According to a first aspect the present invention refers to a method for payment of an article (1) or a service that is provided by an automatic machine (2) , which is operatively connected to a telephone switchboard (3) . The inventive method is characterized by the steps that, the automatic machine (2) presents at least one number that leads to the verification device (3) to a presumptive buyer,...

A portion feed device (2) for a packaging (1) features a chamber (4) to accommodate a pourable solid product and a dispensing facility (2) neighbour - ing onto this chamber. When in use, the inner tube (10) lies essentially horizontal and features inlet openings (51) on the dispensing side. By rotating the inner tube (10) around its main axis the inlet openings (51, 61) on the feed side can, eithe...

The present invention relates to a design and microfabrication method for microgrippers that are capable of grasping micro and nano objects of a large range of sizes and two - axis force sensing capabilities.

The invention refers to a bucket equipped with a rinsing basket installed in its open end and wheels installed in its bottom part. It is characterized in that it incorporates a pair of wheels going in the same direction placed before a crossectional plane that contains the center of gravity. The bottom part contains an ample rear section (8) behind the pair of wheels (5) and a narrow frontal porti...

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fibre preform and/or for modifying properties of the same by an ALD method. According to the invention, one or more fibre preforms are placed in an atomic layer deposition reactor and a first catalyst is supplied into a core of the fibre preform in order to produce a catalysing layer onto a surface of the core of the fibre preform. Next, one or...

Systems and methods are provided for converting organic waste materials from a municipal waste stream to useful products. Organic waste materials having a wide range of compositions such as, for example, yard waste, food waste, paper, and the organic fraction of municipal solid waste are converted into a uniform biomass that is suitable for conversion to useful products, such as fuels. Through the...

Method for treating a crank pin of a crank shaft. In the method hardness of the crank pin surface is measured and when the hardness is over a predetermined limit value, depth of the hard spot is measured. Heat treatment parameters are determined at least on the basis of the depth measurement and the hard spot is heat treated. During the heat treatment the hard spot is heated by an induction heatin...

A device for moving a jet member on a carriage (6) between two selectable extreme positions along a guide (5) has means for detecting that the carriage has reached a selectable extreme position, said means comprising members (24, 25) adapted to form a mechanical resistance against continued movement of the carriage so as to influence the flow of hydraulic liquid in an hydraulic circuit (27) of a h...

Air-conditioning systems for vehicles include at least one air-distribution duct and at least one air-return duct. The at least one air-distribution duct is in air flow communication with at least one air-conditioning unit and is adapted to extend along a substantial portion of the interior of the vehicle. The at least one air-distribution duct includes at least one opening through which air condi...

A box-spring assembly includes two frames, a resilient member, a plurality of lateral springs, and a plurality of clips. The frames are spaced apart from each other, and each of the frames has a looped lateral frame rod. The resilient member includes an array of spring coil units disposed between the frames, and a plurality of connecting elements connecting the spring coil units to each other. Eac...

In order to facilitate establishment of a valid peer-to-peer packet switched connection between two terminals providing access to a circuit switched network and a packet switched network, at least one condition relating to the peer-to-peer packet switched connection is transferred (4-2, 4-3, 4-4) from a calling terminal to a called terminal by using a circuit switched user-to-user signalling suppl...

A critical threshold value of the number of connections of VoIP communication by a wireless LAN is set to an access point apparatus. The access point apparatus records identification information of terminals each of which has transmitted a request for connection of VoIP communication. After the number of terminals whose identification information have been recorded reaches the critical threshold v...

Method for combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in the form of oxygen gas in a heating furnace, where fuel and oxidant are supplied to a burner head. The invention is characterized in that fuel and oxidant, respectively, are injected via the burner head (1) through at least two pairs of nozzles (2, 3; 4, 5), where one pair is formed by a separate fuel nozzle (3; 5) and a separate oxidant nozzle (...

Apparatus, and an associated method, for communicating short message servi ce content to a short message service center. The address of an IP-SM-GW (Internet Protocol-Short Message-Gateway) defined in the 3GPP TS 23.204 is provided to user equipment and used to address an SIP request that contains encapsulated SMS content. The address is stored at the mobile station at a storage element, such as a...

A system for controllably adjusting spent water levels in the tailrace pool area of a hydroelectric power-generating dam installed into a waterway. The system comprises: (a) a controllably adjustable weir device installed into a downstream portion of the waterway adjacent a distal end of the tailrace pool area. The controllably adjustable weir device is configured for controllably impeding the egr...

A system and method for handling e-mail address mismatches between the addre ss contained within a user's certificate or certificate chain, and the account address actually being used is disclosed. In order to resolve address mismatches a canonical or generic domain name or user name may, for example, be used as a lifelong address of a user that is contained in the user's certificate. Upon detecti...

A method is presented to allow pairing of a first wireless-enabled device to a second wireless-enabled device while the first device is locked. A pairing interfac e is provided on the locked first device to obtain pairing information about the second devic e. The pairing information is used to pair the first device to the second device and to establish wireless communications therebetween without ...

A wireless communications link may be made more secure by imposing additiona l security measures at the application level to create a secure channel. These measures are compatible with and transparent to any security measures which are applied at the link level. A secure keep-alive heartbeat may be created on the secure channel to ensure that bot h devices are within range and able to communicate ...