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20080239048 | Device and Method for Imprinting a Three-Dimensional Article - The invention relates to a device for imprinting a three-dimensional article, in particular a container and/or workpiece, comprising a printing means, in particular an ink-jet printing means, for imprinting a surface of the three-dimensional article, and a conveyor means for bringing about a relative movement between the printing means and the three-dimensional article to be imprinted. The device according to the invention is characterised in that it further has a positioning means which is configured to bring the surface to be imprinted of the three-dimensional article into a predetermined relative relationship to, in particular a predetermined distance from, the printing means. | 10-02-2008 |
20080280028 | Method and device for coating a surface - The invention relates to a method for coating a surface of an article ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090120249 | Device For Refining Workpieces - The invention relates to a device for refining workpieces, which preferably consist at least partially of wood, wood materials or the like, having an ink-jet printing means having a plurality of nozzles from which drops of ink can be expelled, a workpiece carrier means for carrying the workpiece to be patterned, a conveyor device for bringing about a relative movement between the workpiece to be refined and the printing means. The device according to the invention is characterised in that it further has at least one machining means for machining the workpiece. | 05-14-2009 |
20090139649 | Device And Method For Patterning A Workpiece - The invention relates to a device ( | 06-04-2009 |
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20100037815 | Method For Producing A Single Crystal Of Semiconductor Material - A single crystal of semiconductor material is produced by a method of melting semiconductor material granules by means of a first induction heating coil on a dish with a run-off tube consisting of the semiconductor material, forming a melt of molten granules which extends from the run-off tube in the form of a melt neck and a melt waist to a phase boundary, delivering heat to the melt by means of a second induction heating coil which has an opening through which the melt neck passes, crystallizing the melt at the phase boundary, and delivering a cooling gas to the run-off tube and to the melt neck in order to control the axial position of an interface between the run-off tube and the melt neck. | 02-18-2010 |
20110095018 | Device For Producing A Single Crystal Composed Of Silicon By Remelting Granules - A device for producing a silicon single crystal by remelting granules has a rotating plate of silicon having a central opening and having a silicon tubular extension which encloses the opening and extends below the plate; a first induction heating coil above the plate for melting granules; and a second induction heating coil below the plate for crystallizing the molten granules, wherein the second induction heating coil has, on its side lying opposite the silicon plate, a lower layer composed of a magnetically permeable material and an upper layer in which there is at least one cooling channel for conducting a coolant. | 04-28-2011 |
20110107960 | Method For Producing A Single Crystal Composed Of Silicon By Remelting Granules - Silicon single crystals are grown by a method of remelting silicon granules, by crystallizing a conically extended section of the single crystal with the aid of an induction heating coil arranged below a rotating plate composed of silicon; feeding inductively melted silicon through a conical tube in the plate, the tube enclosing a central opening of the plate and extending below the plate, to a melt situated on the conically extended section of the single crystal in contact with a tube end of the conical tube, wherein by means of the induction heating coil below the plate, sufficient energy is provided to ensure that the external diameter of the tube end is not smaller than 15 mm as long as the conically extended section of the single crystal has a diameter of 15 to 30 mm. | 05-12-2011 |
20110185963 | Method For Producing A Single Crystal Composed Of Silicon Using Molten Granules - Silicon single crystals are prepared from molten granules, by | 08-04-2011 |
20130192518 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SINGLE CRYSTAL OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - A single crystal of semiconductor material is produced by a method of melting semiconductor material granules by means of a first induction heating coil on a dish with a run-off tube consisting of the semiconductor material, forming a melt of molten granules which extends from the run-off tube in the form of a melt neck and a melt waist to a phase boundary, delivering heat to the melt by means of a second induction heating coil which has an opening through which the melt neck passes, crystallizing the melt at the phase boundary, and delivering a cooling gas to the run-off tube and to the melt neck in order to control the axial position of an interface between the run-off tube and the melt neck. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090263085 | DEVICE FOR INJECTING LIGHT INTO AN OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE - A device for injecting light into an optical wave guide is provided, via which a focused light beam is oriented by a manipulator. A simple and precise adjustment of maximum injection efficiency during the injection of light into optical wave guides is facilitated, by a manipulator, and the permanent fixing of the adjusted positions obtained during the adjustment of the injection. The device can include: a manipulator having an adjusting plate comprising an outer part, an inner part, and two spring arrangements which are positioned between the outer part and the inner part and can be adjusted independently of each other along two co-ordinate axes, each spring arrangement having a parallel spring arrangement guiding parallel to a certain direction, and a preliminary spring mounted in series; a fixing screw that can be introduced into the fixed housing part by an axial threaded borehole; and an axially elastic fixing disk. The inner part can be moved in the X direction and in the Y direction and comprises the optical system connected to the optical wave guide to be injected with light. The fixing disk can be pressed into the adjusting plate by the fixing screw screwed into the housing part, against the detachable housing part, in the direction of the passage of the beam, such that the adjusted position of the inner part is fixed. | 10-22-2009 |
20100254655 | OPTICAL PLUG CONNECTION FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - An optical plug connection for optical waveguides including a plug and a matching socket, and also a method for adjusting the plug connection. In the case of such a plug connection, the plug has at least one planar, smoothed contact area oriented with respect to a propagation direction of a light beam passing from or into the plug, for bearing on a corresponding planar, smoothed mating contact area of the socket that is oriented with respect to the propagation direction of the light beam. | 10-07-2010 |
20110176219 | APPARATUS FOR COMBINING INDIVIDUAL LIGHT BEAMS OF DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS TO FORM A COAXIAL LIGHT BUNDLE - An apparatus for combining individual light beams to form a coaxial light bundle. The apparatus has a plurality of coupling-in positions, the number of which corresponds to the number of light beams, and also at least one coupling-out position. It is suitable for generating a collimated beam bundle as a multicolour source for use in digital image generation. The apparatus includes an apparatus base body with the coupling-in positions for the light beams and with a coupling-out position for the light bundle and adjusting devices for coaxially orienting the individual light beams relative to the beam direction of the light bundle. The coaxial light bundle can optionally emerge as free beam at the coupling-out position or into an optical waveguide via connecting elements. | 07-21-2011 |
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20090189609 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - A cylindrical antenna arrangement in a magnetic resonance apparatus has two feed points to feed in two partial signals, the two feed points being arranged on a cross-section of the antenna arrangement. The cross-section has a center point. A first angle is formed by the connection of a first feed point with the center point relative to a horizontal axis of the cross-section while a second angle is formed by the connection of a second feed point with the center point relative to the horizontal axis of the cross-section. An apparatus for controlling such an antenna arrangement has a device for signal splitting with two outputs and an input. A radio-frequency magnetic resonance signal is connected at the input. This signal is divided by the device for signal splitting into two partial signals of equal amplitude that are respectively supplied to an associated output. Each output of the device for signal splitting is connected with precisely one associated feed point of the antenna arrangement. An ellipse position in space is set for an elliptical polarization via the selection of the two angles. A device for phase adjustment is interposed between precisely one output of the device for signal splitting and the associated feed point in order to set an elliptical semi-axis ratio via variation of the phase difference of the two partial signals. | 07-30-2009 |
20090206836 | Detection unit including an RF transceiver system and a pet detector - A detection unit is disclosed for arrangement in the main magnet of an MR device, which has both an RF transceiver system and a PET detector. In at least one embodiment the RF transceiver system is divided into two parts and the two parts are arranged upstream and downstream of the PET detector in the longitudinal direction of the patient tunnel. The RF transceiver system and PET detector are applied to the same image volume. In at least one other embodiment, an MR device is equipped with the detection unit, and in at least one other embodiment, a method operates the detection unit. | 08-20-2009 |
20090315784 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE - An antenna structure for a magnetic resonance device constructed as a radiating or transmitting antenna of the magnetic resonance device, has a non-metallic antenna conductor containing a discharge gas. When energy is imparted to the discharge gas, the antenna conductor forms an electrically conducting gas discharge column and can be used as an electrically conducting antenna element. | 12-24-2009 |
20100036237 | DETECTOR UNIT FOR ARRANGEMENT WITHIN A FIELD GENERATING UNIT OF AN MR DEVICE - A detector unit for arrangement in a field generating unit of a magnetic resonance device has an RF transmission/reception system for transmitting RF pulses into, or receiving magnetic resonance signals from, an examination volume of the field generation unit. The RF transmission/reception system surrounds a patient tunnel at a radial distance from a tunnel axis thereof, and is divided into two sub-systems located at a distance from each other along the direction of the tunnel axis, so as to form a substantially annular cavity or interstice therebetween. | 02-11-2010 |
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20090186158 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BISCITRACONIMIDE, BISITACONIMIDE, AND/OR CITRACONIMIDO-ITACONIMIDE - The invention pertains to a prepolymer composition comprising a mixture of monomers, oligomers, and polymers obtainable by polymerization of unsaturated monomers consisting of at least one of biscitraconimide, bisitaconimide, and citraconimido-itaconimide, and optionally (co)curable compound selected from bismaleimides, citraconamidomaieimides, and itaconamido maleimides, wherein 5-55 wt. % is monomer, 20-80 wt. % is oligomer having a molecular weight 300 to 3,000, and 10-50 wt. % is polymer having a molecular weight 3,000 to about 80,000, whereas the total content of monomers, oligomers, and polymers in the composition is at least 90 wt. %. The prepolymer can be used for making laminates and prepregs by curing the composition to a polymer. | 07-23-2009 |
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20100019416 | Acoustic Pannelling Part for a Vehicle - A cover part for a vehicle, especially an underbody cover, has a porous core layer and at least one cover layer on each side, wherein the porous core layer is constructed such that it has acoustic transparency or an acoustically absorbent effect. Here, the porous core layer is made either from a thermoplastic matrix with embedded reinforcement fibers, especially glass fibers, whose melting point temperature is higher than the melting point temperature of the plastic matrix, or from a foam, which is either open-cell or closed-cell and perforated. The acoustically absorbent porous core layer is occupied on one or both sides with one or more acoustically transparent or absorbent covering layers. | 01-28-2010 |
20100219561 | Method for Producing a Panel or Housing Part of a Vehicle - A panel or housing part of a vehicle is made by heating a semifinished product comprising at least one core layer in the form of a nonwoven fabric made of high melting-point and low melting-point fibers above a melting temperature of the low melting-point fibers and shaping the heated semifinished body under pressure in a mold having a mold gap to produce the panel or housing part. The semifinished product is compacted in the mold in some highly densified regions at the edge of the panel or housing part and/or at a spacing from the edge to produce monolithic regions that are substantially free of gas inclusions such that the material of the semifinished product in these highly densified regions flows along the mold gap, while maintaining in other regions the porosity of the nonwoven fabric of the core layer. | 09-02-2010 |
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20080198037 | Method for Transmission of Data for Controlling an HVDC Transmission Installation - In a method for transmitting data in an HVDCT system to a control system for HVDCT systems, measured values are transmitted from measuring units of the HVDCT system to preprocessing units connected to one another in series. The preprocessing units use the received measured values to generate measured value data. The measured value data are transmitted as part of a data record composed of data words, and the data words are subdivided, during transmission, into a temporal sequence of individual bit groups. A first bit group contains identification data for the preprocessing unit and information on the number of further bit groups that are to be transmitted by the preprocessing unit. A downstream preprocessing unit uses the information on the number of bit groups to be transmitted by a preprocessing unit connected upstream of it to determine a time for transmitting the data word of the downstream preprocessing unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20090024337 | Apparatus for Detection and Processing of a Multiplicity of Measured Values in an HVDC Transmission Installation - An apparatus for detecting and processing a multiplicity of measured values in an HVDCT system has measuring units for detecting measured variables of the HVDCT system, while obtaining measured values, and preprocessing units which are connected to one another in series, are each connected to at least one measuring unit and are connected to a control, regulation and monitoring system by means of a last preprocessing unit which is connected downstream of the rest of the preprocessing units, each preprocessing unit being set up to receive and preprocess the measured values, while obtaining optical measured values, and transmitting both the optical measured values generated by it and the optical measured values received from the upstream preprocessing units to a downstream preprocessing unit or to the control, regulation and monitoring system, with the result that the last preprocessing unit provides all of the measured values for the control, regulation and monitoring system. | 01-22-2009 |
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20100059611 | METHOD FOR COMMINUTING MATERIAL TO BE GROUND USING A ROLLER MILL - The invention relates to a method for comminuting material to be ground having a roller mill which has a mill platen, at least one mill roller and at least two drives for driving the roller mill, with there being provided a power compensation control system for the drives which controls the power of the drives at a predetermined ratio relative to each other by the speed of at least one drive being controlled. | 03-11-2010 |
20100252667 | ROLLER MILL - The invention relates to a roller mill having a mill housing, a mill path which is supported so as to be rotatable about a mill axis inside the mill housing, and at least one mill roller which can be rotated about a mill roller shaft and which is engaged with the mill path in terms of rolling action. There is further provided a pivot lever which is for rotatably retaining the mill roller and which has a pivot shaft arranged parallel with the mill roller axis and which is supported outside the mill housing. The pivot lever is further in operational contact with a hydropneumatic resilient system in order to adjust the pressing pressure of the mill roller. The pivot lever is supported outside the mill housing with spacing therefrom in such a manner that the forces which are produced by the hydropneumatic resilient system are dissipated into the mill foundation directly or via pillars. | 10-07-2010 |
20110114771 | ROLLER MILL - The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises a rotatable grinding table, at least one grinding roller which is retained rotatably on a pivot lever and which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table, the pivot lever being pivotable about a pivot lever axis, and at least one drive train which is connected to the grinding roller and which has a fixed motor and a fixed gearing mechanism. The drive train further has a gearing mechanism which pivots with the pivot lever and/or the grinding roller. | 05-19-2011 |
20110121116 | ROLLER MILL - The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises a mill housing which defines a grinding chamber, a grinding table which can rotate in the grinding chamber and at least one rotatable grinding roller which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table. A drive which is associated with the grinding roller and which has at least one gearing mechanism is further provided, at least a portion of the gearing mechanism being arranged in the grinding chamber in the region of the grinding roller and being in the form of an epicyclic gear system. | 05-26-2011 |
20120111982 | ROLLER MILL FOR COMMINUTING BRITTLE GRINDING STOCK - A roller mill for comminuting brittle grinding stock comprises at least one grinding roller constructed as a loose roller and rotatable about an axis and interacting with a counter-surface such that grinding stock is comminuted between the grinding roller and counter-surface. Horizontally slidable bearing blocks bear the grinding roller and are guided in a frame rotatably about a vertical bearing axis. A pressing device applies an adjustable grinding pressure to the grinding roller via the bearing blocks. At least two resilient compensation elements are associated with each bearing block in order to compensate a skewed position and/or deflection of the grinding roller. The compensation elements are arranged between the frame and the bearing blocks, and, in the plan view of the roller mill, are arranged tangentially to a circle around the vertical bearing axis or constructed in a circular arc around the vertical bearing axis. | 05-10-2012 |
20120259451 | ROLLER MILL AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A ROLLER MILL - The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises a grinding table, at least one grinding roller which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table, a main drive system for driving the grinding roller and/or the grinding table and an auxiliary drive for driving the grinding table. The auxiliary drive comprises at least two linear drives for rotating the grinding table and a control device for individually controlling the linear drives in order to provide an uninterrupted rotational movement. | 10-11-2012 |
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20080264864 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING FLUORINATED EMULSIFIER FROM FLUOROPOLMER DISPERSIONS USING AN ANION-EXCHANGE RESIN AND A pH-DEPENDENT SURFACTANT AND FLUOROPOLYMER DISPERSIONS CONTAINING A pH-DEPENDENT SURFACTANT - A process of reducing the amount of fluorinated emulsifiers in fluoropolymer dispersions by contacting the fluoropolymer dispersion with an anion exchange resin in the presence of a pH-dependent surfactant, and fluoropolymer dispersions containing the pH-dependent surfactant and uses thereof. | 10-30-2008 |
20090192260 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING FLUORINATED EMULSIFIER FROM FLUOROPOLMER DISPERSIONS USING AN ANION-EXCHANGE RESIN AND A pH-DEPENDENT SURFACTANT AND FLUOROPOLYMER DISPERSIONS CONTAINING A pH-DEPENDENT SURFACTANT - A process of reducing the amount of fluorinated emulsifiers in fluoropolymer dispersions by contacting the fluoropolymer dispersion with an anion exchange resin in the presence of a pH-dependent surfactant, and fluoropolymer dispersions containing the pH-dependent surfactant and uses thereof. | 07-30-2009 |
20100113679 | METHOD OF MAKING FLUOROPOLYMER DISPERSION - A method of making a fluoropolymer dispersion by first providing a fluoropolymer dispersion comprising fluoropolymer particles and one or more fluorinated surfactants selected from fluorinated carboxylic acids or salts thereof having the general formula: | 05-06-2010 |
20110249325 | FLUOROPOLYMERIC MULTILAYER OPTICAL FILM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A multilayer optical film is provided comprising first optical layers of a first fluoropolymeric material and second optical layers of a second fluoropolymeric material wherein at least a portion of the first layers and at least a portion of the second layers are in intimate contact | 10-13-2011 |
20110255155 | FLUOROPOLYMERIC MULTILAYER OPTICAL FILM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - An article, method of using, and method of making a multilayer optical film comprising an optical stack, wherein the optical stack comprises a plurality of first optical layers, each first optical layer comprising a melt-processible copolymer comprising interpolymerized monomers of tetrafluoroethylene, with the proviso that the melt-processible copolymer is not fluorinated ethylene-propylene copolymer or a perfluoroalkoxy resin; and a second polymer layer disposed in a repeating sequence with the plurality of first optical layers, each second optical layer comprising a non-fluorinated polymeric material selected from the group consisting of poly(methyl methacrylate); copolymers of poly(methyl methacrylate); polypropylene; copolymers of polypropylene; polystyrenes; copolymers of styrene; polyvinylidene chloride; polycarbonates; thermoplastic polyurethanes; copolymers of ethylene; cyclic olefin copolymers; and combinations thereof is described. | 10-20-2011 |
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20130172477 | HIGH MELTING PTFE POLYMERS FOR MELT-PROCESSING - Provided are a tetrafluoroethylene copolymers having a melting point of at least 317° C., a melt flow index (MFI) at 372° C. and a 5 kg load (MFI 372/5) of from about 0.60 g/10 min up to about 15 g/10 min. Also provided are methods of forming a shaped article using the copolymers described above, shaped articles made with those copolymers and compositions containing such copolymers. | 07-04-2013 |
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20090130406 | BILLBOARD - A billboard having a self-supporting, non-combustible panel ( | 05-21-2009 |
20100018136 | PARKING GARAGE - Parking garage having at least two parking areas inside said parking garage, each parking area comprising a plurality of parking spaces adjacent to a wall, a wall segment of said wall extending along said plurality of parking spaces, said wall segment having a color pattern comprising at least two contrasting colors, whereby the color patterns of wall segments of different parking areas differ in color and in the pattern of the color patterns. | 01-28-2010 |
20110247251 | BILLBOARD - A billboard having a self-supporting, non-combustible panel which has a base layer for printing inks that cure under ultraviolet light. In order to obtain noncombustible billboards, it is proposed that the panel be produced from fibre cement and provided with a directly applied acrylate coating, optionally containing colour pigments, as base layer for acrylic-based printing inks. | 10-13-2011 |
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20100002350 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A protective device is disclosed for combination with an electrical switching device including a main current line or for integration in such a switching device. In at least one embodiment, the protective device includes a switching element and a switching apparatus, which is provided for the actuation of the switching element and is influenced by a current flow through the main current line. In at least one embodiment, in order to influence the switching apparatus, a current transformer is integrated in the main current line and an electrical resistance of a secondary winding surrounded by the current transformer can be measured. A method for operating a protective device is also disclosed wherein the switching apparatus is triggered so as to actuate the switching element if the measured resistance reaches or exceeds a predetermined or predeterminable threshold value. | 01-07-2010 |
20100085135 | Switching device unit for switiching at least two operating states - A switching device unit is disclosed for switching at least two operating states of at least one consumer to an at least two-phase electrical supply system by way of switching elements. At least one embodiment of the invention specifies a switching device unit which has as simple a construction as possible and is as cost-effective and compact as possible. For this purpose, the switching device unit contains circuits for operational switching of the consumer, for implementing the tripping function for protection against overload and short circuits, wherein these circuits are integrated in such a way that the switching device unit, in particular in terms of its function as a compact reversing starter, can have a standardized width in order to be installed in a space-saving manner on a top-hat rail in a switchgear cabinet and in order to be operated. | 04-08-2010 |
20100140067 | Auxiliary contact block for expanding a switching device - The invention relates to an auxiliary contact block for expanding a switching device and to a switching device having at least one auxiliary contact block according to the invention. The aim of the invention is to provide a compact auxiliary contact block, i.e. a block requiring little wiring and space, for a switching device, and a switching device having at least one auxiliary contact block according to the invention. The aim is achieved by an auxiliary contact block, wherein the auxiliary contact block comprises auxiliary contacts disposed in a plane, the contacts having contact bridges and associated fixed contact pieces, and at least one contact slider, which can be equipped with at least one auxiliary contact pair. The configuration of the auxiliary contacts in a plane as described herein allows a very small installation size and very little wiring complexity of the auxiliary contacts in a simple manner. The actuating unit can, for example, be configured as a slider that couples the contact slider and the switching device with each other. | 06-10-2010 |
20110019327 | COMPACT SWITCHGEAR FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONSUMER - A switchgear includes a power supply built into a common housing, and at least two drives. The power supply can be fed by an external supply voltage and an external consumer can be connected to the two drives. In at least one embodiment, the switchgear includes, in the same housing, a built-in overload detection for the two drives and/or a built-in circuit breaker function for the two drives, and/or a built-in control circuit for the common control of the two drives. The switchgear can optionally be completed by a transformer providing an additional function of the targeted charging of a buffer capacitor and/or by an energy accumulator providing an additional function of the targeted discharge thereof by temporarily switching on a connected consumer. | 01-27-2011 |
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20110051117 | OBSERVATION DEVICE WITH RANGE FINDER - The invention relates to a binocular observation device, in particular binoculars, having two visual beam paths and a laser range finder with a laser transmitter and a laser receiver and with an opto-electronic display element. A part of one of the beam paths of the laser transmitter is integrated into a first visual beam path, wherein a part of one beam path of the laser receiver is furthermore also integrated into the first visual beam path. | 03-03-2011 |
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20120162757 | Telescope With Mutually Connectable Modules - A telescope made up of mutually connectable modules, which telescope comprises at least a lens module and an eyepiece module, and the lens module and eyepiece module each have a connection interface for connecting the modules, wherein an optical system for changing the image magnification is integrated in the lens module. | 06-28-2012 |
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20110168878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION OF A CORRECTION FUNCTION FOR CORRECTING BEAM HARDENING AND STRAY BEAM EFFECTS IN PROJECTION RADIOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - Methods for empirical determination of a correction function for correcting beam hardening and stray beam effects of water-equivalent tissue in projection radiography or computed tomography using an imaging detector, and apparatuses for implementing the same are disclosed. The projection values obtained from the logarithmic values of the detector signals are corrected, the corrected projection values being represented by a correction function dependent on the tube voltage applied during the X-ray projection recording, the coefficients of which function are determined from a single calibration scan on an object-like calibration phantom made of water-like material. | 07-14-2011 |
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20090069902 | ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE TISSUE - Artificial contractile tissue including a structure (b,f) and several fibers (a,g) of variable length which are fixed at their ends to the structure (b,f). The fibers (a,g) are made of a contractile material which can be activated by an activator in such a way as to provide a tissue in a rest or in an activated position, the rest position being defined with non-rectilinear fibers (a,g) and the activated position being defined with fibers (a,g) of reduced length; the transition from the rest towards the activated position or vice-versa being defined by a fiber movement along a lateral direction which is perpendicular with respect to the fiber length. | 03-12-2009 |
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