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A die for hydraulically extruding a laminarized polymeric ribbon of film onto the painted surface of an article of manufacture, comprising: a first die block having an interior surface with a straight, elongate gallery groove formed therein adjacent and parallel to the bottom edge; a second die block having an interior surface with a bottom edge and a straight, elongate gallery groove formed therein adjacent and parallel to the bottom edge; a spacer disposed between the first and second die blocks ; said spacer having a cutout ; the first and second blocks being joined with gallery grooves therein in registry and the spacer disposed between said interior surfaces; said spacer cutout being located relative to said gallery grooves to create an open volume between the registered gallery grooves to receive film-forming material from an inlet, said spacer cutout defining a slot-like material discharge outlet through which an undivided ribbon of film-forming material can be hydraulically discharged at a predetermined rate; and a material inlet for admitting film-forming polymeric material in emulsion form to said open volume formed by said spacer cutout and gallery grooves , wherein the edge surface of the spacer cutout is flared at the opposite sides thereof and has rounded corners to cause the extruded film to flare slightly outwardly during emission, and wherein the elongated gallery groove in the first die block is made of a cross-leg fed with material coming from the material inlet via diverging legs , the cross-leg and the diverging legs being machined in the first die block, all with the same depth. a first die block having an interior surface with a straight, elongate gallery groove formed therein adjacent and parallel to the bottom edge; a second die block having an interior surface with a bottom edge and a straight, elongate gallery groove formed therein adjacent and parallel to the bottom edge; a spacer disposed between the first and second die blocks ; said spacer having a cutout ; the first and second blocks being joined with gallery grooves therein in registry and the spacer disposed between said interior surfaces; said spacer cutout being located relative to said gallery grooves to create an open volume between the registered gallery grooves to receive film-forming material from an inlet, said spacer cutout defining a slot-like material discharge outlet through which an undivided ribbon of film-forming material can be hydraulically discharged at a predetermined rate; and a material inlet for admitting film-forming polymeric material in emulsion form to said open volume formed by said spacer cutout and gallery grooves , wherein the edge surface of the spacer cutout is flared at the opposite sides thereof and has rounded corners to cause the extruded film to flare slightly outwardly during emission, and wherein the elongated gallery groove in the first die block is made of a cross-leg fed with material coming from the material inlet via diverging legs , the cross-leg and the diverging legs being machined in the first die block, all with the same depth.
Apparatus for pressure die-casting of a cast material , in particular for pressure die-casting of metals, comprising a. a casting chamber with a filling opening for the cast material , b. a casting piston which is displaceable in the casting chamber and which is designed to discharge the cast material into a die cavity which is connected to the casting chamber , c. a lubricant channel having an inlet and an outlet , wherein the outlet of the lubricant channel opens into the casting chamber , d. a vacuum apparatus which is designed to evacuate the casting chamber , e. a lubricant device which is designed to introduce a lubricant into the inlet of the lubricant channel , and f. a compressed-air device for introducing compressed air into the inlet of the lubricant channel . a. a casting chamber with a filling opening for the cast material , b. a casting piston which is displaceable in the casting chamber and which is designed to discharge the cast material into a die cavity which is connected to the casting chamber , c. a lubricant channel having an inlet and an outlet , wherein the outlet of the lubricant channel opens into the casting chamber , d. a vacuum apparatus which is designed to evacuate the casting chamber , e. a lubricant device which is designed to introduce a lubricant into the inlet of the lubricant channel , and f. a compressed-air device for introducing compressed air into the inlet of the lubricant channel .
A film comprising a thermoplastic composition, wherein the composition contains a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer, a nanoinclusion additive dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete nano-scale domains having an average axial dimension of from 1 to 800 nanometers and a microinclusion additive dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete micro-scale domains having an average axial dimension of from 1 to 400 micrometers, wherein a porous network is defined in the composition that includes a plurality of nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of 800 nanometers or less; wherein the microinclusion additive is a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 0°C or more, as determined by dynamic mechanical analysis in accordance with ASTM E1640-09; wherein the microinclusion additive constitutes from 0.1 wt.% to 30 wt.% of the composition; and wherein the nanoinclusion additive constitutes from 0.01 wt.% to 15 wt.% of the composition.
Hairstyling appliance having a housing comprising a liquid transporting device and/or a liquid storage device and at least one electrical or electronic component, characterised in that the housing comprises a liquid evacuation device designed to evacuate the liquid out of the housing in the event of a leak of liquid from the liquid transporting device and/or liquid storage device , and in that said evacuation device is designed such that the liquid cannot come into contact with said at least one electrical or electronic component.
A bending system comprising: a press brake including a table and a tool holder provided on the table , a plurality of tools fitted to the tool holder ; a moving body provided on a back side or a front side of the table of the press brake so as to be movable in a left-right direction; a moving actuator configured to cause the moving body to move in the left-right direction relative to the table ; a position detector configured to detect a position of the moving body in the left-right direction; a hole detector provided on the moving body and configured to detect an engagement hole for causing a tool retention member of a tool exchange unit to be engaged and disengaged, the engagement hole being a part of a tool fitted to a tool holder provided on the table ; and a hole position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the engagement hole of the tool in the left-right direction, based on the position of the moving body in the left-right direction at the time of the engagement hole of the tool being detected, wherein the hole detector is a photoelectric sensor , and characterized in that the hole detector is configured to emit an inspection beam (B) to the engagement hole of the tool and to detect the engagement hole of the tool during the movement of the moving body in the left-right direction from a result of receiving a reflected beam of the inspection beam (B). a press brake including a table and a tool holder provided on the table , a plurality of tools fitted to the tool holder ; a moving body provided on a back side or a front side of the table of the press brake so as to be movable in a left-right direction; a moving actuator configured to cause the moving body to move in the left-right direction relative to the table ; a position detector configured to detect a position of the moving body in the left-right direction; a hole detector provided on the moving body and configured to detect an engagement hole for causing a tool retention member of a tool exchange unit to be engaged and disengaged, the engagement hole being a part of a tool fitted to a tool holder provided on the table ; and a hole position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the engagement hole of the tool in the left-right direction, based on the position of the moving body in the left-right direction at the time of the engagement hole of the tool being detected, wherein the hole detector is a photoelectric sensor , and characterized in that the hole detector is configured to emit an inspection beam (B) to the engagement hole of the tool and to detect the engagement hole of the tool during the movement of the moving body in the left-right direction from a result of receiving a reflected beam of the inspection beam (B).
A gas turbine engine comprising: a core engine defined about an axis (A); a fan driven by said core engine about said axis (A); a core nacelle defined at least partially about said core engine; a fan nacelle defined around said fan and at least partially around said core nacelle, a variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) to define a fan exit area downstream of said fan between said fan nacelle and said core nacelle ; and a controller ; characterized in that the controller is trimmed in response to a neural network to control a fan blade flutter characteristic through control of said VAFN , wherein said neural network is a trainable neural network, and the neural network is trained using a baseline expected deterioration profile validated and updated by serial number specific in-flight aircraft mission data from the engine. a core engine defined about an axis (A); a fan driven by said core engine about said axis (A); a core nacelle defined at least partially about said core engine; a fan nacelle defined around said fan and at least partially around said core nacelle, a variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) to define a fan exit area downstream of said fan between said fan nacelle and said core nacelle ; and a controller ; characterized in that the controller is trimmed in response to a neural network to control a fan blade flutter characteristic through control of said VAFN , wherein said neural network is a trainable neural network, and the neural network is trained using a baseline expected deterioration profile validated and updated by serial number specific in-flight aircraft mission data from the engine.
Floor treatment apparatus comprising at least one electrical consumer , an accumulator for supplying energy to the electrical consumer , and a control device for controlling the floor treatment apparatus , characterised in that the control device is designed to determine an expected energy requirement of one or more consumers for carrying out and fully completing a predefined operating activity, to compare the expected energy requirement with an amount of energy stored in the accumulator , and, in the case that the stored amount of energy is less than the energy requirement, to reduce the energy requirement by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the operating activity in order to successfully carry out the operating activity.
A method of selecting and displaying an augmented reality content item, the method comprising: causing , by a messaging application running on a device, a camera of the device to capture an image; receiving by the messaging application, speech input to select augmented reality content for display with the image; determining at least one keyword included in the speech input; determining that the at least one keyword indicates an object depicted in the image and an action to perform with respect to the object, characterized in that the object is a math problem and the action corresponds to solving the math problem; selecting , from plural augmented reality content items, an augmented reality content item that corresponds to displaying a solution to the math problem; and displaying the augmented reality content item, which includes the solution to the math problem, with the image. causing , by a messaging application running on a device, a camera of the device to capture an image; receiving by the messaging application, speech input to select augmented reality content for display with the image; determining at least one keyword included in the speech input; determining that the at least one keyword indicates an object depicted in the image and an action to perform with respect to the object, characterized in that the object is a math problem and the action corresponds to solving the math problem; selecting , from plural augmented reality content items, an augmented reality content item that corresponds to displaying a solution to the math problem; and displaying the augmented reality content item, which includes the solution to the math problem, with the image.
A method of quantifying an effective volume (V E ) of a muscle of a subject, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a three-dimensional water and fat separated image of the muscle, said image comprising volume elements each having water and fat level values, determining a muscle fat fraction level, MFF1, for each volume element in the acquired image of the muscle, characterized by further comprising the steps of: determining a first volume region of the muscle in said image in which the muscle fat fraction level, MFF1, is below a predetermined threshold level, T1, calculating an effective volume representation of the muscle by multiplying the volume of the first volume region with WF(MFF1), wherein WF(MFF1) is a weighting function of the muscle fat fraction, MFF1, in said first volume region. acquiring a three-dimensional water and fat separated image of the muscle, said image comprising volume elements each having water and fat level values, determining a muscle fat fraction level, MFF1, for each volume element in the acquired image of the muscle, characterized by further comprising the steps of: determining a first volume region of the muscle in said image in which the muscle fat fraction level, MFF1, is below a predetermined threshold level, T1, calculating an effective volume representation of the muscle by multiplying the volume of the first volume region with WF(MFF1), wherein WF(MFF1) is a weighting function of the muscle fat fraction, MFF1, in said first volume region. determining a first volume region of the muscle in said image in which the muscle fat fraction level, MFF1, is below a predetermined threshold level, T1, calculating an effective volume representation of the muscle by multiplying the volume of the first volume region with WF(MFF1), wherein WF(MFF1) is a weighting function of the muscle fat fraction, MFF1, in said first volume region.
A liner panel for a combustor of a gas turbine engine , the liner panel comprising: a multiple of heat transfer ribs that extend from a cold side of the liner panel , each of the multiple of heat transfer ribs including a multiple of cooling holes , characterised in that each of the multiple of cooling holes are defined along a direction vector (V) directed at an angle to the cold side , wherein each of the multiple of cooling holes are defined along the direction vector (V) to generally follow the respective heat transfer rib . a multiple of heat transfer ribs that extend from a cold side of the liner panel , each of the multiple of heat transfer ribs including a multiple of cooling holes , characterised in that each of the multiple of cooling holes are defined along a direction vector (V) directed at an angle to the cold side , wherein each of the multiple of cooling holes are defined along the direction vector (V) to generally follow the respective heat transfer rib .
A gradient insulation screw for adjustable fastening of a roofing membrane on a substrate, in particular a steel sheet , the gradient insulation screw comprising: a drilling tip with a first direction of rotation; following the drilling tip , an assembly thread with a second direction of rotation; following the assembly thread , a first thread-free region ; following the first thread-free region , an adjustment thread with the first direction of rotation, the outer diameter of which is greater than the outer diameters of the assembly thread and the drilling tip ; and following the adjustment thread , a tool holder characterized in that the second direction of rotation differs from the first direction of rotation. a drilling tip with a first direction of rotation; following the drilling tip , an assembly thread with a second direction of rotation; following the assembly thread , a first thread-free region ; following the first thread-free region , an adjustment thread with the first direction of rotation, the outer diameter of which is greater than the outer diameters of the assembly thread and the drilling tip ; and following the adjustment thread , a tool holder characterized in that the second direction of rotation differs from the first direction of rotation.
A method for wireless communication, wherein the method is performed by a user equipment, UE, adapted to select a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes and wherein the method comprises: identifying one or more narrowband regions of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for communication with a wireless device ; determining a geographic operating region for the wireless device ; selecting a communication mode from the plurality of communication modes for communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on a regulatory restriction of the geographic operating region for the wireless device , wherein the selected communication mode comprises at least one of a frequency hopping configuration, a LBT configuration, and a DTX duty cycle; and communicating with the wireless device in the one or more narrowband regions of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using the communication mode. identifying one or more narrowband regions of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for communication with a wireless device ; determining a geographic operating region for the wireless device ; selecting a communication mode from the plurality of communication modes for communication in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on a regulatory restriction of the geographic operating region for the wireless device , wherein the selected communication mode comprises at least one of a frequency hopping configuration, a LBT configuration, and a DTX duty cycle; and communicating with the wireless device in the one or more narrowband regions of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using the communication mode.
A transgenic plant, preferably a cereal crop, comprising a DNA sequence providing a promoter operably linked to a transcriptional template of at least the antisense sequence(s) of the dsRNA molecule, said dsRNA molecule being capable of inhibiting the expression of at least one CYP51 gene from the phytopathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi, said CYP 51 gene having a sequence according to SEQ ID NO. 18, and the dsRNA comprising - a sense sequence being at least 95% identical to at least 20 contiguous nucleotides of the coding sequence of said CYP51 gene, and - an antisense sequence being complementary to said sense sequence, wherein the arrangement of the sequences within the dsRNA molecule allows hybridization of said sense sequence and said corresponding antisense sequence; and wherein the plant is capable of generating at least the antisense sequence(s) of the dsRNA molecule. - a sense sequence being at least 95% identical to at least 20 contiguous nucleotides of the coding sequence of said CYP51 gene, and - an antisense sequence being complementary to said sense sequence,
An additive manufacturing (AM) apparatus, comprising: a print material source; and a three-dimensional (3-D) print applicator comprising a first removable nozzle having a first profile and configured to receive print material from the print material source and to deposit sequential layers of the print material onto a build plate to produce an AM component; a controller ; a sensor in communication with the controller for receiving instructions; and an actuator coupled to the 3-D print applicator and configured to replace, responsive to the received instructions, the first removable nozzle with a second removable nozzle having a second profile. a print material source; and a three-dimensional (3-D) print applicator comprising a first removable nozzle having a first profile and configured to receive print material from the print material source and to deposit sequential layers of the print material onto a build plate to produce an AM component; a controller ; a sensor in communication with the controller for receiving instructions; and an actuator coupled to the 3-D print applicator and configured to replace, responsive to the received instructions, the first removable nozzle with a second removable nozzle having a second profile.
Stepping motor comprising: ▪ a stator comprising N stator contacts (111-114, 311-314), where N is an integer greater than or equal to three, ▪ a first rotor which is able to move with respect to the stator about an axis (X, Y), the first rotor comprising a first set of teeth distributed at a first pitch p 1 , and a second set of teeth distributed at a second pitch P 2 , and ▪ a second rotor which is able to move with respect to the first rotor about the axis (X, Y), the second rotor comprising N rotor contacts (131-134, 311-314), characterized in that the N stator contacts (111-114, 311-314) comprising a plurality a of teeth distributed at the pitch p 1 , where a is an integer representing the number of teeth of each rotor contact, the N stator contacts (111-114, 311-314) being distributed on the stator at a third pitch equal to p 1 (a+1/N), the teeth of the first set being able to be aligned individually with one of the stator contacts (111-114, 311-314), the passage from one alignment to a consecutive alignment causing the first rotor to move in a first direction (S 1 ) with respect to the stator by the pitch p 1 /N, and in that the N rotor contacts (131-134, 311-314) comprising a plurality b of teeth distributed at the pitch p 2 , where b is an integer representing the number of teeth of each rotor contact, the N rotor contacts (131-134, 311-314) being distributed on the second rotor at a fourth pitch equal to p 2 (b+1/N) and being able to be aligned individually with one of the teeth of the second set, the passage from one alignment to a consecutive alignment causing the second rotor to move in a second direction (S 2 ), opposite to the first direction, with respect to the first rotor by the pitch p 2 /N. ▪ a stator comprising N stator contacts (111-114, 311-314), where N is an integer greater than or equal to three, ▪ a first rotor which is able to move with respect to the stator about an axis (X, Y), the first rotor comprising a first set of teeth distributed at a first pitch p 1 , and a second set of teeth distributed at a second pitch P 2 , and ▪ a second rotor which is able to move with respect to the first rotor about the axis (X, Y), the second rotor comprising N rotor contacts (131-134, 311-314),