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A piston-operated dispenser unit for liquid or semi-liquid food products, comprising: - a door mountable on a dispensing mouth of a machine for making and instantaneously dispensing confectionery products; - at least one dispensing tap, in turn comprising a main body, extending frontally from the door and forming, inside the door, an outflow duct for the product to be dispensed, and a piston, slidably mounted inside the duct and mobile between an open position and a closed position of the duct; and - a manually operated lever, connected to the piston for moving the piston between the open position and the closed position of the duct, and vice versa; the dispenser unit comprising elastic means operatively acting on the piston and designed to apply an action for returning the piston to said closed position and the dispenser unit being characterized in that said elastic means comprise a spring acting directly on the piston the spring comprises at least one mobile end, constrained to one end of the piston which comes out of the duct on the side opposite to the dispensing mouth of the duct, and at least one fixed end, constrained to a stationary portion of the dispenser unit and wherein the spring has two branches arranged symmetrically relative to the sides of the piston. - a door mountable on a dispensing mouth of a machine for making and instantaneously dispensing confectionery products; - at least one dispensing tap, in turn comprising a main body, extending frontally from the door and forming, inside the door, an outflow duct for the product to be dispensed, and a piston, slidably mounted inside the duct and mobile between an open position and a closed position of the duct; and - a manually operated lever, connected to the piston for moving the piston between the open position and the closed position of the duct, and vice versa;
A magneto-impedance sensor, comprising: a magneto-impedance element that includes a magneto-sensitive body, a conductive layer arranged at a position adjacent to the magneto-sensitive body with an insulating layer being interposed therebetween, a detection coil wound around the magneto-sensitive body, a connecting part electrically connecting the magneto-sensitive body and the conductive layer at one ends thereof in an axial direction of the magneto-sensitive body, a magneto-sensitive body terminal portion electrically connected to an other end of the magneto-sensitive body in the axial direction, and a conductive layer terminal portion electrically connected to an other end of the conductive layer in the axial direction, and that is configured to allow the magneto-sensitive body and the conductive layer to pass a current therethrough in opposite directions; a detection circuit electrically connected to the detection coil through a pair of detecting conductive wires (8 (8a, 8b)) to detect an output voltage of the detection coil; characterised by a magneto-sensitive body wiring line electrically connected to the magneto-sensitive body terminal portion; and a conductive layer wiring line electrically connected to the conductive layer terminal portion, wherein two wiring lines (4, 5) of the magneto-sensitive body wiring line and the conductive layer wiring line are configured such that at least parts of the two wiring lines (4, 5) are adjacent to each other and allow the current to pass therethrough in opposite directions. a magneto-impedance element that includes a magneto-sensitive body, a conductive layer arranged at a position adjacent to the magneto-sensitive body with an insulating layer being interposed therebetween, a detection coil wound around the magneto-sensitive body, a connecting part electrically connecting the magneto-sensitive body and the conductive layer at one ends thereof in an axial direction of the magneto-sensitive body, a magneto-sensitive body terminal portion electrically connected to an other end of the magneto-sensitive body in the axial direction, and a conductive layer terminal portion electrically connected to an other end of the conductive layer in the axial direction, and that is configured to allow the magneto-sensitive body and the conductive layer to pass a current therethrough in opposite directions; a detection circuit electrically connected to the detection coil through a pair of detecting conductive wires (8 (8a, 8b)) to detect an output voltage of the detection coil; characterised by a magneto-sensitive body wiring line electrically connected to the magneto-sensitive body terminal portion; and a conductive layer wiring line electrically connected to the conductive layer terminal portion, wherein two wiring lines (4, 5) of the magneto-sensitive body wiring line and the conductive layer wiring line are configured such that at least parts of the two wiring lines (4, 5) are adjacent to each other and allow the current to pass therethrough in opposite directions.
Exercise apparatus of the type comprising a main chassis that has a sliding carriage, on which the user is positioned in use, said sliding carriage is linked to several tension springs, fixed to a cross-part whose position can be adjusted in relation to the main chassis of the apparatus; a U-shaped foot support bar comprising two lateral arms fixed to said main chassis and a mechanism for its angular adjustment and immobilisation, said mechanism for the angular adjustment and immobilisation of the foot support bar comprises a fixed shaft located on each side of the main chassis of the apparatus, the lateral arms of the support bar having an elongated opening in which is supported the shaft, wherein on the side of the chassis there is a part that has an arched groove from which a series of slots emerge radially in relation to said shaft, a pin at the end of the lateral arms of the foot support bar can be selectively inserted into one of said slots to lock said foot support bar, characterised by said arms being pulled to said locked position using a spring that links each arm to its corresponding shaft, such that said pin engages one of said slots.
A portable fire extinguisher comprising a housing with a wall, an extinguishant unit containing an extinguishing agent within the housing, a temperature-responsive extinguishant unit activator, which activator is inside the housing and which housing has a flow channel for conducting external air to the activator and at least one extinguishing agent discharge pipe leading from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing, characterized in that it comprises at least one mounting magnet inside the housing for attachment to a ferromagnetic body and a handle, the handle having a first portion extending inside the housing in communication with the mounting magnet and a second portion extending outside the housing so that the position of the mounting magnet relative to the wall of the housing can be changed by turning the second portion of the handle.
Wiper arm device having at least one wiper-fluid-guiding unit which has at least one wiper fluid duct and at least one coupling unit which is provided in order to be connected to a wiper rod of a wiper arm, wherein the at least one wiper fluid duct is formed integrally with the at least one coupling unit, and wherein the at least one coupling unit has at least one clip fastening element, wherein the at least one clip fastening element consists of two fastening webs (68, 68') and a gap is arranged between two short sides (70, 70') of the two fastening webs (68, 68'), via which gap the wiper rod of the wiper arm can be brought into a wiper-arm-receiving region, wherein the fastening webs (68, 68') each have a cross-sectional shape in the form of a L in a plane perpendicular to the main direction of extent of the wiper-fluid-guiding unit, wherein the two fastening webs (68, 68') are mirrored with respect to each other, wherein a short side (70, 70') of the L-shaped fastening webs (68, 68') is in each case partially freestanding and in each case protrudes perpendicularly to an associated long side (72, 72'), wherein the short sides (70, 70') of the fastening webs (68, 68') each protrude, facing one another, from the long sides (72, 72'), wherein the long sides (72, 72') of the fastening webs (68, 68') run parallel to one another, characterized in that the at least one coupling unit has at least one blocking element (26, 26') which is provided for securing the wiper-fluid-guiding unit on the wiper rod of the wiper arm, wherein the blocking element (26, 26') consists of two holding plates (78, 80) and a threaded pin.
A heating installation for a building, wherein said heating installation comprises: - a wood heating appliance, of the stove or insert type, implanted in front of a wall of said building, wherein said heating appliance comprises a chamber forming a fireplace including, on the one hand, an upper orifice for the evacuation of the combustion products and, on the other hand, a lower orifice for the supply of combustion air, - a building outlet, - an evacuation duct, connecting the upper orifice of said fireplace to the building outlet, for the evacuation of the combustion products generated by said heating appliance, - a system of combustion air supply ducts, connecting a combustion air inlet and the lower orifice of said fireplace, and - a wall protection plate, having a front face and a rear face, added between said heating appliance and said opposite wall, wherein said system of combustion air supply ducts comprises: - an intermediate vertical duct, comprising walls (911, 912, 913, 914) delimiting a hollow volume, that is arranged between said heating appliance ant said wall, - an upper connection duct, connecting said intermediate vertical duct and said air inlet, and - a lower connection duct, connecting said intermediate vertical duct and the lower orifice of said fireplace, characterized in that said wall protection plate is added between said heating appliance and said intermediate vertical duct, with the rear face thereof opposite said walls delimiting said intermediate vertical duct, wherein said wall protection plate includes: - a lower through-orifice, through which extends said lower connection duct, and - means (102, 103) for the fastening of said wall protection plate to said opposite wall. - a wood heating appliance, of the stove or insert type, implanted in front of a wall of said building, wherein said heating appliance comprises a chamber forming a fireplace including, on the one hand, an upper orifice for the evacuation of the combustion products and, on the other hand, a lower orifice for the supply of combustion air, - a building outlet, - an evacuation duct, connecting the upper orifice of said fireplace to the building outlet, for the evacuation of the combustion products generated by said heating appliance, - a system of combustion air supply ducts, connecting a combustion air inlet and the lower orifice of said fireplace, and - a wall protection plate, having a front face and a rear face, added between said heating appliance and said opposite wall, - an intermediate vertical duct, comprising walls (911, 912, 913, 914) delimiting a hollow volume, that is arranged between said heating appliance ant said wall, - an upper connection duct, connecting said intermediate vertical duct and said air inlet, and - a lower connection duct, connecting said intermediate vertical duct and the lower orifice of said fireplace, - a lower through-orifice, through which extends said lower connection duct, and - means (102, 103) for the fastening of said wall protection plate to said opposite wall.
Method for the load-dependent position correction of the target position to be adopted of an electrically driven feed shaft of a production machine having a shaft control unit and load sensing during a set-up operation, wherein the shaft control device carries out the position correction of the target positions when a temperature in the feed shaft, a current through a motor winding of the feed shaft, a voltage across a motor winding of the feed shaft or a force or a torque, each effected by the feed shaft, exceeds a predefined limit value, characterised in that the shaft control device carries out the position correction of the target position to be adopted until the force or torque effected by the feed shaft, or the current or voltage of the motor winding of the feed shaft or the temperature of the feed shaft falls below the predefined limit value, in that the position correction of the target position to be adopted is carried out by application of a correction increment (S3, S4) and the corrected target position is adopted (S5, S6) and load sensing is again carried out and then either a position correction is again carried out or a further load sensing is carried out.
A downhole apparatus (10;210) for gripping a support member (12;212), the apparatus (10;210) comprising: a tubular clamp (20;220), the tubular clamp (20;220) defining a throughbore (22;222) adapted to receive a support member (12;212) therethrough; a first apparatus member (24;224) adapted to engage a first portion (26;226) of an external surface of the tubular clamp (20;220), wherein the first apparatus member is adapted to slide over the first portion of the clamp external surface; and a second apparatus member (28; 228) adapted to engage a second portion (30;230) of the external surface (32;232) of the tubular clamp (20;220), wherein the second apparatus member is adapted to slide over the second portion of the clamp external surface; an upper housing having a throughbore; a resilient element located within the upper housing throughbore, wherein the resilient element is adapted to apply a force to the first apparatus member to move the first apparatus member with respect to the tubular clamp; wherein the tubular clamp comprises a first support member engaging surface adjacent to a first end of the tubular clamp and a second support member engaging surface adjacent a second and of the tubular clamp, the first support member engaging surface comprising first end fingers and / or the second support member engaging surface comprising second end fingers, such that the apparatus (10;210) is adapted to increase the grip on the support member (12; 212) upon applying a pull to the support member (12;212) from either direction. a tubular clamp (20;220), the tubular clamp (20;220) defining a throughbore (22;222) adapted to receive a support member (12;212) therethrough; a first apparatus member (24;224) adapted to engage a first portion (26;226) of an external surface of the tubular clamp (20;220), wherein the first apparatus member is adapted to slide over the first portion of the clamp external surface; and a second apparatus member (28; 228) adapted to engage a second portion (30;230) of the external surface (32;232) of the tubular clamp (20;220), wherein the second apparatus member is adapted to slide over the second portion of the clamp external surface; an upper housing having a throughbore; a resilient element located within the upper housing throughbore, wherein the resilient element is adapted to apply a force to the first apparatus member to move the first apparatus member with respect to the tubular clamp; wherein the tubular clamp comprises a first support member engaging surface adjacent to a first end of the tubular clamp and a second support member engaging surface adjacent a second and of the tubular clamp, the first support member engaging surface comprising first end fingers and / or the second support member engaging surface comprising second end fingers, such that the apparatus (10;210) is adapted to increase the grip on the support member (12; 212) upon applying a pull to the support member (12;212) from either direction.
A method of conferring modified properties, e.g. modified physical and/or biochemical properties, to a metallic substrate surface, the surface being formed at least partly by metal oxides, comprising at least two steps consisting in: (i) a first step comprising at least exposing said substrate surface to a hetero-bifunctional anchoring molecule carrying at least a silane group and at least a group A 1, said group A 1 being optionally introduced within said anchoring molecule via a preliminary functionalizing step, and (ii) a second step of exposing the substrate surface to a polymer carrying at least three groups A 2 capable of reacting with A 1, the second step being carried out after the first step, the group A 1 being an alkenyl group or -SH and the group A 2 being -SH or a group -S-SR' when A 1 is an alkenyl group and A 2 being an alkenyl group when A 1 is -SH, with R' being a polymer, the number average molecular weight of said polymer being greater than 1 000 g/mol. (i) a first step comprising at least exposing said substrate surface to a hetero-bifunctional anchoring molecule carrying at least a silane group and at least a group A 1, said group A 1 being optionally introduced within said anchoring molecule via a preliminary functionalizing step, and (ii) a second step of exposing the substrate surface to a polymer carrying at least three groups A 2 capable of reacting with A 1, the second step being carried out after the first step, the group A 1 being an alkenyl group or -SH and the group A 2 being -SH or a group -S-SR' when A 1 is an alkenyl group and A 2 being an alkenyl group when A 1 is -SH, with R' being a polymer, the number average molecular weight of said polymer being greater than 1 000 g/mol.
Procedure for the fabrication of a metal tube-metal sleeve-metal body composite system (10/30/20) of a vibronic-type transducer, said procedure comprising: - The placing of a section of a metal tube in an interior channel of a metal sleeve, namely a sleeve having a metal wall surrounding the interior channel, in such a way that a lateral surface of the metal tube and an interior surface of the metal sleeve are at least partially in contact; - The fixing of the metal sleeve on the section of the metal tube placed in the sleeve's interior channel, to form a metal tube-metal sleeve composite system (10/30); - The placing of the metal tube-metal sleeve composite system (10/30) in the passage opening of a metal body in such a way that a lateral surface of the metal sleeve and an interior surface of the passage opening are at least partially in contact; and the plastic deformation at least of the metal sleeve of the metal tube-metal sleeve composite system placed in the passage opening to form a force-type connection between said interior surface of the passage opening and said lateral surface of the metal sleeve; - wherein the metal tube has a caliber-to-wall thickness ratio (dio/sio), defined by a ratio of a caliber (dio) of the metal tube to a wall thickness (sio) of the wall of said metal tube, which is greater than 20; and - wherein the wall of the metal sleeve has an initial thickness (s 30') that is greater than 1 mm and/or greater than the wall thickness (sio) of the wall of the metal tube. - The placing of a section of a metal tube in an interior channel of a metal sleeve, namely a sleeve having a metal wall surrounding the interior channel, in such a way that a lateral surface of the metal tube and an interior surface of the metal sleeve are at least partially in contact; - The fixing of the metal sleeve on the section of the metal tube placed in the sleeve's interior channel, to form a metal tube-metal sleeve composite system (10/30); - The placing of the metal tube-metal sleeve composite system (10/30) in the passage opening of a metal body in such a way that a lateral surface of the metal sleeve and an interior surface of the passage opening are at least partially in contact; and the plastic deformation at least of the metal sleeve of the metal tube-metal sleeve composite system placed in the passage opening to form a force-type connection between said interior surface of the passage opening and said lateral surface of the metal sleeve; - wherein the metal tube has a caliber-to-wall thickness ratio (dio/sio), defined by a ratio of a caliber (dio) of the metal tube to a wall thickness (sio) of the wall of said metal tube, which is greater than 20; and - wherein the wall of the metal sleeve has an initial thickness (s 30') that is greater than 1 mm and/or greater than the wall thickness (sio) of the wall of the metal tube.
High-voltage bushing having - an internal conductor which extends in a longitudinal direction between a first and a second high-voltage terminal (3, 4) of the high-voltage bushing, - an insulating body which at least partially encloses the internal conductor, wherein the insulating body comprises field-controlling control inserts (27a-e), which are separated from one another by insulating layers (28a-d), in a control insert region, wherein the high-voltage bushing also comprises at least one electrode element which is electrically connected to at least one of the control inserts and is guided axially out of the control insert region, characterized in that the at least one electrode element is cylindrical and/or conical at least in sections and extends in the longitudinal direction of the high-voltage bushing and concentrically in relation to the internal conductor, wherein the at least one electrode element, at its end facing away from the control insert region, has a rounded portion (14a, 14b) for preventing increases in field strength. - an internal conductor which extends in a longitudinal direction between a first and a second high-voltage terminal (3, 4) of the high-voltage bushing, - an insulating body which at least partially encloses the internal conductor, wherein the insulating body comprises field-controlling control inserts (27a-e), which are separated from one another by insulating layers (28a-d), in a control insert region, wherein the high-voltage bushing also comprises at least one electrode element which is electrically connected to at least one of the control inserts and is guided axially out of the control insert region, characterized in that the at least one electrode element is cylindrical and/or conical at least in sections and extends in the longitudinal direction of the high-voltage bushing and concentrically in relation to the internal conductor, wherein the at least one electrode element, at its end facing away from the control insert region, has a rounded portion (14a, 14b) for preventing increases in field strength.
A method for measuring a sensor comprising multiple optical resonators (11,12) optically connected to a single optical output interface; wherein each optical resonator has a spectral response comprising a series of resonance peaks at distinct wavelengths (X1,i), wherein the wavelengths (X1,i) of the resonance peaks are indicative of a sensor measurable; the method comprising - interrogating the optical resonators (11,12) with a light input signal (Si); - measuring a light output signal (So) from the optical output interface to determine a combined spectral response (Sa) covering a wavelength range including a plurality of the resonance peaks (λ 1,i; λ 2,j) for each of the optical resonators (11,12); - calculating a Fourier transform spectrum of the combined spectral response (Sa); - identifying a harmonic series of periodic peaks (n·f1) in the Fourier transform spectrum; - filtering the harmonic series of periodic peaks to obtain a filtered Fourier transform spectrum; - calculating a sensor signal corresponding to one of the optical resonators based on the filtered Fourier transform spectrum. - interrogating the optical resonators (11,12) with a light input signal (Si); - measuring a light output signal (So) from the optical output interface to determine a combined spectral response (Sa) covering a wavelength range including a plurality of the resonance peaks (λ 1,i; λ 2,j) for each of the optical resonators (11,12); - calculating a Fourier transform spectrum of the combined spectral response (Sa); - identifying a harmonic series of periodic peaks (n·f1) in the Fourier transform spectrum; - filtering the harmonic series of periodic peaks to obtain a filtered Fourier transform spectrum; - calculating a sensor signal corresponding to one of the optical resonators based on the filtered Fourier transform spectrum.