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An automated method of testing an optical device, the optical device being a proximity sensor, the method comprising: placing the optical device on or in close proximity to a transparent sheet of a device holder of a testing unit configured to hold the optical device, wherein a material and thickness of the transparent sheet is similar to a material and dimensions of a transparent cover that forms part of a casing of an end-product or system into which the optical device is to be integrated; causing the optical device to emit light through the transparent sheet; analyzing, in a processing unit, a response of the optical device after it emits the light; and determining in the processing unit whether or not the optical device passes a test based at least in part on analyzing the response of the optical device. placing the optical device on or in close proximity to a transparent sheet of a device holder of a testing unit configured to hold the optical device, wherein a material and thickness of the transparent sheet is similar to a material and dimensions of a transparent cover that forms part of a casing of an end-product or system into which the optical device is to be integrated; causing the optical device to emit light through the transparent sheet; analyzing, in a processing unit, a response of the optical device after it emits the light; and determining in the processing unit whether or not the optical device passes a test based at least in part on analyzing the response of the optical device.
A catheter insertion device, comprising: a housing having a base (504, 604, 704); a flexible beam (510, 610, 710) movably disposed within the housing; an insertion needle (514, 614) connected with the beam; a holder (518, 618, 718) movably disposed within the housing and movably connected with the insertion needle; a catheter (522, 622, 722) connected with the holder to displace therewith, the catheter surrounding at least a portion of the insertion needle; and an actuator button (502, 602, 702) movably connected to the housing: characterized: in a pre-actuated state of the device: the actuator button contacts a first end of the beam, a second end of the beam being connected to the base; the beam is in a relaxed state; and the actuator button is configured to flex the beam upon actuation, thereby displacing the insertion needle and the catheter to an extended position in which respective distal portions of the insertion needle and the catheter extend outside the housing through the base. a housing having a base (504, 604, 704); a flexible beam (510, 610, 710) movably disposed within the housing; an insertion needle (514, 614) connected with the beam; a holder (518, 618, 718) movably disposed within the housing and movably connected with the insertion needle; a catheter (522, 622, 722) connected with the holder to displace therewith, the catheter surrounding at least a portion of the insertion needle; and an actuator button (502, 602, 702) movably connected to the housing: characterized: in a pre-actuated state of the device: the actuator button contacts a first end of the beam, a second end of the beam being connected to the base; the beam is in a relaxed state; and the actuator button is configured to flex the beam upon actuation, thereby displacing the insertion needle and the catheter to an extended position in which respective distal portions of the insertion needle and the catheter extend outside the housing through the base. the actuator button contacts a first end of the beam, a second end of the beam being connected to the base; the beam is in a relaxed state; and the actuator button is configured to flex the beam upon actuation, thereby displacing the insertion needle and the catheter to an extended position in which respective distal portions of the insertion needle and the catheter extend outside the housing through the base.
A moveable furniture piece, comprising at least one first panel and at least one second panel arranged perpendicular to one another, said first and second panels (3, 4) being separate parts and being connected to each other, said first panel being provided with a pre-mounted roller wheel assembly, comprising a wheel, and positioned adjacent to a side of the moveable furniture piece, such that the wheel traverses parallel with the side; wherein the second panel is provided with an opening dimensioned to receive the roller wheel assembly being provided with the wheel, wherein the first panel forms the rear panel of the moveable furniture piece.
Method for operating a cooking system comprising at least two ultrasound distance sensor devices each having at least one sound source and at least one sound receiver, at least one evaluation device and at least one hob device having at least one cooking zone having at least one heating device and having at least one control device for controlling the heating device, and at least one extractor hood which is arranged at least in portions above the hob device, wherein the sound source and the sound receiver of each of the at least two ultrasound distance sensor devices are provided in a common housing and accommodated on the extractor hood by means of the common housing, wherein the at least two ultrasound distance sensor devices are arranged at least in portions above the hob device and wherein the at least two ultrasound distance sensor devices are operatively connected to the control device of the hob device via the evaluation device, wherein at least one sound signal is emitted by the sound source and detected by the sound receiver, wherein the evaluation device is suitable and designed to draw conclusions regarding the steam generation and/or the filling height of a cooking vessel standing on the cooking zone by means of the delay of the sound signal and wherein the control device takes into account the evaluation of the sound signals when controlling the heating device, wherein the density of the air between the ultrasound distance sensor device and a reflection point of the sound signal is determined using the delay of the sound signal wherein the sound signals of the individual ultrasound distance sensor devices are measured in a time-offset manner by means of the two ultrasound distance sensor devices and/or wherein the sound signals of the individual ultrasound distance sensor devices are transmitted in a frequency-offset manner by means of the two ultrasound distance sensor devices.
Composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer and an ethylene polymer wherein the ethylene polymer has a density as measured according to ISO 1183-1, method A of ≥ 940 kg/m 3, the ethylene polymer has a multimodal molecular weight distribution and the ethylene polymer has a strain hardening modulus of ≥ 5.0 MPa, the strain hardening modulus being measured according to ISO DIS 18488 using test specimens of 0.30 mm thickness.
A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) coupled to an AC voltage source and comprising: - a transformer having a primary side winding and a secondary side winding, - a rectifier, an input capacitor and an SMPS controller, - in the primary side of said transformer and in parallel to said input capacitor, a low voltage blocker blocking power transfer to a band gap reference comparator in series therewith, in response to a bus potential being lower than a predefined voltage value, and powering said band gap reference comparator in response to a bus potential being greater than said predefined voltage so as to inactivate said SMPS controller, characterized in that said band gap reference comparator is a shunt regulator with voltage setting bias resistors (R13 and R14). - a transformer having a primary side winding and a secondary side winding, - a rectifier, an input capacitor and an SMPS controller, - in the primary side of said transformer and in parallel to said input capacitor, a low voltage blocker blocking power transfer to a band gap reference comparator in series therewith, in response to a bus potential being lower than a predefined voltage value, and powering said band gap reference comparator in response to a bus potential being greater than said predefined voltage so as to inactivate said SMPS controller,
Apparatus which is configured to operate an electromagnetic switchgear drive with a pull-in coil, having a measurement transducer (14; 24) which is configured to generate a signal (wx) which corresponds to a magnetic flux of the pull-in coil, and a regulator which is configured to set a signal (y) for controlling the pull-in coil during the pull-in process as a function of a control difference (xd) of a command variable (w) and the signal (wx), wherein a controller is provided which is configured to monitor the regulator and to adjust the command variable (w) in dependence of a change of the signal (y) for controlling the pull-in coil during the pull-in process, characterised in that the command variable (w) provides a determined target value of the magnetic flux of the pull-in coil during the pull-in process; and in that the controller is configured to determine a force requirement in first phases of the pull-in process and to adjust the command variable (w) on the basis of the determined values.
Pump device for conveying at least one conveying medium, in particular at least one fluid, with at least one drive unit and with at least one conveying device, in particular a conveying membrane, comprising at least one at least substantially ring-shaped base body that is elastically deformable and has at least one conveying surface arranged on a conveying side of the base body, and comprising at least one activation element for a connection with at least one drive element of the drive unit which is arranged on an activation side of the base body, wherein the activation element is implemented as a positive-locking and/or non-positive-locking element which, at least for a transmission of a drive force acting in a direction that points away from the activation side via a positive-locking and/or non-positive-locking connection, in particular via a positive-locking and/or non-positive-locking connection free of a substance-to-substance bond, acts together with the drive element, wherein the direction that points away from the activation side runs transversely, in particular at least substantially perpendicularly, to a movement axis, in particular a rotation axis, of the drive element of the drive unit, characterized in that the activation element has a maximum longitudinal extension that is smaller than a maximum longitudinal extension of the base body, viewed along a circumferential direction running around a drive axis of the drive unit.
A continuous press for the manufacture of wood based boards, in particular fibre boards or particle boards, with a press stand with a plurality of press frames arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the press, wherein an upper press plate and a lower press plate forming a press gap are arranged within the press frame, wherein the upper press plate or the lower press plate is acted upon by a plurality of cylinder piston arrangements, distributed in rows in the longitudinal direction of the press, i.e. in the direction of operation; on one side these are connected to the transverse beams (3a, 3b) of the press frames, and on the other side are connected to the respective press plate (1, 2), wherein the press plate (1, 2) facing away from the cylinder piston arrangements is connected, with the interposition of pressure distribution plates, to the transverse beams (3a, 3b) of the press frames associated with the said press plate (1, 2), wherein bearing pads for the press plate (1, 2) are attached onto the pressure distribution plates, characterised in that, the bearing pads can be displaced a variable amount in the longitudinal direction of the press relative to the pressure distribution plates.
A method of treating particles, specifically carbon nanotubes or other nanoparticles, using glow-discharge plasma, in apparatus comprising a treatment vessel in the form of a rotatable drum, a central electrode in the drum and a counter-electrode positioned radially outwardly relative to the central electrode, the method comprising - putting the particles into the vessel; - reducing the pressure in the vessel to 1000 Pa or less; - feeding gas for forming the plasma into the vessel through said central electrode; - applying an electric field between the central axial electrode and counter-electrode to generate glow-discharge plasma between the electrodes in a region inside the vessel, and - agitating or rotating the vessel to cause relative movement of the particles for treating the particles with the glow-discharge plasma. - putting the particles into the vessel; - reducing the pressure in the vessel to 1000 Pa or less; - feeding gas for forming the plasma into the vessel through said central electrode; - applying an electric field between the central axial electrode and counter-electrode to generate glow-discharge plasma between the electrodes in a region inside the vessel, and - agitating or rotating the vessel to cause relative movement of the particles for treating the particles with the glow-discharge plasma.
Wind farm including at least two wind turbines which generate electric power by means of a wind rotor and a generator and output it to a busbar grid, and a farm master which is designed for guiding the wind turbines, wherein the farm master includes a power regulator, at the input of which a setpoint power signal is applied, and at the output of which power control signals for the wind turbines are output, characterized in that the power regulator has a feed-forward control module which applies a measure of the setpoint power to the output of the power regulator via a multiplication element.
Drill bit for chiselling of rock, having an impact face on a shank, a hollow shaft within which a conveying channel is provided, a drill head which has one or more intake openings and within which there are arranged intake channels which connect the intake openings to the conveying channel, wherein the drill head has three or more cutting edges on an end face and the intake openings have a non-circular cross section and a triangular shape, characterized in that an area of the cross section of the intake opening is at least 30% greater than the area of the largest circle which is inscribable in the intake opening. an impact face on a shank, a hollow shaft within which a conveying channel is provided, a drill head which has one or more intake openings and within which there are arranged intake channels which connect the intake openings to the conveying channel, wherein the drill head has three or more cutting edges on an end face and the intake openings have a non-circular cross section and a triangular shape, characterized in that an area of the cross section of the intake opening is at least 30% greater than the area of the largest circle which is inscribable in the intake opening.
Mammalian exosomes derived and isolated from cerebral endothelial cells (CECs) for use in preventing and/or treating chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) caused by the administration of at least one platinum based chemotherapeutic agent in a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject will be treated with or is currently treated with a chemotherapeutic agent comprising at least one platinum agent.
Biocide formulation for skin protection, CHARACTERIZED in that comprises as active components: a. from 0.01 to 2% pentahydrate copper salts and b. from 0.01 to 2% heptahydrate zinc salts. a. from 0.01 to 2% pentahydrate copper salts and b. from 0.01 to 2% heptahydrate zinc salts.
Bragg wavelength spectral interrogation device, having: - at least one optical source designed to emit a light signal, - at least one measurement optical fibre comprising a series of successive Bragg gratings designed to reflect the light signal in different wavelength bands, - at least one reflective optical fibre comprising a total reflection element, - at least one wavelength detector, and - at least one optical switch designed to switch the passage of the light signal between said at least one optical source, said at least one measurement optical fibre, said at least one reflective optical fibre, and said at least one detector according to a sequence of three operating modes comprising a first mode, known as start-up mode, in which the light signal emitted by a given optical source is guided from said optical source to a corresponding measurement optical fibre, a second mode, known as measurement mode, in which said light signal is guided to make a predetermined number of return trips in a line formed by a coupling between said measurement optical fibre and a corresponding reflective optical fibre, thus generating a predetermined delay between the successive Bragg gratings, and a third mode, known as detection mode, in which said light signal is guided to a corresponding detector which is designed to successively measure the wavelength bands associated with the Bragg gratings comprised in said measurement fibre. - at least one optical source designed to emit a light signal, - at least one measurement optical fibre comprising a series of successive Bragg gratings designed to reflect the light signal in different wavelength bands, - at least one reflective optical fibre comprising a total reflection element, - at least one wavelength detector, and - at least one optical switch designed to switch the passage of the light signal between said at least one optical source, said at least one measurement optical fibre, said at least one reflective optical fibre, and said at least one detector according to a sequence of three operating modes comprising a first mode, known as start-up mode, in which the light signal emitted by a given optical source is guided from said optical source to a corresponding measurement optical fibre, a second mode, known as measurement mode, in which said light signal is guided to make a predetermined number of return trips in a line formed by a coupling between said measurement optical fibre and a corresponding reflective optical fibre, thus generating a predetermined delay between the successive Bragg gratings, and a third mode, known as detection mode, in which said light signal is guided to a corresponding detector which is designed to successively measure the wavelength bands associated with the Bragg gratings comprised in said measurement fibre.
Vehicle comprising a driver's cab (12; 112) comprising a base (14; 114) and a seat (16; 116), the vehicle having a longitudinal direction, the base (14; 114) having a center (20; 120) and a central longitudinal plane, the central longitudinal plane extending in the longitudinal direction and passing through the center (20; 120) of the base (14; 114), the projection of the seat (16; 116) in an elevation direction on the base (14; 114) being comprised in the base (14; 114); an assembly comprising the base (14; 114) and the seat (16; 116) being designed to rotate relative to a body of the vehicle about a first axis, the first axis extending in an elevation direction, the first axis passing through the center (20; 120) of the base (14; 114), wherein the cab (12; 112) has at least two driving configurations, the assembly being rotated between the driving configurations of the cab (12; 112), the seat (16; 116) having a median plane (π), the median plane (π) of the seat (16; 116) being parallel to the central longitudinal plane, characterized in that the median plane (π) is spaced apart from the central longitudinal plane by a distance greater than 0.75 m in each of the driving configurations of the cab (12; 112). the base (14; 114) having a center (20; 120) and a central longitudinal plane, the central longitudinal plane extending in the longitudinal direction and passing through the center (20; 120) of the base (14; 114), the projection of the seat (16; 116) in an elevation direction on the base (14; 114) being comprised in the base (14; 114); an assembly comprising the base (14; 114) and the seat (16; 116) being designed to rotate relative to a body of the vehicle about a first axis, the first axis extending in an elevation direction, the first axis passing through the center (20; 120) of the base (14; 114), wherein the cab (12; 112) has at least two driving configurations, the assembly being rotated between the driving configurations of the cab (12; 112), the seat (16; 116) having a median plane (π), the median plane (π) of the seat (16; 116) being parallel to the central longitudinal plane, characterized in that the median plane (π) is spaced apart from the central longitudinal plane by a distance greater than 0.75 m in each of the driving configurations of the cab (12; 112).
A near-eye display device, comprising: a sensor subsystem comprising one or more image sensors; a logic subsystem; a virtual reality display device; and a storage subsystem storing instructions executable by the logic subsystem, the instructions being adapted to receive image sensor data from the sensor subsystem, present content comprising a visual component and an auditory component, while presenting the content, detect via the image sensor data that speech is likely being directed at a wearer of the near-eye display device, and in response to detecting that speech is likely being directed at the wearer, attenuate an aspect of the auditory component and provide a video feed of a real-world view. a sensor subsystem comprising one or more image sensors; a logic subsystem; a virtual reality display device; and a storage subsystem storing instructions executable by the logic subsystem, the instructions being adapted to receive image sensor data from the sensor subsystem, present content comprising a visual component and an auditory component, while presenting the content, detect via the image sensor data that speech is likely being directed at a wearer of the near-eye display device, and in response to detecting that speech is likely being directed at the wearer, attenuate an aspect of the auditory component and provide a video feed of a real-world view. receive image sensor data from the sensor subsystem, present content comprising a visual component and an auditory component, while presenting the content, detect via the image sensor data that speech is likely being directed at a wearer of the near-eye display device, and in response to detecting that speech is likely being directed at the wearer, attenuate an aspect of the auditory component and provide a video feed of a real-world view.
Device for thermally treating yarns with at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening for at least one transport device, which transports the yarn through the mechanism, and with separating elements at the inlet opening and the outlet opening for the purpose of thermal shielding in order to minimise the exchange of media and ambient conditions, said separating elements being arranged on the side of the transport device where the yarn is located, characterised in that the separating elements are in the form of a pliable material, a pliable loop, a movable flap, a rotatable roller or an upper belt, where the surface of the roller or upper belt are made of a slightly compressible material, and said separating elements (6, 7, 9, 10, 11) are designed and arranged in such a way that a distributed load of no more than 0.005 kg * cm -2 can be applied to the yarn on the transport device.