Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus and a method for the chassis measurement of vehicles such as motor vehicles, wherein the apparatus includes a vehicle lift platform with which a chassis to be measured can be reversibly lifted and an axle measurement lifting device with which an axle measuring unit can be reversibly lifted. The axle measurement lifting device has at least two lifting stages which are actuable reversibly independently of each other.

Abstract: Turbojet powerplant with at least one compressor (1), at least one combustion chamber (2), a high-pressure turbine (3) and a low-pressure turbine (4), characterised in that a heat exchanger (5) is arranged between the compressor (1) and the combustion chamber (2), in that at least one hot-gas line (6) branches off from an area downstream of the high-pressure turbine (3) and is connected to the heat exchanger (5), and in that at least one cold-gas line (7) connects the heat exchanger (5) with an area upstream of the low-pressure turbine (4).

Abstract: The exchange, removal or addition, as applicable, of media and/or power is provided between the individual shafts of an engine, between individual engines and between the engines and the aircraft. Thus, additional degrees of freedom are provided, enabling engine parameters to be addressed in terms of a reduction or avoidance of negative resonances or beats. It also provides an ability to alter thrust from engines of a multi-engined aircraft to reduce rudder trim.

Abstract: An optical vend-sensing system for reliably detecting the dispensing of an article, is presented. The system includes two parallel reflecting surfaces, each mounted at opposite sides of a vend space through which the article falls upon selection by a consumer. An emitter generates an optical beam which is reflected off each of the reflecting surfaces such that the reflected beam traverses across the vend space. A detector senses the reflected beam and communicates with a machine control unit. In response to the detector sensing that the reflected beam has been interrupted, the machine control unit terminates the vending operations of a mechanism controlling the dispensing of the article.

Abstract: A spray gluing unit in a machine for wrapping products advancing along a pass line comprises a gluer equipped with a nozzle having an outlet from which adhesive is directed onto a wrapping material enveloping the products, and a cleaning station equipped with a first movable member carrying a scraper blade and a wetting pad to which silicone oil is supplied; the scraper blade and the wetting pad are designed to interact with a flat surface of the gluer and with an end face of the outlet, occupying substantially the same plane, so as to remove any residual adhesive from the gluer and keep the outlet moistened.

Abstract: In method of manufacturing sealed packets (102) of cigarettes, each displaying a revenue stamp (3) and a coupon (4) affixed to the printed faces, the packets (2a) emerge from a packaging machine (5) with the external paper or cardboard surface (10) still to be overwrapped and are conveyed singly and in succession from the packaging machine (5) to a cellophaner (6), through the agency of a transfer unit (107), following a path equipped with stations at which a revenue stamp (3) and a coupon (4) are applied to the outer surface (10) of each one; on reaching cellophaner (6), each packet (2a) is enveloped in a relative sheet (15) of transparent overwrapping material, and the folds of the sheet are secured to complete the sealed packet (102) of cigarettes.

Abstract: A servo control calibration apparatus and method for correcting repeatable errors in position transducers is described. Unlike prior static direct measurement techniques or prior repetitive control techniques that correct error signals only within a low bandwidth, the present servo control calibration apparatus and method is done in-situ with the position transducer using a dynamic, closed loop servo operation. The present servo control calibration apparatus and method combine an in-situ error measurement and calibration device with a normal operation servo control closed-loop mechanism. In the calibration mode, the present servo control calibration apparatus and method measure the repeatable errors in a position transducer. Correction characteristics are stored and used in the normal operation of the servo control calibration apparatus and method to eliminate error from the control of the associated servo.

Abstract: A keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switching protocol is disclosed in which KVM information is applied to a network of workstations. At least one data converter communicates on the workstation network and retrieves KVM information from the workstation network that is addressed to a server assigned to the converter. The converter places the KVM information in a format suitable to the assigned server and applies the converted KVM information to the appropriate standard device ports of the server. The system provides motherboard access to the servers that is characteristics of KVM switches but provides essentially unlimited scalability not known in traditional KVM switches.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber head for a gas turbine with at least one combustion chamber wall 2,3, a metering panel 1, at least one heat shield 4, at least one sleeve 5 and a cowling 6, characterized in that the metering panel 1 forms one part with the combustion chamber outer wall 2 and the combustion chamber inner wall 3, in that the heat shield 4 is mounted onto the metering panel 1 from the downstream side of the metering panel 1, in that the sleeve 5 is mounted to the metering panel 1 from the upstream side, and in that the cowling 6 is separably attached to the metering panel 1.

Abstract: An electronic note taking application is described in which a user may make check box selections on web pages such that certain portions of the web pages are cumulatively collected in a clipboard. As the user navigates through various web pages on a website, the user can make highlighted and checkmark selections in the web pages, which are cumulatively collected for later use and reporting. At the end of a session, the entire selection of selected materials from all web pages during the session can be displayed to the user as a single cohesive document.

Abstract: A KVM switch having a uniprocessor architecture that accommodate multiple users and multiple computers—even multiple users to a single computer—via interrupt servicing provides dramatic improvements over common matrix-type KVM switches. Further, such features as hot-plugging computers, and keep alive computers (during power outages) are not inhibited by the present architecture. OSD menuing is accommodated, even as to both users, and OSD configurations are field upgradeable using flash memory downloading. The present architecture also accommodates tiered arrangements.

Abstract: In an automatic machine for wrapping items for the tobacco industry, a manipulator is designed to transfer at least one interchangeable processing tool toward and away from an operating position, the processing tool being mounted on a frame of the automatic machine.

Abstract: A conveying unit for transferring a mass of cigarettes includes a feed channel equipped with a conveyor by which cigarettes are made to flow along a given path and in a given direction toward the mouth of a hopper that forms part of a user unit. One section of the feed channel presents a movable wall consisting of an articulated mechanism having two rigid restraints, one rectilinear and one arched, connected together pivotably by a hinge; the end of the arched restraint is connected to a fixed hinge, while the end of the rectilinear restraint is connected to a movable hinge rigidly associated with a guided slide device capable of movement along the direction of the advancing flow of cigarettes, in response to variations in the rate of flow along the channel. As the movable end is displaced, the movable wall shifts between two limit positions corresponding respectively to a maximum and a minimum capacity of the section of the feed channel occupied by the wall.

Abstract: Packets (2) transferred from a packing machine to an overwrapping machine pass through an in-line storage unit (1) of variable capacity internally of which they are directed along a path (P) between a loading station (3) and an unloading station (4); the unit (1) includes a succession of conveying members (19) each describing a closed loop path (P1) and set in motion by a corresponding motor (30), and chutes (44) by which the conveying members (19) are linked in series.

Abstract: A dispensing device for a powder filling machine comprises a duct with at least one dispensing outlet from which a powder material is directed into a container positioned beneath. The outlet incorporates an iris diaphragm with a plurality of occluding elements capable of movement between an operating condition in which the outlet is closed, disallowing passage of the powder material, and a non-operating condition in which the outlet is open, with the occluding elements compassing a flow section aligned concentrically with the duct and allowing the passage of the powder material.

Abstract: The automatic machine tool comprises two parallel longitudinal guides supported by a plurality of columns standing on a base, the guides being slidably engaged with two parallel sliding crossbeams that mount respective machining units. The drive motion for the sliding crossbeams running in the guides is provided by linear electric motors.

Abstract: Containers are filled with liquids by equipment incorporating a carousel rotatable about a vertical axis, and a number of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each comprising a platform on which to set a container, a nozzle aligned with the platform and serving to direct at least one type of liquid into the container, also a dynamometer associated with the platform and sensing the weight of the container. The equipment includes at least one tank holding at least one liquid to be batched into the containers, and a fixed pipeline of which a first end is connected to the tank and a second end is connected by way of a rotary coupling to a manifold at the top of the carousel.