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A grinding system comprising a dresser configured to grind the at least one welding tip; and characterized by: a welding gun movable relative to a workpiece, the welding gun comprising: a pair of clamp devices configured to move relatively toward each other to clamp a workpiece; and at least one welding tip disposed on a clamp device among the pair of clamp devices; a detector configured to detect a relative movement amount of the at least one welding tip with respect to another clamp device among the pair of clamp devices; a determinator configured to, while the dresser is grinding the at least one welding tip, determine whether to make the dresser end grinding the at least one welding tip based on the movement amount detected by the detector; and an instructor configured to, when the determinator determines to make the dresser end grinding the at least one welding tip, instruct the dresser to end grinding the at least one welding tip. a welding gun movable relative to a workpiece, the welding gun comprising: a pair of clamp devices configured to move relatively toward each other to clamp a workpiece; and at least one welding tip disposed on a clamp device among the pair of clamp devices; a pair of clamp devices configured to move relatively toward each other to clamp a workpiece; and at least one welding tip disposed on a clamp device among the pair of clamp devices; a detector configured to detect a relative movement amount of the at least one welding tip with respect to another clamp device among the pair of clamp devices; a determinator configured to, while the dresser is grinding the at least one welding tip, determine whether to make the dresser end grinding the at least one welding tip based on the movement amount detected by the detector; and an instructor configured to, when the determinator determines to make the dresser end grinding the at least one welding tip, instruct the dresser to end grinding the at least one welding tip.
A battery comprising an electrode group including a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, and a protection layer, the separator being interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode mixture layer, and a positive electrode tab, the positive electrode mixture layer being disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode tab being electrically connected to the positive electrode current collector, characterized in that the protection layer covering a surface of the positive electrode tab, the protection layer including an insulation layer and a vapor-deposited metal layer, the insulation layer including an electrical insulating material, the vapor-deposited metal layer being interposed between the insulation layer and the separator, the vapor-deposited metal layer being in contact with at least a part of the positive electrode mixture layer. the positive electrode mixture layer being disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode tab being electrically connected to the positive electrode current collector, the insulation layer including an electrical insulating material, the vapor-deposited metal layer being interposed between the insulation layer and the separator, the vapor-deposited metal layer being in contact with at least a part of the positive electrode mixture layer.
An identifying method being applied to a composite optical fiber assembly, the composite optical fiber assembly comprising: a quartz optical fiber, connectors (A2, B2) of the quartz optical fiber, which are provided at two ends of the quartz optical fiber, respectively, two plastic optical fibers (1, 2), and connectors (A3, B1) of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2), wherein each of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) has only one of the connectors (A3, B1), and wherein the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) are so laid on the quartz optical fiber, that the connectors (A3, B1) of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) are at different ends of the quartz optical fiber assembly, respectively, and that at an end of the optical fiber assembly the connection state of a connector of the quartz optical fiber is to determined by light injected into the connector of the plastic fiber located at that end; characterized in that the method comprises: determining whether the connector(A2, B2) of the quartz optical fiber is reliably connected; and depending on the result of the determination, lightening one of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) on the quartz optical fiber of which the connector has been reliably connected, such that the one of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) conspicuously highlight a connection state of the connector(A2, B2) of the quartz optical fiber. a quartz optical fiber, connectors (A2, B2) of the quartz optical fiber, which are provided at two ends of the quartz optical fiber, respectively, two plastic optical fibers (1, 2), and connectors (A3, B1) of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2), wherein each of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) has only one of the connectors (A3, B1), and wherein the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) are so laid on the quartz optical fiber, that the connectors (A3, B1) of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) are at different ends of the quartz optical fiber assembly, respectively, and that at an end of the optical fiber assembly the connection state of a connector of the quartz optical fiber is to determined by light injected into the connector of the plastic fiber located at that end; determining whether the connector(A2, B2) of the quartz optical fiber is reliably connected; and depending on the result of the determination, lightening one of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) on the quartz optical fiber of which the connector has been reliably connected, such that the one of the two plastic optical fibers (1, 2) conspicuously highlight a connection state of the connector(A2, B2) of the quartz optical fiber.
A steering wheel system comprising a multi-function steering wheel, which is pivotable about an adjustment axis between a steering position and a non-steering position (26, 28), wherein the multi-function steering wheel is coupled in the steering position with a travel direction element and is pivotable about a steering axis for adjusting the travel direction element, wherein the multi-function steering wheel is decoupled from the travel direction element in the non-steering position (26, 28), and wherein the multi-function steering wheel has a substantially rigid steering wheel rim as well as a mounting arm for mounting on a steering shaft which extends from the steering wheel rim to the steering shaft. characterized in that the mounting arm has a joint which defines the adjustment axis.
A shaft furnace, in particular a blast furnace, comprising: a metal jacket defining the furnace outer wall; a protective layer protecting the inner surface of said outer wall; at least one condition monitoring probe arranged inside said outer wall and within said protective layer to monitor the latter; wherein said at least one condition monitoring probe is connected to a detection module operatively connected to a wireless module, which are battery powered and arranged outside said outer wall to transmit condition monitoring data; and wherein said outer wall comprises an aperture for wired connection between said at least one condition monitoring probe and said wireless module, a casing being mounted to the outer surface of said metal jacket in a gas-tight manner to cover said aperture. a metal jacket defining the furnace outer wall; a protective layer protecting the inner surface of said outer wall; at least one condition monitoring probe arranged inside said outer wall and within said protective layer to monitor the latter; wherein said at least one condition monitoring probe is connected to a detection module operatively connected to a wireless module, which are battery powered and arranged outside said outer wall to transmit condition monitoring data; and wherein said outer wall comprises an aperture for wired connection between said at least one condition monitoring probe and said wireless module, a casing being mounted to the outer surface of said metal jacket in a gas-tight manner to cover said aperture.
An enclosure with one side comprising: - at least one vertically sliding door movable between open and closed positions and having a first edge; - a positioner rotatable around a vertical axis; and - a wall member carried on the positioner, the wall member also having a second edge, wherein, - the wall member is rotatable with the positioner from parallel to a plane of the vertically sliding door to out of the plane, - the edges of the vertically sliding door and the wall member having mating profiles, characterized in that the positioner wall member is movable in the vertical direction between raised and lowered positions, with the wall member being rotatable about the vertical axis in the raised position and with the vertically sliding door in the open position. - at least one vertically sliding door movable between open and closed positions and having a first edge; - a positioner rotatable around a vertical axis; and - a wall member carried on the positioner, the wall member also having a second edge, - the wall member is rotatable with the positioner from parallel to a plane of the vertically sliding door to out of the plane, - the edges of the vertically sliding door and the wall member having mating profiles,
Method for overboarding from a vessel an elongated flexible article that comprises a joint between a first and a subsequent second length thereof, the method comprising the steps of: a) advancing a first length of the article from a storage unit (32a, 32b) to overboarding guide means, provided at a height above a work deck of the vessel, and overboarding the first article length supported by the overboarding guide means until an end of the first length of the article is encountered; b) holding the overboarded first article length with holding means configured to carry the overboarded first article length; c) guiding an end of the first article length held by the holding means to a joining unit for preparing a joint positioned on the work deck of the vessel; d) advancing a second length of the article to the joining unit on the work deck of the vessel and joining the ends of the first and second article lengths to obtain the joint on the work deck of the vessel; e) while still holding the first article length, taking up the thus prepared joint from the joining unit and bringing it to the overboarding guide means such that part of the second article length is supported by the overboarding guide means and the joint is in a downstream position with respect to the overboarding guide means; and f) overboarding the second article length with the first article length joined thereto supported by the overboarding guide means and optionally by the holding means until an end of the second length of the article is encountered. a) advancing a first length of the article from a storage unit (32a, 32b) to overboarding guide means, provided at a height above a work deck of the vessel, and overboarding the first article length supported by the overboarding guide means until an end of the first length of the article is encountered; b) holding the overboarded first article length with holding means configured to carry the overboarded first article length; c) guiding an end of the first article length held by the holding means to a joining unit for preparing a joint positioned on the work deck of the vessel; d) advancing a second length of the article to the joining unit on the work deck of the vessel and joining the ends of the first and second article lengths to obtain the joint on the work deck of the vessel; e) while still holding the first article length, taking up the thus prepared joint from the joining unit and bringing it to the overboarding guide means such that part of the second article length is supported by the overboarding guide means and the joint is in a downstream position with respect to the overboarding guide means; and f) overboarding the second article length with the first article length joined thereto supported by the overboarding guide means and optionally by the holding means until an end of the second length of the article is encountered.
A wick assembly for use with a heat pipe, the wick assembly comprising: an end plug comprising a wick receiving area; and a wick, wherein a portion of the wick is positioned about the wick receiving area; characterized by a crimp positioned about the portion of the wick and the wick receiving area, wherein the end plug, the portion of the wick, and the crimp are diffusion bonded. an end plug comprising a wick receiving area; and a wick, wherein a portion of the wick is positioned about the wick receiving area; characterized by a crimp positioned about the portion of the wick and the wick receiving area, wherein the end plug, the portion of the wick, and the crimp are diffusion bonded.
A gesture recognition system comprising: a wearable tag (200, 600) suitable to be worn on a finger of a user of the system; and a gesture recognition device (100, 400, 500) for recognising gestures made by the user, the device comprising: a gesture detector for detecting a particular gesture made by the user, the gesture detector comprising an array of antennae (102, 402, 501) for transmitting and detecting electromagnetic radiation; a gesture analysis block comprising: a memory configured to store known gestures; and a pattern recognition block configured to associate the particular gesture detected by the gesture detector with a known gesture stored in the memory; and a magnetic field generator for interacting with the wearable tag (200, 600) worn on a finger of the user, the magnetic field generator configured to apply a DC current to at least one of the antennae (102, 402, 501) in order to generate a magnetic field to provide a magnetic force on the wearable tag (200, 600) when the particular gesture simulating pressing a virtual switch above one of the antennae is recognised by the gesture analysis block, wherein the gesture detector is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation reflected from the wearable tag in order to detect the particular gesture, and wherein the device is configured to separate transmission of electromagnetic radiation from generation of the magnetic field using time-domain multiplexing or field switching. a wearable tag (200, 600) suitable to be worn on a finger of a user of the system; and a gesture recognition device (100, 400, 500) for recognising gestures made by the user, the device comprising: a gesture detector for detecting a particular gesture made by the user, the gesture detector comprising an array of antennae (102, 402, 501) for transmitting and detecting electromagnetic radiation; a gesture analysis block comprising: a memory configured to store known gestures; and a pattern recognition block configured to associate the particular gesture detected by the gesture detector with a known gesture stored in the memory; and a memory configured to store known gestures; and a pattern recognition block configured to associate the particular gesture detected by the gesture detector with a known gesture stored in the memory; and a magnetic field generator for interacting with the wearable tag (200, 600) worn on a finger of the user, the magnetic field generator configured to apply a DC current to at least one of the antennae (102, 402, 501) in order to generate a magnetic field to provide a magnetic force on the wearable tag (200, 600) when the particular gesture simulating pressing a virtual switch above one of the antennae is recognised by the gesture analysis block, wherein the gesture detector is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation reflected from the wearable tag in order to detect the particular gesture, and wherein the device is configured to separate transmission of electromagnetic radiation from generation of the magnetic field using time-domain multiplexing or field switching.
A machine for making filled pasta comprising: - a feeding station configured for feeding a layer of fresh pasta and a predetermined quantity of a semi-finished food product to a coupling space of said machine; - a coupling device configured to couple said layer of fresh pasta and said predetermined quantity of semi-finished food product; wherein said coupling device comprises at least one pair of synchronised forming rollers configured to rotate, respectively, on a first and a second rotation shaft (19, 20); said forming rollers forming between them said coupling space and configured for producing, at each rotation cycle of said forming rollers, an element of filled pasta by progressively wrapping said layer of fresh pasta around said predetermined quantity of semi-finished food product; characterised in that said coupling device is configured to rotate said forming rollers at a variable speed, between a maximum speed and a minimum speed, during a single rotation cycle such that said forming rollers adopt said maximum speed upon completion of the filled pasta element and/or such that said forming rollers adopt a speed of rotation increasing upon completion of the filled pasta element. - a feeding station configured for feeding a layer of fresh pasta and a predetermined quantity of a semi-finished food product to a coupling space of said machine; - a coupling device configured to couple said layer of fresh pasta and said predetermined quantity of semi-finished food product; wherein said coupling device comprises at least one pair of synchronised forming rollers configured to rotate, respectively, on a first and a second rotation shaft (19, 20); said forming rollers forming between them said coupling space and configured for producing, at each rotation cycle of said forming rollers, an element of filled pasta by progressively wrapping said layer of fresh pasta around said predetermined quantity of semi-finished food product; characterised in that said coupling device is configured to rotate said forming rollers at a variable speed, between a maximum speed and a minimum speed, during a single rotation cycle such that said forming rollers adopt said maximum speed upon completion of the filled pasta element and/or such that said forming rollers adopt a speed of rotation increasing upon completion of the filled pasta element.
A microwave heating device, comprising: - a heating chamber which is designed to receive at least one product to be heated; - a microwave generating system designed to generate microwaves and including at least two radiating portions that are adapted to radiate microwaves to the heating chamber, a radiated power being associated with the radiated microwaves and, in use, a share of radiated power being reflected by the heating chamber; and - a control unit; the microwave generating system being designed to radiate via the at least two radiating portions respective microwaves having a same frequency and different phases, wherein one of the radiating portions can be taken as a reference radiating portion and the microwaves radiated by the other radiating portion(s) can have respective phase shift(s) from the microwaves radiated by the reference radiating portion, the frequency value and the phase shift value(s) defining an operational configuration of the microwave generating system, an energy efficiency being associated with each operational configuration, the energy efficiency being inversely related to a ratio of reflected power over radiated power; the control unit being configured to operate the microwave generating system and to change the frequency and the phase shift(s) of the microwaves radiated by the microwave generating system; the control unit being configured to obtain data of energy efficiency, as a function of operational configurations, relating to the at least one product to be heated; and the control unit being configured to run a heating procedure, characterized in that the control unit is configured to run a selection procedure, in which a plurality of operational configurations are ranked according to energy efficiency and one or more operational configurations ranking high in energy efficiency are selected; wherein the microwave generating system is operated in said one or more operational configurations selected in the selection procedure. - a heating chamber which is designed to receive at least one product to be heated; - a microwave generating system designed to generate microwaves and including at least two radiating portions that are adapted to radiate microwaves to the heating chamber, a radiated power being associated with the radiated microwaves and, in use, a share of radiated power being reflected by the heating chamber; and - a control unit;
Unlocking apparatus for the detection of at least one position of a drive unit in a slide unit or in the region of a slide unit for a vehicle, the unlocking apparatus having at least the following features: - the drive unit which, in a first position, is arranged or can be arranged at least partially in the slide unit of the unlocking apparatus, in order to lock or engage a parking lock of the vehicle, and which, in a second position, is arranged such that it is moved at least partially out of the slide unit, in order to unlock or disengage the parking lock; - the slide unit which is formed to receive the drive unit at least partially at least in the first position of the drive unit; and - a sensor device which has at least one drive sensor device which is arranged on the drive unit and/or one slide sensor device which is arranged on the slide unit, the sensor device being configured to detect at least one/the position of the drive unit, which is received in the slide unit or is arranged in the region of the slide unit, characterized in that the drive unit is formed as an eccentric device, the unlocking apparatus is equipped with an actuating device which is configured to move the eccentric device from the first position into the second position in response to an actuation of the actuating device, and a portion of the eccentric device, which portion is received in the slide unit, is formed to carry out a linear movement along an eccentric axle device of the eccentric device which extends perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the portion, in response to the actuation of the actuating device. - the drive unit which, in a first position, is arranged or can be arranged at least partially in the slide unit of the unlocking apparatus, in order to lock or engage a parking lock of the vehicle, and which, in a second position, is arranged such that it is moved at least partially out of the slide unit, in order to unlock or disengage the parking lock; - the slide unit which is formed to receive the drive unit at least partially at least in the first position of the drive unit; and - a sensor device which has at least one drive sensor device which is arranged on the drive unit and/or one slide sensor device which is arranged on the slide unit, the sensor device being configured to detect at least one/the position of the drive unit, which is received in the slide unit or is arranged in the region of the slide unit,