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Combination of a selection of different pads differing in filling and a pad holder for use in a coffee machine for preparing a beverage for obtaining at least one part of a single beverage serving, including at least one primary pad containing a soluble product and at least one secondary pad, each arranged for accommodation in the pad holder and, in use, adapted to receive an aqueous fluid that is supplied under pressure to the relevant primary or secondary pad so that the fluid is forced through the primary or secondary pad for obtaining the at least one part of the beverage serving that then exits the primary or secondary pad, wherein the secondary pad includes a covering defining an interior space that is filled with a beverage preparation product for preparing the beverage wherein the beverage preparation product is ground coffee extractable with an aqueous fluid, wherein the covering comprises a flexible first sheet and a rigid shell, wherein the first sheet and the shell are connected to each other around their perimeter edges, wherein the shell is equipped with at least one outlet opening, wherein the secondary pad is further equipped with a second sheet that is positioned on a bottom of the shell, wherein the second sheet is located between the beverage preparation product and the shell and wherein the first sheet and the second sheet each form a filter that allows an aqueous fluid, including water, and the beverage to pass and that forms a barrier for the beverage preparation product so that, when in use an aqueous fluid under pressure is supplied to the first sheet of the secondary pad the fluid flows through the first sheet to the beverage preparation product so that the beverage is formed which beverage then flows through the second sheet and via the at least one outlet opening leaves the secondary pad, and wherein the at least one outlet opening forms a flow restriction for the beverage having a largest through-flow area in a direction, in use, perpendicular to a beverage flow through the flow restriction not exceeding 0.54 mm2, and preferably within a range from 0.26 to 0.32 mm2.
A method performed by a scheduling node in a wireless communication system for scheduling an uplink transmission on an unlicensed radio resource, the method comprising: detecting whether or not the scheduling node has transmitted or scheduled to receive on the unlicensed radio resource in a subframe; and transmitting a joint grant with a grant delay that is based on whether or not the scheduling node has transmitted or scheduled to receive on the unlicensed radio resource in a subframe according to the detecting, wherein the grant delay is a delay between transmission of the joint grant and an earliest one of multiple subframes granted by the joint grant for uplink transmission on the unlicensed radio resource. detecting whether or not the scheduling node has transmitted or scheduled to receive on the unlicensed radio resource in a subframe; and transmitting a joint grant with a grant delay that is based on whether or not the scheduling node has transmitted or scheduled to receive on the unlicensed radio resource in a subframe according to the detecting, wherein the grant delay is a delay between transmission of the joint grant and an earliest one of multiple subframes granted by the joint grant for uplink transmission on the unlicensed radio resource.
A brush seal system comprising: a component comprising a first mating surface ; a brush seal comprising a brush seal backing plate , a retaining ring , and a plurality of bristles retained between the brush seal backing plate and the retaining ring , the brush seal backing plate comprising a second mating surface mounted to the first mating surface ; and at least one cooling channel extending from an exterior side of the component to an interior side of the component so as to bypass the brush seal , characterized in that the at least one cooling channel comprises a trench formed in the first mating surface of the component. a component comprising a first mating surface ; a brush seal comprising a brush seal backing plate , a retaining ring , and a plurality of bristles retained between the brush seal backing plate and the retaining ring , the brush seal backing plate comprising a second mating surface mounted to the first mating surface ; and at least one cooling channel extending from an exterior side of the component to an interior side of the component so as to bypass the brush seal , characterized in that the at least one cooling channel comprises a trench formed in the first mating surface of the component.
Method for operating a sensor for detecting at least one portion of a measurement gas component with bound oxygen in a measurement gas, in particular in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, comprising a sensor element , wherein the sensor element has a first pump cell which has an outer pump electrode and an inner pump electrode and is present at a first cavity connected to the measurement gas, a reference cell which has a Nernst electrode and a reference electrode and is present at a reference gas space , and a second pump cell which has a pump electrode and a counter-electrode and is present at a second cavity , wherein an electronic control device , which has at least a first separate terminal (P1) for the first pump cell , a second separate terminal (P2) for the second pump cell , a terminal for a Nernst voltage (Vs) and a common terminal (COM), is connected to the sensor element , wherein the outer pump electrode is connected to the first separate terminal (P1) by means of a first electrically conductive connection , wherein the inner pump electrode is connected to the common terminal (COM) by means of a second electrically conductive connection , wherein the reference electrode is connected to the terminal for a Nernst voltage (Vs) by means of a third electrically conductive connection , wherein the pump electrode is connected to the common terminal (COM) by means of the second electrically conductive connection , wherein the counter-electrode is connected to the second separate terminal (P2) by means of a fourth electrically conductive connection , wherein a measurement resistor is provided in the fourth electrically conductive connection , wherein a predetermined electrical voltage (U COM ) is applied to the common terminal (COM), wherein the fourth electrically conductive connection is connected, between the measurement resistor and the second pump cell , to a capacitor which is also connected to an earth (GND) of the control device , wherein the control device is used to change the predetermined electrical voltage (U COM ) for a predetermined time in order to generate a measurement signal , wherein the measurement signal is given by the temporal profile of a voltage drop (U IP2 ) across the measurement resistor or by the temporal profile of a difference between an electrical voltage (U P2 ) applied to the second pump cell and the predetermined electrical voltage (U COM ), wherein the fourth electrically conductive connection is identified as intact if the measurement signal does not have any change for the predetermined time and is identified as defective if the measurement signal has a change for the predetermined time.
A touch panel comprising: a structure body, the structure body comprising: a substrate; a conducting layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate; and a light absorption layer provided on at least one surface of the conducting layer, wherein the conducting layer is a conducting pattern and the light absorption layer is a light absorption pattern provided on at least one surface of the conducting pattern and provided on at least a portion of regions corresponding to the conducting pattern, wherein the light absorption pattern is provided between the conducting layer and the substrate, characterized in that the light absorption layer comprises metal oxynitride, wherein the metal of the metal oxynitride is Mo and the conducting layer is Cu, the metal of the metal oxynitride is Al and the conducting layer is Al, the metal of the metal oxynitride is Cu and the conducting layer is Cu, or the metal of the metal oxynitride is Al and the conducting layer is Cu. a substrate; a conducting layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate; and a light absorption layer provided on at least one surface of the conducting layer, wherein the conducting layer is a conducting pattern and the light absorption layer is a light absorption pattern provided on at least one surface of the conducting pattern and provided on at least a portion of regions corresponding to the conducting pattern, wherein the light absorption pattern is provided between the conducting layer and the substrate,
A polymer composite comprising: - a binder of elastomeric type, - a metal powder, comprising 30% by mass of grains with a diameter greater than 45 μm and copper, dispersed in the binder; characterized in that said composite has a Young's modulus (E) less than 1 GPa, preferentially less than 0.5 GPa. - a binder of elastomeric type, - a metal powder, comprising 30% by mass of grains with a diameter greater than 45 μm and copper, dispersed in the binder;
A machine for drag finishing of mechanical workpieces comprising a single rotary head , the single rotary head having an axis of rotation (A-A) and carrying a plurality of rotating workpiece holding elements arranged along a circumference around the axis of rotation (A-A) and wherein each rotating workpiece holding element is adapted to support at least one workpiece to be finished, wherein the machine further comprises a plurality of vats for the containment of finishing media, positioned as a corolla around the axis of rotation (A-A) of the single rotary head , and wherein each rotating workpiece holding element is configured to immerse the workpieces inside the finishing media, wherein at least one vat contains a first type of finishing media and at least one vat contains a second type of finishing media and wherein the machine further comprises a single loading and unloading station and an anthropomorphic robot in the single loading and unloading station .
A gloving apparatus that comprises a casing , a glove-lifting-and-positioning device , a glove-opening device , and a glove-inflating device ; wherein the glove-lifting-and-positioning device comprises an activator , graspers , a vacuum tube , a vertical guide , and a horizontal guide ; wherein the glove-lifting-and-positioning device can move up and down on the vertical guide and back and forth on the horizontal guide ; wherein the wrist part of the glove is held by the vacuum tube and the graspers ; wherein the glove-opening device comprises a polygonal circumferential frame and several spreading rods ; whereby the outer end of each spreading rod is attached to the polygonal circumferential frame via an axial joint; and whereby the inner end of each spreading rod is equipped with a grasping pin ; wherein the glove-lifting-and-positioning device is designed to lift a glove and insert its opening over said grasping pins; wherein the glove-opening device can move from closed position to open position, causing the glove opening to stretch open and assume the shape of the polygonal circumferential frame; wherein the glove-inflating device creates sub-pressure in the casing , causing the glove to inflate; and wherein the user may insert his or her hand into the inflated glove.
Fixed pharmaceutical composition comprising bisoprolol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and perindopril and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, their hydrates and their crystalline forms, wherein the bisoprolol and the perindopril are physically separated.
A 3D printer nozzle comprising a heating element, the heating element comprising: a first sheath comprising a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter, the first sheath sized to engage around an outer circumference of the 3D printer nozzle ; at least two nichrome wire coils, at least one of which is at least partially contacting the first inner diameter of the first sheath ; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least two nichrome wire coils, whereby the at least two nichrome wire coils comprise a high density winding at a taper portion of the 3D printer nozzle at an exit port and a lower density winding along a non-taper portion of the 3d printer nozzle . a first sheath comprising a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter, the first sheath sized to engage around an outer circumference of the 3D printer nozzle ; at least two nichrome wire coils, at least one of which is at least partially contacting the first inner diameter of the first sheath ; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least two nichrome wire coils, whereby the at least two nichrome wire coils comprise a high density winding at a taper portion of the 3D printer nozzle at an exit port and a lower density winding along a non-taper portion of the 3d printer nozzle .
Computer-implemented radio communication channel estimation method comprising, for at least one time gap observed between two sub-sequences of radio communication channel measurements or of radio communication channel estimates, consisting of complex vectors or scalars, the following steps: - a first extrapolation is performed on the basis of radio communication channel measurements or radio communication channel estimates of the sub-sequence that precedes said time gap, going forward in time, - a second extrapolation is performed on the basis of radio communication channel measurements or radio communication channel estimates of the sub-sequence that follows the time gap, going backward in time, and - a weighted mean of said radio communication channel measurements or estimates extrapolated forward in time and of said radio communication channel measurements or estimates extrapolated backward in time is calculated so as to obtain radio communication channel measurements or radio communication channel estimates that are regularly spaced out over the time gap. - a first extrapolation is performed on the basis of radio communication channel measurements or radio communication channel estimates of the sub-sequence that precedes said time gap, going forward in time, - a second extrapolation is performed on the basis of radio communication channel measurements or radio communication channel estimates of the sub-sequence that follows the time gap, going backward in time, and - a weighted mean of said radio communication channel measurements or estimates extrapolated forward in time and of said radio communication channel measurements or estimates extrapolated backward in time is calculated so as to obtain radio communication channel measurements or radio communication channel estimates that are regularly spaced out over the time gap.
Refrigerator having a carcass and a movable pull-out door which delimit a storage compartment , having a storage area for refrigerated goods which is connected to the pull-out door , wherein the storage area is height-adjustable, and having a spring element which acts on the storage area to move it into a raised position, characterised in that the force exerted by the spring element is adjustable, in order to adapt it to the weight of different types of boxes.
Buck converter for supplying a battery , comprising: - a series connection of a diode and a buck switch , the series connection being connected between a DC bus voltage (V DC ) and a ground reference, - an inductor connected at its first terminal to a common node of the diode and the buck switch , - a series connection of two resistors in parallel to the buck switch , - a control circuitry for controlling the buck switch , wherein a feedback path is connected from a common node of the resistors to the control circuitry , and - output terminals connectable to the battery , wherein one output terminal is connected to the DC bus voltage (V DC ), and the other terminal is connected to the second terminal of the inductor ; wherein the control circuitry is designed to evaluate and sample a signal on the feedback path as a signal indicating the DC bus voltage (V DC ) in a period following a control of the buck switch into a non-conducting state and prior to a freewheeling current reaching a zero level; and wherein the control circuitry is designed to evaluate and sample the signal on the feedback path as a signal indicating the DC bus voltage (V DC ) minus a battery voltage when a current through the battery has decayed to zero; and wherein the control circuitry is designed to evaluate the signal on the feedback path as a signal indicating the current through the buck switch when the control circuitry controls the buck switch to be conducting, by comparing it with a switching-off threshold. - a series connection of a diode and a buck switch , the series connection being connected between a DC bus voltage (V DC ) and a ground reference, - an inductor connected at its first terminal to a common node of the diode and the buck switch , - a series connection of two resistors in parallel to the buck switch , - a control circuitry for controlling the buck switch , wherein a feedback path is connected from a common node of the resistors to the control circuitry , and - output terminals connectable to the battery , wherein one output terminal is connected to the DC bus voltage (V DC ), and the other terminal is connected to the second terminal of the inductor ; wherein the control circuitry is designed to evaluate and sample a signal on the feedback path as a signal indicating the DC bus voltage (V DC ) in a period following a control of the buck switch into a non-conducting state and prior to a freewheeling current reaching a zero level; and wherein the control circuitry is designed to evaluate and sample the signal on the feedback path as a signal indicating the DC bus voltage (V DC ) minus a battery voltage when a current through the battery has decayed to zero; and wherein the control circuitry is designed to evaluate the signal on the feedback path as a signal indicating the current through the buck switch when the control circuitry controls the buck switch to be conducting, by comparing it with a switching-off threshold.
Gluing device of an end edge of a log comprising in succession an introduction assembly into said gluing device of said logs one after the other, a handling assembly for said log associated to detection means of said end edge and comprising a pair of rolls provided one above the other, said pair of upper and lower rolls being selectively for advancement and holding in rotation said log , a glue dispensing assembly and a transfer assembly of said log comprising a transfer plane , wherein the gluing device has a transverse slot through which the end edge passes, provided immediately downstream the lower handling roll , characterized in that said glue dispensing assembly is placed in series between said lower handling roll and said transfer plane and comprises a transverse tank for the glue, housing cyclically movable glue transfer members , wherein the transverse tank is provided with an upper cover in abutment with a front wall and with a rear wall of said transverse tank , wherein said upper cover is provided with a plurality of openings provided in succession side by side at a set distance along a transverse row, wherein the movable glue transfer members comprise a plurality of tips provided in succession along a transverse row, alternatively projecting through the relevant openings and retracted within the transverse tank because of the cyclical movement.
A vehicle taillight system comprising: a light source directed into a light modifier, the light modifier including a plurality of optical elements on a side of the modifier that faces the light source , and an opaque or translucent covering on an opposite side of the modifier; a plurality of diversely-configured apertures located on the opposite side of the modifier, each aperture having a width and being formed in the opaque or translucent covering; wherein the plurality of optical elements is configured to direct light through each of the plurality of diversely-configured apertures , respectively, for the purpose of accomplishing a lighting function; characterized in that the plurality of optical elements and diversely-configured apertures include diverse patterns forming at least two different arrangements at different locations on the modifier, each arrangement being configured to execute a designated vehicle taillight function, and in that the plurality of diversely-configured apertures includes at least one curved slot , and the plurality of optical elements includes at least one curved flute following and being centered over the at least one curved slot, the curved flute being configured to emit light through the curved slot. a light source directed into a light modifier, the light modifier including a plurality of optical elements on a side of the modifier that faces the light source , and an opaque or translucent covering on an opposite side of the modifier; a plurality of diversely-configured apertures located on the opposite side of the modifier, each aperture having a width and being formed in the opaque or translucent covering; wherein the plurality of optical elements is configured to direct light through each of the plurality of diversely-configured apertures , respectively, for the purpose of accomplishing a lighting function; characterized in that the plurality of optical elements and diversely-configured apertures include diverse patterns forming at least two different arrangements at different locations on the modifier, each arrangement being configured to execute a designated vehicle taillight function, and in that the plurality of diversely-configured apertures includes at least one curved slot , and the plurality of optical elements includes at least one curved flute following and being centered over the at least one curved slot, the curved flute being configured to emit light through the curved slot.
A method for inspection of an object comprising: illuminating the object with a radiation beam, analyzing secondary photon emissions from the object with time resolved spectroscopy, and determining that a particle is present if a time resolved spectroscopic signal is detected which is different from a signal that would be emitted by the object in the absence of a particle; characterised in that : said step of illuminating the object with a radiation beam comprises providing offaxis illumination from more than one direction. illuminating the object with a radiation beam, analyzing secondary photon emissions from the object with time resolved spectroscopy, and determining that a particle is present if a time resolved spectroscopic signal is detected which is different from a signal that would be emitted by the object in the absence of a particle; characterised in that : said step of illuminating the object with a radiation beam comprises providing offaxis illumination from more than one direction.