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Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Creaholic S.a.

Createc Patent Holding S.a.

Matthias Hell

Elmar Mock

Francesco Illy

Christoph Klukowski

Hans-Joachim Faulstroh

Frank Schroeter

Elmar Moch

Matthias Renker

Paul Tragardh

A steering spindle ( ) has a thin-walled container ( ) which is filled by an incompressible flowable material ( ). In the event of a crash, the container ( ) is opened up by means of a, for example, pyrotechnic device ( ). As a result, the flowable material ( ) emerges and the container ( ) deforms, whereby the forward vehicle intrusion is uncoupled from the behavior of the steering column.

Steering shaft

A continuous flow heater has an elastic, flexible or rigid pipe (,) which is movably mounted and a heat source (,). When a liquid flowing through the pipe is heated in the pipe interior (,), undesired scale tends to be deposited on the interior of the pipe walls. To prevent or remove this deposit, the pipe (,) is moved and/or deformed by an internal overpressure or by application of external forces, causing the deposits to be detached from the pipe inner walls and carried away by the fluid flow. The overall pipe (,) can have an inner pipe (,), inner insulating layers (,), a filament (,) and external insulating layers (,).

Instantaneous water heater

The coffee machine for different coffee types requires no preheating time and consumes no energy in the standby mode. It essentially comprises a water supply chamber (1), a pump (5), a continuous flow heater (8) for heating the water and a brewing chamber (10) for receiving the coffee (10'). The continuous flow heater (8) has a low heat capacity and can therefore perform large temperature changes within a short time. In order to obtain the desired water starting temperature, use is made of a control loop. The unheated parts (9-12) along the water path between the continuous flow heater (8) and the coffee (10') are so designed that a minimum amount of heat energy is abstracted from the hot water, but at the same time the parts have an adequate strength.

Coffee machine

Wrist watch

A combination of a container and a plug-in closure unit, and a method of manufacturing the container of the combination. The container has a wall having an opening therein defining an edge. The closure unit can be inserted into the opening, and further comprises a closure part including an opening lip defining an opening lip region, and a hinge disposed opposite the opening lip of the closure part and defining a hinge region. The closure unit also includes a pouring part connected to the closure part by the hinge. The pouring part includes a neck which can be inserted into the opening of the container, and a pouring opening. The pouring part further includes an inner retaining member extending beyond the edge of the opening on the interior of the container when the closure unit is inserted into the opening thereby defining an inner retaining plane C. The inner retaining member consists of a first inner retaining element to be disposed exclusively in the hinge region, and a second inner retaining member to be disposed exclusively in the opening lip region. The pouring part also includes an outer retaining member extending beyond the edge of the opening on the exterior of the container when the closure unit is inserted into the opening. The outer retaining member thereby defines an outer retaining plane C'. A portion of the wall of the container is retained between the inner and the outer retaining member between planes C and C'.

Container with plug-in closure unit

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Bern, Switzerland

Matthias Hell