Abstract: A burner is disclosed which can be used in an apparatus for analyzing a gas omposition by flame spectrophotometry, comprising, disposed coaxially with each other, a tubular body having an open end on which an optical system is mounted coaxially, a sample taking nozzle which extends the body while defining an intake chamber, a collar fast with the body through which passes a tubular chimney, a nozzle for intake of the gas composition which is fitted in the chimney while forming therewith an annular intercalary chamber into which opens a fuel gas intake duct and a capillary tube for intake of the gas composition to be analyzed, this capillary tube being connected to the intake duct at the level of its end situated in the intake chamber.

Abstract: Method for producing a display screen with a matrix of transistors provided with an optical mask. This method consists of depositing on a substrate (100) a layer of black polyimide (102) absorbing the visible light and followed by a layer of photosensitive resin, of insolating the resin through a mask masking the channels of the transistors to be embodied, of eliminating the zones insolated with the resin and the sub-adjacent zones of the polyimide, of depositing an ITO layer (106) on the unit, of eliminating the rest of the resin and the ITO surmounting said resin so as to form the drains/sources of the transistors, of successively depositing a layer of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (110), a layer of silicon nitride (112) and a layer of aluminium (114), then of photoengraving the stack of these layers so as to form the gate of the transistors, and finally to render passive the unit with a layer of silicon (116).

Abstract: A device for coupling microwave energy with at least one exciter, and for distributing it therealong for the purpose of producing a plasma, includes a first enclosure whose inside is bathed in microwave energy, a second enclosure containing a gaseous medium to be ionized, and a first series of at least one communication passage between the two enclosures. An exciter is mounted to pass through each communication passage at a distance from the inside surfaces and to extend into the first and second enclosures in order to couple with a portion of the microwave energy and convey the coupled microwave energy locally into association with the gaseous medium. The exciter constitutes, together with the passage and portions of the sidewalls of the enclosures facing the exciter, a coaxial-type structure.

Abstract: A device for measuring radioactive contamination of a body includes a scintillator crystal (1) sensitive to gamma radiation emitted during disintegration of the radioactive elements (I, Cs, Co) contaminating a body to which the end of scintillator (1) is applied. A photodiode (2) converts the photons generated in scintillator (1) by the gamma radiation into electric charges. A mechanism (3, 7) converts these charges into amplified, frequency-filtered voltage pulses. Pulse counts in a plurality of bands and deconvolution effected by an electronic mechanism (8) built into the device allow measurement of the contamination of the body by each of the radioactive elements in question.

Abstract: According to the invention, the chip card issues a first certificate comprising its letter of credentials (Crc), an exponential (X), an optional message (M), these quantities being signed. The security module verifies the signature and in return issues a second certificate containing its letter of credentials (Crm), an exponential (Y), an optional message (M'), a cryptogram (C), these quantities being signed. A common secret key is constituted between the card and the security module by the exponentials and allows the card to interpret the cryptogram addressed to it and to act in accordance therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the electrode potential of the reinforcement in underwater concrete. The device is of the type comprising a reference electrode placed against the facing of the concrete and a voltmeter connected to the reference electrode and to the reinforcement. The reference electrode is disposed in a bell suitable for pressing in watertight manner against a facing of the concrete, thereby delimiting an enclosure. The device further includes means for injecting compressed air into the enclosure and means for enabling the water imprisoned therein to escape.

Abstract: A method for the diffusion of digital data designed to be received notably by mobile receivers moving in an urban environment, that is, in the presence of stray signals and jamming, and in conditions of multiple propagation (Rayleigh process) providing an optimized mode of setting up the frame structure of the broadcast signal, so as to derive the maximum benefit from the resistance of the system to pulsed stray signals and to jamming. The header of each frame has a first empty synchronization symbol and eventually a second, unmodulated wobbled signal forming a two-stage analog synchronization system. So, the recovery of synchronization is achieved in an analog way, without prior extraction of a clock signal at the binary level. The constitution of the sequence of the useful symbols in the frame results from temporal and sequential interlacing operations, combined to obtain an implicit de-interlacing at the receiver.

Abstract: The station, in particular a terminal, comprises an oscillator (OS) having a feedback loop (1) and a station inductor element (L10) suitable for conferring a working frequency to the oscillator which varies relative to a rest frequency. The station also includes a station processor connected to the oscillator and capable of processing variations in the working frequency of the oscillator. The portable object, in particular a memory card, includes an electronic circuit which is switchable between an inactive state and an active state in which it sets up a resonant circuit tuned on a frequency which is distinct from the rest frequency while remaining suitable for being coupled inductively with the feedback loop (1) at the rest frequency. The portable object also includes an object processor capable of switching the electronic circuit as a function of the information to be transmitted to the station.

Abstract: Method for obtaining an organic polycrystalline material having in particular electro-optical properties, said material obtained and an electro-optical modulator comprising said material.This method includes a stage (1) for preparing a powder having a size grading of 500 to 800 nm of an organic compound having a delocalized system of electrons .pi. and presenting a non-centrosymmetrical crystalline structure, as well as intramolecular load transfer groupings, a stage (2) for drying the powder under vacuum, a stage (3) for pre-pressing the powder under vacuum, and a hot stage (5) for the uniaxial compression of the dried powder under vacuum.This method enables polycrystalline materials to be obtained, said materials comprising elongated monocrystalline grains orientated according to a given direction.

Abstract: An audio and video communications terminal, of the type comprising a housing, a camera provided with an optical system, a display screen, a microphone, a loudspeaker, and a central unit including a sound and image information encoder and decoder, and an interface in association with the elements for communication with another terminal of the same type via a digital transmission network, the terminal further comprising electric motors and clutches for adjusting at least one camera parameter; a manual control suitable for generating control information for adjusting the parameter(s); and a switch for switching between a local adjustment mode in which the control information is applied to the electric motors and clutches, and a remote adjustment mode in which the control information is sent to the other terminal over the digital network in parallel with the sound and image information, and in which control information received from the other terminal, likewise over the digital network and in parallel with sound

Abstract: Method for analysis of the content of certain elements in a continuous flow of bulk materials by neutron bombardment and measurement of the gamma radiation emitted by such elements, which makes it possible to distinguish between the capture radiation and the activation radiation. The neutron source is a neutron-generating tube which is activated periodically. The signals from a single gamma radiation detector are considered only after neutron emission has ceased, during distinct intervals corresponding to the phenomena of capture and radiation of the activated elements, respectively. The respective signals are treated in two distinct measurement routes, and the measurements are then combined automatically. A third measurements route can be provided for gamma radiation resulting from inelastic collisions. The source and the detector are positioned in a probe lodged in a polyethylene protective tube within the flow of the materials.

Abstract: A discontinuous drawn steel wire fiber for incorporation in a fiber composite, in particular a cement material, the fiber being made from a length of steel wire which is shaped so that the fiber is contained in a plane and, in said plane, is in the configuration of a loop which is convex and closed, wherein it has the configuration of an oblong loop whose ends are delimited by curvilinear wire portions, said curvilinear wire portions being interconnected by rectilinear wire portions, and wherein the two end portions of said length of wire are disposed side by side and in opposite directions, said end portions extending between said curvilinear wire portions to form one of said rectilinear wire portions.

Abstract: An audio signal is multiplexed into a video picture signal by converting the audio signal into a sequence of digital code words from which subwords are extracted relative to a video signal line frequency. The number of bits in each subword is determined as a function of the amplitude dynamic range of the video signal, and each extracted digital subword is converted to provide analog samples with amplitudes proportional to quantizing of the corresponding digital subword. These analog samples are used to amplitude modulate an active portion of the video signal corresponding to a picture so as to provide a "composite" signal having the format of the video signal.

Abstract: The stereoscopic convergence is adjusted in stereoscopic imaging equipment to increase or decrease the stereoscopic convergence angle. Two imaging devices are disposed symmetrically relative to a median optical axis to generate video signals representing images of an observed scene. Depending on the required stereoscopic convergence angle, two image "read windows" are positioned symmetrically relative to the median optical axis, each being defined by a first pixel and a last pixel of a processed image line. The first and last pixels of a processed line are disposed between the first and last pixels of a raw (oversize) image line, with the result that the video signals generated by the stereoscopic imaging equipment represent righthand and lefthand processed images in corresponding relationship to the raw image read windows.

Abstract: A subcaliber projectile including a penetrator preferably made of tungsten eavy metal, and having a penetrator tip section and a section following thereafter and extending over the major portion of the penetrator length which is provided with an external thread (helical groove) or circumferential annular grooves to provide a form-locking connection with a discardable propelling cage sabot. To realize improved piercing power for the penetrator, the form-locking region is composed of annular grooves without a pitch, or of a fine metric thread having a thread valley, with a width of approximately one to three times the base width of the groove defining wall or of a thread peak. Preferably a more brittle material is employed in the front penetrator region than in the tail region, and a further indentation structure is incorporated in the first frontal thread turns or grooves of the form-locking region.

Abstract: A medium caliber automatic firearm with a high firing rate including a star drum which revolves in indexed fashion and which is in line with and driven by a cylinder star wheel, whose rotation is synchronized with that of the star drum, is mounted to the side of and is parallel to the star drum. A stripper is mounted between the star wheel and the star drum in order to separate cartridges from links at a point where the ammunition belt comes out of the star wheel while allowing the links to be evacuated from the firearm. A mechanism is also included which introduces the cartridges into successive chambers of the cylinder, the cartridges being lined up with the chambers by a star drum as the latter rotates.

Abstract: An image system (SPI) provides an image file which is recorded in a memory (3). A segmentation and framing module (M1) isolates each of the characters in the image file within individual matrices. A module (M2) finds primitive shapes in each character matrix by initially finding strokes therein and then substracting the strokes from the matrix. A module (M3) then makes a description of primitive shapes in the form of at least one partially ordered list of primitive shapes, and a module (M4) compares said description with standard description expressed in the same manner in a data base (M5). Character recognition, per se, is performed by determining the distances between the description of a character to be identified and the standard descriptions.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for attaching a fin to a projectile and for deploying the fin from a stowed position to a deployed position. In the stowed position the fin is parallel to a centrally located axis which extends from the front portion to the rear portion of the projectile. A mounting which is disposed in a bearing and to which the fin is attached permits pivoting of the fin and deployment of the fin in two phases. During the first phase the fin moves from the stowed position to a semideployed positions by rotation in the bearing about an axis normal to the projectile's centrally located axis. During the second phase the fin moves from the semideployed position to the deployed position by pivoting relative to the mounting.

Abstract: An end equipment comprises a subscriber line interface, a communication controller, a demultiplexing circuit, a multichannel receiving circuit, a multiplexer and a network line interface. The demultiplexing circuit receives data words at a rate n.D from the subscriber line, whereby n is an integer between 1 and a maximum value N. The data words are multiplexed in n independent channels selected among N multiplexed channels in a telecommunications network link at rate N.D. Each of N channels has a basic rate D. During a setting-in and synchronizing phase of a communication, synchronization frame bits are transmitted in the n selected channels. In a multichannel receiving circuit, the synchronization bits in n reception channels of the network link are detected sequentially, and a synchronization is carried out channel by channel.

Abstract: An SOI MOS transistor comprises at least a highly doped lateral stripe (13, 14) of the same conductivity type as the substrate (3). This stripe extends along the edge of the substrate and of the source region (5) and is shorted with the source region through the conductive source layer (11).