Abstract: A method of fabricating the composite metal-and-plastic components of an antiballistic grill for an armored vehicle. Each component comprises a core in the form of a length of structural section with layers of plastic against each side bonded to the core by heat and pressure in a mold comprising two halves. The object of the present invention is simpler and more economical lamination in the fabrication of non-flat work with a metal core. The core is electrically heated to a prescribed processing temperature by regulating a current of electricity, whereby the resulting heat is employed to soften to a prescribed extent adhesive between the core and the layers of plastic to be bonded to it.

Abstract: An attachment between the frame of a grating in a special-purpose vehicle, an armored vehicle for example, and the lengths of structural section that comprise the grating. The ends of the lengths of structural section are secured against displacement by a plate. When the lengths of structural section have a metal core and a non-metal sheath, the core or part of the core is attached to and can or cannot be detached from the frame by way of the plate. The plate is positioned against the surface of the frame component that faces away from the lengths and is provided with cutouts (6) that provide access to the core of each length and allow the introduction of means (5 or 8) of attachment.

Abstract: A connecting lock and a sheet pile wall, wherein the connecting lock has a straight end and a curved end which are arranged on one side of a center piece, and a hook-shaped end which is arranged on the other side of the center piece. The hook-like end may be arranged directly across from the straight end or the curved end.

Abstract: A compact apparatus of the distillation of solvent from a mixture of the solvent with oil seed for the extraction thereof according to the invention, the primary module includes a vapor scrubber forming a vapor contactor, a main evaporator and a first condenser while the secondary module has an after evaporator combined in a unit with the stripping column and the second condenser.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing helical springs from steel wire. The springs' skin is thermomechanically hardened by shot peening the unstressed springs followed by thermally destressing them, and shot peening them again. The second shot peening is carried out in at least two steps. The method produces springs that are just as strong as conventional but smaller and lighter in weight. The first one of the steps is a rough shot peening with shot that is coarser than in the second one of the steps which is a fine shot peening was shot at a lower speed than in the first step. This increases compression of the wire's surface and polishes the wire's surface.

Abstract: A method of injection-molding three-layer moldings, especially bottle blanks, having inner and outer layers of a "material A" and of a "material B". Material B can be a material that acts as a barrier against the gases O.sub.2, CO.sub.2, and SO.sub.2, and against water vapor (H.sub.2 O). The method employs a device that comprises at least one mold and at least one flat hot runner. The mold has several cavities and the hot runner has the same number of dies. Material A is supplied to the cavities (1.1) through an annular gap between the inner (2.1) and the outer (2.2) component of each die. Material B is forced into the cavities through a hollow needle (3) that extends through the center of the inner die component by a piston (4) that is integrated into the die and cannot rotate. The needle has a port (6) that opens into it at a right angle and remains open as long as the needle remains advanced, in a closing position, and that is blocked when the needle is retracted. A reservoir (3.

Abstract: A method of producing cold-rolled, high-strength steel strip with good plasticity and isotropic properties out of steel comprising no more than 0.08% carbon, no more than 10% silicon, no more than 1.8% manganese, between 0.010 and 0.10% phosphorus, no more than 0.02% sulfur, no more than 0.08% aluminum and no more than 0.008% nitrogen by weight plus one or more of the elements titanium, vanadium, niobium, and zirconium, the remainder being iron, by hot rolling, cold rolling, and recrystallization annealing; followed by temper rolling. The steel contains either three times as much titanium or six times as much niobium or zirconium as nitrogen.

Abstract: Apparatus of injection molding three-layer moldings, especially bottle blanks with an inner and an outer layer of polyethylene terephthalate and a middle layer of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, employing a mold with several cavities. The material (component A) for the inner and outer layers is supplied through one molten-component conveying channel and the material (component B) for the middle layer through another molten-component conveying channel. The channels are separately heated and their temperatures independently regulated. The melt for component A flows the same distance as the melt for component B. The melts flow into the injection-molding dies such as to ensure a uniform front.

Abstract: A ballistic beam used in special purpose vehicle in which a core with kinetic energy absorbing strength is positioned inside, and the outer shell with shock absorbing property surrounds entirely the core. The core is made of steel or other alloys of iron, other metal, metal alloys, cermets, ceramics, or combinations thereof that are either treated or untreated. The outer shell can be made of fabrics and is made of glass fiber, carbon, aramid, polyamid, polyester, polyethelene or hybrids of these materials. Bullets or splinters can be stopped effectively and cannot penetrate inside the vehicle. It is also possible to achieve minimized weight of the ballistic grill.

Abstract: The objects are a reliable and economical method of and device for manufacturing helical springs that are curved when unstressed from sections of wire or rod heated to coiling temperature. The spring is coiled straight and then curved it to its final shape. The device consists of a hot-coiling production line comprising a kiln (1), a series of rollers (2), a coiling bench (4), and a quenching tub (6). A tool (5) for curving helical springs (10 or 14) is integrated into the production line between the coiling bench and the quenching tub.

Abstract: A ballistic beam used in special purpose vehicle in which a core with kinetic energy absorbing strength is positioned inside, and the outer shell with shock absorbing property surrounds entirely the core. The core is made of steel or other alloys of iron, other metal, metal alloys, cermets, ceramics, fabrics or combinations thereof that are either treated or untreated. The outer shell is made of glass fiber, carbon, aramid, polyamid, polyester, polyethelene or hybrids of these materials. Bullets or splinters can be stopped effectively and cannot penetrate inside the vehicle. It is also possible to achieve minimized weight of the ballistic grill.

Abstract: A hydraulic dashpot or shock absorber for motor vehicles. It comprises a cylinder and a piston. The cylinder contains fluid. The piston travels back and forth inside the cylinder on the end of a piston rod. The rod extends through a package of gaskets that maintains it aligned and seals the cylinder. The rod is attached to the vehicle body or wheel assembly by a projecting-bolt joint. The joint (5) includes resiliently yielding components that suppress impact and vibration by way of an automatic snap-together attachment to the vehicle body or wheel assembly. The projecting-bolt joint (5) is provided with at least one spring (6). The spring snaps into a matching (bent) rigid part of the vehicle body or wheel assembly. Spacers are associated with the resiliently yielding components that suppress impact and vibration. The spacers restrict their deformation once they have been installed.

Abstract: A shotpeening machine for helical compression springs. It comprises a spring-peening chamber accommodating shot-impelling rotors, mechanisms for accommodating and tensioning the springs, and mechanisms for loading the springs into and unloading them from the accommodating and tensioning mechanisms. The accommodating and tensioning mechanisms comprise one or two spring holders (5) that travel back and forth horizontally into the peening chamber (3) and in that the loading and unloading mechanisms are prismatic belts (6) that parallel the chamber.

Abstract: To determine the carbon black distribution two measurements of spectral intensities of separately produced plasmas are carried out with different time delays relative to a particular laser pulse, the time delay for the second measurement for determining the spectral line intensities of a reference element carbon (I.sub.C,) and at least one analysis element (I.sub.A.n,) being smaller than for the first measurement; for determining the spectral line intensities of the reference element (I.sub.C) and the other analysis elements (I.sub.A.n).Evaluation of the measurements is performed by reference to calibration information based on reference measurements, which information shows the magnitude of the concentration ratio of the other analysis elements or the at least one analysis element to the reference element (c.sub.A.n /c.sub.C or c.sub.A.n /c.sub.R) as a function of the appurtenant intensity ratio values.

Abstract: A lifting apparatus mountable on a rotatable platform for transferring counterweights. The lifting apparatus includes a lifting element having an upper, stationary cage, and a lower cage rotatable relative to the upper cage, each being composed of a tube having a rectangular cross-section. A ball bearing slewing gear connects the lower cage to the upper cage, and has an upper part forming a base plate of the upper cage rigidly connectable to the rotatable platform. A vertically-extendable double-acting counterweight-lifting cylinder is positioned within the upper and the lower cages. A rectangular bar guide is secured to an upper end of the counterweight-lifting cylinder, and is slidingly guided within the upper and the lower cages.

Abstract: Fastener for fastening together the ends of a length of steel strap wrapped around a package in a package strapper. It has a top and bottom. The top is above the section of a track where the fastening is established. The bottom is below the same section. The top is accommodated in a housing that pivots on the bottom on a hinge paralleling the track. The top comprises strap-shaping punches, a strap clamp, and a strap cutter. The bottom comprises a strap-shaping die mounted on a base and facing the punches. The pivot simultaneously constitutes a rotating shaft that drives all the fastener's moving parts by way of cams, eccentrics, or levers and rods.

Abstract: A package strapper with three motor-driven mechanisms, specifically a strap feed, a strap stretcher, and a strap-end fastener. The mechanisms are mounted on a strap track that loops around the package. The strap feed includes at least two wheels, each forced against one side of the strap by a spring. The motor that drives the strap feed can be reversed. The strap-stretcher wheel is between the feed and the track and is partly loosely surrounded by a strap guide. One end of the guide opens into the track. The strap-feed motor and the strap-stretcher motor are asynchronous three-phase motors. They are connected to a frequency converter that supplies them with electricity of varying frequency and potential and controlled by controls or by a processor integrated into the frequency converter. A manually adjustable terminal strap-tension selector is connected to the controls or to the processor.

Abstract: A telescoping crane arm assembly includes a base body; a power cylinder extendable from and retractable into the base body; a plurality of crane arm segments extendable from and retractable into one another and the base body; a first mechanism coupling the power cylinder to the crane arm segments for extending the crane arm segments as a unit from the base body when the power cylinder moves from a retracted position into an extended position relative to the base body; and a second mechanism coupling the power cylinder to the crane arm segments for extending the crane arm segments relative to one another when the power cylinder moves from an extended position into a retracted position relative to the base body.

Abstract: A process for treating an impure thermoplastic polymer, including raw and recycled polymers, during extrusion to separate low molecular weight compounds therefrom, including: introducing a separating agent into plasticized impure thermoplastic polymer passing through a first high pressure zone, the low molecular weight compounds of the plasticized polymer being at least partially soluble in the separating agent; extracting at least a part of the low molecular weight compounds from the plasticized polymer into the separation agent during passage of the plasticized polymer through an extraction zone; removing the separating agent charged with low molecular weight compounds from the extruder as the plasticized polymer passes through a low pressure zone having a residual pressure, P, which is lower the introductory pressure, P.sub.e, and for which 1 bar.gtoreq.P.gtoreq.P.sub.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing helical springs that are curved when unstressed from wire or rod heated to coiling temperature in one step. The spring is coiled on a mandrel that is curved to match the desired curvature of the finished spring.