Abstract:
A solar generator has flexible panels adapted to be deployed by means of extensible frame means. The flexible active material of each panel is so arranged and the extensible frames so operated that the deployment of the panel takes place not only in the longitudinal direction away from the base, but also in the transverse direction. The panels are adapted for use on satellites or other space vehicles.
Abstract:
Structure of revolution for protecting and supporting a cryogenic radiator in a satellite. This structure includes two frusto-conical screens arranged practically one above the other and joined by an intermediate flange. The upper screen acts as a sunshade in respect of solar radiation, whereas the lower screen facilitates self-radiation of the cryogenic radiator and protects it from the environment.
Abstract:
A high holding power and low response time electro-magnet, supported by a shaft, the axis of which materializes the direction of the attraction to be exerted by the electro-magnet on a system which is co-axial to the same axis, and which may be a revolving system, is designed so that its fixed part or core and its mobile part or armature are both co-axially conformed to the shaft axis core support and made from concentric magnetic steel plates of high saturation induction material, applied against each other.
Abstract:
1. A device for continuously ultrasonically welding together overlapping edges of very thin films of thermoplastic material, comprising a first operative component in the form of an anvil, a second operative component in the form of an ultrasonic welding head with a welding tool opposite and adjacent said anvil, said operative components being movable relative to each other towards and away from each other, means for guiding said edges in overlapping longitudinal relation between said operative components, yieldable clamping means responsive solely to gravity for continuously and flexibly urging one of said operative components towards the other with a constant force in order to uniformly and continuously clamp the overlapping edges between said operative components, means for continuously supplying power to said welding tool in order to weld together the clamped overlapping edges, an enclosure in which said power supply means is housed, means for circulating coolant liquid through said enclosure and over said power supply means immersed therein to keep the temperature of said tool constant, and drive means for continuously driving at uniform speed the welded overlapping edges longitudinally away from said operative components.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a monochromator with a rotating concave spherical grating in which the source-to-grating distance L is equal to
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种具有旋转凹球面光栅的单色仪,其中光源到光栅距离L等于[2 R sin phi cos im] / 2 sin phi - (k phi m / a)cos rm]其中phi 是光束的偏离角,R是光栅的曲率半径,λm是平均工作波长,im和rm是λm的入射角和衍射角,a是光栅的间距, k是操作过程的顺序,角度phi小于40°但至少等于kλm / a。 单色仪可用于研究光电倍增管。
Abstract:
AN ANTENNA ARRAY FOR USE IN AN AIRCRAFT, ADAPTED TO ALLOW NAVIGATION TO BE EFFECTED BY REFERENCE TO TWO FIXED POINTS IN SPACE WHICH MAY BE OUTSIDE THE EARTH''S ATMOSPHERE, COMPRISING TWO DUAL LATERAL ANTENNAS, ONE DUALANTENNA FOR EACH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, EACH ANTENNA INCORPORATING A TRANSMISSION SECTION AND A RECEIVING SECTION, WHICH SECTIONS ARE FIXED RELATIVE TO THE AIRCRAFT, MEANS BEING PROVIDED WHEREBY THE RADIO BEAMS EMITTED (AND RECEIVED) BY SAID ANTENNAS ARE CAPABLE OF ORIENTATION BY VIRTUE OF ELECTRONIC SCANNING TECHNIQUES, TOWARDS THE RESPECTIVE FIXED POINTS OF REFERENCE.
Abstract:
1,115,686. Seaming non-metallic sheet material. CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES. 9 March, 1967 [8 April, 1966], No. 11205/67. Heading B5K. Thin sheets of plastics material, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate, are continuously welded to produce an exploratory balloon by placing two sheets 4, 11 edge-to-edge with a small degree of overlap, continuously ultrasonically welding the overlapped edges together in the longitudinal sense, shifting the assembly thus produced sideways to enable another continuous ultrasonically welded joint to be produced between this assembly and a further sheet overlapping the free edge of the assembly, repeat this process and finally welding together the free edges of the first and last sheets. As shown in Fig. 1, the sheet 4 is fed across a table 3 level with an anvil 2 above which an ultrasonic welding tool 1 is located. A hemispherical support 5 for the already welded sheets is rotatable about a horizontal shaft 9 and comprises a vertical disc 6 from which extend semi-circular arcuate pieces 7 equipped with magnets 8. The disc 6 may be inclined at an angle of 3-4 degrees to the vertical. At the polar level, the pieces 7 are linked to a solid cap portion 10 which is carried on the end of the shaft 9. Metal elements 13 situated opposite the magnets 8 hold the already welded sheets or gores in position. When the sheets 4,11 have been overlapped the tool 1 is operated and the sheets are fed by rotation of the support 5 by frictional engagement thereof with a motor-driven roller 12. After each welding operation the already welded sheets 11 are shifted sideways on the support 5. From the eighth welded sheet onwards, in a balloon having eighteen gores, the welded sheets are folded as shown at 11a. To carry out the welding of the last gore to the first gore, the assembly is folded into concertina-form along the weld lines and welding is effected, Fig. 2 (not shown). To weld the first polar cap 16 to the balloon, Fig. 3, a circular rotating anvil 14 is used and the tool 1 operates through an aperture 15 into which the second cap is to be subsequently fitted. Welding of the second cap. (17), Fig. 4 (not shown), is effected using a metal part of a valve (18) on the cap (16) as an anvil. The welding head comprises a magnetostrictive transducer 20, Fig. 5, mounted on a support 19 and which ultrasonically vibrates the aluminium tool 1. A pneumatic ram 21 controlled by a solenoid valve 22 acts on the support 19 so that vertical movement of the tool 1 may be effected. The tool 1 and the transducer 20 are cooled by an air circuit 23. The sheets 4, 11 are guided to the welding head by a block 24, Fig. 7, having, at two levels, grooves 25, 26 which partially overlap each other. Rollers (27), (28), Fig. 6 (not shown), arranged in converging planes feed the sheets 4, 11 to the block (24). Alternatively, before being introduced into the block (24), the sheet (4) is lifted over a rotating shaft (34), Fig. 9 (not shown), so as to enter the block from above. Infra-red heaters (not shown) may be positioned in front of the block 24 to prevent stiffening of the plastics material in cold weather. In a modification, instead of being fed by the roller 12, the sheets 4, 11 are fed by a rubber roller 29, Fig. 8, driven through a flexible drive 30 and bearing against the anvil 2. The roller 29 is mounted on a lever 31 pivoted at 32 and is acted on by a spring 33 secured to the support 19.
Abstract:
Aerial photography device fixed to a nacelle, operating suspended beneath a balloon and comprising one or more photographic apparatuses directed towards the ground when the nacelle is suspended from the balloon by a connection element, an intervalometer for instituting the successive photographs and an element governing the orientation of the nacelle about an axis passing through the connection element, the nacelle being stabilised in relation to the magnetic meridian during short time intervals immediately preceding the shots, after which the taking of each photograph is instigated.
Abstract:
A device for the decommutation of messages, which device extracts data in a digitalized form by controlling a bits detector, without having available any external clock signals. The device comprises, for this purpose, at least one phase comparator including a pair of chains which are fed in parallel by a message, each of said chains comprising, in series, an integrator and a non-linear element, and the integrators each functioning for a duration which is equal to one clock period with partial overlapping of these durations, and the phase comparator comprises commutation means controlled by locally recreated clock signals and functions at a frequency which is a sub-multiple of that of the clock signals, for the purpose of taking out the signals, which are formed by integrators in an interval of time comprising a whole number of clock periods and are stored for a succeeding and equal interval of time, with a view to producing by differentiation error signals controlling an oscillator, which generates the local clock signals, acting on the phase comparator and the bits detector.