Abstract: A nutcracker includes a main body which has a recess for receiving a lever, the lever being pivotably mounted in the recess. An operating chamber which is opened or closed through relative movement of the lever in relation to the main body is suitable for receiving nuts, their shells being able to be crushed when the operating chamber is constricted. An arrangement giving a form fit is provided in the operating chamber on the lever. Nuts laid in the arrangement providing the form fit are clamped on more than two points and are broken through pressure and/or thrust load when the lever is moved.

Abstract: This invention relates to smoke-emitting decorative articles in which incense cones are situated in a hollow space on a placement surface, a first section of a smoke gas channel is arranged at the end of the hollow space so that it rises steeply, a second section of a smoke gas channel with a lower slope being arranged at the end of the first section and the combustion gases formed by burning of the incense cone being discharged through the smoke gas channel.