Abstract: A disconnectable locking clamp disconnectable from an overhead cable onto which it is locked, the clamp having a body with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw and in which the support surface (11) of the fixed jaw (3) has, on the one hand, a first cylindrical surface (14) complementary to a corresponding surface (15) of the cable, and, on the other hand, the end (6) of the fixed jaw (3) has a second surface (16) which is an extension of the first surface (14) and which is spaced from a corresponding surface (17) of the cable.The invention also covers methods of disconnection, connection, and uncoupling of such a clamp, and a transport or towing installation using such a clamp.

Abstract: A resonant cavity arranged for an electron beam to pass therethrough, is made of two spaced apart parallel substantially planar members movable with respect to each other in a direction perpendicular to their major surfaces, at least one of said members having a delay line structure on its inner face within the gap between said two members. Means are arranged for moving the members relative to each other so as to vary the spacing between said members, whereby the oscillation frequency is tuned easily. The resonant cavity can be used to realize wide-band extended interaction oscillators and klystron amplifiers.

Abstract: A product and a method for its production, wherein the product is adapted to be stuck hot and by pressure to flat articles. The product comprises a flat flexible support having a first heat-fusible layer on its front surface and a second less heat-fusible layer on its back surface. In a preferred embodiment, both layers are discontinuous.

Abstract: A packaging for a product in a powder form including an upper housing, a co-axial lower housing a plug positioned internally and functioning in conjunction with the lower housing, and a tapered middle part for temporarily engaging the lower end section of the assembly including the upper housing and plug to the lower housing such that the assembly can be closed. A stop is also provided which restricts the axial sliding of the assembly and determines the maximum opened position of the assembly. A means is also provided to block the packing in the closed position which prevents axial sliding of the assembly but permits axial swiveling of the assembly in relation to the lower housing.

Abstract: A rectilinear waveguide junction apparatus in which the input and output guides are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus. This apparatus is characterized in that it takes the form of a parallelipiped guide the internal volume of which is divided up by metal partitions which form two parallel input guides, two parallel output guides and a main intermediate guide of same section as the parallelipiped guide. This apparatus is used in very high frequency circuits, for example the supply circuits for satellite or radar antennae.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the electronic delivery of a document, originated at a local site by a source which has a printer output that normally is connected to a printer, to one or more remote locations having printers or display devices which may differ from the printer normally connected to the printer output of the document generating source. Printer command signals which normally are provided at the printer output are converted to character and position data which represent the respective characters and their horizontal and vertical positions on each page of the document. The character and position data are transmitted to a remote location, either directly or via a distribution unit which transmits a document to one or more remote locations, whereat the data is reconverted to a form of driving a printer or other display device, resulting in a line-for-line conforming copy of the original.

Abstract: A method for precision labeling of containers such as cans for labeling top, bottom or sides, including labeling sides of containers with lids; side labels may have secondary labels, e.g., tax stamps, placed thereon.

Abstract: A holder for a toilet cleaning product including a container for the cleaning product, such as a perfumed liquid; a pre-use and pre-assembly closure member, such as a plug, for the container; and a member for securing the container to the toilet; an air deodorizer is provided which is physically separable from the holder closure member but adapted to operate in combination therewith so that, with the holder and deodorizer in the inoperative state, the closure member not only seals the container but also seals and integrally retains the deodorizer.

Abstract: Sails made with threads running in the direction of principal stresses in a laminate made of the threads laminated to a film material, such as Mylar.

Abstract: A fluid packaging means comprises tubular side walls and end walls disposed at the ends thereof, forming a bottom and a top, wherein the top comprises thermoplastic material without a carrier material, is injection moulded to the outer edge of the tube along that edge and has a pouring means, and the bottom is quadrangular and has triangular flaps which are folded over to lie against at least one adjacent panel. In order to provide such a packaging means with a particularly advantagoeus bottom, the invention proposes that at least two mutually oppositely disposed triangular flaps of the bottom are folded inwardly into the plane of the bottom or outwardly on to the side wall, about the lower edge between the bottom and the side wall, and fixed in that position.

Abstract: A solar collector water heater is provided in kit form suitable for installation by a homeowner using a minimum of ordinary tools. The kit includes a rectangular insulation board serving as a baseboard, and a solar absorber plate mountable on the insulation board and including a heat exchanger with couplings for connection to a tank. A thermosiphon water tank is provided together with couplings for connecting to the heat exchanger. A main frame is assembled of a rear rail, a pair of side rails, and a front rail, all of extruded aluminum, using corner keys for adjoining adjacent ones of these rails at their ends. At least one side glazing panel having a top surface and a pair of legs inwardly disposed therefrom is cooperatively retained within the assembly by a first depression formed in one of the rail members insertably receiving and retaining one of the legs and a second depression formed in a glazing rim insertably receiving and retaining another of the legs.

Abstract: A machine for forming, continuously, distinct portions of smokeless tobacco in a pouch or pocket form, and continuously forming a chain of individual pouches containing the distinct portions of smokeless tobacco, cutting each pouch from a string of pouches, counting out a pre-set number of pouches for filling a container with the pre-set number of pouches with a set moisture content; further indexing each container relative to its production cycle, including means for rejecting improperly filled containers based on improperly filled individual or a plurality of pouches, closing each container with a lid, and pneumatic and other control means for controlling the production cycle of the machine.

Abstract: An improved structural sail with grid members appropriately positioned to resist aerodynamic loads.

Abstract: In a system for the automatic welding of motor vehicle bodies, adapted to operate on at least two different types of body, the parts of a loosely preassembled body accurately positioned, in order to be welded by programmable welding robots, by means of positioning tools carried by side gates located on both sides of the conveyor line for the bodies. At least two pairs of side gates are provided having positioning tools corresponding to two different types of body. The side gates are movable on guide means provided on the two sides of the conveyor line to allow the rapid replacement of the pair of side gates in the operative position at the welding station, in dependence on the type of body to be welded.

Abstract: An article having a substrate with a synthetic resin surface that has an affinity for printing inks is printed with a laser-induced hot print method. A transfer medium, printed on a face side with an image formed of sublimable dyes is faced against the synthetic resin surface, and a laser beam is made to impinge upon the unprinted back of the transfer medium. The laser beam is of sufficient intensity to cause the dyes to sublimate and penetrate at least partially into the synthetic resin surface of the substrate.

Abstract: As an article of manufacture, a construction element typically in a square configuration for its exposed face, or multiples thereof, suitable as a load bearing or decorative member or a facing or tile for a wall, floor, ceiling and the like, wherein at least one face of the element has a combination of five exposed surfaces, which surfaces interrelate and give varied visual effects by the interplay of light with the five exposed surfaces.

Abstract: Automatic apparatus for the induction hardening of parts of track links includes a frame for supporting the inductors which can oscillate in a horizontal plane above the links so as to enable the induction hardening of links of different shapes and dimensions, by alteration of the oscillating travel of the frame. A completely automatic system is also provided for locking the links in correspondence with the inductors, which is programmable in dependence on the shape and dimensions of the track links supplied to the hardening apparatus.

Abstract: A self-adhesive product is formed of at least one material (8) and an adhesive composition deposited onto the material (8). The ratio of the adherent surface, namely the total adhesive contact surface, to the application surface, namely the surface to which the self-adhesive product is applied, is less than 1. The adhesive composition deposited on the material (8) is such that the total surface on which the adhesive material is deposited is less than the surface of the material.

Abstract: A blade is removably supported on one end of a shank which is axially movably disposed in a tubular holder. The shank has an axially extending slit terminating at the end thereof for supporting the blade therein and a tapered portion having an outside diameter decreasing gradually from the end of the shank. The blade is movable from one of its retracted, cutting and replacement positions to another with the movement of the shank. A sleeve is fitted about the shank adjacent to the end thereof and has one end facing the tapered portion thereof. A coiled spring is provided on the shank for urging one end of the sleeve into contact with the tapered portion of the shank. The sleeve is axially movable with the movement of the shank. The holder is provided on its inner surface adjacent to the sleeve for preventing the movement of the sleeve upon movement of the blade to its replacement position.