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An applicator system for delivery of a single dose of sanitary agent to a surface, such as to a surface of a toilet, comprising an applicator and a self-adhesive material, wherein the applicator comprises: an outer surface ; an inner surface opposite the outer surface, the inner surface defining a void ; a rim disposed about a periphery of the void ; and a cover removably attached to the rim; the self-adhesive material having an applicator side and a substrate side disposed within the void ; wherein a release layer is attached to the inner surface and is thereby disposed between and in contact with the inner surface and the applicator side of the self-adhesive material , the applicator comprising a deformable resilient material such that, with the cover removed and the applicator system positioned against the surface with a substrate side of the self-adhesive material facing the surface, pressure applied to the applicator deforms the void bringing the self-adhesive material into adhesion with the surface, characterized in that the applicator system is configured such that when the pressure is relaxed the release layer releases from the inner surface and remains attached to the self-adhesive material . an outer surface ; an inner surface opposite the outer surface, the inner surface defining a void ; a rim disposed about a periphery of the void ; and a cover removably attached to the rim; the self-adhesive material having an applicator side and a substrate side disposed within the void ; wherein a release layer is attached to the inner surface and is thereby disposed between and in contact with the inner surface and the applicator side of the self-adhesive material , the applicator comprising a deformable resilient material such that, with the cover removed and the applicator system positioned against the surface with a substrate side of the self-adhesive material facing the surface, pressure applied to the applicator deforms the void bringing the self-adhesive material into adhesion with the surface, characterized in that the applicator system is configured such that when the pressure is relaxed the release layer releases from the inner surface and remains attached to the self-adhesive material .
Locking system for a door , comprising: - a lock equipped with a bolt and a locking knob , the locking knob being movable according to an operating movement which allows the bolt to be displaced between a rest position, a locking position and a blocking position, characterised in that : - the locking knob is movable in translation along a main axis (X) between a retracted position and a deployed position, the locking knob being in the deployed position when the locking knob is in the blocking position, - the locking system comprises a first stop which prevents the locking knob from being displaced from the locking position to the blocking position when the locking knob is in the retracted position, and which allows the locking knob to be displaced from the locking position to the blocking position after translation of the locking knob into the deployed position. - a lock equipped with a bolt and a locking knob , the locking knob being movable according to an operating movement which allows the bolt to be displaced between a rest position, a locking position and a blocking position, - the locking knob is movable in translation along a main axis (X) between a retracted position and a deployed position, the locking knob being in the deployed position when the locking knob is in the blocking position, - the locking system comprises a first stop which prevents the locking knob from being displaced from the locking position to the blocking position when the locking knob is in the retracted position, and which allows the locking knob to be displaced from the locking position to the blocking position after translation of the locking knob into the deployed position.
A method for increasing an operation lifetime of a beam tube, BT, having an electron multiplier which amplifies a received ionic current with an electron multiplier gain, G EM , to provide an electrical current (I BT ) output by the said beam tube, BT, , wherein the electrical current (I BT ) output by the said beam tube, BT, is regulated (S3) by a controller to compensate for electron multiplier aging and to keep it below a characteristic current threshold, I th , by adjusting an electron multiplier gain control signal (G EM -CTRL) until it reaches a predefined maximum value, wherein the characteristic current threshold is less than 10 nAmps.
A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining an indication that a mobile device having access to a first network utilizing a first radio access technology, RAT, has requested access to a second network utilizing a second RAT, wherein obtaining the indication comprises receiving a request from the second network to authenticate the mobile device; determining whether the access to the first network satisfies an authentication criterion associated with the second network; and granting the mobile device access to the second network based on the authentication criterion being satisfied, wherein granting the mobile device access to the second network comprises authenticating the mobile device onto the second network with credentials of the mobile device for the first network. obtaining an indication that a mobile device having access to a first network utilizing a first radio access technology, RAT, has requested access to a second network utilizing a second RAT, wherein obtaining the indication comprises receiving a request from the second network to authenticate the mobile device; determining whether the access to the first network satisfies an authentication criterion associated with the second network; and granting the mobile device access to the second network based on the authentication criterion being satisfied, wherein granting the mobile device access to the second network comprises authenticating the mobile device onto the second network with credentials of the mobile device for the first network.
An apparatus for determining an oil mass flow rate in a cooling circuit in a two-phase refrigerant-oil mixture of an oil-containing refrigerant circulating in the cooling circuit, comprising a) at least one transparent region in a refrigerant supply line or a refrigerant discharge line of a compressor of the cooling circuit, b) at least two laser diodes configured for pulsed operation having a cylindrical lens for generating a pulsed light sheet , wherein at least a first one of said at least two laser diodes is configured to generate a light sheet transverse to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant, and at least a second one of said at least two laser diodes is configured to generate a light sheet parallel to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant; c) at least one video camera for capturing an oil film on an inner wall of the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant discharge line , the optical axis of which obliquely intersects the plane of the light sheet transverse to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant; d) at least one video camera for capturing oil droplets in the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant discharge line , the optical axis of which runs perpendicular to the plane of the light sheet parallel to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant. a) at least one transparent region in a refrigerant supply line or a refrigerant discharge line of a compressor of the cooling circuit, b) at least two laser diodes configured for pulsed operation having a cylindrical lens for generating a pulsed light sheet , wherein at least a first one of said at least two laser diodes is configured to generate a light sheet transverse to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant, and at least a second one of said at least two laser diodes is configured to generate a light sheet parallel to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant; wherein at least a first one of said at least two laser diodes is configured to generate a light sheet transverse to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant, and at least a second one of said at least two laser diodes is configured to generate a light sheet parallel to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant; c) at least one video camera for capturing an oil film on an inner wall of the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant discharge line , the optical axis of which obliquely intersects the plane of the light sheet transverse to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant; d) at least one video camera for capturing oil droplets in the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant discharge line , the optical axis of which runs perpendicular to the plane of the light sheet parallel to the main flow direction of the oil-containing refrigerant.
A method at a first device for enabling a device-to-device wireless link with a second device, the method comprising: detecting whether a presence signal of the second device is received, by the first device from the second device, over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; if the presence signal of the second device is not detected at the first device, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: selecting a first presence signal, wherein the first presence signal comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the first presence signal is selected based on Zadoff-Chu root sequence indexes different from ones used by a base station as primary synchronization signals; and transmitting the first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot of a frame having a frame number, wherein the frame number is configured to increment for each subsequently transmitted frame; and if the presence signal of the second device is detected : aligning a time-slot boundary on the first device to the time-slot boundary established by the second device; and after aligning to the time-slot boundary established by the second device, determining a time-slot to use for transmission by the first device. detecting whether a presence signal of the second device is received, by the first device from the second device, over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; if the presence signal of the second device is not detected at the first device, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: selecting a first presence signal, wherein the first presence signal comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the first presence signal is selected based on Zadoff-Chu root sequence indexes different from ones used by a base station as primary synchronization signals; and transmitting the first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot of a frame having a frame number, wherein the frame number is configured to increment for each subsequently transmitted frame; and selecting a first presence signal, wherein the first presence signal comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the first presence signal is selected based on Zadoff-Chu root sequence indexes different from ones used by a base station as primary synchronization signals; and transmitting the first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot of a frame having a frame number, wherein the frame number is configured to increment for each subsequently transmitted frame; and if the presence signal of the second device is detected : aligning a time-slot boundary on the first device to the time-slot boundary established by the second device; and after aligning to the time-slot boundary established by the second device, determining a time-slot to use for transmission by the first device. aligning a time-slot boundary on the first device to the time-slot boundary established by the second device; and after aligning to the time-slot boundary established by the second device, determining a time-slot to use for transmission by the first device.
A method of operating a digital radio receiver comprising: receiving a radio signal; passing said radio signal to a correlator for correlating said radio signal with a predetermined pattern to provide an output signal comprising a plurality of peaks separated in time; determining an amplitude of a first correlation peak in the plurality of peaks; calculating a selection threshold based on said first peak amplitude; determining an amplitude of a second peak in the plurality of peaks; calculating a time separation between the first correlation peak and the second peak in the plurality of peaks; if the time separation is not an expected value or not within an expected range, comparing said second peak amplitude to the selection threshold; and identifying the second peak as a correlation peak if the second peak amplitude is greater than the selection threshold. receiving a radio signal; passing said radio signal to a correlator for correlating said radio signal with a predetermined pattern to provide an output signal comprising a plurality of peaks separated in time; determining an amplitude of a first correlation peak in the plurality of peaks; calculating a selection threshold based on said first peak amplitude; determining an amplitude of a second peak in the plurality of peaks; calculating a time separation between the first correlation peak and the second peak in the plurality of peaks; if the time separation is not an expected value or not within an expected range, comparing said second peak amplitude to the selection threshold; and identifying the second peak as a correlation peak if the second peak amplitude is greater than the selection threshold.
A system for acid gas removal comprising: a membrane contactor having a plurality of membrane fibers in which a feed gas pressure is maintained above a liquid absorbent pressure allowing a portion of a slip gas to bubble through the liquid absorbent ; feed gas inlet and outlet ports coupled to the membrane contactor for providing a flow of feed gas through the membrane contactor ; liquid stream inlet and outlet ports coupled to the membrane contactor for providing a flow of liquid absorbent through the membrane contactor ; a first control valve for controlling an interface between liquid in the contactor and the slip gas to ensure that plurality of fibers remain immersed in the liquid stream; a second control valve for controlling an interface between feed gas and entrained liquid at the feed gas outlet port to ensure that a level of entrained liquid remains low; a first level sensor configured to measure the interface between the liquid in the contactor and the slip gas and to communicate a signal indicative of the interface level to the first control valve ; a second level sensor configured to measure the interface between the feed gas and entrained liquid at the gas outlet port and to communicate a signal indicative of the interface level to the second control valve ; a slip gas outlet for removing the bubbled slip gas from the contactor ; and a blower coupled to the slip gas outlet adapted to pressurize slip gas exiting through the slip gas outlet and to redirect the pressurized slip gas back to the gas inlet of the membrane contactor . a membrane contactor having a plurality of membrane fibers in which a feed gas pressure is maintained above a liquid absorbent pressure allowing a portion of a slip gas to bubble through the liquid absorbent ; feed gas inlet and outlet ports coupled to the membrane contactor for providing a flow of feed gas through the membrane contactor ; liquid stream inlet and outlet ports coupled to the membrane contactor for providing a flow of liquid absorbent through the membrane contactor ; a first control valve for controlling an interface between liquid in the contactor and the slip gas to ensure that plurality of fibers remain immersed in the liquid stream; a second control valve for controlling an interface between feed gas and entrained liquid at the feed gas outlet port to ensure that a level of entrained liquid remains low; a first level sensor configured to measure the interface between the liquid in the contactor and the slip gas and to communicate a signal indicative of the interface level to the first control valve ; a second level sensor configured to measure the interface between the feed gas and entrained liquid at the gas outlet port and to communicate a signal indicative of the interface level to the second control valve ; a slip gas outlet for removing the bubbled slip gas from the contactor ; and a blower coupled to the slip gas outlet adapted to pressurize slip gas exiting through the slip gas outlet and to redirect the pressurized slip gas back to the gas inlet of the membrane contactor .
A layer module for use on a robot, with an input side comprising with an input-side mechanical adapter geometry and with an output side comprising an output-side mechanical adapter geometry , wherein the input-side mechanical adapter geometry and the output-side mechanical adapter geometry are designed complementary to one another, wherein the layer module comprises at least one electrical, electromechanical, hydraulic and/or pneumatic functional assembly and wherein this functional assembly can be contacted electrically, hydraulically and/or pneumatically at the input side and/or at the output side , characterised in that - the layer module comprises at least two spring-loaded, displaceably or pivotably mounted locking parts (111; 91) and at least two geometrically differently designed guide elements orientated in the longitudinal direction of the layer module , - each of the locking parts (91; 111) engages respectively around a guide element (121; 131), - that the layer module can be coupled in a force-fit and/or form-fit manner with a fixed part comprising a fixed part output complementary with the input side or the output side and/or with the least one further layer module . - the layer module comprises at least two spring-loaded, displaceably or pivotably mounted locking parts (111; 91) and at least two geometrically differently designed guide elements orientated in the longitudinal direction of the layer module , - each of the locking parts (91; 111) engages respectively around a guide element (121; 131), - that the layer module can be coupled in a force-fit and/or form-fit manner with a fixed part comprising a fixed part output complementary with the input side or the output side and/or with the least one further layer module .
A system comprising: - a combustion apparatus comprising a diesel engine, a fuel inlet configured to receive a feed of fuel to the engine, and an oxidiser inlet configured to receive a feed of an oxidiser to the engine; - a Selective Catalytic Reduction ('SCR') device associated with the combustion apparatus and configured for catalyzing conversion of nitrogen oxides in an exhaust of the engine into nitrogen and water; and - an apparatus having: ∘ a temperature sensing device configured to measure the temperature of the exhaust; ∘ an injection unit configured to inject hydrogen into the feed of oxidizer to the engine; and ∘ a control unit configured to control operation of the injection unit , - wherein the control unit is configured to control and/or regulate injection of hydrogen via the injection unit in an amount of hydrogen to oxidiser feed based on an exhaust temperature received from the temperature sensing device so that a measured temperature in the exhaust is at least 270°C; and the system being characterized in that the injection unit is configured to mix hydrogen and air prior to injection of the feed of oxidizer to the engine. - a combustion apparatus comprising a diesel engine, a fuel inlet configured to receive a feed of fuel to the engine, and an oxidiser inlet configured to receive a feed of an oxidiser to the engine; - a Selective Catalytic Reduction ('SCR') device associated with the combustion apparatus and configured for catalyzing conversion of nitrogen oxides in an exhaust of the engine into nitrogen and water; and - an apparatus having: ∘ a temperature sensing device configured to measure the temperature of the exhaust; ∘ an injection unit configured to inject hydrogen into the feed of oxidizer to the engine; and ∘ a control unit configured to control operation of the injection unit , ∘ a temperature sensing device configured to measure the temperature of the exhaust; ∘ an injection unit configured to inject hydrogen into the feed of oxidizer to the engine; and ∘ a control unit configured to control operation of the injection unit , - wherein the control unit is configured to control and/or regulate injection of hydrogen via the injection unit in an amount of hydrogen to oxidiser feed based on an exhaust temperature received from the temperature sensing device so that a measured temperature in the exhaust is at least 270°C; and
A process for producing DRI having chemically-combined carbon, comprising: providing DRI at a temperature above 400°C; providing a first gas stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, said first gas stream being a syngas with a low content of methane; passing said first gas stream through a methane forming process where methane is produced from said hydrogen and carbon monoxide resulting in a second gas stream containing a higher concentration of methane than said first gas stream; and contacting said second gas stream with said DRI.
An epoxy resin composition, comprising: an epoxy resin (A); a curing agent (B) comprising a compound represented by the following formula (B-1): wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methoxy group or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and an imidazole adduct-type curing accelerator (C), wherein a molar ratio of a content of a phenolic hydroxide group to a content of an epoxy group in the epoxy resin composition is 0.25 to 0.67. an epoxy resin (A); a curing agent (B) comprising a compound represented by the following formula (B-1): wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methoxy group or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and an imidazole adduct-type curing accelerator (C), wherein a molar ratio of a content of a phenolic hydroxide group to a content of an epoxy group in the epoxy resin composition is 0.25 to 0.67.
A device for application of a hair formulation, comprising: a body structure having one or more tines at a front end, wherein a tip of a tine includes a first and second opening; a nebulizer configured to dispense a hair formulation; a vacuum system with an inlet connected to the second opening; and a handle extending from the body structure at an angle with respect to the front end of the body structure characterized in that the nebulizer comprises an outlet connected to a first opening, the angle of the handle with respect to the front end of the body structure is obtuse. a body structure having one or more tines at a front end, wherein a tip of a tine includes a first and second opening; a nebulizer configured to dispense a hair formulation; a vacuum system with an inlet connected to the second opening; and a handle extending from the body structure at an angle with respect to the front end of the body structure characterized in that the nebulizer comprises an outlet connected to a first opening, the angle of the handle with respect to the front end of the body structure is obtuse.