Abstract: Method for producing a rotation-compensated image sequence allowing simplified reconstruction of the translation of a camera by real time rotation compensation of images recorded sequentially by an electronic camera randomly displaced in a scene and provided with a rotation sensor resulting from an association of color and/or brightness values of the pixels of a camera pixel field indicated by rectangular coordinates.

Abstract: A modular assembly is provided having a metal bushing (1), which is inserted into a plastic support body (3) for a tensioning rail or a guiding rail (4) of a chain drive of an internal combustion engine which axially contacts the motor housing (5), and is mounted via a screw extending through the bushing (1). The bushing (1) according to the invention is provided as a rotationally symmetrical body and is inserted into a bore hole of the support body (3), the bushing is provided at its end section, facing the motor, with a circular step (10) for a transition to a reduced exterior diameter, by which it is axially supported on a step (11) provided with a reduced interior diameter inside the mounting hole of the support body (3).

Abstract: A check valve includes a housing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening along with a cage-like insert disposed therein as a support for a spring element and for guiding a closing body which can be moved against the spring element and which can be moved between a first end position, in which the spring body lies in contact with a seat to form a seal, and a second end position, in which the valve is completely open closing body which is constructed cylindrically and pot-like, is guided with its cylindrical casing surface at the cage-like insert and in contact with the seat with a flat outer surface.

Abstract: A sealing medium for composite packaging materials, in particular for packaging transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) with volatile active ingredients such as nicotine, is characterized in that it is a heat sealing lacquer which is in the form of a liquid phase for application of extremely thin sealing layers in the printing process for example to partial areas of composite packaging materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operation system for supporting microsurgery operations, e.g., operations through which the natural crystalline lens is replaced by an artificial intraocular lens. The operation system comprises several surgical instruments (5) which are inserted into a receptacle (5), where they are connected to a connection tube (21), e.g., lines for liquids (22, 23) and/or electrical lines (24). The receptacle (4) for a surgical instrument can be docked on a supply unit (2) on which several connections for the supply of the corresponding surgical instruments are provided at various connection points. A control unit (41) recognizes by means of a decoding connection (17) which surgical instrument (5) is connected in its receptacle to the supply unit.

Abstract: A chain tensioner, includes a housing intended for attachment to a stationary machine element of an internal combustion engine, and a piston received in the housing for axial displacement against a strand of a chain to thereby implement a tensioning of the chain. An adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the housing relative to the machine element in a direction to and away from the strand of the chain, whereby a spacer establishes a distance between the housing and the strand to thereby define an installation position of the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and installation for treating waste water from oil seed and cereal processing, especially olive oil mill waste water (OMW), guaranteeing a substantial reduction of environmentally damaging waste water ingredients while taking economic factors into account. The aim of the invention is to develop a method and system designed to treat olive oil mill waste water, whereby higher physical, chemical, biochemical and biological elimination rates can be achieved using the material and energy potential of the OMW while taking economic aspects into account. The installation needs to be able to operate at short notice due to the amounts of seasonal waste. In the inventive method and installation thus disclosed, the fresh waste water is pre-treated by subjecting it to acidification with biogenic flocculation and separation of solid particles.

Abstract: A chain tensioner, includes a housing intended for attachment to a stationary machine element of an internal combustion engine, and a piston received in the housing for axial displacement against a strand of a chain to thereby implement a tensioning of the chain. An adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the housing relative to the machine element in a direction to and away from the strand of the chain, whereby a spacer establishes a distance between the housing and the strand to thereby define an installation position of the housing.

Abstract: A sachet-shaped tear-open package for rapid access to a packaged product, having at least one sealed seam with a weakening in the form of a notch or groove as a tearing aid, whereby the weakening has an additional gripping and opening aid in the form of at least one punch-out, aperture, embodied next to the weakening, is characterized in that a rim of the punch-out has an at least partially serrated contour.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, a shaft driving apparatus and timing assembly in the form of a camshaft sprocket having first and second ends extending perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The first end for defining an annular timing surface positioned adjacent an angular position sensor and including a first arcuate surface region extending outwardly in the axial direction from the sprocket's first end and a second surface arcuate region recessed in the axial direction with respect to the first arcuate surface region. As the camshaft rotates, the closeness of the position sensor to the first arcuate surface region and the relative greater distance of the sensor to the second arcuate surface region produces different effects so that the sensor can detect the camshaft's angular position.

Abstract: A tensioner for a driving member includes a piston (4) guided slidably in a housing (1) and spring-loaded against the driving member. The tensioner further includes a damping device (9, 18) for damping movements of the piston through discharge of hydraulic fluid, such as engine oil, from a pressure chamber (16) via at least one leak gap (13, 26) of the damping device (9, 18). A simple and economic implementation of the leak gap is assured by arranging a rotationally symmetrical body such as a cylinder (10) in a receptacle (11, 24) of the damping device (9, 18), so that the leak gap (13, 26) is formed between the wall (12, 25) of the receptacle and the peripheral surface of the rotationally symmetrical body (10).

Abstract: A childproof package for active substance patches is formed as primary package and comprises at least one mechanically tough, in particular tear-resistant layer.

Abstract: An intraocular lens structure for implantation in an eye of a patient has at least two intraocular lenses aligned along a common optical axis. Each of the intraocular lenses is provided with an optical compensation section adapted to correct an astigmatism with a linear orientation. A support retains each of the lenses for rotation about the common optical axis relative to one another when in an implanted state. The support may include a common haptic, or a separate haptic for respectively mounting each of the lenses together with a common ring for mounting each of the haptics to enable rotation of the lenses relative to one another after implantation. In the latter configuration, the common mounting ring has a pair of parallel grooves along an inner edge thereof for mounting the respective haptics therein for rotation of the lenses relative to one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic and biodegradable polysaccharide esters/polysaccharide ether esters, which are characterised in that they can be represented by the general structure ##STR1## wherein Polysaccharide-O represents the substituted OH groups of a polymeric saccharide unit and wherein A is a linear polyether chain of the following structureA=(E--O)nwherein E signifies a linear aliphatic or aromatic branched or unbranched chain having 2 to 11 C atoms, n is an integer equal to or greater than 0 and both B and D are a maleic acid addition product of the following structure ##STR2## wherein F is an aliphatic, saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated carbon skeleton, which may optionally be provided with further substituents and wherein C can be a hydrogen atom, one or more substituents from the group dihydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl, hydroxybutyl, methyl, ethyl, benzyl, dihydroxypropyl, carboxyalkyl, sulphoalkyl or cyanoethyl.

Abstract: A cannula for an eye-surgery instrument, employed to shatter the lens of the eye by high-frequency oscillation and to suction out the fragments. It accommodates a suction channel with a section that is wider toward the tip of the cannula. The wider section (20) comprises at least two straight bores (8, 9, & 10), one wider than another, extending coaxial with the suction channel (7) into the cannula (1) from its tip (5). Fragments of the shattered lens accumulate in the bores in accordance with size, where they can be further fragmented by ultrasound.

Abstract: An anode arrangement used in electrolytic processes for steel strip galvanizing or chrome-plating has a plate-like anode of titanium with an active surface, which is connected to a generally planar carrier having a steel core and a current supply conductor comprising a sleeve element and a bushing element. The core has a passage extending through it to receive the bushing element, and, for protection against attack by the electrolytic solution, the core is loosely surrounded by an envelope of titanium foil; in the region of the bushing element, the envelope has passages, the edges of which are welded to the bushing element in a gas-tight and fluid-tight manner.

Abstract: Electrodes for electrochemical treatment of metal strips, in particular for electrolytically coating metal strips, in which a plurality of spacer elements having an electrically insulating surface protrude from the electrode surface facing the strip to be treated during operation, are known. In order to devise an electrode that has a longer service life than known electrodes, the spacer elements are spacer rollers aligned in the same travel direction with respect to one another, and the roller diameter is between 20 and 60 mm.