Abstract: A ring hoop padlock comprises a ring hoop rotatable about an axis of rotation; a lock cylinder that has a cylinder housing and a rotatable cylinder core; an entrainer coupled to the cylinder core for driving the ring hoop; a housing that has a front housing part and a rear housing part; and an insertion part in which the lock cylinder is held, with the insertion part being integrally formed in one piece.

Abstract: A brake disk lock includes a claw comprising a first claw section and a second claw section movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position of the claw, wherein, in the closed position, the claw comprises a predetermined clearing width so as to engage around a section of a brake disk of a two-wheeled vehicle. Further, the brake disk lock comprises a locking mechanism which is configured to lock the claw in the closed position, and an adjustment device configured to adjust the predetermined clearing width of the claw to different brake disks.

Abstract: A ring hoop padlock comprises a ring hoop rotatable about an axis of rotation; a lock cylinder that has a cylinder housing and a rotatable cylinder core; an entrainer coupled to the cylinder core for driving the ring hoop; a housing that has a front housing part and a rear housing part; and an insertion part in which the lock cylinder is held, with the insertion part being integrally formed in one piece.

Abstract: A field bus module for the operation of actuators and/or sensors with at least one device interface for the connection of a sensor and/or actuator, with at least one field bus interface for connection to a field bus system, and with a processing device for receiving and processing and sending field bus telegrams and also for making available control commands, especially safety-oriented control commands, to the device interface depending on incoming field bus telegrams wherein the processing device is configured to process in different operating modes sensor data that can be made available at the device interface and/or field bus telegrams that can be made available at the field bus interface, wherein an operating mode memory is allocated to the processing device for the optional provision of one of at least two different operating mode data sets at the processing device depending on an incoming field bus telegram.

Abstract: A signal converter circuit includes a sensor connection, two comparator circuits, each having a signal input for an electric connection to the sensor connection, a reference input for an electric connection to a respectively assigned reference signal source and a signal output for a provision of an output signal, with a feedback line being formed between the respective signal output and the respective reference input, and further including two reference signal sources, each of the comparator circuits being configured for comparing a signal level at the signal input to a signal level at the reference input and for outputting a digital output signal as a function of a comparison result between the signal levels, wherein the two reference signal inputs are connected to one another via a coupling line being configured to transmit a presettable fraction of the respective signal level present at one reference input to the other reference input.

Abstract: A holder for a two-wheeler lock, in particular of the type of a folding lock, has a support region for contacting a tube section of a two-wheeler, and a mount which comprises at least one first holding section and one second holding section, wherein the first holding section and the second holding section are spaced apart from one another and define a reception opening for the two-wheeler lock, and wherein the first holding section includes an angle with the second holding section.

Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring safety components including monitoring electronics which include a plurality of clock generators and evaluation means and on which at least two interfaces to be monitored for electric coupling to safety components are formed, wherein each of the interfaces includes at least two output ports and at least two input ports, wherein each of a first output port and a second output port is connected to a clock generator designed for providing clocked electric monitoring signals, wherein a first input port and a second input port are connected to the evaluation means, and wherein a number of clock generators greater than two and less than a number of all output ports of the interfaces to be monitored is chosen.

Abstract: A field bus module for the operation of actuators and/or sensors with at least one device interface for the connection of a sensor and/or actuator, with at least one field bus interface for connection to a field bus system, and with a processing device for receiving and processing and sending field bus telegrams and also for making available control commands, especially safety-oriented control commands, to the device interface depending on incoming field bus telegrams wherein the processing device is configured to process in different operating modes sensor data that can be made available at the device interface and/or field bus telegrams that can be made available at the field bus interface, wherein an operating mode memory is allocated to the processing device for the optional provision of one of at least two different operating mode data sets at the processing device depending on an incoming field bus telegram.

Abstract: A signal converter circuit includes a sensor connection, two comparator circuits, each having a signal input for an electric connection to the sensor connection, a reference input for an electric connection to a respectively assigned reference signal source and a signal output for a provision of an output signal, with a feedback line being formed between the respective signal output and the respective reference input, and further including two reference signal sources, each of the comparator circuits being configured for comparing a signal level at the signal input to a signal level at the reference input and for outputting a digital output signal as a function of a comparison result between the signal levels, wherein the two reference signal inputs are connected to one another via a coupling line being configured to transmit a presettable fraction of the respective signal level present at one reference input to the other reference input.

Abstract: A holder for a two-wheeler lock, in particular of the type of a folding lock, has a support region for contacting a tube section of a two-wheeler, and a mount which comprises at least one first holding section and one second holding section, wherein the first holding section and the second holding section are spaced apart from one another and define a reception opening for the two-wheeler lock, and wherein the first holding section includes an angle with the second holding section.

Abstract: A joint lock comprises a lock body and a joint bar hoop, wherein the lock body accommodates a lock cylinder and a latch which is selectably movable by the lock cylinder from a locked position into a release position and wherein the joint bar hoop comprises a plurality of joint bars pivotally linked to one another, wherein a first end of the joint bar hoop has an elongate closing bar which can be introduced into an introduction opening of the lock body and which can be locked in the lock body by means of the latch. The joint lock is characterized in that the lock body furthermore accommodates a preloading device which preloads the latch into the locking position, with the latch being temporarily movable against the preloading from the locking position into the release position by introduction of the locking bar into the lock body, with the preloading device being adapted to move the latch back into the locking position again when the locking bar is completely introduced into the lock body.

Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring safety components including monitoring electronics which include a plurality of clock generators and evaluation means and on which at least two interfaces to be monitored for electric coupling to safety components are formed, wherein each of the interfaces includes at least two output ports and at least two input ports, wherein each of a first output port and a second output port is connected to a clock generator designed for providing clocked electric monitoring signals, wherein a first input port and a second input port are connected to the evaluation means, and wherein a number of clock generators greater than two and less than a number of all output ports of the interfaces to be monitored is chosen.

Abstract: A joint lock comprises a lock body and a joint bar hoop, wherein the lock body accommodates a lock cylinder and a latch which is selectably movable by the lock cylinder from a locked position into a release position and wherein the joint bar hoop comprises a plurality of joint bars pivotally linked to one another, wherein a first end of the joint bar hoop has an elongate closing bar which can be introduced into an introduction opening of the lock body and which can be locked in the lock body by means of the latch. The joint lock is characterized in that the lock body furthermore accommodates a preloading device which preloads the latch into the locking position, with the latch being temporarily movable against the preloading from the locking position into the release position by introduction of the locking bar into the lock body, with the preloading device being adapted to move the latch back into the locking position again when the locking bar is completely introduced into the lock body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock, in particular a hoop lock, having a lock housing, in which a locking cylinder of the lock is arranged, including a cylinder housing, a barrel rotatably mounted in the cylinder housing and a driver unit associated in a drive effective manner with the barrel, and having at least one bolt coupled to the barrel via the driver unit, so that by rotating the barrel the at least one bolt is moveable from a locked position into a release position. The lock housing has a receiving space in an axial extension of the locking cylinder, with the locking cylinder or a part thereof being able to be displaced from an operational position into the receiving space on the application of a predefined force in the axial direction of the locking cylinder, to adopt a sabotage position, in which the coupling of the at least one bolt to the barrel is taken out of operation.

Abstract: A jointed bar lock having a lock body and a jointed bar hoop which has a first end and a second end, said first end being permanently connected to the lock body and said second end being connectable to the lock body at a latching region of the lock body, with a bolt provided at the lock body selectively being movable into a latched position in which the bolt engages it the second end of the jointed bar hoop when it is connected to the lock body or is movable into a release position in which the second end of the jointed bar hoop is released for a removal from the lock body. The lock has an actuation device which is coupled to the bolt via a connection section and by which the bolt is movable from the latched position, into which the bolt is biased, into the release position. The lock body accommodates a combination locking mechanism to selectively block or release the bolt.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock, in particular a hoop lock, having a lock housing, in which a locking cylinder of the lock is arranged, including a cylinder housing, a barrel rotatably mounted in the cylinder housing and a driver unit associated in a drive effective manner with the barrel, and having at least one bolt coupled to the barrel via the driver unit, so that by rotating the barrel the at least one bolt is moveable from a locked position into a release position. The lock housing has a receiving space in an axial extension of the locking cylinder, with the locking cylinder or a part thereof being able to be displaced from an operational position into the receiving space on the application of a predefined force in the axial direction of the locking cylinder, to adopt a sabotage position, in which the coupling of the at least one bolt to the barrel is taken out of operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a jointed bar lock comprising a lock body and a jointed bar hoop which has a first end and a second end, said first end being permanently connected to the lock body and said second end being connectable to the lock body at a latching region of the lock body, with a bolt provided at the lock body selectively being movable into a latched position in which the bolt engages it the second end of the jointed bar hoop when it is connected to the lock body or is movable into a release position in which the second end of the jointed bar hoop is released for a removal from the lock body. The lock has an actuation device which is coupled to the bolt via a connection section and by which the bolt is movable from the latched position, into which the bolt is biased, into the release position. The lock body accommodates a combination locking mechanism to selectively block or release the bolt.

Abstract: Perfectly spherical, smooth and uniform microcapsules, which may contain living cells, are produced having a diameter less than 700 .mu.m by employing an electrostatic droplet generator. A droplet is suspended from a pointed source, such as a needle, and is charged with high static voltage. A collecting vessel or ring device is charged with opposing polarity and attracts the droplet. When a voltage potential threshold is passed, the droplet moves from the source to the collecting vessel. The voltage pulse height, pulse frequency and length, and extrusion rate of the droplets are adjustable so that predetermined sizes of droplets may be repeatedly generated and collected.

Abstract: Perfectly spherical, smooth and uniform microcapsules, which may contain living cells, are produced having a diameter less than 700 .mu.m, e.g. 150 to about 500 microns, by employing an electrostatic droplet generator. A droplet is suspended from a pointed source, such as a needle, and is charged with high static voltage. A collecting vessel or ring device is charged with opposing polarity and attracts the droplet When a voltage potential threshold is passed, the droplet moves from the source to the collecting vessel. The voltage pulse height, pulse frequency and length, and extrusion rate of the droplet are adjustable so that predetermined sizes of droplets may be repeatedly generated and collected.