Abstract: The problems to be solved by the invention are to provide a fiber reinforced cement composition for obtaining a fiber reinforced cement product which is excellent in bending strength, dimensional stability and installing property such as handling property, flexibility performance and nail performance, as well as a process for manufacturing the product. Namely, the fiber reinforced cement composition comprises the following raw materials: a hydraulic inorganic material, a siliceous material and a woody reinforcement, wherein the siliceous material is an inorganic hollow material and/or an inorganic spherical material and a finely dividing inorganic hollow material and/or a finely dividing inorganic spherical material. The effects of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a fiber reinforced cement product having good bending strength, dimensional stability and installing property such as handling property, flexibility performance and nail performance.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for making a rotor blade spar from composite material wherein a multi-component mandrel is used to form the composite spar. The mandrel is made using a number of components, which are assembled to provide a structure that is sufficiently strong to maintain the spar shape during pre-cure lay up, compaction and curing of the composite material. The multiple components used to form the mandrel can be separated from each other and easily removed from the spar either before or after curing of the composite material. The mandrel components can then be re-assembled and re-used to form additional composite spars.

Abstract: A lightweight concrete mixture (e.g., comprising cement and polystyrene foam) is introduced into a compactable mold having a mold cavity defined by plural wall structures including at least two compacting wall structures. After introducing the lightweight concrete mixture into the compactable mold, the compacting wall structures are moved such that the lightweight concrete mixture is compacted in the mold cavity. The respective positions of the plural compacting wall structures can be maintained during curing of the lightweight concrete mixture such that the lightweight concrete mixture is held under compression during curing. A compactable mold may also include one or more tubes for forming tube-shaped cavities within a building block formed in the mold. Tubes can form intersecting cavities within the building block. Tubes can remain stationary while the compacting walls are moved, even when the tubes are attached to a compacting wall.

Abstract: The present invention includes a tin can sulfur based scented candle and method of making same. This combination provides immediate odor masking of pungent and noxious smells, such as, but not limited to, bathroom odors, fish odor, cigarettes, locker room odors, pet odors and diaper odors. This desirable odor of sulfur is sufficiently strong to continuously mask strong noxious odors on an ongoing basis for up to 20 hours per candle. Hence, consumers have expressed a desire for increased fragrance longevity, both before and after burning, and increased fragrance intensity during burning of these sulfur based candies. The incorporation of sulfur based oil in candle wax is often difficult to achieve in a quantity that ensures the release of a suitable level of sulfur into the atmosphere during candle burning. The incorporated chemical, non volatile sulfur fragrance tends to volatize during the candle manufacturing process but does not volatize from the finished candle during long storage periods.

Abstract: A method of forming a panel is disclosed. The method comprises forming a flexible skin; coupling a compressible material to the skin; providing a stitching to the skin and compressible material combination; then positioning the skin and compressible material in a mold; and forming a rigid substrate around the skin and compressible material and a portion of the stitching for providing a first soft region wherein the compressible material is disposed between the skin and the substrate so that a first soft region is defined by the compressible material.

Abstract: There is provided a method of making an encapsulated component package, including providing a support for supporting the components of the package during encapsulation, the support including legs extending beyond the perimeter of the final package, rupturing the support legs, and covering the exposed ends of the legs with an insulating material. There is also provided a package formed in accordance with the method.

Abstract: A carrier is configured to hold a container having a door mounted for reciprocation between opened and closed positions. The carrier includes a body adapted to receive the container as well as an extension coupled for reciprocal movement with respect to the body. The extension is adapted for engagement with the door of the container, and the reciprocal movement of the extension is adapted to reciprocate the door of the container between the opened and closed position. A container system including a container and the carrier is also provided.

Abstract: A method for making a nano-scale film includes the steps of: (a) providing a suspension including an organic solvent and a number of nano-scale particles dispersed therein; (b) dropping/releasing the suspension into a liquid having a specific gravity greater than that of the nano-scale particles; and (c) forming a uniform film of nano-scale particles on the surface of the liquid.

Abstract: A process for forming a three-dimensional article in sequential layers in accordance with a digital model of the article. The process comprises the steps of defining a layer of powder material, applying a liquid reagent to the powder layer in a pattern corresponding to the digital model, and repeating these steps to form successive layers. The powder comprises a first reactive component and the liquid includes a second active component capable of reacting with the first reactive component so that the article is built up in layers.

Abstract: To fabricate a composite item, an infrared heat source is energized and a composite material is dispensed. The composite material includes a reinforcement and a resin. In addition, the composite material is applied to a substrate of previously applied composite material. The infrared heat source is configured to emit a wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed by the resin to a relatively greater extent than the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is absorbed by the reinforcement.

Abstract: A method of forming a pattern is disclosed, which can improve the interfacial properties between a soft mold and a substrate including a pattern-formation material, the method comprising loading a substrate coated with a pattern-formation material into a chamber; positioning a soft mold, whose surface is provided with embossing and depressed patterns, in opposite to the substrate inside the chamber; forming an adsorption layer by evaporating some components of the pattern-formation material and adsorbing the components evaporated from the pattern-formation material to the surface of soft mold; forming a pattern layer with a shape being inverted to the embossing and depressed patterns included in the surface of soft mold by bring the soft mold including the adsorption layer into contact with the remaining pattern-formation material; and separating the soft mold from the pattern layer.

Abstract: Methods for preparing a shaped rubber article, comprising admixing at least one thermoplastic material and at least one elastomer material to provide a processable and dimensionally stable rubber composition, shaping the composition, and irradiating the composition to form the shaped rubber article. The dimensional stability of the uncured composition may be provided by partial dynamic vulcanization, high performance reinforcing fillers, fractional curing, or combinations thereof. The elastomer material is present in an amount greater than about 65% by weight based on the total weight of the thermoplastic and elastomer materials present in the admixture.

Abstract: A process for electroblowing a multiple layered sheet using multiple spinning beams to produce different component webs wherein the sheet doesn't stick to the forming screen and has improved web stability.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a plugged honeycomb structure comprising; attaching a transparent sheet to an end face of a honeycomb structure; picking up an image of the end face; with respect to cells 9c positioned at other than outermost peripheral portion of a honeycomb structure (usual cells), subjecting the picked-up image to image processing, recognizing positions to be plugged on said sheet, and with respect to cells 9d positioned at outermost peripheral portion (outermost peripheral cells), positions of the cells 9d are recognized based on an average cell pitch calculated from the positions of the cells 9c, subjecting to a perforation treatment based on the recognized positions of the sheet, submerging an end portion into a plugging slurry in which a material of the plugging portions is slurried, filling holes made at the respective sheet with the slurry to form the plugging portions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for methods of using compositions having improved microwave absorbing properties to cut textile webs. Specifically, the compositions utilized in the methods of the present disclosure absorb the microwave energy as heat, thereby cutting through the textile web.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a parison is described. The apparatus has a mandrel housing. The housing has an axially aligned hollow mandrel channel therein and a side channel substantially transverse to the mandrel channel. A mandrel is also provided. The mandrel has an axially oriented notch in an exterior surface. The notch is in fluid communication with two fluid channels that extend continuously downwardly around the mandrel to meet one another on an opposite side of the mandrel from the notch. When the mandrel is installed within the mandrel channel, a first radial gap and a second radial gap, both between the mandrel and the mandrel housing, are formed.

Abstract: A method of making a fiber-reinforced medical balloon is described herein. The method entails pressurizing a portion of a balloon, and ejecting a fiber precursor fluid from at least one nozzle adjacent to the portion. One or more fibers are formed from the fiber precursor fluid and deposited on an exterior surface of the portion. Preferably, the fibers are polymer nanofibers, and the method is carried out using an electrospinning process.

Abstract: A circulating apparatus includes a firing jig assembling apparatus, a firing furnace, a firing jig disassembling apparatus, and a transporting conveyor. The firing jig assembling apparatus includes a lid member attaching mechanism that attaches the lid member to a predetermined position of the firing jig placed on the table or the conveyor; and a jig delivering mechanism that delivers the firing jig which has the ceramic molded body being mounted thereon and the lid member being attached thereto, to the firing furnace. The firing jig disassembling apparatus further includes a jig receiving mechanism that receives the firing jig which has the fired ceramic molded body being mounted thereon and the lid member being attached thereto, from the firing furnace; and a lid member detaching mechanism that detaches the lid member from the firing jig placed on the table or the conveyor with the lid member being attached thereto.

Abstract: A deep slot tape cartridge library module including a main wall having two major surfaces; a pair of side walls in spaced relation to each other and each extending orthogonally to both major surfaces whereby the main wall and side walls form a substantially “H” shaped structure; an opening in the main wall, the opening extending longitudinally along the main wall a relatively short distance; a spring clip configured complimentarily to the opening and removably retainable therein; and a spring fixedly connected to the spring clip. A method for replacing a spring of a high density tape library where a spring assembly and main wall are utilized, the method including identifying a slot having a failed spring; emptying the identified slot of tape cartridges; extracting the spring assembly from the main wall; and replacing the spring assembly with a non-failed spring assembly.

Abstract: A supporting device supports an in-vehicle mounted object on a vehicle body. The supporting device includes a bracket and an elastic member. The bracket has a side-plate part having an opening part. The elastic member is engaged with the first opening part so as to be provided between the bracket and the in-vehicle mounted object. The side-plate part includes a notch having one end connected to the opening part and the other end open outward. The notch does not intersect with a plane containing a line passing substantially a center of the opening part and extending in a main vibrating direction of the in-vehicle mounted object, the plane being substantially perpendicular to the side-plate part.

Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle has a transverse control arm that can be attached to a vehicle body by way of bearings and can be rotated about a longitudinal axis, and a body spring configured as a torsion bar spring for absorbing rotational movements of the transverse control arm about the longitudinal axis. The body spring is disposed on the transverse control arm so as to rotate with it, with a first end. An electromechanical actuator for changing the angle of rotation of the body spring is disposed at a second end of the body spring. The wheel suspension has a damping element. The second end of the body spring is connected with a stress relief spring that is configured as a torsion bar spring, disposed coaxially with the body spring, and can be attached to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A wheel suspension is described with a wheel-guiding McPherson strut unit which has a helical compression support spring, a shock absorber which is connected on one end to the body and on the other end to the wheel, and a suspension arm, the helical compression spring being made such that the helical compression spring at least partially compensates for transverse forces which occur on the shock absorber without the action of the helical compression spring. To enable the weight of the helical compression spring to be reduced, the helical compression spring is constructed and arranged so that the stress in the spring is at least approximately, preferably exactly, the same on the side of the spring center line or line of action of the spring force facing the wheel as on the side facing away from the wheel. This makes it possible to reduce the weight throughout by roughly 10%.

Abstract: A multi-range auto-advance bar clamp used for clamping work pieces together which may upon release of the brake instantly and automatically adjust from a wide open position to any desired closed position. The multi-range auto-advance bar clamp may comprise a slide bar, a movable jaw, a sliding jaw, a body, a drive assembly and a brake, an advancement mechanism, a rigid structural body extension and a slide rail. The jaws of the clamp are adjustably separated and positioned about a work piece. A mechanism for controlling the speed with which the clamp automatically closes may also be provided.

Abstract: A plug member (12) inserted into a positioning hole (5) formed in a second block (2) is projected from a first block (1). A plurality of slide portions (61) opposed to each other across the plug member (12) are arranged around the plug member (12) movably in a first radial direction (D1) substantially orthogonal to the opposed direction thereof. A first pressing member (15) and a second pressing member (19) are arranged outside the slide portions (61) diametrically expandably and diametrically contractibly and axially movably. The first pressing member (15) is driven toward a base end by a drive device, whereby the slide portions (61) expand the first pressing member (15) via the second pressing member (19), thereby the slide portions (61) are moved in the first radial direction (D1) with respect to the plug member (12).

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a workpiece during heat-treating includes a support plate having a non-planar upper surface, and a support system. The support system is configured to support the workpiece above the support plate during heat-treating of the workpiece, such that a lower surface of an initial shape of the workpiece is supported at a non-uniform spacing above the non-planar upper surface of the support plate, said non-uniform spacing including an edge gap beneath an outer perimeter of the workpiece, and a central gap at a central axis of the workpiece.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device (11) comprising clamping jaws (13) in which a plurality of clamping rods (16) are disposed. The clamping rods (16) are enabled to move by means of an interlinked system of rod chambers (22) and channels (24, 28) in which a magnetorheological fluid (26) is contained. If a magnetic field is applied by means of a magnet (30), the fluid solidifies, the liquid-carrying connection between the rod chambers (22) is interrupted and the rods (16) are fixed in a defined position.

Abstract: A power-actuated vise apparatus includes a first jaw which is disposed on a base, and a second jaw which is supported by a carrier to be movable in a longitudinal direction by an angular force in an initial course. The carrier is further pressed by a linear force in a subsequent course to bring the second jaw into tightened engagement with a workpiece against the first jaw. A servo control mechanism is disposed to drive a torque transmitting member so as to transmit a torque force. A force coupler unit is configured to couple the torque transmitting member to the carrier and to take up the torque force from the torque transmitting member to result in generation of the angular force and the linear force.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for holding substrate in a compliant substrate holding assembly are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for a compliant substrate holding assembly includes a base plate, a finger disposed on the base plate having a V-shaped slot formed thereon, and two arms disposed on opposite ends of the base plate and each arm having V-shaped slot formed therein. In another embodiment, a method for holding a substrate on a compliant substrate holding assembly includes inserting a substrate into a holding assembly having at least three substrate supporting members and detecting a change in position of one of the substrate supporting structures.

Abstract: A page turning apparatus of a passbook printer, which detects a turning error or the like at the early stage of turning irrespective of the size and characteristics of passbooks and allows retry of turning in a short time.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to accommodate sheets discharged from the discharge port and allowed to ascend and descend within a specific height range lower than the discharge port, and a sheet member disposed directly below the discharge port and configured to move along a wall surface of the housing in association with ascending and descending of the paper discharge tray and receive rear ends of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray, a width of a receiving portion thereof in a height direction varying with a quantity of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray.

Abstract: A friction feeder apparatus for handling sheets of paper of differing thicknesses includes a first plurality of laterally spaced apart transport belts positioned in underlying relation to the paper and a second plurality of laterally spaced apart separator wheels positioned in overlying relation to the paper. The transport belts are staggered with respect to the separator wheels. A sheet of paper passing through the feeder apparatus is undeflected from the top as it encounters the transport belts and is unsupported from the bottom as it encounters the separator wheels so that the sheet of paper is not held flat as it passes through the feeder but instead is forced into a wave-like, sinusoidal-like shape. In a first embodiment, the separator wheels are downstream of a fixed nip roller and in a second embodiment, the separator wheels are upstream of the fixed nip roller.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a guiding member having an upper guiding surface for guiding the upper surface of a document and a lower guiding surface for guiding the lower surface of the document to guide the document to a support portion. The guiding member is movable to a set position for guiding the document to the support portion without causing the document to come into contact with a feeding roller, a recording-sheet separation position withdrawn for separating one sheet from the other recording sheets and feeding the separated sheet, a document separation position for guiding the document to the feeding roller, and a sheet return position for returning the recording sheet or the document to a corresponding support portion using a return lever. The guiding member is held via a spring such that the guiding member can be returned by itself from the sheet return position to the set position.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus including: a sheet holding portion which holds a sheet; a feed path which guides the sheet supplied from the sheet holding portion; a driving source which can rotate in two opposite directions; a feeder roller which is disposed in the feed path and rotated by a driving torque of the driving source; a pickup roller which can rotate in contact with the sheet held in the sheet holding portion; a switchable transmission mechanism which is disposed between the pickup roller and the driving source, and is switchable at least between a first state for transmitting to the pickup roller a rotation of the driving source in a forward direction, and a second state for not transmitting a rotation of the driving source to the pickup roller, the forward direction in which the driving source is rotated in the first state being a direction opposite to a direction in which the driving source is rotated to rotate the feeder roller in a sheet feed direction which is a direction to feed the sheet; and a

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sheet feeding method and apparatus by which sheets of material can be fed, one at a time, into a processing or finishing machine. The present disclosure includes a continuously moving feed means that is driven and moves continuously at line speed. The continuously moving feed means are provided with vacuum means to pull the sheet into engagement with the feed means. A feed plate is provided for movement between a lowered, feed position in which the feed plate is lowered to a position below the feed means and a raised, no feed position in which the feed plate is raised to a position just above the feed means to prevent a sheet from being fed. In one embodiment, the movement of the feed plate is provided and controlled via a rotating, profiled eccentric which is driven by a servo electric motor.

Abstract: A card sending device for use with cards may include a card storage part in which a plurality of cards are stacked and stored, a gate through which a card is capable of passing to an outside of the card storage part, a sending pawl which is capable of engaging with the card to send it to the gate one by one, a pawl feeding mechanism for moving the sending pawl, a sending drive roller for sending the card which is sent by the sending pawl, one drive source for driving the pawl feeding mechanism and the sending drive roller together and a transmission mechanism for transmitting a driving force of the drive source to the pawl feeding mechanism and the sending drive roller so that a sending speed for the card by the sending drive roller is set to be faster than a sending speed for the card by the sending pawl.

Abstract: A paper sheet carrying apparatus is provided that can remove a sheet remained in a path due to paper jam, etc. using a simple mechanism if a sheet remains in any one of two sheet paths or straddles both paths. A sheet path of a first unit is linked to that of a second unit by a linking device and a control mechanism is included that sends to the device and discharges a sheet stopped carrying from the path of the first unit to that of the second unit. When a sheet exists in the path of the second unit, it is carried in opposite direction to the linking device. When a sheet straddles both paths of the first and second units, it is carried to the linking device concurrently in forward direction in the path of the first unit and in opposite in that of the second unit.

Abstract: Various embodiments and methods relating to a media drive are disclosed.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device which is capable of stably conveying a sheet, irrespective of the material of the sheet. A first conveying roller pair nips and conveys a sheet. A drive motor drives the first conveying roller pair. An encoder detects the rotational speed of the first conveying roller pair. A first nip pressure-adjusting unit controls the nip pressure of the first conveying roller pair, and a CPU controls the first nip pressure-adjusting unit according to a change in the rotational speed of the first conveying roller pair detected by the encoder during sheet conveyance.

Abstract: A discharged sheet is conveyed, by a sheet conveying portion movable above sheet stacking portions while supporting a sheet, to selected one among plural sheet stacking portions. When the sheet is conveyed to the selected sheet stacking portion by the sheet conveying portion, a member for preventing a bringing-together provided in the main body of the apparatus prevents a sheet bundle, stacked in a sheet stacking portion at the upstream side of the selected sheet stacking portion, from being brought together by the sheet conveyed above the upstream sheet stacking portion by the sheet conveying portion.

Abstract: A system for facilitating participation in rewards arising from the outcome of a competitive event, including at least one computer server carrying a share issuance website accessible via a computer network. On request by one or more participants, the website issues shares to the said one or more participants from a set of shares in each of a plurality of players or teams who are to compete in a competitive event. After completion of the competitive event, the website issues a dividend to each of the participants who at a defined point in time hold shares in the player or team who has won the competitive event, which dividend is in proportion to the number of shares in the player or team held by the respective participants.

Abstract: A puzzle connector kit including at least one piece of a flexible material with a coating of adhesive on one side. The side is arranged for placement on a back side of a jigsaw puzzle to fixedly connect the piece and puzzle. In some aspects, the at least one piece is arranged to maintain the puzzle in a planar alignment, or includes a plurality of pieces. In some aspect, at least one piece in the plurality of pieces is arranged to overlap at least one other piece in the plurality of pieces such that the pieces are disposed within the circumference of the puzzle. Also, a method of connecting a jigsaw puzzle, including the steps of adhering at least one piece of a flexible material to a back side of the jigsaw puzzle and maintaining the puzzle in a planar alignment.

Abstract: The Sudoku game board is a white-erase board, or other erasable surface, and it is this application, using an erasable surface, that is new and different. The board has a permanent Sudoku grid on it: first a 3×3 grid which is then sub-divided into 3×3. This grid is the basis for Sudoku puzzles. Using an appropriate marker the player writes in the given numbers of a puzzle, then works the puzzle in another color. The player can easily erase mistakes or other marks and would erase all the numbers on the board after completion. The grid, being permanent, makes this a re-useable surface as the grid would not be removed. The board can be made in various sizes, giving the player more options. The purpose of the game board is to provide a surface for Sudoku puzzles to be worked in a re-useable and more convenient format.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a board game, of which rules can be flexibly set and easily understood by beginners. The solution is a varied and various-colored board game set comprising a varied and various-colored board and pieces. The varied and various-colored board is equipped with two or more players' parts comprising piece collating parts composed of a base frame consisting of cells of 3×3 or more, and piece arranging parts composed of the same number of sets of cells as the piece collating parts. Further, on the piece collating parts of the varied and various-colored board, different colors or patterns such as numerals, characters, notations, photos or pictures are displayed in each cell constituting a set of cells, which are not contagious to the longitudinal and transverse directions of said base frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of playing a game in which a pattern of game pieces is determined. For example, the pattern of game pieces can be a conventional card pattern such as a straight or a flush. Alternatively, the pattern can be a pattern or letters forming one or more words or a pattern of game pieces including indicia of questions, such as trivia questions. The pattern of game pieces can be determined randomly such as by dealing a pattern or computer generating a random pattern. Game pieces are dealt to one or more players and each of the players individually or collectively contribute game pieces to try to match the determined pattern.

Abstract: A wager is received on a designated hand. At least two hands are dealt. Optionally, if a hand has a natural hand score, wagers on the hand with the natural hand score may be rewarded. A hand score (the sum modulo ten of the values of the cards) is calculated for each hand and compared to a target value. A card is dealt to the hand further from the target value and a new hand score is calculated for that hand. If the new hand score remains further from the target value than the other hand, wagers on that hand are collected and wagers on the hand closer to the target value are rewarded. If the new hand score is closer to the target value than the other hand, a card is dealt to the hand further from the target value. Hand scores are re-calculated and wagers resolved.

Abstract: A card game having a common hand upon which a plurality of players may place a wager. The common hand comprising a plurality of cards with one or more of the cards being revealed sequentially. Each player has the opportunity of making an individual decision regarding the play of the common hand, before each subsequent card is revealed and a mechanism is provided for indicating the decision of each player.

Abstract: A card game in which a dealer deals a hand of cards to each player(s) and each player having the option of sticking with the dealt cards or drawing additional cards until the player sticks or busts. Irrespective of the number of cards dealt to a player, before proceeding to the next player, the dealer deals at least one continuation card in respect of the player's hand, until the total value of that player's hand equals or exceeds the specified maximum value. After all the players have played their hands, the dealer draws additional cards, until the dealer either sticks or the value of the dealer's hand equals to or exceeds the specified maximum. The dealer loses the hand based upon a comparison of a total value of the hands of the remaining player(s) hand and the dealer.

Abstract: A game for play by a player using a plurality of cards includes a wager posted by the player and first and second player hands provided to the player. The player hands each include at least two cards. The player receives a payout based on the wager if both the player hands form at least one of a plurality of predetermined card combinations. The wager is returned to the player if exactly one of the player hands form at least one of the plurality of predetermined card combinations. The wager is remitted if neither of the player hands forms at least one of the plurality of predetermined card combinations. Preferably, the plurality of predetermined card combinations include two cards with values summing to twenty, two cards representing a blackjack; and two cards representing a pair.

Abstract: A bag tossing game including a pair of boards each having opposing top and bottom surfaces. Each of the boards has an opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. Each of the boards includes a pair of opposing ends and a pair of opposing sides extending between the opposing ends and formed by a rim projecting from the bottom surface. At least one riser is pivotally coupled to one end of each of the boards. A storage pouch is coupled to the bottom surface of one of the boards. The pouch encloses an interior storage space and has an opening in communication with the interior space. The pouch has a closure mechanism for closing the opening. The game also includes a hook and loop fastener releasably coupling the pair of boards to one another. A handle is coupled to at least one of the opposing sides.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for identifying a leak in a mechanical seal separating the side of a conveyor unit which is in contact with a medium from an electric drive which is arranged outside the medium. If there is a leak, the escaping medium is detected by a sensor element which is arranged in a hollow space, which is bounded by a removable component, and serves to identify escaping medium.