Abstract: A coil-like conductor of superconducting material is made from a solid element of sintered superconducting oxide, having a high critical temperature, with the shape of said conductor being imparted thereto by machining the solid element, thus constituting a self-supporting structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cell for a medium or high tension metalclad station, and to a station constituted by such cells. The cell is characterized in that the following are disposed inside the envelope thereof: a three-pole, three-phase breaker-disconnector (100, 78); at least one grounding three-phase disconnector (122); a photodiode (55A) supplying a signal in the event of arcing appearing inside the cell; and, for each pole, a cable outlet connected to a respective one of the terminals of the breaker-disconnector and passing through the envelope via a respective sealed feedthrough.

Abstract: The gate of the present invention regulates the level of a downstream reach (4) by means of a sector-shaped plate (1) carried by a frame (6, 7) that oscillates about a axis (5) and that also carries a float (8) dipping into said reach. Substantially neutral equilibrium is obtained at a reference level by raising the center of gravity above the oscillation axis, and the reference level is adjusted by transferring water between two longitudinally offset tanks (11, 13). The invention is particularly suitable for irrigation networks.

Abstract: A superconducting strand comprises a central superconducting filament (1), a covering (2) of oxide for ensuring sufficient oxygen pressure around the filament (1), a layer of cladding (3) made of aluminum, an alloy of copper and aluminum, or of stainless steel, a layer of cladding (4) made of niobium, of tantalum, or of vanadium, and an outer covering of copper (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker is controlled mechanically by an engagement spring (8), by a disengagement spring (2), and by a hydraulic transmission for transmitting a portion of the energy in the engagement spring to the disengagement spring. The device has circular symmetry about a longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A high tension circuit breaker containing a dielectric gas under pressure, the circuit breaker being of the type comprising at least one interrupting chamber comprising an insulating envelope filled with said gas and containing a fixed assembly including a fixed main contact (2) and a fixed arcing contact (4), and a moving assembly including a moving main contact (7) and a moving arcing contact (5), the interrupting chamber also containing a pair of secondary contacts and a blast cylinder opening out into a blast nozzle. The circuit breaker further includes first means (37, 38,104) for limiting the maximum separation distance between the secondary contacts to a value which is less than the maximum separation distance between the arcing contacts, and second means (60, 101) for preventing any arcs being struck during closure.

Abstract: An articulated coupling for two rail vehicles supported by a common bogie comprises: (A) a toroidal part (1) connected to one of the vehicles, said part being frustoconical in its bottom zone and cylindrical in its top zone, and having a cylindrical ball in its center and a shoulder around the top thereof; and (B) a support part connected to the other vehicle, enveloping the toroidal part, and comprising a sole plate (9), a toroidal articulated coupling element made of resilient composite material, a cylindrical peg (17) fixed to the sole plate, engaged in the ball of the toroidal part, and terminated by a horizontal shoulder; and an internal cylindrical part (20) facing the cylindrical external surface (3) of the toroidal part.

Abstract: A braking resistance having at least one basic element (400) including a ceramic envelope (1) receiving at least one stack of conducting solid disks (11) made of a carbon-based ceramic and having a resistivity lying in the range 100.OMEGA..cm to 1000.OMEGA..cm. A tube (20) maintains the stack. A spring (14) exerts pressure on the stack of disks. Electrical contact is provided between each end of each stack and respective conducting plates located at the ends of the envelope and the envelope is filled with nitrogen at a pressure of 1 to 2 bars.

Abstract: A system for transmitting data and/or instructions and/or localization between a moving element and a control station. The system includes a hollow tube running parallel to the path of the moving element and constituting a waveguide, the tube having an emitting face which is pierced by a network of openings, and the moving element including a pair of microwave transmit and/or receive antennas. The network of openings on the emissive face of the hollow tube makes it possible to transmit two distinct electric field signals between the openings and the transmit and/or receive antenna. One of the signals serves to transmit data and/or instructions, and the other serves to measure the speed and the position of the moving element by detecting the presence of the second signal. Other systems relate to the application of such hollow tubes to automobile toll stations for monitoring an enclosure which is dangerous for personnel.

Abstract: An arc-rotating magnetic blast coil for the contact element of an electric switch, the coil comprising, in particular, a conducting cup (1) which is cylindrical in shape and which is connected to a current inlet (33), a winding (23) disposed inside the cup to produce a magnetic field along the axis of the cup and having one end (14) connected to the cup, a conducting core (7) connected to the other end (12) of the winding and situated in the center of the winding, and a fixed circuit-breaking contact disposed ahead of the coil relative to said cup within the magnetic field produced thereby and electrically connected to said core, characterized in that the winding is constituted by means of a flat conductor (8) comprising a plurality of turns wound on the core together with an insulating sheet, and in that means (16, 9) are provided for putting the winding under compression.

Abstract: A liquid to be homogenized passes successively through two perforated walls (TA, TB) forming jets (F2, F6) on passing therethrough for performing stirring. These two walls extend longitudinally over a common length of the axis (A) of the device. The liquid passes from one to the other by following a circumferential path (F4) and its direction of longitudinal flow is reversed, locally (F5). The invention is particularly applicable to measuring the concentration of one of the components in a mixture.

Abstract: A current limiter comprising a cryostat provided with a first insulating feedthrough for an inlet conductor and a second insulating feedthrough for an outlet conductor, and a conductor running from one feedthrough to the other inside the tank, said conductor being constituted at least in part by a superconducting material, the cryostat being filled with a fluid at a temperature which is low enough to maintain said material in the superconducting state, said portion made of superconducting material including at least one portion comprising superconducting wires (7, 8) wound in opposite direction windings on two coaxial insulating formers (14, 15). Respective the ends of each of the superconducting wires (7, 8) are connected firstly to the inlet conductor and secondly to the outlet conductor via identical elementary current feeds (21A, 22A).

Abstract: A device for ventilating fluid radiators (5) and/or starting and braking rheostats (15) in a locomotive which is powered electrically, by means of an internal combustion engine, or by a combination thereof, said radiators and/or rheostats being disposed in a layer close to the locomotive roof (4). The device includes at least one tangential fan (8,9) having a horizontal axis which extends longitudinally relative to the locomotive and blowing air towards said radiators and/or said rheostats. The device further includes air intake openings (6,7) located in the side faces (2,3) of the locomotive.

Abstract: A method of welding in a groove (1) machined in a solid alloyed steel part, characterized in that bottom passes (2) are performed and then each wall (11, 13) of the groove (1) is faced with low alloy steel filler material, heat treatment is performed so as to eliminate the stresses in the zones (18, 19) of the part adjacent to the walls (11, 13) of the groove, and the empty space (20) between the two facing layers (15, 17) is filled with low alloy steel filler materials, said operation of facing the wall (11, 13) being performed by placing a carbon steel plate (4, 4', 2, 22') in the groove (1) at a certain distance from said wall (13, 11), by filling the space (12, 16) between the plate (4, 4', 22, 22') and the wall (11, 13) with layers (14, 14') of low alloy steel having a carbon content lying in the range 0.08% and 0.12%, and by getting rid of the steel plate (4, 4', 22, 22') and optionally a portion of the fill so as to leave only a layer (15, 17) on the wall (13, 11).

Abstract: The system includes a motor and stepdown gear unit (17) which drives a central body (22) of a moving equipment longitudinally by means of a ball screw (20) and a nut. The moving equipment includes two slides (24, 25) sandwiching the central body (22). The two slides mesh with a common gear wheel mounted to rotate freely in the central body (22). Each of the slides drives a corresponding control bar (9, 10) connected to an operating rod (7, 8) in turn connected to one of the blades of a railroad switch, with said drive taking place via a vertical cylindrical floating peg (34, 35, 38, 39). The control bars (9, 10) are locked at the ends of the stroke of the central body (22) by respective ones of the floating pegs being positioned in a corresponding locking groove (40 to 43) of a fixed locking plate (30, 31).

Abstract: An electricity station for coupling at least one air-insulated electric line to output feedthroughs from at least one set of three-phase busbars via, in particular, section switches and circuit breakers, the station being characterized in that the circuit breakers (5, 6) are of conventional type, the section switches (71, 72, 81, 82) are of telescopic type, and at least one set of busbars (3, 4) is of the metal-clad type including a sheath containing dielectric gas under pressure.

Abstract: A high- or medium-tension compressed gas circuit breaker taking circuit-breaking energy from the arc, the circuit breaker being of the type comprising:a fixed assembly including main contacts (8a) and arc contacts (21a);a moving assembly including main contacts (26) and arc contacts (25);a blast volume (VI) including a piston (12) which moves on contact separation and urges compressed gas through a blast nozzle (7) which opens over the zone where a main arc forms when the arc contacts separate, anda set of auxiliary contacts (22a, 21c) in series with the arc contacts for creating an auxiliary arc in the volume (V2) situated behind the piston,the circuit breaker further including means (23, 24) for allowing the auxiliary contacts to separate only when the pressure in the blast zone reaches a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The transponder is constituted by a waveguide (1) having a large face (2) including longitudinal slots (3) and pairs of slots distributed along the axis (WW') of the large face at one pair per n longitudinal slots. Each pair is constituted by two transverse slots (4, 4') situated facing a longitudinal slot. The presence of a pair corresponds to a one value bit and the absence of a pair corresponds to a zero value bit. The longitudinal slots receive radiation from a transmit antenna (A1) including a low frequency and a high frequency. They radiate to a first receive antenna (A2) using radiation at the high frequency. The pairs radiate to a second receive antenna (A3) using radiation at the low frequency. The antennas are fixed relative to one another and they move relative to the transponder.

Abstract: A synchronous machine having a rotor which is fixed to a shaft supported in bearings, said machine having its rotor (1) and stator (2) windings cooled by very low temperature helium, with each of the windings and the gap (4) therebetween being in a vacuum enclosures. The said rotor and stator windings and the said gap are disposed inside a common enclosure (13) connected to a common vacuum source (17), and said gap is separated from the bearings (14) of the rotor shaft (3) by vacuum-resisting oil seals (15) and by cryogenic traps (16).

Abstract: A method of assembling a rotor of a steam turbine constituted by disks (2) shrunk onto a shaft, the disks (2) being provided with cavities (4) facing one another and having female pegs (5) disposed in the cavities in one disk (2) and male pegs (6) disposed in the facing cavities (4) of an adjacent disk (2) with each of the disks (2) being shrunk on while disposing the male pegs (6) of the disks into the female pegs (5) of the already shrunk-on adjacent disk, the method being characterized in that spacers (12) are provided in the female pegs (5) prior to inserting the male pegs (6) in the female pegs (5) so that the male pegs (6) do not come into contact with the female pegs (5), with the spacers (12) subsequently being removed.