Abstract: A rotor for small motors, or generators, having circumferentially arranged segmental poles which extend over the entire axial length of the rotor can be fabricated by molding a pair of elements from particulate magnetic material of high coercivity with a binder in the shape of identical crown gears; the rotor being completed by arranging the elements on a shaft with the toothed portions facing each other in interfitting engagement. Other modifications are disclosed in which the pole pieces may be formed separately from, or integrally with, a radial pole carrier, and the pole carrier may be in the shape of a spool with the segmental pole pieces assembled thereon.

Abstract: A process for measuring the hysteresis curve of magnetic materials comprises the generation of a magnetic field of varying amplitude, placing the sample to be measured into that field with a measuring coil and a potential coil attached thereto, integrating the signals from those coils to provide simultaneous values of flux density B and internal field intensity H, recording and storing the B and H values and converting these values to digital units in a transient recorder in real time and then feeding these signals to an X-Y recorder, a printer or other display device at a slower rate of speed to provide a hysteresis curve, or a display of programmed values of magnetic characteristics of the sample being measured.

Abstract: This plastic protection and wearing device for equidae hooves comprises a sole element attached to an upper element engaging the outer surface of the hoof and characterized in that the upper is open at its rear end, the rear end covered with a heel-piece notched to permit the passage of the horny heel plates of the hoof, the heel-piece having a front extension in the form of a pair of wing portions guided in relation to the sole and upper assembly in order to prevent any tilting of the heel-piece in relation to the said assembly when the hoof is enclosed therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for automatically mixing dry powder supplied in a quantity determined by a size of a pair of dental molds with liquid to form a slurry, dispensing the slurry to the dental molds and for cleaning the apparatus after the slurry has been dispensed comprises a mixing chamber, a movable dispensing chute to selectively deliver the slurry to the molds and to position the chute over a drain for cleaning, a timer circuit for measuring the amount of liquid supplied to correspond with the amount of the dry powder used, for apportioning the slurry between the two molds and for controlling the supply of liquid for cleaning the apparatus.

Abstract: This device for lifting the pole of a trailer of the semi-carried type and coupling same to a tractor vehicle comprises a supporting bracket secured beneath and at the rear of the tractor in alignment with the center line thereof, a lever having a hook portion adapted to pick up the shackle of the trailer pole and a crosshead-shaped opposite end, this lever being pivoted to said bracket about a horizontal axis in order to move said hook portion by means of a hydraulic actuator from a low, shackle picking-up position to a high coupling and hauling position in which said lever is locked by a safety system releasable by manual, electric or electromagnetic, or hydraulic means.

Abstract: Apparatus for wrapping articles in heat sealed thermoplastic stretchable film consists of a first conveyor for carrying an article forward while progressively enclosing it with film drawn from a film supply, joining the margins of the film together to enclose the article in an elongated tube of film, cutting the film so as to provide equal amounts of excess film at each end of the article, using a vacuum inlet to pull the trailing portion of film to one side of the article so that a transverse rod, moving faster than the article, can fold the trailing portion against one side of the article, folding the leading portion of film against the same side by means of a roller, and finally moving the article into contact with a heated belt to seal the film.

Abstract: A pipette having an axially displaceable piston is provided with a transversely displaceable stopping device for limiting the displacement of the piston in accordance with a volumetric scale marked on the stopping device. Operation of the piston and stopping device can be done with one hand.

Abstract: The magnet carrier assembly of an electrographic copying device is fabricated from a number of separate parts instead of being machined from a single block of metal. The assembly can consist of a tubular body which supports the magnets either on the outside, or inside, peripheral surface. The tubular body can be formed by extrusion integrally with a radial spider connected to a hub which supports the body. In another form the carrier can be built up by combining specially profiled sheet metal strips with other axially extending elements with which they are joined in a tongue-in-groove arrangement.

Abstract: The invention relates to extensible maternity slacks having a front flap adapted to be joined to the edge of a rear flap by a button-hole co-operating with a plurality of buttons, the front flap further comprising on its upper edge a waist-band containing a reinforcing elastic which comprises, in known manner, a succession of regularly spaced apart median button-holes, so that one of the button-holes, located at the side edges, is adapted to co-operate with a button located on the side of the said front flap, substantially where the said waist-band opens out, the judicious choice of the button-hole, fitted on the button, enabling the tension of said flap to be adjusted at its upper edge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail intended to constitute a tread for heavy duty rolling stock, such as gantry cranes, mounted on wheels or rollers and concerns more specifically a guide rail on which both center-flange wheels or rollers, and lateral-flange wheels, as used on railway lines roll, comprising, in section, two integrally formed spaced heads running parallel to each other, the two heads having vertical inner side walls and being separated by a horizontal intermediate channel whose bottom constitutes a horizontal connecting strip.

Abstract: A magnetic flux standard and method for calibrating magnetic fluxmeters includes the use of a device for measuring changes in the flux of an air gap produced by the insertion into the gap of a magnetically saturable body of known dimensions and magnetic characteristics.

Abstract: This cigarette-holder or pipe stem comprises a duct connecting the combustion area to the mouthpiece, and means for generating ultrasonic vibration directed across said duct, said means consisting essentially of a battery-operated integrated circuit operating as a power oscillator associated with a piezoelectric ceramic or nickel strip.

Abstract: Method for changing the pH value of a compound used in electrophoresis which comprises the generating of the pH-function along at least part of the separation path from the protolysis equilibrium with the separation method and/or chargeable groups immobilized in a matrix, in which the groups contain one or more of the elements carbon, sulphur, phosphorus, boron, or nitrogen.

Abstract: A thickness gauge for measuring the thickness of a layer applied to a ferromagnetic base by measuring the attractive force of a permanent magnet in contact with the applied layer is provided with easily removable, interchangeable scales to permit direct reading of thickness in terms of metric, English or other units, or in accordance with the characteristics of the particular magnet used in the gauge.

Abstract: A combination bladevent subperiosteal implant in which the abutment post which bears an artificial tooth or a tooth in a full arch splint is isolated from and only indirectly attached to the bladevent body through a subperiosteal portion of the implant. The combination implant has a shallower sulcus depth and less epithelial invagination.

Abstract: A pair of detachable L-shaped auxiliary supports attachable to a conventional trampoline for supporting the trampoline bed in an upright position to convert the trampoline into a rebounding device. The L-shaped supports are used to pivot the trampoline from a generally horizontal position or plane to a substantially vertical position or plane.

Abstract: A stringed instrument for training purposes resembles the usual instrument but comprises a body of sound-damping material which replaces the resonance-box to reduce exterior sound, the sound of the strings being transmitted to the ears of the user by a listening device.

Abstract: The vertical tongue-and-groove arrangement which is integrally molded on the ends of a concrete traffic barricade includes an impact resistant insert to protect the coupling against chipping, cracking or breaking caused by repeated use when the barricade is moved from place to place for temporary service at different locations.

Abstract: A mixing device for combining two or more components, at least one of which is a fluid, comprises a cylindrical housing having a tangentially arranged tubular inlet for a liquid, a second inlet for another component to be mixed with the fluid, and a centrally located axially extending tubular outlet provided with a baffle plate which, by creating turbulence in the flow, assists in the mixing process.

Abstract: A machine originally constructed for the automatic cutting of fowl, such as chickens or the like, into nine portions can be modified by the selective removal and/or addition of elements to produce fowl cut into any number of symmetrical pairs of portions from one to five.