Abstract: Disposable electronic-cigarette cartridge; the electronic-cigarette cartridge having: a hygroscopic plug; a liquid substance which impregnates the hygroscopic plug and is vaporized in use; and a surface covering, which is located on the outside of the hygroscopic plug, completely covers the hygroscopic plug itself, is impermeable to liquids, and is permeable to gas.

Abstract: A method is proposed for inspecting cylinder-shaped elongated elements for smoking articles that provides projecting from a first half-space a first stripe of light onto an external face of a first elongated element and projecting from a second half-space onto the first elongated element a second stripe of light. The method reconstructs, by means of a first identified curved line and a second identified curved line respectively in a first acquired view and in a second acquired view of the first elongated element, a first closed curved section profile of the first elongated element and identifies possible deformations of the reconstructed first closed curved profile with respect to an ideal section profile.

Abstract: A laundry detergent capsule containing a laundry detergent composition, the capsule including a capsule base (33) with one or more side walls (35) extending from the base to form a detergent composition cavity accommodating the laundry detergent composition (39), wherein the capsule includes a capsule lid (41) for sealing the detergent composition cavity and the capsule lid includes a flange (43) extending from a lid portion and abutting the side wall or side walls, The flange having 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 breaks or gaps arranged symmetrically around the circumference of the upper rim of the side wall or walls. a container containing a plurality of such capsules and use of such capsules to launder textiles.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a lens of a motor vehicle camera using a cleaning head, which includes hydraulic drive members that drive the camera or the cleaning head. The hydraulic drive members are able to generate a relative longitudinal displacement of the cleaning head with respect to the camera between a passive position in which the cleaning head is positioned outside of the image-capturing field of the camera and an active position in which the cleaning head extends facing the lens so as to allow cleaning liquid to be ejected towards the lens. The hydraulic drive members include a chamber in which a piston secured to the camera or to the cleaning head slides under the effect of the pressure of a liquid circulating between a first orifice and a second orifice which are formed respectively in the chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides bonding systems comprising a formaldehyde-based (urea-/melamine-/phenol-/resorcinol-formaldehyde or other combination) and/or a polymeric isocyanate resin system composition for bonding ligno-cellulosic materials to form panels and/or shaped products, which contain a resin hardener, also referred to as resin catalyst, characterised in that the hardener is activated by heat.

Abstract: A Bluetooth microphone (10) comprises a controller (MCU) and Bluetooth transceiver (12) arranged to: establish a Bluetooth paired connection with a device; establish an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, A2DP, connection with the paired device to receive a sequence of packets from the paired device for decoding by the microphone; and establish a Serial Port Profile, SPP, connection with the paired device for simultaneously transmitting a sequence of packets based on a microphone transducer signal to the paired device as the received sequence of packets are being decoded for transmission to a set of headphones.

Abstract: The invention relates to benzimidazole-carboxamide 5-HT4 receptor agonist compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat diseases associated with 5-HT4 receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.

Abstract: A device (90) for on-site dispensing of a beverage containing a liquid and a gaseous substance dissolved therein is described, the device comprising a dispensing means (60), and a conduit (40) for supplying the beverage to said dispensing means (60), wherein said conduit (40) is configured to be connected to a container (10) suitable for containing at least liquid for obtaining said beverage. The device further comprises a pushing means (20, 20?) for imparting to the beverage a push sufficient to enable the dispensing of the beverage via said dispensing means (60) according to a predetermined dispensing condition. Furthermore, the device can comprise a pressure modulating means (30) for modulating the pressure in the conduit, a means for reducing the pressure to be introduced into the container, and a compensation means for improving the operation of the device on the basis of one or more automatic controls thereof.

Abstract: A box (51) containing a two dimensional array of laundry detergent capsules (21) containing laundry detergent composition, the box having a height of no more than 3.

Abstract: A pair of spectacle progressive lenses configured for a wearer suffering from convergence insufficiency or imbalance. The lens of the pair which is dedicated to the dominant eye has inset values appropriate for matching convergence of the dominant eye, but the other lens of the pair, which is dedicated to the non-dominant eye, has inset values substantially equal to zero. Such lens pair helps in suppressing the non-dominant eye for intermediate and near vision tasks, therefore avoiding or limiting symptoms of convergence insufficiency.

Abstract: A process for the production of a Camellia sinensis dedifferentiated stem cell extract, the process comprising the steps of: (a) Preparing a cell culture comprising Camellia sinensis dedifferentiated stem cells; (b) Performing an extraction on the cell culture using ethanol and/or methanol as an extraction solvent, to produce the Camellia sinensis dedifferentiated stem cell extract.

Abstract: A solar cell according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with: an n-type crystalline silicon wafer having an n+ layer in the entire wafer surface and in the vicinity thereof, said n+ layer having a higher n-type dopant concentration than the other regions; a low concentration P-containing silicon oxide layer which is formed on a light receiving surface of the n-type crystalline silicon wafer; an n-type crystalline silicon layer which is formed on the low concentration P-containing silicon oxide layer; and a p-type amorphous silicon layer which is formed on the back surface side of the n-type crystalline silicon wafer.

Abstract: A method of treating a surface of a poultry processing conveyor includes assembling the conveyor and bead blasting at least one surface of the conveyor to reduce a surface roughness of the surface. The surface of the conveyor may be bead blasted with glass beads. The glass beads may be AH-sized glass beads. The bead blasting of the surface may be conducted at a pressure of approximately 60 psi. The bead blasting of the surface may be directed at a 45-degree angle relative to the surface of the conveyor. The method may further include applying a hydrogen peroxide solution to the surface after the conveyor has been bead blasted. The method may further include shrink-wrapping the conveyor after the conveyor has been bead blasted.

Abstract: A universal capo for use with a variety of stringed instruments and with a variety of gauged strings has an upper rigid arm extending longitudinally. A core block made from an elastomer with a first durometer is mounted to the rigid arm. A wrap layer made from an elastomer with a second durometer cradles the core block on the bottom and lateral sides and can extend over the top of the rigid arm. The second durometer hardness is at least 1.5 times the first durometer hardness and the core and wrap have thicknesses collectively contributing to a substantially even pressure on strings of varying gauges to effectively clamp the strings to the neck of an instrument without application of undue pressure.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling vehicles and for providing assistance to operated vehicles is discussed and described herein.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus for the preparation of a mixture of granular components that comprise batches of material required by a plurality of processing machines in a plant for the manufacture of plastic products is described. The apparatus comprises a Multi-Channel Gravimetric Batch Blender (MCGBB) configured to weigh predetermined weights of the raw materials and to combine the weighed portions of raw materials into batches according to a predetermined recipe for each processing machine and a computer that controls the operation of all components of the MCGBB. The MCGBB comprises several weighing units arranged in a way that allows material weighed in each of the weighing units to fall through individual chutes via a common funnel into a manifold that distributes the weighed batches to several processing machines via a system of delivery pipes.

Abstract: A packet for bar-shaped articles including an outer wrapper defining an internal space for housing the bar-shaped articles and accessible through an access opening. The packet includes an internal drawer located inside the outer wrapper and a sleeve located inside the outer wrapper with an upper free edge accessible through the opening. The sleeve is configured to receive and support the evenly spaced bar-shaped articles with their longitudinal axes parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve itself. The sleeve is wrapped round the outside of the internal drawer. The outer wrapper has at least one opening facing a sidewall of the sleeve at the internal drawer to allow applying at least one sliding force on the sleeve and to produce a rotation of the selfsame sleeve relative to the internal drawer and the outer wrapper.

Abstract: An electronic a device for a firearm having a grip. The electronic device comprises a firearm element housable in a housing specifically formed in the grip of the firearm. The firearm element comprises a power supply battery and comprises a firearm interface port for access to said power supply battery. The electronic device comprises a base element engageable to the grip, housable in a firearm base that comprises a base interface port suitable to be operatively connected with the firearm interface port. In the reciprocal engagement between the firearm element and the base element through the firearm interface port and base interface port, the base element is suitable to electrically recharge the power supply battery.

Abstract: An automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus includes: a compression band wrapped around a compressed site of a living body, the automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus sequentially extracting a pulse wave that is pressure oscillation in the compression band in a process of changing a compression pressure value of the compression band to determine a blood pressure value of the living body based on a change in the pulse wave, the compression band having a plurality of expansion bags having independent air chambers aligned in a width direction to respectively compress the compressed site of the living body, the automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus sequentially calculating an amplitude ratio of an amplitude value of a pulse wave from a predetermined expansion bag positioned on a downstream side of an upstream expansion bag positioned on an upstream side of an artery in the compressed site out of the expansion bags.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for providing dual control functionality in a networked digital media device. In overview, a networked digital media device advertises a standard digital media device, which is discoverable and controllable by a standard control device in accordance with a standard media control protocol (also referred to as a Device Control Protocol, or DCP). The networked digital media device also advertises a non-standard digital media playback device, the non-standard device being discoverable and controllable by a non-standard control device in accordance with a non-standard media control protocol. These two devices are manifested in the same device hardware, essentially allowing the device to implement dual-control such that it is able to be controlled both as a standard device and a non-standard device.