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Method of setting an operating mode of a safety system, comprising an access system which is connected with a control system controlling a machine, wherein the control system comprises a safety control, characterised by the following method steps: - twin-channel reading-out of signals of the access system into the control system, - carrying out a validity check of the signals of the access system in the control system, - wherein the control system releases the selection of an operating mode by way of an input unit only when valid signals of the access system are present, - performing a fault check of the selection of the operating mode in the safety control, and - switching over to the selected operating mode by the safety control after positive performance of a fault check. - twin-channel reading-out of signals of the access system into the control system, - carrying out a validity check of the signals of the access system in the control system, - wherein the control system releases the selection of an operating mode by way of an input unit only when valid signals of the access system are present, - performing a fault check of the selection of the operating mode in the safety control, and - switching over to the selected operating mode by the safety control after positive performance of a fault check.
Formulation, usable in particular for production of sheets and shaped bodies, comprising a base slurry, quartz glass particles and particles of crystallizable or at least partly crystallized multicomponent glass, where the proportion of the base slurry is 15% to 45% by weight, the base slurry contains water as dispersion medium with a content between 30% and 50% by weight and ultrafine SiO2 particles colloidally distributed therein with a proportion between 50% and 70% by weight, where the ultrafine SiO 2 particles have a particle size distribution D 50 in the range from 1 to 3 μm and/or a particle size distribution D 90 of less than 5 μm, and where the proportion of quartz glass particles in the formulation is 40% to 70% by weight and the proportion of crystallizable or at least partly crystallized multicomponent glass is 0.5% to 37% by weight.
A launching system for an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising: (a) a launcher rail; (b) a tape configured to travel a length of the launcher rail; (c) a shuttle secured to the tape at an interface and configured to secure and launch the unmanned aerial vehicle; (d) a drive mechanism, driven by an electric drive motor, for moving the shuttle along the launcher rail, comprising one of: i. a drive reel, to which one end of the tape is secured, for moving the tape along the launcher rail, wherein, in use, the tape is wound around the drive reel; or ii. a conveyor comprising a pulley for moving the tape in a loop; and characterised in that: (e) the interface comprises a detachable connection feature between the shuttle and the tape; (f) the launcher rail comprises a shuttle to tape separation point, and wherein, in use, the shuttle releases from the tape at the shuttle to tape separation point. (a) a launcher rail; (b) a tape configured to travel a length of the launcher rail; (c) a shuttle secured to the tape at an interface and configured to secure and launch the unmanned aerial vehicle; (d) a drive mechanism, driven by an electric drive motor, for moving the shuttle along the launcher rail, comprising one of: i. a drive reel, to which one end of the tape is secured, for moving the tape along the launcher rail, wherein, in use, the tape is wound around the drive reel; or ii. a conveyor comprising a pulley for moving the tape in a loop; and i. a drive reel, to which one end of the tape is secured, for moving the tape along the launcher rail, wherein, in use, the tape is wound around the drive reel; or ii. a conveyor comprising a pulley for moving the tape in a loop; and (e) the interface comprises a detachable connection feature between the shuttle and the tape; (f) the launcher rail comprises a shuttle to tape separation point, and wherein, in use, the shuttle releases from the tape at the shuttle to tape separation point.
An article comprising: a tool that holds and installs a pedicle screw, said tool having a shaft; an insertion angle tool for aligning insertion of said pedicle screw into spinal structure, said insertion angle tool comprising one or more extension arms, and a level indicator, characterized in that said one or more extension arms each comprise a tool receiving portion that receives therein said tool, said tool receiving portion is angled such that when said level indicator indicates said insertion angle tool to be level, the tool held in said tool receiving portion is properly aligned to insert the pedicle screw into a particular vertebra, and said tool receiving portion comprises a through hole formed through said extension arm, or a bent extremity of said extension arm through which the tool can snugly fit, or a hooked portion that hooks on to a receiving member mounted on the shaft of the tool that holds and installs a pedicle screw. a tool that holds and installs a pedicle screw, said tool having a shaft; an insertion angle tool for aligning insertion of said pedicle screw into spinal structure, said insertion angle tool comprising one or more extension arms, and a level indicator, characterized in that said one or more extension arms each comprise a tool receiving portion that receives therein said tool, said tool receiving portion is angled such that when said level indicator indicates said insertion angle tool to be level, the tool held in said tool receiving portion is properly aligned to insert the pedicle screw into a particular vertebra, and said tool receiving portion comprises a through hole formed through said extension arm, or a bent extremity of said extension arm through which the tool can snugly fit, or a hooked portion that hooks on to a receiving member mounted on the shaft of the tool that holds and installs a pedicle screw.
A suture/needle construct for stitching a graft comprising: a length of suture having a first section and a second section extending along the length of suture, a needle attached to the first section; a first bifurcation in the second section defining a third section and a fourth section extending along the length of suture; and a fifth section defined by a weaving together of the third section and the fourth section; wherein the second section, the third section, the fourth section and the fifth section define a first suture loop, characterised in that the suture/needle construct comprises a second bifurcation in the fifth section of the length of suture, wherein the second bifurcation defines suture tails (32, 34). a length of suture having a first section and a second section extending along the length of suture, a needle attached to the first section; a first bifurcation in the second section defining a third section and a fourth section extending along the length of suture; and a fifth section defined by a weaving together of the third section and the fourth section; wherein the second section, the third section, the fourth section and the fifth section define a first suture loop, characterised in that the suture/needle construct comprises a second bifurcation in the fifth section of the length of suture, wherein the second bifurcation defines suture tails (32, 34).
An ink refill container configured to refill ink to an ink tank (41 to 45) configured to store ink, the ink refill container comprising: a container main body comprising an ink storage chamber configured to store ink to be refilled to the ink tank; an ink outlet-forming portion that is provided on an end portion of the container main body, in which an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber is formed; and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion, configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable/closeable manner, and wherein the valve is provided with at least one or more slits in an elastic member configured to seal the ink outlet, and being arranged to open when the slit is pushed inward from outside the ink outlet the ink refill container comprising a positioning portion at a position on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion, the positioning portion being closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and wherein the positioning portion is provided so as to be positioned outside in a radial direction of the ink outlet when viewed from the central axis direction of the ink outlet, the positioning portion is configured to abut against a part of the ink tank when the valve is opened, so as to position the valve with respect to the ink tank. a container main body comprising an ink storage chamber configured to store ink to be refilled to the ink tank; an ink outlet-forming portion that is provided on an end portion of the container main body, in which an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber is formed; and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion, configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable/closeable manner, and wherein the valve is provided with at least one or more slits in an elastic member configured to seal the ink outlet, and being arranged to open when the slit is pushed inward from outside the ink outlet the ink refill container comprising a positioning portion at a position on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion, the positioning portion being closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and wherein the positioning portion is provided so as to be positioned outside in a radial direction of the ink outlet when viewed from the central axis direction of the ink outlet, the positioning portion is configured to abut against a part of the ink tank when the valve is opened, so as to position the valve with respect to the ink tank.
A network switch for auditing communications on a deterministic network, the network switch comprising one or more computing devices configured to: receive a data packet comprising at least a source address and a destination address; the computing device or devices are configured to determine whether the source address corresponds to a first electronic device on the deterministic network; determine whether the destination address corresponds to a second electronic device on the deterministic network, the second electronic device being different than the first electronic device; compare an actual value for a characteristic of the data packet against a reference value for the characteristic when the source address corresponds to the first electronic device and the destination address corresponds to the second electronic device; and transmit the data packet to the destination address when the actual value for the characteristic corresponds to the reference value for the characteristic; wherein the data packet comprises a header and a payload, wherein the header includes the source address and the destination address, wherein the payload includes data comprising one or more entries, and wherein the reference value of the characteristic comprises an approved range of values for the data; wherein the computing device or devices are further configured to reject the data packet when the actual value falls outside the approved range of values. receive a data packet comprising at least a source address and a destination address; the computing device or devices are configured to determine whether the source address corresponds to a first electronic device on the deterministic network; determine whether the destination address corresponds to a second electronic device on the deterministic network, the second electronic device being different than the first electronic device; compare an actual value for a characteristic of the data packet against a reference value for the characteristic when the source address corresponds to the first electronic device and the destination address corresponds to the second electronic device; and transmit the data packet to the destination address when the actual value for the characteristic corresponds to the reference value for the characteristic; wherein the data packet comprises a header and a payload, wherein the header includes the source address and the destination address, wherein the payload includes data comprising one or more entries, and wherein the reference value of the characteristic comprises an approved range of values for the data; wherein the computing device or devices are further configured to reject the data packet when the actual value falls outside the approved range of values.
A mechanical seal comprising: - a ring-shaped body constrainable to a shaft; - a thrust ring, axially connectable to the ring-shaped body; elastic elements being interposed between the ring-shaped body and the thrust ring; - a rotating ring, coaxial with the ring-shaped body and adjacent to the thrust ring, so that the latter is interposed between the ring-shaped body and the rotating ring; characterized in that said rotating ring is constrained to said thrust ring via first connection means comprising at least a setting plate having a first swallowtail-shaped protuberance. - a ring-shaped body constrainable to a shaft; - a thrust ring, axially connectable to the ring-shaped body; elastic elements being interposed between the ring-shaped body and the thrust ring; - a rotating ring, coaxial with the ring-shaped body and adjacent to the thrust ring, so that the latter is interposed between the ring-shaped body and the rotating ring;
A work vehicle comprising: a steering wheel; a steering cylinder (4a, 4b); a steering valve configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the steering cylinder (4a, 4b) in response to steering of the steering wheel; a feed line (13, 14) configured to feed the hydraulic fluid from the steering valve to the steering cylinder (4a, 4b); a return line (13, 14) configured to return the hydraulic fluid from the steering cylinder (4a, 4b) to the steering valve; an electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a) disposed between the feed line (13, 14) and the return line (13, 14); and characterized by a controller configured to open the electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a) in response to returning of the steering wheel and a sudden rise in an oil pressure in the feed line, and configured to close the electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a) after a predetermined time period from the opening of the electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a). a steering wheel; a steering cylinder (4a, 4b); a steering valve configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the steering cylinder (4a, 4b) in response to steering of the steering wheel; a feed line (13, 14) configured to feed the hydraulic fluid from the steering valve to the steering cylinder (4a, 4b); a return line (13, 14) configured to return the hydraulic fluid from the steering cylinder (4a, 4b) to the steering valve; an electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a) disposed between the feed line (13, 14) and the return line (13, 14); and characterized by a controller configured to open the electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a) in response to returning of the steering wheel and a sudden rise in an oil pressure in the feed line, and configured to close the electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a) after a predetermined time period from the opening of the electromagnetic valve (16a, 21a, 31a, 41a).
A laying head for forming an axially moving hot rolled product into a helical series of rings, said laying head comprising: a quill rotatable about an axis, said quill having a tubular body journalled for rotation between axially spaced bearings (14,16), and having a nose projecting axially and forwardly from said body; a product guide carried by said quill, said product guide having an entry end aligned with said axis and arranged to receive said product, and having an intermediate curved portion leading from said entry end to a delivery end spaced radially from said axis and from which said product is discharged as said helical series of rings; a guide trough providing a helical extension of said product guide, the laying head being characterized in that the intermediate curved portion and delivery end of said product guide and said guide trough are carried on a continuous helical support on the nose of said quill a quill rotatable about an axis, said quill having a tubular body journalled for rotation between axially spaced bearings (14,16), and having a nose projecting axially and forwardly from said body; a product guide carried by said quill, said product guide having an entry end aligned with said axis and arranged to receive said product, and having an intermediate curved portion leading from said entry end to a delivery end spaced radially from said axis and from which said product is discharged as said helical series of rings; a guide trough providing a helical extension of said product guide, the laying head being characterized in that the intermediate curved portion and delivery end of said product guide and said guide trough are carried on a continuous helical support on the nose of said quill
An optical coherence tomography method that divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light and acquires a tomographic image of an object on a basis of a wavelength spectrum of interfering light of the reference light and return light, the return light returning from the object upon applying the measurement light onto the object, the optical coherence tomography method comprising the steps of: acquiring a measurement image based on the wavelength spectrum of the interfering light at each of a plurality of measurement regions (Z -Z(i)) of the object adjacent to one another in a direction of irradiation of the measurement light, thereby adjusting the position of the coherence gate and the focal position to positions corresponding to the respective measurement region (Z -Z(i)); correcting, for every measurement region (Z -Z(i)), a contrast of the measurement image based on an intensity change in the measurement region (Z -Z(i)) corresponding to the measurement image in the direction of irradiation; and acquiring, for every measurement region (Z -Z(i)), a tomographic image from the corrected measurement image. acquiring a measurement image based on the wavelength spectrum of the interfering light at each of a plurality of measurement regions (Z -Z(i)) of the object adjacent to one another in a direction of irradiation of the measurement light, thereby adjusting the position of the coherence gate and the focal position to positions corresponding to the respective measurement region (Z -Z(i)); correcting, for every measurement region (Z -Z(i)), a contrast of the measurement image based on an intensity change in the measurement region (Z -Z(i)) corresponding to the measurement image in the direction of irradiation; and acquiring, for every measurement region (Z -Z(i)), a tomographic image from the corrected measurement image.
A method for video coding with sample adaptive offset, SAO, processing of reconstructed video, the method comprising: receiving reconstructed video data; applying the SAO processing to regions (A, B, C, D) of the reconstructed video data according to an SAO flag; and encoding or decoding according to the SAO processed reconstructed video data; characterized in that the SAO flag is an SAO chroma flag indicating whether the SAO processing is applied to at least a chroma component of the reconstructed video data. receiving reconstructed video data; applying the SAO processing to regions (A, B, C, D) of the reconstructed video data according to an SAO flag; and encoding or decoding according to the SAO processed reconstructed video data; characterized in that the SAO flag is an SAO chroma flag indicating whether the SAO processing is applied to at least a chroma component of the reconstructed video data.
Optical system for use in a headlamp of a motor vehicle, comprising: - condenser optics formed by a condenser lens matrix and being provided to focus incoming light beams, - a plurality of reflective shields being provided to reflect at least a subset of the focused light beams and the plurality of reflective shields being provided to create a horizontal cut-off line of outgoing light beams, wherein the outgoing light beams are low beams, and - imaging optics formed by an imaging lens matrix and being provided to project the focused light beams and the reflected light beams in front of the headlamp, - wherein the plurality of reflective shields are arranged in a vertical direction perpendicular to a main plane of extension of the reflective shields, - characterized in that - the reflective shields are arranged between the condenser optics and the imaging optics, and a main plane of extension of the condenser optics is parallel to a main plane of extension of the imaging optics, and the main plane of extension of the reflective shields is perpendicular with respect to the main plane of extension of the imaging optics, such that the reflected light beams, which otherwise would be projected by the imaging optics above the horizontal cut-off line, contribute to an intensity hotspot below the cut-off line in the vertical direction, and - at least one of the plurality of reflective shields comprises a kink at an edge facing the imaging optics. - condenser optics formed by a condenser lens matrix and being provided to focus incoming light beams, - a plurality of reflective shields being provided to reflect at least a subset of the focused light beams and the plurality of reflective shields being provided to create a horizontal cut-off line of outgoing light beams, wherein the outgoing light beams are low beams, and - imaging optics formed by an imaging lens matrix and being provided to project the focused light beams and the reflected light beams in front of the headlamp, - wherein the plurality of reflective shields are arranged in a vertical direction perpendicular to a main plane of extension of the reflective shields, - characterized in that - the reflective shields are arranged between the condenser optics and the imaging optics, and a main plane of extension of the condenser optics is parallel to a main plane of extension of the imaging optics, and the main plane of extension of the reflective shields is perpendicular with respect to the main plane of extension of the imaging optics, such that the reflected light beams, which otherwise would be projected by the imaging optics above the horizontal cut-off line, contribute to an intensity hotspot below the cut-off line in the vertical direction, and - at least one of the plurality of reflective shields comprises a kink at an edge facing the imaging optics.
A towing device intended to equip the deck of a ship and comprising a winch, a cable and a fairlead, the cable circulating in the fairlead under the action of the winch, the fairlead comprising a frame and at least one first and one second sector (23, 24), the sectors (23, 24) making it possible to guide the cable in a channel (25, 26) formed in each of the sectors (23, 24), the device comprising an articulation with a degree of freedom allowing the rotation of the second sector relative to the frame about an axis contained in a plane comprising a direction in which the cable is able to extend in the second sector, wherein the first sector is secured to the frame and is interposed between the winch and the second sector, and characterised in that the first sector comprises a first lower bearing surface comprising a first end, wherein the second sector comprises a second lower bearing surface comprising a second end, in that said cable is able to come to rest on said first and second bearing surfaces (37, 38), and in that said first end and said second end form surfaces extending substantially in a joining plane substantially perpendicular to the axis.