Abstract: A carrier includes a carrier body configured to be supported on a robot to transport one or more process kit rings within a substrate processing system. The carrier further includes fingers extending from the carrier body. The fingers are configured to support the one or more process kit rings. A first finger of the plurality of fingers includes an upper surface that forms a recess to receive the one or more process kit rings.

Abstract: A substrate conveying robot includes a hand sensor provided on a substrate holding hand, and a hand circuit substrate provided on the substrate holding hand and connected to the hand sensor, and a serial communication connection is made between a robot controller and the hand circuit substrate through an inside of an arm.

Abstract: A linear motor conveyor system including: a track comprising a shaped guide rail; a plurality of moving elements, each moving element having: a body; at least two bearings supported by the body and configured to match with the shaped guide rail, wherein the bearings are mounted to the moving element such that the moving elements overlap along the direction of the track providing a reduced tooling pitch between the moving elements. A moving element for moving on a track of a conveyor system, the moving element including: a first set of bearings shaped to match with a first shaped guide rail; a second set of bearings configured to abut against a second guide rail; and a body supporting the first and the second bearing, wherein the body is shaped to allow the first bearing to at least partially overlap the body of an adjacent moving element.

Abstract: Provided is a logistics palletizing system.

Abstract: A de-stacking device includes a de-stacking element, a supporting element for supporting a lid stack, and a groove for receiving and discharging a separated lid. The groove is arranged on the de-stacking element and the supporting element. The de-stacking device further includes a separating element, which is arranged on a first end of the groove such that the lid can be separated from the lid stack and can be received by the groove.

Abstract: An apparatus for moving containers may include a stacking system for forming several overlapping layers of containers and a feeding line for feeding the containers to the stacking system. The stacking system may include a first pick-up head for picking up a group of the containers from the feeding line to form one of the layers. The first pick-up head may include one or more suction nozzles for sucking the group of containers and lateral compression sides which laterally retain the group of containers.

Abstract: An exemplary system for filling a holding tank with agricultural product generally includes a supply line. The supply line includes an inlet, a plurality of outlets, and a plurality of junctions. The inlet is connected with a conveyance device such that the supply line is operable to receive a flowing agricultural product blown by the conveyance device. The outlets are open to a holding space of the holding tank, and includes a first outlet and a second outlet. The plurality of junctions includes a first junction associated with the first outlet, and a second junction associated with the second outlet. The first junction is configured to direct agricultural product to flow out of the first outlet until the first outlet becomes blocked, and to thereafter direct agricultural product to flow toward the second junction. The second junction is configured to direct agricultural product to flow out of the second outlet.

Abstract: A recording device 11 includes a device main body 20 including a recording section 25; a placement tray 21 on which a medium M is configured to be placed; and a cassette 22 provided below the recording section 25 and the placement tray 21 and configured to accommodate a medium M. The device main body 20 includes a first path 41 configured to feed medium M placed on the placement tray 21 to the recording section 25 and further to transport the recorded medium and a second path 42 configured to transport medium placed on the placement tray 21 to the cassette 22.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance device includes a cover member, a sheet stacking tray, a control portion, and an optical sensor. The cover member has a stationary rib that enters and retreats from an optical path along with opening and closing of the cover member, and a swingable rib that enters and retreats from the optical path along with up-down movement of the sheet on the sheet stacking tray. The control portion, based on an amount of received light incident on the optical sensor, detects an opened state and a closed state of the cover member and an up-down position of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking tray.

Abstract: A sheet dropping portion abuts on a sheet conveyed in a first conveyance direction by a pair of conveyance rotary members from above to drop the sheet onto a placement portion by pivoting from an upper position to a lower position. The guide portion is arranged above the placement portion and extends toward the placement portion, and guides the sheet toward an abutment portion in a case where the sheet on the placement portion conveyed in a second conveyance direction opposite to the first conveyance direction by a reverse conveyance portion comes into contact with the guide portion. The sheet dropping portion located at the lower position overlaps a part of the guide portion when viewed in a rotational axis direction of the pair of conveyance rotary members.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a pick roller feeding a medium, a separation roller located on a downstream side of the pick roller, a conveyance roller located on a downstream side of the separation roller, a medium sensor being located on a downstream side of the separation roller and detecting the medium, a lift sensor detecting a lift of the medium on an upstream side of the conveyance roller, a passing sensor being located on an upstream side of the separation roller and detecting passing of the medium, and a processor to determine that the medium is a predetermined medium when a lift of the medium and passing of the medium are detected in a predetermined period after the medium is detected, and execute abnormality control when the medium is determined to be the predetermined medium.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a pick roller, a first lift sensor located on one side of the pick roller, a second lift sensor located on another side of the pick roller, a first detection sensor located on a same side as the first lift sensor, a second detection sensor located on a same side as the second lift sensor, and a processor to determine whether the medium is a predetermined medium, based on a detection result of a lift of the medium by the first or second lift sensor and to execute abnormality control when the medium is determined to be the predetermined medium, wherein the processor makes it difficult for the medium to be determined as a predetermined medium when it is detected that the first detection sensor side of the medium precedes the second detection sensor side.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of correcting a lateral deviation and/or a skew of a sheet. A pair of conveying rollers convey the sheet to a transfer position of an image. An image sensor reads the sheet on an upstream side of the transfer position in a sheet conveying direction. A control device senses a foreign substance on a reading surface of the image sensor as well as calculate a lateral deviation amount and/or a skew amount of the sheet based on an output signal of the image sensor.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to correct the deviation of a sheet in the width direction occurring on a conveyance path from a sheet correction mechanism (4) to a discharge tray. A sheet shift portion (41, 43, 44) moves a sheet in the width direction. A conveying position detecting portion (45, 46, 47) detects the position of the sheet in the width direction. A discharge position detecting portion (54, 8a) detects a discharge position of the sheet, in the width direction, discharged onto a discharge tray (33) in a sheet discharge portion (31). A control portion (8b) derives an amount of deviation between the discharge position and a discharge reference position based on a detection result of the discharge position detecting portion (54, 8a). Furthermore, the control portion (8b) corrects a conveying position of the sheet in a sheet conveying portion according to the amount of deviation.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes a tray having a plurality of sheets, a feeder to successively convey sheets stacked on the tray, a controller, and a double-feed sensor to detect double feed when the feeder conveys a plurality of sheets in an overlapping manner. When a double-feed length, which corresponds to a length, in a conveyance direction of the sheet, of a region in which the double feed has been detected by the double-feed sensor, is larger than a predetermined distance, the controller determines that the double feed has occurred. When the double-feed length is smaller than the predetermined distance and a sheet size is smaller than a predetermined size, the controller determines that the double feed has occurred. When the double-feed length is smaller than the predetermined distance and the sheet size is larger than the predetermined size, the controller determines that the double feed has not occurred.

Abstract: The medium feeding device includes a skew correction mechanism including a first lever member and a second lever member displaceable between an advanced position contactable with a document and a retracted position retracted from a transport path, and a first load member and a second load member displaceable between a blocking position at which a part of the transport path in a width direction is blocked and an opening position at which the transport path is opened without being blocked, and the first load member and the second load member overlap at least a part of a transport roller when seen in the width direction when they are located at the blocking position.

Abstract: A method for extracting a core (1) from a reel (2) of paper is described, where the reel (1) has been wound in a winding station upstream of an extraction station (100) of the core (1); the method comprises the steps of providing an extraction element (3) having an expandable element (4), shaped to enter, when in the non-expanded form, within a cavity (5) defined by the inner wall (6) of the core (1) of the reel (2), the core (1) extends according to a central axis (X) which is substantially horizontal when the reel (2) is positioned for extraction; inserting the expandable element (4) of the extraction element (3) in the cavity (5) of the core (1) on which a roll of paper (20) is wound; expanding the expandable element (4) until it engages the inner wall (6) of the core (1); pulling the extraction element (3) in the opposite direction to that of insertion, to extract the core (1) from the reel (2); bring the expandable element (4) back to the non-expanded form; extracting the expandable element (4) from the

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for positionally accurate processing of a material web in a web-processing process for the series production of products, in particular for producing membrane assemblies, wherein a shaped element (2) is introduced into the material web (1) or a shaped element (2) is applied to the material web (1), wherein multiple reference marks (3) per product are created when the shaped element (2) is being introduced into or when the shaped element (2) is being applied to the material web, and, in a subsequent process step for positionally accurate processing of the material web (1) relative to the shaped element (2) of a product, the position of at least one of the multiple reference marks (3) of this product and/or at least one of the multiple reference marks (3) of a following and/or a preceding product is detected.

Abstract: A guide roller and a method for manufacturing a guide roller combines a cost-efficient manufacture and hard, wear-resistant webs for contact with a substrate. An at least one web consists of a second material which differs from a first material of a base body. The webs or the at least one web is applied to the base body by means of a deposition welding process, a thermal spraying process, a plasma transferred arc spraying process, a laser deposition welding process, or by means of an additive manufacturing process. Guide rollers of this type are used on machines that process substrate webs or substrate strands, such as web-fed printing presses, systems for processing already printed substrate webs or similar systems.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an ejection port, a stacker, a fan, and a duct. From the ejection port, a sheet is ejected to an ejection space in an ejection direction. The stacker stacks the sheet ejected from the ejection port, and the ejection space is disposed above the stacker. The fan is disposed outside the ejection space to suck air. The duct is connected to the fan. The duct has an exhaust port and a guide. The exhaust port is disposed above the ejection port and downstream from the ejection port in the ejection direction to exhaust the air from the exhaust port toward an upper face of the sheet in the ejection space. The guide connects the fan and the exhaust port to guide the air from the fan to the exhaust port.

Abstract: A holding unit of a rotation unit includes a shaft hole through which a rotation shaft passes, and is fixed in a state of being attached to the rotation shaft by sliding in an axis direction of the rotation shaft. A conveying force applying unit includes a base portion provided with a fitting hole that fits an outer circumference of the holding unit and an opening portion in communication with the fitting hole, and a contact part provided to the base portion. The base portion is configured to deform, and the conveying force applying unit is configured to be attached to and detached from the holding unit via the opening portion in a direction crossing the axis direction of the rotation shaft.

Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes: a binder that performs a binding process on a recording medium; and a moisture supplier that supplies moisture in a form of mist to a binding portion of the recording medium, the binding portion being a portion subjected to the binding process performed by the binder.

Abstract: A guide portion guides a binding unit in a first direction and a second direction. The guide portion includes a pair of first wall portions, a pair of second wall portions, a pair of third wall portions, and a restricting portion. A first protrusion is engageable between the pair of first wall portions and between the pair of second wall portions. A second protrusion is disposed upstream of the first protrusion in the first direction, and is engageable with the pair of first wall portions and the pair of third wall portions. The restricting portion restricts entry of the first protrusion from between the pair of first wall portions to between the pair of third wall portions and permits entry of the second protrusion from between the pair of first wall portions to between the pair of third wall portions.

Abstract: In a case where a binding unit performs a binding process at the corner portion on a first end side in a width direction of the sheet in the second posture, an abutment operation of conveying the sheet and abutting the downstream end edge of the sheet in a conveyance direction against the abutment portion, and a shift operation of moving the sheet to a position where the sheet does not contact a back side surface of the binding unit when the binding unit is in the second posture, on a second end side in the width direction with respect to a position of the sheet conveyed to the placement portion are performed. Then a movable turning unit turns the binding unit from a first posture to the second posture, and the binding process is performed by the binding unit in the second posture.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods (100a or 100b or 100c) and machinery (200a, 200b & 200c) for making informational items (550a, 550b & 540c). The methods comprise steps of feeding a sheet (480a, 480b 480c) to a first folding machine (210a, 210b, 210c) for obtaining a strip (500a, 500b 500c).The strip is virtually divided into equal segments by marking fold lines thereon. A first cross folds on the strip using a second folding machine for obtaining a first folded strip (510a or 510b) having a first folded segment (512a or 512b) and a second folded segment (514a or 514b) with equal or unequal predefined lengths. A plurality of cross folds is performed on the first folded strip for making the final informational item. The methods and the machinery decrease the value of the ratio of the layer thickness (ts), thereby increases the easiness of folding operations.

Abstract: A vehicle supported system having a support frame, a support surface, a number of a coil handlers and a coil leveler, all supported upon the support surface. The coil handlers are configured to rotatably support a coil of reinforcing bar material in a manner which allows the reinforcing bar materials to be unwound and fed from the coil. The coil leveler may be configured to receive the reinforcing bar materials and to perform a straightening operation which will provide a straightened rebar material at an output of the mobile outfeed device. The system may also include a mobile cutter positioned adjacent outfeed device to cut reinforcing bar materials to a desired length when that length has been provided through the output.

Abstract: A rope pulling apparatus including a drum for having rope wound therearound and a drive apparatus for providing power to the rope pulling apparatus and driving the drum's rotations. The rope pulling apparatus also includes a speed control apparatus monitoring the rope being pulled and wound on the drum and a controller for determining the speed of the rope and adjusting the drive apparatus to speed up or slow down the rotation of the drum responsive to the speed of the rope. A method of winding rope on a drum at a constant rope speed. The method includes winding a rope at a desired constant rope speed onto a drum with a rope pulling apparatus and determining a speed of the rope. The method also includes adjusting power of the rope pulling apparatus to achieve the desired constant speed.

Abstract: A winding unit for an electric vehicle charging cable includes a rotationally symmetrical reel unit, a rotationally symmetrical internal body, and a rotationally symmetrical round outlet plate. The winding unit has a first winding region, onto which a cable can be wound, and a second winding region in a radial peripheral region of the reel unit. The second winding region is adjacent to the first winding region so that a cable in the second winding region can be wound from a region close to the first winding region alongside one another in the direction of the round outlet plate opposite to a winding direction in the first winding region. The second winding region extends over a radial portion of the internal body. The round outlet plate is rotatable a predetermined number of revolutions together with the reel unit and in order to then be blocked, so that a cable is pushed out of the outlet opening.

Abstract: An elevator system has an elevator operating device and an activation device. The operating device is connected to the elevator controller and is arranged on a floor. The operating device has a first radio device, an audio device and a touchscreen for inputting a destination floor desired by a passenger and for outputting travel information. The activation device has an actuation device accessible to the passenger, has a second radio device for radio communication with the first radio device, and is arranged within radio range of the operating device. When the actuation device is actuated by the passenger, the second radio device transmits an activation radio signal. The operating device then switches from a normal operating mode to a special operating mode, in which an operating instruction for a call input by the passenger is generated, and when the call input is complete, switches back to the normal operating mode.

Abstract: An elevator controller according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit that receives, from a mobile terminal, signals each including information about elevator halls; and a determination unit that makes a determination for guiding a user on a basis of the information about the elevator halls received by the communication unit. The communication unit receives, from the mobile terminal, a first signal including floor registration elevator hall information, and after that, receives, from the mobile terminal, a second signal including registered floor return elevator hall information. On a basis of the first signal and the second signal, the determination unit determines whether or not an elevator at a registered floor return elevator hall is an elevator that goes to a floor registration elevator hall and, when the elevator is the elevator that goes to the floor registration elevator hall, notifies the mobile terminal the determination result.

Abstract: A method for estimating rope slip in an elevator system, includes: during a normal operation mode of the elevator system, determining whether one or more predefined operational conditions are fulfilled; and if one or more of the predefined operational conditions are fulfilled, estimating rope slip in the elevator system during the normal operation mode of the elevator system.

Abstract: A mobile device and a guard unit are utilized to ensure the performance of a safety activity needed to be executed before starting and/or ending an operation of an elevator. Furthermore, according to a method to be performed by such a mobile device and a guard unit, the mobile device or the guard unit provides a request to perform the safety activity for a user of the mobile device via a human-machine interface, and the mobile device sends a permission message to the elevator to permit the starting or ending of the operation of the elevator in response to an answer provided by the user to the request via the human-machine interface.

Abstract: A vacuum-assisted panel lifter includes a lifter attachment jib having a proximal end for mounting the vacuum-assisted panel lifter to an arm of a work vehicle and having a distal end that includes a rotator. The lifter includes a lifter frame rotationally mounted to the rotator and a plurality of modular vacuum-assisted lift pad assemblies. Each of the plurality of modular vacuum-assisted lift pad assemblies comprises a suction cup and a double-acting pneumatic actuator to displace the suction cup into engagement with a panel to be lifted. The double-acting pneumatic actuator furthermore creates a vacuum inside the suction cup when the suction cup engages the panel.

Abstract: A vacuum-assisted panel lifter includes a lifter attachment jib having a proximal end for mounting the vacuum-assisted panel lifter to an arm of a work vehicle and having a distal end that includes a rotator. The lifter includes a lifter frame rotationally mounted to the rotator and a plurality of modular vacuum-assisted lift pad assemblies. Each of the plurality of modular vacuum-assisted lift pad assemblies comprises a suction cup and a double-acting pneumatic actuator to displace the suction cup into engagement with a panel to be lifted. The double-acting pneumatic actuator furthermore creates a vacuum inside the suction cup when the suction cup engages the panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel multi-purpose adjustable hanging beam and a hanging method. The novel multi-purpose adjustable hanging beam includes two parallel main beams, two ends of each main beam are respectively connected with end beams, a plurality of displacement hangers sliding relative to the main beams are arranged on the main beams, screw rods are arranged between the two main beams, the displacement hangers are in threaded connection with the screw rods, a first motor is arranged at one end of each screw rod, reduction gearboxes are arranged between the first motors and the screw rods, one end of each screw rod is connected with the corresponding reduction gearbox, and the first motors and the reduction gearboxes are mounted on the end beams.

Abstract: An expansion bolt including a housing member integrally formed as a single piece of material, the housing member having a base, a plurality of elongate elastic members extending distally from the base, the elongate elastic members distally terminating in respective spoons, and the elongate elastic members having thicknesses that are substantially less than thicknesses of the base and the spoons, a central shaft member extending through the housing member and terminating in a wedge member, the spoons defining a cavity for receiving the wedge member, the elongate elastic members structured to bend outwardly in response to the wedge member moving into the cavity, and a biasing member for biasing the shaft member relative to the housing member in the direction of said increasing relative translation.

Abstract: A first sensor node is fixed to a tool on a derrick truck, and a second sensor node fixed to the derrick truck at a location that does not move when either of the boom and the tool move. The first sensor node measures a position of the tool and a distance between the tool and the first sensor the second sensor node. The measured position of the tool and the distance between the first and second sensor node is reported to a load moment computer.

Abstract: A controller calculates a theoretical payout length X1(?) of a wire in a posture in which a hook block is raised, a theoretical payout length X2(?) of the wire in a posture in which the hook block is lying, dX1(?)/dt, and dX2(?)/dt, using a length L of the boom, A and B (first specified values) indicating coordinates of a hook hardware, a length K (second specified value) being a sum of a length of the hook block and a length of a hook hardware, and a derricking angle ? of the boom. The controller makes the boom stand and lie at a constant speed of F=d?/dt, and makes a winch drive at a wind-up speed of J×{dX1(?)/dt+dX2(?)/dt}/2 taking J×{X1(?)+X2(?)}/2 as a target value.

Abstract: An information acquisition system includes a first input acquisition unit that acquires masses of the attachment and the suspended cargo as first input, a second input acquisition unit that acquires information about a posture of the attachment as second input, a position estimation unit that estimates the position of at least one of the attachment and the suspended cargo, based on the first input and the second input, and an information derivation unit that derives information about the possibility of interference between the external object and at least one of the attachment and the suspended cargo, based on the position of at least one of the attachment and the suspended cargo estimated by the position estimation unit.

Abstract: A work machine includes an attachment rotatably attached to an upper turning body; a gripping part rotatably attached to the attachment, the gripping part gripping a long carried-material; and processing circuitry, and a memory storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed, cause the processing circuitry to calculate a weight of the carried-material, based on a torque for rotating the attachment.

Abstract: A frame to assist in removing parts from a vehicle is disclosed. The frame comprises a pivot mount, adapted to be pivotally mounted to a base; a suspension means and a connection bar linking the suspension means and the base in fixed spatial arrangement. A generally convex shape for the connection bar enables an object to be freely suspended from the suspension means such that an object can rotate about an imaginary line joining the suspension means to the base. Also disclosed is a method of removing a part such as a gearbox from a vehicle utilising the above frame.

Abstract: A folding structural frame is disclosed, including, a base and a first structural member coupled to the base at a bottom end and extending in a substantially vertical direction when in an operable configuration. A second structural member is coupled to a top end of the first structural member and extending in a substantially horizontal direction when in an operable configuration. An elongated member extends through the second structural member and operable to be removably coupled with an item to be moved by the folding structural frame.

Abstract: A winch includes a rotary drum, a cable which can be wound on the drum in multiple layers, and a brake for braking the rotation of the drum, the brake being calibrated to permit the rotation of the drum beyond a variable torque which decreases as the length of the cable wound on the drum increases.

Abstract: An extendable lift assembly for a vehicle, including a sliding rail assembly, including a plate slidably connected to the vehicle, and a knuckle arm pivotably connected to the plate, a first platform pivotably connected to the knuckle arm, and a second platform extending from and pivotably connected to the plate.

Abstract: A solar panel installation machine includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a plurality of tractive elements coupled the chassis, a boom coupled to the body, and an implement coupled to an end of the boom. The implement includes a track, a robotic arm coupled to and translatable along the track, the robotic arm including a plurality of linkages, and a grabber assembly coupled to the robotic arm, the grabber assembly configured to selectively engage with and facilitate picking up a solar panel to provide the solar panel to an installation location where the respective solar panel can be secured to a solar panel support.

Abstract: Method for controlling of at least two electric motors (230A, 230B) of an electric lift truck (200), each of the at least two electric motors (230A, 230B) controlled with a respective electrical drive (244A, 244B) and arranged to generate a torque to a respective drive wheel (210), the method comprising: generating a respective control signal to each of the respective electrical drive (244A, 244B) in response to a detection that a speed of the lift truck (200) is below a reference value and that a steering angle is within a reference range, the respective control signal carrying an speed orders (01, 02) for the each respective electrical drive (244A, 244B) for generating torques to the drive wheels (210). Aspects relating to a method, a control unit a computer program product and a lift truck are provided.

Abstract: Provided are a carrying device, a warehousing logistics system, and a pallet carrying method. The carrying device is configured to carry the pallet, and includes: a vehicle body configured to autonomously move; a mounting bracket horizontally and slidably disposed on the vehicle body; and a fork arm, where a first end of the fork arm is connected to the mounting bracket, the fork arm is configured to protrude horizontally along with movement of the mounting bracket to be inserted into a fork hole of the pallet, and raise and lower relative to the vehicle body to lift the pallet, and the vehicle body and the mounting bracket are configured to, when the fork arm lifts the pallet, enable the pallet to be located above the vehicle body by relative movement between the vehicle body and the mounting bracket.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to safely and efficiently execute operation such as cargo handling in a cargo vehicle such as an automatic forklift 1. In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a laser scanner 2 that monitors a vehicle safety monitoring range 4 and laser curtains 21 that monitor a safety monitoring area 211 are prepared, and these are caused to function in cooperation with each other according to a status of operation of the automatic forklift 1. As one aspect of this, in the present invention, in a case where the safe state in the safety monitoring area 211 is confirmed using the laser curtains 21 at the time of executing cargo handling, a vehicle safety monitoring invalidation range 41 is set by invalidating the vehicle safety monitoring range 4 by the laser scanner 2.

Abstract: Provided is a cap detachment device including a plug, a cap part, and a cap tool that detaches the cap part from the plug. The cap tool has a holding part that holds the cap part, a grip part gripped by a robot holding the cap tool, a support part attached to the grip part and supporting the holding part movably along the cap axis, a spring that applies, to the holding part, pushing force in a direction coming close to the plug along the cap axis, and a rotary shaft that rotates the holding part about the cap axis, and the rotary shaft rotates the holding part holding the cap part about the cap axis and thereby detaches the cap part from the plug.

Abstract: A dual needle assembly comprising a housing comprising a first sterility filter, and a second sterility filter, a first needle for transporting a liquid comprising a first end coupled to the housing; and a second end extending from the housing, a second needle for transporting a stream of air comprising a third end coupled to the housing, and a fourth end extending from the housing. The first sterility filter is in-line with the first needle, such that the liquid transported via the first needle passes through the first sterility filter. The second sterility filter is in-line with the second needle, such that the stream of air transported via the second needle passes through the second sterility filter. The first sterility filter can be a fluid filter. The second sterility filter can be an air filter.