Abstract: Disclosed are photoactivable fluorescent dye compounds of formula I: wherein: n=0, 1, 2, 3; X is selected from O, CRR?, SiRR? and GeRR?, where R and R? represent independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl; Y is H, SO3H or SO3M, with M being a positively charged counterion, in particular selected from NH4+ and cations of organic ammonium compounds; R1 is H, CO2H, C(O)NH-linker-CO2H, C(O)O-ligand, C(O)NH-ligand or C(O)NH-linker-ligand; R2 may represent H, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl (including cycloalkyl); R3 and R4 may represent independently H or F; R5 is H, Me, CO2H, C(O)NH-linker-CO2H, C(O)O-ligand, C(O)NH-ligand or C(O)NH-linker-ligand; wherein the ligand moiety at each occurrence represents a reactive group or tag, capable to form a covalent or non-covalent bond or molecular complex with a target chemical entity or substance. Methods of using the compounds in imaging of fixed and living cells are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosure refers to a road construction machine, adapted in particular in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for a road paver. According to the disclosure, the road construction machine comprises a first and/or a second air barrier device adapted to shield a driver and/or an operator of the road construction machine. Furthermore, the disclosure refers to a corresponding method for generating an air flow during operation of a road construction machine in order to shield a driver and/or an operator from vapors and/or aerosols rising during operation of the road construction machine.

Abstract: A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine and a kitchen machine for carrying out the method are proposed, wherein a measuring temperature of the heating system is determined by means of a temperature element in order to carry out a calibration of a heating element and/or to compare the measuring temperature with a heating temperature of the heating element determined by means of the heating element for identifying a critical heating state.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road construction machine which is available in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for a road paver, comprising at least one control station with at least one open side, wherein the control station comprises a control console for controlling and monitoring processes which can be carried out by means of the road construction machine, and a fresh air system with at least one fresh air opening, wherein the fresh air system is completely integrated in the control console. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to the use of a control console for fresh air generation and fresh air supply on a road construction machine.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road construction machine, which is available in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for a road paver, comprising a driver's control station for a driver of the road construction machine, wherein the driver's control station has at least one seat console that comprises a fresh air system. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for generating an improved air quality on an openly configured driver's control station of a road construction machine.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air filter arrangement for cleaning a bitumen-containing volume flow, comprising at least a first filter element and a second filter element, which are arranged as filter elements acting in succession for cleaning the bitumen-containing volume flow, wherein the first filter element and the second filter element are fixedly connected to one another. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for carrying out an exchange of a plurality of filter elements.

Abstract: An elevator car arrangement for a double-deck elevator has a car frame; a first car coupled to the car frame; a second car arranged on the car frame above or below the first car and coupled to the car frame so as to be movable in a vertical direction relative to the car frame and relative to the first car; a push chain coupled, with a first end of a force absorption section of the push chain, to the first car or to the car frame, and with an opposite, second end of the force absorption section to the second car, and is arranged such that the second car exerts a pressure load on the force absorption section due to gravity; and a drive device coupled to the push chain to displace the second car in the vertical direction relative to the first car by the push chain.

Abstract: In an embodiment an inductive component includes at least one spiral-shaped winding made of a conductive material and a carrier made of an insulating material, wherein the spiral-shaped winding is incorporated into the carrier.

Abstract: An elevator system for a building, wherein an elevator shaft becomes taller as the building height increases during a construction phase, includes a self-moving construction-phase elevator car guided on a guide rail section(s) for conveying persons or goods during the construction phase, an assembly platform arranged above the car from which the guide rail section is elongated upwards in a rail assembly phase, an upper protection platform temporarily fixed in the elevator shaft on which the assembly platform is suspended via a cable-based lifting device or is suspended in the rail assembly phase, a lower protection platform, wherein the assembly platform is moved vertically between the upper platform and the lower platform by the lifting device during the rail assembly phase, and a docking device temporarily suspending the car on the lower platform to secure the car for evacuations, the docking device connecting the car to the lifting device.

Abstract: There is provided an audio transmission device for wirelessly transmitting an audio signal, comprising a first transceiver unit for generating a first RF signal from the audio signal according to a first wireless protocol in a frequency band; and a second transceiver unit for generating a second RF signal from the audio signal according to a second wireless protocol in said frequency band; wherein each transceiver unit is connected to an antenna for wirelessly transmitting the first and second RF signal, respectively, to an audio receiver device.

Abstract: A safety device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, including a door that is movably situated at a body of the vehicle, a crash bolt that protrudes laterally from the body at a retaining section, in the direction of the door, and a recess that is provided at the door and designed to partly accommodate the crash bolt. It is provided that the crash bolt is fastened to the body, and a crash element that extends at least essentially over the length of the door is situated at the door, the crash element being designed to be supported, at a first end thereof having the recess, on the retaining section of the body in the event of a side collision.

Abstract: A double-deck elevator car has first and second vertically spaced cars each accessible via a different floor in a stop position, a car frame with at least one longitudinal support, a first support structure in the frame supporting the first car, a second support structure in the frame supporting the second car, and a linear guide movably coupling the first support structure to the longitudinal support. The linear guide has at least one rail element fastened to the longitudinal support, and at least one coupling element slidably mounted on the rail element and fastened to the first support structure. The coupling element has first and second mounting portions mounting on the rail element and a fastening portion fastening the coupling element to the first support structure. A drive moves the first support structure relative to the second support structure.

Abstract: An elevator installation erection method includes installing in an elevator shaft: a construction phase elevator system having a self-propelled elevator car whose usable lifting height is adapted to an increasing elevator shaft height; at least one guide rail in the elevator shaft guiding the elevator car along its travel path; and a drive system driving the elevator car and including a primary part attached to the elevator car and a secondary part attached along the elevator car travel path, wherein the guide rail and the secondary part are gradually extended upwards during the construction phase, wherein the self-propelled elevator car transports persons and/or material for the construction of the building and passengers and freight for floors already used as residential or business premises, and wherein after the elevator shaft has reached its final height the construction phase elevator system is replaced by a final elevator system.

Abstract: A mounting device and a method for carrying out an installation process in a vertically extending elevator shaft of an elevator system include a carrier component, a mechatronic installation component and a displacement system. The displacement system displaces the carrier component vertically within the elevator shaft. The installation component is held on the carrier component and, at least semi-automatically, performs a mounting step as part of the installation process. The displacement system also displaces the carrier component horizontally in a shift direction within the elevator shaft between adjacent vertical car tracks.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blower means or apparatus for a road making machine which is present in the form of a road finishing machine or a charger vehicle for a road finishing machine. The blower means comprises a blower unit for creating an airflow, and an air discharge unit connected with the blower unit, which is designed to form an air barrier from the airflow created by means of the blower unit at a control station of the road making machine for an operator positioned therein. The blower means is designed as a modular attachment apparatus configured to be removably attached to the control station of the road making machine. The disclosure furthermore relates to the use of a blower means designed as a modular attachment apparatus at a road making machine.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fresh air means or device for a driver control panel or for an external control console of a road making machine which is configured in the form of a road finishing machine or a charger vehicle for a road finishing machine. The fresh air means comprises at least one blower unit for generating an air flow, at least one filter unit for filtering the air flow formed by means of the blower unit, and an air discharge unit including at least one air outlet opening for the filtered air flow. Furthermore, fresh air means is designed as a modular attachment apparatus configured to be removably attached to the driver control panel or to the external control console.

Abstract: A method and construction site device for vertical transportation during a building construction phase include a climbing formwork platform arranged in a currently uppermost region of the building for concreting at least part of the building core, an elevator car intermittently adjusted to a current building height in a first elevator shaft by hoisting a mechanical platform to a higher level and fixing it there, a construction elevator temporarily installed in a second elevator shaft and attached to the climbing formwork platform with a construction elevator car vertically movable in a construction elevator frame, and wherein people and/or material are transported to a floor associated with an access opening of the construction elevator by the elevator system and then are transported from this floor to a floor situated in the currently uppermost region of the building or to the climbing formwork platform by the construction elevator.

Abstract: A compact coupled inductor with improved properties is provided. The coupled inductor comprises a shared leg between a base and a top and two center legs between the base and the top and a first vertical gap in the first center leg and/or the second center leg.

Abstract: What is proposed is an antenna housing comprising at least one profile element fastened on an area of the antenna housing at a distance from said housing and shaped so that it channels an airstream striking the antenna housing so that a part of the airflow is channelled between the profile element and the antenna housing.

Abstract: An elevator system for a building, wherein an elevator shaft becomes taller as the building height increases during a construction phase, includes a self-moving construction-phase elevator car guided on a guide rail section(s) for conveying persons or goods during the construction phase, an assembly platform arranged above the car from which the guide rail section is elongated upwards in a rail assembly phase, an upper protection platform temporarily fixed in the elevator shaft on which the assembly platform is suspended via a cable-based lifting device or is suspended in the rail assembly phase, a lower protection platform, wherein the assembly platform is moved vertically between the upper platform and the lower platform by the lifting device during the rail assembly phase, and a docking device temporarily suspending the car on the lower platform to secure the car for evacuations, the docking device connecting the car to the lifting device.