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A system for analyzing a fluidic assay, comprising: a fluidic flow-through chamber; a magnet and a mechanism for selectively positioning the magnet in proximity to an imaging region of the fluidic flow-through chamber; an illumination subsystem configured to illuminate the imaging region of the fluidic flow-through chamber; and a photosensitive detection subsystem configured to image the imaging region of the fluidic flow-through chamber when illuminated, characterised in that the mechanism for selectively positioning the magnet is configured to position the magnet such that a polarizing axis of the magnet is located downstream relative to a central point of the imaging region and such that a leading edge of the magnet is located downstream relative to a leading edge of the imaging region, when the magnet is positioned in proximity to the imaging region. a fluidic flow-through chamber; a magnet and a mechanism for selectively positioning the magnet in proximity to an imaging region of the fluidic flow-through chamber; an illumination subsystem configured to illuminate the imaging region of the fluidic flow-through chamber; and a photosensitive detection subsystem configured to image the imaging region of the fluidic flow-through chamber when illuminated, characterised in that the mechanism for selectively positioning the magnet is configured to position the magnet such that a polarizing axis of the magnet is located downstream relative to a central point of the imaging region and such that a leading edge of the magnet is located downstream relative to a leading edge of the imaging region, when the magnet is positioned in proximity to the imaging region.
A fuse device, comprising: a fuse; a fuse tube cabin for accommodating the fuse; a guiding element, removably mounted to an electrode in the fuse tube cabin, for guiding the fuse upon the fuse being inserted into the fuse tube cabin, whereby the fuse device further comprises a plurality of contact fingers, characterised in that the plurality of contact fingers are removably mounted to the guiding element and extend axially toward the electrode. a fuse; a fuse tube cabin for accommodating the fuse; a guiding element, removably mounted to an electrode in the fuse tube cabin, for guiding the fuse upon the fuse being inserted into the fuse tube cabin, whereby the fuse device further comprises a plurality of contact fingers, characterised in that the plurality of contact fingers are removably mounted to the guiding element and extend axially toward the electrode.
An optical amplifying apparatus comprising: a CPU for processing various signals; a plurality of circuits (17, 19) for controlling respective devices required for optical amplification wherein the devices comprise at least an optically pumping laser diode and the circuits (17, 19) comprise a laser diode circuit for setting a driving current of the laser diode; a first storing unit for storing a program supplied from a user; a gate array for storing various parameters for controlling the devices, the gate array being updated based on the program which is stored in the first storing unit and sent via the CPU; characterized by a latch unit, provided between the gate array and a DA converter of the circuits (17,19), for interrupting a signal path from the gate array to the circuits (17, 19) after receiving a starting signal of an update from the CPU until the update is finished and for controlling the circuits (17,19) based on the parameters stored in the gate array before the signal path is interrupted; and a second storing unit configured for temporarily, at least during the update, storing the various parameters which are stored in the gate array before the update, and the latch unit being configured to obtain an average value of the driving current of the laser diode which is calculated out by measuring the driving current of the laser diode a predetermined number of times successively before the update is started and to drive the laser diode with the average value during the update. a CPU for processing various signals; a plurality of circuits (17, 19) for controlling respective devices required for optical amplification wherein the devices comprise at least an optically pumping laser diode and the circuits (17, 19) comprise a laser diode circuit for setting a driving current of the laser diode; a first storing unit for storing a program supplied from a user; a gate array for storing various parameters for controlling the devices, the gate array being updated based on the program which is stored in the first storing unit and sent via the CPU; characterized by a latch unit, provided between the gate array and a DA converter of the circuits (17,19), for interrupting a signal path from the gate array to the circuits (17, 19) after receiving a starting signal of an update from the CPU until the update is finished and for controlling the circuits (17,19) based on the parameters stored in the gate array before the signal path is interrupted; and a second storing unit configured for temporarily, at least during the update, storing the various parameters which are stored in the gate array before the update, and the latch unit being configured to obtain an average value of the driving current of the laser diode which is calculated out by measuring the driving current of the laser diode a predetermined number of times successively before the update is started and to drive the laser diode with the average value during the update.
Use of a tool (100, 100', 200, 200') to handle a plurality of linearly-oriented, spaced-apart caps, each cap having an upper surface with a depression; the tool comprising: a body (30, 230) having a first portion (40, 240) for engagement by a user and a second portion (50, 250) to operationally engage one or more caps of the caps, the mass of the first portion being greater than the mass of the second portion;wherein the first portion is in a non-coplanar relationship with the second portion; wherein the first portion has a first side (46, 246) and a second side (47, 247); wherein the second portion comprises a plurality of spaced-apart projections (60, 260) linearly aligned along a rotational axis, each projection having a terminus (66, 262); wherein the plurality of projections are aligned along a rotational axis; wherein each projection of the plurality of projections is adapted to fit closely inside and to operationally engage the depression of one of the plurality of caps; and wherein the tool is configured such that, when the second side of the first portion is held or placed against a substantially level surface (90, 290), the distance between the terminus of each of the two or more projections and the surface is sufficient to hold any portion of a cap engaged on the one or more projections off the surface. a body (30, 230) having a first portion (40, 240) for engagement by a user and a second portion (50, 250) to operationally engage one or more caps of the caps, the mass of the first portion being greater than the mass of the second portion;wherein the first portion is in a non-coplanar relationship with the second portion; wherein the first portion has a first side (46, 246) and a second side (47, 247); wherein the second portion comprises a plurality of spaced-apart projections (60, 260) linearly aligned along a rotational axis, each projection having a terminus (66, 262); wherein the plurality of projections are aligned along a rotational axis; wherein each projection of the plurality of projections is adapted to fit closely inside and to operationally engage the depression of one of the plurality of caps; and wherein the tool is configured such that, when the second side of the first portion is held or placed against a substantially level surface (90, 290), the distance between the terminus of each of the two or more projections and the surface is sufficient to hold any portion of a cap engaged on the one or more projections off the surface.
A piezoelectric element comprising: a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, containing bismuth, barium, iron and titanium, the piezoelectric layer having an intensity ratio of the orientation intensity to the orientation intensity of 3 or more, and electrodes (10, 30) that apply a voltage to the piezoelectric layer, characterized in that the electrodes include a first electrode including a plurality of conductive layers (11, 12) of which the closest one to the piezoelectric layer is made of a conductive strontium compound, and a second electrode opposing the first electrode with the piezoelectric layer therebetween. a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, containing bismuth, barium, iron and titanium, the piezoelectric layer having an intensity ratio of the orientation intensity to the orientation intensity of 3 or more, and electrodes (10, 30) that apply a voltage to the piezoelectric layer,
A system for wireless transfer of electrical power to an electrical load comprising: - a power supply device and - a device to be powered, physically separate and independent from the power supply device, wherein the device to be powered comprises: - the electrical load to be powered, and - a receiving apparatus connected to the electrical load and comprising at least one receiving inductive element, wherein the power supply device comprises a plurality of electrical power transmission sets, each of which includes: - a transmitting apparatus comprising at least one transmitting inductive element able to achieve an inductive coupling with the receiving inductive element, and - a power circuit adapted to apply to the transmitting apparatus a voltage wave that is periodically variable over time, wherein each transmitting inductive element has planar conformation, elongated shape and rectilinear development, and wherein the transmitting inductive elements of the transmission sets are positioned side by side on an operating surface of the power supply device in such a way as to form a grid and are aligned by longitudinal rows and by transverse rows, where the transverse rows cross the longitudinal rows to define the grid, characterized in that each transmitting inductive element consists of a wire segment or of a strip of electrically conductive material and in that the transmitting inductive elements are positioned next to each other. - a power supply device and - a device to be powered, physically separate and independent from the power supply device, - the electrical load to be powered, and - a receiving apparatus connected to the electrical load and comprising at least one receiving inductive element, - a transmitting apparatus comprising at least one transmitting inductive element able to achieve an inductive coupling with the receiving inductive element, and - a power circuit adapted to apply to the transmitting apparatus a voltage wave that is periodically variable over time, wherein each transmitting inductive element has planar conformation, elongated shape and rectilinear development, and wherein the transmitting inductive elements of the transmission sets are positioned side by side on an operating surface of the power supply device in such a way as to form a grid and are aligned by longitudinal rows and by transverse rows, where the transverse rows cross the longitudinal rows to define the grid, characterized in that each transmitting inductive element consists of a wire segment or of a strip of electrically conductive material and in that the transmitting inductive elements are positioned next to each other.
A system for cleaning an additive manufacturing machine recoater, comprising: a position module for sensing and/or determining a position of a recoater of the additive manufacturing machine; a gas manifold disposed in the additive manufacturing machine and configured to spray a pressurized gas on the recoater when the recoater is in at least one cleaning position; a valve configured to allow the pressurized gas to flow from a gas source to the gas manifold; and a valve control module configured to control the valve as a function of the position sensed and/or determined by the position module, wherein the valve control module is configured to open the valve when the recoater is at one or more selected positions, wherein the one or more selected positions include a cleaning position, wherein the cleaning position is behind a zero position of normal operations. a position module for sensing and/or determining a position of a recoater of the additive manufacturing machine; a gas manifold disposed in the additive manufacturing machine and configured to spray a pressurized gas on the recoater when the recoater is in at least one cleaning position; a valve configured to allow the pressurized gas to flow from a gas source to the gas manifold; and a valve control module configured to control the valve as a function of the position sensed and/or determined by the position module, wherein the valve control module is configured to open the valve when the recoater is at one or more selected positions, wherein the one or more selected positions include a cleaning position, wherein the cleaning position is behind a zero position of normal operations.
Identification method in a sound-reproduction system, in which - an electrical calibration signal is created, - an audio signal is created in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, - the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and - the system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results, wherein - a light signal is created in the loudspeaker with the aid of a centralized control system, in order to indicate visually the loudspeaker that is the subject of the calibration, and - the state of the loudspeaker is expressed with the aid of the colour or blinking of the light signal. - an electrical calibration signal is created, - an audio signal is created in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, - the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and - the system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results, wherein - a light signal is created in the loudspeaker with the aid of a centralized control system, in order to indicate visually the loudspeaker that is the subject of the calibration, and - the state of the loudspeaker is expressed with the aid of the colour or blinking of the light signal.
A transport system for conveying items, comprising a wheeled transport device and a motorized unit, which is separate from the wheeled transport device, the motorized unit comprising a plurality of wheels (103; 126) and an electric motor drive for driving at least one of the wheels, the motorized unit being configured to enter into locking engagement with the wheeled transport device, and to lift a front and a rear portion of the wheeled transport device off the ground, whereby the wheeled transport device can be moved in a motorized manner by activating the motor drive of the motorized unit, wherein the motorized unit comprises a structure for moving its upper surface (114; 114') between a non-engagement configuration, in which it may pass freely under the bottom surface of the wheeled transport device, and an engagement configuration, in which at least a portion of said upper surface (114; 114') engages the bottom surface of the wheeled transport device, wherein the motorized unit is configured to lift all of the wheels (105; 107) of the wheeled transport device off the ground when the upper surface (114; 114') is in said engagement configuration, so that the entire load of the wheeled transport device rests on the motorized unit, characterized in that: - the height of a lifting portion of the motorized unit, including towing, lifting and driving elements, fits in between the bottom surface of the wheeled transport device and ground; and in that - the upper surface of the motorized unit overlaps the bottom surface of the wheeled transport device, when the motorized unit is placed under the wheeled transport device; - the motorized unit comprises a foot-activatable activation device configured such that the entire upper surface of the motorized unit is upwardly translatable to lift all of the wheels (105;107) of the wheeled transport device off the ground when said foot-activatable device is activated. - the height of a lifting portion of the motorized unit, including towing, lifting and driving elements, fits in between the bottom surface of the wheeled transport device and ground; and in that - the upper surface of the motorized unit overlaps the bottom surface of the wheeled transport device, when the motorized unit is placed under the wheeled transport device; - the motorized unit comprises a foot-activatable activation device configured such that the entire upper surface of the motorized unit is upwardly translatable to lift all of the wheels (105;107) of the wheeled transport device off the ground when said foot-activatable device is activated.
A container for an aerosol-generating system, comprising: a plurality of blister capsules (100, 302) each capsule (100, 302) comprising: a blister shell; a volatile liquid disposed in the blister shell; and a film configured to seal the blister shell, characterised in that the film and the blister shell are frangible; the container for an aerosol-generating system further comprising a hollow tubular canister comprising: a first end; a second end; and a mixing chamber disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein at least one blister capsule is coupled to the first end and at least one blister capsule is coupled to the second end. a plurality of blister capsules (100, 302) each capsule (100, 302) comprising: a blister shell; a volatile liquid disposed in the blister shell; and a film configured to seal the blister shell, characterised in that the film and the blister shell are frangible; the container for an aerosol-generating system further comprising a blister shell; a volatile liquid disposed in the blister shell; and a film configured to seal the blister shell, characterised in that the film and the blister shell are frangible; the container for an aerosol-generating system further comprising a hollow tubular canister comprising: a first end; a second end; and a mixing chamber disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein at least one blister capsule is coupled to the first end and at least one blister capsule is coupled to the second end. a first end; a second end; and a mixing chamber disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein at least one blister capsule is coupled to the first end and at least one blister capsule is coupled to the second end.
An infrared beacon for an aircraft landing strip, the beacon including: a support plate intended to be placed on the ground; a casing which is fixed on the support plate and which comprises an upper wall, at least a first side wall extending between the support plate and the upper wall, and a second side wall adjacent to the first side wall, in that, considered in a plane parallel to the support plate, the transverse dimensions of the support plate are larger than the transverse dimensions of the casing, so that the support plate has at least two fixing portions extending laterally outside the casing along two adjacent side edges of the casing, said fixing portions (36, 38) including fixing means for fixing the beacon to the ground, the fixing means comprising at least two fixing orifices, each fixing orifice (40, 42) being arranged in one of the fixing portions; an infrared lighting module comprising at least a first infrared light emitter and a second infrared light emitter, the first infrared light emitter being housed at least in part in the first side wall and having a first lighting direction inclined with respect to the support plate, and the second infrared light emitter being housed at least in part in the second side wall and having a second lighting direction inclined relative to the support plate. a support plate intended to be placed on the ground; a casing which is fixed on the support plate and which comprises an upper wall, at least a first side wall extending between the support plate and the upper wall, and a second side wall adjacent to the first side wall, in that, considered in a plane parallel to the support plate, the transverse dimensions of the support plate are larger than the transverse dimensions of the casing, so that the support plate has at least two fixing portions extending laterally outside the casing along two adjacent side edges of the casing, said fixing portions (36, 38) including fixing means for fixing the beacon to the ground, the fixing means comprising at least two fixing orifices, each fixing orifice (40, 42) being arranged in one of the fixing portions; an infrared lighting module comprising at least a first infrared light emitter and a second infrared light emitter, the first infrared light emitter being housed at least in part in the first side wall and having a first lighting direction inclined with respect to the support plate, and the second infrared light emitter being housed at least in part in the second side wall and having a second lighting direction inclined relative to the support plate.
Calibration process for a camera for a vehicle, comprising the following steps: - exposing a camera and a photometer to aluminous fluxes - determining for each of the pixels of the camera a value for an integration time, a gamma value, a value in lumen and a grayscale value when exposed to each of said luminous fluxes - recording said values in a lookup-table. - exposing a camera and a photometer to aluminous fluxes - determining for each of the pixels of the camera a value for an integration time, a gamma value, a value in lumen and a grayscale value when exposed to each of said luminous fluxes - recording said values in a lookup-table.