1. A slicing machine (10, 10') including a grinding tool (21, 22) for the rotating circular blade (12) the grinding tool having a pivotally supported grinding disc (21) and, if need be, a trimming stone (22) and being mounted in the inner space (32) of a protective hood (18; 51) which protectively encloses an edge portion (56) of the circular blade (12), the protective hood (18; 51) being connecte...

1. Cutting die (1) for cutting stapled sheet material into pieces of closed circumferential shape, having a wedge-shaped blade composed of a rear base support section (4) and of a front cutting section (2) connected to said base support section, wherein the plane of the front cutting section (2) forms the connection plane (5) to the base support section (4) and extends at a right angle to the cutt...

The cleaning, trimming and subsequent preparation of mussels, hitherto always had to be carried out by hand. In order to make these time consuming manual tasks unnecessary, an apparatus for preparing mussels has been devised which comprises a mussel-holding device (holding leg 19) to receive and fix at least one mussel in each case and at least one pair of motor-driven trimming rollers (27), which...

In known solid-bowl conveyor screw centrifuges, for the purpose of continuously separating a solid-fluid mixture, in particular for the continuous separation of a thick mixture of water and slurry, the discharge of the solids thickened in the centrifuge drum takes place in most cases with the aid of a conveyor screw over the conical, inwardly tapering solid-bowl part of the centrifuge. However, an...

An apparatus and method for assembling battery cell elements having a plurality of electrode plates of alternating polarity separated by a continuous interleaved insulating sheet. The apparatus includes a separator sheet supply station; a creaser for forming transverse creases in a length of separator sheet at longitudinally spaced fold points; a first plate loader for positioning a first set of e...

PURPOSE:To detect slave runaway to the utmost by utilizing an existing watchdog timer or the like for runaway detection of a master itself so as to use an logic circuit only for slave runaway detection independently of number of slaves. CONSTITUTION:When a slave SL is in the normal operation, both a slave error signal E being an output of an AND gate G10 and a slave error signal D being an output ...

In a method and a tooth brush for removing plaque from teeth and gums, the mixture of ozone with air of a predetermined ozone concentration is fed into the oral cavity through tubular bristles, provided on the surface of the tooth brush, from a source of the ozone-air mixture. The ozone-air mixture is distributed simultaneously with a dentifrice containing solid particles through which undesired h...

A heel holder includes a base plate, a bearing block supported on the base plate, a binding housing pivotally supported on the bearing block, a control lever pivotally supported on the bearing block and engaging a control element on the binding housing, a release spring which biases the control lever, and a two-arm release lever which is pivotally supported on the control lever and has on a load a...

A ski boot heel binding having a pivotable heel engaging jaw member is provided with first and second cam members both swingably mounted to a supporting frame body on a base plate. The second cam member has a transverse rod slidably engaged with a recess formed in the rear part of the jaw member and acts upon the first cam member to swing back the latter against a spring force when the second cam ...

1. A lifting chair of the "integral shell" type, including a stand (1), a lifting-lowering mechanism and a shell (4) comprising a seat (11), a back (12) and two arm-rests (13) combined in a one-piece assembly, the lifting-lowering mechanism including two parallel and identical articulation systems disposed on the two opposite sides of the chair, each comprising two links (2, 3) of unequal lengths,...

A divan-bed (10) has a frame (11) cooperating with side walls (14) and with a crosswise element (15) that connects said side walls, whereby the frame (11) consists of five consecutive, articulated leaves (12) covered with a one-piece mattress (13) and the two end leaves (12) are placed next to each other to form, in the divan position, the seat (20) and seat back (21) respectively of the divan. Th...

The invention relates to a safety ski binding, in particular a heel holder, comprising a sole holder, which is pivotal about a transversely extending axis on a bearing block, which sole holder is held in the downhill skiing position by a locking rocker arm which is pivotally supported on a sole holder, which locking rocker arm has on the one side a locking projection which, in the downhill skiing ...

1. Process for the production of foils (4) with low surface adhesivity from a plasticised melt (A) having a plasticiser-containing polyvinylbutyral basis or a basis or polymers with similar properties, by extrusion with a broad slit tool (1), wherein the plasticised melt (A) is shaped with the wide slit tool (1) with input channel (10), distribution channel (11) and outlet gap (13) to form a foil,...

This invention relates to the use of Nisin an antimicrobial substance (produced by certain strains of Streptococcus lactis) for controlling the growth of spoilage bacteria in alcoholic beverages both during and after production. The process of the invention comprises adding to or incorporating in an alcoholic beverage an amount of nisin or nisin-producing culture sufficient to inhibit spoilage. In...

A new metal-containing high siliceous porous crystalline material related to the structure of zeolite beta, a method of making same and the use thereof in catalytic conversion of organic compounds. The anhydrous form of the new metal-containing crystal has a calculated composition, expressed in terms of moles of anhydrous oxides per 100 moles of silica, as follows: (W)Q2O . (X)M2/nO . (y)L2O3 . 1...

A cement retarder is provided which comprises 5 to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said retarder, of gluconic acid and/or tartaric acid and/or a water soluble salt thereof, 30 to 10% by weight, based on the weight of said retarder, of citric acid and/or an alkali salt thereof, and 50 to 85% by weight, based on the weight of said retarder, of an alkali carbonate. A rapid hardening cement is a...

A solution containing cellulose dissolved in a tertiary amine N-oxide solvent containing a nonsolvent for cellulose such as water is shaped by extrusion or other shaping process to form a shaped cellulose fiber, rod, plate, tubing or film. The extruded shaped article is stretched in air while still a solution to impart improved physical properties thereto and the cellulose is precipitated from the...

A clutch assembly, constituting a component of a gear transmission, has two gear-carrying shaft extremities projecting from opposite sides of a clutch casing. One shaft extremity is provided with axially extending teeth, carried on its face or on a sleeve keyed thereto, normally engaging similar teeth on a confronting drive shaft. The other shaft extremity is mounted, by means of a combined journa...