Abstract: A dredge profile computer for a cutter suction dredge converting the measured swing angle into the width of the cut in feet and the measured cutter-ladder angle to the depth of the cut in feet, being provided with an indicating unit to show the position of the cutter head with respect to a planar profile, and with a signalling unit to indicate the position of the cutter head by means of signalling lamps with respect to the centerline and with respect to the end of cut SB and PS, and with an adjustment and control unit for slope dredging with presettings of the slope-ratio and the coordinates of slope and for presetting of warning and correction facilities.

Abstract: Treatment of tremors in Parkinsonism and in other extrapyramidal syndromes by administering an amount of trazodone of the formula ##STR1## AND OF ETOPERIDONE OF THE FORMULA: ##STR2## IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 25 MG. TO 100 MG. THREE TIMES A DAY.

Abstract: An ignition coil wherein the high tension terminal carried in a bore in the cap of the coil is movable relative to the cap. The terminal acts as a valve member in the bore and is movable between a position wherein the bore is closed and a position wherein the bore is open. The bore can be used as the means whereby oil is introduced into the casing of the coil if the coil is to be oil filled.

Abstract: A combination of trazodone or etoperidone with L-DOPA is used in the treatment of Parkinsonism by oral administration to a patient.

Abstract: This invention provides an improvement in an artificial malleus columella for the human ear of the type comprising an elongated laminar part conformed in an obtuse angle. Resilient fixing means projects from the laminar part to permit attachment to the bridge of the human ear and a stem is fixed by one end to a face of said laminar part. The other end of the stem contacts the stapes. The resilient fixing means projects away from the mentioned angle and is in the form of a clamp. A disc like element is arranged on the laminar part at a location remote from said clamp.

Abstract: A petroleum derived fuel composition of oil, diesel oil and gasoline including catalyst additive composition to improve the fuel efficiency and to reduce their air polluting effects. The composition includes aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents with and without oxygenated functional groups, terpenes and aromatic nitrogen containing compounds.The present invention relates to additives for use with petroleum based fuels.

Abstract: A hinge prosthetic joint with a ball head, especially an endoprosthetic joint having a ball head for use with the proximal region of a bone such as the femur, wherein the ball head is provided with a traction or tension device for the anchoring thereof at an end of the bone. The tension device comprises a tension or tie rod which can be inserted through the bone, a pressure disc which can be placed into contact with the bone at the side of the ball head, and a counter plate which can be placed into contact with the opposite side of the bone.

Abstract: A germicidal cleansing composition of matter, in semi-solid form, comprising in combination:A. at least 20 weight-% of one or two members of the group consisting of sulfated fatty alcohols (C.sub.14 to C.sub.26) and of sulfosuccinates of fatty alcohols (C.sub.12 to C.sub.24);b. between 1 weight-% and 20 weight-% of an organic iodine complex or of solubilized inorganic iodine;C. a quantity of not exceeding about 10 weight-% of water;D. at least about 20-weight-% of one or more members of the group consisting of saturated fatty alcohols (C.sub.14 to C.sub.26), saturated fatty acids (C.sub.14 to C.sub.20) and succinates or maleates of fatty alcohols (C.sub.10 to C.sub.24). Preferred iodine compounds are iodophors, such as PVP-iodine, undecoylum-chloride iodine, imidazoline iodine; or inorganic iodine compounds such as iodine and an alkali metal iodide.

Abstract: This invention provides a transversely excited travelling-wave gas laser in which the excitation pulse is shaped by a pair of elongate electrodes, the separation of which varies along their length. The separation is ideally determined empirically. Preferably, the laser has a pair of main discharge electrodes having a constant separation between which the lasing discharge occurs, and a pair of timing electrodes electrically in series with the main discharge electrodes, the separation of which varies such that the discharge between the timing electrodes provides a sharpened pulse that arrives along the main electrodes in such a manner as to obtain a travelling wave laser discharge. The main and timing electrodes are preferably segmented. The separation of the electrodes is determined empirically by bringing successive portions of the main discharge electrodes into alignment and varying the separation of corresponding portions of the timing electrodes to obtain the required timing characteristics.

Abstract: A toothbrush having a handle and a rubber-like brushing structure having a plurality of brushing projections and mounted on the forward part of the handle is further provided with a rigid frame member surrounding the side surface of the brushing structure and engaged with the latter in a projection-and-recess relation, the frame member being bonded to the handle for indirectly securing the brushing structure to the handle, and the "hardness" in operation of the toothbrush, i.e., the brushing projections, being adjusted by varying the height of the frame member measured perpendicularly to the lengthwise direction of the handle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination fascia and concealed gutter system comprising a plurality of similar support members arranged for securement in substantially horizontal aligned relationship on a support structure below the periphery of a roof of a building.

Abstract: A multiposition, multicontact, hermetically-sealed electrical switch assembly includes a body, a movable element supported by the body for movement relative thereto, and first electrical contacts operable by movement of the element relative to the body. Extending from the movable element to facilitate movement of the element relative to the body is an operating lever and an operating member is carried by the lever adjacent its free end. The operating member is rotatable relative to the lever about the longitudinal axis of the free end region of the lever. A drive piece is mounted adjacent the movable element for rotation relative to the operating lever about the longitudinal axis of the region of the lever adjacent the movable element and second electrical contacts are operable by rotation of the drive piece relative to the lever.

Abstract: Hydraulic heeling or tilting stabilizer for a vehicle which comprises two individual pressure medium cylinders adapted to be mounted one on each side of a longitudinal central plane through the vehicle. A valve arrangement for controlling the supply of pressure medium to the cylinders and a swinging pendulum for actuating the valve arrangement. The valve arrangement is in the form of two separate control valves each associated with a respective one of the pressure medium cylinders and serving to couple the cylinders in parallel in a common pressure medium circuit. The cylinders are adapted for arrangement between a vehicle frame and a leaf spring-controlled wheel shaft to permit in the unactivated condition thereof separate springing of the vehicle via respective leaf springs. Activation of one cylinder leaves the other unactivated and causes a portion of the former to form a support between the frame and the shaft.

Abstract: A reactive sputtering process is described for producing a thin film of sputtered material on a tubular substrate which may, for example, be a solar collector tube. Uniformity of the composition of the sputtered layer at all points at the same depth in the film is achieved by preventing the movement of reactive gases through which the sputtering has already taken place, from one part of the zone of sputtering to another. In one way of achieving this result the reactive gas is swept from the zone of sputtering by entraining it in a gas stream flowing across the sputtering path. In an alternative way of achieving this result the rate of flow of reactive gas is finely controlled so that it is entirely consumed in one discrete area of sputtering so that there are no components of the reactive gas remaining which are free to move to other parts of the zone of sputtering and thereby change the atmospheric conditions in it.

Abstract: The compound (bis-diethylamine)2,5-dihydroxybenzene-1,4-disulfonate is useful as a medicament against glaucoma. .

Abstract: An optical glass consisting basically of a B.sub.2 O.sub.3 -La.sub.2 O.sub.3 - ZrO.sub.2 -Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 -PbO-BaO (and/or ZnO) system is free from a poisonous CdO or ThO.sub.2 component and has an excellent light transmission property in a transition region from an ultraviolet portion to a visible portion as compared with conventional optical glasses having the same optical properties.

Abstract: A device for controlling the incidence of heat and light radiation on a growing area of a greenhouse or the like comprises slats of a non-self-supporting material which are tensioned to hold them in shape. The slats are arranged in parallel side-by-side relationship to cover substantially the whole growing area and can be tilted like Venetian blinds.

Abstract: A specimen of body fluid is applied to an aluminum-hydroxide gel to which a known quantity of antigens is adhered by adsorption. Antibodies in the body fluid may be detected by determining the antigen-antibody complex adsorbed to the aluminum-hydroxide gel by means of marked anti-antibodies. A preparation of antigens adsorbed to an aluminum-hydroxide gel can be standardized by treatment with a known quantity of antibody followed by a determination of the antigen-antibody complex adsorbed to the gel by means of marked anti-antibodies.

Abstract: Heat resistant and super hard composite materials are produced by mixing more than 60% by weight of an organosilicon high molecular weight compound, the main skeleton components of which are silicon and carbon or an organosilicon high molecular weight compound, the main skeleton components of which are silicon and carbon and which contains foreign elements other than silicon, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen with not less than 40% by weight of metal material powders consisting mainly of at least one metal element, molding the mixture into a shaped article and baking the shaped article under a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of lower than the semi-melting point of the above described metal powders.

Abstract: A grinding device for gate valves which can be attached in a simple manner to the interior of a valve seat. The valve can by a simple rotation back and forth of the grinding device, e.g. by means of cord drive, be ground very accurately by hand. By adjusting press members provided on the device, the grinding ring can also be made to press with varying degrees of force against the respective parts of the valve, such that the grinding effect can be regulated. Because the grinding ring is designed to use removable abrasive paper, it is also very simple first to carry out a rough grinding and thereafter to perform fine grinding. Adaptation of the device to valves of different sizes is simplified.