Abstract: In a vacuum drill dust extractor having a pot-shaped housing through which a rotatably drivable drill can be passed axially, and having a piston unit which is arranged axially displaceably in the housing, cooperates with a drill-side stop, contains an induced draft blower device and can be set against an associated stop on the housing side by means of a spring over which it engages, a high degree of reliability and operational safety are achieved in that at least one induced draft blower provided with its own drive motor and an energy storage unit provided with a charging socket and associated with each motor driving an associated induced draft blower are provided in the piston unit.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a gas-sensitive device includes a substrate structure, and a gas sensitive capacitor. The gas sensitive capacitor a first capacitor electrode in form of a gas-sensitive layer on a first main surface region of an insulation layer, and a second capacitor electrode in form of a buried conductive region below the insulation layer, so that the insulation layer is arranged between the first and second capacitor electrode. The gas-sensitive layer comprises a sheet impedance which changes in response to the adsorption or desorption of gas molecules.

Abstract: Described is an adhesive composition with a high elasticity, measured in terms of elongation at break, and an elastic behavior approaching the ideal Hook law in the stress-strain diagram. Said adhesive composition comprises (a) at least one monofunctional meth(acrylic) monomer A whose homo-polymer or co-polymer exhibit a glass transition temperature (Tg) between 40° C. and 140° C.

Abstract: Described are adhesive compositions comprising (i) at least one reactive monomer (A) selected from ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives and mixtures of such derivatives, said one or more derivatives preferably being one or more esters, (ii) at least one liquid elastomer (B) in a molecular weight range of 1000-9000 which is functionalized with ethylenically unsaturated groups, (iii) at least one impact modifier (C) that is a core shell polymer that does not dissolve but swells in the monomer (i), and (iv) at least one free radical initiator and at least one catalyst, whereby the amount of B referred to the total amount of A+B is 15 to 60% by weight, and whereby optionally either said initiator, or said catalyst is present separately, in a further component or paste, respectively. Preferably the amount of C referred to the total amount of A+B+C=5-30% by weight.

Abstract: A money changer for automatic coin machines, comprising a casing in which a plurality of serially arranged tubes are mounted to store coins in a column shape, light barriers associated to the tubes at least in the upper and lower regions with each light barrier having a light-emitting element and a light sensitive receiving element which are superposed on the same side of the coin tube whereas the opposite side of the coin tube has arranged thereon a prism which reflects the received light back to the receiving element, and a control circuit for the money changer into which the output signals of the light receiving elements are entered, wherein the casing has a wall portion in parallel with the series of the coin tubes, a printed circuit board for the control circuit is mounted on the opposite side on the wall portion and carries the light-emitting elements and light-receiving elements which are directed towards the respective coin tube via holes in the printed circuit board and in the wall portion.

Abstract: An arrangement for controlling a vehicle engine or transmission includes a control device arranged remotely from the engine/transmission (which provides the open-loop and closed-loop control algorithms), and a unit which is attached to the engine/transmission, and which is electrically connected directly to a plurality of sensors and/or actuators. The unit has an A/D converter for converting sensor signals into digital sensor signals, which are then converted into data bus signals by a data bus transceiver unit, for communication via a data bus between the unit and the control device. A uniform sensor/actuator interface is provided, with a plurality of parallel connections for the sensors/actuators and a connection for the data bus. A signal converter converts the sensor signals directly into the data bus signals in accordance with an open-loop/closed-loop control algorithm without the intermediate connection of a calculating means.

Abstract: A reactive polyester polyol is described that is obtainable by half ester formation starting from at least one dicarboxylic anhydride and at least one hydroxyl group carrying, saturated or unsaturated fatty acid and/or a respective ester, in particular castor oil and/or ricinoleic acid, as well as final esterification by at least one polyol.

Abstract: Described is an adhesive composition with a high elasticity, measured in terms of elongation at break, and an elastic behavior approaching the ideal Hook law in the stress-strain diagram. Said adhesive composition comprises (a) at least one mono-functional meth(acrylic) monomer A whose homo-polymer or co-polymer exhibit a glass transition temperature (Tg) between 40° C. and 140° C.

Abstract: A money changer for automatic coin machines, comprising a casing in which a plurality of serially arranged tubes are mounted to store coins in a column shape, light barriers associated to the tubes at least in the upper and lower regions with each light barrier having a light-emitting element and a light sensitive receiving element which are superposed on the same side of the coin tube whereas the opposite side of the coin tube has arranged thereon a prism which reflects the received light back to the receiving element, and a control circuit for the money changer into which the output signals of the light receiving elements are entered, wherein the casing has a wall portion in parallel with the series of the coin tubes, a printed circuit board for the control circuit is mounted on the opposite side on the wall portion and carries the light-emitting elements and light-receiving elements which are directed towards the respective coin tube via holes in the printed circuit board and in the wall portion.

Abstract: Described are methacrylate or acrylate binders e.g. obtainable by the steps of (i) generating OH-precursors from at least one aromatic polyester, and (ii) reacting said OH-precursors of step (i) with methacrylic acid and/or acrylic acid to form a respective ester, whereby step (i) comprises reacting an aromatic polyester, or a mixture of aromatic polyesters with at least one polyol and/or at least one aminopolyol to generate hydroxy terminated oligomers. Optionally, a modified product can be obtained by performing a further reaction in step (i), namely by reacting said hydroxy terminated oligomer with at least one polycarboxylic acid and/or at least one polycarboxylic anhydride to generate said hydroxy terminated binder precursor oligomer.

Abstract: Described are methacrylate or acrylate binders e.g. obtainable by the steps of (i) generating OH-precursors from at least one aromatic polyester, and (ii) reacting said OH-precursors of step (i) with methacrylic acid and/or acrylic acid to form a respective ester, whereby step (i) comprises reacting an aromatic polyester, or a mixture of aromatic polyesters with at least one polyol and/or at least one aminopolyol to generate hydroxy terminated oligomers.

Abstract: A reactive polyester polyol is described that is obtainable by half ester formation starting from at least one dicarboxylic anhydride and at least one hydroxyl group carrying, saturated or unsaturated fatty acid and/or a respective ester, in particular castor oil and/or ricinoleic acid, as well as final esterification by at least one polyol.

Abstract: A binder producible by reaction of aromatic polyesters with polyols and fatty acid esters as well as a process for the production of such a binder are described.The inventive binder is particularly suitable for the production of polyurethanes and results in floor coverings with especially favorable properties.

Abstract: A folding stamp for folding sewing parts which are to be attached to a main sewing part, in a sewing system for making pockets in articles of clothing. The additional sewing parts, such as flaps or pocket-bag blanks, can be fed manually. This folding stamp has a fastening unit arranged on an upwardly and rearwardly extending extension formed on a vertical web. The fastening unit thereby extends above a resting surface on top of the web and in the direction toward the rear end of the folding stamp. The folding stamp is thereby arcuate or C-shaped in longitudinal cross-section, which gives it a compact construction and gives the operator an unimpeded view of the region in which he must feed the additional sewing parts.

Abstract: A coin sorting device which sorts a plurality of coins as the coins pass through a coin chute. The coin sorter includes a coin flap located in the coin chute. A solenoid moves the coin flap between a first and second position. A power supply provides power to the solenoid. An emitter passes a beam of light through the coin chute across a path of the coin and through the coin flap. A detector detects the light emitted by the emitter after the light has passed through the coin chute and through the coin flap and produces an output signal as a function of the detected light. The output signal corresponds to the passage of the coin along the path and through the beam of light. A control circuit inhibits the power supply from providing power to the solenoid as a function of the output signal. Other coin flap and light barrier combinations are also disclosed.

Abstract: A sewing machine, having a device for centrally cutting a piping strip at both of its ends. At least one knife is arranged in a piping strip gripper between the parallel rows of oblique gripping needles. Before the start of the sewing process, a piping strip which has been placed at a predetermined position on a resting plate is held clamped between said plate and the gripper, which is lowered onto the resting plate. By actuation of the knife by an external force such as a pressure fluid, a blade of the knife penetrates into the piping strip and, by horizontal displacement of the knife, the piping strip is incised centrally at its end. Preferably there is a blade for each end of the piping strip.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for bonding laminar workpieces has a feed station, a heating and pressing station with two heating zones, and a delivery station with a cooling zone. A lower conveyor belt is driven through the feed station and the heating and pressing station. An upper conveyor belt is driven through the heating and pressing station, and is mounted a sufficient distance above the lower conveyor belt to carry the workpieces therebetween. Pressing rollers are mounted in the heating and pressing station for pressing the heated workpieces moving therethrough. The adhesive between the laminations of the workpieces is heat-activated in the heating zones of the workpieces is heat-activated in the heating zones to bond the laminations of the workpieces. The heated and pressed workpieces are then moved by conveyor belts through a cooling zone to resolidify the adhesive between the laminations of the workpieces.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an actuation device for an electrical appliance, in particular for small electrical appliances such as tooth-brushes, oral jet devices, hair dryers, curling irons, shavers and food processors, for the open- or closed-loop control of at least one operating quantity, including a primary detector for generating controlled variables and a circuit arrangement. The actuation device is characterized in that the primary detector includes a movable element which is arranged at the electrical appliance and produces magnetic or electric fields of varying field strengths in dependence on its position, and further includes an element fixedly disposed on the electrical appliance and sensitive to magnetic or electric fields.

Abstract: The interior of a tube provided for low temperature operation is shielded from the exterior through a plurality of metal ribbons helically looping around the tube in an intertwined relationship and each carrying a welded on conduit for low temperature liquid whereby one of these conduits serves as a primary or outgoing conductor, and the two others serve as return paths; suitable spacers are provided to position the system in a concentric relation; inner and outermost tubes are preferably corrugated and the immediate interior of the outermost tube is filled with superinsulation.