This invention relates to the method and device for a liquid media parameter s determination, wherein an extended heater oriented along the fluid flow is installed in the fluid flow; fluid flow temperature is measured, the heater is heated up and the temperatures at the interfaces "heater front surface - flow zone" and "heate r rear surface - flow zone" are measured; for the both interfaces, measu...

A powered rotary knife includes a handle, a blade housing, an annular blade, and a blade bushing for rotatably mounting the blade within the housing. The bla de housing includes an inner groove that is operable to receive the blade bushing therein. The blade housing and blade bushing are split in order to expand and receive the blade. The blade includes an outer groove that is also operable to rec...

A sidewall of a trailer includes a first panel having inner and outer skins and a plurality of metal posts sandwiched between the skins such that voids are formed between adjacent posts, and a second panel having inner and outer skins and a plurality of metal posts sandwiched between the skins such that voids are formed between adjace nt posts. A joint is provided for joining the first panel and t...

A method for operating a washing machine having a tub with a drum rotatabl y mounted in the tub and configured to hold a fabric load comprises a pre-wash step; a heating step comprising introducing steam into at least one of the tub and t he drum; and a washing step. The pre-wash step comprises recirculating liquid between the t ub and the drum; rotating the drum at a first spin speed to distribut...

A single handed articulating blunt dissector/gastric band application devic e includes a support shaft connecting a handle at a first end of the device to an articulating assembly at a second end of the device. The handle includes an actuation mechanism linked to the articulating assembly for controlling movement thereof. The second end includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal ...

An earphone with a sound guiding tube is provided. The sound guiding tube has an external chamber beside the ear. Compared with a conventional earphon e which transmits sound directly into the ear, the earphone of the present invention has a external chamber which forms sound field outside the ear and then transmits the sound into the ear through a sound guiding tube in a particular angle. The ear...

An electrolysis system (100) and method of using same is provided. In additi on to an electrolysis tank (101) and a membrane (105) separating the tank into two regions, the system includes at least one pair of low voltage electrodes (115/117) of a first type comprised of a first material, at least one pair of low voltage electrodes (117/118) of a second type comprised of a second material differen...

An electrolysis system (100) and method of using same is provided. In additi on to an electrolysis tank (101) and a membrane (105) separating the tank into two regions, the system includes at least one pair of low voltage electrodes (115/117) comprised of a first material and at least one pair of high voltage electrodes (121/122) comprise d of the same, or different, material. The separation dista...

Method for producing electrical energy with an electric generator (9), in which method an outer vessel (1 ) that moves in an essentially vertical direction and an inner vessel (2) are used, and that the space (12) between the outer vessel and the inner vessel, dividable with an isolating element, is filled fully or partially with a liquid, and that a pretensioning element (5) is connected directly...

Provided is an inexpensive and high-performance photoelectric conversion device of high practicability. The device comprises a semiconductor electrode, a counter electrode and an electrolyte layer held between the two electrodes, in which the electrolyte layer contains a compound of the following general formula (1) as an oxidation-reduction pair therein: (see formula 1) (wherein M+ represents an ...

A dynamic endpoint aggregator aggregates dynamic endpoints of requested Web services for efficiently delivering the Web services to a Web service client. The client communicates to the aggregator a plurality of SOAP requests each having a SOAP header containing a redirect URL for the aggregator in turn to access each of the requested Web services. Web service data is aggregated by the aggregator a...

A method and system to mitigate the pressure fluctuations in hydraulic turbines, operated at partial discharge, by injecting high velocity control jet or jets of liquid downstream of the turbine runner, on the upper portion of the draft tube, along the machine axis; the liquid jet(s) flow rate can be adjusted continuously depending on the pressure fluctuation level in the draft tube, so as to cont...

The invention relates to a method and arrangement for processing transactions in a flash type memory device, wherein the transaction is a data update and/or changing operation consisting of one or more suboperations, all of which must be successfully executed in order to regard the discussed transaction as having been successfully completed in its entirety. In the solution according to the inventi...

A water ride, comprising: a water route (2) having a meandering and bendy development; a plurality of floating boats (3), moving along the water route and being predisposed each to seat a predetermined number of passengers; at least a fixed viewpoint (4) located by a side of the water route (2) and provided with an orientable water gun (5) which can direct a jet of water towards the water route (2...