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A printing apparatus configured to print on a printing medium, comprising: a transport mechanism configured to transport the printing medium in a transport direction; a first print head configured to print an image on the printing medium transported by the transport mechanism, and to print a lead line used as a reference for determining a printing position in a width direction of the printing medium; a second print head disposed downstream of the first print head configured to perform printing according to the image printed by the first print head based on a position of the lead line in the width direction; and a printing position sensor disposed downstream of the first print head and upstream of the second print head configured to detect the position of the lead line in the width direction; characterized by a moving mechanism configured to move the printing position sensor in the width direction of the printing medium according to a width dimension of the printing medium. a transport mechanism configured to transport the printing medium in a transport direction; a first print head configured to print an image on the printing medium transported by the transport mechanism, and to print a lead line used as a reference for determining a printing position in a width direction of the printing medium; a second print head disposed downstream of the first print head configured to perform printing according to the image printed by the first print head based on a position of the lead line in the width direction; and a printing position sensor disposed downstream of the first print head and upstream of the second print head configured to detect the position of the lead line in the width direction; characterized by a moving mechanism configured to move the printing position sensor in the width direction of the printing medium according to a width dimension of the printing medium.
An operating device for at least one lighting means, in particular, a converter for at least one LED section, wherein the operating device comprises a primary side having a primary-side circuit and a secondary side having a secondary-side circuit (2, 3), wherein the primary side and the secondary side are separated from one another by a galvanic isolation; wherein the lighting means can be supplied on the secondary side with respect to the galvanic isolation and the primary side is arranged for the connection to a voltage supply, in particular, to a power supply voltage, as well as for the supply of the secondary side; wherein the secondary side circuit (2, 3) comprises a first module and at least a second module for the dimming of a respectively associated lighting means; wherein the primary-side circuit and the first module have interfaces (50, 20) for the arrangement of a unidirectional or bidirectional wireless channel; and wherein the first module is designed to receive dimming information via the wireless channel; characterized in that the first module is designed to transmit the received dimming information to the at least one second module.
A modified surface capable of having bacteriostatic, bactericidal and antimicrobial activity comprising: - a substrate configured to anchor thermal nanoparticles supporting local surface plasmon resonance at its surface; and, - thermal nanoparticles supporting local surface plasmon resonance bonded to said substrate's surface forming a thermal coating, wherein the thermal coating has a density of thermal nanoparticles per μm 2 of the substrate's surface ranging from 10 to 1000, the thermal nanoparticles being able to increase their temperature by light irradiation in a wavelength range that matches with the wavelength of the local surface plasmon resonance of said nanoparticles, whereby said thermal coating rises its temperature, allowing the temperature rise of said thermal coating to avoid the attachment of a microorganism to this surface, to inhibit the formation of a biofilm on this surface and/or to destroy an already formed biofilm on this surface. - a substrate configured to anchor thermal nanoparticles supporting local surface plasmon resonance at its surface; and, - thermal nanoparticles supporting local surface plasmon resonance bonded to said substrate's surface forming a thermal coating, wherein the thermal coating has a density of thermal nanoparticles per μm 2 of the substrate's surface ranging from 10 to 1000,
A decentralized, integrated pressurized-medium supply device, in particular for the supply of compressed air, for a wheel unit, with a rotatably mounted vehicle tire, with a decentralized compressor unit, in particular an electromotively driven compressor unit, and with a pressurized medium path extending between the decentralized compressor unit and a rim body of the vehicle tire and associated with a wheel body side of the wheel unit, wherein the decentralized compressor unit comprises a power supply terminal that can be supplied via a power supply path and coupled to a power provision unit, wherein the pressurized-medium supply device is associated at least in sections with a carrier side and the wheel body side of the wheel unit, and wherein at least the pressurized-medium path or the power supply path comprises a rotational-to-fixed transition (116, 158), in particular a rotary feedthrough, between the carrier side and the wheel body side, characterized in that the compressor unit comprises a compressor and a motor, which are in particular integrated into a common housing, wherein the compressor comprises at least one piston, wherein the piston is equipped with a recess on its tread, in particular with a recess extending circumferentially and accommodating a lubricant reservoir. the compressor unit comprises a compressor and a motor, which are in particular integrated into a common housing, wherein the compressor comprises at least one piston, wherein the piston is equipped with a recess on its tread, in particular with a recess extending circumferentially and accommodating a lubricant reservoir.
A method of treating unprocessed tobacco leaves comprising a first conditioning step wherein the moisture content of the tobacco is increased to a first level, and a second separate conditioning step wherein the pH of the tobacco is increased to at least pH 7, wherein the tobacco is cut or comminuted after the first conditioning step but before the second conditioning step.
A reactive hot melt adhesive composition comprising: a. an isocyanate functional prepolymer derived from a polyfunctional isocyanate having a functionality of about 2 or more and a polyol, b. an active hydrogen organofunctional silane, c. an active hydrogen non-silane capping agent; and d. a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the isocyanate groups of the isocyanate functional prepolymer are partially reacted with the active hydrogen of the organofunctional silane, and essentially all of the remaining isocyanate groups are capped by reaction with the active hydrogen non-silane capping agent. a. an isocyanate functional prepolymer derived from a polyfunctional isocyanate having a functionality of about 2 or more and a polyol, b. an active hydrogen organofunctional silane, c. an active hydrogen non-silane capping agent; and d. a thermoplastic polymer,
A system for treating a tissue site comprising: a manifold adapted to deliver negative pressure to the tissue site and having a first firmness factor, wherein the manifold is a foam; a cover adapted to form a sealed space over the manifold and the tissue site for receiving a negative pressure from a negative-pressure source; and a tissue interface adapted to be positioned between the manifold and the tissue site, the tissue interface having a second firmness factor that is greater than the first firmness factor and a plurality of holes separated from each other by walls, wherein the tissue interface is a foam, and wherein firmness factor is a ratio of the density of a foam in a compressed state to the density of the same foam in an uncompressed state. a manifold adapted to deliver negative pressure to the tissue site and having a first firmness factor, wherein the manifold is a foam; a cover adapted to form a sealed space over the manifold and the tissue site for receiving a negative pressure from a negative-pressure source; and a tissue interface adapted to be positioned between the manifold and the tissue site, the tissue interface having a second firmness factor that is greater than the first firmness factor and a plurality of holes separated from each other by walls, wherein the tissue interface is a foam, and wherein firmness factor is a ratio of the density of a foam in a compressed state to the density of the same foam in an uncompressed state.
A gear box for a wind turbine generator comprising: a flange, an input shaft, a planetary gear set including one or more planet gears supported by a planet carrier, and a non-rotating support component; in which the input shaft, the flange and the planet carrier are a one-piece integrated unit and form a member having an input shaft region between a flange region and a planet carrier region, in which the non-rotating support component comprises a bearing arrangement located in a single locus along a longitudinal axis of the gearbox and arranged to provide support between the planet carrier region and the non-rotating support component, the gearbox having no further bearings on the member between the locus and the flange region, and in which the planet carrier has a portion extending radially inwards and axially downwind from the planet gears characterised in that: the diameter of the radially outward extending surface in contact with the bearing arrangement is substantially the same as the diameter of the portion of the input shaft upwind of the planetary gear set.
A multiview backlight comprising: a light guide configured to guide light as guided light; and an array of multibeam unit cells distributed across the light guide, each multibeam unit cell having a multibeam element configured to scatter out a portion of the guided light as a plurality of directional light beams having different directions corresponding to different views of a multiview display, characterized by each multibeam unit cell further comprising an optical mask element having a first portion aligned and co-extensive with the multibeam element and a second portion laterally displaced within the multibeam unit cell from the first portion, wherein an overall size of the optical mask element is configured to mitigate Moiré associated with the optical mask element. a light guide configured to guide light as guided light; and an array of multibeam unit cells distributed across the light guide, each multibeam unit cell having a multibeam element configured to scatter out a portion of the guided light as a plurality of directional light beams having different directions corresponding to different views of a multiview display, characterized by each multibeam unit cell further comprising an optical mask element having a first portion aligned and co-extensive with the multibeam element and a second portion laterally displaced within the multibeam unit cell from the first portion, wherein an overall size of the optical mask element is configured to mitigate Moiré associated with the optical mask element.
An exoskeleton robotic device, to be worn on a user's upper or lower limb, said device comprising a shoulder or hip exoskeleton joint comprising: - a base body, configured to be fastened substantially integral to a user; - a first movable body, connected to said base body by a first rotational joint that has a first rotation axis substantially orthogonal to the front plane of the user's upper body and passing substantially through the centre of said user's shoulder or hip joint; - a second movable body, connected to said first movable body by a second rotational joint that has a second rotation axis substantially orthogonal to said first rotation axis and configured to be incident with said first rotation axis at an intersection point substantially coincident with the centre of the user's shoulder or hip joint; - a third movable body, substantially integral to the user's arm or leg and connected to said second movable body by a third rotational joint that has a third rotation axis configured to be substantially parallel to the flexion-extension axis of the user's elbow or knee, substantially orthogonal to said second axis and incident with the second axis at said intersection point substantially coincident with the centre of the user's shoulder or hip joint, characterized in that - said second rotational joint is implemented in said second movable body by a remote centre of rotation mechanism which has its own centre at said intersection point, and in that - said remote centre of rotation mechanism comprises a four-bar linkage mechanism. - a base body, configured to be fastened substantially integral to a user; - a first movable body, connected to said base body by a first rotational joint that has a first rotation axis substantially orthogonal to the front plane of the user's upper body and passing substantially through the centre of said user's shoulder or hip joint; - a second movable body, connected to said first movable body by a second rotational joint that has a second rotation axis substantially orthogonal to said first rotation axis and configured to be incident with said first rotation axis at an intersection point substantially coincident with the centre of the user's shoulder or hip joint; - a third movable body, substantially integral to the user's arm or leg and connected to said second movable body by a third rotational joint that has a third rotation axis configured to be substantially parallel to the flexion-extension axis of the user's elbow or knee, substantially orthogonal to said second axis and incident with the second axis at said intersection point substantially coincident with the centre of the user's shoulder or hip joint, - said second rotational joint is implemented in said second movable body by a remote centre of rotation mechanism which has its own centre at said intersection point, and in that - said remote centre of rotation mechanism comprises a four-bar linkage mechanism.
A braking system suitable for use on an automated vehicle, said system comprising: a ranging-sensor that detects reflections indicative of objects present in a field-of-view proximate to a host-vehicle; a braking-actuator that controls movement of the host-vehicle; and a controller in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator, said controller determines a region-of-interest within the field-of-view, and defines an occupancy-grid that segregates the field-of-view into an array of grid-cells, characterized in that the controller determines a repeatability-of-detection of each of the grid-cells based on reflections detected by the ranging-sensor, determines that a rigid-object is present in the field-of-view when each grid-cell of a string of grid-cells is characterized by the repeatability-of-detection greater than a repeatability-threshold, and activates the braking-actuator when the string intersects the region-of-interest. a ranging-sensor that detects reflections indicative of objects present in a field-of-view proximate to a host-vehicle; a braking-actuator that controls movement of the host-vehicle; and a controller in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator, said controller determines a region-of-interest within the field-of-view, and defines an occupancy-grid that segregates the field-of-view into an array of grid-cells, characterized in that the controller determines a repeatability-of-detection of each of the grid-cells based on reflections detected by the ranging-sensor, determines that a rigid-object is present in the field-of-view when each grid-cell of a string of grid-cells is characterized by the repeatability-of-detection greater than a repeatability-threshold, and activates the braking-actuator when the string intersects the region-of-interest.
Method for operating a communications network for network devices which are coupled to the communications network for safety-relevant applications, wherein a respective network device comprises a first and second switch device (4,5) and a first and second control device (2,3), wherein the first control device is coupled to the first switch device and the second control device is coupled to the second switch device, and wherein the first and second switch device (4,5) have a reception port and a transmission port for transmitting and receiving data via the communications network, and the reception port is assigned fuse devices for limiting a data transmission rate, wherein the method comprises: predefining a maximum data transmission rate during the transmission of data, wherein the network devices are configured to transmit data at a data rate which is lower than the predefined maximum data transmission rate; monitoring a data transmission rate of received data at the reception ports of the network devices; blocking data reception at a reception port if incoming data has a data transmission rate which is higher than the predefined maximum data transmission rate, and generating first data items by means of the first control device and second data items by means of the second control device, wherein the first data items and the second data items are linked to one another by means of predefined coding. predefining a maximum data transmission rate during the transmission of data, wherein the network devices are configured to transmit data at a data rate which is lower than the predefined maximum data transmission rate; monitoring a data transmission rate of received data at the reception ports of the network devices; blocking data reception at a reception port if incoming data has a data transmission rate which is higher than the predefined maximum data transmission rate, and generating first data items by means of the first control device and second data items by means of the second control device, wherein the first data items and the second data items are linked to one another by means of predefined coding.
A developing member for electrophotography, comprising: a substrate; an electro-conductive elastic layer on the substrate; and a plurality of electrically insulating domains on the electro-conductive elastic layer, a surface of the developing member for electrophotography includes at least surfaces of the electrically insulating domains and an exposed portion of the electro-conductive elastic layer not covered with the electrically insulating domains; characterized in that the electro-conductive elastic layer has a Martens hardness of 0.10 N/mm 2 or more and 3.00 N/mm 2 or less measured in a surface of the electro-conductive elastic layer not covered with the electrically insulating domains; an average ratio is 50% or more and 90% or less, wherein the average ratio is an average of respective ratios of 10 square areas in the surface of the developing member for electrophotography, for each of the square areas, the respective ratio is determined by dividing a respective area of the exposed portion of the electro-conductive elastic layer in the respective square area by the area of the respective square area, and each of the 10 square areas has a side of 300 μm; and an average of areas of portions of the respective plurality of electrically insulating domains brought into contact with the electro-conductive elastic layer and fully included in respective squares each 300 μm on a side in the surface of the developing member for electrophotography is 300 μm 2 or more and 10,000 μm 2 or less. a substrate; an electro-conductive elastic layer on the substrate; and a plurality of electrically insulating domains on the electro-conductive elastic layer, a surface of the developing member for electrophotography includes at least surfaces of the electrically insulating domains and an exposed portion of the electro-conductive elastic layer not covered with the electrically insulating domains; characterized in that the electro-conductive elastic layer has a Martens hardness of 0.10 N/mm 2 or more and 3.00 N/mm 2 or less measured in a surface of the electro-conductive elastic layer not covered with the electrically insulating domains; an average ratio is 50% or more and 90% or less, wherein the average ratio is an average of respective ratios of 10 square areas in the surface of the developing member for electrophotography, for each of the square areas, the respective ratio is determined by dividing a respective area of the exposed portion of the electro-conductive elastic layer in the respective square area by the area of the respective square area, and each of the 10 square areas has a side of 300 μm; and an average of areas of portions of the respective plurality of electrically insulating domains brought into contact with the electro-conductive elastic layer and fully included in respective squares each 300 μm on a side in the surface of the developing member for electrophotography is 300 μm 2 or more and 10,000 μm 2 or less.
An apparatus for X-ray photography, comprising: a first X-ray source, having a light emitting end, wherein the first X-ray source generates an X-ray beam through the light emitting end, a first driving device used for driving the first X-ray source to rotate within an angle range around a center, wherein, in the rotation process of the first X-ray source, the X-ray beam is projected onto an object, an image detecting device facing the first X-ray source, wherein the X-ray beam is projected onto the image detecting device after being cast onto the object, thereby forming an image on the image detecting device, and a second driving device connected to the image detecting device and used for driving the image detecting device to rotate within an angle range around the center, characterized in that, the light emitting end is provided with a block element, the block element is a shield block for shielding a part of the X-ray beam and is used for constraining a projection field of the X-ray beam, so that an irradiating field of the X-ray beam becomes an asymmetric irradiating field and that the X-ray beam has a first boundary which is passing through the center, and the first X-ray source and the detecting device are rotated around the center in an asynchronous manner. a first X-ray source, having a light emitting end, wherein the first X-ray source generates an X-ray beam through the light emitting end, a first driving device used for driving the first X-ray source to rotate within an angle range around a center, wherein, in the rotation process of the first X-ray source, the X-ray beam is projected onto an object, an image detecting device facing the first X-ray source, wherein the X-ray beam is projected onto the image detecting device after being cast onto the object, thereby forming an image on the image detecting device, and a second driving device connected to the image detecting device and used for driving the image detecting device to rotate within an angle range around the center,