Abstract: This shell-type ski-boot comprising a lower portion molded integrally with the sole and an upper made of a front quarter and a rear quarter pivotally interconnected and fulcrumed on the lower portion, is proveded with a telescopic traction device adapted to close the upper tightly and automatically when the front quarter is bent forwards. The telescopic traction device comprises a male member and a female member the relative axial sliding movement of which causes the rear quarter of the upper to move toward the front quarter. For this purpose, a pair of cables anchored to the rear face of the rear quarter are guided around the boot sides and inside a pulley-block comprising two sets of pulleys, one set being fixed and the other movable for varying the cable length and therefore the degree of tightening of the boot on the skier's ankle.

Abstract: A transparent plastic tag holder attachable to a peg board hanger employed to support a plurality of packages of goods for sale, the tag holder being a flat T-shaped strip of two or more plastic sheets heat sealed to each other around their common perimeter, an elongated arm and a cross arm forming the T-shaped strip, a pair of spaced circular passageways at the free end portion of the arm to receive legs of the hanger, a slot adjacent the other end of the arm to receive the free end of the hanger, and the cross arm having a pocket therein disposed generally downwardly from the free end of the hanger and adapted to receive and maintain an identification tag. The tag holder includes another passageway generally between the pair of spaced passageways for attachment to a guarded J-hook hanger.

Abstract: The rear surfaces of sign component pieces carry printed alignment indicating direction indicia in the form of arrowheads that are of a dark color and have a glossy surface luster while the front surfaces of the pieces carry a printed background of the same color but having a flat surface luster. The direction indicia serve to indicate the alignment of the pieces for proper insertion into a changeable sign and for proper shearing from a large sheet during manufacture. The dark color and glossy surface luster reduce eye strain during the shearing of manufacture.

Abstract: A grip and folding stock assembly mounted and arranged on a compact gun for facilitating use of the gun in various firing positions. An L-shaped bracket has one end secured to the distal end of a pistol grip emanating from the undersurface of the receiver of the gun, and the other end secured to the undersurface of the rearward end of the receiver. Mounted in this way, the bracket defines a forearm receiving portion for stabilizing the gun while firing. A folding stock is pivotally mounted to the rearward end of the receiver of the weapon. The stock is operative between three positions. In a first position, the stock is folded and brought into close proximity to the pistol grip. In a second position, the stock is placed into a position suitable for shoulder firing. In a third position, the stock is placed into a position suitable for underarm firing. A cartridge magazine of improved construction fits within the pistol grip.

Abstract: A pistol grip with a collapsible stabilizing wing pivotally secured to the frame of a pistol and resiliently biased to an open position which is generally perpendicular to the pistol frame. A locking mechanism secures the stabilizing wing in its closed position, parallel to the pistol frame, and a release mechanism is operable to selectively unlock the stabilizing wing allowing it to spring to its open position for two hand firing.

Abstract: A small arms caliber reducing adaptor kit including a barrel liner and cartridge insert sized to be inserted into an original small arms barrel and an original cartridge chamber respectively, the barrel liner and cartridge insert having corresponding reduced bores with the bore of the cartridge insert having a nose opening for a pellet and a base opening for a primer - the kit further including a primer seating tool.

Abstract: A scent distributing device and method of marking an area using the device to distribute scent. The scent distributing device is provided for use while attached to footwear. The scent distributing device includes a scent source, and a tubular body. The scent source includes a scent absorbing material, and a fluid for attracting animals. The tubular body includes a pair of plug connectors and a wall member. The wall member has at least one aperture therethrough. Scent is introduced into the device. Next, the scent distributing device is connected to footwear. The scent is then distributed in the area to be marked by wearing the footwear while stepping in the area with the scent distributing device connected to footwear.

Abstract: An animal trap having a hollow body with an opening at one end. A compartment to receive bait is located at the other end of the body. There is a striking surface at one side of the opening and a trap jaw extends into the opening adjacent the striking surface. The jaw is shaped to correspond generally to the inside of the opening. A spring moves the trap jaw towards the striking surface. A trigger is pivotally arranged within the body. A catch on the trigger engages the trap jaw and the trap jaw can be engaged in the catch to form a set position for the trap. Movement of the trigger releases the trap jaw from the catch to allow the trap jaw to move under the influence of the spring towards the striking surface.

Abstract: An artificial lure includes a spoon body portion having a triangular opening within which a spirally fluted conical spinner is mounted for rotation on the longitudinal axis of the spinner and spoon body portion. The trailing end of the spoon body portion carries a deflector lip causing erratic movement of the lure in the water. The fishing line is attached to the forward end of the spoon body portion. A longitudinal extension of the spoon body portion on the deflector lip carries a skirt having a multitude of strands which substantially conceal a multi-barbed fish hook attached to the rear of the longitudinal extension.

Abstract: An applicator is mounted to a transverse boom carried by a tractor and moved through a field at such a height as to directly contact target vegetation above a selected level, and avoid application of treating liquid to any shorter, desirable vegetation. The applicator includes an outlet manifold, a plurality of receivers connected to an inlet manifold, a respective plurality of generally vertically oriented, transversally spaced non-porous applicator rods each extending between the outlet manifold and a respective receiver, an elevated reservoir for treating liquid, and a pump for recirculating back to the reservoir excess treating liquid which has flowed down outsides of the rods and into the receivers without having been brushed-off onto vegetation contacted by the rods. The outlet manifold and receivers are provided with filters, and each receiver is provided with a trash shield, all for preventing clogging and for facilitating clean-out of the treating liquid flow path.

Abstract: (a) The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for industrially growing particularly mushrooms and also to a substrate used for such cultivation.(b) A method characterized in that a substrate is used which consists of a mixture based on hemp stalks, the substrate being prepared by impregnation in water, whereupon the substrate is fixed on supports constituting vertical walls, whereupon the apparatus (1) carrying the substrate is placed in an incubation room and then in a growing room.(c) The present invention has its main application in the mushrooms growing industry.

Abstract: A plant seed is prepared by enveloping the seed in a coating of a film-forming composition comprising certain polyoxyethylene-polyoxybutylene block copolymers.

Abstract: A flower pot for plants, especially flowers, comprising a container portion (10), and a partitioning member accommodated at the low part of the container. They define a bottom chamber (18) for collecting water. The bottom chamber (18) is provided with a liquid overflow (16) at the proper position on the bottom wall of the container. Some overflow apertures are also provided around an inwardly extending shoulder on the lower side wall of the container, with a position higher than the overflow. The partitioning member comprising a sunk park (28) extending downwardly into the bottom chamber (18) past the niveau of the overflow (16). The sunk part (28) at its lower end defines a passage opening (42) towards the chamber (18), and at its upper end is open for receiving filling, e.g. earth. The filling put into the sunk part may serve as a wick for sucking up water from the bottom chamber.

Abstract: The seeds are coated by means of a polyester the melting temperature of which is low.The process consists in treating the seeds by means of a solution of the polyester in an organic solvent or by means of the polyester in the liquid or molten state.

Abstract: An automatic gate opening device consisting of two arm members pivotally attached to form a link. One end of the link is pivotally attached to one end of a standoff. The second end of the standoff is fixedly attached to a hinge post supporting the gate. The second end of the link is pivotally attached to the gate. An electrically powered linear actuator is pivotally attached to the post arm and gate arm through levers. The solar panel charges a battery which, through a receiver unit, powers the actuator. Gate operator actuates gate with a portable transmitter.

Abstract: The grinding head has a bar-like member, on whose free end is mounted a grinding tool with a grinding wheel spindle arranged at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bar-like member. The grinding tool is driven by means of a work gear and a driving shaft, which is driven by means of a coupling with a motor. The motor is mounted in a casing, which is shaped onto the mounting flange. The grinding head can be vertically or horizontally arranged in the grinding or milling machine. Due to the fact that the grinding tool has a larger diameter than that of the bar-like member, facing groove sides in bores can be worked in one setting, so that the complete working operation is made faster due to the few idle strokes and simultaneously precision is increased.

Abstract: A portable electric grinder wherein the grinding wheel is held against rotation relative to the spindle by two annular clamping rings. The spindle has a motor-driven hollow outer shaft and an inner shaft which is installed in the outer shaft and can be held against rotation with the outer shaft by a manually depressible arresting member. One of the clamping rings rotates with the hollow shaft and the other clamping ring mates with the inner shaft. When the inner shaft is held against rotation and the motor is started for a short interval of time, the hollow shaft rotates the one clamping ring which rotates the grinding wheel and the other clamping ring by friction so that the grip of the clamping rings upon the grinding wheel is loosened and the grinding wheel can be fully separated from the spindle by completing the unscrewing of the other clamping ring from the inner shaft. The motor drives the hollow shaft through the medium of a step-down transmission.

Abstract: An abrasive blasting system which includes an improved mixing and control valve assembly together with an improved manually operable discharge nozzle assembly. The mixing and control valve assembly comprises a housing defining first and second chambers connected by a generally circular opening. An abrasive particle inlet and an outlet are formed in the second chamber. A stem extends axially through the opening between the first and second chambers to define an open annular passageway through which pressure fluid supplied to the first chamber passes in a swirling motion to mix with the abrasive particles in the second chamber and impel them out the outlet. A valve member carried by the stem is arranged for selective engagement with the outlet to stop flow through the assembly.

Abstract: Certain types of interior concrete masonry block and stud wall constructions, and blocks for making the same, so as to provide improved thermal storage properties, improved heating and cooling and other advantages are disclosed. A preferred embodiment relates to modification of conventional interior lightweight stud wall construction systems which are in wide spread use and typically comprise lumber or steel stud framing covered by wall board with or without insulation installed within the wall. In such embodiment disclosed concrete masonry blocks are used as part of the wall by mounting the blocks between the studs and wall board. The concrete masonry blocks provide thermal storage capabilities so that the walls thus constructed store heat whereby temperature swings are attenuated and heating and/or cooling cycles are spaced at longer intervals to achieve more comfortable temperature conditions with resultant energy savings also.

Abstract: In the illustrated embodiment, the guardrail window assembly includes three outer stationary rectangular superstructures. Each superstructure forms a wall section of the assembly and adjacent superstructures are connected together by vertical posts that rise from the patio or balcony area. Each superstructure longer than four (4) feet has a header, a footer and a pair of upright jambs. Window panes are retained by window frames. Each superstructure has at least one telescoping column uprightly attached to the footer. Each telescoping column includes, in this embodiment, three column segments. The lower column segment is fixed to the footer and the upper column segments telescope from the lower column segment. The window frames are attached on one side to one column segment and the opposing side of the window frame is either set within a groove in the jamb or is affixed to another column segment of an adjacent telescoping column.

Abstract: A combination comprising a movable floor for arenas or the like adapted to be elevated or lowered by lifting elements above the level of a stationary base floor, a plurality of first box-like framing elements having lifting brackets and beam elements interconnected to form a grid pattern throughout the movable floor structure, the lifting elements being supported in a plurality of second box-like framing elements embedded in a base floor beneath the movable floor. Flooring sections made preferably of concrete extend between the beam elements and first box-like framing elements to complete the movable floor structure. The lifting elements each include a vertically extending threaded shaft upon which a horizontally extending lifting plate is removably mounted. The lifting plate extends beneath the lifting brackets attached to the first box-like framing elements.

Abstract: A slide mechanism for providing non-binding adjustment of the spacing between the components of an elongated structural member such as the vertical and horizontal frame members of a door or window frame for accommodating different buck widths during installation. The slide mechanism comprises a channel member and a tongue member adapted to slideably engage one another in loosely fitting relation to preclude binding during width adjustment. Each frame member is preferably provided with at least two such sliding mechanisms of which preferably one provides a dimpled channel member for assuring precise transverse registry of the frame components. By dimpling only one such channel member, a degree of non-binding angular or rotational motion between frame components is provided to facilitate easy installation.

Abstract: An insulation ceiling assembly which may be affixed to bar joists or purlins to allow installation of building insulation below the roof. The assembly may be used with both metal deck and standing seam style roofs without interference to fixtures, tubing or other apparatus running underneath.

Abstract: A coating for a wallboard comprises of silica sand, cement and a particulate, non-fibrous filler, where the ratio of the average sand diameter to the average filler diameter is within the range of from about 40:1 to about 20:1.

Abstract: In order to seal an opening formed in a vertical wall, a removable partition is formed, which is constituted by at least two dry-stacked brick layers. Each layer is formed from several rows of bricks, each constituted by bricks which, in cross-section, are shaped like a parallelogram, arranged in opposite directions on either side of a central locking brick which, in cross-section, is shaped like an isosceles trapezium. Each row of bricks behaves like a fictitious funicular arc when exposed to a horizontal force normal to the partition. Thus, the earthquake resistance is ensured without adding a reinforcing framework to the two faces of the partition.

Abstract: A roof system comprises roof support members, such as rafters and purlins, to which truss members are connected. These members are formed as sheet metal beams. The truss members are joined to the other members by spring truss pins or clips. These clips are generally formed as a spring bight having first and second legs, with key portions formed at the free end of the legs. The key portion of the first leg includes an indentation which faces away from the second leg, and a short stub member. The second leg key portion includes an offset which extends transversely in the direction towards the line of the first leg, and a stub member which extends in the direction generally parallel to the second leg.

Abstract: A safety device is provided for combatting "wind load" on ceiling constructions in both upward and downward directions, particularly in ceilings of the type wherein flanged panels are supported from tee shaped panel carriers which are suspended from the ceiling. The safety device comprises an inverted U-shaped clip or wire which fits over the panel carrier so that the central portion of the clip bears against the horizontal upper surface of the associated panel carrier and the legs of the clip engage and support the corners of four panels which meet a point beneath the central portion of the clip. The free ends of the clip preferably include bent-up portions which engage in holes provided in the corresponding flanges of the panels.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for packing a meat product, such as ham, in foil, in which a mould is used to accommodate a bag-shaped foil. The apparatus includes a first support member for supporting the bag and the mould. A mechanism is also provided for turning-down the collar of the bag around the top edge of the mould. A second support is provided for supporting the mould containing the bag-shaped foil filled with meat product together with a second mechanism for turning-up the collar of the bag. A third support is provided for supporting the mould with the filled bag-shaped foil, and a sealing appliance is provided for sealing the collar.

Abstract: For transporting cigarette groups (20) within or in conjunction with a packaging machine, a pocket conveyor (21) is used, and in this pockets (24), each receiving one cigarette group (20), are connected to one another so as to be free of play and free of wear by means of connecting joints (25) with rolling bearings. As a result, the pocket conveyor (21) can be used as a high-performance conveyor for cigarette groups with exact relative positions.

Abstract: An arrangement for wiping down a web wrapped on a load includes a wiper support and a wiper including at least one strip doubled back along its length to form a loop, the loop being flexible in a direction generally parallel to a plane passing through the length of the strip, the wiper being secured to the wiper support and the loop extending from the wiper support for wiping down the web wrapped on the load by relative movement between the wiper support and the web in the direction generally parallel to the plane passing through the length of the strip.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved tag banding apparatus which conveys a tag to a stop position, positions tags one-by-one and accumulates the tags in a stack, and bands the stacks in a connected series.

Abstract: A lead line for a large animal comprises a length of rope made up of a tubular sheath of a woven fabric with an inner core of a soft fibrous material. At the outer end of the rope the soft inner core has been removed and replaced by a rigid rod so that the head of the animal can be pushed and held at arm's length.

Abstract: A knife drive centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber for an agricultural combine harvester includes a wobble drive assembly 82 with an input drive shaft 132. A flywheel 188 is secured to the wobble drive input drive shaft 132. The flywheel has apertures 192 with walls that are arcs about an axis that are parallel to the axis of rotation of the flywheel 188. A roller 194 is inserted in each aperture 194. The rollers 194 roll along the walls of the apertures 194 in response to changes in the speed of rotation of the flywheel 188 and absorb vibrations induced in the drive shaft 132 by a reciprocating knife assembly 74.

Abstract: In a mower deck and auxiliary blower combination in which the mower deck has a side discharge and the blower has a housing with an inlet in communication with the discharge, an elongated horizontal socket is provided on the deck and a matching rod dimensioned closely to mate with the socket is fixed on the blower so that when the rod is inserted in the socket, the housing will be supported in cantilever fashion on the mower deck. Offset from the socket and matching rod joint is a shoulder on the mower deck that underlies a shoulder on the housing and a verticle pin extends through the portion of the housing and the portion of the deck at said shoulders and detachably connects the housing end to the deck. Removal of the pin makes removal of the entire blower a mere sliding action as the rod is moved outwardly from its socket.

Abstract: Ground and/or turf penetrating discs for selective attachment to wheels of a lawn mower to increase safe operation of such lawn mowers on embankments. The ground engaging discs, are for selective secured engagement over the hub and tread of one or more of the lawn mower's wheels and include a plurality of outwardly extending projections which penetrate through the underlying grass, if any, and into the sod or earth's surface sufficiently during operation of the lawn mower to prevent its lateral slippage as it traverses a sloped surface. The projections extend completely around the disc and, when used, at least two are extending into the sod or ground or both at all times. The disc has notches for three adjustable holding brackets spaced about equal degrees (120.degree.) around the disc for different size tires. The brackets are removable and secured firmly to the sides and tread of the tires by lock washers and knurled faces.

Abstract: A suspension assembly (A) for raising and lowering the ring rails (14, 14') of a textile yarn processing machine is disclosed. Vertical guide posts (18, 18') are disposed adjacent to each of the ring rails for guiding the ring rails as they reciprocate vertically. The opposed ring rails are connected by the suspension assembly which includes a parallelogram linkage comprised of a tension rod (24) pivotally connected to opposing bearing brackets (B, C) and a compression rod (26) which is pivotally connected to the opposing bearing brackets. Slide bearings (20, 20' and 22, 22') are carried by the bearing brackets (B, C) for bearing against the guide posts (18, 18'). The lengths of the compression rod and the tension rod are adjusted to bring the spaced slide bearings into light contact with an associated guide post so that the ring rails may be lifted by a lifter mechanism in unison without causing loads on the guide posts.

Abstract: A station (24) is connected to the spinning units (4.sub.1 to 4.sub.n) along a spinning machine (2.sub.1 to 2.sub.3) via floor-conveyor installation (20). The floor-conveyor truck (22) has three arms (46, 48, 50) extendable transversally to the direction of movement, wherefrom the first is built to receive and set in place a full can (V), the second to receive and depose an empty can (L). The third arm (50) serves for the displacement of the cans(E) in use. The spinning units (4.sub.1 to 4.sub.8 to 4.sub.n) are equipped with transmitters (42.sub.1 to 42.sub.8 to 42.sub.n) through which the floor-conveyor truck (22) are set in motion starting from the station (24). The floor-conveyor truck (22) is provided with a first control unit (28) for an automatic running and with a second control unit (30) for the automatic receiving and placement of cans.

Abstract: Device for continuous spinner with draft and simultaneous actual pre-twist wherein the draft motion is derived via a gear train from the pre-twist motion so as to utilize only one motion drive and wherein the thread being formed is controlled by an air stream operating around and in the feeding direction thereof; the thread moves through the apparatus advancing inside a revolving sleeve located either up-stream or down-stream of the draft unit and rotating therewith and concordantly with the thread that is being formed.

Abstract: The process for positioning a series of suspended roving bobbin carriages equipped with a plurality of roving bobbins running on at least one rail opposite a plurality of working positions of a yarn manufacturing spinning machine comprises automatically guiding a positively actuated suspended roving bobbin carriage to a predetermined position opposite the working positions and stopping it in that predetermined position during delivery of the roving bobbins. The apparatus for performing this process includes a plurality of positioning elements working together pairwise of which a movable one is movable for positioning the suspended carriage, a carriage mounted one is positioned on one of the roving bobbin carriages and a fixed one is fixed on the stationary part of the spinning machine.

Abstract: An improved procedure for cold start-up of closed loop boiler set and Cheng cycle system wherein the venting step, the boiler swelling problem and blowdown step of the conventional start-up are eliminated by use of an external pressure source to increase the operating pressure in the evaporator section which minimizes premature phase change and accompanying volume increase.

Abstract: A stem couples a fuel injector inlet to a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a primary fuel flow portion and a secondary fuel flow portion. The stem includes an input end for receiving a primary fuel flow and a secondary fuel flow from the fuel injector inlet. The stem includes three concentric tubes with the first tube coupling the primary fuel flow from the injector to the primary portion of the nozzle. A second concentric tube couples the secondary fuel flow from the injector to the secondary portion of the nozzle. The primary fuel flow and the secondary fuel flow in the two concentric tubes are nonlinear with respect to the input and output ends of the stem. The third concentric tube provides structural support and an insulating space for the first two concentric tubes. Methods for constructing the stem are provided. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A thruster for use underwater having a rotor which may be optionally rotated either clockwise or counterclockwise. The rotor includes blading, perferably radially symmetrical about the rotor radius line, and a limited discharge area such that fluid is discharged from said limited discharge in a direction substantially perpendicular to a rotor radius line passing through the approximate center of the limited discharge area.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of treating the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine with a catalyzer so as to render lubricant in the exhaust gases in a non-polluting form. A number of embodiments applying this principle to marine propulsion units are illustrated and described which include outboard motors and inboards. In each embodiment, the catalyst is position so that the exhaust gases will impinge upon it but need not flow through it for their discharge to the atmosphere. In addition, the exhaust system is designed in such a way that the catalyst may be removed and replaced simply by the use of a removable wall section of the exhaust system.

Abstract: A piston rodless working cylinder has a movable carriage upon which is mounted a compressed air driven device, such as, for example, a brake mechanism. The movable carriage is provided with a compressed air reservoir which can be recharged from a stationary compressed air source by pneumatic line connector devices which are automatically connected to the compressed air source in end positions of the carriage. This structure eliminates the necessity for flexible hose or line connections from a source of compressed air to the carriage.

Abstract: The hydraulic tool of this invention includes a pressure chamber into which a fluid is pumped. A pump chamber has an inlet port and outlet port at opposite ends thereof and a pump plunger extends into the chamber with an annular space around it. An annular shoulder is provided on either the chamber or the plunger and a seal ring or sleeve fits slidably on the other component to seal against the shoulder. A spring biases the seal ring against the shoulder, and when the pump is extended to force fluid out the outlet port, the pressure in the chamber augments the spring force. Then, when the rod is retracted to create a void, fluid in the reservoir forces the seal ring or sleeve away from the seat surface to enter the inlet port.

Abstract: A tree-harvester operating system for controlling in particular the tree-feeder motors (5), the crosscut saw (6) and the cylinder (18) operating the function of the feeder and the limbing blades, especially in grapple processors. A simple operating system has been achieved by taking advantage of a two-direction feeding of pressurized oil by means of two delivery lines (2) and (3). By preventing the rotation of the tree-feeder motors (5) and by allowing at this time only one flow direction of pressurized oil to the crosscut saw, it has thus been possible to utilized the pressurized oil drive opposite to this flow direction of the saw (6) separately for the cylinder (18) which operates the function of the feeder and the limbing blades, the direction of movement of the cylinder (18) depending on the position of valve (15).

Abstract: A static hydraulic pressure type continuously variable transmission having a hydraulic closed circuit formed between a swashplate type hydraulic pump and a swashplate type hydraulic motor, in which a high pressure oil passage is communicated through exhaust valves with a number of cylinder bores annularly disposed in a pump cylinder of the hydraulic pump, a low pressure oil passage is communicated through intake valves with the cylinder bores, and a number of distribution valves capable of being reciprocated are radially disposed so as to provide an alternate communication between a number of cylinder bores annularly disposed in a motor cylinder of the hydraulic motor and the high and low pressure oil passages. An eccentric ring for imparting reciprocation to each distribution valve is provided and a discharge side of a replenishing pump is communicated with an inner end surface of each distribution valve to hydraulically urge the distribution valve in a direction of engagement with the eccentric ring.

Abstract: A double admitting pressure intensifier which automatically reverses at its end positions is provided. The pressure intensifier comprises a pressure intensifier piston and a control slider running parallel to the pressure intensifier piston, each disposed in a bore of a casing. The control slider receives a control impulse only at the end of a stroke in order to maintain the pressure intensifier trouble-free under all conditions. This is assured by disposing two pressure pins of different diameter projection into axial bores of the control slider. The pressure pin with the larger diameter is connected to the feed line or, respectively, to the discharge port depending on the position of the pressure intensifier piston. The pressure pin with the smaller diameter is, on the other hand, continuously connected with the feed line.

Abstract: In a gas turbine apparatus of a premixed gas combustion type, a plurality of fuel supply systems are provided for supplying fuels to a combustion chamber of the gas turbine apparatus after the fuels are mixed with a high-pressure air, and the supply of fuels from the plurality of fuel supply systems is controlled according to programmed patterns which are predetermined for the fuel supply systems. According to a variation of the turbine load, the patterns of fuel supplies are executed in a transferred manner at a number of transfer points along a variation of the turbine load, with equal amounts of fuel reduced and increased stepwisely in the precedingly and subsequently executed patterns at each of the transfer points.

Abstract: A method for removing heat from a refrigeration load in a cyclically operating Gifford-McMahon refrigeration apparatus, with which in each cycle a compressed cooling gas from a high-pressure inlet is brought into heat contact with a regenerator cooled during the previous cycle and thereby cooled, the cooling gas is subsequently conveyed to a storage volume via the refrigeration load, the cooling gas is then expanded after closure of the high-pressure inlet by opening a low-pressure outlet and thereby cooled, and the cooling gas is partially conveyed by means of a displacer piston from the storage volume to the low-pressure outlet via the refrigeration load and the regenerator, refrigeration capacity hereby being transferred to the refrigeration load and the regenerator hereby being cooled.