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Slag stopper for closing a tap hole of a metallurgical vessel for separation of a liquid metal and a slag, wherein the slag stopper comprises an arm which is pivotable about an axis (a) and at one end of which a closure stopper for closure of the tap hole of the metallurgical vessel is arranged and wherein the arm is connected with a drive which can produce a pivot movement about the axis (a), wherein the drive comprises: - a shaft which is fixedly connected with the arm, - a gearwheel connected with the shaft to be secure against rotation relative thereto and - a linear actuator which can produce a linear displacing movement (b 1, b 2) of at least one actuator component (10, 11), wherein the at least one actuator component (10, 11) comprises a rack (12, 13) in mesh with the gearwheel and wherein limiting means (14, 15) by which the pivot movement of the arm can be limited are present, characterised in that the linear actuator comprises two actuator components (10, 11), wherein the two actuator components (10, 11) can move linearly relative to one another in opposite sense, wherein the two actuator components (10, 11) each comprise a rack (12, 13), wherein the linear actuator is constructed as a pneumatic piston-cylinder unit and wherein the drive is connected with an energy store, namely a pressure store. - a shaft which is fixedly connected with the arm, - a gearwheel connected with the shaft to be secure against rotation relative thereto and - a linear actuator which can produce a linear displacing movement (b 1, b 2) of at least one actuator component (10, 11), wherein the at least one actuator component (10, 11) comprises a rack (12, 13) in mesh with the gearwheel and wherein limiting means (14, 15) by which the pivot movement of the arm can be limited are present, characterised in that the linear actuator comprises two actuator components (10, 11), wherein the two actuator components (10, 11) can move linearly relative to one another in opposite sense, wherein the two actuator components (10, 11) each comprise a rack (12, 13), wherein the linear actuator is constructed as a pneumatic piston-cylinder unit and wherein the drive is connected with an energy store, namely a pressure store.
A control device of a household apparatus comprising a front plate with a display forming together an electronic control unit with at least one capacitive switch, wherein a side of the front plate facing a user is covered by means of a covering element of electrically non-conductive material, wherein said electronic control unit comprises a printed circuit board attached at a distance from the front plate, wherein said front plate is formed in the region of each of the at least one capacitive switch with a through hole, said through hole being encircled at least over a part of its rim with a wall projecting in direction towards said printed circuit board, wherein the area where the wall is joined with said rim of the through hole is formed with an enlargement, said area being located on an outside of the front plate, said enlargement extending in a radial direction of the through hole and, respectively, in a longitudinal direction of the front plate, wherein a triggering means in form of a metal plate is provided in a central region of said through hole being tightly pressed against the covering element, said triggering means is connected by means of a resilient means with said printed circuit board, wherein both the triggering means and the resilient means are made of electrically conductive material, and wherein said wall is configured to limit movement of the resilient means in a transversal direction thereof and in longitudinal direction of the front plate to the position in which the triggering means is pressed against the covering element in the area of the through hole.
Fastening element for fastening a plate element to a workpiece, the fastening element having a main portion, in which a bolt receptacle for a bolt is formed, which extends along a longitudinal axis, and a flange portion, which extends from the main portion in a radial direction, a plurality of tabs extending from an underside of the flange portion and being deflectable in the radial direction in such a way that a plate element can be received between radially deflected tabs and the underside of the flange portion, each of the tabs extending, in an elastically non-deflected condition, obliqueliy from the underside of the flange portion, characterized in that an angle of obliquity of the tabs in relation to the longitudinal axis is in the range of 2° to 20°, and being adapted to be deflected radially so as to extend radially parallel to the extent of the flange portion, so as to form spacer elements between the plate element and the workpiece.
A sample rack used to hold a sample container containing a sample and to transport the held sample container, comprising: a container holding part configured to hold the sample container; and a plurality of marks indicating an amount of the sample stored in the sample container held by the container holding part, characterized in that: the plurality of marks are arranged in a flat surface adjacent the container holding part and arranged at equal intervals from each other by a predetermined distance by respective recesses in the flat surface. a container holding part configured to hold the sample container; and a plurality of marks indicating an amount of the sample stored in the sample container held by the container holding part, characterized in that: the plurality of marks are arranged in a flat surface adjacent the container holding part and arranged at equal intervals from each other by a predetermined distance by respective recesses in the flat surface.
A method for receiving a signal by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: detecting downlink control information, DCI, within a subframe indicated by a radio resource control, RRC, layer signal, the DCI containing scheduling information for K consecutive subframes; and receiving, based on the DCI, a data signal in the K consecutive subframes other than at least one subframe including a subframe transmitting a physical broadcast channel,, PBCH, a subframe transmitting a synchronization signal, and a subframe transmitting system information, wherein K is greater than 1, and wherein the DCI is not applied to the at least one subframe. detecting downlink control information, DCI, within a subframe indicated by a radio resource control, RRC, layer signal, the DCI containing scheduling information for K consecutive subframes; and receiving, based on the DCI, a data signal in the K consecutive subframes other than at least one subframe including a subframe transmitting a physical broadcast channel,, PBCH, a subframe transmitting a synchronization signal, and a subframe transmitting system information, wherein K is greater than 1, and wherein the DCI is not applied to the at least one subframe.
A method for converting an organic isocyanate comprising a phenyl isocyanate to one or more urea compounds in the presence of a non-polar organic solvent, comprising reacting a solution of the organic isocyanate in a liquid nonpolar solvent in the presence of at least 0.025 wt.-% of a organometallic catalyst, based on the weight of the organic isocyanate, wherein the organometallic catalyst includes at least one metal ion bonded to at least one organic ligand and the metal ion is selected from one or more of Co, Mg, Y, Cr and a lanthanide series metal ion in the 3+ oxidation state, to convert at least a portion of the organic isocyanate to the one or more urea compounds.
A surgical tool comprising: at least one brush disposed on a shaft extending through a tube, the tube having a corresponding brush slot for each brush; a motor operable to rotate the shaft to cause the at least one brush to move from a closed position to a cleaning position, the at least one brush positioned entirely inside of the tube when in the closed position and at least partially outside of the tube when in the cleaning position; and a fluid source operable to supply fluid to the at least one brush as the at least one brush passes through the brush slot. at least one brush disposed on a shaft extending through a tube, the tube having a corresponding brush slot for each brush; a motor operable to rotate the shaft to cause the at least one brush to move from a closed position to a cleaning position, the at least one brush positioned entirely inside of the tube when in the closed position and at least partially outside of the tube when in the cleaning position; and a fluid source operable to supply fluid to the at least one brush as the at least one brush passes through the brush slot.
A curable composition for a printed circuit board, comprising: a block copolymer; a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, further comprising a bifunctional (meth)acrylate compound with no hydroxyl group. a block copolymer; a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate compound; and a photopolymerization initiator,
An audio encoding apparatus for performing a coding based on spectral band replication, comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether a tone is included in a boundary between a low-frequency band that is a frequency bandwidth below a predetermined frequency of an input signal and a high-frequency band that is a frequency bandwidth above the predetermined frequency of the input signal; an encoding unit (150, 170) configured to suppress a tone in one of the low-frequency band and the high-frequency band, encode the input signal having the low-frequency band to generate a low-frequency code, and encode the input signal having the high-frequency band to generate a high-frequency code; and a multiplexing unit configured to generate an encoded stream by multiplexing the low-frequency code and the high-frequency code, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the tone in one of the low-frequency band and the high-frequency band is suppressed, based on a comparison result of a bit rate of the input signal to be encoded with a threshold value. a determination unit configured to determine whether a tone is included in a boundary between a low-frequency band that is a frequency bandwidth below a predetermined frequency of an input signal and a high-frequency band that is a frequency bandwidth above the predetermined frequency of the input signal; an encoding unit (150, 170) configured to suppress a tone in one of the low-frequency band and the high-frequency band, encode the input signal having the low-frequency band to generate a low-frequency code, and encode the input signal having the high-frequency band to generate a high-frequency code; and a multiplexing unit configured to generate an encoded stream by multiplexing the low-frequency code and the high-frequency code, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the tone in one of the low-frequency band and the high-frequency band is suppressed, based on a comparison result of a bit rate of the input signal to be encoded with a threshold value.
A method of inspecting specimens using a time division and integration sensor, the TDI sensor operating to advance an accumulated charge between gates (202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209) of an image area of the TDI sensor, the TDI sensor having a buffer gate interposed between the image area and a transfer gate; the method comprises: controlling waveforms for advancing the accumulated charge between gates (202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209) of the image area to be operating at different voltage phases in adjacent gates (202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209) to provide a substantially zero sum of the voltage waveforms applied to said gates (202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209), and applying square clock pulses to the transfer gate, characterised in that the waveforms applied to the gates of the image area are nonsquare waveforms, and in that the waveform voltage applied to the buffer gate (1101, 1501) increases relatively slowly, resembling the waveform applied to the gates of the image area, to a peak value, followed by a sharp dropoff.
A removal tool for a tyre removing machine, for taking off a tyre from a respective wheel rim, comprising an elongate body and having a first end which is connectable to a supporting arm and a second, hook-shaped end for grasping a bead of the tyre, characterized in that the second end of the tool has a fingernail which is movable between a first operating configuration, where it projects in cantilever fashion from the tool body to define the hooked shape, and a second operating configuration, where it is tucked in a lateral zone of the tool body, to give the tool a hookless shape.
A device for producing a substrate composite comprising at least one first band-shaped substrate, a second band-shaped substrate, and a bonding means applied to a first surface side of the first substrate, the device having a bonding chamber sealed off from the environment in which physical and/or chemical conditions prevail that deviate from the environment, wherein the device further comprises: - guiding facilities to guide the first substrate, onto the first surface side of which the bonding means is applied, and the second substrate such that in the bonding chamber a first surface side of the second substrate is facing the first surface side of the first substrate; and - a bonding facility which is arranged in the bonding chamber for producing the substrate composite within the bonding chamber; characterized in that the bonding facility for producing the substrate composite has at least one pair of rollers (29, 30) that are opposite to each other to form a gap, substrates (7, 9) can be guided through the gap to obtain the substrate composite, so that the bonding means being present on the first surface side of the first substrate can come into contact with the first surface side of the second substrate, and the rollers can effect combining of the substrates (7, 9) in the gap in a substrate-protecting manner without the rollers (29, 30) of the bonding facility applying pressure to the substrates (7, 9), and that the device further comprises a calibration facility to calibrate the thickness of the substrate composite. - guiding facilities to guide the first substrate, onto the first surface side of which the bonding means is applied, and the second substrate such that in the bonding chamber a first surface side of the second substrate is facing the first surface side of the first substrate; and - a bonding facility which is arranged in the bonding chamber for producing the substrate composite within the bonding chamber;
A camera assembly comprising: a camera housing, a printed circuit board, carrying an optical sensor attached to the camera housing; a lens barrel axially surrounded by the camera housing and mounted in the camera housing such that a defined airgap between the lens barrel and the optical sensor is set, characterized by a bore, formed tangentially to the lens barrel, in the camera housing and thereby defining a window to the lens barrel; and a rotation-blocking pin with a plurality of stacked flexible fins inserted in the bore wherein the flexible fins of rotation-blocking pin are at least in a force-fitting contact though the window with a side portion of the lens barrel. a camera housing, a printed circuit board, carrying an optical sensor attached to the camera housing; a lens barrel axially surrounded by the camera housing and mounted in the camera housing such that a defined airgap between the lens barrel and the optical sensor is set, characterized by a bore, formed tangentially to the lens barrel, in the camera housing and thereby defining a window to the lens barrel; and a rotation-blocking pin with a plurality of stacked flexible fins inserted in the bore wherein the flexible fins of rotation-blocking pin are at least in a force-fitting contact though the window with a side portion of the lens barrel.
A receiver (100, M1, M2, M3) comprising at least one first antenna for receiving a signal emitted by a distant RFID transmitter in an environment involving a plurality of separate paths (TRi) for propagation of the signal emitted wirelessly by the transmitter, the receiver (100, M1, M2, M3) comprising at least one second antenna for receiving of the emitted signal, the first antenna and the second antenna being connected in the receiver (100, M1, M2, M3) to respectively a first receiving path supplying a first path signal (yA) as a function of the emitted signal and a second receiving path supplying a second path signal (yB) as a function of the emitted signal, characterized in that the signal emitted wirelessly by the transmitter is of the ultra-wide band type, the first antenna defining a first receiving channel for receiving of the emitted signal, the second antenna defining a second receiving channel for receiving of the emitted signal, the first antenna and the second antenna being at a distance from each other and respectively having first and second predetermined positions relative to each other, such that the first receiving channel is substantially identical to the second receiving channel, the receiver (100, M1, M2, M3) further comprises a first estimation module for estimation of the first impulse response (HA, hnA) of the first channel to the emitted signal as a function of the emitted signal and of the first path signal (yA), a second estimation module for estimation of the second impulse response (HB, hnB) of the second channel to the emitted signal as a function of the emitted signal and of the second path signal (yB), a third extraction module for extracting from the first impulse response one or more first components (hiA) associated respectively with one or more paths (TRi) arriving at the first antenna and for extracting from the second impulse response one or more second components (hiB) associated respectively with one or more paths (TRi) arriving at the second antenna, and a fourth module for calculating an argument difference (θi) between the argument (arg(hiA)) of each first component (hiA) of the first impulse response and the argument (arg(hiB)) of each second component (hiB) of the second impulse response for each path (TRi), the receiver further comprising at least one conversion module (17, 30) for converting of each argument difference (θi) into an angle of arrival (ANGi; (αi, φi)) of each path (TRi) relative to the receiver.
A method for producing L-cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative thereof, or a mixture thereof, which comprises culturing an Escherichia bacterium in a medium and collecting L-cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative thereof, or a mixture thereof from the medium, wherein the bacterium has L-cysteine-producing ability and is modified so that the activity of a protein encoded by the yciW gene is reduced by reducing expression amount of the yciW gene, or by disrupting the gene.
Hydrostatic drive system having a pump which has an adjustable feed volume and is provided for supplying at least one consumer, wherein a feed volume adjustment device of the pump is adjusted in the direction of increasing the feed volume by means of a preset signal, and is adjusted in the direction of reducing the feed volume as a function of a hydraulic resetting signal which detects the excessively delivered volume flow of the pump, wherein in order to generate the resetting signal a circulation pressure balance is provided which is arranged in a flow path connecting a feed line of the pump to a container and generates the hydraulic resetting signal in a resetting signal-generating setting, characterized in that the circulation pressure balance has, in addition to the resetting signal-generating setting, a feed flow reduction-setting for reducing the pump feed flow of the pump to the container.
A metering unit for granular material such as seeds, fertiliser, or the like, with a housing, wherein, provided within the housing, is a conveyor disk rotating approximately concentrically to an inner shell surface of the housing, with the inner shell surface taking approximately the form of a circular path and/or of a circle segment, which conveyor disk has at least one shoulder or one recess at its outer circumference or at a front end for receiving at least one grain to be separated via at least one revolution of the conveyor disk; wherein, in interaction with a groove-shaped profile of the inner shell surface, the at least one shoulder or the at least one recess forms a conveyor pocket for conveying one grain or a plurality of grains toward an outlet opening abutting approximately tangentially on the inner shell surface; characterised in that the at least one shoulder or the at least one recess is located at the outer circumference or at the front end of the conveyor disk in an insert element that is detachably anchored in the disk, wherein the conveyor disk has one, two, three, four, or more alike insert receptions for the detachable anchoring of in each case alike or differently designed insert elements; wherein the insert elements are in each case lockable in the insert receptions of the conveyor disk, with the insert receptions being designed as snap-in receptions.
A resin tube for a guide wire, the resin tube having a cross-sectional outer shape perpendicular to an axial direction that is polygonal, elliptic, or irregular, the resin tube being twisted in a helical shape about a deep inner-core hole as an axis of twisting, the deep inner-core hole extending in the axial direction and allowing a core wire to be inserted therein, and the resin tube comprising a trunk section having an undulation on the outer surface thereof caused by the twisted eccentric wall thickness, characterized in that the resin tube is twisted such that the length of the pitch, being the distance in the axial direction over which one point on the outer circumference of a cross-sectional outer shape ofthe trunk section is twisted 360 degrees in a helical shape and returns to the original position, becomes irregular in the axial direction of the trunk section.
Process for transvinylation of a reactant carboxylic acid with a reactant vinyl ester to afford a product vinyl ester and the corresponding acid of the reactant vinyl ester in the presence of one or more ruthenium catalysts, wherein a) the reactant vinyl ester, the reactant carboxylic acid and a ruthenium catalyst are supplied to the reactor, and b) the transvinylation reaction is performed, characterized in that the ruthenium catalyst employed is a carbonyl-free Ru carboxylate and no carbon monoxide is supplied, c) the reaction is performed at a temperature of 110°C to 170°C, d) after completion of the transvinylation reaction the reactant vinyl ester and the corresponding acid are distillatively removed from the reaction mixture, and e) the product vinyl ester is distillatively removed from the bottoms product of the distillation, and f) the remaining reaction mixture is recycled into the reactor. a) the reactant vinyl ester, the reactant carboxylic acid and a ruthenium catalyst are supplied to the reactor, and b) the transvinylation reaction is performed, c) the reaction is performed at a temperature of 110°C to 170°C, d) after completion of the transvinylation reaction the reactant vinyl ester and the corresponding acid are distillatively removed from the reaction mixture, and e) the product vinyl ester is distillatively removed from the bottoms product of the distillation, and f) the remaining reaction mixture is recycled into the reactor.