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Pouring batching device for fat-containing substances, in particular for chocolate, in dies comprising: - a case inside which at least one cylindrical recess is obtained, in which a longitudinal shaft is housed, to which at least one rotary piston is fastened; - means adapted to control the flow of said substance; wherein said case is placed below a tank containing said substance to be poured and is open towards its top, locating a hopper adapted to put in contact an internal volume of said tank with said recess of said case, so that a mass of substance can easily descend by gravity inside said case, even without a sucking effect by said rotary piston; wherein said means adapted to control the flow of said substance, comprise: - at least one valve, which is inserted into said cylindrical seat obtained in said case, said valve having a generally cylindrical shape, with a coaxial hole and at least one slot, with parallel flanks, each one of which locates a volume inside which said pistons slide; - said rotary pistons, assembled on said shaft, inserted in the hole, obtained in the valve, and rotary with respect to it; the combined motion of said rotary pistons and of said valve changing the volume of a first and a second batching chamber (9, 10), in order to dose said substance to be poured, and a movement of said valve opening and closing at least one pouring channel (11, 12), to allow or block a flow of substance towards said dies below; characterized in that said pouring batching device further has channels, adapted to recycle into the hopper the substance which passes through the unused pouring channels,, said recycling occurring through ducts, obtained in a plate assembled below the pouring batching device. - a case inside which at least one cylindrical recess is obtained, in which a longitudinal shaft is housed, to which at least one rotary piston is fastened; - means adapted to control the flow of said substance; - at least one valve, which is inserted into said cylindrical seat obtained in said case, said valve having a generally cylindrical shape, with a coaxial hole and at least one slot, with parallel flanks, each one of which locates a volume inside which said pistons slide; - said rotary pistons, assembled on said shaft, inserted in the hole, obtained in the valve, and rotary with respect to it; the combined motion of said rotary pistons and of said valve changing the volume of a first and a second batching chamber (9, 10), in order to dose said substance to be poured, and a movement of said valve opening and closing at least one pouring channel (11, 12), to allow or block a flow of substance towards said dies below; characterized in that said pouring batching device further has channels, adapted to recycle into the hopper the substance which passes through the unused pouring channels,, said recycling occurring through ducts, obtained in a plate assembled below the pouring batching device.
A laser sensor module, the laser sensor module comprising at least one first laser, at least one first detector, at least one electrical driver and at least one first optical device, wherein the first laser is adapted to emit first laser light in reaction to signals provided by the at least one electrical driver, wherein the first optical device is adapted to focus the first laser light to a focus region (155, 156), wherein the laser sensor module is adapted to control a distance between the laser sensor module and the focus region (155, 156) such that there are at least a first mode and a second mode of the laser sensor module, wherein in the first mode the focus region is at a first distance and in the second mode the focus region is at a second distance different than the first distance, wherein the at least one first detector is adapted to detect a first self-mixing interference signal of an optical wave within a first laser cavity of the first laser, wherein the first self-mixing interference signal is caused by first reflected laser light reentering the first laser cavity, wherein the first reflected laser light is received in the first mode, wherein the first self-mixing interference signal is used to determine a first physical parameter, characterized in that the first physical parameter is used for detection of a movement of an object for gesture control for a human interface device, and wherein the laser sensor module is further adapted to detect a second self-mixing interference signal, wherein the second self-mixing interference signal is determined in the second mode and is caused by second reflected laser light, and wherein said second self-mixing interference signal is used to determine a second physical parameter for detection of a particle density or particle size.
A smoking article comprising a rod of smokeable material and a filter attached to one end of the rod, said filter comprising at least two sections and being wrapped in a porous plug wrap, wherein a first tipping wrapper overlies the join between the rod of smokeable material and the filter to attach the filter to the rod, and at least one additional tipping wrapper is provided around the filter, spaced from and separate to the first tipping wrapper such that a portion of the porous plug wrap is exposed between the first and at least one additional tipping wrapper, and wherein the tipping wrappers are less porous than the plug wrap, wherein a gap is formed between the first and at least one additional tipping wrapper, the gap exposing an area of the filter which is surrounded with a material that is more porous than the tipping wrappers, resulting in a section of the filter which is surrounded only by a porous plug wrap paper.
Security document comprising a portrait image of a holder and an image area, an image pattern in the image area of mutually spaced image elements (5,6) at a mutual distance D, a layer of a plastics material overlying the image area and an array of lenses (11,12;17,18) in the layer wherein the lenses (11,12) are spaced at a mutual distance L which differs from D, wherein the array of lenses overlies only a part of the image pattern and is formed in the layer of plastics material within an image contour (10,19), which image contour forms indicia displaying information pertaining to the holder and/or an issuing authority of the document, characterised in that a part of the image pattern below the layer is not covered by any lenses.
A medical device comprising: a proximal end; a distal end; a main body structure having an outer perimeter and an interior defined by a plurality of ribs extending radially outwards from a first nexus at the proximal end and combining at a second nexus at the distal end; a fixation strut extending through and across at least a portion of the interior of the main body in an expanded state; the fixation strut being attached to the main body at a point of attachment; a barb on the fixation strut, the barb exiting the interior of the main body at a point of egress and projecting radially outwards a height from the main body past the outer perimeter, wherein a greater distance separates the point of attachment and the point of egress in a constrained state than the expanded state, reducing the height the barb end projects from the main body; characterised in that the medical device further comprises a passage within at least one of the plurality of ribs, wherein the passage serves as the point of egress; and an occlusion fabric secured to the main body. a proximal end; a distal end; a main body structure having an outer perimeter and an interior defined by a plurality of ribs extending radially outwards from a first nexus at the proximal end and combining at a second nexus at the distal end; a fixation strut extending through and across at least a portion of the interior of the main body in an expanded state; the fixation strut being attached to the main body at a point of attachment; a barb on the fixation strut, the barb exiting the interior of the main body at a point of egress and projecting radially outwards a height from the main body past the outer perimeter, wherein a greater distance separates the point of attachment and the point of egress in a constrained state than the expanded state, reducing the height the barb end projects from the main body; characterised in that the medical device further comprises a passage within at least one of the plurality of ribs, wherein the passage serves as the point of egress; and an occlusion fabric secured to the main body.
Rotor for an electrical machine, wherein the rotor is mounted such that it can rotate about an axis of rotation, and wherein the rotor comprises a rotor body and permanent magnets, wherein the rotor body forms alternately field-focusing and virtually field-free regions (32, 31) parallel to the axis of rotation, wherein the virtually field-free regions are formed by air gaps, and wherein the rotor body is formed by at least two types of laminations (14, 19), which are stacked on one another in the direction of the axis of rotation, and the second type of laminations are located with their dimensions radially within the first type of laminations, wherein the laminations of the second type adjoin the permanent magnets with their respective outer circumference when the permanent magnets are inserted, wherein the permanent magnets are magnetized radially and extend in the tangential direction, wherein the air gaps forming the field-free regions are formed in the axial direction between two laminations of first type, wherein the field-focusing regions are arranged radially between the permanent magnets and the stator-side rotor circumference, and wherein openings for receiving the permanent magnets extending in the axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation are provided in the rotor, within the rotor body, and the rotor is formed as an internal rotor.
A method for reducing interference at a first transmission point, TP, the method comprising: receiving, by the first TP, a blanking bitmap from a second TP, characterized in that the blanking bitmap includes an indicator of an interval of time when transmissions occurring on a transmission beam originating from the second TP are adjusted to reduce interference to the first TP, wherein the blanking bitmap includes a plurality of bits, each of which corresponds to each sub-frame of a frame, wherein if a bit in the bitmap is set to a first value, then a corresponding sub-frame does not include the transmission beam/s that enable transmission adjustments, and if a bit in the bitmap is set to a second value, then a corresponding sub-frame includes the transmission beam/s that enable transmission adjustments; and scheduling, by the first TP, communications for a user equipment served by the first TP in accordance with the blanking bitmap. receiving, by the first TP, a blanking bitmap from a second TP, characterized in that the blanking bitmap includes an indicator of an interval of time when transmissions occurring on a transmission beam originating from the second TP are adjusted to reduce interference to the first TP, wherein the blanking bitmap includes a plurality of bits, each of which corresponds to each sub-frame of a frame, wherein if a bit in the bitmap is set to a first value, then a corresponding sub-frame does not include the transmission beam/s that enable transmission adjustments, and if a bit in the bitmap is set to a second value, then a corresponding sub-frame includes the transmission beam/s that enable transmission adjustments; and scheduling, by the first TP, communications for a user equipment served by the first TP in accordance with the blanking bitmap.
A piezoelectric body film comprising a fluororesin as a piezoelectric material, the fluororesin containing, as a main constituent unit, a repeating unit derived from vinylidene fluoride, wherein a piezoelectric constant d31 of the piezoelectric body film is 20 pC/N or greater, and the body film is characterized in that an extrapolated onset temperature in accordance with JIS K 0129 at start of shrinkage determined by thermomechanical analyzer measurement is not lower than 90°C and not higher than 135°C, and the extrapolated onset temperature is a temperature at which the piezoelectric body film exhibits thermal shrinkage phenomenon. a piezoelectric constant d31 of the piezoelectric body film is 20 pC/N or greater, and the body film is characterized in that an extrapolated onset temperature in accordance with JIS K 0129 at start of shrinkage determined by thermomechanical analyzer measurement is not lower than 90°C and not higher than 135°C, and the extrapolated onset temperature is a temperature at which the piezoelectric body film exhibits thermal shrinkage phenomenon.
A method for controlling an underlying physical network by a software defined network, wherein the physical network comprises data forwarding elements for routing data traffic on a data communication plane (C1, C4) and wherein the software defined network comprises at least one controller and at least one feature on a control plane (C2, C3) for controlling the data forwarding elements of the physical network, and wherein the data forwarding elements of the data communication plane (C1, C4) communicate with the controller of the control plane on a dedicated control channel characterized in that at least part of the control traffic in the control channel is exchanged via the data communication plane wherein the controller directly communicates with the feature on a dedicated feature channel in the control plane (C2, C3), and wherein legacy control traffic according to a legacy protocol is exchanged directly between the features and the data forwarding elements on the data communication plane.
A near-field communication, NFC, receiver comprising: - first and second input terminals for receiving first and second input signals, respectively, wherein the first and second input signals include a modulated portion and a carrier portion; - a digital-to-analog converter, DAC (34, 36), for providing a current; - a mixer (37, 39) having a first input coupled to receive the first and second input signals and a second input coupled to receive the current from the DAC (34, 36), and in response, the mixer (37, 39) is configured to provide a combined current by subtracting said current from the DAC from an input current; - a track-and-hold circuit (42, 44) having an input coupled to receive the combined current and an output to provide a series of output samples; - an averaging circuit (46, 48) coupled to the output of the track-and-hold circuit (42, 44), the averaging circuit (46, 48) having an input coupled to receive the series of output samples from the track-and-hold circuit (42, 44), and an output for providing an output signal that is an average of two consecutive output samples of the track-and-hold circuit (42, 44); - an amplifier (50, 52) configured to receive the output signal from the averaging circuit (46, 48) and to provide an amplified output signal; and - an analog-to-digital converter, ADC (54, 56), coupled to receive the amplified output signal and to provide a digital representation of the amplified output signal. - first and second input terminals for receiving first and second input signals, respectively, wherein the first and second input signals include a modulated portion and a carrier portion; - a digital-to-analog converter, DAC (34, 36), for providing a current; - a mixer (37, 39) having a first input coupled to receive the first and second input signals and a second input coupled to receive the current from the DAC (34, 36), and in response, the mixer (37, 39) is configured to provide a combined current by subtracting said current from the DAC from an input current; - a track-and-hold circuit (42, 44) having an input coupled to receive the combined current and an output to provide a series of output samples; - an averaging circuit (46, 48) coupled to the output of the track-and-hold circuit (42, 44), the averaging circuit (46, 48) having an input coupled to receive the series of output samples from the track-and-hold circuit (42, 44), and an output for providing an output signal that is an average of two consecutive output samples of the track-and-hold circuit (42, 44); - an amplifier (50, 52) configured to receive the output signal from the averaging circuit (46, 48) and to provide an amplified output signal; and - an analog-to-digital converter, ADC (54, 56), coupled to receive the amplified output signal and to provide a digital representation of the amplified output signal.
A noise dosimetry system, comprising: an earplug comprising: an eartip for insertion into an ear canal of a human, the eartip having a proximal end closest to an eardrum of the human when the eartip is inserted in the ear canal, a distal end, and a sound delivery channel leading from the proximal end to the distal end; a microphone, acoustically coupled to the sound delivery channel at the distal end of the eartip, having a microphone electrical output; a processing function having an input and an output; and at least one equalization circuit having an input coupled to the microphone electrical output and an output coupled to the processing function input, wherein the earplug further comprises a switch (79, 98) coupled to the at least one equalization circuit, the switch configured to be in an activated state when a first set of predetermined conditions is met and configured to be in a non-activated state when a second set of predetermined conditions is met, the at least one equalization circuit configured to exhibit a first electrical response when the switch is in the non-activated state and exhibit a second electrical response when the switch is in the activated state. an eartip for insertion into an ear canal of a human, the eartip having a proximal end closest to an eardrum of the human when the eartip is inserted in the ear canal, a distal end, and a sound delivery channel leading from the proximal end to the distal end; a microphone, acoustically coupled to the sound delivery channel at the distal end of the eartip, having a microphone electrical output; a processing function having an input and an output; and at least one equalization circuit having an input coupled to the microphone electrical output and an output coupled to the processing function input, wherein the earplug further comprises a switch (79, 98) coupled to the at least one equalization circuit, the switch configured to be in an activated state when a first set of predetermined conditions is met and configured to be in a non-activated state when a second set of predetermined conditions is met, the at least one equalization circuit configured to exhibit a first electrical response when the switch is in the non-activated state and exhibit a second electrical response when the switch is in the activated state.
A detection system for measuring one or more conditions within a predetermined area comprising: a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light, the at least one fiber optic cable defining a node arranged to measure the one or more conditions; a control system operably coupled to the fiber harness such that scattered light associated with the node is transmitted to the control system, wherein the control system analyzes the scattered light to determine at least one of a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions at the node; an optical enhancement device operably connected to the fiber harness to reduce interference sources transmitted from the node; at least one light sensitive device associated with the node, wherein the at least one light sensitive device receives scattered light from the node indicating a scattered light received by the node; and wherein the optical enhancement device is one or more of a filter, a polarizer, an antireflective coating, or a wave plate; characterised in that the optical enhancement device is disposed at the node. a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light, the at least one fiber optic cable defining a node arranged to measure the one or more conditions; a control system operably coupled to the fiber harness such that scattered light associated with the node is transmitted to the control system, wherein the control system analyzes the scattered light to determine at least one of a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions at the node; an optical enhancement device operably connected to the fiber harness to reduce interference sources transmitted from the node; at least one light sensitive device associated with the node, wherein the at least one light sensitive device receives scattered light from the node indicating a scattered light received by the node; and wherein the optical enhancement device is one or more of a filter, a polarizer, an antireflective coating, or a wave plate; characterised in that the optical enhancement device is disposed at the node.
Multilayer article comprising a first substrate having a first backing layer and at least one further, second, substrate having a second backing layer, each of which are provided on one side at least partially with a cold-seal adhesive layer (3, 4) and are bonded to one another specifically via the contact between their respective cold-seal adhesive layers (3, 4), characterized in that the area of the first substrate is greater than that of the at least one further substrate and the at least one further substrate only partially covers the cold-seal adhesive layer of the first substrate, wherein the adhesion between the two cold-seal adhesive layers (3, 4) is from 3 N/25 mm to 30 N/25 mm.
A method comprising: receiving a user query spoken by a user at a microphone of a streaming audio player; rendering a speech response to the user query with the streaming audio player with a first equalization profile applied to the response to the user query; and rendering entertainment audio with the streaming audio player with a second equalization profile different than the first equalization profile applied to the entertainment audio, wherein the streaming audio player identifies a wake word spoken by the user and preceding the user query so that the streaming audio player interprets the user query as one to which the user desires a response, and wherein the streaming audio player lowers a volume of the entertainment audio responsive to identifying the wake word. receiving a user query spoken by a user at a microphone of a streaming audio player; rendering a speech response to the user query with the streaming audio player with a first equalization profile applied to the response to the user query; and rendering entertainment audio with the streaming audio player with a second equalization profile different than the first equalization profile applied to the entertainment audio, wherein the streaming audio player identifies a wake word spoken by the user and preceding the user query so that the streaming audio player interprets the user query as one to which the user desires a response, and wherein the streaming audio player lowers a volume of the entertainment audio responsive to identifying the wake word.