Abstract: A new and useful clip is disclosed for securing an elongate member, or lather's channel, to a horizontal T-bar of a ceiling grid, conventionally used to form a drop ceiling. The clip comprises a body having a downwardly opening recess therein for permitting the body to be placed over the lather's channel, without removing the channel from the T-bar. The lather's channel is in a seated position in which the channel is received in the recess of the clip. The clip has clasps depending from the body configured so that as the body is moved toward its seated position, the clasps assume positions on opposite sides of the stem of the T-bar for clasping the T-bar and securing the clip to the T-bar. The clip further includes a spring finger formed integrally with the body. The finger is engageable with the lather's channel as the body is moved to its seated position.

Abstract: A reinforced beam has an internal I-beam structure with opposed adhesive foam layers. The foam layers are extruded, cut to length and placed on opposed surfaces of the I-beam. When the reinforced beam is heated. The adhesive layers expand to secure the I-beam in place.

Abstract: A prefabricated building has been invented having a plurality of exterior walls joined together, a roof structure overlaying an interior space defined by the plurality of walls, an attic under the roof structure, the attic having an attic floor, at least one rail system on the attic floor, an opening in the prefabricated building located for accessing the at least one rail system, and at least one module insertable through the opening, disposable on the rail system, and movable thereon to a desired location in the attic.

Abstract: An installation for the packaging of a product in containers closed with a stopper, including in particular a filling machine (1), a stopping machine (3) and, upstream of this, a device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers suitable to drive the stoppers continuously and with a pre-specified pitch, the number of stoppers present simultaneously in the device (6) being at least equal to that of the containers present in a pre-specified part (7) of the installation, means (8) for the control of the supply of stoppers being provided upstream of the device (6) to control a device (10) for supplying containers located upstream of the pre-specified part (7); thus, for every container engaged in the pre-specified part (7) corresponds a stopper present in the device (6) supplying the stopping machine (3) and, in the event of an incident in the supply of stoppers upstream of the device (6), the supply of containers from the pre-specified part (7) is controlled (9, 10) while maintaining the operation of the terminal p

Abstract: A wrapping machine includes a first wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping around a bale to partially wrap the bale in wrapping material, a second wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping material around the bale to completely wrap the bale in wrapping material, and a transfer device for transferring the partially wrapped bale from the first wrapping station to the second wrapping station. The transfer device is swingable through approximately 90° from the first wrapping station to the second wrapping station. The first wrapping station includes a dispenser for dispensing a strip of plastic film and a device for rotating the dispenser about a substantially vertical axis around the bale. The second wrapping station includes a device for rotating the bale about a substantially horizontal axis and a dispenser for dispensing wrapping material around the bale as it is turned on the horizontal axis. A compaction station is provided to compact loose material into the bale before wrapping.

Abstract: A method for wrapping a wrapper about a floral grouping wherein the wrapper is a sleeve or sheet of material having a cinching tab or strip of bonding material, or both, and a detaching element such as perforations for detaching a portion of the sleeve or sheet of material. The floral grouping is placed on the sheet of material which is wrapped thereabout, or the floral grouping is disposed in the interior space of the sleeve. The wrapper may further comprise an additional strip of bonding material for bonding an informational card or label to the wrapper. After the wrapper is wrapped about the floral grouping, a portion of the wrapper may be removed by using the detaching element, thereby leaving a portion of the wrapper wrapped or bound about the floral grouping.

Abstract: A machine for sealing bottles with sealing caps includes a transporting track for supplying sealing caps, a separating device for making available separated sealing caps and a transfer device for placing the separated sealing caps on the bottles. At least the transfer device is disposed in a sterile chamber and a spraying device is provided for introducing a sterilizing agent into the interior space of the sealing caps and a drying device is also provided for driving sterilizing agent out of the sealing caps.

Abstract: A machine for producing cushioning product is provided which allows a user to select a length of product to be produced from a plurality of selectable lengths.

Abstract: Cigarette pack of the soft-carton type, comprising an inner blank and an outer blank (12) which is designed in the form of a carton and is made of paper or the like. Folding tabs of the outer blank (12) , namely side tabs (18, 19) and folding tabs (20, 21) of the base wall, are connected to one another by adhesive bonding. For this purpose, hot-melt adhesive is applied in a precisely positioned manner in the region of a continuous material web for producing the outer blanks (12), to be precise the adhesive is applied as rectangular or square side applications of glue (27) and base applications of glue (28). Thereafter, the outer blanks (12) are severed from the material web and are processed in the customary manner in the region of a folding turret. In this case, the applications of glue are activated by heat before, during or after folding of the relevant folding tabs.

Abstract: An inflatable shipping device for protecting at least one fragile item during shipment is provided. The inflatable shipping device includes a housing defining a gas receiving cavity and being constructed of a flexible and substantially gas impermeable material. The housing has a flattened state when the gas receiving cavity is substantially free of gas and an expanded state when gas is introduced into the gas receiving cavity. The housing has a first side, an opposed second side, a first end, an opposed second end, and a flexible inner-liner defining at least one item receiving chamber positioned between the first end and the second end. The item receiving chamber communicates with the first side of the housing and the item receiving chamber is sized and dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the fragile item. The inflatable shipping device is also provided with an inflation assembly for introducing gas into the gas receiving cavity defined by the housing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for bundling layered material comprises an anvil for receiving multiple units of bundled material, and a plurality of blades for compressing a tying material onto the bundled material. An apparatus of the invention is illustrated for use in a specific method of simultaneously stapling the end wire of a plurality of tire beads.

Abstract: A method of banding the mane of a horse is described as well as the apparatus for performing the method. The method of banding the mane of the horse is made possible by a staple gun having generally U-shaped staples provided therein which are stapled around individual groups of hairs. The method comprises the steps of separating the horse's mane into individual mane groups and at least partially encircling each mane group with a selectively removable staple to maintain the mane groups separate from one another.

Abstract: A mower includes a traction frame that supports at least one cutting unit and a grass catcher associated with each cutting unit. The cutting unit and grass catcher are both operatively coupled to the traction frame such that they both jointly are able to steer or yaw together during turns of the traction frame. This permits the gap between the cutting unit and a grass basket which is part of the grass catcher to remain constant whether the traction frame is travelling straight or is turning. This ensures that the grass clippings will be properly retained in the grass basket without dribbling out of the grass basket. In addition, a system is provided for keeping the grass catcher level as it is lifted up out of engagement with the ground into a raised, transport position, also to better retain the grass clippings within the grass basket.

Abstract: A self-propelled lawn mower having a hydrostatic drive system with individual brake control levers coupled to a linkage mechanism which when actuated releases hydraulic pressure in the hydrostatic drive system to slow rotation of rear drive wheels for improved steering and control of the lawn mower. The lawn mower includes a mower deck, a mower deck, and a control console extending between handle bars attached to the rear of the mower deck. The drive system comprises an infinitely variable speed control from forward, neutral, and reverse. Steering is accomplished by two independent wheel brakes, which are controlled by right and left hand brake control levers located adjacent respective handgrip levers. Squeezing one of the brake control levers partially releases the internal hydraulic pressure by the opening of a dump valve to effectively produce a reduced transmission drive condition.

Abstract: A device for a riding mower having a wheel born chassis (11,12) intended to support the operator, an engine (14) for driving at least one wheel (13) and cutting knives (31) arranged in a front mounted cutting unit (17). The cutting unit is placed such that at least a part of the cutting unit is situated close beneath the front part of the chassis. The mower is provided with a first pivot (26) arranged in front of the chassis and about which the cutting unit (17) is turnably arranged. The cutting unit is adapted to move forward whereby a support (55) arranged on the cutting unit engages the ground and the rear part of the cutting unit is then moved forwardly at the same time as the front part of the cutting unit is turned upwards about the first pivot (26) to a maintenance position.

Abstract: A harvesting machine, such as a combine, has a number of laterally equispaced, side by side, rotatable augers (14) extending in a forward direction, each auger having a rotatable auger shaft (16) which is included upwardly towards the rear and an auger flight on the shaft. Inclined troughs (32) are located beneath each auger (14) with the auger flight (18) being rotatable in the trough. Inclined slots (28) are also provided which extend rearwardly from respective slot entrances at the forward end of the header, the slots being sufficiently wide to allow passage of stalks of material to be harvested but too narrow to allow passage of crop ears or other material to be collected so that the crop ears or other material to be collected can be stripped from the stalks by the action of the slots during forward movement of the header. The augers are rotated by a drive.

Abstract: A cutting blade is provided for a reaper which can easily position members to be welded, can reduce a welding distortion, can fully ensure the strength of a shank member and can easily be manufactured. The cutting blade comprises a bar-shaped shank member having axially extending grooves formed on an outer peripheral face of a tip portion and having a base end to be fixed to the reaper, and a plate-shaped blade member having a notch portion formed on a base end, wherein the tip portion of the shank member is fitted in the notch portion of the plate-shaped blade member in such a manner that edge portions of the notch portion are fitted in the grooves, and the fitted tip portion of the shank member is welded to a portion of the plate-shaped blade member which is located around the tip portion.

Abstract: A non-metallic cut resistant combined yarn that can be combined with other yarns to form a composite yarn. The combined yarn includes at least one non-metallic strand of an inherently cut-resistant material and at least one non-metallic strand of a non-cut resistant material or fiberglass. The two strands are air interlaced with each other so as to form attachment points intermittently along the lengths of the strands. At least one or the other of the strands is a multi-filament strand. A composite yarn may be formed by wrapping at least one cover strand wrapped about the combined yarn in a first direction. A second cover strand may be wrapped about the combined yarn in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A sliver compactor is provided between a drafting roller of a drafting frame and the delivery unit which supplies the sliver to the spinning stations of the spinning machine. The sliver compactor has a shielding element juxtaposed with the perforated moving surface to which suction is applied and which reduces the suction force required to draw the fibers of the sliver into a compact form. The shielding element extends over a plurality of slivers and the respective spinning stations and a number of such shielding elements may be aligned over the length of the machine below the stretching field plane and secured on the machine frame.

Abstract: A combustion chamber has an outer wall for mechanically supporting the combustion chamber and an inner wall forming an internal space through which combustion gases flow from a chamber inlet to a chamber outlet. An envelope is defined between the inner and outer walls and an intermediate wall divides the envelope into inner and outer cooling spaces. The cooling steam enters the outer space and exits the inner space, and the intermediate wall has a plurality of orifices through which cooling steam passes for impact cooling the inside of the inner wall. The inner wall is imperforate so that the cooling steam does not enter the internal combustion chamber space. The cooling steam flow in accordance with the invention increases cooling efficiency.

Abstract: In a gas and steam turbine plant with a waste-heat steam generator, a fuel gasification device is located upstream of the combustion chamber of the gas turbine via a fuel line. The after-heat steam generator is located downstream of the gas turbine on the flue-gas side and the heating surfaces of which are connected into the water/steam circuit of the steam turbine for the integrated gasification of a fossil fuel. For especially high plant efficiency, a heat exchanger is connected on the primary side into the fuel line between the gasification device and a saturator. In addition to a mixing device for admixing nitrogen, the heat exchanger likewise is connected on the secondary side into the fuel line between the saturator and the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A catalyst (9) is disposed in an exhaust passage (8) of an internal combustion engine (1) for trapping nitrogen oxides in the exhaust from a fuel mixture of a lean air-fuel ratio and reducing trapped nitrogen oxides in the exhaust from a fuel mixture of an air-fuel ratio other than the lean air-fuel ratio. The catalyst (9) also traps sulfur oxides in the exhaust when the catalyst temperature is less than a predetermined temperature, and discharges the trapped sulfur oxides when the catalyst temperature rises above the predetermined temperature. A microprocessor (10) calculates for example the sulfur oxide stored amount of the catalyst (9) based on engine running conditions, and determines that sulfur oxide discharge condition is satisfied when the sulfur oxide stored amount exceeds a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission is provided comprising a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor fluidly connected with each other through a closed fluid circuit. Pistons press against a control arm connected with a movable swash plate of the hydraulic pump and generate a friction force when the movable swash plate, which has been rotated slantwise, automatically returns toward the neutral position by a neutral return spring. The movable swash plate gradually returns to the neutral position by pressure of the piston. A discharging oil hole is open at the utmost end of each of the pistons for draining a portion of operating oil which operates the piston in the closed fluid circuit to the interior of a housing. Grooves are formed along a surface of the control arm abutting against the pistons.

Abstract: An axle driving apparatus including a housing which houses a hydrostatic transmission (HST), an axle having a lateral axis of rotation, and a transmitting mechanism for transmitting power from the HST to the axle. A first oil sump and a second oil sump are formed in the housing. The HST is disposed in the first oil sump. The axle and the transmitting mechanism are disposed in the second oil sump. An oil passage is interposed between the first and second oil sumps, so as to make oil flow from the upper portion of the first oil sump to the second oil sump therethrough when the oil in the first oil sump is expanded over the volume of the first oil sump. Also, the first oil sump is separated from the outside air, and the second oil sump is communicated with the outside air.

Abstract: A thermal transfer comb includes numerous upwardly extending pins received in spaces around and between the sample containing wells of a well plate. Peltier effect modules are in contact with a base panel of the thermal transfer comb to apply heat to or remove heat from the comb. A heat sink and fan transfer heat from or to the modules.

Abstract: A self cooling can has water on a pre-wetted wick (478), in a chamber and an adsorbent in another chamber communicable upon actuation of the can with the chamber. One or both of the chambers is at low pressure. Upon actuation the pressure of the wick drops, water vapour is absorbed by the adsorbent from the internal atmosphere and more water evaporates from the wick to replace it, thereby causing a cooling effect in heat generated in the adsorbent may be contained by but a take-up system, such as phase change material or microcapsules of high heat capacity material such as water.

Abstract: Oil return from the evaporator to the compressor of 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: An HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) control and method for interpreting a broad range of input voltages generates a series of voltage pulses whose quantity increases with the amplitude of the input voltages. Upon counting the pulses or accumulating them across a capacitor, the control applies an algorithm to determine whether an input voltage should be interpreted as a logic-1 or a logic-0. The control can accept AC input voltages having nominal amplitudes of either 110 or 220-volts. In some embodiments, software-based hysteresis helps filter out electrical noise and distinguish input signals that are marginally between a logic-1 and a logic-0.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for vehicles includes a restriction control device that reduces the consumptive power of the air conditioning system by reducing the cooling ability of the air conditioning system when a cooling load of an interior of the vehicle has increased over a predetermined level, and when predetermined conditions are satisfied. In the system of the present invention, a water temperature sensor or a switch for detecting the opening of a roof window or a double sliding window is not necessary. In the present invention, under certain predetermined conditions, the power to an air conditioner may be appropriately restricted and the amount of heat radiation at the condenser may also be appropriately restricted. Consequently, the control may reduce waste power to prolong the life of equipment, and which may achieve an improved and comfortable air conditioning state, even when a roof window or a double sliding window is open.

Abstract: In a method for automatically controlling the temperature of the interior of motor vehicles via an electronically controlled air-conditioning system having an evaporator, devices for adjusting the fresh-air fraction and the circulating-air fraction in the vehicle interior, as well as devices for sensing the evaporator temperature, the interior temperature and the outside-air temperature, the recirculating-air fraction is increased when the following occurs: recirculating-air fraction is lower than 100%, the deviation of the actual interior temperature from the desired interior temperature exceeds a defined first threshold, the outside temperature remains essentially constant, and the evaporator temperature rises.

Abstract: It is proposed to design a compression-type refrigeration system of a motor-vehicle air-conditioning unit having a supercritical process, with a compressor (6), driven by an electric motor (5) with motor-control device (12), a gas cooler (27), an expansion member (8) and an evaporator (9) and also connecting elements for a circulation of a refrigerant, in such a way that the heat loss of the motor and/or of the motor-control device is essentially dissipated to the refrigerant. In particular, the refrigerant may flow around the motor and/or the motor-control device. This results in especially efficient cooling of the components, as a result of which their heat loss is reduced at the same time. Furthermore, in order to achieve a high efficiency of the entire unit, provision is made for the superheating of the refrigerant at the inlet of the compressor to be kept at a virtually constant level by a controlled expansion member.

Abstract: The present invention involves a reversible, dual capacity compressor system. The compressor systems includes a reversible compressor, a pressure sensor, and a control assembly. The reversible compressor operates at a first capacity when the compressor rotates in a first direction and at a second and lesser capacity when the compressor rotates in a second direction. The pressure sensor is coupled to the compressor and generates a high pressure signal and a low pressure signal. The control assembly is coupled to the compressor and the pressure sensor and controls the compressor to rotate in the first direction when receiving a high pressure signal from the pressure sensor and to rotate in the second direction when receiving a low pressure signal from the pressure sensor.

Abstract: A cooling system in which an electronic component is cooled by using one or more containers of liquid and sorbent that transfer heat from the component to the fluid in the well bore. According to the present invention, a sorption cooling system is provided for use in a well, Such as down hole tool which is in a drill string through which a drilling fluid flows, or in a down hole tool, which is on a wire line. This cooling system comprises a housing adapted to be disposed in a wellbore, the sorption cooler comprising a water supply adjacent to a sensor or electronics to be cooled; a Dewar flask lined with phase change material surrounding the electronics/sensor and liquid supply; a vapor passage for transferring vapor from the water supply; and a sorbent in thermal contact with the housing for receiving and adsorbing the water vapor from the vapor passage and transferring the heat from the sorbed water vapor through the housing to the drilling fluid or well bore.

Abstract: With the proposed evaporative air-cooling system, we can achieve the reduction of the temperature of a space by making use of the natural characteristic of water to absorb heat during its vaporization from the body with which it is in contact. It comprises large wet surfaces created with a small mass of water within a limited space due to the activation of the molecular powers of water and of other material with molecular powers relevant to the ones of water. These wet surfaces are thin cloths, made of cotton or other material with features similar to that of cotton, impregnated with water in a controlled manner so that they can be kept wet at all times. These moistened cloths (12) are placed on bodies (G2) inside which the air of the space to be cooled circulates. Thus, when a vaporization is effected from the wet surfaces into the free atmosphere, heat is absorbed by these bodies producing a “vaporization cold” inside them.

Abstract: A beverage line (1) and a water line (2) exit from a Python cooling system (3) and enter a manifold (4). The beverage line (1) runs directly through the H-shaped manifold (4) to a tap (5). The water line (2) enters the manifold (4) and water flows through and exits through pipe (6) which surrounds the beverage pipe (1). Adjacent the tap (5), the water flows out of the coaxial pipe (6) and down return pipe (7) which connects into the manifold (4) at connection point (8). The water flows out of the manifold (4) through pipe (9). A bypass pipe (10) is provided in the manifold (4). This allows narrower gauge pipes to be used in the cooling loop without throttling the is flow of water through the Python. A valve (11) is provided in the bypass pipe (10) allowing the flow through the bypass pipe (10) to be reduced or shut off, so that all the flow through inlet pipe (2) is directed through the cooling loop, to remove airlocks.

Abstract: In a spark plug in which a space between a center electrode at the top end side and a terminal electrode at a rear end side which are arranged to be opposite to each other in an axial hole of an insulator, the glass seal is effected at a temperature within the range of 500 to 1000° C. and under a condition where the concentration of oxygen is 4-12 vol %.

Abstract: A method and an machine for the manufacturing of syringes by vertically feeding long glass tubes to an intermittently rotary forming machine, having two horizontally rotary machine sections each intermittently rotating on a central vertical axis of a stationary machine frame, to a plurality of forming stations, each machine section having a plurality of continuously rotary gripping chucks mounted on the stationary machine frame, a plurality of burner nozzles and a plurality of forming tools, for firstly opening a closed lower end of a glass tube, forming a tip for a needle at the lower end of the glass tube, cutting off a syringe body including the tip at a lower end, and then translating the syringe body to the second machine forming section for opening a closed upper end of the syringe body, forming a finger flange at the upper end of the syringe body and release the finished syringe body at a discharging machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for terminating the end of an optical fiber. In particular the present invention relates to a method for forming a low reflectance termination on an end of an optical fiber. The method including the step of tensioning the optical fiber between two spaced apart points thereon. The method further including the step of moving a ball termination torch from a given location in a given direction with respect to the fiber such that a potion of the flame therefrom intercepts the fiber and severs the fiber into two pieces each having a tapered end. The method further includes the steps of retracting at least one of the tapered ends a predetermined distance in a direction away from the other of the tapered ends and continuing to move the torch such that the flame heats the at least one of the tapered ends to cause it to become shortened.

Abstract: A fabric for use in apparel of the type used for physiological monitoring of prescribed body functions has one or more elongated bands of elastic material which is stretchable in the longitudinal direction. Each such elastic band includes at least one conductive wire affixed to or formed therein in a curved pattern. A garment and a system of the type used for physiological monitoring of prescribed body functions includes such a fabric and a monitoring unit monitoring electrical parameters of the included conductive wires.

Abstract: An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control are all managed by the sock construction. The moisture management sock has a toe portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; a heel portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; and alternating rings of hydrophobic and hydrophilic yarn located between said toe portion and said heel portion. Moisture absorbed from the wearer's foot by the hydrophilic yarn is transferred by wicking action into the hydrophobic rings and then to the leg portion to be evaporated therefrom.

Abstract: A circularly knit tubular hosiery blank and a garment formed therefrom, the blank having panty, thigh, knee, ankle and foot portions separated from each other by increasing and decreasing diameter graduation portions and a constant number of wales throughout. The blank is thereby configured to conform to the natural shape of the female lower torso and leg with gradually increasing and decreasing diameters to avoid abrupt diameter changes and maintain the integrity of the blank fabric's appearance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laundry treatment apparatus like washing machines, laundry dryers or a washer-dryers with a rotatably mounted drum (6) with an at least approximately horizontal axle and with a drive motor (10) structured as a synchronous motor (10) energized by permanent magnets arranged on the drum (6) shaft, the stator (16) of the motor (10) being provided with a winding (18) which is energized by a converter. In order to optimize the motor in such machines in respect of energy consumption, noise development and costs it is proposed to design the winding (18) as a single pole winding, whereby the number of stator poles (27) and of the magnet poles (23) is different, and to utilize a frequency converter (104) as the converter the output voltage of which being set such the continuous currents are generated in all winding strands.

Abstract: The invention is a manually operated device for washing clothes and the like. In detail, the invention includes a rod shaped handle having first and second ends. A first hollow cone shaped member has a truncated top end attached to the first end of the rod and an open bottom end. This first cone shaped member includes a plurality of holes about its periphery in proximity to the top end thereof, with the plurality of holes having a first total cross-sectional area. An inverted cup shaped member is provided having a closed top end and an open bottom end, the inverted cup shaped member is mounted within the first cone shaped member such that the top end of the inverted cup shaped member is in contact with the interior wall of the first cone shaped member forming a first interior chamber. The closed top end includes a hole therethrough with a total second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area of the plurality of holes in the first cone shaped member.

Abstract: Changing the locking mechanism in a U-lock, cable lock or other tie lock as often as desired is achieved without compromising the lock's resistance to physical damage. This function is achieved by an auxiliary sleeve that removably fits over the U-lock's crossbar or the cable lock's end bar. Either bar provides an aperture, which is too small to permit the locking mechanism to be picked or pried, but which is operatively positioned and sufficiently large to provide access for a key to the keyway of the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A locking device for computers and especially for locking the cables of a computer and/or the cables of its peripheral devices, which locking device consists of an attachable frame, which is attached either to a computer or to a peripheral device, and attachable and detachable cover part, and a lock device by which the cover part is locked to the frame. A locking device according to the invention is equipped with formed fixing devices in the frame and/or in the cover part by which the cables connected to the computer are attached when the cover part has been attached to the frame.

Abstract: A lock system for locking a chest having multiple banks of drawers having a horizontally situated transfer mechanism, the transfer mechanism adapted to move horizontally and where the transfer mechanism is positioned behind a portion of each of the multiple banks of drawers intended to be locked and unlocked; a lockrod for actuating the horizontally situated transfer mechanism; and a plurality of vertically situated lock hinges, where each of the lock hinges corresponding to a bank of drawers, and wherein each of the vertically situated lock hinges are actuated by a horizontal movement of the transfer mechanism.

Abstract: A closing device for doors of cases or cabinets preferably constructed out of thin wall material such as sheet metal and especially to the operation of catching systems, such as closing bars, which are mountable in the canted area of sheet metal cabinet doors. The closing device is comprised of a door plate having two door plate areas, whereby a first longitudinally extended door plate area has a turning handle for operating and a drift pinion which is rotationally mounted. The second door plate area has a push plate which is mounted in a slidable manner. The push plate interacts with the drift pinion and the catching system via a catch. The catch reaches through one of the slots in the door covered by the second door plate area.

Abstract: A two-in-one combination safe lock. The combination safe lock includes lock device and an electronic lock device in a box that is set on the side of a safe door with a lock latch on the upper side. A numeric dial and a circular pushbutton plate are disposed at the front side of the safe door and the wheel is connected to the mechanical lock device and the electronic lock device in the box by a shaft. By rotating the numeric dial or inputting the access code through the circular pushbutton plate, the mechanical lock device and the electronic lock device are moved to pull back the lock latch and open the safe door.

Abstract: A high-pressure shaping system has a tool defining a cavity and having a bore extending along an axis and opening into the cavity which is adapted to receive a workpiece which can be internally pressurized to expand and engage against inner surfaces of the cavity. A punch extending along the axis has an axially inwardly directed inner end displaceable between an inner position generally flush with the cavity inner surface and an outer position spaced axially outward of the cavity inner surface. A spring unit braced axially inward against the punch and axially outward against the tool has a spring characteristic with a high force/displacement ratio up to a break point and a low force/displacement ratio after the break point for urging the punch inward into the inner position.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming two plates into a hollow workpiece has a pair of dies having edge regions adapted to be pressed together against outer peripheries of the plates. An outer element in the edge region of one of the dies is adapted to rotate therein about an axis generally parallel to the direction and an inner element set in the outer element is rotatable therein about an axis generally parallel to and offset from the outer-element axis. The inner element is formed offset from its axis with an axially throughgoing feed passage aligned with a feed hole in the plate engaging the one die. A fluid forced under pressure through the passage and hole into a space between the plates deforms the plates away from each other in the direction while displacing the hole perpendicular to the direction with movement of the passage perpendicular to the direction.