Abstract: In an electroluminescent panel comprising a transparent electrode, a back electrode, and an electroluminescent layer between the transparent and the back electrodes, an intermediate layer is interposed between the electroluminescent layer and the back electrode and essentially consists of germanium and nitrogen. The intermediate layer serves as a light absorption layer for absorbing ambient light. A nitrogen distribution in the intermediate layer may be either substantially uniform or decreased from the electroluminescent layer side towards the back electrode side. The decrease may be made stepwise or continuously. The intermediate layer may be superposed through a dielectric layer or directly on the electroluminescent layer.

Abstract: A sliding unit adjustable within wide limits for operating machines comprising at least one hollow guide made from an extruded structural shape installed inside supporting elements equipped with revolving elements, which cooperate with sliding surfaces of the hollow guide, with the support elements being positioned on portions of a base plate which can be adjusted both in height, and in the transversal direction relatively to said hollow guide.

Abstract: Apparatus for the production by powder metallurgy of a heat exchanger block in which two spaced concentric half shells are provided with holes in which profiled pipes are inserted. The profiled pipes are internally supported by pins when metal powder is injected into the hollow space between the half shells for forming a wall section of a header. The radially outer half shell is formed by a plurality of half rings arranged with their side faces in contact with one another and the half rings are individually removed after the wall section is formed.

Abstract: A video signal recording apparatus forms closed loop tracks on a rotary recording medium, and records a video signal amounting to one field on each track so that out of two mutually adjacent tracks making up a track pair, a signal related to an odd (or even) field out of signals which are related to two consecutive fields and constitute a picture is recorded on one track of the track pair and a signal related to an even (or odd) field out of signals which are related to two consecutive fields and constitute a picture is recorded on the other track of the track pair, so that signals amounting to one frame are recorded on the track pair.

Abstract: In a laser plasma X-ray device for use in generating X-rays by bombarding a target material by a pulsed laser beam, the target material is selected from materials which are in a gas phase at the room temperature and which are cooled in a selected one of liquid and solid phases. Such a selected phase of the target material is continuously supplied to a focal point of the pulsed laser beam to be subjected to bombardment and to generate the X-rays. On generation of the X-rays, the target material is rendered into the gas phase to be recycled into the selected phase. The X-rays are guided outside of the chamber through an X-ray gate unit opened in synchronism with a repetition frequency of the pulsed laser beam.

Abstract: A discharge coating apparatus comprises an assembly for applying a vibrational motion in the longitudinal direction of an electrode while applying a voltage pulse in synchronization with the vibration to cause electrical discharge between the surface of a workpiece and the electrode and the formation of a coating layer on the workpiece of the material of the electrode due to the heat produced by the electrical discharge. An additional motion is applied to the electrode to cause the electrode to undergo reciprocal travel towards and away from the suirface of the workpiece at an angle relative thereto. The additional motion can be a rotational motion. The electrode can be formed with a concave portion at its tip or with an axial bore so that only an annulus of the electrode contacts the workpiece. The additional motion can be a skipping movement by utilizing a skipping mechanism consisting of an elastic memebr.

Abstract: A structural arrangement is provided which is particularly useful in connection with solar greenhouses. The structural member is suitable for use in a parallel arrangement of the same particularly for the purpose of providing controlled shading. The structural member is provided as a hollow bar of elongated form provided with at least one longitudinally extending track channel having a relatively narrow longitudinally extended slot-mouth. The bar may be provided with two such channels and these channels are substantially circular in cross-section with the mouths defining reentrant angles therewith. In a solar greenhouse, members of the above type support a glazing with a curved-eave section, the bars being curved to shape and the channels therein accommodating the bulbous lateral edges of shades which are retained therein. The shades are transferred from one roller in the direction of a second roller.

Abstract: A four wheel drive vehicle with brakes equipped for respective wheels on front and rear axles, in which an anti-lock control device is provided to control the braking pressure applied to the brakes so as to reduce the pressure when an associated wheel is about to be locked. The antilock control of the braking pressure for the wheels on the front axle and the control of the braking pressure for the wheels on the rear axle are conducted individually and reduction of the braking pressure for the rear wheels is effected more intensely than reduction of the pressure for the front wheels.

Abstract: A fuel feed device having a first pump assembled with an electric motor in a sheet-metal shell to form a self-contained unit. The drive shaft of the motor projects from the unit and is drivingly connected to an impeller of a second pump whose housing surrounds the impeller. The housing of the second pump surrounds part of the self-contained unit and a sleeve is pushed over the self-contained unit with clearance therebetween and is connected at its lower end to the second pump housing and forms a seal with the self-contained unit by a holding ring and an elastic membrane. The device is easily adapted to casings of the first pump of any form and shape and to requirements, such as changes in filter size, mounting in the fuel tank, and for different types of second pumps.

Abstract: A digital multiplying circuit comprises an input terminal serially applied with input vectors which are elements of a finite field GF(2.sup.h), where h is a natural number, an output terminal for producing a signal obtained by multiplying a desired multiplying constant to one input vector, and h multiplying circuit parts each comprising a multiplier and a data selector for selectively producing an input or output signal of the multiplier responsive to an external selection signal. The h multiplying circuit parts are coupled in series between the input terminal and the output terminal, and an r-th multiplier among the multipliers with the h multiplying circuit parts has a multiplying constant .alpha..sup.z, where r=1, 2, . . . , h, .alpha. is a primitive element of the finite field GF(2.sup.h) and z=2.sup.(r-1).

Abstract: A bottle support is provided to hold a bottle in suspended relationship and in such a manner as to be locked to the bottle so that the contents of the bottle can be poured without detachment occurring between the bottle and the support. To enable a mounting of the support atop the bottle, the support is provided with a keyhole-like opening having a first section which is an enlarged lobe which permits the penetration of the neck of the bottle through opening in the support and a second section which is smaller and permits engaging beneath an annular rib which is located on the neck of the bottle. To permit a tilting of the skirt of the support as the support is being mounted on the bottle, the skirt is provided with a cut away portion adjacent the handle which is provided on the skirt.

Abstract: A process and plant to carbonize vegetable impurities in woolen manufactured articles, which makes possible a better and uniform removal of the impurities to be obtained, with a considerable reduction in cost, at the same time avoiding wash water waste and environmental atmospheric pollution, by means of a reduced number of treatment steps.

Abstract: An extruder for the extrusion of a material composed of a mixture of substances in which an extruder screw is rotatably mounted in a feed channel of a housing for advancing the material to an outlet, of the channel whereat a screw tip is coaxially mounted on the extruder screw and is disposed with clearance in a distributor channel extending in prolongation of the feed channel to receive the material from the extruder screw and feed the material to a discharge outlet of the distributor channel. The screw tip has a discharge surface at an end thereof remote from the extruder screw, which includes a plurality of surface portions ascending generally helically in the direction of flow of the material. The surface portions can be flat or form a continuous discharge surface.

Abstract: In a running command system for an unmanned vehicle, path information is stored, a current running state is compared with running command instruction data, an end of an operation corresponding to the running command instruction data is detected, and new running command instruction data corresponding to the next operation is generated upon detection of the end of the operation. The optimal running command instruction data can be set to cause the unmanned vehicle to travel along a running path whose information is stored in a running course memory, thereby accurately guiding the unmanned vehicle to a destination.

Abstract: Apparatus for the continuous decating of a fabric continuously fed to an area provided with a pressurized-steam atmosphere, wherein the area is tightly sealed from the external environment, and the fabric under treatment is maintained in the area between at least one back gray and a cylindrical drum coated with a textile material.

Abstract: A pad which can be abrasive, scouring or both, is formed as a block of foam between two nonwovens. The foam is a polyurethane foam and the nonwovens are based on a mixture of polyamide and polyester fibers. The polyamide fibers have physical properties similar to those of the polyurethane foam. The nonwovens and the foam block are bonded together at their periphery by thermal-welding. The pad can be coated with abrasive fillers. It can also be used for scouring delicate surfaces when it contains little or no abrasive fillers.

Abstract: A body (1) of oriented thermoplastic material is converted through heating in an area adjoining one boundary surface of the material portion to a layer (10) of substantially non-oriented material. A film (2) is fixed to the fixing layer (10) by pressing the film with a compression and heating element (50) and the necessary heat is supplied so that the film (2) will be fixed to the fixing layer (10). Since the film is bonded to substantially non-oriented plastic material, the desired detachability in the bond between the film and the material portion (1) is achieved.

Abstract: A cooling device for plastic granulate which is formed by cutting plastic strands emerging from a nozzle plate of an extruder and is fed to a stream of cooling water which adjoins the nozzle plate in the region of a cutting device. A pipe conducts the stream of cooling water containing the granulate to a granulate-water separator. In order to obtain a well-defined, infinitely adjustable dwell time of the granulate in the stream of cooling water, the pipe is essentially developed as a vertically arranged riser having a larger cross section passage area than that of the pipe itself. The upper outlet end of the riser is connected to the suction side of a feed pump, which serves as a section pump, and to a suction pipe which has an end connected to ambient atmosphere. A regulating valve is connected in the suction pipe. The delivery side of the feed pump communicates with the granulate-water separator.

Abstract: A stored program controlled system has its control unit (1) connected to a plurality of function units (2) via an information bus (6) for transferring control information and via an addressing means (7) which converts an address number assigned to one of the function units into an access signal which is sent to said function unit. Incorrect information reception in the function units is avoided and system handling facilitated by means of giving identity to the function units every time the system is started. The control unit includes a number pair generator (5) for generating an identification number parallel with the address number, which number pair is assigned to the same function unit. The identification number is transferred via the information bus (6) and is registered during system starting in a registering means (11, 12) included in said function unit.

Abstract: A cable carrier (1) for mounting power cable or lines (3) on support insulators (2). The carrier (1) comprises a gripping device having two legs (4, 5) each of which carries a respective roller (12, 13), such that when the carrier is mounted in position the rollers are located on a respective side of the insulator and extend transversely to the cable (3). The rollers are inclined so that in projection the roller axes intersect one another at a point located above the support insulator (2). The cable carrier (1) is constructed so that the cable (3), subsequent to being run or drawn, can be transferred to the insulator without needing to be lifted away while removing the cable carrier (1). This is effected by rotating the carrier, so as to cause the cable (3) to slide along the inclined rollers (12, 13) and down onto the insulator. The gripping device is then opened and the carrier removed, by displacing the carrier laterally in relation to the insulator.