Abstract: A transport container made from lightweight construction boards, having a base and upright walls extending around the base. In order to manufacture the transport container in a more cost-effective, more rugged and more easily reparable manner, the walls, at their lower end, have a flap which extends along the edge of the walls and is angled in the direction of the base and which is connected to the base. Wherein an upwardly curved channel is between the angled flap and the edge, and the walls, at their upper end, have an upwardly curving beading which has a shape which corresponds to the channel at the lower end of the walls. In order to obtain improved stability, the transport container, which is constructed in a modular manner, may be provided with a concealed frame of metal tubes.

Abstract: A puncturing device for extracting organic samples, and which includes a puncturing cannula ending in a needle tip, the lumen of the puncturing cannula being designed as a suction channel, and a flushing line for supplying a flushing agent. Behind the needle tip of the puncturing cannula a single-lumen puncturing area is provided, which is followed by a double-lumen area departing from a connecting site at which the flushing line is fluid-tightly attached to the puncturing cannula. At a distal end of the flushing line is provided at least one transfer opening into the suction channel of the puncturing cannula.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous coating materials comprising at least one water-dispersible polymer (WP), having at least one functional group (a), preferably at least one crosslinking agent (V) having at least two functional groups (b), which react with the functional groups (a) of the water-dispersible polymer (WP) when the coating material cures, to form a covalent bond, and positively charged inorganic particles whose ratio D/d, the ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d), is >50, the charge of the inorganic particles being at least partly compensated by singly charged organic anions (OA). The invention further relates to a process for producing stonechip-resistant OEM coat systems consisting of an anticorrosion coat applied directly to the substrate, a surfacer coat, and a concluding topcoat, preferably consisting of a basecoat and a concluding clearcoat, where at least one coat is formed from the above-identified aqueous coating material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one liquid-crystalline aqueous preparation (WZ) in fractions of 1% to 99% by weight, based on the aqueous basecoat material, at least one film-forming polymer (FP), and a crosslinking agent (V).

Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous effect basecoat material comprising at least one liquid-crystalline aqueous preparation (WZ) in fractions of 1% to 99% by weight, based on the aqueous basecoat material, at least one film-forming polymer (FP), and at least one effect pigment (EP).

Abstract: A puncturing device for extracting egg cells for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) includes a puncturing cannula that can be connected by means of a multiway valve to a suction line or a flushing line. The multiway valve is provided with a foot-operated, mechanical or electro-motive drive mechanism for switching the multiway valve from a suction position to a flushing position and vice versa.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure roller for use in semi-autogenous comminution of maters. The roller has an outer face (11) accommodating a set of wear resistance inserts (13) in a spaced array over the outer face. The inserts are embedded in the surface of the roller and extend into an outer section of the roller. Each insert is spaced inwardly from or is flush with the outer face of the roller.

Abstract: A method of establishing defined morphologies of separated phases in thin coats, in which anisotropic particles (T) whose average particle diameter (D) is <1 ?m and whose D/d ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d) is >50 are introduced into the coating material used to produce said coats and comprises at least one polymer (P1), at least one polymer (P2) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase and/or a crosslinking agent (V) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase, where the polymers (P1) and/or (P2) have at least one functional group (a) which reacts during curing of the coating material to form covalent bonds. The disclosed coating material is applied to an uncoated substrate and/or to a precoated substrate and then cured and can be used in producing antistonechip OEM coat systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing the stonechip resistance of OEM coat systems composed of an anticorrosion coat, a surfacer coat, and a concluding topcoat, in which 0.1% to 30% by weight, based on the nonvolatile fractions of the coating material, of electrically charged inorganic particles AT whose ratio D/d, the ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d), is >50 and whose charge is at least partly compensated by singly charged organic counterions OG, are incorporated into the coating material that is used to produce at least one of said coats and that comprises at least one polymer P, and the coating material is applied and, lastly, is cured.

Abstract: Coating materials that comprise at least one polymer (P1), at least one polymer (P2) which is incompatible with polymer (P1) in the solid phase and/or a crosslinking agent (V) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase, where the polymers (P1) and/or (P2) have at least one functional group (a) which reacts in the course of curing of the coating material to form covalent bonds, wherein the coating material comprises 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on the nonvolatile constituents of the coating material, of electrically charged inorganic particles (AT) whose average particle diameter (D) is <1 ?m and whose average D/d ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d) is >50. Also disclosed is a method for producing antistonechip OEM coat systems using the disclosed coating material.

Abstract: A fire detector has at least two sensor units for monitoring a confined space for the occurrence of a fire. A first fire parameter is monitored according to the scattered light method, using a first sensor unit located at or in the vicinity of the ceiling. At least one second sensor unit of the fire detector, which emits at least two highly focused light beams towards the floor of the confined space, monitors a second fire parameter according to the extinction method.

Abstract: A method for differentiating between a fire and the manipulation of a fire detector. The fire detector has at least two sensor units, each of which contains a light source and a light collector. A cover plate is formed with at least two light exit and entry windows. The device is used to monitor at least one fire parameter in the area surrounding the fire detector according to a scattered light method. The respective light entry and exit windows on the cover plate are connected to an optical fiber element in such a way that light from the light source of one sensor unit is guided to and captured by the light collector of the other sensor unit.

Abstract: In the method for contactlessly controlling a sanitary facility, a transmitter, a receiver, an evaluation unit and a control unit are used to monitor an area (2) of the sanitary facility (1) and to control at least one actuator (5) of the sanitary facility. The area (2) is monitored using a time-of-flight distance measurement. In particular, the spatial position and/or the speed and/or the direction of movement of objects (7) in the area (2) being monitored is/are detected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing receptacles coated with a film or label, particularly from EPS, EPP or EPE, during which the following steps are carried out: shaping the film or label (24) into a shape corresponding to the outer or lateral contour of the receptacle (11) to be produced; inserting the shaped film into a shaping tool (3, 5), and; back-filling the film (24) with the receptacle material. A device for producing a receptacle (11) of the aforementioned type comprises, in essence, a feed device for the film or label (24), and a shaping tool (3, 5). In addition, a receptacle is provided that is comprised of a film or label (24) in a shape corresponding to the outer or lateral contour of the receptacle (11), and is comprised of a receptacle material, which serves to back-fill the film or label (24) and which consists of, in particular, EPS, EPP or EPE.

Abstract: A method for differentiating between a fire and the manipulation of a fire detector. The fire detector has at least two sensor units, each of which contains a light source and a light collector. A cover plate is formed with at least two light exit and entry windows. The device is used to monitor at least one fire parameter in the area surrounding the fire detector according to a scattered light method. The respective light entry and exit windows on the cover plate are connected to an optical fiber element in such a way that light from the light source of one sensor unit is guided to and captured by the light collector of the other sensor unit.

Abstract: A fire detector has at least two sensor units for monitoring a confined space for the occurrence of a fire. A first fire parameter is monitored according to the scattered light method, using a first sensor unit located at or in the vicinity of the ceiling. At least one second sensor unit of the fire detector, which emits at least two highly focused light beams towards the floor of the confined space, monitors a second fire parameter according to the extinction method.

Abstract: Use of a copolymer (A) preparable by free-radical polymerization of a) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer and b) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer different than the olefinically unsaturated monomer (a) and of the general formula I R1R2C?CR3R4??(I), in which the radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4, in each case independently of one another, are hydrogen atoms or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, cycloalkylaryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, with the proviso that at least two of the variables R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, especially substituted or unsubstituted aryl radicals; in an aqueous medium for producing molding compounds and moldings.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions entirely or substantially free from volatile organic compounds, comprising (A) at least one block copolymer preparable by two-stage or multistage free-radical copolymerization in an aqueous medium of a) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic and hydrophobic olefinically unsaturated monomers, and b) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer different than the olefinically unsaturated monomer (a) and of the general formula I R1R2C?CR3R4??(I) in which the radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently of one another are hydrogen atoms or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, cycloalkylaryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, with the proviso that at least two of the variables R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, especially substituted or unsubstituted aryl radicals; and (B) hydrophilic nanoparticles; ?p

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions entirely or substantially free from volatile organic compounds, comprising