Author: claimsbot

1. A machine tool comprising of at least one tool spindle which can be moved and positioned in at least one working plane by a movement system, said movement system comprising at least two guide rods connected to one another in an articulated manner by a guide rod joint, each of said guide rods having a free end, said free ends of said guide rods being moveable in opposite relative directions towards and apart from one another andor in the same direction as one another.
2. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said guide rods are supported in the same plane.
3. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which each of said guide rods is mounted in an articulated manner on a guide rod base by a base joint.
4. A machine tool according to claim 3, in which said guide rod bases are mounted on a track.
5. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which a ball spindle, a linear drive, a chain or belt drive or a rack and pinion arrangement is provided as a drive for said guide rods.
6. A machine tool according to claim 3, in which said guide rod joint and said base joints have axes of rotation, and said axes of rotation of said guide rod joint and of said base joints are arranged parallel to one another.
7. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which an axis of rotation of said tool spindle is oriented or is adjustable so as to be parallel, at right angles or at any angle to an axis of rotation of said guide rod joint.
8. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which the entire movement system is arranged on a slide which can be moved separately.
9. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said tool spindle is designed as a tool sleeve and said tool spindle can be moved at an angle, in particular at a right angle, to said working plane.
10. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said guide rods are of the same length.
11. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said guide rod joint is arranged in the vicinity of said tool spindle.
12. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said guide rods are of different lengths and a longer first guide rod carries said tool spindle.
13. A machine tool according to claim 12, in which said guide rod joint is located on said longer first guide rod between said drive spindle and a guide rod base arranged at said free end of said longer first guide rod.
14. A machine tool according to claim 12, in which said guide rod joint is located in the middle of said longer first guide rod.
15. A machine tool according to claim 12, in which a second shorter guide rod has a length which corresponds to the length of a portion of said longer first guide rod which extends from said guide rod joint to said tool spindle.
16. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said machine tool is separated from a machining space by panelling which is penetrated by said tool spindle.
17. A machine tool according to claim 16, in which said panelling is connected to the movement system at least at a base joint arranged at a free end of one of said guide rods andor at a tool sleeve in which said tool spindle is mounted.
18. A machine tool according to claim 12, in which said longer first guide rod is designed as a parallelogram-like double guide rod and each part of the double guide rod bears a tool spindle.
19. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which two or more movement systems are provided on a common track.
20. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which two movement systems are arranged symmetrically to one another and are provided on one track.
21. A machine tool according to claim 1, in which said guide rods enclose an angular range of 30 to 160, preferably of 45 to 130.

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 control system for determining a position of an implement arm having a work implement, the implement arm having mating components connected by at least one joint, comprising:
at least one position sensor operably associated with the implement arm and configured to sense positional aspects of the implement arm;
at least one load sensor operably associated with the implement arm and configured to sense the direction of loads applied to the at least one joint; and
a controller adapted to calculate a position of the implement arm based on signals received from the at least one position sensor and the at least one load sensor, the calculated position taking into account shifting of the implement arm caused by clearances existing at the at least one joint between the mating components of the implement arm.
2. The control system of claim 1, wherein the mating components are connected by a pin connection at the at least one joint and the clearances existing between the mating components include a pin clearance at the pin connection.
3. The control system of claim 2, wherein the mating components of the implement arm include:
a boom;
a stick attached at a stick joint to the boom; and
a work implement attached at a work implement joint to the stick.
4. The control system of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to take into account the shifting by determining an angular rotation of the mating components of the implement arm caused by the clearances.
5. The control system of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to determine a first calculated position and a second calculated position and determine a movement distance of the implement arm by comparing the first calculated position with the second calculated position.
6. The control system of claim 5, further including a display configured to show the movement distance.
7. The control system of claim 1, wherein the load sensor is a strain gauge associated with a pin at the at least one joint.
8. The control system of claim 7, wherein the load sensor is at least two strain gauges associated with the pin, the two strain gauges being offset by 90 degrees.
9. The control system of claim 8, wherein the controller is adapted to take into account the shifting by determining the direction of shifting based on the signals received from the two strain gauges and adapted to determine an angular rotation of the mating components of the implement arm caused by the clearances.
10. A method for determining a position of an implement arm having a work implement, the implement arm having mating components connected by at least one joint, comprising:
sensing a positional aspect of the implement arm with a position sensor;
sensing a directional aspect of loads applied to the at least one joint with a load sensor; and
calculating a position of the implement arm based on signals received from the position sensor and the load sensor, wherein calculating the position includes taking into account shifting of the implement arm caused by clearances existing at the at least one joint between the mating components of the implement arm.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mating components are connected by a pin connection and the clearances existing between the mating components include a pin clearance at the pin connection.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein taking into account the shifting includes determining an angular rotation of the mating components of the implement arm caused by the clearances.
13. The method of claim 10, further including:
determining a first calculated position;
determining a second calculated position; and
determining a movement distance of the implement arm by comparing the first calculated position with the second calculated position.
14. The method of claim 13, further including displaying the movement distances of the implement arm to an operator.
15. The method of claim 14, further including displaying the movement distances of the implement arm in real-time.
16. The method of claim 13, further including determining the movement distance on board a work machine.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the load sensor is a strain gauge associated with a pin at the at least one joint.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the load sensor is at least two strain gauges associated with the pin, the two strain gauges being offset by 90 degrees.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein taking into account shifting includes:
determining the direction of shifting based on the signals received from the two strain gauges; and
determining an angular rotation of the mating components of the implement arm caused by the clearances.
20. A method for determining a position of an implement arm having a work implement, the implement arm having mating components connected at joints, comprising:
sensing a positional aspect of the implement arm with a position sensor;
sensing a directional aspect of loads applied to the joints with a load sensor;
determining an angular rotation of the mating components of the implement arm due to shifting at the joints caused by clearances between the mating components of the implement arm;
calculating a first position of the implement arm based on signals received from the position sensor and the load sensor, wherein calculating the first position includes taking into account the shifting at the joints between the mating components;
storing the calculated first position;
calculating a second position of the implement arm, wherein calculating the second position includes taking into account the shifting at the joints between the mating components;
obtaining a movement distance of the implement arm by comparing the first position of the implement arm with the second position of the implement arm; and
displaying the movement distance to an operator in real-time.

1. A coordinate detecting method for a touch panel, comprising the steps of:
(a) converting a plurality of X-axis IO ports and a plurality of Y-axis IO ports respectively to form a plurality of X-axis scanning wires and a plurality of Y axis canning wires of the touch panel by an orthogonal method;
(b) transmitting polling signals to the X-axis IO ports in sequence, which are then transmitted to the X-axis scanning wires;
(c) storing a plurality of X-axis detection signals from a sensor touching the touch panel according to the polling signals;
(d) determining a largest X-axis detection signal and a second largest X-axis detection signal, then determining an X coordinate position of the sensor on the touch panel;
(e) transmitting polling signals to the Y-axis IO ports in sequence, which are then transmitted to the Y-axis scanning wires;
(f) storing a plurality of Y-axis detection signals from the sensor touching the touch panel according to the polling signals; and
(g) determining a largest Y-axis detection signal and a second largest Y-axis detection signal, then determining a Y coordinate position of the sensor on the touch panel.
2. The coordinate detecting method according to claim 1, wherein the number of X-axis IO ports or the number of Y-axis IO ports is an odd number N, and the maximum number of the X-axis scanning wires or the maximum number of the Y-axis scanning wires is C(N,2)+1.
3. The coordinate detecting method according to claim 1, wherein the number of X-axis IO ports or the number of Y-axis IO ports is an even number N, and the maximum number of the X-axis scanning wires or the maximum number of the Y-axis scanning wires is C(N,2)-N2+2.
4. A coordinate detecting system for a touch panel comprising:
a converting means for converting a plurality of X axis IO ports and a plurality of Y-axis IO ports respectively to form a plurality of X-axis scanning wires and a plurality of Y-axis canning wires of the touch panel by orthogonal method;
a control means for transmitting polling signals to the X-axis IO ports and the +Y-axis IO ports in order, the X-axis scanning wires and the Y-axis scanning wires having the responding polling signals;
a sensor for detecting a plurality of X-axis detection signals and a plurality of Y-axis detection signals according to, the polling signals;
a database for storing the X-axis detection signals and the Y-axis detection signals from the sensor; and
an arithmetic means for determining a largest X-axis detection signal, a second largest X-axis detection signal, and determining a largest Y-axis detection signal and a second largest value Y-axis detection signal, then determining an X coordinate position and a Y coordinate position of the sensor on the touch panel.
5. The coordinate detecting system according to claim 4, wherein the number of X-axis IO ports or the number of Y-axis IO ports is an odd number N, and the maximum number of the X-axis scanning wires or the maximum number of the Y-axis scanning wires is C(N,2)+1.
6. The coordinate detecting system according to claim 4, wherein the number of X-axis IO ports or the number of Y-axis 10 ports is an even number N, and the maximum number of the X-axis scanning wires or the maximum number of the Y axis scanning wires is C(N,2)-N2+2.
7. The coordinate detecting system according to Claim 4, wherein the sensor comprises an antenna and a demodulation circuit, the antenna being used to detect the X-axis detection signals and the Y-axis detection signals, and the demodulation circuit being used to demodulate the X-axis detection signals and the Y-axis detection signals, and to transmit the X-axis detection signals and the Y-axis detection signals to the database.
8. The coordinate detecting system according to claim 7, wherein the sensor further comprises a shielding housing for covering the demodulation circuit to isolate the external noise.

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. Nutritional blend suitable for fortifying food containing 0.5 mg to 10 mg iron in form of a bio-available iron source and 50 FTU to 5000 FTU Phytase and at least 20 mg Vitamin C, each per one serving of the blend; optionally further containing one or more nutrients.
2. Nutritional blend according to claim 1 characterized in that the bio-available iron source is selected from sodium iron (III) ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NaFe3+EDTA), ferrous sulphate andor ferric pyrophosphate.
3. Nutritional blend according to claim 1 characterized in that the bio-available iron source is NaFe3+EDTA.
4. Nutritional blend according to claim 1 characterized in that and the inclusion level is 1.5-3 mg iron per serving and day.
5. Nutritional blend according to claim 1 characterized in that the phytase is selected from 3-phytase food grade, 6-phytase or mixtures thereof.
6. Nutritional blend according to claim 1 characterized in that it further comprises one or more nutrients selected from vitamin A, vitamin B1, Folic acid, Niacin, vitamin B12, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin E, C, Biotin, Pantothenates, vitamin K, vitamin D as well as derivatives and mixtures of these.
7. Method of providing malnourished persons with micronutrients comprising the steps of
a) administering a nutritional blend containing 0.5 mg to 10 mg iron in form of a bio-available iron source, 50 FTU to 5000 FTU phytase and at least 20 mg Vitamin C, each per one serving of the premix, optionally further containing one or more nutrients, to a ready-to-eat food immediately before consumption; and
b) thoroughly mixing the premix with the food.
8. Food or beverage obtainable according to claim 7.
9. Instant beverage according to claim 8.
10. Use of nutritional blend according to claim 1 for the manufacture of a food, beverage or pharmaceutical preparation.
11. Use of nutritional blend according to claim 1 for supplying humans in malaria endemic areas with the nutritional need of iron (together with the intrinsic iron of the consumed cereals) but without the risk of a bolus effect.
12. Use of nutritional blend according to claim 1 for supplying infants and children in malaria endemic areas with the nutritional need of iron.