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A refuse control system for refuse chutes that comprises sensing means , including signal emitting means and signal detecting means for detecting each time a refuse package is successively passed through a sensing portion within the refuse chute , counting means for providing a count on the number of detected refuse packages that have been passed through said sensing portion , and actuation means adapted for causing the refuse chute to be at least partially emptied when a predetermined number of refuse packages is found to be present within said refuse chute by sending a command for operating a corresponding discharge valve associated with said refuse chute ; characterized in that said signal emitting means and said signal detecting means are distant to each other and arranged such that a line mutually joining the signal emitting and detecting means forms an angle (α) to the horizontal so that a period of time during which a signal detected by the signal detecting means is interrupted is increased, as a refuse package passing through the sensing portion . wherein the number of refuse packages within a refuse chute can be determined and consequently the volume percentage occupied by the refuse packages therein.
Assembly for conducting a hydraulic proof test, that is to say a pressure resistance test, of a hydraulic installation comprising at least a valve with parallel seats , the body of this valve having been stripped beforehand of its actuating stem, its parallel gates and the bonnet supporting said actuating stem, thus freeing an opening for accessing said parallel seats , characterised by the fact that it comprises: a shut off member with parallel plates , one being apertured and the other being solid, these plates being connected by connecting means (22-26) making it possible to regulate their mutual separation, so as to be able to make them go from a first so-called "retracted" position in which this separation is sufficient to enable the introduction of the shut off member into said valve via said opening , to a second so-called expanded position, in which said separation is greater than that of the plates in said first position, this separation making it possible to apply them firmly against said parallel seats ; a device for inserting and supporting said shut off member inside said valve which comprises at least a tool designated "inner tool" which has a general "U" shape and is configured to be introduced into said valve , the parallel arms of this "U" shaped tool forming guides for the introduction and the removal of said shut-off member, while its base forms a support for retaining said shut-off member with a view to the application of its parallel plates against said parallel seats ; a "dummy stem" , that is to say a sealing equipment configured to close in a leak tight manner said valve after putting said support bonnet back in place. a shut off member with parallel plates , one being apertured and the other being solid, these plates being connected by connecting means (22-26) making it possible to regulate their mutual separation, so as to be able to make them go from a first so-called "retracted" position in which this separation is sufficient to enable the introduction of the shut off member into said valve via said opening , to a second so-called expanded position, in which said separation is greater than that of the plates in said first position, this separation making it possible to apply them firmly against said parallel seats ; a device for inserting and supporting said shut off member inside said valve which comprises at least a tool designated "inner tool" which has a general "U" shape and is configured to be introduced into said valve , the parallel arms of this "U" shaped tool forming guides for the introduction and the removal of said shut-off member, while its base forms a support for retaining said shut-off member with a view to the application of its parallel plates against said parallel seats ; a "dummy stem" , that is to say a sealing equipment configured to close in a leak tight manner said valve after putting said support bonnet back in place.
Method for controlling a hydraulic brake system in a vehicle, wherein the hydraulic brake system is equipped with a hydraulic pump for generating hydraulic brake pressure, wherein, for holding the vehicle stationary, the hydraulic pump is activated and brake fluid is conducted via open inlet valves to wheel brake devices of a first vehicle axle, whereas inlet valves at wheel brake devices of a second vehicle axle are closed, characterized in that , in the event that a brake pressure demand in the brake system changes, the inlet valves at the wheel brake devices of the second vehicle axle are opened at least temporarily and the outlet valves at the wheel brake devices of the second vehicle axle remain closed for the period of time during which the vehicle is held stationary.
A smoker for infusing smoke flavor and/or taste into a beverage or food, the smoker comprising: a body member having a through bore extending from a first end of the body member to an opposite second end of the body member in a first direction; and an insert configured to be received in the through bore at the first end and retained by the through bore at a position between the first end and the second end, wherein the through bore is configured to permit a flow of smoke from the combustible material out the through bore at the second end of the body member, and wherein the second end of the body member is configured to rest on a rim of a container to block the flow of air from the container where a surface of the second end of the body member 110) contacts the rim, characterized by the fact that the through bore and the insert are configured to define a chamber for receiving a combustible material between the insert and the first end, wherein the body member includes a groove in the surface of the second end, and wherein the groove extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the through bore from an outer periphery of the second end to a position spaced from the through bore , and wherein the second end of the body member is sized and configured to be placed on the rim of the container such that each groove crosses the rim of the container to permit air to flow from inside the container to outside the container via each groove . a body member having a through bore extending from a first end of the body member to an opposite second end of the body member in a first direction; and an insert configured to be received in the through bore at the first end and retained by the through bore at a position between the first end and the second end, wherein the through bore is configured to permit a flow of smoke from the combustible material out the through bore at the second end of the body member, and wherein the second end of the body member is configured to rest on a rim of a container to block the flow of air from the container where a surface of the second end of the body member 110) contacts the rim, characterized by the fact that the through bore and the insert are configured to define a chamber for receiving a combustible material between the insert and the first end, wherein the body member includes a groove in the surface of the second end, and wherein the groove extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the through bore from an outer periphery of the second end to a position spaced from the through bore , and wherein the second end of the body member is sized and configured to be placed on the rim of the container such that each groove crosses the rim of the container to permit air to flow from inside the container to outside the container via each groove .
A liquid crystal composition, containing at least one compound represented by formula (1-1) as a first component, at least one compound represented by formula (2-5) as a second component and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula as a third component: wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons, or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons in which arbitrary hydrogen is replaced by fluorine; R 3 and R 4 are alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons; R 5 and R 6 are methacrylate; ring D and ring E are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2-methyl-1,4-phenylene, 3-methyl-1,4-phenylene or 2,6-naphthalene; Z 1 is independently a single bond, ethylene, methyleneoxy or carbonyloxy; Z 2 and Z 3 are independently a single bond, alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons, or alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons in which arbitrary -CH 2 - is replaced by -O-; and m is 0, 1 or 2.
A method of estimating a temperature history of a product transported in a shipping enclosure, the method comprising: (a) measuring an actual ending temperature of the product; (b) acquiring ambient air temperature data of the shipping enclosure during the duration of a trip; (c) creating a plurality of simulated trips comprising simulated product temperature histories based in part on the ambient air temperature data of the shipping enclosure, wherein each of the plurality of simulated product temperature histories includes an estimated ending product temperature value; (d) determining which of the simulated product temperature histories produce an estimated ending product temperature value wherein the difference between the estimated ending product temperature value and the actual ending temperature of the product is within a temperature threshold; and (e) thereby determining which of the plurality of simulated trips to select to provide an estimation of the temperature history of the product for the duration of the trip. (a) measuring an actual ending temperature of the product; (b) acquiring ambient air temperature data of the shipping enclosure during the duration of a trip; (c) creating a plurality of simulated trips comprising simulated product temperature histories based in part on the ambient air temperature data of the shipping enclosure, wherein each of the plurality of simulated product temperature histories includes an estimated ending product temperature value; (d) determining which of the simulated product temperature histories produce an estimated ending product temperature value wherein the difference between the estimated ending product temperature value and the actual ending temperature of the product is within a temperature threshold; and (e) thereby determining which of the plurality of simulated trips to select to provide an estimation of the temperature history of the product for the duration of the trip.
Cleaning article comprising a polyvinyl formal (PVF) foam, wherein the PVF foam comprises cellulose fibers, characterized in that the cleaning article comprises a textile carrier material as a main body, wherein the carrier material is coated and/or impregnated with the PVF foam comprising cellulose fibers.
Method for controlling a technical system (TS), wherein a) a temporal sequence of operating parameter values (BP) of the technical system (TS) is continuously recorded, b) the sequence of operating parameter values (BP) is continuously converted into a sequence of filtered signal values (GS) by a trainable digital filter (DF), c) the sequence of filtered signal values (GS) is fed to a machine learning routine (NN), which derives from it prediction values (PZ) for a target operating parameter (ZBP), d) the digital filter (DF) and also the machine learning routine (NN) are trained to reduce a disparity (D) between derived prediction values (PZ) and temporally corresponding actually recorded values of the target operating parameter (ZBP), and e) the prediction values (PZ) for controlling the technical system (TS) are output. a) a temporal sequence of operating parameter values (BP) of the technical system (TS) is continuously recorded, b) the sequence of operating parameter values (BP) is continuously converted into a sequence of filtered signal values (GS) by a trainable digital filter (DF), c) the sequence of filtered signal values (GS) is fed to a machine learning routine (NN), which derives from it prediction values (PZ) for a target operating parameter (ZBP), d) the digital filter (DF) and also the machine learning routine (NN) are trained to reduce a disparity (D) between derived prediction values (PZ) and temporally corresponding actually recorded values of the target operating parameter (ZBP), and e) the prediction values (PZ) for controlling the technical system (TS) are output.
An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising a plurality of accommodating chambers that are respectively adjacent to each other, the plurality of accommodating chambers formed by partitioning a casing including an air inlet and an air outlet with a partition plate , wherein the plurality of accommodating chambers includes a machine chamber in which a refrigerant circuit including a compressor is disposed, an electric component chamber in which an electric power board configured to drive the compressor and a control board configured to control the compressor are disposed, a ventilation chamber , in which a heat sink including cooling fins is disposed, configured to suck external air through the air inlet of the casing , and a heat exchanger chamber in which a heat exchanger and a fan are disposed, wherein a partition plate configured to partition between the ventilation chamber and the electric component chamber includes a ventilation passage configured to allow communication between the ventilation chamber and the electric component chamber , and wherein the heat sink is disposed in a frame body having an opening arranged at a position facing the air inlet of the casing ; characterized in that the heat exchanger chamber includes a duct with an opening face facing downward on a heat exchanger chamber side, the duct being configured to allow communication between the heat exchanger chamber and the ventilation chamber , and to allow communication between the heat exchanger chamber and the electric component chamber , and wherein the outdoor fan is arranged below the duct .
An elastic composite material comprising a film which is covered on both its sides by single- or multi-layer nonwoven overlays, wherein the film is configured as co-extruded film , the first surface of which is formed by a first elastic film layer of styrene block copolymer and the opposite second surface of which is formed by a second film layer which has a lower elasticity than the first film layer , wherein a first adhesive layer is arranged between the first elastic film layer and a first nonwoven overlay , wherein a second adhesive layer is arranged between the second film layer and a second nonwoven overlay , wherein the composite adhesion between the second film layer and the second adhesive layer is weaker than the composite adhesion between the first film layer and the first adhesive layer and wherein the composite material has regions in which the second adhesive layer is separated from the second film layer and/or in which the second film layer is separated from the first film layer .
An enclave platform method, comprising: instantiating an enclave with a nested identity at a software interface to an enclave platform, wherein the nested identity is indicative of one or more possible enclave instantiations according to one or more identity types, wherein the identity types are nested such that a lower level identity type corresponds to a subset of the possible enclave instantiations that a higher level identity type corresponds to; and performing an operation related to the instantiated enclave using the nested identity. instantiating an enclave with a nested identity at a software interface to an enclave platform, wherein the nested identity is indicative of one or more possible enclave instantiations according to one or more identity types, wherein the identity types are nested such that a lower level identity type corresponds to a subset of the possible enclave instantiations that a higher level identity type corresponds to; and performing an operation related to the instantiated enclave using the nested identity.
A wireless communication unit for transmitting data in a wireless broadcast system, the wireless communication unit comprising: a signal processor is arranged to: map service data onto multiple physical layer pipes, PLPs, wherein each of the multiple PLPs includes arranged multiple data streams; generate at least one logical frame by mapping the multiple PLPs onto the at least one logical frame, wherein each of the at least one logical frame includes PLPs selected among the multiple PLPs and a first signaling information on the PLPs in each of the at least one logical frame; and generate a physical frame comprising at least a part of a logical channel defined as a sequence of the at least one logical frame and a second signaling information located at a beginning of the physical frame, wherein the second signaling information includes a signaling field indicating a beginning location of a logical frame starting in the physical frame or indicating that no logical frame starts in the physical frame; and a transmitter arranged to transmit the physical frame using the wireless broadcast system, wherein each of the at least one logical frame comprise PLPs of a plurality of data types, wherein a number of sub-slices occupied by a PLP in a logical frame is based on a data type of the PLP, and wherein a sub-slice is defined as a group of adjacent cells. map service data onto multiple physical layer pipes, PLPs, wherein each of the multiple PLPs includes arranged multiple data streams; generate at least one logical frame by mapping the multiple PLPs onto the at least one logical frame, wherein each of the at least one logical frame includes PLPs selected among the multiple PLPs and a first signaling information on the PLPs in each of the at least one logical frame; and generate a physical frame comprising at least a part of a logical channel defined as a sequence of the at least one logical frame and a second signaling information located at a beginning of the physical frame, wherein the second signaling information includes a signaling field indicating a beginning location of a logical frame starting in the physical frame or indicating that no logical frame starts in the physical frame; and a transmitter arranged to transmit the physical frame using the wireless broadcast system, wherein each of the at least one logical frame comprise PLPs of a plurality of data types, wherein a number of sub-slices occupied by a PLP in a logical frame is based on a data type of the PLP, and wherein a sub-slice is defined as a group of adjacent cells.
A method of controlling data transmission over a network having a plurality of users each subscribed to the network under a service plan, the service plans being arranged in service plan groups and each service plan including a minimum committed information rate, CIR, comprising a minimum information rate guaranteed to the user when flow control is applied to data transmission; a subscribed CIR comprising an information rate guaranteed to the user when flow control is not applied to data transmission; and a configured flow control weight, the method comprising: determining a group flow control meter, FCM, value applicable to all service plans in a service plan group ; determining a service plan FCM value for each of the plurality of service plans in the service plan group based on the group FCM value; adjusting the service plan FCM values to account for priorities of traffic transmitted in accordance with the service plans; and applying flow control to data transmitted over the network, based on the FCM value, wherein determining the group FCM value comprises converting a traffic priority based FCM value to the group FCM value based on the configured flow control weight value. determining a group flow control meter, FCM, value applicable to all service plans in a service plan group ; determining a service plan FCM value for each of the plurality of service plans in the service plan group based on the group FCM value; adjusting the service plan FCM values to account for priorities of traffic transmitted in accordance with the service plans; and applying flow control to data transmitted over the network, based on the FCM value, wherein determining the group FCM value comprises converting a traffic priority based FCM value to the group FCM value based on the configured flow control weight value.
A method of handling measurement gap configuration for a network in a wireless communication system comprising a mobile device capable of receiving and/or transmitting on a plurality of component carriers, characterized by the method comprising: configuring at least a measurement gap configuration for at least two component carriers of the plurality of component carriers, to the mobile device.
A sliding mechanism, for a terminal device, comprising: a sliding plate and a fixed plate arranged in a stacked way, wherein a surface of the sliding plate is provided with slide rails on both sides in a sliding direction; a guide side of the fixed plate is accommodated in the slide rails , enabling the sliding plate to slide along the fixed plate in the sliding direction; the guide side is provided with a guide rail protruding toward a corresponding slide rail , and the slide rails are each provided with an elastic element , each elastic element sliding along the corresponding guide rail and configured to be deformed; a gap is provided between the sliding plate and the fixed plate , and position stopping elements are correspondingly arranged on the fixed plate and at least one of the sliding plate and the slide rails , and configured to stop the sliding plate at a starting point and an ending point of sliding, characterized in that the slide rails are detachably fixed to the sliding plate ; and wherein the sliding plate is provided with a card slot on each of both sides; and each slide rail is engaged in a corresponding card slot; and the sliding plate comprises: a sliding body, a first vertical baffle orthogonally connected to a first side of the sliding body, a first horizontal baffle orthogonally connected to the first vertical baffle; a second vertical baffle orthogonally connected to a second side of the sliding body, and a second horizontal baffle orthogonally connected to the second vertical baffle; each card slot is formed by the sliding body, the first or second vertical baffle, and the first or second horizontal baffle respectively.
An in-vitro process for predicting and/or detecting disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) from a first biological sample comprising a measurement of neutrophil fluorescence with a DNA intercalating fluorochrome.