In a first step, in a printed material web (1) moved in a feed direction, a first material web part (5) which is formed by a material web section (1a) is folded against the rest of the material web (6) that is formed from two material web portions (1b, 1c). In the region of a connecting line (2b) extending between neighbouring material web sections (1b, 1c) the two material web parts (5, 6) are connected to one another by means of a bonding adhesive. In a subsequent step the material web (1) is folded again along a line (2b) extending between two neighbouring material web sections (1b, 1c). All material web sections (1a, 1b, 1c) lie above one another. Subsequently, multi-page sub-products (11), the pages (12a, 12b, 12c) of which are connected to one another in the region of the spine (13) of the sub-product, are separated from the twice-folded material web (1). Finally, the sub-products (11) are placed on top of one another to form a stack (16) and are connected to one another in the region of the spine (13) thereof by means of a bonding adhesive.

The invention relates to a device for applying a liquid, in particular water, onto a moving substrate, comprising a series of rotors attached on a carrier beam (26). Said rotors include rotary discs (7, 8) that spray the liquid onto said substrate through openings formed in a plate (21) arranged between said discs and the substrate. Each rotor comprises liquid supply means (25, 27) for the discs. The device comprises a casing (20) in which the carrier beam and the rotors are arranged. Each rotor comprises a vertical axle (17) on which two flexible and planar discs (7, 8) are mounted, which disks rotate in opposite directions. The rotors are mounted on the beam as a series of identical groups that include three rotors (17, 17', 17''), the arrangement being such that there are always two discs rotating in opposite directions and partially overlapping.

A rotating electrical machine comprises a stator (2), a rotor (3) and at least one active magnetic bearing (21, 22, 31, 32, 33) comprising a bearing winding (21; 22) which is an air-gap winding and comprises at least a first phase winding (B) and a second phase winding (A). A measurement arrangement (4, 5, 6, 7) measures the radial displacement of the rotor (3) by injecting a displacement measurement injected signal into at least one section of at least one of the bearing windings (21; 22) of one of the magnetic bearings, and capturing at least one displacement measurement signal wherein this displacement measurement signal depends on the rotor displacement in radial direction relative to the stator, this dependency being due to eddy currents in the rotor induced by the displacement measurement injected signal.

The invention relates to a balloon catheter having a guide wire, suitable for expanding tissue, and a pressure-tight closure, wherein the balloon is provided in the form of a flat disc. The balloon is preferably of double-walled construction and withstands pressures of up to 40 bar.

The invention relates to a method for determining the weight G of a vehicle (1) by means of at least one WIM sensor (5) during travel on a road section (3) of a road (4). During transit of the vehicle (1), both the wheel loads Fi(t) of all wheels (2) or double wheels i and the speed vi(t) of the vehicle (1) on this road section (3) are detected throughout the entire transit as functions of time, and the speeds vi(t) and their variations over time are used as weighting factors for the simultaneously determined wheel loads Fi(t) in the evaluation of the data in order to determine the weight G. According to the invention, the WIM sensor (5) is narrower in the direction of travel than the length (14) of the contact area of a wheel.

This invention relates to a discharge device of the dispenser gun type, which is suitable in particular for discharging semi-solid materials such as e.g. bone replacement materials. The discharge device comprises an adapter (400) which is removably attached to a main body (110) of the discharge device. A fastening structure for attachment of a container (300) is formed on the adapter substantially along a proximal direction (C) contrary to the feed direction (A). As a result various types of containers can be fastened to the machine without the need to change the mechanism of the device. The container can be provided on both ends with identical external threads and can be closed by closure caps in order to enable intuitive handling. In order to improve access to points which are difficult to reach, the container may be in the form of a curved pipe or may be formed flexibly. The piston rod (200) of the discharge device is then also formed flexibly.

The invention relates to an administration device, in particular an administration device comprising a container (1, 1d) and a mixing device for mixing an active substance with a dilution liquid in the container (1, 1d). The administration device comprises a container (1, 1d) with at least one first chamber (1e) containing the active substance and a second chamber (1f) containing the dilution liquid for the active substance, the container (1, 1d) including a seal at one end in the form of a membrane (2), and comprises a mixing device for mixing the active ingredient with the dilution liquid for the active substance. The administration device also comprises an injection needle unit (4) with a distal needle portion (4a) facing away from the container (1, 1d) for piercing the skin, and disposed opposite thereof a proximal needle portion (4b) that faces the membrane (2) when the administration device is in the initial position, and which is thrust through the membrane (2) into the container (1, 1d) in a mixing position, wherein the administration device further includes a protective sleeve (5) which can be arranged coaxially about the injection needle (4) and which, together with the injection needle (4) held within the protective sleeve (5), can be moved from the initial position in the proximal direction, in particular, only in the proximal direction relative to the container (1, 1d,), and the protective sleeve (5) can be non-rotatably connected to the container (1, 1d) in the mixing position and can be rotated relative to the mixing device in order to mix the active substance with the dilution liquid for the active substance.

A device for cooling bodies (1-13), in particular soft moulded bodies such as green anodes, comprises at least one first and one second carriage (200) for accommodating one of the bodies (1-13), and a cooling bath with a first cooling bath track (110) containing a coolant, in which both carriages (200) can be received and moved. The first cooling bath track (110) has an entry at its first end and an exit for the carriages (200) at its second end, opposite the first end. The second carriage (200), which is arranged in the entry area in the first cooling bath track (110), can be moved by means of a drive (600, 601) in such a way that the first carriage (200) can be pushed forwards without a drive unit by the second carriage (200) towards the exit of the first cooling bath track (110).

The invention relates to a device for locating avalanche victims, comprising a buoyancy member (13) that can increase in volume, means (23) for increasing the volume of the buoyancy member (13), a trigger mechanism (63) that triggers the means (23) for increasing the volume, and a cable (15) having a first and second end (17, 19). According to the invention, the buoyancy member (13) is fastened to the first end (17) and the second end (19) is fixed to a user (21).

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for determining a mobility of ions. The method includes the steps of modulating an ion beam (6) with an ion gate (2) which is controlled by a modulation function for generating a modulated ion beam, of guiding the modulated ion beam through a drifting region (3), of measuring a signal of the modulated ion beam after the modulated ion beam has passed the drifting region (3) and of calculating a correlation of the modulation function and the signal in order to determine the mobility of the ions. The apparatus (1) includes the ion gate (2), the drifting region (3) through which the modulated ion beam is guidable, a detector (4) by which the signal of the modulated ion beam is measurable after the modulated ion beam has passed the drifting region (3) and a calculation unit (5) by which the correlation of the modulation function and the signal is caiculable in order to determine the mobility of the ions. An autocorrelation of the modulation function is a two-valued function.