1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a housing configured to house the display;
a solar energy collecting module arranged on an internal sidewall of the housing, and configured for converting light into electricity; and
a beam splitter arranged on and covering the display, and configured for reflecting incident light to the solar energy collecting module.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display is a reflective type display.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a protection cover arranged over the beam splitter.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the beam splitter comprises a plurality of sloping reflective surfaces that are parallel to each other, allowing a portion of the incident light to be reflected, and allowing the rest of the incident light to pass through.
5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of slopping reflective surface has an angle of about 45 degrees relative to a display surface of the display.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the beam splitter comprises a sloping reflective surface, allowing a portion of the incident light to be reflected, and allowing the rest of the incident light to pass through.
7. An electronic reader comprising:
a display;
a housing configured to house the display;
a solar energy collecting module arranged on an internal sidewall of the housing, and configured for converting light into electricity;
a lighting module arranged on the internal sidewall; and
a beam splitter arranged on and covering the display, and configured for reflecting incident light to the solar energy collecting module, wherein light from the lighting module is able to pass through beam splitter
8. The electronic reader according to claim 7, wherein the display is a reflective type display.
9. The electronic reader according to claim 7, further comprising a protection cover arranged over the beam splitter.
10. The electronic reader according to claim 7, wherein the lighting module comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes.
11. The electronic reader according to claim 7, wherein the beam splitter comprises a plurality of sloping reflective surface that are parallel to each other, allowing a portion of the incident light to be reflected, and allowing the rest of the incident light to pass through.
12. The electronic reader according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of slopping reflective surface has an angle of about 45 degrees relative to a display surface of the display.
13. The electronic reader according to claim 11, wherein the beam splitter comprises a sloping reflective surface, allowing a portion of the incident light to be reflected, and allowing the rest of the incident light to pass through.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-26. (canceled)
27. A method of applying protective sheeting to a pipeline, the method comprising:
advancing a carriage along an annular path extending about a longitudinal axis of the pipeline;
plastifying a polymer material on board the carriage;
on the carriage, extruding the plastified polymer material into a protective sheeting; and
as the protective sheeting is extruded, winding the protective sheeting about a cutback on the pipeline.
28. The method of claim 27, which includes storing the plastified polymer material on the carriage.
29. The method of claim 27, which includes advancing the pipeline with respect to the carriage in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipeline, wherein plastifying the polymer material at least partially occurs as the pipeline advances with respect to the carriage.
30. The method of claim 29, which includes, as the pipeline advances, feeding the polymer material in a solid state to a feed port of a plastifying device on the carriage.
31. The method of claim 27, which includes selectively securing the carriage in an axial direction to the pipeline, wherein winding the protective sheeting about the cutback occurs with the carriage secured to the pipeline.
32. The method of claim 27, wherein plastifying the polymer material and extruding the protective sheeting occur in association with a plastifying and extrusion assembly mounted on the carriage, said plastifying and extrusion assembly including an extrusion head with an extrusion port.
33. The method of claim 32, which includes orienting the plastifying and extrusion assembly about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipeline to adjust a distance between the extrusion port and the cutback as a function of a position of the carriage along the annular path.
34. The method of claim 27, which includes pressing the protective sheeting onto the pipeline using a rolling assembly hinged to the carriage, said rolling assembly including a roller.
35. The method of claim 34, which includes:
rolling the roller directly downstream from the extrusion port in a first rotation direction of the carriage when extruding the protective sheeting, and keeping the roller pressed onto the protective sheeting in a second rotation direction of the carriage opposite the first rotation direction.
36. The method of claim 34, which includes adjusting a pressure exerted by the roller on the protective sheeting.
37. The method of claim 34, wherein the roller is powered to rotate about an axis of the roller and which includes:
adjusting a rotation speed of the roller, and reversing a rotation direction of the roller.
38. The method of claim 27, which includes:
extruding an initial portion of the protective sheeting with the carriage stationary and positioned such that the initial portion of the protective sheeting is inserted by force of gravity between the pipeline and a roller configured to compress the protective sheeting, and
gripping the initial portion of the protective sheeting between the roller and the pipeline.
39. The method of claim 39, which includes initiating the winding of the protective sheeting about the cutback when the initial portion of the protective sheeting is gripped between the pipeline and the roller.
40. The method of claim 27, which includes:
cutting the protective sheeting at an extrusion port upon completion of the extrusion step, and
closing the extrusion port.
41. The method of claim 40, which includes using a blade configured to cut the protective sheeting.
42. The method of claim 27, which includes adjusting a travelling speed of the carriage as a function of a position of the carriage along the annular path.
43. The method of claim 27, which includes adjusting a distance between the pipeline and an extrusion port configured to extrude the protecting sheeting.
44. A polymer material protective sheeting application device comprising:
a carriage configured to move along an annular path extending about a longitudinal axis of a pipeline, said carnage configured to apply a protective sheeting to a cutback on a pipeline; and
a plastifying and extrusion assembly mounted on the carriage and configured to:
plastify a polymer material from which the protective sheeting is made, and
extrude the protective sheeting on board the carriage.
45. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 44, wherein the plastifying and extrusion assembly includes a storage tank configured to store the plastified polymer material on board the carriage.
46. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 44, wherein the plastifying and extrusion assembly includes:
a plastifying device, and
an extrusion head with an extrusion port.
47. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 46, wherein the plastifying and extrusion assembly is mounted on the carriage and configured to rotate about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipeline to remotely adjust a distance between the extrusion port and the cutback.
48. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 47, wherein the plastifying and extrusion assembly includes a blade hinged to the extrusion head and configured to:
cut the extruded protective sheeting at the extrusion port, and
close the extrusion port.
49. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 48, wherein the blade is remote-controlled.
50. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 46, wherein the plastifying device is configured to supply a smaller amount of soft polymer material than a capacity amount of the extrusion head.
51. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 44, which includes a rolling assembly hinged to the carriage and including a roller configured to press the protective sheeting onto the cutback.
52. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 51, wherein the rolling assembly includes:
an articulated link, and
an actuator configured to:
adjust a pressure exerted by the roller on the protective sheeting and
adjust a position of the roller with respect to the cutback.
53. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 51, wherein the roller is contoured and includes:
a central portion,
two lateral portions smaller in diameter than a diameter of the central portion, and
a groove formed in the central portion to adapt the roller to a shape of a central weld bead on the cutback.
54. The polymer material protective sheeting application device of claim 51, wherein the roller is powered to rotate about an axis of the roller.