A mobile fluid system (10) comprising a fluid container (11 ) having a plurality of elongated compartments (15; 16; 17) arranged adjacent to each other and being connected to each other through apertures (20) in an upper portion and a lower portion of said fluid container (11 ), and a flexible tube (13) arranged in the fluid container (11 ), one end of said flexible tube (13) terminating at the lo...

The invention relates to a method for automated tuning of a sound system, the sound system comprising delay lines, equalizing filters, and at least two loudspeakers, the method comprising the steps of: reproducing a useful sound signal through the loudspeakers, measuring sound pressure values at at least one location, providing a target transfer function for tuning the delay lines and the equalizi...

An endoscopic surgery apparatus is provided, including a tubular member, a handle located on a proximal end of the tubular member, and one or more pivotable arms detachably connected to a distal end of the tubular member. The tubular member has channels along its longitudinal axis, wherein at least one of the channels is an optical channel and at least one other channel is an illumination channel....

A microwave antenna assembly including an elongated cooling jacket having proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen defined therebetween and a helical microwave antenna member disposed within at least a portion of the elongated cooling jacket and having an inner and outer conductor, the inner conductor disposed within the outer conductor, wherein at least a portion of the inner conductor extends...

The present invention relates to an overflow pit with adjustable channel. The pit is constituted of an external structure (2) comprising an inlet opening (3) envisaged to house one end of an inlet conduit (30), a first outlet hole (4) envisaged to house one end of an overflow conduit (40) and a second hole (5) envisaged to house one end of an outlet conduit (50) in which the opening (3) and the f...

A method in which location information and bearing of the user of a positioning device are determined based on signals sent by positioning satellites. The user is instructed to act in a suitable way when the bearing is being determined. The method further determines a confidence parameter that indicates the reliability of the communicated bearing and is communicated to the user simultaneously with...

A wall-mounted microwave oven including a hood mover having a forwardly-movable hood plate is disclosed. The hood plate, which guides fumes, exhaust gas, etc. to an inlet arranged at the bottom of the wall-mounted microwave oven, is separable from a body of the wall-mounted microwave oven. The hood plate is arranged outside and beneath the body, to prevent oil and dirt, etc. from being attached to...

A method of distributing map data from a map server to a wireless communications device entails generating a bitmap array representative of the vector map data for a given zoom level, computing attributes of the bitmap array to determine which map features to retain and which map features to suppress, and then transmitting to the wireless device only the map data for the map features to be retaine...

A method for updating a list of attendees for a meeting scheduled by a meeting organizer through a user interface of an electronic calendar presented on a display of a system, the system being coupled to respective attendee systems of attendees of the meeting over a network, the method comprising: distributing the list of attendees to the attendee systems; receiving a signal indicating whether a r...

Various embodiments are provided herein for a connector that can provide electrical and mechanical coupling between first and second objects. The connector generally comprises at least one connecting element that has at least one first and second contact portion, at least one guidance portion located towards the end of the at least one connecting element and adjacent to one of the at least one fir...

A punching machine for sheet metal strip, characterised by comprising: -a base (2), -a horizontal first plate (6) movable vertically under external command, -a punch (20) rigid with saidfirst plate (6) and slidable within a punch guide (18) rigid with a horizontal second plate (16), -means (12, 14) for slidably constraining said second plate (16) relative to said first plate (6), -first elastic me...

A protection apparatus (57) for protecting against a blunt instrument ejected by an operating unit (11) of a machine tool (1) for machining workpieces (74, 76, 78) made of wood or similar materials, comprises barrier means (29, 31, 40, 41; 72, 73) defining a machining area of said operating unit (11) for separating said operating unit (11) from an operator placed near the operating unit, and a sup...