Abstract: A load-bearing apparatus for introducing load forces, such as cable forces or tensioning forces, for example, from surface structures into supporting structures, having a tension element (2) which is connected to an anchoring element (4) of the supporting structure and with which a connection device (14) for tension members interacts, said connection device (14) being pivotable about a first pivot axis and having at least one connection wing (18) that projects laterally with respect to the tension element (2) and forms at least one connection point (22), which is offset with respect to the tension element (2), for a tension member in question, is characterized in that the at least one connection wing (18) is in abutment with the tension element (2) via an articulation arrangement such that it is pivotable about at least one further pivot axis (at 8, 46) in relation to the tension element (2).

Abstract: A load take-up device for introducing load forces such as cable forces or tension forces of flat structures onto support structures (10, 41), comprising at least one load take-up part (17) anchored or anchorable thereon, said load take-up part forming at least one transfer surface (34) for the engagement of a pulling means (1), is characterized in that the transfer surface (34) is designed at least partially in a convex manner or comprises surface areas that are circumscribed by a convex curved envelope.

Abstract: The operator projects motion-picture film using a projector. A counter counts frame pulses during both forwards and reverse film transport, and thereby keeps track at all times of the film frame count. The operator during forwards projection when he sees the start or end of a scene pressss a storage switch which causes the scene-start or scene-end frame count to be stored. The operator also preselects the type of recording-transition effect to be implemented. The operator then commands dubbing of the scene, whereupon a minicomputer begins to automatically implement a series of operations, including projector motor control and recording control, to implement the selected recording-transition effect, in a programmed manner dependent upon the stored frame counts and the instantaneous frame count. In the middle of the dubbing of a scene, the operator can change the transition effect he selects, to produce a transition effect at the scene end different from that selected for the scene start.

Abstract: The perforated strip is transported lengthwise along a predetermined transport path. The perforations have a width w and an inter-perforation spacing s as measured in the transport direction. The perforations are sensed at two predetermined sensing locations located along the transport path. The distance between the two sensing locations is equal to as .+-. bw, wherein a is equal to zero, unity or an integer greater than unity, and wherein b is a number greater than zero and less than unity. Sensing the perforations at sensing locations thusly spaced makes it possible to determine from the resultant signals the direction of strip transport.