摘要:
A receptacle for flat sheet-like items, for example letters, is incorporated in a machine, for example a letter sorting machine, which includes first conveyor means (2) arranged to deposit the items in a laid flat position in the receptacle. The receptacle incorporates a second conveyor (4) which is arranged to receive and support the items being stacked, and is operable to move these items away from the loading position in such manner that apart from an initially formed stack, the items adopt a successively overlapping relationship in the receptacle.
摘要:
A data transmission of the videotex type in which coded information can be transmitted from a central information store 10 to a plurality of terminals 14. The coded information includes groups of bits representing characters and groups of bits representing control codes. In the transmission technique used in the system a character attribute can be represented by a display control code which is transmitted in association with a cursor backspace code. By using this technique characters of different attributes can be displayed without a space being required between the characters on the display.
摘要:
A supervisory channel is provided on a digital transmission system by frequency modulation of the data signal transmitted along a transmission link 10 which includes repeaters 23. The frequency modulation can be carried out using an elastic store 14. Each repeater includes means for demodulating the frequency modulation so that each repeater can be addressed and interrogated. Each repeater can also phase modulate the data signals on the return link to a terminal station so that signals indicative of an interrogated condition can be transmitted to the terminal station.
摘要:
in order to provide improved resistance to attack by atmospheric water etc a clad glass optical fibre has a plastics coating (3) which is in turn coated with a metal coating (4). The metal coating (4) may in turn be coated with a second plastics coating (5). The metal coating (4) is formed by drawing the plastics coated fibre through a globule of molten metal, the surface of which is exposed to an oxygen rich atmosphere.