Abstract: A mechanism for hanging garments and other items which comprises a plurality of substantially horizontally disposed rods which define between them slots for removably receiving clothing articles and the like. Each slot has extending therefrom a plurality of fibers which are connected to the rod to extend at an upward inclination and are arcuately moveable relative thereto. When garments or other articles are moved horizontally into slots the fibers resiliently curve downwardly to clamp the garments or other articles against the opposite side of the slot from which they extend in a cam-like fashion. The mechanism may include a plurality of slots arranged in a line or at different levels so that garments in the upper level hang between garments in the lower level. A plurality of mechanisms may be disposed parallel in arrays or mounted on rotatable stands.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of acoustically monitoring the course of a process, in which method the amplitude difference and/or the intensity value of sound are/is measured during the process, and the amplitudes and/or the intensity values of the sound and/or the vibrations are measured continuously or with an adjustable frequency by means of a sound and/or vibration sensor (4), such as a piezoelectric transducer (12), during the entire process or part of the process and are compared mutually and/or with a predetermined threshold value and/or reference value and/or reference pattern for the purpose of drawing, on the basis thereof, conclusions in relation to the progress and/or the course of the process and/or the presence of disturbances and/or deviations in the course of the process.

Abstract: A feed wagon for feeding silage or concentrate, or both, to animals, such as cows, which comprises automatically operated loading and unloading mechanisms. The wagon selectively automatically loads silage at ground level at two slot silos and silage or concentrate at a standing silo. It discharges in a feed alley between stalls in a cowshed. The route between the slot silos, the standing silo, and the feed alley is marked by active or passive beacons. The wagon carries detectors for detecting the beacons and a computer which cooperates with the detectors and steering mechanisms for the wagon to move the wagon between the slot silos, the standing silo and the feed alley travelling on the route marked by the beacons.