Abstract: The invention concerns on the one hand a gripping device (10), particularly for automatic printing and/or inserting machines, with a first and second gripping element (22, 24) of which at least one gripping element (22) can be moved relative to the other gripping element (24) to grab sheet-like materials such as printed pages as well as with a measuring device (42) for the recording of at least one position of the gripping elements (22, 24) towards each other, and on the other hand a method for recording a relative position of gripping elements within a gripping device.

Abstract: Receiver configuration for microwave signals with a receiver antenna, a rectifier circuit and a detector circuit, wherein only one single antenna is provided to receive a vertically polarized energy signal and a horizontally polarized data signal. It has separate detector circuits available for the energy signal and the data signal. The detector circuit for the energy signal consists of a voltage doubling circuit to generate an operating voltage and the detector circuit for the data signal consists of a diode with a shunt resistor to generate a modulated DC voltage.

Abstract: Transmitting and receiving circuit for an apparatus for the automatic identification of objects and/or living organisms, including a stationary interrogator and a transponder fastened to the object or living organism to be identified, the interrogator including an energy transmitter, a signal transmitter, a first directional coupler connected to the energy and signal transmitters for receiving outgoing waves from the transmitters and for decoupling a first energy component from the outgoing waves, a first transmitting and receiving antenna, a second directional coupler being connected in series with the first directional coupler and being connected to the first transmitting and receiving antenna for receiving returning waves from the transponder and for decoupling a second energy component from the returning waves, an adjustable attenuator connected to the first directional decoupler for receiving the first energy component, an adjustable phase shifter connected to the adjustable attenuator for receiving the

Abstract: Identification card, including a card body, an integrated semiconductor circuit being mechanically inserted and protected in the card body for storing data to be read-out and read-in in changed form, a receiving antenna device, a rectifier circuit connected to the receiving antenna device, a filter circuit connected between the rectifier circuit and the integrated semiconductor circuit. The rectifier and filter circuits generate a supply voltage for the integrated semiconductor circuit from an energy field, a microwave transmitting antenna connected to the integrated semiconductor circuit, and a transmitter connected to the transmitting antenna.

Abstract: Apparatus for setting and/or monitoring the operation of an electronic fuse for shells to be fired from a gun, by transmitting a microwave data signal and a microwave energy signal to a device inside the fuse from a device outside the fuse, the device inside the fuse including an energy receiver with a rectifier for generating a supply voltage, a data receiver, a data processing unit and a fuse electronic system, and the device outside the fuse including an energy transmitter, an input/output unit and a data transmitter, including means for disposing the device outside the fuse so that the transmission of the microwave signals occurs at the latest during loading of the shell carrying the fuse into the gun; means for transmitting the energy signal and the data signal together and simultaneously; a reply signal transmitter additionally included in the device inside the fuse; a reply signal receiver additionally included in the device outside the fuse; the data-signal transmitting means and the reply signal tran

Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating an equipment reply signal for the automatic identification of objects and/or living beings, including a stationary interrogator having an energy transmitter, a receiver, an evaluator connected to the receiver, an opening code generator, and a first modulator connected to the energy transmitter, and a transponder fastened to the object or living being having a circuit unit with an energy receiver and converter, a code memory, a clock generator, a code transmitter, at least one antenna, an opening code receiver, an opening code memory, an opening code comparator connected to the opening code memory and the opening code receiver, a demodulator connected to the energy receiver and converter, and a second modulator connected to the demodulator, code transmitter, opening code transmitter and code memory, which includes radiating an opening code in the interrogator, storing the opening code in the transponder, radiating a code stored in the code memory by the code transmitter if t