The device is for opening stirrup closure bottles delivered upright in containers and involves one or more opening heads (5) lowerable onto the bottle necks provided with stirrup closures. The opening heads have pivotably operated opening levers rotatably located around axes running coaxially to the bottle axis and alignable in relation to the position of the stirrup of the closure. Each opening h...

In a method for bonding plastic objects together by means of a hot-melt type of adhesive, in addition to or during the heating and addition of a plasticizer-resistant hot-melt adhesive, at least one of the objects to be bonded, is heated up in the area to be bonded beyond the melting temperature of the material of which it is made. The method is particularly advantageous for the joining together o...

The insulation plate comprises three layers (1, 2, 3) respectively consisting of gypsum fiber material, plastic foam material and a material which is water-impermeable but allows vapor diffusion to take place.

Mats (10, 11) pass through impregnation nozzles (3, 4) fed under control by thermoplastic melt (26, 28) from extruders (1, 2) each forming double streams of melt destined to coat upper and lower sides of each mat, for preimpregnation. The mats then enter a roller gap (18) of a double band press (5) for precalibration. Cooling press plates (22, 22') consolidate the product. Preferred features: The ...

Air supply line connects with insert feed system to die to create venturi nozzle. The air line supplies distribution channel surrounding insert at point remote from insert feed channel. The distribution channel has narrowing taper in insert conveying direction towards insert feed channel. At narrow end of distribution, channel slits form inlets into major part of periphery of adjoining conveying c...

An apparatus for displaying letters, numbers or symbols, especially for marking the prices of goods, with displaceable movable members arranged in a basic body. In order to provide an apparatus of the kind mentioned above which is small and versatile and allows displaying letters, numbers and symbols without requiring a store of the various characters and without requiring any complex puzzle-like ...

The igniter for a motor vehicle safety airbag pyrotechnic has a spark bridge and an ignition charge (2) positioned in a hermetically sealed housing (1) along with integrated ignition electronics (4,6-9). The electronics can be encased in a resin capsule with an outer contour matching the interior shape of the housing.

A water-heating installation is described for preparing process water and heating water for the supply of a heating body arrangement which is connected via a flow and return line (3,4) with a primary heat exchanger (1). A process water heat exchanger (8) can be supplied with heating water via a priority-changeover valve (6) located in the flow line. The priority-changeover valve has three unions o...

The fitting (1) consists of upper and lower sections (3,4), which are removably connected via feed and return pipes (11,12) to feed and return sockets (7,8). The connections between fitting sections and sockets are formed as plug connections (19) with integrated sealing elements. The feed and return pipes are divided into two longitudinal sections (13,14,15,16). Neighbouring ends (17,18) of the se...

Device for transporting and cooling a metal strand (6), preferably a steel strand, in a strand guide (7) of a continuous casting installation comprises at least one spraying nozzle (23) positioned outside of a cooling chamber (20). An opening (22) for cooling agent to exit the nozzle is arranged in the wall (21) of the cooling chamber.

System has hot water tank (1) and drinking water tank (17) heated with burner (4), whereby hot water tank is connected to heating body arrangement (10) via heating feed and return lines in which circulating pump is arranged. Burner is arranged in burner chamber (2) inside hot water tank with exhaust gas pipe (3) passing through hot water tank. Heat exchanger (15) in hot water tank is connected to...

The invention relates to an individual track (1), in particular for off-take conveyor devices (2), having a base frame (4) and conveyor means (28) arranged thereon for displacing an elongated component (3) relative to the base frame (4). The conveyor means (28) and the guide elements (33) thereof are arranged on at least one individual guide frame (8 to 10) arranged in the direction of displacemen...

The present invention provides a hydraulic circuit for a crane wherein a switching valve (43) is provided between a plurality of motor circuits (24,26,28) connected in series within the same actuator group (C), and at the time of simultaneous operation of the motor circuits, the switching valve is switched from a first position to a second position whereby the series connection between the motor c...

In a method and a device for filling needle-free injectors, it is proposed that filling takes place through the injector discharge opening and where the piston stopper has been previously inserted. Filling takes place in such a way that, independently of tolerances of the injector, the interior space is filled to the brim in an at least approximately bubble-free manner. It is not absolutely necess...

An auxiliary bass radiator unit is disclosed for mounting in an aperture in a loudspeaker enclosure. The unit comprises a substantially rigid panel member (10) mounted on a flexable surround member (12) so as to allow the panel member, when mounted, in use, in the aperture to move in sympathy with sound waves within the enclosure. The flexable surround member includes a hinge portion (14) mounting...

The invention relates to a method for the comminution of concretions in vivo by controlled, concentrated cavitation energy. This method utilizes two shock wave pulses with a specified time delay and pressure relationship, with the first shock wave pulse being used to induce a transient cavitation bubble cluster near the target concretion, and the second shock wave pulse to control and force the co...

A method and system for data exchange between computer aided design systems is disclosed. Data is extracted from a source computer aided design system and created in a new format for a target computer aided design system by an intermediary system. The intermediary system makes a direct transfer of source CAD data to target CAD data. In an alternative embodiment, an intermediate data type is create...