Abstract: The present invention discloses a paintgun sight, which integrates an electronic camera and a liquid crystal display, and has a clamp for easily and quickly mounting the sight above the universal paintball loading inlet. The electronic camera and the liquid crystal display are disposed in front of and behind the paintball loading inlet respectively; the electronic camera captures the image of a target object and displays it on the liquid crystal display. Therefore, unlike the traditional sight, this invention provides a sight for aiming at a target without being blocked by the universal paintball loading inlet.

Abstract: A launching device of the present invention includes a launch unit having a first coupling element and a second coupling element. A barrel may be releasably connected to one of the first and second coupling elements and a cylinder may be releasably connected to the other of the first and second coupling elements. The launch unit further includes a selector element to allow a user to pre-select an evacuation level of the contents of the cylinder. A specially designed valve assembly, bolt assembly and locking sear may also be incorporated that allow complete evacuation of the compressed gas through the launch unit and permit the projection of large objects such as grappling hooks. The launching device may also be converted to use as a fire extinguisher by quick connecting a cone shaped barrel and a cylinder of liquid carbon dioxide.

Abstract: An air gun includes a main body in which a striker rod for striking and a gunlock for controlling the striker rod are arranged. The striker rod and the gunlock are driven by a rear block. The rear block is pushed by a thruster disposed in the main body. A controlling valve is disposed at front end of the main body. A trigger is arranged under the bottom of the main body for controlling the direction of airflow and the strike of the gunlock. The thruster is mounted in the main body right at the center of the rear block. The thruster includes a piston rod that is controlled by the controlling valve and axially movable out of the main body. One end of the piston rod extending out of the main body is right fixedly connected with the center of the rear block.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a pneumatic paintball marker for use with an adaptor, the pneumatic paintball marker comprising a marker body which has a back portion and a front portion. The back portion is adapted to receive a paintball and the front portion is adapted to detachably connect with a barrel to discharge a paintball through the barrel. The barrel comprising a hollow elongated cylindrical tube, which comprises an interior diameter, a breech end and a connection means at the breech end and adapted for connection with the front portion of the marker and a paintball discharge muzzle end.

Abstract: A paintball gun barrel with compression chamber that increases the distance and accuracy of shots fired from a paintball gun. An outer tube (2) with portholes (15) is placed over an inner tube (13) with portholes (15) and connects to the inner tube (13) via threads (14). The outer tube (2) is lined with a spongy filter (16). Thus, when a shot is fired, the CO2 used to propel a paintball is released from the compression chamber at a much slower rate of speed as compared to traditional paintball guns, thereby increasing the range of a paintball. Additionally, the spirally scored inner tube (13) imparts a spin to the paintball for even better accuracy.

Abstract: The facing machine for hard-fired ceramic tiles comprises: a structure for supporting, and setting the cutting depth of, at least one pair or rotary rollers at a grooving station, the axis of said rollers lying transverse to the infeed path of said tiles as carried on a belt transport; said rollers comprising a plurality of disks formed with diamond-tipped cutting teeth and a facing station comprising a plurality of vertical-axis grinding wheels with abrasive diamond-tipped tooling; said rollers are carried on a common supporting structure, being adjustable in height to set the tool cutting depth in the tile; said structure being pivotable about a parallel shaft to the work surface in a transverse direction to the feed direction of the surface, and being associated with a device for adjusting and inhibiting the pivotal movement of the structure in order to accommodate varying cutting diameters of the rollers at said station.

Abstract: A grill cooker that efficiently cools a grilling unit to prevent food from sticking to the grilling unit, and a multipurpose cooking apparatus in which the grill cooker is installed. The grill cooker includes a grilling unit on an upper portion of a cabinet, an air cooling unit on an outside of the cabinet, and a connection member on the upper portion of the cabinet. The grilling unit includes a grilling pipe having an inlet and an outlet. The air cooling unit includes a blowing fan and an air discharging pipe. The connection member has a tapered hole. The inlet of the grilling pipe is connected to an upper portion of the tapered hole, and the air discharging pipe is connected to a lower end of the tapered hole. The grill cooker is removably set in a recess in an upper portion of the multipurpose cooking apparatus.

Abstract: A cover assembly may be attached to a barbecue below the heating chamber of the barbecue. The assembly has a support to which one end of the cover is attached. In a collapsed configuration, the cover is stowed by the support. The cover may be drawn from the support to a deployed configuration covering the barbecue.

Abstract: A hot water heater comprises a valve control unit having a gas inlet, a pilot burner, a main burner and a damper assembly. The damper assembly has a pressure diaphragm, a gearing mechanism and a movable damper. The control unit being coupled to operatively supply gas to the pilot burner, the main burner and the damper assembly whereby when gas is supplied to the damper assembly, the pressure diaphragm is moved to thereby cause the gearing mechanism to move the damper from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: A steam oven having a steam distributing unit which is installed in the steam oven and evenly distributes steam generated by a steam generator into a cooking cavity, which is defined in a cabinet of the steam oven. The steam oven has the steam generator, the cooking cavity, a steam feed pipe to feed the steam generated by the steam generator into the cooking cavity, and a steam distributing pipe to distribute the steam from the steam feed pipe into the cooking cavity. The steam oven additionally has a sectional area control part provided in the steam feed pipe, to control a flow speed of the steam in the steam feed pipe.

Abstract: The present invention is a firelight reflective system insertable within, or permanently attachable to, one or more interior surfaces of a fireplace or a firebox. The present invention comprises, in one embodiment, one or more sheets of a light or image reflective material which are measured to substantially fit one or more of the interior walls of a firebox. In one example, the mirrored glass has a viewable surface and a coupling surface. A heat resistant adhesive is placed upon the coupling surface to couple or otherwise securely attach the reflective material to one or more of the corresponding interior surfaces of the firebox. In another embodiment, each sheet of reflective material takes up substantially the same surface area as one or more of the interior surfaces of the firebox.

Abstract: A medicament dispenser that includes a body, a medicament container, a source of magnetic radiation, and actuation means that includes a magneto-rheological fluid is described.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a variable acoustic source and a microphone, both acoustically coupled to a volume having a fluid region and an air region. The apparatus also can include a processor to determine a volume of the air region based on signals received from the microphone and the variable acoustic source. A fluid valve is coupled to the processor, and is configured to allow an amount of fluid to exit the fluid region associated with the volume of the air region. An atomizer, coupled to the fluid region, is configured to aerosolize at least a portion of the fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a variable acoustic source and a microphone, both acoustically coupled to a volume having a fluid region and an air region. The apparatus also can include a processor to determine a volume of the air region based on signals received from the microphone and the variable acoustic source. A fluid valve is coupled to the processor, and is configured to allow an amount of fluid to exit the fluid region associated with the volume of the air region. An atomizer, coupled to the fluid region, is configured to aerosolize at least a portion of the fluid.

Abstract: An adapter couples a patient's breathing circuit to a ventilator. In the preferred embodiment, the adapter comprises an inhalation conduit having a first end for coupling the adapter to the ventilator and a second end for coupling the adapter to the patient breathing circuit; an exhalation conduit having a first end for coupling the adapter to the patient breathing circuit and a discharge conduit, the discharge conduit transversely oriented to the inhalation conduit; an exhaust port communicating with the discharge conduit for releasing breathed gas from same; a valve selectively opening and closing the discharge conduit to release gas from same; and a base comprising means for releasably coupling the adapter to the ventilator.

Abstract: Nasal dilators and strips, methods of their manufacture, and methods for improving the breathing of individuals are provided. The strips and dilators include an elongated substrate, with or without a dilating component or portion, having top and bottom surfaces and a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on the bottom surface. The dilator is designed to provide a gentle expanding force to the nasal wall tissue when the dilator is adhesively attached to the nose. This invention further includes a cosmetic fragrance, an aromatic medication and/or transdermal medication disposed on the strips or dilators. In order to improve the shelf-life and in-use olfactory effectiveness of such products, fragrance delivery mechanisms are used. Separation of volatile oils and adhesives are also provided to minimize adhesive residue.

Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory protection mask for a compressed air breathing apparatus comprising a pulmonary machine (2) which is controlled by a control membrane (4) when the wearer of the mask breathes in. According to the invention, the air outlet (8) of the expiratory valve (7) and the control membrane (4) are covered by a common cover (9), forming a rinsing area (10) on the outside of the control membrane through which homogeneously temperate, clean rinsing air flows from the air outlet (8) to the air discharge openings (11) in the cover, thereby ensuring high functionality and high service life of the membrane-controlled pulmonary machine despite extreme environmental conditions.

Abstract: A remote breathing assembly includes a periphery viewable goggle, an air-tube, and a remote breathing apparatus. The goggle includes a transparent lens having a front section that defines a lateral front length, and left and right sections that extend transversely from the front section a minimum length. The goggle further includes a compressible liner, a liner interface and securing means for fixing the goggle relative to a wearer's face. The air-tube presents upper and lower ends. The lower end is coaxially aligned with an opening defined by the lens and sealably attached to the goggle. The apparatus is removably coupled to the air-tube near the upper end, and retains the upper end in a fixed position relative to the lower end.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention for controlled delivery of medicament to the respiratory system of a patient, a measured quantity of a medicament, i.e., a bolus 32 is introduced into the inspiratory flow stream of a patient, via a breathing tube 18, and inhaled by the action of the patient's breathing cycle of the course of a breathing cycle of the patient, numerous properties or characteristics of the medicament, i.e., the bolus, the inspiratory flow, like properties or characteristics of the expiratory flow, and/or other useful information are derived. The derived information is employed to control subsequent delivery of boli to the patient, including the delivery of each bolus as a function of the commencement or progression of the breathing cycle, as input for calculations or determinations which are useful in analyzing the effectiveness of delivery of the medicament to the patient, patient compliance, direction of flow through the breathing tube, and other uses.

Abstract: A system and method are for monitoring control signals provided to a medical apparatus based upon tactile feedback from the apparatus. The system and method employ a monitoring signal indicative of a parameter relating to the apparatus or to a condition of a patient associated with the apparatus.

Abstract: A conscious sedation system and a response testing apparatus for a conscious sedation system. The response testing apparatus includes a request assembly and a response assembly. The request assembly communicates to a patient a request generated by a controller of the conscious sedation system for a predetermined response from the patient. The response assembly senses a response made by the patient to the request and communicates the response to the controller which analyses at least the response to determine a level of sedation of the patient. At least one of the request assembly and the response assembly includes a cableless communication device which communicates at least one of the request and the response between the controller and the patient.

Abstract: A conscious sedation system and a cannula and response testing assemblage for a conscious sedation system. In one embodiment, a controller generates a request for a predetermined response from a patient and analyses at least a response made by the patient to the request to determine a level of sedation of the patient. A cannula is disposable on the face of the patient for monitoring the breathing of the patient. A request assembly communicates to the patient the request generated by the controller. A response assembly senses the response and communicates the response to the controller. At least a part of at least one of the request and response assemblies is supported by the cannula. In another embodiment, the cannula itself is used as the response assembly wherein the response is a breathing response of the patient to the request.

Abstract: A personal air purifier employs tapered reticulated foam semi-cylinders sized to be closely received within a user's nostrils through slight expansion of the nostril. The semi-cylinders include a flat base with flattened surfaces circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylinder for enhanced fit within the nostril. The flat base of the two semi-cylinders is connected by an integral flexible band with arcuate edges tangentially interfacing the bases which extends across the end of the septum of the user's nose to preclude over-insertion and aid in removal. Electrostatic charging of the dielectric foam further enhances performance of the personal air purifier.

Abstract: A personal air purifier employs tapered reticulated foam semi-cylinders sized to be closely received within a user's nostrils through slight expansion of the nostril. The semi-cylinders include a flat base and a spherical shaped surface at a distal end with flattened surfaces circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylinder for enhanced fit within the nostril. A lanyard is attached to tabs extending from the semi-cylinders to secure the personal air purifier when not inserted in the nostrils.

Abstract: A desired fluid flow dynamic to a lung region can be achieved by deploying various combinations of flow control devices and bronchial isolation devices in one or more bronchial passageways that communicate with the lung region. The flow control devices are implanted in channels that are formed in the walls of bronchial passageways of the lung. The flow control devices regulate fluid flow through the channels. The bronchial isolation devices are implanted in lumens of bronchial passageways that communicate with the lung region in order to regulate fluid flow to and from the lung region through the bronchial passageways.

Abstract: An artificial airway device for use in unconscious patients comprises a laryngo-pharyngeal mask including a roughly elliptical shape, expandable masking ring. The expandable mask sealingly surrounding the laryngeal inlet when expanded to obstruct communication between the laryngeal inlet and oesophagus. One or more airway tubes connected to the mask provide for fluid flow to a portion of the mask facing the laryngeal inlet when said mask sealingly surrounds the laryngeal inlet. A gastro-tube connected to the mask is bonded along most of its length to the airway tube(s) and provides a fluid flow-path to the surface of said mask facing the oesophagus when said mask sealingly surrounds the laryngeal inlet. The cross-section area of said gastro-tube is at least as great as that of the airway tube.

Abstract: A nasal ventilation interface including a pair of tubes configured to deliver a ventilation gas. The tubes are attachable at a first end to a ventilation gas supply hose and engageable at a second end with a person's nostril. A coupler is configured to align the pair of tubes with the person's nostrils, wherein each tube has an absence of pneumatic interconnection with the other tube.

Abstract: A body split surgical drape for use in shoulder surgery includes a pouch for collecting fluids.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to thermography and, in particular, to a method of using infrared thermography to monitor physiological and molecular events that elicit a thermogenic response in animals (including humans), plants, tissues, cells and cell-free systems. The present method can be used for screening, identifying, and ranking drug candidates for multiple diseases, disorders and conditions.

Abstract: A unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine, wherein at least one deflecting device receives a respective succession of filter portions in an axial direction, and feeds the filter portions to the filter assembly machine in a transverse direction crosswise to the filter portions; the deflecting device being defined by a fixed frame supporting an input and an output, and by an extractable box fitted movably to the fixed frame and supporting a first conveying device for conveying the filter portions in the axial direction, a second conveying device for conveying the filter portions in the transverse direction, and a deflecting member for diverting the filter portions to the transverse direction.

Abstract: A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section of filter material adjacent to the tobacco rod may include one or more channels therethrough for passaging smoke directly from the tobacco rod into the adsorbent-filled compartment. The mouth end section of filter material may contain a breakable capsule, wherein the breakable capsule is filled with a flavoring agent capable of altering the taste characteristics of mainstream smoke.

Abstract: A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section of filter material adjacent to the tobacco rod may include one or more channels therethrough for passaging smoke directly from the tobacco rod into the adsorbent-filled compartment. The mouth end section of filter material may contain a breakable capsule, wherein the breakable capsule is filled with a flavoring agent capable of altering the taste characteristics of mainstream smoke.

Abstract: A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section of filter material adjacent to the tobacco rod may include one or more channels therethrough for passaging smoke directly from the tobacco rod into the adsorbent-filled compartment. The mouth end section of filter material may contain a breakable capsule, wherein the breakable capsule is filled with a flavoring agent capable of altering the taste characteristics of mainstream smoke.

Abstract: A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section of filter material adjacent to the tobacco rod may include one or more channels therethrough for passaging smoke directly from the tobacco rod into the adsorbent-filled compartment. The mouth end section of filter material may contain a breakable capsule, wherein the breakable capsule is filled with a flavoring agent capable of altering the taste characteristics of mainstream smoke.

Abstract: A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section of filter material adjacent to the tobacco rod may include one or more channels therethrough for passaging smoke directly from the tobacco rod into the adsorbent-filled compartment. The mouth end section of filter material may contain a breakable capsule, wherein the breakable capsule is filled with a flavoring agent capable of altering the taste characteristics of mainstream smoke.

Abstract: A smokable rod for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, possesses a co-axial or concentric construction. A longitudinally extending inner core of tobacco cut filler is positioned within a smokable rod. The outer material that circumscribes the inner core in an annular fashion is composed of a tobacco material treated with a burn suppressing agent, and the outer material acts as a substrate for an aerosol forming material. A preferred aerosol forming material is glycerin. An outer paper wrapper circumscribes the length of the smokable rod, and another paper wrapping material also can circumscribe the inner core material. In use, one end of the smokable rod is lit, and the tobacco cut filler of the inner core burns to yield tobacco smoke. The outer material smolders, and hence thermal decomposition products of the outer tobacco material and volatilized aerosol forming material are produced.

Abstract: A smokable rod for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, possesses a co-axial or concentric construction. A longitudinally extending inner core of tobacco cut filler is positioned within a smokable rod. The outer material that circumscribes the inner core in an annular fashion is composed of a tobacco material treated with an optional burn suppressing agent, and the outer material acts as a substrate for an aerosol forming material. A preferred aerosol forming material is glycerin. An outer paper wrapper circumscribes the length of the smokable rod, and another paper wrapping material also can circumscribe the inner core material. In use, one end of the smokable rod is lit. When the opposite end of the smokable rod is drawn upon, an aerosol composed of tobacco smoke, thermal decomposition products of tobacco, and volatilized aerosol forming material, is provided.

Abstract: A hand-held nail polish removing device that includes a vessel in which a liquid solvent for removing nail polish is stored, in which the vessel includes an opening through which the solvent is added to the device, an applicator element that is chemically resistant and permeable to the solvent, and that is secured within or over the opening in the vessel, in which the largest exposed portion of the applicator element is configured and arranged so that the device can be operated with its major longitudinal axis essentially perpendicular to the surface of a nail while the nail polish is being removed, and a valve assembly that includes a liquid flow valve that can be opened or closed by increasing or decreasing the manual pressure on the solvent applicator element, in which the flow valve is configured and arranged beneath the solvent applicator element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a filing tool for hardened-skin care, including a plurality of filing parts having double plated nickel and stone powders fixed to such nickel on a metal plate. A method of manufacturing the filing tool is also provided, including setting a patterned photosensitive dry film on the metal plate, exposing the metal plate set with the dry film to light, removing a non-exposed portion of the dry film to form a masking pattern, plating nickel on the metal plate formed with the masking pattern to form a first nickel-plated layer, followed by uniformly applying stone powders on the first nickel-plated layer, further plating nickel on the stone powders to form a second nickel-plated layer, and fixing the stone powders between the first nickel-plated layer and the second nickel-plated layer, followed by removing the masking pattern. Thereby, since the stone powders, serving as a filing material, are securely fixed to nickel, filing efficiencies improve.

Abstract: A hair treatment applicator for applying a hair treatment product composition to hair of a user by passing the applicator through the hair in a predetermined direction, the applicator comprising a handle; and a head comprising a body and a retaining structure, the head being connected to said handle, said body having a base and the retaining structure comprising a pair of opposed blades extending downwardly from the base and proximate the edge of the base, the pair of opposed blades being disposed coincident with the direction of use, said opposed blades defining a retaining volume adapted to receive the hair treatment product composition.

Abstract: An applicator is disclosed that is particularly advantageous for cosmetics such as mascara. The applicator includes a twisted core having: a first portion in which are trapped bristles arranged in a radial manner relative to the core, and a second portion fixed in a rod, with the second portion of the core being formed by at least two twisted zones having a different direction and/or pitch. A container or packaging arrangement including such an applicator is also disclosed.

Abstract: A forehead adornment system relating to forehead adornment that does not encumber the wearer's choice of hairstyles and provides attachment that is hidden from the view of observers. The forehead adornment system comprises hair attachers that suspend the adornment over the forehead. Preferably, transparent connectors are used to connect the adornment to the hair attachers that are placed in the hair and preferably covered by hair.

Abstract: A three dimensional stencil for use in applying raised acrylic designs to nails comprises a generally flat, flexible portion adapted for contact with a portion of a fingernail or toenail, and a cut-out portion formed within the confines of the flexible portion. The cut-out portion includes walls having a thickness of at least about 3 mm. The flexible portion forms an opening adjacent to the cut-out portion. In one embodiment, the flexible portion is itself of a thickness of at least about 3 mm, and the cut-out portion forms an opening in the flexible portion. In another embodiment, the cut-out portion comprises walls attached to and extending up from the flexible portion. In the second embodiment, tabs connecting the cut-out portion walls to the flexible portion may be used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique for cleaning a thin film forming apparatus. In a typical embodiment, deposits originating from process gases for forming a thin film and deposited on the inner surface of a reaction tube are removed by etching by supplying a cleaning gas into the reaction tube while heating the interior of the reaction tube at a predetermined temperature. The inner surface of the reaction tube roughened by etching is subjected to a planarizing step. The planarizing step is performed by supplying a gas containing hydrogen fluoride into the reaction tube while keeping the interior of the reaction tube 2 at a low temperature, such as a room temperature. The planarizing step is effective in preventing the reduction of deposition rate in a thin film forming process.

Abstract: Methods for metal etching substrates in IC manufacturing, and methods for cleaning processing chamber and substrates are disclosed herein. The disclosed methods reduce the frequency of conventional wet-cleaning processes that must be periodically conducted to clean etchant residues accumulated on the walls of the processing chamber. In an exemplified embodiment, the subject methods utilize an oxygen-containing gas during the dechuck process which reacts with, softens, burns and/or removes etchant residue present on the chamber walls and substrate.

Abstract: A depolymerization cleaning solution, and method of using such solution, for removing undesirable thermoset polymer sealants residing on electronic components to provide such components with a clean seal surface for a subsequent rework process. The depolymerization cleaning solution includes a premixed metal hydroxide or amino onium salt saturated solution having a surfactant. It is particularly useful for the localized deposition and removal of thermoset polymer sealants, such as polysiloxanes, within sealband areas of the components, which have been applied on such components with different levels of chemical inertness. The material set and method disclosed in the present invention are the basis for a low cost electronic package adhesive rework process.

Abstract: A motorized stain-removal brush having a cleaning composition dispenser is provided. A method of using the motorized stain-removal brush for cleaning inanimate surfaces is also provided. The motorized stain-removal brush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein, a head having a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. Bristle holders are associated with the head. The motor is operatively connected to the bristle holder.

Abstract: The present invention includes a mobile washing apparatus that has a vehicle housing and a tank within the vehicle housing. The tank is configured to capture waste water generated by washing a vehicle.

Abstract: An improved water distribution system is provided for a dishwasher. The system includes one or more disks mounted in the dishwasher for rotation about a vertical axis, and one or more water nozzles in the dishwasher for directing a water jet onto the disks. The water jets are directed transverse to the axis of rotation of the disks so as to impart rotation to the disks, and thereby redirect the water jet to a radial direction for distribution in the washing chamber of the dishwasher. Thus, the linear kinetic energy of the water jet is transferred to radial kinetic energy by the rotating disk.

Abstract: A laundry treatment method consisting of controlling the rotational speed a program-controlled laundry machine drum between lower and upper limits as a function of at least one predetermined parameter of the laundry within the drum.