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A reinforcing fiber bundle which contains a propylene-based resin, a propylene-based resin comprising at least a carboxylic acid salt bonded to the polymer chain, and a reinforcing fiber wherein the propylene-based resin comprises more than 70% by mass but not more than 100% by mass of a component (A-1) having a weight average molecular weight of 150,000 or more, wherein weight average molecular weight is determined by the GPC method described in the Description, and 0 to 30% by mass of a component (A-2) having a weight average molecular weight of less than 150,000, provided that the sum of the component (A-1) and the component (A-2) is 100% by mass, the weight average molecular weight of the propylene-based resin is higher than the weight average molecular weight of the propylene-based resin, the amount of the propylene-based resin is 3 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the propylene-based resin, and the total content rate of the propylene-based resin and the propylene-based resin is 0.3 to 5% by mass in the whole reinforcing fiber bundle. the propylene-based resin comprises more than 70% by mass but not more than 100% by mass of a component (A-1) having a weight average molecular weight of 150,000 or more, wherein weight average molecular weight is determined by the GPC method described in the Description, and 0 to 30% by mass of a component (A-2) having a weight average molecular weight of less than 150,000, provided that the sum of the component (A-1) and the component (A-2) is 100% by mass, the weight average molecular weight of the propylene-based resin is higher than the weight average molecular weight of the propylene-based resin, the amount of the propylene-based resin is 3 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the propylene-based resin, and the total content rate of the propylene-based resin and the propylene-based resin is 0.3 to 5% by mass in the whole reinforcing fiber bundle.
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier for carrying a toner image; a drive device for driving the image carrier at a predetermined speed; a transfer device for nipping a recording sheet with a rotary member at a position opposed to the image carrier and for transferring the toner image on the image carrier onto the recording sheet; a detection device for detecting a variation of a speed of the image carrier given by a vibration; a memory section for storing various types of data; and a control device; characterized in that the memory section is configured to store data relating to a variation cancel waveform required to generate a reverse variation having a phase reverse to the phase of the variation given by the vibration; the control device is configured to give instructions to produce a variation cancel waveform required to generate a reverse variation having a phase which is reverse to the phase of a variation given by a vibration produced at a time of passage of a first recording sheet between the image carrier and the transfer device (S406, S407), and give instructions to apply the variation cancel waveform to the drive device, when a second recording sheet, which comes next to the first recording sheet, passes between the image carrier and the transfer device (S408, S409). an image carrier for carrying a toner image; a drive device for driving the image carrier at a predetermined speed; a transfer device for nipping a recording sheet with a rotary member at a position opposed to the image carrier and for transferring the toner image on the image carrier onto the recording sheet; a detection device for detecting a variation of a speed of the image carrier given by a vibration; a memory section for storing various types of data; and a control device; characterized in that the memory section is configured to store data relating to a variation cancel waveform required to generate a reverse variation having a phase reverse to the phase of the variation given by the vibration; the control device is configured to give instructions to produce a variation cancel waveform required to generate a reverse variation having a phase which is reverse to the phase of a variation given by a vibration produced at a time of passage of a first recording sheet between the image carrier and the transfer device (S406, S407), and give instructions to apply the variation cancel waveform to the drive device, when a second recording sheet, which comes next to the first recording sheet, passes between the image carrier and the transfer device (S408, S409).
Method for manufacturing a composite cement comprising the steps: • providing a cement raw meal, • preheating the cement raw meal to provide preheated cement raw meal, • precalcination of the preheated cement raw meal to provide precalcined cement raw meal, • sintering the precalcined cement raw meal in a rotary kiln to provide the cement clinker, and • cooling the cement clinker in a cooler, wherein a zeolite is added with a gas tight valve to the clinker in the cooler at a position where the temperature of the clinker causes a heating of the added zeolite to a temperature in the range from 600 to 800 °C, with feeding and dosage of the zeolite being accomplished by a transport device with mass flow sensor and the gas tight valve, which has two flaps of which only one is open at a time such that • while an upper flap is open, zeolite enters the valve, • after closing the upper flap, the lower flap opens, and the zeolite falls down onto the clinker travelling in the cooler, • then the lower flap closes, and • the cycle is repeated. • providing a cement raw meal, • preheating the cement raw meal to provide preheated cement raw meal, • precalcination of the preheated cement raw meal to provide precalcined cement raw meal, • sintering the precalcined cement raw meal in a rotary kiln to provide the cement clinker, and • cooling the cement clinker in a cooler, • while an upper flap is open, zeolite enters the valve, • after closing the upper flap, the lower flap opens, and the zeolite falls down onto the clinker travelling in the cooler, • then the lower flap closes, and • the cycle is repeated.
Device for harvesting asparagus growing from an asparagus field, comprising a frame displaceable over the asparagus field by means of drive means, which frame is at least provided with movable cutting means for cutting the asparagus to be harvested close to the surface of the field, the device further comprising discharge means for discharging the cut asparagus, and stabilizing means structured for orienting and stabilizing the asparagus in a straight orientation relative to the cutting means, the stabilizing means comprising a rotatable shaft arranged in the frame and parallel to the asparagus field, as well as plurality of asparagus-contact elements placed on the shaft, characterized in that the asparagus-contact elements are made of a flexible material and designed as brush elements. discharge means for discharging the cut asparagus, and stabilizing means structured for orienting and stabilizing the asparagus in a straight orientation relative to the cutting means, the stabilizing means comprising a rotatable shaft arranged in the frame and parallel to the asparagus field, as well as plurality of asparagus-contact elements placed on the shaft, characterized in that the asparagus-contact elements are made of a flexible material and designed as brush elements.
A method for etching Carbon Nanotube sheet material for electrical circuit and thin film thermal structures, comprising: forming a mask on a sheet of electrically conductive CNT material; and electrochemically removing unmasked portions of the CNT material; wherein the mask is electrically conductive and wherein the mask is removed electrochemically. forming a mask on a sheet of electrically conductive CNT material; and electrochemically removing unmasked portions of the CNT material; wherein the mask is electrically conductive and wherein the mask is removed electrochemically.
Overvoltage protection device, based on spark gaps, for low-voltage applications, comprising at least two main electrodes (1; 2) located in a pressure-tight housing and at least one auxiliary ignition electrode, wherein, in the housing volume, a functional assembly for reducing the spark gap response voltage is accommodated which is connected to one of the main electrodes (1; 2) and the auxiliary ignition electrode, wherein the functional assembly for reducing the spark gap response voltage consists of a series connection of a voltage switching element, an impedance and an isolating distance (e 2), which series connection is fully integrated into the pressure-tight housing and is located outside the arc combustion chamber and connected to the first main electrode, wherein the isolating distance (e 2) is formed by the distance from the auxiliary ignition electrode to the closest second main electrode, and the response voltage of the isolating distance (e 2) is equal or less than the response voltage of the voltage switching element, so that, in the event of overvoltage occurring which exceeds the sum of the response voltages of the switching element and the isolating distance (e 2), a current will flow from the first of the main electrodes via the impedance to the second main electrode, with the consequence that the arc bridging the isolating distance (e 2) will provide charge carriers for the immediate ionization of the separating distance between the main electrodes (1; 2), whereby the dielectric strength of said separating distance is reduced and, due to the voltage drop at the impedance increasing with the current, the reduced dielectric strength of the isolating distance is exceeded, whereby the desired igniting of the spark gap takes place.
A locking mechanism comprising a first part and a second part, the first part and second part being securable together by way of at least one locking member carried by the first part, the locking member(s) being driven into its locking position by an actuator which is in turn driven by a key-operated lock carried by the first part, the first part having a first end portion, the first part having a second end opposed to its first end portion, the first part having a recess in its second end which is adapted to accommodate the key-operated lock and the actuator, the actuator having a cammed section whereby rotation of the actuator causes radial movement of the locking member(s), the actuator having a first support plate located between the cammed section and the key-operated lock and a second support plate located to the opposed side of the cammed section, the support plates (72, 74) being adapted for sliding engagement with the substantially circular internal surface of the recess, characterised in that the first support plate has an acircular periphery (76, 80) whereby the first support plate can pass the locking member(s) during assembly of the first part.
An imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels grouped into a plurality of pixel lines including a first pixel line, each pixel including a photoelectric converter configured to detect photons, a storage (15, 15E) configured to store data corresponding to a number of photons detected, a notification control circuit configured to provide a detection notification by supplying a notification signal (SNOL) on the basis of bit data generated from the data stored in the storage (15, 15E), a switch section, wherein the switch section of each of a first plurality of pixels that belongs to the first pixel line is configured to output the data stored in the storage (15, 15E) of the pixel through an output line, and a switch configured to output the bit data to a reading line; an output section configured to generate an image signal based on the data; and a controller (30, 50, 70) configured to control the switch section of each of the first plurality of pixels to output the data through the output line to the output section using an output control signal (SOCL1) after elapse of an exposure period, determine, on the basis of the notification signal (SNOL), a selection order of the pixel lines and generate, on the basis of a determination result, a first reading control signal (SRCL) to control the notification control circuit to withdraw the detection notification and to control the switch to cause the pixel to output the bit data to the reading line. a plurality of pixels grouped into a plurality of pixel lines including a first pixel line, each pixel including a photoelectric converter configured to detect photons, a storage (15, 15E) configured to store data corresponding to a number of photons detected, a notification control circuit configured to provide a detection notification by supplying a notification signal (SNOL) on the basis of bit data generated from the data stored in the storage (15, 15E), a switch section, wherein the switch section of each of a first plurality of pixels that belongs to the first pixel line is configured to output the data stored in the storage (15, 15E) of the pixel through an output line, and a switch configured to output the bit data to a reading line; an output section configured to generate an image signal based on the data; and a controller (30, 50, 70) configured to control the switch section of each of the first plurality of pixels to output the data through the output line to the output section using an output control signal (SOCL1) after elapse of an exposure period, determine, on the basis of the notification signal (SNOL), a selection order of the pixel lines and generate, on the basis of a determination result, a first reading control signal (SRCL) to control the notification control circuit to withdraw the detection notification and to control the switch to cause the pixel to output the bit data to the reading line.
A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web, the method comprising: providing a first molten polymer and a second molten polymer to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, wherein the first molten polymer has a first melting temperature, wherein the second molten polymer has a second melting temperature, and wherein the first melting temperature is in the range of 10 degrees to 180 degrees different than the second melting temperature; flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member, wherein the moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret; using the fluid to draw or push the first and second molten polymer components, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual continuous fiber strands (126, 132); depositing the continuous fiber strands onto the moving porous member at a first location to produce an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web; and conveying the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web by the moving porous member in the machine direction toward a through-fluid bonding oven wherein the web experiences variable or intermittent vacuum forces prior to being conveyed into the through-fluid bonding oven by intermittently varying the vacuum force applied to the moving porous member and to the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web downstream of the first location and without the addition of more continuous fibers and without any heat applied. providing a first molten polymer and a second molten polymer to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, wherein the first molten polymer has a first melting temperature, wherein the second molten polymer has a second melting temperature, and wherein the first melting temperature is in the range of 10 degrees to 180 degrees different than the second melting temperature; flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member, wherein the moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret; using the fluid to draw or push the first and second molten polymer components, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual continuous fiber strands (126, 132); depositing the continuous fiber strands onto the moving porous member at a first location to produce an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web; and conveying the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web by the moving porous member in the machine direction toward a through-fluid bonding oven wherein the web experiences variable or intermittent vacuum forces prior to being conveyed into the through-fluid bonding oven by intermittently varying the vacuum force applied to the moving porous member and to the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web downstream of the first location and without the addition of more continuous fibers and without any heat applied.
A method executed by a mobile station for a cooperative handover in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a second base station (210, 310, 410), a message comprising a connection identifier allocated by a first base station (220, 320, 420); receiving, from the second base station, a neighbor advertisement message comprising information indicating whether omission of a connection identifier update process is supported or not; determining a handover to the first base station from the second base station; and if the information indicates that the omission is supported, performing the handover, by using the received connection identifier, which has been shared between the first base station and the second base station, without the connection identifier update process of the mobile station during the handover. receiving, from a second base station (210, 310, 410), a message comprising a connection identifier allocated by a first base station (220, 320, 420); receiving, from the second base station, a neighbor advertisement message comprising information indicating whether omission of a connection identifier update process is supported or not; determining a handover to the first base station from the second base station; and if the information indicates that the omission is supported, performing the handover, by using the received connection identifier, which has been shared between the first base station and the second base station, without the connection identifier update process of the mobile station during the handover.
A collaborative robotized system comprising: - a mobile platform furnished with running means, with an electric motor propulsion assembly (ME1, ME2, ME3, ME4), and with a longitudinal mechanical linkage assembly comprising an articulation; - an electrical power source; - manual means of control of the system; - means of remote control of the system; - a computer assembly of at least one computer (CALC); - hardware-incorporating means suitable for integrating sensors and effectors, and software-incorporating means (CALC) suitable for integrating software elements; the collaborative robotized system being characterized in that it further comprises: - management means for managing integrated sensorimotor behaviours, suitable for arbitrating implementations of several sensorimotor behaviours in parallel on the basis of a priori knowledge about the performance of said sensorimotor behaviours as a function of the environment of the mobile platform, and suitable for operating with adjustable autonomy varying from complete autonomy to teleoperation, via partial autonomy of collaboration with a teleoperator, for the various sensorimotor behaviours. - a mobile platform furnished with running means, with an electric motor propulsion assembly (ME1, ME2, ME3, ME4), and with a longitudinal mechanical linkage assembly comprising an articulation; - an electrical power source; - manual means of control of the system; - means of remote control of the system; - a computer assembly of at least one computer (CALC); - hardware-incorporating means suitable for integrating sensors and effectors, and software-incorporating means (CALC) suitable for integrating software elements; - management means for managing integrated sensorimotor behaviours, suitable for arbitrating implementations of several sensorimotor behaviours in parallel on the basis of a priori knowledge about the performance of said sensorimotor behaviours as a function of the environment of the mobile platform, and suitable for operating with adjustable autonomy varying from complete autonomy to teleoperation, via partial autonomy of collaboration with a teleoperator, for the various sensorimotor behaviours.
A protecting system for voltage transformers comprising a damping burden connected into an open delta system of three auxiliary secondary windings of three single-phase transformers (VT1, VT2, VT3), or one three-phase transformer comprising a switching element connected in series with the damping burden, characterised in that the switching element has a control input connected to an output of control means suitable for controlling a time sequence of activating and deactivating of the damping burden by controlling the conductive and nonconductive states of the switching element by a control block, which is activated after a predefined time (t d) after the amplitude of the zero-sequence voltage U has exceeded a predefined threshold value.
Probe device, comprising an Electrical Resistance type electrode and one or two Linear Polarization Resistance type electrodes, wherein the Electrical Resistance type electrode and the one or two Linear Polarization Resistance type electrodes are designed to be exposed to a fluid of interest, characterized in that the Electrical Resistance type electrode is connected to at least three or four leads of the probe device and configured to output measurement signals of at least two distinct natures, since said at least three or four leads are connected to distinct areas of the Electrical Resistance type electrode, to a connectable monitoring system and wherein the one or two Linear Polarization Resistance type electrodes are each connected to a single lead of the probe device, one for each Linear Polarization Resistance type electrode, and configured to output measurement signals of one nature, since said single lead is connected to a single area of the Linear Polarization Resistance type electrode, to a connectable monitoring system.