Abstract: Arc discharge for the production of shock waves for purposes of contactless, non-invasive comminution of concrements in the body of a living being, wherein the two electrodes have flattened tips of different diameter, the one leading to the inner conductor being larger, preferably by about 1.2:1.

Abstract: The thermal conductivity in a gas blend is measured in order to determine concentration using several different temperatures for the gas but the same sensor, which includes a Silicon carrier of a few hundred micrometers thick and being provided with an electrically insulating layer; carrying a sputtered on or vapor deposited, meandershaped thin film resistance; a pit in the carrier underneath the resistance and the insulating layer, there being one or more perforations in the insulation to permit access of gas to the interior of the pit; a cover plate made also of silicon and of comparable thickness dimensions as the carrier, and also having a pit of comparable dimensions as the first mentioned pit is disposed above the carrier so that said pits are aligned and constitute a common measuring chamber; and a diffusion channel in the cover plate for feeding a gas through diffusion so that the measuring chamber is defined by the communicating pits.

Abstract: A method and machine for cutting precise sized mults from billets of a nickel based alloy, which involves rotating each billet by means of a chuck while the billet is supported on rollers coaxially in the chuck; providing a track parallel to the billet axis and a carrier movable along the track, on which carrier is disposed a rotatable saw movable toward and from the axis of the billet to effect cutting, the location of the saw cut being determined by a computer programmed to control a servo motor acting on a screw coupled to the carrier by nut means, the computer being provided not only with basic information as to the density and stated diameter of the billet, but with information as to variations in such diameter, detected by sensor means provided on the carrier in proximity with the saw, and transmitted to the computer.

Abstract: A consumable electrode is positioned in a furnace under utilization of radially outwardly projecting ribs, at least one wheel with projection engages one of the longitudinal ribs and provides a deformation thereof in terms of indentation and thereby is and remains briefly in engagement with the rib such that the wheel with and through its projection holds and advances that electrode. The wheel has prongs, serrations or teeth and preferably cooperates with a counterwheel on the other side of the rib.

Abstract: A ribbon cassette having a casing with a releasable cover, includes a pulley mounted for rotation in the casing, key-means project beyond the casing of the cassette for engagement with an external drive, a pressure roller is rotatably mounted in the case, a slide movably mounts the pressure roller to obtain a first position of engagement with the pulley and a second retracted position, a projection on the slide is externally accessible through an opening in the casing for shifting the slide from the first to the second position and vice versa; an additional projection on said slide runs in another opening in the casing for guiding movement of the slide along a long wall of the cassette casing; a brake is also disposed in the cassette which holds a removable endless ink ribbon that is insertible and inserted in the casing and fills the casing essentially in its entirety, the ribbon runs through a gap between the pulley and the pressure roller on one hand and the brake on the other.

Abstract: Decompression in a partition separating passenger from cargo compartments in aircraft, there being a particular opening in the partition, receiving a decompression blowout/in panel; a frame circumscribes the decompression panel and has an outer contour inserted into the panel opening, one side of the frame is provided with a flange, being sealed as against the decompression panel as well as against the partitions adjacent the opening, the other side of the frame is provided with a plurality of T-shaped holding springs engaging the partition as well as the decompression panel; each of the springs is provided with predetermined fracture points.

Abstract: A method for hardening cylindrical hollows made of steel, includes heating followed by cooling, under utilization of a water bath while the hollow rotates about its longitudinal axis, and is partially immersed in the bath, the axis being parallel to the surface of the cooling bath; this method is improved by providing a particular rotation for the hollow as long as the temperature of the hollow is above the martensitic starting temperature; and drastically increasing the speed of rotation such that a significantly higher speed obtains as the martensitic transition temperature is reached.

Abstract: Ammunition container for belted rounds to be used in conjuction with automatic guns in an aircraft including a longitudinally extending channel having a width corresponding at least approximately to a length of single round and a height equal to a diameter or an integral multiple of the diameter of the round; an ammunition feeding channel is on one end of the container channel and a belt introducing device as provided either on the same or on the opposite end of the container channel; a loading device, preferably a winch with crank and bracket is provided for pulling rounds on a belt into the channel and said one is located at the opposite end of the container channel; the container channel has multiple layers, there being deflection means to provide a continuous channel through the multiple layers.

Abstract: A foldable and deployable antenna reflector includes a central panel having along its circular periphery a circular-sawtooth shaped contour with ramplike edges separated by radial cut backs and a plurality of similar, rigid segments, each having a foot edge are respectively hinged by means of a single hinge axis to the ramplike sawtooth edges.

Abstract: A door opener includes a pivotably mounted locking plate, and an electromagnet, a tangentially effective wedge element is mounted to the locking plate, an axially adjustable and movable drive slide of the shaped cross section is operatively connected to the wedge; a control slide is resiliently mounted in the drive slide; a blocking pin is mounted on the control slide; and an armature is pivotably mounted on the control slide to hold or release ultimately the locking plate.

Abstract: A compound powder being comprised of a noble metal and of a nonnoble metal oxide is produced under atomization of salts of these metals in a watery solution and under further utilization of a hot reactor wherein a droplet containing gas flow is moved inside the reactor by operation of a pressure differential produced by a water pump, the powder particles are gravity separated from reaction gases by gas flow reversal at a temperature above the dew point of the gas and the gas is scrubbed following condensation of any water vapor.

Abstract: Floor mats or foot pads for automobiles are preferably made of foam each having a back and underside being provided with a plurality of pocketlike indents; prior to installation these pockets are filled with a viscous adhesive, a bonding agent, a boom attenuating material or the like; the pockets are provided with undercut-overhung portions such as the pad hangs vertically for storage the viscous material will not flow out of these pockets.

Abstract: COS, CS.sub.2, mercaptan, SH.sub.2, SOX and/or NOX are removed from a host gas by scrubbing using a solution of a salt of Scandium, Yttrium, an element of the Lanthanide or Actinium groups or blends thereof in water or in organic solvent.

Abstract: A flap system along the trailing edge of a transonic aircraft wing which system includes segments arranged in span direction, a driving system for protraction and retraction of the segments includes a plurality of spindle drives connected to the segments such that each segment is connected to at least two spindle drives; are controlled the spindle drives in such a manner that at least some of the drives are independently controlled from each other so that the segments can pivot on vertical axes, in addition to a regular pivoting about respective horizontal axes.

Abstract: A disassembleble clothes or other garment rack or stand having a base, a supporting axle rod extending upwardly from the base and a plurality of spool-like elements separated from each other, and disposed for rotation about the rod at different height levels, and each said element having angularly, upwardly extending peg-type hangers insertable into it, with each of said elements and its hangers being greater in size and extent than the element and its hangers at the level immediately below.

Abstract: A kit of parts and method for setting a hoist anchor in a poured concrete structure includes a hemispherical rubber void body having an anchor head receiving cavity therein, the body including the cavity being partially split into two quarter sphere halves hingedly joined at a flat side of the body to allow hinging separation of the halves for insertion of an anchor head into said cavity, and a mounting stud threaded into a washer inside the void body cavity for drawing the center of the flat side against a concrete forming member thereby to flatten the flat side and urge the halves against each other to seal the void body against fluid concrete. Four variants of the kit are disclosed.

Abstract: Pane or foil with controllable transparency and light transmission comprises a layer configuration between two transparent carriers such as glass panes, foils or the like; transparent electrodes are disposed on the carriers; a tansparent electrolyte and an active polymer layer are disposed between the electrodes; the active polymer layer has light absorption in the visible spectrum range characterized by a variation in the case of a reversible chemical doping reaction; preferably an additional transparent layer is included to serve as reversible source for storage and yielding of ions, the additional layer is juxtaposed to the electrolyte.

Abstract: A wheel-like apparatus for the generation of whirling flow and a fluidized bed under zero gravity conditions having spokes which contain at least one reaction chamber for solid particles. Gas is fed into the chamber in radial inward direction for fluidizing action of the particles against any centrifugal force while liquid is sprayed into the chamber radially inwardly or outwardly. Gas plus vaporized liquid is extracted from the chamber in radial inner points and the gas is circulated back after separating the vapor from the gas.

Abstract: A pressure vessel for the storage of gas has a bottom part, a cylindrical jacket and a head part with a neck, these parts are made of a corrosionproof stainless steel having up to 0.06% C, from 1.5 to 6% Mn, from 0.3 to 1% Si, from 16 to 25% Cr, from 4 to 18% Ni, from 0 to 4% Mb, from 0 to 0.35% nitrogen, from 0 to 0.25% Nb, all percentages by weight, the remainder being iron with the conventional low level impurities; following shaping, the interior surfaces are electrochemically polished; a valve with an adapter is provided for adapting dimensions of the valve to the neck, and a protective cap is threaded onto an upper portion of the head part; through welding or a non welded e.g. a threaded connection the adaptor is connected to the valve, and a nut or welding connection connects the adaptor to the neck.

Abstract: Continuous casting uses a mold made of copper allow which includes from 0.01% to 0.15% boron, 0.01 to 0.2% magnesium, the remainder being copper as well as manufacture-dependent inpurities and working additives; in addition, at least one additive from the group is used at stated percentages: from 0 to 0.05% silicon, from 0 to 0.5% Ni, from 0 to 0.03% iron, from 0 to 0.03% titanium, from 0 to 0.2% zirconium, from 0 to 0.04% phosphorus, at a total content not exceeding 0.6%, all percentages by weight; the silicon content should be from 0.02% to 0.04%, and the nickel content should be from 0.1 to 0.5%. The mold is made in several working and annealing steps, the last step should be a cold working step with at least 10% deformation.