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Apparatus and method for navigating surgical tools within a body cavity. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for displacing a surgical tool within a body conduit such as an intestine. Embodiments comprise a balloon catheter having a shaft, and a surgical tool operable to slide along that shaft. In some embodiments the surgical tool comprises a second balloon catheter.

A procedure for shutting down an operating fuel cell system includes disconnecting the primary electricity using device and stopping the flow of hydrogen containing fuel to the anode, followed by quickly displacing the residual hydrogen with air by blowing air through the anode fuel flow field. A sufficiently fast purging of the anode flow field with air eliminates the need for purging with an inert gas such as nitrogen.

The receptacle transfer installation comprises an upstream transport starwheel adapted to support the receptacles via their collars, a first downstream transport starwheel, a second downstream transport starwheel. An upstream guide extends as far as the first downstream transport starwheel, and a fixed downstream guide having a first branch extending around a portion of the first downstream transport starwheel and a second branch extending around a portion of the upstream transport starwheel between the two downstream transport starwheels. A deflector member is mounted to move between a first position in which the deflector member extends the first branch of the downstream guide and a second position in which the deflector member connects the upstream guide to the second branch of the downstream guide.

A neck rest for a seat of an automobile has a neck rest body which includes a neck rest cushion and at least two neck rest rods connected with the neck rest body, the neck rest rods being accommodated in the back rest of the seat. Each of the neck rest rod has a support portion attached thereto. The neck rest body includes a housing which has a front wall and a rear wall, the cushion being attached to an outer side of the front wall and the rear wall, with the support portion being located in the housing between the front and the rear walls. The housing is moveable between a basic position and an extended position.

The discharge determination device which determines discharge status in a droplet discharge apparatus comprising: a nozzle which discharges a droplet of liquid; a pressure chamber which is connected to the nozzle and stores the liquid to be discharged from the nozzle; a supply flow channel which supplies the liquid to the pressure chamber and is connected to the pressure chamber; and an actuator which causes the droplet to be discharged from the nozzle by causing at least a portion of the pressure chamber to deform and thereby applies a pressure change to the liquid inside the pressure chamber, the discharge determination device comprises: a pressure determination device which is disposed inside the pressure chamber and includes a film member forming a portion of a face constituting the pressure chamber, the film member being displaceable in accordance with pressure change in the liquid inside the pressure chamber, the pressure determination device outputting a determination signal in accordance with displacement of the film member; and a discharge status judging device which judges the discharge status of the nozzle according to the determination signal obtained from the pressure determination device in accordance with driving of the actuator.

Hand-holdable toy light tube comprising a handle, a light source and a tube of color shifting film. The light source is preferably disposed within an end of the handle. The tube of color shifting film extends from the end of the handle. During use, light from the light source interacts with the tube of color shifting film, producing a brilliant colored effect. Movement of the handle and thus of the tube of color shifting film produces multiple colors.

A system microscopy system and method that enable obtaining high resolution 3D images in a single shot are presented. The system is an ultra-high speed, real time multi wavelength phase shift interference microscopy system that uses three synchronized color CCD cameras. Each CCD is equipped with a precision achromatic phase mask which in turn allows obtaining π / 2 phase shifted signals in three different wavelengths simultaneously.

Modular belt link for use in endless conveyor belts where each modular belt link has a top surface, a bottom surface having a material thickness between said top and bottom surfaces, a leading and trailing edge, and side edges arranged connecting said leading and trailing edge and said top and bottom surfaces, and where means are arranged along said leading and trailing edge for hingely connecting adjacent modular belt links characterised in that an endless belt is arranged for rotation around at least a portion of the modular belt link.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle brake, in particular a motor vehicle brake that can be actuated in a combined hydraulic and electromechanical manner, having an actuator assembly comprising: a housing, an actuating element that can be displaced relative to the housing along a longitudinal axis for the hydraulic or electromechanical displacement of a brake lining, a motor drive, and a displacement mechanism, arranged between the motor drive and the displaceable actuating element, for displacing the actuating element. The displacement mechanism has a multi-stage spindle-nut arrangement comprising a first spindle-nut pair having a first thread pitch and a second spindle-nut pair having a second thread pitch, wherein the first thread pitch is greater than the second thread pitch, wherein, during an electromechanical actuation of the motor vehicle brake, the first spindle-nut pair is active in a first actuating phase and the second spindle-nut pair is active in a second actuating phase.

A shielded hospital caster has a structural framework which sustains the solid steel axle and nut for mounting on furniture, a rolling axle, on which wheels are mounted, each wheel having an intermediary part having gear segments on a side facing the framework. The wheels are fixed to the framework through nuts and sealed externally through hubs. In one version, the caster has a device mounted at the lower base of the framework and comprising a moving body activated by a brake pedal. The device controls locking or release of rotation in the vertical axle itself through engagement of the head of the moving body on a toothed track of the caster and controls locking or release in the rolling direction by engagement of teeth of lateral flaps the moving body with the gear segments of the wheels. In the second version, the device is formed by a fixed body.

Disclosed is a chromatographic column for use with chromatographic materials packed in a defined manner.Said chromatographic column is characterized in that the chromatographic material in a defined compressed state is enclosed in a column body (1), which is preferably cylindrical and is provided with a discharge opening (9), between two filter plates which are fixed at a specified distance from one another by contact with support surfaces situated inside the column body.

A floorboard mounted foot peg apparatus and method for a motorcycle comprising a mounting block, arm and foot peg. Provides advantage of not being fixedly attached to the safety bar of the motorcycle and therefore provides quick access to foot controls. Apparatus is entirely adjustable allowing for riders of differing leg length to adjust the arm rotationally with respect to the mounting bracket in order to extend or retract the foot peg away from or towards the rider. Allows for turn signal indicators, running lights and fog lamps to be used in combination and allows for mounting each of these light types to any component of the invention including the mounting bracket, arm and foot peg. In addition, the invention provides a stiffener to prevent deformation of the floorboard.

A rotatable cutting tool having s support region (1) with an end surface (2) and a plurality of recesses (4) extending from the end surface (2) and in which, respectively, a plurality of cutting elements (5) are arranged, with each recess having a rigid stop surface (7) for a cutting element (5) and faces in a rotational direction (R) of the tool, and a gripping surface (8) facing in a direction opposite the tool rotational direction (R) and cooperating with the cutting element, with the gripping surface (8) being displaceable by a respective locking element in the direction opposite the tool rotational direction.

The invention relates to a measure method of gasoline engine Release and oil exhaustion, especially, it relates to an automobile oil exhaustion measure device of portable type quickly test the automobile oil exhaustion and quality discharge and software program. It is aimed at applying for carryover of vehicle, and it is good to examining quickly, real-time, non-disorganization. What is called the intake manifold pressure sensor (1), intake manifold temperature sensor(2)install on the engine intake manifold(A), output end of the two connect with the head end of mono-plate processor, the signal output of mono-plate processor connect with the RS232 in series gob block of notebook PC, the engine revolution speed transducer(3)clamping on the engine first jar firing high voltage wire, the sampling probe of five gas exhaustion-gas analyzer(4)insert into the exhaustion tube(C), the output end of five gas exhaustion-gas analyzer connect with the RS232 in series gob block of notebook PC. Via installed test compute model, it could obtain the oil exhaustion of engine and quality discharge rate of each Release contaminant.

A method of operating an analytical flow cell device comprising an elongate flow cell having a first end and a second end, at least two ports at the first end and at least one port at the second end, comprises introducing a laminar flow of a first fluid at the first end of the flow cell, and a laminar counter flow of a second fluid at the second end. Each fluid flow is discharged at the first end or the second end, and the position of the interface between the first and second fluids in the longitudinal direction of the flow cell is adjusted by controlling the relative flow rates of the first and second fluids. Also disclosed are a method of analyzing a fluid sample for an analyte, a method of sensitizing a sensing surface, and a method of contacting a sensing surface with a test fluid.

A mixed gas supply device includes a plurality of gas supply lines arranged in parallel that include flow rate control devices and outlet side switching valves, wherein gas outlets of respective outlet side switching valves communicate with a manifold, and another gas supply line at a position close to a mixed gas outlet of the manifold supplies a low flow rate gas, wherein an outlet side of the flow rate control device and an inlet side of the outlet side switching valve are hermetically connected via an outlet side connecting fitting of the flow rate control device and a mounting table having a gas passage, wherein a small hole portion is provided at a part of a flow passage at the outlet side connecting fitting and / or a flow passage, which makes the outlet side switching valve and a mixed gas flow passage in the manifold communicate with one another.

The invention relates to a rail arrangement for coupling a displaceable element to a support structure, wherein the rail arrangement comprises a guiding rail and a fitting. In this arrangement the fitting is connectable to the displaceable element, and the guiding rail is connectable to the support structure. The fitting is arranged in the guiding rail in such a way that the fitting can be displaced in longitudinal direction of the guiding rail; wherein the guiding rail is formed as an open-top hollow profile with a rail base. In this arrangement the rail base comprises at least one elevation that extends upwards (i.e. towards the open-top). The fitting comprises a bottom surface which in longitudinal direction is interrupted by a continuous groove, wherein the form of the groove of the fitting is designed in such a way that the fitting is guided by the elevation along the guiding rail.

The discharge determination device which determines discharge status in a droplet discharge apparatus comprising: a nozzle which discharges a droplet of liquid; a pressure chamber which is connected to the nozzle and stores the liquid to be discharged from the nozzle; a supply flow channel which supplies the liquid to the pressure chamber and is connected to the pressure chamber; and an actuator which causes the droplet to be discharged from the nozzle by causing at least a portion of the pressure chamber to deform and thereby applies a pressure change to the liquid inside the pressure chamber, the discharge determination device comprises: a pressure determination device which is disposed inside the pressure chamber and includes a film member forming a portion of a face constituting the pressure chamber, the film member being displaceable in accordance with pressure change in the liquid inside the pressure chamber, the pressure determination device outputting a determination signal in accordance with displacement of the film member; and a discharge status judging device which judges the discharge status of the nozzle according to the determination signal obtained from the pressure determination device in accordance with driving of the actuator.

The present invention discloses an inside mobile ballast arrangement for sailboats, said arrangement using a dense material and being preferably in a watertight / gas-tight compartment, the whole system on low friction bearings and being close to the bottom of the hull, this arrangement being able to move longitudinally from front to rear and vice versa, along the X axis, independently or simultaneously with a perpendicular displacement, i.e. from port to starboard and vice versa, along the Y axis.

A trocar assembly including a low-profile retractable shield deployable adjacent to a cutting element with a cross-sectional area which is small relative to the total cross-section of the assembly.

A clutch arrangement has a clutch device with a clutch housing capable of rotating around an axis of rotation, where the clutch device is designed to establish or to separate a working connection between a drive and a take-off and is provided with clutch components in the form of a piston and clutch elements. The piston produces a seal between a pressure space and a cooling space holding the clutch elements. The pressure space or the cooling space is connected to a supply unit so that it can be supplied with fluid medium, by connecting at least one supply line of the clutch device is connected to an infeed line of a gearbox and possibly by connecting at least one discharge line of the clutch device is connected to an outfeed line of the gearbox. An actuating line for a first supply line is assigned to the clutch device. The first supply line is independent of the infeed line for a second supply line or of the outfeed line for a discharge line.

A new fishing net 10 that has a handle 12, a looped portion 14, a net 16 attached to the looped portion 14, an elastic cord 18 that has a first segment 34 that extends from the handle 12 to an apex region 28 of the net 16, and a cord engagement means 20 that is located on the handle 12 and through which the cord 18 slidably passes to define a second segment 36 of the cord 18. The cord engagement means 20 frictionally engaging the cord 18 to allow the cord 18 to be incrementally extended in length between the handle 12 and the net 16 by exerting tension thereon in the first segment 34 and allowing the cord 18 to be retracted in length by exerting a tension thereon in the second segment 36.

An apparatus and method of automatically determining an operating frequency of a scanning probe microscope such as an atomic force microscope (AFM) is shown. The operating frequency is not selected based on a peak of the amplitude response of the probe when swept over a range of frequencies; rather, the operating frequency is selected using only peak data corresponding to a TIDPS curve.

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method and device of a two-way electromagnetic force control valve for common rail flow control. The method comprises the steps that real-time commonrail oil pressure of a common rail system is obtained; common rail differential pressure is obtained according to the real-time common rail oil pressure of the common rail system and target oil pressure of the common rail system; the duty ratio of a direction signal, a driving signal and a pulse width modulation signal is calculated according to the common rail differential pressure; and the corresponding direction signal, driving signal and pulse width modulation signal are output to a bidirectional current controller according to the electrical level state of the direction signal, the electrical level state of the driving signal and the duty ratio of the pulse width modulation signal, and are used for generating a corresponding driving current in the bidirectional current controller, sothat a sliding valve core of the two-way electromagnetic force control valve is driven by the driving current to slide. The control method and device of the two-way electromagnetic force control valve for the common rail flow control can achieve fast and accurate adjustment of the common rail pressure of the high pressure common rail oil supply system.