Abstract: Starting from a herbaceous cutting, which may be derived from in vitro culture, of stock and of a herbaceous scion, the process consists of inserting the scion (12') having a single bud, into the stock cutting (12), by bevelling the lower end 15 of the scion 12' from two sides 17, 18, by slitting the upper end of the stock cutting in its middle, and by subsequently assembling the two parts 12, 12' by joining 20, of transferring the base of the abovementioned grafted unit into a development medium 21, of moistening the development medium 21 with a nutrient solution and of subsequently placing this unit in a container with a water-saturated atmosphere and at a temperature above 20.degree. C., while suppressing the bud 22 of the stock and growing the saplings in the greenhouse or under a polyethylene tunnel until the desired stage of growth.

Abstract: To coat a substrate with a thin layer of pure platinum oxide, an insulating and transparent substance, recourse is had to a cylindrical magnetron comprising means for generating an axial magnetic field in an enclosure containing rarefied oxygen, an axial cathode at least coated with platinum and a cylindrical grid forming an anode and coaxially surrounding the cathode so as to reserve an annular zone outside the grid. The substrate is placed in the said zone so that its surface to be coated by the thin layer is shielded from the impact of electrons. This shielding can be obtained by a particular shape given to the bars constituting the grid or by the positioning of obstacles in the said zone. It then suffices to heat the thin layer, whether or not locally, to above 250.degree. C., to convert it into conducting and opaque platinum.

Abstract: A wraparound type article carrier for use in connection with a plurality of articles comprising top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a sleeve, a closure element preferably in the form of a sleeve enveloping one or more articles at one end of the carrier, the closure sleeve comprising a main panel and an auxiliary panel foldably joined along the upper edge thereof, and the auxiliary panel being angularly related to the main panel and extending inwardly of the carrier.

Abstract: A device for measuring the pressure of tires, particularly for aircraft, comprising a passive sensor adapted linearly to convert a variation in pressure into an electrical information variation, in situ, means adapted to convey the electrical information from the sensor to the cockpit of said aircraft, a self-oscillator whose oscillation frequency is controlled by the value of said electrical information from the sensor and means adapted to convert the signal issuing from said self-oscillator into a D.C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a package accommodating a plurality of primary containers arranged in at least one row. The package includes a wrapper (10) of foldable sheet material wrapped about the containers and which partially can be removed whereafter each container is detachable from an adjacent container such that each detached container is left with a part of the wrapper (48-51) which provides a handle by which the container can be grasped.

Abstract: A combined analogue and digital display device having a plurality of individually energizable display elements arranged symmetrically with at least some of the elements common to both displays. Several of the elements are disposed so as to form groups of segments or zones, each group representing one digit of the digital display. Several others of the elements are disclosed radially to form an analogue display for simulating a parameter, such as time, by representing an hours hand and a minutes hand.

Abstract: The invention relates to materials and method for forming composite packages comprising a first flexible material (11) and a second relatively rigid material (12) which are connected together without the use of additional connecting materials. The connection is achieved by causing the flexible material (11) to be deformed to cooperate in tension with interrupted zones (19) of the relatively rigid material (12). Many different packages may be formed for a variety of uses but the invention is particularly suitable for connecting a heat shrinkable plastics body part to a paperboard or like sheet material end part.

Abstract: The invention relates to materials and method for forming composite packages comprising a first flexible material (11) and a second relatively rigid material (12) which are connected together without the use of additional connecting materials. The connection is achieved by causing the flexible material (11) to be deformed to cooperate in tension with interrupted zones (19) of the relatively rigid material (12). Many different packages may be formed for a variety of uses but the invention is particularly suitable for connecting a heat shrinkable plastic body part to a paperboard or like sheet material end part.

Abstract: A timing device comprises an oscillator a time base, a time display device and a control device intermediate between the oscillator and the display. In addition, it comprises a pickup for low-frequency pulses radiated by a conventional television receiver, and a treatment circuit having one input connected to the pickup, and one output connected to a means for regulation of the control device, for producing rate regulation and/or resetting.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically dispensing a measured volume of liquid has a cylinder and a piston. The liquid is fed to one end of the cylinder and displaces the piston which expels from the other end of the cylinder a quantity of liquid proportional to the piston stroke. At the end of the stroke, the piston abuts and closes a switch which actuates an electric motor driving a four-way rotary valve to reverse the liquid flow direction in the cylinder, whereby the piston moves in the opposite direction to discharge a measured amount of the liquid which was previously used to push the piston. The piston, at the end of its second stroke, again strikes and causes the closing of a second electric switch which produces rotation of the four-way valve to again reverse the liquid flow to its original direction.

Abstract: An electric wrist watch including a case containing a timekeeping module, an electrical storage device, and a display device. The case also includes a thermoelectric generator in contact with two heat exchangers. The two heat exchangers are arranged such that they are at least temporarily at different temperatures, with one of the heat exchangers being in contact with the surrounding air.

Abstract: A tent peg to positively prevent collapse of a tent under strong winds. The tent peg has a straight elongated body and a short angularly directed branch near the upper end thereof, adapted to be set to the vertical to be inserted within and attached to a tubular tent post to prevent its horizontal and vertical displacement. The tent peg is further provided with means to resist its pulling off the ground. These means include teeth on the body and the fact that in one embodiment of the peg, the body has a V-shape cross-section tapering towards its ground-engaging pointed end, whereby trapping earth, which resists pulling. The peg is provided with means for attaching tent cords, tent metal eyelets to further maintain the tent in erected position. The peg is also provided with means to interconnect it with another peg driven at an angle forming a V-shape arrangement within the ground to further resist pulling the peg off the ground.

Abstract: A quartz crystal thermometer in which a standard frequency is generated by a first oscillator circuit incorporating a quartz crystal element and in which a frequency which varies with temperature is generated by a second circuit incorporating the same quartz crystal element. Two electrode pairs are provided on the single quartz crystal element in order to excite two different modes of vibration of the quartz crystal element, with the metallization being on only one or on both of the major faces of the quartz crystal element. In accordance with preferred embodiments, an AT- or a BT-cut quartz crystal plate is utilized. The ratio of the said two frequencies provides an accurate measure of the temperature.

Abstract: A frequency generator comprises a quartz crystal controlled oscillator subjected to at least one variable physical parameter such as temperature and has an arrangement for calibrating the frequency with respect to a standard signal with simultaneous compensation for variations of the physical parameter(s). This arrangement comprises a first set of selectable memories storing values to control the division ratio in a dividing chain. These memories are inscribed in a learning period for a few values of the physical parameter(s); simultaneously, digital values supplied by at least one probe, each value corresponding to a range of values of the parameter, are stored in a second set of memories associated with the probe(s).