Abstract: A press cage bar for a device for expressing liquids, which is bounded by at least one pressing edge in the area of a wear surface of a hard layer and which, in the area of at least one lateral face of the body of the cage bar, has at least one spacer that is raised above the lateral face. The spacer is formed as a deposit weld on the lateral face of the cage bar and is provided with a certain bottom clearance from the underside of the cage bar, which is on the opposite side of the cage bar from the wear surface. The spacer extends along the lateral face no farther than to the hard layer. The extent of the spacer transversely to a longitudinal axis of the lateral face is greater than its extent in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the lateral face. The spacer has increasing thickness perpendicular to the lateral face in a direction extending from the hard layer towards the underside of the cage bar.

Abstract: A device for checking the authenticity of a monetary medium, in particular a banknote 1, a bank card or a credit card, comprises a sensor arrangement 2 with a sensor 38 with a test area for checking physical or chemical properties of a medium of monetary value, and a transportation apparatus 3 for transporting the medium 1 of monetary value past the test area of the sensor 38. The sensor 38 is arranged such that it can move in relation to the transportation apparatus 2, so that it can scan the medium 1 to be checked by means of test tracks of different geometries.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cage bar for a liquid pressing device, which is delimited by at least one pressing edge in the area of a wearing surface of a hard layer. Said cage bar comprises a spacer that is located in the region of at least one lateral face of a basic member and rises above said lateral face. The spacer (15) is welded onto the lateral face of the cage bar (8), is located at a basic distance (20) from a base (17) of the cage bar (8), which faces away from the wearing surface (11), and extends along the lateral face, no further than to the hard layer (14). The spacer (15) also extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lateral face, said extension being greater than the extension thereof in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the lateral face (21). The spacer (15) has an increasing thickness (22) perpendicular to the lateral face in a direction extending from the hard layer (14) to the base (17).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring an equipment operation procedure and to a self-service device monitored using this method. An optical pattern recognition method is used to detect the hand posture which is characteristic of an equipment operation procedure alone or else together with an object to be handled when using equipment, and to compare said hand posture with a prescribed pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to an infrared gas analyser (1), especially for use as a gas detector for leak detection using a sampling probe. Said gas analyser comprises a vessel (test vessel 2), through which a test gas flows, and an infrared light source (4, 5, 42) which produces an infrared light that shines through the test vessel (2). The analyser further encompasses a detector (35) that facilitates measurement of the infrared light absorption in the test gas. The aim of the invention is to provide at low costs an analyser that is apt for every day use. To this end, a reference vessel (3) through which a reference gas flows is provided in addition to the test vessel (2) through which the test gas flows. A reference gas is sucked from the environment of the test gas suction area. The same or an additional light source (4, 5, 42) and the same detector (35) are allocated to said reference vessel.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for manufacturing tablets using a press provided with at least one compression chamber having an upper and a bottom mold and a lubrication device having at least one two-substance nozzle which sprays the lubricant onto the walls of said compression chamber in a cone shaped pattern, wherein at least one additive is added to the lubricant to thereby apply the additive onto the surface of the tablets during the manufacturing process.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing banknote bundles from a multiplicity of banknote magazines (12, 14, 16), which are arranged one above the other in a housing (10) and are equipped with a separating device, and for supplying the banknote bundles at an outlet opening (32), comprises a lift (19) with a receiving container (28) for banknote bundles. The separating arrangement and the lift (19) are driven independently of one another. The receiving container (28) has a single receiving position (29) which is common to all the banknote magazines (12, 14, 16) and is located beneath the lowermost banknote magazine (16), in front of the discharge opening (18) of the same.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for manufacturing tablets using a press provided with at least one compression chamber having an upper and a bottom mold and a lubrication device having at least one two-substance nozzle which sprays the lubricant onto the walls of said compression chamber in a cone shaped pattern, wherein at least one additive is added to the lubricant to thereby apply the additive onto the surface of the tablets during the manufacturing process.

Abstract: A search gas detector for leak detection instruments includes a gas inlet, a vacuum pump, and an apparatus by which the presence of a search gas is recorded. The vacuum pump is able to pump all reactive gases and the search gas recording apparatus is able to detect enrichments of the search gas. More preferably, the gas inlet is effective for permitting only the search gas to pass therethrough, the detector having a pair of chambers, the first to which the gas inlet and search gas apparatus are connected, and the second to which the vacuum pump is connected. The two chambers are interconnected by a constrictive line with the first chamber having a relatively large volume in relation to the second chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for coating a substrate with a fluid, having a nozzle system which is provided with at least one two-substance nozzle for the intermittent discharge of the fluid and the discharge of a gas. The two-substance nozzle, in order to attain, respectively obtain, a rotating gas flow, has an inside nozzle and a ring chamber which coaxially encompasses the inside nozzle, with at least one gas inlet nozzle which runs into the lateral surface of this ring chamber and the longitudinal axis of the gas inlet nozzles not intersecting the longitudinal axis of the inside nozzle, and that the ring chamber has an outlet opening which encompasses the outlet opening of the inside nozzle, with a device being provided with which the lubricant can be intermittently supplied to the inside nozzle and another device being provided with which the gas can be continuously supplied to the gas inlet nozzle.

Abstract: Analyzing gas samples wherein the sample is passed into a measurement chamber via a molecular diffusion filter. The composition or pressure of the gas is changed with time as it moves through the filter and a pressure sensor within the measurement chamber is arranged to record pressure changes with respect to amplitude and time due to the difference in diffusion times of the gas components in the measured sample.

Abstract: A gas analyzing system that includes a vacuum chamber containing a mass spectrometer and a sampling device for introducing a gas sample into the chamber. A sorption pump is operatively connected to the chamber which is capable of maintaining the chamber at a high vacuum. The pump includes a diffusion barrier that provides smooth pumping characteristics and repeatable short term system behavior when sample pulses are introduced into the system.

Abstract: A sorption pump for high vacuum applications that is suited for use in gas analyzers such as mass spectrometers. The pump includes a housing containing a quantity of getter material and a diffusion barrier in the gas inlet to the housing. A finite period of time is required for gas molecules in the vacuum analyzer system to cross the barrier, thus providing a window during which gas pulses can be accurately analyzed.

Abstract: A sensor for a capacitance pressure gauge having a diaphragm and a base is formed with a series of thin metallic electrode sections formed on the inside of the diaphragm and base. Electrical connection is made to the base electrode sections through the base and one or two pairs of series connected capacitances are formed with the diaphragm electrodes. No direct electrical connection needs to be made to the diaphragm.

Abstract: A freeze-drying apparatus has a freeze-drying chamber, a double-walled product shelf disposed within the freeze-drying chamber, a conduit system partially disposed within the freeze-drying chamber and attached to the product shelf for temperature regulation thereof, a heat-exchange fluid contained in the conduit system, a test gas reservoir connected to the conduit system outside of the freeze-drying chamber, and a test gas specific detector connected to the chamber for detecting test gas introduced into the freeze-drying chamber from the heat-exchange fluid through a leak in the conduit system. In the alternative, the test gas reservoir is connected to the freeze-drying chamber, and a test gas specific detector is connected to the conduit system outside the freeze-drying chamber for detecting test gas introduced into the heat exchange fluid from the freeze-drying chamber through a leak in the conduit system.

Abstract: The aqueous alkaline bath for electrochemical deposition of a zinc-iron alloy according to our invention contains a zincate and a compound of iron with a sugar. Advantageously sugar including monosaccharides, trisaccharides and disaccharides such as sucrose are used to form this iron compound. The iron compound may be an iron saccharate. An alloy with superior corrosion resistance is the product of an electrochemical deposition using this bath.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a leak checking method for systems filled with fluids. A test gas, preferably helium, is introduced into the fluid and test gas escaping through any leak in the wall of the system is detected with the aid of a test gas sensitive detector. This method allows highly sensitive and continuous leak checks.

Abstract: New surface active compounds are disclosed having the Formula (I) ##STR1## in which X is an unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkylene group, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkylene group substituted by one or more hydroxy, oxo, methyl or carboxy groups, an unsubstituted p-phenylene group, or a p-phenylene group substituted by one or more halo or C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl groups;M is hydrogen or a salt-forming cation;n is a whole number from 6 to 60; andm is 0 or 1.The new surface active compounds are employed in aqueous acid galvanic zinc baths to improve the quality of the resulting zinc coating.

Abstract: A printing paste for marking non-weldable areas in the manufacture of ducted plates. The paste is composed of approximately equal parts by weight of(A) a dispersion comprising about 5 to 60% by weight of titanium dioxide, about 0.10 to 4% by weight of magnesium montmorillonite, up to about 10% by weight of silica and the balance of water, and(B) a dispersion comprising about 25 to 35 parts by weight of alginate, about 50 to 70 parts by weight of chemically pure silica having a submicroscopic particle size, 2 to 4 parts by weight of highly concentrated ammonia solution, and about 1000 parts by weight of water.

Abstract: An alkaline - cyanide free or substantially cyanide-free bath is provided for the electrodeposition of a bright levelled zinc coating; said bath containing a zinc salt, alkali hydroxide and conventional additives and a reaction product of unsaturated nitrogen heterocyclic hydrocarbon compounds containing at least two nitrogen atoms in the ring with epihalogen hydrin or glycerol halogen hydrin.