Abstract: A method for the metered discharge of a string of a viscous medium, in particular of an abrasive medium containing solid particles, via a nozzle, in which the quantity of the medium is discharged as a function of the speed of the nozzle and is increased or reduced as a function of the acceleration or deceleration of the nozzle.

Abstract: A feedpump for discharging a string of a viscous medium containing solid particles. The feedpump includes a casing and two gearwheels drivable to execute an oppositely directed rotation and arranged in the casing so as in each case to form and maintain gaps relative to both walls of the casing and to one another. The gaps have a size adapted to the size of the particles in the viscous medium.

Abstract: A method for the metered discharge of a string of a viscous medium, in particular of an abrasive medium containing solid particles, via a nozzle, in which the quantity of the medium is discharged as a function of the speed of the nozzle and is increased or reduced as a function of the acceleration or deceleration of the nozzle.

Abstract: To determine intraocular pressure with a tonometer in which a measurement prism presses against the human eye with a given force and a corresponding relationship is established between the force and the area aplanated thereby, it is proposed that a plurality of measured values of force and aplanated area, each being associated with the other, be determined per unit of time during the course of a continuous increase in pressure by means of the power-driven, spring-pretensioned motion of the measurement prism and processed in the form of a curve in such a manner that the intraocular pressure can be determined differentially from the plurality of measured values.