Author: claimsbot

1: A composite pigment, comprising:
a substrate; and
a layer comprising a solid organic UV filter,
wherein a surface of the substrate is at least partially covered by the layer.
2: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the layer further comprises a solid inorganic UV filter.
3: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the layer further comprises a second UV filter.
4: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the layer further comprises a coloring pigment.
5: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the substrate has a mean diameter in a range from 0.1 \u03bcm to 30 \u03bcm.
6: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the layer has a thickness in a range of 0.03 \u03bcm to 10 \u03bcm.
7: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an inorganic material and a organic material.
8: The composite pigment of claim 7, wherein the inorganic material is at least one selected from the group consisting of mica, synthetic mica, talc, sericite, boron nitride, glass flake, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, titanium oxide, hydroxyapatite, silica, silicate, zinc oxide, magnesium sulfate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium trisilicate, aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, calcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, bismuth oxychloride, kaolin, hydrotalcite, mineral clay, synthetic clay, and iron oxide.
9: The composite of claim 7, wherein the organic material is at least one selected from the group consisting of a poly(meth)acrylate, a polyamide, a silicone, a polyurethane, a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polystyrene, a polyhydroxyalkanoate, a polycaprolactam, a poly(butylene)succinate, a polysaccharide, a polypeptide, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl resin, a fluoropolymer, a wax, an amidosulfonic acid polyvalent metal salt, and an acylated amino acid.
10: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein the solid organic UV filter is selected from the group consisting of a benzotriazole derivative, an oxanilide derivative, a triazine derivative, a triazole derivative, a vinyl-group comprising an amide, a cinnamic acid amide, and a sulfonated benzimidazole.
11: The composite pigment of claim 2, wherein the solid inorganic UV filter is at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, an optionally coated metal oxide.
12: The composite pigment of claim 3, wherein the second UV filter is at least one selected from the group consisting of an anthranilic derivative; a dibenzoylmethane derivative; a liquid cinnamic derivative; a salicylic derivative; a camphor derivative; a benzophenone derivative; a \u03b2,\u03b2-diphenylacrylate derivative; a liquid triazine derivative; a liquid benzotriazole derivative; a benzalmalonate derivative; a benzimidazole derivative; an imidazoline derivative; a bis-benzoazolyl derivative; p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and a derivative thereof; a methylenebis(hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole) derivative; a benzoxazole derivative; a screening polymer and a screening silicone; a dimer derived from \u03b1-alkylstyrene; a 4,4-diarylbutadiene; octocrylene and a derivative thereof; guaiazulene and a derivative thereof; rutin and a derivative thereof; a flavonoid; a biflavonoid; oryzanol and a derivative thereof; quinic acid and a derivative thereof; a phenol; retinol; cysteine; an aromatic amino acid; and a peptide comprising an aromatic amino acid residue.
13: The composite pigment of claim 4, wherein the coloring pigment is at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, zirconium oxide, cerium oxide, zinc oxides, an iron oxide, chromium oxide, manganese violet, ultramarine blue, chromium hydrate, ferric blue, aluminum powder, copper powder, carbon black, a pigment of D&C type, a lake, and a pearlescent pigment.
14: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of the substrate to the solid organic UV filter is from 100:1 to 100:500.
15: A method for preparing the composite pigment of claim 1, the method comprising:
mechanochemical fusing a substrate, a solid organic UV filter, and optionally, at least one selected from the group consisting of a solid inorganic UV filter, a second UV filter, and a coloring pigment, to form the composite pigment.
16: A cosmetic composition, comprising a composite pigment of claim 1.
17: A cosmetic composition, comprising a composite pigment obtained by the method of claim 15.
18: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein at least 50% of the substrate surface is covered by the layer.
19: The composite pigment of claim 1, wherein at least 80% of the substrate surface is covered by the layer.
20: The composite of claim 8, wherein the organic material is selected from the group consisting of a poly(meth)acrylate, a polyamide, a silicone, a polyurethane, a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polystyrene, a polyhydroxyalkanoate, a polycaprolactam, a poly(butylene) succinate, a polysaccharide, a polypeptide, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl resin, a fluoropolymer, a wax, an amidosulfonic acid polyvalent metal salt, and an acylated amino acid.

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 non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit edits an image, the image comprising a plurality of pixels having pixel values in a color space, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
identifying (i) a shape in a plane of two dimensions of the color space and (ii) a range in a third dimension of the color space over which the shape is propagated to form a volume in the color space, wherein pixels whose pixel values are in the volume of the color space are fully selected;
displaying a deformable curve along the third dimension that represents a manner in which the shape is propagated over the range of the color space; and
automatically modifying the deformable curve in order to best fit the volume around a set of sampled pixel values of the image.
2. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the shape is a first shape, the volume is a first volume, and the range is a first range, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for identifying (i) a second shape in the plane that encloses the first shape and (ii) a second range that encloses the first range in the third dimension of the color space over which the second shape is propagated to form a second volume in the color space, wherein pixels whose pixel values are in the second volume of the color space are partially selected.
3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, wherein the deformable curve further represents an edge of the second volume formed by propagating the second shape along the second range in the third dimension of the color space.
4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the deformable curve comprises a set of definition points modifiable by a user to deform the curve.
5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 4, wherein two of the definition points correspond to endpoints of the range in the third dimension of the color space.
6. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit edits an image, the image comprising a plurality of pixels having pixel values in a three-dimensional (3D) color space, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
identifying a first volume of the 3D color space as a shape in a two-dimensional (2D) plane of the 3D color space propagated along a range in a third dimension of the 3D color space, the first volume enclosing pixel values of a first selected set of pixels, wherein pixels of the image whose pixel values are in the first volume of the 3D color space are fully selected;
identifying a second volume of the 3D color space that encloses the first volume of the 3D color space, wherein pixels of the image whose pixel values are in the second volume of the 3D color space are partially selected;
based on a setting of a first user interface tool, determining a first function for defining an extent to which pixels whose pixel values are in the second volume and outside the first volume are selected based on locations of the pixel values in the 2D plane; and
based on a setting of a second user interface tool, determining a second function for defining an extent to which pixels whose pixel values are in the second volume and outside the first volume are selected based on locations of the pixel values along the third dimension.
7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein the image is a photograph.
8. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein the image is a video picture.
9. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein the color space is a first color space and the image is stored as a set of pixels with pixel values in a second color space.
10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein each pixel is assigned an alpha value based on its pixel values.
11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein a pixel whose pixel values are in the first volume of the color space is assigned an alpha value of 1.
12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein a pixel whose pixel values are not in the first or second volumes of the color space is assigned an alpha value of 0.
13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein a pixel whose pixel values are in the second volume of the color space is assigned an alpha value between 0 and 1.
14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first and second functions are used to determine an alpha value for each pixel whose pixel values are in the second volume of the color space.
15. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit generates a key for an image in a three-dimensional color space, the image comprising a plurality of pixels having pixel values in the color space, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
receiving a plurality of user-selected pixels for generating the key;
generating a shape for the key in a first two dimensions of the color space that encloses the pixel values of the user-selected pixels in the color space;
identifying a range of the pixel values of the user-selected pixels in a third dimension of the color space; and
identifying a location in a plane of the first two dimensions of the color space for the generated shape at each third dimension value in the identified range in order to fit a three-dimensional key around the pixel values of the user-selected pixels in the three-dimensional color space, wherein the shape has a first location in the plane at a first value in the third dimension and a second, different location in the plane at a second value in the third dimension.
16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for adjusting a size of the shape in one of the first two dimensions of the plane after identifying the locations for the shape at the third dimension values, in order to tighten the fit of the three-dimensional key.
17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the shape is a wedge shape in the first two dimensions of the color space.
18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first two dimensions of the color space are chrominance dimensions, wherein the third dimension is luminance.
19. A method for generating a key for an image in a three-dimensional color space, the image comprising a plurality of pixels having pixel values in the color space, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of user-selected pixels for generating the key;
generating a shape for the key in a first two dimensions of the color space that encloses the pixel values of the user-selected pixels in the color space;
identifying a range of the pixel values of the user-selected pixels in a third dimension of the color space; and
identifying a location in a plane of the first two dimensions of the color space for the generated shape at each third dimension value in the identified range in order to fit a three-dimensional key around the pixel values of the user-selected pixels in the three-dimensional color space, wherein the shape has a first location in the plane at a first value in the third dimension and a second, different location in the plane at a second value in the third dimension.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising adjusting a size of the shape in one of the first two dimensions of the plane after identifying the locations for the shape at the third dimension values, in order to tighten the fit of the three-dimensional key.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the shape is a wedge shape in the first two dimensions of the color space.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the first two dimensions of the color space are chrominance dimensions, wherein the third dimension is luminance.

1. An electrical switchgear cabinet comprising:
an installation area into which a plurality of parts are installable, the parts each having standardized dimensions, and portions of the installation area each respectively provided for a corresponding one of the parts are larger than required according to the respective dimensions of the corresponding one of the parts, such that a corresponding gap is provided between the switchgear cabinet and each of the corresponding one of the parts, respectively; and
a cover respectively arranged for at least one of the gaps such that each gap is provided with a cover, the cover filling the corresponding at least one of the gaps and being configured to provide direct-contact protection.
2. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the cover completely fills the at least one of the gaps, respectively.
3. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the cover is formed from plastic.
4. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the cover is formed from at least two different types of plastics.
5. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the cover is in the form of a plastic profile.
6. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 5, wherein the plastic profile includes:
at least one holding lip composed of hard-tough plastic as a gap cover; and
at least one bead which is arranged parallel to the holding lip, is composed of soft plastic and is configured to provide direct-contact protection.
7. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 6, wherein the at least one holding lip is configured to engage in the at least one of the gaps between the switchgear cabinet and the corresponding one of the parts, respectively, and is configured to rest flush on an inner wall of the switchgear cabinet.
8. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 6, wherein the at least one holding lip is in the form of a hollow-chamber profile composed of a hard-tough plastic with hollow chambers.
9. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 6, wherein the at least one bead is formed in a sprung manner as a contact-pressure lip composed of an elastically flexible plastic, and is integrally connected to the profile which forms the holding lip.
10. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 9, wherein the at least one contact-pressure lip which is arranged parallel to the holding lip forms a profile which is provided with a hollow chamber.
11. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 6, wherein the cover, which is formed from the at least one holding lip, is held in the at least one of the gaps such that the cover interacts with the at least one contact-pressure lip, which is used as direct-contact protection and acts in a sprung manner.
12. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, comprising:
at least two contact-pressure lips, which are configured to prevent access to and manual intervention in the at least one of the gaps between the switchgear cabinet and the installed part.
13. The electrical switchgear cabinet according claim 1, wherein the cover has dimensions such that the cover is always connected directly to a circumference of a corresponding one of the installed parts which is close to an inner wall of the switchgear cabinet.
14. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 5, wherein the plastic profile ensures that the cover, which is closed all the way round, for the at least one of the gaps between the electrical switchgear cabinet and the corresponding one of the installed parts.
15. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the cover is in the form of a plastic hollow profile having holding and contact-pressure lips.
16. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the electrical switchgear cabinet is configured for at least one of a building installation and an industrial installation.
17. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the installed parts are panels each having standardized dimensions.
18. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the cover is formed from plastic.
19. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the cover is formed from at least two different types of plastics.
20. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 19, wherein the at least two different types of plastics include at least two different types of hard plastics.
21. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the at least two different types of plastics include at least two different types of hard plastics.
22. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 19, wherein the cover is in the form of a plastic profile.
23. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 22, wherein the plastic profile includes:
at least one holding lip composed of hard-tough plastic as a gap cover; and
at least one bead which is arranged parallel to the holding lip, is composed of soft plastic and is configured to provide direct-contact protection.
24. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 23, wherein the at least one holding lip is configured to engage in the at least one of the gaps between the switchgear cabinet and the corresponding one of the parts, respectively, and is configured to rest flush on an inner wall of the switchgear cabinet.
25. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 23, wherein the at least one holding lip is in the form of a hollow-chamber profile composed of a hard-tough plastic with hollow chambers.
26. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 23, wherein the at least one bead is formed in a sprung manner as a contact-pressure lip composed of an elastically flexible plastic, and is integrally connected to the profile which forms the holding lip.
27. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 26, wherein the at least one contact-pressure lip which is arranged parallel to the holding lip forms a profile which is provided with a hollow chamber.
28. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 23, wherein the cover, which is formed from the at least one holding lip, is held in the at least one of the gaps such that the cover interacts with the at least one contact-pressure lip, which is used as direct-contact protection and acts in a sprung manner.
29. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 1, comprising:
a plurality of sealing beds, which are configured to prevent access to and manual intervention in the at least one of the gaps between the switchgear cabinet and the installed part.
30. The electrical switchgear cabinet according claim 2, wherein the cover has dimensions such that the cover is always connected directly to a circumference of a corresponding one of the installed parts which is close to an inner wall of the switchgear cabinet.
31. The electrical switchgear cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the cover is in the form of a plastic hollow profile having holding and contact-pressure lips.

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 cylinder head gasket comprising:
a metal plate having at least one cylinder bore and a plurality of bolt holes arranged around the at least one cylinder bore and
at least one bead formed on the metal the metal plate, said at least one bead surrounding only one cylinder bore, said at least one bead having at least one pointed-shape portion extending laterally outwardly from other portion, the at least one pointed-shape portion having two intermediate portions with a point therebetween and only one pointed-shape portion being located in a middle between two of the bolt holes adjacent to each other so that a distance of the at least one pointed-shape portion from the cylinder bore increases from the intermediate portions to the point therebetween, said other portion of the bead other than the at least one pointed-shape portion extending along the cylinder bore without a projection.
2. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein said bead has a circular shape except for the at least one pointed shape portion.
3. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein the pointed-shape portion of the bead is provided in a portion between two adjacent cylinder bores.
4. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 3, wherein the pointed-shape portions of the beads formed around said two adjacent cylinder bores face each other.
5. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein the pointed-shape portion of the bead is provided on an exhaust side of the metal plate.
6. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein the pointed-shape portion is provided in every portion between two of the bolt holes.
7. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein the pointed-shape portion has an angle within a range of 90-170 degrees.
8. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein said bead includes four pointed-shape portions substantially equally spaced apart from each other.
9. A cylinder head gasket according to claim 1, wherein the metal plate has an intermediate area defined between an outer side line connecting outer sides of two bolt holes and an inner side line connecting inner sides of the two bolt holes, said pointed-shape portion being located in said intermediate area.