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Security element for a security paper or value document, comprising a carrier having a reflective areal region divided into a multiplicity of reflective pixels, the area of each pixel being smaller than the area of the reflective areal region by at least one order of magnitude, each pixel having at least one reflective facet formed in a surface of the carrier, the at least one reflective facet reflecting light incident along a predetermined direction on the areal region directionally in a reflection direction predefined by the orientation of said facet, characterized in that the orientations of the facets of different pixels have a substantially random variation over the reflective areal region, and in that the orientations of the facets of different pixels have a substantially random variation only in one of the parameters determining the orientation of the facets. the area of each pixel being smaller than the area of the reflective areal region by at least one order of magnitude, each pixel having at least one reflective facet formed in a surface of the carrier, the at least one reflective facet reflecting light incident along a predetermined direction on the areal region directionally in a reflection direction predefined by the orientation of said facet, characterized in that the orientations of the facets of different pixels have a substantially random variation over the reflective areal region, and in that the orientations of the facets of different pixels have a substantially random variation only in one of the parameters determining the orientation of the facets.
A method for preparing alkali cellulose, comprising steps of: bringing pulp into continuous contact with an alkali metal hydroxide solution in a rotary feeder type contactor to generate a contact mixture and draining the contact mixture, wherein a weight ratio of alkali metal hydroxide contained by a cake obtained in the step of draining to a solid portion contained by the pulp is 0.90 to 1.30. bringing pulp into continuous contact with an alkali metal hydroxide solution in a rotary feeder type contactor to generate a contact mixture and draining the contact mixture, wherein a weight ratio of alkali metal hydroxide contained by a cake obtained in the step of draining to a solid portion contained by the pulp is 0.90 to 1.30.
Concrete block manufacturing device for distributing pourable material, in particular granulate, to form a surface layer of such material on a concrete block basic element, at least one component of a pourable material being feedable to the device, comprising a feeder element, a distribution device and at least one opening element; the device for portioning the pourable material comprising a portioning device which comprises a spiked roller having separating elements; the spiked roller being able to perform a rotational movement about a longitudinal axis and the pourable material being reposable between the separating elements and dischargeable via an opening element on the underside of the portioning device, characterized in that the pourable material is feedable to the feeder element at one point, i.e. zero-dimensionally, the distribution device being connected to the feeder element and the pourable material then being distributable evenly via the distribution device over a linear distribution course, i.e. one-dimensionally; the distribution device comprising a spiral or helical conveying unit which can perform a rotational movement about a longitudinal axis, whereby the pourable material is evenly distributable over the length of the conveying unit as the distribution course, and the distribution device is connected to the at least one opening element and the pourable material is evenly dischargeable via the opening element over a distribution course and applicable via this opening element to a surface of the concrete block basic element to form a linear pouring course, the longitudinal axis of the portioning device being aligned preferably parallel to and underneath the longitudinal axis of the distribution device.
A line delivery apparatus having a barrel configured to receive and to expel a projectile by use of the expansion of a compressed gas, the barrel having an open end and a closed end, wherein the apparatus includes a pre-charge chamber having one or more inlet ports which communicate with a source of compressed gas, and the pre-charge chamber having one or more outlet ports which communicate with the closed end of the barrel, a gas power assisted triggering mechanism that includes a valve member, a trigger mechanism chamber that holds pressurized gas from the compressed gas source, a shuttle, and a manually operated trigger, wherein the triggering mechanism controls a flow of fluid through the or each outlet port, the triggering mechanism comprising the valve member which is movable between a first position in which the valve member prevents flow through the or each outlet port, and a second position in which the valve member does not prevent flow through the or each outlet port, and the valve member is held at the first position by pressurized gas from the compressed gas source that is held within the trigger mechanism chamber; wherein when the manually operated trigger is moved, the shuttle moves and the pressurised fluid held within the trigger mechanism chamber is released, and the valve member is then moved from the first position to the second position by the pressure of the fluid within the pre-charge chamber, allowing high pressure gases in the pre-charge chamber to exit through the outlet ports and into the closed end of the barrel.
A vehicle safety system, comprising: a steering wheel configured to be translated between a first, operational configuration and a second, deployed configuration, wherein in the second configuration the steering wheel is positioned laterally relative to the first configuration, and wherein the steering wheel is configured to be repositioned between the first configuration and the second configuration; and an airbag cushion housed in the steering wheel; and a steering wheel actuator configured to translate the steering wheel laterally from the first configuration to the second configuration, upon detection of a predetermined characteristic of an impact. a steering wheel configured to be translated between a first, operational configuration and a second, deployed configuration, wherein in the second configuration the steering wheel is positioned laterally relative to the first configuration, and wherein the steering wheel is configured to be repositioned between the first configuration and the second configuration; and an airbag cushion housed in the steering wheel; and a steering wheel actuator configured to translate the steering wheel laterally from the first configuration to the second configuration, upon detection of a predetermined characteristic of an impact.
A planar waveguide comprising: a crystalline upper planar cladding layer; a crystalline lower planar cladding layer, said lower planar cladding layer being parallel with said upper planar cladding layer; and a glass core disposed between said upper and lower planar cladding layers, said core and said cladding layers having dissimilar indices of refraction; characterized in that the glass core is doped so as to have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is within 1 part per million per degree Celsius of that of the crystalline cladding layers; in that the crystalline cladding layers have a thermal conductivity >10W/m°C; and in that the glass core has a thickness less than 2 x 10 -4 m, and has a width-to-thickness ratio equal to or greater than 100 to 1. a crystalline upper planar cladding layer; a crystalline lower planar cladding layer, said lower planar cladding layer being parallel with said upper planar cladding layer; and a glass core disposed between said upper and lower planar cladding layers, said core and said cladding layers having dissimilar indices of refraction; characterized in that the glass core is doped so as to have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is within 1 part per million per degree Celsius of that of the crystalline cladding layers; in that the crystalline cladding layers have a thermal conductivity >10W/m°C; and in that the glass core has a thickness less than 2 x 10 -4 m, and has a width-to-thickness ratio equal to or greater than 100 to 1.
An automated safety system of an industrial facility including a plurality of sensors for taking measurements of an industrial process, a plurality of actuators for executing operations which depend on measurement signals delivered by said sensors, at least one first treatment line and at least one second treatment line linking the sensors and the actuators, the first treatment line includes at least one first treatment unit implementing a first technology whereas the second treatment line includes at least one second treatment unit implementing a second technology different from the first technology so as to provide a partial redundancy of at least one critical safety function of the industrial facility, characterised in that it includes at least one independent testing module of said first and second treatment lines adapted to substitute test signals for the measurement signals delivered by the sensors, and to compare the responses delivered at the outputs and, respectively of the first and second treatment units and, with pre-registered standard signals.
A method of transmitting channel status information, CSI, by a first user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a modulation coding scheme, MCS, table configuration for a resource pool; transmitting, by the first UE to a second UE, sidelink UE capability information including first MCS table information supported by the first UE; receiving, through physical sidelink control channel, PSCCH, second MCS table information from the second UE by the first UE; receiving, from the second UE by the first UE, a channel status information-reference signal, CSI-RS, and a physical sidelink shared channel, PSSCH, related to the received PSCCH; deriving CSI information based on the CSI-RS; and transmitting a CSI report including the CSI information to the second UE by the first UE, wherein a MCS table for the CSI information is determined based on the second MCS table information received from the second UE. receiving a modulation coding scheme, MCS, table configuration for a resource pool; transmitting, by the first UE to a second UE, sidelink UE capability information including first MCS table information supported by the first UE; receiving, through physical sidelink control channel, PSCCH, second MCS table information from the second UE by the first UE; receiving, from the second UE by the first UE, a channel status information-reference signal, CSI-RS, and a physical sidelink shared channel, PSSCH, related to the received PSCCH; deriving CSI information based on the CSI-RS; and transmitting a CSI report including the CSI information to the second UE by the first UE, wherein a MCS table for the CSI information is determined based on the second MCS table information received from the second UE.
A face cover device providing a closure over a predetermined area of a face, having a functional part and a face rest part which are interconnected by one connecting section or a plurality of connecting sections (3, 8), characterized in that the one connecting section or at least one of the plurality of connecting sections is an adjustable connecting section that allows for adjusting the lateral position of the face rest part relative to the functional part in a direction parallel to the surface of a user's face by selecting one of a plurality of predetermined positions of the adjustable connecting section, thereby adapting the face rest part to the shape of the face.
Pressure regulation valve for an air treatment system of a utility vehicle, with a housing, with at least one compressed-air connection (53, 54) and with at least one first pressure regulation chamber into which the pressure connection (53, 54) opens, wherein the pressure regulation chamber has a variable volume delimited by at least one wall section of the housing and by a first pneumatically effective surface of a pressure regulation piston that is guided and can move in the housing, and furthermore wherein a first regulation channel is provided, which in at least one first position of the pressure regulation piston is not connected to the pressure regulation chamber and in at least one second position of the pressure regulation piston is connected to the pressure regulation chamber, wherein the pressure regulation piston also comprises a peg which protrudes out of the said first pneumatically effective surface of the pressure regulation piston and at the end of which there is a second pneumatically effective surface, such that the peg extends through the said wall section in a pneumatically sealed manner.
A continuous sol-gel process for producing silicate-containing glasses and glass ceramics, comprising the following steps: (a) continuously feeding a silicon tetraalkoxide, a silicon alkoxide with at least one non-alcoholic functional group and an alcohol into a first reactor, and at least partially hydrolyzing by the addition of a mineral acid to obtain a first product stream; (b) continuously providing a second product stream in a second reactor by feeding a metal alkoxide component or continuously mixing an alcohol and a metal alkoxide component; (c) continuously mixing product streams and in a third reactor for producing a presol to obtain a third product stream; (d) continuously adding water or a diluted acid to the product stream to obtain a sol (gelation); (e) continuously filling the emerging sol into molds to obtain an aquagel; (f) drying the aquagels to obtain xerogels; (g) sintering the xerogels to obtain silicate-containing glasses and glass ceramics, wherein calcination is performed at a temperature from 700 to 900 °C, followed by sintering at a temperature from 950 to 1100 °C; and wherein the weight ratio of silicon tetraalkoxide and the silicon alkoxide with at least one non-alcoholic functional group is in the range of 15:1 to 5:1; and wherein the amount of metal oxide component in the silicate-containing glasses and glass ceramic is 20 to 55 wt.-%. (a) continuously feeding a silicon tetraalkoxide, a silicon alkoxide with at least one non-alcoholic functional group and an alcohol into a first reactor, and at least partially hydrolyzing by the addition of a mineral acid to obtain a first product stream; (b) continuously providing a second product stream in a second reactor by feeding a metal alkoxide component or continuously mixing an alcohol and a metal alkoxide component; (c) continuously mixing product streams and in a third reactor for producing a presol to obtain a third product stream; (d) continuously adding water or a diluted acid to the product stream to obtain a sol (gelation); (e) continuously filling the emerging sol into molds to obtain an aquagel; (f) drying the aquagels to obtain xerogels; (g) sintering the xerogels to obtain silicate-containing glasses and glass ceramics, wherein calcination is performed at a temperature from 700 to 900 °C, followed by sintering at a temperature from 950 to 1100 °C; and wherein the weight ratio of silicon tetraalkoxide and the silicon alkoxide with at least one non-alcoholic functional group is in the range of 15:1 to 5:1; and wherein the amount of metal oxide component in the silicate-containing glasses and glass ceramic is 20 to 55 wt.-%.
Condenser dryer having a process air duct, a drum for receiving items of laundry, a heat exchanger (5, 15) for condensing water from warm and humid process air, a control facility, at least one temperature sensor (27, 28, 29, 30) and an apparatus (11, 20, 32) for determining the quantity of water condensed in the heat exchanger, characterised in that the at least one temperature sensor (27, 28, 29, 30) is arranged in a cooling medium duct and/or in the process air duct and the control facility is designed to determine a loading of the drum with a drying mass of laundry on the basis of a temporal course of the temperature measured with the at least one temperature sensor (27, 28, 29, 30) and a temporal course of the quantity of condensed water, by the temporal course of the temperature measured with the at least one temperature sensor (27, 28, 29, 30) and the temporal course of the quantity of condensed water being determined for at least one predetermined period of time Δ t 1, and the loading of the drum being determined by comparison with an association between these temporal courses and the loading of the drum which is stored in the control facility.
An apparatus for predicting change in a physical index indicating body weight of a subject, comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a ketone body concentration excreted by the subject; a setting unit configured to set a time at or later than the present; a storage unit configured to store at least one ketone body concentration acquired by the acquisition unit; and a calculation unit configured to (i) calculate, based on the ketone body concentration, on the set time and on a past ketone body concentration stored in the storage unit, a temporary predicted value of change in a physical index of the subject when the set time elapses, (ii) determine a degree of increase in burning rate of body fat by the subject based on a change between the past ketone body concentration and a current ketone body concentration newly acquired by the acquisition unit, (iii) select an adjustment coefficient corresponding to the determined degree of increase in burning rate of body fat, (iv) calculate a final predicted value of change in a physical index of the subject by correcting the temporary predicted value in accordance with the selected adjustment coefficient, and (v) control a display to output the calculated final predicted value of change in a physical index of the subject. an acquisition unit configured to acquire a ketone body concentration excreted by the subject; a setting unit configured to set a time at or later than the present; a storage unit configured to store at least one ketone body concentration acquired by the acquisition unit; and a calculation unit configured to (i) calculate, based on the ketone body concentration, on the set time and on a past ketone body concentration stored in the storage unit, a temporary predicted value of change in a physical index of the subject when the set time elapses, (ii) determine a degree of increase in burning rate of body fat by the subject based on a change between the past ketone body concentration and a current ketone body concentration newly acquired by the acquisition unit, (iii) select an adjustment coefficient corresponding to the determined degree of increase in burning rate of body fat, (iv) calculate a final predicted value of change in a physical index of the subject by correcting the temporary predicted value in accordance with the selected adjustment coefficient, and (v) control a display to output the calculated final predicted value of change in a physical index of the subject.
A shoe of an automated process production, comprising: a shoe-upper material, being one-piece three-dimensional structure, and including a shoe-upper having an upper side and a lower side relative to the upper side and a footrest underside, and the lower side of the shoe-upper being coupled to the footrest underside along an edge of the footrest underside; a shoe sole, installed at the footrest underside; and a plastic material having a specific hardness, coated onto the upper side and the lower side of the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filled between the footrest underside and the shoe sole such that the shoe sole is glued to the footrest underside by the plastic material, and the plastic material forming at least one three-dimensional structured support member is attached onto the upper side and the lower side of the shoe-upper and the footrest underside to provide a supporting force to the whole shoe-upper material; wherein the shoe-upper material has a plurality of pores, and the plastic material is permeated into the plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material. a shoe-upper material, being one-piece three-dimensional structure, and including a shoe-upper having an upper side and a lower side relative to the upper side and a footrest underside, and the lower side of the shoe-upper being coupled to the footrest underside along an edge of the footrest underside; a shoe sole, installed at the footrest underside; and a plastic material having a specific hardness, coated onto the upper side and the lower side of the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filled between the footrest underside and the shoe sole such that the shoe sole is glued to the footrest underside by the plastic material, and the plastic material forming at least one three-dimensional structured support member is attached onto the upper side and the lower side of the shoe-upper and the footrest underside to provide a supporting force to the whole shoe-upper material; wherein the shoe-upper material has a plurality of pores, and the plastic material is permeated into the plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material.
A power module with wireless management function, for powering a wireless communication gateway including a wireless communication receiver, the power module comprising: a power converter for receiving and converting an external power into at least an operating voltage; a back-up battery for providing a back-up power to the wireless communication gateway when the external power interrupts or the power converter fails; a wireless communication transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a power warning signal to the wireless communication gateway when the external power interrupts or the power converter fails; a control and management circuit for connecting with the power converter, the back-up battery and the wireless communication transmitter, wherein the control and management circuit is configured to detect the states of the back-up battery and the external power, and to generate the power warning signal when the external power interrupts or the power converter fails; characterized by a DC power output end for outputting a DC power converted from the external power or outputting the back-up power to the wireless communication gateway, configured to power the wireless communication receiver of the wireless communication gateway so that the wireless communication gateway is capable of receiving the power warning signal provided from the power module. a power converter for receiving and converting an external power into at least an operating voltage; a back-up battery for providing a back-up power to the wireless communication gateway when the external power interrupts or the power converter fails; a wireless communication transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a power warning signal to the wireless communication gateway when the external power interrupts or the power converter fails; a control and management circuit for connecting with the power converter, the back-up battery and the wireless communication transmitter, wherein the control and management circuit is configured to detect the states of the back-up battery and the external power, and to generate the power warning signal when the external power interrupts or the power converter fails; characterized by a DC power output end for outputting a DC power converted from the external power or outputting the back-up power to the wireless communication gateway, configured to power the wireless communication receiver of the wireless communication gateway so that the wireless communication gateway is capable of receiving the power warning signal provided from the power module.