Abstract: A tubular element for transporting a refrigerant fluid between two components of an air-conditioning circuit, said element being a one-piece tube, wherein the tube is a single-layer tube of plastics or thermoplastic material.

Abstract: The invention discloses a process for use of automation equipment. The automation equipment comprises an application memory in which an application program is stored that is used for the monitoring/control of an automation application. The process comprises a step for the storage of at least one address in the application memory in the form of a hyperlink associated with a document related to the automation application and memorised outside the automation equipment. This address is inserted in a comments field in the application program. The invention also discloses a programming station capable of inserting and displaying such a document.

Abstract: Alpine ski binding designed to hold the rear end of a boot in place on a ski. The binding comprises a body (3) connected to the ski, a device (2) for position-retention of the rear end of the boot, which is carried by the body, and a support plate for the boot (9), on which the rear end of the sole rests. The support plate is mobile in the median longitudinal and vertical plane, and a layer (15) of an elastically-compressible material is interposed between the support plate and the upper surface of the ski. In particular, the plate is interposed around an axis (25) carried by the stirrup piece which holds the rear part of the slide-rail (4) in position on the ski.

Abstract: A plastic shipping container for cotton swabs that has a T-section at the bottom of the container front panel that at the shipping destination is readily removed to form a dispensing opening for the cotton swabs.