Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device having a rotary switch and a display screen for displaying information. It is the object of the invention further to develop such a device to the effect that it permits operation which is as universal as possible and simple. The invention is defined by the fact that the rotary switch is provided for the two-dimensional movement of at least one display element of the display screen, that a rotary movement of the rotary switch is provided for selecting the direction of movement of the display element, and that a first axial movement of the rotary switch is provided for moving the display element in the selected direction of movement.

Abstract: A navigation route planning system is provided with various interlinked facilities, including a user I/O facility, a route planning facility, a position determination facility, and a destination and institutional table facility. In particular, the planning facility is arranged for under control of a set of interval point requests received from a user, one or more timing indications each associated to a respective interval point request, and furthermore dynamic traffic condition informations received from an overall notification system, to dynamically generate a route listing for a route to be travelled in accordance with the interval points, associated timing indications and dynamic traffic condition informations.

Abstract: A route planning system is provided with various interlinked facilities, including a user I/O facility, a route planning facility, a position determination facility, and a destination table facility. Under control of a set of start and/or destination requests from a user person a route plan to be traveled generated. In particular, the system further comprises a driving habit assessment facility for assessing a particular user person's driving habits as additional input data for the route planning facility. On the basis of averaging the user person's driving habits the generating is influenced in the time domain and/or in the spatial domain.

Abstract: A textile composite material is used as tuft backing for tufted carpets, the composite material having at least one nonwoven fabric on which exclusively parallel-running, straight, load-absorbing, plastic, continuous filaments are rascheled, and a thin binding yarn serving as a knitting chain fixing the continuous filaments in position.

Abstract: A spunbonded fabric comprises continuous thermoplastic filaments, which adhere to one another at their intersecting points without binder, and whose material comprises at least 50 weight % biodegradable polycaprolactone having a mean molecular weight of from 35,000 to 70,000. In the production process of the spunbonded fabric, no additional stabilization step is necessary after the filaments are deposited.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for determining the rheological properties of sedimenting suspensions. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus which permits the accurate determination of the rheological properties of particulate suspensions in which the particles are settling. An apparatus for evaluating the rheological properties of sedimenting suspensions comprising: (a) a sedimenting suspension retainer; (b) a device means suspended in the retainer, the retainer and suspended device being capable of being rotated relative to one another, the device being permeable to the passage of particles settling in the sedimenting suspension, the suspended device being suspended in the sedimenting suspension in the retainer in the region having constant density.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a surgical sponge which contains contrast agent embedded in a polymer matrix in proportions of up to 70 wt. %. The matrix consists of a polymer material free of plasticizers. In the process for the production of the sponge a matrix for the contrast agent is used, which is an uncrosslinked, viscous liquid, prepolymer state until after it has been extruded onto the basic fleece material, and not until a process step that then follows is the polymerization completed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent body of nonwoven material formed of randomly distributed thermoplastic endless filaments which contain embedded hydrophilic or oleophilic staple fibers and in some cases swelling particles. Also disclosed is a one-step process for the production of the absorbent body.

Abstract: An idling control for an Otto engine comprises a throttle valve positioned in a suction pipe of an engine intake manifold; a pneumatic cylinder unit operably engaged with said throttle valve by means of a positioning leg; a three-way flow control valve in fluid communication with said pneumatic cylinder unit, said valve having respective input conduits for atmospheric pressure and vacuum, and having means for alternatively transmitting said atmospheric pressure and said vacuum to said pneumatic cylinder unit, said transmitting means including opposing coils and a pulse generator having an adjustable pulse duty factor, said coils being connected to push-pull outputs of said pulse generator, the alternative positions of said control valve being determined in accordance with said duty factor, said duty factor being applied to said opposing coils simultaneously; said three-way flow control valve further includes valve seats for said input conduits and a membrane-like, freely-movable ferromagnetic valve plate havi