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An apparatus comprising: a hub ; and a group of inflatable blades in which each of the blades has an end associated with the hub , wherein the group of inflatable blades is configured to have a group of aerodynamic functions that control movement of an aircraft at a number of different altitudes , wherein the group of aerodynamic functions is selected by a group of modes of inflation with a fluid ; wherein an inflatable blade in the group of inflatable blades comprises: an inflatable outer structure that is an outer mold line for the inflatable blade ; and fluid bladders within the inflatable outer structure , charaterized in that the inflatable outer structure and the fluid bladders are each configured to be selectively inflated to change at least one of a shape or a group of dimensions for the inflatable outer structure . a hub ; and a group of inflatable blades in which each of the blades has an end associated with the hub , wherein the group of inflatable blades is configured to have a group of aerodynamic functions that control movement of an aircraft at a number of different altitudes , wherein the group of aerodynamic functions is selected by a group of modes of inflation with a fluid ; wherein an inflatable blade in the group of inflatable blades comprises: an inflatable outer structure that is an outer mold line for the inflatable blade ; and fluid bladders within the inflatable outer structure , charaterized in that the inflatable outer structure and the fluid bladders are each configured to be selectively inflated to change at least one of a shape or a group of dimensions for the inflatable outer structure . an inflatable outer structure that is an outer mold line for the inflatable blade ; and fluid bladders within the inflatable outer structure , charaterized in that the inflatable outer structure and the fluid bladders are each configured to be selectively inflated to change at least one of a shape or a group of dimensions for the inflatable outer structure .
A pressure sensor for measuring the heart rate of a patient comprising: a substrate having a top and a bottom surface; a first housing defining a gas-filled interior cavity arranged on the substrate , the housing comprising a body portion comprising a peripheral wall , the housing having a first end and a second end; an elastic sealing element attached to the second end of the first housing and generally covering an open end of the interior cavity for sealing the interior cavity with respect to an external environment, wherein a portion of the elastic sealing element is configured to be placed in contact with a patient and moveable in response to a pressure acting thereon, the elastic sealing element comprising (i) an arcuate portion that protrudes away from the cavity space in an unbiased state or (ii) a protrusion extending from an exposed side of the elastic sealing element in a direction away from the interior cavity; and a semiconductor die arranged on the substrate and defining a pressure sensing diaphragm exposed to the gas occupying the interior cavity, wherein the semiconductor die comprises a plurality of piezo-electric resistive elements configured to detect diaphragm strain; and signal conditioning circuitry is provided on the substrate to generate a value indicative of a heart rate of a patient, characterised in that : the pressure sensor further comprises a mechanical stop arranged between the moveable portion of the elastic sealing element and the semiconductor die thereby to limit excessive travel of the elastic sealing element thereby to protect the semiconductor die from damage. a substrate having a top and a bottom surface; a first housing defining a gas-filled interior cavity arranged on the substrate , the housing comprising a body portion comprising a peripheral wall , the housing having a first end and a second end; an elastic sealing element attached to the second end of the first housing and generally covering an open end of the interior cavity for sealing the interior cavity with respect to an external environment, wherein a portion of the elastic sealing element is configured to be placed in contact with a patient and moveable in response to a pressure acting thereon, the elastic sealing element comprising (i) an arcuate portion that protrudes away from the cavity space in an unbiased state or (ii) a protrusion extending from an exposed side of the elastic sealing element in a direction away from the interior cavity; and a semiconductor die arranged on the substrate and defining a pressure sensing diaphragm exposed to the gas occupying the interior cavity, wherein the semiconductor die comprises a plurality of piezo-electric resistive elements configured to detect diaphragm strain; and signal conditioning circuitry is provided on the substrate to generate a value indicative of a heart rate of a patient, characterised in that : the pressure sensor further comprises a mechanical stop arranged between the moveable portion of the elastic sealing element and the semiconductor die thereby to limit excessive travel of the elastic sealing element thereby to protect the semiconductor die from damage.
An optical assembly for imaging a section of a specimen by illuminating said section with a scanning beam and receiving returned light from said section, said assembly comprising a laser adapted to provide a linearly polarized illumination beam ; an objective via which said scanning beam is incident on said specimen and on which said return beam is incident, and oscillating mirrors which translate the illumination beam into said scanning beam and receiving said return beam for descanning said beam, said illuminating and return beams transiting along a path between said mirrors, said path extending to an entrance aperture of said objective which defines an entrance pupil thereof, characterized by optics having magnification providing a focus in said path between said oscillating mirrors , said optics is a telescope lens disposed with its optical axis along said path, said objective has an optical axis coincident with said optical axis of said telescope lens, said telescope lens has at least two lenses with a first lens closest to said scanning mirrors and a second lens closest to said objective , said magnification of said optics being sufficient to overfill said entrance pupil with said illumination beam such that said entrance pupil is filled with said illumination beam over the full deflection of said scanning beam over said entrance pupil , wherein said first lens having a focal length less than said second lens , said focal lengths of said telescope lenses being in a ratio to provide said magnification to enable filling of said entrance pupil across the entire length of said scanning beam. a laser adapted to provide a linearly polarized illumination beam ; an objective via which said scanning beam is incident on said specimen and on which said return beam is incident, and oscillating mirrors which translate the illumination beam into said scanning beam and receiving said return beam for descanning said beam, said illuminating and return beams transiting along a path between said mirrors, said path extending to an entrance aperture of said objective which defines an entrance pupil thereof, characterized by
Modulating valve which can be inserted in a valve body placed inside a hydraulic circuit of a plant for heating a dwelling, said modulating valve comprising a structure which is hollow in the interior, and has an intake opening and an outlet opening for a heated fluid, at the outlet opening there being provided a throttle which is functionally associated with a thrust unit and is fitted on a portion of said thrust unit , the thrust unit being actuated along a longitudinal axis (W) of the structure by an actuator unit which is connected to an end of said structure , said throttle being movable together with said thrust unit under the action of said actuator unit and being displaced within said outlet opening such as to regulate the flow of fluid through said outlet opening, characterised in that at least one longitudinal hollow is present between said portion of said thrust unit and the throttle , said hollow being provided in said portion , and the heated fluid can pass through the hollow, said throttle having an end part which can cooperate with a wall of said outlet opening , at least one blind slot being provided in a lateral surface of said end part of the throttle , said slot being placed longitudinally in said surface , and opening at the end of said throttle , one out of said end part of the throttle and said wall of the outlet opening having a conical configuration.
A method for removing carbon dioxide from carbon dioxide laden air, comprising directing a flow of carbon dioxide laden air at ambient temperature through each of a pair of vertically oriented carbon dioxide capture structures , wherein the flow of carbon dioxide laden air is ambient air, and each carbon dioxide capture structure comprises a solid top support member and a sorbent structure , the sorbent structure depending from the solid top support member, the sorbent structure including an amine sorbent on its surface to capture carbon dioxide from the ambient air, the method further comprising alternatively moving, by a hydraulic cylinder or a mechanical pulley, each carbon dioxide capture structure from an upper position, in which the carbon dioxide-laden ambient air is brought into contact with the sorbent structure , to a lower position and into a respective regeneration box of a pair of regeneration boxes, each regeneration box having solid metal plate on five sides and an open top which is mechanically sealed by the top member of the carbon dioxide capture structure , and directing steam at the sorbent structure in the regeneration box to separate the carbon dioxide from the sorbent structure thereby to regenerate the sorbent structure at a temperature of about 100-120° C, and selectively and alternatively moving, by the hydraulic cylinder or the mechanical pulley, the capture structures out of the respective regeneration boxes and returning the capture structures alternatively to the upper position that is in the flow of carbon dioxide laden air, so that the regenerated sorbent structure can continue to be used to absorb carbon dioxide, to remove more than about 95 mole % of carbon dioxide from the flow of carbon dioxide laden air, wherein one of the pair of vertically oriented carbon dioxide capture structures is in the path of carbon dioxide laden air while the other of the pair of vertically oriented carbon dioxide capture structures is being treated with steam, at a temperature of about 100-120°C., to separate the carbon dioxide from the sorbent and regenerate the sorbent, such that one carbon dioxide capture structure is in line with a flow of carbon dioxide-laden air while the other carbon dioxide capture structure is being regenerated; the method further comprising withdrawing the carbon dioxide separated from each sorbent structure from its respective sealed regeneration box together with the steam, and cooling the carbon dioxide and the steam to condense all of the steam and separating the condensed steam from the carbon dioxide.
An ejection device , comprising: a discharge part configured to discharge a droplet to an object (NL, OB), wherein the droplet is a droplet of a finger nail ink, a cosmetic containing liquid, or a medicine containing liquid; a light projecting part configured for projecting a light between the discharge part and the object (NL, OB) to form a light path across the object (NL, OB); a light receiving part configured for receiving the light projected by the light projecting part ; and a controller , the ejection device being characterized in that the controller is configured to stop a motor of the discharge part to stop driving the discharge part when the light receiving part does not receive the light. a discharge part configured to discharge a droplet to an object (NL, OB), wherein the droplet is a droplet of a finger nail ink, a cosmetic containing liquid, or a medicine containing liquid; a light projecting part configured for projecting a light between the discharge part and the object (NL, OB) to form a light path across the object (NL, OB); a light receiving part configured for receiving the light projected by the light projecting part ; and a controller , the ejection device being characterized in that the controller is configured to stop a motor of the discharge part to stop driving the discharge part when the light receiving part does not receive the light.
Process for the manufacture of a lignocellulosic fibre-based composite material comprising the steps of: • obtaining a fibrous mix (S1) comprising a defibrated lignocellulosic material and defibrated plant seeds; • blending the fibrous mix with a resin (S2) to form a composite mixture; and • curing (S3) the composite mixture, thereby forming the lignocellulosic fibre-based composite material. • obtaining a fibrous mix (S1) comprising a defibrated lignocellulosic material and defibrated plant seeds; • blending the fibrous mix with a resin (S2) to form a composite mixture; and • curing (S3) the composite mixture, thereby forming the lignocellulosic fibre-based composite material.
An image processing apparatus comprising: a WDR image sensor configured to output image frames by photographing a subj ect; a wide image synthesis unit configured to synthesize a wide image frame by synthesizing a plurality of n subchannels included in each of the image frames; a knee curve generating unit configured to generate an integral histogram based on unit histograms of luminance levels calculated for a total of m x n subchannels included in a plurality of m image frames among the image frames and generate a knee curve from the integral histogram; and a dynamic range transforming unit configured to reduce a dynamic range of the synthesized wide image by using the generated knee curve, wherein the subchannels correspond to images acquired with different exposure times. a WDR image sensor configured to output image frames by photographing a subj ect; a wide image synthesis unit configured to synthesize a wide image frame by synthesizing a plurality of n subchannels included in each of the image frames; a knee curve generating unit configured to generate an integral histogram based on unit histograms of luminance levels calculated for a total of m x n subchannels included in a plurality of m image frames among the image frames and generate a knee curve from the integral histogram; and a dynamic range transforming unit configured to reduce a dynamic range of the synthesized wide image by using the generated knee curve,
Solid Oxide Cell stack comprising a plurality of stacked cell units, each cell unit comprises a cell layer and an interconnect layer, one interconnect layer separates one cell layer from the adjacent cell layer in the cell stack, wherein the interconnect layer comprises an integrated interconnect and spacer 1 made from one piece of plate with the thickness, T, the spacer 2 is formed by at least a part of the edges of the interconnect which is bent 180° a number, N, of times to provide a spacer covering at least a part of the edges of the interconnect, so said spacer and interconnect together form an edge of at least a part of the integrated interconnect and spacer with a thickness equal to or less than (1 + N) times the thickness of the plate T.
A method of geoengineering to facilitate the reduction of solar radiation impacting Earth's surface, comprising: introducing a plurality of porous polymeric particles into Earth's stratosphere at an average distance of at least 10 kilometers above sea level, characterised in that each of the plurality of porous particles comprises a continuous polymeric phase composed of one or more organic polymers, and discrete pores dispersed within the continuous polymeric phase, and each of the plurality of porous particles has the following properties: a mode particle size of at least 2 μm and up to and including 20 μm; a coefficient of variance of the particle size of no more than 20% compared to the mode particle size; and a porosity of at least 20% and up to and including 75%; and the discrete pores have an average pore size d (in nanometers) that is defined using the equation: 0.3 ≤ d/λ ≤ 0.8 wherein λ is at least 400 nm and up to and including 3,000 nm; and wherein each of the discrete pores is filled with air and optionally contains a pore stabilizing hydrocolloid that is disposed at the interface of the discrete pore and the continuous polymeric phase. characterised in that each of the plurality of porous particles comprises a continuous polymeric phase composed of one or more organic polymers, and discrete pores dispersed within the continuous polymeric phase, and each of the plurality of porous particles has the following properties: a mode particle size of at least 2 μm and up to and including 20 μm; a coefficient of variance of the particle size of no more than 20% compared to the mode particle size; and a porosity of at least 20% and up to and including 75%; and the discrete pores have an average pore size d (in nanometers) that is defined using the equation: 0.3 ≤ d/λ ≤ 0.8 wherein λ is at least 400 nm and up to and including 3,000 nm; and wherein each of the discrete pores is filled with air and optionally contains a pore stabilizing hydrocolloid that is disposed at the interface of the discrete pore and the continuous polymeric phase. a mode particle size of at least 2 μm and up to and including 20 μm; a coefficient of variance of the particle size of no more than 20% compared to the mode particle size; and a porosity of at least 20% and up to and including 75%; and the discrete pores have an average pore size d (in nanometers) that is defined using the equation: 0.3 ≤ d/λ ≤ 0.8 wherein λ is at least 400 nm and up to and including 3,000 nm; and wherein each of the discrete pores is filled with air and optionally contains a pore stabilizing hydrocolloid that is disposed at the interface of the discrete pore and the continuous polymeric phase.
A pedestal crane with an electric fish pump comprising the following features: - a pedestal arranged for mounting on a ship and equipped with a main bearing race with a vertical axis of rotation for a pivot base with a crane beam that has a cable block for an electric winch cable that is fixed, watertight connected to the fish pump ; - a cable winch drum with the electric winch cable , characterized in that the cable winch drum is mounted on a drum bracket on a bracket bearing race on the pedestal and concentric with the main bearing race and is arranged to, together with the cable block and fish pump in operative state, to pivot around the vertical axis of rotation connected with the rotation of the pivot base , and - wherein the drum bracket is equipped with a releasable locking device arranged to connect, respectively disconnect the drum bracket in relation to the rotation of the pivot base , - where the cable winch drum in the non-operative state is arranged to be released from the rotation of the pivot base such that - the fish pump and - the cable winch drum is parked non-rotatable, - while the pivot base of the pedestal crane is arranged to remain able to pivot on the main bearing race . - a pedestal arranged for mounting on a ship and equipped with a main bearing race with a vertical axis of rotation for a pivot base with a crane beam that has a cable block for an electric winch cable that is fixed, watertight connected to the fish pump ; - a cable winch drum with the electric winch cable , characterized in that the cable winch drum is mounted on a drum bracket on a bracket bearing race on the pedestal and concentric with the main bearing race and is arranged to, together with the cable block and fish pump in operative state, to pivot around the vertical axis of rotation connected with the rotation of the pivot base , and - wherein the drum bracket is equipped with a releasable locking device arranged to connect, respectively disconnect the drum bracket in relation to the rotation of the pivot base , - where the cable winch drum in the non-operative state is arranged to be released from the rotation of the pivot base such that - the fish pump and - the cable winch drum is parked non-rotatable, - while the pivot base of the pedestal crane is arranged to remain able to pivot on the main bearing race . - wherein the drum bracket is equipped with a releasable locking device arranged to connect, respectively disconnect the drum bracket in relation to the rotation of the pivot base , - where the cable winch drum in the non-operative state is arranged to be released from the rotation of the pivot base such that - the fish pump and - the cable winch drum is parked non-rotatable, - the fish pump and - the cable winch drum is parked non-rotatable, - while the pivot base of the pedestal crane is arranged to remain able to pivot on the main bearing race .
A light pipe for illumination by a light source at an end of the light pipe, and for passing the light from the light source along the light pipe, the light pipe comprising an outer surface and an interior region bounded by an inner surface interfacing with the outer surface , a plurality of reflective surfaces interfacing with the inner surface , the light pipe further comprising at least one interior protrusion disposed in the interior region , and the plurality of reflective surfaces are disposed on the at least one interior protrusion ; the reflective surfaces include at least one secondary reflective surface that is not aligned with the inner surface , wherein the reflective surfaces include a primary reflective surface that is not aligned with the inner surface , and that is generally orthogonal to a direction (X) of light output from the light pipe , the primary reflective surface facing the main passage for light travelling along the light pipe, so that when the plurality of reflective surfaces are illuminated, light is emitted from the light pipe at one or more specified angles to provide a wide effective angle of illumination, and characterised in that the interior protrusion extends along a length (L) of the light pipe with the primary reflective surface being disposed at the maximum distance of protrusion of the interior protrusion into the interior region, the primary reflective surface extending along a same length portion of the light pipe as the at least one secondary reflective surface , wherein the at least one secondary reflective surface does not face the main passage for light travelling along the light pipe, such that reflected light emitted from the at least one secondary reflective surface is at a reduced intensity compared to the intensity of light emitted from the primary reflective surface .