Abstract: The torch fitted with a nozzle (6) comprises a visual observation optical device having one end part coaxially inside the central gas feed pipe (7) and the other end extending outside the body (1) at the opposite end to the nozzle; the optical device being situated a specific distance from the main orifice (17) of the nozzle so that the bounds of its angle of view pass through the edges of said main orifice.

Abstract: A packaging apparatus for aseptic volumetric packaging has a fixed means for forming a flow of sterile air to the apparatus, a feed member, at least one pumping member which is movable relative to the flow of sterile air, at least one filler spout and at least one dispenser member attached to the pumping member and the filler spout and disposed so as to be alternatable between positions connecting the feed member to the pumping member and the pumping member to the filler spout. The pumping member comprising a cylinder connected to the dispenser member, a piston mounted to slide inside the cylinder, a drive rod fixed to the piston and connected to an actuator device, and an enclosure fed with sterile air and mounted adjacent the cylinder. The enclosure surrounds the drive rod of the piston and is fed with sterile air from the flow of sterile air by a fan member associated with the pumping member.

Abstract: Artificial-bait material comprises a light-pervious substrate and fine, water-repellant, featherlike elements bonded to the substrate. The substrate is composed of two light-pervious films and an adhesive containing a coloring material for bonding the two films. An artificial bait assembly comprises a hook and artificial bait. At least a part of the artificial bait comprises a light-pervious, sheet-like substrate and fine featherlike elements having a water repellent applied thereto. The fine feathers are bonded to the sheet-like substrate. The sheet-like substrate has two light-pervious plastic films, and an adhesive for bonding the two plastic films and coloring to form a design pattern.

Abstract: The amplifier comprises a first field effect transistor controlled by the input signal of the amplifier and a current generator for the supply of said first transistor. The latter is biased so as to operate in its linear region and in cascade with it there is provided at least one second field effect transistor biased in a similar way, suitable for raising the output impedance of the amplifier, and thus its gain, to a value corresponding to the desired use.

Abstract: In a servo tracking method and apparatus, a servo head (S) of a helical scan recorder (30) endeavors to travel equidistant between two servo signal-bearing stripes recorded on the tape (32). The recorder (30) determines a reference-crossing time at which the servo head (S) begins to cross a horizontal reference line (606) drawn with respect to the beginning of a stripe on the tape (32). The servo head (S) samples the amplitude of a servo signal provided on the tape (32) at a plurality of predetermined times after the reference-crossing time. A servo tracking circuit (175) uses the amplitude of the servo signal at the predetermined sampling times to determine how to adjust the position of said head (S) relative to the pitch of said stripe.

Abstract: A roller blind for a motor vehicle comprises a housing with a guide slot through which extends a strip of flexible material fixed to and capable of being wound on to a straight roller member. A pull bar is fixed to the free end of the strip, for extending the roller blind from the retracted condition. The guide slot and the pull bar are of curved configuration with substantially identical degrees of curvature.

Abstract: Ester or amide derivatives of 3-pyroglutamylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid exhibit interesting immunostimulating, antitoxic, antiinflammatory, antioxidental, antiageing properties.

Abstract: A headlight has a parabolic shaped reflector (8) with an incandescent lamp whose filament (13) is defocussed, or approximately at a focus point for distribution, by the reflector. A light-transmissive shield (4) has upper and lower zones (1 and 2) with prism-like optical devices (5 and 6) thereon which are respectively positioned above and below a horizontal middle plane of the reflector. Both zones are bordered by a vertical middle plane of the headlight. The upper zone extends to an oncoming traffic side while the lower zone extends to the other side and its upper edge is approximately bordered by the horizontal middle portion of the reflector. In this connection, the prism-like optical devices are arranged so that light beams passing therethrough are diverted to a partial area (100, 200) of a light figure of the headlight which, on a driving side, is at a higher level than on the oncoming traffic side.

Abstract: An envelope processing system (20) includes an input transport section (22); a processing/transport section (24); and a discharge transport section (28). Envelopes are fed on-edge from the input transport section to the processing/transport section (24) by a feeder section (40) comprising a feeder (72) and a feed assist device (80). When a signal controller (190) monitoring the feeder (72) detects a significant delay between the feeding of envelopes, the feeder (72) is enabled to acquire greater contact with the next envelope by displacing the feed assist device (80) out of its normally biased co-planar position with a feed belt (130) of the feeder (72), resulting in a greater force vector on the next envelope in the direction toward a singulation region (73). A stacker section (38) comprising the discharge conveyance section (28) includes introductory conveying device (302), stacker conveying device (304), and a discharge magazine (300).

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for developing a digital timing signal indicative of when a head of a helical scan recorder (30) is positioned over a recorded stripe on magnetic tape (32). The method involves rotating a drum (36) upon which a head is mounted while the magnetic tape (32) is transported past the drum at a speed greater than the nominal speed at which stripes were recorded on the tape. Given the geometry of the system and format of the tape, the head is eventually able to recognize a pattern of digital data. The timing of the recognition of the pattern of digital data is used to determine the precise time, relative to each rotation of the drum (36), that the head ceases to traverse a stripe and the precise time during each rotation of the drum that the head begins to traverse a stripe. The determination of the edges of the digital timing signal is repeated upon every rotation of the drum (36).

Abstract: An apparatus (500) for mounting a printhead (501) relative to a horizontal surface (508). The apparatus (500) comprises an anchor block (502) mounted on the horizontal surface (508); as well as a bottom clamp member (504) and a top clamp member (506) between which the printhead (54) is sandwiched. The bottom clamp member (504) has a first region pivotally attached to the anchor block (502), a central region (530) for contacting at least a part of the printhead (501), and a distal region. The central region (530) of the bottom clamp member (504) is substantially "V" shaped, extends below a plane of the horizontal surface (508), and has an upperside shaped to receive a bottom of the printhead (54). The first region of the bottom clamp member (504) comprises two yoke legs (512) pivotally connected to the anchor block (502). A pivot rod (522) extends between the two yoke legs (512) of the bottom clamp member (504), and the top clamp member (506) is pivotal about the said pivot rod (522).

Abstract: The watch case of this invention includes a caseband-bezel formed of solid leather. According to one method of manufacture one begins with a blank of leather having dimensions slightly greater than those of the finished article such blank being subjected to the following operations in succession: drying, impregnation, hardening, machining to final tolerances and finishing.Natural or reconstituted leather may be employed.

Abstract: This watch case is formed by the assembly of an upper shell (1) and of a lower shell (2) onto a caseband entirely confined within said shells, the edges (11, 12) which they exhibit being visible and substantially abuting, at least over a portion of their periphery. The shells are preferably spherical caps formed from a transparent scratch resistant material.

Abstract: A grass mowing or cutting machine suitable for towing by general application vehicles is disclosed. The machine is operated by its advance and comprises a wheeled frame having a horizontal cutting disc which rotates about a vertical axis. A drive mechanism connects the cutting disc to the wheel(s) of the wheeled frame so that when the mowing apparatus is pulled or pushed, the cutting disc will be rotated by the rotation of the wheel(s). A gearing mechanism is typically provided between the cutting disc and the wheel(s). The cutting disc is preferably of web-like construction and includes aerodynamics portions to exert a downward force on the disc as it rotates through the air. The moving apparatus is designed for relatively high speed towing.

Abstract: A rectangular waveguide is provided in communication with a microwave generator, and an irradiation furnace formed in its top wall with a slot is provided in communication with the rectangular waveguide. Ampules having only lower portions inserted through the slot into the irradiation furnace are transported by conveyor means along the slot. A depth of the irradiation furnace and/or a distance between the ampules and a surface of the slot may be adjusted to control sterilizing effect for medical fluid filling the ampule.

Abstract: A vehicle door guard (10) is constructed of a one-piece resilient elongated body member (12) extruded as one piece to have a slot (18) along a length of a front surface thereof. After the elongated body member is extruded, two separated, semi-circular, transverse hinge notches (42 and 44) are cut into the front surface for separating first and second end portions (58 and 60) of the body member and first and second elongated magnets (14 and 16) are mounted in first and second portions of the elongated slot in the respective first and second end portions. The semi-circularly shaped notches are separated by a plateau (46), through which the elongated slot extends without a magnet therein, by an approximate distance equal to the radius (37) of the semi-circular notches.

Abstract: An automated magnetic tape catridge library system houses a plurality of tape drives (56A-56E) and a plurality of racks (70) wherein magnetic tape cartridges are stored. A cartridge transport assembly (100) serves to retrieve a cartridge from a cartridge cell (826) of a rack (70) and to load the cartridge into a target tape drive (56), and vice versa. The cartridge transport assembly (100) includes a pair of engagement fingers (402A, 402B) which engage a selected cartridge upon contact with the cartridge, and a biased plunger (438). The plunger (438) has a bar code reader (446) internally mounted therein for reading bar code indicia on the cartridges and for detecting tracking indicia (868) provided on projections (866) of the cartridge racks (70). A method for library inventory, necessitated by possible manual removal or insertion of cartridges after opening of a library door (26), is also provided.