Abstract: A sugarcane harvester includes an improved discharge assembly that receives sugarcane billets and discharges the billets into a storage vehicle that travels alongside the harvester. The discharge assembly includes an elevator and a conveyor. The elevator lifts the billets vertically about an elevator axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the harvester. The conveyor receives the billets from the elevator and moves the billets horizontally along a conveyor axis that is substantially perpendicular to both the elevator axis and the longitudinal axis of the harvester. The discharge assembly also comprises height adjustment mechanism for vertically raising or lowering the conveyor and lateral adjustment mechanism for laterally adjusting positions of the conveyor. The height adjustment mechanism and the lateral adjustment mechanism can be manually or automatically operated to shift the conveyor between a number of use positions and a transport/storage position.

Abstract: A sugarcane harvester includes an extractor assembly that more efficiently and effectively separates leaves, stems, and other waste material from sugarcane billets and ejects the waste material back onto sugarcane fields without blowing the waste material into a wagon or other billet collection vehicle.

Abstract: A sugarcane harvester includes an improved discharge assembly that receives sugarcane billets and discharges the billets into a storage vehicle that travels alongside the harvester. The discharge assembly includes an elevator and a conveyor. The elevator lifts the billets vertically about an elevator axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the harvester. The conveyor receives the billets from the elevator and moves the billets horizontally along a conveyor axis that is substantially perpendicular to both the elevator axis and the longitudinal axis of the harvester. The discharge assembly also comprises height adjustment mechanism for vertically raising or lowering the conveyor and lateral adjustment mechanism for laterally adjusting positions of the conveyor. The height adjustment mechanism and the lateral adjustment mechanism can be manually or automatically operated to shift the conveyor between a number of use positions and a transport/storage position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurized gas container, in particular a gas cylinder, having an internal volume for gas storage, a fluid-distributing valve, a pressure sensor and microprocessor-based control means. The microprocessor-based control means are configured to detect filling of the gas container with gas, by comparing said at least one pressure value measured by the pressure sensor with at least one predefined and stored reference pressure threshold value; then to initiate a timer on the basis of a detection of filling of the gas container with gas; and to trigger a warning when the timer exceeds a given period calculated from the initiation of the timer.

Abstract: Described herein are improved systems and methods for overcoming technical problems associated with limited collaborative learning functionality in educational programming platforms.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for generating a pulsed magnetic field, the method being implemented using a device (10) comprising an electrical supply (20), a switch (25), a capacitor (15) and a coil (30) having a first extremity (80) connected to an electrical ground and a second extremity (85), the capacitor (15) comprising a first electrode connected to the electrical ground and a second electrode, the switch (25) being able to commute between a first configuration wherein the second electrode and the second extremity (85) are electrically insulated and at least one second configuration wherein the second electrode and the second extremity (85) are electrically connected, the capacitor (15), the switch (25) and the coil (30) forming a series circuit when the switch (25) is in the second configuration, the series circuit being underdamped.

Abstract: Described herein are improved systems and methods for overcoming technical problems associated with limited collaborative learning functionality in educational programming platforms.

Abstract: A cooling-line system (10) of modular construction, in particular for batteries of electric vehicles, having at least one tubular connecting element (11) composed of a first metal; and at least two tubular or hose-like line elements (15, 16) composed of a second metal, which line elements (15, 16) are or can be connected by the connecting element (11), or at least one such line element (15, 16) which can be connected by the connecting element (11) to a function module to be cooled, preferably a battery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurized gas container, having an internal volume for storing gas under pressure comprising a valve for distributing fluid, a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of the gas and delivering at least one measurement signal, a microprocessor for processing the measurement signal delivered by the pressure sensor and a digital display. The microprocessor converts the measurement signal delivered by the pressure sensor into a measured pressure value, and compares the measured pressure value with at least one preset threshold-pressure value. The digital display displays at least one predefined term reflecting the amount of gas in the container, which is dependent on the comparison performed by the microprocessor.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for generating a pulsed magnetic field, the method being implemented using a device (10) comprising an electrical supply (20), a switch (25), a capacitor (15) and a coil (30) having a first extremity (80) connected to an electrical ground and a second extremity (85), the capacitor (15) comprising a first electrode connected to the electrical ground and a second electrode, the switch (25) being able to commute between a first configuration wherein the second electrode and the second extremity (85) are electrically insulated and at least one second configuration wherein the second electrode and the second extremity (85) are electrically connected, the capacitor (15), the switch (25) and the coil (30) forming a series circuit when the switch (25) is in the second configuration, the series circuit being underdamped.

Abstract: Described herein are improved systems and methods for overcoming technical problems associated with limited collaborative learning functionality in educational programming platforms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurized gas container, in particular a gas cylinder, having an internal volume for gas storage, a fluid-distributing valve, a pressure sensor and microprocessor-based control means. The microprocessor-based control means are configured to detect filling of the gas container with gas, by comparing said at least one pressure value measured by the pressure sensor with at least one predefined and stored reference pressure threshold value; then to initiate a timer on the basis of a detection of filling of the gas container with gas; and to trigger a warning when the timer exceeds a given period calculated from the initiation of the timer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurized gas container, having an internal volume for storing gas under pressure comprising a valve for distributing fluid, a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of the gas and delivering at least one measurement signal, a microprocessor for processing the measurement signal delivered by the pressure sensor and a digital display. The microprocessor converts the measurement signal delivered by the pressure sensor into a measured pressure value, and compares the measured pressure value with at least one preset threshold-pressure value. The digital display displays at least one predefined term reflecting the amount of gas in the container, which is dependent on the comparison performed by the microprocessor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical ventilator (1) comprising an external housing (2), and a rigid exoskeleton structure (3) arranged around the external housing (2) and rigidly connected thereto. The rigid exoskeleton structure (3) comprises a plurality of elongate elements (4) defining a volume (5) in which the external housing (2) is housed, the greater part of the rigid exoskeleton structure (3) being spaced (7) from said external housing (2) when said external housing (2) is housed in the volume (5). A carrying handle (9) is also provided, allowing a user to manually grasp the exoskeleton structure (3) and transport the assembly (1, 3) composed of ventilator and exoskeleton structure.

Abstract: A method of processing a query on a genome to produce a report is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a first secret, a second secret and a query request over a communications network during a first communications session and storing a proxy value associated with the query request in a database. The first secret is used to determine a genome key enabling access to genome data stored in the database and associated with the first secret. The proxy value and a query key are associated using the second secret such that the query key can only be found using both the proxy value and the second secret. An association is stored between the genome key and the query key in the database and the first and second secrets are deleted subsequent to determining the genome key and associating the proxy value and query key, during or at the end of the first communications session, to ensure anonymity.

Abstract: A method of processing a query on a genome to produce a report is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a first secret, a second secret and a query request over a communications network during a first communications session and storing a proxy value associated with the query request in a database. The first secret is used to determine a genome key enabling access to genome data stored in the database and associated with the first secret. The proxy value and a query key are associated using the second secret such that the query key can only be found using both the proxy value and the second secret. An association is stored between the genome key and the query key in the database and the first and second secrets are deleted subsequent to determining the genome key and associating the proxy value and query key, during or at the end of the first communications session, to ensure anonymity.

Abstract: A method is described for displaying vending machine product data using a display of a mobile communication device. This has the advantage of using the superior display of the mobile communication device and increasing the functionality available to the end user, without needing to invest in expense display equipment at the vending machine itself). The mobile communication device can also be used to order one or more products from the vending machine.

Abstract: A method is described in which a user places an order for a vending machine product, typically when the user is not located at the vending machine. The order is associated with a mobile communication device of the user, for example by providing the telephone number of the device, or by simply placing the order using the mobile communication device. The user presents the mobile communication device at the vending machine to identify the order at the vending machine. The vending machine then dispenses the product.

Abstract: A vending machine controller is described that is able to communicate with a number of vending machines in a vending machine system and a number of potential users of those vending machines (typically by sending messages to communication devices of those users). The controller is able to set prices of items in vending machines, wherein a particular price for a product can be dependent not only of the identity of the products itself, but also on the identity of the vending machine selling the product and even the identity of the user purchasing the product.

Abstract: A method is described for displaying vending machine product data using a display of a mobile communication device. This has the advantage of using the superior display of the mobile communication device and increasing the functionality available to the end user, without needing to invest in expense display equipment at the vending machine itself). The mobile communication device can also be used to order one or more products from the vending machine.