Abstract: The PbO-free UV-absorbing glass is made under oxidative conditions and has a composition, in % by weight, of: SiO2, 55-79; B2O3, 3-25; Al2O3, 0-10; Li2O, 0-10; Na2O, 0-10; K2O, 0-10; MgO, 0-2; CaO, 0-3; SrO, 0-3; BaO, 0-3; ZnO, 0-3; ZrO2, 0-3; CeO2, 0-1; Fe2O3, 0-1; WO3, 0-3; Bi2O3, 0-3; MoO3, 0-3; ?Li2O+Na2O+K2O=0.5 to 16 and ?MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO=0-10. It also contains from 0.1 to 10% TiO2 with at least 95% of the titanium as Ti+4 so that it has a high visible transmission, reduced color centers, and a sharp UV absorption edge.

Abstract: A battery pack for an electric appliance has a base body, a locking unit for locking the base body to the electric appliance, an actuating element for unlocking the base body, which element is intended to be actuated by a user in an actuating direction, and a removal direction in which it is possible to remove the base body after it has been unlocked from the electric appliance. The actuating direction has at least one component oriented counter to the removal direction.

Abstract: An electrical device has an electrical device body, a rechargeable battery pack that can be removed from the electrical device body, and a fastening unit for attaching the rechargeable battery pack to the electrical device body. It is provided that the fastening unit is designed such that electrical contact between the electrical device body and the rechargeable battery pack is established during an attaching motion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for removing a cover from a storage box that is closed using a lid-like cover attached thereto at the edges. For removal, the adhesive strength of the cover is reduced in the region of a few of the sealed edges and the cover is then removed by peeling it off the storage box, whereby the cover is peeled off by rolling it onto a roller.

Abstract: A holder for a beverage container, for installation in a motor vehicle has a receiver open to a top for insertion of a beverage container, guide unit, a support which is guided by the guide unit so as to be movable back and forth between a lowered position and a raised position, the support in the raised position providing a beverage container inserted into the receiver with a lateral support above the receiver, an unlockable locking device which holds the support in the lowered position, and a locking device which holds the support in the raised position.

Abstract: A cosmetic preparation in gel form is described which contains undissolved, water-swollen polymer particles and at the interface with gaseous substances forms reversibly a grainy, uneven, light-scattering surface and at the interface with solids forms reversibly a smooth, level, non-light-scattering surface. Preferred gel formers are superabsorbing polymers. A preferred use is the hair-end protection in permanent wave treatment.

Abstract: An interconnection element for a multi-phase winding (11) that is made up of coils (12) and belongs to an electric machine, in particular a brushless mini motor, having a support (20) made of insulating material and conducting strips that are disposed on the support (20) for producing interconnections among the coils (12). In order to reduce materials costs, the conducting strips are embodied in the form of bent wires (27-30) that are preferably contained in channels embodied in the support (20) and are fixed in place by means of two annular cover elements (31, 32) made of insulating material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling and regulating an internal combustion engine 6; via a transducer disk 16 on the crankshaft 12 and a pickup 15, the annular position of the crankshaft 12 is ascertained continuously, with gasoline direct injection valves, in which the fuel injection valves 5 receive the fuel 1 from a pressure-imposing electric fuel pump 9 via a fuel rail 7. A control unit 25 evaluates the output signals of the pickup 15 to determine the annular position and to ascertain the rpm; depending on the annular position, the control unit 25 trips injection and/or ignition pulses. According to the invention, to detect the phase relationship of the engine 6, the pressure course in the fuel rail sensor 8 is evaluated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multispeed gearshift mechanism for bicycles. The gearshift mechanism contains a shaft (1), which can be mounted, fixed against relative rotation, on a bicycle frame, an actuator (7), rotatably seated on the shaft (1), a shell (12), rotatably seated on the shaft (1), and a gearshift mechanism, which is provided with a first and a second planetary gear (15, 16) and is arranged in the shell (12) for making available several gear ratios between the actuator (7) and the shell (12). The planetary gears (15, 16) have at least respectively two sun wheels (19, 20, or respectively 22, 23), which are coaxial in relation to the shaft (1) and which can be selectively connected by means of a shifting device with the shaft (1).

Abstract: A knitting machine contains at least one knitting tool carrier for knitting tools (9) with a needle distance t, an associated knitting cam assembly (12, 13), the carrier and the knitting cam assembly being moveable relative to one another and the knitting cam assembly containing a plurality of systems (I, II) lying one behind the other in the direction of movement (v) which systems having respectively a first and a second selection point, lying one behind the other in the direction of movement (v), with one electrically controllable selection member (44, 52), a timing signal-generating device (56, 60) for producing timing signals and a programme control device (53) for producing electric control signals for the control members (44, 52).

Abstract: A device for variable division of a motor vehicle boot and for securing the loaded goods has a guide rail arranged on the boot floor and one or more support panels guided by a sliding guide block in the guide rail at right angles to the guide rail and so as to be transversely displaceable therein. The support panels are mounted to rotate in the sliding block and can be swivelled up out of a horizontal position in which they lie substantially parallel to the boot floor, into a position vertical with respect to the boot floor, and can be locked. On the support panels there are provided connecting elements to which fixing modules or belt modules for securing the loaded goods or for dividing the boot in a second axis can be fixed.

Abstract: A process for producing cement, including preheating a mixture of ground raw materials (raw meal) in a preheating cyclone to form a preheated raw meal, calcining the preheated raw meal in a calciner to form a calcined raw meal, burning the calcined raw meal in a rotary kiln with the aid of a high-grade fuel to form a cement clinker, cooling the cement clinker in a rotary kiln and grinding the cooled cement clinker. The process is characterized by replacing 50 to 70% of the high-grade fuel with a low-grade fuel, gasifying the low-grade fuel in a fluidized bed to form a resulting fuel gas, supplying a first portion of the resulting fuel gas to a main burner of the rotary kiln, a second portion of the resulting fuel gas to the exhaust gas stream from the rotary kiln and a third portion of the resulting fuel gas to the calciner.