Abstract: Apparatus for inflating an inflatable device, methods for inflating an inflatable safety device and a method of manufacturing an apparatus for inflating an inflatable device are provided having a fuel containment assembly to contain a fuel in the form of a fluid. The fuel, upon proper initiation, is burned to produce gas used in the inflation of the inflatable device.

Abstract: A switchgear cabinet with a door and with a cover secured to its top side. In order to make it easier to mount the cover on the switchgear cabinet, the cover has a bottom part connected to the top side of the switchgear cabinet and a top part that covers the bottom part. The top part is joined at a rear side to the bottom part by plug or hinge joints and has at its front side holding flaps that are hooked and held by a bent border of the switchgear cabinet door when the cover and door are in their closed position.

Abstract: A device for securing cables and conduits in switchgear cubicles with a securing bracket which is releasably secured to a support, a plate or a rail in the cubicle, and, to receive the cables and conduits has a bracket section projecting from a securing plate which has an inwardly angled end section which is engaged by a cover section that also projects from the securing plate, leaving an insertion aperture. The device can easily be built into switchgear cubicles using simple parts because a catch bracket is used to engage with the securing plate of the securing bracket and because securing side arms of the catch bracket can engage in suitably spaced and sized engagement slots in the support, the plate or the rail.

Abstract: A pressure relief device that is normally closed and that moves into an open condition under certain design parameters which require fluid to flow from a relatively high-pressure chamber within a vessel to a relatively low-pressure atmosphere surrounding the pressure relief device. A plug housing has a throughbore which forms communication between the chamber within the vessel and the outside atmosphere. A plug is positioned within the throughbore. A fusible alloy at least partially fills a void or a passageway which is preferably formed between the plug and the plug housing. In an upset condition, such as an external fire, the temperature of the fusible alloy rises and thereby softens or melts the fusible alloy. As the fusible alloy softens, the bonding and shear strengths of the fusible alloy are reduced. The relatively high-pressure fluid acting upon the plug preferably forces or blows at least a portion of the plug out of the throughbore.

Abstract: An absorption cooling system generator with an internal fire tube or combustion chamber is disclosed. The fire tube includes at least one radially projecting heat transfer member on its interior surface that interacts with hot combustion gases. A minimum quantity of refrigerant solution is maintained in the generator by a leveling chamber. The leveling chamber is a refrigerant solution reservoir connected to the generator to maintain substantial equilibrium of the fluid levels within the generator and reservoir. The leveling chamber includes a standpipe. When the refrigerant solution level is above the standpipe, solution may flow out of the leveling chamber and the generator to an absorber. If the solution level falls below the standpipe, set at a predetermined level, solution will not flow out of the generator. Thus, the generator will maintain a minimum, predetermined solution level. In addition, a baffle coil tube and a helical baffle provide an improved solution flow in the generator.

Abstract: A pressure relief device that is thermally triggered by a shaped memory alloy element. The pressure relief device has a valve body with a passageway that is exposed on one end to a high pressure fluid and on another end to a low pressure fluid. A closure element is moveably mounted with respect to the valve body and operates between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the closure element preferably prevents communication between the high pressure fluid and the low pressure fluid. In the open position, the high pressure fluid is in communication with the low pressure fluid. The shaped memory alloy element either directly or indirectly interferes with movement of the closure element. The shaped memory alloy element preferably interferes with the closure element to retain the closure element in the closed position. Upon thermal activation, the shaped memory alloy element deforms and allows the closure element to move from the closed position toward the open position.

Abstract: A refrigerant/absorbent composition is disclosed which comprises an aqueous solution of at least one absorbent salt, present in an amount sufficient to provide utility of said composition as an absorbent, and at least one germanium compound, present in an amount sufficient to inhibit corrosion. Also, a method of inhibiting corrosion by adding a germanium compound to a refrigerant/absorbent composition is disclosed. Further, an absorption heat transferring machine having a working fluid which comprises an absorber salt, a germanium compound and water is disclosed.

Abstract: This invention is a new device that can be used to plug perforations in materials. This plug comprises a cylinder plug with a tapered bore partially extending through the plug from one end. A cylinder pin that is tapered substantially the same as the plug will fit in the plug after installation is complete. A shear flange surrounds the pin so that when the pin is installed in the plug, the shear flange is against a plug flange. The pin is adhered to the plug by means such as a thin layer of epoxy or glue which allows the pin and plug to be handled as a single component. The pin is designed so that while in this position, there is no significant radial expansion of the plug. The pin has a pattern of holes or grooves that extend the entire length of the pin in order to allow for the expansion of any trapped fluids in the bore of the plug. The pin can have a groove along the outer diameter to allow for easier handling of the pin.

Abstract: A method for producing and purifying triacetin. The method includes an initial separation of triacetin from a crude composition of triacetin and impurities. The separated triacetin is then contacted with an aqueous solution containing an oxidant, and results in an odorless and colorless purified triacetin.

Abstract: A frame member for a switchgear cabinet frame, designed as an inwardly open hollow section having two perpendicular sides that form outer sides of the frame. An easily constructed frame member combines features that provide a simple solution to meeting many requirements of a switchgear cabinet frame.

Abstract: The absorption step of a continuous absorption cycle apparatus (refrigerator or heat pump) is externally cooled by an air-cooled thermosyphon having hot end 107 (FIG. 1), air-cooled end 115, and reservoir 123. The absorption step is further recuperatively cooled by internal fluids, in absorber heat exchanger 108 and/or GAX 109. Thus the absorber is highly compact and the cycle is highly efficient. A hotter hermetic thermosyphon can advantageously supply additional cooling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a switchgear cabinet with a frame which is composed of frame members and which can be closed by a cover plate, side panels, a rear wall, and a door. To fit both optical and functional elements easily to the corners of the frame, the horizontal depth struts are designed as sections open on the outside, and the cover plate and/or side panels have chamfers which at least partly overlap the outside of the sections so that the chamfer and the outer side form a holder into which a plug-in rod of a corner piece can be inserted.

Abstract: A high-frequency power supply which is primarily intended for use with an inductive heating apparatus. The high-frequency power supply has a pre-regulator for emitting a constant output voltage, an inverter for generating a constant output voltage, and an output network for amplifying the constant output voltage and converting the constant output voltage to a high-frequency constant output current. The power supply disclosed generates a very high frequency ac output, drives a wide range of possible loads, minimizes root mean square input current for a given output power, and can be powered from a wide range of input power sources.

Abstract: A motor is disposed above the protective covering or chassis of a movable surface treatment device. Via its vertically arranged power take-off shaft, the motor drives the horizontally extending rotor shafts, on which respectively one rotor cage is disposed on both sides of a gear housing. The rotor shafts are driven in opposite directions, so that one drum mills in the same direction and the other drum mills with opposite horizontal rotary movement. The gear housing is driven in a stepped-down manner via a two-stage transmission by a power take-off pulley disposed on the power take-off shaft. The rotor cages make two superimposed rotary movements. Thus, the treated surface no longer has a grooved appearance, the surface is treated more evenly and better, and finally, no self-driving force acts on the movable surface treatment device. Work safety is thus increased in addition to work quality.

Abstract: A switchgear cabinet having a framework secured on a frame-like base. The framework has branches and is closed or closable by wall elements and at least one door. In order to design a switchgear cabinet that is as earthquake-proof as possible, a bottom side of the branches of a lower frame of the framework is connected by a plate-like damper frame to the top side of the base, which in turn may be fixed to a cabinet supporting surface.

Abstract: A paperboard container carrier having a base, a handle extending from and integral with the base, and a shroud having an opening to accommodate the handle. The base supports a plurality of containers which are separated between rows of the containers by the handle. The base preferably has an integrally formed, upwardly extending, base sidewall that extends around a periphery of the base and retains the containers. When the carrier package is assembled, the containers are retained between the base, the shroud and the sidewall. The handle extends between the containers and through the opening in the shroud. The shroud may have a downwardly extending shroud sidewall that extends about a periphery of the shroud thus unitizing a top portion of the containers. The shroud may have at least one aperture that accommodates an upper portion of any one or more of the containers.

Abstract: A coextrusion die includes a plurality of thin annular disks stacked on top of each other. Each annular disk includes a plurality of openings aligned with openings in the adjacent disk, thus forming multiple streams. Plastic melt may be supplied to the die coplanarly. Stacks of annular disks may be used to form modules through which plastic melt can be axially directed.

Abstract: A sheet that cooperates with a traditional ring carrier to create a package that covers openable ends of unitized substantially similar cans. The ring carrier unitizes an array of cans into longitudinal ranks and transverse rows. The sheet contains an array of longitudinal, substantially parallel pairs of slits corresponding with the arrayed cans. The corner slits are substantially curved and promote a positive corner wrap at the corner end of the slit. A slit transversely adjacent the corner slit is curved and a slit longitudinally adjacent to the corner slit is straight for most of its length. Two integral flaps extend transversely with respect to the sheet and are folded with respect to the remaining portion of the sheet through an angle greater than 90.degree.. Clipping the sheet onto the array of cans unitized by the ring carrier creates an assembled package. Portions of the sheet adjacent each pair of slits engage a portion of the chime of each corresponding can.

Abstract: A process for the erection of a switch cabinet and installation of components therein in which portions of the framework of the switch cabinet are assembled to form a partial frame structure. Thereafter, the services are installed and wired within the partial frame structure. The assembly of the framework is then completed and the walls and doors secured thereto so as to form an enclosed switch cabinet with the services installed inside.