Abstract: An arrangement for the forming of a roll by winding a web in the longitudinal direction thereof around a core or the like, which arrangement comprises a supply appliance for a new core and devices for the support of the roll by a peripheral support and/or a central support and in which arrangement the supply of said new core is carried out after the removal of the complete roll, the removal of said complete roll being carried out from the winding position on the floor level over the new core, which is located in the supply appliance, said supply appliance comprising supply units and being adapted in connection with a movable support appliance, said new core being supplied in to the winding position to retain a leading end of the web against a support drum exerting the peripheral support, said support appliance comprising a movable support member exerting a holding grip on the core in the winding position or in the immediate vicinity thereof.

Abstract: A vessel with a ballast system including a plurality of ballast tanks provided with means for feeding water into the tanks and expelling water therefrom and an air bubbling system including underwater openings and means for blowing air through said openings into the water surrounding said vessel. The ballast system and the air bubbling system include a common tube system being alternatively connectable to the ballast tanks, for operating the filling and emptying of the tanks, and to the air bubbling system for conducting air to the underwater openings as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,580,204.

Abstract: A method for the moistening of an endless web moving in a processing device, wherein the moistening substance is an evaporated fluid condensated on the web and said web is treated with a corresponding steam substance prior to this moistening. The method includes steps for supplying the evaporated fluid in a bag-like member formed by the web, the bag-like member being supported by an external member. The supply of the substance is carried out by means of a steamer appliance arranged transverse to the web. The method includes steps for adjusting the specific property of the steam substance in accordance to specific values measured from the web.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multipurpose cleaning and transportation system. The system comprises a vacuum generating device and a liquid collecting container (10) which by a main pipe system (15) is connected to normally closed sockets (24). Dust cleaning tools (26, 27) can be connected to the sockets in order to create a passage from the tool to the main pipe system. The said pipe system is via a pipe (31) connected to a liquid absorbing hand tool (32) which is placed at a kitchen sink or the like for taking up liquid, crumbs and the like. It can also be connected to one or several liquid-supply units, for instance sanitary equipments (17).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder lock including a number of locking discs (4) turnable by means of the key (8) of the lock and separated from each other by intermediate discs (5) and provided with a key opening (6) and with a peripheral notch (7), and a locking bar (3) which, when the lock is in the locking position, prevents turning of the set of discs and force transmission from the key (8).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for conducting the end of a web from a machine roll or the like through a subsequent web processing arrangement, such as a reeling arrangement, along a path defined by web guiding members. The apparatus comprises a fetching and gripping arrangement for gripping the end of the web on the machine roll and around which the web is wrapped a desired number of turns, and a web end conduction member carried by a conveyor arrangement for conducting the web doubled over itself through the web processing arrangement, the web unwinding simultaneously both from the machine roll and from the fetching and gripping arrangement.

Abstract: A cartridge lock having an elongated body and a rotary disc assembly, locking shaft, and at least one bolting element disposed therein. The rotary disc assembly comprises a plurality of discs aligned concentrically within a cylinder, which cylinder is interconnected to one end of the locking shaft by means transmitting turning force thereto. The bolting element is disposed within an aperture within the body and is moved to a position partially protruding therefrom when a bearing surface of the locking shaft is rotated and presented to the bolting element. The rotation of the locking shaft is determined by key action turning the rotary disc assembly from a locked to an unlocked position and the reverse.

Abstract: An arrangement for winding a web, in particular a paper web, onto a roll core or the like in a two-drum winder comprising a first and a second support drum and a rider roll surrounding said roll core, which is located in a web winding position. The arrangement comprises further a web cutter, means for the transfer of a finished roll to move the roll away from said support drums to a receiving device and supply means for the supply of a new roll core. The roll transfer and the new core supply are carried out before said web cutter disengages said finished roll from said web. Said web cutter is supported at a movable support member of said rider roll. The cutter is arranged to engage said web at a location between the web winding position and the finished roll, which is located in the receiving device.

Abstract: A control device in particular in a multi-roll press (22 to 24) of a calender intended for the glazing of a continuous thin web, such as a paper web, which said press comprises a compensated upper roll (22), a compensated lower roll (24), and at least one press roll (23) fitted between the rolls. The control device itself comprises a press-load control circuit (B, C, D, 11, 14, 15; A, 29, 30), a compensation circuit (E, 16, 17) for the upper roll (22), as well as a compensation circuit (F, 27, 28) for the lower roll (24). According to the invention, both of the compensated circuits (E, 16, 17 and F, 27, 28) are, via their own feedbacks (12 and 13), connected to the control circuit (B), which is fitted so as to select the most slowly changing one from among the signals of the feedbacks (12 and 13) and to brake down the roll (22 or 24) whose compensation is being varied most rapidly.

Abstract: Flushing operating means for a toilet or the like connected to a vacuum sewer, comprising flushing operating means such as a motor generating force by means of the vacuum of the sewer, a water valve, a sewer valve, and valve operating means for opening and closing of the water valve and the sewer valve when the toilet is to be drained and flushed. The flushing operating means is prior to the operating of said valves accumulating a sufficient amount of energy for a complete operating cycle of said motor and sewer valves.

Abstract: A web of paper or similar material is subjected to at least one nip formed by an iron roll and a compliant roll. The iron roll is heated to a temperature of at least the temperature at which the fibers in the web begin to deform. In the case of paper this is approximately 350.degree. F. Preferably the web is passed through two nips the first nip polishing one side of the web, the second nip polishing the other side. The result is a web having improved gloss without substantial loss of bulk and with minimum mottling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device in a vacuum transportation system for liquids, preferably a vacuum sewage system, comprising a transportation conduit (12) which is under vacuum and via a normally closed valve (13) and a suction pipe (14) connected to a liquid collecting container (10). The closing movement for the valve (13) is activated by the change in pressure which occurs when air entering after the liquid flows into the system.

Abstract: An off-shore drilling platform or the like supported by support legs standing on the bottom of the sea is converted to withstand ice pressure occurring in ice filled waters by providing those portions of said drilling platform, which are to be protected against ice pressure, with protective structures below the platform. The drilling platform and/or the protective structures are then, when ice occurs, lowered along the support legs to a level where the protective structures partly extend below the surface of the ambient water.

Abstract: In an arrangement for forming rolls from a running web, the web is slit in its longitudinal direction and wound into a plurality of rolls, all having the same rotation direction during winding. The arrangement comprises means providing a peripheral as well as a central roll support force acting on the rolls during winding. The arrangement is so dimensioned that, due to the increase of the roll diameter during winding, the ratio of the peripheral support force and the central support force of a roll undergoes a substantial change merely as a result of the geometrical construction features of the arrangement. In the final phase of the winding of a roll, the central support force of the roll is considerably higher than the peripheral support force of the roll.

Abstract: An arrangement for winding a web on a roll core or the like in a support drum winder, which comprises a first and a second support drum, a web cutter, transfer means for the transfer of a complete wound roll from said support drums, supply means for the supply of a new roll core and guide and retainer devices for governing a web trail end and a front end formed by an engagement of the cutter with the web. The governing is carried out until a supplied core retains said web front end against the first support drum. The arrangement comprises means for a free new core supply from a location above the support drums in a position therebetween. The supply is carried out preferably by the free fall action and during the transfer of the complete roll. The retainer devices comprise retainer members separate from the first drum. These retainer members generate a force action against said first support drum.

Abstract: Apparatus for winding web material, such as a paper web, on a tubular core to obtain a web roll includes a first carrier roll forming a first nip with the web roll, a second carrier roll forming a second nip with the web roll, at least one of the first and second carrier rolls being driven to rotate the tubular core and web roll being wound thereon, and a weight roll acting on the web roll with a press force. The first and second carrier rolls and weight roll are arranged asymmetrically with respect to each other such that the weight of the web roll acts on the second nip and the tension of the web material being wound is determined by the magnitude of the component of the press force applied by the weight roll acting on the first nip. The web material is disposed to run onto the core tube through a space between the first and second carrier rolls and through the first nip.

Abstract: Regulating means in a roller press comprising a number of rolls for the adjustment of a press load and a deflection in deflection compensated rolls, especially in a calander stack provided for the glazing of a continuous thin running web like a paper web. The outer-most rolls in said roller press comprise means for the deflection compensation and one or several different press rolls, which are located between these outer-most rolls. Said roller press is provided with a feed-back connection arranged between a control circuit of the press load and a deflection compensation circuit of the deflection compensated rolls, which feed-back maintains a ratio between the press load and the hydraulic pressure in a roll of said compensable rolls.

Abstract: A floating semisubmersible off-shore drilling platform or the like comprises an upper working level portion and a lower pontoon portion. When the platform is transported from one place to another, it floats on the pontoon portion, but when it is working as a stationary unit in open water, it is submerged deeper, so that the pontoon portion is at a considerable distance below the water surface and the working level portion is at a considerable distance above the water surface. The platform is adapted to withstand ice pressure from ice occurring in the ambient water by giving the pontoon portion of the platform a form particularly advantageous in ice conditions. When ice occurs, the platform is lifted to such a position, that its pontoon portion comes to float at the water surface level.

Abstract: A dredger comprising a floating hull supported on floatable means, for instance on pontoons or the like, a transport basin movably supported at said hull for the reception of a mass lifted from the bottom and means for said movable support, said transport basin including a mainly open front portion and a rear portion, and means for the transfer of the mass from a dredged area into the transport basin. Said transport basin is operated by hoist devices so that at least said front portion of the basin is descendable down to the bottom for said mass reception and hoistable up to a transport position or to a position above said transport position, and said mass transfer means comprise a digger plate or the like, which is movable by means of powered members relative to and within said basin.

Abstract: A self-propelled air cushion vehicle includes a traction wheel device comprising at least two separate traction wheel units. Each traction wheel unit includes at least two consecutive wheels surrounded by a common caterpillar track, preferably two such wheel pairs arranged side by side. The traction wheel units are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, one at the fore end of the vehicle and the other at the rear end of the vehicle, both at the central longitudinal axis of the vehicle.