Abstract: A method and a device for mounting a wiper system on a motor vehicle includes individual structural members of the wiper system fitted in places on the motor vehicle body which are remote from each other. Thereby the individual structural members (19) are at first secured to a device serving as a transportation support (30) in proper position to the fastening points (26) on the motor vehicle body (25) and the premounted unit of wiper system and transportation support (30) is then put on the vehicle body (25) in proper mounting condition and thereafter the connection between the structural members (19) of the wiper system and the transportation support (30) is released again.

Abstract: A clamp for drilling tubulars such as drill pipes includes a jaw which defines a cylindrical recess. A cylindrical insert is rotatably mounted within the recess. This insert defines a cylindrically symmetrical toothed surface positioned to grip and frictionally engage the clamped tubular, and a cylindrically convex positioning surface configured to cooperate with the cylindrical recess to hold the insert in place in the jaw. The insert is mounted in the jaw so as to rotate freely within a selected range of rotational positions in order to allow the insert to orient itself as necessary to maximize the area of contact between the insert and the clamped tubular over a range of tubular diameters. The insert is reversible in the recess so as to allow the insert to be positioned in the jaw as necessary to maximize frictional engagement with the clamped tubular in a selected direction of rotation.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing multiple pairs of skis in bottom-to-bottom facing arrangement and in a generally upright orientation, with the skis contacting one another at forward and rearward contact zones, includes a generally upright support on which individually adjustable sets of upper and lower clamping assemblies are positioned. Both the upper clamping assembly and the lower clamping assembly of each set are operable to apply a releasable clamping force against the top surfaces of the associated pair of skis. At least one of the clamping assemblies is movable toward and away from the other one, whereby the clamping forces may be applied at spaced locations relative to the forward and rearward contact zones so as to restrain warping of the stored pair of skis. The support is rotatably mounted on a dish-like receptacle for melted snow.