Abstract: An apparatus for cooling extruded profile sections comprises nozzles which are arranged above and below an exit path of the extruded profile section and which are formed as air nozzles arranged transversely of the pressing and exit direction of the extruded profile section and having slit-shaped nozzle openings. The air nozzles arranged beneath the exit path have a smaller nozzle slit width than the air nozzles arranged above the exit path and blowing onto the extruded profile section from above; the distance of the lower air nozzles from the extruded profile section is less than the distance of the upper air nozzles from the extruded profile section; and the air nozzles arranged beneath the extruded profile section are offset with respect to the air nozzles arranged above the extruded profile section in each case by half the pitch, measured in the pressing and transport direction of the extruded profile section.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an attachment assembly for securing two membrane strips loosely laid parallel to each other and overlapping with each other. The attachment assembly incorporates a load distribution plate having short and long lateral lever-arm extension means and a bore hole defined in the plate, a fastener screw operatively connected to the load distribution plate through the bore hole, and a fastener screw operatively connected to the load distribution plate through the bore hole. The short and long lateral lever-arm extension means of the plate extend in directions relative to the fastener screw. The short lateral lever arm extension means operates with forces due to the billowing of the roofing membrane so as to uplift a long edge of the load distribution plate and thereby introduce a first force corresponding to a lever arm ratio at the long lateral lever arm extension means at an area opposite to the bore hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for the bilateral blowing of a treatment gas onto a web-shaped material comprises a treatment space for the approximately rectilinearly moved web-like or sheet-like material, nozzle ribs arranged on both sides of the web-like or sheet-like material for introducing the treatment gas stream into the treatment space and radial fans for generating the treatment gas stream on the one hand and symmetrical extraction of the treatment gas from the treatment space on the other hand; each radial fan is installed into a 360.degree. spiral housing; the two radial fans are arranged point symmetrical at 180.degree. and each blow into a blow-out duct disposed on the longitudinal side of the apparatus; and each blow-out duct comprises a first region of constant or approximately constant cross-setion and a distributor piece with cross-section diminishing in the flow direction.

Abstract: A high-convection gas jet nozzle section for a sheet-like material guided over rollers, in particular for thermal prestressing or tempering of thin flat glass sheets, comprises a lower nozzle field having nozzle ribs disposed centrally parallel between the rollers and provided with nozzle apertures and an upper nozzle field of which the nozzle ribs provided with nozzle apertures are arranged symmetrically to the vertical axis of each respective lower nozzle rib; the nozzle bottoms of the upper nozzle ribs have the cross-section of a letter "M" extended by a center strip; the width of the nozzle bottom of the upper nozzle ribs is greater than the horizontal distance between the rollers and smaller than the roller pitch; the center strip and the two upwardly tilted inner legs of the upper nozzle bottoms are provided with nozzle apertures; and the smallest distance of the upper nozzle ribs from the upper side of the material is greater than the smallest distance of the lower nozzle ribs from the lower side of th