Abstract:
A switched reluctance machine run as a servo-motor has its torque ripple reduced by shaping the chopping current by which the rotor is rotated relative to the stator. The shaping includes reducing the rate of change of torque with respect to time such that the magnitude of the torque ripple is reduced and therefore more easily rejected by the control function of the machine controller.
Abstract:
A Faraday Cup charged-particle detector for use in an isotopic ratio mass spectrometer is provided with a charged-particle collector substrate being at least partially composed of carbon produced by burning wood or other grained or cellular organic material so that the substrate surface has an open cellular structure and wherein the cells are of elongated tubular form. The detector is economic to manufacture, reliable and has an increased lifetime.
Abstract:
A method for delivering dry powder particles through the mouth of a user, in which a suction is created through an opening in a proximal end of an elongated housing for drawing air into a flow path in the housing from an opening in a distal end of the housing, the distal end including an opening in the housing with a ridge surrounding the housing, and through a resistance member in the housing for introducing a controlled pressure drop in the housing and a resistance to the drawing of air into the mouth of the user. A measured amount of dry powder particles having a therapeutic capability, is introduced into the housing so that the particles will travel downstream from the resistance member at a relatively low velocity in a non-agglomerated state, the dry powder particles being sized and coordinated with the controlled pressure drop so that the particles can be drawn into the mouth of the user and inhaled, with the resistance being sufficiently great that the particles are drawn into the mouth of the user to simulate the action of puffing on a cigarette so that at least some of the particles are deposited in the oral cavity and upper respiratory tract of the user after being drawn into the mouth.
Abstract:
A dry powder delivery system having an elongated tube containing a matrix having a measured mount of dry particles of therapeutic compound and a porous element having a desiccant therein is disclosed. The porous element with the desiccant can be combined with the powder-containing matrix or it can be two separate elements. The pressure drop induced by inhalation of the user causes air to flow through the tube and into contact with the particles of dry powder for discharging the particles for inhalation by the user.
Abstract:
An electronic musical keyboard instrument that is controlled by a digital processor. Key and stops/effects statuses are sampled, during successive time intervals, and read into random access memory associated with the digital processor. After manipulation and/or supplementation of the status information to effect implementation of various features, key-representative signals are read out to tone generation and voicing circuits.