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A welding method, comprising: - receiving a signal indicative of initiation of welding process; characterized by - prior to initiating a welding arc based on the received signal, implementing a preheating protocol automatically controlling voltage or current applied to a welding electrode to preheat the electrode to a temperature above an ambient temperature but below a melting point of the welding electrode; - monitoring feedback voltage and current and determining the resistance or the power level of the welding electrode based upon the detected feedback voltage and current so as to determine a termination of preheating; and - reaching by the welding electrode of the determined resistance or the determined power level and terminating preheating of the welding electrode, and - initiating the welding arc with the preheated welding electrode in accordance with a selected welding protocol after terminating preheating of the welding electrode. - receiving a signal indicative of initiation of welding process; characterized by - prior to initiating a welding arc based on the received signal, implementing a preheating protocol automatically controlling voltage or current applied to a welding electrode to preheat the electrode to a temperature above an ambient temperature but below a melting point of the welding electrode; - monitoring feedback voltage and current and determining the resistance or the power level of the welding electrode based upon the detected feedback voltage and current so as to determine a termination of preheating; and - reaching by the welding electrode of the determined resistance or the determined power level and terminating preheating of the welding electrode, and - initiating the welding arc with the preheated welding electrode in accordance with a selected welding protocol after terminating preheating of the welding electrode.
Device for locking and unlocking a coupling of a rail vehicle, which is arranged in a housing (11, 21) of a coupling head (10, 20), wherein the device comprises a locking element which can rotate about a pivot axis in the housing, a coupling rod (31, 32), which can be moved by this locking element into or out of the housing (11, 21) for coupling to a coupling head which is to be coupled, a control lever, connected by a joint to the locking element, and a guide piece interacting with this, wherein this control lever and the guide piece form a locking means, which can be locked except in the coupled position, characterized in that the locking means formed by the control lever and the guide piece is configured in such a way that, apart from in the coupled position, in any released position setting of the coupling it causes a locking effect of the control lever at the guide piece, and therefore of the device of the respective coupling head, wherein the coupling rod (31, 32), in the uncoupling state, pivots out of the cut-out aperture of the locking element, and the control lever pivots from the rotated locking element into a first and second locking position (P1, P2) respectively, and is latched in position at the interacting guide piece.
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (="EPR") apparatus comprising a main magnet with two pole pieces provided on either side of an air gap, at least one EPR probe head adapted for Rapid Scan (="RS") measurements, positionable between the pole pieces of the main magnet and a pair of RS coils, characterized in that the EPR apparatus further comprises - at least one EPR probe head adapted for Continuous Wave (="CW") signal measurements, positionable between the pole pieces of the main magnet, - and a carrier which allows to insert the RS coils into the air gap between the pole pieces of the magnet in an operation position and to extract the RS-coils from the air gap to a storage position outside of CW operating volume. - at least one EPR probe head adapted for Continuous Wave (="CW") signal measurements, positionable between the pole pieces of the main magnet, - and a carrier which allows to insert the RS coils into the air gap between the pole pieces of the magnet in an operation position and to extract the RS-coils from the air gap to a storage position outside of CW operating volume.
An autonomous mobile platform comprising means for moving the autonomous mobile platform through a designated environment, these means being coupled to a navigation and computing system for controlling the motion of the autonomous mobile platform and for detecting and identifying obstacles in the planned path in the environment in which it moves, characterized in that at least one active shield is rotatably mounted on the circumference of the autonomous mobile platform, the active shield being coupled to an actuator to cause the active shield to rotate so as to remove an inanimate easily movable obstacle identified and detected by the computing system out of the planned path of the autonomous mobile platform, wherein the obstacle is moved on the substrate of the environment on which the autonomous mobile platform is moving.
A main unit body for forming a toy block, said main unit body being a tetradecahedron having six square surfaces and eight regular hexagon surfaces, wherein the six square surfaces are averagely divided into three groups, two square surfaces in a group of the three groups are parallel, the eight regular hexagon surfaces are averagely divided into four groups, two regular hexagon surfaces in a group of the four groups are parallel, characterized in that a column head is located on at least one of the square surfaces on the main unit body, wherein a slot is located on a same axis of another square surface, and wherein the column head of the main unit body is configured to be mutually coordinated with the slot of another main unit body, wherein the slot is a gradual shrinkage hole with a wider dimension towards the outside and a narrower dimension towards the inside of the body, wherein the column head comprises a square column, a frustum and a cylinder connected to each other such that one end of the square column is vertically connected with the square surface, the other end of the square column is connected with the cylinder through the frustum, the side length of the square column is greater than the diameter of the cylinder.
Spinning station of a spinning machine - wherein the spinning station has a spinning means for producing a yarn from a sliver fed to the spinning means, - wherein the spinning station has a winding apparatus for winding the yarn onto a package, said winding apparatus being arranged downstream of the spinning means in a transport direction of the yarn, - wherein the spinning station has a yarn clearer arranged between the spinning means and the winding apparatus, the yarn being monitorable for yarn defects with the aid of said yarn clearer, and - wherein the spinning station is assigned a controller which is configured to interrupt the production of the yarn if a defined yarn defect is detected. characterized in that the spinning station has an information unit with the aid of which it is possible to display to an operator of the spinning station how much yarn has to be at least unwound from the package located in the winding apparatus following the interruption to the yarn production in order to ensure that the yarn section having the yarn defect has been completely removed from the package. - wherein the spinning station has a spinning means for producing a yarn from a sliver fed to the spinning means, - wherein the spinning station has a winding apparatus for winding the yarn onto a package, said winding apparatus being arranged downstream of the spinning means in a transport direction of the yarn, - wherein the spinning station has a yarn clearer arranged between the spinning means and the winding apparatus, the yarn being monitorable for yarn defects with the aid of said yarn clearer, and - wherein the spinning station is assigned a controller which is configured to interrupt the production of the yarn if a defined yarn defect is detected.
A coil component formed by laminating a plurality of substrates each of which includes a pattern-wiring (315, 325, 335, 345, 355, 365, 375, 385, 395) forming a coil, wherein for the substrate, there are arranged a plurality of through-holes (312, 322, 332, 342, 352, 362, 372, 382, 392, 313, 323, 333, 343, 353, 363, 373, 383, 393); wherein the pattern-wiring (315, 325, 335, 345, 355, 365, 375, 385, 395) is provided with a loop-shaped portion (315a, 325a, 335a, 345a, 355a, 365a, 375a, 385a, 395a) surrounding the circumference of a center hole (314, 324, 334, 344, 354, 364, 374, 384, 394) which penetrates the substrate and is provided with a pair of end portions (315b1,b2, 325b1,b2, 335b1,b2, 345b1,b2, 355b1,b2, 365b1,b2, 375b1,b2, 385b1,b2, 395b1,b2) which extend from the loop-shaped portion (315a, 325a, 335a, 345a, 355a, 365a, 375a, 385a, 395a) toward an intersecting-direction intersecting with an arrangement direction of the through-holes (312, 322, 332, 342, 352, 362, 372, 382, 392, 313, 323, 333, 343, 353, 363, 373, 383, 393) and concurrently, which are formed apart from each other with a predetermined insulation-distance; wherein in an x, y, z orthogonal coordinate system the intersecting-direction is either the x-direction or the y-direction, and the arrangement direction is the z-direction; wherein two neighboring through-holes of the plurality of through-holes (312, 322, 332, 342, 352, 362, 372, 382, 392, 313, 323, 333, 343, 353, 363, 373, 383, 393) penetrate the substrate in a state that at least a part of each of those openings superimpose each of the pair of end portions and is connected electrically with each of the end portions; and characterized in that the opening of one of the through-holes at one of the pair of end portions is provided at a biased position with respect to the center of the one of the end portions (315b1,b2, 325b1,b2, 335b1,b2, 345b1,b2, 355b1,b2, 365b1,b2, 375b1,b2, 385b1,b2, 395b1,b2) in the intersecting-direction such that a distance between the center of the one of the pair of end portions and the other of the pair of the end portions (315b1,b2, 325b1,b2, 335b1,b2, 345b1,b2, 355b1,b2, 365b1,b2, 375b1,b2, 385b1,b2, 395b1,b2) is greater than a distance between the center of the opening of the one through-hole and the center of the other through-hole.
A method of making a coating solution, comprising the steps of: polymerising an initial monomer feed comprising an N-vinyl pyrrolidone and an acrylate salt in water to synthesise a copolymer thereof, the initial monomer feed comprising from about 3 to 35% by weight of acrylate salt, based on the total monomer content; acidifying the resulting copolymer-water mixture to give free carboxylic acid groups along the copolymer backbone; diluting the copolymer-water mixture with alcohol, wherein the copolymer-water mixture prior to dilution has a copolymer concentration of at least about 4% by weight and less than about 12% by weight, and wherein the step of diluting the copolymer-water mixture with alcohol is carried out such that the diluted mixture comprises 1 part copolymer-water mixture to 1-6 parts of alcohol by weight or volume; and adding a cross-linking agent which is capable of reacting with the carboxylic acid groups such as to cure the copolymer as and when the coating solution is applied to a substrate and the copolymer coated thereon, wherein the cross-linking agent is added in an amount between about 5% and 50% by weight relative to the copolymer. polymerising an initial monomer feed comprising an N-vinyl pyrrolidone and an acrylate salt in water to synthesise a copolymer thereof, the initial monomer feed comprising from about 3 to 35% by weight of acrylate salt, based on the total monomer content; acidifying the resulting copolymer-water mixture to give free carboxylic acid groups along the copolymer backbone; diluting the copolymer-water mixture with alcohol, wherein the copolymer-water mixture prior to dilution has a copolymer concentration of at least about 4% by weight and less than about 12% by weight, and wherein the step of diluting the copolymer-water mixture with alcohol is carried out such that the diluted mixture comprises 1 part copolymer-water mixture to 1-6 parts of alcohol by weight or volume; and adding a cross-linking agent which is capable of reacting with the carboxylic acid groups such as to cure the copolymer as and when the coating solution is applied to a substrate and the copolymer coated thereon, wherein the cross-linking agent is added in an amount between about 5% and 50% by weight relative to the copolymer.
Busbar adapter for fastening a luminaire or a spotlight to a U-shaped busbar and for contacting conductors running within the busbar, wherein the busbar adapter has a housing that is T-shaped in section with a base part that is provided to engage in the busbar central part, as well as adjoining the central part and being oriented transversely thereto, and bearing against the outside of the busbar in the inserted state, wherein a preferably integrally-formed core element is arranged within the housing, which extends both in the central part as well as in the base part, characterized in that the core element is provided to hold the luminaire or the spotlight, wherein the height of the base part is smaller than 1/3 of the height of the central part, wherein the core element is T-shaped in section and wherein a transverse region of the core element arranged within the base part is so dimensioned that it covers the busbar.
A control device for controlling the color of light emitted by a light source, wherein said control device comprises: - a hue selection means configured for selecting a hue of said light emitted by said light source; - a saturation variation means configured for varying a saturation of said light emitted by said light source; - one or more light-emitting elements arranged to dynamically indicate an effect of the operation of the hue selection means, by indicating an available saturation variation range for the color of said light emitted by said light source in dependence on said selected hue, which range is available through operation of said saturation variation means; - control means arranged to control at least one color of the light emitted by said light-emitting elements in dependence on said available saturation variation range for said light emitted by said light source in dependence on said selected hue; wherein said control means is arranged to adapt, after a user selects a new hue by operating said hue selection means, light emitted by said light-emitting elements so as to display said available saturation variation range related to said new hue; characterised in that said means for selecting said hue comprises a continuous member arranged to display the complete range of available hues, wherein said continuous member is a ring-shaped member. - a hue selection means configured for selecting a hue of said light emitted by said light source; - a saturation variation means configured for varying a saturation of said light emitted by said light source; - one or more light-emitting elements arranged to dynamically indicate an effect of the operation of the hue selection means, by indicating an available saturation variation range for the color of said light emitted by said light source in dependence on said selected hue, which range is available through operation of said saturation variation means; - control means arranged to control at least one color of the light emitted by said light-emitting elements in dependence on said available saturation variation range for said light emitted by said light source in dependence on said selected hue; wherein said control means is arranged to adapt, after a user selects a new hue by operating said hue selection means, light emitted by said light-emitting elements so as to display said available saturation variation range related to said new hue; characterised in that said means for selecting said hue comprises a continuous member arranged to display the complete range of available hues, wherein said continuous member is a ring-shaped member.
Article (1, 10) having a main body composed of a polymeric material having elastic properties, characterized in that all or part of the article surface has been provided with at least one flock (9, 19), where the article is the damping element of a bearing, of a bushing or of a multilayered spring, cone spring, and where fibres or textile fibres used for the flock (9, 19) intrinsically offer adequate fire protection or intrinsically have adequate flame retardancy.
Use of an agent for diagnosing cancer excluding in vivo diagnosis comprising a compound represented by the following general formula: [Formula 1] wherein R 1 represents hydrogen atom, or one to four identical or different substituents independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having a carbon number from 1 to 6, an alkoxyl group, a halogen atom, amino group and an acyl group, binding to the benzene ring; R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, and R 7 independently represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having a carbon number from 1 to 6, or a halogen atom; R 8 and R 9 independently represent hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having a carbon number from 1 to 6; and X represents a C 1 -C 3 alkylene group, or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, wherein the alkyl groups have a carbon number from 1 to 6 and are selected from linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups that may be substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of an alkoxyl group, a halogen atom, amino group, and an acyl group.
Use of alkyl glycoside modified polysiloxanes in pure oil-based personal care products, wherein the pure oil-based products comprise less than or equal to 1 wt% of water, preferably less than or equal to 0.1 wt% of water, and the structure of the alkyl glycoside modified polysiloxanes is as shown in Formula where x, y and z are the same or different and respectively represent positive integers between 1 and 10,000, preferably between 1 and 5,000; n and m are the same or different and respectively represent positive integers between 1 and 20, preferably between 1 and 15; Alkyl represents a linear or branched C 2 -C 20 hydrocarbon chain; preferably at least one alkyl group selected from a group of, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl and octyl; W represents a linear or branched C 2 -C 20 alkylene selected from a group of ethylene, propylene, butylene, pentylene, hexylene, heptylene and octylene, wherein the pure oil-based personal care products are pure oil-based hair conditioner compositions containing: (a) 0.1-50 wt% of alkyl glycoside modified polysiloxanes; (b) 0-85 wt% of volatile hydrophobic solvents; (c) 0-20 wt% of non-volatile oils; (d) 0.1-10 wt% of dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer where the amount of components (b) and (c) cannot be zero at the same time and the percentage in each case is based on the total weight of the pure oil-based compositions. x, y and z are the same or different and respectively represent positive integers between 1 and 10,000, preferably between 1 and 5,000; n and m are the same or different and respectively represent positive integers between 1 and 20, preferably between 1 and 15; Alkyl represents a linear or branched C 2 -C 20 hydrocarbon chain; preferably at least one alkyl group selected from a group of, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl and octyl; W represents a linear or branched C 2 -C 20 alkylene selected from a group of ethylene, propylene, butylene, pentylene, hexylene, heptylene and octylene, wherein the pure oil-based personal care products are pure oil-based hair conditioner compositions containing: (a) 0.1-50 wt% of alkyl glycoside modified polysiloxanes; (b) 0-85 wt% of volatile hydrophobic solvents; (c) 0-20 wt% of non-volatile oils; (d) 0.1-10 wt% of dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer (a) 0.1-50 wt% of alkyl glycoside modified polysiloxanes; (b) 0-85 wt% of volatile hydrophobic solvents; (c) 0-20 wt% of non-volatile oils; (d) 0.1-10 wt% of dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer
Method for scanning an intraoral cavity or for facilitating scanning an intraoral cavity, comprising (a) identifying target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned; (b) identifying spatial relationships between a scanning device and said target parts of the intraoral cavity suitable for enabling said target parts to be scanned by said scanning device; (c) displaying said relationships; and (d) using said displayed relationships as a guide for scanning the intraoral cavity, wherein said step (b) comprises, for each said target part, determining for said scanning device a series of spatial parameters, each comprising a scanning station data sufficient for enabling said scanning device to fully scan said corresponding target part. (a) identifying target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned; (b) identifying spatial relationships between a scanning device and said target parts of the intraoral cavity suitable for enabling said target parts to be scanned by said scanning device; (c) displaying said relationships; and (d) using said displayed relationships as a guide for scanning the intraoral cavity,
A method of determining document characteristics (70, 80) prior to processing the document in a document scanner comprising: capturing an input image of documents, while the documents are in an input tray of the document scanner; transmitting said input image to a processor; determining, based on said input image, characteristics of said documents, wherein the characteristics include a position of the edges of a document and document length, document width and position of the document in the input tray; processing said documents based on said characteristics; and disabling or enabling ultrasonic sensing zones in at least one location relative to said ultrasonic sensing zones down the document travel direction through the document scanner based on said characteristics, wherein ultrasonic sensing zones determined to be at least partially covered by the edges of the document are disabled or ignored. capturing an input image of documents, while the documents are in an input tray of the document scanner; transmitting said input image to a processor; determining, based on said input image, characteristics of said documents, wherein the characteristics include a position of the edges of a document and document length, document width and position of the document in the input tray; processing said documents based on said characteristics; and disabling or enabling ultrasonic sensing zones in at least one location relative to said ultrasonic sensing zones down the document travel direction through the document scanner based on said characteristics, wherein ultrasonic sensing zones determined to be at least partially covered by the edges of the document are disabled or ignored.