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A system such as for sensing strain or temperature of an aircraft and for transmitting information in communication systems. A sensor array includes a first light responsive Bragg grating sensor having a first operating bandwidth and a second light responsive Bragg grating sensor having a second operating bandwidth. Each sensor modifies light provided to it at a wavelength indicative of changes in strain or temperature. The second sensor operates within a bandwidth which is different from the operating bandwidth of the first sensor. A tunable light source such as an LED and tunable etalon provides light for illuminating the first and second sensors, the provided light having a wavelength which varies within a band including the first and second bandwidths. A detecting circuit provides signals representative of light modified by the first and second sensors. A processor processes the representative signals to determine the strain and / or temperature.

The present invention provides a beverage maker having an in-line heating assembly for heating water to make hot beverages such as coffee and tea. The heating assembly defines a flow path that runs past a plurality of heaters for heating water to a desired temperature. In this manner, the beverage maker heats water as it travels, alleviating the need for a water tank or vessel, resulting in increased savings in weight and size, as well as reducing brew time. Additionally, an optical sensor assembly is provided to detect when a serving container of the beverage maker has a prescribed capacity of liquid within it. The sensor assembly includes at least one light source aligned to shine into the container and at least one detector aligned to detect light reflected off the liquid surface within the container. A drainage assembly is also provided that can drain liquid through either a connector port into an airplane's wastewater system or through a drainage port into a drainage sump.

The invention relates to a faucet joint with clamps and a combination thereof with a timer and a sprinkler and also relates to a utility method for irrigation waterflow for environmental protection and gardening. The faucet joint and the combination have the advantages that operation is facilitated and application range is widened; the faucet joint and the combination can be applied to the field of supplies special for one-handed persons; an operator can easily mount a faucet into the faucet joint by holding the joint with a hand and pulling up the faucet into the faucet joint with no need of pressing the clamps, and the clamps directly open to mount the faucet under the action of chamfers; the faucet can be taken out by hands pressing the clamps; the faucet joint can be optionally combined with various joints and devices as an independent product; each of the left and right clamps is provided with a return spring which is a compression spring having large elasticity, and with the return spring, the faucet joint is applied to large-sized products; with elastic wires (66), the faucet joint is applied to medium-sized products; with elastic bands which have small size and elasticity, the faucet joint is applied to small-sized products; a bubbler (63) is provided with a plurality of channels which are equal in size and each which is provided with a pipe, the channels alternately vary in density and shape, and accordingly bubbling is better; the quality of products is improved comprehensively. The faucet joint with the clamps is easily connected to various faucets, not only can be connected to inner screw thread faucets, but also can be connected to external screw thread faucets.

An ergonomic support mountable on various seat frames has a static portion (52) with anchors and mounts. The mounts adapt to fix said static portion to varying seat frames. An active portion (54) is operatively engaged with the anchors of the static portion such that the active portion can move in and out of a plane defined by the frame of the seat. The active portion has a pressure surface with a smooth base level (64). There are convexities (62) in the base level that impart a massage effect on a seat occupant. At least one actuator engages the active portion but only by an actuating linkage.

The invention relates to an intelligent sway water sprayer, which is a collocation comprising a soil humidity measure and control instrument, a joint, an energy-saving spray irrigation timer and a water sprayer, wherein the joint has sizes and screw pitches of finely adjustable thread rings, and the energy-saving spray irrigation timer is provided with a multipurpose connector. The intelligent sway water sprayer relates to a method for directly observing and controlling soil humidity at low cost. Air humidity and the soil humidity are not completely consistent sometimes. By adopting the method that two simple polar plates are directly into soil without using hygristors to observe and control the soil humidity and when the soil is dry, the intelligent sway water sprayer is started when resistance between the polar plates inserted into the soil is too high to threshold voltage to intelligently irrigate the soil at regular time, so that low-cost reliable intelligent timer products are possible. By utilizing the principle that not only do the steel wire pitches become small but also diameters of springs becomes large when the springs are pressed, not only are the finely adjustable thread rings (41) reduced in intervals among all ring layers, i.e., the screw pitches are reduced along with the decrease of the steel wire pitches by side faces of a plurality of clamp springs (48) but also the finely adjustable thread rings (41) are squeezed in the radial direction along with the increase of the diameters of the springs to get close to the center, and the threaded joint can be rapidly and simultaneously clamped in the axial direction and the radial direction. The intelligent sway water sprayer is skillful in conception.

The invention relates to a multifunctional energy-saving water sprinkler which is a control method of water irrigation used in environmental protection and landscaping. The multifunctional energy-saving water sprinkler has the beneficial effects of being not only convenient to operate, but also enlarging an application range. By utilizing a principle that a pitch of a steel wire is diminished, but a diameter of a spring is enlarged when the spring is compressed, the side faces of multiple clamping springs (48) enable multiple fine-tuning screw thread rings (41) to not only reduce intervals among all the ring layers along with the diminishment of the steel wire, that is to say, reduce a screw pitch, but also to extrude the multiple fine-tuning screw thread rings (41) radially along with the enlargement of the diameters of the multiple springs to enable the multiple fine-tuning screw thread rings (41) to be close to a center, so that the multifunctional energy-saving water sprinkler can move in an axial direction and in the radial direction. The connected water sprinkler has eight optional water-saving water types including a right cylinder type, a cone-shaped type, a sector-shaped type, a mist spraying type, an air bubble type, a raining type, a needle-shaped type and a pulse type.

The invention relates to an intelligent timer which comprises a soil humidity measurement controller, connectors with fine-adjustable thread ring size and pitch, an energy-saving spray irrigation timer with a multipurpose interface, and a water distributor. A method of directly measuring and controlling soil humidity at low cost is provided. Air humidity and soil humidity are not equal sometimes. The method uses no humidity-sensitive resistor but a simple electrode directly inserted into soil to measure and control soil humidity; when the soil dries, intelligent irregular irrigation is started when the resistance of the electrode inserted into the soil reaches a threshold voltage; the low-cost and reliable intelligent timer is made possible. According to the principle that wire pitch diminishes and spring diameter enlarges when a spring is stressed, a plurality of fine-adjustable thread rings (41) are allowed to be smaller in inter-ring spacing, namely smaller in pitch, by the aid of the sides of a plurality of clamp springs (48); with diameter increasing, the springs radially squeeze the fine-adjustable thread rings (41) to approach the center, and the thread connectors can also be quickly clamped axially and radially.

A hydraulic vibration-damping support comprising two strength members interconnected by an elastomer body that defines a hydraulic working chamber filled with liquid, which chamber communicates via two passageways with two hydraulic chambers surrounding each other and defined by two juxtaposed pouches formed in a common flexible wall. One of the pouches is surrounded by a pneumatic chamber that can be subjected to suction, and one of the constricted passageways is defined by a tube that projects into said pouch.

A block decoding method and system capable of decoding and outputting data in a longitudinal direction, which obtains a start address in an input compressed datastream for each block of a decompressed image by a pre-scanned compressed datastream such that the system can obtain 90°-rotated blocks by performing a Huffman decoding in a longitudinal direction, a 90°-rotated zigzag arrangement, an inverse quantization and an IDCT. Since the decoding direction is identical to the output direction of a printer, only a desired column of blocks of the decompressed image is temporarily stored for output and accordingly required memory size is relatively reduce.

The invention relates to a remote control underwater robot repeater control device based on twisted pair lines. Ethernets are respectively established in a water surface unit and a repeater of an underwater robot, the Ethernet of the water surface unit and the Ethernet of the underwater repeater are connected through a pair of twisted pair lines via main and slave modulating and demodulating units to form unified Ethernet transmission video signals and control signals; the Ethernet of the water surface unit is formed by respectively connecting network ports of a main control computer, an I / O acquisition node, a video decoder and a main modulating and demodulating unit with the network port of a network switch in the water surface unit; and the Ethernet of the underwater repeater is formed by respectively connecting network ports of an I / O acquisition and output node of the repeater, a video encoder and a slave modulating and demodulating unit with the network port of a network switch in the repeater. The invention saves the size and the space of a winch for sheathed cables stored on the water surface; the transmission distance is far; and the expandability of the system is increased.

The invention discloses a water saving method adopting electronic control and a novel 360-degree spraying head. According to the water saving method, through cooperation of the novel 360-degree spraying head, a soil moisture content measurement and control device, a connector with the size of a thread ring and the screw pitch capable of being finely adjusted, an energy-saving type spray irrigation timer with a multifunctional port and a water distributor, efficient irrigation energy conservation and water conversation of gardens are convenient. The novel 360-degree spraying head is characterized by comprising a spraying head ball preventing the tip portion of a cone body of the novel 360-degree spraying head from easily deflecting and moving, and a top concave bowl with the tip portion removed is arranged in the center of the inner top portion of the cone body of the novel 360-degree spraying head, so that sprayed water is adjusted automatically and does not deflect. The novel 360-degree spraying head is further characterized in that the product quality is improved by adopting the function curve. A cubic curve with the buffering curve effect between a straight channel and an arc water channel is adopted in the inner wall, with a plurality of through holes, of the side portion of a spraying head cap and buffers the impact phenomenon of water flow in the turning process. Protruding ribs are arranged between every two through holes and are shaped like equiangular spirals, namely, logarithmic spirals, and therefore the pressure angles are equal, and the water can be sprayed out uniformly.

A seismic survey apparatus includes a body, a proof mass, at least one sensor arranged to detect movement of the proof mass relative to the body. In addition, the seismic survey apparatus includes electronic circuitry connected to the at least one sensor. The electronic circuitry is configured to receive and process an output of the sensor. A power supply is arranged to provide electrical power to the electronic circuitry with the power supply being an integral part of the proof mass.

The invention relates to an energy-saving type cooling sprayer. The cooling sprayer comprises a soil humidity measuring controller, a joint capable of fine-tuning the size and a thread pitch of a threaded ring, and a water sprayer matched with an energy-saving sprinkling irrigation timer which is provided with a multipurpose interface; the cooling sprayer is suitable for a method for directly and cheaply monitoring and controlling soil humidity. The air humidity is not fully consistent with the soil humidity sometimes. In this invention, no humidity resistor is used, simple polar plates are adopted to directly insert into the soil to monitor and control the soil humidity, namely, when the soil is dry, the resistance between every two polar plates inserted into the soil is too large and comes to the threshold voltage, thus, the method for intelligently and timely irrigating is started, and the cheap and reliable energy-saving type cooling sprayer product becomes possible. According to the principle that the steel wire pitch is reduced and the spring diameter is enlarged when the spring is stressed, the sides of multiple clamping springs (48) enable multiple fine-tuning threaded rings (41) to shorten the spaces among various circular layers, namely shorten the thread pitch, along with the reduction of the steel wire pitch, and moreover, the multiple fine-tuning threaded rings (41) are jammed radially when the diameters of the springs are enlarged, so that the threaded rings (41) are forced to collect together; and moreover, as the joint can clamp a thread along both the radial direction and the axial direction simultaneously and rapidly, the design is quite unique.

A hydraulic vibration-damping support comprising two strength members interconnected by an elastomer body that defines a hydraulic working chamber filled with liquid, which chamber communicates via two passageways with two hydraulic chambers surrounding each other and defined by two juxtaposed pouches formed in a common flexible wall. One of the pouches is surrounded by a pneumatic chamber that can be subjected to suction, and one of the constricted passageways is defined by a tube that projects into said pouch.

A block decoding method and apparatus capable of decoding and outputting data in a longitudinal direction, which scans a compressed datastream and accordingly obtains a start address in the compressed datastream for each MCUR of a decompressed image, such that the apparatus can obtain blocks rotated with 90 degrees by performing a Huffman decoding in a longitudinal direction, a de-zigzag arrangement, an inverse quantization, an IDCT and a rotation. Since the decoding direction is identical to the output direction of a printer, only a desired column of data in the decompressed image is temporarily stored for output and accordingly the required memory size is relatively reduced.

The invention relates to a water taking and spraying dual-function garden watering device, which comprises a water taking pump pipeline (60) and a double-option water extracting pool tap water valve, a water pump and a pipeline, wherein the water pump and the pipeline are connected to a water pool, and the drought-resistant watering can be realized during the tap water failure. The water can be saved by a spraying water throwing device, and a reverser adopts a deflection innovation process, so that record-breaking reliability and durability are realized. The invention also relates to an intelligent swinging water spraying device, which comprises a moisture humidity measuring and controlling device, a joint, an energy-saving type spraying timer and a water sprayer, the joint can be used for finely adjusting the size and the screw pitch of a threaded ring, the energy-saving type spraying timer is provided with a multi-purpose connector, and the method belongs to a method for directly measuring and controlling the soil humidity at low price. The principles that when springs are compressed, the steel wire pitch is decreased, and in addition, the spring diameter is increased are utilized, each ring layer separation of a plurality of finely-adjustable threaded rings (41) is reduced, namely screw pitch is reduced, along with the decrease of the steel wire pitch through the side surfaces of the clamping springs (48), and in addition, the plurality of finely-adjustable threaded rings (41) are tightly extruded in the radial direction along with the increase of the spring diameter, so that the finely-adjustable threaded rings approach to the center, the threaded joint can be fast and tightly clamped at the same time in the axial direction and the radial direction, and the ingenuity is realized.

A block decoding method and system capable of decoding and outputting data in a rotated direction, which has a Huffman decoding device, a zigzag device, an inverse quantizer, an inverse discrete cosine device, a data buffer and a controller. In this invention, a dynamically set decoding window is introduced to perform the complete JPEG decoding on blocks in the decoding window and the Huffman decoding on blocks out of the decoding window. When decoding and outputting one or more columns of blocks in the decoding window is complete, the decoding window is dynamically adjusted to a next location for decoding and obtaining a next column of block or a next plurality of columns of blocks.

Disclosed is a 360-degree centrifugal rotation garden sprinkler. A gear set of a water-through wet reverser containing a humidity sensing intelligent watering timer is wet, and the gears in the gear set are cycloidal and thus durable. Each rocking nozzle (59) is sequentially sleeved with a right slot 1 (5951), a right slot 2 (5952), a right slot 3 (5953), a right slot 4 (5954), a right slot 5 (5955), a right slot 6 (5956), a right slot 7 (5957), a left slot 1 (5951a), a left slot 2 (5952a), a left slot 3 (5953a), a left slot 4 (5954a), a left slot 5 (5955a), a left slot 6 (5956a) and a left slot 7 (5957a), of which the inclination angles gradually increase, of a drive plate (598). A rack-shaped worm (596) is arranged on the drive plate (598) and is meshed with a worm gear (597) arranged on a rocking sprinkler, and the reliability is ensured by making use of the self-locking feature of the worm gear and the worm.

An automatic start-stop quick faucet connector is used together with a timer and a sprinkler, and is a practical method of water irrigation for environmental protection and gardening. The automatic start-stop quick faucet connector has the beneficial effect that the faucet connector is easy to operate and has a wider range of application. The automatic start-stop quick faucet connector belongs to the field of supplies special for one-armed persons. There are a variety of optional connectors and devices, and the faucet connector is equipped with a clip. A bubble former (63) is provided with a plurality of channels which are equal in size and are each provided with a pipe, the channels alternately vary in density and shape, and accordingly the bubbling effect is better. An improved quick connector (70) is provided with overflow micro-holes (70c), grabbing buckles (70a), and an elastic ring (70e). Water is pressurized by the overflow micro-holes to enable an elastic concave arc ring (70f) with a logarithmic spiral of the elastic ring to work together with grabbing buckle backs (70a2), grabbing buckle heads (70a1) and grabbing buckle feet (70a3), with a logarithmic spiral, of the grabbing buckles. A connector multi-claw device (70d) with a logarithmic spiral works reliably.

The invention relates to a novel large-flow garden irrigation timer. The novel large-flow garden irrigation timer comprises a water-taking pump pipeline, a double-selection water-pumping pool tap water valve, a spraying water-throwing device, an intelligent swinging water sprayer, a soil humidity measuring and controlling device, a joint with the thread ring size and thread pitch capable of being finely adjusted, an energy-saving spray irrigation timer with a multipurpose connector and a water sprayer, wherein the joint is used in cooperation with the energy-saving spray irrigation timer and the water sprayer. The method for measuring and controlling the soil humidity is direct and low in cost. Based on the principle that the steel wire pitch is decreased and the spring diameter is increased when a spring is compressed, the side faces of a plurality of clamping springs (48) enable the layer-to-layer interval of a plurality of thread rings (41) capable of being finely adjusted to be decreased along with decrease of the steel wire pitch, namely, the thread pitch is decreased, besides, the thread rings (41) are squeezed in the radial direction along with increase of the spring diameter so as to get close to the center, and therefore the threaded joint can be rapidly clamped in the axial direction and the radial direction at the same time, which is unique. The large-flow water-taking pump pipeline and a water-throwing device reverser have their own characteristics.

A humidity sensing intelligent watering timer contains a water-through wet reverser. A gear set of the reverser is wet, and the gears in the gear set are cycloidal and thus durable. Each rocking nozzle (59) is sequentially sleeved with a right slot 1 (5951), a right slot 2 (5952), a right slot 3 (5953), a right slot 4 (5954), a right slot 5 (5955), a right slot 6 (5956), a right slot 7 (5957), a left slot 1 (5951a), a left slot 2 (5952a), a left slot 3 (5953a), a left slot 4 (5954a), a left slot 5 (5955a), a left slot 6 (5956a) and a left slot 7 (5957a), of which the inclination angles gradually increase, of a drive plate (598). A rack-shaped worm (596) is arranged on the drive plate (598) and is meshed with a worm gear (597) arranged on a rocking sprinkler, and the reliability is ensured by making use of the self-locking feature of the worm gear and the worm.

A method and apparatus for in mobile communication systems, wherein the display image size is less than that of in the home entertainment purpose, are provided. Instead of using the high definition video decoding from incoming bit stream to the memory and the display for any size video display, the image is scaled during the decoding process to save the memory size and memory access bandwidth at a macro-block level. As the result, the power consumption involved will be substantially reduced, and the reduce display optimized.

An all-purpose water nozzle joint is provided with a 60-degreee L-shaped self-clamping block and a logarithmic arc tooth profile self-clamping claw, does not use additional tools. A logarithmic arc tooth profile of a section of arc provided with a logarithmic spiral having the characteristic that pressure angles at all parts are equal is provided with multiple zigzag clamping claws, and holding clamps for three non-adjacent straight sides of a hexagon nut are formed. A worm wheel is arranged on a worm wheel base to facilitate engagement with worm teeth of a flexible hook-and-loop fastener inserted into the worm wheel base. The worm wheel base is also provided with a fingerprint lock, so that after holding clamp installation and flexible fixation are performed to complete an installing taskof the all-purpose water nozzle joint, the worm wheel base is changed only by a specially-assigned person, and thievery and leakage prevention is achieved.

An ergonomic support mountable on various seat frames has a static portion (52) with anchors and mounts. The mounts adapt to fix said static portion to varying seat frames. An active portion (54) is operatively engaged with the anchors of the static portion such that the active portion can move in and out of a plane defined by the frame of the seat. The active portion has a pressure surface with a smooth base level (64). There are convexities (62) in the base level that impart a massage effect on a seat occupant. At least one actuator engages the active portion but only by an actuating linkage.