating composition comprising a polymer and a crosslinking agent to the printed electrophotographic ink, and crosslinking the applied coating composition.
A wind turbine blade , comprising: a blade body portion extending from a blade root portion toward a blade tip portion in a blade spanwise direction, wherein the blade body portion has a leading edge and a trailing edge extending from the blade root portion to the blade tip portion and a blade chordwise direction is the direction along a chord connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge ; and a metal receptor forming a blade tip of the wind turbine blade , wherein the blade body portion is connected to the metal receptor so as to be positioned on a blade-root side of the metal receptor , wherein the blade body portion has a hollow structure and forms an airfoil shape in a blade tip region of the wind turbine blade with the metal receptor in a joint region to the metal receptor , wherein, as seen in a blade-thickness direction of the wind turbine blade which is perpendicular to both of the spanwise direction and the chordwise direction, a tangent to a joint line between the metal receptor and the blade body portion at an intersection (P) between the joint line and the leading edge of the wind turbine blade is inclined from the chordwise direction of the wind turbine blade so as to get closer to the blade tip with distance from the leading edge toward the trailing edge of the wind turbine blade . a blade body portion extending from a blade root portion toward a blade tip portion in a blade spanwise direction, wherein the blade body portion has a leading edge and a trailing edge extending from the blade root portion to the blade tip portion and a blade chordwise direction is the direction along a chord connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge ; and a metal receptor forming a blade tip of the wind turbine blade , wherein the blade body portion is connected to the metal receptor so as to be positioned on a blade-root side of the metal receptor , wherein the blade body portion has a hollow structure and forms an airfoil shape in a blade tip region of the wind turbine blade with the metal receptor in a joint region to the metal receptor , wherein, as seen in a blade-thickness direction of the wind turbine blade which is perpendicular to both of the spanwise direction and the chordwise direction, a tangent to a joint line between the metal receptor and the blade body portion at an intersection (P) between the joint line and the leading edge of the wind turbine blade is inclined from the chordwise direction of the wind turbine blade so as to get closer to the blade tip with distance from the leading edge toward the trailing edge of the wind turbine blade .
A fluid delivery device comprising: a housing including a fluid reservoir for containing medicament, the fluid reservoir being sealed proximate one end with a sliding seal piston ; a delivery path configured to fluidly couple the fluid reservoir and a patient wearing the fluid delivery device; a basal actuator slidingly coupled to an inside surface of the housing and configured to directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir at a controlled basal rate; and a bolus actuator coupled to a proximal end of the basal actuator and configured to move the basal actuator relative to the fluid reservoir and directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir a discrete bolus amount at a time; wherein the basal actuator is contained within the bolus actuator; and characterised in that the basal actuator includes a reservoir containing a hydraulic fluid under pressure from a stored energy source , the reservoir of the basal actuator including an aperture configured to release the hydraulic fluid at a rate determined by the force of the stored energy source, the viscosity of the hydraulic fluid and the geometry of the aperture, wherein the hydraulic fluid that is released by the reservoir of the basal actuator presses on the sliding seal piston. a housing including a fluid reservoir for containing medicament, the fluid reservoir being sealed proximate one end with a sliding seal piston ; a delivery path configured to fluidly couple the fluid reservoir and a patient wearing the fluid delivery device; a basal actuator slidingly coupled to an inside surface of the housing and configured to directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir at a controlled basal rate; and a bolus actuator coupled to a proximal end of the basal actuator and configured to move the basal actuator relative to the fluid reservoir and directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir a discrete bolus amount at a time; wherein the basal actuator is contained within the bolus actuator; and characterised in that the basal actuator includes a reservoir containing a hydraulic fluid under pressure from a stored energy source , the reservoir of the basal actuator including an aperture configured to release the hydraulic fluid at a rate determined by the force of the stored energy source, the viscosity of the hydraulic fluid and the geometry of the aperture, wherein the hydraulic fluid that is released by the reservoir of the basal actuator presses on the sliding seal piston.
A double-coated tape comprising, in the following order: a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer ; a first plastic skin layer ; an elastic base layer having an average thickness of no more than 130 micrometers; a second plastic skin layer ; and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer , wherein the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are outermost layers on either side of the double-coated tape, wherein the double-coated tape has an overall thickness ranging from 50 micrometers to 400 micrometers. a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer ; a first plastic skin layer ; an elastic base layer having an average thickness of no more than 130 micrometers; a second plastic skin layer ; and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer , wherein the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are outermost layers on either side of the double-coated tape, wherein the double-coated tape has an overall thickness ranging from 50 micrometers to 400 micrometers.
Cooking assembly which comprises an electrical cooking appliance and a draining receptacle , the electrical cooking appliance comprising a vessel capable of receiving a cooking bath, the vessel provided with a draining device that has a valve which can occupy a closed stable return position and an open position, the draining receptacle having a control member , the cooking assembly having a draining configuration in which the draining receptacle supports the electrical cooking appliance and in which the control member moves the valve into the open position, characterised in that the draining receptacle comprises upper supports that are part of pillars which project from a side wall of the draining receptacle and in that the electrical cooking appliance rests on the upper supports when the cooking assembly is in the draining configuration.
A method for controlling access to a communications medium, the method comprising: replenishing a credit value assigned to a communications node in a communications round; granting or denying access to the communications medium to the communications node during the communications round based on the credit value; and controlling the credit value in response to granting or denying access to the communications medium to the communications node during the communications round; the method being characterized by determining a replenishment value as a function of the credit value and a second credit value that is assigned to a second communications node having access to the communications medium in the communications round, wherein replenishing the credit value assigned to the communications node in the communications round comprises replenishing the credit value assigned to the communications node in the communications round with the replenishment value. replenishing a credit value assigned to a communications node in a communications round; granting or denying access to the communications medium to the communications node during the communications round based on the credit value; and controlling the credit value in response to granting or denying access to the communications medium to the communications node during the communications round; the method being characterized by determining a replenishment value as a function of the credit value and a second credit value that is assigned to a second communications node having access to the communications medium in the communications round, wherein replenishing the credit value assigned to the communications node in the communications round comprises replenishing the credit value assigned to the communications node in the communications round with the replenishment value.
Ecotechnical installation for producing cultivation substrates and/or soil amendments and/or organic fertilisers having properties of anthropogenic Terra Preta soils, comprising: - at least one fermenter , in which uncontaminated solid and liquid organic biomasses, biological waste, waste water and sewage, mineral substances are exposed to an anaerobic fermentation process, in particular anaerobic lactic acid zymosis, wherein at least inert carbon with a large pore volume or a substitute of the same such as lava, zeolite, bentonite, expanded clay and/or other porous materials are included in the fermenter , - a clamp with a biological replacement filter positioned upstream of the at least one fermenter for liquid organic biomasses such as zymosis residues, slurry, slop, waste water and sewage, which consists of organic biomass and mineral materials and inert carbon with a large pore volume such as charcoal or HTC carbon in its base structure, and over which the liquid organic biomass is routed, - at least one clamp for carrying out intensive rotting for sanitising and killing germinable seeds by means of temperature increase, and at least one drying clamp for drying and neutralising the fermented biomass. - Drainage systems for individual clamps for draining off liquid. - at least one fermenter , in which uncontaminated solid and liquid organic biomasses, biological waste, waste water and sewage, mineral substances are exposed to an anaerobic fermentation process, in particular anaerobic lactic acid zymosis, wherein at least inert carbon with a large pore volume or a substitute of the same such as lava, zeolite, bentonite, expanded clay and/or other porous materials are included in the fermenter , - a clamp with a biological replacement filter positioned upstream of the at least one fermenter for liquid organic biomasses such as zymosis residues, slurry, slop, waste water and sewage, which consists of organic biomass and mineral materials and inert carbon with a large pore volume such as charcoal or HTC carbon in its base structure, and over which the liquid organic biomass is routed, - at least one clamp for carrying out intensive rotting for sanitising and killing germinable seeds by means of temperature increase, and at least one drying clamp for drying and neutralising the fermented biomass. - Drainage systems for individual clamps for draining off liquid.
A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising: an eyeglass frame, said eyeglass frame including a first and a second temple arm ; a headlamp couplable to a bridge portion of the eyeglass frame; a battery ; at least one electrical conductor operatively coupling said battery to said headlamp; a strap operatively coupled to said battery , said strap being adapted to be selectively removably coupled to the respective temple arms of the eyeglass frame such that said battery is supported by both temple arms; and at least one conduit outside of said eyeglass frame, said at least one conduit being associated with said strap , said strap and said at least one conduit defining a passage for routing said electrical conductor between said battery and said headlamp. an eyeglass frame, said eyeglass frame including a first and a second temple arm ; a headlamp couplable to a bridge portion of the eyeglass frame; a battery ; at least one electrical conductor operatively coupling said battery to said headlamp; a strap operatively coupled to said battery , said strap being adapted to be selectively removably coupled to the respective temple arms of the eyeglass frame such that said battery is supported by both temple arms; and at least one conduit outside of said eyeglass frame, said at least one conduit being associated with said strap , said strap and said at least one conduit defining a passage for routing said electrical conductor between said battery and said headlamp.
Vehicle for children comprising a vehicle body on which are mounted - a front wheel and at least one rear wheel , - a steering sub-assembly comprising a steering column linked to the front wheel and a handlebar , - a seat configured to accommodate a child, - a safety element configured to surround at least a first area of the child's body when it is installed on the seat , characterized in that the handlebar being removable between: - a first configuration in which the handlebar is remote from the safety element , and - a second configuration in which the handlebar is close to the safety element and surrounds a second area of the child's body. - a front wheel and at least one rear wheel , - a steering sub-assembly comprising a steering column linked to the front wheel and a handlebar , - a seat configured to accommodate a child, - a safety element configured to surround at least a first area of the child's body when it is installed on the seat , - a first configuration in which the handlebar is remote from the safety element , and - a second configuration in which the handlebar is close to the safety element and surrounds a second area of the child's body.
A system , comprising: at least one aircraft engine operable to generate a power output in response at least in part to an operator power request and sensed parameters from a flight sensor ; an engine control subsystem configured to control operation of the at least one aircraft engine ; an electrical power subsystem including at least one electrical power device that is operable to demand electric power during operation of the at least one aircraft engine ; and a propulsion controller connected to the engine control subsystem and to the electrical power subsystem with a propulsion system data bus , characterized in that the propulsion controller is configured to determine an anticipatory electric power demand of the at least one electrical device based on current operating conditions and provide control signals to the engine control subsystem to control the at least one aircraft engine to generate the power output to meet a total power demand, wherein the total power demand includes at least the anticipatory electric power demand and a nominal power demand based at least in part on the operator power request. at least one aircraft engine operable to generate a power output in response at least in part to an operator power request and sensed parameters from a flight sensor ; an engine control subsystem configured to control operation of the at least one aircraft engine ; an electrical power subsystem including at least one electrical power device that is operable to demand electric power during operation of the at least one aircraft engine ; and a propulsion controller connected to the engine control subsystem and to the electrical power subsystem with a propulsion system data bus , characterized in that the propulsion controller is configured to determine an anticipatory electric power demand of the at least one electrical device based on current operating conditions and provide control signals to the engine control subsystem to control the at least one aircraft engine to generate the power output to meet a total power demand, wherein the total power demand includes at least the anticipatory electric power demand and a nominal power demand based at least in part on the operator power request.
Apparatus for at least one user for experiencing at least one virtual reality simulation in an underwater world, comprising: - at least one water reservoir with at least one current generator , - at least one data processing device, and - at least one VR display device , - wherein the at least one data processing device generates a virtual reality simulation, - wherein the at least one current generator and the at least one data processing device for simulating the virtual reality are synchronized and a current, synchronized with the at least one virtual reality simulation, is generated, by means of which simulation-dependent relative movements are generated between the water of the reservoir and the at least one user, - wherein the virtual reality simulation is reproduced on the VR display device , and - wherein the VR display device is a water-compatible head-mounted display and the at least one VR display device is wired or wireless connected to the data processing device. - at least one water reservoir with at least one current generator , - at least one data processing device, and - at least one VR display device , - wherein the at least one data processing device generates a virtual reality simulation, - wherein the at least one current generator and the at least one data processing device for simulating the virtual reality are synchronized and a current, synchronized with the at least one virtual reality simulation, is generated, by means of which simulation-dependent relative movements are generated between the water of the reservoir and the at least one user, - wherein the virtual reality simulation is reproduced on the VR display device , and - wherein the VR display device is a water-compatible head-mounted display and the at least one VR display device is wired or wireless connected to the data processing device.
Method of separating at least one portion of a metallic part glued to a composite material part of the carbon-epoxy type, comprising a step to degrade the glued interface between the metallic part and the composite material part , in which the metallic part and the composite material part are electrically connected to a dc electrical voltage generator so that an electrical potential difference can be applied to them to generate partial discharges in the glued interface to degrade the interface.
System (100-105) for temperature control of an electrode (110-114; 110a-110f), comprising at least one heat pipe (120; 120a-120q; 1201, 1202), a coupling element (130-134; 130a-130f) and a temperature control apparatus (140; 140a-140f), wherein the heat pipe (120; 120a-120q; 1201, 1202) is suited for being arranged in the electrode (110-114; 110a-110f) at least in part and with at least one first end, the coupling element (130-134; 130a-130f) is suitable for heating or cooling a second end of the heat pipe (120; 120a-120q; 1201, 1202), and the temperature control apparatus (140; 140a-140f) is suitable for heating or cooling the coupling element (130-134; 130a-130f), wherein the electrode (110-114; 110a-110f) and the temperature control apparatus (140; 140a-140f) are electrically separated from one another.
A lithium salt compound comprising a lithium cation including, as a ligand, at least one ether compound selected from 2,5,8,11-tetraoxadodecane and 2,5,8,11,14-pentaoxapentadecane, characterized in that the lithium cation further includes a difluorophosphate anion, wherein in the lithium cation, the molar ratio of the ether compound to the lithium ion (Li + ) is from 0.1 to 0.7.
A mixed time-domain / frequency-domain coding device for coding an input sound signal , characterized in that it comprises: a calculator of a time-domain excitation contribution in response to the input sound signal , wherein the calculator of the time-domain excitation contribution is configured to process the input sound signal in successive frames of said input sound signal and comprises a calculator of a number of sub-frames to be used in a current frame, wherein the number of sub-frames to be used in a current frame is based on a high frequency spectral dynamic of the input sound signal , wherein the calculator of time-domain excitation contribution is configured to use in the current frame the number of sub-frames determined by the calculator of the number of sub-frames for said current frame; a calculator of a frequency-domain excitation contribution in response to the input sound signal ; and an adder of the time-domain excitation contribution and the frequency-domain excitation contribution in the frequency domain configured to form a mixed time-domain / frequency-domain excitation constituting a coded version of the input sound signal . a calculator of a time-domain excitation contribution in response to the input sound signal , wherein the calculator of the time-domain excitation contribution is configured to process the input sound signal in successive frames of said input sound signal and comprises a calculator of a number of sub-frames to be used in a current frame, wherein the number of sub-frames to be used in a current frame is based on a high frequency spectral dynamic of the input sound signal , wherein the calculator of time-domain excitation contribution is configured to use in the current frame the number of sub-frames determined by the calculator of the number of sub-frames for said current frame; a calculator of a frequency-domain excitation contribution in response to the input sound signal ; and an adder of the time-domain excitation contribution and the frequency-domain excitation contribution in the frequency domain configured to form a mixed time-domain / frequency-domain excitation constituting a coded version of the input sound signal .