1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:
selecting means for selecting a first base station with which to communicate;
detecting means for detecting a radio wave reception level of the first base station selected by said selecting means; and
selection controlling means which, if the detected radio wave reception level from said detecting means drops below a predetermined level during reception of predetermined data, then causes said selecting means preferentially to select a second base station which is already broadcasting said predetermined data to a plurality of wireless communication terminal within a cell of said second base station and which offers a radio wave reception level higher than said predetermined level, based on the radio wave reception level of each base station selected and on the ongoing broadcasting of said predetermined data therefrom;
wherein said predetermined data is at least one of video streaming data and audio streaming data which is being multicast to the terminal from at least said first base station and said second base station.
2. A wireless communication method for causing predetermined data to be streamed to a terminal from a network of base stations, said wireless communication method comprising the steps of:
selecting a first base station with which to communicate;
detecting a radio wave reception level of the first base station selected by said selecting means; and
if a radio wave reception level of said first base stations drops below a predetermined level, then
selecting preferentially a second base station which is already broadcasting predetermined data to a plurality of wireless communication terminal within a cell of said second base station and which offers a radio wave reception level higher than said predetermined level, based on the radio wave reception level of each base station selected and on the ongoing broadcasting of said predetermined data therefrom;
wherein said predetermined data is at least one of video streaming data and audio streaming data which is being multicast to the terminal from at least said first base station and said second base station.
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. Apparatus for dispensing measured doses of granular and powdery bulk materials, comprising a balance for weighing the doses to be dispensed; a reservoir container for the bulk material with a bottom opening; a cover to close the bottom opening; a conveying and delivering device with a vertically displaceable conveyor body rotating about an essentially vertical axis; as well as an outlet passage for the bulk material to be dispensed; wherein the conveying and delivering device is incorporated in the cover; the conveyor body has a ring-shaped bottom with a tapered radial profile; the radial profile reaches into a ring-shaped conveyor channel recessed in the cover, the channel having a channel profile conforming to the tapered radial profile of the ring-shaped bottom of the conveyor body; and the outlet passage is arranged eccentrically of the vertical axis in a ring-shaped path swept by the conveyor body, thereby effecting a directionally guided and locally concentrated discharge stream of bulk
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the conveyor body is rotationally symmetric with a tapered profile, narrowing towards a top end.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said tapered profile is conical.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the conveyor body has openings for the bulk material to pass through.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the openings are delimited by spokes shaped for scooping up the bulk material.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ring-shaped bottom of the conveyor body has a means for taking along the bulk material.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for taking along the bulk material is provided in different versions that are usable interchangeably in one and the same cover.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the channel profile varies in depth and width along the ring-shaped conveyor channel, so that the conveyor channel tapers down to a narrower profile towards the outlet opening.
9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for taking along the bulk material comprises a regular sequence of gap-shaped recesses running transverse to the ring-shaped path.
10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for taking along the bulk material comprises a regular sequence of ledges running transverse to the ring-shaped path.
11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for taking along the bulk material comprises a separate component that is set in place on the conveyor body.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the separate component comprises fingers of a soft polymer material.
13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the separate component comprises bristles.
14. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for taking along the bulk material comprises at least one groove running in the direction of the ring-shaped path.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reservoir container comprises additional means for stirring and loosening the bulk material, said additional means being attached to and rotating together with the conveyor body.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a wiper device arranged at the outlet opening.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a wiper device arranged at the outlet opening, wherein the wiper device reaches into the groove.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the wiper device maintains a pre-set distance from the conveyor body when the latter is moved in the axial direction.
19. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a drive mechanism with a motor, a rotating, vertically movable driving shaft, and a plug-in coupler for the reservoir container, wherein the reservoir container is adapted to be plugged into the coupler and a part of the reservoir container on a diametrically opposite side from the outlet opening is located on top of a part of the drive mechanism.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a shaft holding the conveyor body, wherein said shaft protrudes downward from the center of the cover and is adapted to be coupled to the driving shaft.
21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the drive mechanism is controlled by a computercontroller unit which, in turn, runs under the control of the balance.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the computercontroller unit is incorporated in the balance.
23. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for agitating the reservoir container, said means being arranged outside of the reservoir container.
24. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a shutter at the underside of the outlet opening for the purpose of closing off the outlet opening.
25. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the closed reservoir container is adapted to be alternatively used as storage container.