An apparatus and method for the comminution of plant matter, particularly of moist plant matter, for the production of corn cob mix, for example, provides that a rotor is rotationally mounted in a housing and provided with a drive, the rotor carrying movable blades and the housing carrying stationary blades so that there is a mutual interaction of the blades for comminution. The moving blades are ...

A surgical instrument (1) (Fig. 1) is used for transurethral operations in the prostate region. The instrument essentially comprises a guide tube (3) having a handle (4) on the outer end, an eyepiece (5) and connections for the rinsing liquid as well as for a light source. At the inner end of the guide tube (3) there is located, projecting somewhat beyond the latter, an excision element (9) which ...

The invention relates to the heel retainer of a ski binding, in which a vertically pivotable sole retainer is held in the skiing position by a locking lever. The purpose of the invention is to design such a heel retainer in such a manner that it can be opened, optionally with the aid of a conventional release lever, against the force of the release spring, but especially by means of another actuat...

The object of the invention is a synchronized hydropneumatic control of clutch and gearbox. In accordance with the invention a hydropneumatic servomotor clutch control has been provided which includes a jack the piston of which is assisted by a pneumatic motor and a master cylinder which feeds the said jack with hydraulic fluid and controls the feed of air to the said motor, characterized in that ...

PURPOSE:To make necessary electric power a little, by a method wherein two levers are supported turnably by a supporting shaft provided on a main body, end parts of the levers are connected with levers supported bendably, and a yoke equipped with an excitation coil is fixed to one side ends of the levers. CONSTITUTION:Levers 1, 2 and a gear 9 are supported turnably by a supporting shaft 9a provide...

The guiding device for brake pad supports of a spot-type disc brake includes a pair of guide pins supported in the caliper housing movable in an axial direction, and a spring clamped between the guide pins and the brake housing with the spring being loaded by the axial movement of the guide pins, when the brake is applied. The spring acts to return the guide pins to their previous position, when t...

A method in the manufacture of steam-cured light-weight aerated concrete having hydrophobic properties, comprising preparing an aqueous expandable and solidifiable slurry, one or more hydraulic binders and one or more silica-containing materials casting the slurry in a mould; expanding and solidifying, and optionally cutting the solidified slurry; and steam-curing the resultant light-weight aerate...

The pressure vessel seal is particularly for the piston bore of a calliper-type disc brake operated hydraulically. The bore is sealed at one end by a cover, there being a sealing ring between it and the housing. A compression chamber (6) is formed between the cover (4) and housing (1) to take the ring (10), and is connected to the pressurised working chamber (3) by one or more vent ports (7). ...

A reduction drive unit, such as a wheel hub of the type including a fluid motor operable to rotate a shaft, a sun gear engaging the shaft, a planetary gear set engaging the sun gear, and a ring gear driven by the planetary gears to drive a rotating hub. The rotating hub includes a secondary hub portion surrounding the housing of the fluid motor, with a bearing set and an oil seal disposed between ...

The invention relates to a transcutaneous or transgingival implant having a body 1 made of a bioinert material, whose subcutaneous or subgingival part 2 is anchored in bone tissue, and, in the region of the passage of the body 1 through the skin or mucosa 4, a ring 5 having at least a surface layer, which is contacted by the skin or mucosa, of a bioactive material. Bioinert materials such as titan...

Fluid jet apparatus and method for cleaning material from the inside of a tubular conduit utilizing a cleaning head that lies adjacent to one wall of the conduit and includes at least two fluid jet forming means for directing a plurality of high pressure fluid cutting jets in a forward direction and at an acute angle relative to the axis of the head and the conduit so that they are directed toward...

PURPOSE:The titled composition not causing a pain during bonding or filling, having no change in color, comprising a slightly water-soluble tannic acid derivative and a water-soluble reducing agent as addition agents, a metal oxide as a main component, and a component to be reacted with it to give a cured material. CONSTITUTION:In a dental cement composition comprising the first component consisti...

PURPOSE:To carry out efficiently a coke pushing operation, by mechanically re- introducing recovery coke into a coke oven to treat it. CONSTITUTION:The stand 2 of a coke pusher is moved to a coke-pushing position in front of a coke oven 25, the top of a gate 16 is opposed to a tar van 32 located at a position under an oven frame 31, and a forward and backward truck 12 is moved forward from a verti...

A method of scrubbing reaction products resulting from flame burning of fuels containing impurities such as sulfur compounds, chlorine compounds, and fluorine compounds. The scrubbing is accomplished by the addition to the fire chamber of additives which bind the impurities. The additives are supplied to the burner flame by way of a gaseous and/or liquid carrier medium flow, accompanied by the for...

L'INVENTION SE RAPPORTE A LA FABRICATION DE MATERIAUX COMPOSITES A BASE DE CIMENT.

ELLE CONCERNE UN PROCEDE DE PREPARATION D'UN MATERIAU COMPOSE D'UN LIANT HYDRAULIQUE RENFORCE PAR DES FIBRES, A RESISTANCE MECANIQUE ET DURABILITE ELEVEES, CARACTERISE PAR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'AGGLOMERANT HYDRAULIQUE AVEC DES SOLUTIONS DE COMPOSES, EN UTILISANT A CET EFFET DES CARBONATES ET DES BICARBONATES, ...