Abstract: Armor plating is provided for armored land vehicles or watercraft, the armor having a base armor plate and an additional armor plate fixed thereto on the enemy side, such that it can be removed. A structural component can be used as a base armor plate for such vehicles, and comprises a layered structure with a core composite having an inner honeycomb core and at least one covering layer. The layered structure does not contain supporting metal layers or ceramic, hard material layers. Another essential characteristic is the use of fixture elements which are anchored in the core composite to allow additional armor plating to be detachably fixed on the enemy side. The core composite therefore essentially offers basic protection itself, while also acting as the carrier structure for interchangeable additional armor plating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a walking floor for an armored vehicle with a double floor to protect against mine explosions, characterized by a composite panel (10) having at least one core layer (11) made of a honeycomb structure, which is arranged between a first and a second outer layer (12a, 12b) and is connected thereto, wherein retaining means for connecting the composite panel (10) to the vehicle are integrated in the composite panel (10).

Abstract: Armor plating is provided for armored land vehicles or watercraft, the armor having a base armor plate and an additional armor plate fixed thereto on the enemy side, such that it can be removed. A structural component can be used as a base armor plate for such vehicles, and comprises a layered structure with a core composite having an inner honeycomb core and at least one covering layer. The layered structure does not contain supporting metal layers or ceramic, hard material layers. Another essential characteristic is the use of fixture elements which are anchored in the core composite to allow additional armor plating to be detachably fixed on the enemy side. The core composite therefore essentially offers basic protection itself, while also acting as the carrier structure for interchangeable additional armor plating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a walking floor for an armored vehicle with a double floor to protect against mine explosions, characterized by a composite panel (10) having at least one core layer (11) made of a honeycomb structure, which is arranged between a first and a second outer layer (12a, 12b) and is connected thereto, wherein retaining means for connecting the composite panel (10) to the vehicle are integrated in the composite panel (10).

Abstract: A method and device for explosives identification bombards a sample with neutrons the energy of which is to the positron activation energy of nitrogen and to the required energy for a neutron proton nuclear reaction of neutrons with 16O to 16N. Electron positron annihilation radiation emitted by the sample due to the neutron bombardment is then detected as a function of time. The respective concentration and the concentration ratio of oxygen and nitrogen in the sample is determined from the time dependency of the annihilation radiation, and the explosive is identified by the comparison of the concentration ratios of the specific concentrations of oxygen and nitrogen with the corresponding substance ratios of known explosives. By radiation with neutrons at the same time radionuclides 13N are created from the nitrogen contained and 16N from the oxygen contained, the decay of which generates electron positron annihilation radiation with characteristic half-lives.

Abstract: A faucet head has a tubular and arcuate casing having an inlet end connectable to a pressurized-water supply and an outlet end. An integral core unit in the casing forms a sprayer having a first central inner spray chamber at the outlet end centered on an outlet-end spray axis and a second generally coaxial annular outer spray chamber at the outlet end around the inner chamber. The sprayer further forms inner and outer holes open generally parallel to the outlet-end axis from the spray chambers. The cure unit further forms a valve housing having an inlet port and a pair of offset first and second outlet ports. The valve housing extends along an axis offset radially from the outlet-end axis. The core unit forms also an inlet conduit forming an inlet passage extending between the in let port and the inlet end of the casing and first and second outlet conduits.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic, biologically active molecule for fixing an active ingredient to the virus protein 1 (VP1) of the polyoma virus. According to the invention, an amino acid sequence A1 which is derived from the C-terminal end of virus protein 2 (VP2) or 3 (VP3) of the polyoma virus is bonded to an active ingredient at one of its ends.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic, biologically active molecule for fixing an active ingredient to the virus protein 1 (VP1) of the polyoma virus. According to the invention, an amino acid sequence A1 which is derived from the C-terminal end of virus protein 2 (VP2) or 3 (VP3) of the polyoma virus is bonded to an active ingredient at one of its ends.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical coupling comprising an annular hub made of a rigid material, which is surrounded by an outer ring made of a rubber-elastic material. The coupling also comprises an outer contouring, which is located on the outer diameter and which is provided for positively transmitting torques, whereby the outer ring is reinforced by an embedded, annular, rigid solid body. The aim of the invention is to achieve a quieter operation of a coupling of the aforementioned type and to better protect this coupling from becoming damaged. To these ends, the invention provides that the rubber-elastic material is silicone and that the annular, rigid solid body, on the outside, has a shape, which is similar to that of the outer contouring of the outer ring and which maintains, over the circumference, a nearly constant distance from the outer contouring of the outer ring. The rigid solid body is preferably comprised of a curved, metallic strip material having a constant thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic shaft coupling, comprising at least one torsion element, with an elastomer body as transfer element, to which connecting flanges are fixed. According to the invention, the axial shortening of the elastomer body, in such an elastic shaft coupling, at high revolutions, can be reduced, without producing the resilience thereof, whereby the elastomer body is encompassed by a circumferential support ring, which is exclusively bonded to the elastomer body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical coupling comprising an annular hub (2) made of a rigid material, which is surrounded by an outer ring (3) made of a rubber-elastic material. The coupling also comprises an outer contouring, which is located on the outer diameter and which is provided for positively transmitting torques, whereby the outer ring (3) is reinforced by an embedded, annular, rigid solid body (7). The aim of the invention is to achieve a quieter operation of a coupling of the aforementioned type and to better protect this coupling from becoming damaged. To these ends, the invention provides that the rubber-elastic material is silicone and that the annular, rigid solid body, on the outside, has a shape, which is similar to that of the outer contouring (5) of the outer ring (3) and which maintains, over the circumference, a nearly constant distance from the outer contouring (5) of the outer ring (3).

Abstract: An elastic shaft coupling which as a transmission element comprises at least one torsion element with an elastically deformable elastomer body on which axial flange connections are fixedly mounted on the input and output sides. The axial width of the elastomer body increases radially from the inside towards the outside. To reduce or better distribute the local mechanical and thermal load on the elastomer body resulting from the dynamic load, the invention provides for the axial width of the elastomer body to increase radially from the inside to the outside more than proportionally, at least in sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic shaft coupling having at least one torsion element (1) which comprises at least one elastomer body (5) serving as a transmission element. Axial metallic connecting flanges (2) are mounted in a fixed manner, preferably by vulcanization, on the input and output sides of the elastomer body. In order to increase the transmittable power density and to improve the rubber-metal connection in the edge areas of the connecting flanges (2), the invention provides that the connecting flanges (2) axially project outward with regard to the elastomer body (5) from the plane of the connecting flange while forming an arch at least on the radially extending edges (2a, 3a) of the connecting flanges between the elastomer body (5) and the connecting flanges (2), the edges being formed on the outer edges of connecting flange segments (2) and/or on the inner edges of passages (3) in the connecting flange (2).

Abstract: A shaft coupling has at least one elastomer transmission element that is provided on its surface with an aging-resistant, opaque layer. The layer is vulcanized to the transmission element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shaft coupling (1) comprising at least one elastomer transmission element (2). In order to meet continuously increasing requirements in terms of dynamic load capacity and long service life, and with a view to providing special protection against oxidation-caused aging in hostile environments such as high temperatures, the outer surface of the transmission element (2) is provided at least partially with an anti-aging, airtight covering (3).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing items such as money, preferably rolls of coins. The invention includes at least one magazine for stocking the items and has at least one discharge device for dispensing items. A movable receiving device, which is preferably movable up and down, is provided. The receiving device may further include at least one take-out device wherein the take-out device(s) is extensible for operative engagement with the item and can take an item out of one of the at least one magazine and deposit the item into a removal tray of the receiving device.

Abstract: A shaft coupling (1) has at least one elastic torque transmission element (4) in a single piece to which connecting elements (3) are fixed at the driving and driven sides. In order to increase the stressability due to the thermal stresses on the elastic transmission elements (4) and thus to ensure higher power densities with smaller volumes, at least one cooling element (6) made of a good heat-conducting material is non-detachably embedded in the transmission element (4). The cooling element (6) extends through a core zone of maximum heat generation and through a relatively cooler outer zone of the transmission element (4).

Abstract: The device for mechanically transmitting torque from a motor to a power transmission is especially suitable for marine propulsion systems as a sound-damping transfer coupling of a drive shaft. The device comprises a damping member with two halves mirror-symmetrical relative to a plane that is perpendicular to the axial direction. Each half is a composite body comprised of a first and a second conical rubber ring of opposite conical orientation. The second conical rubber ring is concentrically arranged inside the first conical rubber ring. A metallic conical center ring is vulcanized to the mantle surfaces of the first and second conical rubber rings that are facing one another. A metallic outer ring is vulcanized to an outer conical mantle surface of the first conical rubber ring and a metallic inner ring is vulcanized to an inner conical mantle surface of the second conical rubber ring.

Abstract: A resilient shaft coupling, especially for Diesel engine drives, essentially comprises two rigid coupling parts such as a hub on the drive side of the shaft coupling and a flange ring on the end of the drive shaft opposite to the drive side, whereby the hub and the flange ring are connected in an elastic rotating manner via a series of identical elastic annular connecting links. Radial supports for the elastic annular connecting links are provided at one of the rigid coupling parts in order to avoid improperly restraint masses that cause imbalance of the shaft due to centrifugal forces. In order to improve the angular movability of the resilient shaft coupling, the radial supports are provided with angular movability. This is achieved by a metallic ring membrane which provides angular movability between two axially neighboring annular connecting links, whereby the ring membrane is clamped between the connecting rims of the annular connecting links.

Abstract: A resilient shaft coupling in which a rigid primary and a rigid secondary coupling member are connected together by at least one resilient annular assembly of a multi-part construction that is composed of a number of ring segments that are identical and run circumferentially in close succession. Each segment is composed of axially outer metallic segment plates and an inner rubber body that has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape with a radially outwardly increasing width in an axial plane. In order to obtain higher thermal stressability of the shaft coupling, at least one window is provided in the rubber body of each segment. The ends of the window end in the vicinity of the radial end faces of the segment. Openings are also provided in the two segment plates of each segment and are congruent with the window in the rubber body.