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A roller assembly for transporting and laterally shifting a pipe section, the roller assembly comprising: a frame having a first end and a second end; a first tilting assembly , the first tilting assembly having an upper end and a lower end , the lower end of the first tilting assembly being connected to the first end of the frame ; a first roller frame having an inner end and an outer end , the outer end being pivotally connected to the upper end of the first tilting assembly and the inner end being pivotally connected (P1) to the frame ; a first roller rotatably connected to the first roller frame by a first axle ; characterised by a second tilting assembly , the second tilting assembly having an upper end and a lower end , the lower end of the second tilting assembly being connected to the second end of the frame ; a second roller frame having an inner end and an outer end , the outer end being pivotally connected to the upper end of the second tilting assembly and the inner end being pivotally connected (P2) to the second end of the frame ; and a second roller rotatably connected to the second roller frame by a second axle , wherein the first roller and the second roller are pivotable, such that in use the first tilting assembly lifts the outer end of the first roller frame above the inner end of the first roller frame, thus causing gravity to roll a pipe section from the first roller onto the second roller . a frame having a first end and a second end; a first tilting assembly , the first tilting assembly having an upper end and a lower end , the lower end of the first tilting assembly being connected to the first end of the frame ; a first roller frame having an inner end and an outer end , the outer end being pivotally connected to the upper end of the first tilting assembly and the inner end being pivotally connected (P1) to the frame ; a first roller rotatably connected to the first roller frame by a first axle ; characterised by a second tilting assembly , the second tilting assembly having an upper end and a lower end , the lower end of the second tilting assembly being connected to the second end of the frame ; a second roller frame having an inner end and an outer end , the outer end being pivotally connected to the upper end of the second tilting assembly and the inner end being pivotally connected (P2) to the second end of the frame ; and a second roller rotatably connected to the second roller frame by a second axle , wherein the first roller and the second roller are pivotable, such that in use the first tilting assembly lifts the outer end of the first roller frame above the inner end of the first roller frame, thus causing gravity to roll a pipe section from the first roller onto the second roller .
A member for electrophotography comprising: an electro-conductive base substance ; and at least one electro-conductive resin layer , wherein the electro-conductive resin layer of an outermost layer contains urethane resin, and the urethane resin has a structure of a silicone graft fluororesin and a structure represented by Formula shown below, wherein, in Formula , A1 represents at least one structure selected from the group consisting of (A101), (A102), (A103) and (A104) shown below; the (A101) structure containing a structure represented by Formula (A101a) shown below and a structure represented by either or both of Formula (A101b) and Formula (A101c) shown below; the (A102) structure containing a constituent unit represented by Formula (A102a) shown below and a constituent unit represented by either or both of Formula (A102b) and Formula (A102c) shown below; wherein, in Formulae (A102a) to (A102c), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 1 or more and 4 or less; the (A103) structure represented by Formula (A103a) shown below; wherein, in Formula (A103a), R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 1 or more and 4 or less and m represents an integer of 7 or more; and the (A104) structure represented by Formula (A104a) shown below, wherein, in Formula (A104a), R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 1 or more and 4 or less and p represents an integer of 6 or more. an electro-conductive base substance ; and at least one electro-conductive resin layer , wherein the electro-conductive resin layer of an outermost layer contains urethane resin, and the urethane resin has a structure of a silicone graft fluororesin and a structure represented by Formula shown below, wherein, in Formula , A1 represents at least one structure selected from the group consisting of (A101), (A102), (A103) and (A104) shown below; the (A101) structure containing a structure represented by Formula (A101a) shown below and a structure represented by either or both of Formula (A101b) and Formula (A101c) shown below; the (A102) structure containing a constituent unit represented by Formula (A102a) shown below and a constituent unit represented by either or both of Formula (A102b) and Formula (A102c) shown below; wherein, in Formulae (A102a) to (A102c), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 1 or more and 4 or less; the (A103) structure represented by Formula (A103a) shown below; wherein, in Formula (A103a), R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 1 or more and 4 or less and m represents an integer of 7 or more; and the (A104) structure represented by Formula (A104a) shown below, wherein, in Formula (A104a), R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 1 or more and 4 or less and p represents an integer of 6 or more.
Method for forming a thread on a workpiece by means of a numerical control apparatus , wherein the numerical control apparatus comprises: a drive unit to control a main shaft that rotates a workpiece , a first drive shaft that feeds to move a cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along a perpendicular direction to a lead direction of a thread to be formed in a machining process, and a second drive shaft that feeds to move the cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along the lead direction; characterised in that the numerical control apparatus further comprises a vibration unit configured to superimpose, on a movement of the first drive shaft, a vibration that is a reciprocating feed movement having a period having a predetermined ratio with a rotation period of the main shaft, and that performs a thread cutting pass for forming a thread on the workpiece by moving the cutting tool and the workpiece relative to each other and performing a series of cut passes on the workpiece ; and a thread-cutting vibration adjustment unit configured to control the drive unit such that a phase of the vibration is shifted with respect to a phase of the main shaft by a predetermined vibration phase shift amount at the successive cut pass. a drive unit to control a main shaft that rotates a workpiece , a first drive shaft that feeds to move a cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along a perpendicular direction to a lead direction of a thread to be formed in a machining process, and a second drive shaft that feeds to move the cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along the lead direction; characterised in that the numerical control apparatus further comprises a vibration unit configured to superimpose, on a movement of the first drive shaft, a vibration that is a reciprocating feed movement having a period having a predetermined ratio with a rotation period of the main shaft, and that performs a thread cutting pass for forming a thread on the workpiece by moving the cutting tool and the workpiece relative to each other and performing a series of cut passes on the workpiece ; and a thread-cutting vibration adjustment unit configured to control the drive unit such that a phase of the vibration is shifted with respect to a phase of the main shaft by a predetermined vibration phase shift amount at the successive cut pass.
A digital up-converter comprising: a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels comprising: a plurality of combinators connected together in series, each of the plurality of combinators comprising: a summation element having a positive input for receiving a digital baseband signal, a negative input, and an output; and a delay element having an input for receiving the digital baseband signal, and an output coupled to the negative input of the summation element ; a first up-sampler having an input coupled to the plurality of combinators , and an output; a plurality of differentiators connected together in series, a first differentiator of the plurality of differentiators having an input coupled to the output of the first up-sampler , wherein each differentiator comprises: a summation element having a positive input, a negative input, and an output; and a delay element having an input coupled to the output of the summation element , and an output coupled to the negative input of the summation element ; a second up-sampler having an input coupled to the output of a last differentiator of the plurality of differentiators, and an output; and a low-pass filter having an input coupled to the output of the second up-sampler , and an output for providing an up-converted digital signal. a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels comprising: a plurality of combinators connected together in series, each of the plurality of combinators comprising: a summation element having a positive input for receiving a digital baseband signal, a negative input, and an output; and a delay element having an input for receiving the digital baseband signal, and an output coupled to the negative input of the summation element ; a summation element having a positive input for receiving a digital baseband signal, a negative input, and an output; and a delay element having an input for receiving the digital baseband signal, and an output coupled to the negative input of the summation element ; a first up-sampler having an input coupled to the plurality of combinators , and an output; a plurality of differentiators connected together in series, a first differentiator of the plurality of differentiators having an input coupled to the output of the first up-sampler , wherein each differentiator comprises: a summation element having a positive input, a negative input, and an output; and a delay element having an input coupled to the output of the summation element , and an output coupled to the negative input of the summation element ; a summation element having a positive input, a negative input, and an output; and a delay element having an input coupled to the output of the summation element , and an output coupled to the negative input of the summation element ; a second up-sampler having an input coupled to the output of a last differentiator of the plurality of differentiators, and an output; and a low-pass filter having an input coupled to the output of the second up-sampler , and an output for providing an up-converted digital signal.
A foamable filament composition comprising: a single polymer or blend of polymers selected from the group comprising: ethylene octene copolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, styrene-isoprene block copolymers, poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene, nitrile rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, or combinations thereof; and a foaming agent having an activation temperature from 110 °C to 200 °C; wherein the single polymer or blend of polymers has a sufficient molecular weight to allow for polymer chain entanglement; and wherein the single polymer or blend of polymers is melt-processable at a temperature sufficiently below the activation temperature of the foaming agent for forming a resulting filament to avoid foaming activation during filament formation. a single polymer or blend of polymers selected from the group comprising: ethylene octene copolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, styrene-isoprene block copolymers, poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene, nitrile rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, or combinations thereof; and a foaming agent having an activation temperature from 110 °C to 200 °C; wherein the single polymer or blend of polymers has a sufficient molecular weight to allow for polymer chain entanglement; and wherein the single polymer or blend of polymers is melt-processable at a temperature sufficiently below the activation temperature of the foaming agent for forming a resulting filament to avoid foaming activation during filament formation.
A compound of the formula: wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of: and R 1 to R 9 are independently C, N, O or S; R 10 is independently selected from C 1-6 alkyl, halo, carboxylic acid, amino, hydroxy and C 1-6 alkoxy; Y is A, CH 2 -A or CH=A; A is selected from: Z is selected from the group consisting of: R 11 is independently selected from halo, alkyl, hydroxy, amino and substituted amino; R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are independently C, CH, CH 2 , O, N, NH or S; R 13 is C, CH, CH 2 , N, NH, C-CF 3 , CH-CF 3 or C=O; m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. X is selected from the group consisting of: and R 1 to R 9 are independently C, N, O or S; R 10 is independently selected from C 1-6 alkyl, halo, carboxylic acid, amino, hydroxy and C 1-6 alkoxy; Y is A, CH 2 -A or CH=A; A is selected from: Z is selected from the group consisting of: R 11 is independently selected from halo, alkyl, hydroxy, amino and substituted amino; R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are independently C, CH, CH 2 , O, N, NH or S; R 13 is C, CH, CH 2 , N, NH, C-CF 3 , CH-CF 3 or C=O; m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method of operating a non-volatile memory , comprising: programming a non-volatile flash memory cell at a first resolution, having a number of program states, to represent a selected data state, of a number of defined data states, each corresponding to a respective threshold voltage range; and sensing the flash memory cell at a second resolution having a number of sense states that is different than the number of program states of the first resolution; characterised in that : the number of program states is greater than the number of defined data states. programming a non-volatile flash memory cell at a first resolution, having a number of program states, to represent a selected data state, of a number of defined data states, each corresponding to a respective threshold voltage range; and sensing the flash memory cell at a second resolution having a number of sense states that is different than the number of program states of the first resolution; characterised in that : the number of program states is greater than the number of defined data states.
A lidar imaging apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising an emitting section having a laser adapted to emit a pulsed light beam , said emitting section being adapted to change the direction of the light beam in two dimensions perpendicularly to the light beam , a receiving section having a lens objective , a digital micromirror device comprising a matrix of mirrors , a lidar detector and a further photo detector , and an electronic processing unit , wherein each mirror of the digital micromirror device is controllable by said electronic processing unit to change at least between a first position where light entering the lidar imaging apparatus through said lens objective is directed on said lidar detector , and a second position where light entering the lidar imaging apparatus through said lens objective is directed on said further photo detector , wherein said electronic processing unit is adapted to determine the time-of-flight of a laser pulse from said emitting section to said lidar detector , characterized in that said electronic processing unit performs compressive sensing processing on the signal provided by said further photo detector in order to generate a further image with higher resolution than the further photo detector could provide without compressive sensing, wherein the wavelength of the laser used for generating the light beam and the peak sensitivity of the lidar detector is in the range between 1100 nm and 2000 nm, wherein the lidar detector comprises a photosensitive layer made of, or based on, InGaAs, wherein said lidar detector is a multi-pixel lidar detector , namely a lidar photodiode array, wherein said electronic processing unit performs autocorrelation processing on the signal provided by said lidar detector in order to filter out false alarms in the lidar photodiode array, wherein a true event to be detected comprises a group or cluster of several pixels in a plan view onto the lidar detector determined by said autocorrelation processing.
An immunoassay test apparatus , including: a label signal sensor that detects label signals emitted by at least one label conjugated to an antibody or antigen of an immunoassay test device such as a lateral flow test strip or microfluidic cartridge, and outputs sensor data representing the detected label signals; a label imaging component that processes the sensor data to generate label data representing spatial locations of the detected label signals; a test result image generator that processes the label data to generate test result image data representing a visual image of the spatial arrangement of the detected label signals; a display component that displays the test result image to a user of the immunoassay test apparatus to enable the user to evaluate the result of the immunoassay test; and a device imaging component that acquires or accesses device image data representing a visual image of at least a test result portion of the immunoassay test device from which the detected label signals were emitted; wherein the test result image generator processes the label data and the device image data to generate the test result image data, the test result image data representing a composite image of at least the test result portion of the immunoassay test device combined with features that visualise the spatial locations of the detected label signals from the test result portion of the immunoassay test device at corresponding locations of the composite image. a label signal sensor that detects label signals emitted by at least one label conjugated to an antibody or antigen of an immunoassay test device such as a lateral flow test strip or microfluidic cartridge, and outputs sensor data representing the detected label signals; a label imaging component that processes the sensor data to generate label data representing spatial locations of the detected label signals; a test result image generator that processes the label data to generate test result image data representing a visual image of the spatial arrangement of the detected label signals; a display component that displays the test result image to a user of the immunoassay test apparatus to enable the user to evaluate the result of the immunoassay test; and a device imaging component that acquires or accesses device image data representing a visual image of at least a test result portion of the immunoassay test device from which the detected label signals were emitted; wherein the test result image generator processes the label data and the device image data to generate the test result image data, the test result image data representing a composite image of at least the test result portion of the immunoassay test device combined with features that visualise the spatial locations of the detected label signals from the test result portion of the immunoassay test device at corresponding locations of the composite image.
A power generation system comprising: a first fluid loop , the first fluid loop comprises: a pump configured to circulate a liquid; a second fluid loop configured to generate power by circulating a supercritical fluid, the second fluid loop comprises: a turbine configured to rotate and power a generator as the supercritical fluid flows through the turbine; and a first rotary liquid piston compressor fluidly coupled to the first fluid loop and the second fluid loop, wherein the first rotary liquid piston compressor is configured to exchange pressure between the liquid circulating in the first fluid loop and the supercritical fluid circulating in the second fluid loop. a first fluid loop , the first fluid loop comprises: a pump configured to circulate a liquid; a second fluid loop configured to generate power by circulating a supercritical fluid, the second fluid loop comprises: a turbine configured to rotate and power a generator as the supercritical fluid flows through the turbine; and a first rotary liquid piston compressor fluidly coupled to the first fluid loop and the second fluid loop, wherein the first rotary liquid piston compressor is configured to exchange pressure between the liquid circulating in the first fluid loop and the supercritical fluid circulating in the second fluid loop.
A system comprising: a beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) comprising a feature (544; 596, 598) configured to affect at least a portion of a light beam upon illumination by the light beam; wherein the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) comprises a lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630); and wherein the feature (542; 596, 598) comprises at least one of a line, a dent, or a particle formed on a surface of the lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630) or inside the lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630); a beam directing device configured to direct the light beam onto the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) at different positions, wherein the different positions comprise a location of the feature (542; 596, 598); an optical detector configured to generate a feature detection signal in response to detecting at least the portion of the light beam affected by the feature (542; 596, 598) that has been illuminated by the light beam; and a processor configured to determine a position of the light beam on the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) at a time based, at least in part, on the feature detection signal . a beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) comprising a feature (544; 596, 598) configured to affect at least a portion of a light beam upon illumination by the light beam; wherein the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) comprises a lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630); and wherein the feature (542; 596, 598) comprises at least one of a line, a dent, or a particle formed on a surface of the lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630) or inside the lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630); wherein the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) comprises a lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630); and wherein the feature (542; 596, 598) comprises at least one of a line, a dent, or a particle formed on a surface of the lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630) or inside the lens (542; 592; 610; 620; 630); a beam directing device configured to direct the light beam onto the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) at different positions, wherein the different positions comprise a location of the feature (542; 596, 598); an optical detector configured to generate a feature detection signal in response to detecting at least the portion of the light beam affected by the feature (542; 596, 598) that has been illuminated by the light beam; and a processor configured to determine a position of the light beam on the beam shaping device (540; 589; 590) at a time based, at least in part, on the feature detection signal .