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A method of manufacturing a dart board ring, the method comprising and characterised by the steps of: processing a sheet of metal to provide at least a segment of the dart board number ring, wherein the segment comprises a ring portion and a plurality of numbers, the plurality of numbers laterally spaced along and extending away from the ring portion, the segment comprising a free end; forming, or bending, the ring portion wherein the plurality of numbers extend away from the ring portion in the same direction before and after forming, or bending, the ring portion; and joining the free end to another free end of the same segment or to a free end of another segment processing a sheet of metal to provide at least a segment of the dart board number ring, wherein the segment comprises a ring portion and a plurality of numbers, the plurality of numbers laterally spaced along and extending away from the ring portion, the segment comprising a free end; forming, or bending, the ring portion wherein the plurality of numbers extend away from the ring portion in the same direction before and after forming, or bending, the ring portion; and joining the free end to another free end of the same segment or to a free end of another segment
Device (1, 12, 21, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 82) for guiding rotatably pivotally a pivoting mass about a virtual pivoting axis, the device (1, 12, 21, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 82) comprising a first support (2, 13, 14) and a second support (3, 33, 34), one of which is fixed and the other of which is intended to be rotary and to form or to support the pivoting mass, the device (1, 12, 21, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 82) being substantially arranged in a plane and comprising a first (4, 16, 18, 39, 43, 72, 73, 83, 84) and a second (5, 17, 19, 41, 44, 74, 75, 85, 86) flexible leaf oriented in the same direction when the device (1, 12, 21, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 82) is at rest, as well as an intermediate leaf (6, 31, 32, 42, 45, 66, 67, 76, 77) having a rigidity notably greater than the flexible leaves (4, 16, 18, 39, 43, 72, 73, 83, 84, 5, 17, 19, 41, 44, 74, 75, 85, 86) and connecting the first flexible leaf (4, 16, 18, 39, 43, 72, 73, 83, 84) to the second (5, 17, 19, 41, 44, 74, 75, 85, 86), the device (1, 12, 21, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 82) comprising a first fixed link (7, 22, 23, 47, 52) formed by the first support (2, 13, 14) and a first end of the first leaf (4, 16, 18, 39, 43, 72, 73, 83, 84), a second fixed link (8, 24, 25, 48, 53, 96, 97) formed by a second end of the first leaf (4, 16, 18, 39, 43, 72, 73, 83, 84) and by a first end of the intermediate leaf (6, 31, 32, 42, 45, 66, 67, 76, 77), a third fixed link (9, 26, 27, 49, 54, 98, 99) formed by a second end of the intermediate leaf (6, 31, 32, 42, 45, 66, 67, 76, 77) and by a first end of the second leaf (5, 17, 19, 41, 44, 74, 75, 85, 86) and a fourth fixed link (11, 28, 29, 51, 55) formed by at least one second end of the second leaf (5, 17, 19, 41, 44, 74, 75, 85, 86), the first (7, 22, 23, 47, 52) and/or the fourth link (11, 28, 29, 51, 55) being arranged substantially between the second (8, 24, 25, 48, 53, 96, 97) and the third link (9, 26, 27, 49, 54, 98, 99) in said direction when the device (1, 12, 21, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 82) is at rest, characterised in that the intermediate leaf (6, 31, 32, 42, 45, 66, 67, 76, 77) has a length x 1 defined by the following equation: x 1 = − L 1 3 + 3 L 1 2 L 2 + 3 L 1 L 2 L 2 + L 2 3 6 L 1 L 2; where L 1 is the length of the first flexible leaf (4, 16, 18, 39, 43, 72, 73, 83, 84) and L 2 is the length of the second flexible leaf (5, 17, 19, 41, 44, 74, 75, 85, 86).
A method of fining low-density submerged combustion glass, the method comprising: providing a fining tank downstream from a submerged combustion melter, the fining tank having a housing that defines a fining chamber and contains a molten glass bath in the fining chamber, the housing further defining each of a glass inlet, a glass outlet, and an auxiliary access passage, and wherein the molten glass bath flows in a flow direction from the glass inlet to the glass outlet; introducing unfined molten glass produced in the submerged combustion melter into the fining chamber of a fining tank through the glass inlet, the unfined molten glass having a volume percentage of gas bubbles and a density and, upon being introduced into the fining chamber, combining with the molten glass bath; introducing additive particles into the fining chamber of the fining tank through the auxiliary access passage, the additive particles comprising a physically compacted mixture of a glass reactant material and one or more fining agents, the one or more fining agents being released into the molten glass bath upon consumption of the additive particles in the molten glass bath to thereby accelerate the removal of bubbles from the molten glass bath; and discharging fined molten glass from the glass outlet of the fining tank, the fined molten glass having a volume percentage of gas bubbles that is less than the volume percentage of gas bubbles in the unfined molten glass and further having a density that is greater than the density of the unfined molten glass. providing a fining tank downstream from a submerged combustion melter, the fining tank having a housing that defines a fining chamber and contains a molten glass bath in the fining chamber, the housing further defining each of a glass inlet, a glass outlet, and an auxiliary access passage, and wherein the molten glass bath flows in a flow direction from the glass inlet to the glass outlet; introducing unfined molten glass produced in the submerged combustion melter into the fining chamber of a fining tank through the glass inlet, the unfined molten glass having a volume percentage of gas bubbles and a density and, upon being introduced into the fining chamber, combining with the molten glass bath; introducing additive particles into the fining chamber of the fining tank through the auxiliary access passage, the additive particles comprising a physically compacted mixture of a glass reactant material and one or more fining agents, the one or more fining agents being released into the molten glass bath upon consumption of the additive particles in the molten glass bath to thereby accelerate the removal of bubbles from the molten glass bath; and discharging fined molten glass from the glass outlet of the fining tank, the fined molten glass having a volume percentage of gas bubbles that is less than the volume percentage of gas bubbles in the unfined molten glass and further having a density that is greater than the density of the unfined molten glass.
A friction material containing, as a binder, a cardanol-modified lignin-phenol resin obtained by mixing and reacting a lignin, a phenol, a cardanol and an aldehyde, wherein the lignin used as the raw material has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or less determined using gel permeation chromatography.
A battery system including: a battery module: a plurality of battery cells, a module case to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of gas sensor units separately positioned on an inner surface of the module case, the plurality of gas sensor units is configured to sense gas generated from the plurality of battery cells during charge and discharge, and to measure a gas detection time, characterised by a battery management system configured to control an operation and a state of the battery module, the battery management system being electrically connected to the plurality of gas sensor units and configured to receive information measured from each of the plurality of gas sensor units, and to compare the received information to thereby calculate a position of a cell where the gas has been generated. a battery module: a plurality of battery cells, a module case to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of gas sensor units separately positioned on an inner surface of the module case, the plurality of gas sensor units is configured to sense gas generated from the plurality of battery cells during charge and discharge, and to measure a gas detection time, a plurality of battery cells, a module case to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of gas sensor units separately positioned on an inner surface of the module case, the plurality of gas sensor units is configured to sense gas generated from the plurality of battery cells during charge and discharge, and to measure a gas detection time, characterised by a battery management system configured to control an operation and a state of the battery module, the battery management system being electrically connected to the plurality of gas sensor units and configured to receive information measured from each of the plurality of gas sensor units, and to compare the received information to thereby calculate a position of a cell where the gas has been generated.
Coated glass pane with a low-e and/or solar control coating comprising in sequence from the glass surface at least the following layers: a lower anti-reflection layer, comprising a base layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminium, a middle layer of an oxide of Zn and Sn, comprising 10 - 90 wt.% Zn and 90-10 wt.% Sn, preferably 40 - 60 wt.% Zn and 40 - 60 wt.% Sn (in wt.% of its total metal content), a top layer of a metal oxide; a silver-based functional layer; a barrier layer with a thickness less than 15 nm and in contact with the silver-based functional layer; an upper anti-reflection layer comprising a layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminium in contact with the barrier layer and having a thickness of more than 10 nm. a lower anti-reflection layer, comprising a base layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminium, a middle layer of an oxide of Zn and Sn, comprising 10 - 90 wt.% Zn and 90-10 wt.% Sn, preferably 40 - 60 wt.% Zn and 40 - 60 wt.% Sn (in wt.% of its total metal content), a top layer of a metal oxide; a base layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminium, a middle layer of an oxide of Zn and Sn, comprising 10 - 90 wt.% Zn and 90-10 wt.% Sn, preferably 40 - 60 wt.% Zn and 40 - 60 wt.% Sn (in wt.% of its total metal content), a top layer of a metal oxide; a silver-based functional layer; a barrier layer with a thickness less than 15 nm and in contact with the silver-based functional layer; an upper anti-reflection layer comprising a layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminium in contact with the barrier layer and having a thickness of more than 10 nm.
An air-fuel ratio controller of an internal combustion engine, the air-fuel ratio controller comprising: an open-loop processor configured to set a base injection amount (Qb), which is an open-loop operation amount that controls an air-fuel ratio to a target value (AF*); a feedback processor configured to calculate a feedback operation amount that controls a detected value of the air-fuel ratio, which is obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, to the target value (AF*); an increase processor configured to perform an increase correction on the base injection amount (Qb) when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is lower than or equal to a specified temperature (Tth); an operation processor configured to operate a fuel injection valve based on the base injection amount (Qb) on which the increase processor has performed the increase correction, wherein the base injection amount (Qb) is corrected using the feedback operation amount and a learning value (LafL, LafH); and an update processor configured to update the learning value (LafL, LafH) based on the feedback operation amount, wherein the internal combustion engine includes a cylinder wall surface, and if the increase processor performs the increase correction, when a temperature of the cylinder wall surface is high, the update processor is configured to update the learning value (LafL) so that the learning value (LafL) increases an increase correction rate of the base injection amount (Qb) as compared to when the temperature of the cylinder wall surface is low. an open-loop processor configured to set a base injection amount (Qb), which is an open-loop operation amount that controls an air-fuel ratio to a target value (AF*); a feedback processor configured to calculate a feedback operation amount that controls a detected value of the air-fuel ratio, which is obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, to the target value (AF*); an increase processor configured to perform an increase correction on the base injection amount (Qb) when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is lower than or equal to a specified temperature (Tth); an operation processor configured to operate a fuel injection valve based on the base injection amount (Qb) on which the increase processor has performed the increase correction, wherein the base injection amount (Qb) is corrected using the feedback operation amount and a learning value (LafL, LafH); and an update processor configured to update the learning value (LafL, LafH) based on the feedback operation amount, wherein the internal combustion engine includes a cylinder wall surface, and if the increase processor performs the increase correction, when a temperature of the cylinder wall surface is high, the update processor is configured to update the learning value (LafL) so that the learning value (LafL) increases an increase correction rate of the base injection amount (Qb) as compared to when the temperature of the cylinder wall surface is low.
A method for producing a liquid container for a motor vehicle, with the method steps: - providing a wall which is intended to delimit an interior of the liquid container for receiving a liquid; - providing a structure which is intended to be arranged in the interior of the liquid container in order to reduce sloshing sounds, wherein - the structure comprises a random arrangement of interlinked threads, and wherein - a multiplicity of the threads of the structure are connected at least in portions by substance bonding to at least one or more further threads of the structure such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; - connecting the structure to the wall, characterized in that the step of connecting the structure to the wall comprises the following method step: - welding and/or gluing the structure to the wall so that a substance-bonded connection is formed between the structure and the wall. - providing a wall which is intended to delimit an interior of the liquid container for receiving a liquid; - providing a structure which is intended to be arranged in the interior of the liquid container in order to reduce sloshing sounds, wherein - the structure comprises a random arrangement of interlinked threads, and wherein - a multiplicity of the threads of the structure are connected at least in portions by substance bonding to at least one or more further threads of the structure such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; - connecting the structure to the wall, - welding and/or gluing the structure to the wall so that a substance-bonded connection is formed between the structure and the wall.
A centrifugal pump system comprising: a disc-shaped impeller having an outer circumference and adapted to be rotatably driven in a pumping direction; a housing with a pumping chamber receiving the impeller, the pumping chamber defining an outlet volute having a separation edge spaced from the outer circumference to provide a limited backflow path coinciding with the pumping direction; a motor for driving the impeller in response to a voltage provided to the motor; a current sensor for measuring current flow within the motor in response to the voltage; and a controller in use estimating a pump flow rate in response to a predetermined relation between the measured current and the pump flow rate, wherein the predetermined relation includes a positive slope from a predetermined backflow rate to a zero pump flow rate a disc-shaped impeller having an outer circumference and adapted to be rotatably driven in a pumping direction; a housing with a pumping chamber receiving the impeller, the pumping chamber defining an outlet volute having a separation edge spaced from the outer circumference to provide a limited backflow path coinciding with the pumping direction; a motor for driving the impeller in response to a voltage provided to the motor; a current sensor for measuring current flow within the motor in response to the voltage; and a controller in use estimating a pump flow rate in response to a predetermined relation between the measured current and the pump flow rate, wherein the predetermined relation includes a positive slope from a predetermined backflow rate to a zero pump flow rate
A radio frequency, RF, waveguide array, the array comprising: a substrate comprising a plurality of optical waveguides, each waveguide being elongate in a first direction; an electrical RF transmission line array located on a face of the substrate and comprising a plurality of RF transmission lines, each transmission line comprising: a signal electrode (411, 412); and at least two ground electrodes (421, 422, 423, 424) located on either side of the signal electrode; each electrode extending in the first direction; wherein: each signal electrode is positioned to provide a signal to two respective waveguides; the ground electrodes include at least two intermediate ground electrodes (422, 423) positioned between each pair of signal electrodes; intermediate ground electrodes of different RF transmission lines are separated from each other by channels; and characterised in that the width of the intermediate ground electrodes varies along the first direction such that the width of each channel varies along the first direction, or such that adjacent_intermediate ground electrodes have interleaving profiles, the width of the electrodes_and the width of the channel being measured in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the face of the substrate. a substrate comprising a plurality of optical waveguides, each waveguide being elongate in a first direction; an electrical RF transmission line array located on a face of the substrate and comprising a plurality of RF transmission lines, each transmission line comprising: a signal electrode (411, 412); and at least two ground electrodes (421, 422, 423, 424) located on either side of the signal electrode; each electrode extending in the first direction; a signal electrode (411, 412); and at least two ground electrodes (421, 422, 423, 424) located on either side of the signal electrode; each electrode extending in the first direction; each signal electrode is positioned to provide a signal to two respective waveguides; the ground electrodes include at least two intermediate ground electrodes (422, 423) positioned between each pair of signal electrodes; intermediate ground electrodes of different RF transmission lines are separated from each other by channels; and
Apparatus for reusing bituminous materials, wherein the apparatus comprises: - a first hopper having inlet and outlet means; - a second hopper having an inlet and outlet means; - a mixing chamber; - a first conveyor means having a first end arranged adjacent the outlet of the first hopper and a second end adjacent and in communication with the mixing chamber; - a second conveyor means arranged along the bottom of the second hopper means, and in communication with the mixing chamber; - a milling and/or crushing cylinder arranged inside the mixing chamber; - a sieve means being a part of the lower wall portion of the mixing chamber; - material receiving means arranged outside the mixing chamber adjacent the sieve means, characterized in that a feeder wheel is arranged above the second conveyor means, where the wheel is arranged for rotation about an axis perpendicular to the transport direction of the second conveyor means, and that the wheel's extension perpendicular to the second conveyor means substantially corresponds to the width of the second conveyor means, wherein the vertical distance between the feeder wheel and the second conveyor means is adjustable, and where the means for adjusting the distance may comprise hydraulic or electrical telescopic means, or a pivotal arm having actuating means, where said arm is arranged between a non-moving frame of the second conveyor means and the feeder wheel. - a first hopper having inlet and outlet means; - a second hopper having an inlet and outlet means; - a mixing chamber; - a first conveyor means having a first end arranged adjacent the outlet of the first hopper and a second end adjacent and in communication with the mixing chamber; - a second conveyor means arranged along the bottom of the second hopper means, and in communication with the mixing chamber; - a milling and/or crushing cylinder arranged inside the mixing chamber; - a sieve means being a part of the lower wall portion of the mixing chamber; - material receiving means arranged outside the mixing chamber adjacent the sieve means, characterized in that a feeder wheel is arranged above the second conveyor means, where the wheel is arranged for rotation about an axis perpendicular to the transport direction of the second conveyor means, and that the wheel's extension perpendicular to the second conveyor means substantially corresponds to the width of the second conveyor means, wherein the vertical distance between the feeder wheel and the second conveyor means is adjustable, and where the means for adjusting the distance may comprise hydraulic or electrical telescopic means, or a pivotal arm having actuating means, where said arm is arranged between a non-moving frame of the second conveyor means and the feeder wheel.
A magnetic separator with a housing that has an interior, a port and a flange, a lid that is detachably connected to the flange and a pot that can be inserted into the interior, a magnet assembly comprising a permanent magnet that can be inserted into the pot, wherein a movable locking element (17; 17') for securing the permanent magnet inserted into the pot is provided, characterized in that the movable locking element (17; 17') is brought into form-fitting engagement through the connection of the lid and flange to the magnet assembly.
A snow basket quick-release system for a ski pole, wherein the snow basket quick-release system comprises a sleeve and a snow basket, the upper end of the sleeve is provided with a hook, the snow basket is provided with a sleeve mounting groove, the upper end of the sleeve mounting groove is provided with an engagement groove and a press section, the diameter of the press section is slightly larger than the diameter of the sleeve, the press section drives the engagement groove to deform elastically, the sleeve is installed on the snow basket by inserting the sleeve mounting groove, and the hook is engaged on the engagement groove; characterized in that the bottom of the sleeve mounting groove is provided with an anti-rotation groove, the bottom of the sleeve is provided with a polygonal position limiting block, the shape of the polygonal position limiting block corresponds to the anti-rotation groove, and the polygonal position limiting block is inserted in the anti-rotation groove.