Abstract: A shaker device for shaking liquids in a clinical chemistry analyzer comprises an eccentric pin on a rotatable disk, a motor for rotating the disk and a movable piece having a joint for receiving the eccentric pin. The movable piece is mounted on a first movable part of a first linear motion guide having a first rail on which the first movable part can slide in a first direction (Y-direction). The first rail of the first linear motion guide is mounted on an intermediate plate which is mounted on a second movable part of a second linear motion guide having a second rail on which the second movable part can slide in a second direction (X-direction) which is normal to the first direction.

Abstract: Described is a front wall module for a motor vehicle. The front wall module forms at least one area of a front wall that defines the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The front wall module contains functional units, such as a fan for ventilating the passenger compartment or the like. The front wall module has a capping piece that is connected to two longitudinal beams of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a metallurgical vessel, in particular a converter for treating liquid molten metals, in particular steel, formed of a refractory lining and a supporting metal shell that surrounds the refractory lining. The vessel is composed of welded together shell rings and dished parts of creep-resistant steel with plate thicknesses of up to 100 mm. The creep-resistant steel used is a highly resistant, water-quenched and then tempered close-grained structural steel with the following composition in wt.-% C 0.14-0.22 Cr 0.4-1.0 Mo 0.3-0.8 Ni 1.5-3.0 V 0.05-0.12 Mn 0.7-1.3 Pmax 0.015 Smax 0.003 Al 0.015-0.065 Si 0.20-0.60 Cumax 0.15 Nmax 0.012 Camax 0.004 the remainder being iron and impurities due to the production process.

Abstract: A vessel holder for receiving a number of vessels is useful in an automated analyzer. To increase the number of vessels which can be received in the analyzer and to simplify the device for reading bar code labels, the vessel holder has an elongate body manufactured in one piece and containing a single straight row of identical elongate chambers. Each chamber is for receiving one vessel. All chambers have a common base with respect to which they are perpendicularly disposed. Adjacent chambers are separated by a partition. The inside of a side wall of each chamber bears a first bar code label for detecting the absence of a vessel in the chamber, and the outside of a side wall of each chamber bears a second bar code label for detecting the position of the chamber in the vessel holder. The first and the second bar code labels are readable by a bar code reader from one and the same side of the vessel holder.

Abstract: An analyzer automatically performs analytical operations in which liquid samples for analysis and required reagents are held in suitable vessels. To increase the number of vessels which can be received in the analyzer and to simplify the device for reading the bar code labels, the analyzer contains at least two vessel holders, a bar code reader, and means for automatically adjusting the focal range and the bar code reader. The vessel holders are disposed parallel to one another in the analyzer. A number of vessels of the same kind (for example, sample-containing vessels) are disposed in each vessel holder. Each vessel holder has an elongate body manufactured in one piece and contains a single straight row of identical elongate chambers for receiving one vessel. All chambers have a common base and are disposed perpendicularly thereto. Adjacent chambers are separated by a partition.

Abstract: The press has a basically C-shaped frame with a base plate (10), table (13), two side cheeks (11), and a head plate (12). A guiding body (20) which is arranged on the table between the two side walls without connection with the column cheeks loaded by the pressing force or with the upper part of the press is provided for guiding the box-shaped slide (30). The pressing force is initiated by a pressure-medium cylinder on the head plate. The piston rod (47) of the pressure-medium cylinder is coupled with two articulated levers (60) which are connected in turn at a side cheek (11) via guide rods (43). The two driving levers (60) are connected with the slide via two connecting rods (40). A column damping arrangement with two columns (50) has an upper part (52) connected with the cover plate, a lower part connected with the table, and a damping cylinder piston (51) acting therebetween.

Abstract: A coupling element between tubular shaft sections comprises two mutually adjacent membrane walls, each having radially outer and inner circumferences. The membrane walls are mutually connected at their radially outer circumferences. The radially inner circumferences of the membrane walls are in axial alignment with radially inner circumferences of respective shaft sections, and the membrane walls are connected at their radially inner circumferences to the tubular shaft sections. The radially outer circumferences of the membrane walls are elastically decreasable, and the radially inner circumferences of the membrane walls are elastically expandable in response to axial forces applied to the membrane walls in axially opposite directions.

Abstract: Using rollers having roller members which are adjacent on both sides to a center flexible longitudinal section capable of remaining in a respective bent position and have at each end an outer longitudinal section, previously perm or water-waved (pretreated) hair sections of a strand of hair are spirally rolled up, starting with the tips of the hair, first onto one outer longitudinal section, continuing then also onto the center longitudinal section, and finally the previously untreated hair section (hairline) is rolled substantially onto the other outer longitudinal section. The one outer longitudinal section is then bent approximately normally relative to the other outer longitudinal section such that the one outer longitudinal section and a portion of the center longitudinal section with the rolled-up previously treated hair section project substantially vertically upwardly from the head.

Abstract: An annular resilient body of fiber composite material for vibration-insulating support of drive assemblies includes at least one wound body having a circumferential direction and a loading direction. The at least one wound body includes a plurality of wound concentric layers formed of synthetic resin impregnated fibers extending in the circumferential direction and transverse to the load direction, and at least one layer of fibers extending at an angle relative to the concentric layers. Force-inducing fastening elements are disposed on two opposite sides of the at least one wound body. The fastening elements are formed of metal brackets at least partly encompassing the at least one wound body and elastic rubber layers bracing the metal brackets against the at least one wound body.

Abstract: A collectorless DC motor with a horizontal air gap, particularly a low-speed motor for a direct drive of recording and/or reproducing devices has its rotor axle supported within an axial bore of the motor housing, with the motor housing made of plastic. A tachogenerator is disposed about the inner cylinder formed by the rotating permanent magnet ring of the motor. The stator winding and the magnetic return structure are fixedly arranged on the motor housing, which is also provided with bores for attaching the motor or installing it into the device. Obviating of machining sequences, simplification of assembly and direct support of the rotor axle in the motor housing all contribute to a reduction in manufacturing cost.

Abstract: Ifosfamide having improved properties is obtained by crystallization from a solvent mixture selected from the group consisting of (a) a mixture of diethyl ether and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkanol or (b) a mixture of diisopropyl ether and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkanol under specific controlled conditions.

Abstract: A device for enabling distribution, branching off and/or connecting of wide band communications cables, wherein a metallic housing which consists essentially of an electroplate and which has connecting sockets for receiving therein cable ends of cables to be connected is arranged with the connecting sockets being only at a side of the housing which is located at the top in the installed position of the connecting assembly. The cables have covers which are installed in the sockets and a sheathing is provided for the housing. A connection between the connecting sockets, on the one hand, and the cable covers of the installed cables on the other, as well as the sheathing for the housing is accomplished by shrinkable plastic material.

Abstract: Safety biopsy forceps, in particular for infants, comprise operating forceps, a flexible shaft, a pulling element, as well as a head with cutting- and/or grasping elements, of which at least one element is moveable by means of the pulling element, provided with a head with cutting- and/or grasping element which is detachably fastened on the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is detachably fastened to the operating forceps and the pulling element to the operating forceps. The pulling element is adjustable for the setting of the cutting- and/or grasping elements and the setting of the force of the cutting process and can also be locked in after the adjustment. The cutting- and/or grasping elements are provided at the joint with a recess which prevents tissue from becoming lodge during closing of the elements.

Abstract: A thin-film circuit including integrated resistors and conductors. The conductors consist of two superposed Au layers having a Pd layer sandwiched between them. The conductors have a sheet resistivity of R 10 m and are solderable and bondable. The thin-film circuit is suitable for applications in the GHz range.

Abstract: Poor wet fastness properties and unsatisfactory fastness to thermofixing of dyeings on flame-retardant PES fibers with conventional disperse dyestuffs preclude the deployment of textile material of this type in the industrial wear and contract business, such as for utilitarian textiles, sportswear or the like. The reduced boil-wash stability of such disperse dyestuffs on the modified fibers can lead to washing problems because of the risk of bleeding.Using disperse dyestuffs which contain highly polarized groupings in the molecule for dyeing flame-retardant PES fibers substantially improves the dyeing results in respect of the fastness properties sought and hence opens up further areas of use for said types of fiber. The flame-resistant properties of the textile material are not impaired.

Abstract: Poor wet fastness properties and unsatisfactory fastness to thermofixing of dyeings on carrierfree-dyeing PES fibers with conventional disperse dyestuffs preclude the deployment of textile material of this type in the industrial wear and contract business, such as for utilitarian textiles, sportswear or the like. The reduced boil-wash stability of such disperse dyestuffs on the modified fibers can lead to washing problems because of the risk of bleeding.Using disperse dyestuffs which contain highly polarized groupings in the molecule for dyeing carrierfree-dyeing PES fibers by the exhaust method, by the padding technique or by the padding/wind-up technique considerably improves the dyeing results in respect of the fastness properties sought and hence opens up further areas of use for said types of fiber.

Abstract: An easily produced and assembled one piece connector adapted to be detachably fastened to a movable carriage, for example the movable carriage of a printer. The connector is formed of various parts which can be folded relative to one another and joined together to secure plug connections between a flexible flat band cable and electrical motors or electromagnets on the carriage, and to retain and secure the flat band cable adjacent to its plug connection so as to provide tension relief.

Abstract: An external rotor electric synchronous hysteresis motor. A stator provides a rotating electromagnetic field. The hysteresis ring is formed by a deep-drawn rotation symmetrical steel rotor pot having a jacket part for surrounding the stator coaxially and having a bottom part which is provided with a center hole. An end shield is cast into the bottom part of the rotor pot. A shaft is set into the end shield for supporting the rotary motion of the rotor pot.The rotor pot can be deep-drawn from a steel plate into a molded pot blank, the molded pot blank can be machined to a finished rotor pot, the rotor pot can be heated to a temperature from 750.degree. C. to 900.degree. C. in an inert atmosphere and the jacket part of the rotor pot can be quenched by lowering the same into a cold oil bath under continuous rotation.

Abstract: A sealing assembly particularly for cables including an essentially tubular slotted casing formed of thermally shrinkable material having a pair of longitudinal edges with protuberant fastening elements extending in a direction generally longitudinally of said slotted casing being provided adjacent each of said longitudinal edges. A clamping element preferably of a C-shaped configuration is provided for holding together the longitudinal edges of the slotted casing. The clamping element is loosely engaged on the fastening elements in the assembly position thereof and rigidly clamped thereon in the operative condition of the assembly.