Abstract: Spring-and-damper assembly articulated at a front hood and body of a motor vehicle and has, in a cylinder, a gas pressure damper with a damping piston, a piston rod outwardly loaded by the gaseous medium through an axial opening in the cylinder and assists opening of the front hood. An actuator activated by a sensor device to adjust the front hood into a raised pedestrian protection position. The piston rod or the cylinder or a structural component part is axially adjustable relative to a supporting part supporting the assembly to be limited between stops. The structural component part or supporting part is a ball head supported in a joint socket or a joint head having a joint socket for a ball head connected at least indirectly to the piston rod or to the cylinder. The joint socket is formed so as to be groove-shaped in axial direction so that the ball head is axially adjustable in the joint socket in a limited manner.

Abstract: A gas spring with a center longitudinal axis including a cylinder includes a piston in the cylinder that divides the cylinder into a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber. A piston rod is arranged at the piston guided out of the cylinder at a second end opposite the first end. A connection element with a socket housing is arranged at each of the first end and the free end of the piston rod for receiving a ball head. At least one of the two socket housings comprises a ball socket with a longitudinal extension and a transverse dimension, the longitudinal extension is greater than the transverse dimension. A catch element having a spring tongue is arranged at the first end for insertion together with the catch element into a cover tube that locks into a recess associated with it in the cover tube.

Abstract: Spring-and-damper assembly articulated at a front hood and body of a motor vehicle and has, in a cylinder, a gas pressure damper with a damping piston, a piston rod outwardly loaded by the gaseous medium through an axial opening in the cylinder and assists opening of the front hood. An actuator activated by a sensor device to adjust the front hood into a raised pedestrian protection position. The piston rod or the cylinder or a structural component part is axially adjustable relative to a supporting part supporting the assembly to be limited between stops. The structural component part or supporting part is a ball head supported in a joint socket or a joint head having a joint socket for a ball head connected at least indirectly to the piston rod or to the cylinder. The joint socket is formed so as to be groove-shaped in axial direction so that the ball head is axially adjustable in the joint socket in a limited manner.

Abstract: A gas spring with a center longitudinal axis including a cylinder includes a piston in the cylinder that divides the cylinder into a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber. A piston rod is arranged at the piston guided out of the cylinder at a second end opposite the first end. A connection element with a socket housing is arranged at each of the first end and the free end of the piston rod for receiving a ball head. At least one of the two socket housings comprises a ball socket with a longitudinal extension and a transverse dimension, the longitudinal extension is greater than the transverse dimension. A catch element having a spring tongue is arranged at the first end for insertion together with the catch element into a cover tube that locks into a recess associated with it in the cover tube.

Abstract: A device is provided for pivoting a lid, especially a motor vehicle lid, around a pivot axis. The pivoting device has a first actuating unit on one side of the lid and a second actuating unit on the opposite side of the lid. The two actuating units have substantially the same drive forces in a first section of the lid travel distance and different drive forces in a second section of the lid travel distance.

Abstract: A method of treating a surface of a fiber, e.g. cellulosic fiber, with a finish in which the surface finish is applied as an aqueous emulsion stabilized at a first pH value and at the latest when applied to the fiber the emulsion is caused to destabilize by a change in the first pH value. The invention also relates to cellulosic fiber and threads thereof and to tampons made from cellulosic fiber.

Abstract: Described are aramid fibers with a spin finish comprisingA) a compound of the formula I and/or IIR.sup.1 --COO--(R.sup.2 --O).sub.x --R.sup.3 (I)R.sup.3 --(O--R.sup.2).sub.x --OOC--R.sup.4 --COO--(R.sup.2 --O).sub.x --R.sup.3 (II)and B) a compound of the formula III ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl or alkenyl having eight to eighteen carbon atoms, x is an integer from four to twenty, R.sup.2 is butylene, propylene or ethylene, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl, R.sup.4 is alkylene or alkenylene having eight to eighteen carbon atoms, R.sup.5 is alkyl or alkenyl having eight to eighteen carbon atoms, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each alkyl having one to twelve carbon atoms, and R.sup.8 is alkylene having one to four carbon atoms. The aramid fibers are usable in particular in the production of textile sheet materials by intermingling, twisting, braiding or folding.

Abstract: Aromatic polyamide staple fiber bundles of improved dispersibility in viscous matrices and production of fiber-reinforced compositesDescribed are bundles of aromatic polyamide staple fibers having a staple length of at least 1 mm which have been provided with an effective amount of an agent which enhances the cohesion of the fiber bundle.The staple fiber bundles are held together by the adhesive before mixing into a matrix material and separate into individual fibers on mixing into the matrix material. There is no need for special mixing apparatus.

Abstract: Recycling materials comprising cellulosic and synthetic fibersDescribed is a process for recycling materials comprising fiber mixtures comprising cellulose fibers, comprising the steps of:i) providing fiber mixtures comprising cellulosic fibers and fibers composed of synthetic polymers, andii) subjecting these mixtures to a microbial hydrolysis in which the cellulosic fibers are completely degraded.The process makes it possible in particular to separate fiber mixtures. For this, the microorganisms and the hydrolyzate are removed in a conventional manner following step ii), and the remaining synthetic polymers are carried off in a conventional manner to be further recycled.

Abstract: Novel aramid fibers with a spin finish having useful properties for the production of sheet materials are described in the present application. The aramid fibers contain at least three elements including an anionic antistat based on phosphoric, phosphonic, or phosphoric and phosphonic esters; a compound of the formula .sup.1 --COO--(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--).sub.x --R.sup.2 ; and a compound of the formula R.sup.2 --O--(R.sup.4 --O).sub.y --R.sup.5, wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl or alkenyl, x is an integer from 2 to 20 R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.3 is alkyl or alkenyl, y is an integer from to 8, R.sup.4 is ethylene, propylene, or butylene, and R.sup.5 is alkyl.