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Method for operating a washing machine comprising a suds container for receiving water, a rib-free drum , which is rotatably mounted in the suds container , for receiving laundry , a motor for driving the drum , and an open-loop or closed-loop control device , the method having a pre-ironing phase (Vb) for pre-ironing of the laundry located in the drum , during which phase steam is conducted into the drum and the drum is moved by means of the motor into a right-left pendulum motion, the pendulum rhythm of which is controlled in an open-loop or closed-loop manner by means of the open-loop or closed-loop control device in such a way that the drum is at least intermittently untouched by the laundry ; characterised in that the open-loop or closed-loop control device controls the pendulum rhythm in an open-loop or closed-loop manner in such a way that the pendulum rhythm varies depending on a time period.
A driver circuit for an LED display for switching a light-emitting diode (LED) between a non-luminous state and a luminous state for producing light for a display, the driver circuit comprising: an LED ; a drive current controller arranged to selectively open and close a drive current flow path through the LED thereby selectively to switch the LED between a non-luminous state and a luminous state characterized in that said driver circuit further comprises a current monitor arranged to monitor a current flowing through the drive current flow path to detect switching of the drive current flow path between opened and closed, and to generate a charge demand signal representing the switching of the drive current flow path; a charge injector unit for inputting charge into the LED to store said charge within the LED via the junction capacitance thereof; a charge injection control unit arranged to control the charge injector unit to input said charge upon the charge demand signal representing the opening of the drive current flow path. an LED ; a drive current controller arranged to selectively open and close a drive current flow path through the LED thereby selectively to switch the LED between a non-luminous state and a luminous state characterized in that said driver circuit further comprises a current monitor arranged to monitor a current flowing through the drive current flow path to detect switching of the drive current flow path between opened and closed, and to generate a charge demand signal representing the switching of the drive current flow path; a charge injector unit for inputting charge into the LED to store said charge within the LED via the junction capacitance thereof; a charge injection control unit arranged to control the charge injector unit to input said charge upon the charge demand signal representing the opening of the drive current flow path.
A wire tightening device comprising: a housing in which an inner space is formed and locking teeth are formed at a bottom portion thereof; a winding wheel located in the inner space of the housing , and having a through hole vertically formed in the middle thereof, a winding groove which is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the through hole and on which a wire is wound, a first ratchet part mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the through hole and below the winding groove , and coupling teeth formed at the upper portion thereof; a lifting member disposed in the through hole of the winding wheel , and having a second ratchet part disposed at a lower portion thereof and engaged with the first ratchet part to allow rotation in one direction and prevent rotation in the other direction with respect to the winding wheel , and engagement teeth formed at a lower end portion thereof to be caught to the locking teeth ; and a tightening cap coupled to an upper portion of the housing to be able to perform a lifting motion, having tightening teeth coupled with the coupling teeth when lowering to rotate the winding wheel in the winding direction of the wire, and coupled with the lifting member to perform a lifting motion together with the lifting member . a housing in which an inner space is formed and locking teeth are formed at a bottom portion thereof; a winding wheel located in the inner space of the housing , and having a through hole vertically formed in the middle thereof, a winding groove which is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the through hole and on which a wire is wound, a first ratchet part mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the through hole and below the winding groove , and coupling teeth formed at the upper portion thereof; a lifting member disposed in the through hole of the winding wheel , and having a second ratchet part disposed at a lower portion thereof and engaged with the first ratchet part to allow rotation in one direction and prevent rotation in the other direction with respect to the winding wheel , and engagement teeth formed at a lower end portion thereof to be caught to the locking teeth ; and a tightening cap coupled to an upper portion of the housing to be able to perform a lifting motion, having tightening teeth coupled with the coupling teeth when lowering to rotate the winding wheel in the winding direction of the wire, and coupled with the lifting member to perform a lifting motion together with the lifting member .
A compression coil spring, comprising a steel wire material containing 0.45 to 0.80 weight% of C, 0.15 to 2.50 weight% of Si, 0.3 to 1.0 weight% of Mn, 0.005 to 4.5 weight% of at least one of Cr, B, Ni, Ti, Cu, Nb, V, Mo, and W, and iron and inevitable impurities as the remainder, and having a circle equivalent diameter of 2.5 mm to 10 mm, wherein internal hardness at a freely selected cross section of the wire material is in a range of 570 to 700 Hv, C-condensed layer which has a maximum C concentration of 0.7 to 0.9 weight% and exceeds average concentration of C contained in the steel wire material exists at surface layer part, wherein hardness of the C-condensed layer is not less than 50 HV higher than the internal hardness, and in a maximum principal stress direction generated when a compressive load is loaded on spring of inner diameter side of the coil spring of the wire material, when measurement is performed sequentially using an X-ray diffraction type residual stress measuring apparatus while chemical polishing is performed on an entire surface of the steel wire material, thereby obtaining a depth from surface of the wire material at which value of unloaded compressive residual stress is zero as a crossing point, and when obtaining a residual stress distribution curve having vertical axis of residual stress and horizontal axis of wire radius, and defining value of integral from surface to the crossing point in the residual stress distribution curve as I -σR , the I -σR is not less than 160 MPa·mm.
Device for fluid supply to an electric drive train, for cooling and lubricating a transmission and preferably for supplying oil to an electric motor of the electric drive train, for a motor vehicle, comprising - a main pump for delivering fluid from a fluid reservoir to the electric drive train; and - at least one auxiliary pump , the auxiliary pump being selectively connectable by means of a controllable actuating device for supplying fluid to the electric drive train; characterised in that the main pump and the auxiliary pump are designed as hydraulic fixed displacement pumps; and the main pump and the auxiliary pump are mechanically driven by the transmission of the electric drive train in such a way that there is a fixed transmission ratio between a pump speed of the main pump and a pump speed of the auxiliary pump . - a main pump for delivering fluid from a fluid reservoir to the electric drive train; and - at least one auxiliary pump , the auxiliary pump being selectively connectable by means of a controllable actuating device for supplying fluid to the electric drive train;
Plant protection device , in particular for plant seedlings, wherein the plant protection device comprises a sheath which is configured or is configurable in the shape of a hollow cylinder, a three-sided or multi-sided hollow prism or a truncated cone, the sheath consisting of a material which, as the base material, consists of pomace, wood chips, wood flour, ground green cuttings or mixtures thereof and, as the binder, based on the total mass of the plant protection device, comprises a mass fraction of 2 to 80 % of a binder selected from casein glue, starch, dextrin, water glass, animal, vegetable, synthetic but also mineral waxes, such as paraffin wax or beeswax, or wax emulsions, lignin, gum arabic, biodegradable thermoplastics or mixtures thereof, wherein the sheath furthermore contains, as a stabilizing lattice structure, vegetable fibers, preferably selected from cotton, hemp, straw or mixtures thereof, or a film of casein glue as a stabilizing support structure.
An anesthetic administration device comprising: (a) a regional anesthetic needle; (b) a feed tube and an infusion device in fluid communication with the regional anesthetic needle via the feed tube, wherein the infusion device comprises one or more anesthetic flow devices capable of generating forward and backward flow of local anesthetic through the regional anesthetic needle; and (c) a controller that comprises one or more actuator switches, wherein the one or more actuator switches activate forward and backward flow of the local anesthetic through the regional anesthetic needle, wherein the anesthetic administration device comprises a flow rate monitor and/or a pressure sensor capable of monitoring the pressure of the local anesthetic, characterised in that the one or more actuator switches are positioned on the regional anesthetic needle and/or the feed tube such that they may be operated by hand. (a) a regional anesthetic needle; (b) a feed tube and an infusion device in fluid communication with the regional anesthetic needle via the feed tube, wherein the infusion device comprises one or more anesthetic flow devices capable of generating forward and backward flow of local anesthetic through the regional anesthetic needle; and (c) a controller that comprises one or more actuator switches, wherein the one or more actuator switches activate forward and backward flow of the local anesthetic through the regional anesthetic needle, wherein the anesthetic administration device comprises a flow rate monitor and/or a pressure sensor capable of monitoring the pressure of the local anesthetic, characterised in that the one or more actuator switches are positioned on the regional anesthetic needle and/or the feed tube such that they may be operated by hand.
A data requesting method performed in a first device , the method comprising: forming an image of a second device by using an image pickup unit included in the first device ; generating (S810) time information at the first device wherein the time information indicates a time when the image of the second device is formed; identifying an operation mode of the first device as a capture mode, from among a plurality of operation modes, including the capture mode and an additional information obtaining mode, by determining from the formed image of the second device that the second device includes an output unit ; generating (S820) a data request command requesting data output by the output unit of the second device , at a time point indicated by the time information; and transmitting (S830) the generated data request command, wherein the data request command includes the time information; and receiving a plurality of pieces of data in response to transmission of the data request command, the plurality of pieces of data having associated times within a period of time from the time point indicated by the time information. forming an image of a second device by using an image pickup unit included in the first device ; generating (S810) time information at the first device wherein the time information indicates a time when the image of the second device is formed; identifying an operation mode of the first device as a capture mode, from among a plurality of operation modes, including the capture mode and an additional information obtaining mode, by determining from the formed image of the second device that the second device includes an output unit ; generating (S820) a data request command requesting data output by the output unit of the second device , at a time point indicated by the time information; and transmitting (S830) the generated data request command, wherein the data request command includes the time information; and receiving a plurality of pieces of data in response to transmission of the data request command, the plurality of pieces of data having associated times within a period of time from the time point indicated by the time information.
Method for hardening a communication device (KG), having the following steps of: - identifying use of at least one port (POR), via which a request is submitted to the communication device (KG) by means of a message (MSG); characterized by - outputting a signal (SIG) for blocking the at least one port (POR) if, after a predefinable period (TIOT), either the use of the respective port (POR) is identified as low or no use of the respective port (POR) is identified and if at least one further port from a reference list (WL) of ports, which comprises the port (POR) and the at least one further port, is open. - identifying use of at least one port (POR), via which a request is submitted to the communication device (KG) by means of a message (MSG); - outputting a signal (SIG) for blocking the at least one port (POR) if, after a predefinable period (TIOT), either the use of the respective port (POR) is identified as low or no use of the respective port (POR) is identified and if at least one further port from a reference list (WL) of ports, which comprises the port (POR) and the at least one further port, is open.
A signalling device for a motor vehicle comprising at least one homogeneously illuminated screen , the signalling device including: - a light source configured to emit a light beam , the light intensity of which decreases as the periphery of the light beam is approached; and - a screen comprising a first face opposite to a second face , the screen allowing at least part of the light beam emitted by the light source to pass through; and - a means for holding the screen in front of the light source in such a way that the light source can illuminate directly the first face thereof; and - a means for occulting at least a peripheral portion of the light beam emitted by the light source , in such a way that, at the second face of the screen , the maximum variation of light intensity is equal to or lower than 60% when the light beam illuminates the screen , the occulting means comprising a sheath present between the light source and the screen , the sheath being arranged in such a way as to surround the light beam emitted by the light source in such a way that only a central portion of the light beam illuminates directly the screen ; characterized in that the sheath comprises a proximal end opposite the light source and a distal end in contact with the screen , the distal end is configured to absorb the light emitted by the light source and the internal face of the proximal portion of the sheath is covered with a material reflecting the light towards the screen . - a light source configured to emit a light beam , the light intensity of which decreases as the periphery of the light beam is approached; and - a screen comprising a first face opposite to a second face , the screen allowing at least part of the light beam emitted by the light source to pass through; and - a means for holding the screen in front of the light source in such a way that the light source can illuminate directly the first face thereof; and - a means for occulting at least a peripheral portion of the light beam emitted by the light source , in such a way that, at the second face of the screen , the maximum variation of light intensity is equal to or lower than 60% when the light beam illuminates the screen , the occulting means comprising a sheath present between the light source and the screen , the sheath being arranged in such a way as to surround the light beam emitted by the light source in such a way that only a central portion of the light beam illuminates directly the screen ; characterized in that the sheath comprises a proximal end opposite the light source and a distal end in contact with the screen , the distal end is configured to absorb the light emitted by the light source and the internal face of the proximal portion of the sheath is covered with a material reflecting the light towards the screen .
A protective enclosure for an electrically-conductive element disposed along a component surface, the enclosure comprising: a curved base a first side comprising a passageway for the electrically-conductive element, the electrically-conductive element being disposed through the passageway; a second side comprising an aperture configured to receive a potting material ; an internal void at least partially defined by the base, the first side, and the second side, the internal void being in communication with an external environment via the aperture; and an anchoring mechanism within the internal void and disposed around the electrically-conductive element; and the internal void comprising the potting material and a potting-free region adjacent the potting material; and characterized by the protective enclosure being adapted to be attached to a curved inner surface of an aircraft component and the curved base being complementary to said curved inner surface and further characterized by a flange formed on the curved base and extending beyond at least one of the first side and the second side. a curved base a first side comprising a passageway for the electrically-conductive element, the electrically-conductive element being disposed through the passageway; a second side comprising an aperture configured to receive a potting material ; an internal void at least partially defined by the base, the first side, and the second side, the internal void being in communication with an external environment via the aperture; and an anchoring mechanism within the internal void and disposed around the electrically-conductive element; and the internal void comprising the potting material and a potting-free region adjacent the potting material; and characterized by the protective enclosure being adapted to be attached to a curved inner surface of an aircraft component and the curved base being complementary to said curved inner surface and further characterized by a flange formed on the curved base and extending beyond at least one of the first side and the second side.
An adhesive comprising: (i) an organic polymer having - a main chain formed by a water-soluble polymer unit, and - a hydrophilic organic group capable of forming a hydrogen bond and a self-assembling group, which is an amino acid residue or an oligopeptide, bonded to the water-soluble polymer unit; and (ii) a curing agent, which is an amidating agent, a chelating agent or an electrolyte, wherein the water-soluble polymer by itself has a solubility in water at 25°C of ≥ 1 g/L. (i) an organic polymer having - a main chain formed by a water-soluble polymer unit, and - a hydrophilic organic group capable of forming a hydrogen bond and a self-assembling group, which is an amino acid residue or an oligopeptide, bonded to the water-soluble polymer unit; and - a main chain formed by a water-soluble polymer unit, and - a hydrophilic organic group capable of forming a hydrogen bond and a self-assembling group, which is an amino acid residue or an oligopeptide, bonded to the water-soluble polymer unit; and (ii) a curing agent, which is an amidating agent, a chelating agent or an electrolyte,
A Power Over Data Lines, PoDL, system comprising: Power Source Equipment, PSE, coupled to a Powered Device, PD, via a wire pair, wherein differential data signals and DC power are transmitted over the same wire pair; a memory circuit in the PSE that stores information identifying PoDL power requirements for the PD for powering the PD over the wire pair, wherein the information stored in the memory is from an earlier handshaking routine for PoDL or is pre-loaded by a manufacturer, wherein a handshaking routine for PoDL consists in a low power/voltage signal being generated by the PSE on the wire pair and the PD responding in a characteristic way to identify to the PSE that the PD is PoDL compatible, called a detection routine, as well as to identify power and power requirements, called a classification routine, wherein the PSE contains a PSE controller, and wherein, when the PSE is powered up and the PD is disconnected from the PSE, then the same PD or a replacement PD of the same type is connected and powered up to the PSE, or the PD is powered down and then powered up and a PD load resistance across the wire pair has been continuously equal or below a maintain power signature resistor value, the PSE controller is configured to access the information stored in the memory and, based on the information, control the PSE to supply the power to the wire pair to power the respective PD without performing the handshaking routine. Power Source Equipment, PSE, coupled to a Powered Device, PD, via a wire pair, wherein differential data signals and DC power are transmitted over the same wire pair; a memory circuit in the PSE that stores information identifying PoDL power requirements for the PD for powering the PD over the wire pair, wherein the information stored in the memory is from an earlier handshaking routine for PoDL or is pre-loaded by a manufacturer, wherein a handshaking routine for PoDL consists in a low power/voltage signal being generated by the PSE on the wire pair and the PD responding in a characteristic way to identify to the PSE that the PD is PoDL compatible, called a detection routine, as well as to identify power and power requirements, called a classification routine, wherein the PSE contains a PSE controller, and wherein, when the PSE is powered up and the PD is disconnected from the PSE, then the same PD or a replacement PD of the same type is connected and powered up to the PSE, or the PD is powered down and then powered up and a PD load resistance across the wire pair has been continuously equal or below a maintain power signature resistor value, the PD is disconnected from the PSE, then the same PD or a replacement PD of the same type is connected and powered up to the PSE, or the PD is powered down and then powered up and a PD load resistance across the wire pair has been continuously equal or below a maintain power signature resistor value, the PSE controller is configured to access the information stored in the memory and, based on the information, control the PSE to supply the power to the wire pair to power the respective PD without performing the handshaking routine.