Abstract: In a motor vehicle having a front-end structure, a front bulkhead separates the front-end structure from an interior space, and a braking unit fixed to the front bulkhead has a master brake cylinder and a brake booster. The braking unit is pivotable about a pivot axis which runs through the front bulkhead, with an arrangement for pivoting the braking unit being arranged at a distance from the pivot axis and interacting with components arranged in the front-end structure in the event of a vehicle collision. In order to reliably reduce the risk of injury to a driver of a motor vehicle in the footwell region in the event of a vehicle collision, a transmitting element is provided to prevent a relative movement between the arrangement for pivoting the braking unit and the pivot axis.

Abstract: A support arm for a vehicle mirror having at least one mirror head with a mirror pane which includes an upper holding arm (1) made of plastic with an anchoring element (2) for mounting on a vehicle, and a lower holding arm (3) made of plastic with an anchoring element (4) at the bottom for mounting on a vehicle. A one-piece base (6) includes a metal tube (5) whose top or, as the case may be, bottom end is securely connected with the upper and lower holding arm, respectively. The base can also be built in the form of a base plate. In this case, the base has a removable positioning wedge (7) that can be removed from the base to change the angle of at least one mirror pane and/or mirror head carried by the base. The positioning wedge is attached to provide an exterior driver-side rear view mirror, and is removed to provide a passenger-side rear view mirror.

Abstract: Molding a carrier base from plastic having a curved base surface formed into a fixed shape prior to receiving a mirror coating. Sputtering a first mirror coating layer selected of chromium onto the curved base surface, wherein the first layer has a light reflectivity in the range of approximately 60% to 65% of visible electromagnetic radiation. Sputtering a second mirror coating layer of aluminum onto the first layer so that the second layer has a light reflectivity of at least about 80% of visible electromagnetic radiation and a maximum thickness of approximately 20% of the thickness of the first layer. The first and second mirror coating layers are applied to the curved base surface to have a combined layer thickness in the range of approximately 5 mm to 1 ?m. Applying an anti-scratch coating onto the second mirror coating layer to resist damage to the first and second mirror coating layers.

Abstract: A support arm for a vehicle mirror having at least one mirror head with a mirror pane which includes an upper holding arm (1) made of plastic with an anchoring element (2) for mounting on a vehicle, and a lower holding arm (3) made of plastic with an anchoring element (4) at the bottom for mounting on a vehicle. A one-piece base (6) includes a metal tube (5) whose top or, as the case may be, bottom end is securely connected with the upper and lower holding arm, respectively. The base can also be built in the form of a base plate. In this case, the base has a removable positioning wedge (7) that can be removed from the base to change the angle of at least one mirror pane and/or mirror head carried by the base. The positioning wedge is attached to provide an exterior driver-side rear view mirror, and is removed to provide a passenger-side rear view mirror.

Abstract: A hydraulic damping bearing comprises an inner part, an outer part arranged at a distance from the inner part, and an elastic element inserted therebetween. At least one chamber filled with a damping medium is arranged between the elastic element and the outer part. The outer part includes at least one bore hole in one of the end regions. The elastic element in this region has a recess communicating with the chamber which is alignable with the bore hole when the elastic element is not fully inserted in the outer part. The bore hole is closed by the elastic element when the elastic element is fully inserted.

Abstract: A machine having a folding channel for wrapping blanks of packaging material about substantially rectangular objects that are advanced through the folding channel by a sliding ram. The blanks are introduced across the channel in front of the object before it is moved, and movable folding means are positioned at the output of the folding channel to complete the wrapping. By providing for selective relative positioning of the blank feeder and the movable folding means in conjunction with an appropriate change in the stroke of the ram, a wide variety of object sizes are efficiently accommodated.

Abstract: This invention relates to xanthogen disulphides of the formula ##STR1## in which R is the same or different and denotes the following groups: ##STR2## WHEREIN X = H, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or halogenn = 1 to 20,A process for preparing them, a process for polymerizing dienes and .alpha.-olefines in the presence of these particular xanthogen disulphides and to vulcanizable rubber mixtures consisting of an uncross-linked benzene soluble chloroprene homopolymer or copolymer which is prepared in the presence of said xanthogen disulphides.

Abstract: This invention relates to xanthogen disulphides of the formula ##STR1## in which R is the same or different and denotes the following groups: ##STR2## wherein X = H, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or halogenn = 1 to 20,A process for preparing them, a process for polymerizing dienes and .alpha.-olefines in the presence of these particular xanthogen disulphides and to vulcanizable rubber mixtures consisting of an uncross-linked benzene soluble chloroprene homopolymer or copolymer which is prepared in the presence of said xanthogen disulphides.

Abstract: Dialkoxyxanthogendisulphides, their production by reacting an alcohol and carbondisulphide in the presence of alkali and subsequent oxidation, use of these dialkoxyxanthogendisulphides as molecular weight regulators in polymerization processes and a mixture of chloroprene-copolymers made in the presence of dialkoxyxanthogendisulphides.

Abstract: Dialkoxyxanthogendisulphides, their production by reacting an alcohol and carbondisulphide in the presence of alkali and subsequent oxydation, use of these dialkoxyxanthogendisulphides as molecular weight regulators in polymerization processes and a mixture of chloroprene-copolymers made in the presence of dialkoxyxanthogendisulphides.

Abstract: This invention relates to xanthogen disulphides of the formula ##EQU1## in which R is the same or different and denotes the following groups: ##EQU2## wherein X = H, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or halogenn = 1 to 20,A process for preparing them, a process for polymerising dienes and monoethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable monomers in the presence of these particular xanthogen disulphides and to vulcanisable rubber mixtures consisting of an uncross-linked benzene soluble chloroprene homopolymer or copolymer which is prepared in the presence of said xanthogen disulphides.