Abstract: A Bowden cable adjusting device is provided for one or more Bowden cables (1?, 1?). The Bowden cable adjusting device (3) has a housing (4) with a detachable locking device (6) for adjustably connecting the housing (4) to a transmission element (5), which can be connected to one or more Bowden cables (1?, 1?). The Bowden cable adjusting device (3) has a mounting securing device (7) for the transmission element (5). The mounting securing device (7) can be deactivated. A process for mounting and adjusting a Bowden cable arrangement is also provided, wherein the mounting securing device (7) may be deactivated and the Bowden cable adjusting device (3) is shortened while adjusting the distance between the actuating member (2) and the Bowden cable (1?, 1?).

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for automatically mounting substrates with medical and/or pharmaceutical and/or food-supplementing products, including at least one magazine for storing blister strips rolled up on rolls or the like, each magazine having at least one holding position for the rolls, and a delivery device for unrolling the blister strips and delivering the unrolled blister strips to a supply position for the products to be mounted being provided for each roll in the magazine, and a mounting head which can be controlled by a control system for transporting the products from the supply position to a dispensing position on the substrate, which is distinguished in that the apparatus has separating means for separating product-filled blister sections from the blister strip, and the mounting head is designed to receive, rotate and dispense the separated blister sections with the products sealed therein.

Abstract: A towing device (1) for towing vehicles has a tow bar (8) movably mounted about at least two axes of rotation, and at least one mechanical drive (13) for moving the tow bar between an operating position and a position of rest. The drive has a mechanism (14) for generating an at least partially superimposed movement of the tow bar about both axes. The preferred features include the axes of rotation being positioned at right angles to each other. The mechanism is designed as a gear unit (21) coupling the pivot axis (16) and the axis of rotation (18). The rotational movement of the tow bar about the axis of rotation is derived from the pivoting movement of the tow bar or a housing (19).

Abstract: The hand brake lever 1 mounted rotatably at a stationary frame 4 engages with two lever arms 10 to a slide 11, which surrounds a tie rod 15 and is to displace same along its longitudinal axis via a silent ratchet. At least one cable line 6 is linked to the tie rod 15. The silent ratchet includes two clamping pieces 14 made of a plastic or other material, which are located between the side surfaces of the tie rod 15 and of the slide 11, which side surfaces face each other. The clamping pieces 14 are pressed via wedge surfaces 20, 21 against the tie rod 15, and opposite teeth 16, 19 lead to positive locking. The tie rod 15 is also subjected to the force of a tension spring 18 to bring about the absence of clearance.

Abstract: A multistep spindle drive is provided for converting a rotary movement into a linear movement with different speeds of withdrawal and extension. The spindle drive includes at least two threaded spindles, which telescopically mesh with each other and are in threaded connection with one another, and a nut. The inner threaded spindle is connected to a crank, and the nut is connected to a support wheel via a pipe. The internal threaded connection existing between the threaded spindles has a smaller diameter and a lower pitch than the external threaded connection existing between the outer threaded spindle and the nut. The speeds of withdrawal and extension are changed over based on the greater frictional force. A friction-increasing coupling member is arranged between the threaded spindles. The coupling member is spring-loaded and can be set for changing the friction.

Abstract: The operation of a driving system for a cigarette packing machine, wherein the driving system has a rotary main drive and several slave drives electrically connected to the main drive, is controlled in such a way that any selected slave drive can be disconnected from, decelerated to zero speed, accelerated from zero speed to normal speed and reconnected into the drive system in predetermined angular positions of the main drive. Each slave drive transmits motion to one or more movable parts or units of the packing machine in such a way that the movable parts do not clash even though they are movable and do move relative to each other.

Abstract: An adjustment construction for adjusting the active sheath length on a Bowden pull wire for mounting in an opening of a support wall. The arrangement includes a Bowden wire moveable in the sheath and a sheath end piece having an end into which the sheath is engageable, the sheath end piece having a surface defining a plurality of stops. The stops are positioned to provide gaps between adjacent stops and the sheath end piece is provided with a toothed rack-like displacement ribs on the outer surface of the plurality of stops. The periphery of the sheath end piece defines a longitudinal groove extending through the stops and interrupting the stops. A socket is provided for support of the Bowden wire. The socket is mounted in the wall opening and has a passage before the sheath end piece and the wire and includes an end engaged over the sheath end piece with a frictionally engageable end face. A support sleeve is provided having an interior bore engageable around the sheath end piece.

Abstract: A device for bridging over expansion joints of a roadway includes a matting of elastomeric substance placed over spaced elements of a joint to bridge the same. The matting has longitudinal portions held in grooves provided in retainer profiles positioned along the edge of each element of the joint. The longitudinal portions of the matting have ribs which fit into the grooves of the retainer profiles and fill the grooves so as to leave an anchoring space between the bottom of each groove and the ribs. The matting has holes which connect the upper surface of the matting with the anchoring space. The holes are filled with elastomeric synthetic resin casting which also fills the anchoring space.

Abstract: A device for controlling the spacing of the plates on a bridging arrangement for expansion joints in bridges or the like, in which device one or more plates run parallel between edge beams defining the expansion joint and are mounted on cross-members bridging the expansion joint. The plate is coupled to the two edge beams, or each plate is coupled to an edge beam and an adjacent plate or to two adjacent plates, by means of resilient members arranged to act in shear. Each resilient member is secured by one end to an edge beam or a plate and by the other end to a connector that is resilient to bending. Each connector connects the resilient members of an edge beam and a plate or of two plates to one another. All the plates are connected to one another and to the edge beams by one or more continuous control chains comprising shear springs and connectors.

Abstract: An elastomeric sectional strip, for sealing an expansion joint on a building. Each edge of the strip is thickened for engagement in a corresponding one of a pair of grooves bordering the joint edges and is characterized by a three-point mounting of its thickened edge region inside each of said grooves. Each three point mounting is constituted by:(a) a bulge on an upper side of the edge region, in which case said bulge is located inside said groove adjacent its opening;(b) a shoulder projecting in the form of a wedge into said groove in the opposite direction to the insertion direction on an underside of said edge region, in which case after complete insertion, said shoulder bears against a corresponding stop face of the groove and(c) a camber on said upper side of said edge region close to its outer end.

Abstract: In the case of a bridging arrangement for expansion joints in the carriageways of bridges or the like having a plurality of parallel plates (1-5) which are adjacent to the surface of the carriageway, run at right-angles to the direction of the carriageway and are supported on bars (6-10) which bridge the joint gap and are displaceably mounted in the edges (14, 15) of the joint, each plate is rigidly connected to two or more bars, but each bar is rigidly connected to not more than one plate. The spacings of the plates is controlled by means of elastomeric bearing members (19), the bars being supported by bearing members of that type that are on one or both of the plates and the two outer bars being supported likewise by bearing members of that type which are on the two edges (14, 15) of the joint, each on a different edge. This type of arrangement of the bearing member described results additionally in an especially even distribution of the vertical loads.

Abstract: In normal tractor-trailer combinations consisting of a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle such as motor caravan, the zig-zag and side-to-side movements of the trailer vehicle adversely affect the handling behavior of the tractor-trailer combination. This effect is substantially reduced by displacing the effective coupling point towards the center of gravity of the tractor vehicle without altering the distance of the trailer vehicle from the tractor vehicle. However, since this position of the effective coupling point is not accessible for structural reasons, the hitherto customary ball-headed coupling part located at the rear of the tractor vehicle is kinematically bridged by connecting two joints associated with the tractor vehicle to two joints associated with the trailer vehicle via connecting bars to form a four-joint arrangement such that the straight lines running in the longitudinal direction intersect at the desired effective coupling point.

Abstract: An elongated plate of elastomeric material is provided with anchoring means along its side edges for fixedly connecting the same to the sections of the road bed on opposite sides of the gap. Spring means are embedded within the plate transverse to the longitudinal axis and secured at its ends to the respective anchoring means so as to be expanded and/or contracted corresponding to the movement of the road section. The spring means preferably comprise helically wound coils spaced in parallel to each other, transverse to the longitudinal direction of the plate.

Abstract: An elongated elastomeric strip has means along the longitudinal edge for fastening to a receiving element secured in a roadbed. The fastening element comprises at least one set of retaining members, each having a head portion at least in part embedded and bonded securely in the elastomeric strip and a projecting portion depending from the strip. The retaining members are arranged so that the projecting ends of some of them face oppositely to the projecting ends of the others of them, thereby being relatively movable toward and away from each other under deformation of said strip and cooperate to resiliently clamp onto the receiving element. The projecting ends of the retaining members are preferably claw-like.

Abstract: A sliding swing bearing having upper and lower supporting members, one of which is movable relatively to the other and a slide member interposed therebetween in sliding contact with at least the movable supporting member. The slide member is formed of at least one series of uniformly shaped elements having cooperable peripheral contact edges and arranged in an endless interengaging chain, forming a central pocket. A lubricant is located in the pocket.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a joint-edge element for expansion joints in roadways wherein the anchoring parts, that extend in the longitudinal direction of the joint, just as the remaining parts of the joint-edge profiled element, are joined in one piece to the joint-edge element. At least one profiled part of the joint-edge element is produced by dividing the double profiled element in two profiled halves. Joint-edge elements having the double length of the particular extrusion casting or rolled element are produced through a single operation of extrusion or rolling.A particularly expedient embodiment is produced in such a manner that the anchoring parts are formed by parting a connecting portion of the double profiled element. The parting operation can be performed without considering the precision of manufacture, with relatively low expenditure.

Abstract: A sliding swing bearing in which a resilient cushion is interposed between a pair of supports, at least one of which is movable. The cushion is provided with a load-absorbing insert, of a harder material, spaced about its periphery, which are only partially embedded in the cushion and extend radially outward. The cushion is enclosed by an annular ring casing, the wall of which is formed so as to receive and engage the extending portion of the insert.

Abstract: A slide-rocker bearing having an elastic pressure cushion arranged between a pair of opposed bearing members, peripherally enclosed in a casing which is spaced from the bearing members so as to permit at least one of the bearing members to tilt. A slide plate is interposed between the tiltable bearing member and the pressure cushion and support means is inserted at least between the marginal edges of the slide plate and the pressure cushion. Means are provided for fixing the slide plate support means to the casing and thereby enclose the support within the peripheral confines of the casing in contact with the pressure cushion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rocker bearing comprising a pair of bearing members, disposed between construction parts, and an elastic pressure cushion between the bearing members and for operation at large bearing rocking angles with improved flexibility of the pressure cushion there are provided one or more groups of sealing bodies at least in part embedded in the pressure cushion, each group containing bodies disposed at intervals in the region of an annular gap between the pair of bearing members.