Abstract: A machine tool comprises a tool spindle which can be positioned in 3 axes and a pivot bridge pivotable about an A axis with a round table for mounting a workpiece pallet supporting a workpiece. Furthermore, in front of the pivot bridge, a mount is provided for a processed workpiece or workpiece to be processed located on a workpiece pallet. Between the mount and the pivot bridge a pallet changer is provided which can only perform a vertical displacement movement and a pivot movement about a vertical axis. Workpiece pallets are picked up and put down only during the vertical displacement movement of the pallet changer, or possibly by pivoting the pivot bridge about the A axis.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises a tool spindle which can be positioned in 3 axes and a pivot bridge pivotable about an A axis with a round table for mounting a workpiece pallet supporting a workpiece. Furthermore, in front of the pivot bridge, a mount is provided for a processed workpiece or workpiece to be processed located on a workpiece pallet. Between the mount and the pivot bridge a pallet changer is provided which can only perform a vertical displacement movement and a pivot movement about a vertical axis. Workpiece pallets are picked up and put down only during the vertical displacement movement of the pallet changer, or possibly by pivoting the pivot bridge about the A axis.

Abstract: A data storage method comprises the steps of selecting a data set from a data base (104), assigning the selected data set a cache time attribute defining a cache storage period, and storing the data set in a cache memory (106) for a time period defined by said cache time attribute. A storage time period in the cache memory can so be assigned individually to every data set depending on parameters as the data volume of the data set, the access frequency, etc. independently of an output medium as e.g. an HTML.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method that make it possible to select business items in an ordering system and to initiate a transaction relating to said business item in order then to forward this transaction request to the transaction system, which then executes the transaction relating to the applicable terms of said transaction system, that is to say, for example, taxes, shipping costs, discount systems, optionally with the inclusion of special client profiles, and sends back the outcome of this transaction processing to the ordering system serving to initiate the transaction processing.

Abstract: A method of processing an online transaction over a communication network comprises the steps of storing a plurality of objects comprising object data and object attributes containing further information about the object in a catalog server accessible by a plurality of clients, displaying, upon request from a client, an object including object attributes on a client display, and executing, on a transaction server, a transaction relating to an object selected by the client using the information contained in the object attributes, wherein the object attributes are transmitted directly from the catalog server to the transaction server without client interaction. All information necessary for the transaction can therefore be transmitted from the catalog server to the transaction server. The user, however, has no possibility to change these transmitted data.

Abstract: A sign frame assembly for supporting a flexible fascia. In one embodiment, a frame member extends in a first direction and has first and second bracket-mounting sections spaced apart from each other in the first direction. First and second brackets have inner and outer opposite ends. The inner end of the first bracket is attached to the first bracket-mounting section of the first frame member. The inner end of the second bracket are pivotally mounted to the second bracket-mounting section of the frame member. First and second elongated fascia attachment members are affixed respectively to the outer ends of the first and second brackets. A flexible fascia having oppositely disposed edges is connected to the first and second elongated members.