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The invention relates to an utensil (1) for cooking food by subjecting said food to a heat source, said utensil (1) being characterized in that it is provided with a cooking management device (7) that is designed to emit firstly a first signal either for causing the heat source to be switched off or for urging the user to switch off the heat source, and secondly a second signal subsequent to the first signal and that indicates to the user that cooking is finished. Appliances for cooking food.

A computer-based system, computer-implemented method and computer program product facilitate determining energy cost savings in an energy-consuming facility, such as a commercial building, using a neural network model that projects or estimates the amount of energy that would have been consumed by the facility but for the implementation of energy efficiency or conservation measures. Energy savings are represented by the difference between the estimate of energy that would have been consumed but for the measures and the actual amount of energy consumed by the facility under actual conditions during a time interval after the measures have been implemented.

A remote controlled valve for cessation of water flow from an outflow component such as a showerhead or faucet during periods where water flow is not required by the user to provide for water conservation. The device features a remote control having a large contact area for contact with the user's arm or leg or hip to allow for activation without the use of their hands and fingers. The large size also renders the remote control unit easily located by sense of touch and without the user's eyesight to encourage use by users who might otherwise be concerned about reinitiating water flow during shampooing or while using he device on a sink with their hands wet or occupied.

A method for moving a processing device, a frame of a processing device and a processing device, which is moved on a base. The processing device comprises at least one processing unit and a frame, to which the processing unit is attached, as well as at least four legs articulated to the frame. The legs comprise support plates settable against the base. The legs are settable into a support phase, where the support plate settles against the base and into a transfer phase, where the support plate is off the base. The processing device is moved without lowering the frame onto the base so that the legs are controlled to settle to the support phase and the transfer phase alternately so that at least three legs are in the support phase when the processing device moves.

A programmable vent for a duct used with a building environmental air temperature control system. The programmable vent includes a vent housing with a front face which has an inset, where the vent housing is configured to allow air flow from the duct. At least one louver is movably connected to the vent housing, an actuator is connected to the at least one louver, a controller module is removably attached to the vent housing and positioned in the inset, the controller module being connected to the actuator when positioned in the inset.

The present invention relates to a multiple laundry treating machine. The multiple laundry treating machine includes a body (110) formed with a laundry container (40) for containing laundry, an auxiliary body (120) arranged at one side of the body (110), the auxiliary body (120) having a volume and a height respectively smaller than a volume and a height of the body, and having a space (122) defined in the auxiliary body (120) to contain laundry, and an air supplier arranged in the body (110), to forcibly supply air to the laundry container (40) and to the space (122) of the auxiliary body (120), and to remove moisture from air.

An electric fireplace heater having an LED flame simulator includes a main body, a light-guide unit, a roller unit, a plurality of LED light sources, and an electric heating device. The main body includes a frame and artificial logs. The light-guide unit is mounted inside of the main body and behind the artificial logs. The roller unit is mounted inside of the main body and behind the light-guide unit. The roller unit includes a rack, and a cylinder provided with patterned apertures and driven to rotate by a motor. One of the LED light sources is disposed under the artificial logs to simulate burning woods and one of the LED light sources is disposed inside of the cylinder. The light emitted by the LED light source passes through the patterned apertures of the cylinder and is projected onto the light-guide unit, thereby presenting images of simulated flames.

A hybrid water pressure energy accumulating, wind turbine tower assembly used to directly propel water pumps to raise water from low elevation reservoir(s) to high elevation reservoir(s) where it is used as a potential energy. The wind tower assembly includes a wind turbine having propeller with a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor and a yaw assembly attached to a tower with a foundation. The tower includes in-tower storage reservoirs configured for storing water. The in-tower storage reservoirs could be defined by lower and upper water storage containers attached to the inner or outer surface of the tower that might be connected to other neighboring reservoir(s). The wind turbine may be of the vertical or horizontal-axis type and may be installed inside a residential or commercial building. The lifted water is used to generate electricity utilizing a hydropower generator.

A system and method are provided for managing electrical power usage. During a predetermined time period, such as during blackout conditions, a digital signal processor (DSP) controls an IGBT/FET-based device to supply an allocated amount of power. When the consumed amount of power exceeds the allocated amount, the DSP shuts off the power. Alternatively, the system provides a signal to reduce the consumed power. If sufficient load has not been reduced after a predetermined amount of time, the power is shut off. Further alternatively or in addition, the DSP may shut off power to predetermined electrical outlets, while providing power to other electrical outlets, to reduce the power usage to the predetermined amount. During other time periods, the DSP controls the IGBT/FET device to provide a predetermined voltage that is less than the AC incoming line voltage. When the voltage drops below the predetermined voltage, such as during brownout conditions, a microprocessor controls an electronic switch on the primary windings side of a transformer system to provide a boosted output voltage.

An intelligent multiple-loop electric vehicle cooling system includes a battery pack, an electric drive module, a battery radiator, an electric drive module radiator, electric pumps, pass-through valves, three-way valves, a PTC heater, a heat exchanger. The cooling system is provided with two electric pumps, two pass-through valves, and three three-way valves that are connected through pipelines to form multiple loops. Compared with the prior art, by means of the present invention, multiple three-way valves and pass-through valves are disposed, to connect pipelines to form loops meeting different cooling or heating requirements. These loops are selectively opened or closed according to features and working states of a battery pack and an electric drive module of an electric vehicle, to ensure temperature balance of the electric vehicle and efficient operation of the electric vehicle.

Olefin polymerization catalysts for producing polyolefin resins which can dispense with a melt-kneading step necessitating great energy or a substitute addition step therefor and to which small amounts of antioxidants have been effectively added; and a process for the production of the catalysts. Specifically, a catalyst for olefin polymerization characterized by being prepared by conducting prepolymerization in the presence of [I] a solid catalyst for olefin polymerization having a mean particle diameter of 10 to 200 μm, [II] an antioxidant for resins, and [III] an olefin; and a catalyst for olefin polymerization characterized by containing [IV] an organoaluminum compound in addition to the components [I] to [III].

The present invention proposes a smart circuit device of a smoke exhauster for cooking. The smart circuit device of the present invention comprises a sensing circuit comprising a temperature sensor and a smoke sensor, a signal processing circuit of temperature sensor, a signal processing circuit of supersonic transducer, a microprocessor control circuit, an output and display circuit, a motor-driving circuit, and a power circuit. The temperature sensor is used to assist the smoke sensor (supersonic transducer). The present invention can detect the variations of the quantity of smoke and temperature in the cooking environment as input parameters to the microprocessor control circuit. The microprocessor control circuit will operate according to the fuzzy control theory to control the motor of the smoke exhauster to operate at a proper rotation speed so as to reduce noise, save energy, and achieve the object of automatic control.

An image sensing apparatus is equipped with an anti-shake mechanism. A shake amount of a main body of the image sensing apparatus is detected, and an anti-shake drive signal is generated in accordance with a detected shake amount. The anti-shake drive signal is sent to a plurality of actuators to apply an anti-shake driving force to a driven member provided in an imaging optical system of the image sensing apparatus at different positions from each other. A control axis about which the driven member is driven for anti-shake control extends in a direction different from a drive axis along which the driven member is driven for actual movement.

Disclosed is a centrifugal turbine gas blower with foil bearings for use with a fast axial flow laser. The blower utilizes variable components in order to operate at different speeds for multiple applications. In addition, a bypass load has been incorporated to avoid a surge condition. The blower utilizes foil bearings that are self-lubricating in order to achieve improved efficiency and maximized speeds during operation. The bearings are designed with a bump layer that provides damping for pre-load. Additionally, the backplate of the thrust assembly contains holes in order to reduce the thrust load and to balance the force on the impeller.

The invention comprises an electric power distribution system for providing power to a plurality of loads. An energy reduction device receives high voltage electrical power from a utility. A processor controls three variable transformer windings to produce electrical power at three phases at three independent reduced voltages. The energy reduction device thereby controls the output voltage on each phase to provide an individualized regulated voltage for each phase. The regulated voltage provided includes a sufficient voltage required to power the loads connected to that phase, plus an additional voltage which compensates for the voltage drop caused by the length of wire run in that phase. The electrical distribution system eliminates the need for low voltage step-down transformers at the point of the load. The energy reduction device can regulate the voltage provided to lighting loads as a function of the time of day or the ambient light levels.

The present invention relates to a planar rotation mechanism of supporting device, includes a base seat; a supporting rack; a retaining member and a position located at a top portion of a lateral side of the retaining member, a diagonal position of the retaining member and a position between the above two positions are respectively provided with a first, a second and a third guiding slots with different curvatures and lengths; and a rotating member respectively provided with a column hole with respect to the initial positions of the first, the second and the third guiding slots for allowing a first, a second and a third guiding columns respectively pass through the corresponding column holes and the corresponding guiding slots, so the guiding columns can respectively slide within the corresponding guiding slots; so when the rotating member is operated with a planar rotation with an object to be supported provided in front of the rotating member, the plural guiding columns slide within the corresponding guiding slots, a corner of one lateral side of the object to be supported is firstly moved a small distance alongside the bottom end of the object to be supported, then is rotated, so a horizontal status of the object to be supported is switched to a vertical status or vice versa.

Indoor air is purified using a purifying solution in an arrangement capable of removing formaldehyde and other pollutants, such as, for example, particulates. The arrangement can prevent re-vaporization of volatile compounds and can generate air that has been humidified or dehumidified. In one approach, incoming air is contacted with the purifying solution in a packed bed.

A dryer and control method thereof are disclosed, by which energy saving and optimal temperature maintenance within a drying drum are enabled in a manner of diversifying a heater temperature by varying a rotational speed of a blowing fan used for the dryer. The present invention includes a drying drum for accommodating an object to be dried therein, a blowing fan provided to enable an air to pass through the drying drum, a heater heating an air supplied to the drying drum, a temperature sensor sensing a temperature within the drying drum, a driving motor generating a driving force to rotate the drying drum and the blowing fan, and a control unit controlling an RPM (revolutions per minute) of the driving motor to be varied according to a sensing result of the temperature sensor.

In an apparatus that has a main power supply and a sub-power supply. In a standby state, the main power supply is turned on for an incoming call for facsimile communication, while the main power supply is not turned on for an incoming call for speech communication. Therefore, the unnecessary turning on and off of the main power supply can be prevented. When the DRPD (Distinguish Ringing Pattern Detect) service is provided, a plurality of telephone numbers are assigned to a single communication line, and a plurality of call signals whose pattern differ are employed for receiving calls. When one of these telephone numbers is used for facsimile and another telephone number is used for a telephone, an incoming call can be identified as being either for facsimile or for telephone by distinguishing between the patterns of the call signals. When the pattern of the call signal is for facsimile, the main power supply is turned on to perform data communication. When the pattern of the call signal is for telephone, the main power supply is not turned on.

A system supervises applications executing on electronic devices connected by one or more networks. Each device comprises a local supervision entity, cooperating to control the applications. Each application comprises a set of application components, each encapsulated in a container by the supervision entity of the device hosting the component. The components are connected by connectors. The supervision entity of a source device executes, in response to receipt of a command to migrate a component to a target device: stopping the component, interrupting arrival of data in the input connectors of the component, serializing and encapsulating the properties of the component in a container of the supervision entity, dispatching a migration request message to the supervision entity of the target device, the message comprising the serialized and encapsulated component, and redirecting the connectors of the component as a function of the state of connections of each connector on the source device.

A communication system with a plurality of devices with a communication unit (CU1) arranged to communicate on a first wireless communication channel (CH1), e.g. GSM, in an active mode. Otherwise, the communication unit (CU1) is in an in-active power saving mode. A receiver unit (R1, R2) receives a wake-up signal on a second wireless communication channel (CH2, CH3), e.g. RFID. The receiver unit (R1, R2) then switches the communication unit (CU1) into active mode. The second wireless communication channel (CH2, CH3) is dedicated for wake-up signals and is in a different frequency band than the first wireless communication channel (CH1). Further, the first wireless communication channel (CH1) has a larger distance range than the second wireless communication channel (CH2, CH3). A coordinator device (CD) receives a call on the first wireless communication channel (GSM) and transmits a wake-up signal on the second wireless communication channel (RFID) in order to activate communication units (D1, D2, D3, D4) in a group of the plurality of devices (D1, D2, D3, D4). Hereby power can be saved to the typically more power demanding communication unit (CU1) arranged for long distance communication, while only limited or even zero power is used to monitor for wake-up signals on a short range channel (CH2, CH3). The system is suitable for groups of a plurality of rather closely spaced devices (D1, D2, D3, D4), where one active coordinator device (CD) is used to receive incoming calls on behalf of a group of devices (D1, D2, D3, D4) having their communication units in power saving mode until the coordinator device (CD) activates them.

The invention is based on a device having at least one electrochemical cell (20, 30).

It is proposed that a volume (12) for receiving the at least one cell (20, 30), which volume is capable of being subjected to pressure by a pressure medium, is provided for subjecting the at least one cell (20, 30) to external pressure.

A system and method for selectively opening a drivetrain of a vehicle is described. In one example, an electrically operated clutch is opened during selected driving conditions to conserve kinetic energy of the vehicle. The method may reduce fuel consumption during selected conditions.

A method for receiving or transmitting messages wherein the use of shortened spreading codes, especially in the paging channel, for the purpose of correlation in the reception of CDMA signals, provides for power-saving measures such as, for example, the intermittent turn-off of A/D converters or correlators and to preserve the orthogonality of the spreading codes, the spreading codes used are selected in such a manner that, if possible, they do not correlate with the paging channel spreading code.

A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs a recording operation on a recording medium; a transport unit that transports the recording medium; and a drying unit that promotes drying of the recording medium by ejecting gas to the recording medium. The drying unit includes a main passage through which the gas flows on a surface of the recording medium along the transport direction of the recording medium, and a sub-passage that merges with the main passage and extends in a direction crossing the surface of the recording medium when merging with the main passage.

A surveying instrument includes a pedestal provided with a guide light irradiation unit provided with a light source to irradiate with guide light indicating a collimation direction of the surveying instrument to an operator, a tracking optical system which locks a target, a ranging optical system which ranges a distance to the target, and a control circuit which calculates surveying data by a ranging result of the ranging optical system, and a transmitting and receiving unit which receives survey setting point data regarding a survey setting operation and sends the surveying data obtained by the control circuit.

An energy saving device that has an electrical inlet which connects to a general power outlet, and has at least one monitored electrical outlet connecting to a computing device, the energy saving device having at least one switched electrical outlet which connects to, and supplies electrical power to, at least one peripheral device, which in a preferred embodiment is a computer monitor. The energy saving device includes a switch to control electrical connection of the inlet to the switched electrical outlet, and thus to control supply of electric power to the peripheral devices. Other peripherals may include printers, speakers and desk lamps.

A character display module comprises a character organic light emitting diode panel, a printed circuit which is electrically connected to the character organic light emitting diode panel, a drive controller which is disposed on the printed circuit board to drive and control the character organic light emitting diode panel, and a frame which is used to position the character organic light emitting diode panel on the printed circuit board. Therefore, such an arrangement provides a lighter, thinner, high quality, cost-saving and energy-saving character display module.

An auto electricity breaker includes a breaker switch, an energy storage device driven by a cutting blade ensemble, a variable gear set driven by the energy storage device, a trigger driven by the variable gear set to turn on the breaker switch, and a starting switch for restoring the trigger. The energy storage device stores energy concurrently during the operation of the cutting blade ensemble. When the cutting blade ensemble stops operation, the variable gear set is driven to operate. When the variable gear set operates to a certain extent, the trigger takes action to turn on the breaker switch. The breaker switch breaks the electrical power of the shredder to stop its operation. The user can turn on the starting switch for restoring the trigger and thus turn on the power of the shredder again for normal operation. The breaker then resumes its auto electricity breaker function.

The present invention provides a manufacture method of a quantum-dot color filter, comprising: step 1, employing Bewendi method to compose quantum-dots (100) having a core shell structure, and obtaining quantum-dots having various grain sizes, comprising red quantum-dots (200) and green quantum-dots (300) by changing composition condition in the manufacture process; step 2, respectively processing surfaces of the red quantum-dots and the green quantum-dots with function of dispersant for stable dispersion to obtain stabilized red quantum-dots (200) and green quantum-dots (300); step 3, respectively dispersing and dissolving the stabilized red quantum-dots and green quantum-dots with resin, monomer, photoinitiator and additive agent in a solvent to form photosensitive dispersion containing red and green quantum-dots; step 4, employing the photosensitive dispersion containing red and green quantum-dots to form a pixel pattern.