Abstract: The hardenable mortar composition consists of a bonding agent component including a hydraulic bonding agent, such as cement, gypsum or mortar, and a paste-forming agent consisting of a liquid solvent inert with respect to the hydraulic bonding agent, and an aqueous component kept separate from the bonding agent component until the two components are mixed to form a hardened mortar composition. The aqueous component includes water and a hydrophobic adsorbent or absorbent. The hydrophobic adsorbent or absorbent is included in the aqueous component to avoid the emergence of the paste-forming agent, which is at the very least unsightly, when the aqueous component is mixed with the bonding agent component. The hydrophobic adsorbent or absorbent binds the paste-forming agent which would otherwise escape during mixing and remains as an inert additive in the setting mortar composition, without reducing the hardness thereof.

Abstract: An installation apparatus for an expansible anchor has a clamping piston guided in an expansion piston, both of which are perated by compressed air. The clamping piston has a clamping cone for a collet chuck. It slides on the collet chuck, which is fixed in the housing, and clamps a shank of the expansible anchor. The expansion piston displaces an expansible sleeve on the shank of the expansible anchor by an expansion plate which is screwed to the expansion piston and has a hole at its center, through which the shank of the expansible anchor projects into the collet chuck. The apparatus has the advantage of a closed force path as the expansible anchor is expanded, so that the anchor does not need to be steadied by a work-piece. In this manner, slabs or tiles having a small residual wall thickness at the bottom of a drilled hole are prevented from being damaged as the expansible anchor is installed.

Abstract: A fixing element has a shank having a rear end and a leading end, a holding element arranged on the rear end of clamping an article to a building component, at least one expansion region extending from the leading end in a longitudinal direction for part of a length of the shank. The expansion region is formed by a longitudinal slot with a base surface raising toward the leading end. A expansion member is inserted in the longitudinal slot. The base surface slopes upwardly and ends at an outer circumference of the shank at a distance from the leading end. The expansion member is formed as a wedge with a length substantially corresponding to a lenght of the longitudinal slot and lies on the base surface so as to be displaceable toward the leading end. The wedge has an outer surface provided with roof-shaped teeth which project beyond the shank at least by a part of a height of the teeth.

Abstract: An interior rear-view mirror for a motor vehicle has a mirror part, a storage container arranged behind the mirror part and having an underside provided with a housing opening, and a holder movably connected to the storage container for receiving an article to be stored, the holder being movable through the housing opening between an inner rest position in which the holder is enclosed in the storage container, and an outer rest position below the mirror part in which the article to be stored can be removed from the holder or placed in it, the storage container and the holder being joined to one another so as to turn together.

Abstract: An expansible plug for anchoring in a building component has a expansible sleeve having a front insertion-side end and provided with a plurality of slots which start from the front end and extend along a portion of a length of the expansible sleeve to form expansible legs, the expansible sleeve having a plurality of cut-outs which adjoin the slots and form a compressible zone, and a threaded bolt passing through the sleeve and having a front end provided with an expansion cone to be drawn into a portion of the expansible sleeve provided with the slots, the cut-outs being sickle-shaped and spaced from one another circumferentially and axially, the cut-outs having ends which point toward one another axially and overlap one another circumferentially in meandering formation to form bending webs.

Abstract: A device for variable division of a motor vehicle boot and for securing the loaded goods has a guide rail arranged on the boot floor and one or more support panels guided by a sliding guide block in the guide rail at right angles to the guide rail and so as to be transversely displaceable therein. The support panels are mounted to rotate in the sliding block and can be swivelled up out of a horizontal position in which they lie substantially parallel to the boot floor, into a position vertical with respect to the boot floor, and can be locked. On the support panels there are provided connecting elements to which fixing modules or belt modules for securing the loaded goods or for dividing the boot in a second axis can be fixed.

Abstract: A holder for drink containers in a motor vehicle has a slider member that can be pulled out and on which are mounted pivot arms which, when pulled out, pivot laterally outward, and which, with cut-away portions in the slider member, form insertion openings for drink containers, and has supports which pivot downwards when the slider member is pulled out. In order to support securely drink containers of different sizes which are inserted, the supports are pivoted outward, forcibly controlled, by the pivot arms through half the pivot angle of the pivot arms.

Abstract: An expansible anchor for anchoring in a hole drilled in a concrete part has a shaft having a rear end for fastening an article and a front end with a portion of reduced cross-section and an adjoining expander cone; a slide-enhancing sleeve arranged on the shank, an expansible sleeve arranged on the shank and on the slide-enhancing sleeve, the slide-enhancing sleeve being formed as a thin-walled plastic sleeve having a continuous longitudinal slit and arranged on the reduced portion of the shank, the plastic sleeve having a stop edge that abuts the expansible sleeve and formed so that the slide-enhancing sleeve is pushable with the stop edge onto the expander cone when the expander cone is drawn into the expansible sleeve.

Abstract: Interlocking metal parts that slide under pressure on one another are manufactured so that at least one metal part is manufactured by a powdered metal injection-molding method, an in order to improve the sliding behavior and to minimize the binding tendency, a non-metallic substance having a structured arrangement of molecules is admixed in powdered or granular form with the powdered metal of the metal part manufactured by powder injection molding. The substance is inert towards the metal and has a thermal stability of at least 900.degree. C. In particular, ceramic solid materials or fillers are suitable substances.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an expansible anchor comprises the steps of forming one part as a partially slotted expansible sleeve composed of corrosion-resistant steel and anchorable in a building component, forming another part as an expander body composed of corrosion-resistant steel and arranged to be driven into the expansible sleeve so as to anchor the expansible sleeve in the building component, enriching one of the parts with interstitially dissolved, non-metallic alloying constituents selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen and boron, and ageing by heat treating so as to precipitate the alloying constituents in the form selected from the group consisting of carbides, nitrides and borides, respectively, to achieve increased hardness.

Abstract: An anchor bolt has locking elements arranged over a part of the outer surface and formed as radially projecting lugs which are spaced circumferentially and axially from one another. Therefore a good mixing of a compound mass and reduction of the driving-in resistance is obtained. Therefore the outer diameter measured over the lugs of the anchor bolt can be matched approximately to the diameter of the drilled hole. Simple and inexpensive manufacture of the anchor bolt can be provided by powdered metal injection molding method using a system of binders with subsequent removal of the binders and sintering.

Abstract: A nail comprises a shank having an expansion portion with two curved expansion limbs defining a free space therebetween, a first straight shank portion and a second straight shank portion located correspondingly before and after the expansion region, the free space being formed as a longitudinal notch starting from the first straight shank portion and extending to the forward end, the notch having a notch base rising in direction toward the forward nail end, and a wedge arranged in the longitudinal notch and bearing against the notch base, the wedge having an upper edge slightly projecting beyond the shank and being displaceable in direction toward and along the rising notch base.

Abstract: An expansible fixing plug, comprising a body part composed of a plastic material and having a leading end and a rear end, the body part having a longitudinal channel extending from the rear end for insertion of a fixing screw and the like. The longitudinal channel has a cylindrical portion approximately corresponding to an external diameter of the screw. A narrowing portion adjoins the cylindrical portion. The body part also has a slot extending from the leading end over a part of a length of the body part. The narrowing portion of the longitudinal channel has a cross-section starting from the cylindrical portion and having a lozenge shape. The narrowing portion of the longitudinal channel in a plane of the slot has a corner to corner width which remains the same for an entire length of the narrowing portion and substantially corresponds to a diameter of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A device for holding two drink containers which can be arranged in the compartment of a central console of a motor vehicle has a holding ring for lateral fixing of the one drink container and a holding frame for the second drink container which are moved out of a position in which they are recessed in the compartment. The folded-together holding ring, together with the holding frame, assume a position projecting from the compartment. From that position, the folded-together holding ring moves into its opened-out holding position beside and above the holding frame. Movement from the recessed position can be effected automatically.

Abstract: The holder for a sound recording medium housing includes a base plate (1); a slider (2) mounted on the base plate (1) so as to be displaceable between a storage position and a removal position; a releasable locking device (17) for releasably locking the slider (2) in the storage position; a spring (8) for urging the slider (2) from the storage position to the removal position; and a clamping device for securing the sound recording medium housing on the slider (1) and preventing rattling noise due to motions including vibration.

Abstract: A prestress-monitoring element for screw-type anchors is arranged to be inserted like a washer between a nut and an article to be fixed and includes a pressure ring and an expansion ring. If the nut provided for fixing is tightened, then the resultant axial prestress causes the pressure ring to expand the expansion ring until the nut lies against the expansion ring. In this end position, a prestress required by the construction of the prestress-monitoring element is achieved. The position of the nut on the pressure ring can be monitored visually, as a result of which the prestress can be indirectly monitored.

Abstract: The expansible metal anchor (1) for anchoring in a hole drilled in a component includes a shank part (2) and an expander cone (4) having a polygonal cross-section defining several faces (13) at its front end. On each face (13) of the expander cone (4) an expansible segment (5) is arranged spaced from that face by a gap (7) corresponding approximately to the distance (8) by which the expansible segments (5) project radially from the shank part (2). Each expansible segment (5) is joined to the shank part (2) at its end face directed towards the shank part (2) by web members (6, 6') constituting predetermined break points. As the expansible anchor is driven into the hole drilled in the component, the web members (6,6') break off, so that the expansible segments (5) are displaceable on the faces (13) of the expander cone.

Abstract: The anchoring cartridge for anchoring a fastening element in a drilled hole has two chambers. One chamber contains from 1.0 to 10% of a hardener component dissolved in a mixture of styrene and an unaccelerated radical-curing resin and the other chamber contains an accelerator mixed with another mixture of styrene and unaccelerated radical-curing resin. By including unaccererated radical-curing resin in both chambers a homogeneous curing of the components is ensured.

Abstract: The composite anchoring device consists of an anchoring rod (7) and a cartridge (3) capable of being crushed by the anchoring rod (7). The inner container (5) extends over the length (1) of the cartridge (3) and advantageously includes a central section (8), end sections (10) at each end of the inner container and conical sections (9) connecting each end section (10) with the central section (8). The inner container sections are crushable in succession as the anchoring rod is driven in. The individual container sections (10,9,8) have different volumes and are designed with first breakpoints (11) and second breakpoints (9') of graded resistance so that they are crushed in succession from the ends of the inner container towards the middle starting with the first breakpoints (11) in the end sections (10), and release water held in the respective inner container sections to the surrounding hardenable bonding agent to provide a stronger fixing.

Abstract: The drilling apparatus for making a drilled hole with an undercut includes a drive device for rotating a hollow drilling shaft (3); a drill bit holder (23,38) held in the hollow drilling shaft (3); a drill bit (4,26) having a drilling head provided with laterally projecting cutting edges (25) projecting from the drill bit holder (23,38); a device for swivelling out the drill bit holder (23, 38) with the drill bit from a drilling center line (5) including at least one control element of the drill bit holder, a sliding sleeve (11) surrounding the drilling shaft (3) and a swivelling-out element (21,39) connected to the movable sliding sleeve and engaging the control element to swivel out the drill bit holder (23, 38); and a device for raising and lowering the drive device (2) together with the drill bit holder (23,38) and the drill bit (4,26). In one embodiment the swivelling-out element is a sliding block and the control element is a cam surface in a slot provided in the drill bit holder.