Author: claimsbot

1. A transport system for the long-term transport of preferably biological material, containing at least: one or more transport containers (1), each of which has a measuring device (2), an insulating vessel (6), comprising a top (7), a container wall (8) and a base (9), and at least one energy store (3), it being possible for the data from the respective measuring device (2) to be stored in a data memory (5) and for a data transmission of data from the data memory (5) to at least one acquisition and evaluation unit (4) to be implemented continuously, periodically, repeatedly or once, and the insulating vessel (6) having at least one thermally insulating component (10) in each case in the top (7) and in the base (9), characterized in that the energy store (3) is a latent energy store and the container wall (8) is designed as a high-vacuum superinsulator (13).
2. The transport system as claimed in claim 1, characterized by at least one electronic acquisition and evaluation unit (4) and also at least one electronic data memory (5) for one or more transport containers (1).
3. The transport system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, characterized in that in each case a measuring device (2) communicates with an electronic data memory (5) in a wire-free or wire-bound manner, it being possible for its data to be transmitted to an acquisition and evaluation unit (4) in a wire-free or wire-bound manner.
4. The transport system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the respective measuring device (2) has at least one unit for temperature measurement.
5. The transport system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that in a transport vessel (1), at least on the basis of the material to be transported and the desired range of the transport temperature, an energy store (3) that is optimized in this respect can be used.
6. A transport container, preferably for a transport system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 5, containing at least:
a measuring device (2), one or more energy stores (3) and an insulating vessel (6), comprising a top (7), a container wall (8) and a base (9), and the top (7) and the base (9) at least in each case having a thermally insulating component (10), characterized
in that the energy store (3) is a latent energy store and
in that the container wall (8) is designed as a high-vacuum superinsulator (13).
7. The transport container as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the top (7) comprises in particular an insulating ring (11), which is permanently connected to the container wall (8), and a lid (12), the insulating ring (11) having an opening which can be closed hermetically by means of at least part of the lid (12).
8. The transport container as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the container wall (8) comprises a plurality of tubular high-vacuum superinsulators (13), in each case a connecting element (14) being arranged between the high-vacuum superinsulators (13).
9. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the connecting element (14) is permanently connected to the high-vacuum superinsulators (13) and has at least one thermally insulating component (10).
10. The transport container as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the connecting element (14), the top (7) and the base (9) are composed in particular of foamed insulating material with edge reinforcement.
11. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the container wall (8) of the tubular high-vacuum superinsulator (13) comprises a double-walled tube system composed of stainless steel.
12. The transport container as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the container inner wall (15) tapers at its ends.
13. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 6 to 12, characterized in that the base (9) in particular comprises an insulating ring (11) which is permanently connected to the container wall (8).
14. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 6 to 13, characterized in that the thermally insulating component (10) is a foil vacuum insulation.
15. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 6 to 14, characterized in that the foil vacuum insulation is arranged in an annular andor plate-like manner within the top (7), there in the insulating ring (11) and in the lid (12), in the base (9) andor in the connecting piece (14), and is enclosed completely by thermally insulating materials.
16. The transport container as claimed in claim 15, characterized in that the insulating ring (11), the lid (12), the base (9) andor the connecting piece (14) are composed of a foil vacuum insulation.
17. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 6 to 16, characterized in that the energy store (3) is a sensory or a chemical energy store.
18. The transport container as claimed in claim 17, characterized in that a plurality of energy stores (3) are arranged within the insulating vessel (6) in such a way that these enclose the storage space (17), preferably completely.
19. The transport container as claimed in one of claims 6 to 18, characterized in that the measuring device (2) is preferably of compact design and comprises a data memory (5), a data display (18), an electric, rechargeable energy store (19) and at least one unit for temperature measurement.
20. The transport container as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the measuring device (2) has a data interface for data transmission to an external acquisition and evaluation unit (4).

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. A method for video transmission comprising:
identifying a source rate associated with a video bit stream and a channel rate associated with wireless communication environment, wherein the video bit stream is a Scalable Video Codec (SVC) of an H.264MPEG4 Advanced Video Coding, wherein the channel rate associated with at least one segment bandwidth rate;
determining an enhancement path from an enhancement profile associated with the SVC, wherein the enhancement profile comprises of a plurality of cumulative source rates and an associated enhancement options, wherein the enhancement options is at least one of a frame rate, a frame size, and a frame quality, wherein the enhancement path is a subset of nodes of the enhancement graph; and
mapping between the available channel rate and a cumulative source rate to a node within the enhancement path and conveying a plurality of Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) units comprising of the appropriate enhancement values.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
creating the enhancement profile associated with the video bit stream transmission, wherein the enhancement profile is a directed graph comprising of a plurality of nodes associated with a source rate and an enhancement option of the video bit stream.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhancement profile is a three dimensional directed graph.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
modifying at least one of a plurality of enhancement values of the NAL, wherein the plurality of enhancement values is at least one of a time rate value, a size identifier value, and a visual quality value associated with a NAL unit.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the frame size of the SVC is at least one full frame size and a reduced frame size.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
detecting a change in the channel rate resulting in a different channel rate; and
matching the different channel rate to a node within the enhancement profile.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining the probability to successfully overload available channel segments based on at least one probability algorithm; and
when the outcome of the algorithm indicates success is likely, modifying NAL unit frames and enhancement values based on enhancement options of a node of the enhancement profile.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
marking a NAL unit associated with the SVC with a Boolean value to indicate the NAL unit is to be transmitted or not transmitted.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
relinquishing a channel segment when the channel rate exceeds the source rate by a threshold value.
10. A system for scalable video coding transmission comprising:
a transmission manager within a rate matching node able to match the source rate of a video bit stream with a channel rate of a wireless communication network, wherein the channel rate is a cumulative rate of channel segments, wherein the video bit stream is a Scalable Video Coding (SVC) of an H.264MPEG4 Advanced Video Coding, wherein the manager transmits at the channel rate Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) units with enhancement values based on a node within an enhancement profile, and
computer program instructions digitally encoded in at least one storage medium, wherein the computer program instructions configured to determine the channel rate of the channel segments and calculate the probability the channel segment is able to successfully overload.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the enhancement profile is chosen according to a three dimensional directed graph comprising of nodes associated with a source rate and a plurality of enhancement options.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the enhancement values are at least one of a frame rate, a frame size and a visual quality.
13. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer program instructions relinquishing a channel segment when the channel rate exceeds the source rate by a threshold value.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer program instructions perform a stepwise quality adjustment to the video bit stream based on the enhancement profile.
15. The system of claim 10, wherein the enhancement profile is generated based on the hierarchical ordering of enhancement layers associated with the SVC.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the computer program instructions define an intermediate working point between two nodes of the enhancement profile.
17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to identify a source rate associated with a video bit stream and a channel rate associated with a wireless communication environment, wherein the video bit stream is a Scalable Video Codec (SVC) of an H.264MPEG4 Advanced Video Coding, wherein the channel rate associated with at least one segment bandwidth rate;
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to determine an enhancement profile within an enhancement profile associated with the SVC, wherein the enhancement profile comprises of a plurality of cumulative source rates and an associated enhancement options, wherein the enhancement options is at least one of a frame quantity, a frame size, and a frame quality, wherein the enhancement path is a subset of nodes of the enhancement graph; and
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to map the channel rate to a cumulative source rate to a node within the enhancement profile of the enhancement profile and conveying a plurality of Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) units comprising of the appropriate enhancement values.
18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein at least one of a plurality of enhancement values of the NAL is modified, wherein the plurality of enhancement values is at least one of a time rate value, a size identifier value, and a visual quality value associated with a NAL unit.
19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to detect a change in the channel rate resulting in a different channel rate; and
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to match the different channel rate to a node within the enhancement profile.
20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to determine the probability to successfully overload available channel segments based on at least one probability algorithm; and
computer usable program code stored in a storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to, when the outcome of the algorithm indicates success is likely, modify NAL unit frames and enhancement values based on enhancement options of a node of the enhancement profile.

1. A dough cutting apparatus for shaping and cutting a dough sheet having a lower surface, an upper surface and a thickness defined as a distance between the lower and upper surfaces with the thickness being greater than one inch, the apparatus comprising:
a conveyor for moving the dough sheet in a dough travel direction, said dough sheet being positioned on the conveyor with the lower surface of the dough sheet resting upon the conveyor;
a support axle extending laterally across the conveyor at a position spaced above the upper surface of the dough sheet; and
a plurality of cutter wheels fixedly mounted on the support axle at laterally spaced locations such that the plurality of cutter wheels are simultaneously driven upon rotation of the support axle, each of said plurality of cutter wheels being disc-shaped with two flat opposing side portions leading to angled outer circumferential, dough engaging portions which meet at a central, radially outwardly extending nip portion,
wherein movement of the conveyor causes the dough sheet to travel to the plurality of cutter wheels whereat rotation of the support axle causes the plurality of cutter wheels to be simultaneously driven and the dough sheet to be formed into a plurality of longitudinally extending and laterally spaced dough strips with, for each of the plurality of cutter wheels, the dough engaging portions engaging and shaping upper side portions of a respective adjacent pair of the dough strips, an upper portion of the dough strips extending between at least part of the two flat opposing side portions to the dough engaging portions, and the nip portion severing the respective adjacent pair of the dough strips.
2. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least one cutter unit longitudinally spaced from the plurality of cutter wheels for simultaneously severing at least two of the plurality of dough strips transversely so as to establish shortened longitudinal strips.
3. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the at least one cutter unit constitutes by a vertically reciprocating cutter unit.
4. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of cutter wheels has a diameter which is at least 6 times the thickness of the dough sheet.
5. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of cutter wheels has a diameter which is at least 10-12 times as large as the thickness of the dough sheet.
6. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the nip portion of each of the plurality of cutter wheels includes a blunt, flat edge.
7. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the nip portion of each of the plurality of cutter wheels defines a narrow cutting edge having a thickness of no greater than 116 of an inch.
8. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of cutter wheels are mounted and configured, relative to the conveyor, such that the nip portion of each of the plurality of cutter wheels only lightly engages the conveyor.
9. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of cutter wheels includes at least four cutter wheels.
10. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least two additional cutter wheels mounted on the support axle, wherein the at least two additional cutter wheels project radially from the support axle and into the dough sheet a distance less than each of the plurality of cutter wheels.
11. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the additional cutter wheels are positioned between an adjacent pair of the plurality of cutter wheels along the support axle.
12. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising additional set of cutter wheels mounted on an additional support axle extending laterally across the conveyor at a position spaced above the upper surface of the dough sheet and upstream of the plurality of cutter wheels in the dough travel direction, wherein the additional set of cutting wheels projects into the dough sheet a distance less than each of the plurality of cutter wheels.
13. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a further set of cutter wheels mounted on a further axle extending laterally across the conveyor at a position spaced above the upper surface of the dough sheet and upstream of both the plurality of cutter wheels and the additional set of cutting wheels in the dough travel direction, wherein the further set of cutter wheels projects into the dough sheet a distance less than each of the plurality of cutter wheels and the additional set of cutter wheels.
14. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of cutter wheels is fixed to the support axle so as to be positively rotationally driven with rotation of the support axle.
15. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the angled outer circumferential, dough engaging portions is arcuately angled, thereby defining a radius of curvature.
16. The dough cutting apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the radius of curvature for each of the dough engaging portions is at least 0.125 of an inch.
17. A method of shaping and cutting a dough sheet having a lower surface, an upper surface and a thickness defined as a distance between the lower and upper surfaces with the thickness being greater than one inch, said method comprising:
conveying the dough sheet in a dough travel direction upon a conveyor with the lower surface of the dough sheet resting upon the conveyor;
rotating a support axle extending laterally across the conveyor at a position spaced above the upper surface of the dough sheet;
simultaneously driving a plurality of cutter wheels, each being disc-shaped with two flat opposing side portions leading to angled outer circumferential, dough engaging portions which meet at a central, radially outwardly extending nip portion, fixedly mounted on the support axle at laterally spaced locations such that the plurality of cutter wheels are simultaneously driven upon rotation of the support axle; and
causing the dough sheet to be contacted by the plurality of cutter wheels and be formed into a plurality of longitudinally extending and laterally spaced dough strips by, for each of the plurality of cutter wheels, the dough engaging portions engaging and shaping upper side portions of a respective adjacent pair of the dough strips, an upper portion of the dough strips extending between at least part of the two flat opposing side portions to the dough engaging portions, and the nip portion severing the respective adjacent pair of the dough strips.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: vertically reciprocating a cutter unit to simultaneously sever at least two of the plurality of dough strips transversely so as to establish shortened longitudinal strips.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising: severing the plurality of dough strips with the nip portion of each of the plurality of cutter wheels being defined by a blunt, flat edge.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising: severing the plurality of dough strips with the nip portion of each of the plurality of cutter wheels defining a narrow cutting edge having a thickness of no greater than 116 of an inch.

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 apparatus to form panels from moldable material comprising:
a) a material storage and feeding container for placing moldable material on a first sheet of peel ply material atop a conveyor;
b) said conveyor having a roughened surface for creating friction between the first sheet of peel ply material thereon and said conveyor, said conveyor passing over a base plate having one distal end placed so that said conveyor passes under said material storage and feeding container and a second distal end adjacent where said conveyor departs the first sheet of peel ply material;
c) a sizing plate under which a second sheet of peel ply material passes, said sizing plate configured to regulate the thickness of the moldable material as it exits said material storage and feeding container, said sizing plate being positioned to place the second sheet of peel ply material over the moldable material to form a web having a bottom side and a top side, the bottom side of the web formed by the first sheet of peel ply material and the top side formed by the second sheet of peel ply material;
d) a compression zone having a plurality of sides and at least one compression plate positioned to further compress the moldable material;
e) a friction reducing material lining said compression plate and a plurality of sides of said compression zone; and
f) a receiving device for receiving the web from said conveyor.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said material storage and feeding container further comprises a grid for dispensing and leveling the moldable material on the first sheet of peel ply material that is fed onto said conveyor.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said grid is adjustable to regulate the thickness of the discharge of moldable material from said material storage and feeding container.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said sizing plate is configured to prevent breaks and voids in the moldable material.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said sizing plate is angled above said conveyor with its top toward said material storage and feeding container to prevent excess moldable material leaving said material storage and feeding container.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the angle of said sizing plate is acute and is about 45 degrees above said conveyor with the acute angle opening toward said material storage and feeding container.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a constant thickness area is adjacent said compression zone and receives the web from said compression zone, said constant thickness area formed by at least one stabilizing plate and a plurality of sides.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said stabilizing plate and sides of said constant thickness area are lined with friction reducing material, said constant thickness area stabilizing the web in size.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said friction reducing material lining said constant thickness area is polytetrafluoroethylene.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said roughened surface of said conveyor securely grips the first sheet of peel ply material.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said conveyor is a sanding belt.
12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the first sheet of peel ply material is chosen to prevent breaking of and voids in the moldable material deposited on said first sheet of peel ply material.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the first sheet of peel ply material forming the bottom side of the web is made of a different substance from the second sheet of peel ply material forming the top side of the web.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the first sheet of peel ply material forming the bottom side of the web is made of the same material as the second sheet of peel ply material forming the top side of the web.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the peel ply material is woven nylon.
16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said friction reducing material lining said compression zone is polytetrafluoroethylene.
17. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said apparatus can be stopped at selected times to allow removal of the processed portion of the web.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said apparatus is stopped and at least a portion of the web is removed for further processing in molds.
19. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the moldable material is cured by the application of heat while in a forming mold.
20. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said receiving device is a device for molding the moldable material and the moldable material is dispensed directly into said device for molding.
21. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a heated zone for curing said moldable material.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said heated zone is integral with said constant thickness area.
23. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said receiving device is a shaped track for forming and shaping the moldable material.
24. The apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a heating zone to cure the moldable material.
25. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein said shaped track is integral with a constant thickness area adjacent said compression zone receiving the web from said compression zone, said constant thickness area formed by at least one stabilizing plate and a plurality of sides.
26. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the moldable material is used to form protective and sound suppression panels in aircraft engines.
27. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first sheet of peel ply material is used as a molding release agent in preparing a mold surface.
28. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second sheet of peel ply material is used as a molding release agent in preparing a mold surface.
29. An apparatus to form liners for aircraft engines from moldable material comprising:
a) a material storage and feeding container comprising an adjustable grid for placing and sizing moldable material on a first sheet of peel ply material atop a conveyor;
b) said grid being adjustable to regulate the thickness of the dispensed moldable material;
c) said conveyor having a roughened surface for gripping the first sheet of peel ply material thereon, said conveyor passing over a base plate having one distal end placed so that said material storage and feeding container can dispense moldable material on said conveyor and a second distal end adjacent where said conveyor departs the first sheet of peel ply material;
d) a sizing plate under which the second sheet of peel ply material passes, said sizing plate configured to regulate the thickness of the moldable material as it exits said material storage and feeding container, said sizing plate being positioned to place the second sheet of peel ply material over the moldable material to form a web having a bottom side and a top side, the bottom side of the web formed by the first sheet of peel ply material covered by the dispensed moldable material and the top side formed by the second sheet of peel ply material covering the moldable material, said sizing plate configured to prevent breaks and voids in the moldable material, said sizing plate being positioned to prevent excess moldable material leaving said material holding and feeding container;
e) a compression zone having a plurality of sides and at least one compression plate positioned to further compress the moldable material;
f) a friction reducing material lining said compression plate and a plurality of sides of said compression zone to reduce friction forces between the top side of the web, the sides of the web and the corresponding inner surfaces of said compression zone; and
g) a receiving device for receiving the web from said conveyor.
30. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein a constant thickness area is adjacent said compression zone and receives the web from said compression zone, said constant thickness area formed by at least one stabilizing plate and a plurality of sides.
31. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein said constant thickness area is lined with friction reducing material.
32. A method for making panels from moldable material comprising:
a) dispensing and leveling a moldable material on a first sheet of peel ply material placed on a conveyor;
b) providing a roughened surface on the conveyor to create gripping action between the conveyor and the first sheet of peel ply material;
c) providing a sizing plate and configuring the sizing plate to further level the moldable material and place a second sheet of peel ply material on top of the moldable material to form a web;
d) moving the web with the conveyor;
e) providing a compression zone to compress the moldable material of the web into a given shape and size; and
f) removing the web from the conveyor.
33. The method of claim 32 comprising providing a constant thickness area to stabilize the web in size, the constant thickness area being adjacent the compression zone and receiving the web from the compression zone, the constant thickness area being lined with friction reducing material.
34. A method for making sound insulating and protective liners for aircraft engines comprising:
a) feeding a first sheet of peel ply material onto a conveyor and dispensing and leveling a moldable material on top of the peel ply material;
b) providing a roughened surface on the conveyor to create a gripping action between the conveyor and the first sheet of peel ply material;
c) providing a sizing plate and configuring the sizing plate to further level the web and prevent voids and cracks in the moldable material, configuring the sizing plate and second sheet of peel ply material to place the second sheet of peel ply material on top of the moldable material to form a web having a bottom side and a top side, the bottom side of the web formed by the first sheet of peel ply material covered by the dispensed moldable material and the top side formed by the second sheet of peel ply material covering the moldable material, and configuring the sizing plate to prevent excess moldable material leaving the material storage and feeding container;
d) moving the web with the conveyor;
e) providing a compression zone to compress the moldable material of the web into a given shape and size, and lining the compression zone with friction reducing material; and
f) removing the web from said conveyor.
35. The method of claim 34 comprising providing a constant thickness area to stabilize the web in size, the constant thickness area being adjacent the compression zone and receiving the web from the compression zone, the constant thickness area being lined with friction reducing material.