Abstract: An ion discharge type gas flow meter with an impedance control determining the total discharge current includes a humidity compensation circuit which varies the impedance control to compensate for changes in humidity.

Abstract: An image display device comprising a plurality of elements which can be made luminous is described. The elements are arranged in a matrix formed by rows and columns, and each column of the matrix is piloted by as many outputs of a delay line of the charge displacement type, fed by a video signal representative, for lines, of the image to be reproduced and by a clock signal. The main feature of the device is that the delay of the line is substantially equal to the effective duration of information in one line of the video signal, and that there are provided means for interrupting the passage of the clock signal to the delay line during a substantial period of time within the line blanking interval of the video signal, so that during the said period the status of the charges in the delay line remains unchanged, and said status is utilized to render luminous a row of the elements.

Abstract: The compound 1,4,4a-trimethyl-1,2,4a,4b,9a,10a-hexahydro-10H benzo ?b! thieno ?2',3':4,3! cyclopent ?1,2-b!-pyridine of the formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof is disclosed as an analgesic compound.

Abstract: A newspaper vending machine comprising a rectangular case having a filling opening for receiving newspapers, conveyor structure to advance the newspapers to a delivery slot through which the folded back of a newspaper is bent out and protruded to hand out the newspaper to a purchaser who has inserted the required coin amount.

Abstract: A circuit for providing a saw-tooth current in a coil is described. The circuit comprises a trace condenser and a retrace condenser which form together with the coil a resonant circuit during the retrace interval, a diode connected parallel to the retrace condenser, a controllable switch connected to a supply source through an inductor and to the retrace condenser through a second diode.The main feature of this circuit is to comprise a condenser connected on one hand towards the controllable switch and the first inductor and, on the other hand, to a circuit comprising a second inductor and, through a third diode, towards the retrace condenser. The condenser and the two inductors are sized in such a manner that when the controllable switch is not conductive, energy is supplied to the condenser and that successively, when the controllable switch is conductive, the condenser is completely discharged through the second inductor. The energy thus stored in the second inductor is then supplied to a storage device.

Abstract: There are applied in layers on the surface of a metal pipe, a rapid hardening and cure type corrosion preventive material consisting essentially of isocyanate terminated polyurethane prepolymer, amine base hardener and petroleum resin, and a reinforcing material consisting of silica sand, blast furnace slag or the like. Thus there are provided a plurality of coatings or layers on the metal pipe, which are excellent in impact resisting and corrosion preventive properties.

Abstract: A retaining mechanism locatable in a gate post and having a striker to be attached to a gate, and a latch to releasably retain the striker within the gate post, the latch being movable to a position to release the striker by the manipulation of a release button located beyond the reach of small children.

Abstract: Beryllium composite material reinforced with continuous silicon carbide fibers is obtained by bonding tightly continuous silicon carbide fibers obtained by baking spun fibers of organosilicon high molecular weight compound, with beryllium and its alloys as a matrix. The silicon carbide fiber-beryllium composite material is excellent in the mechanical strength, heat resistance and oxidation resistance, and is useful as a material for aerospace instrument and a material for nuclear industry.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite dispenser for materials in paste form which are intended to be admixed with a diluent prior to use, comprising a flexible container consisting of a lower material-containing section and of an upper section forming an open receptacle when separated from the lower section by a perforable wall whereby, after perforation, application of pressure upon the lower section will cause a controlled quantity of the material contained therein to be dispensed through the perforation into the upper receptacle for admixture in situ with a suitable diluent.

Abstract: A continuous production line is divided into a plurality of zones, with each of which there is associated a presettable counter. An anticipated length of a material, which has been calculated from information regarding the material before welding, is converted into a given number of pulse signals, which in turn are preset in the counter, with its timing being shifted a zone to zone distance. Long materials which have been sequentially joined by welding into a continuous length of material are fed into the production line, and the length of material actually fed is detected by means of a feed length gage, and an output of the gage is converted into a pulse signal. The length of the material actually fed is substracted from the anticipated length of the material, i.e., the preset count value, as the material is being fed. Thus, it is presumed that a welded joint across the length of material is present in the zone where a preset count value becomes zero as a result of the aforesaid subtraction.

Abstract: A tap having a pair of chambers joined by a fluid passage and an outlet from each chamber. An inlet is provided to one chamber and a valve controls the flow between the two chambers. Thus the flow from one outlet is uncontrollable and the flow from the other outlet is controllable. Also a tap assembly having two inlets and control members to control the flow to a common spout. The control members also permit uncontrolled flow from each inlet to another outlet in which a further control member is provided.

Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises first and second elongate members which are pivoted together intermediate their ends in crossing relationship, so as to define a major plane of the instrument extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of pivotal movement of the members and in which the members move during relative pivotal movement thereof. Each member has at a forward end an operating portion which cooperates with the operating portion of the other member when the two operating portions are brought together by relative pivotal movement of the two members, and each member has at its opposite, rearward end an actuating portion which can be urged towards the actuating portion of the other member for bringing the operating portions into cooperating disposition.

Abstract: A compass having a magnetic element pivotally mounted in a housing, the housing including a light source and one end of an array of fiber optic bundles and the element carrying a reflector and/or an aperture to selectively permit light from the source to reach a selected one or more of the fiber optic bundle ends within the housing in dependence upon the orientation of the element relative to the housing about the pivot axis of the pivotal mounting.

Abstract: A bistoury handle comprises first and second elongate members, the first member being provided at one end with means for gripping a blade and having a straight portion extending from that end and a curved portion extending from the straight portion towards its opposite end. The second elongate member is straight and is joined at one end to the first elongate member at a point adjacent to the blade-gripping means and is joined at its other end to the opposite end of the first elongate member. The handle further comprises a plate-like member secured to the second elongate member intermediate the ends thereof. The curvature of the curved portion of the first elongate member is adapted to fit in the hollow of the hand while the middle and ring fingers extend about the second elongate member, one on each side of the plate-like member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a soil irrigation system comprising subterranean distribution pipes for distributing water to overlying soil, each pipe having a perforated upper wall whose outer surface is covered with water permeable means for preventing said overlying soil from fouling the perforations of said upper wall, and means integral with the remaining wall structure of said pipe for retaining said water permeable means in its covering relationship with said upper wall; said water permeable means being a unitary layer of capillary material which, in addition to its antifouling function, aids in equilizing the outflow of water from all the perforations in said upper wall of the pipe from one end of the pipe to the other; and said retaining means being integral also with said upper wall and is provided with a pair of inwardly projecting cams which overlie and positionally secure the respective longitudinal side edges of said unitary layer of capillary material, said retaining means being constructed to preven

Abstract: A screw-nut screw transmission coupling with ball circulation of the type comprising a first elongated element and a second tubular element substantially coaxial to each other and with an external and an internal helical track respectively, is described. Said two tracks are disposed facing each other to define a helical rolling path for a plurality of balls disposed in mutual contact along said path and along a recirculation duct connecting the two ends of said path together, and said first element is constituted by an inner core and a metal strip wound in a cylindrical helix about and along said core, said strip being rigid with said core and having a cross-section which is concave outwards to define one of said helical tracks.

Abstract: A drainage fitting comprising a hollow member with an inlet thereto and an outlet therefrom. A valve is positioned or positionable within the hollow member such that by operating the valve liquid flow through the hollow member can be substantially prevented or allowed. There is a second inlet to the hollow member which is positioned such that liquid entering the hollow member from the second inlet can be directed either through the outlet or through the first inlet by operation of the valve.

Abstract: A rotary electrical machine includes a two pole rotor carrying a winding. The rotor is contained within a thin sleeve of non-magnetic material which supports the rotor within bearings in the machine.

Abstract: A hand tearable plastic adhesive tape having transverse striations on the front face thereof with the total thickness of the tape ranging from 0.05 to 0.3 mm, the depth of striations ranging from 0.015 to 0.125 mm, the width of the striations ranging from 0.06 to 0.5 mm, the pitch of striations ranging from 0.06 to 0.5 mm, the pitch of striations ranging from 0.1 to 8 mm with the cross-sectional shape of the striations being V or U like.

Abstract: In a butt-welded steel pipe manufacturing equipment, an edge portion temperature and a center portion temperature of a steel strip are detected at a location between the outlet of a heating furnace and the inlet of a butt-welding mill. The heating condition of the steel strip in the heating furnace is controlled in accordance with the difference between the edge portion temperature and a target edge portion temperature, and the transporting speed of the steel strip is controlled in accordance with the difference between the edge portion temperature and the center portion temperature and with the difference between the target edge portion temperature and a target center portion temperature.