Abstract: A device, designed to be used in horse riding, includes hand grips linked to a collar enclosing a horse's neck. The hand grips are compact and do not hinder the use of reins, the element linking the hand grip to the collar partly consists of an elastic and the collar is fixed midway on the neck so as to allow the hands translational and lateral freedom. The device enables to avoid faulty handling on the experienced rider's part, enables the beginner to find the right balance and controls the horse's mouth.

Abstract: A horse blanket has a back portion and side portions that extend down from the back portions. The side portions couple to each other at a front chest area. The straps that couple the chest area side portions together are elasticized. A neck opening above the chest area is elasticized around the entire circumference. The areas of the blanket near the horse's front legs are also elasticized. The elastic portions allow the blanket to fit snuggly around the horse's neck and front area, while allowing flexibility for the horse to exercise.

Abstract: An apparatus for finely pulverizing lawn debris has a central drive shaft with a clutch driven by a gasoline or electrical power source. Lawn debris is drawn into a suction chamber by a fan impeller blade mounted on the central drive shaft. The fan impeller blade initiates pulverization of the debris. A grinding blade with a plurality of blade elements is mounted on the central drive shaft below the fan impeller blade and effects additional pulverization of the debris. A clutch is mounted next on the drive shaft followed by a distributing plate with a plurality of inclined apertures for dispensing a high velocity stream of the pulverized debris uniformly over a lawn from the rotating distributing plate. When the clutch is disengaged the distributing plate rotation is stopped and the finely pulverized garden debris is collected in a side collection chamber and is periodically emptied through a bottom discharge gate.

Abstract: A mid-mount mower including a body frame supported above the ground by front wheels and rear wheels, and a mower unit vertically movably suspended from the body frame between the front wheels and rear wheels. The mower unit includes a mower deck having a top board, and a front wall, side walls and a rear wall depending from the top board. The mower deck has a rearwardly opening recess formed in a sideways middle region at a rear end thereof. A mower input shaft is disposed on the top board for transmitting power to the rotary blades juxtaposed inside the mower deck to be rotatable about three vertical axes arranged sideways. The mower input shaft extends longitudinally of the body frame and has a rear connecting end. A PTO shaft is provided in a rear transmission mechanism that drives the rear wheels. The PTO shaft extends longitudinally of the body frame and has a forward connecting end.

Abstract: An agricultural crop processing machine, including a processing apparatus having a width; a crop pickup located forwardly of the crop processing apparatus and having a width greater than that of the crop processing apparatus; at least one auger having an axial core wherein the core has a drive wheel or sprocket at one end; and first and second bearing supports are disposed to journal the core and disposed inward of the drive wheel or sprocket. In a preferred embodiment, both bearing supports are inwardly disposed of the auger drive sprocket, which decreases the overall pickup width so as to increase the tine row-to-overall pickup width. A deflector plate acts as a bearing support and deflects crop material to allow for a shorter auger screw. A pickup cam drive wheel or sprocket and the auger drive wheel or sprocket are disposed in substantially the same plane.

Abstract: A pickup for an agricultural implement, the pickup including dual floating windguards that pivot and float causing the tines to maintain contact with the crop at all times as it moves over the pickup and across the stuffer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for detecting a thickening in a running thread. The thread runs through a forked guide element which is moved away from an initial position by a thickening in the thread, thereby triggering a signal. While the guide element is moved away, it allows the thread having the thickening to continue running and is then returned to its initial position.

Abstract: A fuel system having an ecology valve controlling liquid flow through a retention passage when pressurized liquid is passed through the valve is presented. The retention passage winds between the valve outlet and a cavity such that no matter which way the valve is oriented gravity alone is unable to drain liquid from the cavity to the outlet. The ecology valve serves to suction fuel from fuel nozzle passages upon engine shutdown. Fuel is temporarily stored in the cavity and the retention passage. The ecology valve also provides a fuel splitting function for providing a port geometry determined split between fuel nozzles in the fuel system.

Abstract: A method of controlling a gas turbine engine to provide protection against damaging pressure transients in the combustion process and to ensure compliance with emission requirements. Pressure fluctuations are monitored in a plurality of frequency ranges, and unacceptable pressure transients in different frequency ranges trigger different corrective actions. Unacceptable pressure transients in low and intermediate frequency ranges trigger a change in the pilot fuel fraction of a dual-mode combustor, while unacceptable pressure transients in a high frequency range trigger immediate power reduction in the engine. A control system for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of timers for defining consecutive time periods for alternate monitoring of pressure transients and not monitoring pressure transients. Corrective action is taken only if unacceptable pressure transients are detected in each of the monitored time periods.

Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a portable, combustion-engined, power tool and including feeding fuel into the combustion chamber of the power tool, before ignition, several times one after another in accordance with an intermittent metering operational mode, and a power tool including a control device (34, 64) for controlling operation of the fuel feeding device (32, 33) of the power tool so that the feeding device (32, 33) feeds the fuel into the combustion chamber (1) several times in accordance with the intermittent metering operational mode.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating electricity that uses at least one jet-type engine fueled with fissile material. The nuclear fueled jet engine is affixed to a connecting member that projects from a central, rotatable shaft, which is in engageable communication with an apparatus for converting the rotation of the central shaft to electricity, such as a stator and rotor combination. The engine is positioned so that the thrust produced by the jet engine causes the engine and connecting member to travel in a radial direction around the longitudinal axis of the central shaft, rotating the central shaft. As the central shaft rotates, the rotational motion of the central shaft is transmitted to conversion apparatus. An operating gas is used to cool the nuclear fueled jet engines and as the propellant for the jet engines.

Abstract: A shock wave reflector includes a number of reflective units positioned along a longitudinal direction and separated by a gap G. Each reflective unit has a length L. The length L and the gap G are governed by a relationship L+G??. The variable ? characterizes a cell size for a detonation mixture. A detonation chamber includes a receiving end, a discharge end, and a wall extending along a longitudinal direction between the receiving and discharge ends. The detonation chamber further includes a number of reflective units formed in the wall and positioned along the longitudinal direction. The reflective units are separated by a gap G, and each reflective unit has a length L.

Abstract: A catalyst degradation determining apparatus determines whether a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine has degraded. The apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires a degradation index value that changes in accordance with a degree of degradation of the catalyst. The controller corrects the degradation index value acquired, based on a factor that affects the degradation index value, so that the degradation index value becomes equal to a post-normalization index value that is a degradation index value acquired when the factor is a predetermined value. The controller also determines whether the catalyst has degraded, based on a result of comparison regarding whether the post-normalization index value is greater than a catalyst degradation criterion value.

Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust passage that branches into a first exhaust branch passage and a second exhaust branch passage, which join at downstream ends thereof into a common exhaust passage, a NOx catalyst disposed in each of the exhaust branch passages, a particulate filter disposed in the common exhaust passage and located downstream of a joining point of the exhaust branch passages, and flow control valves that control the amounts of exhaust gas flowing through the respective exhaust branch passages.

Abstract: An improved system for treating the aftertreatment of exhaust gases, especially from diesel engines, comprises a first catalyst (20) effective to oxidise hydrocarbons, a second catalyst (22) effective to convert NO to NO2, a trap (24) for particulates, on which particulates may combust with the NO2, and optionally a NOx absorption material (26).

Abstract: Stirling engine which may be used as a heat pump, which consists of a hot half and a cold half. Both halves are connected by two lines which constitute a counterflow heat exahnger or in which a counterflow heat exchanger is mounted. Moreover, a mutual shaft, to which in the hot half a large and a small piston are mounted and to which in the cold half a large and a small piston are mounted, connects both parts. For every up or down going movement of the shaft, a complete Stirling cycle is performed. If desired, the shaft may be replaced by a hydraulic interconnection.

Abstract: A heat transfer head (10) for a stirling engine is disclosed. The heat transfer head (10) comprises a plurality of external circumferential fins (30) projecting out from the heat transfer head (10). At least two of the adjacent fins (30) are arranged to be substantially parallel and such that some of the radiant heat received by one of the fins is reflected onto the other fin. A second set of fins (40) is provided above the circumferential fins. The second set of fins are arranged to enable combustion gases from a burner to pass upwards therebetween to enable heat to be absorbed from the passing combustion gases.

Abstract: A scratch drive actuator (SDA) device comprising a drive shoe and an actuator. The drive shoe has a first drive shoe position and a second drive shoe position and is configured to urge a shuttle from a first shuttle position to a second shuttle position. The actuator is coupled to the drive shoe and is configured to expand and contract in response to exposure to thermal energy, wherein the expansion and contraction of the actuator each urge the drive shoe towards a corresponding one of the first and second drive shoe positions.

Abstract: A supercharging apparatus for an engine comprising a high-pressure stage supercharger having a high-pressure stage turbine arranged in an exhaust gas passage of the engine and a high-pressure stage compressor that is arranged in an intake gas passage of the engine and is driven by the high-pressure stage turbine, and a low-pressure stage supercharger having a low-pressure stage turbine arranged in the exhaust gas passage on the downstream side of the high-pressure stage turbine and a low-pressure stage compressor that is arranged in the intake air passage on the upstream side of the high-pressure stage compressor and is driven by the low-pressure stage turbine, wherein the low-pressure stage compressor has a capacity larger than a capacity of the high-pressure stage compressor, and the low-pressure stage turbine has a capacity equal to, or smaller than, a capacity of the high-pressure stage turbine.

Abstract: An electrical energy-generating heat sink system is described herein that provides a convenient and economical method for continuously recharging an energy storage device in electronic devices.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of operating a combustion plant comprising at least a first gas turbine (26), a second turbine (34, 50) and a membrane reactor device (16) which comprises a membrane filter device (18) for separating oxygen from a gas mixture and a combustion space (19). A gas mixture containing oxygen is supplied to the membrane reactor device (16). At least some oxygen is separated from the gas mixture with the help of the membrane filter device (18). The separated oxygen is used at the combustion in the combustion space (19). The oxygen-depleted gas that is obtained after the separation of oxygen and which has not gone through a combustion process is used to run the first gas turbine (26). Combustion gases run the second turbine (34, 50). The invention also concerns a combustion plant for carrying out the method.

Abstract: The invention concerns a turbine arrangement comprising a gas turbine unit with a compressor (10), a combustion chamber (12) and a turbine expander (14). The turbine arrangement also has a first unit (20) for heat exchange and steam generation. This first unit (20) receives gas from the turbine expander (14). The first unit (20) comprises a first and a second gas flow path which are at least partly separated from each other. A supplementary combustion unit (32) is arranged to heat the gas in said first gas flow path. Further included is a steam turbine circuit with a steam turbine (30) which is driven with steam generated with the help of the first unit (20). A humidifying device (34) is arranged to add a liquid to a gas from the compressor (10) and a first conduit member (51) conducts humidified gas from the humidifying device (34) to the combustion chamber (12). The first gas conduit member (51) is arranged such that heating of the humidified gas is done with the first unit (20).

Abstract: A method for assembling a turbine engine including an exhaust diffuser extending aftward from exhaust casing, wherein the method includes coupling a relief diaphragm to the exhaust diffuser and coupling a guide system to the exhaust diffuser such that the guide system is radially inward from the relief diaphragm and defines at least a portion of the exhaust flow path through the exhaust diffuser.

Abstract: A power generating system having a hybrid gasification cycle, in which CO2 is recycled to a gasifier to be used as a gasification reactant and working fluid. The power generating system includes a source of fresh, pure oxygen, a gasifier, a particle separator arranged in flow connection with the gasifier, a syngas combustor, a gas turbine arranged in flow connection with the syngas combustor, a steam generator arranged in flow connection with the outlet of the gas turbine, and a gas compressor system which discharges a stream of compressed exhaust gas. A first portion of the stream of compressed exhaust gas is conducted to the gasifier to control the temperature in the gasifier, to provide CO2 and steam for gasification, and to decrease the demand for fresh, pure oxygen therein.

Abstract: The microturbine engine that is typically utilized to power an electrical generating system and/or boiler, chiller and the like includes a second boiler and a by-pass system for providing heated water at two different levels or where one of the boilers provides steam. The turbine exhaust is utilized as the heat transport medium and is directly connected to one of the boilers while the other is connected to the recuperator. The system can optionally provide cooling to the electrical and electronic components of the system by providing a water circuit for leading water into the electric and electronic components prior to feeding the boilers. The system is designed to assure that the delta heat difference between the medium being heated and the waste heat of the turbine is sufficient so that the heat exchange will be done efficiently.

Abstract: A turbine rotor includes a plurality of moving blades having cooling paths through which a refrigerant flows inside, a plurality of wheels having the moving blades mounted in the outer periphery thereof and at least one spacer member installed between the wheels. The spacer member has a plurality of flow paths through which a refrigerant flows after cooling the moving blades. The plurality of flow paths have flow paths interconnecting to the cooling paths in the moving blades on a first wheel adjacent the spacer member and interconnecting to a space formed on a side wall surface with which a second wheel adjacent the spacer member and the spacer member are in contact.

Abstract: Thermal transfer devices according to the present invention comprise electrocaloric materials that increase in temperature upon application of an applied voltage thereto and decrease in temperature upon removal of the applied voltage. In specific embodiments of the present invention, the electrocaloric materials, described in further detail below, are configured such that the respective increases and decreases in temperature of the electrocaloric material extend from about ?10° C. to about 50° C. As a result, thermal transfer devices according to the present invention are suitable for use in a wide variety of practical refrigeration applications. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.72(b), the purpose of this abstract is to enable the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract will not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.

Abstract: An operation control apparatus and method of a linear compressor are disclosed. The operation control apparatus includes: an ambient temperature sensor unit for sensing a temperature around a refrigerator; a second microcomputer for outputting a control signal according to a temperature statue of a temperatures sensing unit for sensing an inner temperature of the refrigerator; a load driving unit for receiving an ON/OFF control signal for driving a linear compressor from the second microcomputer and outputting a drive signal to the linear compressor; a relay switched by the driving signal and supplying an AC power to a motor of the linear compressor; and a power supply unit for converting the AC power into a DC power and supplying power to each unit inside the linear compressor.

Abstract: Food products are frozen or cooled within a housing chamber defined by side walls between an ceiling and floor and having a cryogen supply, a food products conveyor extending into the chamber disposed between the ceiling and floor, by transporting the food products on the conveyor; the chamber containing at least one impingement hood disposed above the conveyor; the impingement hood including a shell including a top, opposed edges and opposed side walls supporting an impinger containing openings. Gas and solid or liquid cryogen are mixed within the impingement hood, the mixture of gas and cryogen are directed to the impinger, and impingement jets of the mixture are directed through an impingement plate onto the food products transported on the conveyor.

Abstract: A compressor is controlled by generating and storing a compressor operation log. In addition, a compressor operation is selected from the compressor operation log in response to a sensor failure. Furthermore, the compressor is modulated according to the selected compressor operation in response to the sensor failure.

Abstract: A service device for a refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber, the device having an electric circuit portion and a mechanical portion. The electric circuit portion is connectable to the refrigerator outside the refrigerating chamber, and the mechanical portion is at least partly insertable inside the refrigerating chamber and cooperates with the electric circuit portion.

Abstract: An air conditioning module having all the necessary components for conditioning air, is so sized and arranged that when placed in an internal compartment of a bus, has its respective openings register with an existing return air duct and a supply air duct on the bus. The compartments and modules are so arranged that they can be paired in back-to-back relationship, with one on each side of a longitudinal center line of the bus. Each of the modules has an intermediate partition dividing the module into an upper evaporator section and a lower condensing section. A mixer flap is placed in an intermediate position with respect to the partition such that its position may be selectively adjusted to thereby vary the amount of fresh air and return air that is passed through the condenser coil and evaporator coil, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention is an air conditioner that is built into or hung from a ceiling and which employs a cross fin type of heat exchanger, in which the effective length of the heat exchanger is increased without increasing the size of the casing of the indoor unit. An indoor unit has a casing that supports the components of the indoor unit and in which an air suction port and air discharge ports are formed, a centrifugal fan disposed inside the casing for taking in air from the air suction port and discharging air out to the sides thereof, and a cross fin type of heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the air discharged from the centrifugal fan and disposed so that it surrounds the centrifugal fan. The heat exchanger has a plurality of concave portions that are formed such that they are near the outer circumferential portion of the centrifugal fan, and a plurality of convex portions that are formed such that the extend away from the outer circumferential portion of the centrifugal fan.

Abstract: A cooling system in which an electronic or other component is cooled by using one or more solid sources of liquid vapor in conjunction with one or more high-temperature vapor sorbents or desiccants that effectively transfer heat from the component to the fluid in the wellbore. The latent heats associated with phase changes and dehydration of a hydrate can provide substantial cooling capacity per unit volume of hydrate, which is particularly important in those applications where space is limited. According to the present invention, a sorption cooling and heating system is provided for use in a well, such as downhole tool which is in a drill string through which a drilling fluid flows, or in a downhole tool, which is on a wireline.

Abstract: A filter assembly for use with a gravity-assisted water saver system that sanitizes condensate from an air conditioning system with vapors released from dissolvable tablets, such as those used for treating swimming pool water or laundering purposes. It is compact and cleanable via a removable bottom cover, and it inner structure is configured to substantially reduce the likelihood of treatment vapors from the treatment chamber backing through the filter assembly and entering the connected air conditioning system from which condensate is collected. Applications can include, but are not limited to, use with systems that replenish water lost from swimming pools due to evaporation, and divert water for use in filling toilets, pressure washing, cleaning, and other gray water uses.

Abstract: A cooling unit adapted for use in a freezing mechanism, which is composed a metallic cylindrical evaporator housing and a metallic freezing pipe helically wound on an outer periphery of the evaporator housing for thermal contact with the evaporator housing, wherein the freezing pipe is embedded in a metal layer formed by slip casting of a low melting point alloy such as aluminum alloy, tin alloy or magnesium alloy on the outer periphery of the evaporator housing.

Abstract: An air conditioning device using a false ceiling (2) and ensuring air diffusion along walls by providing intake of treated air into a volume created by the gap between the ceiling (1), the sealed false ceiling (2) and the walls (3), comprising spacers (4) between the wall and the section (6) fixing on edge the false ceiling, of slight width parallel to the wall and uniformly spaced, the spacers, fixed on the wall or on the section fixing on edge the false ceiling, providing a gap between the wall and the false ceiling, so as to enable air diffusion over the entire periphery of the premises. The device is provided with one or several beads (7) clipped between the section and the wall so as to close the gap in the zones where air diffusion should be blocked.

Abstract: In a receiver-drier including a cylindrical body and a lower cap sealing a lower end portion of the body, the body includes a filter support portion sectioning the body into upper and lower portions and having at least one inwardly protruding portion supporting an upper end portion of the filter accommodated in the lower portion of the body, at least one refrigerant inlet formed in the upper portion of the body, a coupling portion formed by inwardly pressing the body between the filter support portion and the lower end portion of the body so that an inner surface of the pressed body is coupled to the lower cap, and at least one refrigerant outlet disposed between the filter support portion and the coupling portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning fluid for a refrigeration plant, characterized in that it comprises a cleaning oil mixed with a liquefied carrier gas with which it forms, by expansion, a cleaning foam, for example the oil is a POE or a PAG and the gas is R134a. The invention also relates to a cleaning method. This comprises the following steps: the step of creating a foam from the oil and a liquefied gas in which it is at least partly miscible; the step of making the foam circulate in the said component; and the step of extracting the foam. In particular, the plant is rinsed with the gas separated from the cleaning foam, in order to remove the oil residues.

Abstract: An absorption cooling machine of the type which uses a refrigerant and an absorbent and which includes a high stage generator, absorber, condenser, heat exchangers, and an evaporator and means for connecting the components to one another to form a closed absorption cooling system. The solution side of the high stage generator is fluidically divided into two sections with a partition plate whereby gas exiting one section at relatively high temperature is further cooled in a second section called a flue gas recuperator (FGR) to improve overall burner efficiency.

Abstract: In an ejector cycle with an ejector including a nozzle for decompressing refrigerant, a variable throttle device is disposed upstream from the nozzle to decompress and expand high-pressure refrigerant flowing from a condenser. For example, the variable throttle device decompresses the high-pressure refrigerant in a gas-liquid two-phase state at an upstream position from the nozzle of the ejector. In addition, the variable throttle device includes a back pressure chamber having an inner pressure that changes by sensing a refrigerant temperature at a refrigerant outlet side of an evaporator, and a pressure introducing means for introducing a refrigerant pressure of a refrigerant outlet side of the evaporator to a side opposite to the back pressure chamber with respect to a diaphragm. Therefore, a pressure difference between the back pressure chamber and the side opposite to the back pressure chamber can be made smaller.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range by using an expander which is operated in accordance with a flowing direction of refrigerant. An expander used in a refrigeration cycle uses carbon dioxide as refrigerant and has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger and an indoor heat exchanger. The expander comprises a cylindrical cylinder, a rotor which rotates in the cylinder, a vane which divides an expansion space formed between an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor into a plurality of spaces, and a vane groove provided in the rotor for accommodating the vane therein. The vane groove is provided with a back pressure chamber which pushes the vane against the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and the refrigerant in the supercritical state is introduced into the back pressure chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for removing scratches from a planar panel of translucent or transparent material, such as glass, without removal from its frame. A heat source supplying a controlled amount of heat is moved across the surface of the planar panel at a controlled velocity and at a controlled distance from the surface so as to progressively melt a thin surface layer at portions of the surface heated by the moving heat source. The melted material re-flows under surface tension to smooth scratches in the surface layer. Movement of the heat source is repeated over different portions of the surface until all scratched areas have been treated. The treated panels have a smooth surface with scratches removed, and have good optical and structural qualities.

Abstract: A controlled method for an energy-saving and energy-releasing air conditioning discloses the energy-saving and energy-releasing actions performed by the two adjoined heat exchangers of the storage means. The feature of this design is to meet refrigerating and heat-produced requirements by using the controlled method of the present invention. Automatically adjusting the refrigerant flow rates of the first and the second circular refrigerant loops can place it into the optimum operational condition while central air conditioner is either under high loading or under low loading condition.

Abstract: In a magnetic recording medium, surface roughness of a glass substrate and the variation of the surface roughness are suppressed to the predetermined range. Namely, the surface roughness (Rmax, Ra, Rq) and the relation (Rmax/Ra) between Rmax and Ra are restricted to the predetermined range. In this event, Ra is representative of a center-line mean roughness, Rmax is defined as a maximum height representative of a difference between a highest point and a lowest point and Rq is representative of a root mean square roughness. Thereby, crystal grains of an underlying layer and a magnetic layer formed thereon are equalized. Specifically, the surface roughness is specified by Rmax?15 nm, Ra?1 nm and Rq?1.5 nm. Further, the ratio between the surface roughness Rmax and the surface roughness Ra is specified by Rmax/Ra?30.

Abstract: An optical fiber is prepared by applying a liquid electron beam-curable resin composition to a bare optical fiber or a coated optical fiber having a primary or secondary coating on a bare optical fiber, irradiating electron beams to the resin composition on the optical fiber for curing while the optical fiber passes a zone under substantially atmospheric pressure, and providing a magnetic field and optionally an electric field in the zone for thereby improving the efficiency of electron irradiation. The method can comply with the increased drawing speed of the bare optical fiber and does not detract from the transmission properties of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A padlock for luggage that can be operated by setting a combination or by inserting and turning a key is provided with an indicator that normally displays a first state when the lock being used in a normal way as a combination operated luggage padlock, but which displays a second state if the padlock has been opened by government inspectors utilizing a key for purposes of inspecting contents of the luggage. The indicator can be reset from a display of the second state to a display of the first state only after the padlock has been opened utilizing a combination known to the owner. The indicator is movable between first and second positions, and has first and second surfaces of different appearance, one or the other of which is displayed through a window of the housing depending on whether the indicator is in the first position or the second position.

Abstract: A walk-in freezer door system has a doorjamb with sheets of metal covering a body of thermal insulation. A door is mounted to the doorjamb. A deadbolt housing is mounted to the outside of the doorjamb with a deadbolt mounted for reciprocal movement within the housing between a door locked and a door unlocked position. A handle is rotatably positioned inside of the doorjamb from which a shaft extends into the deadbolt housing and into operative association with the deadbolt. A longitudinal portion of the handle shaft is made of a low thermal conductive plastic. A keeper is mounted to the door in a position to receive the deadbolt with the door located within the doorjamb.

Abstract: A tool for remotely turning a key includes a key unit including an engagement assembly adapted to engage the key and an operator unit including a control assembly. At least one cable segment is provided linking the key unit and the operator unit such that the engagement assembly can be mechanically rotated via the cable segment by manipulation of the control assembly to thereby rotate the key when the key is engaged by the engagement assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for a vehicle comprising a lock, a drive for determining the locking state of the locking device, by means of which the locking device may be placed in at least four different locking states and a rotating shaped disc on the drive, which may be rotated by the drive to determine the individual locking states, whereby the individual locking states are each assigned a particular angular position for the shaped disc. According to the invention, the shaped disc (1) is of such a form that said disc may be taken from each angular position, corresponding to one of the various states (V, K, S) and different to the unlocked state (E), without a third locking state occurring on performing the above.