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Method for removing an organic compound from an aqueous solution, comprising the steps a) providing the aqueous solution which contains the organic compound, and a hydrophobic organic solution, wherein the latter comprises a liquid hydrophobic cation exchanger, b) contacting the aqueous solution and the hydrophobic organic solution, and c) separating off the hydrophobic organic solution from the aqueous solution, wherein the liquid hydrophobic cation exchanger is a saturated alkanoic acid having at least one alkyl substituent, which comprises at least 12 carbon atoms, wherein the organic compound is a compound of the formula NR 2 R 3 H + -A- NR 4 R 5 H +, wherein A is an alkylene group having at least three, preferably at least six, particularly preferably eight, carbon atoms, which is preferably unsubstituted and straight-chain, and wherein R 2, R 3 and R 4, and R 5, in each case and independently of one another, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and propyl; wherein the pH in the aqueous solution in step b) is 6 to 8, preferably 6.2 to 7.2. a) providing the aqueous solution which contains the organic compound, and a hydrophobic organic solution, wherein the latter comprises a liquid hydrophobic cation exchanger, b) contacting the aqueous solution and the hydrophobic organic solution, and c) separating off the hydrophobic organic solution from the aqueous solution, wherein the liquid hydrophobic cation exchanger is a saturated alkanoic acid having at least one alkyl substituent, which comprises at least 12 carbon atoms, wherein the organic compound is a compound of the formula NR 2 R 3 H + -A- NR 4 R 5 H +, wherein A is an alkylene group having at least three, preferably at least six, particularly preferably eight, carbon atoms, which is preferably unsubstituted and straight-chain, and wherein R 2, R 3 and R 4, and R 5, in each case and independently of one another, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and propyl; wherein the pH in the aqueous solution in step b) is 6 to 8, preferably 6.2 to 7.2. wherein A is an alkylene group having at least three, preferably at least six, particularly preferably eight, carbon atoms, which is preferably unsubstituted and straight-chain, and wherein R 2, R 3 and R 4, and R 5, in each case and independently of one another, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and propyl; wherein the pH in the aqueous solution in step b) is 6 to 8, preferably 6.2 to 7.2.
An inspection module for inspecting an internal side wall of a vertical structure, comprising any one of a smoke stack, cooling tower or chimney; the module including a carrier for supporting a controller with an associated power source, a cover that is comprised of a set of panels removably securable around the carrier and which is abrasion resistant and insulated against heat transfer and which substantially surrounds and seals the entire carrier against the environment within the structure it is inspecting, and rotational stabilising means comprising a plurality of pivotally adjustable rudders extending from the module, a sensing gyroscope configured to measure rotation of the modular around its longitudinal axis and which is connected to the controller to relay rotational movement measurements to the controller, and a steering gyroscope configured to effect rotation of the module around its longitudinal axis and which is connected to the controller for control of the steering gyroscope in response to measurements from the sensing gyroscope, and with the controller further configured to control the operation of at least one data recording mechanism which includes at least one laser range finder configured to determine the distance from the module to an internal side wall of a vertical structure in which the module is deployed to inspect and to relay distance measurements to the controller, with the module including communication means in the form of a radio transceiver that is configured for communication with a radio transceiver operated remotely by an operator and which forms part of a remote controller for controlling the inspection module, wherein the inspection module is configured to receive input from the data recording mechanism and transmit the input using the communication means to the remote controller and the module is securable to a hoist.
Press belt for producing fibre-containing web material, in particular tissue paper, comprising a starting material contact surface, wherein the press belt has in a longitudinal direction of the belt a tensile strength of at least 20 kN/m, preferably at least 30 kN/m, even more preferably at least 50 kN/m, most preferably at least 70 kN/m, and wherein the press belt is constructed in the region of its starting material contact surface with yarn and/or fibre material of which at least 60%, preferably at least 80%, most preferably approximately 100%, has a fineness of between 44 dtex and 1.7 dtex, preferably of at most 17 dtex, more preferably at most 11 dtex or at most only 6 dtex, especially preferably at most 3 dtex.
A board game apparatus comprising: • a plurality of playing pieces and • a board having a plurality of playing piece receptacles, each receptacle having: • a playing piece support, • a depression, and a fulcrum between the support and the depression,the arrangement being such that pressing part of the playing piece into the depression lifts another part for lifting of the piece from the receptacle, wherein: • each receptacle is bordered on each side by a recess, and • each recess is complementary in shape to the playing pieces. • a plurality of playing pieces and • a board having a plurality of playing piece receptacles, each receptacle having: • a playing piece support, • a depression, and • a playing piece support, • a depression, and • each receptacle is bordered on each side by a recess, and • each recess is complementary in shape to the playing pieces.
A method for partitioning a western language characters image for image watermarking, comprising: partitioning the western language characters image along rows and columns to form a plurality of character image blocks; identifying non-punctuation image blocks from the formed character image blocks, wherein the formed plurality of character image blocks are differentiated into punctuation image blocks and non-punctuation image blocks; counting sizes of the non-punctuation image blocks to determine if the image corresponds to a document with a large font size or a small font size smaller than the large font size; dividing consecutive words in a row in the image into a plurality of groups of words, wherein each group in the document with large font size has different numbers of words from the document with small font size; and dividing equally cach of the word groups into multiple portions of a same width wherein each of the multiple portions corresponds to one of watermark image blocks on which a watermark embedding and extracting process is performed; wherein the same width of each portion is determined as a sum of widths of each non-punctuation image block in the word group divided by a preset number, and the step of counting comprises a step of calculating Hs by rule of Hs = h 1 + h 2 + ⋯ + h m m, where, h 1, h 2,...,h m respectively are heights of the non-punctuation image blocks 1, 2,..., m in the rows, determining that the row has large font size if Hs ≥ Th size, determining that the row has small font size if Hs<Th size, where Th size is a preset threshold, counting the number N large of the rows with large font size and the number N small of the rows with small font size, determining that the image corresponds to a document with large font size if N large ≥N small determining that the image corresponds to a document with small font size if N large <N small. partitioning the western language characters image along rows and columns to form a plurality of character image blocks; identifying non-punctuation image blocks from the formed character image blocks, wherein the formed plurality of character image blocks are differentiated into punctuation image blocks and non-punctuation image blocks; counting sizes of the non-punctuation image blocks to determine if the image corresponds to a document with a large font size or a small font size smaller than the large font size; dividing consecutive words in a row in the image into a plurality of groups of words, wherein each group in the document with large font size has different numbers of words from the document with small font size; and dividing equally cach of the word groups into multiple portions of a same width wherein each of the multiple portions corresponds to one of watermark image blocks on which a watermark embedding and extracting process is performed; wherein
A drive system for a washing machine comprising: a housing; a motor disposed on one side of the housing; a rotor shaft coupled to the motor and bearing-coupled to the housing; an output shaft bearing-coupled to the housing, and wherein at least part of the output shaft is disposed in the rotor shaft; a planetary gear set wherein a part of the planetary gear set is spline-coupled to the rotor shaft, and another part of the planetary gear set is spline-coupled to the output shaft; an actuator configured to move the planetary gear set in a vertical direction; a first bearing disposed between the output shaft and the housing; and a second bearing disposed between the rotor shaft and the housing, wherein when the planetary gear set is moved to one side, a part of the planetary gear set is coupled to the rotor shaft configured to transmit a rotational force of the rotor shaft to the output shaft at a ratio of 1:1, and when the planetary gear set is moved to other side, another part of the planetary gear set is coupled to the housing and is configured to reduce and transmit the rotational force of the rotor shaft to the output shaft at a gear ratio of n:1, and wherein the planetary gear set is disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing. a housing; a motor disposed on one side of the housing; a rotor shaft coupled to the motor and bearing-coupled to the housing; an output shaft bearing-coupled to the housing, and wherein at least part of the output shaft is disposed in the rotor shaft; a planetary gear set wherein a part of the planetary gear set is spline-coupled to the rotor shaft, and another part of the planetary gear set is spline-coupled to the output shaft; an actuator configured to move the planetary gear set in a vertical direction; a first bearing disposed between the output shaft and the housing; and a second bearing disposed between the rotor shaft and the housing, wherein when the planetary gear set is moved to one side, a part of the planetary gear set is coupled to the rotor shaft configured to transmit a rotational force of the rotor shaft to the output shaft at a ratio of 1:1, and when the planetary gear set is moved to other side, another part of the planetary gear set is coupled to the housing and is configured to reduce and transmit the rotational force of the rotor shaft to the output shaft at a gear ratio of n:1, and wherein the planetary gear set is disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing.
Patient-specific surgical instrumentation (1; 101) for preparing the patient's femur, including a patient-specific femoral block (10; 110), which defines a fixed bearing surface (10A; 11A) on the femur, configured to be specifically adjusted to the femur, but characterized in that the instrumentation also includes a mechanical system (20; 120) for adjusting to the external-internal rotation of the femur, this adjustment system being, during use, partially fixedly connected to the femoral block (10; 110).
A method of detecting presence of process water in a pump of a domestic appliance, comprising the steps of: operating the pump to rotate in a first direction; recording a first response of the pump rotating in the first direction based on a measured pump operation parameter; operating the pump to rotate in a second direction; recording a second response of the pump rotating in the second direction based on the measured pump operation parameter; comparing the first response and the second response; and determining the presence of process water in the pump based on the comparison of the first and second response. operating the pump to rotate in a first direction; recording a first response of the pump rotating in the first direction based on a measured pump operation parameter; operating the pump to rotate in a second direction; recording a second response of the pump rotating in the second direction based on the measured pump operation parameter; comparing the first response and the second response; and determining the presence of process water in the pump based on the comparison of the first and second response.
A method for testing a temperature sensor, which sensor comprises a temperature-dependent resistor with a resistance R and has a negative temperature coefficient, characterised in that the method comprises the steps of A - determining the resistance R of the resistor R2 at a first time t1 and calling it R t1, B - applying to the resistor R2 a voltage pulse with a predetermined amplitude U T and a predetermined duration T, C - determining the resistance R of the resistor R2 after the voltage pulse at a second time t2 and calling it R t2, D - determining the resistance R of R2 after time t2, E - determining at least one measured value of a parameter which represents the change in the resistance after time t2, and F - generating on the basis of said measured value an information signal which is representative of the temperature sensor's function. in which said measuring parameter is an amount of time t after time t2 and in which step E comprises - calculating the absolute value of the resistance difference ΔR = |R t1 - R t2 |, - calculating R a = R t2 + a × ΔR, where a is a predetermined constant between 0 and 1, and - determining a measured value t a when the measured resistance R is equal to R a A - determining the resistance R of the resistor R2 at a first time t1 and calling it R t1, B - applying to the resistor R2 a voltage pulse with a predetermined amplitude U T and a predetermined duration T, C - determining the resistance R of the resistor R2 after the voltage pulse at a second time t2 and calling it R t2, D - determining the resistance R of R2 after time t2, E - determining at least one measured value of a parameter which represents the change in the resistance after time t2, and F - generating on the basis of said measured value an information signal which is representative of the temperature sensor's function. - calculating the absolute value of the resistance difference ΔR = |R t1 - R t2 |, - calculating R a = R t2 + a × ΔR, where a is a predetermined constant between 0 and 1, and - determining a measured value t a when the measured resistance R is equal to R a
Method for producing a brush seal having inclined bristles, comprising at least the following steps: - providing a brush blank with at least one metal thread or wire pack which is fastened at or in at least one wire core; - locally at least partially heating at least the wire core and/or a portion of the thread or wire pack that adjoins the wire core; - bending the thread or wire pack relative to the wire core to create the inclined position of the bristles of the brush seal, characterized in that the wire core and/or the portion of the thread or wire pack that adjoins the wire core is heated locally, at least in part in a conductive manner, by means of a current flow through the wire core. - providing a brush blank with at least one metal thread or wire pack which is fastened at or in at least one wire core; - locally at least partially heating at least the wire core and/or a portion of the thread or wire pack that adjoins the wire core; - bending the thread or wire pack relative to the wire core to create the inclined position of the bristles of the brush seal,
Open-loop and closed-loop control method for a supercharged internal combustion engine, in which in a high-performance range the charge air is fed in a pre-compressed state to the internal combustion engine, via a two-stage supercharging process composed of a low-pressure stage and a high-pressure stage, by means of exhaust-gas turbochargers (3, 4, 5), each with a compressor for conveying charge air and a turbine to which exhaust gas is applied, and in which in a low-performance range the charge air which is pre-compressed by means of the two-stage supercharging process is fed to the internal combustion engine after having been post-compressed by means of a compressor as a third supercharging stage, wherein in the low-performance range the charge pressure (pLL) is closed-loop controlled by calculating a control error (ep) composed of the setpoint charge pressure (pLL) and the actual charge pressure (pLL), a turbine bypass valve for bypassing the high-pressure turbine is closed, and a compressor bypass valve for bypassing the compressor is actuated as a function of the control error (ep), and wherein the charge pressure (pLL) is closed-loop controlled in the high-performance range by opening the compressor bypass valve, and the turbine bypass valve is actuated in order to bypass the high-pressure turbine as a function of the control error (ep).
Combustion engine with a cylinder, a piston guided in movement within the cylinder, a crankshaft and a connecting rod connecting the piston to a crank pin of the crankshaft, wherein inside the connecting rod end of the connecting rod an eccentric sleeve is supported so that it can rotate accommodating the crank pin so that it can rotate, which can be locked in at least two rotational alignments in relation to the connecting rod by means of a locking device, and wherein a coupling device is provided acting with a force fit, is connectable to the crankshaft temporarily by means of the eccentric sleeve, to twist about the eccentric sleeve relative to the connecting rod, characterised in that the crankshaft and the eccentric sleeve respectively exhibit a coupling surface, that form a coupling gap with a gap width decreasing in a radial direction, wherein a coupling element can be brought into a first and a second position that differ with respect to the radial position inside the coupling gap and therefore with respect to the contact pressure between the coupling element and the coupling surfaces.
A position detector for a movable fitting, the movable fitting being carried by an edge (5; 6) belonging to a leaf or to a frame of a framework such as a door, window or shutter, the detector comprising: • a housing, which in a use configuration of the detector is designed to be attached to the edge (5; 6); • a rod, which comprises a sensing end, extending outside the housing, and an inner end, extending inside the housing, the sensing end being traversed by a longitudinal axis of the housing so that, in the use configuration, the rod can be moved in translation with respect to the housing along the longitudinal axis, by the action of the movable fitting on the sensing end; • electronic means, which comprise: ◆ a sensor system (57, 98, 99), generating position information as a function of the translational position of the rod relative to the housing, and ◆ a transmitter of the position information; characterised in that the detector has a mounting configuration and comprises a removable wedge, which: • in the mounting configuration: ◆ is mechanically connected with the rod via the sensing end; and ◆ rests on the housing to hold the rod stationary relative to the housing in a predetermined mounting position; and • in the use configuration, does not oppose the translational movement of the rod relative to the housing. • a housing, which in a use configuration of the detector is designed to be attached to the edge (5; 6); • a rod, which comprises a sensing end, extending outside the housing, and an inner end, extending inside the housing, the sensing end being traversed by a longitudinal axis of the housing so that, in the use configuration, the rod can be moved in translation with respect to the housing along the longitudinal axis, by the action of the movable fitting on the sensing end; • electronic means, which comprise: ◆ a sensor system (57, 98, 99), generating position information as a function of the translational position of the rod relative to the housing, and ◆ a transmitter of the position information; ◆ a sensor system (57, 98, 99), generating position information as a function of the translational position of the rod relative to the housing, and ◆ a transmitter of the position information; • in the mounting configuration: ◆ is mechanically connected with the rod via the sensing end; and ◆ rests on the housing to hold the rod stationary relative to the housing in a predetermined mounting position; and ◆ is mechanically connected with the rod via the sensing end; and ◆ rests on the housing to hold the rod stationary relative to the housing in a predetermined mounting position; and • in the use configuration, does not oppose the translational movement of the rod relative to the housing.
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a power supply unit to generate DC power; a plurality of function units to perform functions of the image forming apparatus; a control unit to control operation of the plurality of function units; a switching unit to receive DC power of the power supply unit and to switch power provided to the control unit and the plurality of function units; and a power management unit to receive DC power from the power supply unit and to control switching operation of the switching unit according to an operation mode of the image forming apparatus;wherein the switching unit comprises: a converter to convert DC power from the power supply unit having one level into DC power of another level; and a plurality of switching elements to provide DC power from the power supply unit and converted DC power from the converter to the control unit and a plurality of function units, respectively, characterised in that the power management unit controls the plurality of switching elements to be turned on sequentially in a wake-up mode so that DC power generated by the power supply unit 110 does not drop. a power supply unit to generate DC power; a plurality of function units to perform functions of the image forming apparatus; a control unit to control operation of the plurality of function units; a switching unit to receive DC power of the power supply unit and to switch power provided to the control unit and the plurality of function units; and a converter to convert DC power from the power supply unit having one level into DC power of another level; and a plurality of switching elements to provide DC power from the power supply unit and converted DC power from the converter to the control unit and a plurality of function units, respectively, characterised in that the power management unit controls the plurality of switching elements to be turned on sequentially in a wake-up mode so that DC power generated by the power supply unit 110 does not drop.