Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the conditioning of radioactive or toxic waste in epoxy resins and a polymerizable mixture with two liquid constituents usable in this process.This process consists of incorporating the waste into a polymerizable mixture incorporating at least one epoxy resin, pitch and at least one epoxy resin hardener and allowing the thus obtained mixture to harden.Generally the mixture comprises at least 50% by pitch weight and can be used for treating radioactive waste constituted by large objects and organic liquids.

Abstract: A drive member such as a gear of a pulley cooperates with a pair of clutch elements, each of which has a splined connection with a shaft. One clutch element is axially fixed; the other is shiftable through a small distance towards and from the fixed one. Each clutch element has a conical surface concentric to the shaft that tapers oppositely to the conical surface on the other. The drive member has an inner periphery of larger diameter than the shaft and has oppositely tapering conical surfaces that respectively mate with the conical surfaces on the clutch elements, which thus at all times maintain the drive member coaxial with the shaft and confine it against axial shifting. An actuator urges the shiftable clutch element towards the fixed one to engage the clutch elements with the drive member. A spring biases the clutch elements apart so that the mating conical surfaces can serve as bearings lubricated by oil delivered through the shaft.

Abstract: A molded plastic one-piece hollow expansion nut comprises an outwardly expandable shank which is insertable through a panel hole and a head at one end of the shank for engaging the panel surface. A screw-receiving bore extends axially through the nut and receives the threaded shank of a screw whose screw head bears against the nut head. The portion of the bore along which shank wall expansion occurs is cylindrical and of slightly larger diameter than the screw thread. The inmost end of the bore is of oblong cross-section and its minor axis is shorter than the diameter of the screw thread. A single screw-engaging thread in the cylindrical bore initially holds and guides the screw. The shank walls opposite the ends of the minor axis have oblique screw-thread receiving slots therethrough which define very sturdy damage resistant nut threads which engage the screw thread.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system making it possible to obtain a selective reaction in photochemical processes from laser beams, comprising means for distributing said beams permitting a good utilization of the light energies.This system comprises in a sealed enclosure: the matter being in the state of a vapor from which it is wished to extract a chemical or isotopic species, laser sources emitting into said enclosure; a beam S.sub.1 permitting a selective excitation of the species to be extracted and a beam S.sub.2 permitting a transformation of said excited species. This system also comprises means for distributing the beams and incorporating means for superimposing the beams S'.sub.1 . . . S.sub.1.sup.(n) with n being an interger at least equal to 1 and for forming several beams S.sub.1 which it is wished to introduce at several points through the vapor to be treated, means for introducing beams S.sub.1 and beam S.sub.

Abstract: A hinge of the type wherein a rotor is connected to a front part of a base by link arms in such a manner as to be capable of rotating with respect to the base, and the base is fitted to the fitting member which is fitted to the main body of furniture. The base is provided with a set screw having a ring-like engagement portion at the tip thereof, an elongated hole, and a sliding member having hook portions and pawl portions fitted by a screw inserted through the elongated hole. The fitting member is provided with a notch to which the ring-like engagement portion of the set screw engages from forward side, recesses with which the hook portions of the sliding member are engaged, and a lever having grooves engaging with the pawl portions of the sliding member from forward side, urged forward by a spring rotatably.

Abstract: An induction furnace for melting refractory materials into a molten state by induction from a high frequency alternating current source. The furnace comprises a material holding crucible formed by a substantially cylindrical side wall having a single cylindrical turn. The side wall terminates in end portions which are spaced apart from each other to define a slot therebetween which extends generally longitudinally of the cylindrical wall. The side wall portions are connected to the source of alternating current so that the side wall turn comprises both the crucible and an inductor. An electrically conductive, elongated cooled member is mounted in the slot in spaced relation between each of the end portions. The elongated member is electrically insulated from the end portions to increase the breakdown voltage between the end portions.

Abstract: Flat electrical connecting cable with controlled electrical and thermal resistances.It comprises a flat insulating support, on which are installed connecting lines constituted by two superimposed layers. The first of them is constituted by a poor heat conducting material, such a manganin, while the second is discontinuous andis formed from a very good electric conducting material, such as copper. The segments on which the second layer is installed are thermally insulated an at uniform temperature. It is possible to vary the conductivity of the different layers by acting on the thickness and width thereof.This invention is applicable in industries such as cryogenics and space, as well as all applications functioning between a cold source and hot source, where it is wished to control the heat exchanges.

Abstract: In a container comprising a drum and a cover, the cover is locked on to the drum by providing, on the cover periphery, a series of vertical tongues inclined towards the outside in such a way that their end can be located beneath a shoulder of the drum. The part of the cover which bears on the upper edge of the drum is elastically deformable so as to facilitate latching in place. An injection shaft formed in the cover makes it possible to inject into the drum a material for covering the radioactive waste contained therein. This configuration permits an automation of the conditioning and storage of the waste.

Abstract: A two-piece molded plastic fastener comprises a hollow body and a pin insertable thereinto. The body has a head and a bore defined by a resiliently deformable grooved bore wall. The pin has a pin head and a serrated pin shank. When fully installed in an aperture in a workpiece (which comprises one or more panels), the serrated pin shank is frictionally engaged with and digs into the resilient grooved bore wall (i.e., is "set"), and the two heads bear against opposite sides of the workpiece. Depending on fastener design, the heads either apply a predetermined pressure on the workpiece (depending on the setting force) or are maintained at a predetermined distance from each other when set. Either the body or pin or both may embody features (such as holes, screw threads, hooks, snap fasteners) which enable objects to be secured thereto. In addition, the pin may have an axial bore therethrough to enable the fastener to serve as a bushing.

Abstract: A cushion for motor vehicle seating or furniture comprises a flexible outer membrane or cover and a multi-hardness foam member, comprising foam regions of different foam hardness. The foam regions are bonded together along common boundaries and are bonded to the membrane at any boundary therewith, such bonding ocurring during formulation of the foam member and employing the materials of which the foam member is made. The method generally comprises the steps of: (a) providing a flexible membrane having a cavity therein; (b) adding to the cavity in a predetermined sequence a plurality of formulations in liquid form which, when cured, provide a foam article having foam regions of different hardness; (c) and allowing the formulations to cure, bond together at any common boundary between formulations, and bond together at any common boundary between a formulation and the membrane.

Abstract: A non-rise faucet assembly including a body 12 having a bore 14 therethrough. The bore includes a fluid inlet end 16, a valve stem chamber 17, a valve seat 19 and a fluid outlet 22. A valve stem 29 is rotatably mounted in the bore with a valve means 33 in engagement with the valve seat. The degree of rotation of the valve stem is controlled by a valve stem rotation restricting means 43 to define the fluid flow open and closed positions of the valve. A locator cap 51 is provided having a first abutment means 52 in axial thrust transmitting engagement with the valve stem and a second abutment means 53 in engagement with said body for limiting the amount of axial thrust transmitted to the valve stem by the first abutment means 52 to a predetermined optimum amount. A retaining means 76 is releasably secured to the body 12 to apply axial thrust to the first abutment means.

Abstract: In a direction finder operating according to the Watson-Watt principle and having two separate receivers (3, 4) of the same type and of simple construction for the signals of the two crossed directional antenna systems (A, B, C, D), the vectorial simulation signals VN in a transmission line for intermediate frequency antenna signals are compared to vectorial rectified signals VV in order to compensate the phase shift caused in both receivers by means of an adjustable phase shifter (21). The vectorial signals VV are selectively derived from the antenna signals as sum signals or difference signals. In one embodiment, a reconstructed phase signal is obtained by reverse pulse control in a direction finding ellipse generator (24, 25) having two outputs on the basis of the difference between the vectorial rectified signal VV and the rectified vectorial simulation signal VN.

Abstract: A method and suitable apparatus for periodically analyzing pulp stock, including wood pulp and water, in a pulp digester, which may or may not be part of a paper machine, to determine the amount of cooking to which the pulp has been subjected. The method includes diluting a sample of the pulp stock from the digester, diluting the sample to a predetermined range of consistency, and determining the exact consistency of the sample. Consistency can be determined by any suitable commercially available apparatus. Next, substantially all the water is removed from the sample. A reagent, preferably a 14 percent solution of nitric acid in water, is then added to the sample and allowed to react with the sample for a predetermined time interval at a predetermined temperature. The light absorbance of the reagent during and after the reaction is determined by the amount of cooking to which the pulp has been subjected and the consistency of the sample.

Abstract: A large mobile tower crane comprises a vertical multi-section lattice-type tower having its lower end fixedly mounted on the rotatable upper section of a self-propelled vehicle and a load-supporting multi-section lattice-type crane boom having its base end pivotally mounted on the upper end of the tower. A load to be lifted, swung and lowered, is attachable to a load line suspended from a pulley at the point end of the boom. The tower is selectively rotatable to swing the boom and the boom is selectively pivotable vertically to desired boom (luffing) angles. A crane control system employs strain gauge-type electronic sensing devices mounted on opposite lateral sides of the crane boom and on a side of the crane tower to provide electric signals pertaining to applied loads. A transducer provides an electric signal pertaining to boom angle.

Abstract: A three-phase induction motor control apparatus resorting to a slip frequency control type vector control system having three-phase sine wave generating device, first operation device, second operation device, and vector operation device; whereby a current command value and a frequency command value are determined in accordance with a difference between a set velocity and a real velocity to determined a control current value. The three-phase sine wave generating device generates a three-phase sine wave having a frequency according to the frequency command value. The first operation device multiplies one of outputs, which are outputted from the three-phase sine wave generating device and mutually have a phase difference of 120.degree., and a preset value to determine one current component value.

Abstract: A golf training band or glove made of flexible material and which can be wrapped around one hand of the golfer and held securely in place by Velcro, for example, which is secured to the two overlapping ends of the band or glove. The band or glove has a large aperture in which the thumb of the one hand of the golfer is inserted and also has a first flexible loop secured to the band or glove for snugly receiving the thumb of the player's other hand. A second flexible loop is also provided and which receives the large middle finger of the player's second hand. This training band-like glove indicates to the golfer when his grip or swing is incorrect because of the tension created on either or both of the loops by the pull of the golfer's thumb or large finger.

Abstract: The invention relates to a card-like information carrier readable with RF waves and having resonant devices at spaced intervals across its face that are tuned to different resonant frequencies, an item of information being encoded in the pattern of those frequencies. Each device comprises a dielectric sheet having a deposit of conductive material overlying each of its surfaces. At least one deposit has a spiral slit that defines in it a spiral inductance coil. Each deposit has a capacitance region opposing a like capacitance region of the other and having substantial extension in directions along and away from the slit. Each device can be returned to a predetermined higher resonant frequency by punching through the carrier to reduce areas of opposing capacitance regions of the device, or it can be made non-resonant by punching through all turns of its coil.

Abstract: A bending apparatus wherein a blank is passed through a guide hole of a blank guide, the tip of the blank is passed through a blank insertion portion of a bending operation member and is fed in a predetermined length, the bending direction of the bending operation member is determined by the rotation of a bending direction determination member to a desired angular position, the bending operation member is rotated by a predetermined angle by the sliding operation of a bending drum thereby to bend and shape the blank, and thereafter a cutting blade is moved by the sliding operation of a cutting drum to cut the blank that has thus been bent and shaped.

Abstract: A developing method wherein a developer layer formed on a developer feeding carrier is conveyed, into an oscillating electric field, and an electrostatic latent image on an image retainer is developed by the developer of the developer layer inside the oscillating electric field. The developer has carrier particles and toner particles and the average particle size of the carrier particles is from 5 to 50 .mu.m. The average particle size of the toner particles is up to 20 .mu.m. The carrier particle and the toner particle are sphered.