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A method for constructing a dot-matrix code, comprising: constructing a plurality of information units arranged in an NxN matrix, wherein N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; configuring the plurality of information units as information unit modules and/or marker unit modules, wherein each information unit contains one and only one information point; storing, in each of the information unit modules, a value based on a relative position of the information point within the corresponding information unit module; and signaling identification information of the dot-matrix code through an arrangement of a subset of the information points, wherein the subset of the information points are contained in the marker unit modules; wherein, of the information points that are located in the marker unit modules, those representing a top boundary, a bottom boundary, or vertices of the dot-matrix code are located in centers of the marker unit modules, and those representing a left boundary or a right boundary, not including vertices of the dot-matrix code, are alternately located in left or right portions of the marker unit modules. constructing a plurality of information units arranged in an NxN matrix, wherein N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; configuring the plurality of information units as information unit modules and/or marker unit modules, wherein each information unit contains one and only one information point; storing, in each of the information unit modules, a value based on a relative position of the information point within the corresponding information unit module; and signaling identification information of the dot-matrix code through an arrangement of a subset of the information points, wherein the subset of the information points are contained in the marker unit modules; wherein, of the information points that are located in the marker unit modules, those representing a top boundary, a bottom boundary, or vertices of the dot-matrix code are located in centers of the marker unit modules, and those representing a left boundary or a right boundary, not including vertices of the dot-matrix code, are alternately located in left or right portions of the marker unit modules.
A bobbin delivering device comprising: a supplying section that supplies bobbins one by one; a bunch removing section that performs a removing process on a bunch winding of the bobbin supplied by the supplying section; and a mounting section that mounts onto a transporting tray the bobbin on which the bunch removing section has performed the removing process to remove the bunch winding, characterized in that the supplying section is a bobbin separating device that receives a plurality of bobbins and separates the bobbins one by one, the bobbin separating device includes a bobbin introducing section into which the bobbins are introduced, and a bobbin picking-up section that picks a bobbin from a pile of the bobbins that are introduced into the bobbin introducing section, and the bobbin picking-up section separates the bobbins while transporting the bobbins upwardly in a direction substantially perpendicular to an installation surface of the bobbin introducing section, further comprising an upward path along which the bobbins are transported upwardly, and a downward path along which the bobbins are transported downwardly, wherein the bobbin picking-up section is arranged on the upward path, the bunch removing section and the mounting section are arranged on the downward path, and an orientation unifying and supplying section that, along the downward path, detects an orientation of the bobbin, unifies the orientation into a predetermined orientation, and then supplies the bobbin to the bunch removing section. a supplying section that supplies bobbins one by one; a bunch removing section that performs a removing process on a bunch winding of the bobbin supplied by the supplying section; and a mounting section that mounts onto a transporting tray the bobbin on which the bunch removing section has performed the removing process to remove the bunch winding,
A vehicle fuel gas pre-filter unit (10, 110, 210, 310, 410), comprising: a housing (12, 112) having an inlet port (28, 428) and an outlet opening; a filter (16, 116, 216, 316, 416) located in the housing (12, 112) between the inlet port (28, 428) and the outlet opening; a first valve head situated adjacent the inlet port (28, 428) and mating with the inlet port (28, 428) when the first valve head is brought to a closed state; characterized in that the pre-filter unit (10, 110, 210, 310, 410) further comprises: a valve stem extending from the first valve head and engageable with a second valve head that closes an outlet port (94, 494) of a valve body (90, 490), the second valve head and valve body (90, 490) permitting and preventing gas flow out of the vehicle fuel gas pre-filter unit (10, 110, 210, 310, 410); wherein, in installation, the outlet opening of the housing (12, 112) is mated with the valve body (90, 490), and wherein, in operation, when the first valve head is brought to an open state the second valve head is also brought to an open state via the engagement between the valve stem and the second valve head. a housing (12, 112) having an inlet port (28, 428) and an outlet opening; a filter (16, 116, 216, 316, 416) located in the housing (12, 112) between the inlet port (28, 428) and the outlet opening; a first valve head situated adjacent the inlet port (28, 428) and mating with the inlet port (28, 428) when the first valve head is brought to a closed state; characterized in that the pre-filter unit (10, 110, 210, 310, 410) further comprises: a valve stem extending from the first valve head and engageable with a second valve head that closes an outlet port (94, 494) of a valve body (90, 490), the second valve head and valve body (90, 490) permitting and preventing gas flow out of the vehicle fuel gas pre-filter unit (10, 110, 210, 310, 410); wherein, in installation, the outlet opening of the housing (12, 112) is mated with the valve body (90, 490), and wherein, in operation, when the first valve head is brought to an open state the second valve head is also brought to an open state via the engagement between the valve stem and the second valve head.
A method (300, 400) of micro-texturing a substrate surface (136, 208, 324), comprising: printing (302, 408) an etchant (118, 328) onto the substrate surface, and forming (306, 414) a micro-texture on the substrate surface by removing material from the substrate surface, substrate surface (136, 208, 324) forming part of an exterior skin of an aircraft. printing (302, 408) an etchant (118, 328) onto the substrate surface, and forming (306, 414) a micro-texture on the substrate surface by removing material from the substrate surface, substrate surface (136, 208, 324) forming part of an exterior skin of an aircraft.
A coated roofing granule, comprising: a roofing granule having an external surface and a coating on the external surface of the roofing granule, wherein the coating is formed from a coating composition comprising: photocatalytic TiO 2 particles and an alkali metal silicate binder, wherein the alkali metal silicate binder further comprises an alkoxysilane which comprises tetraethoxysilane; wherein the coating composition has a solid weight percentage of photocatalytic particles in the range of 30% to 80% and the coating composition has a solid weight percentage of the alkoxysilane of more than 10%. photocatalytic TiO 2 particles and an alkali metal silicate binder, wherein the alkali metal silicate binder further comprises an alkoxysilane which comprises tetraethoxysilane; wherein the coating composition has a solid weight percentage of photocatalytic particles in the range of 30% to 80% and the coating composition has a solid weight percentage of the alkoxysilane of more than 10%.
Method for operating a motor vehicle, having a drive apparatus, which comprises at least one electrical traction engine (8, 9, 10, 11), wherein for providing a torque at a wheel (3, 4, 6, 7) of the motor vehicle a target torque is set at a control device of the traction engine (8, 9, 10, 11) and by means of the control device a torque closed-loop controlling is carried out for setting an actual torque generated by the traction engine (8, 9, 10, 11), wherein additionally a target rotational speed range is set at the control device and, when an actual rotational speed of the wheel (3, 4, 6, 7) lies within the target rotational speed range, the actual torque is regulated in the course of the torque closed-loop controlling to the target torque, and, when an actual rotational speed lies outside the target rotational speed range, in the context of the torque closed-loop controlling a rotational speed closed-loop controlling is carried out disregarding the target torque such that the actual rotational speed alters in the direction of the rotational speed target range, wherein the actual torque deviates from the set target torque, characterised in that the rotational speed target range is limited downward by a rotational speed lower limit and upward by a rotational speed upper limit, which are determined on the basis of a driving speed of the motor vehicle and a slip optimum of the wheel (3, 4, 6, 7).
A thermoplastic molding composition comprising: a) from 3 to 94.6% by weight of one or more styrene copolymers as component A, which uses, as component A, a copolymer of acrylonitrile, styrene, and/or α-methylstyrene, phenylmaleimide, methyl methacrylate, or a mixture of these, b) from 5 to 95.2% by weight of one or more impact-modifying graft rubbers having no olefinic double bond in the rubber phase as component B, wherein the swelling index of component B is from 6 to 20 in toluene, and wherein the average particle diameter of component B, measured by HDC, is from 50 to 1200 nm, c) from 0.2 to 0.9% by weight of a compound of the formula as component C: d) from 0 to 0.9% by weight of a mixture of the formula as component D: e) from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula as component E: or from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula: or from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula: or from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula: f) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more additives, where these differ from components C, D, and E, as component F, and g) from 0 to 40% by weight of fibrous or particulate fillers as component G, with the proviso that if the amount of component D is 0% by weight the amount of component E is from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, particularly preferably from 0.2 to 0.5% by weight, of one or more of the compounds III, IV, V, or VI, where each of the % by weight values is based on the sum weight of components A to G, and the sum of these values is 100% by weight. a) from 3 to 94.6% by weight of one or more styrene copolymers as component A, which uses, as component A, a copolymer of acrylonitrile, styrene, and/or α-methylstyrene, phenylmaleimide, methyl methacrylate, or a mixture of these, b) from 5 to 95.2% by weight of one or more impact-modifying graft rubbers having no olefinic double bond in the rubber phase as component B, wherein the swelling index of component B is from 6 to 20 in toluene, and wherein the average particle diameter of component B, measured by HDC, is from 50 to 1200 nm, c) from 0.2 to 0.9% by weight of a compound of the formula as component C: d) from 0 to 0.9% by weight of a mixture of the formula as component D: e) from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula as component E: or from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula: or from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula: or from 0 to 0.5% by weight of a compound of the formula: f) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more additives, where these differ from components C, D, and E, as component F, and g) from 0 to 40% by weight of fibrous or particulate fillers as component G, with the proviso that if the amount of component D is 0% by weight the amount of component E is from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, particularly preferably from 0.2 to 0.5% by weight, of one or more of the compounds III, IV, V, or VI, where each of the % by weight values is based on the sum weight of components A to G, and the sum of these values is 100% by weight.
A method of operating a device for detecting a level of media in a tank (2, 200), with an elongated electrical probe conductor projecting essentially vertically into the tank (2, 200) and mountable such that said conductor is electrically insulated therefrom, a electrical time-variable oscillator having an internal impedance (Zg) for connection to a feed point of the probe conductor in order to apply a time-variable voltage thereto, wherein the feed point is arranged on a tank end of the probe conductor, and an evaluation and control unit for evaluating an electrical variable of the probe conductor, wherein the evaluation and control unit is designed for measuring a basepoint impedance of the probe conductor at the feed point, wherein for measuring the basepoint impedance an oscillation amplitude is measured at at least one frequency in order to determine the level, wherein the oscillator is operated consecutively at different frequencies in the form of a frequency sweep, wherein the oscillation amplitude is measured and recorded, wherein in such a recorded frequency spectrum (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22) a frequency position of at least one amplitude minimum (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 41, 42) is determined, characterised in that the method uses the device as a limit level monitor, in that it is checked whether the amplitude minimum of the measured frequency spectrum is within an evaluation window, which encompasses a frequency spectrum of around 50 MHz around the corresponding amplitude minimum of the frequency spectrum, which constitutes the dry curve, wherein dry curve shows the frequency spectrum of a probe conductor not immersed in the medium, and as long as this is the case, it is concluded in the evaluation and control unit that the level is below the probe conductor and the method uses the device for continuous determination of the level as soon as the end of the probe electrode opposite the feed point at least comes into contact with, or with part of its length projects into, the medium, in that the frequency position of the second amplitude minimum (26, 27, 28, 29, 30) of the measured frequency spectrum (18, 19, 20, 21, 22) is measured and provides a measure of the degree of immersion depth of the probe conductor in that the second amplitude minimum (26, 27, 28, 29, 30) is displaced to higher frequencies with increasing immersion depth and the frequency position of the third amplitude minimum of the measured frequency spectrum (18, 19, 20, 21, 22) is evaluated, wherein in an analogue manner its position displacement depends on the immersion depth, wherein differentiation of the second and third amplitude minima takes place in the sense of a clear assignment of a position of an amplitude minimum to an immersion depth in that the quality of the amplitude minima is also determined and evaluated, and wherein the fact that there is no signal in the evaluation window is always used as an additional criterion for the continuous determination of the level.
A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising: a housing comprising an upright handle assembly including a supply tank receiver comprising a seat, a void at least partially defining the seat and a cleaning head mounted to the upright handle assembly; a fluid delivery system comprising a supply tank removably mounted on the housing and a fluid distributor; a fluid recovery system having a recovery tank removably mounted on the housing, an extraction nozzle, and a suction source; a supply tank latch including a latch member selectively moveable between a retracted position and an extended position and a biasing member (134, 334) configured to bias the latch member (132, 332) into the extended position, wherein the latch member is configured for securing the supply tank within the supply tank receiver when it is in the extended position and characterized in that at least a portion of the the latch member is hidden when the supply tank is seated in the supply tank receiver. a housing comprising an upright handle assembly including a supply tank receiver comprising a seat, a void at least partially defining the seat and a cleaning head mounted to the upright handle assembly; a fluid delivery system comprising a supply tank removably mounted on the housing and a fluid distributor; a fluid recovery system having a recovery tank removably mounted on the housing, an extraction nozzle, and a suction source; a supply tank latch including a latch member selectively moveable between a retracted position and an extended position and a biasing member (134, 334) configured to bias the latch member (132, 332) into the extended position, wherein the latch member is configured for securing the supply tank within the supply tank receiver when it is in the extended position and characterized in that at least a portion of the the latch member is hidden when the supply tank is seated in the supply tank receiver.
A composition comprising: a) an aqueous dispersion of: i) polymer particles functionalized with from 0.1 to 2 weight percent structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer or salt thereof, based on the weight of the polymer particles; and ii) TiO 2 particles; b) a first dispersant having an M n in the range of from 500 to 20,000 Daltons and comprising from 50 to 100 percent by weight structural units of a sulfur acid monomer or a salt thereof, based on the weight of the first dispersant selected from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and salts thereof, vinyl sulfonic acid and salts thereof, 2-sulfoethyl acrylate, 2-sulfoethyl methacrylate, 3-sulfopropyl acrylate, 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate, sodium styrene sulfonate, and 2-propene-1-sulfonic acid and salts thereof, as well as combinations thereof; and c) a second dispersant having an M n in the range of from 300 to 50,000 Daltons and comprising, based on the weight of the second dispersant, from 20 to 100 weight percent structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or a salt thereof or an anhydride thereof, selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid and maleic anhydride; wherein the weight to weight ratio of the first to the second dispersant is from 25:75 to 90:10; and wherein the weight percent of the first and second dispersants is from 0.1 to 10 weight percent, based on the weight of the polymer particles and the TiO 2 particles. a) an aqueous dispersion of: i) polymer particles functionalized with from 0.1 to 2 weight percent structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer or salt thereof, based on the weight of the polymer particles; and ii) TiO 2 particles; i) polymer particles functionalized with from 0.1 to 2 weight percent structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer or salt thereof, based on the weight of the polymer particles; and ii) TiO 2 particles; b) a first dispersant having an M n in the range of from 500 to 20,000 Daltons and comprising from 50 to 100 percent by weight structural units of a sulfur acid monomer or a salt thereof, based on the weight of the first dispersant selected from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and salts thereof, vinyl sulfonic acid and salts thereof, 2-sulfoethyl acrylate, 2-sulfoethyl methacrylate, 3-sulfopropyl acrylate, 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate, sodium styrene sulfonate, and 2-propene-1-sulfonic acid and salts thereof, as well as combinations thereof; and c) a second dispersant having an M n in the range of from 300 to 50,000 Daltons and comprising, based on the weight of the second dispersant, from 20 to 100 weight percent structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or a salt thereof or an anhydride thereof, selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid and maleic anhydride;
A protection system comprising: a net including flexible, low breaking strength intersecting lines connected at nodes; a frame supporting the net and positioning the net at a spaced relationship from a vehicle and/or structure; and hard points disposed at least at select net nodes, the hard points including: a multi-sided body with a cavity therein behind a front face thereof, a protrusion extending outwardly from the front face, and a plug received in the cavity locking a net node in the cavity and securing the hard point to the net node in a pivotable fashion. a net including flexible, low breaking strength intersecting lines connected at nodes; a frame supporting the net and positioning the net at a spaced relationship from a vehicle and/or structure; and hard points disposed at least at select net nodes, the hard points including: a multi-sided body with a cavity therein behind a front face thereof, a protrusion extending outwardly from the front face, and a plug received in the cavity locking a net node in the cavity and securing the hard point to the net node in a pivotable fashion. a multi-sided body with a cavity therein behind a front face thereof, a protrusion extending outwardly from the front face, and a plug received in the cavity locking a net node in the cavity and securing the hard point to the net node in a pivotable fashion.
A method, in a scheduling apparatus of a wireless network, for scheduling MIMO communication between a mobile terminal (0, 1, 2) and multiple cooperative base stations (a, b, c) located in a cooperative area under the control of said scheduling apparatus, comprising the steps of: a. acquiring signal-quality-related information between each of said multiple cooperative base stations (a, b, c) and corresponding multiple mobile terminals (0, 1, 2) in vicinity of the base station; b. when a signal-quality-related information relevant to a mobile terminal (0, 1, 2) indicates that the difference among the quality of multiple optimal signals is less than a first predetermined threshold, indicating at least two base stations (a, b) among the multiple base stations (a, b, c) relevant to said quality of multiple optimal signals to serve as service base stations of said mobile terminal and transmit, via the same time-frequency resource, a downlink signal to said mobile terminal. a. acquiring signal-quality-related information between each of said multiple cooperative base stations (a, b, c) and corresponding multiple mobile terminals (0, 1, 2) in vicinity of the base station; b. when a signal-quality-related information relevant to a mobile terminal (0, 1, 2) indicates that the difference among the quality of multiple optimal signals is less than a first predetermined threshold, indicating at least two base stations (a, b) among the multiple base stations (a, b, c) relevant to said quality of multiple optimal signals to serve as service base stations of said mobile terminal and transmit, via the same time-frequency resource, a downlink signal to said mobile terminal.