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An illuminator of a display cabinet, the illuminator comprising: an elongate body; engagement means for engaging a display cabinet; a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on an inner surface of said body for product illumination; wherein the elongate body comprises a heat transfer portion for conduction of heat from the light emitting diodes to an outer surface of the body; and characterized in that the illuminator forms a structural member of the display cabinet frame, said engagement means being incorporated in the ends of said elongate body for engagement with other structural members of a display cabinet. an elongate body; engagement means for engaging a display cabinet; a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on an inner surface of said body for product illumination; wherein the elongate body comprises a heat transfer portion for conduction of heat from the light emitting diodes to an outer surface of the body; and characterized in that the illuminator forms a structural member of the display cabinet frame,
Method for producing an implantable bone composition suitable for attaching stem cells thereto, characterized in that bone particles are contacted with a protein solution comprising albumin and said protein solution is dried onto said bone particles by lyophilization.
Pump group for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine suitable for moving a predefined quantity of coolant liquid, comprising: - a pump body comprising upstream at least one entry channel (21, 21') and downstream at least one exit channel; - a rotor placed in a rotor chamber made in the pump body between said channels, suitable for moving the coolant liquid through the exit channel; - means of adjustment suitable to adjust the amount of liquid moved by the rotor, housed in and/or supported by the pump body, and comprising: i) a valve group, extending along a main axis (X-X), housed in a correspondingly shaped seat of the pump body transversal to the exit channel, wherein said valve group comprises an obturator rotatable around the main rotation axis (X-X), suitable to be moved into innumerable angular positions in which it permits, partializes or obstructs the passage of coolant liquid into the exit channel; ii) an actuating device engaged with the obturator comprising an electric motor suitable to adjust the angular positioning of the obturator in the aforesaid predefined angular positions; wherein the obturator comprises a rotation shaft and the electric motor comprises a drive shaft, and wherein the actuating device comprises transmission means suitable to permit the engagement between the rotation shaft and the drive shaft; wherein the pump group is characterized by the fact that the actuating device further comprises a rotation sensor suitable to detect the angular position of the rotation shaft. - a pump body comprising upstream at least one entry channel (21, 21') and downstream at least one exit channel; - a rotor placed in a rotor chamber made in the pump body between said channels, suitable for moving the coolant liquid through the exit channel; - means of adjustment suitable to adjust the amount of liquid moved by the rotor, housed in and/or supported by the pump body, and comprising: i) a valve group, extending along a main axis (X-X), housed in a correspondingly shaped seat of the pump body transversal to the exit channel, wherein said valve group comprises an obturator rotatable around the main rotation axis (X-X), suitable to be moved into innumerable angular positions in which it permits, partializes or obstructs the passage of coolant liquid into the exit channel; ii) an actuating device engaged with the obturator comprising an electric motor suitable to adjust the angular positioning of the obturator in the aforesaid predefined angular positions; i) a valve group, extending along a main axis (X-X), housed in a correspondingly shaped seat of the pump body transversal to the exit channel, wherein said valve group comprises an obturator rotatable around the main rotation axis (X-X), suitable to be moved into innumerable angular positions in which it permits, partializes or obstructs the passage of coolant liquid into the exit channel; ii) an actuating device engaged with the obturator comprising an electric motor suitable to adjust the angular positioning of the obturator in the aforesaid predefined angular positions;
A loading device for a cutting and packaging system for cutting food, such as sausage or cheese, by means of a cutting machine for cutting the food into slices and for packaging the slices arranged in groups and thus forming groups of slices by means of a packaging machine, characterized in that the loading device comprises a transport belt arrangement movable in two horizontal axes (X, Y) standing transversely to each other, by means of which a respective group of slices can be taken over from a conveyor belt of the cutting machine and can be delivered to one of a plurality of packaging carriers arranged in a plurality of tracks and a plurality of rows, in that the transport belt arrangement is movable along both horizontal axes (X, Y) from a take-over position into a delivery position.
A method for preparing a non-monolithic sol-gel resin comprising: introducing a hydroxylated benzene and optionally a catalyst into a reactor; introducing an aldehyde into the reactor with agitation to form a reaction mixture; reacting the reaction mixture for a period of time sufficient to consume a portion of the hydroxylated benzene to form a liquid resin precursor; transferring the liquid resin precursor from the reactor into a mixer, and agitating the liquid resin precursor in the mixer for a period of time sufficient to form the sol-gel resin in a particulate form wherein the method is free of a step to isolate the sol-gel resin from a suspending liquid reaction media. introducing a hydroxylated benzene and optionally a catalyst into a reactor; introducing an aldehyde into the reactor with agitation to form a reaction mixture; reacting the reaction mixture for a period of time sufficient to consume a portion of the hydroxylated benzene to form a liquid resin precursor; transferring the liquid resin precursor from the reactor into a mixer, and agitating the liquid resin precursor in the mixer for a period of time sufficient to form the sol-gel resin in a particulate form wherein the method is free of a step to isolate the sol-gel resin from a suspending liquid reaction media.
A method performed by an autonomous mobile robot, the method comprising: identifying a position of a workpiece to which the autonomous mobile robot is navigating to operate on; defining a safety field that has a position referenced to the position of the workpiece, wherein the safety field is an area or a volume in which the presence of an object different than the robot triggers a safety response; and in response to detecting the presence of an object in the safety field, triggering the safety response, wherein the safety field includes one or more cutouts defined to accommodate the geometry of the workpiece so that the workpiece itself does not trigger the safety response. identifying a position of a workpiece to which the autonomous mobile robot is navigating to operate on; defining a safety field that has a position referenced to the position of the workpiece, wherein the safety field is an area or a volume in which the presence of an object different than the robot triggers a safety response; and in response to detecting the presence of an object in the safety field, triggering the safety response, wherein the safety field includes one or more cutouts defined to accommodate the geometry of the workpiece so that the workpiece itself does not trigger the safety response.
A telecommunications system adapted to provide a communication service to mobile nodes to communicate via a plurality of mobile access networks, the telecommunications system comprising a network selection manager adapted to determine a list of preferred mobile access networks to which a mobile node may be attached during an inactive state, the inactive state of the mobile node being a state in which the mobile node is responsible for selecting a mobile access network to which the mobile node should attach, and to communicate the list of preferred mobile access networks to the mobile node, wherein the mobile node is adapted in the inactive state to select one of the plurality of mobile access networks which is available for attachment in dependence on the list of preferred mobile access networks, characterized in that it further comprises a resource manager (30, 32) adapted to determine current loading conditions of the plurality of mobile access networks, the resource manager (30, 32) being adapted to communicate the determined current loading conditions to the network selection manager, the list of preferred mobile access networks being determined by the network selection manager based on said current loading conditions to provide a load balancing between the plurality of mobile access networks.
A method for determination of at least one reference value which indicates how a vehicle's speed is to be influenced and which may be used to control at least one control system in a vehicle, characterised by performing the steps of: - making a first prediction v pred_Tnew_ret and a second prediction v pred_Tnew_acc of a vehicle speed along a horizon, said first prediction based on an engine torque T ret which retards the vehicle as compared with a conventional cruise control, wherein the conventional cruise control is arranged to maintain a constant desired speed, and said second prediction based on an engine torque T acc which accelerates the vehicle as compared with a conventional cruise control; - comparing said respective first prediction v pred_Tnew_ret and second prediction v pred_Tnew_acc of the vehicle speed with a lower limit value v min and/or an upper limit value v max which delineate a range within which the vehicle's speed should be; and - determining at least one reference value based on at least one of said respective comparisons and said first prediction v pred_Tnew_ret and second prediction v pred_Tnew_acc of the vehicle speed along the horizon. - making a first prediction v pred_Tnew_ret and a second prediction v pred_Tnew_acc of a vehicle speed along a horizon, said first prediction based on an engine torque T ret which retards the vehicle as compared with a conventional cruise control, wherein the conventional cruise control is arranged to maintain a constant desired speed, and said second prediction based on an engine torque T acc which accelerates the vehicle as compared with a conventional cruise control; - comparing said respective first prediction v pred_Tnew_ret and second prediction v pred_Tnew_acc of the vehicle speed with a lower limit value v min and/or an upper limit value v max which delineate a range within which the vehicle's speed should be; and - determining at least one reference value based on at least one of said respective comparisons and said first prediction v pred_Tnew_ret and second prediction v pred_Tnew_acc of the vehicle speed along the horizon.
A tensioner comprising: a base; a first tensioner sub-assembly mounted to the base and comprising a one-way clutch, and a first pivot arm, a first pulley journalled to the first pivot arm; a second tensioner sub-assembly mounted to the base and comprising a second pivot arm, a second pulley journalled to the second pivot arm; wherein the first sub-assembly is cooperatively engaged with the second sub-assembly through an elongate flexible member and the one-way clutch; and the one-way clutch is frictionally engaged with the first pivot arm whereby a relative movement of the first pivot arm away from the second pivot arm is restricted; characterized in that: the first tensioner sub-assembly further comprises a first torsion spring loaded in a first direction; the second tensioner sub-assembly further comprises a second torsion spring loaded in a second direction opposite the first direction; and the first torsion spring and second torsion spring exert a tensile load on the elongate flexible member. a base; a first tensioner sub-assembly mounted to the base and comprising a one-way clutch, and a first pivot arm, a first pulley journalled to the first pivot arm; a second tensioner sub-assembly mounted to the base and comprising a second pivot arm, a second pulley journalled to the second pivot arm; wherein the first sub-assembly is cooperatively engaged with the second sub-assembly through an elongate flexible member and the one-way clutch; and the one-way clutch is frictionally engaged with the first pivot arm whereby a relative movement of the first pivot arm away from the second pivot arm is restricted; characterized in that: the first tensioner sub-assembly further comprises a first torsion spring loaded in a first direction; the second tensioner sub-assembly further comprises a second torsion spring loaded in a second direction opposite the first direction; and the first torsion spring and second torsion spring exert a tensile load on the elongate flexible member. the first tensioner sub-assembly further comprises a first torsion spring loaded in a first direction; the second tensioner sub-assembly further comprises a second torsion spring loaded in a second direction opposite the first direction; and the first torsion spring and second torsion spring exert a tensile load on the elongate flexible member.
A method for operating a refrigerator, with a refrigerator comprising a storage space, an ice storage container placed in the storage space, and an ice dispensing device for dispensing ice from the ice storage container to outside of the storage space; wherein the ice dispensing device is configured for dispensing at least two types of ice; the refrigerator further comprising switches (5, 6) for selecting a type of ice to supply; wherein the method comprises the following steps: - when one of the switches (5, 6) is activated, the ice dispensing device responds to the operation of the switch (5, 6) and dispenses the ice type selected via the switches (5, 6), - when one of the switches (5, 6) is turned on, a motor for driving an ice removing device to remove the ice from the ice storage container is activated and a door component that is used for opening or closing an ice deliver channel is opened; said method being characterized in that the step of opening the door component is performed before the step of activating the motor. - when one of the switches (5, 6) is activated, the ice dispensing device responds to the operation of the switch (5, 6) and dispenses the ice type selected via the switches (5, 6), - when one of the switches (5, 6) is turned on, a motor for driving an ice removing device to remove the ice from the ice storage container is activated and a door component that is used for opening or closing an ice deliver channel is opened; said method being characterized in that the step of opening the door component is performed before the step of activating the motor.
A method for producing a sintered rare-earth magnet having a cavity by performing the following successive processes: a) a filling process for filling a powder of rare-earth magnet alloy into a powder-filling container (10; 20; 40) by simultaneously putting both the powder (19; 29) of rare-earth magnet alloy and a cavity-forming member (14; 24; 34; 44; 54) into the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40) or by separately and sequently putting the powder (19; 29) of rare-earth magnet alloy and cavity-forming member (14; 24; 34; 44; 54) into the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40); b) an aligning process for aligning the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) in a magnetic field; and c) a sintering process for sintering the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) by heating the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) in a state of being held in the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40), wherein the cavity-forming member (14; 24; 34; 44; 54) is removed to form the cavity (18; 28) after the aligning process is completed and before the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) begins to be sintered, and an insertion depth of the cavity-forming member (14; 24; 34; 44; 54) is smaller than the magnet's thickness in the direction of the insertion depth, meaning smaller than a depth of the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40). a) a filling process for filling a powder of rare-earth magnet alloy into a powder-filling container (10; 20; 40) by simultaneously putting both the powder (19; 29) of rare-earth magnet alloy and a cavity-forming member (14; 24; 34; 44; 54) into the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40) or by separately and sequently putting the powder (19; 29) of rare-earth magnet alloy and cavity-forming member (14; 24; 34; 44; 54) into the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40); b) an aligning process for aligning the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) in a magnetic field; and c) a sintering process for sintering the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) by heating the rare-earth magnet alloy powder (19; 29) in a state of being held in the powder-filling container (10; 20; 40),
A multifunction printer comprising: a) a printing apparatus including: i) a printer chassis having a media input region, a printing region, and a media support element; ii) a carriage configured to move a printhead in a carriage scan direction along the printing region; and iii) a plurality of rollers (431, 434, 436) configured to transport a recording medium from the media input region, across the media support element and to the printing region; and b) a scanning apparatus to convert an image into digitized data, the scanning apparatus including a base that is affixed to the printer chassis, wherein the base of the scanning apparatus comprises a guide for the recording medium; wherein the plurality of rollers (431, 434, 436) includes a feed roller, the multifunction printer further comprising a biasing member configured to form a nip against the feed roller, wherein the biasing member is affixed to the base of the scanning apparatus. a) a printing apparatus including: i) a printer chassis having a media input region, a printing region, and a media support element; ii) a carriage configured to move a printhead in a carriage scan direction along the printing region; and iii) a plurality of rollers (431, 434, 436) configured to transport a recording medium from the media input region, across the media support element and to the printing region; and i) a printer chassis having a media input region, a printing region, and a media support element; ii) a carriage configured to move a printhead in a carriage scan direction along the printing region; and iii) a plurality of rollers (431, 434, 436) configured to transport a recording medium from the media input region, across the media support element and to the printing region; and b) a scanning apparatus to convert an image into digitized data, the scanning apparatus including a base that is affixed to the printer chassis, wherein the base of the scanning apparatus comprises a guide for the recording medium;
Extrusion device for filling a groove with a filling compound, comprising: an extrusion head, which is formed spring-elastically in an extrusion direction of the extrusion device to spring in and out in the extrusion direction, following a depth profile of the groove, when the extrusion head moves along the groove, wherein the extrusion head has two cylinder elements (6, 6') fitted into one another and slidable with respect to one another, between which a cylinder spring is arranged, wherein the two cylinder elements (6, 6') are formed hollow to allow the filling compound to pass through.
A treatment device for treating the surface of at least one object, comprising a treatment chamber configured to receive one or several objects to be treated, means for spraying an aerosol into the treatment chamber and means for holding at least one object in said chamber, the holding means comprising motion-setting means configured to pivot each object about at least two rotation axes, the motion-setting means comprising one or several first rotation axes (CC') pivoting about a second rotation axis (BB') and the second rotation axis pivoting about a third rotation axis (AA'), the spraying means comprising a first line of nozzles, arranged on a lateral wall of the treatment chamber so as to be aligned along the third rotation axis (AA'), the first line of nozzles comprising at least one nozzle configured to spray a specific solution as a hollow-cone spray, characterized in that the spraying means comprise a second line of nozzles, arranged on the lateral wall of the treatment chamber so as to be aligned along the third rotation axis (AA'), and in that the second line of nozzles comprises at least one nozzle configured to spray a second specific solution as a solid-cone spray.
A gas engine that controls an air-fuel ratio by means of a single fuel-flow-rate-regulating valve set up so as to open to a valve opening degree equal to a reference opening degree during a stoichiometric operation created using reference fuel gas, said gas engine comprising a control unit that: during actual operation, detects time history of the valve opening degree over a certain period during said stoichiometric operation over which the engine rotational speed and engine load were detected; and controls perturbation of the valve opening degree by resetting at least one of control parameters for the valve, a jump value by which the valve is rapidly opened in a predetermined time, a ramp rate at which the valve is opened more moderately than a jump subsequent to the jump, and a delay that lasts until the valve starts to be rapidly closed subsequent to the ramp, to a decreased value when, during actual operation, the valve opening degree during said stoichiometric operation is lower than the reference opening degree and by resetting at least one of the control parameters for the valve to an increased value when, during actual operation, the valve opening degree in the stoichiometric operation is higher than the reference opening degree, characterized in that calorie changes of the fuel gas are known by appreciating approximately how much the actual valve opening degree differs from the reference opening degree.
Plate heat exchanger, having: - a multiplicity of plates which run parallel to one another, with the result that a multiplicity of parallel ducts are formed, and - an optical waveguide for measuring the temperature of the plate heat exchanger, characterized in that in each case a fin is arranged between two adjacent plates and in that the optical waveguide is arranged in a groove in a fin. - a multiplicity of plates which run parallel to one another, with the result that a multiplicity of parallel ducts are formed, and - an optical waveguide for measuring the temperature of the plate heat exchanger,