Abstract: The essence of the method of extracting or recovering meat of small crustaceans, e.g. antarctic krill, resides in that crustaceans are introduced into an air flow relative to the surface of the crustaceans at a given velocity required for creating a pressure drop across the internal space or cavity of the crustaceans and the air flow. Consequently, the inter-cavity pressure breaks up the shell and destroys the links between the muscular tissue and other components. When the crustaceans proceed along a helical path, the muscular tissue can be completely separated at the final stage of the treatment. The treatment of crustaceans is performed in stages, the air flow velocity relative to the surface of the crustaceans at the first treatment stage being about 500 m/s, at the second stage--from 200 to 300 m/s, and at the third stage--from 100 to 200 m/s.

Abstract: In an air heater, an initial group of passes on the airside is arranged in the form of a package wherein the passes consisting of banks of tubes are connected in parallel with the uptake gases.The passes of the package are located predominantly at the same horizontal level, are made of tubes of the same length and run in a zone of the same gas temperatures which is dangerous insofar as corrosion can be provoked therein.The width of the packaged passes progressively increases directly with the increase in the rates of air flow through the passes, and a feeding air duct admitting the last inflow of cold air is connected downstream of the last and widest pass to the connecting air duct serving the rest of the passes of the air heater.In an apparatus like this one, assembled from standard components, minimum overall dimensions and low weight are combined with high thermal efficiency.

Abstract: A non-consumable electrode for plasma-arc welding in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide or carbon-dioxide-based mixtures, includes a holder of copper or copper alloys and an active insert of hafnium embedded in the holder, with a hafnium oxycarbide layer disposed on the surface of the insert, the latter also including a graphite layer applied over the hafnium oxycarbide layer. A method of manufacturing the non-consumable electrode includes the steps of joining the holder of copper or copper alloys to the active insert of hafnium, connecting the holder to the negative pole of the power supply, placing the non-consumable electrode in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide, connecting an additional electrode to the positive pole of the power supply with an electric arc struck between the electrodes, forming a hafnium oxycarbide layer on the surface of the active insert at an electric arc current of up to 0.

Abstract: An apparatus for drifting openings in hard rock incorporating a carrier capable for travelling along the floor of the opening. A means of breaking of the percussive type is mounted on the carrier by means of a turnable jib with provision for turning about said jib in a vertical plane. There is also incorporated a means of loading with a mucking conveyor. Employed as the means of breaking with a percussion tool directly acting upon the rock so as to break same when the means of breaking is set into a given position. Also provided are means of shock-absorbing which serve to link up movably said means of breaking with said jib in order to absorb the undesirable deflections of the means of breaking when the percussion tool recoils from the rock at right angles to the longitudinal axis thereof and to return the means of breaking into the given position.

Abstract: A percussive tool has a working tool mounted for reciprocations in a barrel. A collar is arranged between a shank and a working portion of the working tool. The shank of the working tool reciprocates in a guide bushing secured in the barrel to ensure reciprocations of the working tool. There is provide4d a member for determining the angular position of the working tool during the reciprications, the member comprising either the barrel proper in case of concrete breakers, or a hood, e.g. in chipping hammers. For positively controlling the angular position of the working tool, there is provided a spring having two portions of different cross-sectional configuration, a first portion being coupled for a combined rotation to the member determining the angular position of trhe working tool, and a second portion being of a cross-sectional configuration corresponding to the cross-sectional configuration of the working portion of the working tool.

Abstract: The doughnut-type transformer comprises a spirally wound core consisting of several individual annular cores each tightened by rod members. The annular core is surrounded by transformer sections comprising the primary and the secondary windings. Each winding is composed of turns shaped as sectors in the plane of the transformer cross-section, a cooled turn of the secondary winding being placed between the turns of the primary winding in each transformer section. The turns of the windings surround the annular core so that the geometric center of each winding is displaced from the geometric center of the annular core in the cross-sectional plane thereof and the geometric center of the annular core is farther from the transformer axis.

Abstract: A device for exciting a synchronous machine, comprises an exciter electrically connected to an exciting winding of the synchronous machine, a starting unit connected in parallel with the exciter and comprising at least one branch having a resistor and a thyristor switch placed in series. The control circuit of the thyristor switch has a threshold element. A protective thyristor is placed parallel to the branch of the starting unit and its control electrode is connected via the commutator of a current sensor of the starting unit branch to the control circuit of the protective thyristor. A safety device is inserted in series into the starting unit branch circuit.

Abstract: A speed governor for a hydroelectric unit includes an error sensing means, an integrator and a gate opening control means connected to the output of the integrator for controlling the degree of opening of the turbine gate apparatus. The governor further comprises a limiter connected between the output of the error sensing means and the input of the integrator for limiting the maximum value of the integrator input signal to a limit value equal to the minimum integrator input signal value which insures the maximum permissible rate of change of the degree of opening of the gate apparatus.

Abstract: The drawing mechanism comprises a housing accommodating a feed couple defined by a pair of endless belts. One endless belt is mounted about a driving cylinder, and moves in engagement with a movable guide and transmits motion to the other belt running about the pressure roller of the feed couple and said other belt moves in engagement with a stationary guide, and the drawing mechanism also includes a delivery couple defined by its own driving cylinder and its own pressure roller. At the inlet of the feed couple there are mounted a guiding member and a compacting member adapted to precompact the fibrous product being fed into the feed couple. The pressure roller of the delivery couple and the pressure roller of the feed couple, the stationary guide of the feed couple, the compacting and guiding members are mounted on a common removable plate provided with an adjustable retainer means for retaining the common removable plate in its position.

Abstract: A toy projectile comprising an upper stage having a segmented, tubular rocket-simulating body in which segments or vanes are hinged and formed to provide a rocket vehicle-like configuration in the closed condition and, upon opening, provide radially disposed air foil members which operate in the manner of an autogyro or helicopter to provide gyro rotation of the vehicle for slow descent after it has reached its apogee. The lower stage comprises a tube which is slidably and frictionally receivable within a lower adaptor portion on the upper stage so as to removably mount the lower stage on the upper stage. A solid grain propellant engine, including a thrust charge, delay and separation charge, is mounted in the tube of the lower stage. The lower stage serves to retain the segments or vanes in a closed condition before separation of the upper and lower stages by the separation charge within the lower stage.

Abstract: The mill stand comprises forming rolls, which have congruent forming elements, mounted on a stand frame member in such a way that one of the forming rolls is adapted for a vertical reverse motion. This forming roll is connected with a hydraulic cylinder provided with control means, interacting with a master device operatively connected with one of the forming rolls.

Abstract: The apparatus for balancing bodies of revolution includes balancing tanks located peripherally within the body of revolution. Mounted coaxially with the body of revolution is a distributing chamber with conduits hydraulically connecting said distributing chamber with the balancing tanks. The ends of the conduits are disposed inside the distributing chamber and are equidistant from the geometric axis of the body of revolution. Resilient diaphragms are fixed on the wall of the balancing tanks, at the outlet of the conduits. The apparatus for balancing bodies of revolution also comprises a liquid supply source hydraulically associated with the distributing chamber and made in the form of a chamber with a diameter smaller than that of the distributing chamber, and said chamber being located centrally within the body of revolution and forms a tight cavity with the distributing chamber and the portion of the balancing tank defined by the resilient diaphragm.

Abstract: A mill comprises at least one rolling stand with rolls having congruent lengthwise arranged forming elements, a drive stand and apparatus for locally heating a sheet metal at its portions to be transversely deformed or corrugated. The apparatus for locally heating the sheet metal includes inductors and a cam mechanism adapted to move said inductors up to and down from the sheet metal. The distributing shaft of the cam mechanism is connected through a transfer mechanism with one of the rolls of the rolling stand. The gear ratio of the transfer mechanism is equal to the number of the forming elements of one of the rolls of the rolling stand. The mill is simple in construction and easy to re-adjust when producing sheet panels with another spacing between the deformed portions or corrugations.