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A machine (110,210) for removing formwork from underneath a cured concrete slab, the machine comprising: a wheeled base (111,211) movable on and supported at a support structure a raisable and lowerable structure (112,212) disposed on the wheeled base a formwork-removal device (114,214) attached to the raisable and lowerable structure the formwork-removal device comprising (i) an arm (115,118,215,218) extending from the raisable and lowerable structure, (ii) at least one wedge element (120,220) disposed at a distal end of the arm, and (iii) a formwork-retaining mechanism (122,222); wherein the raisable and lowerable structure is adjusted to raise the wedge element and when the wedge element is positioned to engage the formwork and an underside of a concrete slab, the wedge element is moved relative to the formwork to apply a separating force to separate part of the formwork from the underside of the concrete slab; characterized in that, when wedge element is engaged with the formwork and the underside of the concrete slab, the formwork-retaining mechanism is operated to grasp the part of the formwork that is separated from the underside of the concrete slab to retain the formwork at the formwork-removal device; and when the formwork is grasped by the formwork-retaining mechanism, the raisable and lowerable structure is lowered to remove the formwork from the underside of the concrete slab. a wheeled base (111,211) movable on and supported at a support structure a raisable and lowerable structure (112,212) disposed on the wheeled base a formwork-removal device (114,214) attached to the raisable and lowerable structure the formwork-removal device comprising (i) an arm (115,118,215,218) extending from the raisable and lowerable structure, (ii) at least one wedge element (120,220) disposed at a distal end of the arm, and (iii) a formwork-retaining mechanism (122,222); wherein the raisable and lowerable structure is adjusted to raise the wedge element and when the wedge element is positioned to engage the formwork and an underside of a concrete slab, the wedge element is moved relative to the formwork to apply a separating force to separate part of the formwork from the underside of the concrete slab; characterized in that, when wedge element is engaged with the formwork and the underside of the concrete slab, the formwork-retaining mechanism is operated to grasp the part of the formwork that is separated from the underside of the concrete slab to retain the formwork at the formwork-removal device; and when the formwork is grasped by the formwork-retaining mechanism, the raisable and lowerable structure is lowered to remove the formwork from the underside of the concrete slab.
A gripping device for beverage containers, the gripping device comprising - a suspension, - at least one gripping means that can receive a beverage container by means of compressed air, - at least one spring by way of which the at least one gripping means is connected to the suspension, characterised in that the at least one spring is at least one coil spring and is at least in some areas designed as a hollow shaft (7"), by way of which hollow shaft (7") the at least one gripping means is chargeable with compressed air in order to receive the beverage container. - a suspension, - at least one gripping means that can receive a beverage container by means of compressed air, - at least one spring by way of which the at least one gripping means is connected to the suspension, characterised in that the at least one spring is at least one coil spring and is at least in some areas designed as a hollow shaft (7"), by way of which hollow shaft (7") the at least one gripping means is chargeable with compressed air in order to receive the beverage container.
A method for producing moulded bodies from metal-ceramic-composite materials, wherein metal-ceramic-powder mixtures that consist of one or more metallic phases and one or more non-metallic inorganic components that are used as ceramic materials, wherein the metal-ceramic-powder mixtures are pressed at a pressing power of less than 2000 bar, and wherein in order to consolidate the pressed moulded bodies subsequently heat treatment is effected at temperatures between 500°C and 1000°C, characterised in that the one or more metallic phases, preferably aluminium and its alloys, are in a proportion of 25 to 79% by volume, and the ceramic materials, selected from silicon carbide, aluminium oxide, titanium oxide, carbon and silicates, are in a proportion of 75 to 21% by volume, and wherein a portion of the ceramic materials is replaced by hard materials, selected from TiC, TiN, Ti and WC, and wherein the grain sizes of the powders lie between 0.2 μm and 150 μm, the preferred d50-values lie between 30 μm and 70 μm, and the powder-compression to form moulded bodies is effected by dry, isostatic pressing, wherein during the pressing process the moulded body is already subjected to heat treatment at temperatures of 550°C to 700°C.
Method for marking a product, characterized in that it comprises: - a step of forming, on or in said product, a mark robust to copying with a first resolution; - a step of forming, on or in said product, a mark sensitive to copying with a second resolution, higher than the first resolution; - a step of capturing an image of said robust mark, of said sensitive mark, and of another part of the product; and - a step of memorizing an item of information representative of the image of said robust mark, of said sensitive mark, and of said other part of the image. - a step of forming, on or in said product, a mark robust to copying with a first resolution; - a step of forming, on or in said product, a mark sensitive to copying with a second resolution, higher than the first resolution; - a step of capturing an image of said robust mark, of said sensitive mark, and of another part of the product; and - a step of memorizing an item of information representative of the image of said robust mark, of said sensitive mark, and of said other part of the image.
Method for operating a braiding, winding or spiralising machine for braiding, winding or spiralising a strand-shaped material with at least one strand (9, 10) of at least one strand fibre, wherein the at least one strand (9, 10) is fastened to the strand-shaped material at at least one point in a rotationally fixed manner, the at least one strand (9, 10) is repeatedly guided around the longitudinal axis of the strand-shaped material and the strand-shaped material is simultaneously moved always in the same direction substantially in the direction of its longitudinal axis, so that the at least one strand (9, 10) assumes the shape of a spiral running around the strand-shaped material, wherein a diameter of a cross-section of the strand-shaped material is measured substantially in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof and a feeding speed of the strand-shaped material and/or a rotational speed at which the at least one strand (9, 10) moves around the longitudinal axis of the strand-shaped material are controlled or regulated as a function of this measured diameter, characterised in that a relative feeding speed (h) of the strand-shaped material, defined as a distance by which the strand-shaped material moves during a complete rotation of the at least one strand (9, 10) about the longitudinal axis of the strand-shaped material, is controlled or regulated as a function of the measured diameter of the cross-section of the strand-shaped material in such a way that a degree of coverage (k) of the strand-shaped material by the at least one strand (9, 10), defined as a ratio of the total surface area pointing radially outwards with respect to the strand-shaped material of all strands (9, 10) which cover the strand-shaped material in a specific section of the strand-shaped material to the surface area of the strand-shaped material in this section, substantially corresponds to a predetermined value. wherein a diameter of a cross-section of the strand-shaped material is measured substantially in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof and a feeding speed of the strand-shaped material and/or a rotational speed at which the at least one strand (9, 10) moves around the longitudinal axis of the strand-shaped material are controlled or regulated as a function of this measured diameter, characterised in that a relative feeding speed (h) of the strand-shaped material, defined as a distance by which the strand-shaped material moves during a complete rotation of the at least one strand (9, 10) about the longitudinal axis of the strand-shaped material, is controlled or regulated as a function of the measured diameter of the cross-section of the strand-shaped material in such a way that a degree of coverage (k) of the strand-shaped material by the at least one strand (9, 10), defined as a ratio of the total surface area pointing radially outwards with respect to the strand-shaped material of all strands (9, 10) which cover the strand-shaped material in a specific section of the strand-shaped material to the surface area of the strand-shaped material in this section, substantially corresponds to a predetermined value.
Apparatus with facing bell members (1, 8), for modified-atmosphere packaging of products placed in trays (V, V'), which comprises means for the cyclic positioning of an extended portion of barrier film between the said two open bell members and over trays housed with gasket means in the seats of the bottom bell member, which also comprises means (F1, F2) for moving the said bell members towards each other, to close between them the said film and to close under and at a suitable distance from this latter the edge of the tray (V, V'), apparatus of the type that, when the bell members are closed, they form therein two volumes not directly communicating, one of which is formed by the internal chambers (2, 9) of the same bell members that communicate freely with each other via circuits (16, 3), for example peripheral, while the other volume is formed by the main chambers of the trays (V, V') with the product, wherein the said chambers are connected with a portion of their perimeter to holes and to a dedicated circuit (27, 127, 227) for the controlled introduction of process gases and are connected with another portion of their same perimeter to discharge holes (24, 124) for implementation of the air extraction and washing steps, characterized by comprising internal valve means to enable the main chambers of the trays to communicate, or not, with the said internal chambers (2, 9) of the bell members, to balance the differences in pressures between the said two volumes (2, 9 and P) during the sequence of steps of the vacuum and exchange cycle of the gases required to produce packaging of the type known as Modified Atmosphere Packages.
An image encoding device adapted to segment an image into blocks and encode the image in units of blocks resulting from segmenting the image, comprising: a block segmentation unit that recursively segments the image into rectangles of a predetermined size to generate a target block subject to encoding; an intra prediction unit that generates a predicted image signal using an image signal of a coded block neighboring the target block; and an encoding unit that encodes block segmentation information of the target block, wherein the block segmentation unit includes: a quartering unit that quarters the target block in recursive segmentation in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks; and a halving unit that halves the target block in recursive segmentation in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction to generate two blocks, wherein when previous recursive segmentation is halving and the target block is of a predetermined size or smaller, the halving unit prohibits the target block subject to current recursive segmentation from being segmented in the same direction as a direction in which the target block was segmented in the previous recursive segmentation. a block segmentation unit that recursively segments the image into rectangles of a predetermined size to generate a target block subject to encoding; an intra prediction unit that generates a predicted image signal using an image signal of a coded block neighboring the target block; and an encoding unit that encodes block segmentation information of the target block, wherein the block segmentation unit includes: a quartering unit that quarters the target block in recursive segmentation in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks; and a halving unit that halves the target block in recursive segmentation in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction to generate two blocks, wherein when previous recursive segmentation is halving and the target block is of a predetermined size or smaller, the halving unit prohibits the target block subject to current recursive segmentation from being segmented in the same direction as a direction in which the target block was segmented in the previous recursive segmentation. a quartering unit that quarters the target block in recursive segmentation in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks; and a halving unit that halves the target block in recursive segmentation in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction to generate two blocks, wherein when previous recursive segmentation is halving and the target block is of a predetermined size or smaller, the halving unit prohibits the target block subject to current recursive segmentation from being segmented in the same direction as a direction in which the target block was segmented in the previous recursive segmentation.
Cold gas spraying system for generating an adjustable particle jet, having - a nozzle, from which the particle jet emerges, - a supply device, for supplying a particle stream to the nozzle, - at least one buffer which is formed at least for temporarily buffering the particle stream, and - one or more actuators (21, 22, 23), which are formed such that the particle jet can be temporarily reduced during operation, at least one of the actuators (21, 22, 23) being formed as a valve which is arranged between the supply device and the nozzle and so as, in a first position, to supply the particle stream to the nozzle and, in a second position, to direct the particle stream into a buffer. - a nozzle, from which the particle jet emerges, - a supply device, for supplying a particle stream to the nozzle, - at least one buffer which is formed at least for temporarily buffering the particle stream, and - one or more actuators (21, 22, 23), which are formed such that the particle jet can be temporarily reduced during operation, at least one of the actuators (21, 22, 23) being formed as a valve which is arranged between the supply device and the nozzle and so as, in a first position, to supply the particle stream to the nozzle and, in a second position, to direct the particle stream into a buffer.
A light curing device comprising a base station and a handpiece, the handpiece having a light source, a light-conducting device, especially a light-conducting rod, the light-conducting device having a light entry surface, which extends in the light source emission direction, as viewed adjacent thereto, at least one light sensor (34, 36) which Is arranged adjacent to the light entry surface, and a control device, characterized in that the base station is provided with a second light source and a second light sensor for bidirectional optical communication with the handpiece via the light-conducting device, which bidirectional communication, especially in the visible light or UV light frequency ranges, occurs in a modulated manner.
A base station apparatus comprising a control unit configured to, based on information indicating a radio status of each mobile station apparatus relevant to first communication, in which radio communication is performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, and second communication, in which radio communication is directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses, notify the mobile station apparatuses that perform the second communication of control information, the control information including a respective control flag of each of the mobile station apparatuses that performs the second communication, the control flag indicating whether to perform a first control for controlling the second communication or a second control for controlling the second communication.
A method of transmitting an uplink sounding reference signal, SRS, in user equipment, UE, (120, 122) the method comprising: receiving UE-specific configuration information indicating an uplink reference signal identity from a first transmission/reception point of a plurality of different transmission/reception points (110, 112), wherein the uplink reference signal identity is independent of a physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point and is associated with an uplink channel, wherein the uplink reference signal identity indicates a second transmission/reception point as a reception entity of the uplink channel; transmitting the uplink channel to the second transmission/reception point indicated by the uplink reference signal identity, using the uplink reference signal identity, wherein the second transmission/reception point is different from the first transmission/reception point; generating a sounding reference signal,SRS, independent of the uplink channel, using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point; and transmitting the generated SRS to the first transmission/reception point, wherein the SRS includes at least one of a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS; the generating an SRS includes generating both the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point; and the transmitting the generated SRS includes transmitting one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS to the first transmission/reception point indicated by the physical cell identify. receiving UE-specific configuration information indicating an uplink reference signal identity from a first transmission/reception point of a plurality of different transmission/reception points (110, 112), wherein the uplink reference signal identity is independent of a physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point and is associated with an uplink channel, wherein the uplink reference signal identity indicates a second transmission/reception point as a reception entity of the uplink channel; transmitting the uplink channel to the second transmission/reception point indicated by the uplink reference signal identity, using the uplink reference signal identity, wherein the second transmission/reception point is different from the first transmission/reception point; generating a sounding reference signal,SRS, independent of the uplink channel, using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point; and transmitting the generated SRS to the first transmission/reception point, wherein the SRS includes at least one of a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS; the generating an SRS includes generating both the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point; and the transmitting the generated SRS includes transmitting one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS to the first transmission/reception point indicated by the physical cell identify.
Thermoelectric device comprising: - at least one thermoelectric junction, said thermoelectric junction comprising a first leg and a second leg linked electrically to the first leg, - a stack of substrates, each substrate (109a, 109b, 109c, 109d) comprising at least one first element and at least one second element, the first element and the second element being formed in the thickness of said substrate (109a, 109b, 109c, 109d), the stack of substrates being such that: - the first leg of the thermoelectric junction comprises a stack of first elements, - the second leg of the thermoelectric junction comprises a stack of second elements, the stack of substrates comprising at least three substrates, characterized in that any substrate of the stack of substrates, situated between two end substrates (109a, 109d) of the stack of substrates, comprises: - a first face, - a second face opposite its first face, - a first layer of dielectric material delimiting a part of the first face of said substrate, - a second layer of dielectric material delimiting a part of the second face of said substrate, the first and second layers (114, 115) of dielectric material of said substrate being passed through by the first and second legs (101, 102). - at least one thermoelectric junction, said thermoelectric junction comprising a first leg and a second leg linked electrically to the first leg, - a stack of substrates, each substrate (109a, 109b, 109c, 109d) comprising at least one first element and at least one second element, the first element and the second element being formed in the thickness of said substrate (109a, 109b, 109c, 109d), - the first leg of the thermoelectric junction comprises a stack of first elements, - the second leg of the thermoelectric junction comprises a stack of second elements, - a first face, - a second face opposite its first face, - a first layer of dielectric material delimiting a part of the first face of said substrate, - a second layer of dielectric material delimiting a part of the second face of said substrate, the first and second layers (114, 115) of dielectric material of said substrate being passed through by the first and second legs (101, 102).
A device (500; 900) for treating lung disease, comprising: a plurality of media configured for deployment into one or more airways of the lung, each of the plurality of media including a porous frame surrounding a hollow core; and a deployment member (502; 902) configured for insertion into or proximate the one or more airways of the lung, the deployment member (502; 902) configured to deploy the plurality of media substantially simultaneously; wherein the plurality of media are configured to be retained within the one or more airways of the lung. a plurality of media configured for deployment into one or more airways of the lung, each of the plurality of media including a porous frame surrounding a hollow core; and a deployment member (502; 902) configured for insertion into or proximate the one or more airways of the lung, the deployment member (502; 902) configured to deploy the plurality of media substantially simultaneously; wherein the plurality of media are configured to be retained within the one or more airways of the lung.
A method of inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant, the method comprising applying to at least one portion of said plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of a water-soluble salt of 3-(1-cyclopropenyl)propanoic acid defined by Formula: wherein M is sodium, said water-soluble salt of 3-(1-cyclopropenyl)propanoic acid being provided in the form of an aqueous solution with a concentration of said salt is from 0.1 to 200 μg/mL, wherein said applying comprises: a. preparing said aqueous solution of said salt of 3-(1-cyclopropenyl)propanoic acid; and, b. applying said aqueous solution to said plant by a method selected from the group spraying at least a part of said plant with said aqueous solution; irrigating at least a part of said plant with said solution; irrigating by drop emitting said solution at least part of said plant by said solution. a. preparing said aqueous solution of said salt of 3-(1-cyclopropenyl)propanoic acid; and, b. applying said aqueous solution to said plant by a method selected from the group spraying at least a part of said plant with said aqueous solution; irrigating at least a part of said plant with said solution; irrigating by drop emitting said solution at least part of said plant by said solution.