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A device for converting an input analogue current signal (lin) into an output digital signal (Out), comprising: - a sample and hold circuit for providing at least one signal related to the input analogue current signal (lin); - an analog-to-digital conversion and control circuit for performing an analogue-to-digital conversion of the at least one related signal at the output of the sample and hold module into said output digital signal (Out); wherein - the sample and hold circuit is adapted for sampling the input analogue current signal (lin) and integrating it on capacitive means which are configurable to dynamically changing its effective capacitance value (CVA, CVB, CVB2, CVB3) in order to shape a voltage signal (Vs) present on said capacitive means by biasing said capacitive means, while preserving the charge value present on said capacitive means unchanged; wherein the effective capacitance value of the capacitive means is: - configurable to at least a first value during a first period in which the input analogue current signal (lin) is being integrated in the sample and hold circuit; and - configurable to at least a second value during a second period in which the charge value present in said capacitive means is being converted by the analogue-to-digital conversion and control circuit into the output digital signal (Out); and - the analogue-to-digital conversion and control circuit comprises successive approximation analogue-to-digital conversion means for considering the value of the voltage signal (Vs) on the capacitive means and converting a charge value present in said variable capacitive means into the digital output signal (Out). - a sample and hold circuit for providing at least one signal related to the input analogue current signal (lin); - an analog-to-digital conversion and control circuit for performing an analogue-to-digital conversion of the at least one related signal at the output of the sample and hold module into said output digital signal (Out); wherein - the sample and hold circuit is adapted for sampling the input analogue current signal (lin) and integrating it on capacitive means which are configurable to dynamically changing its effective capacitance value (CVA, CVB, CVB2, CVB3) in order to shape a voltage signal (Vs) present on said capacitive means by biasing said capacitive means, while preserving the charge value present on said capacitive means unchanged; - configurable to at least a first value during a first period in which the input analogue current signal (lin) is being integrated in the sample and hold circuit; and - configurable to at least a second value during a second period in which the charge value present in said capacitive means is being converted by the analogue-to-digital conversion and control circuit into the output digital signal (Out); and - the analogue-to-digital conversion and control circuit comprises successive approximation analogue-to-digital conversion means for considering the value of the voltage signal (Vs) on the capacitive means and converting a charge value present in said variable capacitive means into the digital output signal (Out).
A camera system comprising: an image sensor arranged in an image sensor housing; a lens system comprising at least one movable lens; a lens housing accommodating the lens system and comprising an opening, the lens housing is removably attached to the image sensor housing so that the at least one lens, the opening, and the image sensor are arranged along an axis with the opening between the at least one lens and the image sensor; a probe extending towards the opening and that is fixed in relation to the at least one lens; characterized by: an actuation system configured to move the at least one lens along the axis and the probe parallel with the axis, relative the opening so that the probe reach out through the opening to a location where the image sensor is arranged; and a control system configured to control the actuation system to move the at least one lens and the probe and to detect that a motion of the at least one lens and the probe is prevented by that the probe hits a surface (23, 25) of the image sensor. an image sensor arranged in an image sensor housing; a lens system comprising at least one movable lens; a lens housing accommodating the lens system and comprising an opening, the lens housing is removably attached to the image sensor housing so that the at least one lens, the opening, and the image sensor are arranged along an axis with the opening between the at least one lens and the image sensor; a probe extending towards the opening and that is fixed in relation to the at least one lens; characterized by: an actuation system configured to move the at least one lens along the axis and the probe parallel with the axis, relative the opening so that the probe reach out through the opening to a location where the image sensor is arranged; and a control system configured to control the actuation system to move the at least one lens and the probe and to detect that a motion of the at least one lens and the probe is prevented by that the probe hits a surface (23, 25) of the image sensor. an actuation system configured to move the at least one lens along the axis and the probe parallel with the axis, relative the opening so that the probe reach out through the opening to a location where the image sensor is arranged; and a control system configured to control the actuation system to move the at least one lens and the probe and to detect that a motion of the at least one lens and the probe is prevented by that the probe hits a surface (23, 25) of the image sensor.
A method for processing a two-parameter spectrum relating to a distribution of a number of photons n varying according to different channels of a first parameter and different channels of a second parameter, the spectrum being obtained by means of a semi-conductor detector, the second parameter being the amplitude of a signal from the detector comprising, the method being adapted to correct charge carrier collection defects in the semiconductor created by a X or gamma photon interaction with the semiconductor, and comprising the steps of: - selecting the first profile parameter for the spectrum, and an initial correction function (Co), - correcting of a first profile (Do) by at least multiplying by an initial correction function, then, - for any profile selected (Dk) according to this first parameter, the carrying out of at least a correction operation by multiplying this selected profile by a correction function (Ck), equal to the sum of at least a portion of the already corrected profiles. - selecting the first profile parameter for the spectrum, and an initial correction function (Co), - correcting of a first profile (Do) by at least multiplying by an initial correction function, then, - for any profile selected (Dk) according to this first parameter, the carrying out of at least a correction operation by multiplying this selected profile by a correction function (Ck), equal to the sum of at least a portion of the already corrected profiles.
Forklift truck with forward-tilting cab, comprising a cab and a frame, characterized in that the cab is connected to the frame so as to be able to tilt forward; also included is a removable locating mechanism, which is provided between the cab and the frame when the cab is tilted forward to reduce the cab height, so as to locate the cab when the cab is tilted forward to a preset angle.
A lipolytic enzyme variant comprising an amino acid modification to a parent lipolytic enzyme, wherein the modification is at a productive position of the lipolytic enzyme variant, wherein the productive position is 130 and the productive modification is 130(D,A,C,E,F,G,H,Q,R,T,V,W,Y), wherein the parent lipolytic enzyme is the Thermomyces lanuginosus set forth in SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the amino acid positions of the lipase variant are numbered by correspondence with the amino acid sequence of Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase TLL set forth in SEQ ID NO:4, and wherein the variant has at least 90% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4. Q, R).
A chimney tray for a column for thermal treatment of fluid mixtures, comprising a collecting tray and at least two chimneys (5-1, 5-2) spaced apart horizontally in the collecting tray, where each chimney (5-1, 5-2) forms a vertically aligned chimney body (6-1, 6-2) which forms a passage orifice (7-1, 7-2) through the collecting tray, and has a cover unit (8-1, 8-2) arranged spaced apart from the chimney body (6-1, 6-2), and where the cover unit (8-1, 8-2) covers the respective passage orifice (7-1, 7-2) in the vertical direction, and a screen which extends around the chimney body of a first chimney, with the lower annular edge of the screen below the upper edge of the chimney body of the first chimney and the upper annular edge of the screen above the lower outer edge of the cover unit of the first chimney or adjoining the lower outer edge of the cover unit of the first chimney, wherein the screen extends vertically downward from the lower edge of the cover unit of the first chimney to below the upper edge of the chimney body of the first chimney, where the ratio (V4/V1) of the height of the chimney body to the vertical distance of the upper edge of the chimney body from the lower edge of the screen is within a range from 10 to 30; or the upper annular edge of the screen is above the lower edge of the cover unit of the first chimney and the screen is spaced apart horizontally from the cover unit, where the ratio (V4/V1) of the height of the chimney body to the vertical distance of the upper edge of the chimney body from the lower edge of the screen is within a range from 15 to 40. a collecting tray and at least two chimneys (5-1, 5-2) spaced apart horizontally in the collecting tray, where each chimney (5-1, 5-2) forms a vertically aligned chimney body (6-1, 6-2) which forms a passage orifice (7-1, 7-2) through the collecting tray, and has a cover unit (8-1, 8-2) arranged spaced apart from the chimney body (6-1, 6-2), and where the cover unit (8-1, 8-2) covers the respective passage orifice (7-1, 7-2) in the vertical direction, and a screen which extends around the chimney body of a first chimney, with the lower annular edge of the screen below the upper edge of the chimney body of the first chimney and the upper annular edge of the screen above the lower outer edge of the cover unit of the first chimney or adjoining the lower outer edge of the cover unit of the first chimney, wherein the screen extends vertically downward from the lower edge of the cover unit of the first chimney to below the upper edge of the chimney body of the first chimney, where the ratio (V4/V1) of the height of the chimney body to the vertical distance of the upper edge of the chimney body from the lower edge of the screen is within a range from 10 to 30; or the upper annular edge of the screen is above the lower edge of the cover unit of the first chimney and the screen is spaced apart horizontally from the cover unit, where the ratio (V4/V1) of the height of the chimney body to the vertical distance of the upper edge of the chimney body from the lower edge of the screen is within a range from 15 to 40.
A resin composition comprising: an epoxy resin; a maleimide compound; a curing agent; and an inorganic filler, wherein the curing agent comprises a cyanate ester resin, wherein the cyanate ester resin is contained in an amount that meets a requirement of CN/Ep of 0.7 to 2.5 wherein CN represents the number of cyanate groups in the cyanate ester resin; and Ep represents the number of epoxy groups in the epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin is represented by general formula or: wherein R 7 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R 8 's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group represented by formula; wherein R 9 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R 10 's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group represented by formula; wherein R 4 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Ar represents a phenylene or naphthylene group, provided that 1 to 3 hydrogen atoms in the phenylene or naphthylene group are optionally nuclearly substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and o represents a real number of 0.1 to 4 on average, and wherein the epoxy resin is contained in an amount of 5 to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight in total of the epoxy resin, the maleimide compound, and the curing agent.
Roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device and an associated grinding device; the roasting device being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device comprising reading means to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means and/or from the characteristics of the beans in a database in this control unit and/or according to the user's input; the roasted coffee beans being dispensed into a beans container (10, 20), the beans container (10, 20) comprising programmable identification means where product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type are encoded on it by an encoder in the roasting device; the grinding device comprising one or more housings for receiving one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device comprising a reader to obtain the information of the product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of the one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device further comprising a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to be delivered from the coffee beans containers (10, 20) for obtaining a certain coffee quantity and/or a certain coffee blend quantity from each beans container to be grinded according to these product parameters and/or according to a recipes database, and/or according to the user's input. the roasting device being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device comprising reading means to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means and/or from the characteristics of the beans in a database in this control unit and/or according to the user's input; the roasted coffee beans being dispensed into a beans container (10, 20), the beans container (10, 20) comprising programmable identification means where product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type are encoded on it by an encoder in the roasting device; the grinding device comprising one or more housings for receiving one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device comprising a reader to obtain the information of the product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of the one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device further comprising a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to be delivered from the coffee beans containers (10, 20) for obtaining a certain coffee quantity and/or a certain coffee blend quantity from each beans container to be grinded according to these product parameters and/or according to a recipes database, and/or according to the user's input.
A wellbore servicing composition comprising: (a) an alkaline earth metal oxide, and a soluble salt, and (b) a viscosifier wherein the viscosifier comprises an amidopropalkonium chloride with a chain length of greater than C 12.
Metering disc of a capsule filling device for filling capsules with powder products, the metering disc having a number of metering orifices, characterised in that the metering disc comprises a disc base body and at least one thickness adjusting plate (4, 4', 4") releasably connectable to the disc base body, wherein the thickness adjusting plate (4, 4', 4") is provided with bores (15, 15', 15"), to which corresponds a corresponding number of bores in the disc base body, wherein all bores (15, 15', 15", 16) are in alignment with one another and have the same calibrated cross-section or diameter, so that they form the aligned, continuous metering orifices in the assembled state of the metering disc, and wherein the metering orifices pass through the disc base body and the at least one thickness adjusting plate (4, 4', 4").
Combination of a fastener for a wall-hung article, especially for a wall-hung sanitaryware item, and a resilient element, wherein the fastener has a sleeve having a hole with which the fastener is mountable on a bolt, the resilient element, which acts in a longitudinal direction of the hole, being connected to the sleeve, characterised in that the resilient element has resilient brushes which project from the sleeve approximately in the longitudinal direction of the hole.
A method comprising: receiving a user command at a first mobile terminal to switch the first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal from a first communication service, active between the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, to a second communication service; transmitting a request from the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal in response to the received user command; receiving a reply to the transmitted request at said first mobile terminal, said reply indicating whether or not the user of the second mobile terminal agreed to switch from said first communication service to the second communication service; signaling to set up said second communication service in response to said reply; and at a first time, switching from the first communication service active between the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal to the second communication service in a wireless network wherein the first communication service provides a service in which output is provided to the user up to the first time, and the second communication service provides a service from the first time, in which output is provided to the user. receiving a user command at a first mobile terminal to switch the first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal from a first communication service, active between the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, to a second communication service; transmitting a request from the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal in response to the received user command; receiving a reply to the transmitted request at said first mobile terminal, said reply indicating whether or not the user of the second mobile terminal agreed to switch from said first communication service to the second communication service; signaling to set up said second communication service in response to said reply; and at a first time, switching from the first communication service active between the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal to the second communication service in a wireless network wherein the first communication service provides a service in which output is provided to the user up to the first time, and the second communication service provides a service from the first time, in which output is provided to the user.
Steam turbine comprising an outer housing, an inner housing arranged inside the outer housing and a rotor rotatably mounted inside the inner housing, wherein an interspace is formed between the inner housing and the outer housing, wherein a sealing steam seal is formed between the outer housing and the rotor, wherein the sealing steam seal has a sealing steam opening which is fluidically connected to a sealing steam line, wherein the sealing steam opening and the sealing steam line are formed such that sealing steam can flow into a gap between the outer housing and the rotor, wherein the outer housing has an inflow opening for introducing sealing steam into the interspace, wherein the inflow opening is fluidically connected to the sealing steam line, wherein the sealing steam line has a branch line which is fluidically connected to the inflow opening.
An aerosol delivery device comprising: a housing (203; 303) formed at least in part by an outer wall (205; 305); a flow tube (245; 345) positioned interior to the outer wall of the housing, the flow tube including at least one vent configured in a wall thereof, the at least one vent being adapted to allow air flow therethrough and substantially prevent liquid flow therethrough; a space defined between the outer wall of the housing and the flow tube; an airflow path through the device between a connector end of the housing and a mouthend of the housing, the airflow path passing at least partially through the flow tube; an atomizer formed of a heater combined with a ceramic wick, the ceramic wick being in a sealing engagement with the flow tube such that at least a portion of the ceramic wick is in the airflow path and at least a portion of the ceramic wick is in fluid communication with the space defined between the outer wall of the housing and the flow tube; and a sealing member positioned between the ceramic wick and the flow tube and configured to form the sealing engagement. a housing (203; 303) formed at least in part by an outer wall (205; 305); a flow tube (245; 345) positioned interior to the outer wall of the housing, the flow tube including at least one vent configured in a wall thereof, the at least one vent being adapted to allow air flow therethrough and substantially prevent liquid flow therethrough; a space defined between the outer wall of the housing and the flow tube; an airflow path through the device between a connector end of the housing and a mouthend of the housing, the airflow path passing at least partially through the flow tube; an atomizer formed of a heater combined with a ceramic wick, the ceramic wick being in a sealing engagement with the flow tube such that at least a portion of the ceramic wick is in the airflow path and at least a portion of the ceramic wick is in fluid communication with the space defined between the outer wall of the housing and the flow tube; and a sealing member positioned between the ceramic wick and the flow tube and configured to form the sealing engagement.