Abstract: The English-language Abstract from the international application is to be retained and is therefore not duplicated in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for through-dyeing of cotton warp yarns with indigo in an indigo dyeing range, which comprises dyeing in one pass at a dyeing temperature of 30 to 90° C. and an indigo concentration of 10-60 g/l.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing cotton warp yarns having an inverse denim effect, which comprises using an indigo dyeing range to perform a dyeing step whereby the cotton warp yarn is through-dyed with indigo in one pass at a dyeing temperature of 30 to 90° C. and an indigo concentration of 5-500 g/l and a subsequent bleaching step whereby the indigo is selectively decolorized on the surface of the cotton warp yarn.

Abstract: This invention relates to a gas-turbine engine which is provided in the turbine interior with a bearing chamber for a turbine shaft, the bearing chamber being sealed by sealing elements, and with a scavenge line for the lubricating oil which is supplied to the bearing chamber, in particular is sprayed onto the bearing(s) arranged therein. In accordance with the present invention, the single scavenge line, which is connected to a suitable lubricating-oil collecting compartment, features such an ample cross-section and the sealing elements have such a high sealing effect that the pressure in the bearing chamber is essentially equal to the pressure in the lubricating-oil-collecting compartment and maximally half the pressure in the turbine interior.

Abstract: A passive clearance control system is provided in the turbine section of a gas turbine engine in which turbine casing nozzle vanes and rotor blades are provided. The rotor blades are arranged on a rotor and preferably fitted with a shroud. The tips of the blades or shroud are surrounded by shroud segments suspended in the turbine casing, and a clearance between the tips and the shroud segments is formed and has a width which is controlled by a heating-cooling channel system. The channel system is supplied with a stream of air from the compressor section of the gas turbine and bypasses the combustion chamber to reach, via a plurality of metering holes, an annulus bounded by a stator ring. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a ring-shaped orifice plate interacting with the metering holes is provided within the annulus which closes these metering holes to a varying degree depending on the temperature of the air stream reaching the heating-cooling channel system.

Abstract: A fixed bearing for a radial or diagonal flow compressor is guided in a damping bush whose axial position can be fixed by means of a reconciling plate to establish a desired running gap with respect to the compressor housing. The damping bush has a receiving device for a supporting element which rests against the reconciling plate, such that the supporting element and the reconciling plate are removable when the damping bush is disposed in the compressor housing. When the rotor is mounted, the required thickness of the reconciling disk can be determined and this reconciling disk can then be inserted without removing the rotor or the damping bush for the adjustment of the desired running gap.

Abstract: A sealing device for inner surfaces of hollow bodies such as pipes, containers, or the like which have adhering thereto contaminated or activated material. The sealing device comprises two supporting plates arranged in spaced relationship and substantially parallel to each other while extending in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the hollow body to be sealed. Of these two plates, the outer one is provided with a filling connection and with a discharging connection. The two supporting plates are adapted by means of pull elements to be tightened against a yieldable seal which is positively guided and is arranged along the circumferential rim of the hollow body.

Abstract: A method of and device for quickly and safely shielding a localized source of rays, according to which easily movable frame means are placed around the localized source of rays and shielding means non-penetrable by the rays of the localized source of rays are by remote control inserted into the frame means.