Abstract: A magnetically operable key comprises a cylindrical casing containing a turnable member, a drive member and a latch, which are all co-rotatably mounted in the casing with the drive member axially displaceable between the turnable member and the latch within the casing. The drive member has a groove defined thereon which has two circumferential portions and a slanted portion interconnecting the circumferential portions. An engagement pin is connected to the casing and extends into the guide groove for causing axial movement of the drive member when the drive member is rotated and when the pin is disposed in the slanted portion. At least one magnetic piece is pivotally mounted to the turnable member and movable by a magnetic key from a misaligned position to an aligned position. The drive member has a cavity for receiving the magnetic piece when aligned to permit axial movement of the drive member. The misaligned magnetic piece abuts against the drive member and prevents axial movement thereof.

Abstract: A sheet feeding cassette which is capable of receiving manually inserted sheets is disclosed to eliminate the need to provide a copying apparatus with a device for receiving manually inserted sheets when the copying apparatus uses a sheet feeding cassette for sheet feeding. For readily receiving manually inserted sheets when the cassette is in position in the copying apparatus, the cassette includes a pressure plate responsive to the action of a sheet feeding pressure applying member, an upper lid capable of opening and closing even when the cassette is in position in the copying apparatus, and a member operative to cause the sheet feeding pressure applying member to act or stop its action in conjunction with the opening and closing of the upper lid. Sheets other than those which are usually contained in the cassette can be readily and positively manually fed readily and positively to the copying apparatus as desired for the purpose of producing copies.

Abstract: An embroidering machine comprises a plurality of embroidering head each equipped with a plurality of needles formed into a group each with its thread. A needle bar is engageable with one needle at a time in the group to bring the needle from a rest position thereof into an operating position. A presser foot mechanism with a presser foot attached cyclically moves the presser foot upwardly and downwardly from an upper dead center position to a lower dead center position. The presser foot is provided with a hole for the passage of the one needle. Thread cutting and holding devices are provided for cutting the thread of the one needle to form a thread end portion and hold the thread end portion. Upon the termination of an embroidering operation with the one needle, the presser foot mechanism is operable to move the presser foot substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the needles and, after the thread is cut, to lift the presser foot upwardly beyond its upper dead center position.

Abstract: A collator being adapted to receive and carry copy sheets from a copying machine and distribute the copy sheets to a plurality of bins arranged in series for storing the copy sheets. The collator is provided with a copy sheet feeding table and a copy sheet feeding mechanism for sending, one by one, the copy sheets stacked on the copy sheet feeding table. It results that copy sheets received in an over-flow tray or produced by other copying machines can be collated or sorted automatically in the collator according to the invention.

Abstract: A substantially crack-free load-bearing wall of prefabricated building elements and method of producing the same comprising a plurality of pre-fabricated building elements made of light-weight concrete each having a modulus of elasticity less than 8,000 kg/cm.sup.2. The elements are substantially rectangular in shape and have longitudinal grooves on their respective longitudinal edges. The elements are first shrunk by steam hardening or by storage for a pre-selected period of time and then arranged side by side with their lateral side edges in abutting relationship so that the grooves of the respective adjacent elements form vertical channels therebetween. The channels are filled with heavy concrete which provides a tensile-resistant bond between the elements and which also forms pillars which carry the major part of any load applied to the wall.

Abstract: A container with tear-opening device particularly suitable for single-dose containers, obtained by the injection of thermoplastic material in opposite molds, and consisting of a closure membrane having a particularly thin tear surface as to constitute a preferential rupture zone, having a section thermically calibrated by the shrinking (on cooling after injection). A process for obtaining said containers is also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An electrical cable coupling, in particular for a mechanical buffer coupling of a rail vehicle, comprising first and second coupling heads each including a contact carrier with a recess therein. One of the coupling heads includes two spaced centering pins and the other of the coupling heads includes two spaced bushings into which the centering pins are engaged to center the coupling heads with each other. A photoconductor insert is detachably and resiliently mounted into each of the recesses. One of the inserts has a protruding portion which fits into a recessed portion of the other of the inserts. A spring-loaded photoconductor member is shiftably mounted in the protruding portion and aligned with a fixed photoconductor mounted in the recessed portion. The recessed portion is covered by a slotted gate structure which is movable by sword-shaped lugs on the other coupling head.

Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a compressor having an input for receiving air and an output, a static turbulence generator having an input connected to the compressor output, a first output and a second output, an inductor connected to the first output of the static turbulence generator and a control valve connected to the second output of the static turbulence generator. The pressure of air supplied to the static turbulence generator is converted to kinetic energy therein and supplied to the inductor which includes an input for receiving the air with kinetic energy from the static turbulence generator and a second input for receiving additional air with an output and a calibrated duct in the inductor whereby the additional air is drawn into the inductor and heat is absorbed from the surroundings. The control valve is provided for regulating the flow of air to the inductor.

Abstract: A speed control device for the motor of a home sewing machine, comprising, a comparator having one input connected to a reference voltage, an output connected to the motor and another input, a first control circuit with a variable resistor connected to the other input of the comparator and a second control circuit with a low motor speed constant resistor and a switch connected to the same other input of the comparator.

Abstract: In a process for the production of thermal pane of the type having an electrically conductive circuit on a glass pane, a plurality of electrically conductive inks are produced, each of which has different resistivity. On at least one side of the glass pane a continuous circuit having a constant section along its length is formed by layering each of the inks along the length of the circuit at predetermined locations so that the resistivity of the circuit changes along the length thereof.

Abstract: This is a method of making metal gaskets by coating a hollow cylindrical metal blank on each of the entire inner and outer peripheral surfaces with a soft metal to be of a fixed thickness and then cutting it off along an imaginary conical surface having an apex on its center axis.

Abstract: PCT No. PCT/DE78/00042 Sec. 371 Date Sept. 10, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date Sept. 10, 1979 PCT Filed Dec. 22, 1978 PCT Pub. No. WO79/00492 PCT Pub. Date July 26, 1979To fire a tunnel kiln with coal, the coal is stored in a preferably airtight bunker, and transported, by means of airtightly enclosed conveyor belts or chains connected to the bunker, to coal injectors operating as burners, which are provided in and distributed over the width of the firing zone of the kiln and connected to an air supply line, wherefrom compressed air is fed intermittently into the injectors, to blow in the coal which is there placed in a metered amount.

Abstract: A compound beam, column or rod, consisting of a web (31) of timber or a wood-based board material or plastic material and of one or several flanges formed of sheet metal and affixed to the margin and bent around the web. The flange (32) has been affixed to the web by teeth or equivalent extending substantially through the web, and possibly using glue as aid. The teeth (33,34) bend when striking against the opposite flange metal sheet, producing a permanent joint. The teeth may also be affixed to the opposite flange by welding. A stress may be produced in the flange before it is joined to the web.

Abstract: Unreacted residual monomer is removed from an aqueous slurry of a vinyl chloride polymerizate by a method, according to which the monomer-containing aqueous slurry continuously fed to a plate column from its top runs down by way of a cyclone-type mist separator and through a plurality of perforated plates, coming into counter-current contact with steam which is blown into the column from its bottom and ascends through the same perforated plates, to dissipate the monomer in the form of vapors, and the steam carrying the dissipated monomer vapors having entered the mist separator is subjected to mist separation and heat exchange with the slurry fed, and the resulting steam is discharged out of the column, followed by condensation to recover the monomer. The slurry having reached the bottom of the column is transferred to a flush tank where it is quenched to generate steam which is then blown into the column for recycling.

Abstract: A method of separating certain components of a gas mixture in which the gas mixture is cooled and certain components are separated in a liquid or solid state characterized by introducing the gas mixture into a separator tank, adding a cooling agent such as a liquid or cold inert gas so as to cool the gas mixture and separating component in a solid state and subsequently fusing the separated solid into a liquid in a collecting tank. The concentrated gas mixture to be separated is directly removed from its place of use and directly supplied to the separator tank without allowing any further admixture of secondary air. The device for carrying out the method comprises an insulated tank to which air having entrained sulfer dioxide is introduced. The air flow is controlled so that it is oriented in a particular direction and it is passed beyond nozzles for injecting an inert gas such as liquid nitrogen into the interior of the insulated tank.

Abstract: An interference-potential-compensated thyristor comprising, a common emitter zone of one conductivity type, a common main base zone of an opposite conductivity type in contact with said common emitter zone, a common control base of said one conductivity type in contact with said common main base, first and second outer emitter zones of said opposite conductivity type in contact with said common control base, a common metallized electrode layer in contact with said common emitter zone, a first opposite metallized electrode layer in contact with a portion of said common control base and said first outer emitter zone at a junction between said common control base and said first outer emitter zone, and a second opposite metallized electrode layer in contact with a portion of said common control base and said second outer emitter zone at a junction between said common control base and said second outer emitter zone, said first outer emitter zone defining a pilot thyristor part thereabout and said second outer emit

Abstract: A window pane construction comprises first and second light-transmissive panel members having peripheries which are sealed together and defining a viewing pane portion between the peripheries of the panes. The panes are spaced apart to define a hollow air space therebetween and, for this purpose, one pane member is advantageously made trough-shaped and the bottom of the trough defines a viewing pane portion of this pane. A shade member is positioned in the hollow space and it may comprise, for example, a windup window shade type or a venetian blind type. The shade member is connected to actuating means which is mounted outside the two light-transmissive panes and connected to the shade member for adjusting the position of at least a portion of the member in order to vary the light penetration through the two panes.

Abstract: In a sheet feeding device for a printing apparatus for feeding one sheet after another to a printing station, a stopper hook is located slightly posterior to point of contact between a platen and a roller or between two rollers brought into and out of pressing contact with each other, and a sheet fed to the printing station is stopped by the stopper hook and has its position corrected, if it has a skew, while the platen and the roller or the two rollers are out of contact with each other. Thus a sheet free from skew is pressed by the roller against the platen or the roller to enable automatic skewless sheet feeding to be effected.

Abstract: A guide device for a sewing machine, having a needle for sewing a stitch line in a sewing direction and a presser bar, for sewing together fabric plies of unequal thickness, comprises, a main sole part, with a stitch hole for the passage of the needle, connected to the presser bar, an auxiliary sole part connected to the presser bar having a first fold plate positioned upstream of the stitch hole in the sewing direction, and a second fold plate connected to the sewing machine and spaced at least one fabric thickness above the first fold plate. The first fold plate includes a guide edge extending laterally beyond the stitch line on one side thereof and the second fold plate has a guide edge extending laterally beyond the stitch line on an opposite side thereof, whereby, the first and second fold plates define a guide channel therebetween for forming and guiding an S-shape fold in the fabric.