Abstract: An implement comprising a first handle, on which are disposed control elements for the implement, and a second handle. The first handle is adjustable between a first operating position for a two-handed operation in which the implement is adapted to be guided by both the first handle and the second handle, and a second operating position for one-handed operation in which the implement is adapted to be guided by the first handle.

Abstract: An escalator or moving sidewalk exhibits a frame for the formation of a supporting structure between entry and exit that is made at least partially of perforated plate, with the holes in particular being provided over a significant part of the frame height, preferably roughly one half the frame height.

Abstract: A safety belt roll-up mechanism is provided, and includes a force limitation device that operates in a multi-stage manner and has a two-stage torque rod and a pyrotechnically operating switching device that couples the torque rod, in various clamping lengths, with a belt shaft. The extent of the belt strap unwound from the belt shaft is utilized for actuation of the force limitation device. A ratchet wheel is connected to the belt shaft via a reduction gear mechanism. A portion of the periphery of the ratchet wheel has a toothing for engaging the reduction gear mechanism. A further portion of the periphery of the ratchet wheel has a switching contour that rests against a contact pin of an electric switch. The switching contour has a profile that effects the connection or disconnection of the switching device for the torque rod.

Abstract: A bicycle lock in the form of a U-lock includes a U-shaped closure bracket and an elongated lock body. The lock body includes insertion openings for receiving ends of the closure bracket, while the ends of the closure bracket are provided with recesses that are parallel to a longitudinal direction of the lock body. Two locking bolts can be moved for securing the closure bracket in the lock body, the locking bolts forming a part of oppositely moveable locking devices that can be moved by a driver that is rotatable by means of a closing cylinder. By actuating the closing cylinder, the locking devices are drivable in the longitudinal direction of the locking body. Each locking device has two sections into which the locking bolts are inserted. The locking bolts are preferably cylindrical.

Abstract: An exhaust gas system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an oxidation catalytic converter disposed in a first exhaust gas manifold section with which the exhaust gas outlets of a first portion of the cylinders communicate, and a hydrolysis catalytic converter disposed in a second exhaust gas manifold section with which the exhaust gas outlets of the remaining portion of the cylinders communicate. The hydrolysis catalytic converter, together with the oxidation catalytic converter that annularly surrounds it, are installed in a common housing. A tubular portion of the second exhaust gas manifold section extends into the housing and accommodates the hydrolysis catalytic converter in its end portion. A tubular portion of a first exhaust gas manifold section surrounds the tubular portion of the second exhaust gas manifold section, resulting in an annular in-flow chamber for the oxidation catalytic converter that simultaneously serves as a heating chamber.

Abstract: A display device for guitar tuners and a method of displaying the tuned states of guitar strings. The method is performed such that the control unit performs control so that the backlight emits light having a predetermined color by turning on the backlight when a tuner is turned on, and then performs control so that the backlight emits light having a different color when the tuning of guitar strings is completed using the display device, which includes a Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) panel provided in an equalizer mounted to a guitar body, and configured to display the tuned states of the guitar strings, a backlight mounted behind the LCD panel, and a control unit configured to control the LCD panel and the backlight.

Abstract: A treat dispenser for animals, especially in the form of a rubber chew toy for dogs. The treat dispenser comprises a housing having a hollow interior and at least one aperture adapted to receive and dispense treats. The treat dispenser also has an at least partially helically extending insert disposed in the hollow interior of the housing and adapted to advance treats to the at least one aperture of the housing.

Abstract: An extruder for viscous masses, and including an extruder screw and a positive-displacement gear pump disposed downstream of the extruder screw as viewed in the conveying direction. The positive-displacement gear pump has at least one conveying gear and at least one positive-displacement gear. The axis of the conveying gear is disposed essentially at right angles to the axis of the extruder screw, and the axis of the positive-displacement gear is disposed essentially in the same direction as the axis of the extruder screw.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for monitoring formation of deposits of solid particles from flue gas onto furnace walls formed of welded-together tubes through which cooling medium flows. For the entire surface of the walls, the exact surface temperature is detected with infrared cameras, offset by 90° relative to one another, via a thermal image obtained of a surface development of the furnace. This exact surface temperature is compared with the temperature of the cooling medium from measurement locations. Individual images from the cameras are composed to form an overall development of the inner surface of the furnace walls. The coordinates of the deposits on the walls are determined from the overall development, and the thickness of the deposits is determined from the temperature comparison.

Abstract: A toy for animals, comprising an outer, hollow shell member of elastomeric material. The shell member has at least one hole to provide communication between the hollow interior and the exterior thereof. A hollow, flexible insert is disposed within the shell member and is at least partially in contact therewith. An acoustic cartridge is disposed in a port of a hollow insert.

Abstract: A manually guided apparatus for collecting objects, especially fruits and nuts, including a pick-up drum rotatably mounted in the drum chamber of a housing. The drum is disposed approximately transverse to the direction of operation, and is rotationally driven by a drive unit. The housing has a wall section extending over the width of the drum approximately at the level of the outer diameter thereof. A ground support is disposed in the region of ends of the drum. A collection channel provides communication for picked-up objects between the drum chamber and a collection receptacle for receiving the objects. The wall section of the housing and the drum cooperate with one another such that objects are accelerated along the wall section toward the collection channel and are ejected out of the drum chamber along a trajectory into the collection receptacle. A handle is operatively connected to the housing for moving the housing in the direction of operation.

Abstract: A toy for animals, comprising an outer, hollow shell member of elastomeric material. The shell member has at least one hole to provide communication between the hollow interior and the exterior thereof. A hollow, flexible insert is disposed within the shell member and is at least partially in contact therewith. The hollow insert can have a recessed portion or an integral center core. An acoustic cartridge is disposed in a port of the hollow insert.

Abstract: A retractable lock for cabinet doors, wherein a cradle in a cutout door portion accommodates a lever handle secured, in a pivoted-in position, by a locking mechanism. The lever handle pivots out of the cradle over an operating displacement, via a pivot bearing, in a plane perpendicular to the door panel. A latching bar on the opposite side of the cradle is longitudinally displaceable, with the operating displacement of the lever handle being converted into longitudinal displacement of the latching bar. In a pivoted-in position of the lever handle, an extension thereof rests against a side of an arm fixedly connected to, and extending from, the latching bar facing the direction of movement of the latching bar into its locking position. A spring disposed between the arm and an abutment of the cradle biases the latching bar into its extended locking position.

Abstract: A workpiece gripping apparatus comprising a base, two centering jaws displaceably guided on the base so as to be movable toward and away from one another, and an actuator jaw displaceably guided on both of the centering jaws. The actuator jaw is movable toward and away from the base, with movement of the actuator jaw causing movement of both of the centering jaws, which are adapted to center a workpiece between them.

Abstract: A jar type cauldron that includes a main body and a lid. The main body is made by shaping and then firing clay, and is constructed so that a bottom wall thereof is thicker than a sidewall thereof. An inner wall is provided in an upper portion of the main body to form a double-wall structure, thus narrowing a mouth provided on the top of the main body and defining a warming space. Further, a central insertion part is provided on the lower surface of the lid, and is inserted into the mouth provided on the top of the main body. A handle is provided in the center of the upper surface of the lid.

Abstract: An extruded seal member having a corrugated axial surface exhibiting alternating peaks and valleys extending longitudinally along the axial surface of the seal member; a method for manufacturing the seal member which comprises extruding a tubular structure having a corrugated axial surface, crosslinking the extrude tubular structure, cutting the tubular structure to provide a plurality of uniform seal members and recovering the seal members; and a method of using such multilayer seal members, are described.

Abstract: A process container comprising a metallic casing having at least one refractory cladding layer disposed on the inner side thereof, and cooling elements connected to the outer side of the casing. Each cooling element comprises a base plate and at least one cooling channel connected to the base plate in a heat-conducting manner. The base plate is connected to the outer side of the casing by being screw connected to threaded bolts welded onto the outer side of the casing whereby the base plates nestle against the casing by flexural deformation due to clamping pressure of the screw connections. Ends of the cooling channels are connected to ends of adjacent cooling channels.

Abstract: A drive unit of a motor vehicle, provided with an internal combustion engine, with a combustion air supply having a low-pressure compressor, a high-pressure compressor and a combustion air cooling unit, and with an exhaust gas withdrawal via which exhaust gas formed in the internal combustion engine is withdrawn. The drive unit has a cooling system with at least one cooling circuit in which are arranged a heat exchanger, through which flows a working medium and which can be cooled by atmospheric air, at least one exhaust gas cooler integrated into the exhaust gas withdrawal, and the combustion air cooling unit has a combustion air intercooler and a main combustion air cooler that are thermally coupled to the cooling circuit in such a way that in the direction of flow of combustion air, the combustion air intercooler is disposed between the low-pressure and the high-pressure compressors, and the main combustion air cooler is disposed downstream of the high-pressure compressor.

Abstract: A selection device for a reading and/or writing device for a rewritable Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) includes a selector for selecting a specified complete and limited data area of a plurality of such data areas present on the DVD after a Lead-in Area, and a representer for representing the selected data area to the operating system of a data processing unit, which can only access to a first or a single data area on the DVD as this single or only data area. By transferring a start address of the first or only single data area, which the operating system can access, into a start address of the selected data area, an inquiry of the operating system to the first or single data area is diverted to the selected data area.