Abstract: The present disclosure provides an accumulator system that utilizes an ionic liquid for pressurizing gases. In particular, the accumulator system of the present disclosure avoids use of any internal mechanical parts, e.g., a bladder or a piston, thereby eliminating any potential for mechanical failure experienced by conventional accumulators.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling an element, such as a shutter, for a motor vehicle heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system, comprising: —an arm (31) comprising an opening (3) so as to define a ring the inner circumference (4) of which at least partially comprises a rack (5) and an axial retaining means (14), —a toothed wheel (11) intended to be rigidly connected to an axis and shaped to cooperate with the axial retaining means (14) and the rack (5) so as to cause the element to move.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cam-operated device (5) for controlling at least one component, said device comprising a cam (6) comprising at least one first camway (7, 8) on a first face and a second camway (9) on an opposite face, said first camway (7, 8) having a depth, measured starting from an opening, at the level of said first face, of said first camway, and said second camway (9) having a depth, measured starting from an opening, at the level of said opposite face, of said second camway, a height of the cam (6), measured between the opening of the first and second camways, being less than the sum of the depths of the camways (7, 8, 9).

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating securities transactions are shown. In one embodiment, the method provides receiving a collection of order information from one or more order management systems, such that the order information for each order includes a security name and a side, searching for matching contra order information within the collection of order information, such that each matching contra information includes a buy side order information and a sell side order information, sending at least one side of the matching contra order information to at least one user workstation, and displaying the at least one side of the matching contra order information to a user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating securities transactions are shown. In one embodiment, the method provides for receiving order information from an order management system, sending a subset of the order information to an electronic trading marketplace, receiving a quantity value from the electronic trading marketplace corresponding to a quantity of shares in a matched contra-interest, determining whether an available quantity of shares in the order information is at least the received quantity value, sending a commitment message to the electronic trading marketplace if the received quantity value is less than or equal to the available quantity of shares in the order information, and sending a deny trade message to the electronic trading marketplace if the received quantity value is greater than the available quantity of shares in the order information.

Abstract: A method for facilitating securities transactions is shown. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying, by a computer system from an OMS comprising a plurality of stored security orders, a subset of orders specifying at least a minimum available quantity; transmitting, by the computer system to an ETM, a non-binding indication corresponding to one order of the subset of orders, the non-binding indication comprising a security identifier and the order type; receiving, by the computer system, an indication that a match exists to the non-binding indication; determining, by the computer system, a total available quantity for the order corresponding to the non-binding indication; and transmitting, by the OMS, a binding order corresponding to the non-binding indication, the binding order comprising the determined total available quantity. Corresponding systems are also described.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating securities transactions are shown. In one embodiment, the method provides for receiving order information from an order management system, sending a subset of the order information to an electronic trading marketplace, receiving a quantity value from the electronic trading marketplace corresponding to a quantity of shares in a matched contra-interest, determining whether an available quantity of shares in the order information is at least the received quantity value, sending a commitment message to the electronic trading marketplace if the received quantity value is less than or equal to the available quantity of shares in the order information, and sending a deny trade message to the electronic trading marketplace if the received quantity value is greater than the available quantity of shares in the order information.

Abstract: A method for facilitating securities transactions is shown. In one embodiment, the method provides for pricing shares of stock traded between anonymous parties without requiring pricing negotiations between parties. The method can include matching, via an electronic trading system, a first party and a second party in response to receiving contra binding orders for a security from the parties, transmitting, to each of the parties, an indication of the matching, receiving, via an electronic trading system, a first trade confirmation from the first party, determining, for the security, a midpoint of a price spread at the time the first trade confirmation was entered, receiving, via the electronic trading system, a second trade confirmation for the security from the second party, and executing, via the electronic trading system, a transaction for the security between the first and second parties, wherein the security price is determined in response to the determined midpoint.

Abstract: A method for facilitating securities transactions is shown. In one embodiment, the method provides for pricing shares of stock traded between anonymous parties without requiring pricing negotiations between parties. The method can include matching, via an electronic trading system, a first party and a second party in response to receiving contra binding orders for a security from the parties, transmitting, to each of the parties, an indication of the matching, receiving, via an electronic trading system, a first trade confirmation from the first party, determining, for the security, a midpoint of a price spread at the time the first trade confirmation was entered, receiving, via the electronic trading system, a second trade confirmation for the security from the second party, and executing, via the electronic trading system, a transaction for the security between the first and second parties, wherein the security price is determined in response to the determined midpoint.

Abstract: A method for facilitating securities transactions is shown. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying, by a computer system from an OMS comprising a plurality of stored security orders, a subset of orders specifying at least a minimum available quantity; transmitting, by the computer system to an ETM, a non-binding indication corresponding to one order of the subset of orders, the non-binding indication comprising a security identifier and the order type; receiving, by the computer system, an indication that a match exists to the non-binding indication; determining, by the computer system, a total available quantity for the order corresponding to the non-binding indication; and transmitting, by the OMS, a binding order corresponding to the non-binding indication, the binding order comprising the determined total available quantity. Corresponding systems are also described.

Abstract: The present invention describes a microbial fermentation process using a fermentation medium comprising a complex nitrogen source, wherein a substantial part of the nitrogen (N) that is supplied by the complex nitrogen source is provided by faba bean meal. The use of faba bean meal has a viscosity lowering effect as compared to the use of a complex nitrogen source other than faba bean meal.

Abstract: A display stand for a gun comprising a base having a stanchion extending upwardly therefrom and with a post movably mounted on the stanchion such that the post may be vertically adjusted with respect thereto, and a retaining assembly extending outwardly from a distal end of the post, the retaining assembly having first and second cooperative clamping members arranged to receive a gun barrel therebetween. The display stand includes various security features to prevent easy removal of a gun therefrom.

Abstract: A display stand for a gun comprising a base having a stanchion extending upwardly therefrom and with a post movably mounted on the stanchion such that the post may be vertically adjusted with respect thereto, and a retaining assembly extending outwardly from a distal end of the post, the retaining assembly having first and second cooperative clamping members arranged to receive a gun barrel therebetween. The display stand includes various security features to prevent easy removal of a gun therefrom.

Abstract: A continuous pyrolysis and decoking process and apparatus is described for the production of acetylenic compounds, in which hydrocarbons and steam are circulated in at least one tube (31) of a steam cracking reactor (30) and steam is circulated in at least one tube (32) of that reactor. The hydrocarbon effluent and steam then circulate in at least one row (1) of a pyrolysis reactor (40) and the decoking effluent comprising steam circulate in at least one other row (2) of that reactor (4) to effect decoking. A set of valves V1, V2, V11, V12 is used to alternate the pyrolysis step path and the decoking step path. The temperature in the steam cracking furnaces is lower than that in the pyrolysis reactor.

Abstract: A continuous pyrolysis and decoking process and apparatus is described for the production of acetylenic compounds, in which hydrocarbons and steam are circulated in at least one tube (31) of a steam cracking reactor (30) and steam is circulated in at least one tube (32) of that reactor. The hydrocarbon effluent and steam then circulate in at least one row (1) of a pyrolysis reactor (40) and the decoking effluent comprising steam circulate in at least one other row (2) of that reactor (4) to effect decoking. A set of valves V1, V2, V11, V12 is used to alternate the pyrolysis step path and the decoking step path. The temperature in the steam cracking furnaces is lower than that in the pyrolysis reactor.