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A method of manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber, the method comprising: locating a tensile member between a first polymer sheet and a second polymer sheet, the tensile member having a first layer, an opposite second layer, and a plurality of connecting members; pressing the first polymer sheet against the first layer and the second polymer sheet against the second layer to form a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the first polymer sheet and a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the second polymer sheet, the protrusions in the second polymer sheet being formed opposite the protrusions in the first polymer sheet; joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet to form a peripheral bond; and pressurizing the chamber to place the connecting members in tension, wherein the plurality of protrusion in the first and second polymer sheets are spaced apart from the tensile member. locating a tensile member between a first polymer sheet and a second polymer sheet, the tensile member having a first layer, an opposite second layer, and a plurality of connecting members; pressing the first polymer sheet against the first layer and the second polymer sheet against the second layer to form a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the first polymer sheet and a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the second polymer sheet, the protrusions in the second polymer sheet being formed opposite the protrusions in the first polymer sheet; joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet to form a peripheral bond; and pressurizing the chamber to place the connecting members in tension, wherein the plurality of protrusion in the first and second polymer sheets are spaced apart from the tensile member.
Method for automatically detecting defects in the surface of curved articles of the food processing industry, comprising the steps: - conveying the articles in a conveying direction by means of a conveyor belt, - illuminating the articles by means of a line laser light source arranged above the conveyor belt such that a laser line generated by means of the line laser light source is oriented transverse to the conveying direction, - line-by-line detection of backscattered light while the articles are being conveyed, using a camera arranged above the conveyor belt, by recording a line profile in each case, - determining the raw line height data representing the cross-sectional heights from the line profile recorded, - determining raw surface height data by compiling the raw line height data determined in the conveying direction, - determining smoothed surface height data by filtering the raw line height data and/or the raw surface height data using at least one filter criterion, - determining differential height data by subtracting the smoothed surface height data from the raw surface height data. - conveying the articles in a conveying direction by means of a conveyor belt, - illuminating the articles by means of a line laser light source arranged above the conveyor belt such that a laser line generated by means of the line laser light source is oriented transverse to the conveying direction, - line-by-line detection of backscattered light while the articles are being conveyed, using a camera arranged above the conveyor belt, by recording a line profile in each case, - determining the raw line height data representing the cross-sectional heights from the line profile recorded, - determining raw surface height data by compiling the raw line height data determined in the conveying direction, - determining smoothed surface height data by filtering the raw line height data and/or the raw surface height data using at least one filter criterion, - determining differential height data by subtracting the smoothed surface height data from the raw surface height data.
A membrane press having at least a support frame wherein a membrane with its edge portion is fixable at the support frame by means of holding members and is removable from the same wherein the holding members are formed in such a manner that the membrane can be fixed at the same and can be released from the same without tools wherein the holding members are formed with two clamping surfaces (22, 25) of clamping webs in a claw-like manner, characterized in that - the holding members act on the membrane punctually distributed around the circumference of the edge portion and form a row of holding members, - the clamping surfaces (22, 25) are associated with a clamping bolt laterally projecting over the clamping webs, - the clamping bolt has a self-clamping effect according to which the membrane is non-positively clampable in the holding member between the clamping bolt and one of the clamping surfaces (22, 25) by drawing, i.e. by tensioning by means of actuating means (7, 8), and - the clamping bolt can be moved easily and without tools in the direction to a cross web into its removing position from its clamping position. - the holding members act on the membrane punctually distributed around the circumference of the edge portion and form a row of holding members, - the clamping surfaces (22, 25) are associated with a clamping bolt laterally projecting over the clamping webs, - the clamping bolt has a self-clamping effect according to which the membrane is non-positively clampable in the holding member between the clamping bolt and one of the clamping surfaces (22, 25) by drawing, i.e. by tensioning by means of actuating means (7, 8), and - the clamping bolt can be moved easily and without tools in the direction to a cross web into its removing position from its clamping position.
A camera apparatus, comprising: a housing having an interior space; a camera lens disposed in the interior space of the housing; and an infrared and light LED circuit board and a light guide, both the light LED circuit board and the light guide being of a ring-like structure and encircling the camera lens, wherein a plurality of LEDs are disposed on the back surface of the LED circuit board, and a light cover penetrable by infrared but not by visible light, wherein light emitted by said plurality of LEDs works together with light guide to form a light disposed between the housing and the camera lens and encircling the camera lens in a ring-like effect. a housing having an interior space; a camera lens disposed in the interior space of the housing; and an infrared and light LED circuit board and a light guide, both the light LED circuit board and the light guide being of a ring-like structure and encircling the camera lens, wherein a plurality of LEDs are disposed on the back surface of the LED circuit board, and a light cover penetrable by infrared but not by visible light, wherein light emitted by said plurality of LEDs works together with light guide to form a light disposed between the housing and the camera lens and encircling the camera lens in a ring-like effect.
A method for manufacturing at least one implant for focal electrical stimulation or reception of a nervous structure, said implant being of the type including, on a support, a network forming cavities at the bottom of which are disposed microelectrodes, the cavities being delimited by erected walls of the network surrounding the electrodes, characterized in that the support is previously prepared by implementing the following steps: - depositing and etching, in planar fashion, on a planar insulating substrate (10, 11): the electrical contacts, first electrical tracks, second electrical tracks separated from the first electrical tracks, and microelectrodes so that the electrical contacts, first and second electrical tracks (6a, 6b) and microelectrodes belong to the same basic plane, the first electrical tracks electrically connecting the microelectrodes and electrical contacts, the second electrical tracks being electrically connected to a ground, - depositing an insulating layer on the planar substrate (10, 11), electrical contacts, electrical tracks (6a, 6b) and microelectrodes, - etching the insulating layer to make openings (14, 15) at the electrical contacts and microelectrodes, - forming a network of erected walls above the insulating layer and basic plane, and forming the cavities around the microelectrodes. - depositing and etching, in planar fashion, on a planar insulating substrate (10, 11): the electrical contacts, first electrical tracks, second electrical tracks separated from the first electrical tracks, and microelectrodes so that the electrical contacts, first and second electrical tracks (6a, 6b) and microelectrodes belong to the same basic plane, the first electrical tracks electrically connecting the microelectrodes and electrical contacts, the second electrical tracks being electrically connected to a ground, the electrical contacts, first electrical tracks, second electrical tracks separated from the first electrical tracks, and microelectrodes so that the electrical contacts, first and second electrical tracks (6a, 6b) and microelectrodes belong to the same basic plane, the first electrical tracks electrically connecting the microelectrodes and electrical contacts, the second electrical tracks being electrically connected to a ground, - depositing an insulating layer on the planar substrate (10, 11), electrical contacts, electrical tracks (6a, 6b) and microelectrodes, - etching the insulating layer to make openings (14, 15) at the electrical contacts and microelectrodes, - forming a network of erected walls above the insulating layer and basic plane, and forming the cavities around the microelectrodes.
A vortex-generator applique comprising: a strip of material having a first side and a second side; an adhesive layer (622A, 622B) applied to the first side of the strip of material; and one or more vortex generators coupled to the second side of the strip of material; characterised in that the one or more vortex generators each includes a base that is attached to the second side of the strip of material by an adhesive wherein the one or more vortex generators each includes a vane including a bottom portion that has a dart-polygon configuration and that is integrally formed with the base, the vane including a top surface that is generally concave. a strip of material having a first side and a second side; an adhesive layer (622A, 622B) applied to the first side of the strip of material; and one or more vortex generators coupled to the second side of the strip of material; characterised in that the one or more vortex generators each includes a base that is attached to the second side of the strip of material by an adhesive wherein the one or more vortex generators each includes a vane including a bottom portion that has a dart-polygon configuration and that is integrally formed with the base, the vane including a top surface that is generally concave.
A device for inspecting a tire intended to allow for the representation of tomographic images of sections of a cover of said tire, comprising a source of ionizing radiation arranged outside of said tire suitable for emitting the radiation in the form of a divergent beam and a detector suitable for receiving said radiation after passing through at least a part of said tire, said detector being arranged facing said source at a predetermined distance L2 from said source and being situated opposite said source relative to at least one section of cover of said tire, said tire being held between said source and said detector with the axis (X-X) of said tire extending parallel to a sectional plane passing through the focus of said source and said detector, whereas said tire and the source-detector assembly are suitable for being moved by a rotational movement relative to one another about an axis of rotation (Z-Z) at right angles to said sectional plane and whose intersection with said sectional plane passes through a center of rotation situated between said source and said detector at a predetermined distance L1 from said source, said device being arranged such that, during an inspection cycle, said detector is arranged at least partly in a central internal zone of said tire, characterized in that the intersection of said divergent beam with said sectional plane exhibits an angular aperture (Δ) of between 13° and 30°, whereas said center of rotation is positioned in a fixed manner between said source and said detector such that the ratio L1/L2 is between 0.75 and 0.9, so that said device is suitable for inspecting tires of different dimensions by keeping constant the relative positions of said source, of said detector and of said center of rotation.
A method for producing a tobacco material comprising: a) preparing a mixed suspension of a tobacco starting material residue and an extract of a water-soluble component by immersing a tobacco starting material in water to allow the water-soluble component in the tobacco starting material to be dissolved in water; b) exposing the mixed suspension to ozone to be dissolved in it and bringing the dissolved ozone and bubble ozone into contact with the mixed suspension, wherein ozone bubbles formed by the exposure to ozone have a diameter of 0.5 to 1000 μm. a) preparing a mixed suspension of a tobacco starting material residue and an extract of a water-soluble component by immersing a tobacco starting material in water to allow the water-soluble component in the tobacco starting material to be dissolved in water; b) exposing the mixed suspension to ozone to be dissolved in it and bringing the dissolved ozone and bubble ozone into contact with the mixed suspension, wherein ozone bubbles formed by the exposure to ozone have a diameter of 0.5 to 1000 μm.
A leak detection system, comprising: a testing interface comprises: a rotation holder configured to retain and rotate a package; a plunger apparatus comprising a plunger comprising an electrically conductive end effector, wherein the plunger apparatus is configured to actuate the plunger to apply a pressure to the package at least one of before and during the package being inspected using a high voltage leak detection (HVLD) apparatus, wherein the plunger apparatus is configured to apply the pressure to a stopper of the package in an inward direction of the package, the stopper is configured to fit within the package and seal an opening of the package and rotate with the package, and the electrically conductive end effector is configured to contact the stopper and rotate with the package; and a controller configured to operate and coordinate the operation of the testing interface with operation of the HVLD apparatus. a rotation holder configured to retain and rotate a package; a plunger apparatus comprising a plunger comprising an electrically conductive end effector, wherein the plunger apparatus is configured to actuate the plunger to apply a pressure to the package at least one of before and during the package being inspected using a high voltage leak detection (HVLD) apparatus, wherein the plunger apparatus is configured to apply the pressure to a stopper of the package in an inward direction of the package, the stopper is configured to fit within the package and seal an opening of the package and rotate with the package, and the electrically conductive end effector is configured to contact the stopper and rotate with the package; and a controller configured to operate and coordinate the operation of the testing interface with operation of the HVLD apparatus.
Hand-held power tool, in particular drill, hammer drill or screwdriver, having a drive means, disposed in a housing, for driving a tool received in a tool receiving region, wherein the hand-held power tool has a sensor device (8, 9), by means of which a user-generated actuating motion of at least a part of the hand-held power tool can be determined, and an actuating quantity can be generated from the determined actuating motion, in a closed-loop or open-loop control device in the hand power tool device, for the purpose of setting the drive means, wherein the direction of rotation of the drive means can be set by means of the actuating quantity generated in the closed-loop or open-loop control device, wherein the user-generated actuating motion is a rotational motion about the tool longitudinal axis, the user-generated actuating motion is a relative rotation between a first part and a second part of the hand-held power tool.
An air filtration system comprising: a housing; a fan positioned within the housing; at least one filter member positioned within the housing and configured to filter the contaminated air; and a duct configured to channel filtered air from the housing to a room, characterised in that the system comprises a plurality of supply vents of the room the housing is interchangeably positioned within a plenum that is in fluid communication between the housing and the room; the fan is configured to draw contaminated air from the plenum; and the duct is flexible and is configured to enable the interchangeability of the housing with respect to a plurality of supply vents of the room. a housing; a fan positioned within the housing; at least one filter member positioned within the housing and configured to filter the contaminated air; and a duct configured to channel filtered air from the housing to a room, characterised in that the system comprises a plurality of supply vents of the room the housing is interchangeably positioned within a plenum that is in fluid communication between the housing and the room; the fan is configured to draw contaminated air from the plenum; and the duct is flexible and is configured to enable the interchangeability of the housing with respect to a plurality of supply vents of the room.
Antenna arrangement, having a base plate and a cover connected to the base plate, wherein antenna elements are arranged under the cover and furthermore fastening means are provided, in order to secure the base plate permanently on a body part of a vehicle, wherein the fastening means are formed as a fastening claw having at least a first and a second spreading leg (7, 8), aligned in relation to one another approximately in the form of a V and extending from a counter holder, and able to be fastened on the base plate, wherein the two spreading legs (7, 8) are connected to one another and form a transitional region, wherein a projecting sharp-edged offset is formed by the connection of the two spreading legs (7, 8) in the transitional region in relation to one another for establishing electrical contact, characterized in that the first spreading leg, which extends from the counter holder, has at least one angled-away vane and the sharp-edged offset is formed as a projecting tip on each of the vanes.
Component carrier for electrical/electronic components (1, 2, 3), for example to be combined with a latch housing or as part of a latch housing of a motor vehicle door lock, comprising • a carrier element comprising a motor receptacle or motor cradle and • a conductor-track construction which is made of individual metal conductor tracks and can be connected to the carrier element, wherein • at least one conductor track of the conductor-track construction comprises, in regions, a multiple-layer structure and in particular a double-layer structure, and • only the at least one conductor lug (6") of the conductor-track construction, which lug is provided for contacting an electric motor that can be placed in the motor receptacle or motor cradle, is formed as a multiple-layer structure or double-layer structure. • a carrier element comprising a motor receptacle or motor cradle and • a conductor-track construction which is made of individual metal conductor tracks and can be connected to the carrier element, wherein • at least one conductor track of the conductor-track construction comprises, in regions, a multiple-layer structure and in particular a double-layer structure, and • only the at least one conductor lug (6") of the conductor-track construction, which lug is provided for contacting an electric motor that can be placed in the motor receptacle or motor cradle, is formed as a multiple-layer structure or double-layer structure.
An apparatus comprising a hollow body resembling a lightbulb, at least a part of which is translucent, with a standardised lightbulb socket for connection to a power grid, and a light source located in the hollow body, wherein the light source, specifically a LED, is connected to the power grid via the lightbulb socket, a PLC module for transmitting data to the power grid, wherein at least a part of the PLC module is contained inside the hollow body, a controller, a transceiver, in particular a WiFi-transceiver which is controlled by the controller, wherein the PLC module forms a data-conducting connection with a local network via the power grid, wherein the transceiver forms a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access point functionality, wherein a switch is provided in the hollow body for switching the apparatus on and off, wherein the switch is designed so as not to interrupt the energy supply to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to switch a WLAN functionality and the LED on and off independently of each other, characterized in that the switch controls the switching on and off of the apparatus as a function of the time of day via the controller, wherein a user using suitable software defines the point in time at which the LED lights up or the point in time at which the WLAN access point functionality is active, wherein corresponding commands by the user can be sent to the controller via the energy supply or via the WLAN access point functionality.
A surveying system, comprising a rotary laser irradiation device installed at a known point and used for projecting two or more fan-shaped laser beams with at least one of said fan-shaped laser beams tilted and for forming a laser reference plane, and a photodetection device, which is mounted on a mobile support member, for receiving said laser beam and for calculating an elevation angle at a photodetecting position, characterized in that the surveying system further comprises a monitor photodetection device installed at a known position within said laser reference plane, wherein said monitor photodetection device has a monitor photodetection sensor for sensing and detecting said laser beam, a storage unit for storing a reference value of said laser reference plane, an arithmetic control unit for calculating positional changes over time of said laser reference plane based on the result of photodetection by said monitor photodetection sensor and on said reference value, and a transmitting unit for transmitting said positional changes over time to said photodetection device and/or to said rotary laser irradiation device as compensation information.