Abstract:
A slide is movable lengthwise between spaced parallel collector and resistance strips. The slide has a transverse opening through it, in which is disposed bridging contact means that project from opposite sides of the slide. Resilient means press the contact means and both the strips toward one another to hold them in engagement.
Abstract:
Electrodes for EDM (electric discharge machining) of improved wear performance are provided by consolidated bodies of, by volume, 50 to 90 percent of graphite with the remainder consisting essentially of chromium-iron alloy containing from about one to about 99 volume percent of chromium.
Abstract:
SEMI-CONDUCTOR CRYSTAL SUPPORTS COMPRISING A BASE OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM ARE PREPARED BY OXIDIZING AT LEAST THE SURFACE OF THE BASE TO WHICH A CURRENT LEAD IS TO BE SOLDERED, COATING AT LEAST THAT SURFACE OF THE BASE WITH METAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SIVER AND COPPER, AND THEN SUBJECTING THE COATED BASE TO HYDROGEN OR OTHER REDUCING ATMOSPHERE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE MELTING POINT OF THE COATING METAL. PREFERABLY THE DENSITY OF THE BASE IS AT LEAST 93 PERCENT OF THEORETICAL.
Abstract:
A COIL-RECEIVING POST HAVING A FREE END IS PROVIDED WITH A RECESS HAVING AN INWARDLY CONVERGING SIDE WALL. THERE ARE MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE POST AND THE LATERALLY SPACED LEGS OF A LINEAR MOTION POTENTIOMETER SLIDE TO PRESS THE FREE ENDS OF THE LEGS AND THE CONVERGING SIDE WALL OF THE POST AGAINST EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO SQUEEZE THE LEGS TOGETHER TEMPORARILY. THERE ALSO ARE MEANS FOR MOVING A WIRE COIL AXIALLY OFF THE FREE END OF THE POST INTO POSITION AROUND THE SQUEEZED LEGS, AND MEANS FOR THEN SEPARATING THE POST FROM THE LEGS TO PERMIT THE FREE ENDS OF THE LEGS TO SPRING APART WITH THE WIRE COIL ENCIRCLING THEM.