Abstract: A cranium is firstly produced form an epoxy resin, whose thickness is adapted so that the compressive strength at a given point is the same as at the corresponding point of a real cranium. This is followed by the fitting of the soft parts, i.e. the brain, eyeballs, flats of the ear and nasal pyramid. These members are made from a silicone to which a variable quantity of oil has been added to ensure that their hardness is the same as that of the corresponding real organs. The cranium is then placed on a support permitting the correct orientation thereof in the mould where the skin is cast.

Abstract: The present invention concerns hull shapes for a surface effect ship, including a catamaran type supported structure with two side walls (100) connected by a center platform (200), able to operate either as a buoyant displacement vehicle, or as an air cushion supported vehicle, the side walls (100) confining, with two sealing devices (310, 320), the supporting center air cushion (c).

Abstract: A field of useful data is split into a number of basic entities, called "data groups". Each data group is, in turn, split into smaller basic entities or "data blocks". Each resulting data block is inserted in a data packet to be transmitted through a teletext or videotext network. Therefore, an input coupler has two functional parts: a data group generator and a data packet generator.

Abstract: Process of fabricating an active matrix display screen in which there are left after the second photo-etching segments (S) forming conductive bridges (120, 110, 112, 114) over breaks (103) in the conductive layer (102) forming the columns.

Abstract: An analyzer for noise signals which are transmitted by a telephone pair in a telephone cable is connected to a digital transmission equalizer. A delimiting circuits delimits the binary stream generated by the threshold detector into data packets such that each stream is considered to be a unique packet as long as the stream does not comprise a predetermined number of zeros. At predetermined instants, writing is triggered into a random access data memory to store the contents of a schedule data register, of a storage register and of a frame unique word register. The time base also comprises an output connected to an incrementing input of an address counter and to an output connected to the zero reset input of storage register.

Abstract: The electrode structure comprises in each section three parallel microbands of identical width, the first and second microband covering first and second optical guides respectively and being separated by a width giving to the propagating line which they form a characteristic impedance equal to the required adaptation impedance; the third microband is far enough away from the second band for the contribution of the former to such characteristic impedance to be negligible. The covering of the first and second optical guides by the first and second microbands alternates from one section to the next section and the passage from a first section to a second section is obtained by a transition zone comprising inclined microbands.

Abstract: A device used as an electro-mechanical converter includes a body having a spherical outer surface, a structure peripherally surrounding the spherical body and electromagnetic means spatially located from the body to cause a rotational displacement of the body. The body is connected to a static support and all rotational motions are relative thereto.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel oxide for tunable lasers. These oxides comply with the formula:(A.sub.1-x X.sub.x).sub.n (B.sub.1-y Y.sub.y).sub.m O.sub.4in whichA represents one or more elements chosen from the group Mg, Mn and Zn;X represents one or more optically active divalent cations chosen from among V, Ni and Co;B represents one or more elements of the same valence chosen in the group comprising Si, Ge, P, Te, W, Al, In, Ga and Mo;Y represents one or more optically active trivalent cations chosen from among Cr, V and Ni;x is such that 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.15;y is such that 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.15; andm and n are integers such that 2n+vm=8 with v representing the valence of B, provided that y=0 when B represents one or more elements chosen from among Si, Ge, P, Te, W and Mo and x and y are not both equal to 0.As an example of such oxides, reference is made to Mg.sub.0.99 Ni.sub.0.01 Al.sub.2 O.sub.

Abstract: An armor-penetrating projectile comprises an outer substantially cylindrically tubular member of great length/diameter ratio and density, centered on an axis, and having an axially throughgoing bore defined by an inner surface and an axially elongated inner member of greater strength and elasticity than the outer member extending axially through the bore the full length of the outer member and having an outer surface in tight radial contact with the inner surface of the outer member at at least a plurality of annular locations spaced along the axis. This inner member can be a bundle of wires that is inserted through the bore after the outer member has been expanded by heat, then twisted and longitudinally prestressed to lock tightly in the outer member.

Abstract: A teletext receiver incorporating a demodulation circuit, a data demultiplexing circuit, a memory, a microprocessor and a numbering keyboard. The inventive receiver also comprises an early article acquisition decision circuit disposed between the demultiplexing circuit and the memory. This circuit incorporates a shift register with five cells, a storage module having a first group of three storage cells able to store three bytes, a second group of three storage cells able to store three bytes, a two-bit flip-flop, a logic comparison circuit incorporating a first group of three byte comparators, a second group of three byte comparators, an article start code detector, and a comparison synthesis logic circuit connected to the six byte comparators, to the detector and to the flip-flop. This circuit supplies an opening or closing control signal applied to the control input of the memory.

Abstract: An episcope is provided which allows viewing in either the forward or rearward directions through the same episcope. A parallelogram shaped main optical unit has a forward facing first objective lens and a first eyepiece lens. Light entering through the first objective lens strike one pair of faces of the main optical unit at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle so that it is reflected by the parallel faces through the first eyepiece. An upper optical unit is disposed above the main optical unit and has a rearward facing objective lens. Light is reflected in the upper optical unit to pass into the main optical unit through the same face which reflected light coming from the first objective lens, the light from the second objective lens striking this face at an angle less than the critical angle.

Abstract: A system for the management of the physical memory of a processor which utilizes a base register which is loaded, for each virtual address of the memory, by a base address of a discriptive register corresponding to a task to be performed by the processor. This system utilizes a descriptive register table, an adder receiving the binary value of the base address of the first descriptive register, and the binary value of the index corresponding to the first register. The outputs of the adder address one of the inputs of the descriptive register table, thus selecting a segment descriptive register corresponding to the task to be performed. Each of the descriptive registers of the table contains control bits sent to the processor which makes it possible for the processor to check whether, for the segment to which the processor must have access, the processor must operate in the local or overall mode and whether the processor must process an input-output operation or an access to the memory.

Abstract: The high frequency oscillator includes a piezo-electric crystal (1) which is connected to at least two exciter electrodes (3, 4) and means which make it possible to apply on the one hand to the electrodes (3, 4) electric excitation power for the crystal according to a useful vibratory mode which is selected to determine a frequency reference, and on the other hand additional electric power for exciting the crystal according to an overtone vibratory mode which is distinct from the useful vibrational mode. Means (46, 47) are also provided to regulate the electric excitation power of the crystal according to the useful vibratory mode in a predetermined and constant proportion in relation to the additional electric power. The invention makes it possible to compensate, using the isochronism deficiency stemming from the additional vibration on the useful mode, the indirect amplitude-frequency effect stemming from the additional vibration, and vice versa.

Abstract: A priming composition with an elevated thermal stability, which is sensit to percussion, is disclosed. The priming composition comprises a tetrazolic ring containing primary explosive and a sensitivity additive. The sensitivity additive comprises an oxidizing agent and a reducing agent. 40 to 95 weight percent of the priming composition is the primary explosive, 2.5 to 40 weight percent of the priming composition is the oxidizing agent and 2.5 to 40 weight percent of the priming composition is the reducing agent. The priming composition is applied to heads of percussion fuses.

Abstract: According to this invention, a field of useful data is split into a number of basic entities, called "data groups". Each data group is, in turn, split into smaller basic entities or "data blocks". Each resulting data block is inserted in a data packet to be transmitted through a teletext or videotext network. Therefore, an input coupler has two functional parts: a data group generator and a data packet generator.

Abstract: A videotex asynchroneous transmission system uses a parity bit for each character, with a continuous ARQ-type retransmission method. The data are transmitted in blocks (so-called "code words"). Each code word is comprised of a block of seventeen bytes "1"-"15" constituting the characters which are to be transmitted encoded by seven bits b1-b7. The 8th bit b8 of each byte is the parity bit. The 16th byte is the check byte of the code word, and the 17th byte being the enabling byte of the code word.

Abstract: Capacitative device for measuring the moisture content of granular or powder materials, particularly materials in motion on a conveyor belt or in a pipe comprising a capacitative probe provided with at least two electrodes separated by an insulating zone and in contact with the material being examined, a support frame for the capacitative probe, and high frequency oscillator circuit associated with the electrodes in order to supply an alternating voltage of a frequency variable with the moisture content. The probe, which has a cylindrical body may be rotated by a motor and comprises cleaning scrapers mounted on the frame which cooperate with the body of the probe when the latter is rotating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filter for demodulating signals modulated in frequency in binary manner by the switching of two frequencies F.sub.a and F.sub.b.On a piezoelectric crystal, is produced two surface wave filtering units, each comprising a transmitting transducer and a receiving transducer with interdigitated electrodes. The number of electrodes of the receiving transducer of the first unit is substantially equal to twice (2F.sub.a -F.sub.b)/2(F.sub.b -F.sub.a ) with a spacing of v/(2F.sub.a -F.sub.b), in which v is the propagation rate. In the case of the second unit, this number is approximately twice (2F.sub.b -F.sub.a)/2(F.sub.b -F.sub.a) with a spacing of v/(2F.sub.b -F.sub.a). The receiving transducers are preferably subdivided in each case into two juxtaposed transducers, whereof one is set back with respect to the other by a distance of approximately v/4F.sub.a for the first unit and v/4F.sub.b for the second.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive composition for protecting electric connections from parasitic currents, particularly those due to irradiations of X-ray photons. It comprises a silicone elastomer, preferably of the cold-curing type, mixed with a solvent and filled with fine particles of carbon black forming an electrically homogeneous structure after polymerization. Metallic conductors of electrical connections are thus coated with this composition by means of an apparatus comprising a hermetic housing 1 containing the electrical connection 3 to be coated and connected by an at least partially transparent tube 4 to an impregnation tank 5 at whose outlet a tubular furnace 12 is present, a partial vacuum being applied in the housing and the tube. Application to the protection of electrical connections which are exposed to X-rays is shown in FIG. 1.

Abstract: The invention concerns a percussion primer for ammunition without case or ammunition with combustible case of the type comprising a sensitive composition 6 placed against an anvil 7.The anvil is developed in a combustible block 4 provided with a vent 5 arranged at a conical end of the combustible block 4 and coaxial with a firing pin 3 with flat end firmly connected with the weapon; the anvil is formed of the sharp edge of the conical end of the block defining the vent and fits the shape of the cross section of the firing pin, in order to permit the shearing of the sensitive composition.The primer in accordance with the invention is of great selectivity and is practically insensitive to accidental percussion.