Abstract: A pull-out water outlet apparatus has a support mechanism and a water outlet mechanism with a water outlet portion. A pull hose connected to the end of the water outlet extends from the support mechanism port into the support mechanism, the water outlet mechanism has a guide means, the inner wall of the support mechanism has a guide groove, wherein the guide means includes a leading portion extending from the outer rotary wall of the water outlet mechanism and at least one auxiliary portion, the height that the leading portion extends out of the outer rotary wall is greater than the height that the auxiliary portion extends out of the outer rotary wall. The inner wall of the support mechanism has a portion for recessing the guide groove and a rest portion, the guide groove leads to the support mechanism port and forms the guide groove inlet.

Abstract: A smart water conservation system comprises a flow assembly configured to discharge fluid received from a fluid source to a shower area at a variable flow rate, the flow assembly comprising a flow path and one or more valves positioned along the flow path; a proximity sensor system comprising one or more proximity sensors; and a controller configured to control operation of the smart water conservation system based at least in part on signals received from the proximity sensor system.

Abstract: A faucet includes a housing defining hot and cold inlets and an outlet and hot and cold fluid conduits in communication with the hot and cold inlets. A mixer within the housing receives fluids from the fluid conduits and outputs one of the fluids or a mixture thereof. The mixer includes a valve and an actuator configured to move the valve to different positions establishing various ratios of fluids output by the mixer. A temperature actuated flow reducing device within the housing downstream of the mixer restricts a flow of fluid to the outlet when a temperature of the fluid exceeds a predetermined temperature. A first pressure compensating flow regulator upstream of the mixer controls a flow of fluid from the hot fluid conduit to the mixer while a second pressure compensating flow regulator downstream of the mixer controls a flow of fluid through the outlet.

Abstract: A drain pipe assembly for installation of a basin includes: a drain pipe which is inserted in a drain port formed in a base of basin and has a flange of which an upper end is caught by the drain port; and a fastening member which fixes the basin against the flange, wherein the fastening member pulls the drain pipe, which is exposed below the basin, in a downward direction, to upwardly press the basin, thereby fastening the basin and the drain pipe.

Abstract: A plumbing trap is provided with a top access clean out for use with a P-trap. A horizontal extension conduit having an elbow having a threaded connection for attachment to a P-trap. The elbow forms an outside curvature at which is formed a clean out member providing bi-directional access within the plumbing passageway. The clean out member allows for access without having to remove the P-trap and while fluid flow is maintained within the passageway. The clean out member includes an outlet aligned along an axis that is positioned in a vertical plane at a 45° angle relative to the first axis and a 45° angle relative to the second axis and a 45° angle relative to horizontal plane relative to the first axis. A second clean out member may be positioned in a mirror image and at a 90° angle to the first clean out.

Abstract: A toilet dispenser and light is disclosed. Upon detection and activation from sensors, a light may be used to illuminate a toilet bowl, and a treatment substance may be dispensed into the toilet bowl. The dispenser correspondingly configures to operate with the rim of a toilet bowl. Portions of the dispenser may be replaceable, such as a power source and a propellant container used to house a treatment substance. A system of multiple dispensers operable, respectively, to treat multiple toilets is also provided.

Abstract: A toilet dispenser and light is disclosed. Upon detection and activation from sensors, a light may be used to illuminate a toilet bowl, and a treatment substance may be dispensed into the toilet bowl. The dispenser correspondingly configures to operate with the rim of a toilet bowl. Portions of the dispenser may be replaceable, such as a power source and a propellant container used to house a treatment substance. A system of multiple dispensers operable, respectively, to treat multiple toilets is also provided.

Abstract: A toilet for facilitating bowel movements comprising a toilet base having a bowl for receiving the human waste and a rim for supporting the human. The rim defines a generally circular shape having a proximal edge, a primary side edge, a secondary side edge and a distal edge. The proximal edge defines a first elevation. The distal edge defines a second elevation. The second elevation has a greater elevation than the first elevation for defining an ascending slope from the proximal edge and the distal edge. The ascending slope positions the human in a squatting position while defecating for improving the bowel movement from the human.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a shelf formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, and a rim forming an inner wall surface rising from the outer edge of the shelf. The bowl includes a front side region and a rear side region, respectively, formed on the front side and the rear side of a center axis extending horizontally in the left-right direction so as to divide the bowl equally in the front-rear direction. The inner wall surface includes an overhang portion protruding toward inside of the bowl obliquely from the bottom end of the overhang portion. The ratio between the overhang amount and the width of the shelf is set smaller than 1.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to improved water closet flanges and methods for installing such water closet flanges. In one exemplary embodiment, an improved water closet flange apparatus includes an outer flange and a flexible conduit portion (i.e. sleeve) extending downwardly therefrom. The flexible sleeve has a sufficient degree of flexibility to accommodate connection between offset, misaligned, angled, or otherwise incongruous plumbing fixture discharges and waste drain pipe outlets. In one embodiment, the flexible sleeve includes at least one corrugated portion to aid the desired flexibility. An upper portion of the flexible sleeve may include an inwardly extending lip portion to accommodate the desired seal between the plumbing fixture discharge and the flange apparatus. Related methods for installing the disclosed flange apparatus between plumbing fixture discharges and waste drainpipes are also described.

Abstract: An assembled self-recovery circular concrete-filled steel-tube composite joint includes a circular steel-tube column and H-shaped steel beams, where steel bars penetrate through the circular steel-tube column; the circular steel-tube column includes an upper steel-tube column section, a central inserted-connection column section and a lower steel-tube column section; the upper steel-tube column section is connected to the central inserted-connection column section through an upper sleeve connector, and the central inserted-connection column section is connected to the lower steel-tube column section through a lower sleeve connector; and the H-shaped steel beams are connected to the circular steel-tube column through the upper sleeve connector and the lower sleeve connector. According to the assembled self-recovery circular concrete-filled steel-tube composite joint, all members are machined in a factory and are connected on site through bolts.

Abstract: Methods for constructing and a building kit for use thereof are disclosed. The building kit includes a plurality of posts configured for embedding within square apertures of a foundation, wherein the posts have a cross-shaped cross-sectional shape, a plurality of cross-shaped cross-sectional shaped elongated members, and a plurality of enforcement joints configured to conform to the interior cross-sectional shape of the posts and the cross-shaped cross-sectional shaped elongated members.

Abstract: A set of differently configured brackets that when secured to one or more of the floor joists, wall edges and existing subfloor lower the subfloor a predetermined amount are described. The predetermined amount is typically sufficient to permit the installation of a shower pan of appropriate slope towards a drain and permit a curb-less transition between the surrounding floor and the shower stall floor.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a rectangular shaped body which forms a receiver for moisture that collects in or about the drainage plane behind an Exterior Insulation and Finish System which receiver collects the water and allows the water to drain away from the wall system to the outside of the finished wall through at least one drainage tube. The receiver body is expected to be installed behind the Expanded Polystyrene on front of the exterior surface of the interior sheathing.

Abstract: An insulative construction product includes a polyurethane foam core and a mixture of Aerogel and carbon black that is disposed within the polyurethane foam core. The mixture of Aerogel and carbon black includes between 90 and 99 weight percent Aerogel and between 1 and 10 weight percent carbon black. The polyurethane foam core includes between 10 and 90 percent by volume of the of Aerogel and carbon black mixture and the construction product has an R-value of at least 8.0 R/inch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dry construction system for making partition walls (1), suspended ceilings or the like, with a support structure (2), a cladding (3) arranged on at least one side of this, and an insulation layer (4), wherein the support structure (2) comprises a plurality of carrier profiles (22), to which at least one cladding (3) is secured, and wherein the carrier profiles (22) are formed from a sheet material and exhibit in cross-section a basic section and two limb sections arranged perpendicular thereto, and comprise an embossing with regularly distributed elevations and depressions. In this situation, the centre-to-centre distance between two adjacent elevations of the embossing on one side of the sheet material is less than six times the rated sheet thickness, and the base section is connected to the adjacent limb section in each case by a curved section with an outer radius which amounts to at least three times the rated sheet thickness.

Abstract: A flexible panel includes: a plurality of first blades made of semi-rigid material, of rectangular shape, having a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides; a pair of textile membranes which connect each pair of said first blades along said long sides; each of the plurality of first blades include at least one second blade, of quadrilateral shape, connected in a folding manner to one of the short sides, along a line of contact between one of the plurality of first blades and the at least one second blade; when the panel opens it creates vertical tubular hollow areas laterally delimited by the plurality of first blades and by the one pair of textile membranes which joins them.

Abstract: Assembling a multi-story building using a prefabricating a curtain wall assembly (CWA) involves assembling a structural frame and preparing the frame to receive a thermal insulation panel in a spandrel area. A thermal insulation panel is then supported in the spandrel area using a flange plate of a plurality of brackets that are secured to the frame. The thermal insulation panel is engaged or secured using one or more clips which retain the panel to the frame. The process continues by attaching the CWA which has been prefabricated to a floor slab on the building to form a portion of the building curtain wall.

Abstract: A new type of building element comprising a core of mineral wool which is enclosed in a covering of fiber-reinforced plastic which is closed on the edges, the mineral wool in the form of layered blocks that are arranged in such a way that the layers are essentially perpendicular to the main side panels of the covering. One or more load-bearing structures which comprise fiber-reinforced plastic can connect the opposite main panels of the covering. The load-bearing structures can also comprise various kinds of core materials. The building elements can have a wear coating and various kinds of surfaces, and be used for the construction of buildings and other structures.

Abstract: In one aspect, a reinforcing assembly includes one or more longitudinally-extending bars having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a midpoint between the first and second ends. The reinforcing assembly also includes multiple downwardly-extending working members each independently connected to at least one of the one or more bars. The working members are oriented diagonally with respect to a longitudinal axis extending along the one or more bars. The working members connected to the one or more bars between the first end and the midpoint are angled in a different direction than the working members connected to the one or more bars between the second end and the midpoint.

Abstract: A post-tension tendon pocket former includes a pocket section, a formwork securing mechanism and an anchor securing mechanism. The pocket section is configured to create a pocket in an edge of concrete. The pocket section includes a first end and a second end. The formwork securing mechanism connected to the second end of the pocket section. The formwork securing mechanism is configured to secure the second end of the pocket section to a formwork. The anchor securing mechanism is connected to the first end of the pocket section. The anchor securing mechanism is configured to secure the first end of the pocket section to an anchor. The pocket section, formwork securing mechanism and anchor securing mechanism are integrally formed to create a one-piece pocket former. Whereby, the post-tension tendon pocket former is configured so secure and align the anchor to the formwork.

Abstract: Cable anchoring means for a horizontal joint between two elements, comprising: a cable partially embedded in an element, a receiving through duct provided in the other element to receive the protruding portion of said cable, traction means, fastening means and a threading device applicable on said protruding portion of said cable and comprising a part with a pointed and flexible geometry that extends coaxially with respect to said protruding portion from the free end of said protruding portion. a cable anchoring procedure for a horizontal joint between two elements, comprising: a) providing said elements; b) providing said anchoring means; c) bringing said elements close to one another and threading said cable into said duct; also comprising the step c): c.1) stopping the approximation when the distance between the elements is adequate; c.2) placing said flexible part inside said duct; c.3) resuming movement.

Abstract: A protected membrane roof system for installation on a roof decking comprising an upper insulation board having an upwardly-facing upper board top surface and an opposite downwardly-facing upper board bottom surface, a ballast material positioned over the upper insulation board, and at least one fastener assembly having a base seated beneath the upper board, a rod extending substantially vertically from the base of sufficient size so as to extend beyond the upper insulation board and the ballast material, and a cap engaged with the rod above the ballast material, whereby the wind uplift resistance of the protected membrane roof system is improved and scour of the ballast material is reduced by effectively anchoring the ballast material to the upper insulation board beneath the ballast material.

Abstract: A roof hatch for enabling access to a rooftop of a building from an interior of the building includes a curb adapter configured to be disposed over a curb of the rooftop. The curb is formed around an opening in the rooftop that fluidly connects the interior of the building to an exterior of the building. Additionally, the roof hatch includes a cover coupled to the curb adapter by a pivoting member. The cover includes a support extending within an interior length of the cover. The roof hatch includes a gas spring coupled between the support and the curb adapter. The gas spring is configured to apply a force to the support, and the support is configured to distribute the force along the interior length of the cover.

Abstract: A soffit vent for allowing passage of air into an interior area of a structure having the soffit. The soffit vent is configured to prevent or minimize animals from entering into the interior area through the soffit vent. The soffit vent may comprise an outer frame having a space or gap, an inner frame having a space or gap; and a soffit vent grill; the soffit vent grill positioned or secured in between the outer frame and the inner frame in a manner which prevents vertical, horizontal, and inward movement.

Abstract: A system for diverting fluids consisting essentially of a wedge installed on a surface. The wedge is preferably triangular in area, but may be in the form of other shapes as required by the application. When viewed from the side, the wedge will often have a triangular shape because the front edge of the wedge is substantially lower than the rear edge, corner, or other shape to induce fluids and other materials to run off the sloped surface of the wedge. The system may include an adhesive to join the wedge and the surface. It may also include a sealing material disposed over the wedge and the surface to prevent incursion of fluids and other materials between the wedge and the surface.

Abstract: The current disclosure describes components, systems, and methods for assessing the size and style of rain gutters. One embodiment is a kit that includes an extension rod and a plurality of measurement templates. The extension rod includes a pivotable head and a magnet. Each of the plurality of measurement templates includes a body and at least one metal component. The body of each measurement template is arranged such that it conforms to the inside or outside dimensions or contours of a rain gutter. The measurement templates are arranges to physically engage with rain gutters when assessing rain gutters. The measurement templates can assess K-style, half-round style, and fascia style rain gutters.

Abstract: A modular platform for configuring gutter guard systems is disclosed and claimed herein. The modular platform includes a number of interchangeable components that can be assembled to form a gutter guard system for use with specific rain gutters based on a rain gutter's style, size, color, and attachment mechanism used to secure the rain gutter to a structure and/or roofline. One such interchangeable component is a main body with securing features. The securing features of the main body can be positioned and arranged such that when two main bodies are appropriately positioned, the securing features engage in a manner that secures the two main bodies together into a continuous main body assembly. The securing features can be, tabs and slots that cooperate to form a friction fit or a series of hooks and aperture edges to capture the hooks to secure the two main bodies together.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method to produce composite materials, which contain customized mixes of nano- and/or micro-particles with tailored electromagnetic spectral properties, structural elements based thereon, in particular layers, but also bulk materials including inhomogeneous bulk materials. In some embodiments the IR-reflectivity is enhanced predominantly independently of reflectivity for visible wavelength. The enhanced IR-reflectivity is achieved by combining spectral properties from a plurality of nano- and/or micro-particles of distinct size distribution, shape distribution, chemical composition, crystal structure, and crystallinity distribution. This enables to approximate desired target spectra better than know solutions, which comprise only a single type of particles and/or an uncontrolled natural size distribution.

Abstract: Ceramic and stone tiles are shown, which are provided with a locking system including a separate strip part connected to vertical and horizontal grooves formed in the tile edge. A set of ceramic or stone tiles including a first tile provided with a first edge and a second tile provided with a second edge wherein the tiles are provided with a locking system for locking the first edge to the second edge in a horizontal direction parallel with a tile surface and in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, said locking system includes a first and a second tongue and a strip part provided with a first and a second locking element.

Abstract: A system for finishing surfaces with a finishing material includes a handle assembly with proximal and distal ends. A material reservoir is mounted on the handle distal and includes an inlet and an outlet. A material applicator tool is mounted on the reservoir and receives material from the reservoir outlet. A discharge mechanism includes an extendable-retractable component connected to the reservoir for discharging or reloading material. An alternative embodiment includes a lockable, compressible gas spring. Another alternative embodiment includes a rotating element driven by a reversible motor mounted on the handle assembly. The rotating element drives a discharge mechanism in a discharge direction of rotation, and reloads the reservoir in a reload direction of rotation.

Abstract: A framework platform element, in particular for scaffolding, includes a framework platform body made from sheet metal material and extending in a longitudinal direction, with a stepping surface region providing a stepping surface on a top side and with side panel regions connecting to the stepping surface region in transition regions, formed by shaping the sheet metal material in two edge regions of the stepping surface region and situated at a distance from one another in a transverse direction. At least one side panel region has an end profile region, formed by shaping the sheet metal material, in an end region spaced apart from the transition region in a vertical direction, wherein in at least one transition region and/or in at least one end profile region, at least one curved shaped region is provided. A radius of curvature is less than or equal to a material thickness of the sheet metal material in at least sections in at least one curved shaped region.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scaffolding arrangement to be attached to a deck structure, comprising a set of arms (2) including a carrier beam (5) for carrying the working levels and support structures needed in work, an attachment frame (1) for attaching the set of arms to the upper surface of the deck structure and platforms (103, 104, 105) for forming working levels.

Abstract: Climbing equipment for the construction of a building, including a scaffold that at least partially surrounds the perimeter of a building floor and is provided with a walkable surface. The climbing equipment includes a traction device comprising a first portion integral with the scaffold, and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first portion includes a first coupling element adapted to grip a first coupling portion of the building, and the second portion includes a second coupling element, arranged at a different level than the first coupling element, and adapted to grip a second coupling portion of the building. The climbing equipment further comprises a moving system. When the first coupling element is released from the respective coupling portion, the moving system performs a relative movement between the first portion and said second portion of the traction device, so as to move the scaffold by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A concrete form assembly that includes a shaping assembly with a number of generally planar panels, and, a retaining assembly with a number of whaler clamp assemblies and a number of whaler cleat assemblies.

Abstract: A furling crane loading platform (1) comprising: a cantilever support base (3); a first stage (2A) pivotally coupled to the cantilever support base (3); and a second stage (2B) pivotally coupled to first stage (2A). In an unfurled configuration (2B) the first and second stages provide a substantially horizontal crane loading surface extending from a building edge (11). The platform is configurable into furled configuration (2A). The platform may further comprise a third stage pivotally coupled to the second stage, fourth pivotally coupled to the third stage, hydraulic actuators (16), controller for controlling the stages in a sequence, sensor for sensing the configuration of the stages, detachable cantilever support beams (4) with a downward transition portion (19), props (5) to prop the cantilever support beams against an under surface of a floor slab and lockout mechanism (17).

Abstract: A transportable building comprising a modular element constructed from a plurality of steel or aluminum intermodal shipping containers is disclosed. The method of manufacture greatly reduces the cost of constructing the transportable building. The transportable building can be set up at a site and later easily dismantled and moved, providing flexibility to temporarily set up a business without the need to build and maintain a permanent structure.

Abstract: A chemical toilet cabin includes a platform (3), vertical side walls (4, 5, 6, 7) connected to the platform, and a roof (8) connected to the walls. Reversible joint connectors (9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22) are along the edges of the walls and on the opposed faces of the platform and the roof to removably join each wall to the walls adjacent thereto, the platform and the roof. A reversible lock (13, 14, 15) for the joint connectors are provided arranged between each wall and the adjacent walls and between each wall and the platform and the roof.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and kit for controlling moisture under a hot tub cover comprising a planar sheet of flexible material having a peripheral edge corresponding to the shape of the hot tub cover, a plurality of connectors extending from the peripheral edge adapted to engage with the hot tub cover and at least one aperture through the planar sheet. The method comprising locating a planar sheet of flexible material having a peripheral edge corresponding to the shape of the hot tub cover to an undersurface of the hot tub cover, securing the planar sheet to the hot tub cover with a plurality of connectors extending from the peripheral edge adapted to engage with the hot tub cover, and draining moisture on a top surface of the planar sheet through at least one aperture through the planar sheet. The may be secured to a hot tub cover.

Abstract: A plant building (4) includes a building body (5) that has a first installation region (51) where a first rotary machine (2) is installed, a second installation region (52) where a second rotary machine (3) is installed, and a carrying in and out region (53) provided between the first installation region (51) and the second installation region (52) in a horizontal direction, a first overhead crane (6) that is disposed in the building body (5) and is capable of traveling above the first installation region (51) and above the carrying in and out region (53), and a second overhead crane (7) that is disposed at a height position different from a height position of the first overhead crane (6) in the building body (5) and is capable of traveling above the second installation region (52) and above the carrying in and out region (53).

Abstract: A tornado shelter has a dome-shape, sheltering wall formed by a multiplicity of modular, hollow/cavitied wall panel units manually assembled together at respective peripheral edges by the mating engagement of interlocking, male and female portions. Each wall panel unit is a one-piece molding with opposed side wall portions in spaced apart, parallel relation defining between them respective containers with filler openings adjacent a top and containing a filler material of alternately water, a rheopectic fluid, gel or granular particles, thereby increasing impact strength and anchoring weight. Selected base panel units are formed with respective eyes receiving ground anchoring stakes. Panel portions can be laminates reinforced by wire mesh or KEVLAR integrally molded therein.

Abstract: A weight system for containing fill material for supporting a free-standing object, comprising a container defining an interior chamber adapted to contain the fill material and a closure system. The closure system is arranged to allow the container to be configured in a closed configuration and an open configuration. Fill material is arranged within the interior chamber when the container is in the open configuration.

Abstract: A lighting system for a portable shelter is disclosed herein. The lighting system includes at least one light bar, the at least one light bar including a plurality of spaced-apart lights, the at least one light bar configured to be attached to one or more frame members of a portable shelter; and a power module unit, the power module unit configured to be electrically coupled to the at least one light bar so as to provide power to the plurality of spaced-apart lights. In one or more embodiments, the lighting system may further include one or more fastener devices for attaching the at least one light bar to one or more frame members of a portable shelter, and at least one wire connector device for electrically coupling the at least one light bar to the power module unit.

Abstract: An enclosure that includes a deployable expansion structure for added space. The enclosure comprises a cover that includes a panel, a plurality of wall supports that connect to the panel, with each of the plurality of wall supports having a first end that connects to a portion of panel, an expansion support having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the expansion support connects to a portion of the cover, and a hub that connects to a second end of each of the plurality of wall supports and the second end of the expansion support. The expansion support pivots from a first position to a second position with respect to the hub to deploy the expansion structure to form a cavity with additional space.

Abstract: A collapsible structure connection system and method including an apparatus having a pair of mated ferrules, at least one pivoting pin and at least one slider arm. Each ferrule couples to a rod segment of the structure, the ferrules connecting the rod segments when mated, but allowing the rod segments to rotate into a collapsed structure. The apparatus has a locking system in one example embodiment. The systems include a bracket, at and at least one locking device to fix the rod segments in a preferred configuration. An alternate apparatus and collapsible structure connection system includes a pair of mated ferrules each having a lengthwise slot, a connector arm and pivoting pins. The connector arm rotates around the pivoting pins within the slots of the ferrules, allowing the ferrules to rotate into various positions when selectively connecting and collapsing rod segments.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a removable fence. The fence is designed to be sturdy and reliable, while remaining quickly and easily removable without the use of tools. The fence provides two or more fenceposts and one or more fence sections. Threaded lockbars and wingnuts are provided for each fence section. The lockbars and wingnuts may be used to temporarily affix the end of the fence section to the fencepost. A plurality of fenceposts and fence sections may be erected and joined in this manner to construct the fence. The process may be reversed to remove the fence sections from the fenceposts to prepare for an approaching storm.

Abstract: A bollard setting and installation system for efficiently installing a bollard wall without any restrictions relating to proximity to water or flood plains. The bollard setting and installation system generally includes a setting frame which is positioned on a ground surface. A plurality of bollards is positioned on the setting frame in a desired spacing and orientation to form a bollard wall. A vehicle having a vehicle arm connected to a lifting frame is positioned such that the bollards are secured to the lifting frame by clamps in the desired spacing and orientation. The vehicle may then move the lifting frame to position the lower ends of the bollards in an opening in the ground surface. Concrete may be poured to encapsulate the lower ends of the bollards. The lifting frame may then be removed, with the bollard wall being free-standing in the ground surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method that allows a CSCA to enable an iFOB key system once it is turned on by pressing a function button. When the function button is released, the iFOB key system is turned off. The iFOB key system includes the ERFTS, so when the iFOB key system is turned on/off, the ERFTS is also turned on/off. The embodiment of the CSCA has a double-action switch, a triple-action switch, a timer, a timer circuit and all of the circuitries that are associated with an iFOB key. The CSCA controls the length of time that current is allowed to flow from a battery source to an iFOB key system; it is this type of control that prevents an ERFTS and a customer's property from being compromised. The iFOB key system is always in the off position until it is turned on.

Abstract: A cable lock (10), including: a cable (16), for locking an object (26) thereby; a first, being the internal peripheral electric conductor (54B), surrounding the cable (16); a peripheral insulating layer (22), surrounding the first peripheral electric conductor (54B); a second, being the external peripheral electric conductor (54A), surrounding the peripheral insulating layer (22); and an electrical circuit (62), for alerting (56) once any region (58A) of the second peripheral electric conductor (54A) electrically contacts an adjacent region (14A) of the first peripheral electric conductor (54B), by crossing the peripheral insulating layer (22), thereby a blade (28) pressing on the second peripheral electric conductor (54A) induces the electrical contact of the second peripheral electric conductor (54A) with the first peripheral electric conductor (54B), thereby the electrical circuit (62) alerts (56) prior to cutting the cable (16).

Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, including a force accumulator for causing the movable furniture part to be put in the opening direction of the movable furniture part, and wherein the device has a locking assembly for locking a tensioned position of the force accumulator, in which the force accumulator is charged for the opening movement of the furniture part. The tensioned position of the force accumulator is unlockable by displacing an activator element that interacts with the locking assembly. The locking assembly includes a pivotably mounted locking member, and the activator element and the locking member are mutually adapted in such a manner that, for unlocking the tensioned position of the force accumulator, the activator element carries out a linear repositioning movement and comes to bear on the locking member in such a manner that the locking member is subjected to a pivoting movement, or vice versa.