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A fluidic cartridge device comprising a fluid packaging device, said fluid packaging device comprising: a storage compartment; a fluid stored in the storage compartment; a first aperture on the storage compartment, wherein the first aperture is initially sealed or closed before the use of the device and configured to be opened to receive a pneumatic pressure; and a second aperture on the storage compartment, wherein the second aperture is initially sealed or closed before the use of the device and configured to be opened to allow the fluid exiting or entering the storage compartment via the opened second aperture, wherein the fluid packaging device is configured for transferring at least a portion of the fluid stored in the storage compartment to form a sample mixture with at least a portion of a sample received in the fluidic cartridge device, characterized in that the fluid packaging device is configured to transfer at least a portion of the sample received in the fluidic cartridge device into the storage compartment via the opened second aperture. a storage compartment; a fluid stored in the storage compartment; a first aperture on the storage compartment, wherein the first aperture is initially sealed or closed before the use of the device and configured to be opened to receive a pneumatic pressure; and a second aperture on the storage compartment, wherein the second aperture is initially sealed or closed before the use of the device and configured to be opened to allow the fluid exiting or entering the storage compartment via the opened second aperture,
A polymer comprising 2-(7-benzothiazolyl-9,9-disubstituted fluorene) structural units of the formula wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, or an -Si 3 group wherein R is an alkyl group; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxyl, nitrile, halogen, chloro, bromo, fluoro, and nitro; x has the value of from zero up to the number of hydrogens available for substitution on the aromatic ring; Z and Q are each independently a group which is in conjugation with both the fluorene group and the benzothiazole group and are each independently selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted phenyl, ethenyl, substituted ethenyl, and fluorenyl; and the parameters j and k each independently have the value of 0-1.
Process for teaching a vacuum laminating device for laminating a foil element on a carrier part, wherein, during the teaching process, grippers of the vacuum laminating device involved in a laminating process are manually guided and arranged in designated working positions, designated intermediate positions and/or designated end positions in advance outside an automated laminating process, the designated working positions, designated intermediate positions and/or designated end positions, into which the grippers for gripping the foil element are later moved for laminating the foil element, are determined and taught by means of electronically read-in CAD data of the carrier part and of the foil element in the method for teaching.
A device having a visual user interface enabling a user to select one of one or more displayed objects (O1, 02, 03, 04) as an activatable object by displaying a cursor having a cursor area, the device comprising - a cursor control facility for controlling display of the cursor, - a calculating facility for performing a calculation for each object that is at least partly within the cursor area - wherein the cursor control facility is arranged for adapting a size of the cursor dependent on the calculation, characterized in that the calculation involves calculating a coverage fraction (ω oi) indicative of the fraction of said each object (Oi) covered by the cursor and summing these coverage fractions to obtain a coverage indicator, and in that the cursor control facility is arranged for adapting a size of the cursor to a size that achieves a predetermined value for the coverage indicator and in that the object having the highest relative coverage is determined as the activatable object. - a cursor control facility for controlling display of the cursor, - a calculating facility for performing a calculation for each object that is at least partly within the cursor area - wherein the cursor control facility is arranged for adapting a size of the cursor dependent on the calculation,
A method of illuminating a test sample, comprising: providing an illumination apparatus (102, 702) having a plurality of controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D), each having an emission wavelength; providing a test vessel (103; 703i-703iii) containing the test sample; turning on all of the controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D) and providing a constant current to each of the plurality of controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D) for a time sufficient to ensure that any transients have died out and that the intensity of each of the plurality of light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D) has become substantially constant; then turning off all but a single one of the plurality of controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D); receiving a changed light signal at a single detector (107, 707) from the single one light source passed through the test sample; and repeatedly turning off all but a single other light source until readings at all wavelengths of interest are obtained. providing an illumination apparatus (102, 702) having a plurality of controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D), each having an emission wavelength; providing a test vessel (103; 703i-703iii) containing the test sample; turning on all of the controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D) and providing a constant current to each of the plurality of controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D) for a time sufficient to ensure that any transients have died out and that the intensity of each of the plurality of light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D) has become substantially constant; then turning off all but a single one of the plurality of controllable light sources (108A-108D; 708A-708D); receiving a changed light signal at a single detector (107, 707) from the single one light source passed through the test sample; and repeatedly turning off all but a single other light source until readings at all wavelengths of interest are obtained.
A received electrical power control method comprising: acquiring (S103, S104) actual received electrical power amounts that are actual values of the electrical power amounts received at power receiving points from an electrical power system in an elapsed period of a predetermined period, and predicted received electrical power amounts that are predicted values of the electrical power amounts to be received at the power receiving points from the electrical power system in a remaining period of the predetermined period; determining a total received electrical power amount in the predetermined period based on the actual received electrical power amounts and the predicted received electrical power amounts; determining a total control amount that is a difference between a total received electrical power target amount and the total received electrical power amount; determining a control amount for each of the power receiving points based on the total control amount; determining a target value, for each power receiving point, the target value is a difference between the predicted received electrical power amount for the power receiving point and the control amount for the power receiving point; determining an instruction value for one or more electrical instruments connected with the power receiving point based on the target value. acquiring (S103, S104) actual received electrical power amounts that are actual values of the electrical power amounts received at power receiving points from an electrical power system in an elapsed period of a predetermined period, and predicted received electrical power amounts that are predicted values of the electrical power amounts to be received at the power receiving points from the electrical power system in a remaining period of the predetermined period; determining a total received electrical power amount in the predetermined period based on the actual received electrical power amounts and the predicted received electrical power amounts; determining a total control amount that is a difference between a total received electrical power target amount and the total received electrical power amount; determining a control amount for each of the power receiving points based on the total control amount; determining a target value, for each power receiving point, the target value is a difference between the predicted received electrical power amount for the power receiving point and the control amount for the power receiving point; determining an instruction value for one or more electrical instruments connected with the power receiving point based on the target value.
Device for regulating the temperature of an electric element that is able to heat up, the said device comprising a dielectric-fluid circuit, the said circuit comprising sprinkling means for sprinkling the surface of the said element using the said dielectric fluid, and a dielectric-fluid reservoir, the reservoir comprising a main volume, the said main volume being intended for containing the said electric element that is able to heat up, the device being characterized in that the reservoir moreover comprises an ancillary volume for storing dielectric fluid, the said ancillary volume being fluidically connected to the said sprinkling means, the said ancillary volume being at least partially peripheral with respect to the main volume.
A method of preparing fluorinated organic compounds comprising: contacting 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene and/or 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane with a halogenating agent comprising hydrogen fluoride in the presence of at least one catalyst and at least one stabilizer selected from the group consisting of 4-tert-amylphenol, methoxy-hydroquinone, 4-methoxyphenol (HQMME), butylated hydroxy anisole, thymol, an amine-based stabilizer selected from triethylamine, di-isopropyl amine, and combinations thereof under conditions effective to produce 2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoropropene (HCFC-1233xf) and the method further comprises converting the 2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoropropene into tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf).
A laundry appliance comprising: a blower configured to direct process air along an airflow path; an evaporator configured to dehumidify the process air and to remove condensate from the process air; a heat exchange plate that is disposed within the airflow path and that supports the evaporator from below and within the airflow path, wherein the heat exchange plate is configured to receive the condensate from the process air; and a sloped area of the heat exchange plate configured to direct the condensate downward and along the heat exchange plate to a condensate drain, wherein the sloped area includes a directing surface configured to block the process air from pushing the condensate upward and away from the condensate drain, characterized in that the directing surface includes a plurality of baffles, positioned at an angle with respect to the condensate drain, that define a meandering drain within the sloped area. a blower configured to direct process air along an airflow path; an evaporator configured to dehumidify the process air and to remove condensate from the process air; a heat exchange plate that is disposed within the airflow path and that supports the evaporator from below and within the airflow path, wherein the heat exchange plate is configured to receive the condensate from the process air; and a sloped area of the heat exchange plate configured to direct the condensate downward and along the heat exchange plate to a condensate drain, wherein the sloped area includes a directing surface configured to block the process air from pushing the condensate upward and away from the condensate drain, characterized in that the directing surface includes a plurality of baffles, positioned at an angle with respect to the condensate drain, that define a meandering drain within the sloped area.
Method for controlling a mechanism with asymmetrical behaviour, the mechanism comprising a first operating direction (F+) and a second operating direction (F-), each direction having a different reaction to a similar control signal (x_com), the control method making it possible to generate, with the aid of a control module of a computer, a control signal (x_com) from a setpoint signal (x_cons), in which: - when the setpoint signal (x_cons) indicates to operate the mechanism in the first direction (F+), the control module applies a first corrector to the setpoint signal (x_cons) to generate a control signal (x_com), and - when the setpoint signal (x_cons) indicates to operate the mechanism in the second direction (F-), the control module applies a second corrector to the setpoint signal (x_cons) to generate a control signal (x_com) and wherein the first and second correctors (100, 200) have different parameters (Kp1, Kp2, Ti1, Ti2), in order to compensate for the asymmetric behaviour of the mechanism, characterized in that one operating direction (F+, F-) is slower in response than the other and that the corrector associated with the slower operating direction (F+) is a faster corrector than the corrector associated with the slower operating direction. - when the setpoint signal (x_cons) indicates to operate the mechanism in the first direction (F+), the control module applies a first corrector to the setpoint signal (x_cons) to generate a control signal (x_com), and - when the setpoint signal (x_cons) indicates to operate the mechanism in the second direction (F-), the control module applies a second corrector to the setpoint signal (x_cons) to generate a control signal (x_com) and wherein the first and second correctors (100, 200) have different parameters (Kp1, Kp2, Ti1, Ti2), in order to compensate for the asymmetric behaviour of the mechanism, characterized in that one operating direction (F+, F-) is slower in response than the other and that the corrector associated with the slower operating direction (F+) is a faster corrector than the corrector associated with the slower operating direction.
A tapping machine, for tapping perforated products such as nuts, bushings or the like, said tapping machine comprising a spindle on the longitudinal axis of which a tapping tool is rotatably mounted which tapping tool is provided with a stem having a longitudinal axis and a head having a threading to be inserted inside an appropriate hole afforded in a perforated product to be threaded, said tapping machine further comprising pusher devices for pushing a perforated product against the threading surface of the tapping tool, said machine further comprising an anti-vibration centring group which acts by contact on the stem of the tapping tool, substantially constraining the tapping tool in a radial direction, preventing a de-alignment of the longitudinal axis of the stem of the tapping tool and maintaining freedom of rotation thereof, the machine being characterised in that the anti-vibration centring group comprises a gripping group provided with a pair of jaws able to close about the external surface of the stem of the tapping tool without blocking the rotary movement of the stem, whereby the gripping group is selectively movable along the stem of the tapping tool in a parallel direction to the longitudinal axis of said stem, in that it further comprises an easily replaceable fixed bushing, arranged inside the spindle, arranged with very strict tolerances about the machined perforated products which are configured to be displaced on the stem of the tapping tool, with the aim of further preventing vibrations on the stem of the tapping tool, and in that it further comprises an anti-return device of the nuts, which is configured to prevent the machined perforated products from returning towards the tapping zone.
A device for heating a washing liquid in a washing machine, in particular a dishwasher, in which a washing chamber is defined, the device comprising: a hollow body with a thermally-conductive wall which is to be contacted by a flow of liquid and by a flow of air for use in the washing chamber, and with an electrical resistance heater for heating said flows of liquid and air is associated, the electrical resistance heater connected in a heat exchanging arrangement with said thermally-conductive wall; the device being characterized in that inside said body, which has a general tubular configuration, are defined a first duct and a further or second duct, separated from one another by said thermally-conductive wall, for the passage of the liquid flow and the air-flow, respectively; said liquid flow heater being disposed in said further or second duct for the air flow. a hollow body with a thermally-conductive wall which is to be contacted by a flow of liquid and by a flow of air for use in the washing chamber, and with an electrical resistance heater for heating said flows of liquid and air is associated, the electrical resistance heater connected in a heat exchanging arrangement with said thermally-conductive wall; the device being characterized in that inside said body, which has a general tubular configuration, are defined a first duct and a further or second duct, separated from one another by said thermally-conductive wall, for the passage of the liquid flow and the air-flow, respectively; said liquid flow heater being disposed in said further or second duct for the air flow.
An optoelectronic sensor for detecting and determining the distance of an object in a monitoring region, the sensor having at least one image sensor and having an evaluation unit which can generate a three-dimensional image from data from the image sensor, wherein a recognition unit is arranged for detecting the object in the three-dimensional image and for determining a distance of the object from the three-dimensional image data, wherein the image sensor and the evaluation unit are arranged for determining a first three-dimensional image and a second three-dimensional image by applying two different measuring principles, namely: - at least a first and a second image sensor (12, 12') are provided which can respectively image the monitoring area as a first and a second image, and the evaluation unit has a stereoscopy evaluation unit which can generate a three-dimensional stereoscopy image of the monitoring area from the first and the second image, and - an illumination is provided for generating a structured illumination pattern, and the evaluation unit has a triangulation evaluation unit which can generate a three-dimensional triangulation image of the monitoring area from the data of the image sensor and a comparison unit is adapted to check the plausibility of the first three-dimensional image based on the second three-dimensional image and/or to calculate a three-dimensional image averaged with a reliability measure from the first and second three-dimensional images, wherein the sensor is adapted to generate a shutdown signal for a machine protected by the sensor when the sensor detects that a protected area is violated. - at least a first and a second image sensor (12, 12') are provided which can respectively image the monitoring area as a first and a second image, and the evaluation unit has a stereoscopy evaluation unit which can generate a three-dimensional stereoscopy image of the monitoring area from the first and the second image, and - an illumination is provided for generating a structured illumination pattern, and the evaluation unit has a triangulation evaluation unit which can generate a three-dimensional triangulation image of the monitoring area from the data of the image sensor
A resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a main component, the copolymer being produced using an azonitrile polymerization initiator, wherein the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer has an ethylene unit content from 20 to 60 mol% and a degree of saponification of 85 mol% or more, the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer consists of copolymerized units of ethylene, vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol, an amount of nitrogen elements derived from the polymerization initiator is from 5 to 60 ppm, and a ratio (NF/NI) of an amount of nitrogen elements contained in a dried solid obtained by an operation below to the amount of nitrogen elements is from 0.65 to 0.99. Operation: a solution of 5 g of the resin composition dissolved in 100 g of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol is dropped in 1000 g of methanol under stirring and a precipitation thus produced is separated and then dried to obtain the dried solid, wherein the amount of nitrogen elements and the amount of nitrogen elements are determined according to the method disclosed in the experimental part of the specification. the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer has an ethylene unit content from 20 to 60 mol% and a degree of saponification of 85 mol% or more, the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer consists of copolymerized units of ethylene, vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol, an amount of nitrogen elements derived from the polymerization initiator is from 5 to 60 ppm, and a ratio (NF/NI) of an amount of nitrogen elements contained in a dried solid obtained by an operation below to the amount of nitrogen elements is from 0.65 to 0.99. Operation: a solution of 5 g of the resin composition dissolved in 100 g of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol is dropped in 1000 g of methanol under stirring and a precipitation thus produced is separated and then dried to obtain the dried solid, wherein the amount of nitrogen elements and the amount of nitrogen elements are determined according to the method disclosed in the experimental part of the specification.
A method, comprising: - sensing (100, 102, 104) a signal (PH, A*PH, PH_F) indicative of magnetization of a winding in a dynamoelectric machine, - applying the signal sensed (PH_F) to a window comparator having a comparator window between upper (V REPH) and lower (V REFL) thresholds and generating window exit signals (i_ph_out_h, i_ph_out_l) indicative of the signal sensed (PH_F) exiting the comparator window (V REPH, V REFL) of the window comparator, characterised in that the method comprises: - generating a slowed-down replica signal (PH_S) of the signal sensed (PH_F), - updating the comparator window (V REPH, V REFL) of the window comparator as a function of said replica signal (PH_S), and - issuing a wake-up signal (o_wake_phase) towards a control device of the dynamoelectric machine as a result of one of said window exit signals (i_ph_out_h, i_ph_out_l) indicating (4010, 4014) the signal sensed (PH_F) exiting the comparator window (V REPH, V REFL) of the window comparator for a time duration in excess of a duration threshold (TP SR), wherein the wake-up signal (o_wake_phase) comprises a signal intended to prompt a wake-up event of the control device from a stand-by state, the signal being recognized as valid over spurious signals by fulfilling both amplitude and timing criteria. - sensing (100, 102, 104) a signal (PH, A*PH, PH_F) indicative of magnetization of a winding in a dynamoelectric machine, - applying the signal sensed (PH_F) to a window comparator having a comparator window between upper (V REPH) and lower (V REFL) thresholds and generating window exit signals (i_ph_out_h, i_ph_out_l) indicative of the signal sensed (PH_F) exiting the comparator window (V REPH, V REFL) of the window comparator, - generating a slowed-down replica signal (PH_S) of the signal sensed (PH_F), - updating the comparator window (V REPH, V REFL) of the window comparator as a function of said replica signal (PH_S), and - issuing a wake-up signal (o_wake_phase) towards a control device of the dynamoelectric machine as a result of one of said window exit signals (i_ph_out_h, i_ph_out_l) indicating (4010, 4014) the signal sensed (PH_F) exiting the comparator window (V REPH, V REFL) of the window comparator for a time duration in excess of a duration threshold (TP SR),