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A barrel for maturation of wine comprising a wooden exterior and an internal volume and a plurality of internal wooden surfaces extending inwardly of said wooden exterior into said internal volume, wherein said internal wooden surfaces divide said barrel into compartments, said internal wooden surfaces having openings at alternating ends of successive compartments to allow for flow of maturing wine between said compartments such that an outlet from a first compartment forms an inlet to a second compartment at a first end of said second compartment, said second compartment having an outlet at a second alternate end of said second compartment which outlet forms an inlet to a third compartment the barrel being placed on its side and wherein said compartments and said openings form a flow path between an intake at one end of said barrel and an outlet at an opposite end of said barrel, the flow path being via lengths of said succeeding compartments, said intake and said outlet configured for connecting to an external tank, thereby to provide circulation from said external tank via said compartments along said flow path and back to said external tank.
A layered construction having a storage modulus G' t24 at 24 °C, comprising: a) a cured polymeric composite having a storage modulus G' s24 at 24 °C; and b) a cured surfacing film bound thereto; wherein the cured polymeric composite comprises a matrix polymer which is a different composition from the cured surfacing film and wherein G' t24 is no more than 118% of G' s24, and wherein each of G' t24 and G' s24 are measured on a rheometric dynamic analyzer operating in torsion mode at a frequency of 10 Hz and an applied strain of 1.0 %. a) a cured polymeric composite having a storage modulus G' s24 at 24 °C; and b) a cured surfacing film bound thereto;
A boom system, which boom system, specifically in a forest machine, comprises at least two interlinked boom parts (2, 4) and at least one power transmission means (7, 8, 9) connected to the boom parts for moving the boom parts in relation to each other and the environment, whereby such a boom part comprise an elongated body with a hollow structure, at least one set of joint means (5, 6) intersected by turning axles for the purpose attaching the boom part to an adjacent structure, and at least one set of attachment means for attaching the power transmission means (7, 8, 9) controlling the boom system to the body, whereby at least one of said boom parts (2, 4) is formed as a uniform, hollow piece made of fluid material, ch aracterised in that the body of least one boom part made of fluid material has a cross-section that in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body and converging with the sectional plane is larger than in the direction perpendicular to the sectional plane, and the cross-section of the body is made to cinch toward the midpoint of the body, whereby the cross-section of the body is made to expand from the midpoint of the body in the direction of the turning axles at the ends thereof.
A method for the production of powders, wherein: said powders are selected from the group consisting of metals and alloys thereof, which are coated by a protecting layer of carbon, said method comprises flame spray pyrolysis of a combustible precursor solution, and said method being performed in an atmosphere with an O 2 concentration below 100 ppm (volume/volume) in the flame off gas (measured above the flame where the flame off gas has cooled to below 200°C) and said method being performed using an oxygen-containing gas as oxidizing agent; and the fuel-oxygen equivalence ratio is above 1; and the flame is shielded. said powders are selected from the group consisting of metals and alloys thereof, which are coated by a protecting layer of carbon, said method comprises flame spray pyrolysis of a combustible precursor solution, and said method being performed in an atmosphere with an O 2 concentration below 100 ppm (volume/volume) in the flame off gas (measured above the flame where the flame off gas has cooled to below 200°C) and said method being performed using an oxygen-containing gas as oxidizing agent; and the fuel-oxygen equivalence ratio is above 1; and the flame is shielded.
Aid for covering a comforter with a duvet cover and for stretching a sheet, comprising: - a base having a first gripping surface and an attachment means for attaching said base onto a mounting, and - and a movable element which has a second gripping surface and which is rotatable with respect to the base about a rotational axis, between a free position, in which the two gripping surfaces (104, 108) are spaced apart from each other, and a gripping position, in which the two gripping surfaces (104, 108) are clamped against each other, the aid being characterised in that the movable element is a rotationally symmetrical cylinder, the axis of which is offset relative to the rotational axis. - a base having a first gripping surface and an attachment means for attaching said base onto a mounting, and - and a movable element which has a second gripping surface and which is rotatable with respect to the base about a rotational axis, between a free position, in which the two gripping surfaces (104, 108) are spaced apart from each other, and a gripping position, in which the two gripping surfaces (104, 108) are clamped against each other,
A spar for an airfoil comprising: a central structural member; an outer structural layer surrounding the central structural member; and a plurality of yarns (164,166) extending through the central structural member; characterised in that central structural member is formed from two parts (105a,105b) and the yarns extend through both parts (105a,105b) of the central structural member, the central structural member being an I-beam stiffener formed from two C-shaped parts (105a,105b) each having a central portion (109a,109b) and two outer flange portions (107a,107b) and wherein the C-shaped parts (105a,105b) are attached to one another at their respective central portions (109a, 109b), the yarns extending through the central portions (109a,109b) of both C-shaped parts (105a,105b) to secure the attachment. a central structural member; an outer structural layer surrounding the central structural member; and a plurality of yarns (164,166) extending through the central structural member; characterised in that central structural member is formed from two parts (105a,105b) and the yarns extend through both parts (105a,105b) of the central structural member, the central structural member being an I-beam stiffener formed from two C-shaped parts (105a,105b) each having a central portion (109a,109b) and two outer flange portions (107a,107b) and wherein the C-shaped parts (105a,105b) are attached to one another at their respective central portions (109a, 109b), the yarns extending through the central portions (109a,109b) of both C-shaped parts (105a,105b) to secure the attachment.
A method of preparing expanded thermoplastic microspheres from thermally expandable thermoplastic microspheres comprising a polymer shell encapsulating a foaming agent, the method comprising heating the expandable microspheres within a flexible container made of a material impermeable to gas to effect expansion of said microspheres, and withdrawing gas from said flexible container, and agitating said thermally expandable microspheres during the expansion.
A collision performance evaluation test method for a metal sheet material for an automobile body, wherein a press working apparatus (7, 8) first forms a flat test specimen made of a metal sheet material to be tested into a V shape by primary bending, and a bending test apparatus deforms the test specimen that has been formed by the primary bending in a direction intersecting with a primary bending direction, by secondary bending, characterized in that: a bending load and a bending stroke for the test specimen are recorded and evaluated during the secondary bending deformation, wherein the bending load to the test specimen is detected as a reaction force from the test specimen, the bending stroke of a bending blade is detected during the secondary bending, and a stroke-load curve is output. a press working apparatus (7, 8) first forms a flat test specimen made of a metal sheet material to be tested into a V shape by primary bending, and a bending test apparatus deforms the test specimen that has been formed by the primary bending in a direction intersecting with a primary bending direction, by secondary bending, characterized in that: a bending load and a bending stroke for the test specimen are recorded and evaluated during the secondary bending deformation, wherein the bending load to the test specimen is detected as a reaction force from the test specimen, the bending stroke of a bending blade is detected during the secondary bending, and a stroke-load curve is output. a bending load and a bending stroke for the test specimen are recorded and evaluated during the secondary bending deformation, wherein the bending load to the test specimen is detected as a reaction force from the test specimen, the bending stroke of a bending blade is detected during the secondary bending, and a stroke-load curve is output.
A pusher apparatus, for the insertion of a shortened stent using a guide wire, said stent having a bead suspended by a tether, wherein, the pusher comprises: (a) a hollow tube having a distal end and a proximal end adapted to be pushed over the guide wire; and (b) an opening defined in the peripheral wall of the pusher near the distal end, which reaches the inner hollow portion of the pusher and is sized to allow for the positioning of the bead into the opening and at least partially within the receptacle defined by the opening. (a) a hollow tube having a distal end and a proximal end adapted to be pushed over the guide wire; and (b) an opening defined in the peripheral wall of the pusher near the distal end, which reaches the inner hollow portion of the pusher and is sized to allow for the positioning of the bead into the opening and at least partially within the receptacle defined by the opening.
A control device comprising: a processor; a driving circuit comprising a plurality of switching elements each of which drives one of a plurality of ignition devices of a single type included in each of cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine, wherein an ignition device is driven when a switching element is in a first operating state and the ignition device is not driven when the switching element is in a second operating state, the driving circuit changing the first operating state and the second operating state of the plurality of switching elements on the basis of a plurality of control signals each corresponding to one of the plurality of switching elements, the control signals collectively received from the processor at every predetermined interval of time; and a communication circuit that transmits the plurality of control signals from the processor to the driving circuit via serial communication, wherein the plurality of control signals collectively received from the processor is determined as being abnormal if the plurality of control signals includes a plurality of signals indicating the first operating state, characterized in that the ignition devices are driven using a latest data frame of the plurality of control signals if the plurality of control signals collectively received from the processor includes a plurality of signals indicating the first operating state. a processor; a driving circuit comprising a plurality of switching elements each of which drives one of a plurality of ignition devices of a single type included in each of cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine, wherein an ignition device is driven when a switching element is in a first operating state and the ignition device is not driven when the switching element is in a second operating state, the driving circuit changing the first operating state and the second operating state of the plurality of switching elements on the basis of a plurality of control signals each corresponding to one of the plurality of switching elements, the control signals collectively received from the processor at every predetermined interval of time; and a communication circuit that transmits the plurality of control signals from the processor to the driving circuit via serial communication, wherein the plurality of control signals collectively received from the processor is determined as being abnormal if the plurality of control signals includes a plurality of signals indicating the first operating state, characterized in that the ignition devices are driven using a latest data frame of the plurality of control signals if the plurality of control signals collectively received from the processor includes a plurality of signals indicating the first operating state.
Sliding door fitting having guide rail and a carriage guided on the guide rail, which carriage is connected in an articulated manner to a housing of a retraction device, wherein the retraction device has at least one, preferably two, spaced drivers which can be moved along guideways and which is or are pretensioned into a retraction position via at least one energyp accumulator, whereby the housing of the retraction device is pretensioned in a direction of rotation relative to the carriage, characterized in that at least one roller is provided on the housing of the retraction device on an end remote from the carriage, which roller rests with pretension against a guideway of the running rail, whereby a rubber-elastic element or another elastic element is provided for pretensioning the housing of the retraction device and an adjusting element is provided for compressing the rubber-elastic element or the other elastic element in order to apply a torque to the housing relative to the carriage.
Rail vehicle having at least one centre gantry which is supported on a chassis, a first and a second wagon body (1, 2), wherein the first and the second wagon bodies (1, 2) are each connected in an articulated fashion to the centre gantry, wherein the articulated connections of the wagon bodies (1, 2) to the centre gantry are embodied and coupled to one another in such a way that a rolling movement of the first wagon body with respect to the centre gantry through a first rolling angle gives rise to a rolling movement of the second wagon body with respect to the centre gantry through a predefined second rolling angle, which is dependent on the first rolling angle, characterized in that the articulated connections of the wagon bodies (1, 2) and the centre gantry are embodied and coupled to one another in such a way that a pitching movement of the first wagon body with respect to the centre gantry through a first pitching angle gives rise to a pitching movement of the second wagon body with respect to the centre gantry through a predefined second pitching angle, which is dependent on the first pitching angle, wherein the articulated connections are coupled mechanically, fluidically or by electric motor.
A powered vehicle including a power source for generating energy to power the vehicle; a spring-applied hydraulic release (SAHR) vehicle brake comprising first and second mutually engageable brake elements the first of which is secured to or forms part of a rotatable element of the drive train of the vehicle and the second of which is non-rotatably moveably mounted on the vehicle such that the first and second elements (12, 13) are mutually engageable with and separable from one another, mutual engagement of the brake elements (12, 13) causing braking of rotation of the rotatable element, the SAHR vehicle brake including (i) a resiliently deformable member acting on the second brake element so as to urge the first and second brake elements (12, 13) into mutual engagement and (ii) a non-electric control circuit for applying pressure to the second brake element so as to oppose the action of the resiliently deformable member and thereby normally maintain the first and second brake elements (12, 13) separated from one another, characterised in that the vehicle includes an energy convertor for generating energy in the control circuit in proportion to the speed of the vehicle and/or the energy generated by the power source, the energy convertor energising the control circuit while the speed of the vehicle and/or the energy generated by the power source exceeds a threshold and de energising the control circuit to permit mutual engagement of the first and second elements (12, 13) under the influence of the resiliently deformable member when the speed of the vehicle and/or the energy generated by the power source is less than the threshold.
Charge-air cooler for an air-intake circuit of an engine supercharged by a turbocharger, the cooler comprising: - an exchanger; - an inlet box for conducting the charge air from an inlet of the cooler to the exchanger; and - an outlet box for conducting the charge air from the exchanger to an outlet of the cooler; the inlet box, the exchanger and the outlet box delimiting a useful volume (V u) designed to receive the charge air therein, the cooler being characterized in that it comprises control means designed to vary the useful volume (V u) as a function of the excitation frequency of the engine in order to promote the natural filling of the combustion chambers of the engine. - an exchanger; - an inlet box for conducting the charge air from an inlet of the cooler to the exchanger; and - an outlet box for conducting the charge air from the exchanger to an outlet of the cooler;
Method for optical pressure measurement of a gas in a closed container by directing a radiation of a radiator through the container and measuring the transmitted radiation by a detector, wherein: - the radiation of the radiator radiates in at least one first wavelength range a continuous spectrum, in which there is an absorption of the radiation by the gas, - the intensity of the transmitted radiation is detected in a second wavelength range by the detector, characterized in that - the second wavelength range overlaps at least in the absorption range with the first wavelength range, and - an accumulated intensity of the detected radiation in the second wavelength range is assigned to a pressure of the gas, whereby the accumulated intensity in the second wavelength range corresponds to the added or integrated intensity in the second wavelength range. - the radiation of the radiator radiates in at least one first wavelength range a continuous spectrum, in which there is an absorption of the radiation by the gas, - the intensity of the transmitted radiation is detected in a second wavelength range by the detector, - the second wavelength range overlaps at least in the absorption range with the first wavelength range, and - an accumulated intensity of the detected radiation in the second wavelength range is assigned to a pressure of the gas, whereby the accumulated intensity in the second wavelength range corresponds to the added or integrated intensity in the second wavelength range.
An electrosurgical generator for minimizing neuromuscular stimulation, comprising: a converter configured to output a DC waveform, the converter including at least one first switching element operated at a first duty cycle; an inverter coupled to the converter and including at least one second switching element (102a-102d) operated via a pulse width modulated control signal having a second duty cycle, the inverter configured to invert the DC waveform to generate an electrosurgical pulse waveform; and a controller coupled to the converter and the inverter and configured to measure a magnitude of the electrosurgical pulse waveform; control the first duty cycle to adjust a magnitude of the electrosurgical pulse waveform when it is determined that the measured magnitude is not within a predetermined range; and when it is determined that the magnitude is within said predetermined range, control the second duty cycle to adjust at least one property of the electrosurgical pulse waveform, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the pulse width modulated signal so that repetition frequency of the electrosurgical pulse waveform is above a first threshold and, when said repetition frequency is above said first threshold and the electrosurgical waveform is biphasic, adjust the pulse width modulated signal so that the pulse width period of the electrosurgical pulse waveform is below a second threshold. a converter configured to output a DC waveform, the converter including at least one first switching element operated at a first duty cycle; an inverter coupled to the converter and including at least one second switching element (102a-102d) operated via a pulse width modulated control signal having a second duty cycle, the inverter configured to invert the DC waveform to generate an electrosurgical pulse waveform; and a controller coupled to the converter and the inverter and configured to measure a magnitude of the electrosurgical pulse waveform; control the first duty cycle to adjust a magnitude of the electrosurgical pulse waveform when it is determined that the measured magnitude is not within a predetermined range; and when it is determined that the magnitude is within said predetermined range, control the second duty cycle to adjust at least one property of the electrosurgical pulse waveform, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the pulse width modulated signal so that repetition frequency of the electrosurgical pulse waveform is above a first threshold and, when said repetition frequency is above said first threshold and the electrosurgical waveform is biphasic, adjust the pulse width modulated signal so that the pulse width period of the electrosurgical pulse waveform is below a second threshold.
A method for positioning a welding head of a robot welding system over a workpiece, wherein for the position determination a measuring signal is sent in the form of microwaves from a transmitter arranged on the welding head to the workpiece, and the microwaves reflected on the workpiece are received by at least one receiver arranged on the welding head, and the received microwaves are evaluated by an evaluation module for determining the position of an edge of the workpiece, characterised in that the microwaves are sent from at least one transmitter in different positions on the welding head, and the reflected microwaves are received, with a change of polarisation, by at least one receiver arranged on the welding head, having a polarisation plane arranged at an angle to the polarisation plane of the transmitter, and the position of the edge is determined by the evaluation module at least on the basis of a phase change of the respective microwaves reflected at the different positions.