Abstract: A machine train includes a drive unit, preferably a steam turbine with axial exhaust flow, a geared turbine machine, and an additional compressor. The geared turbine machine has an integrated gear train with a drive pinion for driving turbine machine rotors via a large gear, and an output pinion of a rotational speed reduction power gear for driving the additional compressor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for an alarm (2) intended for beds (3) and similar locations that, e.g., old people, demented or handicapped persons are arranged to stay on and that is formed of a sensor (7) distributed on the bed and coupled to a monitoring unit (6) that is arranged to provide alarming. The sensor (7) is arranged to co-operate with a radio receiver (9), positioned remotely from the sensor (7), via radio communication, and is formed of a unit that is arranged to measure the difference of the capacitance of a medium in a compressed and in a free state, respectively. The sensor (7) is formed of a compressible plastic core having a conductive gel applied on at least one side thereof and that is covered, on each side, by an electrode each.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nano-imprinting stamp for imprinting nanometer-sized to mm-sized structures, the stamp (1) having a base part and a first and a second imprinting section (2,3), the first and second imprinting sections having a lithographic pattern (7) intended for imprinting in a receiving substrate. In a first aspect, the first and the second imprinting sections (2,3) are independently displaceable in a direction substantially parallel to an imprinting direction of the imprinting stamp. In a second aspect, the first and the second imprinting sections (2,3) are mechanically weakly coupled in a direction substantially parallel to an imprinting direction of the imprinting stamp. The stamp limits the effect of imperfections in or on the substrate to be imprinted with a lithographic pattern (7) and imperfections in or on the stamp and any combinations of such imperfections by localising the bending of the stamp to the base part (5) in-between the imprinting sections (2,3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to extracts containing beneficial plant secondary metabolites. In particular the present invention relates to plant extracts from butter trees and methods of producing such extracts. Applications of these extracts are furthermore disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to protein products with improved nutritional value, and enhanced organoleptic properties, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention provides fermented protein rich products on basis of fermented pulses and yeast, wherein the fermentation is followed by a heating step.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for simplifying manufacturing of electrical motors by making a sheet with a plurality of windings of a conductive wire. The sheet is rolled into a tubular body which is inserted into a tubular stator element made from a magnetically conductive material, and pressed into contact with an inner surface thereof. According to the invention, a part of an outer surface of a mandrel is covered with a non-adhesive layer and with an adhesive layer. Subsequently, a wire is coiled onto the mandrel in contact with the adhesive layer. Due to the non-adhesive layer, the coil may easily be removed from the mandrel, and due to the adhesive layer, the windings of the coil are kept in place during a subsequent flattening of the coil. Accordingly, disorder between the windings of the coil can be avoided and a motor with an improved capacity can be manufactured more easily.

Abstract: A ventilating device (1) comprises one or more impellers (2) extending in a longitudinal direction around an axis of rotation. Each of the impellers (2) is adapted to suck air from an ambient atmosphere in a transverse direction over a substantial part of the impeller's length. A coupling for transmitting a driving force from one impeller to another is disclosed. The ventilating device may be comprised in a unit with a cover (6) and a chassis, and it may be mounted to or around a heating or cooling pipe (3; 4) in a room of a building. A holding member (5) which may be connected to the cover (6) holds the pipe or pipes (3; 4) and/or one or more impellers (2). The device is easy to mount and may have improved energy efficiency. A building with a ventilating device, a method of operating the ventilating device, a system comprising a plurality of ventilating devices, and a mounting member for one or more pipes and/or one or more impellers are further provided.

Abstract: A method of producing hexose oxidase by recombinant DNA technology, recombinant hexose oxidase and the use of such enzyme, in particular in the manufacturing of food products such as doughs and dairy products, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, dental care products and in the manufacturing of lactones. Suitable sources of DNA coding for the enzyme are marine algal species including Chondrus crispus, Iridophycus flaccidum and Euthora cristata. In useful embodiments, the recombinant hexose oxidase is produced by Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or E. coli.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing an saponin-containing aqueous extract on the basis of a waste product from a butter tree of the Sapotaceae family, said method comprising the following steps: (i) mixing one part waste product with 4-30 parts of water; (ii) incubating the mixture formed in step (i) under alkaline conditions; and (iii) recovering an aqueous extract containing saponins by removing solids from the alkaline mixture formed in step (ii). The invention also relates to saponin-containing aqueous extracts obtainable by said method and uses thereof.

Abstract: According to the invention a system and method for controlling room temperature is provided wherein a set-point value for the temperature of a room is set. The temperature of a heating and/or cooling medium, i.e. the flow temperature, is determined and utilized by a control system to change the set-point value. Due to the changing of the set-point value, the controlling of the temperature is less influenced by thermal delay inertia which otherwise can cause the room temperature to rise to a value far beyond the set-point value. The invention is in particularly concerned with temperature control in buildings with a central heating or cooling installation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a product based on a sugar beet extract, which is useful as a flavor improver in ingestible products, particularly in foodstuffs, especially in beverages sweetened with other than natural sugar. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said product starting from various streams of the beet sugar manufacturing process. The process of the invention is based on membrane techniques and/or chromatographic fractionation. The invention also relates to the use of said product as a flavor improver in ingestible products. Furthermore, ingestible products including said product are covered by the invention. The invention also relates to a method of improving the flavor of ingestible products by adding said product to the ingestible product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate and a method for obtaining an electrophysiological measuring configuration in which a cell forms a high resistive seal (giga-seal) around a measuring electrode making it suitable for determining and monitoring a current flow through the cell membrane. The substrate is typically part of an apparatus for studying electrical events in cell membranes, such as an apparatus for carrying out patch clamp techniques utilised to study ion transfer channels in biological membranes. The substrate has a plurality or an array of measuring sites with integrated measuring and reference electrodes formed by wafer processing technology. The electrodes are adapted to conduct a current between them by delivery of ions by one electrode and receipt of ions by the other electrode and are typically silver/silver halide electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate and a method for obtaining an electrophysiological measuring configuration in which a cell forms a high resistive seal (giga-seal) around a measuring electrode making it suitable for determining and monitoring a current flow through the cell membrane. The substrate is typically part of an apparatus for studying electrical events in cell membranes, such as an apparatus for carrying out patch clamp techniques utilised to study ion transfer channels in biological membranes. The substrate has a plurality or an array of measuring sites with integrated measuring and reference electrodes formed by wafer processing technology. The electrodes are adapted to conduct a current between them by delivery of ions by one electrode and receipt of ions by the other electrode and are typically silver/silver halide electrodes.

Abstract: A ventilating device (1) comprises one or more impellers (2) extending in a longitudinal direction around an axis of rotation. Each of the impellers (2) is adapted to suck air from an ambient atmosphere in a transverse direction over a substantial part of the impeller's length. A coupling for transmitting a driving force from one impeller to another is disclosed. The ventilating device may be comprised in a unit with a cover (6) and a chassis, and it may be mounted to or around a heating or cooling pipe (3; 4) in a room of a building. A holding member (5) which may be connected to the cover (6) holds the pipe or pipes (3; 4) and/or one or more impellers (2). The device is easy to mount and may have improved energy efficiency. A building with a ventilating device, a method of operating the ventilating device, a system comprising a plurality of ventilating devices, and a mounting member for one or more pipes and/or one or more impellers are further provided.

Abstract: A polymer-based flexible structure with integrated sensing/actuator means is presented. Conventionally, silicon has been used as a piezo-resistive material due to its high gauge factor and thereby high sensitivity to strain changes in a sensor. By using the fact that e.g. an SU-8 based polymer is much softer than silicon and that e.g. a gold resistor is easily incorporated in SU-8 based polymer structure it has been demonstrated that a SU-8 based cantilever sensor is almost as sensitive to stress changes as the silicon piezo-resistive cantilever.

Abstract: A polymer-based flexible structure with integrated sensing/actuator means is presented. Conventionally, silicon has been used as a piezo-resistive material due to its high gauge factor and thereby high sensitivity to strain changes in a sensor. By using the fact that e.g. an SU-8 polymer is much softer than silicon and that e.g. a gold resistor is easily incorporated in SU-8 polymer structure it has been demonstrated that a SU-8 based cantilever sensor is almost as sensitive to stress changes as the silicon piezo-resistive cantilever.

Abstract: A combination power plant is provided with a gas turbine (1) with generator (28) and with steam generators (2, 10) for a steam turbine (6) with generator (29), wherein the exhaust gas of the gas turbine (1) is fed to a first waste heat boiler (2) with superheaters (23, 24), economizer (3), HP evaporator (22) and auxiliary burner (27), and flue gases of a thermal conversion unit are fed to a second waste heat boiler (10). A high-pressure (HP) evaporator (16) with a supporting tube system (13) and HP steam collecting drum (11), on the one hand, and a low-pressure (LP) evaporator (17) with a supporting tube system (14) and LP steam collecting drum (12), on the other hand, are arranged in the second waste heat boiler (10), through which flue gases flow. The P evaporator (16) is connected via a steam line (21) to the first (23) and second HP steam superheaters (24) arranged in the first waste heat boiler (2).

Abstract: In a pocket of flexible sheet material comprising: a) a plurality of holes placed adjacent at least one edge of said pocket and adapted for releasable engagement with means capable of penetrating said holes, the main novel feature is b) that for each hole, a slit extends from said edge into the hole, each slit being rectilinear and opening tangentially into the hole concerned at the part of said hole lying most distant from said edge, the region adjacent said edge and in which said holes are formed being reinforced. With this arrangement, the pocket can be inserted into and removed from a loose-leaf ring binder without opening the rings by carrying out a simple procedure, at the same time ensuring that the pocket will not be pulled out inadvertingly, such as by weight of heavy documents in the pocket. It is also possible to use the pocket in a ring binder in which the rings are not adapted to be opened.

Abstract: A solid state silicon-based condenser microphone comprising a silicon transducer chip (1). The transducer chip includes a backplate (13) and a diaphragm (12) arranged substantially parallel to each other with a small air gap in between, thereby forming an electrical capacitor. The diaphragm (12) is movable relative to the backplate (13) in response to incident sound. An integrated electronic circuit chip (3) or ASIC is electrically coupled to the transducer chip (1). An intermediate layer (2) fixes the transducer chip (1) to the integrated electronic circuit chip (3) with the transducer chip (1) on a first side of the intermediate layer (2) and the integrated electronic circuit chip (3) on a second side of the intermediate layer (2) opposite the first side. The intermediate layer (2) has a sound inlet (4) on the same side as the ASIC giving access of sound to the diaphragm.

Abstract: A Micromechanical Microphone is formed with a housing and a transducer therein. The housing has a sound inlet on one side of the transducer and a pressure compensation hole on the opposite side. A sealing diaphragm is placed on each side of the transducer to seal it against humidity, dust and dirt. The transducer may be a capacitive transducer with an external bias or an electret based transducer. The microphone is useful in small devices such as hearing aides.