Abstract: The invention relates to a set of components configured to form an animal processing station, the set of components including at least two side panels which, when assembled, define two opposite sides of the animal processing station, and a base panel, wherein the base panel is configured to removably interlock, either directly or indirectly, with at least two diagonally opposite ends of the opposite side panels and wherein at least one of the panels is formed from a reinforced moulded material.

Abstract: A pet grooming tool comprises a pet engageable portion formed of polymeric material and having a plurality of teeth. A method of forming a pet grooming tool comprises molding a pet engageable portion out of a first polymeric material and thereafter over-molding a handle portion to the pet engageable portion.

Abstract: An interconnected ring chain comprises a first ring comprising a biologically degradable material and having a first shape and a second ring comprising a biologically degradable material and having a second shape and interconnected with the first ring such that the first and second rings are both movable and substantially inseparable relative to each other. Each ring may be solid (continuous) or non-solid (discontinuous) such that the rings may be interconnected by mechanical or non-mechanical methods. A chain may be formed from rings having the same or various shapes.

Abstract: Hot Water Reclaimer is a heat exchanger that re-circulates water coming from a shower drain or the like to help warm cold water before it enters a hot water heater. The preferred embodiment of Hot Water Reclaimer is comprised of at least some of the following: a heat exchanger, a wastewater inlet tube, a wastewater outlet tube, a wastewater bypass tube, a wastewater inlet valve, a wastewater outlet valve, a wastewater bypass valve, a drain plug, a weep drain tube, a fresh water inlet tube, a fresh water outlet tube, a freshwater bypass tube, a fresh water inlet valve, a freshwater outlet valve, a freshwater bypass valve, a clean-out drain tube, a sewer tube and a clean-out drain valve.

Abstract: A water heater including a water container; a combustion chamber adjacent the water container; a burner associated with the combustion chamber and arranged to combust fuel to heat water in the container, the burner having a combustion surface and adapted to receive fuel; and a pilot burner including an orifice tube, an outer elongated sheath substantially concentrically positioned around at least a portion of the orifice tube and creating a space between the orifice tube and the sheath, and at least one opening sized and shaped to admit combustion air through the sheath and into the space.

Abstract: A head for an air-cooled engine having at least two cylinders, each cylinder having a longitudinal axis, the head having a rocker arm mounted to rotate about a rocker arm axis in the head, the head further including an intake port and an exhaust port, and the head mounted on a first cylinder of the two cylinders to define a combustion chamber, the head having at least two fins, each fin having a height-to-thickness ratio of greater than or equal to 5, each fin having a length that is at least 5 times the distance between the at least two fins at a location on the head that is between the first cylinder and the rocker arm axis on the head, and each fin positioned on the head with the fin length oriented along an axis that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating device that actuates engine valves, comprising magnetizing means, a spring having a fixed end connected to an adjustable stop and having a moving end connected to the valve (1). The adjustable stop comprises meshing means (26) that can interact with a control element (8, 10) whereby enabling the tare of the spring to be adjusted, and comprises an orifice (11) located between the adjustable stops of the two valves (1) of the same pair and serving to accommodate the control element (8, 10). The invention is characterized in that the control element (8, 10) comprises positioning means (12) that interact with complementary means (13) whereby making it possible to locate two stable positions respectively corresponding to the meshing positions with the two adjustable stops of the two valves (1) and to immobilize the control element (8, 10) in these positions.

Abstract: In a case of switching the control mode between the reference timing control mode and the F/B control mode, when an engine speed is grater than or equal to a predetermined speed, and when target advanced amount of intake valve timing is lower than a switching threshold (vicinity of the most retarded timing), an intake VCT is switched into the reference timing control mode. And when engine speed is more than the predetermined rotating speed, and when the target retarded amount of exhaust valve timing is less than the switching threshold (vicinity of the most advanced timing), an exhaust VCT is switched to the reference timing control mode.

Abstract: In a method and device for adjusting an electro-dynamic brake of an electric camshaft adjuster for a phase angle adjustment of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to the crankshaft thereof, the phase angle is controlled by means of a position controller and the adjustment speed of the phase angle of the camshaft with respect to the crankshaft is controlled by means of an adjustment speed controller by controlling the current through the electro-dynamic brake by means of a further adjustment device and the use of Pilot controls to improve the control behavior of the cascade controller.

Abstract: To reduce the cost of an ignition plug tube by making it of a cylindrical member and to provide a simple structure having only a small number of parts for mounting the ignition plug tube. A mounting structure of an ignition plug tube that is made of a cylindrical member includes a sealing member made of a soft member fitted to a cylinder head cover. The sealing member is interposed between the cylinder head cover and the ignition plug tube. The ignition plug tube is fixed and supported between an ignition plug plughole formed in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and the cylinder head cover.

Abstract: A method for producing a spark plug, the spark plug including: a center electrode; an insulator which holds the center electrode therein in a state where a tip end portion of the center electrode protrudes therefrom; a metal shell which holds the insulator therein; a ground electrode which is fixed to the metal shell, the ground electrode having an inner side face having a width that is smaller as it advances toward a tip end side, in a portion of the inner side face positioned between a pair of tapered faces; and a discharge portion which is bonded to the inner side face of the ground electrode by laser welding so as to attain a diameter of 0.8 mm or less and a height of 0.5 mm or more, a discharge gap being formed between the discharge portion and the tip end portion of said center electrode, the method including: forming the tapered faces before the discharge portion is laser-welded to the inner side face.

Abstract: Described herein is a variable-geometry intake manifold for an internal-combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: at least one intake pipe, which connects the intake manifold to at least one cylinder of the internal-combustion engine; a partialization device for varying the geometry of the intake manifold that has at least one partialization body, which is set inside the intake pipe and is provided with a shaft mounted so that it can rotate about an axis of rotation; and at least one angular-position sensor, which is designed to determine the angular position of the shaft about the axis of rotation and has a permanent magnet fixed on the shaft, and a reader, which is designed to read the orientation of the permanent magnet and is set on the outside of the intake pipe in the proximity of a wall of the intake pipe itself and in the proximity of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: An intake air control system of a V-type internal combustion engine is arranged in a V-shaped space defined between front and rear banks of the engine. The intake air control system includes front and rear throttle bodies having front and rear throttle valves thereon, and a plurality of electrically-operated actuators which drive the throttle valves. The electrically-operated actuators are arranged between the front and rear banks. The arrangement of the electrically-operated actuators prevents overheating thereof, and provides a storing space for disposing auxiliary equipment in a lower portion of the V-shaped space. The front bank includes an opening formed therein which directs wind towards the electrically-operated actuators disposed in the V-shaped space during operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A valve operating mechanism includes a valve body provided at an air passage of an internal combustion engine, an actuator causing the valve body to rotate so as to adjust a cross-sectional area of the air passage, a shaft body supporting the valve body, a link member connected to the shaft body and integrally rotating with the valve body, an actuator rod rotatably connected to the link member and transmitting a driving force of the actuator to the link member, and a biasing member arranged between the link member and the actuator rod and biasing the link member and the actuator rod so as to contact each other.

Abstract: An HCCI engine has the ability to operate over a large load range by utilizing a lower cetane distillate diesel fuel to increase ignition delay. This permits more stable operation at high loads by avoidance of premature combustion before top dead center. During low load conditions, a portion of the engines cylinders are deactivated so that the remaining cylinders can operate at a pseudo higher load while the overall engine exhibits behavior typical of a relatively low load.

Abstract: In a control arrangement with a control unit for activating and deactivating cylinders of a multi-cyliner internal combustion engine including throttle units assigned to the various cylinders of the internal combustion engine, the control unit provides for opening and/or closing of the throttle units assigned to the cylinder during the switching process in accordance with a predetermined timing function.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine features a stator containing a rotor mounted on a driveshaft, the rotor and a hollow interior of the stator each being cylindrical in shape and circular in cross section. An air and fuel intake communicates with the stator interior and a spark plug provide sparks within combustion chambers, each formed by a cavity in the rotor and a respective seal disposed thereabout to seal with the stator. An exhaust outtake is spaced about the driveshaft from the air and fuel intake and the spark plug. Combustion of the fuel introduced to the cavities by the air and fuel intake after ignition by the spark plug drives rotation of the rotor and drive shaft in a predetermined direction to pass the cavity through fluid communication with the exhaust outtake and once again reach the air and fuel intake to repeat the rotation.

Abstract: A throttle body (2) includes a resin main body (3) defining a bore (7) through which intake air flows, a valve body (60) having a shaft part (20) rotatably supported by the resin body (3) and a valve part (4) for opening and closing the bore (7) of the main body (3), and a resin cover body (40) attached to the main body (3). The cover body (4) is attached to the main body (3) by welding.

Abstract: An intake apparatus 100 includes a bore 102 and a throttle valve 104. A coating film 110 in which a lipophilic component and an oil-repellent component are dispersed is formed on at least one of an outer peripheral end surface 104a of the throttle valve 104 and a facing surface 102a of the bore 102 which faces the throttle valve 104.

Abstract: To improve maintenance workability of fuel injection valves in multiple throttle bodies, a distribution member (D) is provided with a fuel distribution path (3) communicating with a fuel inflow path (8), throttle body mounting holes (7, 7) and injection valve support member mounting holes (6, 6), injection valve support members (S, S) are provided with injection valve support bosses (12, 12), the distribution member (D) is screwed to the one and other side throttle bodies (T1, T2) via the throttle body mounting holes (7, 7), the other side end surfaces (11, 11) of the injection valve support members (S, S) are screwed on one and the other side end surfaces (1, 2) of the distribution member (D), and the other and one side fuel injection valves (Ja, Jb) are held by the injection valve support members (S, S) and the other and one side throttle body (T2, T1) respectively.

Abstract: An ECU executes a program sets a driver requested torque based on the accelerator operation amount, and sets a torque-boost amount so that the torque-boost amount increases as the driver requested torque increases, until the driver requested torque exceeds a predetermined torque T(0). When the driver requested torque exceeds the predetermined torque T(0), the torque-boost amount decreases as the driver requested torque increases. However, the torque obtained by adding the torque-boost amount to the driver requested torque increases as the accelerator operation amount increases.

Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of not only reliably suppressing post injection for regenerating a filter from causing oil dilution, but also enabling execution of the post injection to a maximum possible extent. The filter is provided in the exhaust system of the engine, for collecting particulates from exhaust gases. An ECU carries out the post injection for additionally injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine after a combustion stroke of the engine to thereby perform a regeneration operation for regenerating the filter. A vehicle speed sensor detects a travel distance of a vehicle on which the engine is installed, and the ECU calculates a post injection allowable amount such that the post injection allowable amount increases in accordance with increase in the detected travel distance.

Abstract: A common rail fuel injection system having a low-pressure region from which a high-pressure fuel pump acts on fuel with high pressure and delivers it to a high-pressure fuel accumulator from which fuel is supplied to injectors that inject the highly pressurized fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine in which the high-pressure pump, the high-pressure fuel accumulator, and the injectors are associated with a high-pressure region. In order to avoid undesirable delays in the starting of the internal combustion engine, a check valve device is connected between the low-pressure region and the high-pressure region so that when a negative pressure is generated in the high-pressure region, fuel flows from the low-pressure region into the high-pressure region.

Abstract: A fuel injector (1) in an internal combustion engine, wherein an intermediate chamber control valve (26) operated by the fuel pressure in a common rail (2) is arranged in a fuel flow passage (25) connecting a two-position switching type three-way valve (8) and an intermediate chamber (20) of a booster piston (17). When the fuel pressure in the common rail (2) is in a high pressure side fuel region, the booster piston (17) is operated by this intermediate chamber control valve (26), while when the fuel pressure in the common rail (2) is in a low pressure side fuel region, the operation of the booster piston (17) is stopped by this intermediate chamber control valve (26).

Abstract: A common rail injector having an injector housing with a fuel inlet connected to a central high-pressure fuel source outside the injector housing and to a pressure chamber inside the injector housing from which pressure chamber depending on the pressure in a control chamber fuel is injected when a nozzle needle lifts away from its seat and in which the pressure in the control chamber is controlled in a direct, inverse fashion by an actuator in particular a piezoelectric actuator. The combustion chamber end of the actuator or an actuator head provided on the actuator is guided in actuator guide section of a coupler sleeve, which has a larger inner diameter than a nozzle needle guide section of the coupler sleeve in which the end of the nozzle needle oriented away from the combustion chamber is guided.

Abstract: A joint for a gas turbine fuel injector, the joint comprises a housing for supporting a fuel injector, a first tube terminating within the housing and a second tube. The housing at least partially encloses an adaptor having a bore, with one end of the first tube and one end of the second tube being located within opposing ends of the bore. First sealing means are provided between the outside of the first tube and the adaptor bore, second sealing means are provided between the outside of the second tube and the adaptor bore and third sealing means are provided between the outside of the adaptor and the housing. The joint is particularly suitable for conduits carrying a relatively cold fluid mounted in a relatively hot housing.

Abstract: A fuel injector includes a seat, a movable member cooperating with the seat, and an orifice plate. The orifice plate includes a member and an orifice penetrating the member. The member includes first and second generally parallel surfaces. The first surface generally confronts the valve seat, and the second surface faces opposite the first surface. The orifice is defined by a wall that couples the first and second surfaces. The wall includes a first portion that extends from the first surface and a second portion extending between the first portion and the second surface. The first portion of the wall extends at a first oblique angle with respect to the first surface, and the first oblique angle varies so as to define an asymmetrical chamfer. The second portion of the wall defines a cylinder extending along an axis at a second oblique angle with respect to the second surface.

Abstract: A first valve port 12 is so set as to have the seal diameter X smaller compared with that of a second valve port 14. Because the pressure reception area of a first valve body port 16 is small, the attachment force of the first valve body portion 16 is reduced with respect to a valve seat 12a. It thus becomes possible to open the first valve port 12 as the attachment of the first valve body portion 16 is released with respect to the valve seat 12a without increasing the weight of the float 15. After the first valve port 12 is opened, the pressure difference is reduced between inside of a fuel tank 20 and a connecting pipe on the side of a canister, and the attachment force acting on a second valve body portion 22 is also reduced. In this manner, the second valve body portion 22 is opened with certainty. As a result, it becomes possible to go through the operation of opening the second valve port 14 that is larger in diameter than the first valve port 12 without increasing the weight of a sub float 21.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a vapor-liquid separator capable of improving a dischargeability of a separated liquid and of suppressing a reversed flow. The present vapor-liquid separator (1) comprises a cylindrical separator main body (2), an introducing part (3) for introducing the vapor-liquid mixed fluid into the separator main body (2) in the tangential direction, a liquid discharging part (4) for discharging a separated liquid, a gas exhausting part (5) for exhausting the separated gas, a storing part (7) for storing a liquid passed through the liquid discharging part (4), a stored-liquid discharging part (9) provided in the storing part (7) to discharge a stored liquid and a communicating part (11) for communicating the storing part (7) with an upstream side of a vapor-liquid separation region of the separator main body (2) and/or the introducing part (3).

Abstract: Method and group for feeding LPG to an internal combustion engine according to which during some engine operation instants the temperature of the LPG fed to injectors is determined and, for each temperature value, a correspondent value of a maximum optimal pressure is determined so that LPG remains in gaseous phase; an incoming LPG real pressure to the injectors is adjusted so that it is substantially the same of maximum optimal determined pressure and the gas flow from injectors is controlled according to the adjusted effective pressure of engine inlet camera and of the LPG temperature.

Abstract: An exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) valve includes a rotary drive. The rotary drive includes a cam member that has a cam profile. The rotary drive permits operation of a valve member that can be rotated around a rotational shaft. During the course of a closing movement, the EGR valve can, toward the end of the closing movement, move towards a valve seat in a direction that is generally parallel to a direction of flow through the valve seat.

Abstract: An ignition coil device for an internal combustion engine, which has a superior waterproof property and can be reduced in size and easily produced. An annular seal rubber (2) is mounted to the lower side of an ignition coil device (1). An annular projection (2a) is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. A substantially L-shaped groove for forming an air path (4) is formed in a part of a coil case (1a). The air path (4) is formed by mounting the seal rubber (2) into the groove, enabling the inside and the outside of the plug hole to communicate with each other. A thin film resin member (3) with a porous structure being permeable to gas but not to liquid is fixedly bonded to an inlet (4a) of the air path (4) to prevent water from entering the plug hole. Those features realize the ignition coil device for the internal combustion engine, which has a superior waterproof property and can be reduced in size and easily produced.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to apparatuses and methods for supporting bow limbs. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a T-shaped insert is inserted into each prong of a forked limb of an archery bow. An axle on which a cam is mounted passes through each insert in the forked limb. Each such insert helps to redistribute the load exerted by the axle in a manner so that the limb can better withstand the load thereby extending the useful life of the bow.

Abstract: An airsoft gun magazine allowing smooth, convenient, and efficient way to continuous drive the ratchet for fast delivering multiple projectiles including ball and paintball bullets one after another is comprised of an outer case containing an integrated magazine casings, and ratchet, dialer, coil spring, active gear, passive gear and deflection gear below the magazine casing; an inlet on top of the magazine casing and a guide channel extending up to its top; the revolving ratchet delivering torque energy to be stored in the coil spring to drive the dialer; an insertion hole disposed externally to the center of the ratchet and being incorporated to the magazine casing and exposed out of the outer case; and a key placed into the insertion hole to continuously drive the ratchet to revolve.

Abstract: A cooking stove in which heat exchange between combustion gas and the bottom surface of a cooking container is sufficiently conducted and heat exchange efficiency is improved is provided. On a top plate 2, a plate 7 that supports a cooking container P is arranged concentrically with the burner head 5 of the burner 4 viewed from above. This plate 7 is disc-shaped where an opening 8 which is larger than the burner head 5 is defined at the center. Moreover, eight protrusions 9, 9 . . . having an angular cross section where slopes become gentler as they extend toward the outer circumferential side are spirally arranged around the opening 8 viewed from above, and these protrusions 9 are formed by press forming.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a cooking oven, which is provided with a cooking cavity and a door adapted to close it, wherein such door is provided with an outer frame and one or more glass panes supported by such frame along the periphery thereof, wherein on the surface of at least one of said glass panes there are applied heating means, which comprise a layer of substantially clear, i.e. transparent resistive material, means adapted to connect two sides of such layer of resistive material to appropriate terminals energizable by an electric voltage supplied from a source available inside said oven. Said layer of resistive material is applied along a vertical strip extending centrally on the glass pane on which it is applied. At the two opposite edges of said vertical strip there are provided two respective conductive members, or bus bars, each one of which is electrically connected to the respective edge.

Abstract: To provide a heat generating body which is able to relax symptoms such as stiff shoulder, low-back pain, muscular fatigue, menstrual pain, a symptom of poor circulation and in particular, can be suitably used for relaxation of a symptom of menstrual pain. A heat generating body wherein a heat generating composition molded body resulting from molding a moldable heat generating composition containing surplus water as a connecting substance is interposed between packaging materials and the periphery of the heat generating composition molded body is heat sealed, which is characterized in that the packaging materials are each constituted of a substrate and a covering material; that the substrate is substantially planar and does not have an accommodating pocket; that the packaging materials each has a bending resistance of not more than 100 mm; that the packaging materials are each a non-elastic body at least at a temperature between 25° C. and 60° C., has a breaking strength of 500 g/mm2 or more at 25° C.

Abstract: There is provided an active iron powder which is suitable as a raw material of a heat generating body, is excellent in rising properties of a heat generating composition and is excellent in economy. The invention is concerned with an active iron powder to be contained in a heat generating composition capable of generating heat upon contact with air, characterized in that an amount of wustite to be contained in an iron powder is from 5.01 to 50% by weight in terms of an X-ray peak intensity ratio to iron.

Abstract: A low depth telescoping downdraft ventilator controlled by an electronic controller providing a precisely controlled and efficient way of removing gases and fumes is disclosed. The low depth telescoping downdraft ventilator has the ability to fit behind a built-in oven placed below a cook top unit. The telescoping downdraft ventilator has an almost infinitely selectable range of heights above a cook top with a built in oven. The ventilator collects and draws in exhaust fumes and smoke, filters it and re-circulates or expels it either outdoors or indoors. The inner member of the telescoping ventilator may house the exhaust fans and may move up or down without the use of mechanical switches for elevation detection and stopping. The ventilator may have sensors to detect temperatures, filter change need, fan speeds, telescoping stop points, energy consumption, resistance and voltage, enabling programmable set point operation.

Abstract: In a portable heating assembly, in which a heating utensil is supported on an upper surface of a utensil support, there is included a heat transfer element attached to a bottom surface of the heating utensil for both enhancing the heat transfer to the heating utensil and centering the heating utensil on the utensil support by engaging the periphery of the utensil support. Various shapes and placement configurations are provided with the heat transfer element being placed on either the radially inner or the radially outer side of the utensil support. Accommodation is also made for storage of the various components within the internal confines of the heating utensil.

Abstract: There is provided an ejection liquid which can be ejected stably by an inkjet method even in the case of containing at least one of proteins and peptides and is provided a method and device of discharging a liquid containing at least one of proteins and peptides, which use the ejection liquid. The ejection liquid to be ejected from ejection orifice by an inkjet method contains at least one selected from proteins and peptides, a benzalkonium chloride and a liquid medium.

Abstract: What is described is a means for creating bimodal particle size distribution that targets both nasal cavity and pulmonary regions for drug delivery.

Abstract: A dispenser includes a dispenser housing, an indicating device connected to the dispenser housing and a container removably engaged with the dispenser housing. The container and the dispenser housing remain connected as the container is moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position relative to the dispenser housing. The dispenser housing includes an upper portion pivotally connected to a lower portion.

Abstract: A nasal passage washing device includes a pliable body including an open top; and an applicator cap removably attached to the pliable body to cover and uncover the open top. The applicator cap includes an applicator tip having a substantially frustoconical configuration sized and shaped for receipt at least partially within a nostril of a user for sealing engagement therewith, the applicator tip including a hole to transfer washing solution there through, a washing solution transfer tube in communication with the hole of the applicator tip and a bottom of an inside of the pliable body to transfer washing solution from the bottom of the inside of the pliable body to the hole of the applicator tip, and a one-way air valve that only allows air flow into the pliable body through the one-way air valve and does not allow air flow and washing solution flow out of the pliable body through the one-way air valve.

Abstract: A metered dose inhaler for delivering a pharmaceutical aerosol formulation comprises a canister containing the pharmaceutical aerosol formulation therein; a ferrule attached to said canister, the ferrule comprising a valve body having at least one opening therein to allow a quantity of the pharmaceutical aerosol formulation to pass from the container into the valve; and a polymeric film positioned between the ferrule and the canister, the polymeric film being present so as to serve as a moisture barrier relative to said canister.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tracheostoma spacer with a tubular support framework. The support framework can be expand from an initial state to a supporting state of increased diameter and has a fixing element at the ends. The tracheostoma spacer is intended for use as a spacer in a tracheostoma (an opening in the trachea). The invention further relates to a device for inserting a tracheostoma spacer into a tracheostoma with a cutting instrument in the form of a trocar, the tracheostoma spacer being able to be positioned on the shaft of said trocar. A cover sleeve is also provided which can be moved on the shaft over a tracheostoma spacer positioned there.

Abstract: Device for rapidly attaching and suspending in an articulated manner breather pipes on the strap of diving goggles. Said device comprises a part able to be attached in the manner of a sleeve to the strap of the diving goggles and provided with a box-shaped lug having an end wall with a hole in the centre and an elastic split ring part with two slightly splayed ends which has, in the separation zone, two pins with a semi-circular cross-section and enlarged heads projecting radially outwards from said ring, so that when the elastic split ring is compressed they are united, forming a head which is able to pass through the hole of said lug, said pins being again spaced elastically after passing through, so as to prevent the head from coming out of the hole of the end wall of said box-shaped part.

Abstract: An underwater exhaust system and method which includes an exhaust valve having a sealing edge, an exhaust outlet for exiting an exhaust gas, and a bubble deflector for directing water flow away from the exhaust valve. The exhaust valve includes a valve head and a valve stem, the valve stem being coupled with the valve head. The system and method prevent a siphoning effect, whereby leakage of water through the exhaust valve is minimized or prevented.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for administering xenon and/or a xenon-containing medium, especially a xenon-containing gas mixture, to a patient, whereby said patient is connected to an inhalation cycle and to a cardio-pulmonary bypass cycle (CPB cycle). According to the invention, the device comprises a) at least one source (X) for xenon and/or for a xenon-containing medium, b) at least one supply unit for xenon and/or for a xenon-containing medium to the inhalation cycle (V, 1, 1?) and to the CPB cycle (M, 2, 2?), c) at least one metering unit (S) for administering the xenon and/or a xenon-containing medium to the inhalation cycle (V, 1, 1?) and to the CPB cycle, and d) at least one analysis unit (S) for determining the xenon-content in the inhalation cycle (V, 1, 1?) and/or the CPB cycle (M, 2, 2?).

Abstract: A method for measuring the anesthetic agent consumption in a ventilation system has a breathing circuit which contains a gas mixer (1) and an anesthetic agent metering device (2). The anesthetic agent quantity, which is consumed over a pregiven time interval in the ventilation system, is determined from the sum of the determined anesthetic gas volume flows in the ventilation system which are integrated over the pregiven time interval.