Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable carrier (1) suitable for use in a methanization and/or methanation reaction comprising at least one methanization reactor, said biodegradable carrier comprising: —at least 70 % in weight of a biodegradable polymer, —at least one closed cavity (2) preferably formed in the biodegradable polymer, —at least one surface (3) for the growth of microorganisms, the biodegradable carrier is further configured to be in suspension in the at least one methanization reactor. The invention also relates to a method (100) for manufacturing a biodegradable carrier (1) suitable for use in a methanization and/or methanation reaction and a system for methanization and/or methanation reaction comprising at least one methanization reactor and at least one biodegradable carrier (1) suitable for use in a methanization and/or methanation reaction.

Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) equippable with a plurality of ground-engaging wheels or a plurality of ground-engaging track assemblies providing traction on the ground. The ATV is designed to facilitate its use whether it is equipped with the ground-engaging wheels or the ground-engaging track assemblies. A powertrain, a steering system, a suspension, a braking system, a body, and/or other components of the ATV have features which take into account that the ATV can be equipped with either the ground-engaging wheels or the ground-engaging track assemblies.

Abstract: A track assembly for providing traction to an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or other tracked vehicle. The track assembly may comprise a wheel device for contacting an inner side of an endless track such that a longitudinal end segment of the endless track turns around the wheel device. The wheel device allows a change in curvature of the longitudinal end segment of the endless track when the longitudinal end segment of the endless track contacts an obstacle on the ground. In some embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a resilient wheel that is elastically deformable. In other embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a wheel carrier carrying a plurality of carried wheels.

Abstract: A track assembly for providing traction to an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or other tracked vehicle. The track assembly may comprise a wheel device for contacting an inner side of an endless track such that a longitudinal end segment of the endless track turns around the wheel device. The wheel device allows a change in curvature of the longitudinal end segment of the endless track when the longitudinal end segment of the endless track contacts an obstacle on the ground. In some embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a resilient wheel that is elastically deformable. In other embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a wheel carrier carrying a plurality of carried wheels.

Abstract: A track assembly for providing traction to an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or other tracked vehicle. The track assembly may comprise a wheel device for contacting an inner side of an endless track such that a longitudinal end segment of the endless track turns around the wheel device. The wheel device allows a change in curvature of the longitudinal end segment of the endless track when the longitudinal end segment of the endless track contacts an obstacle on the ground. In some embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a resilient wheel that is elastically deformable. In other embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a wheel carrier carrying a plurality of carried wheels.

Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) equippable with a plurality of ground-engaging wheels or a plurality of ground-engaging track assemblies providing traction on the ground. The ATV is designed to facilitate its use whether it is equipped with the ground-engaging wheels or the ground-engaging track assemblies. A powertrain, a steering system, a suspension, a braking system, a body, and/or other components of the ATV have features which take into account that the ATV can be equipped with either the ground-engaging wheels or the ground-engaging track assemblies.

Abstract: A track assembly for providing traction to an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or other tracked vehicle. The track assembly may comprise a wheel device for contacting an inner side of an endless track such that a longitudinal end segment of the endless track turns around the wheel device. The wheel device allows a change in curvature of the longitudinal end segment of the endless track when the longitudinal end segment of the endless track contacts an obstacle on the ground. In some embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a resilient wheel that is elastically deformable. In other embodiments, the wheel device may comprise a wheel carrier carrying a plurality of carried wheels.

Abstract: A fishing reel has a fixed spool and a rotary line pick up. The spool comprises a peripheral groove for line retrieval limited by a front flange and a rear flange. The front flange comprises, for example, three peripheral areas with a progressively smaller radius with a dimension of the radius that is smaller than the radius in the adjacent peripheral areas that separate them. Therefore we reduce the friction of the fishing line on the front flange of the spool during a casting operation.

Abstract: A fishing reel includes a line retaining surface configured to have fishing line wrapped thereabout and a line retrieval surface proximate the line retaining surface. The line retrieval surface moves between a first position in which the line retrieval surface permits fishing line to unwind from the line retaining surface and a second position in which the line retrieval surface engages and guides fishing line onto and about the line retaining surface. The fishing reel further includes a plurality of bristles extending adjacent to the line retrieval surface when the line retrieval surface is in the second position.

Abstract: A fishing reel comprises a rigid housing, made from the assembly of several parts, and covered with a waterproof flexible casing, except for the openings for access for mechanical parts and the foot. A cover pinches the casing around the front opening for access for the main reel shaft. The foot pinches the casing around a fastening tenon for the foot. Some plugs ensure waterproofing by pinching the casing around the openings for access for the crank shaft. Therefore, the housing provides effective waterproofing by protecting the gear mechanism in the cavity of the housing.

Abstract: The reel according to the invention comprises a spool support shaft that is held in a reel housing by its rear section and supports a front hub that comprises a front cylindrical coaxial barrel connected by means of a shoulder to a coaxial rear skirt. A line supply extends onto the front cylindrical coaxial barrel of the front hub and locks by means of an axial hole. The line supply comprises a solid front wall, blocking the axial hole toward the front.

Abstract: A fishing reel comprises a spool whose posterior flange carries a ring engaged in an annular peripheral groove. The ring comprises studs sliding in longitudinal grooves on the inside surface of a cylindrical peripheral wall of the flyer. The ring prevents the line getting between the spool and the flyer.

Abstract: A fishing reel with a fixed spool and line recovery device comprises a flyer rotated about an axis and carrying a line recovery bail. The bail and the flyer comprise respective pinch surfaces which are pressed together when the bail is in a line recovery position. The fishing line is engaged and pinched between the pinch surfaces and is therefore tensioned between the spool and the recovery device from the start of line recovery. This improves the regularity with which the line is wound around the spool.

Abstract: A crank-handle is divulged for fishing lines including a radial arm connected both to the main rotational shaft journalled in the reel body and to an axial handle mounted for rotation on the arm. The handle comprises a rigid body covered by an interchangeable elastomer sleeve. The radial arm comprises an internal axial portion penetrating inside the handle and having a cross-section greater than or equal to the cross-section of the external axial arm portion.

Abstract: A fishing reel with disengageable spool is disclosed comprising a first groove and a second groove formed in the vicinity of the front end of the spool support shaft. The spool comprises a resilient key engageable in one or other of the first and second grooves. When the spool is engaged in the first groove, a key of the shaft is engaged in a passage in a rear wall of the spool, preventing relative rotation of the spool on the shaft. When the resilient key is engaged in the second groove, the transverse key swivels freely in a space of the spool, allowing the spool to rotate on the shaft. Disengagement of the spool is obtained by axial translation of the spool on the shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for spreading and depositing a spanning beam from a vehicle wherein, in the transport position of the spanning beam on the vehicle, the outer extreme element of the spanning beam is pivotally supported and maintained at its free end by a mobile support device of the vehicle occupying a raised position while the inner extreme element of the spanning beam rests on the outer extreme element along same and wherein the spanning beam can be raised by winding of the working cable on a winch of the vehicle into a position where the inner extreme element is pivotally supported at its free end by the support device with concomitant release of the free end of the outer extreme element from the device.

Abstract: A device for fastening a shoe on a bicycle pedal comprises a mounting support secured to the sole of the shoe and a pedal provided with a claw for retaining the mounting support. A twisting movement of the cyclist's foot permits lateral disengagement of the shoe by means of V-shaped control surfaces which are formed respectively on the mounting support and on the claw and are capable of producing a rearward withdrawal of the claw. The pedal is provided with fixed bearing stops which are so arranged as to absorb all the efforts exerted by the mounting support in a rearward direction in the course of normal pedaling, thus preventing any untimely shoe release.

Abstract: The safety ski binding is primarily intended to retain the toe end of a ski boot and comprises a yoke pivotally mounted on a cross-pin in a stationary hollow body. The jaw unit for retaining the ski boot is guided in longitudinal sliding motion within the yoke. The jaw unit is provided with semi-cylindrical grooves directed towards the ski boot and having the function of cooperating with support rods attached to the yoke. The jaw unit is also associated with a cylindrical roller which is directed away from the ski boot and is intended to cooperate with a locking lever. The ski binding provides compensation for the parasitic friction forces which arise from complex falling movements involving forward-fall and twisting motion as well as backward-fall and twisting motion.

Abstract: The braking arms of the ski brake are carried solely by an operating pedal which is pivoted to the ski about a transverse axis. The corresponding control ends of the braking arms are elbowed so as to form a V, the point of which is directed away from the braking shoes and/or away from the top face of the ski. The control ends are rotatably mounted within bores having the same angular orientation and formed in the operating pedal. By means of an elastic plug applied against a flat face formed in each control end, the braking arms are caused to rotate upon completion of an upward displacement and the active ends of the arms are automatically restored to their inwardly withdrawn position above the ski.

Abstract: A toe-abutment member providing safety ski boot release in the event of a backward-fall movement combined with a twisting movement of the skier's leg comprises a fixed locking member having an inclined ramp and an abutment body pivotally mounted on a cross-pin. The jaw unit for retaining the toe end of the ski boot is movably mounted within the abutment body and carries a transverse rod which is applied against the ramp by means of a spring-loaded piston.