Abstract: A vending machine includes: a printing apparatus contained in the vending machine for printing printable data onto a substrate, wherein the substrate is a container for containing one or more products to be dispensed or is a label for the container; and a user interface for enabling customization of the printable data for each dispensing cycle. The user interface is configured to provide, at the time of use for dispensing, a user with at least one option to incorporate selected custom data into the printable data for printing onto the substrate thereby to customize the container.

Abstract: A printing system provides a printer for printing indicia on a container within a vending machine. The printing system may print indicia based on information relevant to a purchase transaction. The vending machine may transmit to a remote server data relating to a purchase transaction entered into the vending machine, the remote server retrieving data relevant to the purchase transaction and/or to the purchaser and transmitting to the vending machine the data relevant to the purchase transaction, such that the printing apparatus prints indicia on the container based on the received data relevant to the purchase transaction.

Abstract: A printing system provides a printer for printing indicia on a container within a vending machine. The printing system may print indicia based on information relevant to a purchase transaction. The vending machine may transmit to a remote server data relating to a purchase transaction entered into the vending machine, the remote server retrieving data relevant to the purchase transaction and/or to the purchaser and transmitting to the vending machine the data relevant to the purchase transaction, such that the printing apparatus prints indicia on the container based on the received data relevant to the purchase transaction.

Abstract: A printing system provides a printer for printing indicia on a container within a vending machine. The printing system may print indicia based on information relevant to a purchase transaction. The vending machine may transmit to a remote server data relating to a purchase transaction entered into the vending machine, the remote server retrieving data relevant to the purchase transaction and/or to the purchaser and transmitting to the vending machine the data relevant to the purchase transaction, such that the printing apparatus prints indicia on the container based on the received data relevant to the purchase transaction.

Abstract: A printing system provides a printer for printing indicia on a container within a vending machine. The printing system may print indicia based on information relevant to a purchase transaction. The vending machine may transmit to a remote server data relating to a purchase transaction entered into the vending machine, the remote server retrieving data relevant to the purchase transaction and/or to the purchaser and transmitting to the vending machine the data relevant to the purchase transaction, such that the printing apparatus prints indicia on the container based on the received data relevant to the purchase transaction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum switch, especially a vacuum circuit breaker, for medium and high voltages, comprising a mobile switch unit arranged inside a vacuum switch compartment (1) and provided with mutually mobile elements including a contact tappet (17), an insulator (18), and a driving or switching rod (11) introduced into the vacuum switch compartment (1) by means of metal bellows. Said vacuum switch also comprises a fixed contact inserted into the housing of the vacuum switch compartment (1). The upper end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the contact tappet (17), and the lower end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the driving or switching rod (11). The contact tappet (17) is connected to a conductor (8) by a flexible, electroconductive connection (20), said conductor being electroconductively connected to at least one laterally arranged output contact (6).

Abstract: The invention relates to a generator of a wind power station or a wind turbine comprising a stator (1) and a rotor (2) in addition to a disc brake. The aim of the invention is to provide a solution making it possible to provide a generator and a disc brake having a compact structure. Said aim is achieved in such a manner that the disc brake is integrated into the generator, said disc brake comprising a brake disc (6) which is embodied on the inner side on the outer rotor (2) and brake blocks (7) which are embodied on the inner side on the stator (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (1) of a generator of a wind power station or wind energy plant comprising a liquid cooling system for the region of the stator sheet stacks (5). The stator (1) comprises a plurality of axial tubes (8) and/or axial borings (7) through which a liquid cooling medium can flow, said tubes or borings extending inside or outside of the stator sheet stacks (5) over the axially extending extension, in a longitudinal manner of the periphery thereof limited or formed by the stator sheet stacks (5). The aim of the invention is to provide a solution to improve the cooling of the sheet stacks of the stator. Said aim is achieved due to the fact that the axial tubes (8) and/or the axial borings (9) are components of a cooling fluid line (15), in particular, of a closed cooling circuit, said cooling fluid line (15) running through the region which is to be cooled in a meandering manner.

Abstract: In the case of a rotor of a generator of a wind power installation or of a wind energy installation having a pole wheel which rotates in a stator or around a stator and has a pole wheel housing (1, 9), the aim is to create a solution which provides a simplified assembly capability for switchgear cabinets to be installed in rotating components of a wind power installation, with the capability to reduce the assembly effort. This is achieved in that retaining surfaces and/or retaining areas (8) are formed in or at the pole wheel housing (1, 9) and switchgear cabinets having electrical control and/or switching elements, which are arranged therein and have components which carry out a switching movement to switch and/or break an electrically conductive connection, can be arranged and/or are arranged such that they also rotate thereon and/or therein.

Abstract: In the case of a magnet system (1) of a multipole generator, in particular for a wind energy installation or wind power installation, comprising a magnet ring (2, 2?, 2a?-2c?, 2a-2j) having a support (5) on whose external circumference or internal circumference individual permanent magnets (4, 4?) are arranged in one or more rows with a regularly changing polarity alignment, the aim is to provide an assembly capability which makes it possible to equip an external rotor or an internal rotor for a generator of a wind power installation with a multiplicity of individual permanent magnets, which are arranged close to one another, in a manner which is simple and advantageous for assembly. This is achieved in that a plurality of magnet rings (2, 2?, 2a-2j, 2a?-2c?) are joined together at the side, in the axial direction, coaxially and resting on one another, to form a magnet wheel (10).

Abstract: In the case of a rotor of a generator of a wind power installation or of a wind energy installation having a pole wheel which rotates in a stator or around a stator and has a pole wheel housing (1, 9), the aim is to create a solution which provides a simplified assembly capability for switchgear cabinets to be installed in rotating components of a wind power installation, with the capability to reduce the assembly effort and to reduce the number and the mass of the rotating components to be arranged on the equipment tower of a wind power installation. This is achieved in that the blades of the wind rotor of the wind power installation or wind energy installation and the switchgear cabinets, which have the electrical control and/or switching elements of the associated blade control system (pitch system) can be arranged and/or are arranged on and/or at the pole wheel housing (1, 9) of the rotor.

Abstract: In the case of a magnet system (1) of a multipole generator, in particular for a wind energy installation or wind power installation, comprising a magnet ring (2, 2?, 2a?-2c?, 2a-2j) having a support (5) on whose external circumference or internal circumference individual permanent magnets (4, 4?) are arranged in one or more rows with a regularly changing polarity alignment, the aim is to provide an assembly capability which makes it possible to equip an external rotor or an internal rotor for a generator of a wind power installation with a multiplicity of individual permanent magnets, which are arranged close to one another, in a manner which is simple and advantageous for assembly.

Abstract: In the case of a method for production of a magnet system (1), which comprises a pole wheel (13), of a multipole generator for a wind power installation or wind energy installation, comprising the connection of a pole wheel housing (11) to at least one magnet ring (2), which has a multiplicity of individual permanent magnets (4, 4?) arranged in the form of a circular ring, or to a magnet wheel (10) which has at least one magnet ring (2) and a support (5) supporting it, by heating of the pole wheel housing (11) to a temperature at which the internal diameter of an internal circumferential surface, which forms a retaining surface (14), of the pole wheel housing (11) expands to a size which is larger than the external diameter of the magnet ring (2) or of the magnet wheel (10), the arrangement of the at least one magnet ring (2) or of the magnet wheel (10) in or on the retaining surface (14), and the shrinking of the pole wheel housing (11) onto the at least one magnet ring (2) or the magnet wheel (10) by coolin

Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum switch, especially a vacuum circuit breaker, for medium and high voltages, comprising a mobile switch unit arranged inside a vacuum switch compartment (1) and provided with mutually mobile elements including a contact tappet (17), an insulator (18), and a driving or switching rod (11) introduced into the vacuum switch compartment (1) by means of metal bellows. Said vacuum switch also comprises a fixed contact inserted into the housing of the vacuum switch compartment (1). The upper end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the contact tappet (17), and the lower end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the driving or switching rod (11). The contact tappet (17) is connected to a conductor (8) by a flexible, electroconductive connection (20), said conductor being electroconductively connected to at least one laterally arranged output contact (6). The aim of the invention is to enable an improved embodiment of the switching and contact surfaces.

Abstract: An electrical switching system, preferably a medium-voltage switching system, has a power switch or load switch, a disconnecting switch, and a grounding switch configured as a vacuum switching chamber. Low separation distance lengths and a more compact construction of a switching system is achieved by means of a housing in which the disconnecting switch, configured as a vacuum switching chamber, the grounding switch, and the power switch or load switch are disposed, and in which a central switch is disposed, with which the vacuum switching chambers of disconnecting switch and grounding switch can be mechanically activated. Electrical connections between connector contacts of power switch or load switch, disconnecting switch, and grounding switch can be produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum switch, especially a vacuum circuit breaker, for medium and high voltages, comprising a mobile switch unit arranged inside a vacuum switch compartment (1) and provided with mutually mobile elements including a contact tappet (17), an insulator (18), and a driving or switching rod (11) introduced into the vacuum switch compartment (1) by means of metal bellows. Said vacuum switch also comprises a fixed contact inserted into the housing of the vacuum switch compartment (1). The upper end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the contact tappet (17), and the lower end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the driving or switching rod (11). The contact tappet (17) is connected to a conductor (8) by a flexible, electroconductive connection (20), said conductor being electroconductively connected to at least one laterally arranged output contact (6). The aim of the invention is to enable an improved embodiment of the switching and contact surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum switch, especially a vacuum circuit breaker, for medium and high voltages, comprising a mobile switch unit arranged inside a vacuum switch compartment (1) and provided with mutually mobile elements including a contact tappet (17), an insulator (18), and a driving or switching rod (11) introduced into the vacuum switch compartment (1) by means of metal bellows. Said vacuum switch also comprises a fixed contact inserted into the housing of the vacuum switch compartment (1). The upper end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the contact tappet (17), and the lower end of the insulator (18) is fixed to the driving or switching rod (11). The contact tappet (17) is connected to a conductor (8) by a flexible, electroconductive connection (20), said conductor being electroconductively connected to at least one laterally arranged output contact (6).

Abstract: An electrical switching system, preferably a medium-voltage switching system, has a power switch or load switch, a disconnecting switch, and a grounding switch configured as a vacuum switching chamber. Low separation distance lengths and a more compact construction of a switching system is achieved by means of a housing in which the disconnecting switch, configured as a vacuum switching chamber, the grounding switch, and the power switch or load switch are disposed, and in which a central switch is disposed, with which the vacuum switching chambers of disconnecting switch and grounding switch can be mechanically activated. Electrical connections between connector contacts of power switch or load switch, disconnecting switch, and grounding switch can be produced.