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A refrigeration appliance comprising: a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above zero degrees Centigrade; a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below zero degrees Centigrade; an ice maker disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces, the ice maker comprising an ice mold with a plurality of cavities for the ice pieces; a frame extending from a first end of the ice mold to a second end of the ice mold, the frame rotatably supporting the ice mold within the fresh food compartment between an ice-forming position and an ice-harvesting position; and a refrigeration system comprising a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food and freezer compartments, and an ice maker evaporator disposed adjacent the ice mold and dedicated to cooling the ice mold to a temperature below zero degrees Centigrade, wherein the frame supports the ice maker evaporator at a stationary position that serves as a pivot axis for the first end of the ice mold so that the ice mold can rotate around the ice maker evaporator between the ice-forming position and the ice-harvesting position, while the ice maker evaporator remains stationary. a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above zero degrees Centigrade; a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below zero degrees Centigrade; an ice maker disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces, the ice maker comprising an ice mold with a plurality of cavities for the ice pieces; a frame extending from a first end of the ice mold to a second end of the ice mold, the frame rotatably supporting the ice mold within the fresh food compartment between an ice-forming position and an ice-harvesting position; and a refrigeration system comprising a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food and freezer compartments, and an ice maker evaporator disposed adjacent the ice mold and dedicated to cooling the ice mold to a temperature below zero degrees Centigrade, wherein the frame supports the ice maker evaporator at a stationary position that serves as a pivot axis for the first end of the ice mold so that the ice mold can rotate around the ice maker evaporator between the ice-forming position and the ice-harvesting position, while the ice maker evaporator remains stationary.
A method of operating a motor vehicle, in which between a sensor (26, 30) and a control device encrypted data are exchanged via a bus (36, 42), wherein the information necessary for decrypting the exchanged data is provided by means of a portable device by a user of the motor vehicle, wherein the encrypted data comprise measured values of the sensor (26, 30) that relate to the operating state of a component of the motor vehicle, characterised in that the measured values of the sensor (26, 30) are bundled encrypted together into a data packet with at least one further information (48, 50), which is selected from a timing signal and/or a random number.
A sol-gel method for preparing a composite material of activated carbon comprising TiO 2 doped with nitrogen as a photocatalytic material, the method comprising: mixing a hydrolyzed solution comprising a titanium alkoxide with the activated carbon to obtain a sol; incubating the sol under mixing; condensating the sol by heating to obtain a gel-coated composite; subjecting the gel-coated composite to a first calcination carried out at a temperature between 400 °C to ≤ 500 °C for between 2 hours to 6 hours in an oxidizing environment, wherein the oxidizing environment is an oxygen comprising environment; and subjecting the calcined gel-coated composite to a second calcination carried out at a temperature between > 500 °C to 700 °C for between 2 hours to 6 hours in a non-oxidizing environment, wherein the non-oxidizing environment comprises a second dopant comprising precursor material, and wherein the non-oxidizing environment is a nitrogen atmosphere or argon atmosphere; wherein a solution of a first dopant comprising precursor material is added to the solution comprising the titanium alkoxide before hydrolyzation, or a first dopant comprising precursor material is added to the sol after hydrolyzation and before condensation or to the gel-coated composite between condensation and subjecting the gel-coated composite to calcination, wherein the first and second dopant are nitrogen and the first and second dopant comprising precursor materials are selected from the group consisting of NH 3, urea, NH 4 OH, ammonium thiocyanate, hydrazine and amines. mixing a hydrolyzed solution comprising a titanium alkoxide with the activated carbon to obtain a sol; incubating the sol under mixing; condensating the sol by heating to obtain a gel-coated composite; subjecting the gel-coated composite to a first calcination carried out at a temperature between 400 °C to ≤ 500 °C for between 2 hours to 6 hours in an oxidizing environment, wherein the oxidizing environment is an oxygen comprising environment; and subjecting the calcined gel-coated composite to a second calcination carried out at a temperature between > 500 °C to 700 °C for between 2 hours to 6 hours in a non-oxidizing environment, wherein the non-oxidizing environment comprises a second dopant comprising precursor material, and wherein the non-oxidizing environment is a nitrogen atmosphere or argon atmosphere;
A fluid plant, in particular for a fluid installation, comprising a high-pressure line, an expansion system capable of converting the high-pressure fluid into low-pressure natural gas, and connected to the high-pressure line and a low-pressure line connected downstream of the expansion system, characterised in that it comprises a electricity generating system disposed in parallel with the expansion system and comprising: a double-acting cylinder connected upstream of the expansion system and downstream of said expansion system and comprising two supply ports (33a, 33b) alternately supplied by the high-pressure fluid; a hydraulic system connected to said double-acting cylinder and configured to transform the mechanical translational energy of said cylinder into a mechanical rotational energy; and an electric generator connected to the hydraulic system and configured to convert the mechanical rotational energy into electrical energy, the electricity generating system comprises a secondary high-pressure line connected to the high-pressure line and through which the high-pressure fluid is taken to be fed into the cylinder via one of the supply ports (33a, 33b) and a secondary low-pressure line connected to the low-pressure line and through which the low-pressure fluid exiting the other of the supply orifices (33a, 33b) of the cylinder is injected downstream of the expansion system and in that the fluid plant comprises: an electronic control unit configured to supply the high-pressure fluid to the double-acting cylinder, said electronic control unit being supplied with direct current by the electric generator, and two three-way solenoid valves (39a, 39b) controlled by the electronic control unit or at least one multiway distribution valve (42, 44) to alternately supply the high-pressure fluid to the two supply ports (33a, 33b) of the double-acting cylinder. an electronic control unit configured to supply the high-pressure fluid to the double-acting cylinder, said electronic control unit being supplied with direct current by the electric generator, and two three-way solenoid valves (39a, 39b) controlled by the electronic control unit or at least one multiway distribution valve (42, 44) to alternately supply the high-pressure fluid to the two supply ports (33a, 33b) of the double-acting cylinder.
A scale composition determination system that determines a composition of a scale generated on a surface of a steel material, the scale composition determination system comprising: a measurement means that measures temperatures of the steel material at two wavelengths different from each other by radiation thermometry (20a, 20b); and a determination means that determines whether or not hematite (Fe 2 O 3) has been generated in an outermost layer of the scale based on a difference between the temperatures of the steel material measured by the measurement means, wherein a thickness of hematite at an intersection point of a hematite curve (401, 402, 403) at, out of the two wavelengths, a first wavelength and a hematite curve at a second wavelength is determined so as to exceed an upper limit value of a thickness assumed as a thickness of hematite generated in the outermost layer of the scale, and the hematite curves are curves indicating the relationship between a thickness of hematite and a temperature of hematite. determines a composition of a scale generated on a surface of a steel material, the scale composition determination system comprising: a measurement means that measures temperatures of the steel material at two wavelengths different from each other by radiation thermometry (20a, 20b); and a determination means that determines whether or not hematite (Fe 2 O 3) has been generated in an outermost layer of the scale based on a difference between the temperatures of the steel material measured by the measurement means, wherein a thickness of hematite at an intersection point of a hematite curve (401, 402, 403) at, out of the two wavelengths, a first wavelength and a hematite curve at a second wavelength is determined so as to exceed an upper limit value of a thickness assumed as a thickness of hematite generated in the outermost layer of the scale, and the hematite curves are curves indicating the relationship between a thickness of hematite and a temperature of hematite. a measurement means that measures temperatures of the steel material at two wavelengths different from each other by radiation thermometry (20a, 20b); and a determination means that determines whether or not hematite (Fe 2 O 3) has been generated in an outermost layer of the scale based on a difference between the temperatures of the steel material measured by the measurement means, wherein a thickness of hematite at an intersection point of a hematite curve (401, 402, 403) at, out of the two wavelengths, a first wavelength and a hematite curve at a second wavelength is determined so as to exceed an upper limit value of a thickness assumed as a thickness of hematite generated in the outermost layer of the scale, and the hematite curves are curves indicating the relationship between a thickness of hematite and a temperature of hematite.
A probe comprising: an insertion tube; a plurality of light emitters disposed on the distal end of the insertion tube; at least one intensity modulating element comprising a line grating having a grating period (p) through which light from the plurality of light emitters is passed to project a plurality of fringe sets onto a surface, each of the plurality of fringe sets comprising a structured-light pattern projected when an emitter group of at least one of the plurality of light emitters is emitting, the plurality of light emitters comprising each emitter group spaced apart along an axis perpendicular to lines on the line grating by a distance approximately equal to an integer number of periods (p) of the line grating; an imager for obtaining at least one image of the surface; a processing unit that is configured to perform phase-shift analysis on the at least one image; an inspection light delivery system (24, 34, 25, 43) which delivers light from an inspection light source to the surface; wherein the inspection light delivery system is arranged to output light from the distal end of the insertion tube during inspection mode; wherein the intensity of light output from the inspection light delivery system is arranged to be automatically decreased during measurement mode; and wherein the probe operates in measurement mode when at least one of the plurality of fringe sets is projected onto the surface. an insertion tube; a plurality of light emitters disposed on the distal end of the insertion tube; at least one intensity modulating element comprising a line grating having a grating period (p) through which light from the plurality of light emitters is passed to project a plurality of fringe sets onto a surface, each of the plurality of fringe sets comprising a structured-light pattern projected when an emitter group of at least one of the plurality of light emitters is emitting, the plurality of light emitters comprising each emitter group spaced apart along an axis perpendicular to lines on the line grating by a distance approximately equal to an integer number of periods (p) of the line grating; an imager for obtaining at least one image of the surface; a processing unit that is configured to perform phase-shift analysis on the at least one image; an inspection light delivery system (24, 34, 25, 43) which delivers light from an inspection light source to the surface; wherein the inspection light delivery system is arranged to output light from the distal end of the insertion tube during inspection mode; wherein the intensity of light output from the inspection light delivery system is arranged to be automatically decreased during measurement mode; and wherein the probe operates in measurement mode when at least one of the plurality of fringe sets is projected onto the surface.
A system for tracking the motion of an implantable cardiac device, comprising: an implantable acoustic controller-transmitter comprising an array of acoustic transducers configured to transmit acoustic energy to a cardiac tissue location; and at least one implantable acoustic receiver adapted to be implanted at the cardiac tissue location and adapted to receive acoustic energy and convert the acoustic energy into electrical energy; wherein the system is configured to: detect the electrical energy throughout one or more cardiac cycles to dynamically track the 3D motion data of the implantable acoustic receiver to generate a mechanical motion profile; and normalize the mechanical motion profile with electrocardiogram data to generate an electromechanical motion profile; or correlate the mechanical motion profile with electromyography data to generate an electromechanical motion profile. an implantable acoustic controller-transmitter comprising an array of acoustic transducers configured to transmit acoustic energy to a cardiac tissue location; and at least one implantable acoustic receiver adapted to be implanted at the cardiac tissue location and adapted to receive acoustic energy and convert the acoustic energy into electrical energy; wherein the system is configured to: detect the electrical energy throughout one or more cardiac cycles to dynamically track the 3D motion data of the implantable acoustic receiver to generate a mechanical motion profile; and normalize the mechanical motion profile with electrocardiogram data to generate an electromechanical motion profile; or correlate the mechanical motion profile with electromyography data to generate an electromechanical motion profile. normalize the mechanical motion profile with electrocardiogram data to generate an electromechanical motion profile; or correlate the mechanical motion profile with electromyography data to generate an electromechanical motion profile.
Heat exchange device with at least two fluid-air heat exchangers (24, 26) with individual fluid-carrying collector chambers (6, 10), each with an inlet or an outlet for fluid supply or discharge, and connected together by means of channel-like fluid passages, which in operation of the device moderate the temperature of, in particular cool, a fluid stream by means of an air stream, which flows in channel-like air passages, which are separated from the fluid passages in a media-impermeable manner wherein, for the construction of the heat exchange device at least one further collector chamber (18; 20, 22) is used between collector chambers (6, 10), which are positioned at two opposite outer sides, and is arranged parallel to the outer collector chambers (6, 10) and in which all fluid passages connected to an outer collector chamber (6, 10) open, characterised in that the fluid-air heat exchangers (24, 26) are connected in series and that one of the collector chambers (6, 20) has one of the inlets or one of the outlets and is connected in a one-behind-the-other arrangement by means of a duct (28, 30) to a following collector chamber (10, 22) of a further heat exchanger.
A metal production plant comprising a metal smelting furnace comprising one or more furnace ducts (12A, 14A), and a plurality of planar heat surge arrestors arranged in at least one of the one or more furnace ducts (12A, 14A) operable to absorb heat energy from a flue gas heat surge from the metal smelting furnace, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the heat surge arrestors are made of stretched metal. a metal smelting furnace comprising one or more furnace ducts (12A, 14A), and a plurality of planar heat surge arrestors arranged in at least one of the one or more furnace ducts (12A, 14A) operable to absorb heat energy from a flue gas heat surge from the metal smelting furnace, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the heat surge arrestors are made of stretched metal.
A method for vehicle navigation comprising the acts of: • receiving, by a vehicle server, destination information over a network from an Internet mapping service center in response to a user request from a user computer coupled to the network to automatically send the destination information to a vehicle, wherein the user request is made via a graphical user interface of the Internet mapping service center, • said destination information comprising at least one of a street address and GPS coordinates of a desired destination; • receiving, by the vehicle server, user identification information over the network, • identifying, by the vehicle server, said vehicle based on the user identification information; • retrieving vehicle-specific communication information based on said user identification information from a vehicle database; • sending the destination information to an in-vehicle navigation system using said vehicle-specific communication information; • displaying the destination information on a display of the vehicle; • receiving a user selection of the destination information; and • populating a destination field of the in-vehicle navigation system with the destination information based on the user selection. • receiving, by a vehicle server, destination information over a network from an Internet mapping service center in response to a user request from a user computer coupled to the network to automatically send the destination information to a vehicle, wherein the user request is made via a graphical user interface of the Internet mapping service center, • said destination information comprising at least one of a street address and GPS coordinates of a desired destination; • receiving, by the vehicle server, user identification information over the network, • identifying, by the vehicle server, said vehicle based on the user identification information; • retrieving vehicle-specific communication information based on said user identification information from a vehicle database; • sending the destination information to an in-vehicle navigation system using said vehicle-specific communication information; • displaying the destination information on a display of the vehicle; • receiving a user selection of the destination information; and • populating a destination field of the in-vehicle navigation system with the destination information based on the user selection.
Die for sintering a sintered rotor for a pump, in particular a vacuum pump, comprising a basic rotor body, which has a sintered bearing section and a vane receiving section, which comprises at least one vane receiving slot, the vane receiving slot being delimited by a bearing body, which is connected in one piece to the sintered basic rotor body and has a further sintered bearing section, with longitudinal webs (32, 33) for forming the vane receiving slot, characterized in that the longitudinal webs (32, 33) are delimited by a peripheral offset.
A device for optically detecting in transmission nanoparticles moving in a fluid sample, comprising: - a light source configured for emitting a spatially incoherent beam for illuminating the sample; - an imaging optical system comprising a microscope objective; - a two-dimensional optical detector comprising a detection plane conjugated with an object focal plane of the microscope objective by said imaging optical system, and allowing a sequence of images of an analysis volume of the sample to be acquired, each image resulting from optical interferences between the illuminating beam incident on the sample and the beams scattered by each of the nanoparticles present in the analysis volume during a preset duration shorter than one millisecond; - image processing means configured for generating an average of a sequence of said images and for subtracting said average from each image in order to determine, for each nanoparticle of the analysis volume, the amplitude of the scattered beam and, from said amplitude of the scattered beam, the size of the nanoparticle - a light source configured for emitting a spatially incoherent beam for illuminating the sample; - an imaging optical system comprising a microscope objective; - a two-dimensional optical detector comprising a detection plane conjugated with an object focal plane of the microscope objective by said imaging optical system, and allowing a sequence of images of an analysis volume of the sample to be acquired, each image resulting from optical interferences between the illuminating beam incident on the sample and the beams scattered by each of the nanoparticles present in the analysis volume during a preset duration shorter than one millisecond; - image processing means configured for generating an average of a sequence of said images and for subtracting said average from each image in order to determine, for each nanoparticle of the analysis volume, the amplitude of the scattered beam and, from said amplitude of the scattered beam, the size of the nanoparticle