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A method of making a loop fastener product , the method comprising knitting a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground , wherein at least one of the ground yarns comprises a bicomponent yarn with a filament comprising a first portion of a first polymer and a second portion of a second polymer, the first and second portions bonded together along a length of the filament and defining a boundary between the first and second polymers; holding the knit fabric in a flat state and under transverse tension; and while the fabric is held in the flat state and under transverse tension, setting the fabric by first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of a sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground , and then allowing the fabric to cool, completing the setting, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer. knitting a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground , wherein at least one of the ground yarns comprises a bicomponent yarn with a filament comprising a first portion of a first polymer and a second portion of a second polymer, the first and second portions bonded together along a length of the filament and defining a boundary between the first and second polymers; holding the knit fabric in a flat state and under transverse tension; and while the fabric is held in the flat state and under transverse tension, setting the fabric by first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of a sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground , and then allowing the fabric to cool, completing the setting, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer. first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of a sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground , and then allowing the fabric to cool, completing the setting, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer.
A parking-lot-leaving support apparatus , to execute a parking-lot-leaving support to support a vehicle leaving a parking lot, based on a positional relationship between the vehicle and an obstacle in a back-and-forth direction of the vehicle, comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether an obstacle exists in a side direction of the vehicle, based on a detection result of a detection unit (131-134) that detects an obstacle in the side direction of the vehicle, a parallel parking state determination means configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a parallel parking state based on a detection result of a detection unit that detects an obstacle in the back-and-forth direction of the vehicle; characterized by a selection operation unit configured to, when it is determined that the vehicle is in the parallel parking state, receive a selection operation based on a blinker operation performed by a driver of a parking-lot-leaving direction; and an inhibition unit configured to, when the determination unit has determined that the obstacle exists in the side direction of the vehicle that coincides with the parking-lot-leaving direction identified based on the blinker operation performed by the driver, inhibit the parking-lot-leaving support in a direction that coincides with the side direction in which the obstacle exists while permitting parking-lot-leaving support in a direction in which no obstacle exists. a determination unit configured to determine whether an obstacle exists in a side direction of the vehicle, based on a detection result of a detection unit (131-134) that detects an obstacle in the side direction of the vehicle, a parallel parking state determination means configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a parallel parking state based on a detection result of a detection unit that detects an obstacle in the back-and-forth direction of the vehicle; characterized by a selection operation unit configured to, when it is determined that the vehicle is in the parallel parking state, receive a selection operation based on a blinker operation performed by a driver of a parking-lot-leaving direction; and an inhibition unit configured to, when the determination unit has determined that the obstacle exists in the side direction of the vehicle that coincides with the parking-lot-leaving direction identified based on the blinker operation performed by the driver, inhibit the parking-lot-leaving support in a direction that coincides with the side direction in which the obstacle exists while permitting parking-lot-leaving support in a direction in which no obstacle exists.
A capacitation medium for in vitro maturation of an immature mammalian cumulus oocyte complex, the medium comprising 1 - 50 nM C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), estradiol and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH).
A method for the production of a bedding admixture for animal keeping, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a mixture comprising miscanthus, napier grass and/or switchgrass, and further comprising biochar, wherein the mixture has a moisture content of 20 to 40% by weight based on the total weight of the mixture, and wherein the biochar in the mixture has a proportion of 5 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the mixture, b) open up the mixture in an extruder configured to process the mixture into fibres having a length of 0.1 to 20 mm, the fibres constituting the bedding admixture, at a temperature of 60 to 100°C, and c) cooling the bedding admixture to 10 to 25°C. a) providing a mixture comprising miscanthus, napier grass and/or switchgrass, and further comprising biochar, wherein the mixture has a moisture content of 20 to 40% by weight based on the total weight of the mixture, and wherein the biochar in the mixture has a proportion of 5 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the mixture, b) open up the mixture in an extruder configured to process the mixture into fibres having a length of 0.1 to 20 mm, the fibres constituting the bedding admixture, at a temperature of 60 to 100°C, and c) cooling the bedding admixture to 10 to 25°C.
Method of hot-dip coating of hot-rolled metal strip in a continuous strip plant, in which the hot strip - is subjected to pretreatment for descaling, - is reduced in its thickness by cold-deforming in a process step preceding galvanising and - is galvanised - is reduced in its thickness by cold-deforming in a process step subsequent to the galvanising and - runs through a post-treatment, characterised in that the hot strip freed of scale is cold-deformed in the process step preceding the galvanising by reducing its strip thickness by 0.5 to 10% and in both cold deformations, i.e. not only before, but also after the process step of galvanising, a surface structure is imposed on the strip in each instance by a cold-rolling process in a cold-rolling stand with use of work rolls with a surface structure with a mean roughness value Ra of 0.2 to 3 microns. - is subjected to pretreatment for descaling, - is reduced in its thickness by cold-deforming in a process step preceding galvanising and - is galvanised - is reduced in its thickness by cold-deforming in a process step subsequent to the galvanising and - runs through a post-treatment,
An endovascular prosthesis delivery device comprising a tubular member having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the distal portion having a porous surface defined by a plurality of circumferential rings , adjacent pairs of circumferential rings being interconnected by at least one longitudinal strut , characterized in that the porous surface comprises a decreasing gradient of longitudinal strut circumferential width between longitudinal struts connected to opposed sides of a single circumferential ring in a direction from the proximal portion to the distal portion.
A method of measuring the speed of rotation of a rotating wheel relative to first and second arms of a fork , the first and second arms being arranged symmetrically relative to a median plane of the wheel orthogonal to an axis of the wheel, the method comprising time-of-flight detections , by a time-of-flight sensor integral with a part of the first arm , of passages of one or more elements of the wheel through a given position , said one or more elements comprising one or more spokes of the wheel, each time-of-flight detection comprising: - transmitting, by the time-of-flight sensor, optical pulses ; - generating, by the time-of-flight sensor, a distance value representative of the distance measured by the sensor, the distance assuming a first value (D1) equal to the distance between the sensor and the second arm when no spoke is located in front of the sensor , and a second value (D2) less than the first value when a spoke passes in front of the sensor ; - comparing the distance value with a distance threshold (TH) in order to detect passages of said one or more elements , the comparison resulting in a signal (P) assuming a first level (N) when one of the optical pulses occurs in the absence of an element in front of the time-of-flight sensor and a second level (Y) when an element passes in front of the time-of-flight sensor during one of the optical pulses, passage of the element being detected each time the signal (P) switches from the first level (N) to the second level (Y) or each time the signal (P) switches from the second level (Y) to the first level (N); and - calculating the rotation speed of the wheel from said detections of the passage of the element . - transmitting, by the time-of-flight sensor, optical pulses ; - generating, by the time-of-flight sensor, a distance value representative of the distance measured by the sensor, the distance assuming a first value (D1) equal to the distance between the sensor and the second arm when no spoke is located in front of the sensor , and a second value (D2) less than the first value when a spoke passes in front of the sensor ; - comparing the distance value with a distance threshold (TH) in order to detect passages of said one or more elements , the comparison resulting in a signal (P) assuming a first level (N) when one of the optical pulses occurs in the absence of an element in front of the time-of-flight sensor and a second level (Y) when an element passes in front of the time-of-flight sensor during one of the optical pulses, passage of the element being detected each time the signal (P) switches from the first level (N) to the second level (Y) or each time the signal (P) switches from the second level (Y) to the first level (N); and - calculating the rotation speed of the wheel from said detections of the passage of the element .
A system for determining the location and/or controlling the location of targets, the targets being aircraft, landcraft, boats, autonomous drones or satellites, the system comprising: a radiation emitter , a radiation receiver and a signal processor; wherein the radiation emitter is adapted to direct radiation to a positioning area a defined distance from the radiation emitter , the radiation carrying a modulated location signal containing information corresponding to positions within the positioning area; wherein the radiation receiver is adapted to receive at least a portion of the emitted radiation carrying the modulated signal and output a signal to the signal processor indicative of the modulation of the location signal of the received radiation; wherein the signal processor is adapted to process the outputted signal and identify a position within the positioning area indicative of the location in the positioning area of the received radiation; wherein the radiation emitter is adapted to emit a focused optical beam and scan the focused optical beam over the positioning area; and wherein the emitted radiation is a focused optical beam, wherein the modulated location signal includes a plurality of digital data blocks, the plurality of digital data blocks containing information respectively corresponding to a plurality of discrete positions within the positioning area that respectively correspond to a current location of the focused beam within the positioning area . a radiation emitter , a radiation receiver and a signal processor; wherein the radiation emitter is adapted to direct radiation to a positioning area a defined distance from the radiation emitter , the radiation carrying a modulated location signal containing information corresponding to positions within the positioning area; wherein the radiation receiver is adapted to receive at least a portion of the emitted radiation carrying the modulated signal and output a signal to the signal processor indicative of the modulation of the location signal of the received radiation; wherein the signal processor is adapted to process the outputted signal and identify a position within the positioning area indicative of the location in the positioning area of the received radiation; wherein the radiation emitter is adapted to emit a focused optical beam and scan the focused optical beam over the positioning area; and wherein the emitted radiation is a focused optical beam, wherein the modulated location signal includes a plurality of digital data blocks, the plurality of digital data blocks containing information respectively corresponding to a plurality of discrete positions within the positioning area that respectively correspond to a current location of the focused beam within the positioning area .
Wind scattering device for the scattering of scattering material onto a scattering material conveyor with at least a wind scattering chamber which comprises an upper scattering material opening via which the scattering material is introduced into the wind scattering chamber, and several fans for producing at least one airflow (L) for separating the scattering material in the wind scattering chamber, wherein the airflow produced by the air flow (L) produced by the fans enters the wind scattering chamber via an inflow surface (F) which extends along the height of the wind scattering chamber , characterised in that the fans are arranged in a fan field that comprises several fans distributed over the height and over the width of the fan field which produce individual flows (E) orientated in parallel to each other, wherein the fan field is connected to the wind scattering chamber in such a way that the individual flows (E) of the fans are orientated perpendicularly or essentially perpendicularly to the inflow surface (F) of the wind scattering device , wherein the fan field is orientated transversely to the orientation of the airflow (L) blown into the wind scattering chamber via the inflow surface (F). a wind scattering chamber which comprises an upper scattering material opening via which the scattering material is introduced into the wind scattering chamber, and several fans for producing at least one airflow (L) for separating the scattering material in the wind scattering chamber, wherein the airflow produced by the air flow (L) produced by the fans enters the wind scattering chamber via an inflow surface (F) which extends along the height of the wind scattering chamber , characterised in that the fans are arranged in a fan field that comprises several fans distributed over the height and over the width of the fan field which produce individual flows (E) orientated in parallel to each other, wherein the fan field is connected to the wind scattering chamber in such a way that the individual flows (E) of the fans are orientated perpendicularly or essentially perpendicularly to the inflow surface (F) of the wind scattering device , wherein the fan field is orientated transversely to the orientation of the airflow (L) blown into the wind scattering chamber via the inflow surface (F).
An apparatus wherein at least two tools for treatment of the edge of a knife are overlapping each other at intersecting directions in order to form between them a V-shaped groove into which a knife can be inserted and moved manually back and forth while in contact with the tools for simultaneous treatment of both sides of the edge of the knife, wherein the tools are shaped as staves (10; 20) defined by four faces in a rectangular cross-sectional profile extending in longitudinal direction from a first (12; 22) to a second end (13; 23) of each stave (10; 20), wherein adjacent faces are joined at corners (h) running in the length direction of each stave (10; 20), wherein the staves (10; 20) are arranged to rise cantilevered in crosswise relation from movable holder members , respectively, through slots formed in a top of a stationary holder member in which the movable holder members can move back and forth in side-by-side relation against the force of springs , respectively, which urges each movable holder member and stave towards an initial position; the apparatus further comprises pivot journal means in the form of a pin and pinhole combination arranged for pivotally journaling the staves in the movable holder members , pivoting about pivot axes (S) that pass longitudinally through the staves internally of said faces , wherein an allowed pivot angle movement (α) is defined by the extreme positions at which, when the apparatus is in use, either of the stave corners (h1 or h2), in rotation about the axis (S), hits the nearest wall of said slots . wherein the tools are shaped as staves (10; 20) defined by four faces in a rectangular cross-sectional profile extending in longitudinal direction from a first (12; 22) to a second end (13; 23) of each stave (10; 20), wherein adjacent faces are joined at corners (h) running in the length direction of each stave (10; 20), wherein the staves (10; 20) are arranged to rise cantilevered in crosswise relation from movable holder members , respectively, through slots formed in a top of a stationary holder member in which the movable holder members can move back and forth in side-by-side relation against the force of springs , respectively, which urges each movable holder member and stave towards an initial position; the apparatus further comprises pivot journal means in the form of a pin and pinhole combination arranged for pivotally journaling the staves in the movable holder members , pivoting about pivot axes (S) that pass longitudinally through the staves internally of said faces , wherein an allowed pivot angle movement (α) is defined by the extreme positions at which, when the apparatus is in use, either of the stave corners (h1 or h2), in rotation about the axis (S), hits the nearest wall of said slots .
A method for purifying daptomycin from high molecular weight molecules or aggregates, wherein the daptomycin is provided in micellar form, said method comprising: a. subjecting the micellar daptomycin to conditions in which the daptomycin is in monomeric form by altering the pH; and b. separating the monomeric daptomycin molecules from high molecular weight molecules or aggregates by a size separation technique. a. subjecting the micellar daptomycin to conditions in which the daptomycin is in monomeric form by altering the pH; and b. separating the monomeric daptomycin molecules from high molecular weight molecules or aggregates by a size separation technique.
Vehicle pane with a first substrate (GS1) and with at least one antenna structure (ANT) and a connection region (AB), wherein the antenna structure (ANT) is arranged on a flexible film (F), wherein, additionally, a first line region (GCPW1) is provided on the flexible film (F), wherein the connection region (AB) is arranged on a carrier (T), wherein, additionally, a second line region (GCPW2) is provided on the carrier (T), wherein the flexible film (F) has a first contact region (C1) and the carrier has a second contact region (C2) for the reciprocal connection of the first line region (GCPW1) to the second line region (GCPW2), characterized in that the flexible film (F) is routed around one end of the first substrate (GS1).
A stable non-settling slurry of potassium formate (KFo) brine and manganomanganic oxide particles having a particle size below 10 μm and/or ilmenite particles having an average particle size below 15 μm, characterized in that the slurry contains 0.05 to 0.5 wt% of a salt tolerant dispersant based on the weight of dry manganomanganic oxide particles and/or the ilmenite particles, the dispersant being co- or tri-polymers of acrylic acid and sulfonated monomers in acidic form or in salt form, said dispersant having an average molecular weight of less than 20000 g/mol.
An adaptor for electrically connecting a lighting apparatus to an electrified track , wherein the electrified track comprises AC main phases L1, L2 and L3 and a neutral wire N, wherein the adaptor has a housing designed to be inserted into a U-shaped profile of the electrified track , wherein the electrified track has a cross-sectional shape of U, wherein the adaptor has contacts for contacting the AC main phases L1, L2 and L3 and the neutral wire N of the electrified track , wherein the adaptor comprises an electronic control unit in the housing, wherein, when inserting the adaptor , all phases L1, L2 and L3 and the neutral wire N of the electrified track are contacted, wherein the control unit is configured to select, preferably using electronic switches, a combination of one of the all contacted AC main phases L1, L2, L3 with the neutral wire N for supplying the lighting apparatus , characterized by : wherein the adaptor is configured to be inserted into the electrified track in two different orientations, wherein the two different orientations are rotated by 180 degrees, wherein the control unit is configured to detect an insertion orientation of the adaptor by sensing an AC-voltage present at the different phases L1, L2, L3 and N. the electrified track comprises AC main phases L1, L2 and L3 and a neutral wire N, wherein the adaptor has a housing designed to be inserted into a U-shaped profile of the electrified track , wherein the electrified track has a cross-sectional shape of U, wherein the adaptor has contacts for contacting the AC main phases L1, L2 and L3 and the neutral wire N of the electrified track , wherein the adaptor comprises an electronic control unit in the housing, wherein, when inserting the adaptor , all phases L1, L2 and L3 and the neutral wire N of the electrified track are contacted, wherein the control unit is configured to select, preferably using electronic switches, a combination of one of the all contacted AC main phases L1, L2, L3 with the neutral wire N for supplying the lighting apparatus , characterized by : wherein the adaptor is configured to be inserted into the electrified track in two different orientations, wherein the two different orientations are rotated by 180 degrees, wherein the control unit is configured to detect an insertion orientation of the adaptor by sensing an AC-voltage present at the different phases L1, L2, L3 and N. wherein the adaptor is configured to be inserted into the electrified track in two different orientations, wherein the two different orientations are rotated by 180 degrees, wherein the control unit is configured to detect an insertion orientation of the adaptor by sensing an AC-voltage present at the different phases L1, L2, L3 and N.