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A method of operating tufting machine comprising: a needle bar with a plurality of needles , the needle bar being reciprocable in the plane of the needles to form tufts of yarn in a backing medium fed through the machine, the needle bar being slidable transversely to the plane of reciprocation of the needles; a presser foot mounted above the backing medium so as to be slidable with the needle bar , the presser foot comprising a plurality of fingers , with each needle being arranged to pass between a pair of adjacent fingers and into the backing medium ; an individual end yarn feed to respectively feed each of a plurality of yarns to a respective needle; a needle selection mechanism to selectively latch a needle to the needle bar when the yarn in that needle is required to form a tuft, so that the needle can move with the needle bar as it reciprocates; a plurality of loopers each configured to pick up a loop of yarn as a respective needle reciprocates; a plurality of knives to cut a loop of yarn on a respective looper ; and means associated with each looper to selectively dislodge a loop of yarn from the looper before it is cut; characterised by the method comprising controlling the feed of yarn to the needles such that, when a cut end is required, a determination is made of whether a predetermined yarn condition is present in the yarn at its cut end and, in response to such a determination being found, an additional loop of yarn, not required by the pattern data is formed, such that the additional loop of yarn forms a yarn buffer that can be pulled back through the backing medium . a needle bar with a plurality of needles , the needle bar being reciprocable in the plane of the needles to form tufts of yarn in a backing medium fed through the machine, the needle bar being slidable transversely to the plane of reciprocation of the needles; a presser foot mounted above the backing medium so as to be slidable with the needle bar , the presser foot comprising a plurality of fingers , with each needle being arranged to pass between a pair of adjacent fingers and into the backing medium ; an individual end yarn feed to respectively feed each of a plurality of yarns to a respective needle; a needle selection mechanism to selectively latch a needle to the needle bar when the yarn in that needle is required to form a tuft, so that the needle can move with the needle bar as it reciprocates; a plurality of loopers each configured to pick up a loop of yarn as a respective needle reciprocates; a plurality of knives to cut a loop of yarn on a respective looper ; and means associated with each looper to selectively dislodge a loop of yarn from the looper before it is cut; characterised by the method comprising controlling the feed of yarn to the needles such that, when a cut end is required, a determination is made of whether a predetermined yarn condition is present in the yarn at its cut end and, in response to such a determination being found, an additional loop of yarn, not required by the pattern data is formed, such that the additional loop of yarn forms a yarn buffer that can be pulled back through the backing medium .
A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a one piece piston body fabricated of steel and including a crown portion , a pair of diametrically opposed skirt portions depending from said crown portion, and a pair of pin boss panels ; said crown portion having an upper combustion surface , a lower surface having an undercrown surface area , and an outer annular ring belt with at least one ring groove ; and said pin boss panels depending from said crown portion and extending in spaced relationship with one another between said skirt portions , each pin boss panel including a pin boss having a pin bore , said pin bores being aligned with one another for receiving a wrist pin, and each pin boss panel presenting at least one recess located between the associated one of said pin boss bores and said crown portion to increase said undercrown surface area for improved cooling of said crown portion , wherein said crown portion has an outer diameter (D) and said piston body has a compression height (Hc) that is in the range of 25 to 35% of said outer diameter (D) of said crown portion , and wherein said piston body is without any oil galleries. a one piece piston body fabricated of steel and including a crown portion , a pair of diametrically opposed skirt portions depending from said crown portion, and a pair of pin boss panels ; said crown portion having an upper combustion surface , a lower surface having an undercrown surface area , and an outer annular ring belt with at least one ring groove ; and said pin boss panels depending from said crown portion and extending in spaced relationship with one another between said skirt portions , each pin boss panel including a pin boss having a pin bore , said pin bores being aligned with one another for receiving a wrist pin, and each pin boss panel presenting at least one recess located between the associated one of said pin boss bores and said crown portion to increase said undercrown surface area for improved cooling of said crown portion , wherein said crown portion has an outer diameter (D) and said piston body has a compression height (Hc) that is in the range of 25 to 35% of said outer diameter (D) of said crown portion , and wherein said piston body is without any oil galleries.
A mold heating system comprising a mold used in shaping polymer based material by means of heat, a heater positioned in the vicinity of said mold , a fixed electrical panel connected to said heater and fed by electrical power, characterized by comprising a heat pipe provided for transferring the heat, applied by said heater , to the mold and connected to the mold from one end and connected to said heater from the other end such that there is heat transfer in between, and a control unit for controlling the power provided from the fixed electrical panel to at least one heater ; and the mold , the heaters , the heat pipes and the control unit are positioned on a carrier arm in a manner rotating together with said carrier arm.
A photocurable composition comprising: component (A): epoxy compound; component (B): acrylic ester compound; component (C): isocyanate compound; component (D): photobase generator; and component (E): compound having a thiol group, wherein the component (A) has two or more epoxy groups in one molecule, the component (B) has two or more acryloyl groups in one molecule, the component (C) has two or more isocyanate groups in one molecule, and the component (E) has two or more thiol groups in one molecule, and a ratio of a total mass of the component (A), the component (B), the component (C), and the component (D) to a mass of the component (E) is (the component (A) + the component (B) + the component (C) + the component (D)): the component (E) = 74: 26 to 20: 80. component (A): epoxy compound; component (B): acrylic ester compound; component (C): isocyanate compound; component (D): photobase generator; and component (E): compound having a thiol group, wherein the component (A) has two or more epoxy groups in one molecule, the component (B) has two or more acryloyl groups in one molecule, the component (C) has two or more isocyanate groups in one molecule, and the component (E) has two or more thiol groups in one molecule, and a ratio of a total mass of the component (A), the component (B), the component (C), and the component (D) to a mass of the component (E) is (the component (A) + the component (B) + the component (C) + the component (D)): the component (E) = 74: 26 to 20: 80.
A watch comprising: an hour hand and a minute hand ; a dial including a plurality of time graduations (11-14) indicating time by being pointed by the hour hand and the minute hand; and a dial plate (7a-7c) supported by a rotary shaft , the dial plate including graduations indicating predetermined information different from the time, wherein in plan view from a normal direction of the dial, the rotary shaft overlaps with a pointing graduation that is one of the time graduations, the predetermined information is indicated by the graduation, of the dial plate, located in an extension direction of the pointing graduation, characterized in that in plan view, the pointing graduation has a rectangular shape, and the time graduations (11-14) other than the pointing graduation also have a rectangular shape like the pointing graduation . an hour hand and a minute hand ; a dial including a plurality of time graduations (11-14) indicating time by being pointed by the hour hand and the minute hand; and a dial plate (7a-7c) supported by a rotary shaft , the dial plate including graduations indicating predetermined information different from the time, wherein in plan view from a normal direction of the dial, the rotary shaft overlaps with a pointing graduation that is one of the time graduations, the predetermined information is indicated by the graduation, of the dial plate, located in an extension direction of the pointing graduation, characterized in that in plan view, the pointing graduation has a rectangular shape, and the time graduations (11-14) other than the pointing graduation also have a rectangular shape like the pointing graduation .
A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device, comprising: rendering, on a graphical user interface of the computing device, a first group of one or more objects for use within an alertness test being administered to a user, wherein the alertness test is configured to determine whether the user can perform a particular task with at least a minimum level of alertness; rendering, on the graphical user interface, a temporally-disruptive element configured to introduce a delay for a defined period of time; in response to rendering the temporally-disruptive element, rendering, on the graphical user interface, a second group of objects for use within the alertness test being administered to the user; rendering, on the graphical user interface, a visually-disruptive element that is separate from the temporally-disruptive element, wherein the visually-disruptive element is configured to rotate over at least one of the first group of objects and the second group of objects and, while rotating, temporarily obscure at least a portion of one or more objects of at least one of the first group of objects and the second group of objects; soliciting a response, via the graphical user interface, from the user concerning the first or second group of objects; and determining whether the user is able to perform the particular task with the at least the minimum level of alertness based upon, at least in part, the response received from the user. rendering, on a graphical user interface of the computing device, a first group of one or more objects for use within an alertness test being administered to a user, wherein the alertness test is configured to determine whether the user can perform a particular task with at least a minimum level of alertness; rendering, on the graphical user interface, a temporally-disruptive element configured to introduce a delay for a defined period of time; in response to rendering the temporally-disruptive element, rendering, on the graphical user interface, a second group of objects for use within the alertness test being administered to the user; rendering, on the graphical user interface, a visually-disruptive element that is separate from the temporally-disruptive element, wherein the visually-disruptive element is configured to rotate over at least one of the first group of objects and the second group of objects and, while rotating, temporarily obscure at least a portion of one or more objects of at least one of the first group of objects and the second group of objects; soliciting a response, via the graphical user interface, from the user concerning the first or second group of objects; and determining whether the user is able to perform the particular task with the at least the minimum level of alertness based upon, at least in part, the response received from the user.
An electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle, the ECU comprising a first and a second control port configured to be connected to a first and a second electrically controllable vehicle component, respectively, characterized in that: - the first and the second control port each comprises an individual driver circuitry, - an individual load profile is defined for each of the first and the second electrically controllable vehicle component, and - each driver circuitry is configured to individually measure an intermediate electrical load for the respectively connected electrically controllable vehicle component, wherein: - the ECU is configured to compare each of the measured intermediate electrical loads with the respective individual load profile for the first and the second electrically controllable vehicle component, and - to control a transition between at least a first and a second operational state for the respective first and second individual driver circuitry based on a result of the comparison. - the first and the second control port each comprises an individual driver circuitry, - an individual load profile is defined for each of the first and the second electrically controllable vehicle component, and - each driver circuitry is configured to individually measure an intermediate electrical load for the respectively connected electrically controllable vehicle component, wherein: - the ECU is configured to compare each of the measured intermediate electrical loads with the respective individual load profile for the first and the second electrically controllable vehicle component, and - to control a transition between at least a first and a second operational state for the respective first and second individual driver circuitry based on a result of the comparison.
Rotary laser comprising a housing, a laser beam device which is gimbal mounted in the housing and which, by means of a rotating head which is connected to the laser beam device in an axially and inclination-fixed manner, generates a laser beam which rotates about an axis of rotation extending in a Z-axis in a plane of rotation (X/Y plane), first and second levelling means for determining an inclination of the plane of rotation (X/Y plane) with respect to a horizontal plane when the housing is placed on a horizontal surface , a control device for driving servomotors of an adjusting device for adjusting the inclination of the laser beam device relative to the housing about an X-axis and a Y-axis in response to control inputs, and comprising a fastening portion which, in relation to the housing , is opposite the head in the direction of the axis of rotation , and relative to which the housing can be rotated into predetermined angular positions by the control device by means of a rotary drive about an axis of rotation which extends at least approximately in the same direction as the axis of rotation , characterised by third levelling means for determining an angle of inclination (α) of an inclination of an axial laser beam directed parallel to the axis of rotation with respect to the horizontal plane when the housing is brought into a lying position, in which the axis of rotation or the axis of the laser beam lies approximately in a horizontal, it being possible for the axial laser beam to be brought into a horizontal position by means of the servomotors , and comprising fourth levelling means for determining a roll angle (β) of the housing with respect to the axis of rotation when the axis of rotation is brought into a horizontal position.
A release film comprising a substrate film and a resin layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate film, wherein the resin layer comprises 100 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin resin, 1 to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent and 10 to 1,000 parts by mass of a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification rate of 99% or lower.
Drilling head for a self-driven impactor as a percussive displacement soil boring device with a first and second drilling head section , wherein the first drilling head section has out-feed channels and the second drilling head section has a cross-section increasing in the longitudinal direction, characterised in that the second drilling head section has a plurality of step-shape designed areas , which are arranged behind an out-feed channel viewed in the longitudinal direction and have a step height (H1, H2) which is smaller than a third of the width of an out-feed channel , wherein the first drilling head section is arranged in the advance direction of the soil boring device before the second drilling head section .
Anchor rail for fixing fastening means , having a first rail part and a second rail part , which are connected to one another and on each of which anchor webs are formed, wherein a channel-shaped receptacle for a head section of a fastening means is formed between a first wall of the first rail part and a second wall of the second rail part , and an inwardly projecting web is provided on the first wall and an inwardly projecting web is provided on the second wall , and the inwardly projecting webs overlap the channel-shaped receptacle on the edge side, characterized in that an outwardly projecting support web projects at least in sections on the first wall and/or the second wall opposite the inwardly projecting web .
A method performed by a user equipment , UE, in a mobile communication system , the method comprising measuring a radio channel quality based on a signal received from a communication partner in the mobile communication system ; determining information related to a normalized measurement result based on the measured radio channel quality; and transmitting the information related to the normalized measurement result to a network component of the mobile communication system ; and receiving, from the network component , information related to a predicted quality of service, QoS, determined by the network component based on the information related to the normalized measurement result. measuring a radio channel quality based on a signal received from a communication partner in the mobile communication system ; determining information related to a normalized measurement result based on the measured radio channel quality; and transmitting the information related to the normalized measurement result to a network component of the mobile communication system ; and receiving, from the network component , information related to a predicted quality of service, QoS, determined by the network component based on the information related to the normalized measurement result.
Adapter arrangement in particular for use with an electric power tool , having: a number of input-side interfaces for the electrical connection of at least two rechargeable battery packs , an output-side interface for the electrical connection to the electric power tool , wherein each of the interfaces has at least one electrical data channel (D, D1, D2, NTC, NTC1, NTC2) for transmitting at least one data type and at least one electrical supply channel (K, K1, K2, A, A1, A2), wherein the adapter arrangement is configured to receive data from the connected rechargeable battery packs , in particular about their state, via the data channels (D1, D2, NTC1, NTC2) of the input-side interfaces and to receive current and voltage for the purpose of supplying electrical power to at least one consumer of the electric power tool via the electrical supply channels (K1, K2, A1, A2) of the input-side interfaces , and a signal processing unit , which is designed to process the provided data of the rechargeable battery packs and to provide said data at the output-side interface , characterized in that the signal processing unit is configured to compare the provided data of the same data type and to provide in each case a piece of information about the more critical item of data at the output-side interface . a number of input-side interfaces for the electrical connection of at least two rechargeable battery packs , an output-side interface for the electrical connection to the electric power tool , wherein each of the interfaces has at least one electrical data channel (D, D1, D2, NTC, NTC1, NTC2) for transmitting at least one data type and at least one electrical supply channel (K, K1, K2, A, A1, A2), wherein the adapter arrangement is configured to receive data from the connected rechargeable battery packs , in particular about their state, via the data channels (D1, D2, NTC1, NTC2) of the input-side interfaces and to receive current and voltage for the purpose of supplying electrical power to at least one consumer of the electric power tool via the electrical supply channels (K1, K2, A1, A2) of the input-side interfaces , and a signal processing unit , which is designed to process the provided data of the rechargeable battery packs and to provide said data at the output-side interface , characterized in that the signal processing unit is configured to compare the provided data of the same data type and to provide in each case a piece of information about the more critical item of data at the output-side interface .
MEMS device comprising: - at least one resonating element , and - a vibration-insulating plate centrally housing said at least one resonating element ; wherein said vibration-insulating plate comprises a planar periodic structure surrounding said at least one resonating element , wherein said planar periodic structure comprises a plurality of adjacent unit cells (104, 404, 504, 604; 300), each unit cell (104, 404, 504, 604; 300) comprising a respective movable mass element suspended by spring elements , characterised in that the said spring elements comprise folded-beam springs. - at least one resonating element , and - a vibration-insulating plate centrally housing said at least one resonating element ; wherein said vibration-insulating plate comprises a planar periodic structure surrounding said at least one resonating element , wherein said planar periodic structure comprises a plurality of adjacent unit cells (104, 404, 504, 604; 300), each unit cell (104, 404, 504, 604; 300) comprising a respective movable mass element suspended by spring elements , characterised in that the said spring elements comprise folded-beam springs.
An automatic plant tissue sampling system comprising: a plant handler configured to transport one or more plants from a first location to a second location; a plug handler configured to identify an individual plant of the one or more plants and secure the individual plant for movement relative to the one or more plants; a popper configured to engage the individual plant to move the plant into the plug handler; an imager configured to image a plant moved by the plant handler to identify a sampling location; a processor in communication with the imager and configured to receive an image of the plant and further configured to select a location on the plant to sample; a sampler configured to remove a tissue sample from the sampling location of the plant selected by the processor; and a collection vessel configured to receive tissue samples. a plant handler configured to transport one or more plants from a first location to a second location; a plug handler configured to identify an individual plant of the one or more plants and secure the individual plant for movement relative to the one or more plants; a popper configured to engage the individual plant to move the plant into the plug handler; an imager configured to image a plant moved by the plant handler to identify a sampling location; a processor in communication with the imager and configured to receive an image of the plant and further configured to select a location on the plant to sample; a sampler configured to remove a tissue sample from the sampling location of the plant selected by the processor; and a collection vessel configured to receive tissue samples.