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An ultrasonic apparatus is provided for producing three dimensional images using at least one moving curved array transducer for scanning a volume of a region of interest to be imaged. The apparatus includes an acoustic front shell having complex shape and an ultrasonic transducer adapted for swinging movement underneath the front shell and having a front surface of a shape conforming to the complex shape of the front shell. A motor provides the swinging movement of the ultrasonic array transducer underneath the front shell so as to scan a volume of the region of interest. The shell and a transducer carrier may be of an ovoid shape. The transducer may include lips at superior edges thereof which contain a coupling grease. Multiple transducers for different applications may be employed.

The invention relates to an automatic bamboo breaking machine. The automatic bamboo breaking machine comprises a feeding device, a clamping and positioning device, a bamboo breaking pushing disk device, a tool rotating disk device, an output device and a control system. The feeding device and the clamping and positioning device are located on the two sides of one end of the bamboo breaking pushing disk device. The tool rotating disk device is located on the front part of the end, close to the feeding device and the clamping and positioning device, of the bamboo breaking pushing disk device, and the output device is located on the tail part of the tool rotating disk device. The control system controls the feeding device, the clamping and positioning device, the bamboo breaking pushing disk device, the tool rotating disk device and the output device to run in a cooperative manner. The automatic bamboo breaking machine has the beneficial effects that the bamboo breaking machine can accurately control cooperative running of the devices, a bamboo tube is conveyed and positioned reliably, the bamboo tube can be accurately cut into bamboo canes, the finally cut bamboo canes can be conveyed out, the automation degree is relatively high, and the production efficiency is improved.

A connecting profile of constant cross section that couples sheet piles to carrier elements. The connecting profile exhibits a center strip, on which a coupling profile, which is to be connected to the carrier element, and an interlock profile for hooking an interlock of the sheet pile are formed. The interlock profile exhibits a supporting strip projecting from the center strip and a hook strip projecting from the center strip. The supporting strip projects at least approximately at a right angle from the center strip. The hook strip exhibits a transition section projecting at least approximately at a right angle from the center strip, and a hook section, which runs at least approximately at a right angle to the transition section in the direction of the supporting strip and which defines with the supporting strip a jaw for inserting the interlock of the sheet pile.

The invention discloses a composite wheat germ powder health-care rice which is characterized by comprising base material ingredient, bean material ingredient, potato ingredient, functional ingredient and wet rice ingredient, wherein the base material ingredient comprises 1000-1200 parts of rice, 100-120 of wheat germ powder, 100-120 of brown rice and 50-60 of corn. The composite wheat germ powder health-care rice is prepared by the base material ingredient, the bean material ingredient, the potato ingredient, the functional ingredient and the wet rice ingredient, wherein the base material ingredient can meet the base nutritional ingredient requirement of a human body, the bean material ingredient comprises a mass of microelements and mineral substances, the potato ingredient can improve the taste of the rice, the functional ingredient has different health-care ingredients, thereby being good for the human health, suitable for the requirement of the crowds with different physiques, and capable of playing a part in health care, and the wet rice ingredient not only has the function of health care, but also is good for rice forming when the rice is processed and extruded.

A live insect habitat that also serves as a retail receptacle for point of sale display of the insects. In particular, the invention comprises a cricket habitat and point of sale display receptacle for the sale of live crickets primarily for fishing bait and pet food purposes. The habitat/receptacle includes a housing having side walls with a sight window formed therein for purposes of permitting viewing of the inside of the housing and insect habitat from the outside. A habitat insert is located inside the housing and includes a multiple-sided member that partitions the interior space of the housing into discrete subspaces connected by passages giving the crickets ample room in which to crawl about. The housing and the habitat insert can be made of a moisture absorbent material in order to reduce the moisture content of the cricket environment. An item of cricket food is located in the housing whereby the retail habitat/receptacle has a prolonged shelf life while maintaining healthy live crickets.

A drag reduction assembly is mountable on a vehicle or other object experiencing relative motion in a fluid environment. The assembly comprises at least one shell of flexible web material movable between non-deployed and deployed positions. In addition, the shell is configured to provide at least an outer flow surface in the deployed position (e.g., a curved surface) to reduce the effects of aerodynamic drag. In many embodiments, intake apertures such as NACA ducts may be provided to allow a portion of the flowing fluid into the shell. The flowing fluid will cause the shell to assume automatically the deployed position. In cases where fluid enters the shell, an exit location is provided in the shell to permit such fluid to exit and rejoin fluid on the outside.

A dressing for covering a wound. The dressing including: a first component having a first shape; a second component releasably attached to a first surface of the first component to maintain the first component in a second shape different from the first shape; and an adhesive disposed on a surface of the first component different from the first surface for attaching the first component to the wound such that the second component can be released from the first component to allow the first component to take the first shape to apply a pressure to portions of the skin surrounding the wound to close the wound; wherein the second component is a mechanical device.

The invention discloses a manufacture method for a maglev track beam. The manufacture method comprises the following steps: tying a framework of steel reinforcement, manufacturing an internal mold, putting the internal mold in the framework of steel reinforcement, mounting a formwork of track beam, and regulating the formwork of track beam so as to meet the required linearity. The lateral displacement relative to the track beam and the perpendicularity relative to a bottom mold of the side mold of the formwork of track beam can be regulated through a regulating component, and a translating component arranged outside end molds is used for regulating the longitudinal movement relative to the side mold of each end mold. The manufacture method has the advantages of being easy to operate, high in regulating precision and simple to assemble and disassemble the molds. A control component can respectively regulate the transverse displacement, the longitudinal displacement and the vertical displacement of the track beam, the linearity precision can achieve the range of +/-5, and the precast quality of a curved track beam is ensured. The intelligent control can realize high regulating precision, high efficiency and good reliability of a formwork system, and the manufacture method is particularly applicable to precasting of medium-low-speed maglev linear or curved track beams.

The invention provides a device for the detection of elevated levels of radiation in remote locations, the device comprising a scintillator crystal and a variable length fibre optic cable. Preferably, the scintillator comprises an inorganic scintillator and the fibre optic cable comprises a metal coated fibre optic cable. The device preferably also comprises a light measurement device which co-operates with recording means such that the radiation levels of the environment in which the device is deployed may be determined. The device has potential widespread application in the nuclear industry, for the monitoring of products, processes and/or facilities that exhibit very high levels of radiation.

A beam formed of a plank and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The beam includes a body formed by bending a work object of a plank; a connection part formed at both ends of the body to engage with other members, and a bent part formed along the body. The beam facilitates formation of a shape imparting improved rigidity to the beam.

A mitral valve annulus reshaping device includes at least a portion that is formed of a biocompatible shape memory alloy SMA having a characteristic temperature, A_f, that is preferably below body temperature. The device is constrained in an unstable martensite (UM) state while being introduced through a catheter that passes through the venous system and into the coronary sinus of the heart. The reshaping device is deployed adjacent to the mitral valve annulus of the heart as it is forced from the catheter. When released from the constraint of the catheter, the SMA of the device at least partially converts from the UM state to an austenitic state and attempts to change to a programmed shape that exerts a force on the adjacent tissue and modifies the shape of the annulus. The strain of the SMA can be varied when the device is within the coronary sinus.