Two or more separate discharge spaces (8, 9) are provided in the discharge vessel (2) of a dielectric barrier discharge lamp (1), said discharge spaces (8, 9) each being filled with a discharge medium. This provides the possibility of producing radiation with two or more wavelengths which are characteristic of the respectively used discharge media using a single lamp (1).

A loading container (10) for a washing machine (60) comprises a containing body (12) to support and position objects to be washed inside the washing machine (60) or washing devices (20, 22) containing the objects to be washed. The container (10) also comprises a base body (14), located below the containing body (12), and a rotation unit (45) to connect rotatably the base body (14) and the containi...

A PWM controlled multi-phase resonant voltage converter may include a plurality of primary windings powered through respective half-bridges, and as many secondary windings connected to an output terminal of the converter and magnetically coupled to the respective primary windings. The primary or secondary windings may be connected such that a real or virtual neutral point is floating.

In a checkout that comprises in operational sequence a conveyor belt (T) on which the products are loaded, an intermediate scanning and payment unit (C), and an end tray (V, V') where the checked products are collected, the invention provides means allowing said checkout to be used by the assistant in the assisted mode, or, moving along the same side as that previously taken by the assistant, dire...

The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of the sodium salt of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) comprising the steps of supplying a de-fatted phase containing DNA molecules, supplying at least one primary solution, containing sodium chloride, suitable for solubilising the de-fatted phase or for suspending it, and feeding the de-fatted phase and the primary solution to a primary mix...