Abstract: A method of rough finishing a piston, including removing gates and sprues, while the piston is rotated at a relatively slow speed. A rotating milling cutter provided with a multiplicity of cutting elements is positioned relative to the rotating piston such that the cutting elements successively engage and remove stock (chips) from the surface of the rotating piston. The milling cutter is rotated sufficiently rapidly to produce enough surface speed to generate the heat necessary to render the chips molten. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: In a digital demodulation circuit for a chrominance signal of a color television signal having a first digital oscillator (35) for producing reference signals and a phase control loop (29, 17, 19, 49, 43) therefor, there is added in the phase control loop a signal combination (at 56) which is obtained from a phase control loop (67, 63, 59) of a second digital oscillator (77). This second digital oscillator derives the sampling frequency for sampling the chrominance signal from a signal source (83) of a constant frequency and couples this sampling frequency to the horizontal deflection frequency. By the addition in the phase control loop of the first oscillator, variations in the horizontal deflection frequency cannot lead to the undesired phenomenon of the first digital oscillator being pulled to a side-band frequency of the color subcarrier wave.

Abstract: A method for milling a radial projection on an elongated workpiece such as a camshaft. A milling head is provided with a plurality of cutting elements mounted in a circular arrangement on a conical face portion thereof. The head is supported with its axis of rotation so oriented with respect to the workpiece that when rotated the cutting elements move in a path the plane of which forms an angle of less the 90.degree. with the longitudinal axis of the workpiece.

Abstract: An analog current switch in bipolar technology in which an intermediate transistor (T.sub.i), which isolates the current injector (S) from the switching diode (D.sub.c), is biassed by means of a transistor (T) whose collector, which is coupled to its base, is connected to the base of the intermediate transistor (T.sub.i) and to the anode of a diode (D), the emitters of (T) and (T.sub.i) as well as the cathodes of (D) and (D.sub.c) being interconnected.

Abstract: A milling machine for milling a radial projection on an elongated workpiece such as a camshaft. A milling head is provided with a plurality of cutting elements mounted in a circular arrangement on a conical face portion thereof. The head is supported with its axis of rotation so oriented with respect to the workpiece that when rotated the cutting elements move in a path the plane of which forms an angle of less than 90.degree. with the longitudinal axis of the workpiece.

Abstract: An adjustable cam bar assembly for use in guiding a diamond dresser for the grinding wheels of a multi-wheel grinder. A plurality of cams are individually mounted on an elongated support in adjusted position. Wedges engageable with the cams are advanced or retracted to precisely locate the cams. The cams are then clamped in their adjusted positions.

Abstract: In a logic circuit arrangement comprising a plurality of sticks formed by series arrangements of transistors which receive the signals to be processed a conductive stick not only has to discharge the output capacitance of the logic output but also other sticks which are not completely conductive, namely up to the first cut-off transistor. This may result in a very high capacitive load, which substantially reduces the maximum attainable switching speed. In accordance with the invention an additional transistor is arranged between each stick and the output of the entire logic circuit, which transistor receives a gate voltage such that current flow from the cut-off charged sticks via a conductive stick is prevented or delayed until the output signal of the logic circuit has assumed a value which unambiguously switches over the next output transistor.

Abstract: The position of an optical or opto-electronic component, such as a lens or a plate provided with a number of light-sensitive semiconductor diodes, can be adjusted in two directions of adjustment which are perpendicular to each other with the aid of an appropriate adjusting device. The adjusting device comprises two bending hinges consisting of portions of a leaf spring, which bending hinges are perpendicular to each other, the one hinge being bent relative to a stationary frame to which the adjusting device is secured and the other bending spring being bent relative to the first bending spring. The two bending springs may consist of portions of a single unit manufactured from a suitable spring material.

Abstract: A receiver in which the detection sensitivity of a detection diode is adjustable as a function of the polarization current, and is controlled by means of a feedback circuit provided with a delay element so that changes in the received signals having a frequency below a value determined by the delay element are eliminated.

Abstract: A device in which focussed ultrasonic beams are used by way of binary distribution of the phase of the signals occurring in a mosaic of transducers. The material of which the transducers are made can be polarized, which enables the prefocussing of the ultrasonic beam to be transmitted or received, and also enables point-wise scanning and scanning by double focussing according to the X-direction and the Y-direction.

Abstract: A device for analysing a surface layer by means of ion scattering. The device comprises an energy selector having two coaxial cylindrical electrodes. A primary mono-energetic ion beam impinges upon the surface layer and its axis coincides with the axis of the cylindrical electrodes. Back-scattered ions, the paths of which lie on a conical surface having an apical angle of 180.degree. reduced with the scattering angle, are selected for energy and detected.

Abstract: A new integrated circuit in which bias currents are supplied by means of a current injector, a multi-layer structure in which current is supplied, by means of injection and collection of charge carriers via rectifying junctions, to zones to be biased of circuit elements of the circuit, preferably in the form of charge carriers which are collected by the zones to be biased themselves from one of the layers of the current injector. By means of said current injector circuit arrangements can be realized without load resistors being necessary, while the wiring pattern may be very simple and the packing density of the circuit elements may be very high. In addition a simple method of manufacturing with comparatively few operations can in many cases be used in particular upon application of transistors having a structure which is inverted relative to the conventional structure.

Abstract: A single entrance prism and two symmetrical second prisms divide the radiation from an object into two light paths and angularly correct the rotation of the image planes for a binocular viewing system.

Abstract: In a color television camera system of the type having camera tubes for the production of red, green and blue color signals, contour signals derived from only one of the color signals are added to all of the color signals.