Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for performing routine analyses such as polarographic or spectrophotometric analysis on a large set of sample solutions filled into separate sample cups being arranged on or shaped in a sample cup holder (101) along a moving path, wherein the samples are in consecutive cycles sucked out of the sample cup (102) by a suction tube (103) and transferred into a common vessel, wherein the analysis will be performed. The vessel (105) has a lower outlet (107) communicating with an analyzer cell (112) or the ambient space over a channel (116) which is only effective if the sample level in the vessel (105) exceeds a certain threshold level, and an aspirating mouth (108) in the upper part of the vessel (105) communicating over a valve (109) with the ambient space. The suction tube (103) has a fixed end coupled to the inlet (106) of the vessel (105) and a free end can be moved into two different working positions.

Abstract: Heat exchanging device wherein plural number of support plates are provided at a required distance from one another, a plurality of through holes are formed on these support plates, a plurality of heating tubes of a fluorocarbon resin are put in each of the through holes independently from one another and these heating tubes are held by the support plates.

Abstract: The present invention refers to new etherified hydroxy-alkyl phosphonic acid derivatives of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R stands for 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-benzofuran-7-yl, 4-methyl-coumarin-7-yl, 2,2,4-trimethyl-(2H)-chromen-5-yl or 2,2,4-trimethyl-(2H)-chromen-7,yl,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and stand for hydrogen, C.sub.1-8 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 halogen-alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy-C.sub.1-2 alkyl, Me stands for a monovalent cation.The new compounds can be used as active ingredients of plant growth regulating agents.

Abstract: A compressed and formed alkaline component suitable for use in a buffered aspirin product. The alkaline component is made of alkaline materials selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide and mixtures thereof and having incorporated therein citric acid and monobasic sodium phosphate.

Abstract: An aqueous composition useful for conditioning hair consisting essentially of an aqueous carrier containing a cationic polymer product and amphoteric surfactant product in specified proportions and having a pH in the range of from about 1 to about 6.

Abstract: According to the invention there are provided a quail egg based stabilized foam composition for cosmetic purposes comprising 5-75% by weight of quail egg, 20-80% by weight of one or more carrier/s/, 0-40% by weight of one or more additive/s/, 0.1-1% by weight of one or more antiseptic agent/s/ and 1-3% by weight of one or more sulfonamide/s/ potentiated with 2,4-diamino-5-/3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzyl/pyrimidine in a weight ratio of /1:5/-/5:1/, furthermore 5-20% by weight of a propellant.The compositions of the present invention can be stored for a very long period of time without decomposition due to their excellent stability.

Abstract: Apparatus and process for the manufacturing of microcrystalline metallic materials in band form, wherein the chemical compositing for the cooling roller given in ranges within which the upper surface roughness is reduced, the geometry is improved, the presence of microcracks is eliminated or reduced and the ductibility of the band is increased.

Abstract: The invention concerns a headlamp, the envelope of which is constituted internally by at least one concave reflecting surface, preferably by paraboloid-shape and spherical surfaces, and having a light-emitting element in, or near, the focus of the main reflecting surface and mounted on the current conducting support, and the envelope being shut-up by a transparent cover plate. The essence of the invention consists of having a convex mirror located between the light-emitting element and the cover plate, with its reflecting surface facing the light-emitting element and the concave reflecting surfaces. The surface of the convex mirror is preferably of the shape of a hyperboloid of rotation.

Abstract: Carboxypeptidase B enzyme is isolated by a process wherein homogenized and autolyzed pancreas is subjected to a thermal treatment, and carboxypeptidase B is separated by fractionation with ammonium sulfate. This process produces carboxypeptidase B having satisfactory specific activity while eliminating the use of pancreas cell fluid or an acetonous powder from pancreas as a starting material. The isolated carboxypeptidase B may be immobilized on a polymer gel containing carboxy groups activated with a carbodiimide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a headlamp, the envelope of which is constituted internally by concave reflecting surfaces but at least by one concave reflecting surface having the shape of a paraboloid of rotation, further, in the focus of said paraboloid-shape reflecting surface a light-emitting element is accommodated with its center line being perpendicular to the axis of the reflecting surface, further, having said envelope shut up with a transparent cover plate, the surface of which is uniformly roughened, and/or on said surface uniformly distributed, geometrically regular beam-forming optical elememts are provided. Essential feature of the invention consists of having over the cover plate (1) also irregularly-shaped oblong beam-forming optical elements, the longitudinal axes of which are parallel with the center line (10) of the light-emitting element (2). Said oblong beam-forming optical elements are expediently cylindrical lenses (5, 6, 7, 8) or prisms.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is an apparatus set up on a small area and at any place, thus in the home too, which is suitable for the development of both leg muscles and for the intensification of the kicking force. The apparatus consists of a ball-holding basket capable to move in the direction of kicking and upon completion of the kicking to return it quickly to its initial position. The apparatus may include such adjusting unit, whereby the load applied to the leg is controllable. The apparatus can be set up on the ground or fixed to a wall.

Abstract: A combined knife and slicer comprising an elongated blade having a knife edge, a pair of spaced stub shafts connected to the opposite end portions of the blade so as to extend laterally therefrom, and a spacer guide adjustably carried by the stub shafts and normally biased by a spring element in one direction so as to assume a position spaced a distance from the knife edge in a direction conforming to the cutting direction. The spacer guide includes a spacer bar, the spacing between the spacer bar and the blade defining a thickness of one or more slices which are intended to be produced from a solid food item, for example, a loaf of bread or a ham.

Abstract: The invention relates to a page-turning device for turning over the pages of periodicals, newspapers etc., mainly for handicapped persons, as well as for turning over the pages of music note, which has a stand and actuating mechanism provided suitably with bobbin.The problem is solved according to the invention with a cord with releasable fastening fixed at least in one point suitably along the side-edge of pages arranged on stand, which cord led through eyelets formed on the side of the folding line in the direction of page-turning is interconnected with an actuating mechanism.The most important advantage of the solution according to the invention is found in that--in addition to its simple construction--it can be used even by patients suffering from serious locomotor disease with the aid of stand mounted on hospital bed and with actuating mechanism operated by nod of the head in extreme cases. Otherwise a time switch or any other control unit can be used for operation.

Abstract: A metallurgical plasma melting process wherein a plasma burner and a separate start-up burner disposed alongside same in the same port have their axes intersecting in the furnace at an acute angle. Only the start-up burner is operated initially to form a crater in material in the furnace. Thereafter the plasma burner is ignited and the start-up burner is turned off when the plasma burner is operating at full efficiency.

Abstract: A high-pressure sodium vapor lamp, comprising a hermetically closed tube made of a translucent material of high thermal resistivity as alumina, at least two electrodes arranged in the tube, is filled with noble gas particularly xenon and with vapors of sodium and mercury and/or cadmium under pressure of saturated vapors at the temperature of operating. The quantity of the vapors of mercury and/or cadmium is in the range from 0.5 to 5.0 micromol for each centimeter of length of the discharge arc initiated between the electrodes. The high-pressure sodium lamp with the mentioned quantity of additives is assured a long lifetime of operation.

Abstract: Connecting points of fully solid material insulated conductors in the form of a fully solid material insulated hollow body, which is provided on the inside with a shield and in which at least a pair of current conductor inputs are arranged, is intended preferably for application in the high voltage switching and distribution equipments. The object and aim of the invention is to provide a coupling point which enables the increase of the operational reliability, the reduction of the complexity of assembly, servicing and repairing operations, as well as the coupling of offset or branching-off current conductors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing aqueous and oily, sulfur containing products.The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing aqueous and oily, sulfur containing products, which comprises a feeder, mixing unit and a unit for separating the liquid and solid phases. In the process a dispersion is prepared from lime sulfur solution, a surface active material and oil.In the apparatus the feeder includes a wet mill, the charging pump delivering the suspension thus obtained, the mixing unit is provided with a heating jacket, agitator, a cooler and a unit for separating the liquid and solid phases. The apparatus comprises a further mixing unit with a storage tank equipped with a charging pump and dispergator. The feeder, the mixing unit and the further mixing unit are interconnected by pipes.

Abstract: An apparatus for an articulated vehicle for preventing jackknifing. A sensor for sensing the steered angle has a movable first element coupled to the steered wheel and a stationary second element, one of the first and second elements being divided into sections starting from the position of the steering to the left, with a discrete signal for each single section referring to its relative position and having a value differing from that of the other sections and a digital output signal characteristic of the serial number of each section.

Abstract: A process for the hygienic extraction and separate collection of animal blood fit and unfit for consumption, comprises stunning the animals prior to stabbing and providing the animals with serial numbers suitable for identification of the carcass and the blood to be extracted. The spot of stabbing on the throat of the animals is disinfected and the animals are cyclically stepped into a stabbing position. The animal is stabbed in the stabbing position with a disinfected stabbing tool which is exchanged for each animal and is provided with a closed outlet a hose-fitted hollow knife. The hygenic blood is extracted through the stabbing tool into one of a plurality of rotating blood collecting tanks arranged on a turntable and moved into an extracting position. An anticoagulant is added to the blood by gravity feed and after filling, the tanks are advanced toward into a first draining position for blood fit for consumption.

Abstract: A vacuum switching apparatus having a pair of terminal members extending from a housing made from a fully solid insulating material such as epoxy resin, and forming an outer housing for the vacuum switching apparatus, into which a vacuum switching chamber is placed housing a fixed and a movable contact member, the movable contact member extending through metallic bellows into a sliding contact and into the coupling terminal, wherein a pair of control electrodes each being conductively coupled to a different one of the terminal members is embedded into the fully solid insulating housing and lying at the potential of the respective terminal members, a further control electrode placed in the insulating housing and lying in a region so that it will assume an intermediate potential between the terminal potentials and the ground potential and wherein further a grounded outer metallic casing encloses insulating housing.