Abstract: An evaporation apparatus for evaporation of, for example, spent liquor from pulp cooking. The apparatus has a vertical cylinder that has evaporation surfaces disposed therein. An outlet opening is defined in a widened part of the cylinder to receive driven-off steam. A skirt is disposed in the cylinder and surrounds the evaporated liquid and driven-off steam and has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the widened part. The skirt has an open bottom and a skirt opening is defined in a portion of the skirt that is facing away from the outlet opening.

Abstract: The male incontinence pouch allows the user to sealingly insert the penis through an openable opening into a cavity defined in the pouch device. The incontinence pouch has an outer liquid-proof polyethylene layer. A soft fibrous nonwoven material is attached to the polyethylene layer. An inner liquid-permeable material is applied to the nonwoven material. An absorption layer is disposed between the polyethylene layer and the liquid-permeable material to form a laminate. An edge portion of the liquid-permeable material is attached to another edge portion of the liquid-permeable material so that the cavity is formed therebetween at an upper side surface of the incontinence pouch. The laminate in folded inwardly along a cross-folding line so that a side wall is formed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and improved way of continuously cooking fiber material, wherein temperatures and alkaline levels are controlled to be maintained within specific levels in different zones of the digesting process in order to optimize chemical consumption and heat-economy, and, at the same time, achieving very good pulp properties.

Abstract: A chair that includes a frame and a seat disposed there above, and an upwardly protruding back support that is located in an area behind the seat. A front part of the back support has a lumbar support device that is disposed a certain level above the seat to support the lumbar spine and/or pelvis rim of the user. The seat is movable relative to the frame between the forward starting position, on the one hand, in which the seat is remote from the back support and is the normal position when the seat is not used by a sitting person and a rear end position, on the other hand, has a lumbar support in which the seat has moved closer to the back support. More particularly, it is closer for the purpose of bringing the pelvis of the person sitting on the seat to partially shift in against or below the lumbar support device.

Abstract: A chair that includes a frame, a seat, and a back support that has a lumbar support device to support the back bone of the user. The seat includes a soft cushion and a support panel that includes a front and rear disc part of which the latter protrudes as a free end from the first and is not in contact with the back support. The cushion has a rear seating area that is recessed relative to a forward seating area so that a transition area is formed that provides a knob against which the user's sitting bones may bear against with a view to prevent forward gliding of the user's thigh bones along the seat. The rear disc part is also lowerable from an upper starting position to enable a variation of the height level.

Abstract: The telescopic chute assembly may be used to discharge cement from a discharge end of a concrete mixer mounted on a truck. The chute assembly has several telescopic chute sections for receiving the material from the mixer. The chute sections have a plurality of aligned flat strips that are attached to one another at an angle to form an elongate trough-shaped body to reduce the friction between the cement and the chute sections.

Abstract: A camera stabilizer includes a camera attachment (22), an arm system (21, 5) carried by the attachment (22), a stabilising mass (6) which is carried by the outer free end-part of the arm system, and a handle (3) connected to the attachment (22) through the medium of a universal joint (32). The arm system includes two arm-parts (21, 5) which are collapsibly connected to one another through the medium of a pivot joint. The pivot joint is a vertical pivot joint that enables the arm-parts (21, 5) to be swung relative to one another in the horizontal plane, wherein the pivot joint includes means (44) for locking the arm-parts (21, 5) in selected horizontal angles relative to one another.

Abstract: A method for cooking chips, involving steaming the chips, impregnating the chips with impregnating liquid in an impregnation vessel, which impregnating liquid comprises fresh cooking liquid and spent liquor, extracting spent liquor from the impregnation vessel, cooking the impregnated chips in cooking zones including an introductory co-current cooking zone and a concluding counter-current cooking zone, extracting spent liquor from the digester at a position between the said co-current and counter-current cooking zones, transferring the said spent liquor from the digester to at least one position upstream of the digester, circulating the cooking liquid in a bottom circulation within the said counter-current cooking zone, heating the circulating cooking liquid by means of heat exchange, and supplying wash liquid to the bottom of the digester.

Abstract: The axial piston machine may be used as a hydraulic pump or hydraulic motor. A rotor of the piston machine includes an outer part having a spherical inner surface and an inner part having a corresponding spherical outer surface. The inner part has a plurality of elongate grooves defined therein to seat pistons therein. A plurality of piston members protrude into the pistons. A sleeve member is disposed inside the inner part. The sleeve member has a plurality of openings defined therein that are connected to chambers in an alternating fashion. The sleeve member may be turned sideways to adjust the position of the inner part relative to the outer part to set the operational volume of the piston machine.

Abstract: A new and improved way of continuously cooking fiber material, wherein temperatures and alkaline levels are controlled to be maintained within specific levels in different zones of the digesting process in order to optimize chemical consumption and heat-economy and at the same time achieve very good pulp properties. The digesting process includes a top separator that separates the transport liquid from the fiber material and permits the fiber material to be exposed to the cooking liquid.

Abstract: A podiatric device (2) for use in bathtubs or shower cabinets for instance, wherein the device includes a mat (3) which is provided with resilient, elongated bosses (10) on two-thirds of its upper surface, said bosses acting on the sole of a foot resting on the mat. The entire undersurface of the mat is provided with suction cups (18) which function to secure the mat firmly to a smooth undersurface. The mat also includes a foot-filing part (5) which includes a convex, dome-shaped filing element (6). The outer surface of the filing element has affixed thereto an abrasive agent such as abrasive paper or abrasive granules. The device also includes an arrangement of brushes by means of which the upper and bottom surfaces of a foot can be cleaned simultaneously, including between the toes, while leaving the hands free to soap the body or shampoo the hair.

Abstract: A drip-catcher that is easily insertable into the opening of a bottle or similar container. The drip-catcher is self-adjusting and adapted to be inserted into the opening of the bottle with one hand. The drip-catcher is heart-shaped and includes a central groove defined at an upper end of the heart-shaped drip-catcher.

Abstract: A desk that includes a desk top that has a forward book support surface having an equilateral triangle shape that is movable between a raised position and a lowered position about a base of the support surface. The support surface has sides that each form a front side edge of the desk top when the support surface is in the lowered position. A writing surface is attached to the base and has opposite side edges that coincide with a periphery of an imaginary circle that is parallel with the writing surface. The support surface is disposed inside the imaginary circle when the support surface is in the raised position and has a front portion that extends outside the periphery of the imaginary circle when the support surface is in the lowered position.

Abstract: The foldable stool has a triangular shaped seat with three upper legs attached to the corners of the seat. A leg holder is attached to the bottom portion of each upper leg. The leg holders define a lateral opening that has an asymmetrical shape. A Y-shaped central connector units holds the leg holders together. The connector has irregular shaped extensions that are insertable into the irregular shaped lateral openings of the leg holder when the leg holder is turned into a first position. After being inserted, the leg holder may be rotated into a second position to securely hold the leg holder and so that the upper leg can be inserted into the leg holder and rest on a circular seat or flange that is disposed inside the leg holder. Lower legs are inserted into the leg holders. When it is desirable to collapse the foldable stool, the lower legs are pushed into the upper leg by pressing the knob to disengage the knob from the leg holder.

Abstract: A device for limiting, controlling and disposing leached lead. Shooting is made through an elastic layer, providing a watertight cover which closes after the passage of a projectile, the latter subsequently being arrested in a projectile-arresting material kept in an enclosed space created by a watertight layer. Precepition water penetrating the minimal projection penetrating holes is drained via the arresting material, along the inclined insides of the watertight layer, down to a lowermost point where the water is collected by a drainage line. The drainage water is discharged through a pipe to a closed reservoir or to a filter.

Abstract: The diaphragm pump includes a housing having an opening defined at one end. A diaphragm is attached to the housing and extends over the opening. An inlet is defined in the housing for receiving a fluid and a driving element is attached to the housing and in driving engagement with the diaphragm to vibrate the diaphragm. An orifice is defined in the diaphragm to permit a discharge of the fluid therethrough when the diaphragm is in vibration. A spring is disposed within the housing for biasing a plunger towards the diaphragm so that the plunger sealingly engages the diaphragm.

Abstract: A rod shaped supporting part has a plurality of plates slid thereon. Each plate has at least one protrusion protruding radially outwardly. The plates are axially separated by spacers. The protrusions have a precisely machined reference surface and the protrusions are arranged so that they form a helical path on the supporting part. The plates and spacers are held to the supporting parts by end nuts. At least two of the protrusions are protruding in the same direction so that a predetermined distance is defined between the protrusions which may be used in measuring applications. The supporting part is rotatably supported by a supporting device.