Abstract: A system for pretreating and disinfecting waste, wherein the system includes a transport line configured to move the waste, and including a conveying device, a heating device configured to heat a part at least of the waste when the waste moves along a part at least of the transport line, and in that the system includes a tunnel hermetically sealing a part at least of the waste transport line, and in that the system further includes an ozone injection device configured to apply ozone on a part at least of the waste when the waste moves along a part at least of the transport line.

Abstract: An open-and-close control device for a horizontally slidable vehicle door fitted with a lock that includes a horizontal endless screw rotatably, movably held within a rail fixed to a vehicle body adjacent the vehicle door, and adapted to be rotated by a rotary electric motor. The horizontal endless screw engages a threaded aperture in a slide translationally movable in the rail, wherein the slide is connected by a single connecting rod to an inner arm positioned on the vehicle door. The arm is oriented towards an inside of the vehicle body such that the single connecting rod is at an angle of less than about 25.degree. to the horizontal endless screw. Opening the vehicle door is initiated by a substantially outward transverse translation of at least part of the vehicle door.

Abstract: A device is intended for receiving one by one from an entry conveyor (2) flat objects moving along in the same plane in a first direction and for displacing them one by one towards an exit conveyor (5) includes reception conveyor (11) including a plurality of receptacles (12) movable over at least a part of their path in a second direction (F1) substantially orthogonal to the the first direction (F2), each receptacle being capable of receiving a flat object bearing in a position which is slightly inclined with respect to vertical, and a stationary station (7) for reception and stopping in a position which is slightly inclined with respect to vertical of the flat objects originating from the entry conveyor.

Abstract: The disclosed device allows individual transfer of flat objects from an input conveyor on which the objects move in a same plane according to a given direction into receptacles moving at right angles with respect to the direction. It is comprised of a sequentially driven reception conveyor intended to receive one by one the objects resting in a position slightly inclined with respect to the vertical, and a transfer member moving in synchronism with the conveyor in order to transfer to an injection position towards a receptacle the lower edge of an object resting on the reception conveyor. The device may be used in a postal sorting machine.