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Apparatus for cleaning espresso machines, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one annular or hollow-cylindrical bristle-carrier element, wherein at least one groove-bristle element for cleaning a portafilter groove is arranged on an end surface or lateral surface of the bristle-carrier element, wherein the at least one groove-bristle element projects from the end surface or lateral surface, characterized in that at least one portion of the at least one groove-bristle element projects in the radial direction and/or at least one portion of the groove-bristle element is curved concavely, and/or in that at least one bristle element is arranged on an inner lateral surface of the annular or hollow-cylindrical bristle-carrier element.
An actuator mechanism for turning a shutter blade, comprising: a wire manufactured of a shape memory alloy configured to shrink when heated, a frame, and a driving member coupled to said wire and configured to drive the shutter blade; characterized in that the wire is placed in the form of a ring; the driving member is a wire holder attached to the wire; the actuator mechanism further comprises a first spring (108,122) and a second spring (107,120) attached to the frame and to opposite ends of the wire and configured to tighten the wire and to allow the wire to turn the shutter blade from a first extreme position to a second extreme position and back; the wire has a first part and a second part; the first part is configured to circulate in the frame almost an entire round around the shutter blade and to extend from the first spring (108,122) to the wire holder; the second part is configured to circulate in the frame almost an entire round around the shutter blade and to extend from the wire holder to the second spring (107,120); the actuator mechanism further comprises a bi-stable spring coupled to said shutter blade; and the bi-stable spring has a first position that is configured to maintain the first extreme position of the shutter blade and a second position that is configured to maintain a second extreme position of the shutter blade. a wire manufactured of a shape memory alloy configured to shrink when heated, a frame, and a driving member coupled to said wire and configured to drive the shutter blade; characterized in that the wire is placed in the form of a ring; the driving member is a wire holder attached to the wire; the actuator mechanism further comprises a first spring (108,122) and a second spring (107,120) attached to the frame and to opposite ends of the wire and configured to tighten the wire and to allow the wire to turn the shutter blade from a first extreme position to a second extreme position and back; the wire has a first part and a second part; the first part is configured to circulate in the frame almost an entire round around the shutter blade and to extend from the first spring (108,122) to the wire holder; the second part is configured to circulate in the frame almost an entire round around the shutter blade and to extend from the wire holder to the second spring (107,120); the actuator mechanism further comprises a bi-stable spring coupled to said shutter blade; and the bi-stable spring has a first position that is configured to maintain the first extreme position of the shutter blade and a second position that is configured to maintain a second extreme position of the shutter blade.
A method of treating seeds consist of following steps, wherein said steps are carried out in any order: priming said seeds using a priming technique chosen between osmopriming, matrix priming, or hydropriming for a specific priming duration between 1 and 15 days; and applying a vacuum infiltration technique for a duration between 2 hours and 72 hours to said seeds using a disinfecting solution. priming said seeds using a priming technique chosen between osmopriming, matrix priming, or hydropriming for a specific priming duration between 1 and 15 days; and applying a vacuum infiltration technique for a duration between 2 hours and 72 hours to said seeds using a disinfecting solution.
Lining for a fuselage cell of an aircraft, comprising a multiplicity of lining panels (3-5, 44, 45, 66) adjoining one another, an intermediate space existing between the fuselage cell and the lining, wherein at least one lining panel (3-5, 44, 45, 66) has such a connection to the fuselage cell passing through the intermediate space that, when there is a rapid drop in pressure between an interior space of the fuselage cell and the intermediate space, at least one lining panel (3-5, 44, 46, 66) exposes at least one gap (38, 39, 64, 65) to allow pressure equalization, characterized in that the lining panels extend substantially horizontally and the connection of the at least one lining panel to the fuselage cell takes place by at least one tensioned cable (11, 31), the at least one lining panel being supported against at least two supports (18, 19, 33) which can be adjusted in length and are fastened to the fuselage cell.
A computer-implemented method for generating a graphical user interface indicating viewer states of a shared portion of a screen content of a sharer, the shared portion of the screen content being visually shared with a plurality of viewers over a distributed network, the computer-implemented method comprising: identifying the shared portion of the screen content that is being shared with client devices of the plurality of viewers; receiving, from each client device of the plurality of viewers, a snapshot image generated on the client device and corresponding to a state of the shared portion currently displayed on a screen of the client device; identifying, based on a comparison of the received snapshot images and the shared portion, whether the viewers are synchronized with respect to the sharer; and applying a policy based on whether the viewers are synchronized with respect to the sharer, wherein applying the policy comprises displaying, using the received snapshot images, a visual summary of the shared portion as currently displayed on screens of the plurality of viewers, the visual summary including a visual indication of identified viewers that are not synchronized with respect to the sharer. identifying the shared portion of the screen content that is being shared with client devices of the plurality of viewers; receiving, from each client device of the plurality of viewers, a snapshot image generated on the client device and corresponding to a state of the shared portion currently displayed on a screen of the client device; identifying, based on a comparison of the received snapshot images and the shared portion, whether the viewers are synchronized with respect to the sharer; and applying a policy based on whether the viewers are synchronized with respect to the sharer, wherein applying the policy comprises displaying, using the received snapshot images, a visual summary of the shared portion as currently displayed on screens of the plurality of viewers, the visual summary including a visual indication of identified viewers that are not synchronized with respect to the sharer.
A deformable mirror comprising firstly a deformable reflector member that possesses a reflecting surface and secondly at least one actuator suitable for driving said reflector member in movement substantially along a deformation direction (XX') so as to be capable of deforming the reflecting surface, said mirror being characterized in that it constitutes an adaptive deformable mirror, in that the actuator presents a cross-section of variable width along said deformation direction (XX'), and in that it includes at least one interstitial position sensor that is arranged in the interstitial space lying between the reflecting surface and the largest cross-section (S6 MAX) of the actuator, on an intermediate reference support relative to which the reflector member moves when it is driven by said actuator, so as to be able to evaluate the position and/or the movement of said reflecting surface relative to said reference support, the position sensor being capacitive and comprising a first plate, arranged on the reference support facing the reflector member, and a second plate fastened to said reflector member or formed by the reflector member itself, substantially over the first plate, the arrangement of said mirror providing a dielectric gap between the plates (21, 22) that is completely empty and unencumbered, filled merely with air, said sensor occupying a cross-section transversely to the deformation direction that, in projection along said deformation direction (XX'), presents at least one overlap zone with the largest cross-section of the actuator (S6 MAX).
System for measuring and monitoring strains of a two- or tri-dimensional object, comprising: - at least one group of optical sensors, each of said optical sensors being provided within at least one fiber optic cable, - an optical interrogator machine for generating a light signal at a given frequency to be sent in said at least one fiber optic cable, and for receiving response signals from said optical sensors and for determining the wavelength's displacement of said optical sensors from their nominal value or calibration value determined at the time of fixing the fiber optic cable on the object itself when it is in rest condition, i.e. when said object is not subjected to any external force; and - a computer for calculating the object's strain with respect to at least one of two or three reference axes X, Y and Z; said computer being connectable to said interrogator machine and receiving data concerning the displacement's wavelength of each of said optical sensors with respect to their calibration values; characterized in that said at least one group of optical sensors is to be applied on said object according to a predetermined geometric configuration, said at least one group comprising a number of sensors at least equal to the number of dimensions of said object; at least two optical sensors being to be placed on the same plane, and in that each of said optical sensors is distant from a neutral axis of said object, said neutral axis being the axis along which a force applied to said object has no deformation effect on said optical sensors, and in that said predetermined geometric configuration being chosen in such a way that a plane passing through said neutral axis of said object passes between said two optical sensors. - at least one group of optical sensors, each of said optical sensors being provided within at least one fiber optic cable, - an optical interrogator machine for generating a light signal at a given frequency to be sent in said at least one fiber optic cable, and for receiving response signals from said optical sensors and for determining the wavelength's displacement of said optical sensors from their nominal value or calibration value determined at the time of fixing the fiber optic cable on the object itself when it is in rest condition, i.e. when said object is not subjected to any external force; and - a computer for calculating the object's strain with respect to at least one of two or three reference axes X, Y and Z; said computer being connectable to said interrogator machine and receiving data concerning the displacement's wavelength of each of said optical sensors with respect to their calibration values;
Method for operating a hearing device, which comprises at least one microphone for converting ambient sound into a microphone signal (S M), wherein according to the method - a plurality of features (M E, M O, M T, M P, M W, M Z, M M) are derived from the microphone signal (S M) or from an input signal (S E) formed therefrom, - at least three classifiers (K S, K M, K F), which are implemented independently of each other for respectively analyzing an assigned acoustic dimension - i.e. a group of hearing situations, which are related on the basis of their specific properties - are each supplied with a specifically assigned selection from these features (M E, M O, M T, M P, M W, M Z, M M), wherein at least two of the at least three classifiers (K S, K M, K F) each are supplied with a different selection from the features (M E, M O, M T, M P, M W, M Z, M M), - by means of the respective classifier (K S, K M, K F), in each case an information is generated about a characteristic of the acoustic dimension assigned to this classifier (K S, K M, K F), and - at least one signal processing algorithm (A 1, A 2, A 3, A 4), which is executed in order to process the microphone signal (S M) or the input signal (S E) into an output signal (S A), is modified as a function of at least one of the at least three pieces of information about the respective characteristic of the assigned acoustic dimension. - a plurality of features (M E, M O, M T, M P, M W, M Z, M M) are derived from the microphone signal (S M) or from an input signal (S E) formed therefrom, - at least three classifiers (K S, K M, K F), which are implemented independently of each other for respectively analyzing an assigned acoustic dimension - i.e. a group of hearing situations, which are related on the basis of their specific properties - are each supplied with a specifically assigned selection from these features (M E, M O, M T, M P, M W, M Z, M M), wherein at least two of the at least three classifiers (K S, K M, K F) each are supplied with a different selection from the features (M E, M O, M T, M P, M W, M Z, M M), - by means of the respective classifier (K S, K M, K F), in each case an information is generated about a characteristic of the acoustic dimension assigned to this classifier (K S, K M, K F), and - at least one signal processing algorithm (A 1, A 2, A 3, A 4), which is executed in order to process the microphone signal (S M) or the input signal (S E) into an output signal (S A), is modified as a function of at least one of the at least three pieces of information about the respective characteristic of the assigned acoustic dimension.
A method of operation of License Assisted Access, LAA, network comprising i) a plurality of Reception/Transmission, R/T, points (22, 22-1, 22-2, 22-N) of a shared cell in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, each R/T point being one of the plurality of R/T points serving the shared cell, and ii) a processing system to schedule downlink transmissions to wireless devices in the shared cell in the unlicensed frequency spectrum, the method comprising: performing (102, 102-1, 102-2, 102-N), by each R/T point, a Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, the CCA being independent from CCAs performed by other R/T points of the multiple R/T points serving the shared cell; either transmitting (104, 104-1, 104-2, 104-N), by each R/T point, a downlink signal for the shared cell or muting transmission from the R/T point according to a CCA decision that results from performing the CCA for the R/T point; receiving (106-1, 106-2, 106-N), by the processing system, the independent CCA decisions from the plurality of R/T points serving the shared cell, each CCA decision from each R/T point being indicative of whether a CCA succeeded or failed at the R/T point; and performing, by the processing system, scheduling for one or more upcoming Transmit Time Intervals, TTIs, based on the CCA decisions received from the plurality of R/T points serving the shared cell. performing (102, 102-1, 102-2, 102-N), by each R/T point, a Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, the CCA being independent from CCAs performed by other R/T points of the multiple R/T points serving the shared cell; either transmitting (104, 104-1, 104-2, 104-N), by each R/T point, a downlink signal for the shared cell or muting transmission from the R/T point according to a CCA decision that results from performing the CCA for the R/T point; receiving (106-1, 106-2, 106-N), by the processing system, the independent CCA decisions from the plurality of R/T points serving the shared cell, each CCA decision from each R/T point being indicative of whether a CCA succeeded or failed at the R/T point; and performing, by the processing system, scheduling for one or more upcoming Transmit Time Intervals, TTIs, based on the CCA decisions received from the plurality of R/T points serving the shared cell.
Device for infusing of at least one medicament, comprising: - at least two actuators (10, 30) for causing that at least two medicaments (20, 40) will be infused; - at least one sensor (50, 54) for measuring at least two parameters that indicate the state of the cardio-circulatory system of a patient; - a closed loop controller configured to control the at least two actuators (10, 30) depending on the values of the at least two parameters; wherein the controller being programmed to activate at least one of the at least two actuators (10, 30) depending on the values of the at least two parameters, wherein the controller is arranged for considering dependencies of medicaments such that the controller controls the value of the parameters during or/and after at least one of the at least two medicaments has been infused; characterized in that the controller comprises: - a distance analyser, which determines a distance between a threshold and a parameter position within a space of parameters, wherein the parameter position corresponds to the position in the space of parameters defined by the actual measured parameters; and - a converting unit for converting the distance into a dose of a medicament (20, 40), wherein the controller is programmed to activate at least one of the at least two actuators (10, 30) according to this dose of a medicament (20, 40). - at least two actuators (10, 30) for causing that at least two medicaments (20, 40) will be infused; - at least one sensor (50, 54) for measuring at least two parameters that indicate the state of the cardio-circulatory system of a patient; - a closed loop controller configured to control the at least two actuators (10, 30) depending on the values of the at least two parameters; - a distance analyser, which determines a distance between a threshold and a parameter position within a space of parameters, wherein the parameter position corresponds to the position in the space of parameters defined by the actual measured parameters; and - a converting unit for converting the distance into a dose of a medicament (20, 40),
A composition comprising: (a) from 3% to 40%, by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition, of one or more organic sunscreen active agent(s); and (b) at least one oil dispersion of acrylic polymer particles, wherein the at least one dispersion of acrylic polymer particles consists of particles of a C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer and at least one stabilizer selected from the group consisting of isobornyl (meth)acrylate homopolymers and statistical copolymers of isobornyl (meth)acrylate and of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate present in an isobornyl (meth)acrylate/C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate weight ratio of greater than 4, wherein the at least one oil dispersion is present in an amount effective to increase water resistance of the composition. (a) from 3% to 40%, by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition, of one or more organic sunscreen active agent(s); and (b) at least one oil dispersion of acrylic polymer particles, wherein the at least one dispersion of acrylic polymer particles consists of particles of a C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer and at least one stabilizer selected from the group consisting of isobornyl (meth)acrylate homopolymers and statistical copolymers of isobornyl (meth)acrylate and of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate present in an isobornyl (meth)acrylate/C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate weight ratio of greater than 4,
Item of jewellery which has a base element and at least one decorative element mounted in the base element in a movable manner such that the decorative element is mounted so as to be movable relative to the base element, and in which the decorative element is arranged at least regionally in a recess in the base element and is secured against dropping out of the recess by at least one retaining element, and in which the retaining element extends, starting from the base element, over only a part of a top side of the decorative element such that a middle of the top side is not covered by the retaining element wherein the decorative element is in the form of a gemstone and the top side of the decorative element has cut facets and wherein the recess has a conical centre, the retaining element being at a distance from a bottom of the recess so as to allow a lifting movement of the decorative element, the retaining element being at a distance from a bottom of the recess so as to allow a tilting movement of the decorative element, the retaining element being at a distance from a bottom of the recess so as to allow a rotational movement of the decorative element, characterized in that the decorative element is arranged in the base element so as to be visibly apparent at least regionally at the sides, and in that the at least one retaining element is configured in a hook-like manner and has a spacing web which extends out of the base element and which transitions to a detent web which in peripheral regions of the decorative element protrudes beyond the decorative element.
A method for operating a hearing device by applying a frequency transposition scheme to an input signal (i) of the hearing device comprising an input transducer, a signal processing unit and an output transducer, the method comprising the steps of: - transforming the input signal (i) from time domain into frequency domain by applying a transformation function in order to obtain an input spectrum having a frequency range comprising a source region and a destination region, - adaptively selecting signal components of the source region taking into account a momentary characteristic of the input signal (i), - transposing the selected signal components to the destination region, and - supplying an output spectrum or a transformation thereof to the output transducer, the output spectrum comprising signal components of the destination region, wherein the momentary characteristic is at least one of the following: - a momentary energy distribution in the source region, in particular the momentary energy distribution of phonemes in the source region; - a momentary energy distribution in the destination region; - a perturbation signal being present in the input signal (i), and wherein the source region comprises a lower source region and at least two source stacks (22,..., 26), the lower source region being below a cut-off frequency and the at least two source stacks (22,..., 26) being above the cut-off frequency, and wherein the destination region comprises a lower destination region and a destination stack, the lower destination region being below the cut-off frequency and the destination stack being above the cut-off frequency, the cut-off frequency particularly being below 1'500 Hz. - transforming the input signal (i) from time domain into frequency domain by applying a transformation function in order to obtain an input spectrum having a frequency range comprising a source region and a destination region, - adaptively selecting signal components of the source region taking into account a momentary characteristic of the input signal (i), - transposing the selected signal components to the destination region, and - supplying an output spectrum or a transformation thereof to the output transducer, the output spectrum comprising signal components of the destination region, - a momentary energy distribution in the source region, in particular the momentary energy distribution of phonemes in the source region; - a momentary energy distribution in the destination region; - a perturbation signal being present in the input signal (i),