Abstract: A multipart, telescopic shield for covering the lateral gap between the underside of a rigid sliding cover with which it is displaceable and the roof frame of a roof of a motor vehicle. The sliding cover has front and rear guide shoes which are guided on rails arranged laterally on the roof frame. In addition, the sliding cover has a water deflector which is displaceable therewith to underpin the rear edge gap between the cover and the fixed vehicle roof. The water deflector is also guided along the guide rail by guide shoes. The water deflector is connected to the cover by arms which are constructed as a shield.

Abstract: A rigid cover for a vehicle roof opening which includes a cover plate, a peripheral edge clearance sealing strip and a gap compensating element embedded in a plastic frame moulded around the circumference of the cover plate and supporting the sealing strip. The gap compensating element includes a deformation zone that can be permanently deformed in a transverse direction to increase a transverse dimension of the cover to fit the sealing strip against an edge of the roof opening. The outer edge area of the gap compensating element projects out of the plastic frame and has fixing elements for supporting the sealing strip on its outer edge. The gap compensating element can also be entirely embedded in a sealing strip attached to the plastics frame moulded onto the cover plate.

Abstract: In a sliding-lifting roof for an automobile, of which a sliding lid can be actuated, by the engagement of guide pins, mounted on rear, driven sliding shoes, in guide blocks fixed to the sliding lid, the sliding lid is covered below by a liner, connected with it for common displacement, which liner is formed of a non-pivotal lower part and a flap component hinged thereto. The flap component is, in lifting movements and pivoting-in movements of the sliding lid, pivoted correspondingly, but in the starting phase of the lifting movement with lead compared with the sliding lid, as a result of control ramps fitted to the liner lower part and of lifting levers, pivotally connected to the rear sliding shoes and co-operating with the ramps. As a result, when only a small lifting angle of the sliding lid takes place, a sufficiently wide ventilation gap is obtained between the liner lower part and the liner flap.

Abstract: In a rigid lid for an automobile roof which, in its closed position, sealingly closes a roof opening out of which it can be displaced to at least partly expose it, a translucent or transparent lid plate is carried by an inner frame placed beneath it in its edge region, which inner frame projects beyond the edge of the lid plate and terminates there in a raised rim, onto which an edge gap sealing strip is pushed. For achieving a low overall depth of the lid accompanied by simple assembly and dismantling, a clamping bar is fixed to the inner frame, with which clamping bar an upper border frame is releasably engaged, which border frame securely holds, on the one hand the sealing strip in a manner preventing stripping-off and on the other hand the lid plate with respect to the inner frame. A further simplification of dismantling is achieved, according to a second form of embodiment, in that the inner frame is connected to the upper edge frame releasably by fixing screws.

Abstract: In a rigid lid, associated with the roof opening of an automobile roof surface, in order to achieve low manufacturing tolerances at the lid external dimensions and to simplify manufacture of the lid, the lid plate and the reinforcing frame fitted below it have injection moulded around them a single-piece, peripheral plastics frame, which additionally constitutes an upper bordering frame and carries integrally formed fixing elements for an edge gap sealing member.

Abstract: In a sliding roof for automobiles, a sliding lid is secured against tearing out from the roof opening due to the high uplift forces acting on it at extremely high speeds of travel of the order of 300 km/h (186 m.p.h.), by a sealing profile strip, engaging beneath an edge flange of an automobile roof and secured against stripping off from the sliding lid by means of a holding frame. The sealing strip has two grooves, one engaging a downwardly-extending peripheral flange of the lid and the other engaging holding elements which extend substantially horizontally, spaced from, beneath and beyond the downwardly-extending flange.

Abstract: A cable guide for automobile sliding roofs having two lateral guide components (9), which together displaceably guide the guide shoes (7,8) of a sliding panel, and one forward guide component (10), adjoining the two lateral guide components. To achieve a simplified construction which can be manufactured and installed at low cost while simultaneously avoiding butt joints in the region of the cable guide channels which are (19,10) continuous through all three guide components, all three guide components (9,10) have an identical cross-sectional shape and are formed from a single-piece guide frame (11).

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for the height adjustment and installation of a slidable and/or raising, rigid roof member, to be built into a roof opening of an automobile roof, which roof member, after its height adjustment, is screwed to elements of the roof construction which do not participate in the height adjustment movement, a rapid and reliable height adjustment and installation are achieved in that, first the actuating elements are moved into the closed position, whereupon the roof member is inserted, by means of an installation template engaging over the roof opening and to be positioned onto the automobile roof, into the roof opening in a defined position with pressing of the roof member front edge onto the associated roof opening edge and simultaneous height adjustment, whereafter finally the screwing of the roof member in this position takes place.

Abstract: In a rotatable hand actuating element for adjustment drives on automobiles, especially a handwheel assembly for actuation of a sliding roof, consisting of a handwheel (2) and a mounting plate (1) on which the handwheel is rotatably journalled, at least one incandescent lamp (18) is housed in addition to the drive components in the internal space (17) of the handwheel, the light from which lamp passes out through at least one translucent wall surface of the handwheel. As a result the handwheel assembly also becomes the lighting fixture for the automobile interior illumination, with the result that additional lighting fixtures are rendered unnecessary. On the mounting plate, a switch (21) for the incandescent lamp or lamps may be mounted which, starting from a neutral position, can be switched as desired into a switched-on position or possibly a door contact position.

Abstract: In a pane guide for a sliding window capable of being lowered into the window shaft (8) of an automobile, the windowpane (1) is laterally guided on windowframe components (4,5), in which back-cut guide channels (18,18') are provided, in which slide elements (23,23') are displaceably guided. The slide elements are connected with the windowpane (1), covering the windowframe components on the outer side of the vehicle, by carrier elements (19 to 22). Due to the mounting of the windowpane outside the windowframe, a projectionless lateral glazing of an automobile is made possible. At the lower end of at least one of the lateral windowframe components (4,5), the guide tube (11, 11') of a cable/tube window winder is connected in alignment with the guide channel (18, 18'). The threaded cable (12, 12') of the window winder extends into the guide channel (18, 18') and is fixed at least to one of the slide elements (19 to 22) situated therein.

Abstract: In a wind deflector device at an automobile roof comprising a roof opening (2) closable by a sliding lid (6), a wind deflector (18) pivotally disposed along the forward edge of the roof opening and two restoring levers (23) are provided, which are each journalled at one end of the roof frame (3) and at the other end engage with the wind deflector, the wind deflector being capable of pivoting out under spring force when the sliding lid opens and capable of pivoting in by the running of components connected with the sliding lid onto the restoring levers when the sliding lid is closed.

Abstract: A one-hand operated dispenser for metering dental compositions comprises a casing for receiving the dental composition between a forward dispensing end and a plunger which is movably mounted within the casing. The plunger is moved forwardly by means of a threaded spindle which engages with a nut disposed on the rear casing end so as to be secured against rotation and axial movement. The thus formed assembly may be inserted into two bifurcated brackets of a generally U-shaped receptacle forming part of a manipulating member. The spindle is guided in the one bracket so as to be axially movable and non-rotatable, while the casing with the nut is mounted in the other bracket so as to be non-displaceable but rotatable. When the manipulating member is gripped, the casing may be turned between thumb and index finger such that the spindle is pushed forwards, whereby the dental composition exits from the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A sliding roof for automobiles, comprising a raisable lid associated with a roof opening, which lid is pivotally journalled in the region of its forward edge about a horizontal axis oriented transversely to the direction of travel, is supported slidably on lateral guide rails on the forward third of its length and thereby can be displaced partly over the rear, fixed roof surface in its raised position while maintaining its raised angle, a raising device consisting of a threaded telescopic device participating displacements being provided in the region of the support on each side of the lid, the threaded nut of which is connected rotationally locked with a pinion coaxial therewith, which is in engagement with a threaded cable, journalled displaceably in tension and compression transmitting manner, of a drive device.

Abstract: Compositions, which may be mixed with water to prepare a dental silicate cement, consist essentially of a silicate glass powder and a solid polymeric material selected of polymers of unsaturated .alpha.,.beta.-dicarboxylic acids.

Abstract: Dental cements are prepared by mixing a silicate powder with an aqueous solution of polymers of unsaturated alpha, beta-dicarboxylic acids.