Abstract: The disclosure relates to a guide rail to guide the car of an elevator system. The guide rail is designed as a section with a cavity (2a-2f) and/or integrated cooling fins to cool the guide rail.

Abstract: A guide rail for an elevator system may comprise at least two rail elements that together form a guide rail portion having a functional running track that extends in a travel direction. Each of the rail elements may be connected to a shaft wall of the elevator system. Furthermore, the at least two rail elements may be adjacent and spaced such that the at least two rail elements can thermally expand freely in the travel direction. Additionally, the at least two rail elements in a region of the functional running track may have mutually opposite borders that have complementary profiles. An arbitrary cross section of the guide rail portion perpendicular to the travel direction in the region of the functional track may run through at least one of the two adjacent rail elements.

Abstract: An elevator may include a brake apparatus such as a safety apparatus or a service brake, for example. The brake apparatus may be designed to generate a stepped braking force for braking an elevator car of the elevator. A plurality of brake cylinder assemblies may be configured so as to supply different braking forces. The brake cylinder assemblies may in some cases include a piston, a spring, and a brake pad. Moreover, a valve assembly may be utilized by one or more of the brake cylinder assemblies. Additional features of the brake apparatus may involve a compressor, a pressure accumulator, a pressure regulating valve.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a car door for a lift car having a guide mechanism and a door leaf. The guide mechanism comprises in this case a sliding shoe, which is connected to the door leaf of the car door. Furthermore, the guide mechanism comprises a receiving part which surrounds the sliding shoe on at least three sides. The sliding shoe has, in a sliding direction, an extent which corresponds to at least 30% of the extension of the door leaf in this direction.

Abstract: A drive unit may be employed by an elevator system with vertical guide rails in two shafts, a horizontal guide rail that connects the vertical guide rails in the two shafts, independently movable elevator cars guided via guide rollers, and a rotatable rail segment configured to be transferred by the drive unit from a vertical alignment into a horizontal alignment so that the elevator cars may be transferred between shafts. The drive unit may include a first interface for at least indirectly fastening the rotatable rail segment to the drive unit, and a second interface for at least indirectly fastening the drive unit to a shaft wall in the first or second elevator shafts.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a guide rail to guide the car of an elevator system. The guide rail is designed as a section with a cavity (2a-2f) and/or integrated cooling fins to cool the guide rail.

Abstract: A device may be employed to damp vibrations in elevator installations. The device may include two metal plates that are spaced apart from one another by an insulator made of an elastomer. An inner side of at least one of the two metal plates may have a structure that is formed by projections. In some cases, both of the metal plates may include such structures, and the projections of each metal plate may engage with one another. Due to the flexibility of the insulator, the insulator can fit in the structure formed by the projections. Geometric sizes of the projections, arrangement of the projections, shapes of the projections, and spacings between the projections can all affect a level of damping.

Abstract: An elevator may include a braking device such as a safety gear system or a service brake, for instance. The braking device may include a hydraulically-acting brake for braking an elevator car of the elevator. The braking device may further include a hydraulic unit with a pump assembly, a brake cylinder assembly, and a valve assembly for ventilating the brake. Further, the hydraulic unit may be fastened to the braking device.

Abstract: A planar elevator car element for an elevator installation may include a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer may have a lesser density than the first cover layer. Furthermore, the planar elevator car element may include a frame profiled element disposed along at least one of its edges, which is positioned between the first cover layer and the second cover layer. In some examples, the frame profiled element extends around multiple edges of the planar elevator car element. In a method for producing the planar elevator car element, a stack involving the first cover layer, the second cover layer, the intermediate layer, and the frame profiled element may be heated and thereby joined into a structural part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron or an extract thereof for use in the prevention or treatment of an infection in a subject who is immunodepressed, who is immunosuppressed, who has an immature immune system, and/or who has a weakness, and in which the composition comprises at most six species of bacteria and/or extracts thereof. The infections concerned are mainly intestinal infections, in particular those which affect non-human mammals and/or humans.

Abstract: A guide rail for an elevator system may comprise at least two rail elements that together form a guide rail portion having a functional running track that extends in a travel direction. Each of the rail elements may be connected to a shaft wall of the elevator system. Furthermore, the at least two rail elements may be adjacent and spaced such that the at least two rail elements can thermally expand freely in the travel direction. Additionally, the at least two rail elements in a region of the functional running track may have mutually opposite borders that have complementary profiles. An arbitrary cross section of the guide rail portion perpendicular to the travel direction in the region of the functional track may run through at least one of the two adjacent rail elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a car door for a lift car having a guide mechanism and a door leaf. The guide mechanism comprises in this case a sliding shoe, which is connected to the door leaf of the car door. Furthermore, the guide mechanism comprises a receiving part which surrounds the sliding shoe on at least three sides. The sliding shoe has, in a sliding direction, an extent which corresponds to at least 30% of the extension of the door leaf in this direction.

Abstract: An elevator may include a brake apparatus such as a safety apparatus or a service brake, for example. The brake apparatus may be designed to generate a stepped braking force for braking an elevator car of the elevator. A plurality of brake cylinder assemblies may be configured so as to supply different braking forces. The brake cylinder assemblies may in some cases include a piston, a spring, and a brake pad. Moreover, a valve assembly may be utilized by one or more of the brake cylinder assemblies. Additional features of the brake apparatus may involve a compressor, a pressure accumulator, a pressure regulating valve.

Abstract: An elevator may include a braking device such as a safety gear system or a service brake, for instance. The braking device may include a hydraulically-acting brake for braking an elevator car of the elevator. The braking device may further include a hydraulic unit with a pump assembly, a brake cylinder assembly, and a valve assembly for ventilating the brake. Further, the hydraulic unit may be fastened to the braking device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for guiding the movement of a moving machine element on a numerically controlled machine, whereby maximum possible track speed, maximum possible track acceleration, and maximum possible track jerk are defined by means of given restrictions on track axes. The local minima for the maximum possible track speed are determined, whereby for each local minimum a corresponding left-sided and right-sided track speed segment is determined, whereby, for track values for the displacement track to the left and right of a given minimum, the resulting track speed is determined by using the maximum possible track jerk and the maximum possible track acceleration until the track speed exceeds the maximum possible track speed to the left and right of the minimum, a track jerk curve for the movement guidance is hence determined.

Abstract: According to the invention, an initial trajectory (2) that is to be followed in a positionally guided manner is input into a computer (15), said initial trajectory (2) being described by an initial function (AF) such that one respective corresponding position (pA) is determined on the initial trajectory (2) by substituting a scalar trajectory parameter (s) into the initial function (AF). The scalar trajectory parameter (s) is different from time (t) while being characteristic of a distance (s) covered along the initial trajectory (2). The computer (15) filters the initial trajectory (2) with low-pass characteristics referring to the scalar trajectory parameter (s) as a function of the scalar trajectory parameter (s) and thus determines a rough function (GF) such that one respective corresponding position (pG) is determined on the rough trajectory (13) by substituting the scalar trajectory parameter (s) into the rough function (GF).

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, iterative local alignment is employed to process two versions of a text and to identify novel contributions and their positions in the newer text version. In one embodiment, the new or target version of the text is aligned to the old or reference version of the text in an iterative process. The iterative process produces a local alignment of both text versions, which is optimal according to the selected parameters. In another embodiment, aligned substrings are removed from the texts and the iterative process is continued until no more aligned substrings can be obtained. In one example, authorship may be transferred from every aligned substring of the reference text version to the corresponding substring of the target text version. In another example, authorship for unaligned substrings of the target text version may be assigned to the author of the target text version.

Abstract: A method and system for tracking authorship of content in data is described, wherein the method and system may be employed in collaborative text editing systems or in word processing applications to identify and track the contributions of individual authors. The method comprises aligning at least a portion of data from old or reference data with at least a portion of the data from new or target data, repeating the acts of aligning at least a portion of the data, storing any aligned data until no significant alignment of the data is obtained, and storing any unaligned data and authorship information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for guiding the movement of a moving machine element on a numerically controlled machine, whereby maximum possible track speed, maximum possible track acceleration, and maximum possible track jerk are defined by means of given restrictions on track axes. The local minima for the maximum possible track speed are determined, whereby for each local minimum a corresponding left-sided and right-sided track speed segment is determined, whereby, for track values for the displacement track to the left and right of a given minimum, the resulting track speed is determined by using the maximum possible track jerk and the maximum possible track acceleration until the track speed exceeds the maximum possible track speed to the left and right of the minimum, a track jerk curve for the movement guidance is hence determined.

Abstract: A packing composition (110) for inserting into a fluidic device (100), the packing composition (110) comprising a packing material (114) adapted for separating different components of a fluid and an elastic network (115) in which the packing material (114) is embedded.