Abstract: A nuclear power plant includes a concrete biological shield, a metallic reactor pressure vessel surrounded by the concrete biological shield, coolant connector pieces connected to the reactor pressure vessel, coolant lines connected to the coolant connector piece, and a support engaging the coolant connector pieces and holding the reactor pressure vessel. The support includes at least one supporting tube surrounding one of the coolant connector pieces, the supporting tube having an inner surface anchored on the one coolant connector piece and an outer surface anchored on the biological shield.

Abstract: In an automatic gear-shifting mechanism for a shiftable transmission of motor vehicles, with two adjusting mechanisms which are each vertically pivotal about a vertical bearing and which displace a shifting lever of the gear-shifting transmission into the gear positions according to a test program, two freely movable horizontal bearings for the horizontal movement of the shifting lever are coordinated to the adjusting mechanisms and the adjusting mechanisms are constructed as electric stepping motors. The testing program is obtained with the use of the respective gear-shifting transmission.

Abstract: Particles of a continuous tobacco stream are intimately contacted with and thus conditioned by finely distributed solid or fluid additives in a rotary drum into which the additives are supplied by one or more spray nozzles. Tobacco particles are propelled into the drum by a rotary winnower or by an impeller nozzle which discharges a current of compressed air. The flight spans of tobacco particles can be varied by changing the speed of the winnower or by changing the pressure of air which issues from the impeller nozzle. The weight of tobacco which is being fed to the winnower or impeller nozzle per unit of time is measured, and the results of such measurements are used to regulate the flight spans of propelled tobacco particles and the quantity of additives which are admitted into the drum per unit of time.