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An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner feed body that is an endless belt holding a toner image, or is a transfer member transferring a toner image to a recording medium (P) nipped between the endless belt and the transfer member ; an electric charge imparting member that is provided so as to face a surface of the toner feed body and increases an amount of electric charges of toner adhering to the surface of the toner feed body ; and a toner attracting member that is provided at a more downstream part of the toner feed body than the electric charge imparting member in a feed direction of the toner feed body and attracts the toner by being applied with a voltage having a polarity opposite to a polarity of the toner adhering to the surface of the toner feed body , wherein the electric charge imparting member is provided with a wear-resistant layer made of diamond-like carbon having better wear resistance than a material constituting the electric charge imparting member at a portion of the electric charge imparting member in contact with the toner feed body . a toner feed body that is an endless belt holding a toner image, or is a transfer member transferring a toner image to a recording medium (P) nipped between the endless belt and the transfer member ; an electric charge imparting member that is provided so as to face a surface of the toner feed body and increases an amount of electric charges of toner adhering to the surface of the toner feed body ; and a toner attracting member that is provided at a more downstream part of the toner feed body than the electric charge imparting member in a feed direction of the toner feed body and attracts the toner by being applied with a voltage having a polarity opposite to a polarity of the toner adhering to the surface of the toner feed body , wherein the electric charge imparting member is provided with a wear-resistant layer made of diamond-like carbon having better wear resistance than a material constituting the electric charge imparting member at a portion of the electric charge imparting member in contact with the toner feed body .
A chondrosulphatase comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No.1.
A method for operating a test arrangement comprising a plurality (n) of safety components , wherein the safety components each have a signal input (Rx) for receiving data packets (DP1, DP2, DP3) and a signal output (Tx) for transmitting data packets (DP1, DP2, DP3), wherein each of the safety components has a safety module (M) that can be set to active or inactive, and a ready status (r) that can be set to active or inactive, wherein the safety module (M) of a safety component is set to inactive when the associated safety component has an inactive ready status (r), characterized in that the signal inputs (Rx) and signal outputs (Tx) of the safety components are connected in such a way that the safety components form a circular test arrangement with a direction of transmission for the data packets (DP1, DP2, DP3), in that the safety components each cyclically carry out a number of function tests (T), and set their ready status (r) to active if the number of function tests (T) is successful and to inactive if at least one of the function tests (T) fails, wherein one of the function tests (T) is checking for a cyclic, error-free reception of a data packet (DP), and in that one of the safety components is selected as the bus master (BM), which cyclically transmits a bus verification signal (B) in a data packet (DP1) to the adjacent safety component in the direction of transmission, wherein the bus verification signal (B) is forwarded in each case by the safety components in a data packet (DP2, DP3), and in that the bus master (BM), upon receipt of the bus verification signal (B) in a data packet (DP3), determines that the circular test arrangement is closed.
An aqueous inkjet ink composition, comprising: A. A water-dispersible polyurethane polymer having a backbone with pendant hydroxyl groups and, optionally, pendant neutralized carboxyl groups; B. A colorant; C. A fluid carrier; and D. Optionally, a crosslinker. A. A water-dispersible polyurethane polymer having a backbone with pendant hydroxyl groups and, optionally, pendant neutralized carboxyl groups; B. A colorant; C. A fluid carrier; and D. Optionally, a crosslinker.
Process for the production of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, comprising the steps of: i) providing a reactor comprising a cover, a bottom, sidewalls connecting said bottom and said cover, at least one reagent supply line and at least one line for drawing off the products formed, said reactor further containing a liquid phase A; ii) providing a stream B comprising hydrofluoric acid heated to a temperature T1 of from 100°C to 170°C and providing a stream C comprising 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene and/or 1,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene; said stream B and said stream C supplying said reactor via said at least one reagent supply line; iii) reacting, in said liquid phase A, said stream B with said stream C in order to form a stream D comprising trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; characterized in that step iii) is carried out at a temperature T2 of between 50°C and 110°C, and the temperature difference, in absolute value, between said temperature T1 and said temperature T2 is greater than or equal to 30°C. i) providing a reactor comprising a cover, a bottom, sidewalls connecting said bottom and said cover, at least one reagent supply line and at least one line for drawing off the products formed, said reactor further containing a liquid phase A; ii) providing a stream B comprising hydrofluoric acid heated to a temperature T1 of from 100°C to 170°C and providing a stream C comprising 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene and/or 1,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene; said stream B and said stream C supplying said reactor via said at least one reagent supply line; iii) reacting, in said liquid phase A, said stream B with said stream C in order to form a stream D comprising trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; characterized in that step iii) is carried out at a temperature T2 of between 50°C and 110°C, and the temperature difference, in absolute value, between said temperature T1 and said temperature T2 is greater than or equal to 30°C. characterized in that step iii) is carried out at a temperature T2 of between 50°C and 110°C, and the temperature difference, in absolute value, between said temperature T1 and said temperature T2 is greater than or equal to 30°C.
A spacecraft provided with a coating applied to a surface of the spacecraft, wherein the coating comprises a radiation stable shield for use in space or high altitude applications, the shield comprising a plurality of overlapping planar glass flakes held in a lamellar matrix of flexible polymeric material, said flakes each being formed of a radiation stable glass suitable for use in space or high altitude applications and being arranged in alignment with the lamellar direction of the matrix .
Embossing and lamination assembly comprising two pairs of steel/rubber rolls, between which respectively a first paper ply and a second paper ply are returned, wherein an upper steel embossing roll is coupled with an upper embossing rubber counter-roll and a lower steel embossing roll is coupled with a lower rubber embossing counter-roll , and also comprising a glue delivery assembly , in contact on a side of said upper steel embossing roll , and a coupling roll , in contact with the opposite side of said upper steel embossing roll , characterized in that the lower steel embossing roll and/or the upper steel embossing roll are equipped with heating means configured to bring a surface of the steel roll to a temperature comprised between about 100°C and 200°C and in that the upper and/or lower rubber embossing rolls are mounted on a movable arm , return rolls being arranged around the upper rubber roll and around the lower rubber roll to guarantee a tangential passage of paper between the two coupled steel/rubber embossing rolls (21, 31; 22, 32) without wrapping the respective rubber embossing roll .
Rotor for an electrical rotating machine, extending along a longitudinal axis (X), comprising: - salient poles having pole shoes , and characterized in that it comprises internal cooling channels , running axially through at least one pole shoe , the cooling channels being separated within the pole shoe by dividers . - salient poles having pole shoes , and characterized in that it comprises internal cooling channels , running axially through at least one pole shoe , the cooling channels being separated within the pole shoe by dividers .
Rotary joint apt to transfer a fluid between two entities, one of which is in rotary motion with respect to the other, said rotary joint comprising a cylindrical internal element , apt to be fixed to said entity in rotary motion, and a plurality of annular external elements , which can be coupled and which are self-centering, which can be fitted modularly, said external elements comprising at least two head elements , at least two housing elements of respective gaskets , two bearing elements and at least one fluid inlet element , said at least one fluid inlet element being placed in an intermediate position between said two bearing elements , said at least two housing elements of respective gaskets being arranged externally with respect to said two bearing elements and said at least two head elements being arranged externally with respect to said at least two housing elements of respective gaskets , said gaskets defining an annular shaped sealed area in the space delimited laterally by the same gaskets , internally by said internal element and externally by said external elements comprised between said gaskets , said sealed area being accessible on one side through said fluid inlet element and on the other side through at least one fluid passage channel passing through the body of said internal element up to one of the two axial ends.
A method of wireless communications in a time division duplex, TDD, based network, comprising: obtaining an uplink downlink assignment index, DAI, value that represents a number of subframes up to an uplink grant subframe in which an uplink grant is received within a downlink association set ; determining a new uplink DAI value by adding an offset value to the uplink DAI value, the offset value representing a number of downlink subframes subsequent to the uplink grant subframe within the downlink association set ; and transmitting one or more HARQ messages based on the determined new uplink DAI value, wherein a feedback HARQ-ACK payload size for the downlink association set is determined by calculating a sum of a payload size of a first set and a payload size of a second set, the first set including the subframes up to the uplink grant subframe within the downlink association set and the second set including the downlink subframes subsequent to the uplink grant subframe within the downlink association set . obtaining an uplink downlink assignment index, DAI, value that represents a number of subframes up to an uplink grant subframe in which an uplink grant is received within a downlink association set ; determining a new uplink DAI value by adding an offset value to the uplink DAI value, the offset value representing a number of downlink subframes subsequent to the uplink grant subframe within the downlink association set ; and transmitting one or more HARQ messages based on the determined new uplink DAI value, wherein a feedback HARQ-ACK payload size for the downlink association set is determined by calculating a sum of a payload size of a first set and a payload size of a second set, the first set including the subframes up to the uplink grant subframe within the downlink association set and the second set including the downlink subframes subsequent to the uplink grant subframe within the downlink association set .
A method for performing a physical force-assisted cleaning process on a patterned surface of a substrate , comprising : a) providing a substrate having at least one patterned surface, b) supplying a cleaning liquid to the patterned surface, c) applying a physical force to the cleaning liquid in contact with the patterned surface, whereby the physical force leads to bubble formation in the cleaning liquid, wherein : prior to applying the physical force, an additive is supplied to said patterned surface, and said additive is maintained in contact with said patterned surface for a given time, said additive and said time being chosen so that substantially complete wetting of the patterned surface by the cleaning liquid is achieved and wherein - the patterned surface comprises line features having a linewidth smaller than or equal to 45nm, - the additive is supplied prior to step (b), by contacting the patterned surface of the substrate with the additive, - the additive is isopropylalcohol (IPA) or acetone or a surfactant - the additive is removed from the substrate prior to the step of supplying a cleaning liquid. a) providing a substrate having at least one patterned surface, b) supplying a cleaning liquid to the patterned surface, c) applying a physical force to the cleaning liquid in contact with the patterned surface, whereby the physical force leads to bubble formation in the cleaning liquid, - the patterned surface comprises line features having a linewidth smaller than or equal to 45nm, - the additive is supplied prior to step (b), by contacting the patterned surface of the substrate with the additive, - the additive is isopropylalcohol (IPA) or acetone or a surfactant - the additive is removed from the substrate prior to the step of supplying a cleaning liquid.
A system for cancelling spatial interference associated with an original multicarrier signal carrying at least one data transmission sent by a transmitter to an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennae and having a receiver operatively associated therewith,the system receiving a plurality of received signals respectively including the interference and the original signal as received by a respective individual antenna from among the plurality of antennae,the system comprising: a spatial nulling device for generating a cleaner signal by reducing at least one spatial component of said interference; and a signal manipulator operative to manipulate a derivative of said received signals so as to cause said at least one data transmission to be more concentrated in a subset of frequency bands in which the spatial nulling device is more effective and to be less concentrated in frequency bands which do not belong to said subset of frequency bands, wherein said signal manipulator comprises a programmable band limited noise injector device which receives, and adds noise to a signal derived from a signal received by at least one of the antennae such that noise is added only to frequency bands outside the subset and not to frequency bands inside the subset, and wherein said spatial nulling device and said signal manipulator are both downstream of the plurality of antennae, and wherein said spatial nulling device is upstream of said signal manipulator. a spatial nulling device for generating a cleaner signal by reducing at least one spatial component of said interference; and a signal manipulator operative to manipulate a derivative of said received signals so as to cause said at least one data transmission to be more concentrated in a subset of frequency bands in which the spatial nulling device is more effective and to be less concentrated in frequency bands which do not belong to said subset of frequency bands, wherein said signal manipulator comprises a programmable band limited noise injector device which receives, and adds noise to a signal derived from a signal received by at least one of the antennae such that noise is added only to frequency bands outside the subset and not to frequency bands inside the subset, and wherein said spatial nulling device and said signal manipulator are both downstream of the plurality of antennae, and wherein said spatial nulling device is upstream of said signal manipulator.
A system for delivering an implantable medical device, comprising: a handle member including a seal assembly , characterized in that the seal assembly includes: a turnbuckle assembly including a stationary member and a cap coupled to the stationary member ; wherein the stationary member is coupled to an inner member ; wherein the cap is coupled to an exoskeleton disposed along an outer surface of the inner member ; wherein the cap is designed to shift relative to the stationary member such that the exoskeleton is put in compression. a handle member including a seal assembly , characterized in that the seal assembly includes: a turnbuckle assembly including a stationary member and a cap coupled to the stationary member ; wherein the stationary member is coupled to an inner member ; wherein the cap is coupled to an exoskeleton disposed along an outer surface of the inner member ; wherein the cap is designed to shift relative to the stationary member such that the exoskeleton is put in compression.
A method of erecting a tower having a multi-part tower section, the multi-part tower section having at least two partial sections, the partial sections being frusto-conical shell segment-shaped or cylindrical shell segment-shaped, the method comprising: positioning a first partial section of the multi-part tower section at a position intended for the first partial section; connecting a transverse flange of the first partial section to a foundation of the tower or a lower tower section; positioning a second partial section of the multi-part tower section adjacent to the first partial section after connecting the transverse flange of the first partial section; connecting a longitudinal flange of the first partial section to a longitudinal flange of the second partial section after positioning of the second partial section; characterized by creating a plurality of height compensating structures prior to positioning the first partial section, the height compensating structures being spaced apart from one another and arranged around a circumference of a support area of the multi-part tower section. positioning a first partial section of the multi-part tower section at a position intended for the first partial section; connecting a transverse flange of the first partial section to a foundation of the tower or a lower tower section; positioning a second partial section of the multi-part tower section adjacent to the first partial section after connecting the transverse flange of the first partial section; connecting a longitudinal flange of the first partial section to a longitudinal flange of the second partial section after positioning of the second partial section; characterized by creating a plurality of height compensating structures prior to positioning the first partial section, the height compensating structures being spaced apart from one another and arranged around a circumference of a support area of the multi-part tower section.
A herbicidal composition comprising a synergistically herbicidal effective amount of (a) (±)-2-exo-(2-Methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, any of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof (herbicide A) and (b) S-metolachlor (herbicide B) wherein the weight ratio of herbicide A to herbicide B is in the range from 1:0.8 to 1:20.
A nacelle for a wind turbine, wherein the nacelle comprises a nacelle cover formed by an elongate housing defining an interior space for containing machinery components of the wind turbine, the housing having a front end mounted to a tower of the wind turbine, and an opposite rear end , wherein the elongate housing comprises a fibre-reinforced polymer composite material, wherein the front end of the housing is mounted on a structural frame which is affixed to the tower , the front end is fitted to the structural frame by a plurality of fitting assemblies , wherein at least one of the plurality of fitting assemblies comprises a first mount on the housing which defines a first hollow bore extending therethrough, a second mount on the structural frame which defines a second hollow bore extending therethrough, the first and second hollow bores being aligned along a common axis , and an elongate pin (34;72) fitted within the first and second hollow bores , wherein the elongate pin comprises an elongate body portion (35;73) having at one end (36; 74) thereof an integral, unthreaded head element (37; 75) which has a width greater than a width of the elongate body portion (35;73), the head element (37;75) being fitted to the first mount , and at the opposite end (47; 89) thereof a securing element (48; 90) affixed to the elongate body portion (35;73) whereby the elongate pin (34;72) is captive in the first and second hollow bores by the head element (37;75) and the securing element (48; 90) and affixes the housing to the structural frame , wherein the structural frame comprises a bed plate frame and the bed plate frame supports at least one part of a drive train of the wind turbine, and the fitting assemblies comprise first and second front fitting assemblies on respective opposite longitudinal sides of the housing and third and fourth rear fitting assemblies on respective opposite longitudinal sides of the housing , wherein the rear fitting assemblies are longitudinally spaced along the housing in a direction towards the rear end relative to the front fitting assemblies , and wherein each of the first and second front fitting assemblies , or each of the third and fourth rear fitting assemblies , or all of the first and second front fitting assemblies and the third and fourth rear fitting assemblies , respectively comprise a respective first mount , second mount , elongate pin (34;72) and securing element (48; 90), wherein the second mount of each of the first and second front fitting assemblies is on the bed plate frame .
Roll holder for a label roll, in particular for a linerless label roll wound up transversely, comprising a horizontally arranged spindle, which is held on at least one side by a frame, and a rotatable roll receptacle, which is aligned parallel to the spindle and is mounted on the spindle, wherein the roll receptacle is mounted on the spindle with at least one linear bearing so as to be linearly displaceable, characterized in that the at least one linear bearing is a linear ball bearing with angular error compensation.