Abstract: During processing the soybeans are heated-up in a first of two successively arranged fluidized beds with a rapidity such that the hulls loosen or detach from the seeds and there is obtained a honogeneous heating of all of the soybeans. The heated-up soybeans may be directly conveyed into the second fludized bed where they are maintained in a heated condition and from which location they are infed in a heated state to a breaking or cracking mill where they are crushed or cracked and then to a flaking device for the subsequent flaking thereof. It is also possible to undertake along the conveying path from the first fluidized bed to the second fluidized bed a mechanical dehulling operation at the soybeans where the hulls are separated from the seeds and the seed portions are delivered into the second fluidized bed.

Abstract: The apparatus which includes a cell culture chamber enables cell biological experiments with botanical, zoological or homological cells to be carried out. The apparatus comprises a pump housing and a cell culture block with a cell culture chamber therein in which the cell culture medium or nutrient can be automatically and continually exchanged by the action of an osmotic fluid pump connected to the chamber. The osmotic fluid pump is activated by a fluid filled into a cavity in the pump housing. The osmotic fluid pump forces its pre-charged contents, i.e. the cell culture medium or nutrient, through an inlet passage into the cell culture chamber. The exhausted or expanded cell culture medium or nutrient can drain or exhaust through an outlet passage into the cavity of the pump housing. This ensures that no excess pressures arise in the system. The apparatus is especially well-suited for carrying out or implementing biological experiments under zero gravity conditions such as prevail in spaceships.

Abstract: A safety device for a fuze of a spinning projectile comprises a spin acceleration safety element and a firing forward acceleration safety element. The firing forward acceleration safety element contains a ball displaceable by the action of the firing forward acceleration. The spin acceleration safety element employs an escapement or delay mechanism including an asymmetrically structured balance wheel whose center of gravity is radially displaced from its pivot axis such that the escapement or delay mechanism can begin to operate and time out only after the spin acceleration has ceased to be effective.

Abstract: Intermediate or end products comprising a plurality of interstuffed and overlapping folded printed signatures or sheets are straddlingly fed or conveyed by a plurality of collating conveyors of a circulatingly driven collating cylinder or drum to a product transfer location or pick-up region. At the product pick-up region the intermediate or end products are picked-up or taken-over by a product withdrawal conveyor or device. The product withdrawal conveyor comprises holding or gripping mechanisms which are mounted in spaced relationship on a traction member. These holding mechanisms comprise pivotable clamping mechanisms which are laterally pivotable into a location between the halves or portions of the folded products. These halves or portions are raised or separated from each other. These clamping mechanisms press and thus clamp the intermediate or end products against a counter-element.

Abstract: The winding machine comprises a driving-side stand, an auxiliary-side stand, a support positioned between the driving-side stand and the auxiliary-side stand, and a beam, such as a journal beam containing journals or pins and clamped between the driving-side stand and the support. These journals or pins are provided with replaceable or exchangeable clamping or chucking cones. The driving-side stand and the support each possess a mating or counter-cone engagingly fitting the associated clamping or chucking cone.

Abstract: The apparatus for measuring the muzzle velocity V.sub.0 of a projectile fired from a weapon enables eliminating the effects of interfering magnetic fields, particularly that of the terrestrial magnetic field. For this purpose the apparatus comprises a shielding arrangement for shielding or screening interfering magnetic fields. Such measuring apparatus contains two induction coils and a support for the attachment thereof which is made of a material of low magnetic permeability. For shielding or screening the interfering magnetic fields there is used a shielding arrangement made of a material of high magnetic permeability. The apparatus is simultaneously constructed as a muzzle brake and is suitable for measuring the muzzle velocity of sabot projectiles.

Abstract: Before the empty cartridge case is ejected it is extracted from the cartridge chamber of the weapon barrel by an extractor and subsequently tilted by an ejector. During this operation large forces are exerted on the pivotably mounted extractor. It has been found that when high cadence firing takes place the spring forces are too small to hold the extractor reliably. Therefore, the extractor is secured by a support lever or by a locking pawl against inadvertent pivoting during the removal of the cartridge case. Preferably a support lever or support slide is arranged in the breechblock to prevent premature tilting of the cartridge case.

Abstract: One stack space is provided for accommodating each stack of a plurality of stacks of printed products to be supplied to the processing line. Each stack space is provided with a powered feed mechanism which urges the associated stack toward a predetermined processing location, such as a product singling or supply device for singly transferring printed products to the processing line. To be able to prepare the supply of printed products at a location remote from or independent of the processing line, a plurality of transportable winding frames are provided. The winding frames are equipped for exchangeably accommodating a wound package of mutually identical printed products. The winding frames are provided with drive and conveying means which drive the wound package in an unwinding direction and convey the printed products unwinding from the printed package to a transfer location.

Abstract: An apparatus for recoilless firing of projectiles from a launching tube comprises within the launching tube a forward brake ring, a forward sabot, a propellant charge with an ignition element or screw, a rear sabot, a counter-mass, and a rear brake ring, arranged within the launching tube in the sequence listed. Upon ignition of the propellant charge, high acceleration forces are created by the ensuing high peak pressures, which consequently requires a robust construction. In order to avoid this drawback, according to the invention the aforementioned disadvantage can be eliminated by using a propellant charge comprising a first cylindrical propellant charge body and a second annular propellant charge body which surrounds this first cylindrical propellant charge body.

Abstract: A resilient element connects the housing of the spindle collar bearing with the spindle rail and contains a circumferential arrangement of resiliently flexible rods surrounding with play the housing of the spindle collar bearing in a substantially parallel relationship thereto. The resiliently flexible rods which are arranged at substantially uniform circumferential spacing from one another extend at both of their ends from an associated common retaining sleeve for the related rod ends. One such retaining sleeve is anchored at the spindle rail. The other retaining sleeve is fixedly anchored at the housing of the spindle collar bearing in a region or at a location spaced from a housing side at which the spindle exits from such housing. The resilient element forms a spatial parallelogram permitting only radial movement of the housing against the spring action of the resiliently flexible rods without inclined positioning of the housing.

Abstract: A marine firing or weapon system containing a plurality of weapon barrels serves for combating rapidly flying targets in zenith and in azimuth or horizontal and possesses an inclined azimuth alignment axis. The ammunition infeed is accomplished from a number of stationary ammunition magazines arranged about a bent substantially vertical column. The ammunition magazines are located below the multi-barrel weapon system. Since the belted ammunition, due to the inclined azimuth axis, is guided along the aforementioned bent vertical column, which has a vertical extending portion at its lower section, a lengthwise compensation of the ammunition belts is needed during the rotation of the weapon system about the alignment azimuth axis. An elastic or flexible ammunition belt channel leads from each ammunition magazine to its related weapon barrel. These weapon barrels are cooled. Owing to the inclined azimuth alignment axis the minimum elevation or weapon depression is limited by an adjustable stop.

Abstract: For evaluating running quality of gears, a vibration measuring apparatus with a vibration pickup or sensor is provided at least at a headstock for holding a gear wheel a bevel gear or pinion. The signal pickup or reception of the vibration pickup or sensor is processed by suitable evaluation devices. A measuring ring is provided at the headstock in order to detect the maximum vibration components independently of the design of the gear set. The measuring ring carries the vibration pickup and is rotatably mounted on an associated spindle and can be rotated and positionally fixed relative to the headstock.

Abstract: A type of transmitter, that transmits an unexpanded continuous unmodulated signal following a predetermined number of transmission pulses, is disclosed for the regulation of a multichannel pulse compression system. At least two compression channels are available which are inserted between a microwave receiver stage and a demodulator. A respective monitoring signal is extracted from the output of each compression channel and these monitoring signals are compared in a control circuit in order to obtain a phase difference signal and an amplitude difference signal. A respective control signal is derived from each difference signal in order to regulate a phase shifter and an attenuation circuit, which are provided in at least one of the compression channels, in such a manner that the phase difference signal and the amplitude difference signal are compensated towards zero.

Abstract: In order to be able to carry out accurate measurements with a V.sub.0 -measurement device, it is important that the desired distance between the two measurement coils of the measurement device be accurately maintained. It has been found that it does not suffice to accurately measure the distance between the end faces of the two measurement coils, since the magnetic field foci of individual measurement coils do not always have the same spacing from the end surfaces. The distance between the magnetic field foci of both measuring coils is measured and is employed for determining the muzzle or initial velocity V.sub.0.

Abstract: A conventional pressurized gas container in the form of a standard aerosol container is fastened to a commercially available standard cartridge having a movable piston by means of an adapter. The adapter of the dispensing container contains an actuating member for the valve of the pressurized gas container and a pressure exhaust or venting orifice which is in flow communication with a pressure chamber situated between the piston and the adaptor and such pressure venting orifice is obturatable by the finger of an operator in service. The dispensing container is particularly simple in design and fulfills all practical requirements in service and manipulation.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for closely regulating the temperature of a laboratory reaction vessel arrangement which permits a desired temperature change to be rapidly established. The method contemplates introducing a fluid heat transfer medium into a thermal chamber formed by a reactor vessel and a jacketing vessel of the laboratory reaction vessel arrangement in a finely turbulent and essentially helically ascending manner.

Abstract: A twelve-pulse converter has an a.c.-input and a d.c.-output which is connected with an armature via two thyristors of a change-over circuit. An extinguishing circuit comprises a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor and a thyristor which is also connected with the armature via related diodes. A current transformer in the armature circuit causes ignition of the thyristor in the extinguishing circuit at the occurrence of excess current. The extinguishing capacitor is continuously connected with a charging circuit and is connected parallel to the thyristor of the extinguishing circuit and with the thyristors connected to the d.c.-negative pole. The d.c.-negative pole connected thyristors are cut-off when the thyristor of the extinguishing circuit is ignited and the energy appearing in the armature circuit is dissipated by the resistor in the extinguishing circuit. The zero-crossing of the current is detected by means of two voltage converters which are connected with the d.c.-negative pole and the d.c.

Abstract: In the weft insertion nozzle arrangement containing at least two weft insertion nozzles the mixing tube of one weft insertion nozzle is set with its outflow or discharge end of end region parallel to a weft insertion line. The outflow or discharge end or end region of the mixing tube associated with the other weft insertion nozzle is set at a small angle of about 3.degree. relative to the weft insertion line. The entire weft insertion nozzle arrangement is fixedly mounted at a weaving machine member carrying such weft insertion nozzle arrangement. Movable control members for displacing the weft insertion nozzles and faulty operations associated therewith are thus eliminated. Tests have shown that the weft insertion can be reliably accomplished even when the mixing tube of the other weft insertion nozzle is set at such small angle of inclination relative to the weft insertion line.

Abstract: The disc-type ammunition channel contains a predetermined number of discs or lamellae arranged adjacent one another and which can be rotated in a substantially cylindrical housing. The diameter of the discs or lamellae and of the cylindrical housing is smaller than the length of the cartridges to be passed therethrough. The tip ends of the projectiles of the cartridges protrude from the discs or lamellae into a housing member which is formed by two substantially helically shaped walls and a substantially cylindrical wall. Rotation of the discs or lamellae as a function of the elevation of the firing weapon is insured by a rod which is secured at one of its ends to a stationary housing member and at the other one of its ends to an elevatable housing member by means of rubber joints. The rod extends through elongated or oblong slots provided in the discs.

Abstract: In a false twist spinning unit a fiber sliver is removed from a fiber sliver can and fed into a drafting mechanism. The fiber aggregation delivered by the drafting mechanism is received by a suction portion of a spinning unit and is passed to a twist-imparting element which produces a spun yarn. The spun yarn is withdrawn by a roller pair and passes via a yarn monitoring device to a winding unit. The suction pressure required for the suction portion is produced by a suction device. In the event of blockage of the suction portion, a cleaning element or device is activated. After cleaning of the suction portion is completed, spinning is restarted.