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A developing apparatus configured to supply developer to an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member , comprising: a developer conveying member configured to bear developer (t) on a surface; a regulating member having a protruded portion configured to come into contact with the developer conveying member and regulate layer thickness of the developer borne on the surface of the developer conveying member ; a development chamber provided with the developer conveying member and the regulating member and having an opening (Q); a storage chamber configured to store the developer, wherein the development chamber and the storage chamber are connected through the opening (Q); a conveying member provided in the storage chamber and configured to convey the developer stored in the storage chamber to the development chamber through the opening (Q), and the developing apparatus collecting, after the developer on the image bearing member is transferred onto a transfer material, the developer remaining on the image bearing member into the storage chamber , wherein a bottom section (h) of the development chamber is located at a higher position than a bottom section (g) of the storage chamber in a gravity direction, characterized in that a contact region of the developer conveying member in contact with the protruded portion of the regulating member is located immediately above the opening (Q) in the gravity direction. a developer conveying member configured to bear developer (t) on a surface; a regulating member having a protruded portion configured to come into contact with the developer conveying member and regulate layer thickness of the developer borne on the surface of the developer conveying member ; a development chamber provided with the developer conveying member and the regulating member and having an opening (Q); a storage chamber configured to store the developer, wherein the development chamber and the storage chamber are connected through the opening (Q); a conveying member provided in the storage chamber and configured to convey the developer stored in the storage chamber to the development chamber through the opening (Q), and the developing apparatus collecting, after the developer on the image bearing member is transferred onto a transfer material, the developer remaining on the image bearing member into the storage chamber , wherein a bottom section (h) of the development chamber is located at a higher position than a bottom section (g) of the storage chamber in a gravity direction, characterized in that a contact region of the developer conveying member in contact with the protruded portion of the regulating member is located immediately above the opening (Q) in the gravity direction.
Method for fabricating a metallized assembly for a microcircuit card having a metallized effect, the assembly forming an internal layer of this card, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - addition of a support layer formed by a plastic material sensitive to heat exhibiting a first shrinkage ratio, the support layer having, on the surface, at least the dimensions of a microcircuit card , - addition of a metallized film held on a first non-adhesive bearing liner , the first bearing liner exhibiting a shrinkage ratio less than that of the support layer , - transfer of the metallized film onto the support layer by the application of heat and pressure on a surface of the support layer , - removal of the first bearing liner . - addition of a support layer formed by a plastic material sensitive to heat exhibiting a first shrinkage ratio, the support layer having, on the surface, at least the dimensions of a microcircuit card , - addition of a metallized film held on a first non-adhesive bearing liner , the first bearing liner exhibiting a shrinkage ratio less than that of the support layer , - transfer of the metallized film onto the support layer by the application of heat and pressure on a surface of the support layer , - removal of the first bearing liner .
An apparatus for determining location of at least one inclusion in a gemstone , the gemstone having a first refractive index, comprising: - a container adapted for containing a material in liquid form having a second refractive index substantially matching to that of the gemstone; - a holder operative to support a gemstone in the container and in the material when the container contains the material; - a heater for heating said material in solid form to become a liquid having said second refractive index when the material is contained in the container, before said gemstone is disposed therein; - an illuminator positioned and adapted to illuminate said gemstone when disposed within said material in said container, with illumination light at which said gemstone and said material have their respective first and second index of refraction; - a detector that detects illumination from the illuminated gemstone and said material and produces signals responsive thereto; - a controller that receives the signals and is operative to determine a location of an inclusion in the gemstone based on the signals; and - a system, operative to reduce the presence within said material of any substance other than inclusions, having a third refractive index, the material having the reduced presence of any said substance at least when the gemstone is disposed in the material, wherein said system includes a device for the withdrawal of gas bubbles from said material in liquid form when the material is contained in the container, wherein the device is adapted for applying vacuum to the container before and/or during heating of the material. - a container adapted for containing a material in liquid form having a second refractive index substantially matching to that of the gemstone; - a holder operative to support a gemstone in the container and in the material when the container contains the material; - a heater for heating said material in solid form to become a liquid having said second refractive index when the material is contained in the container, before said gemstone is disposed therein; - an illuminator positioned and adapted to illuminate said gemstone when disposed within said material in said container, with illumination light at which said gemstone and said material have their respective first and second index of refraction; - a detector that detects illumination from the illuminated gemstone and said material and produces signals responsive thereto; - a controller that receives the signals and is operative to determine a location of an inclusion in the gemstone based on the signals; and - a system, operative to reduce the presence within said material of any substance other than inclusions, having a third refractive index, the material having the reduced presence of any said substance at least when the gemstone is disposed in the material, wherein said system includes a device for the withdrawal of gas bubbles from said material in liquid form when the material is contained in the container, wherein the device is adapted for applying vacuum to the container before and/or during heating of the material.
A hydraulic tank with a tank housing and at least one installation element that is arranged in the interior of the tank housing , wherein the tank housing and the installation element are rigidly connected and have different creep resistances and/or moduli of elasticity, wherein the installation element has a higher creep resistance and/or a higher modulus of elasticity than the tank housing and stabilizes the tank housing at least in certain areas, characterized in that the tank housing has a receptacle opening for the installation element , in which the installation element is arranged and rigidly connected thereto, wherein the receptacle opening has a connecting profile and the installation element has a corresponding counter profile , which is rigidly connected to the connecting profile , and wherein the connecting profile has a connecting flange , which surrounds the installation element on its outer circumference and has a shoulder extending radially inward referred to the receptacle opening , and the counter profile has a collar extending radially outward referred to the receptacle opening .
A scissors lift comprising a bottom frame , a top frame and a scissors mechanism arranged between said bottom frame and said top frame to displace said bottom frame and said top frame relative to each other by transfer of an actuation force, wherein said scissors mechanism comprises - a central hollow scissors arm delimited between opposite scissors arm surfaces, wherein said central hollow scissors arm has a bottom pivotal connection connecting it to said bottom frame and a top pivotal connection connecting it to said top frame , and - two passive scissors arms being pivotally connected to said bottom frame and pivotally connected to said top frame , wherein - each of said two passive scissors arms is pivotally connected to said central hollow scissors arm on said opposite scissors arm surfaces of said central hollow scissors arm , characterised in that - said scissors lift comprises a motor providing said actuation force, said motor being housed by said central hollow scissors arm and located between said opposite scissors arm surfaces of said central hollow scissors arm . - a central hollow scissors arm delimited between opposite scissors arm surfaces, wherein said central hollow scissors arm has a bottom pivotal connection connecting it to said bottom frame and a top pivotal connection connecting it to said top frame , and - two passive scissors arms being pivotally connected to said bottom frame and pivotally connected to said top frame , - each of said two passive scissors arms is pivotally connected to said central hollow scissors arm on said opposite scissors arm surfaces of said central hollow scissors arm , - said scissors lift comprises a motor providing said actuation force, said motor being housed by said central hollow scissors arm and located between said opposite scissors arm surfaces of said central hollow scissors arm .
A boarding pass including a sheet which has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face , the sheet having: a first part comprising an attachment device to attach the boarding pass to a support, a second part comprising an RFID tag including a memory and an antenna , characterized in that the attachment device includes an adhesive strip having an adhesive face and a non-adhesive face , opposite to the adhesive face , and in that the first part has a hole which is covered by the adhesive strip , the adhesive face being attached to the first face of the sheet so that a part of the adhesive face opens into the second face of the sheet . a first part comprising an attachment device to attach the boarding pass to a support, a second part comprising an RFID tag including a memory and an antenna , characterized in that the attachment device includes an adhesive strip having an adhesive face and a non-adhesive face , opposite to the adhesive face , and in that the first part has a hole which is covered by the adhesive strip , the adhesive face being attached to the first face of the sheet so that a part of the adhesive face opens into the second face of the sheet .
Method for providing a component to be produced layerwise with a predetermined surface structure (OR) on a side surface of the component , the method comprising the provision of CAD data for the component and the selection of an irradiation pattern for solidifying a starting material in powder form for the component , in such a way that a surface irradiation vector (FBV) and/or a contour irradiation vector (KBV) of a component layer to be solidified are adjusted in a particular layer sequence in such a way that the predetermined surface structure (OR) is produced during the layerwise construction, wherein the predetermined surface structure has a predetermined or defined surface roughness, wherein the irradiation pattern is selected in the scope of a CAM method and is applied to the CAD data by the surface irradiation vector (FBV) and/or the contour irradiation vector (KBV) being taken into account during a layer subdivision, and wherein the contour irradiation vector (KBV) of a component layer to be solidified is offset parallel to a layer plane relative to a previously constructed component layer , so that a layerwise offset (V) only of contours of the component layer relative to the constructed component layer of at least 10 um, preferably at least 50 um, is produced, and/or wherein the surface irradiation vector (FBV) of a component layer to be solidified is offset parallel to a layer plane relative to a previously constructed component layer , so that a layerwise offset (V) of this component layer relative to the constructed component layer of at least 10 um, preferably at least 50 μm, is produced.
A device for monitoring/controlling a plurality of human-machine dialog members (10, 12, 22, 24, 60-82) connected in series so as to form a network, characterized in that it comprises a wired interconnection block connected to each dialog member via a network of twisted cables, characterized in that said interconnection block is connected by point-to-point link to each dialog member and comprises at least one common contact terminal connected to each dialog member, and at least two series of contact terminals BGi, BDi, i = 1 to N, N being a whole number, which are intended to connect the interconnection block to each dialog member regardless of the position of each dialog member with respect to the interconnection block .
An objective mount assembly comprising: a housing including a body ; a drive assembly supported by the body, the drive assembly including a drive shaft , a lead screw rotatably coupled to the drive shaft, and a compensating drive nut assembly having an inner nut component threadably coupled to the lead screw and an outer nut component threadably coupled to the inner nut component, wherein the inner nut component has a threaded inner diameter, which interfaces with and matches a thread of a lead screw, the inner nut component includes a flange and the outer nut component includes a flange ; and an objective mount coupled to the drive assembly, the objective mount being captured between the flanges of the inner and outer nut components. a housing including a body ; a drive assembly supported by the body, the drive assembly including a drive shaft , a lead screw rotatably coupled to the drive shaft, and a compensating drive nut assembly having an inner nut component threadably coupled to the lead screw and an outer nut component threadably coupled to the inner nut component, wherein the inner nut component has a threaded inner diameter, which interfaces with and matches a thread of a lead screw, the inner nut component includes a flange and the outer nut component includes a flange ; and an objective mount coupled to the drive assembly, the objective mount being captured between the flanges of the inner and outer nut components.
A sensor device for determining presence of luminescent targets, wherein the device comprises - a light source for exciting the luminescent targets, thus generating luminescence signals, - a detector for detecting the luminescence signals of the luminescent targets, resulting in a detected signal which comprises a desired signal originating from the luminescent targets and a background signal, - a bleaching device for bleaching at least part of the sources generating the background signal, - a processor configured to trigger the bleaching device to start bleaching and stop bleaching; and to trigger the light source , after bleaching, for exciting the remaining luminescent targets, wherein the remaining luminescent targets are those targets which are not bleached; and to trigger the detector for detecting the luminescence signal of the remaining luminescent targets, so as to generate a measurement signal representative for the quantification of the luminescent targets. - a light source for exciting the luminescent targets, thus generating luminescence signals, - a detector for detecting the luminescence signals of the luminescent targets, resulting in a detected signal which comprises a desired signal originating from the luminescent targets and a background signal, - a bleaching device for bleaching at least part of the sources generating the background signal, - a processor configured to trigger the bleaching device to start bleaching and stop bleaching; and to trigger the light source , after bleaching, for exciting the remaining luminescent targets, wherein the remaining luminescent targets are those targets which are not bleached; and to trigger the detector for detecting the luminescence signal of the remaining luminescent targets, so as to generate a measurement signal representative for the quantification of the luminescent targets.
A data processing method performed by an electric apparatus comprising an audio coder or an audio decoder used to implement a time-domain to frequency-domain type 4-Discrete Cosine Transform, DCT-IV, the method comprising: • twiddling input data, so as to obtain twiddled data; • pre-rotating the twiddled data by using a symmetric rotate factor, wherein the rotate factor is a ⋅ W 4 L 2 p + 1 , wherein a is a constant, p = 0 , ... , 2 L − 1 , and W 4 L 2 p + 1 = cos 2 π 2 p + 1 4 L − j sin 2 π 2 p + 1 4 L ; • performing a Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, of L /2 points on the pre-rotated data, wherein L is the length of the input data; • post-rotating the data that has undergone the FFT transform by using a symmetric rotate factor, wherein the rotate factor is b ⋅ W 4 L 2 q + 1 , wherein b is a constant, q = 0 , ... , L 2 − 1 , and W 4 L 2 q + 1 = cos 2 π 2 q + 1 4 L − j sin 2 π 2 q + 1 4 L ; • obtaining output data; wherein the method further comprises: • performing fixed rotate compensation once or more times by using one or more fixed rotate compensation factors, respectively, the said one or the product of said more fixed compensation factors is W 8 L − 3 or an approximate value thereof, wherein at least one of the one or more fixed rotate compensation factors of the one or more time fixed rotate compensation is a Taylor series expansion. • twiddling input data, so as to obtain twiddled data; • pre-rotating the twiddled data by using a symmetric rotate factor, wherein the rotate factor is a ⋅ W 4 L 2 p + 1 , wherein a is a constant, p = 0 , ... , 2 L − 1 , and W 4 L 2 p + 1 = cos 2 π 2 p + 1 4 L − j sin 2 π 2 p + 1 4 L ; • performing a Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, of L /2 points on the pre-rotated data, wherein L is the length of the input data; • post-rotating the data that has undergone the FFT transform by using a symmetric rotate factor, wherein the rotate factor is b ⋅ W 4 L 2 q + 1 , wherein b is a constant, q = 0 , ... , L 2 − 1 , and W 4 L 2 q + 1 = cos 2 π 2 q + 1 4 L − j sin 2 π 2 q + 1 4 L ; • obtaining output data; • performing fixed rotate compensation once or more times by using one or more fixed rotate compensation factors, respectively, the said one or the product of said more fixed compensation factors is W 8 L − 3 or an approximate value thereof,
A method for producing a cured epoxy resin composition, comprising: (a) combining an epoxy resin component with an amine-based curing agent component to form an initial epoxy resin composition, the amine-based curing agent component comprising at least a first amine component represented by the structure: wherein A is CH 2 , O, or NR', R' is H or an alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms, R is an alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms and, optionally, one or more hetero atoms, and the first amine component comprises at least 1% by weight of the amine-based curing agent, and the amine-based curing agent component further comprising a second amine component having at least one amine compound selected from the group of a primary amine and a secondary amine; and (b) allowing a chemical reaction to occur between the at least one amine component and the epoxy resin component to form a cured epoxy resin composition. (a) combining an epoxy resin component with an amine-based curing agent component to form an initial epoxy resin composition, the amine-based curing agent component comprising at least a first amine component represented by the structure: wherein A is CH 2 , O, or NR', R' is H or an alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms, R is an alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms and, optionally, one or more hetero atoms, and the first amine component comprises at least 1% by weight of the amine-based curing agent, and the amine-based curing agent component further comprising a second amine component having at least one amine compound selected from the group of a primary amine and a secondary amine; and (b) allowing a chemical reaction to occur between the at least one amine component and the epoxy resin component to form a cured epoxy resin composition.
Thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion unit , having a longitudinal central axis (A1) and comprising a fixed structure , at least one cowl and a plurality of diversion cascades , the cowl and the cascades forming a system able to move in translation with respect to the fixed structure along the longitudinal central axis (A1), between an advanced direct-thrust position and a retracted thrust-reversal position, the movable system furthermore comprising at least one rear structure for supporting the cascades on which a rear end of at least several of the plurality of diversion cascades are secured, said at least one rear cascade support structure extending in a circumferential direction of the reverser, characterised in that said at least one rear cascade-support structure incorporates an acoustic absorption device comprising a lattice of cells and a skin covering the cells, the skin including a first surface arranged facing the cells , and a second surface opposite to the first, radially delimiting towards the outside a part of a secondary gas-flow duct , in the advanced direct-thrust position of the movable system.
An optical element for generating diffraction orders comprising at least one series of consecutive diffraction features for diffracting electromagnetic radiation from a source into diffraction orders, characterised in that the diffraction features in said at least one series are shifted from a nominally regular spacing, each feature being shifted by a selected predetermined amount so as to substantially eliminate at least one n th odd numbered diffraction order whilst maintaining the existence of the 1 st and at least one selected m th odd numbered diffraction order.