1. A container comprising a lower box portion, an upper lid portion and a sliding device, wherein said lower box portion comprises a box bottom wall, a box front wall and a box back wall, wherein the upper lid portion is hinged to the box back wall, wherein the sliding device embraces at least partly the lower box portion, wherein the container is opened by moving the sliding device longitudinally along the lower box portion in a first direction and closed by moving the sliding device longitudinally along the lower box portion in a second, opposite direction, wherein the box back wall comprises a first stopper flap limiting the movement of the sliding device in the first direction and a second stopper flap limiting the movement of the sliding device in the second, opposite direction,
characterized in
that the first stopper flap and the second stopper flap are formed by a common incision.
2. The container according to claims 1,
characterized in
that said sliding device comprises a slide top edge, a slide bottom edge, a slide top flap extending from said slide top edge and a slide bottom flap extending from the slide bottom edge and wherein both slide flaps are bent inwardly into the sliding device.
3. The container according to claim 2,
characterized in
that said hinge-lid comprises a lid flap extending from the lid top back edge downwardly beyond said hinge of said hinge-lid, said lid flap further comprising a lid end flap, extending from the lower end of said lid flap and being folded upward such that said slide top flap of said sliding device interlocks with said lid end flap when said sliding device is moved in the first direction so that said hinge-lid is opened.
4. The container according to claim 3,
characterized in
that the movement of said sliding device is limited in said first direction by interlocking of the lower end of said lid flap into said first stopper flap and the movement of said sliding device is limited in said second direction by interlocking said bottom flap into the second stopper flap.
5. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that said sliding device comprises a slide front panel and an slide inner front panel extending from the slide front panel, folded by 180 degrees into said sliding device.
6. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that said hinge-lid comprises a top panel and a side panel, wherein said top panel extends sideways over said side panel to limit movement of the sliding device in said second direction.
7. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that the box further comprises a friction element to increase the friction between the box and said sliding device during the movement of said sliding device in either said first direction or said second direction.
8. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that said sliding device covers only part of said box.
9. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that said box and said sliding device are made from separate blanks which are not adhered to each other.
10. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that said lower box portion and said upper lid portion are made from separate blanks which are adhered to each other.
11. The container according to claim 1,
characterized in
that the container is a cigarette container or a container for other smoking articles.
12. Blank for making a box for a container according to claim 1, comprising a back panel,
characterized in
that said back panel comprises an incision forming at least two stopper flaps pointing in opposite directions.
13. A container comprising a lower box portion, an upper lid portion and a sliding device, wherein said lower box portion comprises a box bottom wall, a box front wall and a box back wall, wherein the upper lid portion is-hinged to the box back wall, wherein the sliding device embraces at least partly the lower box portion, wherein the container is opened by moving the sliding device longitudinally along the lower box portion in a first direction and closed by moving the sliding device longitudinally along the lower box portion in a second, opposite direction, wherein the box back wall comprises a first stopper flap limiting the movement of the sliding device in the first direction and a second stopper flap limiting the movement of the sliding device in the second, opposite direction,
characterized in
that the lower box portion is formed from a first blank and the upper lid portion is formed from a second blank.
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. An analog-to-digital conversion system, comprising:
at least two analog-to-digital conversion units configured to receive a plurality of analog signals and convert the analog signals to digital signals; and
a delay unit comprising at least one delay circuit, wherein the analog-to-digital conversion system is configured to convey trigger signals to the analog-to-digital conversion units, wherein at least one of the trigger signals is delayed via the at least one delay circuit,
wherein the delay unit comprises a delay control unit configured to adjust an amount of delay for each of the delay circuits.
2. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 1, wherein each trigger signal indicates a beginning or an impeding beginning of an analog-to-digital conversion conducted by the respective analog-to-digital conversion unit to which the trigger signal is applied.
3. (canceled)
4. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 3, wherein a delay for more than two delay circuits is uniformly or substantially uniformly distributed over time.
5. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 3, wherein a delay for more than two delay circuits is non-uniformly distributed over time.
6. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one delay circuit comprises a plurality of delay circuits, and wherein the delay unit comprises a selection unit configured to select one of the delay circuits as a master delay circuit.
7. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one sensor that is connected to the at least one analog-to-digital conversion unit.
8. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the delay unit is implemented externally to the at least two analog-to-digital conversion units.
9. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the delay unit is configured to cut short or skip a delay circuit or to set an amount of delay for the delay circuit to zero or to substantially zero.
10. An analog-to-digital converter, comprising:
at least two analog-to-digital conversion units configured to receive a plurality of analog signals and convert the analog signals to digital signals; and
a delay unit comprising at least one delay circuit;
wherein the delay unit is configured to asynchronously trigger the analog-to-digital conversion units via the at least one delay circuit, and
wherein the delay unit comprises a delay control unit configured to flexibly adjust an amount of delay for each of the delay circuits.
11. The analog-to-digital converter according to claim 10, wherein the delay unit is configured to asynchronously trigger the analog-to-digital conversion units by conveying trigger signals to the analog-to-digital conversion units, wherein at least one of the trigger signals is delayed via the at least one delay circuit.
12. The analog-to-digital converter according to claim 10, wherein each trigger signal indicates a beginning or an impending beginning or an analog-to-digital conversion conducted by the respective analog-to-digital conversion unit to which the trigger signal is applied.
13. (canceled)
14. An analog-to-digital conversion system, comprising:
several analog-to-digital conversion units configured to receive a plurality of analog signals and converting the analog signals to digital signals; and
a delay unit comprising several delay circuits;
wherein the analog-to-digital conversion system is configured to successively convey trigger signals to each of the analog-to-digital conversion units, wherein a delay between conveying the trigger signals is adjustable via the delay circuits of the delay unit, and
wherein an output of each delay circuit provides a trigger signal for the analog-to-digital conversion units except for the analog-to-digital conversion unit that provides the first conversion.
15. The analog-to-digital conversion system according to claim 14, wherein an output of each delay circuit provides a trigger signal for each respective analog-to-digital conversion unit.
16. (canceled)
17. A method for converting analog signals into digital signals, comprising:
converting a plurality of analog signals into digital signals based on the trigger signals that are successively provided to several analog-to-digital conversion units,
wherein the trigger signals are supplied by a delay unit via delay circuits, and
wherein the delay unit comprises a delay control unit configured to flexibly adjust an amount of delay for each of the delay circuits.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the trigger signals are provided within a duration of a clock cycle.
19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the trigger signals are provided based on a base clock or on multiple clock cycles of a base clock.
20. (canceled)
21. An analog-to-digital conversion system, comprising:
means for supplying trigger signals; and
means for converting a plurality of analog signals into digital signals based on the trigger signals that are successively provided to several analog-to-digital conversion units,
wherein the means for supplying the trigger signals comprise delay circuits, wherein each delay circuit supplies a trigger signal for one of the analog-to-digital conversion units, and
wherein at least one delay circuit comprises a delay control unit configured to flexibly adjust an amount of delay for each of the delay circuits.
22. (canceled)