Abstract: A solid, particulate composition having at least one water-soluble carrier material, at least one fragrance and at least one rheology modifier from the group of heteroglycans. The carrier material being a water-containing salt (hydrate) of which the water vapor partial pressure, at a specific temperature in the range of from 30 to 100° C., corresponds to the H2O partial pressure of the saturated solution of this salt, such that the salt melts at this temperature in its own water of crystallization. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for preparing the solid composition and to a washing or cleaning agent containing the solid composition. Moreover, the present invention also relates to the use of such a washing or cleaning agent for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces and corresponding methods for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using such a washing or cleaning agent.

Abstract: A solid, particulate composition having at least one water-soluble carrier material, at least one fragrance and at least one rheology modifier from the group of heteroglycans. The carrier material being a water-containing salt (hydrate) of which the water vapor partial pressure, at a specific temperature in the range of from 30 to 100° C., corresponds to the H2O partial pressure of the saturated solution of this salt, such that the salt melts at this temperature in its own water of crystallization. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for preparing the solid composition and to a washing or cleaning agent containing the solid composition. Moreover, the present invention also relates to the use of such a washing or cleaning agent for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces and corresponding methods for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using such a washing or cleaning agent.

Abstract: A lighting device comprises at least two groups of light-emitting diodes and an electronic circuit for controlling said light-emitting diodes. The electronic circuit is configured to control each group of light-emitting diodes separately. The beam characteristic of at least one of the groups of light-emitting diodes differs from the beam characteristic of at least one of the other groups of light-emitting diodes. As a result, the light distribution of the lighting device can be switched electronically.

Abstract: A lighting device comprises at least two groups of light-emitting diodes and an electronic circuit for controlling said light-emitting diodes. The electronic circuit is configured to control each group of light-emitting diodes separately. The beam characteristic of at least one of the groups of light-emitting diodes differs from the beam characteristic of at least one of the other groups of light-emitting diodes. As a result, the light distribution of the lighting device can be switched electronically.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of carrying out payment transaction with a payment card (10) including a secure element (100), the method comprising the steps of: initiating the payment transaction process via a data connection between the secure element (100) and a Point of Sale (PoS) terminal (11) by transmitting at least one identifier (PAN) for a first mode of payment transaction for the user to the Point of Sale (PoS) terminal (11); selecting a mode of payment transaction from at least two payment transaction modes by using the at least one identifier (PAN) received from the secure element (100), wherein one transaction mode is the first transaction mode for which the identifier (PAN) is stored at the secure element (100) and at least one transaction mode is a second transaction mode different from the mode for which the identifier is stored at the secure element (100); and directing the payment transaction request to one of at least two financial entities (14, 15) for finalizing the payment

Abstract: In a method for guiding a cast material out of a casting chamber of a casting system, the cast material is discharged from a casting chamber by means of a succession of guiding rollers and rolling rollers. A rolling roller exerts a rolling force on the cast material to reduce the thickness of the cast material, whereas a guiding roller, which simply guides, exerts no rolling force on the cast material. At least the rolling rollers are driven by a drive, each drive applied under load. Because the rolling force of at least one rolling roller is detected, and the load of the drive of this rolling roller is controlled according to the detected rolling force, a method can be provided by which the stability of the casting speed is increased, and a significant reduction of the thickness of a cast material is achieved.

Abstract: A lighting device can include at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip, which emits electromagnetic radiation and generates heat in operation, and a reflector. The reflector is suitable for deflecting the electromagnetic radiation and dissipating the heat generated by the optoelectronic semiconductor chip by means of a reflecting surface.

Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp is provided with a rotationally symmetrical bulb, which has a longitudinal axis and in which at least part of a surface of the bulb is provided with a coating which reflects infrared radiation, a coiled light-emitting element being arranged axially in the bulb, the bulb being provided with an infrared reflective coating layer, wherein the length L and the diameter D of the coiled light-emitting element are at a ratio of at least 6:1 with respect to one another, and wherein the bulb is in the form of an ellipsoid, the ends of the light-emitting element lying substantially at the two foci of the ellipse spanning the ellipsoid in the form of a solid of revolution, with an eccentricity in the range of from 0.5 to 0.7.

Abstract: In a method for guiding a cast material out of a casting chamber of a casting system, the cast material is discharged from a casting chamber by means of a succession of guiding rollers and rolling rollers. A rolling roller exerts a rolling force on the cast material to reduce the thickness of the cast material, whereas a guiding roller, which simply guides, exerts no rolling force on the cast material. At least the rolling rollers are driven by a drive, each drive applied under load. Because the rolling force of at least one rolling roller is detected, and the load of the drive of this rolling roller is controlled according to the detected rolling force, a method can be provided by which the stability of the casting speed is increased, and a significant reduction of the thickness of a cast material is achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a light module with at least one light source (4) and a reflector (2), which is arranged so as to reflect the light radiation emitted by the light source (4), a colored anodized layer (22) being formed on at least regions of the upper side (21), which is formed so as to reflect the light radiation, of the reflector (2), which anodized layer is in the form of a spectral filter for the light radiation impinging from the light source (4).

Abstract: An infrared headlight useful in a night vision system may be made with an infrared emitter positioned in a reflector. The radiation source is associated with a filter body which has a first filter layer part and a second uncoated part. The two parts are designed so the radiation transmitted through the uncoated part strikes a different area of the reflector than the infrared radiation transmitted through the filter layer. The two regions of the reflector may have differing reflective characteristics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflector for an infrared radiator, having a blackened Eloxal layer, and to an infrared radiator having a halogen incandescent lamp as radiation source and such a reflector.

Abstract: The invention discloses an infrared headlight having an infrared emitter which is arranged in a reflector and has a radiation source which is held in an internal area of a lamp vessel, and a night-vision system with an infrared headlight such as this. The radiation source has an associated filter body which has a part provided with a filter layer and an uncoated part, which parts are designed such that all of the radiation through the uncoated part of the filter body essentially strikes a different area of the reflector than the infrared radiation which is transmitted through the filter layer. The invention also discloses an infrared emitter for an infrared headlight such as this.

Abstract: A headlight for a motor vehicle includes a clear, front cover plate (12), at least one light source (14), and at least one reflector (16) associated with the light source (14). A beam shield (14) for avoidance of glare produced by headlights of oncoming vehicles is provided, with the beam shield (18) being disposed between the light source (14) and the cover plate (12). The beam shield (18) has a structured surface (26) with an arbitrary or selected geometric pattern on an inner side facing said light source (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflector for an infrared radiator, having a blackened Eloxal layer, and to an infrared radiator having a halogen incandescent lamp as radiation source and such a reflector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflector for infrared rays whose reflecting surface consists of copper, according to the invention. The invention also relates to an infrared radiator having an incandescent lamp as radiation source and a reflector having a reflecting surface made from copper.

Abstract: The invention relates to an infrared radiator, whose radiation source is a luminous element emitting light and IR radiation, and whose vessel which surrounds said luminous element is coated with an interference filter which is transparent only to infrared radiation from a specific subrange from the wavelength range of 700 nm to 3500 nm. Electromagnetic radiation outside the subrange is reflected back into the vessel.

Abstract: The headlight, especially for a motor vehicle, includes at least two separately adjustable reflectors and a reflector height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the reflector heights separately or synchronously. The reflectors include a first reflector for high beam light and/or fog light and a second reflector associated with a low beam light module. The reflector height adjusting device includes separate adjusting devices for individually adjusting the respective heights for the at least two separately adjustable reflectors and a coupling member for the separate adjusting devices. When the separate adjusting devices are put in a coupled state by the coupling member the heights of the at least two reflectors are synchronously adjusted by operation of only one of the separate adjusting devices. The method for adjusting light radiated from the headlight includes performing a pre-adjustment in which each of the reflectors is separately adjusted by the separate adjusting devices.

Abstract: A business-to-business application service provider includes an Internet website and webserver with EDA-on-demand solutions for system-on-a-chip designers. Such website allows electronic designs in hardware description language to be uploaded into a front-end EDA design environment. A behavioral model simulation tool hosted privately on the webserver tests and validates the design. Such tool executes only in the secure environment of the business-to-business application service provider. The validated solution is then downloaded back over the Internet for a pay-per-use fee to the customer, and in a form ready to be placed and routed by a back-end EDA tool. Such validated design solutions are also downloadable to others in exchange for other designs, or available in technology libraries. The intellectual property created can be re-used, sold, shared, exchanged, and otherwise distributed efficiently and easily from a central for-profit clearinghouse.

Abstract: A headlight for a motor vehicle includes a clear, front cover plate (12), at least one light source (14), and at least one reflector (16) associated with the light source (14). A beam shield (14) for avoidance of glare produced by headlights of oncoming vehicles is provided, with the beam shield (18) being disposed between the light source (14) and the cover plate (12). The beam shield (18) has a structured surface (26) with an arbitrary or selected geometric pattern on an inner side facing said light source (14).