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An agricultural sprayer having a spray boom with spray sections , and a spray controller comprising: at least a first and a second infinity switches , each having an actuator; wherein each spray section is enabled by a first-direction motion of a corresponding actuator, and wherein the each spray section is disabled by an opposing-direction motion of the corresponding actuator; and wherein the first infinity switch controls spray sections mounted on a left side of the spray boom , and the second infinity switch controls spray sections mounted on a right side of the spray boom characterized in that the at least first and second infinity switches arranged in parallel with their actuators oriented in a same actuation polarity direction; and wherein parallel opposing outer edges of the first and the second infinity switches are spaced within 7,62cm (3 inches) or less apart to aid simultaneous manual operation of the spray sections on the left side and the right side of the spray boom . at least a first and a second infinity switches , each having an actuator; wherein each spray section is enabled by a first-direction motion of a corresponding actuator, and wherein the each spray section is disabled by an opposing-direction motion of the corresponding actuator; and
Inspection device for inspecting containers, with - at least two cameras for the optical inspection of at least one region of a container , - and at least one optical channel , through which there runs at least one optical path between a first camera and the container , and a second optical path between a second camera and the container , - wherein the optical channel comprises at least two channel elements which are the same, which in each case comprise openings , through which the optical paths run, - and wherein at least one of the channel elements comprises an insert to be received in a channel element , - wherein the insert comprises a holding element for at least one beam splitting element, at which the first optical path is separated from the second optical path, wherein - the insert comprises two openings for the passage of optical paths, and wherein - the openings are formed as holes, which form an angle to one another. - at least two cameras for the optical inspection of at least one region of a container , - and at least one optical channel , through which there runs at least one optical path between a first camera and the container , and a second optical path between a second camera and the container , - wherein the optical channel comprises at least two channel elements which are the same, which in each case comprise openings , through which the optical paths run, - and wherein at least one of the channel elements comprises an insert to be received in a channel element , - wherein the insert comprises a holding element for at least one beam splitting element, at which the first optical path is separated from the second optical path, wherein - the insert comprises two openings for the passage of optical paths, and wherein - the openings are formed as holes, which form an angle to one another.
A method of calibrating accelerometers of an inertial unit having also inertial rotation sensors , the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: · during a first static stage, in which the inertial unit is in a first orientation, taking measurements by means of the accelerometers and the inertial rotation sensors; during a dynamic stage, changing the orientation of the inertial unit, at least in part in azimuth, from the first orientation towards a second orientation, while taking measurements by means of the inertial rotation sensors; · during a second static stage, in which the inertial unit is in the second position, taking measurements by means of the accelerometers and of the inertial rotation sensors; and · estimating a direction, an amplitude, and a mean speed of rotation for apparent gravity in an inertial frame of reference for each static stage, calculating variation in orientation between the static stages during the dynamic stage using movements taken during the dynamic stage, and deducing therefrom the accelerometer biases. · during a first static stage, in which the inertial unit is in a first orientation, taking measurements by means of the accelerometers and the inertial rotation sensors; during a dynamic stage, changing the orientation of the inertial unit, at least in part in azimuth, from the first orientation towards a second orientation, while taking measurements by means of the inertial rotation sensors; · during a second static stage, in which the inertial unit is in the second position, taking measurements by means of the accelerometers and of the inertial rotation sensors; and · estimating a direction, an amplitude, and a mean speed of rotation for apparent gravity in an inertial frame of reference for each static stage, calculating variation in orientation between the static stages during the dynamic stage using movements taken during the dynamic stage, and deducing therefrom the accelerometer biases.
An embedded color bar for both color and register control comprising: a plurality of color bars printed on a substrate ; an image printed adjacent the plurality of color bars on the substrate , characterized in that each color bar is surrounded by the image and that the image is printed in the space between each color bar on the substrate such that the plurality of color bars blends into the image . a plurality of color bars printed on a substrate ; an image printed adjacent the plurality of color bars on the substrate , characterized in that each color bar is surrounded by the image and that the image is printed in the space between each color bar on the substrate such that the plurality of color bars blends into the image .
An apparatus for overturning sheets and/or panels, comprising: a bearing structure carrying a loading plane ; roto-translation means for the vertical translation of said loading plane and for the rotation of said loading plane with respect to an axis (α) perpendicular to the vertical axis of the bearing structure; stabilization and transfer means of a sheet and/or panel, the stabilization and transfer means being carried by said loading plane, and being defining an operating surface ; grab means , being carried by said loading plane, for the transfer of a sheet and/or panel from a supply station (C), being stopped upstream from said apparatus, on the mentioned operating surface ; with said loading plane comprising first guiding grooves in which said grab means are movable from a first side of said loading plane to the opposite side thereof, and vice versa, and second guiding grooves in which said stabilization and transfer means are movable from the first side outwardly the loading plane , and vice versa; and by comprising a command and control unit arranged and configured in order to command and control said roto-translation means, said stabilization and transfer means and said grab means , in order to define for said loading plane, in combination with the activation and/or deactivation of the means listed above: a collection position wherein said operating surface is faced upward and side by side with the sheet and/or panel which is located in said supply station (C) so that said grab means transfer said sheet and/or panel from said supply station (C) on the mentioned operating surface in order to be coupled to the latter by means of said stabilization and transfer means; an overturning position wherein said loading plane is rotated with respect to said axis (α) for orienting downwardly said operating surface ; an unloading position, being driven in phase with the above-mentioned overturning, wherein said stabilization and transfer means arrange themselves over an unloading station (S) placed downstream from said apparatus, in order to allow the release of the sheet and/or panel, which is carried by said operating surface , from the latter with consequent its release on said unloading station (S).
Method for determining a dose in real time during therapy with a therapeutic substance, which comprises a therapeutic radionuclide or is radioactively labelled, by using a nuclear imaging system with a nuclear detector , comprising: - providing a 3D image comprising at least a region of a body to be treated ; identifying, in the 3D image , at least one target area to be treated, and defining a region of interest which includes the at least one target area ; - registering the position of the nuclear detector with regard to the 3D image ; - positioning the nuclear detector to detect radiation from a region of interest to which the therapeutic substance has been applied, and detecting radiation; - quantifying in real time an actual target dose present in the target area , by evaluating the detected radiation, - outputting information about the actual target dose; wherein the quantifying includes taking into account at least one of: previous simulations with known simulated radiation distributions, previous measurements on known radiation distributions, and the radiation of a reference radiation source . - providing a 3D image comprising at least a region of a body to be treated ; identifying, in the 3D image , at least one target area to be treated, and defining a region of interest which includes the at least one target area ; - registering the position of the nuclear detector with regard to the 3D image ; - positioning the nuclear detector to detect radiation from a region of interest to which the therapeutic substance has been applied, and detecting radiation; - quantifying in real time an actual target dose present in the target area , by evaluating the detected radiation, - outputting information about the actual target dose;
An endoscopy system comprising: a sheath comprising a lumen and an opening at a distal-most end of the sheath, a distal portion of the sheath being deformable; an image sensor disposed within the lumen of the distal portion of the sheath; an illuminating element disposed within the lumen adjacent to the image sensor, an expandable portion of the shaft surrounding the image sensor; a working channel disposed within the lumen, the working channel comprising a distensible portion that extends past at least a portion of the image sensor, the distensible portion of the working channel longitudinally aligned with the expandable portion of the shaft; and a piezoelectric element sized to fit within the working channel, the piezoelectric element coupled to a working tip, the piezoelectric element configured to move the working tip when electricity is applied to the piezoelectric element, the working tip configured to puncture a tissue when the working tip is moved a result of electricity being applied to the piezoelectric element; wherein the distensible portion of the working channel is configured to radially expand to allow the piezoelectric element to pass by the image sensor and cause the expandable portion of the shaft to radially expand to accommodate the piezoelectric element passing by the image sensor. a sheath comprising a lumen and an opening at a distal-most end of the sheath, a distal portion of the sheath being deformable; an image sensor disposed within the lumen of the distal portion of the sheath; an illuminating element disposed within the lumen adjacent to the image sensor, an expandable portion of the shaft surrounding the image sensor; a working channel disposed within the lumen, the working channel comprising a distensible portion that extends past at least a portion of the image sensor, the distensible portion of the working channel longitudinally aligned with the expandable portion of the shaft; and a piezoelectric element sized to fit within the working channel, the piezoelectric element coupled to a working tip, the piezoelectric element configured to move the working tip when electricity is applied to the piezoelectric element, the working tip configured to puncture a tissue when the working tip is moved a result of electricity being applied to the piezoelectric element; wherein the distensible portion of the working channel is configured to radially expand to allow the piezoelectric element to pass by the image sensor and cause the expandable portion of the shaft to radially expand to accommodate the piezoelectric element passing by the image sensor.
A cement-free binder composition in the form of a dry mixture which can be converted into the ready-to-use binder composition by the addition of water, comprising: a) at least one latent hydraulic binder, namely granulated blast furnace slag, b) hydrated lime, c) at least one waterproofing agent, as well as d) at least one accelerator, namely C-S-H (calcium silicate hydrate) seed crystals and/or calcium formate. a) at least one latent hydraulic binder, namely granulated blast furnace slag, b) hydrated lime, c) at least one waterproofing agent, as well as d) at least one accelerator, namely C-S-H (calcium silicate hydrate) seed crystals and/or calcium formate.
An integrated circuit, IC, comprising: a semiconductor substrate ; a capacitor array in at least one first back-end-of-line, BEOL, interconnect level, the capacitor array having a pair of capacitor manifolds coupled to a plurality of parallel capacitor routing traces , a plurality of capacitors coupled between each pair of parallel capacitor routing traces, one of the plurality of capacitors stacked on a metal-oxide-semiconductor, MOS, capacitor in direct contact with the semiconductor substrate; and an inductor trace having at least one turn in at least one second BEOL interconnect level, the inductor trace defining a perimeter to overlap at least a portion of the capacitor array. a semiconductor substrate ; a capacitor array in at least one first back-end-of-line, BEOL, interconnect level, the capacitor array having a pair of capacitor manifolds coupled to a plurality of parallel capacitor routing traces , a plurality of capacitors coupled between each pair of parallel capacitor routing traces, one of the plurality of capacitors stacked on a metal-oxide-semiconductor, MOS, capacitor in direct contact with the semiconductor substrate; and an inductor trace having at least one turn in at least one second BEOL interconnect level, the inductor trace defining a perimeter to overlap at least a portion of the capacitor array.
A motor bridge driver integrated circuit comprising: a first set of input ports arranged to receive control signals from a first microprocessor , a second set of input ports arranged to receive control signals from a second microprocessor , at least one set of output ports arranged to output motor phase switching signals to the switches of a motor bridge ; characterised by the motor bridge driver integrated circuit further comprising a diagnostic circuit which receives and monitors the control signals received from the two microprocessors and from those signals determines which microprocessor is a controlling microprocessor and which is a non-controlling microprocessor at any given time, and an arbitration circuit that selectively enables only the controlling microprocessor to take control of the motor bridge at any given time whilst preventing the non-controlling microprocessor from taking control of the motor bridge , wherein the diagnostic circuit, arbitration circuit and bridge driver circuit are provided as a single integrated circuit on a single chip of semiconductor material. a first set of input ports arranged to receive control signals from a first microprocessor , a second set of input ports arranged to receive control signals from a second microprocessor , at least one set of output ports arranged to output motor phase switching signals to the switches of a motor bridge ; characterised by the motor bridge driver integrated circuit further comprising a diagnostic circuit which receives and monitors the control signals received from the two microprocessors and from those signals determines which microprocessor is a controlling microprocessor and which is a non-controlling microprocessor at any given time, and an arbitration circuit that selectively enables only the controlling microprocessor to take control of the motor bridge at any given time whilst preventing the non-controlling microprocessor from taking control of the motor bridge , wherein the diagnostic circuit, arbitration circuit and bridge driver circuit are provided as a single integrated circuit on a single chip of semiconductor material.
Method for improving the coercive force of a NdFeB magnet, the method comprising the following steps: (a) coating an organic binder on a first surface of the NdFeB magnet , wherein the first surface extends perpendicular to a magnetization direction (M) of the NdFeB magnet and wherein the organic binder is a pressure-sensitive adhesive or a double-sided tape comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive as adhesive layer; wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive is selected from an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive, a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive, a polyurethane pressure sensitive adhesive and a rubber type pressure sensitive adhesive. (b) coating a heavy rare earth powder on the surface of the organic binder coated on the NdFeB magnet under the protection of an inert gas, applying a press plate to press the heavy rare earth powder in the vertical direction to make the heavy rare earth powder to adhere to the organic binder , and removing the powder which is not adhered to the organic binder , so that a layer of the heavy rare earth powder uniformly adheres to the organic binder ; (c) turning the NdFeB magnet by 180°, and repeating the steps (a) and (b) on a second surface of the NdFeB magnet extending perpendicular to the magnetization direction (M) of the NdFeB magnet ; (d) subjecting the NdFeB magnet coated with the organic binder and the heavy rare earth powder to high temperature diffusion and aging treatment in a vacuum sintering furnace. (a) coating an organic binder on a first surface of the NdFeB magnet , wherein the first surface extends perpendicular to a magnetization direction (M) of the NdFeB magnet and wherein the organic binder is a pressure-sensitive adhesive or a double-sided tape comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive as adhesive layer; wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive is selected from an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive, a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive, a polyurethane pressure sensitive adhesive and a rubber type pressure sensitive adhesive. (b) coating a heavy rare earth powder on the surface of the organic binder coated on the NdFeB magnet under the protection of an inert gas, applying a press plate to press the heavy rare earth powder in the vertical direction to make the heavy rare earth powder to adhere to the organic binder , and removing the powder which is not adhered to the organic binder , so that a layer of the heavy rare earth powder uniformly adheres to the organic binder ; (c) turning the NdFeB magnet by 180°, and repeating the steps (a) and (b) on a second surface of the NdFeB magnet extending perpendicular to the magnetization direction (M) of the NdFeB magnet ; (d) subjecting the NdFeB magnet coated with the organic binder and the heavy rare earth powder to high temperature diffusion and aging treatment in a vacuum sintering furnace.
A circuit board structure , comprising: a dielectric substrate comprising: a main segment having an opening ; a rib segment extending across a full width of the opening ; and a plurality of extending segments extending inward from the main segment , wherein a first gap is disposed between the rib segment and each of the extending segments; a plurality of grounding sheets placed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface , wherein the plurality of grounding sheets cover the rib segment and a majority portion of the main segment ; a plurality of top feeding sheets placed on the top surface and covering the extending segments; a plurality of bottom feeding sheets placed on the bottom surface and covering the extending segments, wherein the top feeding sheets and the bottom feeding sheets are electrically isolated from the grounding sheets ; and a conductor disposed in a plurality of first holes , disposed in the main segment and the rib segment , for electrically coupling the grounding sheets , and the conductor is further disposed in a plurality of second holes , disposed in the extending segments, for electrically coupling the top feeding sheets to the bottom feeding sheet. a dielectric substrate comprising: a main segment having an opening ; a rib segment extending across a full width of the opening ; and a plurality of extending segments extending inward from the main segment , wherein a first gap is disposed between the rib segment and each of the extending segments; a main segment having an opening ; a rib segment extending across a full width of the opening ; and a plurality of extending segments extending inward from the main segment , wherein a first gap is disposed between the rib segment and each of the extending segments; a plurality of grounding sheets placed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface , wherein the plurality of grounding sheets cover the rib segment and a majority portion of the main segment ; a plurality of top feeding sheets placed on the top surface and covering the extending segments; a plurality of bottom feeding sheets placed on the bottom surface and covering the extending segments, wherein the top feeding sheets and the bottom feeding sheets are electrically isolated from the grounding sheets ; and a conductor disposed in a plurality of first holes , disposed in the main segment and the rib segment , for electrically coupling the grounding sheets , and the conductor is further disposed in a plurality of second holes , disposed in the extending segments, for electrically coupling the top feeding sheets to the bottom feeding sheet.
A process for the removal of heavy metals and/or dioxins from a fluid comprising heavy metals, wherein the fluid is brought in contact in a fixed-bed adsorber with a mixture comprising between 30 %vol. and 60 %vol. of an activated carbon catalyst impregnated with sulfur, between 30 %vol. and 60 %vol. of an activated carbon catalyst impregnated with iron and between 5 %vol. and 40 %vol. of a filler material, leaving the fluid in contact with the mixture, absorption of the heavy metals and/or dioxins onto the mixture to obtain a fluid with a depleted level of heavy metals and/or dioxins, evacuation of the fluid with a depleted level of heavy metals and/or dioxins from the mixture.