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A device for winding an ancillary material originally adhered to a composite material wound on a reel , wherein the device comprises: a support mechanism ; at least two slats , connected to the support mechanism and arranged such that they substantially form a tubular element, thereby defining an internal section between them, wherein the at least two slats comprise a first end (2.1) and a second end (2.2); a bar ; and an end part ; wherein the bar is rigidly attached at a first end (3.1) to the support mechanism , arranged longitudinally along the inside of the internal section defined by the at least two slats , and configured for being connected at a second end (3.2) to the end part ; and wherein the end part comprises a connection mechanism (4.2) configured for being coupled, in a manner which can be uncoupled, with the second end (3.2) of the bar , such that in the coupled state of the end part the internal section defined by the at least two slats is larger than it is in the uncoupled state of the end part ; wherein the device is characterised in that it additionally comprises an arm attached by means of a rotational attachment to the support mechanism , said arm being a swivel arm comprising a pressure spring (5.1), in a use situation said arm allowing the device to swivel and be arranged supported on the reel of composite material at all times. a support mechanism ; at least two slats , connected to the support mechanism and arranged such that they substantially form a tubular element, thereby defining an internal section between them, wherein the at least two slats comprise a first end (2.1) and a second end (2.2); a bar ; and an end part ; wherein the bar is rigidly attached at a first end (3.1) to the support mechanism , arranged longitudinally along the inside of the internal section defined by the at least two slats , and configured for being connected at a second end (3.2) to the end part ; and wherein the end part comprises a connection mechanism (4.2) configured for being coupled, in a manner which can be uncoupled, with the second end (3.2) of the bar , such that in the coupled state of the end part the internal section defined by the at least two slats is larger than it is in the uncoupled state of the end part ; wherein the device is characterised in that it additionally comprises an arm attached by means of a rotational attachment to the support mechanism , said arm being a swivel arm comprising a pressure spring (5.1), in a use situation said arm allowing the device to swivel and be arranged supported on the reel of composite material at all times.
A method for producing silicone-fixed fibers comprising fibers and silicone fixed to the fibers, the method comprising: coating or impregnating the fibers with a fiber treatment agent comprising silicone; and irradiating the fibers coated or impregnated with the fiber treatment agent with an electron beam so that the silicone is fixed to the fibers, wherein the silicone comprises an acrylic-modified organopolysiloxane (A) having two or more acrylic groups per molecule. coating or impregnating the fibers with a fiber treatment agent comprising silicone; and irradiating the fibers coated or impregnated with the fiber treatment agent with an electron beam so that the silicone is fixed to the fibers, wherein the silicone comprises an acrylic-modified organopolysiloxane (A) having two or more acrylic groups per molecule.
A method for voluntarily triggering a switch or other user interface comprising: locating a sensor in, or near to an ear canal of a user; the method being characterised in that : the user voluntarily contracting the tensor tympani muscle ; the sensor detecting an effect of that voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle , by detecting resultant movements of, or changes in position or shape of, the tympanic membrane or the malleus ; communicating the effect of the voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle as an input to a processor; and the processor generating an output to affect a function of a connected device in response to that voluntary contraction. locating a sensor in, or near to an ear canal of a user; the method being characterised in that : the user voluntarily contracting the tensor tympani muscle ; the sensor detecting an effect of that voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle , by detecting resultant movements of, or changes in position or shape of, the tympanic membrane or the malleus ; communicating the effect of the voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle as an input to a processor; and the processor generating an output to affect a function of a connected device in response to that voluntary contraction. the user voluntarily contracting the tensor tympani muscle ; the sensor detecting an effect of that voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle , by detecting resultant movements of, or changes in position or shape of, the tympanic membrane or the malleus ; communicating the effect of the voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle as an input to a processor; and the processor generating an output to affect a function of a connected device in response to that voluntary contraction.
An aerosol generating device comprising: a heating compartment extending along a first direction and comprising a base portion at a first end and an opening opposite of the base portion and arranged so that a user can insert, via the opening , a consumable article containing an aerosol generating substance ; protection means for exposing and covering said opening of the heating compartment , a heater configured to supply heat to the heating compartment to thereby heat the aerosol generating substance in the consumable article ; and a detection means arranged outside the heating compartment and configured to detect whether a consumable article has been inserted in the heating compartment , wherein the detection means comprises at least one hall sensor and at least one magnet , characterized in that said hall sensor and said magnet are arranged outwards of the heating compartment on opposite sides of the heating compartment in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. a heating compartment extending along a first direction and comprising a base portion at a first end and an opening opposite of the base portion and arranged so that a user can insert, via the opening , a consumable article containing an aerosol generating substance ; protection means for exposing and covering said opening of the heating compartment , a heater configured to supply heat to the heating compartment to thereby heat the aerosol generating substance in the consumable article ; and a detection means arranged outside the heating compartment and configured to detect whether a consumable article has been inserted in the heating compartment , wherein the detection means comprises at least one hall sensor and at least one magnet , characterized in that said hall sensor and said magnet are arranged outwards of the heating compartment on opposite sides of the heating compartment in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.
A magnetoresistance element , comprising: a substrate; a seed layer structure disposed over the substrate, the seed layer structure comprising: a ferromagnetic seed layer consisting of a binary alloy of NiFe; and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer disposed under and directly adjacent to the ferromagnetic seed layer and proximate to the substrate, wherein the first nonmagnetic spacer layer is comprised of Ta or Ru, the magnetoresistance element further comprising: a free layer structure disposed over the seed layer structure, wherein the ferromagnetic seed layer comprises a crystalline anisotropy, the crystalline anisotropy being induced by deposition of the ferromagnetic seed layer in the presence of a motion along a predetermined direction and in the presence of a predetermined magnetic field having the same predetermined direction, the crystalline anisotropy being such that the free layer structure is promoted by the seed layer structure to have magnetic domains with magnetic fields oriented in a first direction and to reduce the number of domains with magnetic fields pointing in one or more second different directions. a substrate; a seed layer structure disposed over the substrate, the seed layer structure comprising: a ferromagnetic seed layer consisting of a binary alloy of NiFe; and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer disposed under and directly adjacent to the ferromagnetic seed layer and proximate to the substrate, wherein the first nonmagnetic spacer layer is comprised of Ta or Ru, the magnetoresistance element further comprising: a free layer structure disposed over the seed layer structure, wherein the ferromagnetic seed layer comprises a crystalline anisotropy, the crystalline anisotropy being induced by deposition of the ferromagnetic seed layer in the presence of a motion along a predetermined direction and in the presence of a predetermined magnetic field having the same predetermined direction, the crystalline anisotropy being such that the free layer structure is promoted by the seed layer structure to have magnetic domains with magnetic fields oriented in a first direction and to reduce the number of domains with magnetic fields pointing in one or more second different directions.
Strain relief arrangement for a connecting cable , comprising a threaded pin , clamping tongues on the free end of the threaded pin , a union nut for screwing onto the threaded pin , a portion of enlarged diameter on the threaded pin for abutment against a surface of a carrier element , as well as a projection to be inserted and fastened in an opening of the carrier element , wherein the strain relief arrangement comprises a passage bore for the connecting cable to pass through, and in which the clamping tongues can be moved radially inward and can also be pressed against an outer periphery of the connecting cable by screwing the union nut onto the threaded pin , in order to effect the strain relief of the connecting cable , wherein the projection is of non-round or polygonal design with radially larger and smaller regions , wherein the opening of the carrier element is embodied geometrically complementary to the unround or polygonal projection , wherein the at least one radially enlarged region of the unround or polygonal projection is to be provided at least partially with at least one peripheral groove adjacent to the portion of enlarged diameter , wherein the axial width of the peripheral groove corresponds to the thickness of the carrier element in the region of the opening , and wherein the radial depth of the peripheral groove corresponds to the radial dimension of the at least one radial smaller region of the projection such that the projection can be guided into the complementary opening of the carrier element and can be fastened by rotation in the complementary opening on the carrier element , wherein a region of the portion of enlarged diameter is embodied on the strain relief arrangement as a circular flange , the diameter of which is greater than the largest radial extension of the opening of the carrier element , and wherein the circular flange comprises a latching pin facing the surface of the carrier element that can be latched in at least one depression in the surface of the carrier element , and wherein the radially enlarged region of the projection consists of two radially opposing circular portions circular segments with the common center point of the longitudinal axis of the bore for the connecting cable , in that the radially smaller region of the projection consists of parallel, radially opposing flattened portions , and in that in each radially enlarged region a peripheral groove is embodied.
An apparatus comprising means for: recognizing at least one user gesture to define at least one computer-implemented virtual boundary in a monitoring space , the monitoring space comprising a virtual representation of a monitored scene space , wherein the user gesture comprises a motion along a path and at a location in the monitored scene space wherein there is a correspondence between the monitoring space and the monitored scene space ; causing implementation of the at least one virtual boundary in the monitoring space corresponding to the monitored scene space , wherein at least part of the virtual boundary is determined by the path in the monitored scene space and the at least part of the virtual boundary is located in the monitoring space at a corresponding location equivalent to the path location; recognizing a user interaction with the location for verifying that the at least one virtual boundary is in place; in response to recognizing that user interaction, providing feedback, without generating a response event, to confirm that the user has interacted with the at least one virtual boundary; and after the user has verified the at least one virtual boundary, processing received sensor data to generate a response event when there is, relative to the at least one virtual boundary , a change in a portion of the monitored scene space , wherein the processing of received sensor data to generate a response event is only performed when a user is not in the monitored scene space . recognizing at least one user gesture to define at least one computer-implemented virtual boundary in a monitoring space , the monitoring space comprising a virtual representation of a monitored scene space , wherein the user gesture comprises a motion along a path and at a location in the monitored scene space wherein there is a correspondence between the monitoring space and the monitored scene space ; causing implementation of the at least one virtual boundary in the monitoring space corresponding to the monitored scene space , wherein at least part of the virtual boundary is determined by the path in the monitored scene space and the at least part of the virtual boundary is located in the monitoring space at a corresponding location equivalent to the path location; recognizing a user interaction with the location for verifying that the at least one virtual boundary is in place; in response to recognizing that user interaction, providing feedback, without generating a response event, to confirm that the user has interacted with the at least one virtual boundary; and
A three-dimensional printer , comprising: a tool configured to extrude a material onto a surface to produce a 3D object; a first movement device configured to move the tool in a first direction in a horizontal plane that is substantially parallel with the surface, so as to exert a friction force on the tool in the horizontal plane in a direction which is opposite to the first direction; a first sensor configured to measure a first electrical parameter of the first movement device as the first movement device moves the tool in the first direction and as the material is extruded onto the surface to produce the 3D object, the friction force being directly related to the first electrical parameter; and a controller configured to vary a distance between the tool and the surface in response to a comparison of the first electrical parameter and a first electrical parameter threshold of the first movement device. a tool configured to extrude a material onto a surface to produce a 3D object; a first movement device configured to move the tool in a first direction in a horizontal plane that is substantially parallel with the surface, so as to exert a friction force on the tool in the horizontal plane in a direction which is opposite to the first direction; a first sensor configured to measure a first electrical parameter of the first movement device as the first movement device moves the tool in the first direction and as the material is extruded onto the surface to produce the 3D object, the friction force being directly related to the first electrical parameter; and a controller configured to vary a distance between the tool and the surface in response to a comparison of the first electrical parameter and a first electrical parameter threshold of the first movement device.
An article for use with an apparatus for generating an aerosol, which can be inhaled, using an irradiative light source , the apparatus having a receptacle for receiving light emitted in use by the irradiative light source to generate an aerosol in the receptacle , the article constructed and arranged to be accommodated in the receptacle , the article comprising: a smokable material in combination with a transparent window through which light can pass, the article being constructed and arranged such that, when the article is received in the receptacle of the apparatus comprising an irradiative light source for generating an aerosol using the irradiative light source , the transparent window is between the smokable material and the irradiative light source of the apparatus so as to prevent fouling of the irradiative light source by an aerosol produced, in use, in the receptacle by heating of the smokable material , and, wherein the transparent window of the article is arranged to provide a protective window function and not a lensing function. a smokable material in combination with a transparent window through which light can pass, the article being constructed and arranged such that, when the article is received in the receptacle of the apparatus comprising an irradiative light source for generating an aerosol using the irradiative light source , the transparent window is between the smokable material and the irradiative light source of the apparatus so as to prevent fouling of the irradiative light source by an aerosol produced, in use, in the receptacle by heating of the smokable material , and, wherein the transparent window of the article is arranged to provide a protective window function and not a lensing function.
An NMR probe head comprising a base , a tube having a diameter smaller than said base , a coil arranged within said tube and surrounding a sample chamber , a tuning and matching circuit arranged within said tube and connected to said coil , several tunable elements arranged in said tuning and matching circuit and/or said coil , several actuators mechanically connected by means of actuation members to said tunable elements , characterized in that at least some of said actuators are piezoelectric actuators , wherein at least one of said actuators comprises a mount fixedly arranged in respect to said tube , at least one driving rod elastically mounted on said mount , at least one piezoelectric element mounted to said driving rod , a slip coupler arranged on said driving rod , wherein at least one of said actuation members is connected to said slip coupler . a base , a tube having a diameter smaller than said base , a coil arranged within said tube and surrounding a sample chamber , a tuning and matching circuit arranged within said tube and connected to said coil , several tunable elements arranged in said tuning and matching circuit and/or said coil , several actuators mechanically connected by means of actuation members to said tunable elements , characterized in that at least some of said actuators are piezoelectric actuators , wherein at least one of said actuators comprises a mount fixedly arranged in respect to said tube , at least one driving rod elastically mounted on said mount , at least one piezoelectric element mounted to said driving rod , a slip coupler arranged on said driving rod , wherein at least one of said actuation members is connected to said slip coupler .
A compound of the formula: wherein: A is C-OH, or N; R' is hydrogen); and X and Y are each independently halo, -OCF 3 , -CH 3 , -CF 3 or -CHF 2 , with the proviso that X and Y are not both -CH 3 ; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer of the above formula. A is C-OH, or N; R' is hydrogen); and X and Y are each independently halo, -OCF 3 , -CH 3 , -CF 3 or -CHF 2 , with the proviso that X and Y are not both -CH 3 ;
Integrated process for manufacturing polyethyleneamine compounds selected from the group of polyethyleneamines and hydroxyethylethyleneamines comprising the steps of - an adduction step providing a CO2 adduct of a starting compound comprising a -NH-CH2-CH2-NH- moiety or a -NH-CH2-CH2-OH moiety, or HO-CH2-CH2-OH, - a reaction step reacting a hydroxy-functional compound selected from the group of ethanolamines and dihydroxyethane with an amine-functional compound, wherein at least part of the total of hydroxy-functional compounds and amine-functional compounds is provided in the form of a CO2 adduct, to form CO2 adduct of a product polyethyleneamine compound, - an elimination step converting CO2 adduct of product polyethyleneamine compound to the corresponding product polyethylene amine compound, wherein a fraction comprising a recycle compound comprising a -NH-CH2-CH2-NH- moiety or a -NH-CH2-CH2-OH moiety, or HO-CH2-CH2-OH, or CO2 adducts thereof, is provided from the end of the reaction step or the elimination step to the adduction step or to the reaction step, the recycle compound having per molecule on average fewer of the total of -NH-CH2-CH2-NH- moieties and -NH-CH2-CH2-OH moieties than the product polyethyleneamine compound. - an adduction step providing a CO2 adduct of a starting compound comprising a -NH-CH2-CH2-NH- moiety or a -NH-CH2-CH2-OH moiety, or HO-CH2-CH2-OH, - a reaction step reacting a hydroxy-functional compound selected from the group of ethanolamines and dihydroxyethane with an amine-functional compound, wherein at least part of the total of hydroxy-functional compounds and amine-functional compounds is provided in the form of a CO2 adduct, to form CO2 adduct of a product polyethyleneamine compound, - an elimination step converting CO2 adduct of product polyethyleneamine compound to the corresponding product polyethylene amine compound, wherein a fraction comprising a recycle compound comprising a -NH-CH2-CH2-NH- moiety or a -NH-CH2-CH2-OH moiety, or HO-CH2-CH2-OH, or CO2 adducts thereof, is provided from the end of the reaction step or the elimination step to the adduction step or to the reaction step, the recycle compound having per molecule on average fewer of the total of -NH-CH2-CH2-NH- moieties and -NH-CH2-CH2-OH moieties than the product polyethyleneamine compound.