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A conveyor system comprising: a conveyor line; a conveyor chain movable along said conveyor line, said conveyor chain comprising a plurality of center links, a plurality of side links and a plurality of chain pins that connect respective side and center links together; a first sensing device positioned at said conveyor line and directed toward said conveyor chain, said first sensing device sensing the presence of a first chain portion of said conveyor chain as said conveyor chain moves along said conveyor line; a second sensing device positioned at said conveyor line and directed generally toward said conveyor chain, said second sensing device sensing the location of a second chain portion of said conveyor chain as said second chain portion moves along said conveyor line, wherein said second sensing device is triggered to sense the location of said second chain portion in response to an indication of said first sensing device sensing presence of said first chain portion; and a controller operable to determine a degree of wear in a section of chain extending between said first and second chain portions (30,32) in response to an output of said first sensing device (22, 24) indicative of said first sensing device sensing said first chain portion of said conveyor chain and an output of said second sensing device indicative of said second sensing device sensing said second chain portion of said conveyor chain, characterised in that the second sensing device is directed at an acute angle to said conveyor claim direction. a conveyor line; a conveyor chain movable along said conveyor line, said conveyor chain comprising a plurality of center links, a plurality of side links and a plurality of chain pins that connect respective side and center links together; a first sensing device positioned at said conveyor line and directed toward said conveyor chain, said first sensing device sensing the presence of a first chain portion of said conveyor chain as said conveyor chain moves along said conveyor line; a second sensing device positioned at said conveyor line and directed generally toward said conveyor chain, said second sensing device sensing the location of a second chain portion of said conveyor chain as said second chain portion moves along said conveyor line, wherein said second sensing device is triggered to sense the location of said second chain portion in response to an indication of said first sensing device sensing presence of said first chain portion; and a controller operable to determine a degree of wear in a section of chain extending between said first and second chain portions (30,32) in response to an output of said first sensing device (22, 24) indicative of said first sensing device sensing said first chain portion of said conveyor chain and an output of said second sensing device indicative of said second sensing device sensing said second chain portion of said conveyor chain, characterised in that the second sensing device is directed at an acute angle to said conveyor claim direction.
A method for restricting the use of a portable electronic device in a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving a signal at the portable electronic device through a receiver in the device, the receiver receiving the signal after transmission through a body area network, "BAN", from a vehicle device, the signal being generated by the vehicle device and transmitted by a transmitter of the vehicle device upon reception by the vehicle device of a second signal indicating that the vehicle is in operation; wherein the BAN comprises a biological medium as a signal transmission path, the receiver and the transmitter being arranged to have close proximity to the biological medium; and carrying out an action responsive to the received signal, wherein the action comprises selectively restricting the functionality of the portable electronic device in response to the received signal. receiving a signal at the portable electronic device through a receiver in the device, the receiver receiving the signal after transmission through a body area network, "BAN", from a vehicle device, the signal being generated by the vehicle device and transmitted by a transmitter of the vehicle device upon reception by the vehicle device of a second signal indicating that the vehicle is in operation; wherein the BAN comprises a biological medium as a signal transmission path, the receiver and the transmitter being arranged to have close proximity to the biological medium; and carrying out an action responsive to the received signal, wherein the action comprises selectively restricting the functionality of the portable electronic device in response to the received signal.
A wobble piston pump for metering a coating agent in a coating installation, comprising a) a plurality of pump units each having a1) one cylinder and a2) one wobble piston, which executes a wobble movement in the cylinder during operation, b) wherein the individual pump units are connected to a common drive shaft (23; 67) by means of one conversion gear mechanism each, and c) the conversion gear mechanism converts a rotary movement of the drive shaft (23; 67) into a combined rotary and stroke movement of the respective wobble piston, and d) the conversion gear mechanism controls the piston position of the wobble piston in compliance with a predefined control curve depending on the rotary angle of the drive shaft, characterised in that e) the control curve of the conversion gear mechanism deviates from a sine curve, so that the stroke movement of the wobble piston is not sinusoidal. a) a plurality of pump units each having a1) one cylinder and a2) one wobble piston, which executes a wobble movement in the cylinder during operation, a1) one cylinder and a2) one wobble piston, which executes a wobble movement in the cylinder during operation, b) wherein the individual pump units are connected to a common drive shaft (23; 67) by means of one conversion gear mechanism each, and c) the conversion gear mechanism converts a rotary movement of the drive shaft (23; 67) into a combined rotary and stroke movement of the respective wobble piston, and d) the conversion gear mechanism controls the piston position of the wobble piston in compliance with a predefined control curve depending on the rotary angle of the drive shaft, characterised in that e) the control curve of the conversion gear mechanism deviates from a sine curve, so that the stroke movement of the wobble piston is not sinusoidal.
Method of limiting the deflection of a laser head during temperature changes, wherein the temperature difference between the upper wall and the lower wall of the laser head is reduced by metal plate parts with high thermal conductivity and low specific weight attached by a thermally conductive joint to the side walls connecting the upper wall and the lower wall of the laser head, wherein the upper wall is the warmest wall and the lower wall is the coldest wall during operation of the laser head, as the lower wall is connected via a low thermal resistance to a cooler for exchanging heat with the environment. $ the temperature difference between the upper wall and the lower wall of the laser head is reduced by metal plate parts with high thermal conductivity and low specific weight attached by a thermally conductive joint to the side walls connecting the upper wall and the lower wall of the laser head, wherein the upper wall is the warmest wall and the lower wall is the coldest wall during operation of the laser head, as the lower wall is connected via a low thermal resistance to a cooler for exchanging heat with the environment. $
A monitoring device for monitoring a hazardous area on a system, having a safety sensor which monitors a protective field, the safety sensor generating a binary object detection signal which assumes the switching state "off" if no object is present in the protective field and which assumes the switching state "on", if an object is present in the protective field, a safety function for the installation being triggered with the object detection signal in the "on" switching state, and with an override device to which the object detection signal and a binary switching signal with "on" and "off" switching states are fed, wherein, by means of the bridging device, a bridging cycle, within which the safety function of the safety sensor is bridged, is only activated if, within a time interval monitored by the bridging device, the switching signal changes to the "on" switching state and the object detection signal changes to the "on" switching state, characterised in that the bridging is maintained until both the switching signal and the object detection signal have changed to the "off" switching state, the time difference between these signal changes being arbitrary and not being monitored by the bridging device.
A control channel region within a sub-frame of a 3GPP-based communication system using OFDM in the downlink, wherein the control channel region consists of at least two physical resource block pairs comprising reference signals in a plurality of the resource elements of the at least two physical resource block pairs, wherein the physical resource block pairs of the control channel region within the sub-frame are divided into control channel elements as follows: each of the plural physical resource block pairs of the control channel region is divided into a plurality of distinct sub-control channel elements by frequency division or frequency and time division, wherein the distinct sub-control channel elements have different sizes and are combined to form control channel elements of equal size for conveying physical downlink control channel information. each of the plural physical resource block pairs of the control channel region is divided into a plurality of distinct sub-control channel elements by frequency division or frequency and time division, wherein the distinct sub-control channel elements have different sizes and are combined to form control channel elements of equal size for conveying physical downlink control channel information.
An optical filter arrangement comprising: a transmissive/reflective filter including a stack-equivalent filter assembly equivalent to a combination of simpler filters without regard to the order in which the simpler filters are superimposed so that the stack-equivalent filter assembly is equivalent to a number of different stacks in which the simpler filters are in different orders, the stack-equivalent filter assembly having a combined transmission function within an application's range of photon energies, the combined transmission function being approximately equal to a superposition or scaled superposition of a set of simpler transmission functions (40, 42) that result from the simpler filters, the set including two or more simpler non-uniform transmission functions; in the superposition or scaled superposition, each of a subset of at least two of the simpler non-uniform transmission functions (40, 42) being different from each other and positioned relative to each other so that, in response to input light within the application's range of photon energies emanating from objects traveling along any of one or more paths past the filter, the filter provides output light with time variation in accordance with each of the functions in the subset, characterised in that, the subset of at least two of the simpler non-uniform transmission functions (40, 42) includes a chirp function and a periodic function. a transmissive/reflective filter including a stack-equivalent filter assembly equivalent to a combination of simpler filters without regard to the order in which the simpler filters are superimposed so that the stack-equivalent filter assembly is equivalent to a number of different stacks in which the simpler filters are in different orders, the stack-equivalent filter assembly having a combined transmission function within an application's range of photon energies, the combined transmission function being approximately equal to a superposition or scaled superposition of a set of simpler transmission functions (40, 42) that result from the simpler filters, the set including two or more simpler non-uniform transmission functions; in the superposition or scaled superposition, each of a subset of at least two of the simpler non-uniform transmission functions (40, 42) being different from each other and positioned relative to each other so that, in response to input light within the application's range of photon energies emanating from objects traveling along any of one or more paths past the filter, the filter provides output light with time variation in accordance with each of the functions in the subset, characterised in that, the subset of at least two of the simpler non-uniform transmission functions (40, 42) includes a chirp function and a periodic function.
Method for producing a composite structure comprising a thin layer which is made of monocrystalline silicon carbide and arranged on a carbide support substrate, the method comprising: a) a step of providing an initial substrate made of monocrystalline silicon carbide, b) a step of epitaxially growing a donor layer made of monocrystalline silicon carbide on the initial substrate to form a donor substrate, the donor layer having a density of crystalline defects of less than that of the initial substrate, c) a step of implanting ions of light species into the donor layer to form a buried brittle plane which delimits the thin layer between the buried brittle plane and a free surface of the donor layer, d) a step of direct liquid injection-assisted chemical vapor deposition at a temperature of less than 1000°C to form a support layer directly on the free surface of the donor layer, the support layer being formed by an at least partly amorphous SiC matrix, e) a step of separating along the buried brittle plane to form an intermediate composite structure comprising the thin layer on the support layer on one side and the remainder of the donor substrate on the other, f) a step of heat treatment at a temperature between 1000°C and 1800°C, which is applied to the intermediate composite structure to crystallize the support layer and form the polycrystalline support substrate, g) a step of mechanically and/or chemically treating the composite structure, the treatment(s) being applied to a free face of the support substrate, the rear face of the composite structure, and/or to a free face of the thin layer, the front face of the composite structure. a) a step of providing an initial substrate made of monocrystalline silicon carbide, b) a step of epitaxially growing a donor layer made of monocrystalline silicon carbide on the initial substrate to form a donor substrate, the donor layer having a density of crystalline defects of less than that of the initial substrate, c) a step of implanting ions of light species into the donor layer to form a buried brittle plane which delimits the thin layer between the buried brittle plane and a free surface of the donor layer, d) a step of direct liquid injection-assisted chemical vapor deposition at a temperature of less than 1000°C to form a support layer directly on the free surface of the donor layer, the support layer being formed by an at least partly amorphous SiC matrix, e) a step of separating along the buried brittle plane to form an intermediate composite structure comprising the thin layer on the support layer on one side and the remainder of the donor substrate on the other, f) a step of heat treatment at a temperature between 1000°C and 1800°C, which is applied to the intermediate composite structure to crystallize the support layer and form the polycrystalline support substrate, g) a step of mechanically and/or chemically treating the composite structure, the treatment(s) being applied to a free face of the support substrate, the rear face of the composite structure, and/or to a free face of the thin layer, the front face of the composite structure.
Method for operating a built-on compactor which can be coupled to a carrier vehicle, in particular an excavator, with an oscillating compactor plate, characterized in that at least one variable (D 1, D 2, D 3) which characterizes a distribution of the static force, which acts between the compactor plate and a surface location of a soil, is detected with at least two sensors, and that an action is initiated based on the detected variable (D 1, D 2, D 3), the method comprising the following steps: a. detecting static forces (F 1, F 2, F 3) by means of the sensors; b. determining the variable characterizing the static force distribution in the form of a difference (D 1, D 2, D 3) between the measured forces (F 1, F 2, F 3); c. comparing the difference (D 1, D 2, D 3) determined in step b. with a limit value; and d. Initiate an action if the limit value is reached and/or exceeded. a. detecting static forces (F 1, F 2, F 3) by means of the sensors; b. determining the variable characterizing the static force distribution in the form of a difference (D 1, D 2, D 3) between the measured forces (F 1, F 2, F 3); c. comparing the difference (D 1, D 2, D 3) determined in step b. with a limit value; and d. Initiate an action if the limit value is reached and/or exceeded.
Enhancement resonator being configured for generating intra-resonator laser light by coherent superposition of input laser light, comprising: - at least three resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) spanning a ring resonator path in one common resonator plane, said resonator path being free of a laser light amplifying medium, wherein - the at least three resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) include at least two toroidal mirrors and/or at least one cylindrical mirror, characterized in that - the at least three resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) are configured such that cross-sectional areas of the intra-resonator laser light perpendicular to the incident propagation direction thereof at the reflecting surfaces of the resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) differ from each other no more than 10 %. - at least three resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) spanning a ring resonator path in one common resonator plane, said resonator path being free of a laser light amplifying medium, wherein - the at least three resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) include at least two toroidal mirrors and/or at least one cylindrical mirror, - the at least three resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) are configured such that cross-sectional areas of the intra-resonator laser light perpendicular to the incident propagation direction thereof at the reflecting surfaces of the resonator mirrors (21, 22, 23, 24) differ from each other no more than 10 %.
Apparatus for treating hair with steam including a housing comprising a liquid container, liquid supply means of a steam generator, one or a plurality of dispensing orifices of the steam produced towards a strand of hair and a hair styling device in the form of straightening tongs comprising two hinged arms (33, 34) movable in opposite directions, each including a hair treatment surface (31, 32), at least one of the arms (33, 34) including a heating element in thermal contact with said treatment surface (31, 32) coming into contact with a strand of hair, characterised in that the steam generator includes a heating element specifically for the production of steam and which is thermally independent from each treatment surface (31,32), i.e. said heating element is separate from the styling device, each treatment surface (31, 32) including its own heating element, and in that the steam dispensing orifice(s) are adjacent to the hair styling device or arranged in the vicinity of the edge of the styling device.
A respiratory therapy system comprising: a flow generating arrangement comprising a blower capable of generating simultaneous positive and negative flows; and a non-sealing patient interface comprising a first gas passageway and a second gas passageway, wherein the flow generating arrangement is configured to simultaneously deliver a continuous positive flow of gas through the first gas passageway to a subject's airway in use, and draw gases through the second gas passageway from the subject's airway to the flow generating arrangement in use, wherein the respiratory therapy system is configured to provide a flow rate of the negative flow of gas in use that is sufficient to reduce a concentration of an exhaled gas in a physiological dead space of the subject's airway, and provide the flow rate of the negative flow of gas in use set to a function of the rate of the positive flow of gas. a flow generating arrangement comprising a blower capable of generating simultaneous positive and negative flows; and a non-sealing patient interface comprising a first gas passageway and a second gas passageway, wherein the flow generating arrangement is configured to simultaneously deliver a continuous positive flow of gas through the first gas passageway to a subject's airway in use, and draw gases through the second gas passageway from the subject's airway to the flow generating arrangement in use, wherein the respiratory therapy system is configured to provide a flow rate of the negative flow of gas in use that is sufficient to reduce a concentration of an exhaled gas in a physiological dead space of the subject's airway, and provide the flow rate of the negative flow of gas in use set to a function of the rate of the positive flow of gas. provide a flow rate of the negative flow of gas in use that is sufficient to reduce a concentration of an exhaled gas in a physiological dead space of the subject's airway, and provide the flow rate of the negative flow of gas in use set to a function of the rate of the positive flow of gas.
A lighting device comprising: a light source unit; a first communication unit configured to receive library data from a mobile terminal; a storage unit configured to store the received library data; a second communication unit configured to receive a control message indicating an execution command of a library corresponding to the stored library data from a control device; and a processor configured to control the light source unit to execute said library in accordance with the received control message, wherein the library data includes information on the form of operating the light source unit, in particular, emitting light, blinking or providing vibrations, corresponding to various patterns, and wherein the processor is configured to control an operation timing of the light source unit by sequentially receiving the control message over a predetermined number of times at an initial execution of said library. a light source unit; a first communication unit configured to receive library data from a mobile terminal; a storage unit configured to store the received library data; a second communication unit configured to receive a control message indicating an execution command of a library corresponding to the stored library data from a control device; and a processor configured to control the light source unit to execute said library in accordance with the received control message, wherein the library data includes information on the form of operating the light source unit, in particular, emitting light, blinking or providing vibrations, corresponding to various patterns, and wherein the processor is configured to control an operation timing of the light source unit by sequentially receiving the control message over a predetermined number of times at an initial execution of said library.
A rocket cap comprising an ogive-shaped shell of a first material and a ferrule of a second material for attaching the ogive-shaped shell to a rocket body, the ferrule comprising a sleeve centred on an axis (A-A'), sleeve centred on an axis (A-A'), fitted with the ogive-shaped shell and bonded to the ogive-shaped shell, such that said sleeve has a radial softening adapted to absorb radial thermal expansion of the sleeve, and/or an axial softening adapted to absorb axial thermal expansion of the sleeve; characterised in that the axial relaxation is formed by a corrugation of the sleeve parallel to the axis (A-A'), the sleeve having a corrugated tube shape.