Abstract: A brush assembly for electrical machines provided for the transfer of current from a stationary brush holder to a rotating contact part, wherein the stationary supporting structure includes a brush bar (brush magazine) having integrally formed stationary brush boxes in which a brush subassembly having at least one brush carrier element can be slidably mounted. The brushes mounted in the brush carrier element are slidably movable in a direction towards the rotating contact part, and are biased thereagainst by means of a spring, also carried by the brush carrier element. The sub-assembly, including the brush, brush carrier element, and spring, slides into the brush boxes and can be locked in position while being simultaneously electrically connected with the brush boxes.

Abstract: A rotor of a turbine generator, wherein the field and amortisseur windings are held in place by means of axially and tangentially secured rings shrunk on the rotor body without the use of otherwise customary slot wedges. The rings are shrunk on the rotor body without overlapping and at a distance from each other. In this way, the magnetically effective rotor cross-section is increased up to 30% without reducing the size of the air gap.

Abstract: New anisotropic compounds suitable for use in LC-display devices are disclosed and claimed. The new compounds are cyclohexyl cyclohexylmethyl ethers of formula (1): ##STR1## in which X and Y are respectively hydrogen, alkyl group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, alkoxy group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, monoalkylamino group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, nitrile group, nitro group, halogen, or cyclic radical of formula (1a) or (1b): ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent hydrogen alkyl group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, alkoxy group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, monoalkylamino group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, nitrile group, nitro group or halogen, and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent simple covalent bonds or grounds of the formulas --COO--, --OOC--, --CH.sub.2 O-- or --OCH.sub.2, with the requirement that only one of the groups X, Y can be a cyclicradical or formula (1a) or (1b). Also disclosed and claimed are LC-mixtures containing these compounds and methods for their synthesis.

Abstract: A rotor device for use in an electrical machine is disclosed which includes a liquid-cooled single or multi-layer winding whose end turns are electrically interconnected in the rotor end coil through connectors. The connectors form portions of cooling liquid supply or return lines and are connected by insulated pipes to one or more liquid chambers located at the rotor end.

Abstract: A sliding seal assembly is provided to admit an operating shaft into the sealed high pressure housing of the interrupter of a high voltage circuit breaker. A heater is contained in the assembly and is coupled to the seals by heat conductive members to maintain the seals at a high enough temperature to ensure their integrity even when the external temperature falls below -55.degree. C.

Abstract: To improve wall cooling, especially at gas turbine elements, such as buckets or blading, combustion chambers, infeed channels and so forth, it is proposed to arrange a partition wall between an outer plate and an inner plate, for instance formed of sheet metal. The partition wall forms a cooling agent chamber and a pressure equalization chamber. The partition wall preferably consists of a buckle plate whose bulges or protuberances are connected, as by welding, with the outer plate. There is maintained within the pressure equalization chamber a pressure which approximately corresponds to the hot gas pressure at the outer surface of the outer plate, so that there are avoided so-called boiler stresses.

Abstract: The disclosed transflector consists of a transparent foil which is given an additive of a first filling material for adjusting the transmission and the reflection of light. In the preferred embodiment, a second filling material is added to the foil for establishing the scattering of the transmitted and the reflected light and a third filling material is added for producing a coarse surface which encourages eye accommodation by the observer.

Abstract: A constant pressure air storage installation for gas turbine power plants containing a cavern and a water supply. In order to reduce the turbulence formation within the water and thus the diffusion of air into the water of the water supply there are provided means which serve to uniformly distribute over the cross-section of the cavern the water flow which arises during charging and discharging of the air space of the cavern and to render more uniform the velocity of such water flow.

Abstract: A cooling system for cooling at least one semiconductor component, including a convection heat exchanger thermally coupled to the component and a refrigeration cycle thermally coupled to the heat exchanger and including a compressor, a condenser, a collector, an expansion valve and an evaporator. The evaporator is coupled in series with the heat exchanger to form a coolant cycle for recooling of the coolant. At least one fan is provided for forcibly ventilating the convection heat exchanger. The condenser of the refrigeration cycle is installed in the heat exchanger whereby the fan serves also to cool the condenser. A coolant, in particular trifluortrichlorethane (C.sub.2 F.sub.3 Cl.sub.3), having a boiling point below the wall temperature of the semiconductor component being cooled is used.

Abstract: A device for generating high intensity ultraviolet radiation thermoemissively in a discharge tube filled with a mercury vapor and at least one rare gas, the discharge tube having two ends joined to two tubular envelopes housing anode and cathode electrodes, wherein the rare gas is either argon, krypton or xenon maintained at an operating pressure of between 0.01 and 0.5 Torr, and the discharge tube and the tubular envelopes consist of doped quartz glass doped such that radiation lines at 185 and 194 mm are almost completely absorbed and a radiation line at 254 nm is transmitted almost without loss, and wherein is provided on the discharge tube an appendix-like piece of tube, which is to receive condensed mercury and the temperature of which is adjustable between 48.degree. and 65.degree. C.

Abstract: A bypass control apparatus for turbocharged internal-combustion engines, comprising an actuating cylinder for the bypass valve of the bypass control apparatus, wherein the pressure of a hydraulic fluid in the actuating cylinder is controlled by a volume flow which is proportional to the engine speed. The hydraulic fluid is returned into a hydraulic tank through a throttle line or pipe containing a fixedly adjustable throttle. The throttle line branches off a hydraulic line or pipe at a location upstream of the actuating cylinder.

Abstract: A method of etching a silicon-substrate, wherein a protective layer is formed on the substrate and serves as an etching mask, at least one some areas of the surface of the substrate. A layer of mineral glass, adhering to the substrate, is used for this protective coating. The protective layer can be formed by the application of a mixture containing finely dispersed mineral glass and fixing agents, or a composition which will form mineral glass when heated, to the Si-substrate, by heating the mixture to form a layer of mineral glass adhering to the Si-substrate. If photo-polymerizable components are used in this mixture, the etching mask of glass may be produced by way of photolithography. The invention further includes a Si-substrate provided with a mineral glass protective layer.

Abstract: A light-ignitable thyristor formed of a main thyristor and an auxiliary thyristor integrated on a common wafer, wherein in order to reduce the ignition ratio between the main and auxiliary thyristors, the length of the cathode emitter edge near the gate of the main thyristor is shortened by forming anode base zone ducts which reach up to the cathode side surface between portions of the main thyristor gate and cathode zones. The width of the anode base zone areas formed on the cathode surface side is selected such that during the entire ignition process, a narrow space charging zone acting as an insulation zone remains at least partially around the PN junction bordering the surface areas of the anode base zone.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling the hot gas casing of a gas turbine power plant is disclosed. The apparatus includes a shell which is spaced from but which encompasses the hot gas casing so as to form an air channel about the casing. A compressor provides a supply of cooling air which flows into the air channel through openings in the shell, and which air absorbs heat from the hot gas casing as it flows through the air channel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a cell which consists of two cell plates and a liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy layered between the plates, where the molecules of the liquid crystal next to the plates exhibit preferred directions rotated by 90.degree.. The display includes only one polarizer that is placed on the front cell plate. A reflector formed of a layer of insulated metal particles is located inside the cell on the rear plate and exhibits a structure determining the preferred direction of the liquid crystal molecules. The electrode segments are holohedral and the operating voltage applied thereto lies between 1.3 and 2.5 times the Freedricksz threshold voltage.

Abstract: A superconducting cable containing a plurality of individual wires which are stranded or plaited to wire bundles and ropes, wherein in order to avoid relative movement and/or deformation between the wire bundles and/or ropes as, for example, may otherwise be caused by high current loading, the individual wire bundles and the ropes are materially joined together at their points of contact, preferably by soldering, to form a mechanically rigid structure, in which the parts between the soldered areas can as well as possible deform elastically, thereby avoiding all disadvantages associated with freely movable wire bundles. In a preferred embodiment, the ropes are made from wire bundles arranged in a lattice.

Abstract: A device for the sterilization of liquids by means of ultraviolet radiation whereby a low-pressure high-current mercury vapor lamp is used with a discharge tube as the radiation source wherein the cooling of the lamp is effected by means of an air flow circulating in the device and adjustment of the mercury vapor pressure by heating the cooled air in a heating device and the heating of a cecum-shaped piece of tubing with this heated air. In order to reduce the energy consumption during this heating phase, a mechanism is provided in the device in order to lead a first portion of the cooled air flow directly to the discharge tube of the lamp. A second portion of the cooled air flow, which is smaller in comparison with the first portion, is heated by the heating device and led to the cecum.

Abstract: To simplify the erection of bearing housing supports especially for the purpose of omitting the base plate which up to the present has been used for quite some time, the invention proposes fixing the foundation plates directly to the foundation. These foundation plates take-up the vertical adjustments, and the adjustment elements needed for such purpose, together with the horizontal fixation means for the bearing housing consituted by holding blocks or elements and adjustment bolts, can be adjusted in all planes.

Abstract: A transformer which is suitable for connecting with a compound network and renders possible shifting the phase angle of the secondary side-output voltage in relation to the primary side-input voltage. The secondary windings are divided into winding stages and there are provided lines and switches, by means of which these winding stages can be selectively connected in series. Since the phase angle of the voltage in each winding stage coincides with the angle of the corresponding winding, it is possible to vectorially add in this manner partial voltages with different phase angles, so that at the output terminal of one winding there appears a composite voltage whose phase angle is aligned in the same direction as said one winding or, in relation to such direction, is shifted through a predetermined angle value in clockwise direction or in counterclockwise direction.

Abstract: A crucible furnace includes an ejector for removing the crucible from the furnace. The ejector consists of an ejector apparatus located below the floor of the furnace. A pressure transfer body in the shape of an inverted truncated cone is normally inserted in a truncated cone-shape opening in the furnace floor. The ejector acts upon the pressure transfer body to lift the body, as well as the crucible resting upon the body, out of the furnace. A hydraulic cylinder activates the ejector device.