Abstract: The mechanism, which is intended to be associated with a solid structure (10), comprises, among others, a body (30) pierced with a slot (31) one of the sides (312) of which is provided with indents (32) in the shape of a curvilinear triangle (320), a stud (40) which is made of a head (41), of a shank (42) with two successive cylindrical bosses (421, 422) of different diameters of which the largest has a flat (423) and of an end-piece (43) to receive the means of retention (50) and which is intended to be engaged in the slot (31) and to receive a strap support (20), an elastic biasing element (60) exercising a torque on the stud (40), a support (33) close to the slot (31) and a manoeuvring lever (70) fitted with a stop (73) and a bearing (74).

Abstract: This system consists of two fundamental devices based on a holder frame in which the screen to be insulated is embedded and remains fixed to the first frame by means of applying a third frame equipped with embedding elements. Once the silk screen has been insulated, it passes to a screen holder frame situated on the silk screen printing machine, in which the screen is embedded by means of fixed adjustable screws that are self-centering and the whole unit is attached to the screen holder frame, by means of a conventional pin adjuster. The entire process of the system should be followed in order to obtain maximum results.

Abstract: New antiarrythmic diamines are disclosed. pa These new compounds are represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein: A is NO.sub.2, RSO.sub.2 NH or RSO.sub.2, whereinR represents a lower alkyl group.B is >CH.sub.2 or >C.dbd.O,Y is a lower alkyl group,Z is a lower alkyl or benzyl group,n is an integer 2 or 3.The compounds of the present invention are useful as antiarrhythmic agents.

Abstract: An automatic silk stretching apparatus for stretching silk on a silk screen printing frame is provided. At first silk is stretched to four sides by first stage stretching by cramp table and second stage stretching by stretchers on the cramp table. From lower side of the cramped silk, a printing frame on an elevator table is lifted and urges the silk. Adhesive is applied on the frame, and is forcibly dried. Then, the excess silk surrounding the frame is cut. The silk stretched frame is discharged, an empty frame is fed and further new silk is cramped.

Abstract: A discharge lamp comprises an HPS discharge device within an outer envelope filled with inert gas. A normally nonconductive spark gap device within the outer envelope is connected across conductors used to apply a voltage to the HPS discharge device. The spark gap breaks down when the applied voltage exceeds a certain value to prevent breakdown through the inert gas within the outer envelope.

Abstract: Stereo receiver circuit for processing a multiplex signal comprising a pilot signal by means of a pilot signal detector which detects frequency components in the multiplex signal at the frequency of the pilot signal and which controls a Schmitt trigger for influencing the mono/stereo operation, said circuit also comprising a control circuit capturing the noise components in the multiplex signal and acting on the Schmitt trigger. To prevent the Schmitt trigger from switching between the state for mono operation and the state for stereo operation in the case of weak reception field strengths, the control circuit is only active in mono operation and influences the input signal of the Schmitt trigger in the case of reception of sufficiently strong noise components to such an extent that the Schmitt trigger remains in its switching state for mono operation.

Abstract: An HPS sodium vapor discharge lamp having a starting aid consisting essentially of a metallic band disposed circumscribing one end of the lamp discharge vessel, and means for applying a voltage to the metallic bond for inducing ionization throughout the volume of the discharge vessel to facilitate lamp starting. The metallic band may define a heat shield for inhibiting thermal radiation from one end of the discharge vessel.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation, in a chewing gum carrier, possessing an antinitocine effect which comprises a biologically resorbable polymeric vehicle containing a cation-exchange group and modified thereat by an antinicotine-action action alkaloid in the following proportions thereof, percent by mass: antinitocine-action alkaloid 2.5-40.0 polymeric vehicle the balance. The method of producing the preparation comprises reacting a biologically resorbable polymeric vehicle containing a cation-exchange group with an antinicotine-action alkaloid in an aqueo-organic medium at a volume ratio of the aqueous and organic phases of 1-15:1-24 respectively and at a temperature within the range of from 8.degree. to 22.degree. C.

Abstract: Circuit arrangement for linearly amplifying and demodulating an AM-modulated signal, and integrated semiconductor element for said circuit arrangement. A linear amplifier and demodulator for AM-modulated signals comprises a logarithmic amplifier having a number of amplifier stages successively operating in a limiting mode, an antilog circuit, and DC separation between the logarithmic amplifier and the antilog circuit.

Abstract: A multi-point optical amplification repeating system is disclosed in which an output of a unidirectional amplifier inserted in a unidirectional repeating optical transmission system is branched and coupled to an input of a unidirectional amplifier inserted in another unidirectional repeating optical transmission system, so that bidirectional optical communication can be performed between many points connected to a plurality of first optical transmission lines. If a bidirectional amplifier is employed in a bidirectional repeating optical transmission system, the above bidirectional optical communication can be also realized by fed back the first port of the bidirectional amplifier to the second port thereof through an optical isolator.

Abstract: A method of determining the amount of nutriment absorbed in living organisms comprising animals, fish and plants comprises adding to the animal, fish or plant food one or more elements from the lanthanide series as tracers. After the nutriment has been absorbed, a sample is taken from a localized part of the living organism, for example a fish scale, and the sample is analyzed by ICP (inductively coupled plasma) to determine the amount of tracer and thus the amount of absorbed nutriment in the living organism.

Abstract: An automatic polishing device is disclosed for automatic smooth polishing of windowpane from the outside of an airplane without the necessity of removing them from the airplane. The device of the present invention is provided with replaceable petal-shaped polishing pads of the same number as a required number of polishing steps such as rough, medium and finish polishing. Each pad is mounted on the exterior wall surface of an airplane and urged against the window surface with substantially constant pressure and is supplied with liquids for polishing and washing from a centrally-disposed opening.

Abstract: The write clock controlling operation of the PIP circuitry (e.g. the analog digital converter in the PIP channel) utilizes a clock signal source having a substantially higher frequency (preferably six times) the desired write clock frequency. This clock signal is applied to a divide by six circuit which has a cycle reset controlled by the horizontal synchronization signal of the incoming PIP signal. The write clock signal furnished by this arrangement has the correct rate for sampling the incoming PIP video information and is pseudo line locked to the PIP horizontal synchronization signal.

Abstract: Phase detector having a first input for an angle-modulated input carrier to be detected, and a second input for a reference carrier having a phase shift which is dependent on the angle modulation with respect to the input carrier, the input and reference carriers being at least multiplied in the phase detector, and a frequency demodulator including such a phase detector. In order to inhibit signal distortion and notably second-order interference products in the demodulation of an angle-modulated input carrier, the phase detector according to the invention is adapted to derive an in-phase carrier A and a phase quadrature carrier B from the input carrier and to derive an in-phase carrier C and a phase quadrature carrier D from the reference carrier which has a phase which, at an average, is equal or opposite to that of the input carrier, while the phase detector is further adapted to supply from its output a signal which substantially corresponds to AC-BD.

Abstract: A fully digital phase-locked loop comprises a sampler (1), an analog-to-digital converter (2), two quadrature demodulators (3 and 4) and their associated filters (5 and 6), and a decision logic (7) effecting the correction of the sampling phase around the value of the free-running frequency (f.sub.e) by the addition or subtraction of machine cycles of a signal processor (9).

Abstract: A zero-IF radio receiver circuit comprises an input filter (3), quadrature mixers (9,10), d.c.-blocking capacitors (24,26) and a demodulator (22). The circuit is partly integrated on a semiconductor chip and an inductive component of the input filter comprises one or more of the chip bond-wires. In order to compensate for the inevitable variation of the inductance of these bond-wires from circuit to circuit part of the signal from the local oscillator (12) is added to the input signal before its application to the input filter and the d.c. component of the resulting output from one mixer (10), which component is representative of the phase shift of the local oscillator signal produced by the input filter and hence of any tuning error of this filter, is applied to a tuning control input (30) of the filter to reduce the error. Alternatively the tuning control signal may be adjusted to maximize the sum of the squares of the d.c.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for storing a speech signal in a digital speech memory (SP) and reproducing the stored signal comprises among other things a control circuit (SS). The control circuit produces control commands and clock signals for the individual modules of the arrangement. The speech signal to be stored is available in one of various predetermined codes. In order to enable storing speech signals of considerable lengths, it is provided to write the speech signal into the digital speech memory (SS) in a preferred digital code. For this purpose, input converters (EW1, EW2, EW3, EW4) are used which convert the code of the speech signal to be stored from the one it has into the preferred digital code, if the signal is not already available in this code. Multiplexing means (M1, M2), controlled by the control circuit (SS), further convey the converted speech signal to the input of the digital speech memory (SP).

Abstract: A reflector lamp having an outer reflector envelope filled with a rare gas at a pressure of approximately one atmosphere during lamp operation, a high pressure sodium discharge device within the outer envelope, and support conductors for mounting the discharge device. A sleeve over one of the support conductors helps prevent electrical breakdown through the rare gas.