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Injection system for an aqueous solution for a vehicle, comprising: - a tank for an aqueous solution made of plastic, - an injection pump, - an ejector for an aqueous solution, - an injection line located between the pump and the ejector, - a purge line located between the injection line and the tank for aqueous solution, and - an outlet fitting located between the injection line and the purge line, the fitting having an external face and an internal face and forming an anti-clogging device capable of limiting or preventing the formation of a biofilm, at least a portion of the internal face of the fitting being made of or coated with a metal or a material comprising a metal, the metal being selected from copper, silver, zinc, aluminum, nickel, gold, barium, lead, tin, boron, thallium, antimony, cobalt, zirconium, molybdenum, titanium, iron, chromium, and an alloy of at least two of them, the system being characterized by a sleeve made of the metal or material comprising the metal inserted into the fitting and forming the portion or the entire internal face of the fitting. - a tank for an aqueous solution made of plastic, - an injection pump, - an ejector for an aqueous solution, - an injection line located between the pump and the ejector, - a purge line located between the injection line and the tank for aqueous solution, and - an outlet fitting located between the injection line and the purge line, the fitting having an external face and an internal face and forming an anti-clogging device capable of limiting or preventing the formation of a biofilm, at least a portion of the internal face of the fitting being made of or coated with a metal or a material comprising a metal, the metal being selected from copper, silver, zinc, aluminum, nickel, gold, barium, lead, tin, boron, thallium, antimony, cobalt, zirconium, molybdenum, titanium, iron, chromium, and an alloy of at least two of them,
A method of detecting a foreign object using a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors distributed on each side of a perimeter within an elevator shaft, the perimeter comprising at least four sides (222, 224, 226, 228) and the plurality of sensors forming a detection field, the method comprising: detecting, by a computing system (202, 800), whether there are any pre-existing objects (302, 304, 306, 308, 310) between a first group of sensors of the sensor array in the elevator shaft based on initially established locations of the pre-existing objects (302, 304, 306, 308, 310) to avoid false positives; detecting, by the computing system (202, 800), whether there is a foreign object between a second group of sensors of the sensor array in the elevator shaft, the second group of sensors including at least one sensor that does not overlap with the first group of sensors; and triggering, by the computing system (202, 800), a modification to a control aspect of an elevator car in the elevator shaft based on detection of the foreign object. detecting, by a computing system (202, 800), whether there are any pre-existing objects (302, 304, 306, 308, 310) between a first group of sensors of the sensor array in the elevator shaft based on initially established locations of the pre-existing objects (302, 304, 306, 308, 310) to avoid false positives; detecting, by the computing system (202, 800), whether there is a foreign object between a second group of sensors of the sensor array in the elevator shaft, the second group of sensors including at least one sensor that does not overlap with the first group of sensors; and triggering, by the computing system (202, 800), a modification to a control aspect of an elevator car in the elevator shaft based on detection of the foreign object.
A washing and/or drying device comprising at least one body; at least one body base located at that part facing a floor where the body is situated; at least one chamber which is located in the said body and in which stuff is put and washing/wringing/drying processes are performed; and at least one damper which absorbs the movement of the said chamber during the washing/wringing/drying processes, and at least one end of which is connected to the said chamber and at least another end thereof is connected to at least one connecting region provided in the said body base, which is preferably in the form of a flange, characterized by comprising at least one plastic supporting piece, which is independent from said damper and which is located at said connecting region, for preventing strike of the connecting region thereto and making noise during the operation of the washing and/or drying device, which supporting piece is located such that it is in contact with the connecting region of the body base so as to prevent rotational movement of the connecting region which may result from the force exerted on the chamber while the damper is absorbing the movement of the chamber and the supporting piece comprises at least one rear wall at a certain height which extends at that part facing the connecting region so as to move away from the body base and at least one lug in order to engage and disengage it from the body base, and the washing and/or drying device also comprises at least one hole suitable for receiving said lug.
A feeding unit for feeding a food product for a machine for making filled pasta, the feeding unit comprising at least one feed duct having a main direction of extension D, an outlet and an inlet, located on a lateral surface of the feed duct, for the food product; a first sleeve fitted coaxially over the duct and rotatable relative to the duct about an axis of rotation R in order to regulate the cross section of the inlet; an actuator (9, 10) comprising a stem inserted in the first sleeve and movable along the main direction of extension D between a first, retracted operating position and a second, extracted operating position to allow the food product to enter the feed duct and to push at least one single portion of food product out of the duct through the outlet, the feeding unit comprises a second sleeve, fitted between the first sleeve and the stem, the stem sliding inside the second sleeve and the first sleeve rotating on the second sleeve; the second sleeve having an outside surface whose cross section is circular in profile; characterized in that the second sleeve has an inside surface whose cross section is not circular in profile, the stem having a cross section whose outer profile corresponds to a profile (25, 26, 27) of the cross section of the inside surface of the second sleeve.
A crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, comprising an active heave compensation which, by actuating the hoisting gear, at least partly compensates the movement of the cable suspension point and/or a load deposition point due to the heave, wherein the heave compensation takes account of at least one constraint of the hoisting gear when calculating the actuation of the hoisting gear, characterized in that the heave compensation takes account of a maximum available velocity (v max).
A method, in a user equipment, for receiving control information in a radio communications network, the method comprising receiving a downlink signal comprising an enhanced control region consisting of at least two sets of physical resource block, PRB, pairs, each PRB pair consisting of a group of non-overlapping physical layer building blocks; wherein the method further comprises: forming one or more distributed enhanced control-channel elements, eCCEs, from a first set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks from multiple PRB pairs to form each distributed eCCE; forming one or more localized eCCEs from a second set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks such that each of the localized eCCEs is formed from physical layer building blocks from within a single PRB pair of the second set; and the method being characterised in that: forming first control channel message candidates from the distributed eCCEs and second control channel message candidates from the localized eCCEs; and wherein the forming comprises determining a starting eCCE position within the enhanced control region, and wherein said determining a starting eCCE position and said forming a number of control channel message candidates are performed independently for each of the localized eCCEs and the distributed eCCEs; and decoding each of the first and second control channel message candidates to search for a valid control channel message. forming one or more distributed enhanced control-channel elements, eCCEs, from a first set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks from multiple PRB pairs to form each distributed eCCE; forming one or more localized eCCEs from a second set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks such that each of the localized eCCEs is formed from physical layer building blocks from within a single PRB pair of the second set; and the method being characterised in that: forming first control channel message candidates from the distributed eCCEs and second control channel message candidates from the localized eCCEs; and wherein the forming comprises determining a starting eCCE position within the enhanced control region, and wherein said determining a starting eCCE position and said forming a number of control channel message candidates are performed independently for each of the localized eCCEs and the distributed eCCEs; and decoding each of the first and second control channel message candidates to search for a valid control channel message.
A device for cooling of at least two electronic modules that are arranged on a circuit board, characterized by a common heat dissipating device and at least two heat absorbing bodies, wherein each heat absorbing body is heat-conductively connected to the common heat dissipating device and can be heat-conductively connected to one of the electronic modules, wherein at least one heat absorbing body is heat-conductively connected to the common heat dissipating device via at least one flexible heat pipe, the heat pipe comprising a heat absorbing end section, a heat dissipating end section, and an axial and lateral flexible intermediate section, with the axial and lateral flexible intermediate section being arranged between the heat absorbing end section and the heat dissipating end section.
A method for inscribing a Bragg grating in an optical waveguide, comprising the steps of: providing the optical waveguide; providing electromagnetic radiation from an ultrashort pulse duration laser, wherein the electromagnetic radiation has a pulse duration of less than or equal to 5 picoseconds, and wherein the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation has a characteristic wavelength in the wavelength range from 150 nm to 2.0 microns; irradiating the optical waveguide with the electromagnetic radiation having an intensity to initially form a type I Bragg grating while still being sufficiently intense to cause a permanent change in the index of refraction within a core of the optical waveguide to cause formation of type II grating when further exposed to the succession of laser pulses, wherein the irradiating step is carried out for at least a number of pulses sufficient to form a type II grating, and wherein the irradiation of the optical waveguide is terminated after formation of a type II grating but prior to the type I grating erasure; and heating the optical waveguide to a temperature and for a duration sufficient to remove the type I grating formed in the optical waveguide by the irradiating step resulting in a waveguide comprising a thermally stable type II grating. providing the optical waveguide; providing electromagnetic radiation from an ultrashort pulse duration laser, wherein the electromagnetic radiation has a pulse duration of less than or equal to 5 picoseconds, and wherein the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation has a characteristic wavelength in the wavelength range from 150 nm to 2.0 microns; irradiating the optical waveguide with the electromagnetic radiation having an intensity to initially form a type I Bragg grating while still being sufficiently intense to cause a permanent change in the index of refraction within a core of the optical waveguide to cause formation of type II grating when further exposed to the succession of laser pulses, wherein the irradiating step is carried out for at least a number of pulses sufficient to form a type II grating, and wherein the irradiation of the optical waveguide is terminated after formation of a type II grating but prior to the type I grating erasure; and heating the optical waveguide to a temperature and for a duration sufficient to remove the type I grating formed in the optical waveguide by the irradiating step resulting in a waveguide comprising a thermally stable type II grating.
A method implemented by computer means, for managing an electronic television programme guide application presented over a time range including a present moment, the method including commanding an on-screen display of a succession ordered in time of thumbnails associated with respective television programmes, the display of the thumbnails being separated into three sections, a section for the thumbnails associated with past programmes, already broadcast in their entirety during said time range, a section for the thumbnails associated with present programmes, currently being broadcast, and a section for the thumbnails associated with future programmes whose broadcast has not yet started, the method including the following steps for each recurring past and/or future television programme: - identifying contents associated with this recurring television programme, and - developing a command for displaying a common thumbnail for all the contents associated with this recurring programme in a presentation of past or future programmes, the display being such that, for the section of thumbnails associated with past programmes and/or for the section of thumbnails associated with future programmes, said common thumbnail is the only thumbnail displayed for this programme in the corresponding section, the method being such that each common thumbnail displays the number of contents associated with the recurring programme corresponding to this thumbnail. the method including the following steps for each recurring past and/or future television programme: - identifying contents associated with this recurring television programme, and - developing a command for displaying a common thumbnail for all the contents associated with this recurring programme in a presentation of past or future programmes, - identifying contents associated with this recurring television programme, and - developing a command for displaying a common thumbnail for all the contents associated with this recurring programme in a presentation of past or future programmes, the display being such that, for the section of thumbnails associated with past programmes and/or for the section of thumbnails associated with future programmes, said common thumbnail is the only thumbnail displayed for this programme in the corresponding section, the method being such that each common thumbnail displays the number of contents associated with the recurring programme corresponding to this thumbnail.
A method of condition monitoring a WTG (Wind Turbine Generator) comprising acts of: - collecting at least the following data sets with time stamps: A) generator power production measurements; B) mechanical status measurements; C) nacelle direction measurements; D) meteorological conditions measurement including at least wind condition measurements; E) and torque measurement - synchronizing and Processing the data sets to provide at least i) Rotor/blade status information ii) Generator power production information iii) Tower status information - classifying the information i), ii) and iii) in at least the following states of operation: ∘ Normal state of operation or ∘ Non-normal state of operation, and the said act of synchronization is performed in at least one synchronization system for synchronizing collected and time stamped data. - collecting at least the following data sets with time stamps: A) generator power production measurements; B) mechanical status measurements; C) nacelle direction measurements; D) meteorological conditions measurement including at least wind condition measurements; E) and torque measurement A) generator power production measurements; B) mechanical status measurements; C) nacelle direction measurements; D) meteorological conditions measurement including at least wind condition measurements; E) and torque measurement - synchronizing and Processing the data sets to provide at least i) Rotor/blade status information ii) Generator power production information iii) Tower status information i) Rotor/blade status information ii) Generator power production information iii) Tower status information - classifying the information i), ii) and iii) in at least the following states of operation: ∘ Normal state of operation or ∘ Non-normal state of operation, ∘ Normal state of operation or ∘ Non-normal state of operation,
A device comprising: - at least one electromagnetic focusing cavity, the cavity having a wall defining an internal volume, - at least one transmitting antenna adapted to transmit an electromagnetic wave into the interior volume from an electrical input signal, the cavity being designed by reverberation, from the transmitted electromagnetic wave, a focused electromagnetic wave in a focusing zone located in the interior volume, - at least one input for receiving the electrical input signal, the input being electrically connected to the transmitting antenna, - at least one receiving antenna adapted to receive, in the focusing zone, the focused electromagnetic wave, and to produce an amplified electrical output signal from the focused electromagnetic wave, and - at least one output for receiving the electrical output signal, the output being electrically connected to the receiving antenna, - the internal volume is less than 1.0 m 3, and - the cavity comprises at least one dielectric material occupying at least 70% of the interior volume, the dielectric material having a complex relative permittivity, the complex permittivity having a real part and an imaginary part, characterised in that the real part measured at 1 GHz being between 20 and 65, and the imaginary part measured at 1 GHz being less than 1/2000. - at least one electromagnetic focusing cavity, the cavity having a wall defining an internal volume, - at least one transmitting antenna adapted to transmit an electromagnetic wave into the interior volume from an electrical input signal, the cavity being designed by reverberation, from the transmitted electromagnetic wave, a focused electromagnetic wave in a focusing zone located in the interior volume, - at least one input for receiving the electrical input signal, the input being electrically connected to the transmitting antenna, - at least one receiving antenna adapted to receive, in the focusing zone, the focused electromagnetic wave, and to produce an amplified electrical output signal from the focused electromagnetic wave, and - at least one output for receiving the electrical output signal, the output being electrically connected to the receiving antenna, - the internal volume is less than 1.0 m 3, and - the cavity comprises at least one dielectric material occupying at least 70% of the interior volume, the dielectric material having a complex relative permittivity, the complex permittivity having a real part and an imaginary part, characterised in that the real part measured at 1 GHz being between 20 and 65, and the imaginary part measured at 1 GHz being less than 1/2000.
Method for sealed assembly of at least two sintered tubular sections; each section having at least one assembly surface substantially complementary to a surface of the other section; at least one junction member comprising a web arranged so as to be interposed under stress between the assembly surfaces of the sections, characterized in that the web has a thickness and a height between said assembly surfaces which is less than that of said surfaces; the junction member having, on both sides of the web transversely, a skirt with an anchoring section and an engagement section; according to the method, firstly the skirts are inserted into the bores of the corresponding sections, with at least a sliding exactly at the level of the engagement section, while at the level of the anchoring section the insertion involves a sealed clamping; then there is carried out a fusion of limited extent, suitable so that there are fused locally the web and the immediate vicinity of said web of the assembly surfaces, which realises a welding of the sections without alteration of the structure of their constituent material beyond the skirt.
Process for converting waste plastic, comprising more than 50 % by weight of polystyrene and polyolefin, based on the total weight of the waste plastic, into gases, liquid fuels and waxes by catalytic cracking, the process comprising: • introducing waste plastic and a catalyst within a reactor; • allowing at least a portion of the waste plastic to be converted to gases, liquid fuels and waxes within the reactor; and • removing a product stream containing said gases, liquid fuels and waxes from the reactor, • characterized in that additionally a gas stream comprising propylene is introduced within the reactor and in that the catalyst is a zeolite-type catalyst and/or an amorphous-type catalyst. • introducing waste plastic and a catalyst within a reactor; • allowing at least a portion of the waste plastic to be converted to gases, liquid fuels and waxes within the reactor; and • removing a product stream containing said gases, liquid fuels and waxes from the reactor, • characterized in that additionally a gas stream comprising propylene is introduced within the reactor and in that the catalyst is a zeolite-type catalyst and/or an amorphous-type catalyst.
An aqueous multipurpose solution for cleaning, disinfecting, conditioning, storing and rinsing contact lenses, which comprises the following ingredients: - a surfactant, for wetting the lenses and removing debris therefrom, - a cleaning agent, for facilitating protein removal, - a buffering system, for maintaining the pH of the solution, - an antimicrobial agent, for disinfecting and preserving the lenses, - a chelating agent, for binding metal ions, - a tonicity agent, for adjusting the osmolality of the solution, characterized in that it further comprises a chamomile extract at a concentration ranging from 0.010 to 0.050 mg/ml. - a surfactant, for wetting the lenses and removing debris therefrom, - a cleaning agent, for facilitating protein removal, - a buffering system, for maintaining the pH of the solution, - an antimicrobial agent, for disinfecting and preserving the lenses, - a chelating agent, for binding metal ions, - a tonicity agent, for adjusting the osmolality of the solution,
A device for covering a plant growing medium comprising: a sheet; an aperture defined by said sheet; and at least one cover wall (62, 64, 68, 72) connected to at least one sheet edge (22, 24, 26,28) and projecting therefrom; characterised in that at least one protrusion projecting in a first direction from said sheet for engaging a top surface of the plant growing medium, wherein said at least one cover wall (62, 64, 68, 72) projects further into said first direction than said at least one protrusion. a sheet; an aperture defined by said sheet; and at least one cover wall (62, 64, 68, 72) connected to at least one sheet edge (22, 24, 26,28) and projecting therefrom; characterised in that at least one protrusion projecting in a first direction from said sheet for engaging a top surface of the plant growing medium, wherein said at least one cover wall (62, 64, 68, 72) projects further into said first direction than said at least one protrusion.