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The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical treatment instrument (1) having a grip sleeve (11), an oscillatory rod (13) which extends longitudinally in the grip sleeve (11) and is mounted therein in a radially or also axially elastically yielding manner, and an oscillation generator (31) for transmitting oscillations to the oscillatory rod (13). In order to attain a compact construction, the oscillatory rod (13) is of a base part and an attachment part which is fixed on the base part.

The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of essentially continuous fine threads made of meltable polymers. The polymer melt is spun from at least one spin hole (5) and the spun thread is attenuated using gas flows which are accelerated to achieve high speeds by means of a Laval nozzle (6). As a result of the specific geometry of the melt hole (4) and the position thereof in respect to the Laval nozzle (6), the temperature of the polymer melt, the throughout per spin hole and the pressures determining the velocity of the gas flow upstream and downstream from the Laval nozzle (6) are controlled in such a way that the thread reaches an internal hydrostatic pressure before solidifying, whereby said thread bursts into a plurality of fine threads.

A suturing instrument and methods for placing mattress stitches in soft tissues comprises an elongate shaft with a stationary jaw and a movable jaw disposed at a distal end thereof. The movable jaw is coupled to a handle grip at the proximal end of the shaft and is configured to manipulate the movable jaw into open and closed positions respective to the stationary jaw. The jaws are configured to permit atraumatic grasping of soft tissues to be sutured. The stationary jaw is comprised of a serrated face, incorporating apertures through which needles may be driven distally into and through the grasped tissue and into needle capture cans attached to opposing ends of a single strand of suture material. The serrated upper jaw is configured with capture means adapted to accept and capture the needles and suture. The handle is released to open the movable jaw, after which the instrument may be withdrawn, trailing the suture, and leaving a mattress stitch in the grasped tissue.

A method and packaging machine for preparing rapidly disintegrating formulations for oral administration are disclosed. The present invention is characterized in that a powdery mixture including a pharmaceutically active ingredient and a sugar or a sugar alcohol powder is filled into a packaging material and, thereafter, the mixture, filled in the packaging material, is heated. The present invention can simply and economically prepare an oral formulation which undergoes rapid disintegration in the oral cavity and provides for high-quality administration to patients.

Disclosed are a metal single-atom catalyst and a method for preparing the same. The method uses a minimal amount of chemicals and is thus environmentally friendly compared to conventional chemical and / or physical methods. In addition, the method enables the preparation of a single-atom catalyst in a simple and economical manner without the need for further treatment such as acid treatment or heat treatment. Furthermore, the method is universally applicable to the preparation of single-atom catalysts irrespective of the kinds of metals and supports, unlike conventional methods that suffer from very limited choices of metal materials and supports. Therefore, the method can be widely utilized to prepare various types of metal single-atom catalysts. All metal atoms in the metal single-atom catalyst can participate in catalytic reactions. This optimal atom utilization achieves maximum reactivity per unit mass and can minimize the amount of the metal used, which is very economical.

A method for continuously producing an insulation board comprising a rigid plastic foam core having two major surfaces and a facing material on one or both of the major surfaces, the method including conveying a facing material along a production line, depositing a partially expanded froth foam of a plastic mixture, which contains at least one frothing agent, on the facing material, and further expanding and curing the froth foam in contact wiht the facing material to form the insulation board. The board is particularly useful as roof insulation.

Customary applicators for water-jet surgery comprise a handle, a pressure conduit to supply a working fluid from a pressure source and a nozzle at the end of the pressure conduit to generate a fluid jet with specified properties. It is now proposed to provide a set of molded parts that differ from one another in size and / or shape, that can be detachably, individually connected to the handle to form guide devices to guide the elastically deformable pressure conduit from the handle to the nozzle along a course predetermined by the relevant molded part.

The invention relates to a method and a device for opto-electronically determining the position of an object (50) using a measurement assembly, which is separated from the object (50) by a medium (31, 52) that is permeable to at least one type of specific radiation. The measurement assembly consists of at least one active sensor zone (S) in the medium comprising at least two measuring paths (x, y), which are maintained by at least two radiation sources (1, 3) that emit the specified radiation and by at least one radiation receiver (2) that is allocated to the radiation sources. Said receiver determines the reflection (53) returned by the object (50) to generate a detection signal which corresponds to the received radiation. A specified radiation is emitted using the radiation sources (1, 3) and the reflection (53) returned by the object (50) is detected, in order to allocate initial values (U(t), UR(d)) to the individual measuring paths. The invention is characterised in that an evaluation unit (55) determines the position and / or displacement of the object (50) by determining a specified angular curve of the object in relation to the radiation sources (1, 3, 57) from the initial value (UR(T), UR(d)), for a known spatial relationship between the radiation sources. This allows the position and / or displacement of an object to be opto-electronically detected in a simple and practical manner.

A three-dimensional light emitting device and a method for fabricating the light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device comprises a substrate and a semiconductor nanoparticle layer wherein the substrate is provided with a plurality of three-dimensional recesses and the surface having the recesses is coated with semiconductor nanoparticles. According to the three-dimensional light emitting device, the formation of the semiconductor nanoparticles on the surface of the recessed substrate increases the light emitting area and enhances the luminescence intensity, leading to an increase in the amount of light emitted from the light emitting device per unit area. Therefore, the three-dimensional light emitting device has the advantage of improved luminescence efficiency.

An air dryer assembly for removing moisture and oil from a compressed air system includes a desiccant material received in a shell for adsorbing moisture as compressed air passes therethrough. A coalescing element is disposed between an inlet and outlet for removing oil aerosols from the compressed air. A check valve is disposed in parallel with the coalescing element and forces the compressed air to pass through the coalescing element as air flows from the inlet to the outlet. During a purge or reverse flow, compressed air bypasses the coalescing element and removes oil collected in the cartridge through the inlet.

A power tool with a housing (12) and a tool (18, 22) located thereon such that it is capable of being driven in a rotating and / or oscillating manner, the tool being operable as directed using vacuum flow, in particular using a vacuum cleaner. The power tool is made particularly powerful by the fact that a radial turbine wheel (34) with forward-guiding and rearward-guiding vane rows (44, 48) functions as the drive.

A serviceable filtering oil removal cartridge for use in a compressed air assembly of a vehicle air brake system includes a housing having a first end and a second end. A filtering element is disposed within the housing for agglomerating and removing oil from compressed air entering the oil removal cartridge. A load plate is disposed within the housing for supporting the filtering element. The load plate includes a connecting portion dimensioned to allow the oil removal cartridge to be removed and installed as a single unit. The connecting portion is preferably a threaded annulus. A thermal vent can be included, wherein pressure is released from the oil removal cartridge upon reaching a threshold temperature.

With a docking device for the coupling of a handler or prober to a test head for electronic components, at least one locking unit is provided, which has an axially displaceable ball element clamping sleeve. This ball element clamping sleeve is surrounded by an annular pressure chamber, closing pressure-tight opposite the introduction area of the locking pin and can be moved in an axial direction by means of a ring piston, which can be actuated by a pressure means introduced into the pressure chamber.

A toothpaste formulation contains an oxidizing agent as a whitening ingredient. The activation of the oxidizing agent occurs through the use of a toothbrush having a source of light energy which includes LED's in the bristle field of the toothbrush. The toothbrush could be a manual toothbrush or a powered toothbrush.

A control method and apparatus are provided to convert a DC voltage into alternating voltage. The apparatus includes a first inverter and a second inverter to generate a first alternating voltage and a second alternating voltage, respectively. Also included is an interphase transformer to combine these alternating voltages in parallel to obtain a first resulting alternating voltage. The apparatus also includes a third inverter and a fourth inverter to generate a third and fourth alternating voltage, respectively. These are combined to form a second resulting alternating voltage. The second resulting alternating voltage is displaced in phase approximately 180° in relation to the first resulting alternating voltage.

A closure device (100) is provided for use with storage containers (50), such as plastic bags. The closure device (100) includes interlocking fastening strips (120, 130) having first and second ends and a slider member (200) movably installed upon the interlocking fastening strips to facilitate the occlusion and deocclusion thereof. The slider member (200) includes a pair of spaced-apart side walls (210, 220) which are positioned on opposite sides of the interlocking fastening strips (120, 130) and an intermediate body portion (240) therebetween which is positioned upon the interlocking fastening strips. The slider member (200) also includes notches (250, 260) formed therein which are adapted to engage cooperating protrusions (280, 290) formed on the interlocking fastening strips (120, 130) at the first and second ends (111, 112) thereof to obstruct movement of the slider member (200) beyond the first and second ends (111, 112).

The subject matter of the present is a method for manufacturing an electrode for an electrochemical energy reservoir, in particular for a lithium-ion battery, encompassing the method steps of: a) furnishing a mixture of initial substances for formation of a lithium titanate; b) calcining the mixture of initial substances for formation of a lithium titanate; c) adding to the mixture of initial substances for formation of a lithium titanate, before and / or after calcination, a component encompassing sulfur and optionally lithium; and / or d) adding a pore former, before and / or after calcination, to the mixture of initial substances for formation of a lithium titanate; e) sintering the calcined product; and f) optionally removing the pore former from the calcined and optionally sintered product. Electrodes having a particularly defined pore structure can be generated with a method of this kind, thereby making possible particularly good capacity that is stable over the long term. A further subject is an electrode for use in a lithium-ion battery, as well as a lithium-ion battery.

A method for producing 1,3-diglyceride oils from triglyceride containing oils is disclosed. The method uses alkali metal salts or alkali earth metal salts of mono-carboxylic or di-carboxylic acids to drive glycerolysis under conditions such that commercial, food-quality 1,3-diglyceride oils are produced.

The present invention provides an electrode for a supercapacitor, a fabrication method thereof, and a supercapacitor comprising the same. The electrode exhibits enhanced specific capacitance and electrical conductivity, among others, due to the fact that it comprises a porous composite metal oxide layer which has the structure of a web of entangled nanofibers or has a nanoparticle network structure.

An antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder is provided that has an integrated receive circuit having a capacitive input impedance for receiving a radio signal spectrally located in an operating frequency range. The antenna includes two antenna branches that extend outward from a connecting region in which the antenna branches can be connected to the integrated receive circuit, and a yoke-shaped first trace segment that is designed to connect the two antenna branches together. Each antenna branch can have a U-shaped second trace segment connected to the connecting region, and a U-shaped third trace segment connected to the second trace segment and extending parallel to the second trace segment. The invention further relates to a backscatter-based RFID transponder with such an antenna.

A shoe including cushioning elements housed in a tread sole adapted to come into contact with the ground, the cushioning elements including a plurality of cushioning capsules orientated in a manner such that they substantially follow a line on which the weight of a person is transferred during walking, that is, a podalic line; the cushioning capsules have different sizes and shapes that are geometrically similar to each other, constituting a series of modular elements adaptable to every shoe size and type.

An impact action cat toy with a rigid tube, an elastic cord, an elastic cord retainer, an elastic and non-elastic cord retainer and a cat toy play member. The elastic cord is retained inside the rigid tube and terminates on one side in the elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member. The non-elastic cord terminates on one side in the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member and on the opposite side in the cat toy play member. The cat toy play member quickly and erratically flies into the air when a user holds onto the rigid tube with one hand and stretches the elastic cord member from the elastic and non-elastic cord retaining member with the other hand and releases the retaining member causing it to snap back and impact the end of the rigid tube.

A method for the production of a hollow profile, which is a cockpit cross-member for a motor vehicle, involves braiding endless fibers around a core that forms the inner contour of the hollow profile to produce a fibrous hollow structure. After the braiding, the fibrous hollow structure is, in the elastic state, removed from the core in a non-destructive manner, molded into an end contour by application of internal pressure and overmolded with a plastic.

A device for locally resolved control of a radiation dose applied with a pulsed particle beam in particle beam therapy, with a processing unit, which is set up to detect continuously a count rate of x-ray quanta measured with a positron emission tomograph and to determine the applied radiation dose from the pattern of the measured count rate, by determining by computation from the measured pattern of the count rate the time intervals, in which an interaction of the particle beam takes place at the application site and by rejecting these time intervals for the determination of the applied radiation dose.

A burner for a turbine has a flame tube, a casing enclosing the flame tube forming an oxidant collection chamber, a burner bottom which bounds the oxidant collection chamber and the combustion space, and a swirler which has a plurality of guide vanes arranged so that the distances between the guide vanes form a plurality of radial inlet passages to the combustion space. A fuel supply pipe is provided in the inlet flow region of at least some of the inlet passages, which fuel supply pipe extends lengthwise through the respective inlet passage in an axial direction of the burner and traverse to an oxidant flow direction, and wherein each fuel supply pipe has in its wall at least one radial fuel output opening by which fuel can be mixed into the respective inlet passage with a directional component extending transverse to the oxidant flow direction.

A method for operating an electromotive drive of a textile machine, comprising a contactlessly mounted rotor and catch bearings. The rotor rests on one catch bearing prior to initial operation, and is spaced therefrom by an air gap during stationary operation. A control device allows the rotor to be held in a force-free floating state during stationary operation. The method executes the following steps: (a) inputting an output signal from the control device for maintaining the force-free floating state during operation; (b) calculating the air gap by evaluating the output signal; (c) comparing the calculated value with predetermined limit values; and (d) deactuating the drive when the limit values are passed. The control device comprises a position sensor with at least one sensor coil, at least one actuator coil, a position controller and an integrator, at which the output signal is obtained to determine the air gap.

A device for perforating a capsule (100) containing a soluble or infusion product, which can be associated with a machine (50) for preparing beverages, comprises one body (2), equipped with one first face (3) provided with at least one sharp protrusion (5) suitable to perforate one wall (101) of said capsule (100) in one operating condition (C), and conduit means (8), to bring in communication said first face (3) with one second opposite face (4) of said body (2), said at least one sharp protrusion (5) comprising lateral wall means (6) provided with groove means (7) communicating with said conduit means (8) and arranged in such a way as to connect one inner volume (103) of said capsule (100) to said conduit means (8) in said operating condition (C).