Abstract: A device for heating, generating electric power and cooling enclosed spaces, which is connected to at least one closed-circuit pipe which acts by thermal radiation and comprises at least one turbine or microturbine of the axial or tangential type or of the type that merges into the closed-circuit pipe, placed in partial vacuum by means of a first fan. An alternator for generating electric power and elements for feeding the power to the grid or to user devices, and an absorber for generating cool air or refrigerated water, are connected to the turbine or microturbine.

Abstract: A glass element for forming glass brick walls, which has an overall parallelepiped shape and side walls shaped to enable insertion-engagement with the adjacent elements.

Abstract: A single lever control for combined control of the throttle in a marine engine and of a reversing gear includes a rocking lever mounted onto a supporting arm, which is connected to an actuator causing a reversing gear to transmit engine motion to a shaft driving a propeller or the like either in the same direction of rotation as the drive shaft or opposite thereto. The supporting arm is also dynamically connected to position sensors sensing the angular position of the lever and generating a signal uniquely related thereto. The signal is transmitted to a controller of a motorized actuator of the engine throttle. The angular displacement of the lever is transmitted to a transducer converting rotary motion into an electric signal uniquely related thereto via a gear drive having an input gear controlled by the supporting arm and an output gear connected to a transducer control shaft.

Abstract: A stop rule for circular saw benches includes a profiled hollow body extending longitudinally with a substantially right-angled cross section, on which means are located for the attachment thereof to a table. One side of the profiled hollow body is designed as a guide member with a coplanar extension extending therefrom, which has a guide rule on the front edge thereof for low workpieces. Such guide rule extends vertically at right angles from the table, on which the guide member lies when the stop rule is in a horizontal position. The extension protruding sideways has a horizontal contact surface in the horizontal position of the stop rule, on which surface a vertically adjustable hold-down device for low work pieces is connected.

Abstract: A method for controlling and managing the water flow to a coffee machine provided with an ion exchange water softener device, characterised by: determining, on the basis of the hardness of the mains water and the type of resins, the maximum volume of water treatable by said resins before saturated, feeding mains water to the coffee machine through said water softener device while measuring said water flow, the value of which is compared with the maximum treatable water volume, and on noting that the water volume which has passed through said water softener corresponds to the memorized maximum treatable water volume, directly feeding the mains water to the coffee machine while by-passing said water softener device, and in the meantime, regenerating the resins with brine and washing said resins on termination of said regeneration, and finally, again feeding water to the machine via said water softener device.

Abstract: The invention is a new well drilling machine, in particular for drilling with single pipes, with supporting mast (M) provided with at least one drill head? (R) for the rotation-translation movement of the drill pipe (A), a loader (C) for said pipes (A), hinged to the relative supporting frame (T), integral with the machine body, and wherein said loader (C) can be slanted from the non-operating position (1) to the operating position (2), in which said pipes (A) are further slanted with respect to ground level, and vice versa. The loader (C) comprises sliders (J, K) which run on parallel guides (S) and on which said pipes (A) rest transversally, wherein two or more long pins or bars (P) square to and integral with said sliders (J, .K) are positioned between adjacent pipes (A), and wherein the running of said sliders (J, K) causes the translation of said bars (P) and said pipes (A).

Abstract: System for controlling the motion of an actuator of a hydraulic system that may be embodied as a circuit or device that, interposed between a pump and the actuator, controls the motion of the actuator, causing the actuator to follow the movement of the pump. The present invention relates both to a system and a device providing such result just on the basis of the measures of the fluid circulating within the hydraulic circuit or device. The system according to the present invention is suited both with opposing loads and dragging loads.

Abstract: A disposable structure for making foundations, plinths and construction elements in general wherein there is provided an iron reinforcement (12, 13) arranged in at least one containment element (14) for receiving concrete (16), wherein the at least one containment element (14) comprises a metal sheet exhibiting a series of main V-shaped ribs (19), interspaced from one another and connected by a mesh construction (20), which realizes a beehive structure, and by further secondary ribs (21), also shaped as a V, in a central zone of the mesh construction, the series of main V-shaped ribs (19) being arranged against the iron reinforcement (12, 13) and having a height (h) between 1.5 and 3.0 cm. Such type of structure can be entirely made at the factory and installed in position at the yard.

Abstract: The present invention refers to labels for bottles of a rigid material. In particular, a rigid body of a ceramic material reproduces writing characters in high and/or low relief and is realized by overlapping at least a first layer of terracotta with a second layer. According to the present invention, the first layer reproduces the writing characters in high and/or low relief and the second layer is a layer of enamel disposed over the first layer such to cover at least the writing characters uniformly.

Abstract: A method of registering biomedical images to reduce imaging artifacts caused by object movement is disclosed, wherein a certain number of features or landmarks is automatically defined and tracked in a first and second image to be registered to determine the optical flow vector between the first and second image. Registration then takes place by applying the inverse optical flow to the second image. The automatic feature selection step is carried out by determining the mean signal intensity in a defined neighborhood for every pixel, which mean signal intensity is then compared to a predetermined threshold. If the mean signal intensity value of said neighborhood is higher than the predetermined threshold the pixel is defined as a feature and is added to a list of features to be tracked.

Abstract: A ski boot, designed for ski mountaineering, includes a rigid shell and sole, an inshoe of soft material, and a leg portion pivotally secured to the shell. A lever is located on one side of the leg portion for operating a traction cable located on the other side of the leg portion. The remote end of the traction cable is engaged with, or secured to, a retention element on the leg portion. A spoiler is pivotally mounted at the rear of the shell, and is interposed between the rear of the leg portion and the rear of the inshoe. A lug, or similar coupling element, is formed on the lever. The lever is mounted for pivotal movement in the horizontal direction, between an opened, and closed, configuration or condition. When the lever is in its closed configuration, the lug engages the leg portion and the spoiler, and blocks their pivotal movement, or articulation, relative to the shell.

Abstract: A mobile basket for consolidation work on walls is provided with a main frame, configured in the front part for hoisting and for translating the new basket up and down a wall and having legs fitted on the sides of said main frame. A secondary frame or cage is structured for supporting a magazine of drill rods, as well as a mast or drill and a mechanical hand applied to the secondary frame or cage positions parallel to its longer side and essentially perpendicular to the main frame. The mechanical hand, positioned between the mast or drill and the magazine, is configured to take a rod from the magazine and transfer it to the mast or drill.

Abstract: A continuous dyeing device and related processes using indigo and/or other colorants for warp yarn chains and/or for fabrics, equipped with at least a first and a second dyeing compartments containing dyeing baths, the first and second dyeing compartments being enclosed, at least partially, in a hermetically sealed chamber. The device also includes at least one squeezing element interposed between the two dyeing compartments and a plurality of cylinders for heating and/or dehydrating the yarn and or the fabric, thereby increasing the diffusion and the absorption of the colorant. The cylinders are positioned downstream of the first dyeing compartment and squeezing element.