Abstract: An orbiting head is rotatably mounted in the housing. The orbiting head has an axial end with a grinding surface for contact with the workpiece having its surface finished. The orbiting head defines a fluid passage with one end having an opening at the grinding surface. A spindle arbor is connected to the orbiting head and rotates with the orbiting head. The spindle arbor also defines a passage having one end connected to the passage of the orbiting head, and having another end connected to a fluid source. A drive is connected to the spindle arbor for driving the spindle arbor and the orbiting head in rotation. The orbiting head is rotated, and the grinding surface is placed into contact with the surface of the workpiece, and in relative rotation to the surface of the workpiece. Fluid is then moved through the passages from the fluid source to the opening in the grinding surface, and from the opening to an area between the grinding surface and the workpiece.

Abstract: The filter for eliminating a carrier signal from a modulating signal generated by a circuit supplying a load (Z) comprises a filtering circuit (L, C; L′, C′) and a cancellation network (Lx, Cx, V2; Lx, Cx, Lx′, Cx′) which, when the load is connected to said filter, subtracts from the load a current equal to the residual carrier signal passing through said filtering circuit (L, C; L′, C′).

Abstract: The invention concerns a valve or tap for fluids, with a stopper that rotates controlled by a control rod equipped with a throttle or grip lever fixed to said rod by means of a fastening screw. The throttle or grip lever has at least one blocking notch (19, 20), designed to fit tightly with a catch (18), which is part of the valve body in order to prevent the stopper from turning. The fastening screw (15) has a special head that allows it to be screwed/unscrewed only with a specific wench or tool, thereby preventing tampering.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling textile articles with structure to engage a portion 30 of the articles in a station for removal thereof and to operate the handling thereof in a predetermined direction F up to a station for either the unloading or the release thereof. A rotation body 6 acts between the removal and handling means and the article portion 30 is engaged by the latter, in order to move the article portion forward by rotating it in the direction F about a respective fold axis u—u. The rotation body 6 is in an active condition in correspondence of the unloading of the articles 3 and, respectively in a rest condition in correspondence of the removal and handling thereof.

Abstract: A high-yield, high-quality sheet-like key top wherein a protective film is laminated to the backside of a display layer during the forming of a key top consisting of thermoplastic resin to preclude the pressure and the heat of the molten resin from directly affecting the display layer, thereby preventing the display portion from being distorted and the display layer from being cracked.

Abstract: In a process for the quantitative detection of a given gas and in a device for the quantitative detection of a given gas, a gas sample (3), which may contain the given gas as a component, is irradiated with a diode laser (1) operating in a single mode and free of mode jumps, the wavelength of which being continuously tuned by varying the laser control current. The laser control current is varied by superimposing a sinus modulation current of a predetermined frequency to a periodically varied d.c. component so that a laser wavelength range is scanned in the area of the absorption line of the given gas. The intensity of the laser radiation after passing through the gas sample is measured by means of a detector. The d.c. component of the detector signal and the second harmonic of the detector signal corresponding to the doubled frequency of the sinus modulation current are determined.

Abstract: A machine tool for the cutting process of work pieces and having at least one horizontally lodged work spindle, preferably for high speed and/or high precision processing. The work spindle displaces on and/or inside a frame-like tool carrier vertically placed on a machine support having slides moving along x-, y- and z-axes. According to the invention, the frame-like tool carrier (3) has an associated frame-like work piece holder (2), which is also placed vertically on the machine support (1). The work piece holder (2) and the tool carrier (3) are interconnected as one single stable unit by one or several connecting elements (8) in the area of their upper horizontal traverse (4, 6).

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method/process and system for parameterizing, structuring and programming control and regulating systems for pieces of machinery, especially turbines and compressors as well as drive units thereof, wherein these are connected to a control and regulating system via feedbacks and control lines. These control lines transmit measured values from the piece of machinery to the control and regulating system via measuring transducers. These control lines transmit adjustment commands from the control and regulating system to actuating drives of the piece of machinery. A first or local programming device is connected to the control and regulating system via a programming line. A monitor is provided for displaying the operating data and programs, as well as a keyboard for entering control commands and programming instructions are connected to the said first programming device.

Abstract: A system for measuring the concentration of gases using gas-selective indicator substances in a chip-like carrier (1) with an optoelectronic scanning device (2). The chip-like carrier (2) has composite partial elements (3, 4) wherein one partial element (3) contains channels (5) for guiding the gas in the carrier (1), and another partial element (4) has at least one multireflection element (6) for guiding light. Each multireflection element (6) is provided with a layer (7) with indicator substances, which layer faces the gases to be measured and reacts with same in a gas-selective manner. The optoelectronic scanning device (2) has at least one radiation source (21) with an associated radiation detector (22), which are in optical functional connection with each multireflection element (6).

Abstract: An electric cable coupling for rail-borne vehicles is held longitudinally displaceably on a central buffer coupling. The cable coupling has only one adapter box (1) as a replacement for the two usual cable coupling halves, wherein the connection lines (4) for the functionally correct connection of the connection lines (2) to the rail-borne vehicles in the correct left-right configuration are arranged crossed within the adapter box (1), and the connection of the connection lines (2) to the two rail-borne vehicles to be coupled is performed via confusion-proof plug-and-socket connections (3) or fixed cables with at least one plug-and-socket connection (3) each.

Abstract: A cover belt conveyor with a basic belt guided by three support rollers (9) arranged in a trough-shaped pattern. To guarantee the ability of such a cover belt conveyor to function at different amounts of material to be conveyed, four pressure rollers (11) are arranged over the entire width of the cover belt (3) in the case of a basic belt (2) with a troughed support roller station comprising three support rollers (9) such that the two middle pressure rollers (11a) always act on the area opposite the middle roller (9) and the two outer pressure rollers (11b) of the cover belt (3) act on the area opposite the two oblique support rollers (9). The pressure rollers (11) are arranged individually pivotably on the frame of the conveyor and they can thus automatically adapt themselves to the particular volume of material to be conveyed between zero and a maximum and apply the necessary pressure on the cover belt (3) in the process.

Abstract: A respirator with an inhalation line (5) connected to a gas supply device (2) and with an exhalation line (7) connected to an exhalation device (3), with a Y piece (8) connecting the inhalation line (5) to the exhalation line (7), and with a patient connection (9) going out from the Y piece (8). Partial rebreathing of CO2-containing exhaled air is made possible in a simple manner by providing a switchover device (4) between the inhalation line (5) and the gas supply device (2) as well as between the exhalation line (7) and the exhalation device (3). The switchover device is designed such that the flow connection is established between the inhalation line (5) and the gas supply device (2) as well as the exhalation line (7) and the exhalation device (3) in a first switching position and there is at least a flow connection between the gas supply device (2) and the exhalation line (7) in the second switching position.

Abstract: A telecommunication conferencing system and method are described. Three or more telephone sets connected to one of the networks can concurrently participate in a conference call. Each telephone set engaged in the conference call receives a list of participants in the call and an identifier associated with that call. Each telephone set generates voice data packets that include the identifier and forwards the generated packets to the network. In one embodiment, the telephone set generates a unicast packet for each other telephone set engaged in the conference call. In another embodiment, the packets generated by the telephone set are multi-cast packets that include the identifier associated with the conference call. Each telephone set locally produces a combination of the packets received and outputs audio signals corresponding to the voice data of the combination.

Abstract: According to the invention, the manufacturing of a textile article comprises weaving an article with one or more wefts and at least one additional warp. The threads of the warp are moved orthogonally to those of the underlying warp before inserting the weft threads. Loom elements are provided for orthogonal warp movement.

Abstract: A combination power plant is provided with a gas turbine (1) with generator (28) and with steam generators (2, 10) for a steam turbine (6) with generator (29), wherein the exhaust gas of the gas turbine (1) is fed to a first waste heat boiler (2) with superheaters (23, 24), economizer (3), HP evaporator (22) and auxiliary burner (27), and flue gases of a thermal conversion unit are fed to a second waste heat boiler (10). A high-pressure (HP) evaporator (16) with a supporting tube system (13) and HP steam collecting drum (11), on the one hand, and a low-pressure (LP) evaporator (17) with a supporting tube system (14) and LP steam collecting drum (12), on the other hand, are arranged in the second waste heat boiler (10), through which flue gases flow. The P evaporator (16) is connected via a steam line (21) to the first (23) and second HP steam superheaters (24) arranged in the first waste heat boiler (2).

Abstract: The fountain-pen comprises a large capacity reserve reservoir (3) for the ink, with a piston type valve (14) that can be operated to fill the pen by suction, and a smaller supply reservoir (10) which is adjacent to the nib (5) and supplies ink to it; the piston type valve (14) is provided in order to hermetically close and open the passage between said reserve reservoir (3) and the supply reservoir (10) so as to transfer ink from said reserve reservoir (3) to said supply reservoir (10) and shut off said supply reservoir (10) from the reserve reservoir (3).

Abstract: A stopper is provided which is intended to replace the lid fitted at the production stage, for the screw closure of bottles for liquids, with a device for drawing up metered amounts of the product. A stopper includes a capsule (9) with internal thread for screwing onto the threaded neck (1A) of the bottle. The capsule (9) forms coaxially and in one piece a cylinder (12) of a syringe metering device (10). The syringe metering device(10) has a control rod (16) which is graduated to allow measurement of the suction stroke of the plunger and hence to allow measurement of the amount of liquid drawn up.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a double slope beam in vibrated or pre-compressed reinforced concrete, composed of two complementary halves or semi-beams (10) each with a reinforcing framework and with adjoining parts which are destined to be mated together incorporating some steel connecting plates (12, 13) that are anchored in the reinforcing framework by means of tie-rods. The two semi-beams are joined together by bolts at the time of forming the whole beam.