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A method for coiling and on-line inspection of a continuously-rolled metal strip, comprising a step for continuous coiling on at least one mandrel (10, 20) of a coiling station, preferably of the carousel type, characterized by at least the following steps: - the strip is cut by a shears situated before the coiling, advances over a certain length on an insertion table so as to at least partially cover the latter, and is cut a second time by the shears so as to obtain a specimen; - the coiling of the coil (1, 1', 1", etc.) on the mandrel is completed and the coil is evacuated from the coiling station; - in parallel, the insertion table bearing the specimen is moved parallel to itself and to the rolling-coiling line until it is in the extension of an inspection line separate end parallel to the rolling-coiling line, this inspection line comprising an inspection table; - the specimen is inspected on the inspection table in order to detect faults; - once the specimen has left the insertion table, the latter is put back in the rolling-coiling line, to allow the coiling of a new coil. - the strip is cut by a shears situated before the coiling, advances over a certain length on an insertion table so as to at least partially cover the latter, and is cut a second time by the shears so as to obtain a specimen; - the coiling of the coil (1, 1', 1", etc.) on the mandrel is completed and the coil is evacuated from the coiling station; - in parallel, the insertion table bearing the specimen is moved parallel to itself and to the rolling-coiling line until it is in the extension of an inspection line separate end parallel to the rolling-coiling line, this inspection line comprising an inspection table; - the specimen is inspected on the inspection table in order to detect faults; - once the specimen has left the insertion table, the latter is put back in the rolling-coiling line, to allow the coiling of a new coil.
Laundry care appliance with a recirculating pump system, which comprises a laundry drum for holding laundry, a tub for holding wash liquor, wherein the tub comprises an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a line which connects the inlet opening and the discharge opening and a pump for pumping wash liquor through the line with a load detection facility for detecting a weight of laundry in the laundry drum, with a power detection facility for detecting an electrical power value of the pump, with a wash liquor supply element for supplying a volume of wash liquor to the tub and with a control element, characterised in that the control element is configured to determine a quantity of wash liquor bound to the laundry in the laundry drum as a function of the volume of wash liquor supplied and as a function of the detected electrical power value of the pump, and the control element is configured to change a laundry care program as a function of the ratio of the determined volume of wash liquor bound to the laundry and the detected weight of the laundry in the laundry drum.
A liquid applying apparatus comprising: an applying member which is adapted to apply a liquid to a medium and which has an applying surface; and a holding member that abuts against the applying surface to form a liquid holding space in which the liquid can be held, the applying surface being rotatively moveable to apply the liquid supplied to the applying surface to the applying medium, wherein an abutting portion of the holding member which abuts against the applying surface is integrally, seamlessly and annularly formed of a single member, and the holding member is placed such that an abutting surface of the abutting portion, located downstream in a rotative moving direction of the applying member, is arranged below an abutting surface of the abutting portion, located upstream in the rotative moving direction of the applying member, characterized in that the abutting portion is continuously abutted without a gap against the applying surface under a biasing force of a pressing means so that the liquid holding space is closed by the abutting portion to hold the liquid in the liquid holding space and to prevent leakage of the liquid held in the liquid holding space to the exterior. an applying member which is adapted to apply a liquid to a medium and which has an applying surface; and a holding member that abuts against the applying surface to form a liquid holding space in which the liquid can be held, the applying surface being rotatively moveable to apply the liquid supplied to the applying surface to the applying medium, wherein an abutting portion of the holding member which abuts against the applying surface is integrally, seamlessly and annularly formed of a single member, and the holding member is placed such that an abutting surface of the abutting portion, located downstream in a rotative moving direction of the applying member, is arranged below an abutting surface of the abutting portion, located upstream in the rotative moving direction of the applying member, characterized in that the abutting portion is continuously abutted without a gap against the applying surface under a biasing force of a pressing means so that the liquid holding space is closed by the abutting portion to hold the liquid in the liquid holding space and to prevent leakage of the liquid held in the liquid holding space to the exterior.
A column analog-to-digital, A/D, converter comprising: a plurality of column processing units including an analog-digital conversion function to convert analog signals into digital signals; a plurality of counters (400, 530) configured to generate digital codes, in synchronization with a reference clock generated by a circuit, and arranged corresponding to each or a set of the column processing units; and a count start offset unit configured to offset a count start code for at least two or more counters among the plurality of counters before the reference clock is supplied to the counters, wherein the digital codes comprise a Gray code and a binary code; characterised in that, the count start code is generated by inputting a code offset pulse with a different pulse value into each counter before the reference clock is supplied to the counters, the pulse value being the number of pulses present in the code offset pulse. a plurality of column processing units including an analog-digital conversion function to convert analog signals into digital signals; a plurality of counters (400, 530) configured to generate digital codes, in synchronization with a reference clock generated by a circuit, and arranged corresponding to each or a set of the column processing units; and a count start offset unit configured to offset a count start code for at least two or more counters among the plurality of counters before the reference clock is supplied to the counters, wherein the digital codes comprise a Gray code and a binary code; characterised in that, the count start code is generated by inputting a code offset pulse with a different pulse value into each counter before the reference clock is supplied to the counters, the pulse value being the number of pulses present in the code offset pulse.
An apparatus for an engine having a crankshaft, a cylinder and a piston operatively coupled to the crankshaft to move back and forth within the cylinder, the apparatus comprising: a control shaft rotatably supported on the engine, the control shaft having an eccentric axle that is eccentric relative to a rotational center axis of the control shaft; a linkage operatively connecting the piston to the crankshaft and the crankshaft to the eccentric axle of the control shaft; a drive motor operatively coupled to the control shaft to rotate the control shaft about the rotational center axis such that a top dead center position of the piston is changed so as to vary a compression ratio of the engine; and a reduction mechanism coupling the drive motor to the control shaft, configured to reduce the rotation of the drive motor and transmit the rotation to the control shaft such that a reduction ratio of a rotation angle of the drive motor to a rotation angle of the control shaft is less at a high compression ratio than at an intermediate compression ratio, wherein the reduction mechanism is arranged such that the reduction ratio is less at a low compression ratio than at the intermediate compression ratio. a control shaft rotatably supported on the engine, the control shaft having an eccentric axle that is eccentric relative to a rotational center axis of the control shaft; a linkage operatively connecting the piston to the crankshaft and the crankshaft to the eccentric axle of the control shaft; a drive motor operatively coupled to the control shaft to rotate the control shaft about the rotational center axis such that a top dead center position of the piston is changed so as to vary a compression ratio of the engine; and a reduction mechanism coupling the drive motor to the control shaft, configured to reduce the rotation of the drive motor and transmit the rotation to the control shaft such that a reduction ratio of a rotation angle of the drive motor to a rotation angle of the control shaft is less at a high compression ratio than at an intermediate compression ratio, wherein the reduction mechanism is arranged such that the reduction ratio is less at a low compression ratio than at the intermediate compression ratio.
A string instrument having: a body with a sound hole; a neck extending from the body; a plurality of strings mounted over the neck and the sound hole; a plurality of sensors (42, 56) mounted under the strings along the neck; and electronic circuitry associated with the sensors (42, 56); wherein the sensors comprise dynamic, individual fret-activated sensors (42, 56), each of which is positioned correspondingly under one of the plurality of strings, whereby, when a chord is played on the strings of the string instrument, applied finger pressure on the strings activates the corresponding dynamic, individual fret-activated sensors (42, 56), and transmits pressure data, representing the played chord, via the electronic circuitry, to a processor to produce an audio output comprising the played chord, characterized in that the dynamic, individual fret-activated sensors (42, 56) are capacitance sensors, and the capacitance sensors comprise a fixed lower conducting layer spaced apart and insulated from a displaceable upper conducting layer (48a, 58) having an individual, dynamic fret fixed onto it, there being a dielectric between the layers, whereby pressure on the dynamic fret displaces the upper layer (48a, 58) in the direction of the lower layer generating a current proportional to the displacement. a body with a sound hole; a neck extending from the body; a plurality of strings mounted over the neck and the sound hole; a plurality of sensors (42, 56) mounted under the strings along the neck; and electronic circuitry associated with the sensors (42, 56); wherein the sensors comprise dynamic, individual fret-activated sensors (42, 56), each of which is positioned correspondingly under one of the plurality of strings, whereby, when a chord is played on the strings of the string instrument, applied finger pressure on the strings activates the corresponding dynamic, individual fret-activated sensors (42, 56), and transmits pressure data, representing the played chord, via the electronic circuitry, to a processor to produce an audio output comprising the played chord, characterized in that the dynamic, individual fret-activated sensors (42, 56) are capacitance sensors, and the capacitance sensors comprise a fixed lower conducting layer spaced apart and insulated from a displaceable upper conducting layer (48a, 58) having an individual, dynamic fret fixed onto it, there being a dielectric between the layers, whereby pressure on the dynamic fret displaces the upper layer (48a, 58) in the direction of the lower layer generating a current proportional to the displacement.
An air drying system comprising: a compressor coupled to a first air inlet through which moist air is received; a first turbine in fluid communication with the compressor and coupled to a first air outlet through which dry air is expelled; a second turbine coupled to a second air inlet and a second air outlet and being driven, at least in part, by an air flow caused by a pressure differential between the second air inlet and the second air outlet; a heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger inlet coupled to an outlet of the compressor; a water separator coupled to a first heat exchanger outlet of the heat exchanger and to an inlet of the first turbine; wherein the second turbine is operably coupled to the compressor and the first turbine by a drive mechanism so that rotation of the second turbine, effected by the pressure differential, drives rotation of the compressor and the first turbine so that the dry air is expelled from the first turbine through the first air outlet; an outlet of the second turbine being coupled to a second heat exchanger inlet of the heat exchanger; and a second heat exchanger outlet of the heat exchanger being coupled to the second air outlet, the water separator comprising a condensate conduit coupled to a conduit at or downstream of the second heat exchanger outlet so as to substantially prevent solid particles from entering the heat exchanger. a compressor coupled to a first air inlet through which moist air is received; a first turbine in fluid communication with the compressor and coupled to a first air outlet through which dry air is expelled; a second turbine coupled to a second air inlet and a second air outlet and being driven, at least in part, by an air flow caused by a pressure differential between the second air inlet and the second air outlet; a heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger inlet coupled to an outlet of the compressor; a water separator coupled to a first heat exchanger outlet of the heat exchanger and to an inlet of the first turbine; wherein the second turbine is operably coupled to the compressor and the first turbine by a drive mechanism so that rotation of the second turbine, effected by the pressure differential, drives rotation of the compressor and the first turbine so that the dry air is expelled from the first turbine through the first air outlet; an outlet of the second turbine being coupled to a second heat exchanger inlet of the heat exchanger; and a second heat exchanger outlet of the heat exchanger being coupled to the second air outlet, the water separator comprising a condensate conduit coupled to a conduit at or downstream of the second heat exchanger outlet so as to substantially prevent solid particles from entering the heat exchanger.
A variant herpes simplex virus comprising: a. functionally inactive ICP34.5 encoding genes; b. a US11 encoding gene operably associated with an immediate early promoter; c. an intact endogenous US11 encoding gene; d. an intact endogenous Us12 encoding gene; and e. a gene encoding a heterologous TAP inhibitor polypeptide, wherein the heterologous TAP inhibitor polypeptide is a herpes virus UL49.5 TAP inhibitor polypeptide, a CMV US6 polypeptide, or a BNLF2a polypeptide. a. functionally inactive ICP34.5 encoding genes; b. a US11 encoding gene operably associated with an immediate early promoter; c. an intact endogenous US11 encoding gene; d. an intact endogenous Us12 encoding gene; and e. a gene encoding a heterologous TAP inhibitor polypeptide,
An off-road speed control system for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the system being operable to automatically cause the vehicle to accelerate from a first speed to a second speed in accordance with a selected one of a plurality of predefined stored acceleration profiles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), each said profile (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) comprising stored data in the form of a value of one of vehicle speed and vehicle rate of acceleration, as a function of time, the profile (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) being selected in dependence on a type of terrain over which the vehicle is operating.
A method, comprising: receiving, at an entity from a first entity, an indication of a list of one or more contacts in an address book of a subscribing user; submitting, from the entity to a second entity, a subscription request for the one or more contacts; receiving, at the entity from the second entity, updated contact information for the subscribed one or more contacts; obtaining, at the entity from a third entity, a personalization rule document of the subscribing user, the personalization rule document including at least one personalization rule; applying, at the entity, the at least one personalization rule to the updated contact information for the subscribed one or more contacts so as to generate personalized updated contact information for the subscribed one or more contacts; and the entity synchronizing the generated personalized updated contact information with contact information of the subscribed one or more contacts in the address book. receiving, at an entity from a first entity, an indication of a list of one or more contacts in an address book of a subscribing user; submitting, from the entity to a second entity, a subscription request for the one or more contacts; receiving, at the entity from the second entity, updated contact information for the subscribed one or more contacts; obtaining, at the entity from a third entity, a personalization rule document of the subscribing user, the personalization rule document including at least one personalization rule; applying, at the entity, the at least one personalization rule to the updated contact information for the subscribed one or more contacts so as to generate personalized updated contact information for the subscribed one or more contacts; and the entity synchronizing the generated personalized updated contact information with contact information of the subscribed one or more contacts in the address book.
A stent comprising: a tubular shape formed from at least one wire; said tubular shape having a first region that has a first porosity and a second region that has a second porosity that is higher than said first porosity; wherein said first region further comprises a plurality of mechanical ties, the stent being characterized in that each of said plurality of mechanical ties connects a first stent wire and a second stent wire overlapping said first stent wire; and each of said plurality of mechanical ties further comprises a first coil having a first inner diameter and that is disposed around only said first stent wire, each of said plurality of mechanical ties further comprises a second coil having a second inner diameter that is larger than said first inner diameter; said second coil being connected to said first coil. a tubular shape formed from at least one wire; said tubular shape having a first region that has a first porosity and a second region that has a second porosity that is higher than said first porosity; wherein said first region further comprises a plurality of mechanical ties, the stent being characterized in that each of said plurality of mechanical ties connects a first stent wire and a second stent wire overlapping said first stent wire; and each of said plurality of mechanical ties further comprises a first coil having a first inner diameter and that is disposed around only said first stent wire, each of said plurality of mechanical ties further comprises a second coil having a second inner diameter that is larger than said first inner diameter; said second coil being connected to said first coil.
A retraction device for sliding doors, drawers, etc., comprising a damping device and a spring which act indirectly or directly on a receiving element, wherein the receiving element can be moved between a retracted position and a free-running position, wherein the damping device has two dampers having a damping effect which acts in series on the receiving element, and wherein the receiving element can be adjusted in a guide between the retracted position and the free-running position, characterised in that the dampers are each configured in the form of fluid dampers having a cylinder and a piston which can be adjusted therein, that a piston rod is coupled to the piston, that the piston rods of the dampers are displaceable in opposite directions, and that the guide has a parking section (12.2) in which the receiving element is tilted in relation to the orientation thereof in the retracted position.
A method for receiving a downlink signal through an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel, EPDCCH, in a wireless communication system by a user equipment, UE, the method carried out by the UE comprising: receiving, via radio resource control, RRC, signaling, a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resource configuration for a non-zero power CSI-RS; receiving a demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in one or more EPDCCH physical resource block, PRB, sets; if a transmission mode configured in the UE is a Coordinated Multi-Point, CoMP, operation mode and the one or more EPDCCH PRB sets are received, assuming that the non-zero power CSI-RS configured by the RRC signaling and the DMRS associated with an EPDCCH are quasi co-located, QCL; and attempting to decode the EPDCCH in each of the one or more EPDCCH PRB sets based on the DMRS assumed to be QCL. receiving, via radio resource control, RRC, signaling, a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resource configuration for a non-zero power CSI-RS; receiving a demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in one or more EPDCCH physical resource block, PRB, sets; if a transmission mode configured in the UE is a Coordinated Multi-Point, CoMP, operation mode and the one or more EPDCCH PRB sets are received, assuming that the non-zero power CSI-RS configured by the RRC signaling and the DMRS associated with an EPDCCH are quasi co-located, QCL; and attempting to decode the EPDCCH in each of the one or more EPDCCH PRB sets based on the DMRS assumed to be QCL.
A cleaning blade, having an elastic body formed of a rubber base material molded product, and a surface treatment layer provided on at least an area of the elastic body to be brought into contact with a cleaning object, wherein the surface treatment layer contains a cured product of an isocyanate group reaction product of a bi-functional isocyanate compound with a bi-functional polyol and a tri-functional polyol; and the cured product has reacted with a polymer forming the elastic body via isocyanate groups; characterized in that the isocyanate group reaction product has a mole ratio (2-function/3-function) of the bi-functional polyol to the tri-functional polyol of 50/50 to 95/5; the surface treatment layer has a thickness of 10 μm to 100 μm; and the difference in indentation elastic modulus between the surface treatment layer and the elastic body is 3 MPa or more. wherein the surface treatment layer contains a cured product of an isocyanate group reaction product of a bi-functional isocyanate compound with a bi-functional polyol and a tri-functional polyol; and the cured product has reacted with a polymer forming the elastic body via isocyanate groups; characterized in that the isocyanate group reaction product has a mole ratio (2-function/3-function) of the bi-functional polyol to the tri-functional polyol of 50/50 to 95/5; the surface treatment layer has a thickness of 10 μm to 100 μm; and the difference in indentation elastic modulus between the surface treatment layer and the elastic body is 3 MPa or more.