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A method for automatically picking a fruit from a plant using an apparatus comprising a gripper mechanism comprising two or more mutually movable fingers, the method comprising: - an approach stage wherein the gripper mechanism is put into a clamping position, wherein the fingers are positioned next to the fruit to be picked for a subsequent clamping of the fruit to be picked; - a clamping stage wherein, while the gripper mechanism is in the clamping position, the fingers are mutually moved towards the fruit to be picked until they clamp the fruit; and - a removal stage wherein the fruit clamped in the fingers is removed from the plant, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT - during the clamping stage, the fingers are moved such that a specific maximum clamping force is not exceeded; and - during at least a part of the removal stage, the mutual position of the fingers is controlled by a drive such that their mutual distance does not increase, even when a force exceeding the specific maximum clamping force is exerted on one or more of the fingers. - an approach stage wherein the gripper mechanism is put into a clamping position, wherein the fingers are positioned next to the fruit to be picked for a subsequent clamping of the fruit to be picked; - a clamping stage wherein, while the gripper mechanism is in the clamping position, the fingers are mutually moved towards the fruit to be picked until they clamp the fruit; and - a removal stage wherein the fruit clamped in the fingers is removed from the plant, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT - during the clamping stage, the fingers are moved such that a specific maximum clamping force is not exceeded; and - during at least a part of the removal stage, the mutual position of the fingers is controlled by a drive such that their mutual distance does not increase, even when a force exceeding the specific maximum clamping force is exerted on one or more of the fingers.
A substrate comprising: a core comprising a plurality of open cells; a first facing layer attached to a first major side of the core by a first adhesive; and a second facing layer attached to a second major side of the core by a second adhesive; wherein the glass transition temperature of the second adhesive is greater than the glass transition temperature of the first adhesive. a core comprising a plurality of open cells; a first facing layer attached to a first major side of the core by a first adhesive; and a second facing layer attached to a second major side of the core by a second adhesive;
Device for removing blossoms from a fruit tree by tearing off from their branch, which is in the form of a rod and comprises gripping means in the form of a handle at the end of which are mounted means for tearing-off said blossoms, said tearing-off means being formed of at least one roller provided with fibers in the form of bristles, wherein each roller is mounted articulated so as to freely rotate at the end of said rod, so that the transverse displacement of said rod into contact with the branch induces a rotation of each roller.
Turbo engine assembly with a housing, a turbo expander comprising an expander impeller, a first turbo compressor comprising a first compressor impeller and a shaft rotatably mounted on the housing, which connects the expander impeller to the compressor impeller, wherein the first turbo compressor can be exclusively propelled by the turbo expander, characterized in that a second turbo compressor is arranged on the housing with a second compressor impeller, which is connected to the first turbo compressor in parallel or in series, that the second turbo compressor is mechanically decoupled from the first turbo compressor, and that the second compressor impeller can be propelled by means of a gearbox accommodated in the housing and a drive shaft connecting the gearbox to the second compressor impeller.
An optical fiber cable, comprising: an optical fiber; and a coating layer made of at least one layer provided on the outer periphery of the optical fiber, wherein the material for forming the coating layer is made of a halogen-free resin composition containing polyolefin resin, melt tension enhancer, and halogen-free flame retardant, wherein the polyolefin resin is made of at least one resin material selected from polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-alkylacrylate copolymers and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers, wherein the melt tension enhancer is made of an acrylic resin, wherein the weight-average molecular weight of the acrylic resin is 1,000,000 to 6,000,000, and wherein the material for forming a coating layer contains polyolefin resin at 39 to 94 mass%, melt tension enhancer at 1 to 30 mass% and halogen-free flame retardant at 5 to 60 mass%, based on the total mass of the polyolefin resin, melt tension enhancer and halogen-free flame retardant. an optical fiber; and a coating layer made of at least one layer provided on the outer periphery of the optical fiber,
A sewing machine comprising: a crank shaft, a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, a needle assembly, a presser foot, and an upper walking foot, a crank arm connecting said crank shaft to said first drive shaft, a linkage assembly connecting said drive shafts (66, 88) to said needle assembly, said presser foot, and said upper walking foot, said linkage assembly configured to cause out-of-phase reciprocatory movement of said presser foot and said upper walking foot, and an adjustment mechanism selectably adjustable by an operator that varies a center line to center line distance between a pin of said linkage assembly and the second drive shaft to yield at least first and second different stepping heights of said upper walking foot, wherein first and second links of said linkage assembly are translationally and pivotally connected at respective ends to provide the variable center line to center line distance between the pin of said linkage assembly and the second drive shaft, wherein one of said first and second links includes the pin and the other of said first and second links includes an elongated slot, said pin riding in said slot, and a position of said pin along a length of said slot is selectably adjustable by an operator, characterized by a pneumatic cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric motor, or an electric solenoid, actuatable by an operator and configured to translate said pin along the length of said slot providing a low stepping height of said walking foot and a high stepping height of said walking foot. a crank shaft, a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, a needle assembly, a presser foot, and an upper walking foot, a crank arm connecting said crank shaft to said first drive shaft, a linkage assembly connecting said drive shafts (66, 88) to said needle assembly, said presser foot, and said upper walking foot, said linkage assembly configured to cause out-of-phase reciprocatory movement of said presser foot and said upper walking foot, and an adjustment mechanism selectably adjustable by an operator that varies a center line to center line distance between a pin of said linkage assembly and the second drive shaft to yield at least first and second different stepping heights of said upper walking foot, wherein first and second links of said linkage assembly are translationally and pivotally connected at respective ends to provide the variable center line to center line distance between the pin of said linkage assembly and the second drive shaft, wherein one of said first and second links includes the pin and the other of said first and second links includes an elongated slot, said pin riding in said slot, and a position of said pin along a length of said slot is selectably adjustable by an operator, characterized by a pneumatic cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric motor, or an electric solenoid, actuatable by an operator and configured to translate said pin along the length of said slot providing a low stepping height of said walking foot and a high stepping height of said walking foot.
A method, implemented in a network node configured to operate in a wireless network, for adjusting a length of a discovery measurement timing configuration, DMTC, window, in which DMTC window, a wireless communication device served by at least the network node is expected to receive discovery signals from other network nodes, the method comprising the steps of: determining a degree of synchronization of the wireless network, wherein the degree of synchronization of the wireless network comprises a degree of time and frequency synchronization of the network node and the other network nodes, wherein the degree of synchronization refers to a synchronization level in a set of synchronization levels, and wherein the set of synchronization levels comprises: - a first synchronization level representing tight synchronization; - a second synchronization level representing coarse synchronization; and - a third synchronization level representing absence of synchronization; estimating an expected delay to acquire a channel, within the wireless network, by the network node; determining the DMTC window length based on the estimated expected delay to acquire the channel within the wireless network; and informing the wireless communication device of the determined DMTC window length. determining a degree of synchronization of the wireless network, wherein the degree of synchronization of the wireless network comprises a degree of time and frequency synchronization of the network node and the other network nodes, wherein the degree of synchronization refers to a synchronization level in a set of synchronization levels, and wherein the set of synchronization levels comprises: - a first synchronization level representing tight synchronization; - a second synchronization level representing coarse synchronization; and - a third synchronization level representing absence of synchronization; - a first synchronization level representing tight synchronization; - a second synchronization level representing coarse synchronization; and - a third synchronization level representing absence of synchronization; estimating an expected delay to acquire a channel, within the wireless network, by the network node; determining the DMTC window length based on the estimated expected delay to acquire the channel within the wireless network; and informing the wireless communication device of the determined DMTC window length.
A faired elongated element intended to be at least partially submerged, comprising an elongated object and a fairing, the fairing comprising a plurality of fairing sections, each fairing section comprising a plurality of conduits, the conduits comprising a channel receiving the elongated object and being streamlined so as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the at least partially submerged elongated object, said conduits being pivotally mounted on the elongated object about the longitudinal axis of the channel, said conduits being connected together along the axis of the channel and being hinged together, the fairing sections being free to rotate about the channel one relative to the other, wherein the conduits of the same fairing section are connected together by means of a plurality of individual coupling devices, each individual coupling device allowing one of the conduits of said section to be connected to another conduit of said section adjacent to said conduit.
Method of operating a machine system comprising a plurality of machines, in particular machine tool devices with numerical control, NC, or programmable logic controller, PLC, control systems, wherein the machines are connected to a computing system of the machine system, wherein the machine system comprises human-machine-interfaces (8; 9; 10; 11) to present machine information and wherein the machine system comprises at least one operator detection unit (6; 7), wherein the operator detection unit (6; 7) detects a machine operator being in the proximity of a machine and/or walking past a machine and collects operator behavior data, the operator detection unit (6; 7) sends the collected operator behavior data to the computing system, the operator behavior data is stored by the computing system, operator behavior habits are determined from the operator behavior data, the computing system selects information to be presented to said machine operator in dependence on the operator behavior data and on the operator behavior habits and selects at least one of the human-machine-interfaces (8; 9; 10; 11) to present said information, wherein the selected information to be presented to the machine operator is chosen among machine status information, production process information, tasks that have to be performed at machines, tasks that will have to be performed at machines in the future and/or warning messages and the selected human-machine-interfaces (8; 9; 10; 11) present the selected information. the operator detection unit (6; 7) detects a machine operator being in the proximity of a machine and/or walking past a machine and collects operator behavior data, the operator detection unit (6; 7) sends the collected operator behavior data to the computing system, the operator behavior data is stored by the computing system, operator behavior habits are determined from the operator behavior data, the computing system selects information to be presented to said machine operator in dependence on the operator behavior data and on the operator behavior habits and selects at least one of the human-machine-interfaces (8; 9; 10; 11) to present said information, wherein the selected information to be presented to the machine operator is chosen among machine status information, production process information, tasks that have to be performed at machines, tasks that will have to be performed at machines in the future and/or warning messages and the selected human-machine-interfaces (8; 9; 10; 11) present the selected information.
A medical device comprising: a core assembly configured to be advanced within a corporeal lumen, the core assembly comprising: a first conductor having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the first conductor forming a lumen; a second conductor at least partially disposed within the lumen of the first conductor, the second conductor comprising a first conductive material and having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion extending distal to the distal end portion of the first conductor; an insulative material disposed over at least a portion of the second conductor, the insulative material defining one or more uninsulated portions of the second conductor; and a second conductive material (150, 152) surrounding the second conductor along at least part of the one or more uninsulated portions, the second conductive material having a higher electrical conductivity than the first conductive material; an interventional element coupled to the distal end portion of the first conductor, the interventional element being electrically coupled to the first conductor, the interventional element comprising a body formed of a third conductive material; and a fourth conductive material disposed over at least a portion of the third conductive material of the interventional element, the fourth conductive material having a higher electrical conductivity than the third conductive material. a first conductor having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the first conductor forming a lumen; a second conductor at least partially disposed within the lumen of the first conductor, the second conductor comprising a first conductive material and having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion extending distal to the distal end portion of the first conductor; an insulative material disposed over at least a portion of the second conductor, the insulative material defining one or more uninsulated portions of the second conductor; and a second conductive material (150, 152) surrounding the second conductor along at least part of the one or more uninsulated portions, the second conductive material having a higher electrical conductivity than the first conductive material; an interventional element coupled to the distal end portion of the first conductor, the interventional element being electrically coupled to the first conductor, the interventional element comprising a body formed of a third conductive material; and a fourth conductive material disposed over at least a portion of the third conductive material of the interventional element, the fourth conductive material having a higher electrical conductivity than the third conductive material.
A transfer material in which an ink receiving layer is provided on a substrate and in which an adhesive layer is provided on a surface of the ink receiving layer, wherein the ink receiving layer is of a gap-absorbing type, and comprises inorganic particulates and water-soluble resin, wherein an amount of the water-soluble resin is 3.3 to 20 pts.wt. relative to 100 pts.wt. inorganic particulates, wherein the adhesive layer includes discretely disposed adhesive particles provided on the surface of the ink receiving layer so as to leave exposed portions having no adhesive on the surface of the ink receiving layer, and wherein an ink absorption speed of the ink receiving layer is set higher than an ink absorption speed of the adhesive.
Chuck comprising a depth stop, comprising a drive shaft, a receiving portion for receiving a tool, and comprising a stop face for depth-limiting abutment of a stop sleeve on the surface of a tool, which stop sleeve is arranged remotely from the receiving portion and radially with respect to an axis of rotation running through the drive shaft and/or the receiving portion, the stop face being formed by a first broad-side face of a slide element in the form of an annular body, which slide element is attached by means of a second broad-side face (10") that faces away from the stop face to the end face of the stop sleeve by means of an adhesive bond, the outside diameter of the slide element being greater than the outside diameter of the end face and a radially inner circumferential surface of the slide element resting on a contact surface, characterised in that the slide element is formed by a perforated circular disk made of felt and is connected to the end face by means of an adhesive layer, and the contact surface is formed by an annular projection that starts at the end face.
A method for predicting indentation resistance of a rolling bearing in which a plurality of rolling elements are freely rollably held between raceway rings (3, 5) each having a raceway surface (2, 4) subjected to machining, the method comprising: obtaining a first curve indicating a yield shear stress in a depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) of a material forming the rolling bearing in a state before the raceway surface (2, 4) is subjected to the machining, a second curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) in a state in which the raceway surface (2, 4) is subjected to the machining, and a third curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) in a state in which the rolling elements are in contact with the raceway surface (2, 4) and a static load is applied to the raceway surface (2, 4); and obtaining a correlation between an area A and an indentation depth of the raceway ring (3, 5) by defining a region surrounded by exceeding the first curve and the second curve and falling below the third curve as the area A. obtaining a first curve indicating a yield shear stress in a depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) of a material forming the rolling bearing in a state before the raceway surface (2, 4) is subjected to the machining, a second curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) in a state in which the raceway surface (2, 4) is subjected to the machining, and a third curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) in a state in which the rolling elements are in contact with the raceway surface (2, 4) and a static load is applied to the raceway surface (2, 4); and a second curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) in a state in which the raceway surface (2, 4) is subjected to the machining, and a third curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface (2, 4) in a state in which the rolling elements are in contact with the raceway surface (2, 4) and a static load is applied to the raceway surface (2, 4); and obtaining a correlation between an area A and an indentation depth of the raceway ring (3, 5) by defining a region surrounded by exceeding the first curve and the second curve and falling below the third curve as the area A.
An adjustable suctioning implement for dental or medical applications, comprising: a handle portion having a source end diameter of width between about 0.40 and 0.60 inches (1.1016-1.524 cm) for connecting to a vacuum line or pump, and a second end; a nozzle portion having a contacting end for engaging a patient surface to be suctioned and a second end for functionally engaging, directly or indirectly, said second end of said handle portion, a dual ball and socket joint portion defined at least in part by said second end of said handle portion and said second end of said nozzle portion; and an internal hollow conduit extending from said contacting end of said nozzle portion to said source end of said handle portion and configured to interface with said vacuum line or pump; said dual ball and socket joint comprises a single modular adapter cooperatively positioned between and abutting said second end of said nozzle portion and said second end of said handle portion. a handle portion having a source end diameter of width between about 0.40 and 0.60 inches (1.1016-1.524 cm) for connecting to a vacuum line or pump, and a second end; a nozzle portion having a contacting end for engaging a patient surface to be suctioned and a second end for functionally engaging, directly or indirectly, said second end of said handle portion, a dual ball and socket joint portion defined at least in part by said second end of said handle portion and said second end of said nozzle portion; and an internal hollow conduit extending from said contacting end of said nozzle portion to said source end of said handle portion and configured to interface with said vacuum line or pump; said dual ball and socket joint comprises a single modular adapter cooperatively positioned between and abutting said second end of said nozzle portion and said second end of said handle portion.
A method for measuring solubilization of particles by at least one living cell and/or at least one derived product of a living cell, the method comprising the following steps: - supplying particles to be solubilized in stable suspension, the particles of a suspension being of identical chemical composition, - generating at least one drop comprising at least one particle to be solubilized of the stable suspension of particles and a culture medium that may contain at least one living cell and/or at least one derived product of a living cell in suspension, - introducing the drop into a tube, - incubating the drop in the tube, - illuminating the tube with an incident light beam, and - measuring, at different time points, the quantity of light of the light beam scattered transversely to the incident beam by the drop in the tube. - supplying particles to be solubilized in stable suspension, the particles of a suspension being of identical chemical composition, - generating at least one drop comprising at least one particle to be solubilized of the stable suspension of particles and a culture medium that may contain at least one living cell and/or at least one derived product of a living cell in suspension, - introducing the drop into a tube, - incubating the drop in the tube, - illuminating the tube with an incident light beam, and - measuring, at different time points, the quantity of light of the light beam scattered transversely to the incident beam by the drop in the tube.