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A system for obtaining images of a gemstone, and performing quantitative analysis on the images to obtain measures of properties of the gemstone, comprising: a support structure for supporting the gemstone at an observation position; an illumination system arranged to illuminate the gemstone, the illumination system comprising a plurality of light sources directed towards the observation position, the support structure and illumination system being rotatable relative to one another around an axis of rotation so that the gemstone can be illuminated by one or more of the light sources at each of a plurality of rotational positions, the light sources being disposed at a range of tilt angles and polar angles relative to the axis of rotation; and an imaging device directed towards the gemstone for obtaining images of the gemstone at each of the rotational positions, the imaging device having an imaging axis parallel to or coincident with the axis of rotation; characterised in that the plurality of light sources are directional light sources located at a series of discrete inclination angles compared to the axis of rotation; and in that the system further comprises an image processor configured to identify sparkle regions in the images corresponding to reflections from individual light sources by the gemstone, and provide a quantitative measure of a property of the gemstone on the basis of properties of the sparkle regions. a support structure for supporting the gemstone at an observation position; an illumination system arranged to illuminate the gemstone, the illumination system comprising a plurality of light sources directed towards the observation position, the support structure and illumination system being rotatable relative to one another around an axis of rotation so that the gemstone can be illuminated by one or more of the light sources at each of a plurality of rotational positions, the light sources being disposed at a range of tilt angles and polar angles relative to the axis of rotation; and an imaging device directed towards the gemstone for obtaining images of the gemstone at each of the rotational positions, the imaging device having an imaging axis parallel to or coincident with the axis of rotation; characterised in that the plurality of light sources are directional light sources located at a series of discrete inclination angles compared to the axis of rotation; and in that the system further comprises an image processor configured to identify sparkle regions in the images corresponding to reflections from individual light sources by the gemstone, and provide a quantitative measure of a property of the gemstone on the basis of properties of the sparkle regions.
A computer program product comprising a tangible memory device and a program stored on the tangible memory device, the program being readable and executable by a processor, the program comprising instructions for making connections in a vehicle driveline comprising the steps of: receiving, at a processor, a request to convert a vehicle from a single drive axle-powered driveline to a two drive axle-powered driveline; receiving, at the processor, sensor data; processing the received sensor data to determine vehicle dynamics and current engine power output; determining an additional amount of engine power required to convert a second drive axle from an idled condition to a powered condition to convert the vehicle from the single drive axle-powered driveline to the two drive axle-powered driveline; sending, from the processor, a command to open a coupler in the second drive axle; sending, from the processor, a command to increase engine power by the determined additional amount; sending, from the processor, a command to close a coupling of one or more of a differential, wheel hubs, and a drive shaft; processing sensor data to determine if the engine power has increased by the determined additional amount; sending, from the processor, in response to the received sensor data indicating that the engine power has increased by the determined additional amount, a command to engage a power transfer unit to convert the vehicle from the single drive axle-powered driveline to the two drive axle-powered driveline; receiving, at the processor, a signal that the power transfer unit is engaged; and sending, from the processor, a command to close the coupler. receiving, at a processor, a request to convert a vehicle from a single drive axle-powered driveline to a two drive axle-powered driveline; receiving, at the processor, sensor data; processing the received sensor data to determine vehicle dynamics and current engine power output; determining an additional amount of engine power required to convert a second drive axle from an idled condition to a powered condition to convert the vehicle from the single drive axle-powered driveline to the two drive axle-powered driveline; sending, from the processor, a command to open a coupler in the second drive axle; sending, from the processor, a command to increase engine power by the determined additional amount; sending, from the processor, a command to close a coupling of one or more of a differential, wheel hubs, and a drive shaft; processing sensor data to determine if the engine power has increased by the determined additional amount; sending, from the processor, in response to the received sensor data indicating that the engine power has increased by the determined additional amount, a command to engage a power transfer unit to convert the vehicle from the single drive axle-powered driveline to the two drive axle-powered driveline; receiving, at the processor, a signal that the power transfer unit is engaged; and sending, from the processor, a command to close the coupler.
A facility for applying a coating product comprising a set of printing nozzles each including an outlet channel emerging in the downstream direction by a coating product discharge orifice, characterized in that the facility further comprises a cleaning station comprising several injectors provided to simultaneously clean several nozzles of a row of nozzles or all of the nozzles of the set of nozzles, by injecting cleaning fluid into the outlet channels of the printing nozzles of the row or the set of nozzles, through their discharge orifices.
A part made from a composite material intended to be subjected, at junction zones with one or several other parts, through at least one fastening point and in cooperation with a connecting means (6; 7), to traction and/or compression forces, characterized in that it consists of a monolithic part made up of wound reinforcing fibers oriented and embedded in a matrix, and which includes a tubular body, while said fastening point, arranged at one end of said tubular body, assumes the form of a strap forming a loop rotating around an axis perpendicular to the axis of said tubular body, the tubular inner wall (32; 35), the inner wall (32; 35) has a cylinder or sphere portion shape to form a bearing face for traction work, while the outer wall (31; 36) of the loop has a cylinder or sphere portion shape to form a bearing face for compression work, in cooperation with a part (63; 73, 62; 72) of said connecting means (6; 7) in traction and/or compression in one or several directions.
A compressor cover which is configured to cover a delivery fan which discharges, to a radial outer side, a fluid sucked in from a direction of an axis by rotating around the axis, the compressor cover comprising: a cover body that includes a tubular part in which a tubular inner peripheral surface along the axis and a shroud surface that is disposed on a downstream side of the tubular inner peripheral surface in the direction of the axis and expands in diameter toward the downstream side in the direction of the axis are formed; and a sleeve that includes an outer tube having an outer peripheral surface that is fixed to the tubular inner peripheral surface, an inner tube that is disposed on a radially inner side of the outer tube and defines a recirculation flow path, which is configured for a portion of the fluid that is sucked in by the delivery fan to flow through it, between the inner tube and the outer tube, and a plurality of struts that are disposed at intervals in a peripheral direction so as to connect the outer tube and the inner tube together, thereby partitioning the recirculation flow path into a plurality of sections, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube is fitted to the tubular inner peripheral surface, and an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube includes an upstream region, and a downstream region that is continuous with a downstream side of the upstream region in the direction of the axis, characterized in that the upstream region has a greater fitting degree with respect to the tubular inner peripheral surface than the downstream region. a cover body that includes a tubular part in which a tubular inner peripheral surface along the axis and a shroud surface that is disposed on a downstream side of the tubular inner peripheral surface in the direction of the axis and expands in diameter toward the downstream side in the direction of the axis are formed; and a sleeve that includes an outer tube having an outer peripheral surface that is fixed to the tubular inner peripheral surface, an inner tube that is disposed on a radially inner side of the outer tube and defines a recirculation flow path, which is configured for a portion of the fluid that is sucked in by the delivery fan to flow through it, between the inner tube and the outer tube, and a plurality of struts that are disposed at intervals in a peripheral direction so as to connect the outer tube and the inner tube together, thereby partitioning the recirculation flow path into a plurality of sections, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube is fitted to the tubular inner peripheral surface, and an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube includes an upstream region, and a downstream region that is continuous with a downstream side of the upstream region in the direction of the axis, characterized in that the upstream region has a greater fitting degree with respect to the tubular inner peripheral surface than the downstream region.
An apparatus for providing resources from a plurality of on-board device nodes to a hot-plugged device node in a computer, the apparatus comprising: a resource manager being operably coupled to a device tree including the plurality of on-board device nodes and the hot-plugged device node, the resource manager being configured to: receive a resource request over a bus system indicative of a set of desired resources from the hot-plugged device node; probe available resources of at least one of a parent device and at least one upper level device node positioned above the parent device node for the set of desired resources for the hot-plugged device; and provide the available resources from at least one of the parent device node and one or more nodes of the at least one upper level device node over the bus system for transmission to the hot-plugged device node to enable the hot-plugged device node to operate in the intended manner. a resource manager being operably coupled to a device tree including the plurality of on-board device nodes and the hot-plugged device node, the resource manager being configured to: receive a resource request over a bus system indicative of a set of desired resources from the hot-plugged device node; probe available resources of at least one of a parent device and at least one upper level device node positioned above the parent device node for the set of desired resources for the hot-plugged device; and provide the available resources from at least one of the parent device node and one or more nodes of the at least one upper level device node over the bus system for transmission to the hot-plugged device node to enable the hot-plugged device node to operate in the intended manner. receive a resource request over a bus system indicative of a set of desired resources from the hot-plugged device node; probe available resources of at least one of a parent device and at least one upper level device node positioned above the parent device node for the set of desired resources for the hot-plugged device; and provide the available resources from at least one of the parent device node and one or more nodes of the at least one upper level device node over the bus system for transmission to the hot-plugged device node to enable the hot-plugged device node to operate in the intended manner.
A nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, the nozzle comprising: an air duct extending through the nozzle for guiding air and dust towards a hose of the vacuum cleaner, a suction plate having a suction opening for the purpose of taking in dust, a rigid intermediate part, a rigid outlet part, and at least one wheel coupled to the intermediate part and/or the outlet part, the at least one wheel being arranged to support the nozzle on a surface being cleaned, wherein the air duct extends through the suction plate, the intermediate part and the outlet part, wherein the outlet part is coupled to the intermediate part by a first hinged connection, and the intermediate part is coupled to the suction plate by a second hinged connection, wherein the first hinged connection is arranged such that a pivot axis of the first hinged connection extends through the air duct, and characterised by that the at least one wheel is arranged such that a rotational axis of the at least one wheel coincides with the pivot axis of the first hinged connection. an air duct extending through the nozzle for guiding air and dust towards a hose of the vacuum cleaner, a suction plate having a suction opening for the purpose of taking in dust, a rigid intermediate part, a rigid outlet part, and at least one wheel coupled to the intermediate part and/or the outlet part, the at least one wheel being arranged to support the nozzle on a surface being cleaned, wherein the air duct extends through the suction plate, the intermediate part and the outlet part, wherein the outlet part is coupled to the intermediate part by a first hinged connection, and the intermediate part is coupled to the suction plate by a second hinged connection, wherein the first hinged connection is arranged such that a pivot axis of the first hinged connection extends through the air duct, and characterised by that the at least one wheel is arranged such that a rotational axis of the at least one wheel coincides with the pivot axis of the first hinged connection.
A tablet comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein: (i) said first layer comprises a pharmaceutically active agent and the composition of said first layer is different from the composition of said second layer; (ii) said tablet has a density less than 0.8 g/cc; and (iii) said tablet disintegrates in the mouth when placed on the tongue in less than 30 seconds. (i) said first layer comprises a pharmaceutically active agent and the composition of said first layer is different from the composition of said second layer; (ii) said tablet has a density less than 0.8 g/cc; and (iii) said tablet disintegrates in the mouth when placed on the tongue in less than 30 seconds.
A method of feeding a molten resin mass into a female mold for compression molding, wherein the molten resin mass contained in a container chamber in a cylindrical transfer guide is caused to fall down into a cavity of the female mold at the time of overlapping the cylindrical transfer guide on the female mold of a compression molding apparatus which is transferred on a rotary table in a circumferential direction; characterised in that the pressure in the cavity has been reduced by evacuating through evacuation passages (50, 51) perforated in the bottom portion of the cavity of the female mold and the pressure in the cavity of the female mold of the compression molding apparatus is thus set to be lower than the pressure in the container chamber of the transfer guide thereby the molten resin mass is caused to fall down into the cavity by the differential pressure between the container chamber and the cavity.
A direct current charging station for electric vehicles, said DC charging station comprising: a multi-winding step-down transformer configured to be coupled to a three-phase alternating current power source, said multi-winding step-down transformer configured to generate a first three-phase AC voltage; a neutral-point clamped rectifier coupled to said multi-winding step-down transformer and configured to convert the first three-phase AC voltage to a first DC voltage at a rectifier output stage; a DC distribution bus coupled to said rectifier output stage; a first plurality of DC/DC buck converters, each DC/DC buck converter of the first plurality of DC/DC buck converters comprising a first DC stage coupled to said DC distribution bus, and a second DC stage configured to be coupled to a respective electric vehicle, said second DC stage further configured to convert the first DC voltage to a respective second DC voltage to be supplied to the respective electric vehicle; and a central storage battery coupled to said DC distribution bus through a battery power converter, said battery power converter configured to charge said central storage battery from said DC distribution bus during a low-demand period of time, and supply current from said central storage battery to said DC distribution bus during a peak-demand period of time. a multi-winding step-down transformer configured to be coupled to a three-phase alternating current power source, said multi-winding step-down transformer configured to generate a first three-phase AC voltage; a neutral-point clamped rectifier coupled to said multi-winding step-down transformer and configured to convert the first three-phase AC voltage to a first DC voltage at a rectifier output stage; a DC distribution bus coupled to said rectifier output stage; a first plurality of DC/DC buck converters, each DC/DC buck converter of the first plurality of DC/DC buck converters comprising a first DC stage coupled to said DC distribution bus, and a second DC stage configured to be coupled to a respective electric vehicle, said second DC stage further configured to convert the first DC voltage to a respective second DC voltage to be supplied to the respective electric vehicle; and a central storage battery coupled to said DC distribution bus through a battery power converter, said battery power converter configured to charge said central storage battery from said DC distribution bus during a low-demand period of time, and supply current from said central storage battery to said DC distribution bus during a peak-demand period of time.
Method of operating a water gas shift reactor in a transient state, in which said transient state is during reactor start-up, the method comprising: - providing a water gas shift catalyst comprising an alkali metal or alkali metal compound, said water gas shift catalyst being free of chromium (Cr) and iron (Fe); - heating the water gas shift catalyst up to the reaction temperature of the water gas shift reaction under steam condensing conditions by applying steam as a heat transfer medium for the water gas shift catalyst, and where the water gas shift catalyst has a pore volume, as determined by mercury intrusion, larger than the volume of liquid water that forms during the heating; and wherein the pore volume of the water gas shift catalyst is in the range 100-800 ml/kg, as measured by mercury intrusion. - providing a water gas shift catalyst comprising an alkali metal or alkali metal compound, said water gas shift catalyst being free of chromium (Cr) and iron (Fe); - heating the water gas shift catalyst up to the reaction temperature of the water gas shift reaction under steam condensing conditions by applying steam as a heat transfer medium for the water gas shift catalyst, and where the water gas shift catalyst has a pore volume, as determined by mercury intrusion, larger than the volume of liquid water that forms during the heating; and
Woodworking machine-tool device, having at least one machining unit, wherein the machining unit is able to be driven in rotation about an axis of rotation, wherein the machining unit comprises a main body, which is in the form of a rotation body, wherein the main body is formed in a cylindrical manner, wherein the main body comprises a centrally arranged fastening recess, which is in the form of a through-opening, wherein the fastening recess extends in the direction of the axis of rotation, and having a support unit, and having at least one clamping unit, which is intended to at least partially fix at least one position of at least one machining tool, and which has at least one pre-orienting unit having at least one elastic element, wherein the pre-orienting unit has at least one enclosure unit, which at least largely surrounds the elastic element in a mounted state, characterized in that the pre-orienting unit is provided to orient a machining tool in a horizontal direction with respect to the workpiece to be machined, wherein the pre-orienting unit is arranged on a side of the machining tool that is arranged perpendicularly to a machining side, wherein an abutment element of the enclosure unit of the pre-orienting unit is in direct contact with the machining tool in the installed state, such that the elastic element of the pre-orienting unit is pretensioned.
A cosmetic composition for coating keratin fibres, particularly eyelashes, characterized in that it appears as a wax-in-water emulsion and in that it comprises the combination of at least one glutamic acid derivative and/or salt thereof and at least one alkylpolyglycoside, said wax or waxes being distinct from fatty alcohols comprising from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, said glutamic acid derivative being the monosodium salt of n-stearoyl-L-glutamic acid, and said alkylpolyglycoside being cetylstearyl glucoside, notably applied in a mixture with cetylstearyl alcohol.
A system effective to transmit information about a load that draws a load current to a recipient, comprising: a sensor effective to generate a first signal containing information about said load; a reference second signal; a first device capable of calculating a ratio of said first signal to said second signal and converting said ratio into a binary number; a second device that converts 0 members of said binary number to a first data current and 1 members of said binary number into a second data current that is different from said first data current; a common electrical line for transmitting a total current that is said load current plus said first data current or said load current plus said second data current; and said recipient coupled to said common electrical line and capable of converting current modulations to said binary number and said binary number to said information. a sensor effective to generate a first signal containing information about said load; a reference second signal; a first device capable of calculating a ratio of said first signal to said second signal and converting said ratio into a binary number; a second device that converts 0 members of said binary number to a first data current and 1 members of said binary number into a second data current that is different from said first data current; a common electrical line for transmitting a total current that is said load current plus said first data current or said load current plus said second data current; and said recipient coupled to said common electrical line and capable of converting current modulations to said binary number and said binary number to said information.
A preform intended for the manufacture of a metal foam having a porosity of between 62% and 85%, characterised in that it comprises a set of precursors in the form of balls formed of a mixture of 12% to 25% of organic binder, 72% to 87% of sodium chloride and 1 to 3% of kalinite.