Abstract: A sanitary water valve having valve disks lying parallel to each other in a housing. One of the valve disks is fixed against rotation and has water inlets and at least one water outlet. Another disk is movable relative to the rotationally fixed valve disk and includes a surface channel for water diversion purposes. The movable valve disk is provided with the surface channel and selectively connects the water inlets to water tap stations and includes a sealing surface for closing off the water inlets.

Abstract: The instant invention is a process for the recovery of a polysaccharide, in particular a water-soluble glucan comprising adding a divalent cation to a solution containing the solubilized polysaccharide and then adding a water miscible organic solvent to precipitate the polysaccharide from the solution. The polysaccharide is then separated and collected.

Abstract: A process for providing through plated holes in a substrate by screen printing provides uniformly thick plating of the holes. One side of the substrate is screen plated while being subjected to an underpressure between 10 and 200 gr/cm.sup.2 from a chamber fed by a large volume vacuum vat. When treating the other side of the substrate, vacuum may be increased up to 2.5 times the first underpressure.

Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly to be fastened to a sanitary fixture, such as a bidet or a toilet, and to a seat and/or cover, is disclosed. The movable hinge element is shaped so as to be insertable into a correspondingly shaped fixed element mounted in the rear of the seat and/or cover, respectively. The movable hinge element is provided with means to fix the movable element at a desired insertion depth so that the front section of the seat and/or cover match the outer peripheral profile of the front upper rim of the fixture.

Abstract: Apparatus (60, 105, 115, 130, 150) for the separation of a fluid into permeate and retentate portions. Such apparatus provides a plurality of hollow fiber separation wafers (10), each wafer comprising a mat (25) of hollow fibers (18) arranged chord-wise of the wafer; and peripheral support means (11) encompassing the ends (19) of the hollow fibers and having inside (14) and outside (15) faces and upper (12) and lower (13) faces. The apparatus further includes vessel means (59, 121, 149) providing a first port (66, 132, 155) for receiving the fluid, a second port (69, 136, 158) for withdrawing the retentate and a third port (68, 135, 156) for withdrawing the permeate; means for compressing (73, 104, 111, 138, 161) the plurality of wafers in axial alignment; and permeate chamber means (71, 148, 164) within the vessel, separate from the feedstream and the retentate by the means for compressing and the support means.

Abstract: An electrical connection portion for a railway car coupler having multiple contacts for being connected to train line circuits. The electrical connection portion includes a plurality of movable and stationary contact elements and a plurality of conductive studs assembled from the front side of an insulative block. There is a plurality of jumper plates electrically connected to selected ones of the conductive studs for establishing train line circuits.

Abstract: A vehicle door has a front loading glass run channel frame assembly. The glass run frame assembly is adapted to receive a vehicle window and enable movement of the same within a channel. The glass run frame assembly includes a mechanism to enable securing of the frame assembly to a flange of the vehicle door. Also, the frame assembly includes mirror trim which enables mounting of a side view mirror or the like. The frame assembly may be front loaded onto the vehicle door.

Abstract: Sound attenuating liquid-gas separation apparatus includes nested elements which are tuned to abate noise in general and at predetermined frequencies in particular in a screw compressor assembly. The apparatus includes a helical flow path defined internal of an outer shell. The shell is selectively perforated at its downstream end to allow for the egress of separate oil from it. The apparatus includes a columnar, open-ended cylindrical member internal of the outer separator shell and a discharge conduit which penetrates both the separator shell and the open end of the columnar cylindrical member disposed within the shell to create the nesting which both contributes to the oil separation proces and abates noise. By selectively dimensioning and therefore "tuning" the nested members in accordance with the characteristics of the particular compressor with which they are used, compressor assembly noise abatement at predetermined frequencies is accomplished.

Abstract: A capillary tube assembly having a capillary tube body for connection to a refrigeration system and a tube end cap for accepting a plurality of capillary tubes each of which is identically preformed. The capillary tube assembly is adaptable to different refrigeration systems of varying capacity by utilizing a suitable number of identically preformed capillary tubes together with a suitable tube end cap. The capillary tube assembly is manufactured by preforming identically a suitable number of capillary tubes, preparing a tube end cap with the desired number of apertures and inserting therethrough the capillary tubes, securing the tube end cap to a capillary tube body and reducing the diameter of the tube body to the diameter of the refrigerant supply line of the refrigeration system to which the capillary tube assembly is to be applied.

Abstract: A compression ignition, internal combustion engine has at least one pair of pistons operating in separate cylinders interconnected through a transfer port. Said at least one pair of pistons includes a leading piston linked to a leading crankshaft and operating in a leading cylinder, and a trailing piston linked to a trailing crankshaft and operating in a trailing cylinder. For the purpose of varying the compression ratio, the phase relation between said leading and trailing pistons is varied by means of a phase adjustment mechanism which operatively couples the leading and trailing crankshafts of the engine. The fuel is injected into the leading cylinder by means of a centrally situated multi-hole fuel injector. The clearance volume of the trailing cylinder is at a practical minimum in order to maximize the amount of air available for combustion in the leading cylinder.

Abstract: An integrated electronic control arrangement is disclosed in the illustrative environment of burner such as in a gas-fired furnace. The control incorporates a self-test feature which shuts down the furnace in the event of any one of a number of possible sensed faults. Self-testing occurs automatically before an attempt at ignition and during furnace operation. Proper functioning of the sensor which senses for induced air flow through the burner combustion chamber is tested prior to enabling a fan which causes that induced air flow. Air flow is confirmed by sending to and receiving back from the sensor a sequence of pulses. Should air flow not be sensed during a combustion period, combustion is terminated. A flame sensor is provided for determining the presence of a flame in the combustion chamber. During times when a flame should be present, pulse sequences are sent to and received back from the flame sensor to confirm that a flame is present.

Abstract: A flushing mechanism using a phase change fluid for flushing a toilet bowl with a reduced amount of water. The flushing mechanism includes a containment vessel adapted to fit in a standard-sized toilet tank and means within the containment vessel for forcing water out of the vessel into the bowl to be flushed. The containment vessel includes a collapsible bladder which is loaded with a phase change fluid. Water in the containment vessel is forced into the toilet bowl when the phase change fluid changes from a liquid to a vapor state. A hydraulic actuation system is also provided for actuating the flushing mechanism.

Abstract: A process to produce products, in particular polysaccharides, from filamentous fungi, in an immobilized cell bioreactor wherein the fungus is fixed and adheres to the surface of a porous, non-particulate support and aqueous liquid medium is passed through the immobilized system and product containing medium is recycled or withdrawn from the system.

Abstract: To improve the stability and optical transmission properties of an optical waveguide module (1), a fillet-shaped supporting body (12, 13, 13') is used to hold the end (15) of a fiber, particularly of a polarization-maintaining fiber. The top side of the supporting body contains a groove (14) which extends in the direction of the body's longitudinal axis and in which the fiber end (15) is completely sunk and embedded in adhesive. After proper alignment, polished end faces of the fiber and the supporting body (12, 13, 13') are attached to the substrate (2) with adhesive.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the reduction of NO in combustion effluent comprising injecting NH.sub.3 into contact with the combustion effluents wherein the improvement comprising injecting the NH.sub.3 into the combustion effluent through a venturi used to connect the incinerator means which produces the combustion effluent to the cooling means which cools the combustion effluent prior to emission into the atmosphere.

Abstract: Novel additives are disclosed comprising a material capable of absorbing hydrogen and recombining oxygen, which additive is ideally suited for incorporation in sealed cells. The additive may be disposed in an energy storage device in several manners such as a coating on a negative electrode, a thin layer disposed between cell separators, an auxilliary electrode, and as one negative electrode in a device having a plurality of negative and positive electrodes.

Abstract: A glass run channel molding for automobile windows has a "U"-shaped cross-section portion and an "L"-shaped cross-section portion which cooperate to form a mounting channel and a glass run channel. A tubular biasing and sealing element is disposed in the glass run channel to bias a window edge against an opposing leg of the glass run channel.

Abstract: A diaphragm for a diaphragm-type piston characterized by an S-shaped or ogee-like profile approximating a theoretical model that is substantially free of distortion in a selected position of the piston assembly in which a convolution is formed in the annular space between the diaphragm piston and the body in which the piston operates. Being molded without a convolution, the diaphragm lends itself well to maintaining a reinforcing fabric centrally embedded within the diaphragm proper, while at the same time being substantially distortion-free in a selected position of the piston assembly.