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Tensioning device for an anti-skid chain, having a housing with a cover and having an installation for tensioning a tensioning cable of the anti-skid chain, wherein this installation is configured as a manually activatable rotating wheel which protrudes through a central opening in the cover, furthermore having a first ratchet wheel which has an axial central protrusion, a second ratchet wheel, disposed axially beside the first ratchet wheel, with a central opening through which the axial central protrusion of the first ratchet wheel is plugged, wherein the second ratchet wheel comprises an annular region which is axially downstream of the encircling gear rim of said second ratchet wheel and which has an encircling groove for winding up the tensioning cable, said annular region having an inner clearance into which the central protrusion of the first ratchet wheel protrudes and in which, in the radial region between the central protrusion and the inner encircling face of the clearance, a helical spring sits, the radially inner end of said helical spring being connected to the central protrusion of the first ratchet wheel, and the radially outer end of said helical spring being connected to the inner circumferential face of the inner clearance of the second ratchet wheel, wherein the rotating wheel by way of a compression spring is pretensioned axially in the direction towards the cover and in relation to said cover is blocked in a rotationally fixed manner and, counter to the pretensioning and while releasing the rotational blocking thereof, is axially depressible by a predefined length into the housing, wherein furthermore a circular intermediate plate is interposed between the cover and the second ratchet wheel, the compression spring being supported on said intermediate plate, and said intermediate plate on the lower side thereof having a moulded platform projecting axially from it in a central manner, which moulded platform engages in a rotation fit with the axial central protrusion of the first ratchet wheel, furthermore having two pivotable ratchets (14, 15), each of the latter being assigned to the gear rim (11, 12) of a ratchet wheel (8, 10) and being pretensioned by spring action in a direction for engagement therewith, wherein the respective ratchet wheel (8, 10) in the engaged state is blocked counter to the tensioning direction of the helical spring, but is released in the direction counter thereto, and having an activation installation by way of which both ratchets (14, 15) are movable to a first position so as to engage with both ratchet wheels (8, 10), and to a second position so as to disengage from both ratchet wheels (8, 10).
A kit comprising (i) a non-abrasive oral care composition in the form of a gel or paste comprising 0.05-10% v/v of a remineralizing agent and 0.05-20% v/v of a bioadhesive agent based on the total volume of the oral care composition and (ii) an applicator for applying the non-abrasive oral care composition in a layer on the gum and teeth of the individual, the applicator comprising at one end a tip made from non-absorbent, non-porous flexible material in the form of a planar sheet or forming a planar sheet when in use.
A method of retrofitting or upgrading an automatic line-following vehicle and adding the ability of following a notional virtual path (31, 32, 33), whereby the vehicle has a line sensor, motion actuators (27, 29), and a drive unit, the drive unit receiving a signal from the line sensor and being adapted for driving the actuators (27, 29) such as to keep the line in the middle of the line sensor; the method including: providing a localization unit arranged for determining the position or of the pose of the vehicle (x, y, θ); providing a path following unit arranged for determining an offset indicative of a measure of a lateral displacement between the instantaneous position of the mobile robot and the virtual path (31, 32, 33) and synthesizing a virtual line sensor output signal based on said offset; providing said virtual sensor output to said drive unit
An electric power assisted bicycle comprising: a pedaling force sensor for detecting a pedaling force generated at a pedal; a motor for assisting a driving force in response to an output of said pedaling force sensor; an assist amount control section for allowing said motor to generate a driving force assist amount configured relative to the pedaling force detected by said pedaling force sensor, in response to a phase of a crank angle, when a crank rotational frequency is not less than a predetermined value, wherein the driving force assist amount provided for the pedaling force is configured such that composite torque of the driving force assist amount and the pedaling force causes a torque peak value in a phase of 90 degrees when a top dead center of said pedal based on said crankshaft is 0 degree; characterized in that the electric power assisted bicycle further comprises: a crank angle sensor for detecting said crank angle of a crankshaft connected to said pedal; a crank rotational frequency calculating means for calculating said rotational frequency of said crankshaft from the crank angle; and that the driving force assist amount is applied in such a condition of the driving force assist amount and the phase that in the case where the torque peak value has a phase difference relative to an intermediate position between the top dead center of said pedal and a bottom dead center of said pedal when detecting a torque curve of the pedaling force in a previous rotation of said crankshaft, the torque peak value of said composite torque cancels the phase difference. a pedaling force sensor for detecting a pedaling force generated at a pedal; a motor for assisting a driving force in response to an output of said pedaling force sensor; an assist amount control section for allowing said motor to generate a driving force assist amount configured relative to the pedaling force detected by said pedaling force sensor, in response to a phase of a crank angle, when a crank rotational frequency is not less than a predetermined value, wherein the driving force assist amount provided for the pedaling force is configured such that composite torque of the driving force assist amount and the pedaling force causes a torque peak value in a phase of 90 degrees when a top dead center of said pedal based on said crankshaft is 0 degree; a crank angle sensor for detecting said crank angle of a crankshaft connected to said pedal; a crank rotational frequency calculating means for calculating said rotational frequency of said crankshaft from the crank angle; and that the driving force assist amount is applied in such a condition of the driving force assist amount and the phase that in the case where the torque peak value has a phase difference relative to an intermediate position between the top dead center of said pedal and a bottom dead center of said pedal when detecting a torque curve of the pedaling force in a previous rotation of said crankshaft, the torque peak value of said composite torque cancels the phase difference.
An orthodontic appliance comprising a base portion adapted to be affixed to a patient's tooth, characterized by: an upper portion including a flexible hook and a flange affixed atop the flexible hook, the flexible hook including an inner circular wall that forms a cylindrical channel between the base portion and the flange for receiving an archwire; and an opening between the flexible hook and the base portion for inserting an archwire there through and into the cylindrical channel. an upper portion including a flexible hook and a flange affixed atop the flexible hook, the flexible hook including an inner circular wall that forms a cylindrical channel between the base portion and the flange for receiving an archwire; and an opening between the flexible hook and the base portion for inserting an archwire there through and into the cylindrical channel.
A method for transmitting data between first circuitry that transmits data at a first speed and second circuitry that transmits data at a second speed wherein said second speed is greater than said first speed, the method being characterised by: receiving data transmitted from said second circuitry to said first circuitry in an interface circuit buffer at an interface circuit; determining whether an amount of said data in said interface circuit buffer is greater than an interface circuit maximum capacity threshold; transmitting from the interface circuit a first pause request to said second circuitry responsive to a determination that said amount of said data in said interface circuit buffer is greater than said interface circuit maximum capacity threshold; halting transmission of data from said second circuitry responsive to receiving said first pause request in said second circuitry; receiving at the interface circuit a transmission from said first circuitry indicating that an amount of data in a first circuitry buffer for storing received data in said first circuitry is below a first circuitry minimum capacity threshold; and transmitting from the interface circuit a transmit request to said second circuitry responsive to receiving said transmission. receiving data transmitted from said second circuitry to said first circuitry in an interface circuit buffer at an interface circuit; determining whether an amount of said data in said interface circuit buffer is greater than an interface circuit maximum capacity threshold; transmitting from the interface circuit a first pause request to said second circuitry responsive to a determination that said amount of said data in said interface circuit buffer is greater than said interface circuit maximum capacity threshold; halting transmission of data from said second circuitry responsive to receiving said first pause request in said second circuitry; receiving at the interface circuit a transmission from said first circuitry indicating that an amount of data in a first circuitry buffer for storing received data in said first circuitry is below a first circuitry minimum capacity threshold; and transmitting from the interface circuit a transmit request to said second circuitry responsive to receiving said transmission.
Assembly (1; 1') for a discharge lamp, having a lamp vessel unit, having a sleeve enclosing the lamp vessel unit with a force fit, having a fixing ring, which is provided for fixing the assembly (1; 1') to a lamp base of the discharge lamp, and having tabs (142, 143, 144, 145; 142') for fixing the sleeve to the fixing ring, characterized in that the tabs (142, 143, 144, 145; 142') are fixed to an underside of the fixing ring which, in the assembled state, faces the lamp base of the discharge lamp, and the tabs (142, 143, 144, 145; 142') are formed as a constituent part of a tab ring (140; 140') which is fixed to the underside of the fixing ring.
A rack and pinion steering device comprising: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by said casing; a rack bar (111, 311) having a rack tooth meshed with said pinion; a rack guide (103, 303, 403) comprising an abutment portion (103a1, 103a2, 303a1, 303a2, 403a1, 403a2) having an abutment surface to which said rack bar (111, 311) is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion (103b1, 103b2, 303b1, 303b2, 403b1, 403b2), which is continued to said abutment portion (103a1, 103a2, 303a1, 303a2, 403a1, 403a2), to be spaced from said rack bar (111, 311); a rack guide base member (105, 305) for receiving said rack guide (103, 303, 403); and urging means for urging said rack guide (103, 303, 403) against said rack bar (111, 311) through said rack guide base member (105, 305), wherein, in a cross sectional view along a central line (x) of the rack guide (103, 303, 403), a thickness dimension of said recessed portion (103b1, 103b2, 303b1, 303b2, 403b1, 403b2) is different from that of said abutment portion (103a1, 103a2, 303a1, 303a2, 403a1, 403a2), characterized in that the abutment surface and an abutment portion outer surface to face the rack guide base member (105, 305) have a common center of curvature and each of the abutment surface and the abutment portion outer surface has a single curvature of radius. a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by said casing; a rack bar (111, 311) having a rack tooth meshed with said pinion; a rack guide (103, 303, 403) comprising an abutment portion (103a1, 103a2, 303a1, 303a2, 403a1, 403a2) having an abutment surface to which said rack bar (111, 311) is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion (103b1, 103b2, 303b1, 303b2, 403b1, 403b2), which is continued to said abutment portion (103a1, 103a2, 303a1, 303a2, 403a1, 403a2), to be spaced from said rack bar (111, 311); a rack guide base member (105, 305) for receiving said rack guide (103, 303, 403); and urging means for urging said rack guide (103, 303, 403) against said rack bar (111, 311) through said rack guide base member (105, 305), wherein, in a cross sectional view along a central line (x) of the rack guide (103, 303, 403), a thickness dimension of said recessed portion (103b1, 103b2, 303b1, 303b2, 403b1, 403b2) is different from that of said abutment portion (103a1, 103a2, 303a1, 303a2, 403a1, 403a2), characterized in that the abutment surface and an abutment portion outer surface to face the rack guide base member (105, 305) have a common center of curvature and each of the abutment surface and the abutment portion outer surface has a single curvature of radius.
A device for picking articles including a magnetizable material, wherein the device comprises an electromagnet arranged to generate a magnetic field for attracting one of the articles during picking of the article, and a control unit configured to control a magnetizing current supplied to the electromagnet, and to generate an alternating current to the electromagnet so that the electromagnet generates a variable magnetic field adapted to demagnetize and detach the article from the electromagnet, characterized in that the electromagnet is provided with a hole going through the centre of the electromagnet, and the device comprises an article holder arranged to take hold of the article and to move the detached article away from the electromagnet during generation of the alternating current, and the article holder is arranged linearly movable relative the electromagnet along an axis through the hole of the electromagnet.
A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of messages at an interface with a broadcast bus of a communication network for a system; and selectively permitting the plurality of messages to be conveyed through the interface based on comparing one or more of the plurality of messages to a specification for the interface, the method characterized by the step of comparing including: receiving each bit of a first message of the plurality of messages along with an indicator of a dominant bus controller; determining, based on each received bit and indicator, a location within filter specification data from which to fetch a next state and corresponding action that should be taken; and based upon the action, selectively: dynamically terminating an in-progress transaction; or deciding whether a device is continuing to communicate and if not, disconnect a device from the network; or allowing the received bit to pass and update a message bit history. receiving a plurality of messages at an interface with a broadcast bus of a communication network for a system; and selectively permitting the plurality of messages to be conveyed through the interface based on comparing one or more of the plurality of messages to a specification for the interface, the method characterized by the step of comparing including: receiving each bit of a first message of the plurality of messages along with an indicator of a dominant bus controller; determining, based on each received bit and indicator, a location within filter specification data from which to fetch a next state and corresponding action that should be taken; and receiving each bit of a first message of the plurality of messages along with an indicator of a dominant bus controller; determining, based on each received bit and indicator, a location within filter specification data from which to fetch a next state and corresponding action that should be taken; and based upon the action, selectively: dynamically terminating an in-progress transaction; or deciding whether a device is continuing to communicate and if not, disconnect a device from the network; or allowing the received bit to pass and update a message bit history. dynamically terminating an in-progress transaction; or deciding whether a device is continuing to communicate and if not, disconnect a device from the network; or allowing the received bit to pass and update a message bit history.
A method of fabricating a sintered three-dimensional part comprising a titanium-based alloy, the method comprising the following steps: · preparing an injection composition comprising a binder and a powder of a titanium-based alloy including aluminum and/or chromium as alloying addition element(s) (step E10); · injecting the injection composition into a cavity of a mold so as to obtain a blank for the part to be made (step E20); · selectively eliminating the binder present in the blank (step E50); · a first step of sintering the powder of titanium-based alloy (step E601), the powder being subjected during the first sintering step to a first pressure that is higher than or equal to 1 mbar in order to obtain a preform of the part made of sintered alloy powder; and · a second sintering step, performed after the first sintering step, during which a second pressure is imposed (step E602), the second pressure being lower than the first pressure, the duration for which the second pressure is applied being selected so that the content by weight of aluminum and/or chromium in a layer having a thickness of 200 μm situated at the surface of the preform does not vary by more than 5% in relative value as a result of the second sintering step, wherein the second pressure is lower than 1 mbar, and wherein the second pressure is applied during less than 5 hours. · preparing an injection composition comprising a binder and a powder of a titanium-based alloy including aluminum and/or chromium as alloying addition element(s) (step E10); · injecting the injection composition into a cavity of a mold so as to obtain a blank for the part to be made (step E20); · selectively eliminating the binder present in the blank (step E50); · a first step of sintering the powder of titanium-based alloy (step E601), the powder being subjected during the first sintering step to a first pressure that is higher than or equal to 1 mbar in order to obtain a preform of the part made of sintered alloy powder; and · a second sintering step, performed after the first sintering step, during which a second pressure is imposed (step E602), the second pressure being lower than the first pressure, the duration for which the second pressure is applied being selected so that the content by weight of aluminum and/or chromium in a layer having a thickness of 200 μm situated at the surface of the preform does not vary by more than 5% in relative value as a result of the second sintering step, wherein the second pressure is lower than 1 mbar, and wherein the second pressure is applied during less than 5 hours.
Weapons system comprising a) an energy effector system comprising a laser source embodied to emit laser radiation towards a target object such that military combat action against the target object by the laser radiation is made possible, and comprising a modulator which is embodied for the time modulation of the laser radiation in accordance with a modulation pattern in such a way that the laser radiation additionally serves to illuminate the target object within the scope of a target tracking method, b)a target tracking unit which is embodied to align the laser radiation onto the target object within the scope of the target tracking method, c) a projectile which can be directed to the target object in a target-guiding manner, and e) an electro-optical sensor unit which is embodied to receive the laser radiation reflected by the target object in such a way that a target-guiding direction of the projectile onto the target object is possible.
The use of spherical pellets or spherical granules having a coating of a lipid binder composition for taste-masking obtainable by cold solvent-free extrusion comprising the steps of a) mixing the active ingredient with said lipid binder composition comprising at least (i) a hard fat, (ii) either glycerol trimyristate or glycerol distearate, and, (iii) glycerol dibehenate, b) cold extruding the mixture, c) spheronising the extrudate to obtain pellets or spherical granules, characterized in that the coating is formed on the surface of said pellets or granules covering completely said pellets or granules and that the coating does not substantially contain any active ingredients whereby the active ingredient release at a temperature of 24 °C is 1% at most after 20 minutes determined in purified water at 150 rpm using the dissolution test apparatus Ph. Eur./USP equipped with the Basket method and the active ingredient release at a temperature of 37 °C is above 90 % after 45 minutes determined in purified water at 150 rpm using the dissolution test apparatus Ph. Eur./USP equipped with the Basket method. a) mixing the active ingredient with said lipid binder composition comprising at least (i) a hard fat, (ii) either glycerol trimyristate or glycerol distearate, and, (iii) glycerol dibehenate, b) cold extruding the mixture, c) spheronising the extrudate to obtain pellets or spherical granules,
Production method with molten filament printing material on a powder bed carried out based on additive manufacturing principles, comprising the following steps; in order to ensure flawless production based on a workpiece, and in order to produce the workpiece desired, molten material layers forming a stack after being layered on top of each other and being adhered on a special collapsible perforated print plate, are formed by spreading support material such as powder, sand, particles etc. on layers each having different heights, to shape the filament printing material by feeding material through an extruder having a certain temperature via a printing material supply apparatus and thereafter the molten material layers are cooled, • A predefined amount of the support material is poured into a particle tank comprising the workpiece using a support material chamber and a support material supply mechanism, • The support material that has been poured is compressed by a spreading apparatus and is flattened, • The rigidity of the support material is adjusted ∘ by using a suitable binder/volatile substances or ∘ by using ferromagnetic material and magnetic field interaction or ∘ by using electrostatic loaded particles in order to ensure the integrity of the support material to remain intact, inside the particle tank using an electronically controlled particle adjuster, and • the support material located inside the particle tank is re-supplied via the collapsible perforated printing plate and a support material re-supply mechanism in order to be re-used. • A predefined amount of the support material is poured into a particle tank comprising the workpiece using a support material chamber and a support material supply mechanism, • The support material that has been poured is compressed by a spreading apparatus and is flattened, • The rigidity of the support material is adjusted ∘ by using a suitable binder/volatile substances or ∘ by using ferromagnetic material and magnetic field interaction or ∘ by using electrostatic loaded particles in order to ensure the integrity of the support material to remain intact, inside the particle tank using an electronically controlled particle adjuster, and ∘ by using a suitable binder/volatile substances or ∘ by using ferromagnetic material and magnetic field interaction or ∘ by using electrostatic loaded particles • the support material located inside the particle tank is re-supplied via the collapsible perforated printing plate and a support material re-supply mechanism in order to be re-used.