Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump has passive magnetic bearings which are radially stable but axially unstable and mechanical thrust bearings acting axially, the magnetic bearings and the stator forming a structural unit movable axially within the pump housing and connected to an element adjustably supporting one thrust bearing while the other thrust bearing is fixed to the housing with control gear being provided for adjusting the structural unit relative to the housing and the thrust bearing relative to the structural unit in dependence on force sensing devices.

Abstract: A marine vessel propulsion assembly includes at least one propeller nozzle unit having a rudder associated with it. The propeller nozzle unit has a shroud laterally surrounding the propeller and the shroud is supported so that it can be pivoted about two different axes each extending transversely of the flow direction. In the desired angular position, the shroud can be locked in position. The two pivot axes of the shroud extend perpendicular to one another. The shroud is connected to a shaft extending in the direction of one of the pivot axes and the shaft can be interlocked with shaft guide means. The shroud and the rudder each include the same angle of pitch of at least two degrees relative to the propeller shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rudder for watercraft with a stabilizer (13) articulated to the rudder blade (11), the stabilizer and the rudder blade being connected in articulated manner by articulated blades and several connecting bolts. The in each case upper articulated bush is supported on the in each case lower articulated bush, accompanied by the interposing of a self-adjusting, annular centering device mounted in free-floating manner and taking up the axial weight.

Abstract: A high-performance main rudder with a stabilizer fin (10) articulated to the rudder plate (20) for ocean-going ships is provided with a fork-like sliding bearing (30) for a swivel piston (40) or drive rod held and guided by interchangeable slide or guide blocks (60) mounted in the fork arms (31,32) of the sliding bearing (30) which is pivoted on a hinging bolt (50) fixed to the hull.

Abstract: In a transfer cylinder for perfector printing machines having two diametrically opposed sheet-supporting surfaces formed from two groups, respectively, of sheet supports engaging comb-like one within the other, one of the two sheet-supporting groups of one sheet-supporting surface having a device for gripping the leading edge of a sheet, and both of the sheet-supporting groups forming one sheet-supporting surface being adjustable relative to one another about the rotary shaft of the transfer cylinder, each of the sheet supports of a respective sheet-supporting surface being firmly connected to a diametrically opposing sheet support of the other sheet-supporting surface and being disposed on the shaft of the transfer cylinder, the improvement therein includes means for mounting together at least a plurality of the diametrically opposing, mutually firmly connected sheet supports so as to be radially adjustable.

Abstract: In a transfer cylinder for perfector printing machines having two diametrically opposed sheet-supporting surfaces formed from two groups, respectively, of sheet supports engaging comb-like one within the other, one of the two sheet-supporting groups of one sheet-supporting surface having a device for gripping the leading edge of a sheet, and both of the sheet-supporting groups forming one sheet-supporting surface being adjustable relative to one another about the rotary shaft of the transfer cylinder, each of the sheet supports of a respective sheet-supporting surface being firmly connected to a diametrically opposing sheet support of the other sheet-supporting surface and being disposed on the shaft of the transfer cylinder, the improvement therein includes means for mounting together at least a plurality of the diametrically opposing, mutually firmly connected sheet supports so as to be radially adjustable.

Abstract: A tubular reactor, especially for carrying out catalytic processes at high emperatures, wherein the tubular reaction zone is substantially occupied by the catalysts. The catalyst can be withdrawn in its entirety from the reactor tube, is surrounded by a gas-permeable envelope, and is supported by a longitudinal carrier. Preferably, the carrier is formed by a central tube serving for a heat exchanging passage of reaction gas and the envelope is subdivided into a series of closely consecutive catalyst filled baskets each including a wire mesh side wall having perforated front plates, all baskets being threaded on and supported by the central tube.

Abstract: A printing machine sheet transfer drum adjustable to variable sheet lengths has sheet carriers forming respective meshing comb-like structures adjustable relative to one another, and devices for gripping the leading and trailing edges of a sheet. The gripping devices are disposed in channels of the transfer drum and secured to the sheet carriers, the gripping devices having at least one continuous sheet-supporting rail extending from side to side of the sheet transfer drum. The transfer drum has a rigid main drum body integral with one of the comb-like structures and formed of at most two separable parts including the device for gripping the leading edge of the sheet, and a hollow, substantially cylindrical body partly surrounding the main drum body in circumferential direction thereof. The device for gripping the trailing edge of the sheet being disposed on the hollow body and forming therewith a rotatable sheet carrier unit.

Abstract: Transfer drum for printing presses through which a sheet to be imprinted passes, includes a shaft, a first and second row of sheet-supporting segments disposed in comb-like fashion along the periphery of the drum, devices for gripping, respectively, the trailing and leading edges of a sheet, one of the rows of segments being rotatably mounted on the shaft together with one of the gripping devices, and the other of the rows of segments being fixedly mounted on the shaft together with other of the gripping devices, the rows of segments being rotatable relative to one another, each of the gripping devices extending rigidly over the entire width of the drum and being secured to the respective row of segments in channels formed in the drum.

Abstract: A monitoring device for missing and skewed sheets in sheet feeding devices on printing machines having feed grippers includes at least two sensors spaced along the width of the feed table for monitoring the front edge of the sheet being fed. The sensors have air outlet means which are disposed to be covered by a transported sheet when the latter is properly aligned.

Abstract: Device for protecting a printing machine, selectively operable in a first-form printing mode and in a perfector printing mode, against damage thereto when changing over from one to the other mode of operation thereof, the printing press having a sheet-storage cylinder and a sheet turn-over cylinder cooperating therewith, respective means on each of the cylinders for gripping a sheet being printed, means includes control cams and a gear segment turnably cooperating therewith for controlling the sheet-gripping means of the storage cylinder during change-over of the printing machine from one mode of operation to the other, and means for turning the storage cylinder per se into a respective changeover position, the device for protecting the printing machine includes means for securing the turn-over cylinder against rotation while the storage cylinder is being turned by the turning means, electromechanical means for ensuring that the control means for the gripping means of the turn-over cylinder is in the respecti

Abstract: Sheet sensing device in a rotary printing press having a sheet transferring drum provided at respective regions thereof with gripping means for gripping the leading and trailing edges of a sheet being transferred, includes sensing nozzles disposed in the region of the gripping means for gripping the trailing edge of a sheet, a line system connecting the sensing nozzles to a pneumatic pressure-generating source, and pressure monitoring means connected in the line system between the sensing nozzles and the pneumatic pressure-generating source.

Abstract: In the casing of a turbo-molecular pump there is a suction port at the suction side, and a discharge port at the discharge side. A stator is arranged in the casing and a rotor is journaled therein in magnetic bearings. The rotor is provided with rotor discs which are axially arranged along the longitudinal axis of the rotor, each of the rotor discs having vanes. The axial thickness and the outer diameter of each of the discs of the rotor are dimensioned so that the moment of inertia of the rotor about its axis of rotation exceeds its moment of inertia about a transverse axis through its center of gravity. Additionally, the vanes of the rotor disc adjacent the suction side of the pump are long and thin relative to the vanes of the other rotor discs of the rotor, and the diameter and thickness of the rotor disc adjacent the suction side of the pump is large relative to the diameter and thickness of the other rotor discs of the rotor.

Abstract: The invention provides an underframe for use in a transportable home, the underframe including a pair of longitudinally extending side girders positioned in parallel and spaced from one another by almost the width of the home to be built on the underframe. A plurality of transverse elements are rigidly attached to the side girders and spaced from one another and each of the transverse elements as an upper extremity below that of the side girder. At least one longitudinal member is positioned between the side girders, and means are attached to the transverse elements and to the longitudinal member to support the longitudinal member above the transverse elements.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing arrangement for a rotor rotating in a stator comprises a first magnetic bearing with at least one permanent magnet on the stator or rotor cooperating with component parts on the rotor or stator respectively composed, at least partially, of ferromagnetic and/or permanent magnetic material, a second magnetic bearing with at least one actively controlled electromagnet on the stator cooperating with component parts on the rotor respectively composed at least partially of ferromagnetic and/or permanent magnetic material, and a sensor for sensing the axial position of the rotor and at least one damping circuit for damping oscillations in a radial direction or about axes perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, the two magnetic bearings having a substantially co-axial construction to provide passive stabilization in a radial direction.

Abstract: A pump, particularly a turbo vacuum pump, comprises a housing having an intake and an exhaust spaced from the intake. The respective ends of the housing are provided with bearing bushes which extend in respective opposite directions and support a pump rotor in a manner to permit it to have some axial and radial play. A first magnetic system acts on the rotor and stabilizes the rotor axially in respect to the bearings and a second magnetic system acts on the rotor and stabilizes the rotor radially in respect to the bearings. The second magnetic system includes at least one permanent magnet which is fixed to the casing and faces either soft iron or permanent magnet portions provided on the rotor. An electromotor is mounted within the casing and the coil of the electrodynamic system and the stator of the drive motor are assembled to a subassembly which can be mounted or dismounted from the pump casing in a simple manner without interfering with the rotor or the stator.

Abstract: Sheet-fed rotary printing press for printing on both sides of a sheet includes an assembly of a transfer drum, a storage drum and a sheet turn-over drum, mounted in succession, and located between two printing units, the storage drum having clamping grippers for gripping the leading edge of a sheet being fed from the transfer drum to the storage drum, the turn-over drum having tong grippers for gripping the trailing edge of the sheet at an imaginary straight line connecting the rotary centers of the storage drum and the turn-over drum as the sheet is being transferred from the storage drum to the turn-over drum and as the clamping grippers of the storage drum release the leading edge of the sheet, the tong grippers exerting a weaker clamping force on the sheet than the clamping force exerted by the clamping grippers thereon and, before the tong grippers have gripped the sheet and before the clamping grippers have released the sheet, the distance between the clamping grippers, on the one hand, and the tong gri

Abstract: A vessel rudder assembly including a rudder stock bearing, a rudder shaft and a rudder blade whereby the rudder stock bearing is in the form of a cantilever beam including an internal bore through which the rudder shaft extends the rudder blade is connected to the free end of the rudder shaft, and the rudder stock bearing includes at least one rudder bearing. This rudder bearing may be mounted within the rudder stock bearing internal bore.

Abstract: A sheet-fed rotary printing press includes a transfer drum assembly includes a rotatable transfer drum having a sheet-supporting peripheral surface, a gripper device carried by the transfer drum for gripping the leading edge portion of a sheet being transferred, and a suction device secured to the transfer drum at the end of the peripheral sheet-supporting surface, as viewed in rotary direction of the transfer drum, for gripping the trailing edge portion of the sheet. The suction device includes a plurality of suckers having suction surfaces disposed in the peripheral surface of the transfer drum and formed with respective suction orifices.

Abstract: An assembly of a sheet transfer drum, a sheet-turning drum and a storage drum mounted on a shaft and located therebetween for transporting a sheet between individual printing units of a rotary printing press, includes a change-over mechanism for converting the printing press from single-side sheet printing to double-side perfector printing and conversely, as well as to different format sizes, the change-over mechanism having a control shaft axially displaceable from a non-controlling position to a single control position, a first control pinion mounted on the control shaft, first adjusting means for adjusting format size for double-side perfector printing, the first control pinion being forcibly coupled to the first adjusting means, a second control pinion mounted on the control shaft, second adjusting means mounted for rotation about the shaft of the storage drum, drive gear means for converting the rotary printing press from single-side sheet printing to double-side perfector printing, first cam means for a