Abstract: A vehicle lamp has a housing, a light-transmissive shield covering the housing that extends across a corner area of the vehicle, at least one lamp chamber in the housing in which a light source is positioned, and a Fresnel lens having concentrically arranged prism rings located between the light source and the light-transmissive shield adjacent to the light-transmissive shield in at least partial area. The Fresnel lens has at least one curved partial area, in order to make manufacturing as simple as possible while achieving an optimal illumination and maintaining proper light distribution. The Fresnel lens is comprised of a first curved partial area having a center of the concentrically arranged prism rings and a second partial area extending up to a side area of the lamp chamber. The partial areas have differing surface geometries and are separated from each other by vertical separating lines.

Abstract: In an agricultural harvester a characteristic of crop material is monitored or measured as the crop material is conveyed through a feed tube by an auger. To obtain a more uniform packing density of the crop material in a sensing region where the measurement is made, a section of the auger flight is removed. An upstream section of flighting pushes the crop material into and through the sensing region and after it has been pushed through the sensing region it is conveyed away from the sensing region by a downstream section of flighting. The velocity of the crop material being pushed through the sensing region is not uniform across the radius of the feed tube and a layer of slowly moving crop material is formed adjacent the wall of the feed tube. A strap-like wiper element is provided in the sensor region to wipe or disperse the slowly moving layer of crop material.

Abstract: An auto rear lamp has at least one mounting lug (1) formed on a back thereof that can be inserted into a mounting hole (3) for locking the rear lamp to an edge area (5) defining the mounting hole via a spring mounted locking element (2) on the mounting lug. The spring mounted locking element is pivotal about an elastically flexible area in a pivot line extending in a insertion direction (6). The mounting lug can be inserted into the mounting hole until a first edge (17) of the spring mounted locking element, which extends at least to the pivot line engages behind the edge area defining the mounting hole and a bearing surface (7, 8) of the lamp fits closely to the vehicle.

Abstract: An autonomous low power consumption electrical apparatus that has a supply device (8) comprising a single photo-voltaic cell, an electrical accumulator (7), and a voltage booster (10, 11, TR1, TR3) connected between the power source (9) and the accumulator for charging the accumulator. The voltage booster is controlled by a pulse signal having a predetermined frequency. To allow the apparatus to start when the accumulator is completely discharged, the pulse signal can be generated, at least temporarily, by an oscillator that can operate at a very low voltage, that is, the voltage of the single photo-voltaic cell. When the apparatus is a timepiece, the oscillator (2) can be replaced by the oscillator of the time-keeping circuit (1) of the timepiece as soon as the accumulator (9) is sufficiently charged.

Abstract: A signal lamp for vehicles, specifically motor vehicles, has a housing in which at least one light source is positioned, and a light guide from which light is directed in a predetermined light exit direction, whereby the light guide is structured as a long stretched-out light-release element that extends at least in areas along an edge of a housing and/or of a reflector.

Abstract: Procedure and device for determining cardiac output volume which involves applying an electrical potential to create a current flow through tissue of the patient's heart, placing a first measuring electrode on skin of the patient near the heart and inserting a second measuring electrode into the patient's body at a position on an opposite side of the heart from the first measuring electrode so that a straight-line heart-traversing projection extends through the heart between the first and the second measuring electrodes. In one embodiment the second measuring electrode is in a blood vessel and in another embodiment there are a plurality of second measuring electrodes with the best one being determined by Electrocardiogram equipment.

Abstract: An assembly workshop for assembling together sheet metal parts, the workshop including preparation stations for putting parts in place relative to one another, assembly stations for fixing the prepared parts together, and finishing stations serving to finish off fixing the parts together.

Abstract: Liquid containing organic waste material and chemicals are continually introduced into the upper part of a vertical, cylindical treatment chamber. While sinking through the chamber, the material is beaten by fast rotating treating elements which also mix the material. The treating elements also move in axial direction to free vapors and gases from the material. Vapors and gases are removed from the top of the chamber.

Abstract: N-3-substituted pyrimindin-4-ones with angiotension II (AII) antagonistic activity are characterized by the presence of a heterocyclic moiety bound to the 3-position of the pyrimidinone ring and a biphenylmethyl moiety bound to the 5-position of the pyrimidinone ring. Preferred heterocyclic moieties include furan, thiophene, thiazole, isothiazole, oxazole, isoxazole, pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, and pyridazine rings.

Abstract: A flexible, adhesively attachable, thermal and acoustical insulating shield has a needled, flexible, fibrous batt (40) having an insulating layer (43) of insulating fibers (44) disposed between opposite binding layers (41, 42) of binding fibers (45). Binding fibers (45) of each binding layer (41, 42) are needledly disposed through the insulating layer (43) and an opposite binding layer (41, 42) to provide tufts (46) of binding fibers (45) protruding from the opposite binding layer (41, 42) so as to form a tufted upper surface (47) and a tufted lower surface (48) of the batt (40). A flexible adhesive (50) is disposed and adhered substantially over the upper surface (47) and lower surface (48) of the batt (40) such that the tufts (46) on the upper and lower surfaces (47, 48) are secured to the surfaces by the adhesive. A flexible, protective foil (51) is permanently adhered by the adhesive (50) to the lower surface (48) of the batt.

Abstract: Process for generating moisture for use in semiconductor manufacturing, the process comprising feeding hydrogen and oxygen into a reactor provided with a platinum-coated catalyst layer on an interior wall, thus enhancing the reactivity between hydrogen and oxygen by catalytic action and instantaneously reacting the reactivity-enhanced hydrogen and oxygen at a temperature below the ignition point to produce moisture without undergoing combustion at a high temperature, wherein the amount of unreacted hydrogen occurring in the generated moisture in starting up or terminating the moisture generating reaction is minimized and wherein undesired reactions such as undesired silicon oxide film coating are avoided. When the generation of moisture is started up by feeding hydrogen and oxygen into the reactor provided with a platinum-coated catalyst layer on the inside wall thereof, oxygen first starts to be fed and, some time after that, the supply of hydrogen is begun.

Abstract: The crankset for the driving of bicycles and other vehicles or machines by muscular force includes two coaxial crank spindles (8, 9), mounted in a bottom bracket tube and each provided with a radial arm (20, 22) beside one or more toothed chain rings driving a chain transmission. The chain ring carrier (15) has an axis (25) offset forwards with respect to the spindles and it is coupled to each radial arm by an articulated connecting rod. Sealing gaskets (42, 46, 53) are placed within the bottom bracket tube (2) and between both spindles to protect the spindle bearings (41, 45, 48, 51) as regards the exterior. The chain ring carrier (15) is mounted by sealed roller bearings (27) on an adjustable eccentric member (26) to adjust the direction of eccentricity. The two articulations (34) of the connecting rods on the chain ring carrier can be situated substantially facing the respective cranks (11, 13).

Abstract: Light guides (1) capable of encoding the transverse and longitudinal coordinates of light emission induced by the interaction of photons in an array of a plurality of the light guides. Each light guide has at least two discrete crystal segments (4) adjacently disposed along a common longitudinal axis of the light guide (1). Between adjacent segments is a boundary layer (7) having less light transmission than the light transmission of the crystal segments (4). A light absorbing mask (8) increases light adsorption in a segment (4). Photons enter the light guide (1) and cause the emission of scintillation light which is delivered in different and resolvable quantities to light sensing devices. The differences in quantity of delivered light is caused by successive decreases in light in part by the boundary layers (7). The differences in quantity of light establish the segment from which the light emission took place.

Abstract: The printed circuit has connection pads emerging in a face of the integrated circuit, which face is covered in an insulating layer (5) having openings in register with the connection pads, and at least one conductor track (7) extending over the first insulating layer and having one end connected to one of the connection pads of the integrated circuit. A second insulating layer (8) covers the first insulating layer and has openings (9) in register with each conductor track (7) of the first layer and in register with each connection pad that is not connected to a conductor track (7), and it carries at least one repositioning conductor track (10) extending over the second insulating layer (8) having one end connected to a conductor track (7) of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: In an agricultural harvester, a characteristic of crop material is sensed as the crop material is moved through a feed tube by an auger having flighting which terminates upstream of a sensing region. The auger flighting conveys crop material into the sensing region where it accumulates and then is pushed from the sensing region by further crop material conveyed into the region. This results in a more uniform packing density of the crop material in the sensing region where the measurement is made, provided the feed tube is oriented vertically or at a small angle relative to vertical. To obtain a uniform packing density when the feed tube is horizontal or inclined only slightly, a butterfly valve is provided downstream of the sensing region. The valve has flaps that are spring biased to a closed position to block the flow of crop material from the sensing region.

Abstract: A flat-mount louver assembly (9) includes a plurality of slats (10) mounted in a louver jamb subassembly (40). The subassembly includes C-shaped jamb segments (20') joined together at a mitered joint (44) with their open faces facing one another and holding the slats between them. The louver jamb subassembly is mounted in a jamb slot (25) of a louver mounting band (15). The louver mounting band has a planar mounting base (75), a planar jamb wrap connector (52) perpendicular to the base and having a connecting-member edge spaced apart from the base, and a flange (53) substantially perpendicular to one side of the connecting member edge. The flange and jamb wrap connector, with a portion of the base, make up the jamb slot. The slats are preferably configured with raised edges to resist the flow of water.

Abstract: An electrical coupling part comprising a conductive coupling member, an inner conductive layer surrounding the coupling member, an insulating layer surrounding the conductive layer, and an elastic protective sleeve which comprises at least one cylindrical portion adjacent to an end of the insulating layer and a conical portion adjacent to the cylindrical portion, the protective sleeve further comprising, at an end remote from the cylindrical portion, an orifice of greater diameter than the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: The monitoring and control of jig separators is effected by monitoring the time variation within a jig cycle of at least one operating parameter of the jig, and manipulating the operating parameter(s) to produce the sought after form of the time variation within the jig cycle. Operating parameters include bed voidage, water level, particle velocity in the bed and water or air pressure.

Abstract: In an adaptive method and device for predistorting a signal to be transmitted, supplied by a signal source to an input of a power amplifier having a output for delivering an amplified output signal, the following steps are conducted: predistorting the signal to be transmitted by means of cascaded predistortion amplitude and phase look-up tables interposed between the signal source and the input of the power amplifier, producing a first feedback signal in response to the predistorted signal, producing a second feedback signal in response to the amplified output signal from the power amplifier, delaying the first feedback signal for eliminating any time lag between the first and second feedback signals, and real time modeling the predistortion amplitude and phase look-up tables in response to the first and second feedback signals in order to update these two tables.