Abstract: Rotate-and-pull mechanisms for fiber optic modules. The rotate-and-pull mechanisms have a lever-actuator to unlatch and withdraw a fiber optic module from a cage assembly or a module receptacle. The lever-actuator pivotally couples to the fiber optic module so that when lever-actuator is rotated about its pivot point, the lever-actuator causes the second actuator to release the fiber optic module from the cage assembly. The lever-actuator includes an actuating-tab to cause the second actuator to move when the lever-actuator is rotated. By pulling the lever-actuator away from the cage assembly, the fiber optic module is withdrawn from the cage assembly. A belly-to-belly mounting configuration is introduced for the rotate-and-pull release fiber optic modules.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for aligning an array of light transmitting elements to an array of photosensitive detectors. The array is adjusted along three axes. Any element (a coupled transmitting and detecting unit of the array) can be selected as the center of rotation. Small angular correction is made about the selected element by differentially moving the array in two axes, using adjustment tools. Alignment is accomplished by performing translational movement in the horizontal X and Y axes until a signal is detected. A rotational correction about the selected element is performed by moving one of a pair of adjustment devices until maximum light intensity is achieved for the end elements. Next, the array is scanned for the weakest performing element in the array. The alignment procedure is repeated until the performance of all of the elements in the array fall within a pre-established specification range.

Abstract: A standard multichannel optical fiber has a pitch 250 &mgr;m (P1), whereas mounting of optoelectronic device chips can require a pitch P2 larger than P1. The pitch of element fibers should be enlarged for coupling a multichannel ribbon fiber to a multichannel photodiode (PD) or laser diode (LD) module having photodiodes or laser diodes for M channels. The module includes a connector maintaining M fibers with tails extending backward and a bench having M V-grooves aligned at the larger pitch P2 for receiving the tails of the fibers. M light waveguides are aligned at the pitch P2 following the V-grooves. The module also includes M photodiodes or laser diodes following the light waveguides. A package includes the connector at a front part, the fiber tails at a width enlarging region for converging the pitch from P1 to P2, and the bench at a back part.

Abstract: An image recording material magazine is provided that has a constitution such that a roll-form image recording material rotatably provided within a casing is drawn out through a slot provided along its whole length in the longitudinal direction with a resilient plate having a force pressing it so as to close the slot and with a cloth member abutting against the plate, the plate being fixed to a support part, which is provided within the magazine in the vicinity of the slot, at an angle that allows a force pressing the material in its thickness direction to be generated when the material is drawn out. The plate is formed from a polyolefin based resin plastic sheet having a water absorption of 0.01 wt % or less, has its surface embossed, and has its tip portion formed with a curved surface so that the embossed surface abuts against the image recording material.

Abstract: A method of density correction in a heat developing apparatus of which photothermographic recording material is thermally developed by light or heat application, comprising the steps of outputting a density correcting chart for setting density correcting conditions, measuring the image densities of the density correcting chart with a densitometer using a monochromatic light source, and correcting density correcting conditions for image recording in the heat developing apparatus based on the measured densities, wherein the density correcting conditions are corrected by using only the densities of low to middle density areas out of the densities of low to high density areas as measured with the built-in densitometer and corrected based on the density correcting chart.

Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a heat-treating unit having a cooling unit and a local transport mechanism. The local transport mechanism, in time of standby, is placed in a standby position inside the cooling unit. The local transport mechanism in the standby position influences, and is influenced by, the environment outside the heat-treating unit less than where the local transport mechanism is kept on standby outside the heat-treating unit. Variations in substrate treating precision due to such adverse influences are reduced to perform substrate treatment with high precision.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for setting and adjusting a print location for printing by a printer, by which the information about the print location where a print will start is set by the user as an option and a printer is controlled such that an image or text, etc. to be printed is printed out at a desired position on a paper, is provided. Printing is executed by first setting the print location for printing by a printer set directly by the user and then determining a print starting location considering the set print location information and margin information related to a document. Thus, a document having the same margins can be printed for various applications. Furthermore, a desired portion of text or image data, for example, can be printed out at a designated position on a printing paper by scaling up or down a document.

Abstract: In a print order receiving system, a first output receiving server receives an order to print all captured image data obtained by imaging apparatus, an image storing server stores the captured image data, a first print-out apparatus prints out the initial printed matter, and the first print-out apparatus supplies the initial printed matter to a shipping terminal. An order receiving server receives a reorder of the printed matter from a user terminal, a charging and settlement server performs the charging and settlement of the printed matter, the first print-out apparatus prints the image data to generate later printed matter when a reorder is received, and the first print-out apparatus supplies the later printed matter to the shipping terminal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for updating print drivers is described. The described system includes a port monitor that monitors the configuration and status of a printer. When changes occur to the configuration of a printer, the port monitor updates a print driver registry on the print server. The port monitor also wakes the print driver on the print server and informs the print driver of the configuration changes. Depending on the client operating system used, a client device connected to the server's shared print queue may either directly read or request the configuration data from the print server. In some client operating systems, the client device may also update a local registry on the client device to reflect the changes in configuration of the printer. The described system allows print drivers to have a consistent interface to printer configuration and status data regardless of which version of the Microsoft Windows Operating System is used by the each.

Abstract: Print systems are provided. A representative print system includes a job retention system. The job retention system is configured to receive an input corresponding to a selected portion of a print task and retrieve information corresponding to the selected portion of the print task. Preferably, the information is in a print-ready format that is configured for use by a printing device. So configured, the information can be retrieved from memory and printed by the printing device without being processed by a driver of the printing device. Additionally, the job retention system is configured to enable the selected portion of the print task to be printed without printing a non-selected portion of the print task. Methods and other systems also are provided.

Abstract: An image-forming-job managing apparatus includes a communication section which executes communication with at least one second image-forming apparatus connected thereto via a communication line, and a job storage which sequentially stores image-forming jobs issued from a terminal. Upon receiving a request for displaying the image-forming jobs stored in the job storage, the image-forming-job managing apparatus displays, on a display, information contained in the image-forming jobs. Upon receiving a request for changing an output destination of one of the image-forming jobs stored in the job storage, the image-forming-job managing apparatus extracts the one of the image-forming jobs, and transfers it, via the communication section, to the second image-forming apparatus designated as the output destination.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a parcel comprises an article enclosed in a wrapper folded around the article wherein the wrapper comprises a fiat sheet of print media having delivery information and postage printed thereon and folded around the article. In another embodiment, a method comprises simultaneously printing delivery information and postage on a sheet of print media. In another embodiment, a computer useable medium includes computer readable instructions thereon for simultaneously printing delivery information and postage on a sheet of print media.

Abstract: A method of measuring a down-web coordinate is provided. A time-interval, elapsed since a detection of a position-indicating mark applied on a web, is related to a measured velocity. Upon detection of a position-indicating mark, the measured down-web coordinate is synchronised with the indicated down-web coordinate of said mark. The down-web coordinate can be measured in an ascending or a descending mode, depending on a detected roll-orientation information originated from said mark on said web. A selected lane pattern used for registration of the cross web position can be reversed automatically, depending on said roll-orientation information, originated from said mark on said web. A measured down-web starting position of a quality problem area on the web is marked by an ISO-hole.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a paper roll containing part containing a paper roll; a printer unit provided side by side with the paper roll containing part, the printer unit printing information on paper pulled from the paper roll and cutting a piece off the pulled paper on which piece the information is printed; and a presenter unit. The presenter unit includes a reception opening formed on an upper side thereof and receiving the cut piece of paper delivered from the printer unit, first and second ejection openings formed on opposite ends of the presenter unit and ejecting the cut piece of paper, and a conveying mechanism conveying the cut piece of paper between the first and second ejection openings. The presenter unit is provided below the paper roll containing part and the printer unit so that the cut piece of paper is delivered into the reception opening.

Abstract: A printer with a guillotine cutter having a movable cutter and a removable fixed cutter in which the relative position between the fixed cutter and the movable cutter does not vary. A cutter fitting member with a bottom plate and a pair of side plates is fixed to the outside of a casing. The side plates respectively have a first projection with positioning holes and a second projection. A movable cutter driving section of the guillotine cutter has small projections that engage the positioning holes, and is fixed to the first projection with screws. The removable fixed cutter is disposed on the second projection with a bottom surface of a projection of the fixed cutter in the width direction closely contacting a first side of the cutter fitting member, and a right end surface of the fixed cutter projection closely contacting a second side of the cutter fitting member.

Abstract: A printing apparatus and method that provides for severing of prints from receiver media being printed. The receiver media is moved in a process direction past plural printing stations and the printing stations are recording images upon the receiver sheet. While printing is occurring a cutting mechanism having one or more cutting elements is operated to cut the receiver media along a transverse direction to separate a previously printed image on the receiver media from a portion of the receiver media being currently printed. The cutting mechanism includes a clamping member located proximate the one or more cutting elements for stopping movement of the receiver sheet downstream of the clamping mechanism to provide for a substantially square cut relative to the process direction of the receiver media.

Abstract: A modular printer system comprising a support frame, a chassis, a media holder, and a printer assembly. The support frame supports the other components and may be attached to other devices. The chassis is slidably attached to the support frame so that it may be at least partially removed from the support frame thereby exposing components attached to the chassis. The chassis is adapted to hold the media holder and the printer assembly. The media holder holds media that may be printed on by the printer assembly. The printer assembly may be removed from the chassis to service the printer assembly and give full access to the media path. The printer assembly comprises a printer for printing on the media and a controller for controlling the printer and communicating with other devices.

Abstract: Cleaning compositions, pads, wipes, and implements provide effective cleaning of hard surfaces.

Abstract: A dispenser is provided for dispensing a flowable product from a container. The dispenser includes a roller applicator having a roller housing and roller rotatably mounted on the roller housing. The dispenser also includes an openable closure and sealing elements. The closure pivots relative to the roller to provide an open position in which the roller is uncovered and a closed position in which the roller is covered by the closure to the outside. The sealing elements are located between the roller and the roller housing and are activated by turning the closure into the closed position.

Abstract: A ball joint includes a retaining ring fitted to a shank of a ball stud, and a boot having first and second annular beads fitted to the retaining ring and a ball socket. The first mounting bead is formed with an end face seal portion and an inner periphery seal portion, which are adapted to come into close contact with a cylindrical portion and a large flange of the retaining ring, respectively. In such a ball joint, a clearance is provided between the first mounting bead and the small flange for permitting the movement of the first mounting bead toward the small flange. Thus, even when the ball stud and the ball socket are swung relative to each other in a state in which the boot has been hardened due to the freezing of snow deposited to the boot and the like, the generation of an excessive stress in the mounting bead of the boot can be avoided.

Abstract: A pivot assembly particularly adapted for pivotally interconnecting a pair of relatively thin parallel walls spaced an appreciable distance from one another. A stud with a pivot joint on one end is interposed between the walls.

Abstract: Connecting element for joining two support members (2, 3) absorbing tensile forces, which connecting element (1) comprises at least a first and a second casing body (5, 6) with a through-hole (7) for receiving the respective support members (2, 3), which casing bodies (5, 6) can be joined together by way of a joining section (9) at a first end (11) of each casing body (5, 6), the opposing second end (13) of each casing body (5, 6) being provided with locking members (15, 16) for holding the support members (2, 3) fast. In a working position the locking member (15, 16) of at least one casing body (5, 6) produces an axial locking of the support member (2, 3) running through the casing body (5, 6) by way of a stop part (20) created on the support member (2, 3) within the area of the second end (13) of the casing body (5, 6).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stabilizing and lifting subsided slabs, flatwork, foundations of buildings or other structures, and, in particular, to the slab pier and bracket which are used in the repair and support of said subsided slabs, flatwork, foundations of building or other structures. The apparatus is advantageous in situations where extra support is needed for raising the subsided slabs, flatwork, foundations or buildings or other structures. In a specific embodiment, the subject method and apparatus can include a bracket, top piece, and pier column. In this embodiment, the subject apparatus can use these components as the means for lifting the subsided slab.

Abstract: An in-situ pile apparatus 10 includes a helical anchor to which a plurality of elongated generally cylindrically shaped sections can be added. Each of the sections has a specially shaped end portion for connecting to another section. An internal drive is positioned in sections inside the bore of each of the connectable pile sections. The internal drive includes enlarged sections that fit at the joint between pile sections. In one embodiment, the internal drive can be removed to leave a rod behind that defines reinforcement for an added material such as concrete. The rod also allows for a tension rod connection from the anchor tip to an upper portion attachment point.

Abstract: A holder is designed to receive a cutting insert intended for parting and grooving operations. The insert is clampable in a seat formed between a blade tongue and a clamping finger which respectively extend from lower and upper front parts of the holder. A gap separates those front parts in order to enable those parts to be forced towards each other by means of a clamping mechanism mounted in the holder. The clamping mechanism comprises a drawbar, a first end portion of which is movable within a bore formed in one of the front parts, and a second end portion of which is fixed in the other front part. The first end portion of the drawbar includes a head having a frusto-conical abutment surface. A tightening screw is threadedly mounted in the same front part as the head and is arranged to contact the abutment surface to displace the drawbar in a direction forcing the clamping finger and the tongue together to clamp the cutting insert in place.

Abstract: A debris collecting apparatus for use with ceiling cutting equipment for collecting debris resulting from the cutting of an opening in a ceiling. The debris collecting apparatus comprises a collection basket having an open upper end and a seal thereat for engaging the ceiling. A cutting blade extends through the basket and is oriented toward the open upper end. A position adjusting mechanism allows relative vertical position of the cutting blade and cutting basket to vary such that the collection basket to remain positioned against the ceiling as the cutting blade penetrates through the ceiling to ensure the collection of all debris, and allows the collection basket to remain stationary as the cutting blade rotates axially therethrough.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supporting a first machine part when a second machine part is subjected to force, the second machine part being mounted on the first machine part or being accommodated therein, in particular device for supporting a shaft (1) having a tension rod (2), which can be displaced in the axial direction, when the tension rod (2) is subjected to force, for example for changing parts of tools mounted on the shaft in automatic processing machines, a first adjustable component being provided for introducing a counterforce into the first machine part for the purpose of supporting the first machine part in a stable position, and a second adjustable component being provided for subjecting the second machine part to force.

Abstract: A transport container for unit goods, such as motorcycles, comprises a plastic base structure forming a base of the container; a plastic cover; columns; and a traction device or system. The columns are borne by the plastic base structure and bear the plastic cover and are connected in a positive lock to the plastic base structure and the plastic cover. The traction device or system tenses the plastic base structure and the plastic cover against the columns.

Abstract: A two-piece panel fastener includes a barrel-shaped metal retainer which holds a screw. The screw includes a threaded shaft and a plastic cap which has longitudinally-extending resilient fingers which engage the outer surface of the retainer to captivate the screw. The retainer has a chamfered top flange along its top edge, a circumferential bulge area around its outer surface approximately in the middle of its length, and a base at the bottom. Two circumferential valley regions of reduced diameter are located along the outer surface of the retainer. The first valley region is located between the chamfered top flange and the bulge area and the second is located between the bulge area and the base. When the fingers occupy either of the valley regions, the screw is captively held at either of two stable positions of retraction or extension. The retainer is preferably rigidly affixed to a circuit board by soldering a base flange at the bottom of the retainer to the top surface of the board.

Abstract: The present invention is a self-piercing rivet wherein the hollow shell has an external axial asymmetry wherein the asymmetry is with respect to the axis of rotation of the hollow shell. Once installed in a stack of sheets, the asymmetric self-piercing rivet prevents relative sheet rotation of the sheets relative to the axis because of rotational interference caused by the external axial asymmetry of the hollow shell.

Abstract: A self-unloading, bottom-discharge trailer and a discharge conveyor therefore, are provided. In a working position, the discharge conveyor transports material from a trailer container upwards beyond the rear of the trailer for depositing into storage. In a transport position, a rear section of the discharge conveyor is folded downwards into a substantially vertical position, resting against the rear of the trailer frame and not substantially protruding beyond the back of the trailer. The frame may include a recess sized to accommodate the rear section such that the rear section is substantially flush with the rear of the frame. Consequently, the trailer may remain in compliance with highway safety regulations.

Abstract: A conveyor system comprises a transfer assembly bridging a pair of side-by-side belt conveyors adapted to move articles in opposite directions. The transfer assembly comprises an air table including an air plate adapted to be mounted between the side-by-side belt conveyors. The air table further includes an inner guide and an outer guide defining a curved track in which the articles are constrained to pass while being transferred from one belt conveyor to the other. The curved track extends at opposed ends thereof over the side-by-side belt conveyors to cause a reorientation of the articles while the articles are still on the belt conveyors.

Abstract: An apparatus for stacking substantially rigid food portions in preparation for packaging, and without human intervention, including a conveyor for receiving and moving food portions, at least one counter for counting each of the food portions as the food portion is moved by the conveyor, and a rotary transporter having multiple generally right-angled notches for receiving food portions from the conveyor and moving the food portions into a stack. The conveyor, counter, and rotary transporter are cooperatively interconnected by a programmable computer so that a predetermined number of food portions is moved from the conveyor onto the transporter, where the transporter moves the food portions into a substantially horizontal stack of vertically oriented food portions.

Abstract: A method and system of relocating materials in shelf list order includes at least one book caddie, at least one conveyor section and at least one cart. The conveyor sections may be detachably coupled to extend the length of a plurality of shelves containing a collection of materials in shelf list order. The book caddies may be placed on the conveyor sections and sequentially filled with materials such that shelf list order of the materials is maintained. The book caddies may then be conveyed along the conveyor to the carts. Groups of the book caddies may be arranged on the carts to maintain shelf list order of the materials. The carts may be relocated to a new location. At the new location, the conveyor sections may again be detachably coupled and the book caddies may be sequentially removed from the carts and conveyed along the conveyor sections. The book caddies may be adjacently positioned on shelves and the material slid out to recreate the collection in shelf list order at the new location.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum pump which reduces a damaging torque produced when a rotor rotating at high-speed crashes into a screw stator or the like. The vacuum pump has a rigid ring disposed around the screw stator such that a shock load from the screw stator causes the rigid ring to rotate. When a brittle facture occurs in the rotor rotating at high-speed, for example, and a part of the rotor crashes into the screw stator, a rotating torque, i.e., a damaging torque causing the entire vacuum pump to rotate is likely to occur. However, this damaging torque is absorbed by the rotation of the rigid ring and eventually subsides.

Abstract: The invention recites a power turbine assembly including a turbine rotor and a plurality of turbine blades mounted to said rotor and adapted to rotate said rotor in response to a flow of hot gas over said blades. A support structure having a journal bearing and at least one other bearing supports said rotor for rotation, said journal bearing having a proximal end and a distal end with respect to said turbine blades. A supply of lubricant communicates with said journal bearing to provide lubricant between said rotor and an inner surface of said journal bearing, said lubricant damping rotational frequencies of said rotor and creating a temperature gradient from greater than about 1000° F. at said blades to less than about 350° F. at said distal end.

Abstract: A stator shroud segment is provided that includes an outer shroud having a leading edge groove and a trailing edge groove, both grooves of the outer shroud opening in a first, axial direction; and a plurality of inner shrouds each having a leading edge hook and a trailing edge hook. The hooks of the inner shrouds project in a second, axial direction, diametrically opposite the first axial direction and the leading and trailing hooks of each of the inner shrouds are respectively engaged with the leading and trailing edge grooves of the outer shroud so as to axially and radially lock the inner shrouds to the outer shroud. The assembly simplifies access to and removal of the inner shroud(s) without added complexity.

Abstract: One or more particle arrestors are mounted in a curved radial flow portion of a gas turbine starter annular flow passage, between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The one or more arrestor rings block line of sight paths between the turbine wheel and the annular flow passage outlet. Thus, the one or more arrestor rings substantially inhibit relatively high energy particles from exiting the turbine housing, thus substantially inhibiting collateral damage to surrounding equipment and structure.

Abstract: A vaned diffuser for a centrifugal compressor has provision for selectively adjusting the pitch of the vanes in order to accommodate variable load conditions. Each of the vanes is rotatable about a pivot pin near its leading edge and is engaged with an actuation member near its trailing edge. The actuation members are attached to a common ring which can be selectively rotated to move to the vanes in unison. The ring is supported by rollers at its outer periphery and is positioned at the outer periphery of a diffuser wall such that there is no forward facing step projecting into the flow stream. A throat is defined between adjacent vanes, and the pivot pin for each vane is located downstream of the throat on the pressure side of the vane to reduce turbulence in the flow at the throat.

Abstract: A jet aircraft fan case containment design that uses polyurethane to absorb fan blade fragments and uses polyurethane to prevent fan blade fragments from penetrating the fan case. The polyurethane is used in place of or to supplement KEVLAR® and/or fiberglass wraps used to contain fan blade fragments. The polyurethane is also used in place of aluminum alloy and stiffening ribs in the fan case.

Abstract: The invention relates to a blower, especially for a personal computer. The air of the invention is to reduce the noise produces by such a blower.

Abstract: A method of modifying a rotor blade, and a rotor blade are provided. The rotor blade is for a steam turbine and it is modified to facilitate altering a natural vibratory frequency of the rotor blade, the rotor blade includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall, wherein the first and second sidewalls are connected axially at the leading and trailing edges, and the sidewalls extending radially between a rotor blade root to a rotor blade tip. The method includes determining a vibratory resonance condition of the rotor blade and forming a blade extension between the rotor blade root and the rotor blade tip that alters the determined resonance condition.

Abstract: In a joining method for manufacturing a rotor blade by joining a plurality of members, the members are pressed so as to exert a predetermined pressure on the bonding interface. A pulse voltage is applied to the members to pass electric current therethrough, and the joint portion is heated by resistance heating generated at the bonding interface and in the bulk of the members to cause diffusion bonding and thereby to join the members to each other. With this method, good joining can be achieved without substantially changing the crystal structure and mechanical properties of the base metals.

Abstract: The present invention employs improved fan blade shapes to improve fan blade performance in one or more manners (i.e., increased fan efficiency, lower fan noise, greater fluid moving capability, and the like). In some embodiments, the fan blade has a front side, a rear side, an inner attachment portion, an outer edge, a curved leading edge and a curved trailing edge. The outer edge can define an arc between a forward position and a rearward position of the fan blade. In some embodiments, the leading edge extends outward and intercepts the arc of the outer edge at the forward position, and the trailing edge extends outward to the rearward position. Various angles, lengths, and other dimensions of the blade can have selected values to produce superior fan performance.

Abstract: A multifan-equipped apparatus in which a plurality of objects mounted are controllably cooled by blowing air using a fan-unit assembly composed of a plurality of fan units. The plural fan units are divided into a plurality of groups; the fan units in the same group are arranged in a queue. And one of the fan units of each group is a master fan unit that is autonomically adjustable in revolutions per minute (rpm) in accordance with a current apparatus-environment temperature and serves to make a tuning control on the rpm of at least one of the remaining fan units in the same group so as to adjust the rpm to a first estimated value corresponding to the autonomic-adjusted rpm of the master fan unit.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a pump for a dialysis system is provided. The pump includes a first chamber wall including a first aperture, a second chamber wall including a second aperture, a piston, at least a portion of which can move through the second aperture, the piston including a third aperture, and first and second membranes disposed between the first and second chambers walls. A vacuum can be applied through the first aperture to pull the first membrane towards the first chamber wall and can be applied through the third aperture to pull the second membrane towards the piston. The piston can thereafter move the second membrane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piston engine which is essentially comprised of an engine shaft and a set of modules, each of which comprises a cylinder and a piston powered by the engine shaft in the cylinder, each module resulting in vibratory excitation of the engine at a determined fundamental frequency. Rather than introducing phase differences between the various vibratory excitations, as is the case in prior art, the invention introduces a frequency offset between the fundamental frequencies thereof in order to avoid a high-amplitude vibration at a common excitation frequency, arising from the spectral spread thus obtained.

Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a fluid pump motor includes an electric motor for driving a pump head to pressurize a fluid. A liner is positioned in the motor air gap to prevent pressurized fluid from contacting one or more magnetic field producing elements of the stator. The liner includes a thin wall to minimize the air gap distance. The liner wall is made thin enough that, under loading of the pressurized fluid, the liner wall deforms and bears against one or more of the field producing elements of the stator for structural support. The liner is preferably fabricated as a single metal part using a deep drawing process that results in a can having opposed open and closed ends with a substantially uniform cross-section between the open and closed ends of the can.

Abstract: A vacuum pump (1) includes a housing (2) in which a suction inlet opening (5) is defined. A vibration absorber (7) includes a suspension body (8) and an absorber jacket (9). The housing (2) of the vacuum pump (1) is connected directly to one end of the suspension body (8) in vacuum-tight connection and an opposite end of the suspension body carries a connecting port (14). By connecting the suspension body directly with the housing without mechanically releasable interconnection elements, the overall height of the pump and suspension body assembly is reduced.

Abstract: A compressor for refrigerant, comprising a housing and a scroll compressor including a first compressor body in a stationary position in the housing, and a second compressor body which can move relative to the first compressor body. A drive for the second compressor body has a drive motor. A rear-side cooling chamber is arranged between the rear side of the first compressor body and a partition of the housing, which runs at a spacing from the rear side. At least one aperture in the base of the first compressor body is configured to cool the first compressor body in the region of the rear side. The second compressor body is configured to enable the refrigerant to wash around the compressor body in the region of the rear side, remote from the scroll ribs, to cool the second compressor body.