Abstract: A process for preparing a starch-protein fiber comprising forming a dough, relaxing the dough mixing tension in said dough, pushing said dough through a passageway having a decreasing cross-sectional area, and then pushing said dough through a further passageway and heating said dough to set the product.

Abstract: A micro-miniature stepping motor suitable for driving the gear works of an electronic watch wherein low-frequency timing impulses derived from a high-frequency time base are applied to the stator coil of the motor to cause the rotor therof to index ninety degrees in response to each impulse. The rotor includes a square rotor plate and a stator plate parallel thereto, a shaft secured to the center of the rotor plate extending through a central opening in the stator plate. Mounted on the underside of the rotor plate at the corners thereof are four permanent magnet blocks with their poles in mutual opposition to form a magnetic circuit between the rotor and stator plates whose lines of flux bridge the air gap therebetween. The stator plate has a generally square formation whereby the magnet blocks on the rotor, in the absence of a torque-producing force, seek to orient themselves to a stable position of minimum reluctance.

Abstract: A solid-state electronic timepiece movement receivable within a watch case having an end window therein. The movement includes a plastic block provided at its forward end with a ledge on which is seated a module. Mounted on the obverse face of the module and viewable through the window of the watch case are electro-optical stations of a time display. The operating elements of the stations are connected through the body of the module to integrated circuit chips mounted on the back face of the module. These chips provide the circuits of an electronic timekeeping system operating in conjunction with discrete elements housed in the block and constituted by a quartz-crystal unit, a frequency-adjusting capacitor and a pair of power cells as well as time demand and setting switches.

Abstract: A solid-state electronic watch having a battery-operated multi-digit display of the light-emitting diode type. In the Normal-mode of the watch, the display is quiescent to conserve power and prolong the life of the battery. A depressible Time-button switch is provided which, in the Time-mode, causes the display to present different functions of time, such as Hours-Minutes and Month-Date, depending on how the button is actuated by the user. A depressible Set-button switch is also provided. This switch, when repeatedly depressed and released by the user presents in sequence the individual readings to be set, such as Hours, Minutes and Date. The particular reading presented on the display by operation of the Set-button is advanced by actuating the Time-button.