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An apparatus for making smokers' articles comprising conveyor means for transversely feeding along a first path a succession of groups of pieces (3, 5) of smokers' products arranged transversely to the feed direction and intended to form part of smokers' articles; feed means by which a web of sheet material is directed longitudinally along a second path; a cutting device for separating patches in succession from the web of sheet material; and a rolling unit for rolling a patch around each group of cylindrical pieces (3, 5) of smokers' products; characterized in that it comprises at least one applicator device (21, 22, 27) for applying strips (23, 24) of web; the applicator device (21, 22, 27) being located along the second path to apply the strips (23, 24) on at least one surface of the web of sheet material in such a way that they are oriented longitudinally relative to the second path.
A monitoring method for monitoring a machine tool, in particular for tool breakage, wherein the machine tool comprises (i) a spindle, (ii) at least one first machine shaft and (iii) a machine control system, which is designed to control the spindle and the machine shaft and to issue machine parameters, with the automatically executed steps: (a) during the execution of a machining programme for machining a workpiece, time-dependent detection of a spindle parameter, which describes a performance of the spindle, (b) detection of a signal noise parameter (s), which describes the magnitude of a stochastic fluctuation of spindle parameter measured values (P(τ)), and a signal span parameter, which indicates the width of an interval in which the spindle parameter measured values lie during the machining of the workpiece, (c) upon reaching a predetermined programme line of the machining programme, continuous calculation of a spindle parameter minimum value (P S,min) of the spindle parameter measured values (P(τ)), thereby giving a current spindle parameter minimum value (P S,min (τ)), (d) continuous calculation of a monitoring limit value (G(τ)) from the spindle parameter minimum value (P S,min (τ)), the signal noise parameter (s) and the signal span parameter, (e) storage of the current monitoring limit value (G(τ)) if the current monitoring limit value (G(τ)) is smaller than a stored monitoring limit value (G sp), and (f) issue of a warning message if the spindle parameter P is consistently below the stored monitoring limit value (G sp) over a predetermined interval time (Δt). (i) a spindle, (ii) at least one first machine shaft and (iii) a machine control system, which is designed to control the spindle and the machine shaft and to issue machine parameters, (a) during the execution of a machining programme for machining a workpiece, time-dependent detection of a spindle parameter, which describes a performance of the spindle, (b) detection of a signal noise parameter (s), which describes the magnitude of a stochastic fluctuation of spindle parameter measured values (P(τ)), and a signal span parameter, which indicates the width of an interval in which the spindle parameter measured values lie during the machining of the workpiece, (c) upon reaching a predetermined programme line of the machining programme, continuous calculation of a spindle parameter minimum value (P S,min) of the spindle parameter measured values (P(τ)), thereby giving a current spindle parameter minimum value (P S,min (τ)), (d) continuous calculation of a monitoring limit value (G(τ)) from the spindle parameter minimum value (P S,min (τ)), the signal noise parameter (s) and the signal span parameter, (e) storage of the current monitoring limit value (G(τ)) if the current monitoring limit value (G(τ)) is smaller than a stored monitoring limit value (G sp), and (f) issue of a warning message if the spindle parameter P is consistently below the stored monitoring limit value (G sp) over a predetermined interval time (Δt).
A cleaner comprising: a body configured to generate a suction force; a suction head configured to suction air and dirt while making contact with a cleaning surface; a handle pipe configured for manipulation by a user; a flexible hose connecting the handle pipe to the body; an extension pipe connecting the suction head to the handle pipe; and an accessory assembly coupled to the handle pipe to perform a cleaning in place of the suction head, the accessory assembly comprising an accessory body, a Dusting tool on which a brush is mounted, a Crevice tool to clean a gap, and an Upholstery tool to clean fabrics; wherein the Upholstery tool is rotatably coupled to the accessory body, characterised in that, the crevice tool is rotatably coupled to the accessory body. a body configured to generate a suction force; a suction head configured to suction air and dirt while making contact with a cleaning surface; a handle pipe configured for manipulation by a user; a flexible hose connecting the handle pipe to the body; an extension pipe connecting the suction head to the handle pipe; and an accessory assembly coupled to the handle pipe to perform a cleaning in place of the suction head, the accessory assembly comprising an accessory body, a Dusting tool on which a brush is mounted, a Crevice tool to clean a gap, and an Upholstery tool to clean fabrics; wherein the Upholstery tool is rotatably coupled to the accessory body, characterised in that, the crevice tool is rotatably coupled to the accessory body.
A tunnel shuttle platform against wall, adapted for shuttling in water in a tunnel below a shield shaft, wherein the platform comprises a control device, a winch, a cable, and a carrying platform capable of floating on water, the control device is electrically connected with the winch, the carrying platform is electrically connected with the control device via the cable, one end of the cable is connected to the carrying platform, and another end of the cable is wound onto the winch, and the cable is controlled to release or retract by the control device such that the carrying platform can shuttle against an inner wall of the tunnel in a reciprocating motion; wherein the tunnel shuttle platform further comprises a cable support guide device comprising a positioning portion and a suspension portion that are connected to form an L-shaped structure, wherein the cable is arranged to slidably pass through the suspension portion, and wherein the suspension portion is provided with a guide wheel for supporting and guiding the cable; characterized in that: the tunnel shuttle platform further comprises a support wheel pivotally connected to the suspension portion, wherein the support wheel and the guide wheel are configured at two opposite sides of the suspension portion, and wherein the suspension portion is configured to hang in the shield shaft by virtue of contact between the support wheel and a well wall of the shield shaft. wherein the tunnel shuttle platform further comprises a cable support guide device comprising a positioning portion and a suspension portion that are connected to form an L-shaped structure, wherein the cable is arranged to slidably pass through the suspension portion, and wherein the suspension portion is provided with a guide wheel for supporting and guiding the cable; characterized in that: the tunnel shuttle platform further comprises a support wheel pivotally connected to the suspension portion, wherein the support wheel and the guide wheel are configured at two opposite sides of the suspension portion, and wherein the suspension portion is configured to hang in the shield shaft by virtue of contact between the support wheel and a well wall of the shield shaft.
An information processing apparatus comprising: image acquisition means configured to acquire data of a stereo image, said stereo image comprising a first image (180b, 194b) and a second image (180a, 194a) of a same space taken by cameras (13a, 13b) that are separated by a known distance from each other; and positional information generation means configured to detect corresponding points by executing block matching on a reference block (182, 202) in said first image (180b, 194b) by detecting an area having a high similarity degree within a search range (186, 204) in said second image (180a, 194a), to generate positional information including a distance of a target from the cameras (13a, 13b) on the basis of an obtained parallax, and to output the generated positional information, wherein said positional information generation means is configured to determine first, by a distance approximate value acquisition means, an estimated distance range of the target from the cameras (13a, 13b) by using a first search range, and to restrictively set then a second search range based on the determined estimated distance range in order to execute the block matching; characterized in that the second search range is located farther away than the first search range from a block in the second image (180a, 194a) corresponding to the reference block (182, 202) in the first image (180b, 194b). image acquisition means configured to acquire data of a stereo image, said stereo image comprising a first image (180b, 194b) and a second image (180a, 194a) of a same space taken by cameras (13a, 13b) that are separated by a known distance from each other; and positional information generation means configured to detect corresponding points by executing block matching on a reference block (182, 202) in said first image (180b, 194b) by detecting an area having a high similarity degree within a search range (186, 204) in said second image (180a, 194a), to generate positional information including a distance of a target from the cameras (13a, 13b) on the basis of an obtained parallax, and to output the generated positional information, wherein said positional information generation means is configured to determine first, by a distance approximate value acquisition means, an estimated distance range of the target from the cameras (13a, 13b) by using a first search range, and to restrictively set then a second search range based on the determined estimated distance range in order to execute the block matching; characterized in that the second search range is located farther away than the first search range from a block in the second image (180a, 194a) corresponding to the reference block (182, 202) in the first image (180b, 194b).
An assembly comprising: a bucket body having vertical side walls; wherein the vertical side walls extend upwards from a closed bottom base; a handle connected to the vertical side walls, characterized by one or more ergonomically designed feet detachably connected to and extending beyond a bottom surface of the bottom base. a bucket body having vertical side walls; wherein the vertical side walls extend upwards from a closed bottom base; a handle connected to the vertical side walls, characterized by one or more ergonomically designed feet detachably connected to and extending beyond a bottom surface of the bottom base.
A method comprising: receiving a full signature mini drive file after a threshold publication time (340, 515), wherein the full signature mini drive file contains pointers to a plurality of delta definition files and a pointer to a storage area, and each of the plurality of delta definition files comprises changes to a full streaming definition set; comparing a version identifier associated with a full streaming definition set installed on a client computer with the versions identified in the full signature mini drive file so as to identify information associated with an appropriate delta definition file; and requesting the delta definition file from the storage area. receiving a full signature mini drive file after a threshold publication time (340, 515), wherein the full signature mini drive file contains pointers to a plurality of delta definition files and a pointer to a storage area, and each of the plurality of delta definition files comprises changes to a full streaming definition set; the full signature mini drive file contains pointers to a plurality of delta definition files and a pointer to a storage area, and each of the plurality of delta definition files comprises changes to a full streaming definition set; comparing a version identifier associated with a full streaming definition set installed on a client computer with the versions identified in the full signature mini drive file so as to identify information associated with an appropriate delta definition file; and requesting the delta definition file from the storage area.
A method of viewing three dimensional (3-D) program content in a media environment operable to present different 3-D program content on a plurality of media presentation devices, the method comprising, at a first pair of 3D shutter glasses: detecting a first synchronization signal transmitted from a first synchronization signal source, wherein the first synchronization signal is associated with first 3-D program content presented on a first presentation device and is associated with a first signal identifier; detecting a second synchronization signal transmitted from a second synchronization signal source, wherein the second synchronization signal is associated with second 3-D program content presented on a second presentation device and is associated with a second signal identifier, wherein the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal are concurrently detected by the first pair of 3D shutter glasses; receiving a selection of one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal by a user of the first pair of 3D shutter glasses; discriminating between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal based upon the first signal identifier and the second signal identifier; and controlling a left lens and a right lens of the first pair of 3-D shutter glasses in accordance with the selected one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal. detecting a first synchronization signal transmitted from a first synchronization signal source, wherein the first synchronization signal is associated with first 3-D program content presented on a first presentation device and is associated with a first signal identifier; detecting a second synchronization signal transmitted from a second synchronization signal source, wherein the second synchronization signal is associated with second 3-D program content presented on a second presentation device and is associated with a second signal identifier, wherein the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal are concurrently detected by the first pair of 3D shutter glasses; receiving a selection of one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal by a user of the first pair of 3D shutter glasses; discriminating between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal based upon the first signal identifier and the second signal identifier; and controlling a left lens and a right lens of the first pair of 3-D shutter glasses in accordance with the selected one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal.
A hermetic compressor provided with first and second compressors (2, 3) that are disposed at a lower portion and a upper portion in a sealed housing; an electric motor that is disposed between the first and second compressors; a rotating shaft that is driven by the electric motor and that is connected at both ends to the first and second compressors (2, 3), respectively; and an oil supply pump that is provided at a bottom end of the rotating shaft and that supplies the second compressor with lubrication oil charged in the sealed housing, the first compressor being constituted of a rotary compressor; characterized in that a lower bearing of the rotary compressor supports, at a center thereof, a bottom end of the rotating shaft, and is provided with a bearing boss portion having a cylinder chamber of the oil supply pump at a bottom end surface thereof, and the lower bearing is in a double cylinder form provided with an outer cylinder that surrounds the bearing boss portion on the outer circumferential side, and forms the cylinder chamber and a lower muffler chamber of the rotary compressor as compartments by mounting a cover member at the bottom end surface of the lower bearing, wherein the oil supply pump is constituted of a positive-displacement pump that is mounted at the bottom end of the rotating shaft, that is provided with a rotor that rotationally moves in the cylinder chamber and an inlet and an outlet that communicate with the cylinder chamber, and that pumps the lubrication oil to an oil supply hole penetrating the rotating shaft, and wherein a discharge port and a discharge valve that discharge compressed gas into the lower muffler chamber are disposed at the opposite side of the inlet and the outlet of the oil supply pump, with a shaft core of the rotating shaft therebetween.
A method of transmitting a signal for vehicle-to-everything, V2X, communication in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a vehicle supporting a first radio access technology, RAT, the method comprising: generating a first signal based on the first RAT, the first signal including a message related to occurrence of an event; if the message is related to a road safety service in V2X, duplicating the message to a second signal based on a second RAT; and if the message is related to the road safety service in V2X, transmitting, to a second vehicle supporting the second RAT, the second signal in a radio resource area used by the first RAT and in a transmission format corresponding to the second RAT, wherein the second signal comprises the message, and wherein the first RAT is 5 th generation new radio access technology, 5G New RAT, wireless communication, and the second RAT is 4 th generation long term evolution, 4G LTE, wireless communication. generating a first signal based on the first RAT, the first signal including a message related to occurrence of an event; if the message is related to a road safety service in V2X, duplicating the message to a second signal based on a second RAT; and if the message is related to the road safety service in V2X, transmitting, to a second vehicle supporting the second RAT, the second signal in a radio resource area used by the first RAT and in a transmission format corresponding to the second RAT, wherein the second signal comprises the message, and wherein the first RAT is 5 th generation new radio access technology, 5G New RAT, wireless communication, and the second RAT is 4 th generation long term evolution, 4G LTE, wireless communication.
A pneumatic tire, comprising on a tread surface one or more land portions sandwiched by a plurality of circumferential main grooves (2, 22, 23) continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction, wherein at least one of the land portions is formed into a protruding shape such that its tire radial outline in a tire widthwise cross section protrudes to a tire radial outer side, the outline includes, in the tire widthwise cross section, at least a first arcuate surface having a radius of curvature of a tire widthwise center of the land portion, and second arcuate surfaces having radiuses of curvature smaller than the first arcuate surface and located on both tire widthwise edges of the land portion, characterised in that, sipes (51, 52, 53, 54) extending in the tire width direction are formed on the at least one of the land portions formed into the protruding shape, the sipes have chamfer portions (61, 62) on tread surface opening positions, the chamfer portions (61, 62) have chamfer widths on at least one of both tire widthwise edges of the at least one of the land potions larger than chamfer widths on the tire widthwise center of the at least one of the land portions, and the sipes (51, 52, 53, 54) extend in a manner inclined with respect to the tire width direction, the land portions are formed into block-like shapes by the sipes (51, 52, 53, 54) extending in a manner inclined with respect to the tire width direction, and among corner portions (32b, 32c, 32d, 32e, 34b, 34c, 34d, 34e) of each block (32a, 34a) of the land portions, chamfer part (61a, 61b, 61c, 61d, 62a, 62b, 62c, 62d) widths of corner portions (32b, 32c, 32d, 32e, 34b, 34c, 34d, 34e), of which angles of the sipes (51, 52, 53, 54) to the circumferential main grooves (2, 22, 23) are acute angles, are larger than chamfer part (61a, 61b, 61c, 61d, 62a, 62b, 62c, 62d) widths of corner portions (32b, 32c, 32d, 32e, 34b, 34c, 34d, 34e), of which angles of the sipes (51, 52, 53, 54) to the circumferential main grooves (2, 22, 23) are obtuse angles.
A prosthesis comprising a bone engaging element and an artificial ligament, an end of the artificial ligament being secured to a body of the bone engaging element, the prosthesis further comprising a ligament support, the ligament support (1070, 1160) causing a deflection of the line of action of the ligament, the prosthesis further comprising a tensioning element operatively coupled to the first end of the ligament and a biasing element, the tensioning element and the biasing element securing the ligament to the bone engaging element and being at least partially housed within the bone engaging element, wherein the ligament is coupled to the tensioning element via an attachment means (1344, 1335), wherein the attachment means (1344, 1335) comprises an enlarged portion that is formed on the ligament and engages the tensioning element
A method of generating a traffic encryption key, comprising: receiving, at a base station, a message indicating that a mobile may handoff to the base station, the message including a count value, the count value indicative of network accesses by the mobile; and generating a traffic encryption key based on the count value associated with the mobile, the traffic encryption key for encrypting communication traffic between the mobile and the base station. receiving, at a base station, a message indicating that a mobile may handoff to the base station, the message including a count value, the count value indicative of network accesses by the mobile; and generating a traffic encryption key based on the count value associated with the mobile, the traffic encryption key for encrypting communication traffic between the mobile and the base station.
A biocidal composition comprising 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one in a weight ratio of 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one to 2-methyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one in the range from 1:5 to 1:600, characterized in that the composition contains methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2% by weight, in relation to the total proportion of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one.
A method for activating motility of isolated sperm and/or accelerating in-vitro fertilization, comprising the step of adding endo-β-galactosidase to isolated sperm.