Abstract: An apparatus to adjust the length of the sheath of a bowden cable and capable of transmitting substantial forces. The bowden cable sheath terminates into a sleeve with a stepped outside diameter whereby it can be inserted into a structure fixed housing against the force of a compression spring. The housing contains a set of spacer panes which are spring-loaded and rest on the large diameter of the sleeve and which upon displacement of the sleeve out of the housing sequentially drop on the small sleeve diameter. The dropped panes extend the sheath each time by their thickness and between the sleeve collar and the housing inside wall form the support for the force exerted on the bowden cable. In a special embodiment, the apparatus is equipped with mechanical means accessible from the outside which when actuated will reset the already dropped spacer panes into their initial positions.

Abstract: An extruder coating die for depositing protective cushions on the plastic jackets of hoses, tubes or the like. The extruder consists of a fixed part and of at least one movable part which can be adjusted between two end positions and combines the following features:(a) the movable part (8b) is rotatable with respect to the fixed part (8a);(b) the fixed and the movable part are provided with ray-shaped inwardly extending arms of which the inside ends extend as far as the hose or tube surface at the jacket material; and(c) the arms of the movable part (8b) are of widths such that in one of the end positions of the movable part they bare the free spaces between the arms of the fixed part and in the other position they cover them.