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An apparatus for measuring coefficient of restitution, comprising: a holder for holding a spherical indenter ; an ejection mechanism configured to eject the indenter held by the holder from the holder to a specimen ; a speed measuring unit configured to measure an impact speed that is a speed of the indenter before the indenter impacts against the specimen , and a rebound speed that is a speed of the indenter after the indenter is rebounded from the specimen ; and an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a coefficient of restitution that is a ratio of the rebound speed to the impact speed; characterised in that the holder has a tubular shape, a front end of the holder is constituted of a plurality of divided portions by forming slits extending parallel to an axis of the holder , and the holder is configured to hold a circumferential surface of the indenter at the divided portions . a holder for holding a spherical indenter ; an ejection mechanism configured to eject the indenter held by the holder from the holder to a specimen ; a speed measuring unit configured to measure an impact speed that is a speed of the indenter before the indenter impacts against the specimen , and a rebound speed that is a speed of the indenter after the indenter is rebounded from the specimen ; and an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a coefficient of restitution that is a ratio of the rebound speed to the impact speed; characterised in that the holder has a tubular shape, a front end of the holder is constituted of a plurality of divided portions by forming slits extending parallel to an axis of the holder , and the holder is configured to hold a circumferential surface of the indenter at the divided portions .
Expansion dowel , with a front end of the dowel and with a rear end of the dowel , with a dowel axis , with a sleeve-like dowel body which is coaxial with the dowel axis and which encloses a screw channel , coaxial with the dowel axis , for screwing in an expansion screw for expanding the expansion dowel and with a cantilever spring element which is arranged obliquely outwards from the direction of the front end of the dowel in the direction of the rear end of the dowel at an acute angle to the dowel axis , the front end of which, which is closer to the front end of the dowel , is rigidly connected to the dowel body and the rear end of which, which is closer to the rear end of the dowel , is connected to the dowel body by means of free end is movable radially to the dowel axis by bending the cantilever spring element and, when the cantilever spring element is not deformed, projects radially outwards beyond a lateral surface of the dowel body surrounding the cantilever spring element , characterised in that in that the cantilever spring element has a greater bending stiffness radially to the dowel axis in a front section of the cantilever spring element adjoining the front end than in a rear section of the cantilever spring element adjoining the front section of the cantilever spring element in the direction of the rear end of the cantilever spring element .
Device for determining the impedance of a plurality of stages of a fuel cell , each stage of the plurality of stages comprising an electrolyte placed between two electrodes , the device comprising: - several connecting circuits associated respectively with the stages of the plurality of stages , each connecting circuit being electrically coupled to the electrodes of the associated stage , and - a measuring system comprising an excitation system (C1) common to the plurality of stages , and selection means (M+, M-); characterised in that the measuring system comprises a circuit (C2), called equivalent circuit, having a reference impedance (Zref) corresponding to that of a stage of the plurality of stages , in that the selection means (M+, M-) are capable of selecting a stage from the plurality of stages , by electrically coupling the connecting circuit associated with the excitation system (C1), the selection means (M+, M-) further being capable of selecting the equivalent circuit (C2) by electrically coupling the equivalent circuit (C2) with the excitation system (C1); and in that the measuring system is configured to: - apply to the selected stage, an excitation signal generated by the excitation system (C1); - measure a response signal from the selected stage to the application of the excitation signal; - apply to the equivalent circuit (C2), an excitation signal generated by the excitation system (C1); - measure a response signal from the equivalent circuit (C2) to the application of the excitation signal; - determine an impedance of the equivalent circuit (Zref_meas) from the response signal of the equivalent circuit (C2); - calculate an impedance error (ez) from the reference impedance (Zref) and from the impedance determined from the equivalent circuit (Zref_meas), and - determine an impedance of the selected stage (Zcell) from the response signal of the selected stage and of the impedance error (ez). - several connecting circuits associated respectively with the stages of the plurality of stages , each connecting circuit being electrically coupled to the electrodes of the associated stage , and - a measuring system comprising an excitation system (C1) common to the plurality of stages , and selection means (M+, M-); - apply to the selected stage, an excitation signal generated by the excitation system (C1); - measure a response signal from the selected stage to the application of the excitation signal; - apply to the equivalent circuit (C2), an excitation signal generated by the excitation system (C1); - measure a response signal from the equivalent circuit (C2) to the application of the excitation signal; - determine an impedance of the equivalent circuit (Zref_meas) from the response signal of the equivalent circuit (C2); - calculate an impedance error (ez) from the reference impedance (Zref) and from the impedance determined from the equivalent circuit (Zref_meas), and - determine an impedance of the selected stage (Zcell) from the response signal of the selected stage and of the impedance error (ez).
Use of a printing apparatus comprising a printing device having a supply for a substrate to be printed and a supply for ink, the printing device comprising an anilox roll mounted in a bearing, the anilox roll comprising a cylinder having a surface , the surface comprising a fluid distribution structure for receiving the fluid, distributing the fluid over the cylinder, and transferring the fluid, wherein the fluid distribution structure has a channel formed in the surface for distributing the fluid over the fluid distribution structure, said channel having channel walls, said channel and said channel walls meandering over the surface, the channel and channel walls having the form of a sine wave, and the channel having a constant channel width, wherein the meandering channel has an amplitude that is generally equal to, or larger than, the width of the channel, or wherein two channel walls that are situated next to each other are positioned at a distance from each other, and the distance is equal to two times an amplitude of the sine wave, wherein said use comprises: • printing with said anilox roll, in a first operational mode, heavy layers of ink on said substrate with relatively large fluid droplets and • printing with said same anilox roll, in a second operational mode, details on said substrate with relatively small fluid droplets. wherein the meandering channel has an amplitude that is generally equal to, or larger than, the width of the channel, or wherein two channel walls that are situated next to each other are positioned at a distance from each other, and the distance is equal to two times an amplitude of the sine wave, wherein said use comprises: • printing with said anilox roll, in a first operational mode, heavy layers of ink on said substrate with relatively large fluid droplets and • printing with said same anilox roll, in a second operational mode, details on said substrate with relatively small fluid droplets. • printing with said anilox roll, in a first operational mode, heavy layers of ink on said substrate with relatively large fluid droplets and • printing with said same anilox roll, in a second operational mode, details on said substrate with relatively small fluid droplets.
A communication system, comprising: a plurality of control apparatuses (1-1, 1-2) that determine a packet handling operation; a plurality of packet processing means (3-1, 3-2) that process a packet based on the packet handling operation notified by one of said control apparatuses; an assignment apparatus that assigns, a control apparatus that controls the packet processing means concerned, with respect to each of the packet processing means; and a database that is shared by said plurality of control apparatuses and that stores information related to said packet handling operation; characterized in that each of said control apparatuses refers to said database to determine said packet handling operation and updates said database; wherein said assignment apparatus assigns, a control apparatus whose load is lowest among the plurality of the control apparatuses; and, wherein each of said control apparatuses refers to said database periodically, and confirms whether or not there is a packet handling operation to be notified to a packet processing means assigned by said assignment means. a plurality of control apparatuses (1-1, 1-2) that determine a packet handling operation; a plurality of packet processing means (3-1, 3-2) that process a packet based on the packet handling operation notified by one of said control apparatuses; an assignment apparatus that assigns, a control apparatus that controls the packet processing means concerned, with respect to each of the packet processing means; and a database that is shared by said plurality of control apparatuses and that stores information related to said packet handling operation; characterized in that each of said control apparatuses refers to said database to determine said packet handling operation and updates said database; wherein said assignment apparatus assigns, a control apparatus whose load is lowest among the plurality of the control apparatuses; and, wherein each of said control apparatuses refers to said database periodically, and confirms whether or not there is a packet handling operation to be notified to a packet processing means assigned by said assignment means.
A power receiver , comprising: a guided surface wave receive structure (R) configured to obtain electrical energy from a guided surface wave traveling along a terrestrial medium, wherein the guided surface wave receive structure is one of a plurality of guided surface wave receive structures and each one of the plurality of guided surface wave receive structures is configured to obtain electrical energy from a separate respective guided surface wave traveling along the terrestrial medium; an electrical load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure, the electrical load being experienced as a load at an excitation source coupled to a guided surface waveguide probe generating the guided surface wave; a switch coupled to the electrical load, wherein the switch is configured to switch the electrical load between individual ones of the plurality of guided surface wave receive structures; and an electric power meter coupled to the electrical load and configured to track an amount of power consumed by the electrical load. a guided surface wave receive structure (R) configured to obtain electrical energy from a guided surface wave traveling along a terrestrial medium, wherein the guided surface wave receive structure is one of a plurality of guided surface wave receive structures and each one of the plurality of guided surface wave receive structures is configured to obtain electrical energy from a separate respective guided surface wave traveling along the terrestrial medium; an electrical load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure, the electrical load being experienced as a load at an excitation source coupled to a guided surface waveguide probe generating the guided surface wave; a switch coupled to the electrical load, wherein the switch is configured to switch the electrical load between individual ones of the plurality of guided surface wave receive structures; and an electric power meter coupled to the electrical load and configured to track an amount of power consumed by the electrical load.
Outsole for footwear extending along a toe-to-heel direction (X) and comprising a tread arranged on a bottom surface of a midsole , said midsole having a heel portion with at least one through-opening which extends transversely with respect to said toe-to-heel direction (X); said heel portion being provided with a slit which extends along the toe-to-heel direction (X), intercepting said at least one through-opening so as to divide it into two parts ; said slit being open at the front and being delimited by a side wall which extends downwards from a base portion , said outsole being characterized in that the tread comprises a portion which extends inside said slit , so as to cover solely the side wall leaving exposed the base portion of the slit , wherein said portion of the tread is provided with at least two holes which are designed to match the holes defined at the intersection between the two parts , into which said at least one opening is divided, and the slit , so that, although the tread extends inside the slit , each said at least one opening remains a through-opening.
Method for automatically correcting the position of a track, formed from rails and sleepers , with a track tamping machine , characterised by the following steps: • measuring the left and right rails of a track section independently of one another so as to determine and record the actual height position (F LI , F RE ), the track direction and the track superelevation (u(n)) by means of an inertial measuring unit and a computing and control unit , • determining a starting point (S) and an end point (E) of a tamping of an individual fault - to be corrected - in each case of the left rail and of the right rail (H(n)) taking into account a limit value of the individual faults (F LIM ) and a maximum extension in a longitudinal direction of the track (s max ), • selecting the starting point (S) depending upon the progression of the individual fault of the rail which is closer and selecting the end point (E) depending upon the progression of the individual fault of the rail which is furthest away in the longitudinal direction, • defining a height reference line in each case for the left rail (REF LI ) and right rail (REF RE ) taking into account the superelevation; • positioning the tamping units of a tamping machine exactly at the starting point (S) of the tamping of the individual fault (H(n)) of the determined track correction section (TAMP), wherein both rail sections (F LI , F RE ) are corrected simultaneously and, in addition to the individual longitudinal height faults, the track direction is also corrected, and wherein the tamping is terminated at the end point (E). • measuring the left and right rails of a track section independently of one another so as to determine and record the actual height position (F LI , F RE ), the track direction and the track superelevation (u(n)) by means of an inertial measuring unit and a computing and control unit , • determining a starting point (S) and an end point (E) of a tamping of an individual fault - to be corrected - in each case of the left rail and of the right rail (H(n)) taking into account a limit value of the individual faults (F LIM ) and a maximum extension in a longitudinal direction of the track (s max ), • selecting the starting point (S) depending upon the progression of the individual fault of the rail which is closer and selecting the end point (E) depending upon the progression of the individual fault of the rail which is furthest away in the longitudinal direction, • defining a height reference line in each case for the left rail (REF LI ) and right rail (REF RE ) taking into account the superelevation; • positioning the tamping units of a tamping machine exactly at the starting point (S) of the tamping of the individual fault (H(n)) of the determined track correction section (TAMP), wherein both rail sections (F LI , F RE ) are corrected simultaneously and, in addition to the individual longitudinal height faults, the track direction is also corrected, and wherein the tamping is terminated at the end point (E).
A battery module comprising: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells disposed upright such that a positive electrode faces downward and a negative electrode faces upward; a cell housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells ; a top plate configured to entirely cover an upper side of the cell housing and electrically connected to the negative electrode of each of the plurality of battery cells ; a bottom plate disposed opposite the top plate to entirely cover a lower side of the cell housing and electrically connected to the positive electrode of each of the plurality of battery cells ; and a phase change material filled in the cell housing such that the plurality of battery cells are partially submerged, and cooling the plurality of battery cells , characterized in that a venting portion which is vented to lower an internal pressure of the battery cell when the internal pressure of the battery cell increases to a certain level or more is provided on a surface on which the positive electrode is formed, wherein a surface of the battery cell on which the venting portion is formed faces downward and thus the positive electrode is immersed in the liquefied phase change material . a plurality of cylindrical battery cells disposed upright such that a positive electrode faces downward and a negative electrode faces upward; a cell housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells ; a top plate configured to entirely cover an upper side of the cell housing and electrically connected to the negative electrode of each of the plurality of battery cells ; a bottom plate disposed opposite the top plate to entirely cover a lower side of the cell housing and electrically connected to the positive electrode of each of the plurality of battery cells ; and a phase change material filled in the cell housing such that the plurality of battery cells are partially submerged, and cooling the plurality of battery cells , characterized in that a venting portion which is vented to lower an internal pressure of the battery cell when the internal pressure of the battery cell increases to a certain level or more is provided on a surface on which the positive electrode is formed, wherein a surface of the battery cell on which the venting portion is formed faces downward and thus the positive electrode is immersed in the liquefied phase change material .
A dental composite restorative material comprising; (A) a polymerizable monomer selected from the family of polyfunctional (meth)acrylate polymerizable monomers, the refractive index (25°C) of a cured body of which is 1.52∼1.56, (B) a spherical silica-based particle [I] having an average particle diameter in the range of from 0.1 to 0.5μm and a standard deviation of particle diameter distribution within 1.30, (C) an organic-inorganic composite filler prepared by dispersing the above-described silica-based particle [I] in an organic resin matrix, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein said photopolymerization initiator is the only polymerization initiator; and wherein said (A), (B), (C) and (D) are homogenously mixed each other. (A) a polymerizable monomer selected from the family of polyfunctional (meth)acrylate polymerizable monomers, the refractive index (25°C) of a cured body of which is 1.52∼1.56, (B) a spherical silica-based particle [I] having an average particle diameter in the range of from 0.1 to 0.5μm and a standard deviation of particle diameter distribution within 1.30, (C) an organic-inorganic composite filler prepared by dispersing the above-described silica-based particle [I] in an organic resin matrix, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein said photopolymerization initiator is the only polymerization initiator; and
A recording apparatus comprising: a transport belt configured to transport a medium (P); a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the transport belt; a plurality of imaging units provided on an upstream side and a downstream side in a transport direction (A) of the medium, and configured to shoot a moving object including at least one of the transport belt and the medium; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a travel distance travelled by the transport belt in a predetermined time, on a basis of a position of a part (S) of the moving object in an image picked up by the upstream imaging unit of the plurality of imaging units, and a position of the part of the moving object in an image picked up by the downstream imaging unit of the plurality of imaging units, the predetermined time after the image pickup by the upstream imaging unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of imaging units is configured to move toward at least one of the upstream side and the downstream side. a transport belt configured to transport a medium (P); a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the transport belt; a plurality of imaging units provided on an upstream side and a downstream side in a transport direction (A) of the medium, and configured to shoot a moving object including at least one of the transport belt and the medium; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a travel distance travelled by the transport belt in a predetermined time, on a basis of a position of a part (S) of the moving object in an image picked up by the upstream imaging unit of the plurality of imaging units, and a position of the part of the moving object in an image picked up by the downstream imaging unit of the plurality of imaging units, the predetermined time after the image pickup by the upstream imaging unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of imaging units is configured to move toward at least one of the upstream side and the downstream side.
Filter device for the filtration of fluids such as fuels, including diesel fuel, having a filter housing inside which a filter element can be replaceably fixed, said filter element having a filter medium surrounding an inner filter cavity , with a fluid inlet leading to the dirty side of the filter element , with a fluid outlet for the outflow of filtered fluids from the clean side and with a tank return connection , wherein a balance pipe extending up to a maximum filling level intended for the filtration operation is provided in the filter housing , which balance pipe is connected at its lower end to the tank return connection and is open at its upper end , wherein the balance pipe has, at a point which is at a distance from its upper and lower end, an inner control part in which there is a through-hole which forms a throttling point, wherein the filter element can be fixed via at least one end cap to an element holder of the filter housing and wherein the balance pipe is mounted on the filter housing inside the element holder and extends, coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the filter element located in the functional position, through its end cap fixed to the element holder and through the filter cavity , characterised in that the balance pipe is designed to be stepped in the outer diameter and in the inner diameter, in that the balance pipe abuts the element holder with the longitudinal portion of the larger outer diameter and the larger inner diameter, and in that the control part having the through-hole forms the transition between the larger inner diameter and the smaller inner diameter of the balance pipe .