Abstract: An improved eddy current braking system for fly wheel braked exercise equipment includes the use of a flat aluminum disc and electromagnets to either side of the disc adjacent to the periphery thereof, with the electromagnets containing multiple pole pieces to multiply the torque so as to reduce heating and power consumption. The utilization of aluminum achieves a flat torque versus speed characteristic vis-a-vis copper discs over the normal operating speed range. Additionally, the utilization of aluminum prevents the warpage associated with copper.

Abstract: An improved eddy current braking system for fly wheel braked exercise equipment includes the use of a flat aluminum disc and electromagnets to either side of the disc adjacent to the periphery thereof, with the electromagnets containing multiple pole pieces to multiply the torque so as to reduce heating and power consumption. The utilization of aluminum achieves a flat torque versus speed characteristic vis-a-vis copper discs over the normal operating speed range. Additionally, the utilization of aluminum prevents the warpage associated with copper.

Abstract: A collimator suitable for use in the creation of more than one miniaturized image of a radioactive concentration simultaneously by a radiation receiving and imaging device, said collimator having at least two adjacent collimating sections separated by areas substantially opaque to radiation from the radioactive object, each such collimating section being a grid-like arrangement of wall portions, adapted to absorb substantially all radiation from the radioactive object which impinges thereon, extending between the top surface and the bottom surface of the collimator defining a plurality of holes therebetween of substantially any desired cross-sectional shape.