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A muscle training apparatus arranged for cyclic concentric and eccentric loading phases including load imposition means arranged for a user to exercise against load variation means arranged for varying the load as between concentric and eccentric loading phases, a vibrator operational to apply vibration between the user and the load, a controller operational to control the vibrator and to vary the extent of vibration as between concentric and eccentric phases.

A system and method are provided for obtaining a gazing direction of a user of an image-capturing device relative to an image of an object to be captured; identifying an area of the image based on the obtained gazing direction; and performing optical focusing for the identified area using an autofocus arrangement of the image-capturing device.

A system and method of inputting time on an electronic device having a touch screen that displays a graphical hour keypad and detects user touch input to select an hour from the keypad, and displays, either simultaneously with the hour keypad, or following selection of an hour, a graphical minute keypad and detects user touch input to select a minute from the keypad. The selection could also be done in reverse order. The hour keypad can include one 24-key keypad or two 12-key sub-keypads and the minute keypad can include one 60-key keypad and / or one 12-key keypad. If the 60-key minute keypad is not used, the user can enter a minute that is not a multiple of five by using a standard 10-digit numeric keypad, incorporating movement events or pull events, or causing a sub-keypad to be displayed. A slide gesture can be employed to select both hour and minute.

An agent for preventing / treating respiratory diseases contains, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by following Formula (I):wherein A is a group represented by L-W [wherein L is a bond or CH2; and W is O, SOn (wherein n is 0 to 2), or —NR7— (wherein R7 is hydrogen or lower alkyl)]; each of G1 and G2 is (CH2)r (wherein r is 0 to 2), provided that when n is 1, G1 and G2 may be bridged by lower alkylene; Y is a lower alkylene or (substituted) benzylidene; Z is a bond or O, provided that when Z is a bond, Y may form a 5- or 6-membered ring with carbon on the benzene ring; R1 is, for example, NO2, a lower alkoxycarbonyl, (substituted) carbamoyl, (protected) hydroxyl group, (protected) carboxyl, or (protected) N-hydroxycarbamoyl; each of R2 and R3 is hydrogen, halogen, (halogenated) lower alkyl, (halogenated) lower alkoxy or NO2; each of R4 and R5 is, for example, hydrogen, halogen, (halogenated) lower alkyl, (halogenated) lower alkoxy, CN, or lower alkylsulfonyl; and R6 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, a salt thereof or a solvate of them. It has excellent antitussive activity when used as an agent for preventing / treating respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, common cold syndrome, pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or chronic bronchitis.

The present invention relates to an energy router for an energy internet, which comprises a three-phase three-level bi-directional rectifying unit, a six-phase interleaved DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, a self-excitation soft start push-pull full-bridge DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, a three-phase resonant soft switching bi-directional inversion unit, a single-phase full-bridge bi-directional inversion unit, a high-voltage DC bus and a low-voltage DC bus. The three-phase three-level bi-directional rectifying unit, the six-phase interleaved DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, the self-excitation soft start push-pull full-bridge DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, the three-phase resonant soft switching bi-directional inversion unit and the single-phase full-bridge bi-directional inversion unit each have three energy flow operating modes: a forward conduction, a reverse conduction and a non-conduction. According to the energy flow operating mode of each unit, different operating modes of the energy router for the energy internet are formed.

A continuous countercurrent flow process for converting FGD gypsum to ammonium sulfate and calcium carbonate including countercurrent flows with internal recycle of liquids to maximize the purity of reaction products while minimizing reaction times, and further include embodiments of the process that provide a yield of both ammonium sulfate and calcium carbonate to be 97 to 100%, and embodiments that provide for processes having a total time of reaction being 8 to 12 minutes, the invention further including processes for removing contaminants from the FGD gypsum employing an acid rinse process and / or a slurry tank reactor process.

An expandable drill bit comprises a body for mounting on a support string and two roller cutters mounted on the body. The cutters are movable between a smaller diameter first configuration and a larger diameter second configuration. In one embodiment the bit is adapted to drill with the cutters in both the first and second configurations.

A description is given of a sprayer of liquids (10) with trigger-operated pump comprising a body (11) which can be attached to the mouth of a container and a nozzle (16) of delivery of the liquid, in the body (11) being formed a pumping chamber (22) in communication with the interior of the container and with the delivery nozzle (16), via a one-way valve of suction and of delivery (30), in the outlet duct (29) for the liquid a system of precompression being placed comprising a piston (41) pushed with constant force by a spring (42) in occlusion of said outlet duct (29) such as to increase the pressure of the liquid in said outlet duct (29) during the pumping, and therefore the speed or the acceleration of the liquid in output from the nozzle (16).

A mold body and method of manufacturing the mold body is provided. The mold body includes a resin-molded IC tag module with an integrated antenna and a molding material sealing the IC tag module. The molding material is any one simple thermoplastic resin selected from the consisting of aliphatic polyester, polystyrene, methyl polymethacrylate, polyacetal, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide 11 and polyamide 12, or a material containing any one or more of the thermoplastic resins. The method of manufacturing a mold body includes providing a resin-molded IC tag module with an integrated antenna; and sealing at the same time with injection molding the resin-molded IC tag module by using the thermoplastic resin or the thermoplastic material.

The invention relates to a plate-shaped carrier for flowers, having in its plane a number of accommodating openings for the respective flower stems, comprising, for easing the insertion of the respective flower stems in an accommodating opening, a flower stem infeed slot, starting from a longitudinal edge of the carrier and running downwardly under an acute angle with this edge into the accommodating opening.

An electric power assisted steering system for a vehicle, comprising: a steering mechanism which operatively connects a steering wheel to road wheels of the vehicle, a torque sensor (6) arranged to, in use, produce a torque signal indicative of the torque carried by a portion of the steering mechanism, an electric motor (1) operatively connected to the steering mechanism, a signal processing unit (7) arranged to, in use, produce from the torque signal a torque demand signal (8) representative of a torque to be applied to the steering mechanism by the motor, the signal processing unit comprising a first calculating unit (12) arranged to calculate an initial torque demand signal (10) dependent on the torque signal, and a second calculating unit (13) arranged to, in use, calculate a torque damping signal (11) indicative of an amount the initial torque signal is to be damped in order to generate the torque demand signal, and a motor drive stage arranged to provide, in use, a drive current to the motor responsive to the torque demand signal, in which the second calculating unit comprises an input for a signal dependent upon the torque demand signal, a differentiator (15), arranged to, in use, differentiate the input signal dependent upon the torque signal and a high pass filter arranged to filter the input signal to reduce low frequency components thereof.

A device such as an electric shaver, comprising a working head attached to a handle for moving the working head along a skin surface, said, wherein said at least one working tool is movable relative to said handle under a skin contact pressure by means of a support structure to allow for pivoting of the working head's skin contact contour relative to the handle, wherein a biasing device is provided for biasing said working tool.

The invention discloses a flexible wrapping machine. The machine comprises a separation conveying mechanism (100), a flexible multi-specification integration mechanism (200), a manual machine fixture (300), a boxing station (600) and a box sealing station (700); a piston rod of a top molding cylinder (702) at the box sealing station (700) can realize press-fitting molding of the top front side and top folded edges of a packaging box in one-time extending; a bottom side sealing turning cylinder (728) at the box sealing station (700) can drive a bottom side sealing turning plate (729) to turn to press-fit two bottom folded edges of the packaging box synchronously; and one-time box sealing can be realized through cooperation of the top molding cylinder (702) and the bottom side sealing turning cylinder (728) at the box sealing station (700). With the machine, flexible change of multiple specifications of milk bag units and multiple specifications of packaging boxes can be realized, and one-time boxing and one-step box sealing can be realized.

An axial flow combine harvester is described which comprises a rotor having a thresher section and a separator section. The thresher section includes pairs of rasp bars, which are staggered from one another along a helical path. Individual rasp bars of the pairs of rasp bars are located adjacent to the separator section of the rotor. The individual rasp bars are removable to render the action of the thresher section less aggressive. To reduce the risk of plugging when a trailing rasp bar is removed, a flow deflector plate is mountable in place of the removable rasp bars so as to guide the crop flow continuously from the remaining rasp bar to the infeed end of the separator section of the rotor.

The invention provides a drawing pulling combined moving frame stereo parking device. The drawing pulling combined moving frame stereo parking device comprises a fixed frame, a moving frame, a movingframe driving mechanism, an upper later car carrying plate and an upper layer car carrying plate lifting mechanism. The fixed frame is fixedly installed on a parking position, a guide rail is arrangedon an upper beam of the fixed frame, an upper beam of the moving frame is connected with the guide rail in a linking mode, the moving frame driving mechanism is arranged on the moving frame or the fixed frame, and the moving frame driving mechanism drives the moving frame to perform drawing pulling type motion along the guide rail of the fixed frame. The upper later car carrying plate is locatedon the lower portion of the moving frame, the upper layer car carrying plate lifting mechanism is further arranged on the moving frame, and the upper later car carrying plate lifting mechanism drivesthe upper layer car carrying plate to lift and lower. The fixed frame and the moving frame are arranged transversely or longitudinally. The drawing pulling combined moving frame stereo parking devicehas the beneficial effects that the structural layout is simple and reasonable, the cost is low, the safe stability is high, the land utilization rate is high, the speed of storing and taking cars ishigh, the structure is flexible and varied, the applicability is wide, and the parking space has clear property rights.

A control device for watercrafts includes a control station having a control lever, a motor, and an actuator coupled to the motor. In one embodiment, the control lever is provided with a sensor for generating a main command signal that corresponds to or is related to a position and / or a displacement of the control lever. The control device further includes control electronics receiving as input at least the main command signal and further having at least a first analog transmission line and a second digital transmission line for transmitting command signals. The control electronics divide the main command signal in two different command signals, a first analog command signal and a second digital command signal, the first analog command signal being sent to the motor through the analog transmission line and / or the second digital command signal being sent to the actuator through the second digital transmission line.

A control device for a first motor vehicle, and for dimming lights for vehicles ahead and / or oncoming vehicles during turning maneuvers includes a first interface with a recognition device, for the purpose of recognizing vehicles ahead and / or oncoming vehicles, a second interface with headlights, wherein the control device selects different light distributions of the headlights, and generates an adjusting signal the second interface, for adjusting the selected light distribution, at the headlights to dim the headlights if a signal is present at the first interface, indicating at least one vehicle ahead or oncoming. The control device has a third interface for indicating the start of the recognition of a turning maneuver of a vehicle ahead, wherein the dimmed light distribution of the headlights remains set for a predetermined distance or a predetermined time if the signal is present.

The invention discloses an environment-friendly mini-cultivator with retractable wheels, which comprises a car body. The lower end of the car body is provided with two first connecting seats, a second connecting seat and a third connecting seat in sequence from left to right, each of which The first connecting seat is provided with a first groove, and the inner side wall of the first groove is respectively connected to the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod through two first locking bolts, and the second connecting rod The other end of the third connecting rod is connected to the third connecting rod through the second locking bolt, and the limit seat is sleeved on the third connecting rod, and the other end of the third connecting rod is connected to the rear wheel through the fourth locking bolt. The lower end of the second connecting seat is provided with a connecting rod, and the lower end of the connecting rod is equidistantly provided with a plurality of rotary cultivating knives through the drive shaft. The invention has the advantages of ingenious structure, convenient use, energy saving and environmental protection. When the rotary tiller is not working, the action amount of the staff can be reduced by means of pedals, which saves time and effort.

The invention relates to a pressure-flushing system (100) for toilet bowls, comprising a cistern mounting (500) and a drain module (200), said drain module (200) comprising a vertically oriented pressurized water tank (501) and a drain pipe (502), a hydraulic drain valve (18) and a DC pipe interrupter (5). The drain pipe (502) is mounted vertically in the pressurized water tank (501) and projects from the bottom of the pressurized water tank (201) for a flow connection with the toilet bowl. The drain module (200) is retained by the cistern mounting (500), which also carries a gas accumulator (19). The cistern mounting (500) has a water-carrying design and has a water connection (8) for connection to a drinking water mains or similar, and connecting channels (507, 510) that fluidically connect the pressurized water tank (501) and the gas accumulator. The pressure-flushing system (100) complies with standard EN 1717, is compact and easy to install. It allows pressure-wave flushing with little water and low noise emission.

Positive and negative expansions on the covering surface of essentially cylindrical bodies are measured by mobile measuring pincers which comprise a guiding profile for two adjacently adjustable sliders which are used to clamp the body in a radial direction and to press at least one expansive measuring element on the covering surface by forming a frictional connection. Currently, a first slider, which can be displaced in the direction of clamping on the guide profile by a spindle, preferably comprising integrated torque adjustment, is offset with a centering element on the cylindrical head. Then, a second slider, which can be displaced on the guide profile is arranged with a centering element on the cylindrical body and engaged. The centering elements are clamped on the body between the sliders by pulling the spindle. The measuring element(s) are is / are pressed onto the covering surface of the body in order to form a positive connection. The sliders comprise a guide element for the centering elements of the cylindrical head in the head region thereof, which can be displaced counter to the resistance of at least one return spring in the direction of clamping (S). The centering elements have, preferably, essentially angular centre plates which can be exchanged.

A control device for watercrafts includes a control station having a control lever, a motor, and an actuator coupled to the motor. In one embodiment, the control lever is provided with a sensor for generating a main command signal that corresponds to or is related to a position and / or a displacement of the control lever. The control device further includes control electronics receiving as input at least the main command signal and further having at least a first analog transmission line and a second digital transmission line for transmitting command signals. The control electronics divide the main command signal in two different command signals, a first analog command signal and a second digital command signal, the first analog command signal being sent to the motor through the analog transmission line and / or the second digital command signal being sent to the actuator through the second digital transmission line.

The invention discloses a coal gangue sorting device. The coal gangue sorting device comprises a conveying device for conveying coal gangue flows and a sorting execution assembly which is erected above the conveying device in a transverse rotating mode, wherein the sorting execution assembly is provided with at least one poking claw, and the sorting execution assembly drives the poking claws to transversely poke gangues on the conveying device out of the conveying device when rotating. The sorting execution assembly is high in execution speed, high in execution frequency and less in executionaction, improves the sorting efficiency of the gangues, only needs to control the sorting execution assembly to rotate, is simple to control, can improve the upper limit of the conveying speed of theconveying device, can improve the sorting capacity of a whole coal gangue sorting system, can remove heavy gangues and can improve the application range.

Selecting the information displayed on a sports watch, the watch comprising an interface for receiving movement information from at least one sensor; a display; and at least two display modes, wherein at least one mode is a sport mode configured to display sport-specific data. The method according to the invention comprises detecting a sport event based on the movement information received from the at least one sensor; and selecting the sport mode according to the detected sport event.

An agent for preventing / treating respiratory diseases contains, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by following Formula (I): wherein A is a group represented by L-W [wherein L is a bond or CH2; and W is O, SOn (wherein n is 0 to 2), or —NR7— (wherein R7 is hydrogen or lower alkyl)]; each of G1 and G2 is (CH2)r (wherein r is 0 to 2), provided that when n is 1, G1 and G2 may be bridged by lower alkylene; Y is a lower alkylene or (substituted) benzylidene; Z is a bond or O, provided that when Z is a bond, Y may form a 5- or 6-membered ring with carbon on the benzene ring; R1 is, for example, NO2, a lower alkoxycarbonyl, (substituted) carbamoyl, (protected) hydroxyl group, (protected) carboxyl, or (protected) N-hydroxycarbamoyl; each of R2 and R3 is hydrogen, halogen, (halogenated) lower alkyl, (halogenated) lower alkoxy or NO2; each of R4 and R5 is, for example, hydrogen, halogen, (halogenated) lower alkyl, (halogenated) lower alkoxy, CN, or lower alkylsulfonyl; and R6 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, a salt thereof or a solvate of them. It has excellent antitussive activity when used as an agent for preventing / treating respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, common cold syndrome, pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or chronic bronchitis.

The present invention relates to an energy router for an energy internet, which comprises a three-phase three-level bi-directional rectifying unit, a six-phase interleaved DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, a self-excitation soft start push-pull full-bridge DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, a three-phase resonant soft switching bi-directional inversion unit, a single-phase full-bridge bi-directional inversion unit, a high-voltage DC bus and a low-voltage DC bus. The three-phase three-level bi-directional rectifying unit, the six-phase interleaved DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, the self-excitation soft start push-pull full-bridge DC / DC bi-directional conversion unit, the three-phase resonant soft switching bi-directional inversion unit and the single-phase full-bridge bi-directional inversion unit each have three energy flow operating modes: a forward conduction, a reverse conduction and a non-conduction. According to the energy flow operating mode of each unit, different operating modes of the energy router for the energy internet are formed.

Active compound combinations of compounds of group A, particularly opioids such as (+)-(2R,3R)-1-dimethylamino-3-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-2-methyl-pentan-3-ol or a salt thereof with a physiologically tolerated acid, and compounds of group B, particularly anti-muscarine agents such as oxybutynin or a salt thereof with a physiologically tolerated acid suitable for treatment of an increased urge to urinate or urinary incontinence. Related pharmaceutical formulations and methods of treatment of an increased urge to urinate or urinary incontinence are also provided.