Apparatus for supplying feedwater to a steam generator, such as a waste-heat boiler, includes the feature of degassing feedwater at a degassing station by way of a suitable degassing means, the feedwater being degassed by being heated to boiling temperature. Prior to reaching the degassing means at the degassing station the feedwater supplied thereto is heated by being placed in a heat-exchanging ...

A method of aluminothermic welding of members of austenitic steel containing by weight 10 to 20% manganese, 0.5 to 1.5% carbon and 0 to 5% nickel, and particularly low carbon austenitic steels containing by weight 14 to 17% manganese, 0.5 to 1.5% carbon and 0 to 5% nickel, comprises using a particulate mix for forming the aluminothermic steel, which mix is substantially free from phosphorus and si...

A cleanout fitting has a tubular body adapted to be connected between a pair of conduits and having an upwardly open well defined between the upstream and downstream end of the body. This tubular body is formed internally with a downward upstream step and a downward downstream step. At its upstream step the body is also formed with a downwardly U-shaped abutment forming a downstream-facing upstrea...

A free flowing particulate heavy duty laundry detergent containing no more than 8.7% of phosphorus (from phosphate) is comprised of sodium tripolyphosphate particles having nonionic detergent in the interior and on the surface thereof, which adheres a coating of smaller particles of ion-exchanging zeolite to the phosphate. Also within the invention is a method of making such a product by pre-mixin...

A mixing apparatus, e.g. for making concrete, has a triangular base supporting a rotatable or nonrotatable, upwardly open cylindrical drum as well as a main shaft carrying a large sprocket wheel which is linked by a chain with a smaller sprocket wheel on an auxiliary shaft journaled on one of the sides of the triangle. A motor mounted on another side of the base drives the auxiliary shaft via a sp...

An apparatus providing a gas tight seal for electrodes in covered electrical smelting furnaces is disclosed. The apparatus is characterized by hydraulic hoses which permit movement of the electrodes and their associated holders without loss of a gas tight seal.

A locking device for locking a rotatable shaft against rotation, for instance a shaft through which the supporting legs of a caravan are activated comprises a housing (4) having apertures (5) through which the shaft (2) can be inserted and an element (2a), such as a nut, mounted on said shaft. A locking sleeve (6) is arranged for movement parallel with the shaft between a release position and a lo...

A toothbrush comprising at least two adjacent rows of filaments of which in one row the filaments are upright and in the other the filaments are inclined. During longitudinal brushing the inclined filaments become more effective by flexing to the upright, and during lateral brushing the inclined filaments support the adjacent upright filaments against undue flexure.

An electric cooker comprises a fitting plate having an opening surrounded by an upwardly directed rim, a cooker plate received in the opening, the plate having a cooking surface on which a cooking vessel can be placed, and a sheet metal ring surrounding the cooker plate and projecting beyond the cooker plate. The sheet metal ring has an internal section which rests against the cooker plate and an ...

A brake of this type has a brake shaft and a brake wing secured to the shaft so that the wing is rotatable with the shaft in a brake housing filled with a brake medium. A cam ring located in the brake housing has a control curve or surface which cooperates with a cut-out in the brake wing so that the size of a gap formed between the cam ring surface and the brake wing depends on the angular positi...

In a method of producing heavy plate of steel, a prematerial is hot-rolled in several passes. As the prematerial at least two slabs of the same steel quality are superposed so as to form a pack and are welded by roll-bonding and reduced in thickness.

Solid waste is shredded and mixed with waste water (108) for separation (110) into and separate removal (112, 168) of organic and inorganic solid components. The waste water flow carrying dissolved or suspended components of the waste is then fed for coarse filtration through a multi-stage filter system (142) in which loose fillings of coal, thermally produced from the organic components of the wa...

A compact, optically inconspicuous tilting device for seating units, to be attached underneath a seat including a casing disposed beneath a seat resting on the understructure of the seating unit, a seat carrier pivotably mounted about a horizontal axis to the front edge area of said seat, mechanical locking means for connecting the seat carrier within the casing including first locking members suc...

An apparatus for the checking of the play of steering and front axle on motor vehicles comprises a respective plate (4) to engage tightly each front wheel (only one plate 4 shown), the plates being displaceable in a horizontal plane by a pneumatic piston and cylinder unit (10, 12) to pivot about a vertical axis (7) lying in the central radial plane of the wheel but outside the steering axis. The p...