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A method of printing a calibration pattern in a page-wide array printer having an array of print nozzles extending in a transverse direction of the printer, the method comprising: printing a respective calibration pattern portion on a substrate by at least one first portion of the nozzle array; changing the relative position of the nozzle array and substrate in the transverse direction then printing a respective further calibration pattern portion on the substrate by said at least one first portion of the nozzle array so that a given first nozzle-array portion prints a calibration pattern portion and further calibration pattern portion that are at least partially aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction and join up in the transverse direction to form an enlarged calibration pattern portion. printing a respective calibration pattern portion on a substrate by at least one first portion of the nozzle array; changing the relative position of the nozzle array and substrate in the transverse direction then printing a respective further calibration pattern portion on the substrate by said at least one first portion of the nozzle array so that a given first nozzle-array portion prints a calibration pattern portion and further calibration pattern portion that are at least partially aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction and join up in the transverse direction to form an enlarged calibration pattern portion.
A bicycle helmet with an automatic braking and steering indicator which has a helmet body, on the respective front and rear sides of which a left and a right direction indicator as well as a brake light are provided, wherein the bicycle helmet comprises a control module to which the direction indicators (2, 3) and the brake light are electrically coupled, a wireless receiving module which is coupled to the control module, and a wireless remote control module which communicates with the wireless receiving module by radio, wherein a brake check unit and a manual control unit are electrically coupled to the wireless remote control module, wherein the brake check unit, in the event of the actuation of a bicycle brake, and the manual control unit, in the event of the actuation of an direction indicator switch, generate a respective signal which is transmitted to the bicycle helmet via the wireless remote control module in order to activate the direction indicators (2, 3), characterized in that the bicycle helmet comprises a gyroscope which is electrically connected to the control module, in that the control module contains a control index number which is larger than or equal to two and can be preferably predetermined by the user as desired, and in that the right or left direction indicator (2, 3) and / or the brake light is activated if a number of head movements of the cyclist in one direction within a certain time period corresponds to the control index number.
Balance spring intended to equip a balance of a watch movement, which balance spring comprises an Nb-Ti core made of an alloy consisting of: - niobium: balance to 100% by weight, - titanium: between 5 and 95% by weight, - traces of elements selected from the group consisting of O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, each of said elements being present in an amount between 0 and 1600 ppm by weight, the total amount constituted by all of said elements being between 0% and 0.3% by weight, characterised in that the Nb-Ti core is coated with a layer of a first material selected from the group comprising niobium, tantalum, vanadium and an austenitic stainless steel, in particular 316L grade steel, said layer of the first material having a thickness of between 20 nm and 10 μm. - niobium: balance to 100% by weight, - titanium: between 5 and 95% by weight, - traces of elements selected from the group consisting of O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, each of said elements being present in an amount between 0 and 1600 ppm by weight, the total amount constituted by all of said elements being between 0% and 0.3% by weight,
A fluid heater having a housing through which a fluid can flow and in which at least one heating element (12, 14, 16) for heating the fluid is accommodated, characterized in that at least two housing-side and heating-element-side components spaced apart from each other form an electrode or a counter electrode of a capacitor whose dielectric is formed by the fluid and which is connected to power electronics in such a way that the fill level of the fluid heater can be determined from a change in capacitance of the capacitor.
A computer-implemented method for detecting potential pinches ( pi) caused by at least one powered movable panel, said panel being movable in panel position domain (X-axis) between a closed position and an open position, the method comprising: - measuring a physical quantity ( ia, n), representative of a panel movement, at a plurality of panel positions (X 1, X 2, X 3,... X n) when the panel is moved towards the open position, and recording related values (Y 1, Y 2, Y 3,... Y n) of said physical quantity ( ia, n) so as to get a first profile of said physical quantity ( ia, n) in the panel position domain (X-axis), - measuring said physical quantity ( ia, n) in at least one of said panel positions (X 1, X 2, X 3,... X n), referred to as a reference position, when the panel is moved towards the closed position, - determining, for said reference position, an offset value ( Of) between the value (Y r) of the physical quantity measured when the panel is moved towards the closed position and the value (Y n) of the physical quantity measured when the panel was moved towards the open position, - determining a second profile by shifting the first profile of a shifting value ( Sh) derived from the offset value ( Of), said shifting value (Sh) being greater than said offset value ( Of), - measuring said physical quantity ( ia, n) in a repetitive manner in the panel position domain (X-axis) when the panel is moved towards the closed position, so as to get a third profile, and - detecting a potential pinch ( pi) if the third profile crosses the second profile. - measuring a physical quantity ( ia, n), representative of a panel movement, at a plurality of panel positions (X 1, X 2, X 3,... X n) when the panel is moved towards the open position, and recording related values (Y 1, Y 2, Y 3,... Y n) of said physical quantity ( ia, n) so as to get a first profile of said physical quantity ( ia, n) in the panel position domain (X-axis), - measuring said physical quantity ( ia, n) in at least one of said panel positions (X 1, X 2, X 3,... X n), referred to as a reference position, when the panel is moved towards the closed position, - determining, for said reference position, an offset value ( Of) between the value (Y r) of the physical quantity measured when the panel is moved towards the closed position and the value (Y n) of the physical quantity measured when the panel was moved towards the open position, - determining a second profile by shifting the first profile of a shifting value ( Sh) derived from the offset value ( Of), said shifting value (Sh) being greater than said offset value ( Of), - measuring said physical quantity ( ia, n) in a repetitive manner in the panel position domain (X-axis) when the panel is moved towards the closed position, so as to get a third profile, and - detecting a potential pinch ( pi) if the third profile crosses the second profile.
A process for building tyres comprising: manufacturing carcass structures; manufacturing crown structures; assembling each carcass structure to one of said crown structures; wherein at least one of said actions for manufacturing carcass structures and manufacturing crown structures comprises: positioning a first continuous elongated element so that its end stretch is aligned with a cutting position; positioning a second continuous elongated element so that its end stretch is in side by side relationship with the end stretch of the first continuous elongated element; forming first strip-like elements from said first continuous elongated element; depositing said first strip-like elements on a first forming drum (12, 13); translating the end stretches of the first continuous elongated element, and the end stretches of the second continuous elongated element in a transverse direction relative to their longitudinal extension to align the end stretch of the second continuous elongated element to said cutting position; forming second strip-like elements from said second continuous elongated element; depositing said second strip-like elements on a second forming drum (12,13). manufacturing carcass structures; manufacturing crown structures; assembling each carcass structure to one of said crown structures; positioning a first continuous elongated element so that its end stretch is aligned with a cutting position; positioning a second continuous elongated element so that its end stretch is in side by side relationship with the end stretch of the first continuous elongated element; forming first strip-like elements from said first continuous elongated element; depositing said first strip-like elements on a first forming drum (12, 13); translating the end stretches of the first continuous elongated element, and the end stretches of the second continuous elongated element in a transverse direction relative to their longitudinal extension to align the end stretch of the second continuous elongated element to said cutting position; forming second strip-like elements from said second continuous elongated element; depositing said second strip-like elements on a second forming drum (12,13).
Household appliance, in particular dishwasher, washing machine or tumble dryer, with a control apparatus, at least one series circuit, which has a first switch that can be controlled by means of the control apparatus, a second switch that can be controlled by means of the control apparatus and an electrical consumer that is arranged between the two switches (15, 16) and by means of the two switches (15, 16) can be isolated at all poles from an electrical supply network that provides a supply voltage for the household appliance, and with a circuit arrangement intended for reviewing the proper functionality of the electrical consumer, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises a voltage divider, which is connected in parallel with the series circuit, has at least one first and at least one second resistor (R1; R2, R3) and of which the first resistor is connected in parallel with the first switch in such a way that the first switch, in its closed state, substantially bridges the first resistor, wherein the control apparatus, in order to review the proper functionality of the electrical consumer, makes use of an electrical voltage of the voltage divider or an electrical voltage assigned to said electrical voltage of the voltage divider for evaluation, wherein the control apparatus is configured, on the basis of an evaluation of the electrical voltage of the voltage divider or the electrical voltage assigned to said electrical voltage, when the switches (15, 16) are open, to identify an earth fault of the electrical consumer, to only close the second switch when no earth fault of the electrical consumer has been identified on the basis of the evaluation, on the basis of an evaluation of the electrical voltage of the voltage divider or the electrical voltage assigned to said electrical voltage, when the first switch is open and when the second switch is closed, to identify an interruption of the electrical consumer, and to only close the first switch when, on the basis of the evaluation, no interruption of the electrical consumer has been identified, wherein the second switch is assigned its own functionality reviewing apparatus, which has an electrical voltage source (U dc) and a further resistor, which is connected between the second switch and the voltage source (U dc) and which, only in the opened state of the second switch, is connected to a neutral conductor of the household appliance via the second switch and said further resistor, and wherein the control apparatus is configured, on the basis of the electrical voltage present at the further resistor of the functionality reviewing apparatus, to identify whether the second switch has switched from its opened state into its closed state.
An assembly for a gas turbine engine having an axial centerline, the assembly comprising: a combustor of the gas turbine engine, the combustor comprising a multi-walled structure, the multi-walled structure including a cold wall, a hot wall and a cooling cavity radially relative to the axial centerline between the cold wall and the hot wall; the cold wall comprising a plurality of cold wall apertures fluidly coupled with the cooling cavity, each of the plurality of cold wall apertures extending radially relative to the axial centerline through the cold wall from a cold wall exterior surface to a cold wall interior surface, and the plurality of cold wall apertures configured to subject the cold wall to a cold wall pressure drop radially relative to the axial centerline across the cold wall; and the hot wall comprising a plurality of hot wall apertures fluidly coupled with the cooling cavity, each of the plurality of hot wall apertures extending radially relative to the axial centerline through the hot wall from a hot wall interior surface to a hot wall exterior surface, wherein the cooling cavity extends radially relative to the axial centerline between and to the cold wall interior surface and the hot wall interior surface, and a combustion chamber of the combustor is partially formed by the hot wall exterior surface, characterized in that the plurality of hot wall apertures are configured to subject the hot wall to a hot wall pressure drop radially to the axial centerline across the hot wall that is greater than or equal to the cold wall pressure drop. a combustor of the gas turbine engine, the combustor comprising a multi-walled structure, the multi-walled structure including a cold wall, a hot wall and a cooling cavity radially relative to the axial centerline between the cold wall and the hot wall; the cold wall comprising a plurality of cold wall apertures fluidly coupled with the cooling cavity, each of the plurality of cold wall apertures extending radially relative to the axial centerline through the cold wall from a cold wall exterior surface to a cold wall interior surface, and the plurality of cold wall apertures configured to subject the cold wall to a cold wall pressure drop radially relative to the axial centerline across the cold wall; and the hot wall comprising a plurality of hot wall apertures fluidly coupled with the cooling cavity, each of the plurality of hot wall apertures extending radially relative to the axial centerline through the hot wall from a hot wall interior surface to a hot wall exterior surface, wherein the cooling cavity extends radially relative to the axial centerline between and to the cold wall interior surface and the hot wall interior surface, and a combustion chamber of the combustor is partially formed by the hot wall exterior surface, characterized in that the plurality of hot wall apertures are configured to subject the hot wall to a hot wall pressure drop radially to the axial centerline across the hot wall that is greater than or equal to the cold wall pressure drop.
A tablet cassette with a rotor which is rotatably contained in the cassette main body for containing tablets and has a plurality of tablet guide paths for guiding the tablets in the cassette main body to a tablet discharging hole provided in the cassette main body, characterized in that the rotor comprises: an inclined outer surface provided in the tablet guide path so as to be inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor and facing to an inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body; a rotor raising and lowering mechanism for raising and lowering at least the inclined outer surface of the rotor with respect to the cassette main body in a rotational axis direction of the rotor; a tablet support table for supporting the lowest tablet in the tablet guide path; and a tablet support table raising and lowering mechanism for raising and lowering the tablet support table, wherein a distance between the inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body and the inclined outer surface of the tablet guide path can be adjusted by raising and lowering at least the inclined outer surface of the rotor with the rotor raising and lowering mechanism, and wherein a distance between the partitioning member provided on the upper side of the tablet discharging hole of the cassette main body and the tablet support table can be adjusted by the tablet support table raising and lowering mechanism. an inclined outer surface provided in the tablet guide path so as to be inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor and facing to an inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body; a rotor raising and lowering mechanism for raising and lowering at least the inclined outer surface of the rotor with respect to the cassette main body in a rotational axis direction of the rotor; a tablet support table for supporting the lowest tablet in the tablet guide path; and a tablet support table raising and lowering mechanism for raising and lowering the tablet support table, wherein a distance between the inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body and the inclined outer surface of the tablet guide path can be adjusted by raising and lowering at least the inclined outer surface of the rotor with the rotor raising and lowering mechanism, and wherein a distance between the partitioning member provided on the upper side of the tablet discharging hole of the cassette main body and the tablet support table can be adjusted by the tablet support table raising and lowering mechanism.
A gas turbine blade, comprising: a base metal; a platform; an airfoil extending upwardly from the platform, the airfoil having a cooling flow channel located inside the airfoil for flowing a cooling flow therethrough; a shank extending downwardly from the platform, the shank having an exterior wall and an internal passage located inside the shank for flowing a cooling flow therethrough to the cooling flow channel of the airfoil; a dovetail, wherein the shank is disposed between the platform and the dovetail, the dovetail having an exterior wall; a first chromide coating contacting the base metal of at least a portion of an interior surface (113,114) of the exterior wall of the shank and interdiffused therewith, and at least partially interdiffused with the base metal of the dovetail, wherein the first chromide coating does not have an aluminide coating deposited over it; and a second chromide coating contacting the base metal of at least a portion of an interior surface of the airfoil and interdiffused therewith; and a protective layer at least partially interdiffused with the base metal of the airfoil on an exterior surface of the airfoil; wherein the internal surfaces of the airfoil are substantially free of coatings other than the second chromide coating; characterised in that the dovetail has an internal passage for flowing a cooling flow therethrough to the internal passage of the shank; and in that the protective layer is selected from a group consisting of a diffusion aluminide and a diffusion platinum aluminide. a base metal; a platform; an airfoil extending upwardly from the platform, the airfoil having a cooling flow channel located inside the airfoil for flowing a cooling flow therethrough; a shank extending downwardly from the platform, the shank having an exterior wall and an internal passage located inside the shank for flowing a cooling flow therethrough to the cooling flow channel of the airfoil; a dovetail, wherein the shank is disposed between the platform and the dovetail, the dovetail having an exterior wall; a first chromide coating contacting the base metal of at least a portion of an interior surface (113,114) of the exterior wall of the shank and interdiffused therewith, and at least partially interdiffused with the base metal of the dovetail, wherein the first chromide coating does not have an aluminide coating deposited over it; and a second chromide coating contacting the base metal of at least a portion of an interior surface of the airfoil and interdiffused therewith; and a protective layer at least partially interdiffused with the base metal of the airfoil on an exterior surface of the airfoil; wherein the internal surfaces of the airfoil are substantially free of coatings other than the second chromide coating; characterised in that the dovetail has an internal passage for flowing a cooling flow therethrough to the internal passage of the shank; and in that the protective layer is selected from a group consisting of a diffusion aluminide and a diffusion platinum aluminide.
Device for preparing a liquid sample for a direct injection of the corresponding gaseous sample to a micro-gas chromatograph having a fluid space and a gas space (16, 54, 104), which spaces are separated by a semipermeable separating layer (20, 32, 38, 46, 58, 94, 108), the fluid space comprising a supply line for the liquid sample, and the gas space (16, 54, 104) having an outlet that can be connected with the gas chromatograph, wherein the fluid space and/or the gas space (16, 54, 104) is associated with at least one heating element (34, 35, 56, 106), characterised in that the device is configured to absorb a sample volume of approximately 10 μl to 30 μl, and in that the separating layer (20, 32, 38, 46, 58, 94, 108) has a thickness of 10 μl to 300 μl and pores having a size between 0,05 μl and 5 μl.