Abstract: An apparatus for generating and maintaining plasma for plasma processing using inductively coupled RF power. The apparatus includes a resonant circuit having a resonant capacitance and a resonant inductance, an excitation circuit for exciting the resonant circuit, and a coupling element for coupling RF power from the inductance into a plasma chamber.

Abstract: A valve usable to repeatedly open and close a filling-emptying channel associated with a a beverage container includes a valve body (1). The valve body has a central ring (2) supported by arms (7). The ring includes a hole (4). The valve has a deformable valve plate (5) that includes an outer circumferential beveled edge (10). The valve plate further includes a central conical part (6) configured to engage in the hole. When in blocking relation of the channel, the conical part is engaged in the hole and the valve plate has a convex cup shape. Pulling outwardly on the valve body, changes the convexity of the valve plate and enables it to be disengaged from the valve body.

Abstract: This invention concerns a computer-implemented method for determining a number of lanes on a road. The method comprises receiving an image, the image being a photographic image of the road or an image derived from the photographic image of the road, carrying out an analysis of the image to identify lane dividers of the road and determining a number of lanes into which the road is divided from the identification of the lane dividers. The method may comprise determining a confidence level for the determined value for the number of lanes. Map data of a plurality of roads may be generated using the value for the number of lanes determined from the computer-implemented method.

Abstract: A device (100) for distilling or thickening fluids, having a chamber (102), an electromagnetic radiation generator (104) and a waveguide (106) connecting the electromagnetic radiation generator (104) with the interior of the chamber (102). The device (100) has a channel (108) located below the end (110) of the waveguide (106), the channel being adapted for transporting the fluid. One end of the channel (108) is the inlet (112) and the other end of the channel (108) is the outlet (114) for the fluid, the channel being shaped so as to prolong the dwell time of the fluid in the chamber (102).

Abstract: Ledger mechanism for rod making machines of tobacco industry comprising a first stationary ring gear (4), a first orbiting gear (5) staying in mesh with the first stationary ring gear (4), a second movable ring gear (6), a second orbiting gear (7) staying in mesh with the second movable ring gear (6). The ledger mechanism comprises a ledger (11) mechanically connected with the second movable ring gear (6) and the axis of the second orbiting gear (7) is coaxial with the axis of the first orbiting gear (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to the mould (1) for manufacturing a multi-curved bent glass panels comprising a stationary lower load-bearing structure (2) having defined longitudinal (2a), a transversal (2b) directions and vertical direction (2c) and provided with a supporting frame (4) and a number of contoured supports (5) mounted in the supporting frame (4) in the vertical and parallel arrangement to each other and having its upper edges shaped in waves; wherein the supports (5) are arranged in such an order, that their upper edges form a predetermined bending surface, curved along at least one of the longitudinal (2a) and transversal (2b) directions and alternately upwards and downwards in the vertical direction (2c), having variable curvature and the depth of the curve.

Abstract: A mobile device for converting solar energy into electricity in a portable or transportable version consisting of interconnected photovoltaic cells module (1) and energy storage module (2) characterised in that the photovoltaic cell module (1) consists of a set of flexible photovoltaic panels with a certain power output together with a set of cables to connect the panels to the energy storage module, whereas the cells are placed on a foldable frame and the energy storage module (2) comprises a set of batteries placed in a portable housing with a size typical of the size of a laptop and is equipped with an electronic circuit with a display, which is used to carry out and check the charging and discharging processes, whereas before the above elements are assembled, the set of flexible photovoltaic panels together with the set of cables to connect the panels to the energy storage module is located in the first tube case, whereas the foldable frame, together with accessories for the deployment and fixing of the s

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring the spatial and velocity distribution of scattering structures of a sample in semi-transparent matter. The acquired spectral data I(k, t) are transformed in two steps to image data I(z, v). A Doppler shift is imposed on the light to a separate real and mirror images in the v space to suppress the complex ambiguity artifact.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is an isolated antigen being an immunogenic form of the common enterobacterial antigen (ECA) of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae: ECA combined with lipopolysaccharide (ECALPS); a glycoconjugate of inactivated form of this antigen with a protein, as well as compositions and vaccines containing such an antigen/glycoconjugate designed for the prevention and treatment infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria.

Abstract: A pneumatic rotary tool including a housing having an inlet passage. The inlet passage extends from an inlet operatively connectable to an air source. The inlet passage extends to a motor cylinder inside the housing. The housing has an outlet passage extending from the motor cylinder to an outlet. The tool includes a rotor mounted in the cylinder for rotation relative to the cylinder under pneumatic power. The tool includes a valve positioned along the inlet passage operable to selectively permit air to pass for rotating the rotor and flowing through the outlet. The tool has a cutter head connected to the rotor including a clamp for holding a cutter to cut material as the head rotates. The cutter head is positioned in the outlet so air passing through the outlet passes over the head to blow material away from the head as the cutter cuts the material.

Abstract: A titanium-containing formulation contains complexes of titanium salts with an ascorbic acid and a citric acid, a preservative agent, and water-soluble sulfates of metals absorbable by plants, and optionally additional plant nutrients, in particular nitrogen and potassium. The titanium-containing formulation is a product of titanium complexation reaction of titanyl sulfate with a mixture of ascorbic acid and citric acid in aqueous environment alkalized with magnesium hydroxide in presence of acetic acid, at a mass ratio of magnesium, calculated as MgO, to titanium amounting from 1:1 to 20:1. Furthermore, in the titanium-containing formulation a mass ratio of the ascorbic acid to the citric acid amounts from 5:1 to 3:5, a mass ratio of the ascorbic acid to titanium amounts from 7:2 to 10:1, and a mass ratio of the magnesium hydroxide, calculated as MgO, to the acetic acid, calculated as 100% of the acetic acid, amounts from 8:1 to 3:5.

Abstract: After the start of manufacturing, the control system provisionally calculates a cutting moment necessary to obtain a proper length of the filter rod and compares it with the basic static relationship calculated earlier, after which it makes a gradual adjustment of the cutting moment in relation to the calculated basic static relationship and determines an averaged cutting point of a filter roller considering the information about actual dimensions of the segments and their actual positioning in the roller, conveyed by a sensor. During manufacturing, the averaged cutting point is compared by the control system with the cutting moment and, in order to keep the length tolerance of the filter rod, dynamically corrected considering the information about the segments currently conveyed by the sensor.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is an X-ray memory characterised in that it contains a matrix of lutetium trioxide Lu2O3 doped with praseodymium and niobium or titatnium, as well as the use of the aforementioned material in medical diagnostics and radiation dosimetry.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method of modifying proteinaceous toxins through the addition of an NLS motif. The resulting cytotoxin facilitates the selective elimination of proliferating cells, particularly tumor cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an indication mechanism for an automatic applicator, particularly for insulin or other liquid preparations, particularly for multiple injection administration of set doses of a medicine from an exchangeable container, for example for the self-application of insulin by diabetes patients. An indication mechanism for an automatic applicator, having an assembly of at least two barrels movably coupled to each other has an indication barrel mounted on the driving barrel contains only marking on its external surface and is co-axially connected to the pull-push control nut.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an indication mechanism for an automatic applicator, particularly for insulin or other liquid preparations, particularly for multiple injection administration of set doses of a medicine from an exchangeable container, for example for the self-application of insulin by diabetes patients. An indication mechanism for an automatic applicator, having an assembly of at least two barrels movably coupled to each other has an indication barrel mounted on the driving barrel contains only marking on its external surface and is co-axially connected to the pull-push control nut.

Abstract: The system assisting the movement on steep surfaces provided with a cam mechanism is characterized in that the cam mechanism (5), which is a bistable system holding the wheels (1) in contact with the substrate (2) and the second one raised vertically above the first one, wherein the wheel (1) is connected with the connector (3), through which the axis (4) of the cam mechanism (5) passes in the middle of its length, which is composed of the ellipsoidal cam (8) rigidly fixed on the axle (4), which is positioned in one of two stable positions by means of the clamp (7), through the spring (6) resting on the body (9) of the mechanism (4). The ellipsoidal cam (8) and the clamp (7) are made of the material providing a low coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A power driven tool for rotating a mechanical element includes a housing including a base and a head connected to the base. The head has a yoke formed by opposing arms separated by an opening. A selectively operable motor is positioned in the housing having an output shaft that rotates relative to the housing during operation of the motor. A ratchet mechanism is mounted in the housing and includes an output drive at least partially mounted in the opening for rotation relative to the housing to rotate the mechanical element in a selected direction. A cap is positioned on the head of the housing across the opening forming the yoke. The cap reinforces the yoke during operation of the tool to prevent the arms from separating and blocking at least part of the opening between the arms to prevent debris from entering the ratchet mechanism.

Abstract: A freewheel mechanism comprising grips, mating with rolling-and-gripping rollers, that are mating with concave raceway, wherein it contains the rolling-and-rotating rollers, wherein the radius of the rolling-and-rotating roller is smaller than the radius of the rolling-and-gripping roller, wherein one or more rolling-and-rotating rollers and one or more rolling-and-gripping rollers are coaxially connected with each other, wherein each rolling-and-rotating roller is mating with one stationary interlock or rotary interlock, or rotary interlock provided with bearing, wherein each rolling-and-rotating roller is mating with one convex path, wherein the radius of the concave raceway is equal to the sum of the radius of the rolling-and-gripping roller, the radius of the rolling-and-rotating roller and the radius of the convex path. The disclosure relates also to a freewheel mechanism containing internally situated convex raceway and outside situated grips, concave paths and interlocks.

Abstract: A method for producing a graphene layer on a multilayered plate containing, as the graphene forming matrix, an external layer composed of a metal or a metal alloy and, as a support substrate, the transition metals and/or their alloys and/or metalloids and/or their solutions and compounds, the method involving subjecting the multilayered plate to heat treatment in the following stages: plate heating until the plate reaches a temperature that is between 0.5° C. and 50° C., annealing, at a constant or variable temperature from the temperature range, for a period between 60 and 600 seconds and cooling, with the cooling rate maintained between 0.1 and 2° C./min in the temperature range of 1,200° C.-1,050° C.