Abstract: A hinge for use in a piece of furniture includes a casing adapted for attachment to a door of the piece of furniture and having a bottom provided with a bump, and a support member for attachment to a wall of the piece of furniture and including at least one bearing insert projecting into the casing for defining at least one joint connection between the support member and the casing. In the area of the joint connection, the bearing insert includes a peripheral cam which cooperates with a closing and locking member in form of a flat spring during opening motion of the hinge. The flat spring is located the area of the casing bottom, approximately parallel thereto, with the central area of the flat spring being supported by the bump of the casing bottom.

Abstract: A foil journal bearing comprising a housing having an opening to receive the journal of a shaft, and a plurality of foil supports extending longitudinally through the opening. The foil supports having arcuate inner and outer surfaces and are positioned to transversely surround the journal. An endless foil element encircles each foil support in a direction transverse the longitudinal axis of the element to engage and support the journal. Rods are positioned between the outer arcuate surface of each foil support and respective foil element that are movable relative to the foil support for varying the stiffness of each foil element.

Abstract: An improved toilet tank flush control system provides a spring member which engages a rear surface of the flap control valve of the tank to apply a pressure to the flap tending to close it, which allows the user to control the amount of water discharged in the flushing action from a minimum up to the full quantity within the tank. Two alternative embodiments of the flush control mechanism are described herein, the first being for use with American standard type toilets in which the spring is mounted on a bracket fastened to the base of the tank and stands upwardly therefrom at an angle of the order of 45 degrees to engage a base surface of the float control of the flap valve, and the second being for use with a Crane type toilets in which the spring is mounted on the overflow duct and faces downwardly to engage an upper surface of the flap valve as it pivots upwardly.

Abstract: A control device makes it possible to rapidly shift the bleed valves of an aircraft turbojet engine to a large opening position when the engine is under low power operation in order to prevent flame-out. The device allows for instantaneously interrupting the action of a control return cable when the valves are open from a certain given value. The device includes a drive support integral with a crank handle, in order to bring about the translation of the return cable, when the latter is not blocked by a translation stop member. The control device is used for opening of bleed valves of turbojet engines having two concentric annular jets.

Abstract: An electronic combination lock includes a combination lock having a dial with no markings thereon. Rotation of the dial drives a generator which produces electrical pulses. The voltage pulses serves as a power source for the electronics of the lock. The lock also includes a security feature to disable the lock if the combination dial is stopped between dial rotations for a period of time which indicates dailing by an automatic dialer.

Abstract: A ballast tamping machine comprises an elongated machine frame, and a tool carrier frame supporting a ballast tamping head, a track lifting and lining unit and an auxiliary rail lifting device comprising a rail clamping element and drive for vertically and transversely adjusting the device for engagement of a rail of a branch track adjacent the track by the rail clamping element. A displacement drive connects the tool carrier frame to the machine frame for longitudinally displacing the tool carrier frame relative to the machine frame, and at least one undercarriage supports each frame on the track.

Abstract: This method is for winding an inner coil of a transformer, the transformer including a ferrite core with an inner groove for receiving the winding, the ferrite core being provided with a radial inlet groove for feeding in and feeding out of the winding wire. The wire is fed through a winding mandrel with a transverse longitudinal bore. The ferrite core is pushed onto the winding mandrel and moved rotatably and axially, thereby forming the inner coil in the inner grove of the ferrite core.

Abstract: An isomerization process is provided which process utilizes a sulfated solid catalyst comprising (1) oxide or hydroxide of Group III or Group IV element, e.g. zirconium, and (2) a first metal comprising a metal or combination of metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, nickel, platinum and rhenium, and platinum and tin. The sulfated support is calcined prior to incorporation of the first metal and subsequent to said incorporation. The catalyst may further comprise (3) a second metal selected from the group consisting of Group VIII elements, e.g. iron. One embodiment of the invention further comprises (4) a third metal selected from the group consisting of Group V, VI and VII elements, e.g. manganese. Said second and third metals are added prior to the first calcination.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a worm press for separating liquids from solids-liquid mixtures, in particular fibrous suspensions, more particularly under pressure, including a worm rotating inside a jacket comprising liquid passages. The worm press according to the invention is primarily characterized in that the shaft (13) of the worm (14) which is preferably of hollow construction, comprises in the axial conveying direction following onto the region which comprises at least one worm rib (14'), a smooth terminal region (13') in which the worm shaft (13) is designed as a jacket shaft, provided with a cavity (13") between a jacket (22) and a preferably hollow core (17), and that this jacket (22) comprises liquid passages, for example bores (3"), leading into the aforementioned cavity (13"), this cavity (13") being in communication with at least one liquid drainage outlet (18).

Abstract: Provided is a method of inhibiting estrogen activity by administering a biologically active amount of a substituted dibenzofuran or substituted dibenzodioxin.

Abstract: Folding trimaran which is symmetrical in relation to its median longitudinal axis and comprises a central hull, equipped with a mast, and also two lateral floats, which are connected to the central hull by at least one connecting arm. The trimaran can be moved between a first position in which the connecting arms are unfolded approximately horizontally on each side of the central hull, substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the latter, and a second position in which the floats are folded along the central hull in such a manner as to reduce the space requirement. The trimaran has at least two connecting arms arranged symmetrically to define a maneuvering pair extending as far as the median horizontal axis.

Abstract: A system for collecting within a mobile subscriber station of a cellular radio system the key elements of telephone billing information for subsequent retrieval. Information about the connected party's number, the time of the call and the duration of the call are collected in real time and stored in a non-volatile memory. Such information is selectively retrieved from the memory of the subscriber station on command and a bill for use of the subscriber station calculated on the spot (by a mobile station rental agency, for example).

Abstract: In a papermaking machine, the drying section includes a vacuum based system which serves to guide the web and supporting felt (15) from a first drying cylinder (11) to a transfer vacuum roller (10), which has perforations (13) through which a vacuum is communicated into the interior of the roller 10 from of an external suction box (14). The suction box (14) includes lengthwise extending sealing strips (28, 29) located adjacent and bounding the free circumferential surface of the transfer roller (10), which is not overlapped by the felt of the drying section. The sealing strips extend from the suction box 14 to the roller mantel (10a) of the roller 10. These strips are further designed in the style of a doctor blade and are flexibly mounted on the suction box (14) so that they are flexible and biased against the roller 10 by spring action. They extend approximately tangentially to the surface of the roller mantel (10a), contacting it gently.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for brewing a drink, such as coffee. The apparatus comprises a chamber for accommodating a mixture of water and a ground product to be extracted, the chamber having a perforated base on which a strip of filter material can be laid. There is structure on one side of the base for moving the strip of filter material over the base after a quantity of drink has been brewed and has been removed via the piece of filter material. The structure for moving the strip of filter material comprise a separate transport unit, and fixing structure is provided for fixing the transport unit to one of two opposing sides of the base, as desired. The structure for moving the strip of filter material can also comprise a separate guide unit, which is fixed in each case to that side of the base which is opposite to the side where the transport unit is located. A supply unit for filter material can also be fitted at the side of the base where the guide unit is located.

Abstract: In a mixing drum (16) of a vehicle mixer is supported a coaxial pipe (24) which together with a closure element (36) and a feeding hopper (42) forms a constructional unit. The pipe (24) is supported by two bearings of the mixing drum (16) so as to be relatively rotatable and longitudinally displaceable. The closure element (36) serves for closing a tail opening (20) of the drum (16) and can be adjusted axially with the central pipe (24) by means of an adjusting device in order to open or close the tail opening (20) of the drum. The pipe (24) extends nearly over the entire length of the mixing drum and ensures the vibration-free bearing of the closure element so that between it and the drum mouth during driving, no relative shifts can occur which would damage the drum mouth sealing. The constructional unit can be pulled as a unit from the mixing drum so that maintenance work can readily be carried out.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting internal defects in a workpiece are disclosed which uses time inversion to invert echo signals received by a transducer from the workpiece with respect to the signal shape and its time distribution and retransmits the inverted signal onto the workpiece. The method involves transmitting an unfocused ultrasonic beam onto the workpiece, receiving an echo signal from the workpiece, storing the first echo signal and inverting the first echo signal from each transducer with respect to the signal shape and time sequence. The inverted signal is transferred to a memory and the aforementioned procedure is carried out for each of the inspection zones n on the workpiece. The stored, inverted first echo signals are then transmitted onto the workpiece, each inverted signal being transmitted onto the inspection zone n from which the non-inverted first echo signal was received.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for cooling and if necessary calibrating elongated, especially continuously extruded objects (7) made of plastic as well as a cooling and calibrating device (5) for carrying out the process. With this the object (7) during its advancement in the longitudinal direction is exposed in consecutive regions (13 to 18; 86 to 89, 95 to 97) to a higher vacuum in each case and is cooled with respect to the initial temperature to a lower final temperature. The heat to be removed for cooling is extracted by a coolant washing round the object (7).

Abstract: The installation for the rehabilitation of a ballast bed supporting a track including two rails comprises a first machine, and a second machine, the machines being supported on the track by undercarriages for movement in an operating direction, and the second machine preceding the first machine in the operating direction.

Abstract: A stabilized powdered endothermic blowing agent .[.which.]. is a mixture or a polycarboxylic acid and an inorganic carbonate, .[.and.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.polycarboxylic acid and inorganic carbonate each having been surface treated with a component which prevents water from being absorbed thereby. The blowing agent is incorporated into a polymeric concentrate used for producing foamed products.