Abstract: A floor tile, in particular a laminate panel, parquet element, veneer floor element, ready-to-lay parquet element or such like comprises an edge profile on at least two opposite edges in the form of a modified groove and tongue joint for the purpose of connecting adjacent tiles, with a coincident arrangement consisting of one groove (22,122,26,126) and one tongue (20,120,30,130) on each of at least two edges, of which the tongue on one edge of a first tile and the groove in an associated edge of a second tile rise obliquely upwards from the bottom of the tile. The edge profiles are contrived directly in the support material of the floor tile, the groove (26,126) in the first tile is disposed directly above its tongue (20,120) and the lower wall of this groove falls off towards the back end (28,128) of the groove by the same degree as the tongue (20,120) on the first tile rises upwards.

Abstract: A laminated protective wrap having a single-faced or double-faced hard outer layer and a shock absorbing inner layer adhered thereto, for protecting goods shipped on spools or coils. The absorbing inner layer may be rigidly adhered to or removably adhered to the hard outer layer. The laminated protective wrap can include transverse cuts through the hard outer layer to permit bending of the laminated protective wrap in order to facilitate wrapping large objects. The degree of shock absorption is easily adjusted by varying the thickness and/or material of the hard outer layer or the shock absorbing inner layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards (1, 1′), a floorboard having such a locking system and a flooring made of such floorboards. The locking system has mechanical cooperating means (36, 38; 6, 8, 14) for vertical and horizontal joining of adjoining floorboards. The means for horizontal joining about a vertical plane (F) comprise a locking groove (14) and a locking strip (16) which is located at opposite joint edge portions (4a, 4b) of the floorboard (4). The locking strip (6) projects from the joint plane (F) and has an upwards projecting locking element (8) at its free end. The locking groove (14) is formed in the opposite joint edge portion (4a) of the floorboard at a distance from the joint plane (F). The locking groove (14) and the locking element (8) have operative locking surfaces (10, 11).

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards (1, 1′) which have a body (30), a lower balancing layer (34) and an upper surface layer (32). A strip (6) is integrally formed with the body (30) of the floorboard (1) and extends under an adjoining floorboard (1′). The strip (6) has a locking element (8), which engages a looking groove (14) in the underside of the adjoining floorboard (1′) and forms a horizontal joint. A tongue (38) and a tongue groove (36) form a vertical joint between upper and lower plane-parallel contact surfaces (43, 45) and are designed in such manner that the lower contact surfaces (45) are on a level between the upper side of the locking element (8) and a plane containing the underside (3) of the floorboard. The invention also relates to a floorboard having such a locking system, a floor made of such floorboards, as well as a method for making such a locking system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interlocking modular block system for mortarless wall assembly. A plurality of blocks are laid up in courses in a staggered relationship in which three different block configurations are provided, namely stretcher, corner and half block units. The stretcher and corner blocks have lengths at least one and a half times the width, and the half block has the same width and a length which is half the length of the stretcher and corner blocks. The invention offers a simple and fast construction procedure, even when using unskilled labor.

Abstract: An open web beam composed of wooden top chord and an open web central structure terminated on at least one end by wooden members in the form of a closed web wherein the closed web is reinforced by insertion of a portion of the closed web into a strut and the two chords which have been slotted or grooved for this purpose. The closed be being oriented strand board using structural adhesive without interfering mechanical fasteners in the web.

Abstract: A mast for a carrying system has carriers which can be vertically moved by way of a runner guided on the mast and which are used for holding stage-related implements. The mast includes several tube sections of the same diameter which are aligned with respect to one another, and an interior tube piece by which the tube sections are connected with one another at a boundary. The interior tube piece is a sleeve which is slotted along a surface line, thereby defining a slot, and is penetrated by at least one pressure screw which acts by way of a pressure piece with a convex outer contour upon counterpressure pieces. The counterpressure pieces also have convex outer contours and are provided at edges of the slot.

Abstract: A means and method for rigidly elevating a structure includes a base member securable in the ground and which has a portion extending above the ground. A pole section, having a bore inside a lower end, and an upper end, can be stacked upon the base means upwardly by slip fitting the pole section onto the base end and securing it in place. A flexible, easily transportable and durable system is thereby created for elevating structures.

Abstract: A joint structure for joining a composite beam and a column is disclosed. The composite beam includes an I-beam and a pair of wooden members. The joint structure includes a mortise pin provided on the composite beam and protruding beyond an outer surface of one of the wooden members. The mortise pin is provided with a through-hole at a predetermined position. A bottom hole is provided at a bottom surface of the column in a manner that the bottom hole is adapted to receive the mortise pin. A horizontal hole is provided at a side face of the column at a position corresponding to the through-hole of the mortise pin. The composite beam is connected with the column by first inserting the mortise pin into the bottom hole of the column and then inserting a locking pin into the through-hole of the mortise pin and the horizontal hole of the column such that joint of the composite beam and the column is firmly secured. A method of joining a composite beam and a column is also disclosed.

Abstract: A band feed length adjusting device in a packing machine which can newly input, to a control section, a length obtained by manually leading out a band to adjust the feed length of the band and can subsequently feed the band having a correct length in the case in which the size of an object to be packed is changed to be larger.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for applying to a carton an endless band so that the band encircles the carton said band being of the type formed by securing a strip of material into a loop and thereby creating a join, the apparatus comprising, means to hold the band in a particular orientation, means to convey the band along a feed path in such a way that said join is maintained in a controlled orientation, means to lower the band on to the carton to be engaged about the midriff of the carton during continuous forward movement.

Abstract: A package is wrapped with foil by forming a curtain of two foils pulled from respective supplies with the curtain extending transversely across a conveyor path at a wrapping station and displacing a package to be wrapped in a forward transport direction along the path into engagement with the curtain and through the station so that the foils extend downstream past the package. Then a pair of double-weld beams are moved together on opposite sides of the foils downstream of the station to press and weld the foils together downstream of the package while at the same time the package and beams are relatively displaced in the direction toward each other as the beams are moved together to reduce tension in the foils created by inward movement of the beams.

Abstract: A packaging system includes a cushioning conversion machine for converting stock material into relatively low density cushioning material or dunnage and a packaging system controller. The packaging system controller provides packaging instructions related to a part or parts to be packaged and instructs the cushioning conversion machine to produce the cushioning material. In one aspect of the present invention the packaging system controller provides packaging instructions by retrieving a predetermined set of packaging instructions associated with a particular part. In another aspect of the present invention the packaging system controller provides packaging instructions by determining an optimized packaging methodology using one or more characteristics of the part or parts to be packaged. The packaging system also provides for automated inventory control and productivity monitoring.

Abstract: A bridle bit and hackamore are disclosed. Each includes a pair of cheek pieces. Each cheek piece includes a lower rein ring and an upper headstall ring. A nose band and adjustable curb strap are joined at their ends to form a continuous loop. The loop is slidable through lower and upper slide rings on a purchase portion of each cheek piece. By adjusting the length of the curb strap, the loop can be adjusted to fit any horse. When the bit or hackamore are part of a bridle, and the reins are tightened, the loop applies simultaneous, even and predictable pressure to the horse's nose and curb. A lower strap portion for connection to a tie down may be connected at its opposite ends to the loop. The lower strap portion may be slidable through another slide ring on each cheek piece.

Abstract: In a device for separating the particle size spectrum of a polydisperse aerosol comprising a housing including an inlet part, a guide part, an outlet part, a nozzle insert and a separation insert, all parts are axially symmetrical and joined by centering fits so that they are easy to manufacture and can easily be assembled and also replaced. The parts are so fitted together that they are automatically centered during assembly while providing for the properly sized aerosol and air supply and particle fraction extraction channels.

Abstract: A silage cutter comprises a fame consisting of first and second frame members which are adapted to be moved relative to one another about a hinge axle by means of drive mechanisms, said drive mechanisms comprising two hydraulic cylinders. The first frame member has a knife attached thereto. The second frame member has provided thereon gripping devices for gripping the silage. A hydraulic device causes the two cylinders always to have the same length.

Abstract: On tree shaking harvesters, shaker heads with padding engage tree trunks of nut and fruit trees and shake the trunks to dislodge the fruit/nuts. The invention disclosed is directed toward an improved pad or padding filler and cooling arrangement for the pads of a shaker machine/harvester. The pad is improved by having an improved filler material within a main chamber of the pad, the filler being ceramic material to supply body and help maintain a cool pad; and an improved cooling liquid circulation fitting is connected to the pad in one embodiment.

Abstract: A process for producing dyed spun cotton yarns having a reduced number of irregularities and increased luster is described. The process involves dyeing at least a portion of the cotton fibers which are to form the yarn, then combing the dyed fibers subsequent to the dyeing process. The dyed and combed fibers are then optionally blended with fibers having a visually distinct appearance, and spun into a yarn using conventional spinning methods. The resulting yarns having a dramatically reduced number of thick and thin places and improved yarn properties including improved luster and hand. Furthermore, when the thus-dyed fibers are blended with differently-colored fibers prior to the combing operation, the resultant yarns match the visual colors of like-colored yarns produced by conventional processes, while the color is more intimately blended and the yarns have a markedly increased uniformity, luster and tenacity.

Abstract: A method and system for generating power include using a cogeneration power system having a gas turbine. The gas turbine has a compressor section for receiving air to be compressed. The compressed air is fed to a combustor section where it is mixed with fuel and the fuel is burned to produce heated combustion gas. The heated combustion gas is expanded in an expander section to generate shaft work which is used to drive a generator or alternator for producing electric power. The heated combustion gas leaves the expander as turbine exhaust which is cooled by transferring at least part of its heat to the air ahead of the combustor.

Abstract: The cascade-type thrust reverser comprises a cowling in which there is formed an opening which, when in a direct thrust mode, is closed by a sliding cowl and which, in a thrust-reversal mode, is uncovered by the translation of the said sliding cowl, a fan duct being defined between an interior skin and an exterior skin, said exterior skin having a radius Re in the plane transversal to the longitudinal axis of the reverser and passing through the upstream end of the sliding cowl in the direct thrust mode, and said interior skin having, downstream of this upstream plane, a maximum radius Ri in a plane parallel to the upstream plane, the upstream end of the said sliding cowl substantially blocking the fan duct upstream of the said downstream plane in a thrust-reversal mode, the said radius Re being less than the radius Ri.

Abstract: A catalyst temperature estimating apparatus is provided, capable of estimating the temperature of the catalyst installed in an internal combustion engine on a vehicle by providing various catalyst temperature estimating parameters, when the internal combustion engine is in an idle stop. When it is determined that the internal combustion engine is stopped by determining whether the internal combustion engine is stopped, the temperature of the catalyst is estimated based on temperature coefficients during the engine stop. Estimation of the catalyst temperature even when the engine is in an idle stop makes it possible to accurately and promptly estimate the catalyst temperature when the engine is restarted from the idle stop.

Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine, having a catalyst provided in an exhaust system of the engine for purifying exhaust gases, and a NOx removing device provided downstream of the catalyst for absorbing NOx contained in the exhaust gases in an exhaust lean condition, is disclosed. A first oxygen concentration sensor is provided between the catalyst and the NOx removing device, and a second oxygen concentration sensor is provided downstream of the NOx removing device. A first time period, which is an elapsed time period from the time the output from the first oxygen concentration sensor has reached a first reference value after switching the air-fuel ratio from the lean region to the rich region, is measured. A second time period, which is an elapsed time period from the time the output from the first oxygen concentration sensor has reached a second reference value corresponding to a richer air-fuel ratio with respect to the first reference value, is measured.

Abstract: An engine diagnostic system for use with an internal combustion engine coupled to a lean NOx trap with a sensor coupled downstream of the trap. The sensor provides two output signals, one indicative of an air-fuel ratio and the second indicative of a NOx concentration. Construction of the sensor insists that proper indication of NOx concentration is dependent upon proper operation of the first output signal. Degradation of the NOx concentration signal is determined when the first output signal has degraded.

Abstract: A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The device comprises a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust system, which carry a catalyst for absorbing and reducing NOx. The catalyst absorbs NOx when the air-fuel ratio in the surrounding atmosphere thereof is lean and releases the absorbed NOx to purify NOx by reduction when the air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric or rich. The device further comprises a catalytic apparatus for purifying NOx arranged in the exhaust system upstream of the particulate filter, which has an oxidation function.

Abstract: A pressure regulating valve is provided in a hydrostatic, continuously variable transmission having a hydraulic closed circuit including a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, and a high pressure oil passage and a low pressure oil passage disposed between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor. The pressure regulating valve is provided for relieving the hydraulic pressure in the low pressure oil passage into the high pressure oil passage when the hydraulic pressure in the low pressure oil passage exceeds a predetermined value. The present invention prevents excessive pressure in the oil passages, particularly in the normally low pressure passage that serves as a high pressure side during a speed reducing operation, e.g. an engine braking or reverse load situation.

Abstract: A pressure compensating valve (7) comprises a main valve (20) that is operated in such a way as to increase the area of the opening between an inlet port (24) and an outlet port (25) by means of pressure acting on a first pressure receiving component (21), that is also operated in such a way as to reduce the area of the opening by means of pressure acting on a second pressure receiving component (22) and pressure acting on a third pressure receiving component (23), and that is designed to allow the pressure (Pa) of the pressured oil flowing to the inlet port (24) to act on the first pressure receiving component (21) and the pressure (Pb) of the load driven by the pressured oil flowing from the outlet port (25) to act on the second pressure receiving component (22); and control pressure producer (7B) for allowing control pressure (Pe) resulting from a reduction in the pressure (Pa) of the inlet port (24) to act on the third pressure receiving component (23).

Abstract: A pump swash plate is assembled in a swash plate hydraulic pump in a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission. In a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission having a hydraulic closed circuit constituted between a swash plate hydraulic pump P and a swash plate hydraulic motor M and including a high pressure oil passage for sending hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motor M side from the hydraulic pump P side and a low pressure oil passage for sending hydraulic oil to the hydraulic pump P side from the hydraulic motor M side, a cutaway portion with which an engaging part of a positioning jig fitted in a casing is put into contact when assembling the pump swash plate is provided on the back surface of the plate of the hydraulic pump P.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to simplify a structure for supporting a distributor valve and to reduce the weight thereof in a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission. A U-shaped clip is placed into a groove made on the head portion of a distributor valve and the distributor valve is passed in this state through the elongated hole of an expansion ring and the clip ring is engaged with the expansion ring whereas the inner peripheral surface of a slip ring is engaged with the head portion of the distributor valve.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic actuator comprises a deformable membrane (24) separating a first chamber (20), which is able to receive pyrotechnic combustion gases, from a second chamber (22) containing a control member (32) displaceable by the membrane (24) during the operation of the actuator. In the inoperative state, the membrane (24) is prestressed counter to its deformation controlled by the intake of gases into the first chamber (20). In this way the functional travel is increased, which e.g. makes it possible to open or close a circuit with a larger cross-section without increasing the actuator size.

Abstract: A two-stage brake valve, has a pair of stages with different effective areas which become effective in succession upon an actuation of the valve, including a larger area fill chamber and a smaller area pressure chamber. A fill stage pressure relief valve is connected between the fill chamber and a reservoir. The relief valve includes a valve element, which is exposed to the pressure in the reservoir and spring force, and which is exposed to pressure in the fill chamber, so that it opens upon a pre-set brake pressure existing in the fill chamber. The relief valve also includes a pressure relief piston which can be exposed to the pressure in the fill chamber, and which can be exposed to the pressure in the pressure chamber. The piston has a free end which engages the valve element, and forces the valve element in its opening direction with increasing pressure difference between the pressure chamber and the fill chamber.

Abstract: A thermal energy retrieval system in which waste heat generated by an internal combustion engine is used to evaporate an organic working fluid in an evaporator. The evaporated working fluid is passed through a turbine to generate mechanical or electrical power which could be used to supplement the work done by the internal combustion engine. A unitary control valve is disposed between a feed pump and the evaporator to automatically regulate the flow of working fluid to the evaporator in accordance with the sensed temperature of the working fluid at its exit from the evaporator. This ensures the optimization of the thermodynamic efficiency of the system, which in turn leads to the provision of a more compact system useful as an add-on to motive mounted engines.

Abstract: A refrigeration system for chilling an enclosure. The system may include a thermal transfer pathway with a cold producing unit and a thermal storage unit connected to the pathway via a number of quick disconnect fittings.

Abstract: A method of making ice in an automatic ice maker includes the steps of: providing a mold including one cavity; filling the at least one mold cavity at least partially with water; providing an ice removal device at least partly within the at least one mold cavity; coupling a mechanical drive with the ice removal device; coupling a controller with the drive; measuring a temperature of the mold; measuring an ambient temperature associated with the mold; and controlling operation of the drive using the controller, dependent upon the measured temperature of the mold and the measured ambient pressure.

Abstract: Oil return from the evaporator to the compressor of a refrigeration chiller is accomplished by routing the suction piping that communicates between the chiller's evaporator and compressor to a location physically below the lubricant-rich pool at the bottom of the evaporator shell and by connecting the lubricant-rich pool to the compressor suction piping at a location where the suction piping is disposed physically below the pool.

Abstract: A flushing composition containing a lubricant and a deposit removal component having a deposit removal effect which is especially useful for cleaning refrigeration systems by reducing or removing unwanted deposits in constricted areas in the refrigeration system.

Abstract: An improved cooling system provides cooling away from the surface of electrical and electronic components with very low parasitic power consumption and very high heat transfer rates. The component to be cooled is in thermal contact with a cold plate evaporator device. Refrigerant is circulated by a liquid refrigerant pump to the cold plate evaporator device, and the liquid refrigerant is at least partially evaporated by the heat generated by the component. The vapor is condensed by a conventional condenser coil and the condensed liquid along with any unevaporated liquid is returned to the pump. The system operates nearly isothermally in both evaporation and condensation.

Abstract: An airflow control device for air streams in a motor vehicle air-conditioning system includes an installation frame with pivotable lamellae (2) that are driven by an electric motor via a gear mechanism arranged on the outside of the frame. The gear mechanism comprises a plurality of cylindrical gearwheels (9 to 12) arranged one above the other, so as to be very narrow and such that the overall dimensions of the housing (5) for the gear mechanism do not exceed the width and height dimensions of the frame (1). This novel arrangement allows integration of the drive as a whole and minimizes the amount of space required.

Abstract: An air conditioning cooling apparatus and method which includes the steps of supplying cooling air generated from a cooling apparatus into an air passageway formed below a floor; guiding the cooling air within the air passageway into an equipment assembly disposed on the floor through an opening located in the floor; communicating the cooling air introduced into the equipment assembly into a plenum and introducing the air released from within the equipment into the plenum and communicating the released air through the cooling apparatus for cooling the released air. The method permits temperature differential between the air supplied to the air passageway and the air introduced into the plenum from the equipment assembly to be 45° F. to substantially 40° F. so as to reduce the power necessary for operating on the fan of the blowing apparatus. The equipment assembly utilizes an air flow control mechanism so as to substantially evenly distribute cooling air to the equipment.

Abstract: A thermodynamic cycle is disclosed that uses compression and expansion to generate refrigeration or power in which at least some of the compression is effected by hydrostatic head of the heat-exchange medium used in the cycle. In a refrigeration cycle, the head of a heat-exchange medium in the refrigeration cycle is used to compress the heat-exchange medium. A vaporous heat-exchange medium is introduced into the upper end of a down riser that extends downwardly through a heat sink. The vaporous heat-exchange medium descends through the down riser and the head of the heat-exchange medium compresses the heat-exchange medium. The heat generated by the compression is transferred to the heat sink. The heat-exchange medium is then pumped up through a return riser and passed through a pressure expansion means and evaporator. From the evaporator the heat-exchange medium is returned to the upper end of the down riser for recycling.

Abstract: A self-cooling package for beverages, comprises cooling means internal to said package and means of connection to pumping means external to said package, the internal cooling means being formed by a cavity filled with a refrigerant liquid that evaporates under the effect of a depression.

Abstract: A condenser includes a pair of headers 11 and a plurality of heat exchanging tubes 12 disposed between the headers 11 with their opposite ends connected to the headers 11. The plurality of heat exchanging tubes 12 are grouped into three paths P1-P3 by partitions 16. A refrigerant introduced from a refrigerant inlet 11a provided at the lower portion of one of headers passes upwardly through the paths P1-P3 in sequence, and flows out of a refrigerant outlet 11b provided at an upper portion of one of headers. The cross-sectional area of each path decreases stepwise towards a downstream side path, and the reduction rate of the cross-sectional are of the downstream side path of the adjacent two paths to the cross-sectional area of the upstream side path thereof is set to 20%. Thereby, the cooling performance can be achieved.

Abstract: A barrel lock is provided with a hollow barrel section and a spring-biased clasp section. The clasp section has a flattened push tab that facilitates engagement and disengagement of the clasp section with the barrel section. The barrel section is further provided with a catch and the clasp section is farther provided with a protrusion, the catch being adapted to engage the protrusion and secure the barrel and clasp sections together.

Abstract: A gem having a faceted crown which is inclined with respect to the main axis and which is defined on the one hand by a preferably flat table and on the other hand by a peripheral edge of the gem, and a faceted pavilion which is inclined with respect to the main axis and which adjoins the peripheral edge and which converges to a tip, wherein the facets (3) of the crown (2) are all inclined at the same crown angle (&bgr;) with respect to the main axis (1), while the facets (7, 7′) of the pavilion (6) are inclined at two different pavilion angles (&agr;1, &agr;2) with respect to the main axis (1), wherein the facets (7) of the pavilion (6) which are inclined at a first pavilion angle (&agr;1) extend to the peripheral edge (5) and the facets (7′) of the pavilion (6) which are inclined at a second pavilion angle (60 2) start from the tip (8) without reaching the peripheral edge (5).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing synthetic silica glass includes the steps of pressurizing a liquid storage tank including a liquid silicon compound therein, generating bubbles in the liquid silicon compound using a foamer, removing the bubbles using a degasser, displacing the liquid silicon compound into a vaporizer while controlling an amount of the liquid silicon compound displaced by a liquid mass flow meter, mixing the displaced liquid silicon compound with a carrier gas to generate a gaseous silicon compound, injecting the gaseous silicon compound into a synthesis furnace, and forming synthetic silica glass by hydrolyzing the gaseous silicon compound in the synthesis furnace.

Abstract: A powder of solid and spherical glass particles is easily manufactured by subjecting a mixed solution of a raw material oxide powder comprising a glass network-forming element, and an aqueous solution of a water-soluble compound comprising a glass-forming element other than the element of the raw material oxide powder to spray-thermal decomposition, wherein the spray-thermal decomposition temperature is set to be in a specific range according to the amount of the raw material oxide powder in the total of the amount of the raw material oxide powder and the oxide-converted amount of the water-soluble compound, as well as the average particle size of the glass powder to be manufactured.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical head having a near-filed light generating element that condenses a luminous flux on an exit surface. The generating element has a reflecting or light intercepting film formed on the exit surface and is fixed to a holding member to form an optical head. A minute opening is then formed in the reflecting or light intercepting film by use of light emitted from a first or second light source.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making a stain-resistant float glass and an apparatus for carrying out such a method. In keeping with this method, SO3 is applied to the upper surface of float glass in an amount efficacious to materially reduce staining of the upper surface of the glass. Optimally, SO3 gas can be applied directly onto the upper surface of the glass. An apparatus of the invention generally includes a downwardly open hood positioned above the upper surface of the glass and having walls defining an enclosure. SO3 gas (either as such or as a reactive mixture of SO2 gas and an oxygen-containing gas) is delivered through a delivery tube to the enclosure.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing shaft for rotating agitating blades disposed in a dewatering tank, and the washing shaft is disposed coaxially on a hollow dewatering shaft for rotating the dewatering tank. The washing shaft is connected to the output side of a reduction mechanism, and a washing side input shaft is connected to the input side of the reduction mechanism to rotate the washing shaft by decelerating the rotation of a drive motor. A rotor of the drive motor is coupled to the lower part of the washing side input shaft. Therefore, the rotating torque of the agitating blades can be increased without increasing the torque of the drive motor. In addition, if the laundry collides against the agitating blades, the eccentricity to the washing side input shaft is suppressed, thereby the increase of the washing capacity can be handled without increasing the size of the drive motor.

Abstract: A padlock, including a shackle having a short leg with a first locking recess and a longer leg having an opposed second locking recess, said longer leg being connected by a longitudinally elongated recess or flat to a peripheral recess disposed towards the end of the longer leg,

Abstract: A security locking system that includes a cross bar pivotally connected at one end in a manner to pivot in two planes, a locking brace connected to a door frame at an opposite point from the point of the pivoting connection of the cross bar in a locking brace which includes an actuating mechanism which rotates around the locking bar and pulls the locking bar into a U-shaped sleeve. In an alternative embodiment, a segmented cross-bar is located totally within the door and is lengthened or shortened by rotation of a key on the outside of the door to enter or exit a pair of receptacles in the door frames to lock the door, or to open the door, respectively.