Abstract: The invention relates to a seal between a side face of a first part (11) and an application face (10), the seal being made of a compressible profiled lining (1) and being comprised of an internal portion (2) sealingly fixed to the first part (11) and an external portion (3) bearing on the application face (10). According to the invention, in its original condition prior to setting the seal on the first part (11), the external portion (3) of the liner (1) is provided with at least one profile tongue (4) housed inside at least one longitudinal groove (5) provided in said external portion (3) and opening on the side of the application face (10), said tongue (4) being fixed to the internal face (50) of said groove (5) in an easily detachable way so as to be able to suppress and eventually replace the tongue (4) at least on a portion of the length of the liner (1) in order to vary the compressibility degree of the liner on the corresponding length.

Abstract: The invention concerns a conveyor belt comprised of a load-carrying side and a backing side made of elastomer material as well as a traction support area made of steel cables or cords located between the load-carrying side and the backing side. In one variation, the backing side consists of an outer wearing coat which has a rebound resilience of at least 70% and of an intermediate layer between the traction support area and the wearing coat, where a reflector is present within the intermediate layer. In a further variation, the backing side consists of a wearing coat which also has a rebound resilience of at least 70%, with a reflector within the wearing coat, but without an intermediate layer. In both variations, the reflector is advantageously arranged in direct proximity to the traction support area, where the width of the reflector takes up a maximum of 80% of the entire width of the conveyor belt, at an essentially equal distance from the outer edges.

Abstract: A sound protection device for reducing the propagation of airborne sound comprises a track system and an elastically deformable, low sound-protecting wall made of rubber or plastic and extending in the longitudinal direction of the track. The sound-protecting wall is arranged at a distance to the track and on the side facing the track has a profile which essentially extends across the entire height of the wall. The side of the protecting wall facing away from the track has a generally even surface. The inner side is inclined at an angle a and the outer side at an angle .beta. to the track, whereby angle .beta. is greater than angle .alpha.. The profile of the inner side consists of a system of lips, which lips points towards the floor of the track at an angle .gamma.. The top of the low sound-protecting wall ends in a lip inclined towards the track, which lip points upwardly at an angle .delta..

Abstract: A spring device arrangement in particular for the area of railway vehicles, in particular for spring suspension between a bogie and coach body, in which a spring device is located between a supporting plate and a substructure includes two spring systems connected in parallel. Each spring system comprises three parallel springs, the spring being an air spring or hydropneumatic spring comprising a bellows of elastomer material which connects the supporting plate to the upper part of a spring-support piston, the springs of the spring system being interconnected in a pressure-equalizing manner by an overflow duct. The spring is disposed outside the spring and extends from the supporting plate to the substructure, and the spring is installed in the support piston of the spring, a force-transmitting pressure piston simultaneously being used.

Abstract: The invention concerns a safety hose made of elastomer material and/or plastics, in particular for conveying environmentally-harmful substances and comprising: an inner layer; an outer layer; and an embedded rigid carrier in turn comprising two rigid carrier systems, each of which comprises one or a plurality of layers. Disposed between the two rigid carrier systems is at least one separating intermediate layer, the rigid carrier system facing the inner layer having a low extensibility and high chemical resistance to the substance to be conveyed, whilst the rigid carrier system facing the outer layer has a high extensibility. As a possible variant, an adhesion system can be provided between the rigid carrier system and the outer layer. The adhesion system comprises a radial, helical or axial two-zone system, the one zone having a lesser adhesion effect than the other zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement consisting of two abutting structures of concrete, steel, reinforced concrete, cast iron or other materials and a sealing section of elastomeric material which bridges and seals the gap between the two structures, in which the structures are especially segments assembled to form a tubular tunnel with the formation of transverse and longitudinal seams, where each segment preferably has at least one peripheral recess covering all the mating sides of the segments and there is in each recess a stranded sealing section which especially has strand-shaped grooves on the base side of the sealing section and/or strand-shaped channels, forming a sealing frame with corners, and the back of the sealing section has at least one strand-shaped groove to accept an emergency seal.

Abstract: A device is useful for extrusion-coating a tube, or the connection zone of a tubular composite body, which zone has to be sealed, with rubber or plastic. The device is particularly useful for extrusion-coating a hose connection, which includes a connection pipe made of rubber or plastic, onto which the rubber or plastic hose section is pushed. It is essential that the device, in addition to the fixed molding tool contour with injection nozzles, has at least one, in particular at least two slide clamps per circumferential unit. This enables the sealing surface of the slide clamp substantially to have the contour of the surface of the article directly opposing it in the sealing zone.

Abstract: A rubber mixture is particularly based on natural rubber (NR), epoxidized natural rubber (E-NR), isoprene rubber (IR), butadiene rubber (BR), acrylate rubber (ACM), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), or blends of these types of rubber, particularly NR/SBR- blends or NR-BR- blends, as well as the usual mixing ingredients such as fillers, plasticizers, anti-aging media, as well as additional additives, if needed. This mixture produces a plate-like, elastic intermediate layer with low dynamic stiffening; high dynamic stressability; high specific volume resistivity; and low frequency-dependence of the dynamic stiffening. The intermediate layer is arranged particularly between the base of the rail and the top side of the tie in connection with high-speed rail tracks. The underside of the intermediate layer is provided with at least one recess, with formation of an edge extending all around, and facing the top side of the tie.

Abstract: A float (1) for floating flexible pipes has a multilayered foam body (3) that surrounds the floating flexible pipe (2), a textile cover (4) arranged on the foam body (3) and having in particular several transverse layers, and an outer covering (5) made of an elastomer, a thermoplastic elastomer or a thermoplastic material. The float (1) is further provided with a transverse textile reinforcement (6) that forms with the axis an angle from 75.degree. to 90.degree., in particular from 85.degree. to 90.degree..

Abstract: Pivotal link (1) as a connection piece between two construction parts, whereby at least one construction part is supported rotatable around its horizontal axis. The essence of the invention consists in thatthe pivotal link consists of a hose or a hose-like body made of elastomeric material, whereby an embedded strength carrier (4) is present between the hose core (2) and the hose cover (3), said carrier consisting of threads forming one or multiple layers and extending at an angle .alpha. amounting to zero degrees based on the axial direction of the pivotal link, or only insignificantly deviating from zero degrees with a crossed arrangement of the threads; and thatthe pivotal link is additionally provided with rings (7), the latter being arranged in the radial direction.

Abstract: Device consisting of an inner mold (15), an outer mold and at least one injection aperture arranged in the outer mold; for the manufacture of the corners of sealing frames, in particular tunnel sealing frames consisting in most cases of four assembled strand-shaped sealing profiles made of elastomeric material, whereby each sealing profile has open and/or closed grooves extending in the longitudinal direction and arranged on the profile base side, as well as additional ducts also extending in the longitudinal direction and disposed between the grooves and the profile back surface; whereby the manufacture of the corners of the sealing frames takes place according to the injection molding process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a caoutchouc mixture for the manufacture of rubber products with low-temperature application capability, resistance to oil, low crystallization tendency, and high dynamic stressability, on the basis of natural caoutchouc, in particular viscosity-stabilized natural caoutchouc, and the usual mixture ingredients. The essence of said invention lies in that the caoutchouc mixture additionally contains 5 to 30% by weight 1,4-polybutadiene with a high cis-proportion, and 5 to 30% by weight epoxidized natural caoutchouc. An additional mixture variation is introduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device as part of a slaughtering line, especially for slaughtering hogs, consisting of a depilation beater (1) made of elastomaric material and having a baffle stool (3); a screw-on zone made of metal; a stop, against which the depilation beater supports itself via the baffle stool (3) at extreme deformation; as well as of angle-shaped scrapers made of metal, the latter being arranged on the working side of the depilation beater. The essence of the invention consists in that at least one fluted groove (23, 24, 25, 26) extending in the transverse direction is present within the zone of the beginning (4) of the baffle stool.

Abstract: In a multilayered textile web for forming flexible containers, tents, awnings, protective suits and the like, with a textile layer (5), a rubber layer (6) located on one side of the textile layer (5), and with a plastics film (7) located on the other side of the textile layer (5), said plastics film being located between two rubber layers (6) and comprises polyvinylidene fluoride.

Abstract: A device for transporting materials along supporting rollers including a conveyor belt extending in a longitudinal direction. The device has two spaced longitudinal edges and a tensile fabric layer embedded within the conveyor belt made of a textile, a cord fabric or a synthetic cord fabric. The supports extend in the longitudinal direction, and the conveyor belt is adapted for being rolled into a tubular belt, wherein the two longitudinal edges overlap each other and are supported by the supporting rollers. Stiff textile reinforcements are embedded within the conveyor belt on a side of the fabric layer facing the support rollers. The textile reinforcements are oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shield tail sealing (7) for driving shields consisting ofa basic body (2) made of elastomeric material and having a substantially rectangular cross section in the longitudinal direction and being inclined against the driving direction, whereby a sealing nose (12) is formed by molding at its sliding end on the inner side (inner side 11), which nose, in the operating condition, elastically presses against the outer side (4) of the tunnel lining, as well asa holding means (8) extending substantially contrally in the basic body (2), said means being fastened on a mounting support (10) arranged on the shield tail (9). The essence of said invention is thatin the upper zone adjacent to the shield tail (9), the basic body (2) has on the outer side (outer side 13) at least one sealing lip ( 14 ) of which the nose (18 ) , in the installed condition, projects beyond the outer surface (19) of the shield tail (9) or jacket of the shield.

Abstract: A seal for a container, in particular, a refrigerated container having a door or two wings of the door, and having a door jamb having a corner zone comprising:(a) a strand shaped outer sealing profile made of elastomeric material;(b) the door having an outer side, the door having an inner side; and the door having a face side; and the outer profile being fastened on the face side of the container door or wing of the door;(c) the outer profile having two bow-shaped sealing lips, one of which is an outer lip for sealing the gap between the container door and the door jamb, and, respectively, the gap between the two wings of the door, with the outer lip embracing the corner zone of the door jamb and wing of the door, respectively;(d) a strand-shaped inner sealing profile serving as an inner seal being an elastomer arranged on the face side of the container door or wing of the door;(e) a first C-shaped rail for anchoring the inner sealing profile and a second C-shaped rail for anchoring the outer sealing profile,

Abstract: A sealing profile formed of rubber or rubber-like material is provided for sealing tunnel segments which have circumferential recesses. There is a plurality of slotted grooves running parallel in the lengthwise direction on the base side of the profile and a plurality of channels running parallel in the lengthwise direction, the number of channels being no greater than the number of slotted grooves and at least one channel being in alignment with a corresponding groove.

Abstract: There is provided a sealing profile formed of rubber or rubber-like material for tunnel segments having a recess therefor extending therearound, the profile having a base side facing the segment and a back side facing away from the segment, a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel flutes in the base side, lateral flanks extending angularly from the base side, a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel ducts, and at least one centrally disposed bridge through extending from the base side to the back side without impairment in its supporting effort by a longitudinal duct.

Abstract: There is provided a process for the manufacture of molded bodies of polyurethane integral foam, such as body parts for the automotive industry, in which the first step of the process, the polyol component is prepared and in the second step of the process the polyol component is reacted with the isocyanate component according to the reaction injection molding method. In the mold and/or after removal from the mold, the molded bodies are subjected to thermal aftertreatment within the framework of a third process step for thirty minutes to three hours at 120.degree. to 180.degree. C. Also, the polyol component may contain nucleating agents, so that the nucleated molded bodies may or may not need be thermally aftertreated.