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An aluminum alloy for additive manufacturing, comprising, by weight, about 3% to about 9% zinc; about 0.5% to about 3% magnesium; about 0.5% to about 2% zirconium; 0% to about 2% erbium; less than about 0.5% copper; and the balance of weight percent comprising aluminum and incidental elements and impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy can solidify with about 10% of non-equilibrium (soluble) eutectic constituents for improved resistance to hot tearing during additive manufacturing processing, and wherein the eutectic constituents can be dissolved during post-processing operations to restore a single-phase aluminum matrix, which can be free of coarse eutectic constituents that were used for hot tearing resistance. about 3% to about 9% zinc; about 0.5% to about 3% magnesium; about 0.5% to about 2% zirconium; 0% to about 2% erbium; less than about 0.5% copper; and the balance of weight percent comprising aluminum and incidental elements and impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy can solidify with about 10% of non-equilibrium (soluble) eutectic constituents for improved resistance to hot tearing during additive manufacturing processing, and wherein the eutectic constituents can be dissolved during post-processing operations to restore a single-phase aluminum matrix, which can be free of coarse eutectic constituents that were used for hot tearing resistance.
A switch , comprising: a housing having a hollow box shape; a circuit provided inside the housing ; and a movable part (14; 15) to be manipulated by a user to control the circuit , wherein the housing includes: a case member having an opened front face; and a cover member firmly fixed with the case member to close the opened front face of the case member , wherein the case member has a penetration hole (221; 231) penetrating its side face (22; 23), characterised in that the penetration hole (221; 231) is isolated from the boundary between the case member and the cover member , wherein the movable part (14; 15) includes: an inner member (42; 52) disposed inside the housing to control the circuit ; and an outer member (41; 51) being a discrete piece from the inner member (42; 52), and exposed outside the housing to be manipulated by the user, and wherein the outer member (41; 51) includes a shaft part (411; 511) inserted through the penetration hole (221; 231). a housing having a hollow box shape; a circuit provided inside the housing ; and a movable part (14; 15) to be manipulated by a user to control the circuit , a case member having an opened front face; and a cover member firmly fixed with the case member to close the opened front face of the case member , the penetration hole (221; 231) is isolated from the boundary between the case member and the cover member , wherein the movable part (14; 15) includes: an inner member (42; 52) disposed inside the housing to control the circuit ; and an outer member (41; 51) being a discrete piece from the inner member (42; 52), and exposed outside the housing to be manipulated by the user, and an inner member (42; 52) disposed inside the housing to control the circuit ; and an outer member (41; 51) being a discrete piece from the inner member (42; 52), and exposed outside the housing to be manipulated by the user, and wherein the outer member (41; 51) includes a shaft part (411; 511) inserted through the penetration hole (221; 231).
A solar cell element, comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a p-type semiconductor region at one surface; a passivation layer located on the p-type semiconductor region and containing aluminum oxide; and a protective layer located on the passivation layer and including a polysiloxane layer that contains an alkyl group; characterized in that the protective layer further includes a silica layer; and wherein the silica layer is located between the passivation layer and the polysiloxane layer. a semiconductor substrate including a p-type semiconductor region at one surface; a passivation layer located on the p-type semiconductor region and containing aluminum oxide; and a protective layer located on the passivation layer and including a polysiloxane layer that contains an alkyl group; characterized in that the protective layer further includes a silica layer; and wherein the silica layer is located between the passivation layer and the polysiloxane layer.
A method for changing a configuration of a device for reading machine-readable code, the method comprising: detecting a strike on a surface of the device after scanning has been initiated, wherein detecting a strike on the surface of the device comprises detecting the strike against the surface of the device by a user either striking the device against a non-device surface or striking the surface of the device without necessarily engaging a button, a capacitive surface, or a resistive surface of the device; determining an identifying characteristic of the detected strike; comprising determining the identifying characteristic is that the detected strike comprises: a single blow, a particular number of blows, a strike pattern, a strike intensity, or a particular strike location on the device; correlating the identifying characteristic assigned to the detected strike to a particular scan-related operation; and executing the particular scan-related operation correlating to the identifying characteristic assigned to the detected strike, wherein executing the particular scan-related operation results in changing the configuration of the device for reading machine-readable code; wherein if the determined identifying characteristic of the detected strike is that the detected strike comprises a single blow, detecting additional identifying characteristics such that no change in configuration of the device results when the detected strike is caused by dropping the device. detecting a strike on a surface of the device after scanning has been initiated, wherein detecting a strike on the surface of the device comprises detecting the strike against the surface of the device by a user either striking the device against a non-device surface or striking the surface of the device without necessarily engaging a button, a capacitive surface, or a resistive surface of the device; determining an identifying characteristic of the detected strike; comprising determining the identifying characteristic is that the detected strike comprises: a single blow, a particular number of blows, a strike pattern, a strike intensity, or a particular strike location on the device; correlating the identifying characteristic assigned to the detected strike to a particular scan-related operation; and executing the particular scan-related operation correlating to the identifying characteristic assigned to the detected strike, wherein executing the particular scan-related operation results in changing the configuration of the device for reading machine-readable code; wherein if the determined identifying characteristic of the detected strike is that the detected strike comprises a single blow, detecting additional identifying characteristics such that no change in configuration of the device results when the detected strike is caused by dropping the device.
An ink container including a collapsible liquid storing container having a longitudinal direction in forward and backward directions, filled with an ink and provided with a spout discharging the ink at a back end side of the collapsible liquid storing container in the forward and backward directions; and a container case having a longitudinal direction in the forward and backward directions, containing the collapsible liquid storing container and fixing a back end of the collapsible liquid storing container at a back end side of the container case in the forward and backward directions, wherein the collapsible liquid storing container is configured to contract and to lengthen in the forward and backward directions of the collapsible liquid storing container in accordance with reduction in the ink from a state where the ink is filled inside, characterized in that the container case includes a first housing part housing the collapsible liquid storing container in an ink filled state, and a second housing part having a height less than the first housing part in upward and downward directions orthogonal to the forward and backward directions and housing a lengthened amount of the collapsible liquid storing container depending on the reduction in the ink at a front end side from the first housing part in the container case in the forward and backward directions.
A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a fluid, wherein a tank wall comprises, successively in a thickness direction, a secondary thermal insulation barrier comprising a plurality of juxtaposed secondary insulating elements , the secondary insulating elements being retained against a support wall , a secondary sealing membrane supported by the secondary insulating elements of the secondary thermal insulation barrier , a primary thermal insulation barrier comprising a plurality of juxtaposed primary insulating elements , the primary insulating elements being retained against the secondary sealing membrane , and a primary sealing membrane supported by the primary thermal insulation barrier and intended to be in contact with the cryogenic fluid contained in the tank, wherein the secondary sealing membrane is a corrugated metal membrane comprising a series of parallel corrugations forming channels and flat portions located between said corrugations , the primary insulating elements having an external face covering the flat portions of the secondary sealing membrane , the secondary insulating elements having an internal face supporting the flat portions of the secondary sealing membrane , characterized in that anti-convection filler elements are disposed in the corrugations of the secondary sealing membrane to generate a head loss in said channels. wherein the secondary sealing membrane is a corrugated metal membrane comprising a series of parallel corrugations forming channels and flat portions located between said corrugations , the primary insulating elements having an external face covering the flat portions of the secondary sealing membrane , the secondary insulating elements having an internal face supporting the flat portions of the secondary sealing membrane , characterized in that anti-convection filler elements are disposed in the corrugations of the secondary sealing membrane to generate a head loss in said channels.
A headset comprising: a fluid conduit adapted to connect to a distal end of a hydration system supply tube ; and a magnetic quick connect having an upstream and a downstream coupling member with a common mating axis and which together define a portion of the fluid conduit , wherein the upstream member comprises an off-axis arm that can rotate about the mating axis without decoupling the coupling members . a fluid conduit adapted to connect to a distal end of a hydration system supply tube ; and a magnetic quick connect having an upstream and a downstream coupling member with a common mating axis and which together define a portion of the fluid conduit , wherein the upstream member comprises an off-axis arm that can rotate about the mating axis without decoupling the coupling members .
A gateway for use with a DMZ host and a Hotspot client, said gateway comprising: a communication module operable to receive a communication packet having a transparent Ethernet bridging generic routing encapsulation header and a payload having a destination MAC address and to forward the communication packet to one of the group consisting of the DMZ host the Hotspot client and a processing module operable to determine whether the communication packet is a Unicast communication packet or a Multicast communication packet based on the destination MAC address and to instruct said communication module to forward the communication packet to one of the group consisting of the DMZ host and the Hotspot client, based on the destination MAC address. a communication module operable to receive a communication packet having a transparent Ethernet bridging generic routing encapsulation header and a payload having a destination MAC address and to forward the communication packet to one of the group consisting of the DMZ host the Hotspot client and a processing module operable to determine whether the communication packet is a Unicast communication packet or a Multicast communication packet based on the destination MAC address and to instruct said communication module to forward the communication packet to one of the group consisting of the DMZ host and the Hotspot client, based on the destination MAC address.
Frame fixing hook for mounting on the rear side of a frame for hanging the frame on a wall-side wall-mounting screw inserted into a door reveal in foam-free mounting, wherein the frame fixing hook comprises a hanging region for hanging a screw head of the wall-mounting screw, the hanging region having an elongate opening for the displaceable, rearwardly engaging accommodation of the screw head of the wall-mounting screw, characterized in that the frame fixing hook further comprises a frame fixing device for fixing the frame fixing hook to the frame, which is adjustable to adjust the position at which the frame fixing hook is fixed to the frame in a direction transverse to the elongated opening . the hanging region having an elongate opening for the displaceable, rearwardly engaging accommodation of the screw head of the wall-mounting screw, characterized in that the frame fixing hook further comprises a frame fixing device for fixing the frame fixing hook to the frame, which is adjustable to adjust the position at which the frame fixing hook is fixed to the frame in a direction transverse to the elongated opening .
A method for inspecting a cylindrical member that is molded into a cylindrical shape by winding a strip-shaped member around a molding drum and placing a longitudinal distal end and a longitudinal rear end of the strip-shaped member against each other, the method comprising the steps of: detecting, by using a position sensor , drum-widthwise end positions of the strip-shaped member wound around the molding drum along an entire length of the strip-shaped member in a longitudinal direction thereof; calculating, by using a control unit , average lines AL, which are obtained by averaging out the drum-widthwise end positions of the strip shaped member over a whole circumference, and a degree of widthwise misalignment of the strip-shaped member wound around the molding drum on the basis of detection data from the position sensor and position data of drum-widthwise end faces that are perpendicular to a drum axial center of the molding drum ; and determining whether the widthwise misalignment of the strip-shaped member is inside or outside an allowable range on the basis of the calculation result. detecting, by using a position sensor , drum-widthwise end positions of the strip-shaped member wound around the molding drum along an entire length of the strip-shaped member in a longitudinal direction thereof; calculating, by using a control unit , average lines AL, which are obtained by averaging out the drum-widthwise end positions of the strip shaped member over a whole circumference, and a degree of widthwise misalignment of the strip-shaped member wound around the molding drum on the basis of detection data from the position sensor and position data of drum-widthwise end faces that are perpendicular to a drum axial center of the molding drum ; and determining whether the widthwise misalignment of the strip-shaped member is inside or outside an allowable range on the basis of the calculation result.
A sensor (10; 120; 151-158), comprising: a waveguide (20; 50; 70) having a longitudinal axis and an end face (21; 51; 71), the waveguide (20; 50; 70) comprising a Bragg grating (23; 53; 73); at least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74) on the end face (21; 51; 71) of the waveguide (20; 50; 70); wherein an optical resonator (25; 55; 75) is formed by the Bragg grating (23; 53; 73), the at least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74), and an inner portion of the optical resonator, the inner portion being arranged between the Bragg grating (23; 53; 73) and the least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74), the inner portion of the optical resonator extending within a portion of the waveguide (20; 50; 70) and being monolithically formed with the waveguide (20; 50; 70); and a detector configured to detect at least one spectral characteristic of the optical resonator (25; 55; 75) or a change of at least one spectral characteristic of the optical resonator (25; 55; 75). a waveguide (20; 50; 70) having a longitudinal axis and an end face (21; 51; 71), the waveguide (20; 50; 70) comprising a Bragg grating (23; 53; 73); at least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74) on the end face (21; 51; 71) of the waveguide (20; 50; 70); wherein an optical resonator (25; 55; 75) is formed by the Bragg grating (23; 53; 73), the at least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74), and an inner portion of the optical resonator, the inner portion being arranged between the Bragg grating (23; 53; 73) and the least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74), the inner portion of the optical resonator extending within a portion of the waveguide (20; 50; 70) and being monolithically formed with the waveguide (20; 50; 70); and the Bragg grating (23; 53; 73), the at least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74), and an inner portion of the optical resonator, the inner portion being arranged between the Bragg grating (23; 53; 73) and the least one reflector (24; 28; 54; 74), the inner portion of the optical resonator extending within a portion of the waveguide (20; 50; 70) and being monolithically formed with the waveguide (20; 50; 70); and a detector configured to detect at least one spectral characteristic of the optical resonator (25; 55; 75) or a change of at least one spectral characteristic of the optical resonator (25; 55; 75).
A method of operating a fluid-working machine comprising a plurality of working chambers of cyclically varying volume, each said working chamber operable to displace a volume of working fluid which is selectable for each cycle of working chamber volume, the method comprising selecting the volume of working fluid displaced by one or more said working chambers during each cycle of working chamber volume to carry out a working function responsive to a received demand signal, characterised by selecting the volume of working fluid displaced by a first working chamber during a cycle of working chamber volume taking into account a suitability of said first working chamber to displace fluid to carry out the working function.
A respiratory monitoring device comprising an imaging device having a bore wall , the respiratory monitoring device comprising: a light source arranged to generate a projected shadow (S) of an imaging subject (P) positioned for imaging by the imaging device which is projected onto the bore wall of the imaging device; a video camera arranged to acquire video of the projected shadow on the bore wall; and an electronic processor programmed to extract a position of an edge of the projected shadow as a function of time from the acquired video, wherein the electronic processor is programmed to extract the position of the edge, E, of the projected shadow, S, in each frame of the video by averaging the position of the edge of the projected shadow along each of a plurality of parallel lines, L, that each intersect the edge of the projected shadow. a light source arranged to generate a projected shadow (S) of an imaging subject (P) positioned for imaging by the imaging device which is projected onto the bore wall of the imaging device; a video camera arranged to acquire video of the projected shadow on the bore wall; and an electronic processor programmed to extract a position of an edge of the projected shadow as a function of time from the acquired video, wherein the electronic processor is programmed to extract the position of the edge, E, of the projected shadow, S, in each frame of the video by averaging the position of the edge of the projected shadow along each of a plurality of parallel lines, L, that each intersect the edge of the projected shadow.
A waste disposal device comprising: a container having an opening at a top end, the container defining an inner cavity accessible through the opening , a bag interface at the opening adapted to hold a bag opened at the opening of the container with a closed end of the bag extending in the inner cavity; a pair of doors pivotally connected to the container to open and close access through the opening and adapted to close off a portion of the bag passing therebetween, the doors being pivotable from a closed position in which the doors meet to close the access through the opening , to a first pivoted position in which the doors are pivoted away from the inner cavity, and wherein at least one of the doors is pivotable to a second pivoted position toward the inner cavity; and an actuation mechanism operatively connected to at least one of the doors to bias the at least one of the doors to the closed position. a container having an opening at a top end, the container defining an inner cavity accessible through the opening , a bag interface at the opening adapted to hold a bag opened at the opening of the container with a closed end of the bag extending in the inner cavity; a pair of doors pivotally connected to the container to open and close access through the opening and adapted to close off a portion of the bag passing therebetween, the doors being pivotable from a closed position in which the doors meet to close the access through the opening , to a first pivoted position in which the doors are pivoted away from the inner cavity, and wherein at least one of the doors is pivotable to a second pivoted position toward the inner cavity; and an actuation mechanism operatively connected to at least one of the doors to bias the at least one of the doors to the closed position.
An offshore security monitoring system configured to respond to an alert signal transmitted from at least one of a plurality of offshore properties , the offshore security monitoring system comprising, a waterborne vessel comprising a monitoring system configured to monitor the alert signal; and a base module deployed at each of the plurality of offshore properties , the base module configured to communicate with the monitoring system on the waterborne vessel , wherein the base module is configured to detect a security breach in at least one of the each of the plurality of offshore properties and transmit the alert signal when security of at least one of the each of the plurality of offshore properties is breached; wherein the offshore security monitoring system is configured to monitor a plurality of offshore properties simultaneously, and in that the waterborne vessel is configured to respond to the alert signal when the monitoring system receives the alert signal by moving the waterborne vessel to the at least one of the offshore properties when the alert signal is received by the waterborne vessel . a waterborne vessel comprising a monitoring system configured to monitor the alert signal; and a base module deployed at each of the plurality of offshore properties , the base module configured to communicate with the monitoring system on the waterborne vessel , wherein the base module is configured to detect a security breach in at least one of the each of the plurality of offshore properties and transmit the alert signal when security of at least one of the each of the plurality of offshore properties is breached; wherein the offshore security monitoring system is configured to monitor a plurality of offshore properties simultaneously, and in that the waterborne vessel is configured to respond to the alert signal when the monitoring system receives the alert signal by moving the waterborne vessel to the at least one of the offshore properties when the alert signal is received by the waterborne vessel .