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Lockable barbecue tongs, comprising: two gripper arms , each, at a first end, comprising a gripping surface for gripping items to be grilled and, at a second end, being mounted in a tubular handle in such a way that the first ends can be moved with respect to one another about an axis of rotation, which is arranged as an axis element in the tubular handle in a first end region of the tubular handle ; a spring , through which the axis element extends and which is arranged between the two gripper arms , characterized by a slot and a sliding unit , the slot being arranged in a second end region in the tubular handle and fixedly connected to the tubular handle , the sliding unit extending essentially within the tubular handle in a radial direction of the tubular handle and protruding beyond the second end region of the tubular handle along a longitudinal axis of the tubular handle , the axis element being fixedly connected to the sliding unit and being movably arranged essentially along the longitudinal axis of the tubular handle by means of a guide element , and the spring being configured to press the second ends of the two gripper arms on the slot tapering toward the first end region of the tubular handle . two gripper arms , each, at a first end, comprising a gripping surface for gripping items to be grilled and, at a second end, being mounted in a tubular handle in such a way that the first ends can be moved with respect to one another about an axis of rotation, which is arranged as an axis element in the tubular handle in a first end region of the tubular handle ; a spring , through which the axis element extends and which is arranged between the two gripper arms , characterized by a slot and a sliding unit , the slot being arranged in a second end region in the tubular handle and fixedly connected to the tubular handle , the sliding unit extending essentially within the tubular handle in a radial direction of the tubular handle and protruding beyond the second end region of the tubular handle along a longitudinal axis of the tubular handle , the axis element being fixedly connected to the sliding unit and being movably arranged essentially along the longitudinal axis of the tubular handle by means of a guide element , and the spring being configured to press the second ends of the two gripper arms on the slot tapering toward the first end region of the tubular handle .
Flowmeter having a measurement channel which can be attached to a pipe through which a fluid flows and on which a measurement unit is held which has at least two ultrasonic sensors which are spaced apart from each other, wherein the coupling of the measurement signals into or respectively out of the fluid is performed via a measuring beam or via a coupling element which accommodates the sensor or sensors , wherein the measurement channel has a cross-section profile which has a larger clear width approximately in the emitter and receiver direction of the sensors than transverse to it, wherein the measurement channel has an approximately oval shape with a vertical axis (h) and a horizontal axis (q), wherein the vertical axis (h) is longer than the horizontal axis (q), and wherein side walls extending in the direction of the vertical axis (h) are curved out and form the oval shape with horizontal walls which are approximately flat or slightly curved out and extend approximately in the direction of a horizontal axis, or the measurement channel is tapered in a trapezoidal shape to a region opposite the sensors ; characterized in that a reflector is arranged in the horizontal wall of the measurement channel remote from the sensors , said reflector being inserted flush into a pocket of the horizontal wall of the measurement channel .
An esterified cellulose ether having i) as ester groups aliphatic monovalent acyl groups or a combination of aliphatic monovalent acyl groups and groups of the formula - C(O) - R - COOA wherein R is a divalent aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group and A is hydrogen or a cation, ii) a weight average molecular weight M w of from 80,000 Dalton to 220,000 Dalton, iii) a Polydispersity M w /M n of from 1.3 to 4.0, and iv) an M z /M n of not more than 18.5, when the weight average molecular weight M w , the number average molecular weight M n and the z-average molecular weight M z are measured by SEC-MALLS using as mobile phase a mixture produced from 40 parts by volume of acetonitrile and 60 parts by volume of aqueous buffer containing 50 mM NaH 2 PO 4 and 0.1 M NaNO 3 . i) as ester groups aliphatic monovalent acyl groups or a combination of aliphatic monovalent acyl groups and groups of the formula - C(O) - R - COOA wherein R is a divalent aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group and A is hydrogen or a cation, ii) a weight average molecular weight M w of from 80,000 Dalton to 220,000 Dalton, iii) a Polydispersity M w /M n of from 1.3 to 4.0, and iv) an M z /M n of not more than 18.5,
A method comprising: providing , by a display of an electronic device (102; 108), a user interface (800; 900; 1000) including a master volume control, a first individual volume control and a second individual volume control, the first individual volume control having a setting for controlling a volume of a first audio output device , the second individual volume control having a setting for controlling a volume of a second audio output device , and the master volume control having a setting for controlling the settings of the first and second individual volume controls and thus the volumes of the first and second output devices collectively; receiving a manual adjustment of the setting of the first individual volume control, such that the manually adjusted setting of the first individual volume control exceeds the setting of the master volume control; in response to the received manual adjustment of the setting of the first individual volume control, automatically adjusting the setting of the master volume control to be equal to, or greater than the manually adjusted setting of the first individual volume control, and not adjusting the setting of the second individual volume control while automatically adjusting the setting of the master volume control. providing , by a display of an electronic device (102; 108), a user interface (800; 900; 1000) including a master volume control, a first individual volume control and a second individual volume control, the first individual volume control having a setting for controlling a volume of a first audio output device , the second individual volume control having a setting for controlling a volume of a second audio output device , and the master volume control having a setting for controlling the settings of the first and second individual volume controls and thus the volumes of the first and second output devices collectively; receiving a manual adjustment of the setting of the first individual volume control, such that the manually adjusted setting of the first individual volume control exceeds the setting of the master volume control; in response to the received manual adjustment of the setting of the first individual volume control, automatically adjusting the setting of the master volume control to be equal to, or greater than the manually adjusted setting of the first individual volume control, and not adjusting the setting of the second individual volume control while automatically adjusting the setting of the master volume control.
Method of inserting guilloche patterns in a document, each guilloche pattern being capable of encoding variable alphanumeric data ensuring a different aspect at each guilloche pattern so as to render said document secure, the method comprising an operation (300-600) of determining an insertion intensity of each guilloche pattern which have been previously generated on the basis of a mid-gray level of the document near said guilloche pattern; and characterised in that the insertion intensity of said guilloche pattern involves a contrast value and a thickness of said guilloche pattern. the method comprising an operation (300-600) of determining an insertion intensity of each guilloche pattern which have been previously generated on the basis of a mid-gray level of the document near said guilloche pattern; and characterised in that the insertion intensity of said guilloche pattern involves a contrast value and a thickness of said guilloche pattern.
A vector construct comprising the following components: (i) a sequence encoding a signal peptide which directs proteins into the Tat secretory pathway; and (ii) a sequence encoding a fluorophore fused to a sequence encoding a pVIII phage coat protein. (i) a sequence encoding a signal peptide which directs proteins into the Tat secretory pathway; and (ii) a sequence encoding a fluorophore fused to a sequence encoding a pVIII phage coat protein.
A process for coating ceramic substrates which process comprises applying as a base coat layer to the substrate a powder coating composition, curing the applied composition; and applying as a further layer a liquid coating composition, and curing the applied liquid composition by exposure to heat, wherein the liquid coating composition used for making the further layer comprises at least one acrylic resin and/or at least one polyester resin, wherein the liquid coating composition used for making the further layer is cured by stoving i.e. above 90 °C in the presence of a cross-linking agent or hardener.
A method of manufacturing plates comprising a carrier layer and optionally a top layer comprising the following steps in the following order: a) optional pre-laying of the top layer in a first mold; b) production of a mixture comprising a thermoplastic plastic and chopped fibers; c) heating the mixture from b) while mixing until the thermoplastic plastic melts; d) injecting the heated mixture into the first mold (on the back of the top layer); e) cooling the plate in the first mold to a temperature at which the plate is stable enough to be removed from the first mold; f) removing the plate from the first mold and placing it in a second mold, which has a bend in the opposite direction to the expected cupping of the plate; g) cooling the plate in the second mold to about 30°C; h) transferring the plate to a third mold, the third mold having a plane as a bottom, and placing the plate on this plane; and i) cooling the plate in the third mold to 15-20°C below room temperature. a) optional pre-laying of the top layer in a first mold; b) production of a mixture comprising a thermoplastic plastic and chopped fibers; c) heating the mixture from b) while mixing until the thermoplastic plastic melts; d) injecting the heated mixture into the first mold (on the back of the top layer); e) cooling the plate in the first mold to a temperature at which the plate is stable enough to be removed from the first mold; f) removing the plate from the first mold and placing it in a second mold, which has a bend in the opposite direction to the expected cupping of the plate; g) cooling the plate in the second mold to about 30°C; h) transferring the plate to a third mold, the third mold having a plane as a bottom, and placing the plate on this plane; and i) cooling the plate in the third mold to 15-20°C below room temperature.
A hydrocyclone separator for classifying solid material in liquid suspension, comprising: a head portion having an inlet conduit adapted to feed a suspension into the head portion; an overflow discharge tube arranged in the head portion ; an apex discharge port ; a tapered separation portion arranged between the head portion and the apex discharge port, the tapered separation portion having a proximal end and a distal end , and wherein said tapered separation portion tapers towards said distal end; characterized in that it comprises a flow support portion provided at the tapered separation portion or between the tapered separation portion and the apex discharge port, said flow support portion comprising at least one flow support inlet configured to inject a fluid along at least a portion of an inner surface of the flow support portion in a direction at least partly towards the apex discharge port , wherein said hydrocyclone separator is configured to be oriented such that said apex discharge port is at a vertically elevated position relative to the overflow discharge tube. a head portion having an inlet conduit adapted to feed a suspension into the head portion; an overflow discharge tube arranged in the head portion ; an apex discharge port ; a tapered separation portion arranged between the head portion and the apex discharge port, the tapered separation portion having a proximal end and a distal end , and wherein said tapered separation portion tapers towards said distal end; characterized in that it comprises a flow support portion provided at the tapered separation portion or between the tapered separation portion and the apex discharge port, said flow support portion comprising at least one flow support inlet configured to inject a fluid along at least a portion of an inner surface of the flow support portion in a direction at least partly towards the apex discharge port , wherein said hydrocyclone separator is configured to be oriented such that said apex discharge port is at a vertically elevated position relative to the overflow discharge tube.
A preprocessing apparatus comprising: a sample container setting part in which a sample container that stores a sample is set; a sampling unit which includes a sample probe that sucks a sample in a sample container and is configured to move the sample probe to the sample container set in the sample container setting part , and to an external suction location set on a conveyor line located outside the preprocessing apparatus ; a preprocessing container setting part in which a preprocessing container that stores the sample collected from the sample container and dispensed from the sample probe is set; a carrying mechanism which holds and carries the preprocessing container set in the preprocessing container setting part ; a preprocessing unit which is disposed at a location to which the preprocessing container can be carried by the carrying mechanism , and performs preprocessing of the sample in the preprocessing container; a unit that stirs a sample before suction which includes a stirring probe that stirs the sample in the sample container, and moves the stirring probe at least to one of the external suction location and a location upstream of the external suction location on the conveyor line ; and a stirring operation control unit which is configured to control operation of the sampling unit and the unit that stirs a sample before suction so that a sample in the sample container is stirred by the stirring probe at one of the external suction location and a location upstream of the external suction location on the conveyor line before the sample is sucked by the sample probe . a sample container setting part in which a sample container that stores a sample is set; a sampling unit which includes a sample probe that sucks a sample in a sample container and is configured to move the sample probe to the sample container set in the sample container setting part , and to an external suction location set on a conveyor line located outside the preprocessing apparatus ; a preprocessing container setting part in which a preprocessing container that stores the sample collected from the sample container and dispensed from the sample probe is set; a carrying mechanism which holds and carries the preprocessing container set in the preprocessing container setting part ; a preprocessing unit which is disposed at a location to which the preprocessing container can be carried by the carrying mechanism , and performs preprocessing of the sample in the preprocessing container; a unit that stirs a sample before suction which includes a stirring probe that stirs the sample in the sample container, and moves the stirring probe at least to one of the external suction location and a location upstream of the external suction location on the conveyor line ; and a stirring operation control unit which is configured to control operation of the sampling unit and the unit that stirs a sample before suction so that a sample in the sample container is stirred by the stirring probe at one of the external suction location and a location upstream of the external suction location on the conveyor line before the sample is sucked by the sample probe .
Spectrometer for gas detection comprising a Fabry-Perot interferometer including two plane, essentially parallel, mirror surfaces , mounted in a frame, the mirrors , having a known distance between them, wherein at least one of the mirror surfaces is both partially reflective and partially transparent, where there are at least two actuator units , , , , 2. each including at least one actuator, wherein the first actuator unit , is adapted to adjust said distance between said mirrors so as to adjust the filtered wavelength within a specified range and wherein the second actuator unit , is adapted to modulate said distance at a chosen frequency in the range of 10-1000Hz, both thus providing a variation over a range of mirror distances corresponding to a range of filtered wavelengths in said Fabry-Perot interferometer, and wherein the amplitude of the movements of the second actuator modulation is less than the amplitude of the movements made by the first actuator unit, wherein at least one of said mirrors is related to the frame through a silicon membrane, at least the second of said actuator units comprising a piezoelectric material on said membrane, thus constituting a bimorph or unimorph actuator unit, the second actuator being operated at a lower strain than the first actuator, preferably close to zero strain, so as to increase the lifetime of the actuator. wherein at least one of said mirrors is related to the frame through a silicon membrane, at least the second of said actuator units comprising a piezoelectric material on said membrane, thus constituting a bimorph or unimorph actuator unit, the second actuator being operated at a lower strain than the first actuator, preferably close to zero strain, so as to increase the lifetime of the actuator.
A tread for a tire having a contact face intended to come into contact with ground during rolling, the tread being provided with a plurality of grooves of a depth D extending in an orientation having a non-zero angle A relative to circumferential orientation and opening to the contact face , at least two circumferentially adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves delimiting a contact element , the contact element having at least one incision opening to the contact face and extending in an orientation substantially parallel to the orientation in which the closest plurality of grooves being extending and radially inward orientation, the contact element being delimited into at least two sub-contact elements via the plurality of grooves and the at least one incision , on a plane perpendicular to the orientation in which the plurality of grooves being extending and to the contact face , each the at least one of the at least two sub-contact elements having a length Ls, an outermost portion of each the sub-contact element constituting a part of the contact face , the outermost portion of the at least one of the at least two sub-contact elements having a radius Rs smaller than a radius Rt of an outline OL of the tread at an intersection between the outline OL and the outermost portion , the tread being characterized in that the radius Rs is smaller than or equal to 16.0 mm and greater than or equal to 5.0 mm. at least two circumferentially adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves delimiting a contact element , the contact element having at least one incision opening to the contact face and extending in an orientation substantially parallel to the orientation in which the closest plurality of grooves being extending and radially inward orientation, the contact element being delimited into at least two sub-contact elements via the plurality of grooves and the at least one incision , on a plane perpendicular to the orientation in which the plurality of grooves being extending and to the contact face , each the at least one of the at least two sub-contact elements having a length Ls, an outermost portion of each the sub-contact element constituting a part of the contact face , the outermost portion of the at least one of the at least two sub-contact elements having a radius Rs smaller than a radius Rt of an outline OL of the tread at an intersection between the outline OL and the outermost portion , the tread being characterized in that the radius Rs is smaller than or equal to 16.0 mm and greater than or equal to 5.0 mm.
A ventilated solar panel system mounted on a roof of a building, comprising: a plurality of joists arranged substantially normal to an upper ridge of the roof, and extending from said upper ridge to a lower region of the roof, and a set of rectangular solar panels , arranged on and supported by said joists, characterized by a set of electrical fans , each fan being arranged in said lower region of the roof and being aligned with one of said joists , wherein each fan is configured to create a flow of air towards said ridge , and wherein each joist , in an end facing one of said fans , is formed with a dividing edge configured to divide said flow of air into two sub-flows , a first sub-flow directed to a first side of said joist , and a second sub-flow directed to a second side of said joist , opposite to said first side. a plurality of joists arranged substantially normal to an upper ridge of the roof, and extending from said upper ridge to a lower region of the roof, and a set of rectangular solar panels , arranged on and supported by said joists, characterized by a set of electrical fans , each fan being arranged in said lower region of the roof and being aligned with one of said joists , wherein each fan is configured to create a flow of air towards said ridge , and wherein each joist , in an end facing one of said fans , is formed with a dividing edge configured to divide said flow of air into two sub-flows , a first sub-flow directed to a first side of said joist , and a second sub-flow directed to a second side of said joist , opposite to said first side.
A liquid rocket engine oxidizer turbopump comprising: a housing with a liquid oxygen inlet and a liquid oxygen outlet; an impeller rotatable within the housing ; and a forward bearing and an aft bearing to rotatably support the impeller within the housing , both the housing and the impeller being formed as a single-piece with the impeller trapped within the housing . a housing with a liquid oxygen inlet and a liquid oxygen outlet; an impeller rotatable within the housing ; and a forward bearing and an aft bearing to rotatably support the impeller within the housing , both the housing and the impeller being formed as a single-piece with the impeller trapped within the housing .