Abstract: An overfolding device for overfolding the top panels of a formed, filled and sealed gable top carton is disclosed herein. The overfolding of the top panels eliminates the convexing of the top panels due to a springback effect inherent in the packaging material of the carton, and thus provides a flat top panel for placement of a fitment thereon by a post processing fitment applicator. The overfolding device may be positioned directly subsequent to a top sealing station of a form, fill and seal packaging machine such as a TETRA REX® packaging machine. The overfolding device includes an attachment means, a movement means and a folding mechanism. The folding mechanism may include a plurality of projection members, a plurality of engagement members and a frame.

Abstract: An arrangement for screening off a ventilated space (5) in a floor construction arranged on a subfloor (2) and having joists (6) that are supported by a plurality of level-adjusting spacer screws (8) resting on the subfloor (2) to create a free passage (9) between the joist and the subfloor as well as said space, which includes said passages, between the subfloor and the floor construction. In accordance with the invention, the arrangement comprises an elongate plate-shaped body (116) with a flat waist part(117), a foot part (118) and a top part (119), which foot and top parts extend along the long sides of the waist part and are flexibly connected to the waist part by means of joints (122, 123) that are parallel to each other. The plate body is arranged to be anchored with its top part to a vertical side of one of said joists by means of attachment elements (12) anchored with its foot part to the subfloor by means of attachment elements (121).

Abstract: An exhaust gas alternator system for a diesel powered motor vehicle including a Stirling engine operating through a heat input of waste heat from a diesel engine exhaust to drive an electrical alternator. The cooler of the Stirling engine receives liquid engine coolant. An auxiliary diesel fuel burner may be operated to provide heat input for said Stirling engine when the diesel engine is not operated. The system may be used in an exhaust circuit having a catalytic converter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide being a fragment of the human insulin C-peptide, said peptide comprising the sequence ELGGGPGAG or a fragment thereof, or the sequence EGSLQ or a fragment thereof, and having the ability to stimulate Na+K+ATPase activity.

Abstract: An exhaust gas alternator system for a diesel powered motor vehicle including a Stirling engine operating through a heat input of waste heat from a diesel engine exhaust to drive an electrical alternator. The cooler of the Stirling engine receives liquid engine coolant. An auxiliary diesel fuel burner may be operated to provide heat input for said Stirling engine when the diesel engine is not operated. The system may be used in an exhaust circuit having a catalytic converter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a scraper device for static or vibratory rolling machines for compacting materials, primarily gravel, earth and asphalt. The scraper device includes a scraper element (6) which is designed to clean the surfaces of a roller cylinder of gravel, earth or asphalt adhering to the surfaces as the material is compacted. A spring (10) permits scraper elements to be easily lifted clear of the surfaces when cleaning of the latter is not required.

Abstract: A joist for building constructions includes an oblong body with threaded holes for receiving cylindrical, threaded space and level adjusters that are screwed into the holes to protrude from the joist body and thereby form an air gap with respect to the supporting surface and to adjust the level of the joist body. The threads of the holes are formed directly in the joist body and the space and level adjusters, threaded from end to end, have a length such that a rear portion situated inside the joist body and a front portion have part-lengths that enable a secure thread connection. The space and level adjusters are arranged in the central plane and/or in two rows on each side of the central plane.

Abstract: An electric conductor (10, 20, 30) provided with an insulating layer (11, 21, 31) and a protective layer (12, 22, 32), surrounding the conductor, in the form of a polymer material containing at least :stabilized polyethylene. To said polyethylene there is added a combined antioxidant and voltage stabilizer, in the form of 5,10-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]indole or substituted florins thereof such as methyl, methoxy, dimethylamino or other donor substituents to counteract degradation as a result of electric load.

Abstract: A supporting element for use in casting concrete floors on a foundation includes a base member and a distinct top member supported by the base member. The top member has an elongated top sliding plane surface allowing a concrete leveling device to be moved along it. The base member is typically formed of side walls with openings in them, each making approximately the same angle with respect to the top member and being inclined so that they form an angle of about 25.degree.-90.degree. with respect to each other. The base member may form a groove in a central top portion of it, and the top member may be an elongated rail received within the groove. Foot portions connected to the side walls may have level adjustment screws provided in them for adjusting the position of the top sliding plane surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for detecting the presence of bark and for determining the barking degree of wood or chips. Accordingly, the apparatus includes a light source (12) which directs a concentrated light beam (14) onto the measurement object (16), for instance a log which is moved continuously in a transport chute (20). The shape and/or size of the light image obtained on the log (16) at the point (18) on which the light beam (14) impinges on the log is detected with the aid of a camera (10), preferably a CCD-camera. The shape and/or size of the light image is mutually different for wood and bark. The detection values obtained by the CCD-camera (10) are evaluated in a processing means.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel assembly (1) for a nuclear reactor and comprises a number of parallel fuel rods (2) which are held together by means of spacers (4,5) arranged along the fuel rods as well as guide tubes (3) arranged between the fuel rods (2) and parallel thereto. The guide tubes extend through the spacers (4) and are fixed between a top nozzle (6) and a bottom nozzle (7). According to the invention, bottom sleeves (8) for the guide tubes (3) are arranged in the bottom spacer (5). These bottom sleeves (8) are rigidly fixed to the bottom spacer (5) and rest against the bottom nozzle (7). Each bottom sleeve (8) is provided with a first locking member (9) for receiving a second locking member (10), arranged at the end of the respective guide tube (3), in order to rigidly lock the guide tube (3) to the bottom sleeve (8).

Abstract: A security system comprises a signal transmitter (1) with a first sensor (2) for conveying status information to a receiver (3) via a telecommunication channel (4), the signal transmitter being preferably built into a telephone set and the telecommunication channel preferably comprising a subscriber line in a regular telephone network. A second sensor having a higher sensitivity than the first sensor, is arranged to be influenced by the same alarm situation as the first sensor to transmit alarm information to the receiver via the telecommunication channel, and a restoring circuit (6) comprising time measuring components (7, 8) with an activation input (9) connected to the second sensor is, within a time slot of a predetermined length arranged for the transmittal of the status information and the alarm information, arranged to always transmit restoring information regarding the alarm information to the receiver.

Abstract: A tape-formed or sheet-formed insulating material for use in windings and coils of electrical machines includes an insulating layer in the form of a homogeneous film of an organic polymer or in the form of a felt of a paper of fibres of an organic polymer and a protective layer coated on at least one side of the insulating layer which protects the insulating layer against degradation caused by corona. The protective layer comprises an organic polymer containing at least 10 percent by volume of a powdered filler in the form of chromium oxide, iron oxide or a mixture of chromium oxide and iron oxide. The filler preferably has an intrinsic resistivity of 10.sup.4 -10.sup.8 ohm m. The thickness of the protective layer and the total thickness of the protective layer, respectively, are preferably smaller than the thickness of the insulating layer and the resistivity of the protective layer is preferably in excess of 10.sup.10 ohm m.

Abstract: A hydraulic lifting arrangement for a lift assembly on a materials-handling vehicle includes a working piston-cylinder device (17) for raising and lowering the lift assembly, a reversible pump assembly (40) for operating the piston-cylinder device, and an electric motor for driving the pump assembly. The piston-cylinder device (17) is a double-acting device and has two working chambers (28,29), which are connected to the pump assembly by connecting pipes (46,47). The pump assembly comprises a first and a second hydraulic pump (41,42) having fixed displacements. The pumps are so arranged in the system that together they supply hydraulic medium to and receive hydraulic medium from solely the first chamber (28) whereas only the pump motor (41) supplies and receives hydraulic medium to and from the second chamber (29).

Abstract: An arrangement for casting in a mould of so-called battery design longitudinal concrete bodies with a high degree of linearity. The moulds consist of pipes of substantially circular cross-section, these being placed on top of beams which, within a frame, extend parallel to the longitudinal sides of the frame. The beams constitute lower casting boundaries in the process of casting and each two adjacent pipes constitute two lateral boundary sides in the process of casting. The underside of each mould pipe is levelled and provided with a longitudinal rail of upside-down T-shape, which is cut out at several points and at mutually identical distances. A plurality of plates each with a Y-shaped recess are placed between the top edges of the beams and at the same distances as the cut out rails. The recess matches the leg of the T-rail, and pipes are rigidly secured atop the beams by joined T-rails and plates.

Abstract: An electrical conductor is provided with an electrical insulation (11) surrounding the conductor (10) and a surrounding protective layer (12) which protects the insulation against degradation caused by corona. The protective layer consists of an organic polymer containing at least 10 percent by volume of a powdered filler in the form of chromium oxide, iron oxide, or a mixture of chromium oxide and iron oxide. The filler preferably has an intrinsic resistivity of 10.sup.4 -10.sup.8 ohm m. The thickness of the protective layer is preferably smaller than the thickness of the underlying insulation (11) and its resistivity preferably exceeds 10.sup.10 ohm m. The conductor is used, among other things, in windings and coils for electrical machines.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of producing charges for cannons with extremely high charge density and favorable burning properties from the standpoints of both wear and pressure vs time characteristics. According to the invention, the charge is formed of mutually parallel, bundled tubular propellant rods which have been provided with specially designed rupture points which cause the charge to be ignited as a pure tubular propellant charge of large length in relation to the diameter of the combustion channels, but finally burns as a pure granular propellant. The disclosure also relates to propellant charges produced according to the disclosed method.

Abstract: An arrangement and method for laying concrete floors includes precast concrete, combination concrete-forming and screed-guiding beams. The beams are shaped to provide screed slide faces, anchorage flanges, and as desired, reinforcement bracket projections and dowel opening. The beams are located, leveled and anchored, in a spaced pattern of sections. Concrete reinforcements and dowels are used in the floor area to be laid, as desired. Concrete may be poured in all the sections defined by the beam pattern, and screeded, with the screeds being supported on the beams. The beams are not removed, but hardened into the floor with the poured concrete, eliminating such past, costly practices as temporary screed guide placement and removal, and the required work stoppage and overnight wait for some sections to harden, until adjacent sections can be poured.

Abstract: A handling apparatus for handling boxes stored in shelving compartments of storage shelving systems comprises a main body structure (11) which is adapted to be carried by a lifting device (12) and which is adjustable positionally thereby to a given level to be in registration with a respective shelf compartment (35). The body structure incorporates a plate-like support table (17) for supporting boxes (23), and a box dogging device (20) for dogging the boxes between the support table and respective shelf compartments. The box dogging device includes a vacuum device (21) which includes a plurality of suction cups (22) and which is movable along both the body structure and the support table. The dogging device and the support table are connected together so that the support table will move together with the dogging device during the initial and the final part of the movement of the dogging device.

Abstract: The invention deals with a method of eliminating the base resistance of a flying object. Included in the invention is a device specially adapted to the method. According to the invention base resistance is eliminated by means of the combustion gases from a combustion chamber (2) built into the object being released from the said chamber and led towards the base surface of the object via devices (9-16, 20, 24 and 30) which eliminate the greater part of the gases' motive energy before or simultaneously with their reaching an outlet located on the base surface of the object through which they are allowed to flow out under such conditions that the base resistance of the object (1, 26) is at least partly eliminated.