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A method for measuring an axial position of a rotating component of an engine, the method comprising: obtaining a signal from a sensor coupled to the rotating component, the rotating component having a plurality of position markers distributed about a surface thereof, the position markers having an axially varying characteristic configured to cause a change in a varying parameter of the signal as a function of the axial position of the rotating component, wherein the axially varying characteristic is an axially varying slope across a top surface of the position markers, to create an axially varying air gap between the position markers and the sensor, and wherein the slope is linear; and determining the varying parameter of the signal, characterised by: determining a rotational speed of the rotating component from the signal; and finding the axial position of the rotating component based on a known relationship between the axial position, the rotational speed, and the varying parameter of the signal. obtaining a signal from a sensor coupled to the rotating component, the rotating component having a plurality of position markers distributed about a surface thereof, the position markers having an axially varying characteristic configured to cause a change in a varying parameter of the signal as a function of the axial position of the rotating component, wherein the axially varying characteristic is an axially varying slope across a top surface of the position markers, to create an axially varying air gap between the position markers and the sensor, and wherein the slope is linear; and determining the varying parameter of the signal, determining a rotational speed of the rotating component from the signal; and finding the axial position of the rotating component based on a known relationship between the axial position, the rotational speed, and the varying parameter of the signal.
An internal combustion engine control device for controlling an in-cylinder direct injection type spark ignition internal combustion engine including a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a cylinder and an ignition plug for igniting an air-fuel mixture in the cylinder, and configured to inject the fuel in an intake stroke and an expansion stroke and ignite the injected fuel in the expansion stroke under a specific operating condition, wherein: an interval between a fuel injection timing and an ignition timing in the expansion stroke is shortened as the ignition timing is retarded; a fuel injection amount in the expansion stroke is increased as the ignition timing is retarded; and a fuel injection amount in the intake stroke injection is constant regardless of the ignition timing. an interval between a fuel injection timing and an ignition timing in the expansion stroke is shortened as the ignition timing is retarded; a fuel injection amount in the expansion stroke is increased as the ignition timing is retarded; and a fuel injection amount in the intake stroke injection is constant regardless of the ignition timing.
An apparatus for detecting and identifying flying or jumping insects in farming or forestry production facilities, the apparatus comprising: an illumination module configured to simultaneously illuminate an entire target space and comprising light source configured to emit a diverging beam of incoherent infrared or near-infrared light along an illumination direction; a detector module comprising an imaging system and an image sensor (133, 411), the detector module being configured to receive backscattered light from organisms inside the target space and to capture a plurality of images of the illuminated target space, the target space comprising one or more organisms moving about said target space, wherein the imaging system defines an imaging optical axis, wherein the imaging optical axis and the illumination direction define an angle between each other, the angle being between 1° and 30°; a processor configured to: - detect, from the captured images, a trajectory of an organism moving about said target space; - recognize a type of organism from the detected trajectory. an illumination module configured to simultaneously illuminate an entire target space and comprising light source configured to emit a diverging beam of incoherent infrared or near-infrared light along an illumination direction; a detector module comprising an imaging system and an image sensor (133, 411), the detector module being configured to receive backscattered light from organisms inside the target space and to capture a plurality of images of the illuminated target space, the target space comprising one or more organisms moving about said target space, wherein the imaging system defines an imaging optical axis, wherein the imaging optical axis and the illumination direction define an angle between each other, the angle being between 1° and 30°; a processor configured to: - detect, from the captured images, a trajectory of an organism moving about said target space; - recognize a type of organism from the detected trajectory. - detect, from the captured images, a trajectory of an organism moving about said target space; - recognize a type of organism from the detected trajectory.
A method for producing ultrapure magnesium by distilling at reduced pressure, characterized in that a starting material in the form of a magnesium-containing molten metal is disposed, together with the upper region of a crucible-shaped condensation vessel made of a material inert to magnesium and having an opening that is protected against the entry of contaminated refluxing molten magnesium by a cover inert to magnesium and that permits the entry of magnesium vapor, in the upper part of a vacuum-tight retort that may be heated to different temperatures from the outside in the horizontal direction by one or a plurality of heating elements and that is made of a material largely inert to magnesium or a material that at least does not give off evaporable impurities at a temperature above the melting point and is disposed in the immediate region of the magnesium-containing melt or of the opening of the crucible-shaped condensation vessel above the boiling point of magnesium, wherein the lower region of the crucible-shaped condensation vessel is disposed in a tapering retort that region closely surrounds its lower region, in a temperature gradient between the boiling point and the melting point of magnesium, and in that the retort may be at least temporarily linked, using a blocking element, to a chamber that itself may be linked via lines and a valve to a vacuum pump, via a further line to a vacuum gauge, and via a third line and a valve to an inert gas source, wherein the pressure inside the retort is maintained in a target pressure range during the distillation process, i.e., on the one hand is lowered until the boiling point of the magnesium is reduced to a temperature thermally acceptable for the material of the retort and on the other hand is maintained at a minimum value by the selective addition of inert gas, in which the boiling point of the pure molten magnesium disposed in the lower region of the crucible-shaped condensation vessel is not exceeded.
E-gaming seat, including a seat portion and a backrest portion forming together a seat-backrest combination, wherein the seat-backrest combination is formed as a bucket seat, wherein the seat portion is formed as a first shell of the bucket seat and the backrest portion is formed as a second shell of the bucket seat and both of the shells (2, 3) are pivotally connected to each other, wherein the backrest portion is pivotable relative to the seat portion about a pivotal axis extending transversal to the longitudinal direction of the seat, for which purpose the backrest portion and the seat portion are connected to each other via a pivoting device allowing to adjust the inclination of the backrest portion relative to the seat portion, and a pivoting mechanism, wherein the seat-backrest combination is connected, with the seat portion thereof, to the pivoting mechanism, wherein the pivoting mechanism allows taking up a plurality of pivoting positions, and wherein the pivoting mechanism is fixable in each of these pivoting positions, wherein the adjustability of the inclination of the backrest portion relative to the seat portion is independent from the pivoting position of the pivoting mechanism, and thus independent from the pivoting position of the seat-backrest combination. a seat portion and a backrest portion forming together a seat-backrest combination, wherein the seat-backrest combination is formed as a bucket seat, wherein the seat portion is formed as a first shell of the bucket seat and the backrest portion is formed as a second shell of the bucket seat and both of the shells (2, 3) are pivotally connected to each other, wherein the backrest portion is pivotable relative to the seat portion about a pivotal axis extending transversal to the longitudinal direction of the seat, for which purpose the backrest portion and the seat portion are connected to each other via a pivoting device allowing to adjust the inclination of the backrest portion relative to the seat portion, and a pivoting mechanism, wherein the seat-backrest combination is connected, with the seat portion thereof, to the pivoting mechanism, wherein the pivoting mechanism allows taking up a plurality of pivoting positions, and wherein the pivoting mechanism is fixable in each of these pivoting positions, wherein the adjustability of the inclination of the backrest portion relative to the seat portion is independent from the pivoting position of the pivoting mechanism, and thus independent from the pivoting position of the seat-backrest combination.
An emptying device for storage containers of granular materials or the like provided with an access opening, said emptying device comprising: - at least one support body; - at least one suction head capable of being moved from a rest position to an operative position in which it is arranged at least near the granular material to suck; - two or more lifting. groups coupled to said support body and susceptible to grasp and lift the access opening of the storage container; and characterized in that it comprises; - moving means of said lifting groups adapted to move at least one first of said lifting groups with independent movements with respect to at least one second of said lifting groups; - at least one control device of said moving means to automate said movements of said lifting groups according to predetermined sequences so as to move independently distinct portions of the storage container and convey the granular material towards said suction head. - at least one support body; - at least one suction head capable of being moved from a rest position to an operative position in which it is arranged at least near the granular material to suck; - two or more lifting. groups coupled to said support body and susceptible to grasp and lift the access opening of the storage container; and characterized in that it comprises; - moving means of said lifting groups adapted to move at least one first of said lifting groups with independent movements with respect to at least one second of said lifting groups; - at least one control device of said moving means to automate said movements of said lifting groups according to predetermined sequences so as to move independently distinct portions of the storage container and convey the granular material towards said suction head.
A handle for a cleaner, the handle comprising: an extension tube connector that is connected to an extension tube; an air flow pipe that communicates with the extension tube connector to transfer air and dusts that is received from the extension tube connector; a grip part that is to be held by a user; and a grip part connector that connects the extension tube connector and the grip part to each other and is rotated with respect to the air flow pipe, wherein the grip part and the grip part connector are arranged such that a central line of the extension tube connector passes through the grip part, wherein the grip part is rotated together with the grip part connector. and the extension tube connector, and wherein the grip part is rotated with respect to the central line of the extension tube connector, characterized in that the air flow pipe comprises a pipe body that defines an air passage, and a rotation guide that extends from the pipe body, wherein the central line of the extension tube connector passes through the rotation guide, and wherein the grip part connector is rotatably connected to the rotation guide. an extension tube connector that is connected to an extension tube; an air flow pipe that communicates with the extension tube connector to transfer air and dusts that is received from the extension tube connector; a grip part that is to be held by a user; and a grip part connector that connects the extension tube connector and the grip part to each other and is rotated with respect to the air flow pipe, wherein the grip part and the grip part connector are arranged such that a central line of the extension tube connector passes through the grip part, wherein the grip part is rotated together with the grip part connector. and the extension tube connector, and wherein the grip part is rotated with respect to the central line of the extension tube connector, characterized in that the air flow pipe comprises a pipe body that defines an air passage, and a rotation guide that extends from the pipe body, wherein the central line of the extension tube connector passes through the rotation guide, and wherein the grip part connector is rotatably connected to the rotation guide.
Apparatus for dispensing a food product, particularly a refrigerated fluid or paste food product, comprising a reservoir for containing said food product to be dispensed, a cooling device arranged internally of said reservoir for cooling said food product, a mixing device arranged internally of said reservoir for mixing said food product by displacing said food product from a first end to a second end of said reservoir, a dispenser device for said food product, a body being suitable to at least partially house an obturator element, an outlet hole for said food product, said obturator element being mobile inside said body between a closed position, wherein said food product cannot exit from said dispenser device, and an open position, wherein said food product can exit from said dispenser device to fill a container through the outlet hole characterized in that the apparatus comprises an appendage which protrudes from said reservoir and defines a chamber communicating with said reservoir, said body extending along a longitudinal axis and being provided above said appendage, said appendage 10 being delimited by a lower surface in which said outlet hole is obtained, and which completely surrounds said outlet hole, and by an upper surface on which said body ends, and, around said longitudinal axis, by a lateral surface, said appendage protruding from a portion of surface of said body, externally delimiting said body on an opposite side with respect to said reservoir, said lateral surface being not arranged aligned with said portion of surface of said body, but protruding with respect to said portion of surface, thus having said chamber defined internally of said appendage a volume greater than the volume it would have if said lateral surface was aligned with said portion of surface, a tubular portion which projects from said lower surface around said outlet hole and is aligned with said body along said longitudinal axis, below said appendage, so as to define an outlet duct through which the product is dispensed, said tubular portion being engaged by a lower portion of said obturator element in the closing position of said outlet hole.
A method for pulse length modulation of signals using calibration signals (Sc), said method comprising • a step in which the signals are precompensated and pulse length modulated in a data path thereby resulting in modulated signals (S_mod), • a step in which the calibration signals (Sc) are pulse length modulated in a calibration path thereby resulting in modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod), said method being characterized by • performing measurements of power or energy of the modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod) in an evaluation path, • using said measurements of power or energy of the modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod) to determine pulse lengths of the modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod), • performing comparisons of signals modulated using an error-free pulse length modulation in an ideal case using linear sawtooth signals with the calibration signals (Sc) that must be applied to achieve same pulse lengths after modulation in the evaluation path, • and using the results of said comparisons to precompensate the signals in said data path. • a step in which the signals are precompensated and pulse length modulated in a data path thereby resulting in modulated signals (S_mod), • a step in which the calibration signals (Sc) are pulse length modulated in a calibration path thereby resulting in modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod), • performing measurements of power or energy of the modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod) in an evaluation path, • using said measurements of power or energy of the modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod) to determine pulse lengths of the modulated calibration signals (Sc_mod), • performing comparisons of signals modulated using an error-free pulse length modulation in an ideal case using linear sawtooth signals with the calibration signals (Sc) that must be applied to achieve same pulse lengths after modulation in the evaluation path, • and using the results of said comparisons to precompensate the signals in said data path.
Sorption module for a sorption temperature-control device comprising - a housing that encloses a working chamber in which a sorption zone and a phase change zone are arranged and in which a working medium can be transferred reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone, - wherein in the sorption zone a sorption structure is arranged, which is coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a sorption path for guiding a sorption path medium, - wherein in the phase change zone a phase change structure is arranged, which is coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a phase change path for guiding a phase change path medium, - wherein a control device is provided for controlling a fluidic connection through which the working medium is transferred reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone, - wherein the control device includes an actuating element, which cooperates with the fluidic connection such that the actuating element controls the fluidic connection depending on an adjustment of the actuating element, characterised in that - the control device comprises an electrically or electromagnetically operating actuating drive for adjusting the actuating element, - the actuating drive is attached externally onto an outer wall of the housing, - the actuating element passes through a through-opening formed in the outer wall and in the working chamber cooperates with the fluidic connection. - a housing that encloses a working chamber in which a sorption zone and a phase change zone are arranged and in which a working medium can be transferred reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone, - wherein in the sorption zone a sorption structure is arranged, which is coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a sorption path for guiding a sorption path medium, - wherein in the phase change zone a phase change structure is arranged, which is coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a phase change path for guiding a phase change path medium, - wherein a control device is provided for controlling a fluidic connection through which the working medium is transferred reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone, - wherein the control device includes an actuating element, which cooperates with the fluidic connection such that the actuating element controls the fluidic connection depending on an adjustment of the actuating element, - the control device comprises an electrically or electromagnetically operating actuating drive for adjusting the actuating element, - the actuating drive is attached externally onto an outer wall of the housing, - the actuating element passes through a through-opening formed in the outer wall and in the working chamber cooperates with the fluidic connection.
A disposable loading unit - DLU - for a surgical stapler, the surgical stapler comprising an anvil, the disposable loading unit comprising: a housing assembly; a staple cartridge assembly, wherein the staple cartridge assembly comprises a staple cartridge body that defines a staple deck and a slot, wherein the staple cartridge assembly further comprises a tissue thickness compensator arranged adjacent to the staple deck, and wherein the tissue thickness compensator comprises a substance therein; a knife assembly positioned within the housing assembly and arranged to move relative to the staple cartridge assembly along the slot, the knife assembly comprising: a cutting surface configured to incise the tissue thickness compensator captured between the staple cartridge assembly and an anvil of the surgical stapler as the knife assembly moves relative to the cartridge assembly; and characterized by an interaction surface or guide arranged relative to the cutting surface, wherein the interaction surface or guide is configured to direct at least a portion of the said substance within the tissue thickness compensator as the knife assembly moves relative to the cartridge assembly. a housing assembly; a staple cartridge assembly, wherein the staple cartridge assembly comprises a staple cartridge body that defines a staple deck and a slot, wherein the staple cartridge assembly further comprises a tissue thickness compensator arranged adjacent to the staple deck, and wherein the tissue thickness compensator comprises a substance therein; a knife assembly positioned within the housing assembly and arranged to move relative to the staple cartridge assembly along the slot, the knife assembly comprising: a cutting surface configured to incise the tissue thickness compensator captured between the staple cartridge assembly and an anvil of the surgical stapler as the knife assembly moves relative to the cartridge assembly; and characterized by an interaction surface or guide arranged relative to the cutting surface, wherein the interaction surface or guide is configured to direct at least a portion of the said substance within the tissue thickness compensator as the knife assembly moves relative to the cartridge assembly. a cutting surface configured to incise the tissue thickness compensator captured between the staple cartridge assembly and an anvil of the surgical stapler as the knife assembly moves relative to the cartridge assembly; and characterized by an interaction surface or guide arranged relative to the cutting surface, wherein the interaction surface or guide is configured to direct at least a portion of the said substance within the tissue thickness compensator as the knife assembly moves relative to the cartridge assembly.