Abstract: A fishing reel having a body supporting a rotatable spool and a spool drive. The spool drive includes a principal shaft and secondary shaft rotationally connected together, and a frame rotatable about the principal shaft and connecting the two shafts together so that their axes intersect. The spool is connected to the secondary shaft and is rotatable therewith in response to rotation of said principal shaft; the secondary shaft is also connected with the frame and rotates therewith. The reel also includes a line guide which is pivotable from its winding to its unwinding or casting position; the line guide cooperating with the frame and the spool to ensure suitable layering of the line onto the spool by pivoting and rotating the secondary shaft about the primary shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a semi-permeable membrane for a lead-acid battery. The membrane has a microporous structure comprising a first polymer and a second polymer intimately mixed together, and is characterized by the fact that the first polymer is chosen from among the following polymers: polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, a copolymer with a high proportion of acrylic or methacrylic acid, a mixture of these polymers, the average molecular weight of these polymers lying between 10,000 and a few millions and preferably between 50,000 and one million, the second polymer being soluble in water.

Abstract: A fluid-tight pipe coupling for interconnecting two pipe sections, comprising two flanges integral with said pipe sections, respectively, and clip means for clamping said flanges against each other, the engaging faces of said flanges being flat, one of said flanges having a frusto-conical shape whereas the other flange has a cylindrical shape and said clip is formed with a clamping groove of complementary or mating cylindro-conical shape.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula Q--O--R--O--Q wherein Q represents a substituted or unsubstituted 2-(2-hydroxybenzyl) phenyl group, and R is a residue of a di- or tri-basic, organic or inorganic acid. Compounds in accordance with the invention can be used as stabilizers for plastics materials, in particular to provide them with thermal stability and stability against ultra violet light. The low volatilities of these compounds compared with the analogous di-phenols Q--O--H render them of particular value.

Abstract: A system for determining viewing habits of television viewers, or television viewer reaction, in a multi-channel television broadcast reception area includes a television broadcast display set. A remote control for the television set has a manually actuable device located at a distance from the television set or causing the television set to display a television broadcast received on any one of a predetermined number of channels. Apparatus is coupled to the remote control for determining for each broadcast displayed by the television set the channel on which that broadcast is being received. The system polls the determining apparatus as to the channel on which a broadcast displayed by the television set is received. The remote control may include a second manually actuable device for receiving television viewer reactions to displayed television broadcasts.

Abstract: A video program is broadcast to different video display sets in a broadcast reception area for display at the discretion of television viewers in that area. In order to determine the reaction of television viewers to the displayed broadcast video program, a determination of a relative number of sets responding to the particular broadcast is made. A display of the broadcast video program is provided with a pictorial representation of the relative number of responding sets. Potentially participating sets may be provided with a facility for registering any of a predetermined number of different types of viewer reactions to the broadcast video program. A display of the broadcast video program may be provided with a facility for displaying a number of pictorial representations corresponding to the predetermined number of different types of viewer reactions for individually indicating each viewer reaction type.

Abstract: Novel .alpha.-aryl-.alpha.,.alpha.-bis[.omega.-(disubstituted amino)alkyl]acetamides are described herein. The compounds are useful as anti-arrhythmic agents. The compounds are prepared by reacting an appropriate disubstituted acetonitrile with an appropriate haloalkyl amine and subsequently hydrolyzing the resulting nitrile with concentrated sulfuric acid.

Abstract: A closure with a self-closing top which may be substantially removed from contact with its associated base to provide a substantially unobstructed filling opening.

Abstract: A combustion chamber shell, particularly for aircraft turbojet engines, cisting of an assembly of sleeves each of which comprises two parallel facings connected and braced to each other by multiple longitudinal ribs which form an equal number of channels for the passage of the cooling air. The sleeves are connected to each other by annular parts which, to the front and to the rear of the sleeve facings, form vents which are arranged with respect to each other in such a fashion that the air entering into the chamber through the said channels flows in them from rear to front.

Abstract: A dispensing device includes a manually operable loading member carried by and accessible exteriorly of a container having a material to be dispensed, with the loading member connected through a gear arrangement with a material dispensing piston reciprocable in a dispensing chamber which is in communication with the interior of the container. Operation of the loading member in a first direction effects reciprocation of the piston in a first direction to draw material into the dispensing chamber, and a spring acts on the piston to move it in a second direction to dispense the material from the chamber through a nozzle for use as desired.

Abstract: An engine cooling system comprises a radiator through which a cooling air flow is induced by means of a fan. The cooling air flow is divided into a main stream and an auxiliary stream. Gases to be cooled, for example the exhaust gases of the engine, are mixed with the auxiliary air stream and are discharged via an outlet duct.

Abstract: Chlorine dioxide is manufactured by reducing an alkali metal chlorate in an acid medium by means of a gaseous or liquid reducing agent in at least one production reactor, with recycling of the tail gases to the said reactor, in order to dilute the chloride dioxide produced. In the new process, the tail gases to be recycled are brought into contact with an excess of reducing agent and a sufficient amount of water to reduce virtually all of the chlorine contained in these tail gases to hydrochloric acid, and thereafter the mixture thus obtained, of tail gases after reduction, and of reducing agent, is recycled, at least partly, to the said reactor. In this way, a large amount of chloride ions, which are immediately available for the basic reaction of production of chlorine dioxide, is introduced at the same time as the neutral gases required for dilution.

Abstract: In a current-density controlled source of high-voltage current fed from a low-voltage current source and supplying a high-voltage direct current to two output terminals, an error voltage resulting from the comparison of a constant reference voltage and the voltage appearing at the terminals of a resistor through which flows a current proportional to the current to be controlled acts on the amplitude of an alternative current signal produced by an oscillator, the amplitude variations of the signal produced by said oscillator causing the amplitude high voltage current supplied to said output terminals to vary.

Abstract: The present invention is an action game apparatus for two or more players and includes a disc, or puck, capable of simulating a mouse and a shell housing enclosing a playing surface and having a plurality of apertures creating an appearance of a Swiss cheese cake. An L-shaped stick is utilized by the respective players for insertion through the apertures to strike the game disc. A plurality of goal openings are mounted about the periphery of the shell housing and a player scores when a disc is propelled through a goal. A scoring device including a peg and a plurality of holes can also be mounted adjacent the shell housing.

Abstract: A bolt-setting and rock-drilling apparatus has a rail which can be swung about and axis and axially displaced therealong to position a drilling carriage and a bolt-setting carriage alternately with respect to a rock wall in which the bolt is to be lodged. The carriages are slidable on opposite sides of the rail and, in the upper end thereof, in alignment with the drill holder, is an opening drill through which the main drill passes. The opening drill, which is of a configuration enabling it to form a conical mouth to the hole bored, by the main drill, is displaceable parallel to the main drill when its holder engages a clutch member carrying the opening drill. The conical mouth facilitates subsequent insertion of the bolt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## having the [(X-substituted)phenyl]phenylmethyl moiety attached to the 2, 3, or 4 position of the piperidine ring and wherein X is hydrogen, halo, trifluoromethyl, (lower alkyl) containing 1-7 carbon atoms, or (lower alkoxy) containing 1-7 carbon atoms, A represents alkylene containing 1-3 carbon atoms, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent (lower alkyl) containing 1-7 carbon atoms or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with N represent piperidino or morpholino and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of this invention are prepared by the reaction of an appropriate [(X-substituted)phenyl]phenylmethylpiperidine with an appropriate 1-halo-2-dialkylaminoalkane. The compounds of this invention are useful as anti-arrythmic agents.

Abstract: A special-purpose clutch incorporated in a drive mechanism of hot stamping apparatus wherein heated type on a rotary type carrier is periodically pressed against a printing ribbon in superposition on a continuous strip of plastics or other material being fed at constant speed over a platen, thereby imprinting characters on the strip at constant spacings. The clutch comprises a drive disk mounted on a motor output shaft, a driven disk mounted on a type carrier shaft, and a spring through which rotation is normally imparted from the drive to driven disk. The spring is yieldable to permit the driven disk to be rotated, while the heated type is being pressed each time against the printing ribbon, by the strip of material at lower speed than the drive disk. The angular speed of the type being pressed against the ribbon can thus be precisely synchronized with the linear speed of the strip traveling over the platen.

Abstract: A digital welder control system for controlling a portable gun welder of the type used in the automotive industry on an assembly line. An 8 bit microprocessor is the main control element of the system. The known cycle time of the microprocessor is used to generate a real time delay which in turn is used to generate a digital phase shift heat control. RAM locations in the microprocessor are used to store medium constants of the welding sequence which were previously stored, in prior art controls, in the position of tap switches or thumbwheel switches. The controller provides diagnostics for six common problems often encountered by welder control systems such as override timeout, half cycling, transformer temperature rises, a low water flow, a shorted SCR, and a change in the heat settings. The controller also provides a maintenance interval counter and compensator control having a four-step stepper.

Abstract: Telephone answering apparatus is provided which is simple in its construction as compared with the usual prior art apparatus, but which is capable of performing all of the operations performed by the more complex prior art apparatus, and also of performing operations beyond the capabilities of the usual prior art apparatus. The apparatus of the invention utilizes a cassette-type tape unit on which announcement messages may be recorded, for transmission to a calling party during an initial time interval (T.sub.1). The apparatus also includes a cassette-type tape unit to record the messages from the calling party during a subsequent message recording interval (T.sub.2).