Abstract: A device for inhibiting the loading and use of portable guns such as rifles, pistols and the like for purposes of safety when a gun is transported or put away. The device comprises a dummy cartridge (11) to be inserted into the cartridge chamber of the barrel of a gun, a cable (12) which starts from the dummy cartridge, extends into the barrel for the entire length of same and ends with a final spacer (13) protruding from the muzzle end of the barrel, and a lock (14) applied to said spacer and resting directly or indirectly against the muzzle of the barrel.

Abstract: A McPherson strut bearing for the upper connection of a McPherson strut in a motor vehicle has an inner part (1) with a central through hole (2) for accommodating the upper end of the McPherson strut. An elastomer body (3) is arranged circularly on the outer circumference of the inner part (1). A cage (4) accommodates the inner part (1) with the elastomer body. An elastic bearing body (5) completely accommodates the cage (4) up to a bilateral opening cross section (6, 7), where at least the cage (4), the bearing body (5) and a circlip (9) surrounding the bearing body are divided in a plane passing through the central longitudinal axis (10) of the McPherson strut bearing.

Abstract: A fastening system for fixing a first assembly unit to a second component for use especially in the motor vehicle industry is presented, which has at least one fastening screw, a corresponding first preassembly thread on the first assembly unit, in which the fastening screw is fixed after the preassembly, and a fastening thread on the first assembly unit or on the second component for fixing the first assembly unit to the second component by means of the fastening screw. The fastening screw has at least two threaded areas for preassembly and for fastening with different thread pitches, wherein the preassembly thread and the fastening thread as well as the threaded areas are provided with different pitches and the second threaded area, which is used for fastening and is facing away from the screw head, has a smaller diameter than the threaded area that is used for the preassembly and is adjacent to the screw head.

Abstract: A method is described for the production of a tubular knitted article on a circular knitting machine, in which a needle cylinder knits said tubular article (M) beginning at an initial end and finishing at a final end. At the end of the knitting of said tubular article, the latter is partly released from the needles (5), engaged by transfer members (21, 23) and then released completely from the needles and transferred to means for closing said second end.

Abstract: To sew on pockets to be folded over or prefolded pockets as desired, a sewing unit can be equipped or retrofitted in a simple manner with holding and folding means (28, 31) for the pockets to be folded over or with support and holding means (33, 34; 36, 37) for prefolded pockets.

Abstract: A locking device for two components of a height- and tilt-adjustable motor vehicle steering column, that has components that are displaceable in relation to one another, is disclosed. One component is fixed on a bracket stationarily connected to the body of the motor vehicle and the other component is part of a steering column housing accommodating the steering column, with at least two toothed surfaces each fixed on the components that are displaceable in relation to one another. The toothed surfaces have each at least one row of teeth with a plurality of teeth arranged next to one another. The free tips of the teeth of the two rows, which free tips face one another, are mutually repelled by magnetic forces.

Abstract: An infrared optical gas sensor is improved with respect to the quality of the measured signal. The infrared radiation detectors (4, 6) used as the reference radiation and measuring radiation detectors include thin layers of a partially transparent material, which sends an electric measured signal that depends on the radiation intensity received. The infrared radiation detectors are arranged stacked one over the other and with an interposed narrow-band filter (3, 5) each, which are transparent at the measuring wavelength. The infrared radiation detectors have an electrically conductive coating on the top side and the underside and are contacted.

Abstract: A shifting device of a motor vehicle transmission with a selector lever (3) and a kinematic elements (4-9) for transmitting the selection movements to the automatic transmission, wherein the selector lever can be moved in an automatic shift gate for selecting automatic gears and in a sequence shift gate for manually upshifting and downshifting gears. The shifting device (1) has three movement spaces (I, II, III), which are located next to one another and are preferably directed essentially in parallel to one another, and two adjacent movement spaces (I, II and/or II, III) each are provided for different functions.

Abstract: On a base structure (101, 103), an assembly (104) oscillates about a horizontal axis (X—X) between two limit positions; on said assembly, a rotor (106) is capable of rotating about an axis (Y—Y) of rotation orthogonal to said horizontal axis (X—X) and has a ring of seats (121) for test tubes (1); an actuator (145) moves said assembly into a position with the axis of rotation (Y—Y) roughly horizontal, to carry out an agitation stage, and into a position with the axis of rotation (Y—Y) vertical, to carry out, before the reading stage, a centrifugation stage. The ring of seats (121) for test tubes has the test tubes (1) oriented, in the vertical position of said axis of rotation (Y—Y), with their bottom facing downwards and outwards.

Abstract: An automatic closure for elastically deformable, tube-like or bottle-like containers of pasty or liquid media has a dispensing opening (5), which is arranged in a front wall (3) of a hood cover and can be closed by an axially movable closing member (8). The closing member (8) is part of an elastic membrane wall (9) of an elastic, hood-like hollow body (10). This hollow body surrounds a ring wall (12) of a chamber (15), which is closed by a bottom (13), through which the medium flows and is provided with a ventilating channel. To make possible a sufficient suction ventilation of the container in a simple manner, the inner ring wall is surrounded by a second ring wall, which forms an annular groove (17) with the inner ring wall (12). The annular groove (17) has at least one axial ventilating opening (30, 31), which connects the ventilating channel (28,29) to the hollow space (27) surrounded by the second ring wall (16).

Abstract: Apparatus for the automatic orientation of tubular articles, such as stockings and the like, in which one end is thicker than the other, comprising a tubular chamber (1) with an inlet section (I) and an outlet section (U) for, respectively, the admission and exit of the articles (2), characterized in that said chamber (1) is provided with two cascade filter-valves (3, 30) each of which, when in operating condition, prevents the passage of the thicker end (21) and allows the passage of the thinner end (20) of the articles to be treated, said chamber (1) exhibiting a branch (10) whose mouth is in correspondence of the space between said filter-valves (3, 30) and being associated, in conjunction with its branch (10), to an aspirator (9) by means of which an air flow is generated able to convey the in-process articles as desired.

Abstract: An outside rear view mirror for a motor vehicle is provided having an adjustably supported glass subassembly and an electric adjusting mechanism for remote-controlled adjustment of the glass subassembly. The position of the glass subassembly, in particular the angular position, is determinable by means of at least one sensor. In order to enable contactless and wear-free acquisition of the position of the glass subassembly, the sensor is designed in the manner of a magnetic sensor, which cooperates in such a way with a magnetic element provided in the outside rear view mirror that the magnetic sensor or the magnetic element participates in the adjusting motion of the glass subassembly. The magnetic sensor in dependence upon the position of the magnetic element supplies a variable output signal, from which in an evaluation unit the position of the glass subassembly is derivable.

Abstract: A sewing machine is provided with a presser foot mechanism having a pressure bar and a presser foot, and with a linear motor (20) as an adjusting element. The linear motor (20) is arranged at least partially in the arm (2) of the machine housing and the drive bar (19) of the linear motor (20) is connected via an angle lever (14) to a spring bracket (7) holding a spring (9). The spring bracket (7) is also connected to the pressure bar (4).

Abstract: A key sheet having a layer and a display section with the sense of the mirror surface is realized at a low cost, in addition, the key sheet which also embodies a illuminating effects is provided. In the key sheet integrated with a film 2 on a surface and a side of a key top body 1 made of a thermoplastic resin, an inorganic substance layer 3 which is 20 to 100 nm in thickness and is 1 to 20% in a transmittance of visible light is formed on the back face of the film.

Abstract: A climbing appliance (1) for roping persons up and down using the double rope technique is proposed, which comprises a housing (12) and a clamping jaw (13) mounted pivotally in the housing, wherein a main rope (2) conveyed over an upper reversing point (3) is fastened by its one end (2a) to the housing (12) and is passed by its other end (2b) through a recess (17, 18) between housing (12) and clamping jaw (13) and is movable inside the recess (17, 18) into a clamping position and a release position. The climbing appliance further including a fastening point (21) for a connection rope (8) between the climbing appliance (1) and the person roping up or down provided off center in the outside edge region of the housing (12), that the pivot of the clamping jaw (13) is disposed substantially centrosymmetrically, and that a release rope (10) is fastened to the opposite outside edge region of the housing (12) to the fastening point (21) for the connection rope (8).

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a rubber bearing with different characteristics in the circumferential direction, which is intended for being mounted in a cylindrical mount. The object is to provide a rubber bearing in which comparatively great differences in characteristics can be achieved in different directions and whose design is simplified compared with the prior-art bearings with different characteristics.

Abstract: A device for regulating the evacuation of air and gas from a casting die. It comprises two complementary bodies (11, 12), which can be closed, face to face, one on top of another, and which delimit an evacuation channel (13). The evacuation channel (13) is defined by a static surface (16) of the first of the bodies (12) and by a movable surface (18) that is arranged in front of and in parallel to the static surface (16) and that consists of the front surface of a movable element (17). The movable element (17) is arranged in the second of the bodies (11) and can be moved at right angles to the static surface (16) in order to vertically adjust the section of the evacuation channel.

Abstract: A coupling between a breathing tube system is provided with an inner tube and an outer tube. A first connection part is provided with a first connection piece for the outer tube and with a first connection for the inner tube. The first connection is arranged eccentrically in the first connection piece. A second connection part is provided with a second connection piece, which is in flow connection with the first connection piece. The second connection part provides a second connection, which is arranged concentrically in the second connection piece and which is connected to the first connection in terms of flow.

Abstract: A panoramic telescope of the type having a body 3 to be mounted on a vehicle, a head-piece 9 attached to the body and rotating with respect thereto. A window 11 is provided for observing the external scenery. Inside the head-piece is a mirror 13 for deflecting the incoming beam from the window towards an optical detector.

Abstract: An adhesive tape pack, in which an adhesive layer (3), preferably a hot-melt adhesive layer, is arranged on at least one carrier element (2). In order to provide adhesive tape packs of this type with tape sections (5), which can be easily separated from one another, the present invention provides for providing the carrier element (2) with notches (4) transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tape, which cut through the carrier element (2), but not the adhesive layer (3). In this way, the tape sections (5) are held together by means of the adhesive layer (3) and can be separated by lightly cutting through the adhesive layer (3) along the notches (4).