Abstract: A symmetrical monostable polarized electromagnet is provided in which a fixed permanent magnetic structure and a mobile magnetizable structure passing through the coil are dimensioned so that the starting movement from the rest position of said mobile structure for given ampere turns may be produced with certainty through adjustment of air gaps, whereas return from the working position is provided by the presence of second air gaps and/or by the action of a variable slope recall spring.The invention reduces particularly the remanent holding effects appearing in the working position as well as the power required for supplying the coil for causing a change of state thereof when the coil is at rest.

Abstract: A sequencing logic circuit comprises a blocking means for preventing phase jumps caused by the untimely presence of a release signal. An inhibitor device is placed on one of the channels feeding a storage relay, placed upstream of said release signal, in such a manner as to prevent the transmission thereto of a pressure for placing it in logic state "1." This inhibitor device is actuated by the release signal and does not permit any communication between the latter and the channel controlled.

Abstract: Associable coupling connector for each of the storage relays of a sequential automatic device.The coupling connector comprises on the one hand the pins placed at the back of sockets which are assembled in three different areas of the front face, allotted respectively to the relay, to the input signals and to the output signals and, on the other hand, transversal conductors and transversal terminals to receive and transmit the voltage from the supply and the return to zero signal and respectively to transmit the sequential signals from the coupling connectors to the next ones.

Abstract: Improved distribution device constituted by a base and a distributor associated therewith, having internal channels in which the pneumatic fluid circulates normally only in one direction. At least one of these channels possesses a non-return valve disposed near the surface connecting the base and the distributor, allowing the circulation of the fluid in the one, normal direction of circulation. The invention finds interesting application in the domain of pneumatic installations.

Abstract: An auxiliary manual control device for cells of a pneumatic system comprises an intermediary casing connecting each cell to a baseplate on which the said casing is normally secured. The casing is provided with piping for directly connecting the orifices of permanent pressure supply and input signals, and an OR gate with two inputs, whose output is connected to the output orifice of the baseplate, one of the inputs of the gate being directly connected to the output orifice of the cell, whereas the other input of the gate is connected by a monostable manual operated pneumatic reverser either to the exhaust, which represents its rest position, or to the pipe of permanent pressure supply.

Abstract: An electrical switch apparatus has a pair of first switches and a second switch each with a spring-loaded part for actuating its contacts. The switches are arranged in a casing in which two slides are movable against springloading in convergent paths. Each slide has first and second cams to engage with and move the actuators of a respective first switch and the second switch, the arrangement being such that when one slide has commenced to move in the switch-actuating direction, it blocks the path of the other slide, with the result that each slide can be moved to actuate a respective first switch and thereafter the second switch, but it is impossible for both of the first switches to be actuated at the same time.