Abstract: A slide-in module for hard disk drives which enables a “hot-replace” function that assures continuous motions, a precise guidance when replacing hard disk drives and an all around shielding in the built-in condition. The slide-in module includes ejectors laterally inserted into the front, a shielding plate behind the front and contact rails laterally contactable from the outside at side walls having angle pieces that are electrically connectable to grounding surfaces of a hard disk drive arranged within the slide-in module.

Abstract: A dispensing device employs a mechanical touch sensor. The mechanical touch sensor includes a touching level with a magnet that generates a magnetic field and a Hall generator that interacts with the magnetic field to generate an output corresponding to a thickness of the sheet material for verifying a correct transport of the sheet material.

Abstract: Energy-saving operating method, in which the disconnecting device records in a nonvolatile memory that temporary disconnection occurred, and thereupon does not execute test and diagnostic routines upon reactivation or does so to a reduced extent.

Abstract: A peripheral device kit for the workstation of a goods invoicing system in which a display and input unit can be mounted either on a printer box or on a base box.

Abstract: An ink jet printer has an ink filling device for an ink jet print head wherein the ink jet print head can be filled with the filling device. The ink filling device has an ink reservoir and a discharge opening. The print head has an ink chamber with a feed opening for ink and can be filled when it is installed in an ink jet printer. The discharge opening is arranged in a hollow body with a variable-volume that moves ink from the ink reservoir when the volume is increased and that discharges ink via the discharge opening when the volume is decreased.

Abstract: A contact arrangement and method of producing the contact arrangement for electrical connection between mutually opposite contact points disposed on a surface of a first and second substrate. The contact arrangement further includes an insulating body disposed between the surfaces of the first and second substrate. The insulating body has holes extending between opposite sides of the insulating body wherein a conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the holes. A contact element mat is disposed on opposite sides of the insulating body. The contact element mat includes interconnected contact elements having projections respectively engaging depressions that surround each hole.

Abstract: Terminals for the handling of payments are connectable to a plurality of transactors with transmission procedures that are protected against manipulation via an open data network, whereby the transactor is determined from the type of transaction. Chip cards, or smart cards, are used at the terminals for the transactions.

Abstract: A module of an electrical device has a printed circuit board which may be pushed into the device and plugged onto a backplane of the device. A cuboid cage is connected to the printed circuit board of the device. The cuboid cage has a backplane arranged perpendicular to the printed circuit board of the device and is connected to the circuit board by means of connectors. The backplane of the cage has its own connectors for electrical connection to separate modular cage push-in units, in the form of cards or boards, which may be inserted into the cuboid cage of the device.

Abstract: A roll storage arrangement for sheet-like articles, in particular banknotes, having two roll cores, each of which is connected to a drive whose driving direction can be reversed, and between which a common storage tape can be rereeled. The storage tape is subdivided into logical sectors, which follow one another in the tape longitudinal direction and each accommodate an article to be stored. Arranged between the roll cores is an input/output feed unit, which is optionally adjustable between a rest position and an input/output feed position.

Abstract: An electronic equipment has a housing structure formed by a first housing, a supplemental housing attached on one wall surface of the first housing, a base printed circuit board being inserted in the first housing, a PC bus plug connector being mounted on the base printed circuit board, the first housing and the supplemental housing having openings aligned with the PC bus plug connector, and an additional printed circuit board, such as an adapter card, being inserted in the PC bus plug connector and extending through the apertures into the supplemental housing. This adapter card has additional plug connectors which are arranged to lie in both the first-mentioned housing and the supplemental housing to receive supplemental printed circuit boards provided in each of these housings.

Abstract: Document-printing arrangement (8) having a cutting arrangement (16) and a document collection station (22), which is designed as a drum (40) equipped with clamping elements (44). Starting from a rest position (-x.degree.), the drum (40) is accelerated in such a way that when the leading edge of a document arrives underneath the clamping elements (44), said drum has a circumferential speed which corresponds to the transport speed of a paper transport arrangement (12).

Abstract: A holding system for electronic modules, particularly for magnetic disk drives the holding system a withdrawable frame which can be inserted into a drive bay of an electronic data processing device, particularly a PC, and whose length corresponds to the depth of the drive bay, and further having a U-shaped bracket in whose U limbs first holes are provided for the passage of first fastening elements for fastening the bracket on lateral surfaces, directed parallel to the inserting direction, of the module, and second holes are provided for the passage of second fastening elements for fastening the bracket to the withdrawable frame. The fastening elements can be surrounded by damping elements consisting of an elastic material.

Abstract: The method is for moving hardware-proximate and subprogram-independent program code. Portable program parts (C, D) for the destination hardware are respectively recompiled and all entry points at which these program parts can be branched to proceeding from other program parts are identified. A specific bit pattern (NOP) is respectively generated at these entry points, this bit pattern representing, on the one hand, a dummy command of the destination hardware but, on the other hand, not representing a valid operation for the source hardware. Moreover, program code is generated at all potential exit points of non-local branchings, this program code checking the branch destination of the corresponding branch at the run time to see whether the specific bit pattern (NOP) is present thereat. When this is not the case, an emulator (EM) is activated that emulates the program part branched to and consequently present as non-portable code (A, B) for the source hardware on the destination hardware.

Abstract: A document-printing arrangement (8) having one or more paper paths (10, 110), via which one or different continuous paper webs (20, 120) can be fed to a printing station (14) equipped with a thermoprinting strip (32) and a backing roll (34). In order to compensate for transport speed tolerances, a paper bulge (66) is built up upstream of the printing station (14).

Abstract: The automatic cash dispenser has the following elements, a safe (18) for receiving at least one banknote cassette (32) and a separating device (34) for drawing off the banknotes out of the banknote cassette (32), of a banknote-dispensing compartment (50), which can be closed by a closure device (52), of a conveying device for conveying the banknotes from the separating device (34) to the dispensing compartment (50), of a control device for controlling the separating and the conveying devices. Also an operating panel (14, 16) with actuating elements for actuating the control device. The dispensing compartment (50) is arranged above the safe (18). In a central region of its top surface (22), the safe (18) has an aperture (42) for the through-passage of the conveying device.

Abstract: For three-dimensional image representation on a large-screen projection surface by means of a multimode or, respectively, monomode laser projector, in the first case it is proposed to direct the multimode laser beam onto a polygonal mirror with layers that alternatively polarize light in two different directions, from which lines of the one direction of polarization and lines of the other direction of polarization and lines of the other direction of polarization are then plotted on the large-screen projection surface in alternating fashion. In the second case, the monomade laser beam is directed by a partially transparent mirror and only then onto the polygonal mirror. A partial beam derived from the partially transparent mirror is rotated in its direction of polarization and directed onto the polygonal mirror from another direction.

Abstract: The arrangement connects at least one module (M) to a power supply unit (SV) in an apparatus in such a way that a connection is provided when the power supply unit (SV) is switched on. In the apparatus is a contact element (KG, VE) which is located outside the module and has leading contacts and a device for current limitation (AS) of an initial current flow.

Abstract: Central processing units have two or more groups of in each case one processor, one memory and one coupler, the processor and memory are connected to exactly one coupler and the couplers are connected to one another. A memory area distributed uniformly over the address space is allocated disjointedly to each group by address interleaving and each coupler itself meets an access to the memory area allocated to its group and meets other accesses via the connection to the coupler concerned. The central processing units are provided with interfaces for building up multiple systems.

Abstract: A device for preparing and applying labels and a method of operating said device is provided. The device includes three parts: a roller transport track, a label dispenser and a label manipulator. The latter can pick up a label deposited by the label dispenser on the roller transport track and stick it at a predetermined point onto an object arranged in any desired way in a three-dimensional space.

Abstract: The present invention provides new cash registers which are suitable for use in catering companies and retail businesses. The cash registers can be easily adapted to the ergonomic requirements of a standing or seated operator. Various devices can optionally be installed in a wall located underneath a keypad surface and are covered by a front region of the keypad surface. The keypad surface can pivot to allow access to the various devices.