Abstract: A method for forming and joining workpieces by a magnetic field produced by a current impulse applied through a high current loop, whereby the magnetic field exerts a force from outside on an electrically conducting workpiece or on electrically conducting compression rings encircling the workpiece, wherein the current impulse begins in the form of a half sine wave defined by the equation (.omega.t=0 . . . .pi.); and then fades away as defined by the equation (.omega.t>.pi. . . . .infin.).

Abstract: In a device for filtering harmonic signal components which are created during the scanning of a scale graduation by means of at least one scanning graduation, the graduation marking of the scale or the scanning graduation have a definite shift with respect to equidistant spacing intervals. The shift is chosen such that the signal components of the n-th even harmonic are eliminated by virtue of the resulting phase shift while at the same time the phase position for the signal components of the fundamental wave remains constant and thus independent of the scanning site. In particular, the depth of modulation of the fundamental wave is not reduced.

Abstract: A steering column support for a motor vehicle includes a steering column unit, a cross member supporting the steering column unit, at least one reinforcing strut connected with the cross member, and a receiving element for a knee restraint connected with the reinforcing strut(s) and the steering column unit. The steering column support controls and prevent undesirable vibration of the steering wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleanser concentrate having the following composition: 0.5-8.0% by weight of at least one C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 -alkyl sulphate salt, 4.0-15.0% by weight of at least one formulation aid, 4.0-10% by weight of at least one alkanolamine, and at least one commercially conventional proteolytic enzyme in an amount of 0.005-0.1 Anson and, if appropriate, conventional acids or bases for pH adjustment, conventional complexing agents and conventional preservatives, remainder, to 100% by weight, water. A process for cleaning surgical instruments has the following steps: applying a 0.5-100% strength aqueous solution of a cleanser concentrate according to one of claims 1-6 which has a pH of 8-9, allowing the solution to act at a temperature of room temperature to 55.degree. C. for a period of 2 s-20 min, rinsing, thermal disinfection, if appropriate.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of preventing or eliminating fog over an area of land, for example an aircraft runway, a motorway carriageway, part of a road or some other area. The method calls for water to be sprayed through several nozzles into a given body of air over the area to form finely divided water droplets. The invention also concerns a system for carrying out this method.

Abstract: A connecting device or coupling between two coupled tool parts including a first tool part (3) which has a driver (5) and a second tool part (7) which has a groove (9) includes a connecting place or location (1) which is characterized by the fact that it includes a device (15) which compels a well-defined angle-of-rotation position or orientation between the first tool part and the second tool part.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a sterile prednisolone gel. The method is characterized in that prednisolone or its pharmaceutically acceptable ester is sterilized and incorporated into a sterile polyacrylate gel, which has been per se conventionally produced, in appropriate amount under aseptic conditions, or else the sterile prednisolone or its pharmaceutically acceptable ester is suspended in a part of the amount of water required for producing the polyacrylate suspension and is then homogenously incorporated into the polyacryate, which is then made into a gel.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of operating an injection molding machine including a hydraulic device (1) which has an asynchronous main drive motor (10) driving a hydraulic pump (2). The injection molding machine is operated in an injection molding cycle with a cooling phase and a phase in which an injection molding tool is opened following the cooling phase. It is determined before commencement of the injection molding cycle if the duration of the cooling phase is above a minimum duration. If the duration of the cooling phase is above the minimum duration the asynchronous main drive motor (10) is switched off after or at commencement of the cooling phase and is switched on again before commencement of the phase in which the injection molding tool is opened. Electrical energy is saved by switching off the main drive motor in dependence on the cycle.

Abstract: Amino acid derivatives, suitable for the treatment of obesity. The following compound is exemplary of the class: (R,S)-N.sup.2 -(diphenylacetyl)-N-?(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl!-N.sup.5 -(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-ornithinamide.

Abstract: In a device for photothermically testing a surface (1) of a moving test specimen (2), an excitation beam (5) may be applied to a test area (13). The excitation beam (5) passes through an aperture (12) in a collecting lens (11) that reproduces the thermal radiation generated in a measuring area (14), so that the collecting lens (11) may be adapted to a wavelength of the excitation beam (5) passed to a detector (20). A coupling mirror (9) mounted in the path of excitation beam (5) has practically total reflectivity for the wavelength of the excitation beam (5) and is arranged in such a way that it is very small near the focal area of the excitation beam (5), so that together with the aperture (12) of the collecting lens (11) it only masks a small part of the thermal radiation (17) passed to the detector (20).

Abstract: A reinforced fastening point for a plastics-material casing. In order to provide a reinforcement for a fastening point which is simple to assemble and which is held automatically in the opening in the casing without further fasteners, a cylindrical opening is provided at the fastening point on the casing. The reinforcement part corresponding thereto is constructed as a frustum in that region which in the assembled state comes to rest in the region of the cylindrical opening. The smaller external diameter of this frustum is smaller than or equal to the internal diameter of the cylindrical opening. The larger external diameter of the frustum, on the other hand, has an excess dimension with respect to the internal diameter of the cylindrical opening. In this case, the excess dimension is selected to be such that it can be neutralized by resilient deformation of the reinforcement part.

Abstract: A passenger car body includes a top constructed as a roof which covers a passenger compartment above a belt line of the body. So that the occupants have particularly good viewing conditions while the venting of the passenger compartment is good, the removable top has roof frames which bound the side windows and between which--viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle--there extend several transparent roof sections.

Abstract: Novel antidiabetic compounds, their tautomeric forms, their derivatives, their steroisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceuticaly acceptable compositions containing them; methods for preparing the antidiabetic compounds and their uses.

Abstract: A vehicle body comprises elements which are connected in a reinforcing manner with side rails of the body and consist of two struts which taper in a V-shaped manner toward the vehicle rear. These are connected with one another by at least one cross member. The free ends of the V-shaped struts are connected with a one-piece carrier plate which comprises two trapezoidal segments connected with one another by way of an integrated cross member. One trapezoidal segment has profiled lateral edges which extend as a lengthening of the V-shaped struts.

Abstract: An encoder for determining a position of an object and including a measuring standard, a standard carrier, and a scanner displaceable relative to the measuring standard for scanning the measuring standard, with the limit positions switches being formed as magnetic stripes secured in the end positions of the at least one of measuring standard and the standard carrier, and with the scanner including a Hall element for scanning the magnetic stripes.

Abstract: A body structure for a rear carriage of a vehicle, particularly a convertible has a folding-top compartment and a rear wall which is disposed in front of the folding-top compartment and which is connected to a floor and laterally exterior side rail structures. The folding-top compartment bottom is connected with the rear wall. For increasing the torsional and bending rigidity of the body structure, the forces transmitted from the rearward chassis to the body structure are, on the one hand, directed by way of the adjoining side rail structures and, on the other hand, by way of an upper cross member into a central force flux center point. Depending on the load, the forces at the central force flux center point are transmitted into several members of a rear-wall-side hollow member structure. The ends of the members of the hollow member structure which face away from the force flux center point are connected to the exterior side rail structures.

Abstract: Control signals for electric consumers in vehicle doors and l.f. signals for loudspeakers in vehicle doors are transferred from a control apparatus (1) provided outside of the door over a common data line (42, 43) to a door module (20, 30). For this purpose, in the control apparatus (1) the control signals are modulated in binary-coded form onto a carrier signal and onto the same carrier signal there is also modulated the l.f. audio signal. In the door module 30) the signals are demodulated and separated according to frequency. The l.f. signals are amplified and fed to a loudspeaker (4, 5). The control signals are evaluated by a micro-controller (24, 34) and they control over switching stages (23, 33), setting elements (6, 7) provided in the door. Conversely there is also possible a data transfer from the door module (2, 3) to the control apparatus (1).

Abstract: The cup to be used as a paste carrier for dental hygienic consists of a rubber elastic material and can be driven for rotation by a hand piece. The cup comprises a paste receiving part, the inner side enlarging towards its open edge as well as the outer side of the cup enlarging towards its open edge comprising spiraled ribs which are running in the opposite direction to the rotational direction of the hand piece. The structure on the inner side of the paste receiving part allows a continuous supply of paste and a cooling of the cup, and the structure of the outer side of the cup prevents a bale formation of the mucous and guarantees an effective cooling of the cup.

Abstract: A scanning grating is provided in a photo-electric position measuring system and the scanning grating includes several grating areas. Each one of these grating areas has a transverse grating with a graduation period. The transverse gratings of the grating areas are disposed offset by TT/4 perpendicularly to the measuring direction, i.e., in the Y direction, with respect to each other. The partial light beams diffracted at the scanning grating in the +1st and -1st order lead to an intensity modulation at a defined scanning distance Z1. An amplitude grating is provided at the location of this intensity modulation, so that by means of downstream disposed photo-detectors a scanning signal is generated by the +1st diffraction order and a scanning signal, which is phase-shifted by 180.degree. with respect to the first, is generated by the -1st diffraction order.