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A hearing aid with a rechargeable energy storage unit used as a power supply and an antenna used for wireless transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals is provided. The hearing aid also includes an energy charging unit which is arranged between the antenna and the energy storage unit, with the energy transmitted electromagnetically in a charging mode to the antenna being fed electrically via the energy charging unit into the energy storage unit. An energy charger and an energy storage method are also provided.

A hearing aid with a rechargeable energy storage unit used as a power supply and an antenna used for wireless transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals is provided. The hearing aid also includes an energy charging unit which is arranged between the antenna and the energy storage unit, with the energy transmitted electromagnetically in a charging mode to the antenna being fed electrically via the energy charging unit into the energy storage unit. An energy charger and an energy storage method are also provided.

The invention relates to a turbine 1, in particular a gas turbine, which along a swivel-mounted rotationally symmetrical rotor 2 has a compressor 3, a combustion chamber 5 and a turbine section 7 formed of a plurality of turbine stages 15, in which each turbine stage 15 contains mutually interacting blades 17 and vanes 16 which a hot working fluid 13 can flow around, with a coolant provided by the compressor 3 for cooling the blades 16, 17, which can flow in a channel along the rotor 2 from the compressor 3 to the turbine section 7 and into which a liquid can be introduced for cooling. In order to specify a turbine in which less wear occurs and in which the lifetime of the components is increased, it is proposed that the channel extends outside the rotor 2 and that the liquid can be introduced at the end of the channel which faces the compressor 2.

A programmable gain amplifier having three separately programmable amplifiers. A programmable transconductance amplifier is followed by a programmable transimpedance amplifier, then a programmable switched capacitor amplifier. In one embodiment, this programmable gain amplifier is implemented in an analog front-end (AFE) circuit. One AFE embodiment provides a coarse pre-gain offset a black reference level sampler, and a fine post-gain offset in the programmable switched capacitor amplifier. In one embodiment, an ADC reference is sampled, and is subtracted directly from the video signal in the switched capacitor amplifier so that the zero level of the video signal is made to correspond to the zero level of the ADC. In another embodiment, a piece-wise linear approximation of an exponential gain function is implemented by programming the transconductance and transimpedance amplifiers to provide exponential jumps in gain, while the switched capacitor amplifier is programmed to interpolate as needed between the exponential gain levels.

A toner suitable for use in electrophotography, etc., is composed of toner particles each containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax component. The toner has a number-average particle size of 2-6 mum and a standard deviation in particle size of below 2.6 mum based on a number-basis distribution of circle-equivalent diameters, an average circularity of 0.970-0.995 and a standard deviation in circularity of below 0.030 based on a circularity frequency distribution, and a residual monomer content of at most 500 ppm. The toner particles have such a microtexture as to provide a particle cross section as observed through a transmission electron microscope (TEM) exhibiting a matrix of the binder resin and a particle of the wax dispersed in a discrete form in the matrix of the binder resin.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing unwanted data packets from a ring topology communication network having a plurality of nodes. The invention ensures that a data packet is removed from the network if there is a failure of the originating node, or if there is a failure of the node principally responsible for removing the data packet. The invention provides fault-tolerance, without significantly adversely affecting the overall network performance. The invention provides the originating node address in a controlled field of the data packet, with unused data bits within the control field being used as "rouge packet bits." The invention will include one or more nodes designated as "rouge data packet removal nodes" or "rouge removal nodes." A data packet is created at an originating node which will embed its own address in a "Node ID" field of the data packet and will transmit the data packet along the network. The invention enables rouge data packets to be detected and removed from the network.

A method of molding a composite insulator having a core member and an overcoat portion arranged on an outer surface of the core member, in which a core member having metal fittings at both ends thereof is set in a metal mold for molding the composite insulator, overcoat portion forming materials are filled in a cavity for molding said overcoat portion formed around the core member, and then the overcoat portion forming materials are cured by heat, is disclosed. The improved method includes a step of making a temperature increase of the overcoat portion forming materials near the metal fittings equal to that of the other portion, when the overcoat portion forming materials are cured by heat, by utilizing an additional heating means.

A method and apparatus comprising microwave radiation pulses to reduce a microorganism population in an object.

A box for packaging and transporting products essentially made from plastic, designed to contain, within, different products, such as fruit and vegetables. The box includes a lightweight supporting structure and a package made up by a laminar body that is placed against the inside or outside of the lateral walls and base of the supporting structure, the laminar body being connected to at least one of the elements that make up the supporting structure.

The present invention concerns a process for producing a paper or board product, which process comprises providing a furnish comprising fibers; subjecting a first portion (1) of the furnish to polymer treatment, in which polymers are added to the furnish in at least two steps; blending said polymer treated first portion with an untreated second portion (2) of the furnish; and dewatering the furnish on a wire to form a fiber web. By treating only a portion of the furnish, the strength of the resulting paper or board product is significantly improved whereas the bulk remains substantially unaffected. The invention also concerns a paper or board product produced according to the process.

A process of preparing an adhesive haemostatic product is provided. The process comprises: (a) coating a porous solid substrate with a coating liquid that comprises an electrophilically activated polyoxazoline (EL-POX) and a solvent to produce a coated substrate; and (b) removing the solvent from the coated substrate. The EL-POX comprises at least 2 reactive electrophilic groups. The process enables the application of an EL-POX coating that leaves the pore structure of the substrate largely intact so that the ability of the porous substrate to absorb body fluids, such as blood, remains essentially unaffected. The EL-POX coated haemostatic product obtained by the present process has excellent adhesive properties due to the presence of electrophilic reactive groups that are capable of reacting with e.g. amine groups that are naturally present in tissue, under the formation of covalent bonds.

An ultrasonic motor has a cylindrical rotor for performing a mechanical output, a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators each having two points in internal contact with the rotor, and a preload mechanism for pressing the ultrasonic vibrators from an inside toward an outside of the rotor, and the ultrasonic vibrators are provided to be rotatable relative to the preload mechanism. With this configuration, an internal contact type ultrasonic motor capable of performing efficient drive by using a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators each in contact with a cylindrical rotor at two points and allowing contact at all contact points without requiring a high machining accuracy can be provided.

A powder and a powder mixture, respectively, preferably for powder blasting with a powder-jet device, said device mixing the powder or the powder mixture with air to a powder / air mixture, wherein said powder and powder mixture is an alditol or contains such alditol. Preferably, mannitol and / or erythritol are used; because of the anti-cariogenic effect, xylitol is also well suitable for the cleaning of tooth surfaces, especially of less strongly mineralized tooth surfaces like dentine.

A torsion suspension includes two longitudinal control arms having front ends and rear ends in travel direction and a torsion axle extending transversely to and interconnecting the longitudinal control arms. A bearing assembly swingably supports the front ends of the longitudinal control arms in relation to a vehicle body. Coupled to each the rear ends of the longitudinal control arms are transverse control arms for absorbing lateral forces.

A toner suitable for use in electrophotography, etc., is composed of toner particles each containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax component. The toner has a number-average particle size of 2-6 mum and a standard deviation in particle size of below 2.6 based on a number-basis distribution of circle-equivalent diameters, an average circularity of 0.970-0.995 and a standard deviation in circularity of below 0.030 based on a circularity frequency distribution, and a residual monomer content of at most 500 ppm. The toner particles have such a microtexture as to provide a particle cross section as observed through a transmission electron microscope (TEM) exhibiting a matrix of the binder resin and a particle of the wax dispersed in a discrete form in the matrix of the binder resin.

The invention relates to a magnet valve, having a valve insert and a tappet guided movably in the valve insert via a tappet guide, which tappet is braced on a valve body via a restoring spring resting a contact face of the tappet, and the restoring spring is guided radially from inside on one end by a spring guide of the tappet, the spring guide adjoining the contact face. According to the invention, centering means are present, which are disposed on the tappet in such a way that the restoring spring is centered and radially guided from inside over a substantial portion of its length.

A display device includes a first substrate on which a semiconductor circuit is formed. A second substrate is disposed over the first substrate to include a first electrode formed on a first surface to perform image displaying, and a second electrode exposed to a second surface and bonded to the first electrode via a contact hole. A third substrate is disposed over the second substrate to include a third electrode formed to perform image displaying in association with the first electrode of the second substrate. An image displaying layer is disposed between the second substrate and the third substrate to perform image displaying. An electrode on a surface of the first substrate on which the semiconductor circuit is formed is electrically connected to the second electrode exposed to the second surface of the second substrate.

The invention relates to a magnet valve, having a valve insert and a tappet guided movably in the valve insert via a tappet guide, which tappet is braced on a valve body via a restoring spring resting a contact face of the tappet, and the restoring spring is guided radially from inside on one end by a spring guide of the tappet, the spring guide adjoining the contact face. According to the invention, centering means are present, which are disposed on the tappet in such a way that the restoring spring is centered and radially guided from inside over a substantial portion of its length.

The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), particularly an electrically operated grooming appliance (10), and to a cutting head (18) for a hair cutting appliance (10), the cutting head (18) comprising a blade set (20) comprising a stationary blade (36) and a cutter blade (38), the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) comprising at least one toothed leading edge (22, 24) jointly defined by respective teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38), the teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) basically extending in a longitudinal direction (X), wherein the stationary blade (36) further comprises a front face (58), particularly at the teeth (62) thereof, the front face (58) being arranged to face a user's skin, when in operation, and a skin protector (76) coupled to a housing portion (32) of the cutting head (18), wherein the skin protector (76) at least partially covers the front face (58), wherein the skin protector (76) is arranged to contact the skin, when in operation, wherein the skin protector (76) is movable, in response to external forces applied thereto, between a first state and a second state with respect to the blade set (20), wherein the skin protector (76) is arranged in an advanced position in the first state, and wherein the skin protector (76) is arranged in a retracted position in the second state.

The invention relates to curable epoxy resin compositions containing at least one epoxy resin having on average more than one epoxide group per molecule, at least one inorganic filler and at least one polycarboxylate ether, wherein the inorganic filler is coated with the polycarboxylate ether. The invention also relates to multi-component systems for producing said epoxy resin compositions, cured epoxy resins, a powder component K3 for the multi-component system, uses and methods.

A method for separating cells which includes: adhering cells to the surface of a cell culture substrate containing a photo-acid generator that generates an acidic substance upon irradiation with active energy rays, and irradiating only a partial region of the cell culture substrate with the active energy rays to selectively remove the cells within the partial region, thereby separating the cells within the partial region and cells in other regions.

A computer-based method for generating rules for a clinical decision support system includes displaying a selected lab result for a patient, receiving a command from a user to create a rule using the selected lab result, and displaying questions and receiving answers from the user concerning future values of the selected lab result and / or trends of the selected lab result. The method further includes generating a rule for notifying the user based upon the future values of the selected lab result and / or trends of the selected lab result, in accordance with the received answers from the user.

A plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum processing chamber, supplying means for introducing a processing gas into the vacuum processing chamber, a mounting electrode in the vacuum processing chamber for mounting a specimen on the mounting electrode, and a pusher pin for raising the specimen placed on the mounting electrode and holding the specimen over the mounting electrode, wherein the mounting electrode includes an inner area for mounting the specimen, an outer area for mounting a focus ring, and a high-frequency power source for supplying electric power to the inner area and the outer area, and wherein high-frequency electric power is applied to the outer area to generate plasma at the outer edge of the backside of the specimen while the specimen is raised with the pusher pin.

A battery comprises a housing and a plurality of battery cells arranged in the housing. Each battery cell has at least one discharge valve. The battery further comprises a discharge pipe system for discharging gases released from one, a plurality of or all discharge valves of the battery cells. The discharge pipe system according to the disclosure has a plurality of separate connections for receiving the released gases and a common discharge guide into which the separate connections open and via which the released gases can be discharged out of the housing. The battery is characterized in that a protective film is arranged between the discharge valves of the battery cells and the separate connections of the discharge pipe system so that direct contact of the battery cells to the gases in the discharge pipe system is prevented.

A method for cleaning tooth surfaces with a powder and a powder mixture, preferably by powder blasting with a powder-jet device, said device mixing the powder or the powder mixture with air to form a powder / air mixture, wherein said powder and / or powder mixture is an alditol or contains such alditol. Preferably, mannitol and / or erythritol are used, because of their anti-cariogenic effect. Xylitol is also suitable for cleaning tooth surfaces, especially of less strongly mineralized tooth surfaces like dentine.

A particle sensing system is for sensing particles entrained in a fluid. The system comprises a flow channel having a longitudinal direction along which the fluid is to be passed, a heating arrangement for heating the fluid and thereby applying a positive thermophoretic force on the fluid in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flow channel and a first sensor for sensing the particles in the fluid after heating by the heating arrangement. The thermophoretic force increases the concentration of the particles at the first sensor.

An electronic control unit compulsorily stops supply of a fuel injection quantity, which is calculated based on various parameters including a throttle opening degree, performed by an injector in accordance with a crank angle signal if a series of operations, of rapidly opening a throttle valve from a certain throttle opening degree and then rapidly closing the throttle valve, occurs within a predetermined time in one combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine after completion of stroke determination. The electronic control unit removes the compulsory stoppage of the supply of the fuel injection quantity if drawing of an air intake quantity overlaps with at least one-third of an intake stroke in one combustion cycle of the engine.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising the botanicals from the Family Ranunculaceae, Subclass: Dicotyledonae; Crassinucelli, Superorder: Ranunculales. Examples of these botanicals include but are not limited to; Actaea, Anemone, Ranunculus, and Nigella, or extracts thereof, which are useful in treating liver diseases, particularly those with viral etiology. More specifically, the compositions of the present invention are derived from various botanicals or medicinal plants. The compositions of the invention have demonstrated outstanding efficacy for treatment of patients with hepatic disorders. Compositions of the present invention have also exhibited immunomodulatory activities. The preferred compositions contain the botanical ingredients in concentrations of not less than 20% w / v. The treatment can be therapeutic or prophylactic and may be administered orally, parenterally, as suppository or via nasal mucosa. The treatment may be delivered in a single dose, multi-doses or via a slow release mechanism.

A cutting head (18) for a hair cutting appliance (10) comprises a blade set (20) including a stationary blade (36) and a cutter blade (38). The stationary blade and the cutter blade comprise at least one toothed leading edge (22,24) jointly defined by respective teeth (62,64) thereof that extend in a longitudinal direction (X). The stationary blade further comprises a front face (58), at the teeth (62) thereof, arranged to face a user's skin, when in operation. A skin protector (76) couples to a housing portion (32) of the cutting head, wherein the skin protector at least partially covers the front face (58) and is arranged to contact the skin, when in operation. The skin protector is movable between a first state and a second state with respect to the blade set (20) and includes an advanced position in the first state and a retracted position in the second state.