Abstract: A device controls the flow of liquid or gaseous media, especially a liquid heating or cooling medium, in a line system with a first channel that contains a valve, especially a shut-off valve, and is provided with connections on both ends thereof. Two other channels are located on said first channel, on both sides of the valve thereof, said other channels being perpendicularly oriented in relation to the first channel and having flow channels which are connected to the first channel by means of connection channels. Connections are also provided on the ends of said other channels, and valves, especially shut-off valves, are also provided in the connection channels.

Abstract: A device controls the flow of liquid or gaseous media, especially a liquid heating or cooling medium, in a line system with a first channel that contains a valve, especially a shut-off valve, and is provided with connections on both ends thereof. Two other channels are located on said first channel, on both sides of the valve thereof, said other channels being perpendicularly oriented in relation to the first channel and having flow channels which are connected to the first channel by means of connection channels. Connections are also provided on the ends of said other channels, and valves, especially shut-off valves, are also provided in the connection channels.

Abstract: A system and method supplies users with heat energy or cooling energy via a carrier medium. At least one source of heat energy or chilling energy has an output line that is connected to the input of at least one controllable distributor device. The distributor has a number of outlets, to which the supply lines for users are connected to heating or cooling supplies at various temperature levels. Any of the users may be selected by the distribution device, for supplying carrier medium at the required temperature. At least one heat reservoir is connected in parallel to at least one part of the user for heat energy at different temperature levels, in which the excess heat energy at the given temperature level may be stored and from which the heat energy contained therein may be extracted and supplied to the user with the relevant temperature level.

Abstract: A system and method supplies users with heat energy or cooling energy via a carrier medium. At least one source of heat energy or chilling energy has an output line that is connected to the input of at least one controllable distributor device. The distributor has a number of outlets, to which the supply lines for users are connected to heating or cooling supplies at various temperature levels. Any of the users may be selected by the distribution device, for supplying carrier medium at the required temperature. At least one heat reservoir is connected in parallel to at least one part of the user for heat energy at different temperature levels, in which the excess heat energy at the given temperature level may be stored and from which the heat energy contained therein may be extracted and supplied to the user with the relevant temperature level.

Abstract: The installation stores thermal energy, i.e., heat energy and/or cold energy. A plurality of conduits are laid underground. Several regions that are arranged one inside the other and contain energy-saving material and conduits respectively are provided. The conduits that are arranged in the individual areas can be connected to users having different temperature levels. The innermost region is maintained at a highest temperature differential relative to the outside of the installation and the innermost region can be connected, inter alia, to drive an electrical generator.

Abstract: The installation stores thermal energy, i.e., heat energy and/or cold energy. A plurality of conduits are laid underground. Several regions that are arranged one inside the other and contain energy-saving material and conduits respectively are provided. The conduits that are arranged in the individual areas can be connected to users having different temperature levels. The innermost region is maintained at a highest temperature differential relative to the outside of the installation and the innermost region can be connected, inter alia, to drive an electrical generator.

Abstract: The valve, which is particularly suitable as a pressure reducing valve, has a housing, with a cylindrical chamber for a rotor, an inlet for a pressurized medium, and an outlet for the escaping reduced pressure medium. The housing and the rotor are made from a ceramic material and the rotor is a cylindrical body, which has, on the outer surface thereof, a number of recesses which are arranged at a distance from each other, in the direction of flow. The areas of the outer surface of the rotor, between the recesses and the inner surface of the cavity, within the housing and the end surfaces of the rotor and the end surfaces of the housing together form a seal.

Abstract: The energy collector has a housing with a cover which is transparent to vble and thermal radiation. One or more heat collectors are disposed in the interior of the housing. The heat collectors are carried by a pipe through which a heat-transport medium flows. Each of the collectors is assigned a reflector of concave design underneath the respective heat collector. The width of the reflector is significantly greater (e.g. a multiple) than the width of the heat collector. The incident visible and/or thermal radiation is either incident on the front side of the heat collector or it is reflected onto its rear side by the associated reflector. A large portion or all of the rear surface of the collector is covered with photovoltaic elements onto which focused light energy is aimed by the concave reflectors.

Abstract: The system allows selective supply of heat energy to consumers at different temperature levels. A carrier medium heated in at least one heat source such as an environmental collector and a heat pump. An outlet line of the heat source communicates with the inlet of at least one distributor. The distributor has several outlets communicating with flow lines leading to the consumers. The distributor selects the flow line through which the heated carrier medium is to be transported, i.e. which one of the consumers is to be supplied with heat energy.

Abstract: Method for erecting walls, in particular exterior walls, of a building, by means of form elements with insulating inlays. The interior of the form blocks or of form elements is thereby divided in the longitudinal direction of the walls into two regions by a layer of heat-insulating material. A layer of readily heat-conducting material is inserted in the region towards the exterior surface of the wall and a layer of heat-retaining material is inserted in the region towards the interior of the wall. A pipe is disposed in the layer of heat-retaining material for conducting a carrier medium for selectively heating and cooling. Another pipe may be placed in the layer of heat-conducting material.

Abstract: A device for absorbing heat energy, in particular a solar panel, includes a housing in the form of a frame-shaped rack. The housing has a cover which allows the radiant energy to enter. Several collector tubes are disposed below the cover and between a distributor tube and a gathering tube. The collector tubes are provided with wing-shaped collector elements. The collector tubes are rotatably mounted such that the collector elements can follow the position of the radiation source, such as the sun. The collector elements are thereby disposed at a mutual spacing such that a shading from the adjacent collector element is prevented, even at the lowermost position of the sun. The collector elements are further provided with a heat absorbing coating on both sides, and reflectors are provided below the collector elements as seen in the direction of the incoming heat radiation.

Abstract: The blade angle of the blades is adjustable in a rotor for a rotary wing craft by a lever mechanism (13, 14 or 41, 42) secured to the radially inner end of an extension bushing (7; 7.1) or shaft (43). The extension bushing (7; 7.1) or shaft (43) is connected with its radially outer lever (15 or 44) to the blade root (2) or a blade root mounting (39, 50) of a rotor blade in an angular position adjustable manner for adjusting the tracking of the blades. The bushing (7; 7.1) or shaft (43) is adjustable in its angular position relative to the blade root (2) by adjustment screws cooperating with a free end of the lever (15 or 44) which reaches into a gap between two of such adjustment screws (16 or 45) cooperating with counter nuts (17 or 46). By adjusting the angular position of the bushing or shaft with the screws it is possible to assure a uniform tracking among all the blades of a multiblade rotor. Such uniform tracking is desirable if the blades of a rotor are to rotate in the same plane.

Abstract: The blade angle of the blades is adjustable in a rotor for a rotary wing craft by a lever mechanism (13, 14 or 41, 42) secured to the radially inner end of an extension bushing (7; 7.1) or shaft (43). The extension bushing (7; 7.1) or shaft (43) is connected with its radially outer lever (15 or 44) to the blade root (2) or a blade root mounting (39, 50) of a rotor blade in an angular position adjustable manner for adjusting the tracking of the blades. The bushing (7; 7.1) or shaft (43) is adjustable in its angular position relative to the blade root (2) by adjustment screws cooperating with a free end of the lever (15 or 44) which reaches into a gap between two of such adjustment screws (16 or 45) cooperating with counter nuts (17 or 46). By adjusting the angular position of the bushing or shaft with the screws it is possible to assure a uniform tracking among all the blades of a multiblade rotor. Such uniform tracking is desirable if the blades of a rotor are to rotate in the same plane.

Abstract: A heat exchanger system includes a boiler and a double sleeve pipe which is disposed in the boiler and has coaxial inner and outer pipes. The inner pipe is connected to a heat pump, and carries a first fluid medium. The outer pipe is connected to a fluid circuit which includes a pump and a three-way valve. The three-way valve can selectively connect into the fluid circuit a further three-way valve and a heating system, and the further three-way valve can selectively connect a further boiler into the fluid circuit. The inner surface of the inner pipe is preferably ribbed, and there is preferably at least one longitudinally extending wall in the inner pipe which divides it into two or more separate channels.

Abstract: The blades or wings of a rotor for example of a rotary wing aircraft, are nnected to the rotor head in a hingeless and bearingless manner by a blade neck section, which is flexible relative to torsion loads, flapping movements and lead-lag movements. The blade angle adjustments are made by a torsion stiff control rod bridging the flexible blade neck section. The control rod is flexible relative to flapping and lead-lag movements. The radially outer end of the control rod is rigidly connected to the respective wing. The radially inner end of the control rod is connected to the rotor head in such a manner that the control rod is movable substantially in the direction of its own longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The blade angle of the blades of a rotary wing aircraft is adjusted by a control rod (5) inside the hollow rotor head operating a control shaft (8) extending radially out of the rotor head in axial alignment with the blade angle adjustment axis. The adjustment movement of the shaft (8) is transmitted to the respective blade (3.3) by a yoke (11, 12) and a torsion-stiff sleeve (7) which bridge the blade root (3.1) and the torsion yielding blade neck (3.2) respectively. The blade root (3.1) is connected to the rotor hub (1) by a forked member (2) through which a portion (11) of the yoke extends for connection to the control shaft.

Abstract: The rotor blades of a rotary wing aircraft are mounted at their blade roots pon a rotor head formed as an integral body of composite fiber material shaped to define a plurality of bifurcated rotor blade support arms between which the blade roots are mounted. Each of the blades is formed, at least in the region of the blade roots, with a laminated configuration including at least two layers formed with a fiber loop having a unidirectional fiber orientation extending longitudinally of the rotor blade and about a load-bearing connection between the blade root and the rotor head. An intermediate layer having a crosswise fiber orientation is provided between each of the at least two layers of the blade root which integrally joins the two layers and the fiber loop is enclosed by support members at its longitudinal edges at the inside and outside thereof at least in the region of the load-bearing connection.

Abstract: The wings of a rotary wing aircraft comprise, for example, four wing blades orming two pairs of wing blades whereby the blades of a pair are located diametrically opposite each other. The blades of a pair are connected to each other by a spar extending from wing blade to wing blade. The spar is operatively secured to the rotor head. Each spar has between the rotor head and the respective wing blade a zone with a torsion yieldability larger than in the spar outside said zone. A beam stiff against bending, bridges the zone, referred to as a torque soft zone, from the wing blade toward the rotor head except for a small flexible section between the rotor head and the radially inner end of the beam. The flexible section permits the blade flapping movements and the blade lead-lag movements.

Abstract: In a rotor for a rotary wing aircraft, an integral central headpiece supps the rotor blades. The headpiece consists of two plates interconnected by a centrally arranged distance member. Each plate has a similar star-shape with at least four angularly spaced point-like arms. Each plate is formed of a number of superposed layers with each layer containing continuous loops extending in the direction of the point-like arms. At least one loop extends from one point-like arm into another diametrically opposite point-like arm. Others of the loops, located in the other point-like arms, extend radially outwardly from the loop extending through the two point-like arms. The headpiece consisting of the plates and distance member, is a unitary or integral structure.

Abstract: The present four-blade rotor is made up of two blade pairs, each blade pair aving two rotor blades arranged diametrically opposite one another. The blades of each blade pair are coupled to each other by means of a coupling loop for taking up centrifugal forces produced by the rotation of the blades. The present rotor system also has a centering device including a centering body and tension straps for each coupling loop. The tension straps connect the respective loop end to the centering body whereby the two coupling loops may be centered in the rotor head practically without play and without substantially limiting the free movement of the coupling loops.