Abstract: A device for pneumatically tensioning and reversing tubular manufactured articles such as socks, upon completion, by a circular knitting machine. The device includes a small diameter rotating needle cylinder. The device has an external tubular casing and an internal element for forming an interspace with an annular cross section for pneumatic tensioning. The internal element forms an axial passage inside which the manufactured article is turned inward and reversed during a pneumatic operation where the article is reversed and conveyed away. Both the tubular casing and the internal element consist of two sections with different diameters. Upper sections with a smaller diameter are accommodated within the needle cylinder and the lower sections with a larger diameter are located outside and adjacent to the needle cylinder.

Abstract: A waterproofing device for an outboard engine control circuit having a hydraulic pump for lifting and lowering a propeller from and into the water, a motor for driving the hydraulic pump, and a control circuit for controlling the motor, comprising waterproof relays in which terminal strips are provided by insert molding on the casing of a relay for controlling the motor, leads of the relay are inserted into the slots of the terminal strips to electrically connect the leads to the terminal strips, and a waterproof circuit breaker having a waterproof cover provided thereon; a snap-up cap provided on top of the waterproof cover, being normally recessed, and when the circuit breaker is opened, snapped up by the action of the actuator of the breaker.

Abstract: A miniature motor comprising a stator having a permanent magnet field fitted to the inside of a motor case, a rotor having a rotor winding and rotatably supported in such a manner as to face the stator, a commutator provided at an end of the rotor, and a cooling fan, in which a plurality of lugs are provided in a projected state on an end face of a core constituting a rotor end portion, a plurality of holes corresponding to the lugs are provided on the cooling fan having a plurality of vanes, and the cooling fan is fixedly fitted to the core and then secured in place by plastic deforming of the lugs.

Abstract: Production of polyenaminonitriles including those which can be cyclized to very stable poly(aminoquinolines) without the evolution of any small molecules and thus in a manner free of volatiles. The polyenaminonitriles are polymers which have desirable dielectric properties, and include those which can be cyclized to poly(aminoquinolines) without the evolution of volatiles to make defect-free films and composites of similar dielectric properties because of this characteristic.

Abstract: An exhalation air analysis device, in particular for alcohol analysis including a flow duct coming from the tested person to a testing housing having a movable duct element with a recess. The duct element can be adjusted in two different settings in the housing. In the first position the recess is connected to an inlet and outlet of the exhalation air line, so that the recess forms a part of the flow duct of the exhalation air. In a second position of the duct element, its recess is cut off from the flow duct and connected to a detector. The volume of the recess forms a part of the analysis chamber required for the analysis.

Abstract: Method for determining the reliability of men's contraceptives, characterized by submerging the contraceptive in a liquid, injecting a liquid in impulses into the contraceptive, and generating shock waves.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an aircraft tractor without tow-bar. The arrangement avoids relative movement between the nose wheel of the aircraft and the tractor lifting platform by making the lifting platform (24) rotatable around a longitudinal axis (30) of the chassis, which axis is horizontal when the chassis is extended, and by making displaceable the transverse tow arms (38) and/or the holders (42) at right angles to this longitudinal axis (30). The tires of an oblique nose wheel landing gear of an aircraft being towed in a curve are handled very gently, because the tractor parts (24, 38, and 42) that are in contact with the nose wheel landing gear are able to follow the movements of the nose wheel landing gear and to adjust to its instantaneous position.

Abstract: A drier racking system for use in drying produce in a barn which includes an endless conveyor to which are attached a plurality of containment devices. The conveyor extends from a door of the barn to an inner region of the barn. The containment devices open, or are openaable, when positioned near the door and produce can be loaded, into or be removed from, the devices.

Abstract: Anisotropic rare-earth permanent magnets characterized in that an aggregate of a plurality of blocks, to each of which anisotropy is imparted, is formed using powders of magnetic material containing rare-earth elements, and the adjoining blocks are powder-metallurgically bonded together under pressure into one piece; a method of making anisotropic rare-earth permanent magnets by molding anisotropic blocks by magnetic-field molding, arranging, aggregating and sealing a plurality of blocks in a bag, and cold hydrostatic pressing the aggregate of blocks in the absence of magnetic field; and a suitable metal mold for magnetic-field molding anisotropic permanent magnets of a relatively large size.

Abstract: An optical system comprising a cavity for spectrophotometric measurements and the like with a first cylindrical refraction index gradient lens matched to an optical fiber. A second cylindrical refraction index gradient lens is provided disposed approximately coaxial to the first lens. The first and second lenses are spaced apart to delimit the cavity between opposite faces of the first and second lenses. A sample under test is positioned within the cavity. A reflecting surface is provided on the face of the second lens opposite said cavity.

Abstract: An apparatus for air rotary drilling in saturated unconsolidated deposits. It consists of a drill rod connected to a drill bit and a drill casing surrounding the drill rod which defines a well in a drilled region. A pressurized air source is connected to the drill rod, the drill rod having a bore for supplying air under pressure to the drill bit, to force air and material up the drill casing in an area defined between the drill rod and the drill casing. A rotary drive arrangement drives the drill rod in rotation to provide a drilling action in cooperation with the high pressure air, the high pressure air source providing high pressure air to the drill rod bore. A snorkel discharge arrangement discharges air and material from the space defined between the drill pipe and the drill rod.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a useful improvement in a seat belt mount mechanism for use in an automotive vehicle of the type that an anchor plate adapted to support a shoulder anchor for holding the seat belt extending through an opening defined therein is mounted operatively to a door sash element of the vehicle body by way of a fixing bracket, wherein there is provided an elongated portion extending outwardly from the lower end of the anchor plate, upon which the elongated portion the shoulder anchor is held operatively, whereby it is feasible in practice to bring the mount for the shoulder anchor as far behind as possible of the door sash element, and consequently, the seat belt may serve more effectively in function to forcibly catch a driver or passengers therein. With this arrangement, it is possible in practice to make the anchor plate and the fixing bracket small and compact in construction, accordingly.

Abstract: A heat carrier circulation for a vehicle heating system includes a heater independent of the engine. The heat carrier circulation contains a forward line which leads from the internal combustion vehicle drive engine to a heating system heat exchanger for the vehicle interior and which has a parallel branch in which the heater is disposed; and a return line leading from the heating system heat exchanger back to the internal combustion engine. The heat exchanger circulation contains a connection which goes from the return line to the part of the forward line located ahead of the heater. Installed in the heat carrier circulation is a settable valve which controls the ratio at which heat carrier flows to the heater from the connecting line and from the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved knitting machine, either with latch needles or with compound needles, in which for each feeding station a thread guide is provided which is placed at a certain distance above the rising zone of the needles and is fitted with a horizontal supporting cam preventing the thread from fluttering while it is fed. The sinkers of the machine are fitted with an additional bearing surface designed to support the thread as it is fed by the thread guide till it is picked up by the needles on their down path immediately after their upward motion.

Abstract: A respirator for recirculating breathing gases, comprises an expiration bag in which an internal tension spring is provided for compressing the bag, and an inspiration bag which can be connected to a respiration gas source. A CO.sub.2 -binding chemical cartridge and an oxygen source is arranged in the respiratory circuit. A space-saving arrangement of the tension spring provided in the breathing bag is also used to generate a positive pressure in the entire respiratory circuit. The positive pressure exercised by the tension springs in the respiratory circuit can be reduced rapidly if necessary, and the operation can be continued under normal pressure. To achieve this, the inspiration bag 11 is provided with an internally disposed pre-tensioning spring 101 serving to compress the inspiration bag.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a process and a device for cleaning parts, in particular glass panes (2) of vehicles to prepare them for subsequent treatment processes, such as application of adhesive, etc. The cleaning device (1) comprises a wiping element in the form of a cleaning band (10) which is moved relative to the part (2) to be treated. The cleaning band is guided in a loop (12) between two rolls (13 and 14) and is brought into contact with the part (2) to be treated, while the cleaning band (10) is wound off section by section and cyclically between or during the cleaning processes. To do so, an additional loop (44) is formed in the area of the loop (12) and fresh band material is wound off of the reserve roll (13). The loop (44) is subsequently eliminated and the used band material is fed to the used-material roll (14).

Abstract: A soot filter for diesel-powered vehicles has two diesel particle filters which are connected to a preliminary muffler via separate ducts, which open radially into a filter prechamber. The exhaust gases can be sent through one of the diesel particle filters or the other by a damper control device, with the dampers being arranged far away from the filters, in the vicinity of the preliminary muffler. Thus, the dampers are located at a fairly great distance from the burner, which is arranged on the front side of the diesel particle filter, and which is designed such that it produces an approximately disk-shaped flame that is directed toward the front side of the diesel particle filter.