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A process for forming a coverbraided ribline comprising passing through a braiding machine a thread including any rope, cable, chain or other strength member, the thread having attached to it a plurality of loop tails at distinct locations, the loop tails being formed of cordage that was passed through thread, and withdrawing said attached loop tails from the braiding machine's converging strands that converge at the braid point prior to said loop tails entering the braid point.
A controller-circuit for operating an automated host-vehicle, said controller-circuit comprising: an input configured to receive a signal from a detector, said detector configured to detect construction-objects; and a processor configured to, in accordance with a detection of a construction-object by the detector, determine that the host-vehicle is proximate to a construction-zone, and in accordance with a determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone, change control of the host-vehicle from an automated-mode, wherein the controller-circuit steers the host-vehicle to a manual-mode in which an occupant of the host-vehicle steers the host-vehicle, the controller-circuit being configured to access a digital-map that designates the construction-zone; characterised in that the determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone is in accordance with a determination that a localization-object indicated in the digital-map is not detected by the detector, the localization-object being an object whose location is permanent. an input configured to receive a signal from a detector, said detector configured to detect construction-objects; and a processor configured to, in accordance with a detection of a construction-object by the detector, determine that the host-vehicle is proximate to a construction-zone, and in accordance with a determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone, change control of the host-vehicle from an automated-mode, wherein the controller-circuit steers the host-vehicle to a manual-mode in which an occupant of the host-vehicle steers the host-vehicle, the controller-circuit being configured to access a digital-map that designates the construction-zone; characterised in that the determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone is in accordance with a determination that a localization-object indicated in the digital-map is not detected by the detector, the localization-object being an object whose location is permanent.
A polymerizable monomer, which is a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following general formulas to: wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R 2 to R 4 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom, or R 3 and R 4 may combine each other to form a ring.
Electrochemical cell, comprising - an anode half-shell and a cathode half-shell, which are separated from each other by a membrane, comprising the corresponding electrodes, - the anode half-shell and the cathode half-shell, each having an outer wall and each comprising flange portions (14a, 14b, 15a, 15b) within the contact region of the two half-shells, which are shaped like frames, - a gas diffusion electrode consisting of a liquid-permeable support, which is coated with a catalyst material, wherein the gas diffusion electrode comprises at its lower edge an area that is not coated with the catalyst, which protrudes at the lower end of the electrochemical cell in the contact area of the two half-shells between the flange portions of the outer wall of the cathode half-shell and the flange portions of the outer wall of the anode half-shell and a porous medium is arranged parallel between the gas diffusion electrode and the membrane, - means for supplying and discharging gas (20, 21) and electrolyte (9, 10), wherein a gas space is isolated from an electrolyte space by appropriate means, characterized in that in the electrolyte space within the cathode half-shell profiled installations are provided, into which an upper edge of the gas diffusion electrode protrudes, on which a seal is mounted, which fixes the gas diffusion electrode in the profiled installations, wherein the gas diffusion electrode exhibits a bending radius α of < 90 degrees relative to the vertical of the tensional gas diffusion electrode. - an anode half-shell and a cathode half-shell, which are separated from each other by a membrane, comprising the corresponding electrodes, - the anode half-shell and the cathode half-shell, each having an outer wall and each comprising flange portions (14a, 14b, 15a, 15b) within the contact region of the two half-shells, which are shaped like frames, - a gas diffusion electrode consisting of a liquid-permeable support, which is coated with a catalyst material, wherein the gas diffusion electrode comprises at its lower edge an area that is not coated with the catalyst, which protrudes at the lower end of the electrochemical cell in the contact area of the two half-shells between the flange portions of the outer wall of the cathode half-shell and the flange portions of the outer wall of the anode half-shell and a porous medium is arranged parallel between the gas diffusion electrode and the membrane, - means for supplying and discharging gas (20, 21) and electrolyte (9, 10), wherein a gas space is isolated from an electrolyte space by appropriate means, characterized in that in the electrolyte space within the cathode half-shell profiled installations are provided, into which an upper edge of the gas diffusion electrode protrudes, on which a seal is mounted, which fixes the gas diffusion electrode in the profiled installations, wherein the gas diffusion electrode exhibits a bending radius α of < 90 degrees relative to the vertical of the tensional gas diffusion electrode.
A method of applying a coating to one face of a selected first sub-group of parallel strips, the selected first sub-group of parallel strips comprising at least two parallel strips and being selected from a plurality of parallel strips (10, 11) advanced in a side by side relationship from a first support member to a second support member, at least two strips of said plurality of parallel strips not belonging to said selected first sub-group of parallel strips (10, 11) forming a second sub-group of parallel strips, the method characterized by comprising: - advancing the selected first sub-group of parallel strips along a first path between the first and second support members, said first path extending from a first point, being located adjacent to the first support member and at a first distance from a longitudinal axis of the first support member, to a second point, being located adjacent to the second support member; - simultaneously therewith advancing the second sub-group of parallel strips along a second path between the first and second support members, said second path extending from a third point, being located adjacent to the first support member and at a second distance ( r) from said longitudinal axis of the first support member, said second distance ( r) being shorter than said first distance, to a fourth point adjacent to the second support member; and - applying the coating by means of a coating device being in coating contact with the selected first sub-group of parallel strips passing the first support member at the first distance to coat one side of the strips of the selected first sub-group of parallel strips, while the strips of the second sub-group of parallel strips simultaneously passing the first support member at the second distance ( r) being out of reach of the coating device and remaining uncoated. - advancing the selected first sub-group of parallel strips along a first path between the first and second support members, said first path extending from a first point, being located adjacent to the first support member and at a first distance from a longitudinal axis of the first support member, to a second point, being located adjacent to the second support member; - simultaneously therewith advancing the second sub-group of parallel strips along a second path between the first and second support members, said second path extending from a third point, being located adjacent to the first support member and at a second distance ( r) from said longitudinal axis of the first support member, said second distance ( r) being shorter than said first distance, to a fourth point adjacent to the second support member; and - applying the coating by means of a coating device being in coating contact with the selected first sub-group of parallel strips passing the first support member at the first distance to coat one side of the strips of the selected first sub-group of parallel strips, while the strips of the second sub-group of parallel strips simultaneously passing the first support member at the second distance ( r) being out of reach of the coating device and remaining uncoated.
Method for preventing premature ignition of a fuel/air mixture in a cylinder space of an internal combustion engine, in which method a measure of the risk of the tendency towards premature ignition of at least one part of at least one combustion chamber is determined for a current or later operating cycle using one or more parameters of the internal combustion engine, the measure of the risk of the tendency towards premature ignition being determined in a preceding operating cycle for a following or later operating cycle and being compared with a predefined limit value and, if the said limit value for the said preceding operating cycle is breached in the current or following operating phase, at least one change of at least one operating parameter of the drive train is initiated, characterized in that a measure of the surface temperature is determined as a measure of the risk of the tendency towards premature ignition, the measure of the surface temperature being a surface temperature or a radiation output of at least one part of the at least one combustion chamber, the limit value of the risk of the tendency towards premature ignition being achieved by way of the evaluation of engine parameters from the control unit and subsequent model-like determination of the measure of the surface temperature.
A system of decentralized management of a blockchain network, comprising: at least a first node of the blockchain network, the first node programmed to: enroll with the blockchain network to participate in management of the blockchain network; obtain a ledger block from a local copy of a distributed ledger stored at the first physical computing node; read, from the ledger block, a change request proposed by a second node of the blockchain network, wherein the change request relates to a management operation of the blockchain network; generate a vote on whether to approve adoption of management operation of the change request by the blockchain network based on one or more local policy rules; transmit the vote to the blockchain network, wherein at least some of the plurality of computing nodes each provide a respective vote on whether to approve the change request; determine a consensus decision that the change request is approved based on the vote and the respective votes; and generate a blockchain transaction comprising a payload that indicates a state of the first computing node including whether the management operation has been performed by the first computing node after the consensus decision has been generated. enroll with the blockchain network to participate in management of the blockchain network; obtain a ledger block from a local copy of a distributed ledger stored at the first physical computing node; read, from the ledger block, a change request proposed by a second node of the blockchain network, wherein the change request relates to a management operation of the blockchain network; generate a vote on whether to approve adoption of management operation of the change request by the blockchain network based on one or more local policy rules; transmit the vote to the blockchain network, wherein at least some of the plurality of computing nodes each provide a respective vote on whether to approve the change request; determine a consensus decision that the change request is approved based on the vote and the respective votes; and generate a blockchain transaction comprising a payload that indicates a state of the first computing node including whether the management operation has been performed by the first computing node after the consensus decision has been generated.
A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll in which a spiral wall is provided on an inner face of an end plate, an external wall is provided integrally with the end plate so as to surround a periphery of the spiral wall, and a pair of fluid channels penetrating the external wall is provided, wherein each fluid channel is arranged such that a centerline thereof deviates from a center of an involute base circle of the spiral wall, wherein the centerline is a normal passing through a center of a straight line connecting the closest parts of both of the opposing side wall faces of the fluid channel, characterized in that the direction of the centerline of an opening of the fluid channel is formed to be deviated from the center of the involute base circle.
An isolated IL-17-binding agent comprising both of the following: (a) an immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 78, and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 24. (a) an immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 78, and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 24.
A droplet size determining device comprising: a first type of liquid droplet detector having a pair of electrodes with a first gap between the electrodes, having a first relationship between a size of a liquid droplet and a detection output; and a second type of liquid droplet detector having a pair of electrodes with a second gap between the electrodes, having a second relationship different from the first relationship, wherein the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector are arranged on a substrate, wherein sizes of liquid droplets attached to the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector are determined at least on the basis of output signals from the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector, wherein the output signals from the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector are values of current, and characterized in that the device is adapted to determine a distribution of sizes of liquid droplets attached to the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector. a first type of liquid droplet detector having a pair of electrodes with a first gap between the electrodes, having a first relationship between a size of a liquid droplet and a detection output; and a second type of liquid droplet detector having a pair of electrodes with a second gap between the electrodes, having a second relationship different from the first relationship, wherein the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector are arranged on a substrate, wherein sizes of liquid droplets attached to the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector are determined at least on the basis of output signals from the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector, wherein the output signals from the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector are values of current, and characterized in that the device is adapted to determine a distribution of sizes of liquid droplets attached to the first type of liquid droplet detector and the second type of liquid droplet detector.
A mouthpiece for a bottle with a rotary crown cap closure, wherein the mouthpiece comprises: a mouthpiece body having an end pouring opening; a closure thread for cooperation with a rotary crown cap for liquid-tight closure of the pouring opening, which is formed in the form of a plurality of thread projections which run around the mouthpiece body and project externally with respect to the mouthpiece body, partially circumferentially with a predeterminable thread pitch; wherein the mouthpiece further comprises a discontinuity which is arranged between the pouring opening and the closure thread, runs circumferentially around the mouthpiece body and which, during the manufacture of the mouthpiece as a result of the tool, arises at a transition between two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) on the one hand and a guide disc on the other hand, in that the two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) and the guide disc are designed in such a way, in that, in the assembled state of the two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) and the guide disc, a transition is formed in such a way that, at the transition between the two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) on the one hand and the guide disc on the other hand, the discontinuity circumferentially surrounding the mouthpiece body can be formed by feeding flowable mouthpiece raw material; characterized in that an outer end of the discontinuity forms an inwardly offset outer edge of the discontinuity and is correspondingly offset inwardly from an outer surface between axially adjacent thread projections of the mouthpiece body in the direction of a central axis of the mouthpiece. a mouthpiece body having an end pouring opening; a closure thread for cooperation with a rotary crown cap for liquid-tight closure of the pouring opening, which is formed in the form of a plurality of thread projections which run around the mouthpiece body and project externally with respect to the mouthpiece body, partially circumferentially with a predeterminable thread pitch; wherein the mouthpiece further comprises a discontinuity which is arranged between the pouring opening and the closure thread, runs circumferentially around the mouthpiece body and which, during the manufacture of the mouthpiece as a result of the tool, arises at a transition between two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) on the one hand and a guide disc on the other hand, in that the two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) and the guide disc are designed in such a way, in that, in the assembled state of the two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) and the guide disc, a transition is formed in such a way that, at the transition between the two muzzle jaws (1000, 1002) on the one hand and the guide disc on the other hand, the discontinuity circumferentially surrounding the mouthpiece body can be formed by feeding flowable mouthpiece raw material; characterized in that an outer end of the discontinuity forms an inwardly offset outer edge of the discontinuity and is correspondingly offset inwardly from an outer surface between axially adjacent thread projections of the mouthpiece body in the direction of a central axis of the mouthpiece.
A microwave processing apparatus that is adapted to process an object using a microwave, comprising: a microwave generator that is adapted to generate a microwave; at least first and second radiators (A1, A2) that are adapted to radiate to the object the microwave generated by said microwave generator, wherein said first and second radiators are arranged such that the radiated microwaves interfere with each other; a first phase variator (351a, 351b) that is adapted to change a phase difference between microwaves respectively radiated from said first and second radiators; a detector (600, 610) that is adapted to detect respective reflected powers from said first and second radiators; and a controller that is adapted to control said microwave generator, characterized in that said controller is adapted to cause said first and second radiators to radiate the microwaves to the object with a first output power while changing the frequency of the microwave generated by said microwave generator (S13, S24), to determine the frequency of the microwave for processing the object as a processing frequency in accordance with the reflected powers, and to cause said microwave generator to generate the microwave having the determined processing frequency with a second output power (S16, S27), wherein said first output power is smaller than said second output power. a microwave generator that is adapted to generate a microwave; at least first and second radiators (A1, A2) that are adapted to radiate to the object the microwave generated by said microwave generator, wherein said first and second radiators are arranged such that the radiated microwaves interfere with each other; a first phase variator (351a, 351b) that is adapted to change a phase difference between microwaves respectively radiated from said first and second radiators; a detector (600, 610) that is adapted to detect respective reflected powers from said first and second radiators; and a controller that is adapted to control said microwave generator, characterized in that said controller is adapted to cause said first and second radiators to radiate the microwaves to the object with a first output power while changing the frequency of the microwave generated by said microwave generator (S13, S24), to determine the frequency of the microwave for processing the object as a processing frequency in accordance with the reflected powers, and to cause said microwave generator to generate the microwave having the determined processing frequency with a second output power (S16, S27),
Pressure reducer, comprising an outer cylinder with a first air supply connector on a first end side of the outer cylinder and a second air supply connector on a second end side of the outer cylinder, and a piston which can be guided movably in the outer cylinder with a first end-side front surface and a second end-side front surface, wherein a first air chamber is arranged between the first air supply connector of the outer cylinder and the first front surface of the piston and a second air chamber is arranged between the second air supply connector of the outer cylinder and the second end-side front surface of the piston, characterized in that the surface areas of the two front surfaces (S1, S2) of the piston are of different size, and wherein the pressure reducer is suitable for reducing a second air pressure which prevails in the second air chamber in a pulsed manner proportionally to a first air pressure which prevails in the first air chamber by a first air connection, which consists of a first part, formed as a channel of the piston, and a second part, formed as a bypass line, between the first air chamber and the second air chamber temporarily in a first position of the piston with respect to the outer cylinder.