Abstract: A sealing device can be used for at least one edge joint, which is formed between a floor, a wall, or a ceiling and an adjacent cladding of drywall having cladding. The sealing device contains a sealing profile with a base body for sealing the at least one edge joint on the cladding. The base body has a sealing web which forms a lateral contact surface for the cladding.

Abstract: A sealing device can be used for an edge joint between a cladding part of drywall and an adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling. The sealing device contains a one-piece base body having a carrier portion, a contact portion, and a sealing portion. The carrier portion forms a support for the circumferential side of the cladding part. The contact portion starts from the carrier portion and protrudes in a first direction angled with respect to the carrier portion in order to rest against an edge of an end face of the cladding part. The sealing portion starts from the carrier portion and extends away from the carrier portion. The sealing portion has two spaced apart webs that bridge the edge joint. Furthermore, drywall can have at least one cladding part and a sealing device of this type.

Abstract: A filter device for a vacuum cleaner having a turbine device for generating at least one first and one second main air flow through at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner having and a control unit. The filter device has a first chamber including a first filter element, a first outflow opening, a first inlet opening and a first pressure surge element dividing the first chamber into a first chamber first space and a first chamber second space and reversibly movable between a first pressure surge element first position and a first pressure surge element second position, and a second chamber including a second filter element, a second outflow opening, a second inlet opening and a second pressure surge element dividing the second chamber into a second chamber first space and a second chamber second space reversibly movable between a second pressure surge element first position and a second pressure surge element second position.

Abstract: A sealing profile can be used for sealing an edge joint between a cladding part of drywall and an adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling. The sealing profile contains a base body having an assembly side, which forms a support for the cladding part, and a fastening portion having a fastening side. The base body has fastening openings which are at a distance from one another in the direction of extent of the profile and which extend from the assembly side at least in portions up to the fastening portion. Furthermore, drywall can contain such a sealing profile, and a method can be used for fastening the sealing profile with fastening elements.

Abstract: A composition for an intumescent coating contains (A) a binder system, and (B) an intumescent composition. The hinder system contains (a1) an aqueous polymer dispersion; and (a2) an alkoxy-functional organic polymer, which contains alkoxy-functional silane groups. The composition is useful as a coating, in particular a fire-protection coating.

Abstract: An expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve which surrounds the anchor bolt. The expansion sleeve has an expansion tongue and an anchor tongue and the anchor bolt has a backward-pointing expansion slope for radially displacing the expansion tongue and a backward-pointing anchor slope for radially displacing the anchor tongue. The backward-pointing anchor slope extends more steeply than the backward-pointing expansion slope at least in some regions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld nail setting device comprising highly dynamic electromagnetic drive in the manner of a Thomson coil with soft-magnetic frame, comprising a first excitation coil (30) whose winding height is greater than its length, which hence is flat; a soft-magnetic frame in which the first excitation coil is arranged and against which it abuts, and which in in the manner of a pot magnet constitutes an open magnetic circuit which includes an outer region, a bottom and an inner region, and which is open on its end face, wherein the first excitation coil at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame; a short circuit armature preferably formed hollow cylindrical at least on its side facing the first excitation coil, which is movably mounted along an axis and which in its stroke starting position dips into the end-face opening of the frame and thereby at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame, wherein the frame entirely or predominantly is formed of a soft-magnetic composite

Abstract: An approved dynamic construction is used for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction. The exterior wall construction includes a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall glass surface including one or more aluminum framing members, where the vision glass extends to the finished floor level below. The dynamic, thermally insulating and sealing system includes a first element for receiving the insulating elements, and is positioned in the zero spandrel area of a glass curtain wall construction including only vision glass, to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat as well as movement in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the safing slot.

Abstract: A box assembly includes a box, a door, an opener, and an insulation material. The box is configured to be installed on a curtain wall. The door encloses an interior space of the box. The opener is configured to open the door. The insulation material is in a compressed state in the interior space when the door is closed. The insulation material is configured to transition to an uncompressed state when the opener opens the door. When the door is opened, the insulation material at least partially extends from the interior space into a sating slot adjacent the curtain wall when the box is in an installed state and the door is opened.

Abstract: A strip of fastening elements having receiving elements and fastening elements received in the receiving elements is provided, the fastening elements each defining a fastening direction that is the same for all fastening elements, wherein the receiving elements are arranged in at least one row, which defines a transport direction, the at least one strip including a frontmost receiving element and a rearmost receiving element, wherein the fastening direction and the transport direction enclose an acute angle, wherein the strip of fastening elements has a support element for supporting the frontmost receiving element counter to the fastening direction and/or a counter-support element for supporting the rearmost receiving element in the fastening direction.

Abstract: A tool guide has a mounting, a lifting mechanism, and a chassis. The mounting is for fixing a hand-held machine tool. The mounting is mounted on the lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism has a propulsion unit for vertically lifting the mounting. The chassis has two wheels on a wheel axle, a drive coupled with the wheels, and a steering system. The lifting mechanism is rigidly mounted on the chassis. A center of gravity sensor is arranged to detect a lateral deflection of the center of gravity of the lifting mechanism relative to the wheel axle. The steering system is configured to control the drive to deliver a torque counteracting the lateral deflection.

Abstract: An approved dynamic construction is used for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction, wherein the exterior wall construction includes a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall glass surface including one or more aluminum framing members, wherein the vision glass extends to the finished floor level below. The dynamic, thermally insulating and sealing system includes a first element for receiving the insulating elements and positioned in the zero spandrel area of a glass curtain wall construction including only vision glass to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat as well as movement in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the sating slot.

Abstract: A method involves using at least one salt (S) selected from the salts of nitric acid, salts of nitrous acid, salts of halogens, or salts of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, as an accelerator in a multi-component epoxy resin compound for the chemical fastening of construction elements and/or anchoring elements. Another method involves the chemical fastening of construction elements and anchoring elements, such as anchor rods, anchor bolts, rods, sleeves, reinforcing bars, screws, and the like in boreholes in various substrates.

Abstract: A tool comprising a drive-in element, transferring a fastening element into a substrate along setting axis by a setting energy Ekin, a drive for driving the drive-in element along the setting axis, the drive comprising a capacitor, a rotor, and a coil, wherein current flows through the coil generating a magnetic field accelerating the drive-in element toward the fastening element, wherein a current intensity Acoil of current flowing through the excitation coil while discharging the capacitor has a time profile with a rising edge, a maximum current intensity Amax and a falling edge, Acoil rising during current rise time ?trise from 0.1 to 0.8 times Amax and during impact time ?timpact is more than 0.5 times the Amax, wherein ?trise is at least 0.020 ms and at most 0.275 ms and/or the impact time ?timpact is at least 0.15 ms and at most 2.0 ms.

Abstract: A method for controlling a system including a power-tool and a battery having energy storage cells, wherein the system includes an acceleration sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a controlling device, signal transmitter and a device for measuring a voltage. Method includes the steps: Determining vibration values; Determining that the system is free-falling; Determining an impact of the system by detecting an acceleration value in the X, Y and Z direction exceeding a first predetermined threshold value; and Determine a traveling distance between detecting an acceleration value in the X, Y and Z direction being equal to a predetermined range and detecting an acceleration value in the X, Y and Z direction exceeding the first predetermined threshold value. A system for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting electrical energy to an electrical consumer, includes a transmitter device for transmitting an electrical energy having at least one first coil and a first capacitor for producing a resonant tank circuit at the transmitter device; at least one receiver device for receiving the energy transmitted by the transmitter device, including a second coil and a capacitor for producing a resonant tank circuit at the receiver device, wherein the receiver device is connectable to the consumer to form an electrical connection; a power amplifier; a transformer for matching the impedance between the resonant tank circuit at the receiver device and the consumer; and an electrical energy source—for supplying the resonant tank circuit at the transmitter device with electrical energy.

Abstract: A protective device for a measuring apparatus which can be arranged on a tripod includes a housing having a threaded hole and a threaded pin, where the threaded hole is disposed in a housing lower side of the housing and the threaded pin is disposed in a housing upper side of the housing. The protective device further includes an airbag and a filling device having at least one gas-filled gas container, a control device, and an energy source. A connecting line connects the airbag and the filling device for gas exchange. The airbag surrounds a cylindrical interior space in an inflated state.