Abstract: A connecting rod for changing a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine includes a connecting rod head, a connecting rod pin, and an interlock. The connecting rod pin is supported by an eccentric of the connecting rod at a variable distance within the connecting rod head. The connecting rod head or the connecting rod pin includes a fluid chamber and the eccentric has a projection extending into the fluid chamber. In the alternative, the eccentric delimits a fluid chamber and the connecting rod head or the eccentric has a projection extending into in the fluid chamber. A fluid pressure in the fluid chamber exerts a force on the projection to change the position of the eccentric. In a locking position, the interlock inhibits rotation of the eccentric relative to the connecting rod head and the interlock is configured to be releasable.

Abstract: A connecting rod for changing a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine includes a connecting rod head, a connecting rod pin, and an interlock. The connecting rod pin is supported by an eccentric of the connecting rod at a variable distance within the connecting rod head. The connecting rod head or the connecting rod pin includes a fluid chamber and the eccentric has a projection extending into the fluid chamber. In the alternative, the eccentric delimits a fluid chamber and the connecting rod head or the eccentric has a projection extending into in the fluid chamber. A fluid pressure in the fluid chamber exerts a force on the projection to change the position of the eccentric. In a locking position, the interlock inhibits rotation of the eccentric relative to the connecting rod head and the interlock is configured to be releasable.

Abstract: The connecting rod head includes at least one oil chamber and an eccentric comprises a protrusion reaching into the oil chamber, so that an oil pressure in the oil chamber exerts a force on the protrusion to change the eccentric setting of the eccentric.

Abstract: The connecting rod head includes at least one oil chamber and an eccentric comprises a protrusion reaching into the oil chamber, so that an oil pressure in the oil chamber exerts a force on the protrusion to change the eccentric setting of the eccentric.

Abstract: A process for purifying alkoxylated fats by treatment with a solid substance, wherein a mixture of aluminum oxide and a silicate is employed as solid substance.

Abstract: An engine starter includes an electric driving motor having a drive shaft; a transmission pinion coupled to the drive shaft; a starter pinion meshing with the transmission pinion; and a swiveling device mounted on the drive shaft for pivotal motion thereabout. The starter pinion is rotatably supported in the swiveling device. A friction clutch torque-transmittingly couples the drive shaft to the swiveling device for causing the swiveling device to pivot about the shaft for placing the starter pinion in a working position when the shaft is rotated in a driving direction. The engine starter further has an overrunning device for transmitting a driving torque between the drive shaft and the transmission pinion solely when the drive shaft rotates at least at the same speed as the transmission pinion.

Abstract: Herbicides containing at least one substituted pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine I ##STR1## or a plant-tolerated salt of those compounds I in which at least one of the substituents R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 is an acidic or a basic group,and at least one herbicidal active ingredient selected fromA) the group consisting of the cyclohexenone derivatives II, orB) the group consisting of the 2-(heteroaryloxy)- or 2-(4-aryloxy)-phenoxycarboxylic acid derivative.

Abstract: Glycol aldehyde and lactic acid derivatives and their sulfur analogs of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 have the meanings given in the specification, X is oxygen, sulfur or a single bond, and Y is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenylene chain where in each case a methylene group may be substituted by an oxo group (.dbd.O), environmentally compatible salts of the compounds I, methods of preparing the compounds I, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Thiocarboxylic acid derivatives useful as herbicides or plant growth regulators are of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl or alkynyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl;R.sup.2 is halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or alkylthio;X is nitrogen or CR.sup.6, where R.sup.6 is hydrogen or, together with R.sup.3, forms a C.sub.3 - or C.sub.4 -alkylene chain or C.sub.3 - or C.sub.4 -alkenylene chain in which a methylene group is replaced with oxygen;R.sup.3 is halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or alkylthio or R.sup.3 is bonded to R.sup.6 as stated above to give a 5-membered or 6-membered ring;R.sup.

Abstract: Salicylic acid derivatives and sulfur analogs thereof of the formula I, ##STR1## wherein the substituents are herein below defined.

Abstract: A combination of a variety of herbicides with safening agents which are substituted 1,8-naphthyridines of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is mercapto, hydroxyl, halogen, benzylthio, amino or NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, whereR.sup.2 is a group ##STR2## where A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, XR.sup.4, where X is oxygen or sulfur and R.sup.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl,R.sup.5 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, hydroxyl, halogen, mercapto, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, dialkylamino where each alkyl is of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, phenoxy or phenylthio, halo-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alkyl, andR.sup.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, carboxyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl or the plant-tolerated salts thereof.

Abstract: Sulfonamides of the formula I ##STR1## where A is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical; W is oxygen or sulfur; B is an unsubstituted or substituted furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, isothiazolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, thiadiazolyl, oxadiazolyl or triazolyl radical, and the environmentally compatible salts thereof are prepared as described and are used as herbicides.

Abstract: 1-Halo-1-azolylmethane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where A and R are each alkyl, benzyl, benzoyl, acyl, biphenylyl, naphthyl, hetaryl or phenyl, it being possible for each of these radicals to be substituted;D is Cl or Br,X is CH or N,and their plant-compatible acid addition salts and metal complexes are used as fungicides.

Abstract: Salicyloyl(thio)ether derivatives of the formula I, ##STR1## where is oxygen or sulfur and Z is carbon or nitrogen, and the radicals R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 and A have the meanings given in the disclosure, and processes and intermediates for preparing compounds I.

Abstract: 1-Halovinylazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where A and R are each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, pyridyl, tetrahydropyranyl, naphthyl, biphenyl or phenyl, each of these radicals being substituted or unsubstituted, D is chlorine or bromine, and X is CH or N, acid addition salts and metal complexes thereof which are tolerated by plants, and fungicides and growth regulators containing these compounds.

Abstract: Substituted 1,8-naphthalenedicarboximides of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, X, Y, and Z have the meanings recited in the disclosure are disclosed as new compounds suitable for use as antidotes in herbicidal compositions.

Abstract: 8-Azolylmethylquinolines I ##STR1## (R=H, halogen, CN, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl; X=halogen; A=the 1-yl radical of a 5-membered, aromatic heterocycle with 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms in the ring, which may also bear further substituents; B=Cl, Br, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, an amine radical which may be mono- or disubstituted, a radical ZR.sup.4 where R.sup.4 =phenyl which may bear further substituents, and Z=oxygen, sulfur or an amine radical which may be alkylated) and the acid addition salts and metal complexes of I.The compounds I and the salts and metal complexes thereof are suitable as herbicides.

Abstract: Thiophene-2-carboxylic acid derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, halogen, branched or straight-chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkoxy, nitro, cyano, unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl which is mono- to trisubstituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -haloalkoxy;X is --OR.sup.4 or --NH--OR.sup.5,R.sup.4 being branched or straight-chain C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -alkynylalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen; andR.sup.5 being branched or straight-chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, or branched or straight-chain C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -alkynylalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen;with the proviso that R.sup.4 is not propargyl when R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are both hydrogen or when R.sup.2 is halogen or R.sup.3 is chlorine, methyl or methoxy.

Abstract: Sulfonamides of the general formula I ##STR1## where A, n, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, W, X, Y and Z have the meanings given in the disclosure and claims, salts and N-oxides thereof, and their use as herbicidal agents.

Abstract: Sulfonamides of the general formula I ##STR1## where A, n, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, W, X, Y and Z have the meanings given in the disclosure and claims, salts and N-oxides thereof, and their use as herbicidal agents.