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A heat-insulating container comprises a paper cup body having an inner surface, an upper open end, a shell member and a bottom, the inner surface being coated with polyolefine resin, the upper open end having an outward curled portion and the shell member having a side wall on which at least one rib is formed; and a tubular member being formed of paper and having an inverse truncated conical shape, the tubular member having at a lower end thereof an inward curled portion. The tubular member is combined with an outer periphery of the paper cup body so as to come into contact with the paper cup body in contact portions provided on the at least one rib of the paper cup body and on an outer periphery of an lower end of the side wall of the shell member. According to such a structure, it is possible to provide the heat-insulating container, which has a stable heat-insulating property, a high grade design, a high degree of freedom in indication by printing on the outer surface of the container, and a lower production cost.

A system for disposal of refuse adapted for use within a waste disposal unit is disclosed. The system includes a frame and a plurality of bags, nested within each other and within an outermost bag, where the bags are attached to the frame and are held open for the disposal of refuse thereinto. A disposal bag assembly for disposal of refuse is also disclosed.

The invention is directed to a film which comprises a poly(carboxylic acid) polymer and a polyvalent metal compound, which is endowed with excellent gas barrier property against, for example oxygen, which has such resistance that the appearance, shape, and gas-barrier properties are not impaired by neutral water, high-temperature water vapor, or hot water; a laminate produced by use of the film; and a process for producing the film or laminate industrially conveniently at low cost. The film or laminate of the present invention is suitable for use as a package, packaging container, or vacuum insulation material for articles which are apt to be deteriorated by oxygen, etc., such as foods, beverages, chemicals, medicines, and metallic precision parts; e.g., electronic parts. Furthermore, there can be provided a packaging material suitable for use with articles which are required to be reliably insulated from gases for prolonged periods and should be treated under high-temperature, hot-water conditions as in boiling or pressurized high-temperature sterilization.

A real-time digital cytometer on a chip system utilizing a custom near field CMOS active pixel intelligent sensor that is flip-chip attached to a fluidic microchannel etched in a thin glass substrate. The CMOS active pixel sensor, fabricated using a 0.18 micron process, is a mixed signal chip comprising a sixteen pixel linear adaptive spatial filter coupled to a digital serial interface. This near field hybrid digital sensor topology obviates the need for both high resolution analog to digital conversion as well as conventional microscopy for the realization of real time optical cytometry. The custom sensor based design approach affords efficient scaling into a tiled multi-channel sensing configuration. The complete system, supported by a handheld graphical user interface and control module, demonstrates a viable micro total analysis sub-system for sample preparation and analysis which can support a wide range of applications ranging from cytometry to cell growth kinetics and analysis and various forms of fluid and droplet metering on an integrated and compact microfluidic platform.

The present invention provides a torquer for maneuvering a medical guidewire during endovascular surgical procedures or the like, which can be easily positioned and re-positioned along the length of the wire. A clamp-like device is formed with a top arm and a bottom arm connected to one another by means of a flap hinge. A horizontal slit is defined within the flap hinge, and a vertical slit is defined on a clamping tongue positioned at the top distal end of the top arm, such that the torquer is placed onto the guidewire and snapped into place with the guidewire penetrating the vertical slit. A wire channel means is further defined between the two arms to hold the guidewire within the torquer.

Provided as a drug dispensing system comprising a cabinet and at least one cartridge. A cabinet has opposing door portions which are hingedly attached to one another and which are configured to be closable against one another such as via a lock member. Each one of the door portions includes at least one shelf which defines a shelf depth and which has an upwardly turned lip extending along the length of the shelf. The cartridge has a cartridge depth that is sized to be complementary to the shelf depth such that the cartridge may be retained by the lip when the cartridge is stored on the shelf. Each one of the cartridges is configured to store a plurality of vials. A punch-out is disposed in a lower end of the cartridge and through which the vials may be dispensed from the cartridge. The cartridge itself may be comprised of a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel and a pair of side panels foldable connected to one another along a plurality of fold lines and to define an interior compartment that is sized and configured to dispensibly store the vials.

In the preliminary grinding and finishing of mineral and non-mineral materials, e.g. limestone, cement clinker, blast-furnace slag, old concrete or ashes, the grinding material, usually comprising new and recirculated stock, is fed as a defined and laterally bounded material layer (4) of predetermined thickness from a material-supply container (3), belonging to the comminuting apparatus, by way of a roller-type or rotary-vane feeder (9), which is arranged at the outlet and can be changed in a stepless manner in respect of its rotational speed, onto the vertex of the laterally rimmed (45), driven, bottom roller (1), accelerated to the roller speed and transported continuously into the gap formed (5) with the top roller (2), arranged in an offset manner above the driven roller (1), is subjected to hydropneumatic loading using specific compressive forces of 2 to 7.5 kN/mm and is then deagglomerated within the comminuting apparatus by a preferably high-speed rotary crusher (10). This results in good utilization of energy and in low mechanical structural, servicing and maintenance outlay. Usage over a wide spectrum for comminuting different materials is made possible, and linear throughput and speed behaviour both in partial-load operation and with high mass throughputs can be realized.

The invention provides a steel for machine structural use, which is excellent in machinability, comprising, in percent by mass, C: 0.1-0.6%, Si: 0.01-2.0%, Mn: 0.2-2.0%, S: 0.005-0.2%, Al: not more than 0.009%, Ti: not less than 0.001% but less than 0.04%, Ca: 0.0001-0.01%, O (oxygen): 0.001-0.01%, and N: not more than 0.02% and satisfying the following relations (1) to (3):n0/S (%)>=2500 (1)n1/n0<=0.1 (2)n2>=10 (3)where n0: total number of sulfide inclusions not smaller than 1 mum per mm2 of a cross section parallel to the direction of rolling (number/mm2); n1: number of MnS inclusions having not smaller than 1 mum and containing not less than 1.0% of Ca per mm2 of a cross section parallel to the direction of rolling (number/mm2); n2: number, per mm2 of a cross section parallel to the direction of rolling, of oxide inclusions having a specific composition comprising CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-TiO2 and having a diameter of not less than 1 mum (number/mm2).

An implement useful in dental and medical procedures, particularly aspiration, but that can also be readily adapted for irrigation or retraction, is described. In a preferred embodiment, the invention features a hollow handle portion 2 having a source end 2a for connecting to a vacuum line or pump, and a second end 2b; a hollow nozzle portion 1 having a contacting end 1a for engaging a patient surface to be suctioned and a second end 1b for functionally engaging, directly or indirectly, the second end of the handle 2b; and a hollow joint at least partially defined by the second end of the handle and the second end of the nozzle. In some embodiments, the joint may comprise an adaptor 3.

The invention relates to a device (710, 720, 730, 740) for monitoring an energy store (20; 30) comprising a plurality of battery cells (500₁₁₁₁-500_klmn), which are arranged in a plurality of battery groups (200₁-200_k, 300₁₁-300_kl, 400₁₁₁-400_klm), and a temperature-control device for controlling the temperature of the battery cells (500₁₁₁₁-500_klmn) by means of a plurality of partial flows of a temperature-control medium, each of the partial flows being associated with one of the battery groups (200₁-200_k, 300₁₁-300_kl, 400₁₁₁-400_klmn), characterized by: a plurality of sensor apparatuses (720) for sensing temperature measurement values of the battery cells (500₁₁₁₁-500_klmn), each of the sensor apparatuses (720) being arranged in such a way that the sensor apparatus can sense the temperature measurement value of one of the battery cells (500₁₁₁₁-500_klmn); an apparatus (710, 740) for determining a plurality of average temperature values from the sensed temperature measurement values, each of the determined average temperature values being determined in such a way that the determined average temperature value is associated with one of the battery groups (200₁-200_k, 300₁₁-300_kl, 400_111-400_klmn); and an apparatus (740) for evaluating the plurality of determined average temperature values and, if one of the determined average temperature values exceeds a temperature threshold value, determining that the partial flow associated with the associated battery group (200₁-200_k, 300₁₁-300_kl, 400₁₁₁-400_klm) has a fault. The invention further relates to a battery system, a vehicle, a method, a computer program, and a computer program product.

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for storing storage units (2), in particular piece-goods containers, comprising at least one circular bearing (3) which can rotate about a rotational axis (5) and has a plurality of storage places (4) which are arranged in a circular manner around the rotational axis (5).

[Problem] To provide a container for an electromagnetic cooker which can be heated corresponding to impedance check frequency which differs depending on a manufacturer of an electromagnetic cooker or the like, can properly and easily set a heat generation characteristic, is excellent in marketability, configuration in use, disposability, handiness in cooking and the like, is suitable for retort foods, instant foods and the like, and exhibits high heating efficiency.

[Means for Resolution] A container for an electromagnetic cooker includes a container body made of a non-conductive material and a conductive layer in a bottom portion of the container, wherein the ratio of resistance change (R−R0)/R0 of the conductive layer with respect to the impedance check frequency of a heating coil is set to 5.3 or more, and a ratio of inductance change (L−L0)/L0 of the conductive layer with respect to the impedance check frequency of the heating coil is set to −0.17 or less. Here, R indicates the high-frequency resistance (Ω) on a heating coil side with a load, R0 indicates the high-frequency resistance (Ω) on the heating coil side without a load, L indicates the inductance (μH) on the heating coil side with a load, and L0 indicates the inductance (μH) on the heating coil side without a load.

A flexible or semi-flexible storage container comprises a container body formed from one or more pieces of flexible or semi-flexible sheet material. Flexibly attached to the container body by one or more flexible assembly mechanisms are complimentary enclosure pieces, which when assembled together form an enclosed container. The flexible assembly mechanism comprises a zipper mechanism, however equivalent mechanisms, such as hook and loop fasteners and the like are considered in various other exemplary embodiments. The flexible or semi-flexible storage container may be selectively opened, sealed, and resealed, as described herein. In addition to being self-supporting, flexible or semi-flexible storage containers are also readily foldable or collapsible to provide easy storage that occupies minimal space.

A method for inhibiting mercury from leaching from a land-filled arc discharge lamp containing a quantity of elemental mercury at least partially convertible to soluble mercury, provides for including within the lamp a quantity of a non-metallic copper-containing compound and an ingredient X, said ingredient X including a noble metal or a noble metal compound selected from the group consisting of silver and compounds of silver, gold and platinum, and a lamp containing same. The inhibiting compound is preferably included with the basing cement.

An article for keeping a foot (and potentially a sock) dry, when placed within a boot, the article comprising a non-rigid membrane impermeable to water and disposable material, and conformed to the shape of the foot so that there is little or no excess material when the article is placed over the foot (and potentially the sock, and both are) placed within the boot. The article may comprise a toe section, heel section, lower leg section, top opening, and a means for preventing the lower leg section and the top opening from falling down. Notwithstanding its disposability, the material comprising the article may be sufficiently resilient and durable for withstanding the frequent and substantial forces that the boot and foot may be subjected to during a work day at a wet construction site. The article may also allow continued use of a punctured previously-waterproof boot without the foot becoming wet.

Quality control method and control system for a stock of a base material for the additive manufacture of components includes selecting a batch of a base material out of a plurality of indexed batches of the stock, wherein base material assigned to the same batch index is indicative to the quality of the respective base material, loading a quantity of base material of the selected batch into a manufacturing system, additively manufacturing the component from the base material, wherein the base material of the selected batch is exposed to manufacturing conditions in a build area and updating the batch index of the base material remaining from the additive manufacture in the build area according to the exposure.