Abstract: A munchy, especially for dogs and cats, is manufactured from rawhide or spetches and/or split thereof by dehydration, pressing and chopping of the resulting product, and extrusion of same together with a starch material through several heating zones and a die plate, whereupon the extruded product may be cut.By this method it becomes possible to use the hide wastes, available in large quantities from the production of leather, for the manufacturing of munchies and snacks for dogs and cats, thus sparing proper hide material that can now be used for finer applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shock absorber of monotube or twin-tube configuration wherein the piston within the shock absorber includes an electromagnetically operable bypass valve, the electromagnetically operable valve being controlled remotely from the outside of the shock absorber via an electrical connection which extends along the piston rod. In a twin tube configuration according to the present invention, the foot valve assembly also includes an electromagnetically operable bypass valve which is remotely controlled from the outside of the shock absorber via an electrical connection. These electrical connections do not affect the overall design of the shock absorber and can thus be easily included in a vehicle design. Further, these electrical connections can be connected to a microprocessor so that the shock absorber valves are controlled by the microprocessor dependent upon the values of certain parameters, e.g. speed, load, fed to the microprocessor from appropriate sensors.