Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body and members (2, 3, 4) for driving the body over the immersed surface, a filtration chamber which is provided in the body and which has: a liquid inlet (9) located at the base of the body; a liquid outlet (10) arranged opposite the base of the body; a hydraulic circuit for flow of liquid between this liquid inlet (9) and this liquid outlet (10) through a filtering device (11); a liquid pumping device (12, 13, 14) comprising a pumping motor (12) which has a rotating drive shaft (13) which is coupled to a pumping propeller (14) which is interposed in the hydraulic circuit, wherein the liquid outlet (10) is longitudinally offset from the liquid inlet (9) and the pumping propeller (14) has an inclined rotation axis (51) which forms, with the longitudinal direction, an angle which is not equal to zero and which is different from 90°.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body (1), members (2, 3, 4) for driving this body (1) over the immersed surface in a longitudinal direction, comprising a wheel (2), a device (4) for brushing the immersed surface, a mechanism for rotating the brushing device (4) about a brushing axis, wherein the driving mechanism of the brushing device (4) comprises: an internally toothed ring (5) which is fixedly joined to a wheel (2), a brush pinion (42) which is fixedly joined to the brushing device (4) and which is engaged in the ring (5) of this drive wheel (2) in such a manner that a rotation of this drive wheel (2) brings about a rotation of the brushing device (4) about the brushing axis thereof in the same rotation direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body and members for driving the hollow body over the immersed surface; a filtration chamber which is provided in the hollow body and which has: a liquid inlet (9); a liquid outlet; a hydraulic circuit for flow of liquid between the inlet (9) and the outlet through a filtering device, wherein the filtering device comprises a first filtering shell (55) which extends towards the rear of the hollow body, from a front opening (64); a second shell (49) which is fitted to the first shell at the front thereof, these shells being able to be fitted together so as to form an integral filtering casing (49, 55); in which case the second shell (49) closes the front opening (64) of the first shell, with the exception of a liquid inlet passage; the two shells being able to be separated from each other by disengaging the front opening (64) of the first shell (55) which acts as an opening for emptying this shell.

Abstract: he invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body and members for driving the hollow body over the immersed surface in a main direction of advance; a filtration chamber which is provided in the hollow body and which has: a liquid inlet conduit (15) which extends inside the hollow body and which has a lower end (81) which forms a liquid inlet (9) and an opposing upper end (82) which opens into a filtering device (11); a liquid outlet out of the hollow body; a hydraulic circuit for the flow of liquid between the inlet (9) and the liquid outlet through the filtering device (11), wherein the inlet conduit (15) has a regular cross-section whose surface-area varies from the lower end (81) thereof up to a maximum value at the upper end (82) thereof which opens in the filtering device (11).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface, comprising a hollow body and members for driving the body over the immersed surface, a filtration chamber which has a liquid inlet (9) in the hollow body located at the base of the hollow body, at least one liquid outlet (10) out of the hollow body, a hydraulic circuit for flow of liquid between the inlet (9) and the outlet (10) through a filtering device (11), wherein it comprises: at least one rear outlet, and a rigid wall (16) which is arranged in the filtering device (11) and which extends in a direction which is non-parallel with at least one direction which connects an inlet (9) and an outlet (10) in order to form an obstacle to the flow of liquid from this inlet (9) to this outlet (10) which brings about a swirling flow of liquid in the filtering device downstream of this rigid wall (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body; members (2, 3, 4) for driving the body; a filtration chamber (8) which has: a liquid inlet (9) and a liquid outlet (10); a filtering device (11) which is removably mounted in the filtration chamber (8); a hydraulic circuit for the flow of liquid between the inlet (9) and the outlet (10) through the filtering device (11); an axial pumping propeller (14) which is interposed in the hydraulic circuit; a flap (6) for access to the filtering device (11), wherein the pumping propeller (14) is orientated in order to generate a liquid flow with a horizontal component towards the rear, the outlet (10) being opposite the propeller; the pumping motor (12) is arranged below the hydraulic circuit; the access flap (6) is arranged at the top and/or towards the front of the hydraulic circuit in order to allow the filtering device (11) to be disassembled via the top and/or towards the front.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body and members for driving the body over the immersed surface; a filtration chamber which is provided in the hollow body and which has: a liquid inlet; a liquid outlet; a hydraulic circuit for the flow of liquid between the inlet and the outlet through a filtering device (11), wherein the filtering device (11) comprises a filtering casing (49, 55) which is removably mounted in the filtration chamber and which can be inserted into/removed from the filtration chamber in one piece, and the filtering casing (49, 55) has at least a lower end which opens at the base of the hollow body and which constitutes a liquid inlet into the hollow body of the device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for in vitro diagnosis or prognosis of testicular cancer which comprises a step of detecting the presence or absence of at least one expression product from at least one nucleic acid sequence selected from the sequences identified in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 6 or from the sequences which exhibit at least 99% identity with one of the sequences identified in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 6, to isolated nucleic acid sequences and to the use thereof as a testicular cancer marker.

Abstract: A lateral transmission casing for a self-propelled running swimming pool cleaner, comprises a housing, an input shaft provided with elements for removable coupling with a clutch shaft of the apparatus, at least an output shaft provided with elements for removable coupling with a running member of the apparatus, elements for transmitting the powering rotary movement between the input shaft and each output shaft, the housing bearing and guiding the shafts and the transmission elements. Detachable mounting elements enable the casing to be rigidly and removably fixed into a single-piece assembly on the side of the apparatus. The invention also concerns an apparatus equipped with such a casing, and its maintenance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating transcripts from: at least one RNA sequence to be amplified comprising a “primer” region and a region of interest, and an amplification primer comprising a promoter region, and a region capable of hybridizing to said “primer” region of the RNA sequence to be amplified, said method being carried out at constant temperature, and comprising the following steps: a) said primer is hybridized with the RNA to be amplified, b) the primer is extended by means of a reverse transcriptase enzymatic activity in order to generate a complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) sequence of the RNA to be amplified, c) the RNA to be amplified, hybridized to said cDNA, is cleaved by means of an enzyme that has a ribonuclease H activity, so as to obtain fragments of RNA to be amplified, hybridized to said cDNA, d) the ends of said fragments of RNA to be amplified are extended by means of a reverse transcriptase and strand displacement enzyme, so as to obtain RNA-DNA/DNA hybr

Abstract: The invention relates to am immersed surface cleaning device comprising a filtering chamber (6) provided, through a lower rigid wall (8), with at least one liquid inlet (9a, 9b) which has a non-return unit at least one filter (7) remote from each liquid inlet (9a, 9b) in such a way that a solid impurities retaining area (12) is defined and with a hydraulic circuit for forming a liquid flow by pumping means (4). At least one non-return unit comprises an anti-return conduit (20) which extends through the retaining area (12) away from the liquid inlet and whose free end (21) enters said retaining area (12), wherein the conduit is used for preventing at least the passage of impurities in an opposite direction from the retaining area through the liquid inlet at least when said pumping means is unused.

Abstract: A lateral transmission casing (6) for a self-propelled running swimming pool cleaner, comprises a housing, an input shaft provided with elements for removable coupling with a clutch shaft (2) of the apparatus, at least an output shaft provided with elements for removable coupling with a running member (13, 14) of the apparatus, elements for transmitting the powering rotary movement between the input shaft and each output shaft, the housing bearing and guiding the shafts and the transmission elements. Detachable mounting elements enable the casing to be rigidly and removably fixed (6) into a single-piece assembly on the side of the apparatus. The invention also concerns an apparatus equipped with such a casing (6), and its maintenance method.

Abstract: A self-propelled running apparatus for cleaning a surface immersed in a liquid, includes a tranverse running member having two ends through which it is mounted rotatable on a frame about a tranverse axis of rotation, a device for driving in rotation the member and a frame-mounted guide borne by the frame. The guide is adapted to enable, without dismantling relative to the frame the frame-mounted guide and without dismantling the frame itself, at least the displacement of the running member between a working position and a maintenance position.

Abstract: The invention concerns a self-propelled running apparatus for cleaning an immersed surface, comprising in combination a rigid transverse motor housing (1), two lateral flanges (6) rigidly fixed on either side of the motor housing (1) so as to form a rigid H-shaped frame (72), a front transverse wall (9) removably fixed to said frame (72), a rear transverse wall (10), a base (11) provided with water inlets (66) and a top hood (5) fixed to the frame (72) provided with a top orifice (4) for water evacuation, a unidirectional hydraulic circuit being provided from the inlets (66) between the transverse walls (9, 10), the motor housing (1) and the flanges (6), up to the top orifice (4) of the hood (5).

Abstract: The invention concerns a self-propelled running apparatus for cleaning a surface immersed in a liquid, comprising at least a transverse running member (15), having two axial ends through which it is mounted rotatable on a frame about a transverse axis of rotation, means guiding in rotation said running member, including means driving in rotation said member through at least one of its axial ends, and whereof a part at least, called frame-mounted guide means, is borne by the frame.

Abstract: A lateral transmission casing (6) for a self-propelled running swimming pool cleaner, comprises a housing, an input shaft provided with elements for removable coupling with a clutch shaft (2) of the apparatus, at least an output shaft provided with elements for removable coupling with a running member (13, 14) of the apparatus, elements for transmitting the powering rotary movement between the input shaft and each output shaft, the housing bearing and guiding the shafts and the transmission elements. Detachable mounting elements enable the casing to be rigidly and removably fixed (6) into a single-piece assembly on the side of the apparatus. The invention also concerns an apparatus equipped with such a casing (6), and its maintenance method.