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Switching device for switching the flow of a fluid, wherein the switching device comprises: a fluid conduit comprising a first inlet for said fluid and a first outlet, a first switching fluid conduit comprising a second inlet for a switching fluid, which first switching fluid conduit is configured in fluid connection with the fluid conduit at a first position between the first inlet and the first outlet, an exhaust conduit comprising a second outlet, which exhaust conduit is configured in fluid connection with the fluid conduit at a second position between the first inlet and the first position, and a control device configured for controlling the flow of the switching fluid into the fluid conduit, wherein the switching device further comprises a second switching fluid conduit which is configured in fluid connection with the exhaust conduit and the first switching fluid conduit, wherein the control device is configured for controlling the flow of the switching fluid into the first switching fluid conduit and/or the second switching fluid conduit, and wherein the control device has a first condition, in which the control device is configured for substantially preventing a flow of any fluid to enter the fluid conduit at the first position, and a second condition, in which the control device is configured to allow a flow of the switching fluid into the fluid conduit. a fluid conduit comprising a first inlet for said fluid and a first outlet, a first switching fluid conduit comprising a second inlet for a switching fluid, which first switching fluid conduit is configured in fluid connection with the fluid conduit at a first position between the first inlet and the first outlet, an exhaust conduit comprising a second outlet, which exhaust conduit is configured in fluid connection with the fluid conduit at a second position between the first inlet and the first position, and a control device configured for controlling the flow of the switching fluid into the fluid conduit, wherein the switching device further comprises a second switching fluid conduit which is configured in fluid connection with the exhaust conduit and the first switching fluid conduit, wherein the control device is configured for controlling the flow of the switching fluid into the first switching fluid conduit and/or the second switching fluid conduit, and wherein the control device has a first condition, in which the control device is configured for substantially preventing a flow of any fluid to enter the fluid conduit at the first position, and a second condition, in which the control device is configured to allow a flow of the switching fluid into the fluid conduit.
Hygienic tampon with improved capability of retaining a fluid, consisting of a radially compressed blank formed of a longitudinal section of a fibrous band having the width and being wound around the longitudinal geometric axis of the tampon, wherein said fibrous band consists of cotton or viscose fibers or a mixture of cotton and viscose fibers, and wherein the density of said fibrous band amounts around 0,6 g/cm 3, and wherein such tampon is furnished with a gradually narrowed and slightly rounded tip located at its front end portion for the purposes of facilitating insertion of the tampon into a vaginal cavity, while on the rear end portion a withdrawal thread is foreseen, which is intended for removal the tampon including each fluid absorbed therein from said vaginal cavity, characterized in that a barrier is foreseen adjacent to the rear end portion of the tampon, which prevents migration of fluid along the tampon, namely in one or another direction along the longitudinal geometric axis of the tampon, wherein said barrier is formed by means of a highly compressed area on the fibrous band, which is located at a distance apart from the rear end portion of the tampon, wherein the density of fibers within said area is at least three times greater than in residual portions of the fibrous band i.e. of the tampon and amounts at least 2 g/cm 3.
A honeycomb structure comprising: porous partition walls arranged to define a plurality of cells connecting two end faces to each other; and plugging portions arranged to plug the cells in at least one of the end faces, wherein the porosity of each plugging portion is in a range of 50 to 90%, and wherein, as seen in a section including the central axis of the plugging portion, the area of pores each having a sectional area of 0.15 mm 2 or more is 30% or more with respect to total pore area in said section, wherein among said pores each having the sectional area of 0.15 mm 2 or more in said section including the central axis of the plugging portion, the center of gravity of each of half or more of the pores is, in a section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cell, within a circle having a diameter of one-quarter of the diameter of an inscribed circle of the cell and centering on the center of said inscribed circle, and 80% or less of the pores each having a sectional area of 0.15 mm 2 or more in said section have their center of gravity within said circle.. porous partition walls arranged to define a plurality of cells connecting two end faces to each other; and plugging portions arranged to plug the cells in at least one of the end faces, wherein the porosity of each plugging portion is in a range of 50 to 90%, and wherein, as seen in a section including the central axis of the plugging portion, the area of pores each having a sectional area of 0.15 mm 2 or more is 30% or more with respect to total pore area in said section, wherein among said pores each having the sectional area of 0.15 mm 2 or more in said section including the central axis of the plugging portion, the center of gravity of each of half or more of the pores is, in a section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cell, within a circle having a diameter of one-quarter of the diameter of an inscribed circle of the cell and centering on the center of said inscribed circle, and 80% or less of the pores each having a sectional area of 0.15 mm 2 or more in said section have their center of gravity within said circle..
An arc detector for detecting undesired arcs comprising: an antenna for receiving an electromagnetic signal representing an arc; and a discriminator for analysing a signal from said antenna, said discriminator comprising a spectrum analyser arranged to detect whether said signal represents a normal arc or an undesired arc, characterised in that said discriminator is arranged to detect whether said signal represents a normal arc or an undesired arc by comparing signal levels at frequencies of a spectrum of said signal corresponding to at least one partial reference spectrum, and determining said arc to be a normal arc if a deviation from said reference spectrum is less than a threshold deviation. an antenna for receiving an electromagnetic signal representing an arc; and a discriminator for analysing a signal from said antenna, said discriminator comprising a spectrum analyser arranged to detect whether said signal represents a normal arc or an undesired arc, characterised in that said discriminator is arranged to detect whether said signal represents a normal arc or an undesired arc by comparing signal levels at frequencies of a spectrum of said signal corresponding to at least one partial reference spectrum, and determining said arc to be a normal arc if a deviation from said reference spectrum is less than a threshold deviation.
Portable, hand-held cut-off grinding machine having: ▪ a supporting housing part, ▪ a cut-off grinding disc with a disc diameter, ▪ an output shaft which is mounted on the housing part by means of a bearing element so as to be rotatable about an output axis, ▪ a drive motor and a transmission device which connects the drive motor to the output shaft, wherein the transmission device is arranged on the housing part, ▪ a flange with a flange diameter (d f), wherein the cut-off grinding disc is able to be arranged in a rotationally conjoint manner on the output shaft by means of the flange, and ▪ a protective hood with a covering region, which at least partially covers the cut-off grinding disc, and with a machining region, which exposes the cut-off grinding disc, wherein the protective hood is mounted on the housing part so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, characterized in that the flange diameter (d f) of the flange corresponds to a minimum flange diameter (d min), and the protective hood, over a first angle range (θ 1), the supporting housing part, over a second angle range (θ 2), and the transmission device, over a third angle range (θ 3), have maximum distances (b 1, b 2, b 3) from the output axis which are less than or equal to half the minimum flange diameter (d min). ▪ a supporting housing part, ▪ a cut-off grinding disc with a disc diameter, ▪ an output shaft which is mounted on the housing part by means of a bearing element so as to be rotatable about an output axis, ▪ a drive motor and a transmission device which connects the drive motor to the output shaft, wherein the transmission device is arranged on the housing part, ▪ a flange with a flange diameter (d f), wherein the cut-off grinding disc is able to be arranged in a rotationally conjoint manner on the output shaft by means of the flange, and ▪ a protective hood with a covering region, which at least partially covers the cut-off grinding disc, and with a machining region, which exposes the cut-off grinding disc, wherein the protective hood is mounted on the housing part so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis,
A control method for guiding the motion of a laser beam of a device for laser material processing, a laser focus of the laser beam being guided by means of a scanning head of the device along a path comprising at least one path segment (19, 20, 21), a beam direction of the laser beam comprising an initial value at an initial position (22, 23, 24) of the path segment (19, 20, 21) and a final value at an end position (25, 26, 27) of the path segment (19, 20, 21) downstream in the direction of motion, characterized in that interpolation values for the beam direction are determined, particularly by a control unit of the device, between the initial position (22, 23, 24) and the final position (25, 26, 27) of the path segment (19, 20, 21), in that the beam direction is interpolated from the initial value thereof to the final value thereof, and that the beam direction of the laser beam is controlled within the path segment (19, 20, 21) by considering the interpolated values. a laser focus of the laser beam being guided by means of a scanning head of the device along a path comprising at least one path segment (19, 20, 21), a beam direction of the laser beam comprising an initial value at an initial position (22, 23, 24) of the path segment (19, 20, 21) and a final value at an end position (25, 26, 27) of the path segment (19, 20, 21) downstream in the direction of motion, characterized in that interpolation values for the beam direction are determined, particularly by a control unit of the device, between the initial position (22, 23, 24) and the final position (25, 26, 27) of the path segment (19, 20, 21), in that the beam direction is interpolated from the initial value thereof to the final value thereof, and that the beam direction of the laser beam is controlled within the path segment (19, 20, 21) by considering the interpolated values.
Method for generating an asynchronous trigger signal in a position measuring device, having a position detection unit, a processor unit and an interface unit, wherein the position measuring device is connectable to sequent electronics via the interface unit and a bidirectional data transmission channel (41, 50, 51) for the purpose of communication, having the following steps: • generating a synchronous data stream (S_DS) from an asynchronous data stream (A_DS), which arrives at the position measuring device from the direction of the sequent electronics, by sampling the asynchronous data stream (A_DS) in the temporal framework of an operating clock signal, • generating a gate signal on determination of an enable condition for the output of the trigger signal by evaluating the synchronous data stream (S_DS), and • generating the trigger signal when the gate signal is present and when a signal edge of the asynchronous data stream (A_DS) occurs. • generating a synchronous data stream (S_DS) from an asynchronous data stream (A_DS), which arrives at the position measuring device from the direction of the sequent electronics, by sampling the asynchronous data stream (A_DS) in the temporal framework of an operating clock signal, • generating a gate signal on determination of an enable condition for the output of the trigger signal by evaluating the synchronous data stream (S_DS), and • generating the trigger signal when the gate signal is present and when a signal edge of the asynchronous data stream (A_DS) occurs.
A rectangular baler comprising a bale chamber delimited by a plurality of walls (70, 80) including a movable wall section, an actuator (71; 71a, 71b) for exerting a pressure on the movable wall section, a plunger for compressing crop material in the bale chamber, and a control system configured to control the plunger to perform cyclic plunger strokes such that in each stroke the plunger force exerted by the plunger on the crop material increases to reach a maximum plunger force (Fmax) to compress a newly inserted slice of crop material, characterized in that the control system comprises: a first module configured to measure, during a plunger stroke at consecutive moments in time, a plurality of first values for the pressure (Pd) in the actuator and/or for the plunger force exerted by the plunger; a control module configured to control at least one baling setting influencing the compressing of the crop material in the bale chamber in function of the plurality of first values; wherein said plurality of first values characterize at least a phase of said plunger stroke before the plunger force reaches the maximum plunger force (Fmax). a first module configured to measure, during a plunger stroke at consecutive moments in time, a plurality of first values for the pressure (Pd) in the actuator and/or for the plunger force exerted by the plunger; a control module configured to control at least one baling setting influencing the compressing of the crop material in the bale chamber in function of the plurality of first values; wherein said plurality of first values characterize at least a phase of said plunger stroke before the plunger force reaches the maximum plunger force (Fmax).
A plate pack for a clutch in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein plates are provided for contacting counter plates in order to transfer torque, wherein at least one of the plates has a main body having a contact region for absorbing torque from or transferring torque to a counter plate, wherein a toothed region is provided for being in torque-transmitting contact with a plate carrier, wherein a region of specific elastic softness, which is formed as a steel spring plate region, is introduced in the axial direction between the contact region and the toothed region, characterised in that the toothed region is formed integrally with the steel spring plate region.
A transmittance-variable device comprising a first guest host layer and a second guest host layer disposed to be superposed on each other, and a phase difference element, wherein the first and second guest host layers (10, 20) each comprise a liquid crystal host and a dichroic dye guest, wherein the liquid crystal hosts in the first and second guest host layers (10, 20) are oriented parallel to a surface of the respective guest host layer (10, 20), either when a voltage is applied or when no voltage is applied, such that their optical axes are parallel to each other, wherein the optical axes comprise at least one of: a long axis direction of a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound and a normal direction of a disc-shaped compound, wherein the phase difference element is disposed between the first and second guest host layers (10, 20), characterized in that the phase difference element is having a λ/2 phase delay characteristic, and in that an angle formed by a slow axis of the phase difference element and an optical axis of the liquid crystal host in the guest host layers (10, 20) upon parallel orientation is in a range of 35 degrees to 55 degrees. wherein the first and second guest host layers (10, 20) each comprise a liquid crystal host and a dichroic dye guest, wherein the liquid crystal hosts in the first and second guest host layers (10, 20) are oriented parallel to a surface of the respective guest host layer (10, 20), either when a voltage is applied or when no voltage is applied, such that their optical axes are parallel to each other, wherein the optical axes comprise at least one of: a long axis direction of a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound and a normal direction of a disc-shaped compound, wherein the phase difference element is disposed between the first and second guest host layers (10, 20), characterized in that the phase difference element is having a λ/2 phase delay characteristic, and in that an angle formed by a slow axis of the phase difference element and an optical axis of the liquid crystal host in the guest host layers (10, 20) upon parallel orientation is in a range of 35 degrees to 55 degrees.
A method of efficiently transmitting a plurality of information elements via an information channel from a Long Term Evolution, LTE, compliant macrocell within a cellular network, the method comprising: assigning an age-related value to each of the plurality of information elements, wherein the information channel comprises a pilot channel; for each transmission of the information channel: identifying a threshold age value; determining a subset of the plurality of information elements to be transmitted based at least in part on the threshold age value and the age value of each information element; and transmitting: a detection element, the detection element being a preamble identifying the threshold age value; a pointer, the pointer identifying the subset of information elements; and the subset of information elements. assigning an age-related value to each of the plurality of information elements, wherein the information channel comprises a pilot channel; for each transmission of the information channel: identifying a threshold age value; determining a subset of the plurality of information elements to be transmitted based at least in part on the threshold age value and the age value of each information element; and transmitting: a detection element, the detection element being a preamble identifying the threshold age value; a pointer, the pointer identifying the subset of information elements; and the subset of information elements. identifying a threshold age value; determining a subset of the plurality of information elements to be transmitted based at least in part on the threshold age value and the age value of each information element; and transmitting: a detection element, the detection element being a preamble identifying the threshold age value; a pointer, the pointer identifying the subset of information elements; and the subset of information elements. a detection element, the detection element being a preamble identifying the threshold age value; a pointer, the pointer identifying the subset of information elements; and the subset of information elements.
A method for preparing a photomask suitable for pattern transfer using exposure light of wavelength up to 200 nm from a photomask blank, the photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate, a resistance layer disposed at the outermost level on a side remote from the substrate and having a resistivity of at least 0.1 Ω·cm, and a conductive layer disposed contiguous to the surface of the resistance layer adjacent to the substrate and having a resistivity of less than 0.1 Ω·cm, the resistance layer being a single layer or a multilayer structure consisting of at least two sublayers, said method comprising furnishing a said photomask blank wherein the thicknesses and resistivities of said layers satisfy the relation: 1.5 × 10 5 ≥ A × α + ρ c / d c wherein ρ c is the resistivity of the conductive layer in Ω·cm as measured by the four-terminal method, d c is the thickness of the conductive layer in cm, α is a constant of 1×10 5 cm -2 and A is an index of resistance of the resistance layer, being the product of said resistivity thereof in Ω·cm and said thickness thereof in cm when the resistance layer is a single layer, or the sum of the products of the resistivities and thicknesses of the sublayers when the resistance layer is a multilayer structure, provided that if a said resistivity value is more than 7.5×105 Ω·cm, that resistivity is taken as being 7.5×105 Ω·cm, said method further comprising the steps of forming a photoresist film on the resistance layer, contacting a grounding terminal with the resistance layer, forcing the grounding terminal to press the resistance layer to such an extent as to establish electric conduction between the grounding terminal and the conductive layer, and performing EB writing on the photoresist film in the grounded state. ρ c is the resistivity of the conductive layer in Ω·cm as measured by the four-terminal method, d c is the thickness of the conductive layer in cm, α is a constant of 1×10 5 cm -2 and A is an index of resistance of the resistance layer, being the product of said resistivity thereof in Ω·cm and said thickness thereof in cm when the resistance layer is a single layer, or the sum of the products of the resistivities and thicknesses of the sublayers when the resistance layer is a multilayer structure, provided that if a said resistivity value is more than 7.5×105 Ω·cm, that resistivity is taken as being 7.5×105 Ω·cm,
A computer-implemented conferencing system (100, 400) that supports a plurality of distributed media components (104, 110, 112, 404) for disparate media types such as data, audio, video and instant messaging for client participation in a conference session, the conferencing system comprising: the plurality of distributed media components (104, 110, 112, 404) for interfacing clients (106, 108, 420) to the conference session via disparate media types; and a conference control component (102, 402) for centralized control of the conference session adapted to assess availability of distributed media components supporting requested media types among the plurality of distributed media components, the conference control component comprising an allocation component for allocating one or more of the distributed media components supporting the requested media types to the conference session, the conference control component being further adapted to return to a client a uniform resource identifier, URI, address associated with each of the media components, wherein session participants access the session via one of the media components. the plurality of distributed media components (104, 110, 112, 404) for interfacing clients (106, 108, 420) to the conference session via disparate media types; and a conference control component (102, 402) for centralized control of the conference session adapted to assess availability of distributed media components supporting requested media types among the plurality of distributed media components, the conference control component comprising an allocation component for allocating one or more of the distributed media components supporting the requested media types to the conference session, the conference control component being further adapted to return to a client a uniform resource identifier, URI, address associated with each of the media components,