Abstract: An improved optical system for the light point on an illuminated signal or display device having one or more light points. The system comprises one or more light deflectors optically coupled with the light source of the light point and focussing the light passing through the effective aperture of the deflectors towards a focal point or line, respectively, and one or more light shields arranged in the light path and provided with an aperture in the focal point or line whereas a plurality of the deflectors with the corresponding light shields may be arranged in the rows and columns of a display board. The mantle of the light shield frames a hollow in a manner that its mouth is facing the light deflectors and the mantle is under a bevel narrowing towards the aperture of the light shield and the mantle is arranged parallel to and encircling rays departing from the periphery of the effective aperture of the light deflectors and converging into the focal point or line.

Abstract: Apparatus for supplying direct current from a three-phase alternating-current source, comprising a three-phase A.C. transformer; one end of each transformer phase leg being connected via separate yokes to corresponding ends of the other two phase legs, while the respective other ends are interconnected via a common yoke. Individual leg coils are provided on the legs of the thus formed core, while pairs of yoke coils are arranged on the separate yokes. Respective ends of all the yoke coils are interconnected in pairs, and their other ends are connected to input terminals of a six-pulse, three-phase half-wave rectifier unit.

Abstract: Circuit arrangement for the shaded (gray-scale) displaying of images on display boards having individual luminous elements arranged in a matrix, wherein switching circuits of the luminous elements are connected to row and column bars, and each bar is coupled to a selecting circuit either directly or through a store element. Each switching circuit includes an analog memory, a comparator with a constant threshold level, and a power switch. The memory is preferably a capacitor which is connected -- over a switching element -- between the respective row bar and column bar. A function generator supplying a monotonously varying periodic signal is connected to the bars that are directly connected to the capacitors whereas a video-signal transmitter is connected to the bars that are linked to the switching elements.

Abstract: A fuse-element for use in an electric network, includes a metal strip including at least one portion having a reduced cross-section, a shunt element of conductive material shunting the portion, bonding means conductively bonding the shunt element to the metal strip and being capable of being released at a temperature higher than a predetermined temperature, the shunt element defining a chamber facing towards the metal strip and being sealed by the bonding means between the metal strip and the shunt element, and a material disposed in the chamber having a boiling temperature below the predetermined temperature and capable of producing an internal gas pressure within the chamber sufficient to break the bond when the material is heated to a temperature higher than the boiling temperature.