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A replaceable shaving assembly comprising: (a) a blade unit comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending blades; and (b) an interface element , configured to removeably connect the blade unit to a handle ; (c) wherein the blade unit and interface element include cooperating elements that allow the blade unit to pivot with respect to the interface element , the cooperating elements including a pair of arms extending from the interface element towards the blade unit ; and (d) wherein each of the arms includes a non-elastomeric post and an elastomeric outer layer in contact with the post (e) characterized in that the elastomeric layer includes a groove , - wherein the groove extends around the entire circumference of the arm , - or wherein the groove is disposed on an inner surface of each arm , facing the other arm , - or wherein the groove is disposed on an outer surface of each arm , facing away from the other arm . (a) a blade unit comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending blades; and (b) an interface element , configured to removeably connect the blade unit to a handle ; (c) wherein the blade unit and interface element include cooperating elements that allow the blade unit to pivot with respect to the interface element , the cooperating elements including a pair of arms extending from the interface element towards the blade unit ; and (d) wherein each of the arms includes a non-elastomeric post and an elastomeric outer layer in contact with the post (e) characterized in that the elastomeric layer includes a groove , - wherein the groove extends around the entire circumference of the arm , - or wherein the groove is disposed on an inner surface of each arm , facing the other arm , - or wherein the groove is disposed on an outer surface of each arm , facing away from the other arm . - wherein the groove extends around the entire circumference of the arm , - or wherein the groove is disposed on an inner surface of each arm , facing the other arm , - or wherein the groove is disposed on an outer surface of each arm , facing away from the other arm .
A continous process for converting carbonaceous material contained in one or more feedstocks into a liquid hydrocarbon product, said feedstocks including the carbonaceous material being in a feed mixture including one or more fluids, said fluids including water and further liquid organic compounds at least partly produced by the process, wherein the concentration of said at east one liquid organic compound contained in the feed mixture is at least 10% by weight, where the feed mixture provided contains at least one homogeneous catalyst in the form of a compound of potassium and/or sodium so as to ensure a total concentration of potassium and/or sodium of at least 0,5 % by weight, the process comprising converting at least part of the carbonaceous material by: - pressurising the feed mixture to a pressure in the range 250-400 bar - heating the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 380 to 430 °C and - maintaining said pressurized and heated feed mixture in the desired pressure and temperature ranges in a reaction zone for a predefined time; - wherein the pH during said conversion is above 7, where the pH of the feed mixture is measured during and/or after the conversion and when the pH measurement is outside the preferred range, the composition of the feed mixture is altered to correct the pH in the conversion; - cooling the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 25-200 °C and - expanding the feed mixture to a pressure in the range of 1-70 bar, thereby causing the carbonaceous material to be converted to a liquid hydrocarbon product; and - separating from the converted feed mixture a fraction comprising liquid hydrocarbon. - pressurising the feed mixture to a pressure in the range 250-400 bar - heating the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 380 to 430 °C and - maintaining said pressurized and heated feed mixture in the desired pressure and temperature ranges in a reaction zone for a predefined time; - wherein the pH during said conversion is above 7, where the pH of the feed mixture is measured during and/or after the conversion and when the pH measurement is outside the preferred range, the composition of the feed mixture is altered to correct the pH in the conversion; - cooling the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 25-200 °C - expanding the feed mixture to a pressure in the range of 1-70 bar, thereby causing the carbonaceous material to be converted to a liquid hydrocarbon product; and - separating from the converted feed mixture a fraction comprising liquid hydrocarbon.
Use of compounds of the general formula (I), in which m and n independently of one another represent 0 to 5 and A and B independently of one another represent -NR 1 R 2 or -N + R 1 R 2 R 3 X - and R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently of one another represent H or a straight-chain or branched-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and X- represents an anion, in detergents or cleaners for improving the washing or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable soiling.
A method of increasing expression of an endogenous polynucleotide in a plant cell, the method comprising altering one or more nucleotides in a regulatory region of the endogenous polynucleotide such that the regulatory region of the polynucleotide comprises an expression modulating element having a polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the expression modulation element comprises 2X to 4X copies of the expression modulating element in the regulatory region of the endogenous polynucleotide, and wherein the copies are separated by a spacer sequence that comprises about 1 to 50 nucleotides.
Vertebral screw for fastening to a load to be lifted or to a loading surface, having a screw bolt and an annular body mounted on the screw bolt so as to be rotatable and pivotable, wherein the annular body has an upper eyelet section and a coupling section located below it, wherein two oppositely-situated pins of the annular body are arranged in the coupling section so as to be pivotable into recesses of a bearing plate and the bearing plate is mounted so as to be rotational about the screw bolt , characterised in that an outer safety ring is set form-fittingly into a lower side of the bearing plate such that the pins of the annular body are held in the recesses by the safety ring .
A solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell , comprising: a membrane electrode assembly comprising a polymer electrolyte disposed between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode , the anode and cathode electrodes each comprising a catalyst, a central region and a peripheral region, wherein the peripheral region and the central region of the cathode electrode comprise the catalyst and the peripheral region of the cathode electrode comprises a cathode edge barrier layer ; a fluid impermeable seal in contact with at least a portion of the anode and cathode peripheral regions and the cathode edge barrier layer ; an anode flow field plate adjacent the anode electrode ; and a cathode flow field plate adjacent the cathode electrode , wherein the cathode flow field plate comprises a cathode peripheral flow channel and at least one cathode central flow channel ; characterized in that : at least a portion of the cathode edge barrier layer traverses at least a portion of the cathode peripheral flow channel , and the cathode peripheral flow channel is fluidly connected to a cathode inlet manifold and a cathode outlet manifold. a membrane electrode assembly comprising a polymer electrolyte disposed between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode , the anode and cathode electrodes each comprising a catalyst, a central region and a peripheral region, wherein the peripheral region and the central region of the cathode electrode comprise the catalyst and the peripheral region of the cathode electrode comprises a cathode edge barrier layer ; a fluid impermeable seal in contact with at least a portion of the anode and cathode peripheral regions and the cathode edge barrier layer ; an anode flow field plate adjacent the anode electrode ; and a cathode flow field plate adjacent the cathode electrode , wherein the cathode flow field plate comprises a cathode peripheral flow channel and at least one cathode central flow channel ; characterized in that : at least a portion of the cathode edge barrier layer traverses at least a portion of the cathode peripheral flow channel , and the cathode peripheral flow channel is fluidly connected to a cathode inlet manifold and a cathode outlet manifold. at least a portion of the cathode edge barrier layer traverses at least a portion of the cathode peripheral flow channel , and the cathode peripheral flow channel is fluidly connected to a cathode inlet manifold and a cathode outlet manifold.
A method for determining the amount of C peptide in a sample by tandem mass spectrometry or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometry, the method comprising: (a) subjecting a sample to solid phase extraction (SPE) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to obtain a fraction enriched in C peptide; (b) subjecting the enriched C peptide to an ionization source under conditions suitable to generate one or more C peptide ions detectable by mass spectrometry; (c) determining the amount of one or more C peptide ions by tandem mass spectrometry or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometry, wherein said determined ions comprise one or more fragment ions selected from the group of ions with mass to charge ratios consisting of 785.4 ± 0.5 and 646.1 ± 0.5; wherein the amount of ions determined in step (c) is related to the amount of a C peptide in said sample. (a) subjecting a sample to solid phase extraction (SPE) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to obtain a fraction enriched in C peptide; (b) subjecting the enriched C peptide to an ionization source under conditions suitable to generate one or more C peptide ions detectable by mass spectrometry; (c) determining the amount of one or more C peptide ions by tandem mass spectrometry or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometry, wherein said determined ions comprise one or more fragment ions selected from the group of ions with mass to charge ratios consisting of 785.4 ± 0.5 and 646.1 ± 0.5;
Coating unit for manufacturing hot-mix bituminous coated materials from aggregates and bitumen, said unit comprising an oven for drying the aggregates and at least one burner equipping said oven , said burner comprising at least one burning head and a conduit for feeding oxidant to the burning head for producing, at the latter, a flame intended to heat the interior of said oven , said burner furthermore comprising at least: - a first pipe connected to the oxidant-feed conduit upstream of the burning head for supplying said oxidant-feed conduit with bitumen vapours and/or dust coming from the bitumen used by the unit and/or from the bituminous coated materials manufactured by the latter, the interior of the first pipe fluidically communicating with the interior of said oxidant-feed conduit substantially upstream of the burning head , and - a second pipe emerging in said oven to feed into the latter bitumen vapours and/or dust coming from the bitumen used by the unit and/or from the bituminous coated materials manufactured by the latter. - a first pipe connected to the oxidant-feed conduit upstream of the burning head for supplying said oxidant-feed conduit with bitumen vapours and/or dust coming from the bitumen used by the unit and/or from the bituminous coated materials manufactured by the latter, the interior of the first pipe fluidically communicating with the interior of said oxidant-feed conduit substantially upstream of the burning head , and - a second pipe emerging in said oven to feed into the latter bitumen vapours and/or dust coming from the bitumen used by the unit and/or from the bituminous coated materials manufactured by the latter.
A combination of a container neck with an external thread and a closure, wherein the closure consists of a screw cap with a guarantee band , wherein the screw cap has at least one cylindrical cap skirt with an internal thread and a circumferential guarantee band at the lower, open end of the cap skirt , wherein the guarantee band is connected to the lower rim of the cap skirt along easily tearable weakening lines , wherein the guarantee band , after tearing along the weakening lines, remains non-detachably connected to the cap skirt via holding bands , wherein the holding bands being formed by two weakening lines which are each interrupted at least once in the circumferential direction by a separating web , partially overlap in the circumferential direction and extend at least in the overlap region at an axial distance from one another, and wherein the separating webs of both weakening lines are bridged by the respective other weakening line at an axial distance, characterized in that the container neck, in addition to a pilfer-proof ring , comprises an annular projection which is arranged circumferentially on the container neck above an upper flank of the pilfer-proof ring .
Ventilation and air conditioning system suitable for a room , the room containing a heat source and the ventilation and air conditioning system comprising a cooled air supply and a ventilation duct , • the ventilation duct comprising a primary inlet being connected to the cooled air supply and an outlet intended to lead into the room , • wherein a number of heat storage elements is arranged inside the ventilation duct between the primary inlet and the outlet , • such that during operation of the cooled air supply there is a forced stream of cooled air through the ventilation duct , thereby cooling and preferably freezing the heat storage elements , and • wherein there is a secondary inlet into the ventilation duct which intended to be in flow communication with the room and which during operation of the cooled air supply is closed by a damper , the ventilation and air conditioning system being characterized in that the damper is designed to automatically open in a passive manner when the forced stream of cooled air from the cooled air supply stops, such that a natural convection airflow through the ventilation duct is supported, wherein the natural convection airflow is cooled by transferring heat to the heat storage elements . • the ventilation duct comprising a primary inlet being connected to the cooled air supply and an outlet intended to lead into the room , • wherein a number of heat storage elements is arranged inside the ventilation duct between the primary inlet and the outlet , • such that during operation of the cooled air supply there is a forced stream of cooled air through the ventilation duct , thereby cooling and preferably freezing the heat storage elements , and • wherein there is a secondary inlet into the ventilation duct which intended to be in flow communication with the room and which during operation of the cooled air supply is closed by a damper ,
A dispenser for dispensing at least one web material, said web material comprising perforation lines dividing said web material into individual products, from a storage of web material, the dispenser comprising: a housing comprising said storage of said web material, wherein said web material extends along a web path in a feeding direction in an interior of said housing from a storage position to a dispensing opening of the dispenser , and a separation arrangement being arranged along said web path, for separating said at least one web material along said perforation lines, said separation arrangement comprising a first unit and a second unit , said second unit being arranged downstream said first unit , as seen in said feeding direction of said web path, said separation arrangement being adapted to provide a first pull force required to pull said web material downstream said first unit , and a second pull force required to pull said web material downstream said second unit , characterised in that said first pull force is 10 to 50 % of said second pull force, preferably 20 to 40%. a housing comprising said storage of said web material, wherein said web material extends along a web path in a feeding direction in an interior of said housing from a storage position to a dispensing opening of the dispenser , and a separation arrangement being arranged along said web path, for separating said at least one web material along said perforation lines, said separation arrangement comprising a first unit and a second unit , said second unit being arranged downstream said first unit , as seen in said feeding direction of said web path, said separation arrangement being adapted to provide a first pull force required to pull said web material downstream said first unit , and a second pull force required to pull said web material downstream said second unit , characterised in that said first pull force is 10 to 50 % of said second pull force, preferably 20 to 40%.
An aliphatic polycarbonate in which a salt consisting of a metal or onium cation and an anion whose corresponding acid has a pKa not greater than 3 is dispersed, the aliphatic polycarbonate comprising repeating units of Formula 1: wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 alkylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 heteroalkylene and the O- A -O units in one polymer chain are identical to or different from each other, wherein the HO- A -OH as a raw material for the aliphatic polycarbonate of Formula 1 is selected from the group consisting of the compounds of Formulae 2a to 2d, or wherein the HO- A -OH is a mixture of the compound of Formula 2a and one diol compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds of Formulae 2b to 2d, 2f and 2h: wherein the aliphatic polycarbonate has a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 250,000, determined by polystyrene standard substance with THF and 40°C, using GPC (gel permeation chromatography).
A fitting plate (31; 52, 53) for lashing containers on board of ships, comprising a first accommodation and two further accommodations (37; 60, 61), wherein the two further accommodations (37; 56, 67) form a two-armed lever in relation to the first accommodation and are provided with one pocket (36; 64, 65) each for receiving a tensioning screw stud of a lashing rod , characterized in that the two further accommodations (37; 56, 67) are hingedly mounted between two fitting plate parts (38, 39; 52, 53).
Acoustic radiating membrane for a music box or striking watch , characterized in that the membrane includes, over a first thickness of the total thickness of the membrane, a certain number of cells or a certain number of projecting portions, wherein the shape and dimension of cells or of portions are adapted according to the type of material and the note or notes to be radiated by the membrane with a uniform amplification across the audible frequency band.
A process of preparing a hydrogel product comprising a cross-linked network of chondroitin molecules, comprising the steps of: (a) providing chondroitin molecules selected from the group consisting of chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate; (b) activating the carboxyl groups on the chondroitin molecules with a triazine-based coupling reagent to form an activated, cross-linked chondroitin essentially without any N-acylurea groups; (c) cross-linking the activated chondroitin molecules to each other via their carboxyl groups using a cross-linking agent, wherein the crosslinking agent is hexamethylenediamine (HMDA). (a) providing chondroitin molecules selected from the group consisting of chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate; (b) activating the carboxyl groups on the chondroitin molecules with a triazine-based coupling reagent to form an activated, cross-linked chondroitin essentially without any N-acylurea groups; (c) cross-linking the activated chondroitin molecules to each other via their carboxyl groups using a cross-linking agent, wherein the crosslinking agent is hexamethylenediamine (HMDA).
Tap for pressurised fluid cylinder comprising a body provided with an end intended to be connected to the orifice of a pressurised fluid cylinder, the body of the tap housing a bleed-off circuit comprising a first upstream end intended to connect the storage volume of a pressurised fluid cylinder and a second downstream end intended to be connected to a user member of the drawn-off gas, the bleed-off circuit comprising a member for regulating the flow and/or the pressure of the drawn-off fluid between the upstream and downstream ends, the tap comprising a member for manually controlling the regulation member , the control member being mounted mobile relative to the body of the tap and engaging with the regulation member in order to control the flow and/or the pressure of fluid taken in to be circulated from the upstream end to the downstream end according to the position of the control member with respect to the body of the tap , the tap comprising a position sensor of the control member configured to generate an electric signal representative of the position of the latter or of the flow and/or the pressure of fluid imposed by the regulation member , the position sensor of the control member comprising a conductive circuit having a determined electrical resistance, a member for measuring an electrical magnitude of the conductive circuit and a cursor , characterised in that the conductive circuit and the cursor are mobile relative to one another during the movement of the control member with respect to the body of the tap in separate configurations wherein the cursor modifies the shape and/or the surface of the conductive circuit measured by the measuring member .