A system for detecting missing or superimposed sheets fed to a sheet processing machine uses a measuring device for generating a signal increasing with the number of superimposed sheets and an evaluating device for emitting an electrical signal when irregularities occur. A pulse transmitter is synchronized to the sheet feed mechanism and operates to emit an initial and final pulse timed to the she...

A powder metallurgy consolidation process in which the unconsolidated metal powder is placed in a sealable mold; the mold is evacuated and sealed; the mold is placed in an open top container larger than the mold; the space between the mold and container is filled with a free flowing refractory powder, preferably minus twenty mesh powder graphite; and the sealed mold and its contents are heated in ...

A ski safety binding is designed to allow both a dangerous bending moment exerted about a transverse axis 15 through the weakest point of a skier's leg and a torsional moment exerted about a vertical axis 24 through the skier's leg to be detected and to be used to initiate release of the ski boot 54 from the binding when the bending and/or torsional loads approach dangerous levels. The binding bas...

VEHICULE GUIDE AUTOMATIQUE 1 QUI SE DEPLACE D'UNE DISTANCE PREDETERMINEE, PAR DETECTION 13D, 13E, 15A, 15 DE LA DISTANCE PARCOURUE, PUIS S'ARRETE LORSQU'UN REPERE SITUE AU POINT DE DESTINATION EST DETECTE PAR UN OU PLUSIEURS CAPTEURS S, SL, SR. LE DEPLACEMENT DU VEHICULE EST DONC PEU INFLUENCE PAR DES OBSTACLES EVENTUELS SUR LA ROUTE ET L'ERREUR CUMULATIVE EST PETITE, MEME POUR UN LONG PARCOURS...

The toe abutment member of a ski binding is adapted to cooperate with a ski boot provided with a sole having a truncated front end and a toe-cap extension in overhung relation to the truncated front end. The abutment member comprises a feeler element placed directly beneath the toe-cap extension of the ski boot in close proximity to the toe-cap extension under normal skiing conditions. In the even...

The generator comprises a clock (3) which supplies logic signals, at the frequency of 56 MHz, to counters (20- 21) having a programmable capacity, triggered off at each period of a fundamental frequency of 875 KHz obtained by division (at 40-41) of the clock frequency. Binary programming words for the counter are provided, from a microprocessor, by FIFO registers (10-11) adapted to periodically re...

A rear ski-binding element comprises a heel-holding member carried by a plate pivoted about an axis at right angles to the top ski face. Lateral flanges formed on the pivotal plate are each adapted to carry a lateral packing member. Each packing member has a resilient inner wall which is capable of outward elastic deformation under the action of engagement of a ski boot. The rear ski-binding eleme...