Abstract: The invention pertains to refrigeration units which operate by means of heat energy, and especially solar energy, wherein the mode of operation consists of a desorption phase and an adsorption phase. The energy collector (8) contains a material (10) with high adsorption and desorption capacity, such as zeolite, and it is connected to an evaporator (2) situated within an insulation chamber.

Abstract: A rotary optical connector comprises a light-emitting transmitter and a light receiver supported for relative rotation about a common axis. The emitter and receiver are coupled by a reflecting surface rotatable about the same axis in fixed relation to the receiver. The reflecting surface may be of regular prismatic configuration, in which case a set of parallel-connected receivers is employed, with a respective receiver corresponding to each side of the prismatic surface.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a double shut-off valve device which is specifically intended to eliminate the consequences of erosion and the resulting lack of perfectly tight sealing.This device consists of two concentric valve components, namely an inner component, (3), and an outer component, (4), which, in a closed position, respectively rest upon seats, (5) and (6), so as to halt the flow of fluid between sections of a pipe, (1) and (2). Functioning of these components is controlled by a rod (10) which is directly connected to the outer valve component (4), and by a flexible bellows (7) attached to the inner valve component (3). Under these circumstances, the inner valve component (3) halts the flow of fluid, and the outer valve component (4), which is not subject to fluid pressure, can provide tight sealing without erosion. Opening of both valve components occurs simultaneously on account of the accompanying shoulders, (8) and (9).

Abstract: This method is intended to permit installing of a cable of considerable length within a conduit, by means of a hauling line, under the most favorable possible conditions, so as to eliminate friction between the cable and the inner surface of the conduit, and, specifically, with reduction of tractive force to be applied to the cable. In accordance with the present invention, the aforementioned method consists of attaching the cable to a hauling line, according to its full length, at locations whose positions are to be determined in relation to resistance to tension affecting sections of the cable demarcated in this manner, so that, with the cable possessing some slackness, none of the sections of said cable shall be affected by stress affecting the preceding section, and so that tractive force shall be distributed along successive sections of the cable while it is being installed.

Abstract: A control circuit of a synchronous motor with two induction windings, including an electrical power supply assembly (5), two oscillators (2,3) whose outputs are connected respectively to the windings of the motor (1), an intermediary circuit (4), connected on one side to the power supply and on the other to the oscillators, and a central unit for control of the thyristors.The electrical power supply assembly (5) delivers a current of a given unique polarity, and has its output terminals connected by means of a freewheel branch including at least one freewheel diode (6) whose cathode is connected to the positive terminal.

Abstract: A linking arrangement for a shaft and a moving part, such as a fly-wheel, rotating about the same axis includes two coaxial rims fastened to the shaft and moving part, respectively, with radial notches situated on opposed surfaces of the rims that are fixed in contact with one another. The notches provide housings for a set of cylindrical pins so that rotary motion can be transmitted between the shaft and the moving part. Stress-relieving grooves are provided at the bottom portions of the notches so as to permit constant contact between the rims and between the notches and the pins regardless of differential expansion of components of the linking arrangement. A principal application of the linking arrangement is to connect a shaft to a fly-wheel or a shaft to a rotary pump impeller.

Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigeration device using solar energy. This device includes a refrigeration fluid, such as water, which circulates between the solar energy heat exchanger 8 containing zeolite, and an evaporator 2 located in a cooling chamber 1 through a condenser 6, then return to the exchanger 8 through a three way valve 7. The device includes a second channel in the exchanger 8, which channel includes a fluid, and a second exchanger consisting of a tube with fins 20 connected to a storage tank 25 containing water at various temperatures. During the day whenever the period of sunshine is not sufficient, additional heat in the form of hot water is provided to the exchanger 8.Conversely if the night temperature is not low enough, cooling in the exchanger 8 is assisted by a cooling device 23 located in the second channel. Hot water 25.degree. C. is provided by the excess heat produced by the sun at day's end.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, the motor includes: a rotor component composed of a shaft (1) of magnetic material provided with regularly spaced projections (3), and a stator component comprising at least three multipolar stators encircling the shaft consecutively, each polar core having cavities on the shaft side so as to constitute projections (13) of the same width and spacing as those of the shaft, with the spacing between stators being such that the projections of the shaft and those of the polar cores face one another for only one of the stators. A tight casing (2) is arranged to intersect the stator magnetic circuit and magnetic parts (21) extend the polar core to the interior of the casing. Application to nuclear reactors.

Abstract: The invention has as its goal a device for extremely precise localization of a train circulating on a railway, and necessitating no complex circuit on the ground. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises, on board the train and in front of its first axle, at least one tuned emitter fixed at an electromagnetic radio frequency, and a receiver provided with two detectors. On the ground, a passive loop tuned to the frequency used, is disposed between the two rails of the track, with the detectors and emitter being disposed in such a manner that there is not direct induction between them.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a means of connecting a primary pump (intended for sodium or the like) and the delivery pipe within a breeder reactor of the swimming-pool type, permitting limited movement of the pump and the pipe in relation to one another to occur, while also maintaining adequate sealing between low pressure areas and high pressure areas within said pump. The connecting component consists of a cylindrical sleeve (11) which, in a resting position, is situated along the same axis (1) as the delivery pipe for the pump. A cylindrical guide (3) which is fastened to the pump is fitted into the aforementioned pipe, and a sealing joint (13) is situated between the sleeve (11) and the guide (3). There is also a horizontal annular collar (12) which is fastened to the aforementioned sleeve (11), resting upon an annular rim (5) situated upon the upper flange (7) of the pipe (4).

Abstract: A protective cover for an exhaust fan motor or the like actuable to withdraw the same by normally restrained positive pressure from the motor upon the monitoring of hot fumes representing a fire, thereby to expose the motor to a cooling environment little different from or substantially the same as that of its normal operation.

Abstract: A voltage variation detector is connected to a receiver which is associated with a transmitter inducing an alternating signal permanently in the rails of a railroad track and, accordingly, in a conductive loop positioned between the rails. The respective variations of the voltage induced in the loop and of a feeding voltage to the loop furnish redundant information of the presence of a car in the transmission zone.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with an alternating signal amplitude selection stage of particular application in devices for information transmission, as in track systems along which there are in succession a number of transmission zones each employing oscillating carrier frequencies, and with a view to avoiding crosstalk problems between signals in adjacent zones. According to the invention, the selection stage comprises an operational amplifier placed in an open loop, a counter of the number of impulse peaks included in the output signal of the differential amplifier, and a circuit for controlling the switching of an inverter to connect the appropriate filter to the input of a processing device for the signal of greater amplitude to eliminate the signal of lesser amplitude.

Abstract: To increase performance levels of pressurized water pumps, a hydrostatic joint arrangement (pressure seal) permits a controlled flow to occur between two chambers containing the same fluid placed under different pressures. This arrangement includes a metal bearing (3) attached to a rotary movable shaft (4) and a float (5) which is capable of unrestricted axial movement, whereby minimum flow of fluid between the bearing and the float can produce sufficient force for gradually raising the float (5), while maintaining a pressure seal. The bottom portion (7) of the float (5) contains openings (8) which are connected to a source of pressurized fluid by means of intake ducts (9), thereby to provide fluid flow between the bearing and the float regardless of the pressure difference between the two chambers.

Abstract: The invention refers to cylindrical bearings for guiding a shaft, such as for pumps, with each bearing element comprising a centering ring made of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the material of the shaft (for example, polytetrafluoroethylene), arranged essentially coaxially to the shaft, with a play such that upon an appropriate process cooling step, the ring is hooped to the shaft, and at a moment that each bearing element is motionless and fixed.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to reduce the total power consumed by a coupling for inducing a high-frequency alternating current in the rails of a railroad track for the purpose of transmitting information to trains traveling along the track.According to the invention, the coupling consists of two conductive coils made of a conductive strip attached to an insulating strip, the conductive strip being arrayed, in the portions of the coupling that are parallel to the rail, in a plane parallel to the sides of the central rib of the rail and on either side of it, the insulating strip separating the central rib of the rail from the conductive strip. The two coils are connected in such a way that the same current flows in the same direction through both.

Abstract: An improvement in apparatus for the secure transmission of information through rails in zones of propagation independent from the sections of the track block-section system embodying the use of series resonant circuits tuned to the information carrier frequency and connected between the rails at the end of a transmission zone and comprising two identical series resonant circuits disposed in parallel and each comprising a capacitor in series with the primary winding of a transformer, with the secondary windings of the two transformers being connected in series and in opposition, so that an oscillating signal appears at the terminals of the circuit thus formed in the case of failure of one of the resonant circuits.

Abstract: A system for transmitting data long rails of a railway track for reception by a receiver mounted on a vehicle of the train. The system includes resonance circuits defining contiguous zones which are independent of a block system of the railway track. An insulative conductive loop is placed between the rails of the track and proximate the resonance circuits. An AC generator and modulation are provided to produce a modulated carrier frequency corresponding to the data to be transmitted and is coupled to the conductive loop. The receiver is positioned at the front of the train when the conductive loop is positioned near the downstream side of each zone and toward the rear of the train when the conductive loop is positioned toward the upstream side of each zone relative to the direction of train travel.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with improvements in hydrostatic guide bearings of a shaft in which the journal of the shaft takes on the form of a sleeve and the bearing comprises a first and a second set of chambers placed within concentric races respectively opposite the internal and external walls of the journal.

Abstract: The invention involves a procedure having three key stages: In the first stage, just prior to the introduction of the metal into stand (n+1), the value of the rolling torque in stand (n) is determined and recorded. Then, in the second stage, when the metal is introduced into stand (n+1), the value of the rolling torque in stand (n) is held constant by controlling the speed regulator of stand (n) up to the time the metal is introduced into stand (n+2). Finally, in the third stage, which continues until the rolling operation in stand (n) has been completed, the voluminal flow of the metal is held constant at the line of each stand by applying a multiplier coefficient to the signal representing the ratio between the speeds of two successive stands.