Abstract: A filter device including at least one filter element adapted to filter a raw fluid and having a raw fluid side and a clean fluid side, the filter element having a clean fluid outlet arranged on the clean fluid side and extending in a first plane, at least one clean fluid collecting channel into which the clean fluid outlet opens; at least one compressed-air cleaning-off device adapted to generate a pressure pulse for cleaning-off foreign matter adhering to the filter element and to conduct the same through the clean fluid outlet to the filter element, wherein the compressed-air cleaning-off device is adapted to conduct the pressure pulse at least approximately along the first plane to the clean fluid outlet, wherein the compressed-air cleaning-off device comprises a compressed-air supply channel operationally coupled to a clean fluid collecting channel outlet and adapted to charge the clean fluid collecting channel with pressure pulses.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a. a cathode capable of reversibly accommodating lithium ions; b. an anode containing metallic lithium as active material; and c. a separator arranged between the cathode and the anode, wherein d. the anode includes a porous, electrically conductive matrix having an open-pored structure; and e. the metallic lithium of the anode is incorporated in pores of the matrix.

Abstract: A method of displaying player information in a casino using alternate reality includes generating a live video signal of a gaming environment using a camera on an electronic device; determining an identity of a player who is visible in the live video signal; retrieving information about the player from a database of registered players in response to the determined player identity; and displaying information about the player to a user of the electronic device so that the information appears to the user to be adjacent or on the player.

Abstract: An augmented reality method for providing player action recommendations in real time includes generating a live video signal of a scene associated with a field of view of a user, wherein the scene comprises at least one gaming element associated with a game having a plurality of game rules. The method further includes determining, based on the live video signal, at least one value for each gaming element of the at least one gaming element in real time. The method further includes determining, based on the at least one gaming value and at least one of the plurality of rules, a player action recommendation in real time. The method further includes displaying an indication of the player action recommendation to the user in real time.

Abstract: A method of producing an electrochemical cell includes introducing lithium into the electrochemical cell such that an amount of mobile lithium contained in the cell available for incorporation and releasing processes in electrodes exceeds, after formation, the capacity of at least one positive electrode for taking up lithium at least by a factor of 1.1, and the at least one negative electrode in terms of its capacity for taking up lithium is dimensioned to a size sufficient to be capable of taking up the entire mobile lithium contained in the cell after formation, wherein the lithium is introduced at least partially into the electrochemical cell via the at least one negative electrode by pre-lithiating the at least one negative electrode prior to combination with the at least one positive electrode or by applying metallic lithium on a surface of the at least one negative electrode.

Abstract: A device for dosing a fill product into a container is described. The device includes a dosing unit with a dosing cylinder, a dosing piston displaceably disposed in the dosing cylinder between an upper center and a lower center of the dosing cylinder, and an intake valve with a valve seat for sucking the fill product from a rotatable product reservoir. The valve seat is disposed above a level formed by a base of the dosing piston at the lower center.

Abstract: A device for filling a container with a fill product, for example a fill product that is viscous and contains particles, is described. The device includes a fill product reservoir for accommodating the fill product that is to be filled, a dosing cylinder within which a dosing piston is displaceably accommodated for dosing the fill product, and a discharge channel with an outlet end for discharging the fill product into the container that is to be filled. The discharge plunger is disposed in the discharge channel for expelling a product residue at the end of the filling process, and the fill product reservoir, the dosing cylinder, and the discharge channel are in communication with each other via a common product channel. A valve for opening and closing the connection between the fill product reservoir and the product channel is disposed in the base of the fill product reservoir.

Abstract: An augmented reality method for providing player action recommendations in real time includes generating a live video signal of a scene associated with a field of view of a user, wherein the scene comprises at least one gaming element associated with a game having a plurality of game rules. The method further includes determining, based on the live video signal, at least one value for each gaming element of the at least one gaming element in real time. The method further includes determining, based on the at least one gaming value and at least one of the plurality of rules, a player action recommendation in real time. The method further includes displaying an indication of the player action recommendation to the user in real time.

Abstract: A method of displaying player information in a casino using alternate reality includes generating a live video signal of a gaming environment using a camera on an electronic device; determining an identity of a player who is visible in the live video signal; retrieving information about the player from a database of registered players in response to the determined player identity; and displaying information about the player to a user of the electronic device so that the information appears to the user to be adjacent or on the player.

Abstract: A method of producing an electrochemical cell includes introducing lithium into the electrochemical cell such that an amount of mobile lithium contained in the cell available for incorporation and releasing processes in electrodes exceeds, after formation, the capacity of at least one positive electrode for taking up lithium at least by a factor of 1.1, and the at least one negative electrode in terms of its capacity for taking up lithium is dimensioned to a size sufficient to be capable of taking up the entire mobile lithium contained in the cell after formation, wherein the lithium is introduced at least partially into the electrochemical cell via the at least one negative electrode by pre-lithiating the at least one negative electrode prior to combination with the at least one positive electrode or by applying metallic lithium on a surface of the at least one negative electrode.

Abstract: A formed, secondary electrochemical cell includes at least one positive electrode containing a metal compound capable of reversibly incorporating and releasing lithium in the form of ions, at least one negative electrode containing a carbon compound capable of reversibly incorporating or releasing lithium in the form of ions, and/or a metal and/or semi-metal which can be alloyed with lithium, an electrolyte via which lithium ions can migrate between the at least one positive electrode and the at least one negative electrode, and mobile lithium available for incorporation or releasing processes in the electrodes, wherein capacity of the at least one negative electrode for taking up lithium is higher than that of the at least one positive electrode, the at least one negative electrode has a higher capacity than required for taking up the entire mobile lithium contained in the cell, and the mobile lithium is contained in the cell in an amount which exceeds the capacity of the at least one positive electrode for

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium ion battery includes a matrix based on at least one polysaccharide and also particles of at least one electrochemically active material which are embedded in the matrix, with the electrode being free of synthetic polymeric compounds. A battery contains the electrode and a polysaccharide is a binder for electrochemically active electrode materials for such an electrode.

Abstract: A device for filling a container with a fill product, for example a fill product that is viscous and contains particles, is described. The device includes a fill product reservoir for accommodating the fill product that is to be filled, a dosing cylinder within which a dosing piston is displaceably accommodated for dosing the fill product, and a discharge channel with an outlet end for discharging the fill product into the container that is to be filled. The discharge plunger is disposed in the discharge channel for expelling a product residue at the end of the filling process, and the fill product reservoir, the dosing cylinder, and the discharge channel are in communication with each other via a common product channel. A valve for opening and closing the connection between the fill product reservoir and the product channel is disposed in the base of the fill product reservoir.

Abstract: A process of producing active material for an electrode of an electrochemical cell includes providing lithium-intercalating carbon particles having an average particle size of 1 ?m to 100 ?m as component 1, providing silicon particles having an average particle size of 5 nm to 500 nm as component 2, providing a polymer or polymer precursor which can be pyrolyzed to form amorphous carbon and is selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin, polyurethane resin and polyester resin, as component 3, mixing components 1 to 3 in to a mixture and heat treating the mixture substantially in the absence of atmospheric oxygen at a temperature at which the pyrolyzable polymer or the pyrolyzable polymer precursor decomposes to form amorphous carbon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for actuating actuators in a motor vehicle having an at least partially metallic housing (MG) in which an electric circuit is arranged, which has at least one high-voltage-generating circuit (HES) for generating an output voltage (UHS) which is higher than a voltage which is considered safe for people, from the on-board motor vehicle power system voltage. The electric circuit has a monitoring circuit (UES) which has a first input (E1) which is connected to a reference voltage (Vref), and has a second input (E2) which is connected to the at least partially metallic housing (MG), and the output (A) of which is operatively connected to the high-voltage-generating circuit (HSS) in such a way that in the case of a differential voltage at the two inputs (E1, E2) which is higher than a predefined value, the high-voltage-generating circuit (HSS) is deactivated or the output voltage (UHS) thereof is limited to a value of at maximum the voltage which is considered safe for people.

Abstract: A process of producing active material for an electrode of an electrochemical cell includes a buildup step A in which a pulverulent composite composed of lithium-intercalating carbon particles as component 1, silicon particles as component 2 and a polymer that can be pyrolyzed to form amorphous carbon as component 3 is formed, and a pyrolysis step B in which the composite is heat treated in the absence of atmospheric oxygen at a temperature at which the pyrolyzable polymer decomposes to form amorphous carbon, wherein the lithium-intercalating carbon particles are transferred in the buildup step A into a fluidized-bed reactor and coated with a shell composed of the polymer and the silicon particles to effect direct formation of the pulverulent composite, and the polymer that can be pyrolyzed to form amorphous carbon or a corresponding polymer precursor and/or the silicon particles are fed into the fluidized-bed-reactor as solution or suspension.

Abstract: A material for a battery or an accumulator, especially for a negative electrode of an accumulator, for example, a lithium ion secondary battery, the use of such a material, an electrode that includes such a material, a battery having such an electrode, and a process for producing such a material. The material includes carbon, an alloy and/or a mixture of silicon with at least one element of main group 1 of the Periodic Table of the Elements excluding lithium, and optionally at least one further metallic element and production-related impurities, the elements being distributed within a silicon phase in the case of a mixture, and a binder which binds carbon and the alloy and/or the mixture to give a solid material.

Abstract: A device for dosing a fill product into a container is described. The device includes a dosing unit with a dosing cylinder, a dosing piston displaceably disposed in the dosing cylinder between an upper center and a lower center of the dosing cylinder, and an intake valve with a valve seat for sucking the fill product from a rotatable product reservoir. The valve seat is disposed above a level formed by a base of the dosing piston at the lower center.

Abstract: A process of producing active material for an electrode of an electrochemical cell includes providing lithium-intercalating carbon particles having an average particle size of 1 ?m to 100 ?m as component 1, providing silicon particles having an average particle size of 5 nm to 500 nm as component 2, providing a polymer or polymer precursor which can be pyrolyzed to form amorphous carbon and is selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin, polyurethane resin and polyester resin, as component 3, mixing components 1 to 3 in to a mixture and heat treating the mixture substatually in the absence of atmospheric oxygen at a temperature at which the pyrolyzable polymer or the pyrolyzable polymer precursor decomposes to form amorphous carbon.

Abstract: A device for bottling liquids into containers with at least one filling member for filling liquids into the containers includes a covering device, which covers the filling member at least temporarily in order to prevent egress of liquid from the filling member. The covering device is both pivotable about a pre-set pivot axis (X) and is displaceable about a pre-set displacement direction (S), and has at least one driving device for producing movements of the covering device. The driving device serves to produce both the pivoting movement and the displacement movement of the covering device, and is designed in such a way that the pivoting movement and the displacement movement take place in an at least partially staggered manner time-wise with respect to each other.