Abstract: A plant growing system having a pot with a bottom and sidewalls that form a hollow chamber. A quantity of mixture is disposed within the hollow chamber that includes a growing media, a time released fertilizer, and a water polymer. Covering the top of the pot is a lid that is formed to fit the top of the pot and when removed, fits the bottom of the pot for use as a watering tray.

Abstract: In a radiant burner whose head has a ceramic incandescent body with individual burner channels, the interior of the incandescent body (3) is provided with a metallic coating (7) which extends into each of the burner channels (6) and which is closed except at the entries to the channels.

Abstract: A device for acting upon and float-conveying webs of material, more particularly paper, using air or another fluid medium, inter alia, for drying the web, including a number of spaced-apart air ducts (9) on at least one side of the path of the web (B) and in the form of "nozzle chambers", each chamber having at least one nozzle region extending over the width of the web path, air outlets (D) between the nozzle chambers (9), a guide element (16) extending as far as the nozzle chambers (9) disposed between each pair of nozzle chambers on at least a part of the web path, and a joint or connection (18) between the guide element and the nozzle chamber (9) set back (19) relative to the side of the nozzle chamber facing the web path (E), the guide element having a closed central region (16a) and outlet orifices (17) at the sides thereof and opening into an air outlet (3).

Abstract: In order to adapt a gas-infrared radiator (a radiant burner) to operating conditions in a particularly efficient manner, the energy delivered is reduced by intermittently reducing a controlled supply of gas so that the energy delivery is below about 40% or even less of the maximum energy delivery of the infrared radiator, and a flame supplied separately from the controlled gas supply is maintained in the combustion chamber of the gas-infrared radiator, at least when operating in the aforementioned range. This is achieved more particularly by providing at least one nozzle (22) for a pilot light, directed towards the combustion chamber (4).

Abstract: The device utilizes air or other flowing medium to act upon and guide in a hovering manner webs of material, particularly for drying the web. The device has an air duct or the like which comprises at least one nozzle region extending over the width of the web and having a curved wall surface running substantially parallel to the plane of movement of the web. The wall sections defining the air duct are provided with individual outlets opposite a respective guide surface for the air flow in the nozzle region on either side of a transverse plane arranged in the longitudinal direction of the air duct and perpendicularly to the plane of movement of the web. Preferably, there are two wall sections provided opposite one another, each having outlets and forming a guide surface for air flows issuing from the outlets in the other wall section. Preferably, the outlets in one wall section are offset from the outlets in the other wall section in the lateral and/or vertical direction.