Abstract: A solar or photovoltaic system includes a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of the solar or photovoltaic system. The surface to be cleaned is tilted or tiltable respect to the horizontal. The cleaning apparatus is configured to carry out a cleaning process to clean the surface in which at least one cleaning element moves downward over the tilted surface driven by gravity.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a surface of solar collectors or photovoltaic installations includes at least one cleaning head that comprises at least one cleaning member. The cleaning member can be set into rotation. The apparatus also includes a movement device for moving the cleaning head over at least a part of the surface to be cleaned. The movement device has a first movement unit movable in a first direction and a second movement unit. The cleaning head is movable transversely or obliquely to the first movement direction by the second movement unit along a guide that is connected to the first movement unit. A drive device that is arranged at the first and/or second movement units makes it possible to automatically move the first movement unit in dependence on a position of the second movement unit.

Abstract: A solar or photovoltaic system comprises a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of the solar or photovoltaic system, wherein the surface to be cleaned is tilted or tiltable respect to the horizontal. The cleaning apparatus is configured to carry out a cleaning process to clean the surface in which at least one cleaning element moves downward over the tilted surface driven by gravity.

Abstract: A rotor nozzle for high pressure cleaning devices, having a nozzle housing that has an inlet opening at its axially one end and an outlet opening for liquid at the other end, and having a rotor which is arranged in the nozzle housing, whose front end facing the outlet opening is supported at a bearing, which may be at least partly flowed through by the liquid, and which may be set into rotation by liquid flowing into the nozzle housing. wherein the bearing has at least two bearing sides and may be placed into the nozzle housing in at least two different orientations in which the rotor is respectively supported at another one of the bearing sides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning a surface, in particular at solar collectors or photovoltaic installations. The apparatus has at least one cleaning head that comprises at least one cleaning member. The cleaning member is in particular a brush that can be set into rotation. The apparatus furthermore has a movement device for moving the cleaning head over at least a part of the surface to be cleaned. The movement device has a first movement unit movable in a first direction and a second movement unit. The cleaning head is movable transversely or obliquely to the first movement direction by means of the second movement unit along a guide means that is connected to the first movement unit. A control means that is arranged at the first and/or second movement units makes it possible to automatically move the first movement unit in dependence on a position of the second movement unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge device for a cleaning fluid or treatment fluid, in particular to a lance for a high-pressure cleaner, comprising a pivotable head piece and an elongate holder which carries the head piece at its one end and is made at its other end for holding and for remotely controlled pivoting of the head piece, wherein the holder includes a carrier for the holding of the head piece and an actuation member adjustable relative to the carrier for the pivoting of the head piece relative to the carrier, and wherein the carrier and the actuation member extend up to the head piece in an at least approximately axially parallel arrangement, and in particular coaxial arrangement, with the carrier extending inside the actuation member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor nozzle, in particular for high-pressure cleaning devices, having a nozzle housing which has an inlet opening for liquid at its axially one end and an outlet opening for liquid at the other end as well as having a rotor which is arranged in a swirl chamber of the nozzle housing, whose front end facing the outlet opening is supported at a bearing, which can at least be partly flowed through by the liquid, which can be set into rotation around a longitudinal axis by liquid flowing into the swirl chamber and which is inclined toward the longitudinal axis at least in the rotating state; wherein the rotor has an inlet region for the liquid via which the liquid can move out of the swirl chamber into the rotor to allow a rotor flow of the liquid from the inlet region up to the front end of the rotor and out of the outlet opening; wherein the rotor nozzle is capable of a switchover procedure between a stationary state in which the rotor is held tight between the bearing and an abutment

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor nozzle, in particular for high pressure cleaning devices, having a nozzle housing which has a swirl chamber between an inflow opening for a fluid, in particular water, and a discharge opening, with a rotor inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis during operation being supported at its front end at a bearing, in particular at a cup-shaped bearing, in said swirl chamber and with the rotor being able to be driven to make a rotating movement around the longitudinal axis by fluid flowing into the swirl chamber, wherein an adjustment device is positioned in front of the swirl chamber for the speed regulation of the rotor and forces the inflowing fluid to make a rotary movement around the longitudinal axis for the generation of a rotating fluid field before the transition into the swirl chamber, and wherein the rotating fluid field is disrupted more or less pronouncedly on the transition into the swirl chamber in dependence on the position of the adjustment device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor nozzle, in particular for high pressure devices, having a nozzle housing which has a swirl chamber between a rear inflow opening for a fluid, in particular water, and a front outlet opening, with a front end of a rotor, which is inclined during operation toward a longitudinal axis, being supported at a bearing, in particular a cup-shaped bearing, in said swirl chamber and being able to be driven by fluid flowing into the swirl chamber to make a rotary movement around the longitudinal axis such that the fluid exits the nozzle housing via the outlet opening in the form of a conical jet, and having a gravity circuit which includes at least one movable switching element and which switches between at least two different operating modes by movement of the rotor nozzle in the space, wherein the gravity circuit is arranged in the front region of the rotor nozzle downstream of the swirl chamber, wherein the switching element releases the outlet opening and closes a functional opening o

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor nozzle, in particular for high pressure cleaning devices, having a nozzle housing which has a swirl chamber between an inflow opening for a fluid, in particular water, and a discharge opening, with a rotor inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis during operation being supported at its front end at a bearing, in particular at a cup-shaped bearing, in said swirl chamber and with the rotor being able to be driven to make a rotating movement around the longitudinal axis by fluid flowing into the swirl chamber, wherein an adjustment device is positioned in front of the swirl chamber for the speed regulation of the rotor and forces the inflowing fluid to make a rotary movement around the longitudinal axis for the generation of a rotating fluid field before the transition into the swirl chamber, and wherein the rotating fluid field is disrupted more or less pronouncedly on the transition into the swirl chamber in dependence on the position of the adjustment device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge device for a cleaning fluid or treatment fluid, in particular to a lance for a high-pressure cleaner, comprising a pivotable head piece and an elongate holder which carries the head piece at its one end and is made at its other end for holding and for remotely controlled pivoting of the head piece, wherein the holder includes a carrier for the holding of the head piece and an actuation member adjustable relative to the carrier for the pivoting of the head piece relative to the carrier, and wherein the carrier and the actuation member extend up to the head piece in an at least approximately axially parallel arrangement, and in particular coaxial arrangement, with the carrier extending inside the actuation member.

Abstract: A rotor nozzle includes a nozzle housing having an inlet opening at one end and an outlet opening at another end and has a rotor which is arranged in a turbulence chamber and which is provided at its front end facing the outlet opening. A nozzle is supported in a cup bearing and has an inflow opening. A bypass device changes a radial or a tangential component of the liquid flowing into the turbulence chamber, which sets the rotor into rotation. A control surface is provided in the turbulence chamber. A restoring device is provided which is active between the front end of the rotor and the rear rotor end, wherein as the rotor rotary speed increases, the inclination of the rotor increases against the action of a restoration force of the restoring device and the restoring device reduces the rotor inclination as the rotor rotary speed decreases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tanning preparation for the skin comprising at least one tyrosine derivative of formula 1, where R<1>=—H, —(CH2)x-CH3, x being an integer from 1 to 20, R<2>=CH3CO—, CH3—(CH2)yCO—, y being an integer from 1 to 20, and an activator consisting of an aliphatic polyol having at least 10 C atoms in the molecule. The aliphatic polyol preferably consists of a hexadecanetriol, in particular phytantriol. Expediently, the tanning preparation is a gel, lotion, cream, foam, spray or emulsion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tanning preparation for the skin comprising at least one tyrosine derivative of formula 1, where R<1>=—H, —(CH2)x-CH3, x being an integer from 1 to 20, R<2>=CH3CO—, CH3-(CH2)yCO—, y being an integer from 1 to 20, and an activator consisting of an aliphatic polyol having at least 10 C atoms in the molecule. The aliphatic polyol preferably consists of a hexadecanetriol, in particular phytantriol. Expediently, the tanning preparation is a gel, lotion, cream, foam, spray or emulsion.

Abstract: The device relates to a rotor nozzle, in particular for high-pressure cleaning apparatus, comprising a nozzle housing which has an inlet opening at its one axial end and an outlet opening for liquid at the other end, also with a rotationally driven rotor arranged in a swirl chamber of the nozzle housing inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the swirl chamber and supported at the inner wall of the swirl chamber, with the rotor having a nozzle region at its end pointing towards the outlet opening and supported in a cup bearing and an inflow opening at the opposite end, wherein a nozzle member and a distributor member are arranged in the nozzle housing and are rotatable relative to one another, with the distributor member having at least one distributor cutout communicating with the inlet opening, via which functional openings formed in the nozzle member can be controlled, with the functional openings respectively communicating with the swirl chamber or with at least one auxiliary outlet of the nozzle ho

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the ejection of liquid comprising a plurality of rotor nozzles which are combined into a unit. Each rotor nozzle has a rotor space formed in a nozzle housing and an inlet opening in the region of its one axial end and an outlet opening for the liquid at the other end, as well as a rotationally driven rotor arranged inclined in the rotor space relative to its longitudinal axis and supported at the inner wall of the rotor space. The rotor has a nozzle region supported in a cup bearing at its end pointing towards the outlet opening and an inflow opening at the opposite end.

Abstract: A rotary nozzle head has a rotor nozzle (50) through which flow can take place, two radially adjustable sheet metal deflector plates (30, 32) and a nozzle bearing (42), the axial position of which is adjustable. An axially adjustable functional element carrier (20) is formed at its downstream end as an actuation housing (22) and has the nozzle bearing (42) at the upstream end thereof. In addition, the functional element carrier (20) supports the sheet metal deflector plates (30, 32).

Abstract: A particle blasting nozzle has a nozzle body having an outlet opening and a suction connection with an acceleration tube extending at least partly within the nozzle body. The front end of the acceleration tube is arranged in the region of the outlet opening and its rear end has a further suction connection.

Abstract: A transport network with a transmission capacity for telecommunications in which nodes of the network are transparently connected with one another by optical glass fiber lines functionally to produce a full intermeshing of nodes permitting simultaneous addressing of all the nodes by every other node of the network. The nodes are coupled with one another in a matrix configuration in lines and columns. Each of corner nodes has at least n connections in the column direction and at least m connections in the line direction. Intermediate nodes (1,2 to 1,(m-1); n,2 to n,(m-1)) that are located in marginal lines, in a direction of the columns, have n connections and in a direction of the lines have 2.multidot.m connections. The intermediate nodes (2,1 to (n-1),1 and 2,m to (n-1),m)) located in marginal columns, in a line direction, have m connections and, in a column direction, have 2.multidot.n connections. Inner nodes of the network are connected with each of four neighbors by a total of 2.multidot.

Abstract: The rotor nozzle is in particular provided for a high pressure cleaning apparatus. It consists of a nozzle housing (1) which has a central inlet opening (2) at its one axial end and an outlet opening (3) for the cleaning liquid at the other end. In the nozzle housing (1) there is arranged a rotor (4) which is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis (14) of the nozzle housing, which is rotationally driven and which rolls off around the wall of the housing. The rotor (4) is provided with a nozzle (6) arranged in a support (5) with the cleaning liquid flowing through the nozzle (6) and with the end of the nozzle pointing towards the outlet opening (3) being pivotally supported in a cup bearing (7). At its end towards the outlet opening the rotor (4) is of sleeve-like design and is journalled there at its end in the manner of a ball joint on a bearing sleeve (8). The bearing cup (7) is arranged concentrically in the bearing sleeve (8).