ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A low-cost printer is provided for use with data processing equipment. A light-shielding retainer provides a substantially continuous sheet supply of printing medium which is light sensitive and heat developed. The printing medium has strips of a conductive-resistive material on one side. The medium is moved past a processing station. A first portion of the station includes an array of light emitting elements and a second portion in- cludes electrical contacts which engage the strips and apply current through them thereby heating the medium sufficient for developing the medium thus visibly exposing and fixing the characters on the medium. The use of discrete strips interrupts the spread of heat and limits the zone of heating of the medium to a region adjacent the printer. This permits light exposure and heat curing to occur at approximately the same location. Thus, any errors will be more readily noticed.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatus is provided for the non-contacting, non-destructive measur- ing of the orientation ratio of a magnetic storage element. The storage element is mounted on a rotatable receiver. A pair of test head assemblies are movable along a first axis toward and away from the center of the element. The test heads are also movable along a second axis toward and away from each other. The first and second axes are relatively perpendicular.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A docking system for positioning a vehicle relative to a selective location employs a baseband communication link between the vehicle and the selected location. Transmitters located at specific points at the selective location are activated upon command from the docking vehicle and synchron- ized with reference signals radiated therefrom. Time delays between the arrival of each signal radiated by the transmitter and the initiation of a reference signal are determined to establish measures to the different points at the selected location. These measures are then processed to provide relative positioning information.
G01S 5/14 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de position; Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance utilisant les ondes radioélectriques déterminant des distances absolues à partir de plusieurs points espacés d'emplacement connu
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A very rapidly converging adaptive filter which uses a variable scale factor for each weight of the filter. The size of the variable scale factor is chosen for each iteration and is based upon the sign changes of the in- cremental weight change. The variable scale factor permits large step sizes when no sign changes occur and smaller step sizes when sign changes occur. The new filter provides considerable improvement in convergence rate and residual errors even in the presence of heavy noise while requiring only a modest increase in hardware.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A video display terminal (VDT) is provided with a controller having six digital logic lines capable of defining sixty-four different colors. An eight color,color display monitor (CDM) having three red, green and blue (RGB) video input lines is connected to a pulse width modulation converter capable of converting the sixty-four digital input conditions on the six low level voltage logic lines to sixty-four different color control conditions on the three video input lines.
G09G 1/28 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande présentant un intérêt uniquement pour l'affichage utilisant des tubes à rayons cathodiques utilisant des tubes à couleurs
FLOATING WINDGUARD ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A windguard for use on the pick-up mechanism of a crop harvesting machine. The windguard automatically adjusts to varying sizes of windrows of crop material as the machine and its pick-up mechanism are being operated. The windguard has an unlimited number of adjustment positions for different sizes of windrows.
TRANSPORT LOCK ACTUATOR ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A transport lock actuating mechanism for a crop harvesting machine having a pivotally moveable tongue mounted to the frame of the harvesting machine, commonly referred to as a pivot-tongue windrower, is disclosed wherein a single spring is compressed to exert a biasing force on a locking pin to urge the pin through suitable aligned apertures in the base of the tongue and in the frame of the machine to automatically extend the locking pin through the apertures when they become aligned due to manipulation of the pivotal movement of the tongue by the operator at a location remote from the locking pin. The transport lock actuating mechanism is alternatively operable to exert a biasing force on the locking pin to urge the locking pin into a position withdrawn from the apertures so that the machine can be moved from a transport position to an operating position.
A01B 73/00 - Moyens ou agencements pour faciliter le transport des machines ou instruments agricoles, p.ex. bâtis pliants réduisant la largeur hors tout
Abstract of the Disclosure A substrate is provided with through holes each of which receives a heat sink. The heat sinks all project from one side of the substrate and are secured to that side of the substrate by means of flange members which are bonded to the heat sinks and the substrate. Cooling fins are provided on -the protruding portion of each heat sink. That end of each heat sink which is received within a hole supports an integrated circuit chip which is bonded directly to the heat sink end and is substantially flush with the other side of the substrate. The chip is electrically connected to the other side of the substrate. The direct connection of the chips to the heat sinks avoids the thermal resistance of the substrate.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A cruise speed control apparatus for aircraft wherein small differences between the target Mach command and the actual Mach number of the aircraft are used to displace the aircraft from its reference altitude to either increase or decrease actual Mach number in the short term. Long term differences are corrected through a special isolation filter to separate the engine control loop and pitch control loop dynamics and an integration technique to adjust the automatic throttles about a thrust target for the commanded Mach. Large differences between the target Mach and the actual Mach or large charges in the commanded Mach are compensated for by a non-linear gain that effectively increases or decreases the target thrust to cause the aircraft to accelerate or decelerate to the commanded Mach.
DRIVE APPARATUS FOR ROLL BALING MACHINE ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A roll baling machine including a floor roller, a bale forming apron, and drive apparatus connected between the fl?or roller and the bale forming apron. The drive apparatus causes rotation of the floor roller in response to movement of the apron in a normal direction during bale formation. The drive apparatus includes a clutch mechanism which drivingly discounts the floor roller form the apron in response to movement of the apron in reverse direction such as when a bale is discharged from the machine.
ABSTRACT The reduction of electromagnetic interference radiation from electrical component housings is enhanced due to electrically conductive adapter rings each connected to associated electrically conductive cable shields. The rings and cables are engaged and retained by an electrically conductive bar attached to the housing and adapted to receive the rings, and thereby discharge electromagnetic signals to the housing ground potential.
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