A magnetic transistor circuit has a first and a second magnetic transistor. These two magnetic transistors that work as the ordinary transistors can be turned on or turned off by the control of several metal devices respectively disposed around the magnetic transistors. The buffer and inverter logic functions of the binary system can be implemented by the control of these metal devices.

A dental instrument having an active tool for treating a hard dental substance includes an arrangement for spraying water to cool the preparation location with the water either forming an envelope surrounding the tool or being a finely atomized stream of a solid angle directed onto the preparation location. The volume proportion of cooling air relative to the volume of the water in both versions is not greater than the volume of the water so that the envelope or spray are substantially free of a...

An apparatus for sorting and orienting elongated articles of predetermined length has at least two substantially horizontal shafts supported in a parallel-spaced relationship; a pair of axially spaced discs mounted on each shaft. The axial distance between the discs of any disc pair is less than the predetermined length of the articles. Any successive two discs mounted on different shafts are in an overlapping relationship as viewed in a direction parallel to the shafts. Each disc has a non-over...

A unique hand wheel engagement/disengagement mechanism for a brake lathe employs a single slide drive motor which drives a drive shaft that provides a power supply to multiple lead screws. The mechanism includes a hand wheel tube which has a compression spring contained within the tube. A push button is also located within the hand wheel tube. The push button has a base which captures the compression spring between the base and the end of the drive shaft. The compression spring causes pressure a...

To prepare an essentially toroidal surface (7) on a workpiece (1) by machining, rotation of the workpiece around a first axis of rotation (3) and at the same time a rotation of the cutting tool (8) used for this machining around a second axis of rotation (10) are provided, wherein the second axis of rotation passes through the predetermined center (4) of the circular surface of the torus, which yields the surface (7) to be machined of the workpiece (7) during the rotation of the workpiece (1) ar...

A protective system for dentist chill units including a protective element and a sealing substance around the drill to prevent the entrance of undesirable matter such as the HIV (AIDS) virus into the handpiece holding the drill, which may, when the drill is replaced by another drill, infect the next patient, the system including an optional device including at least one valve for preventing undesirable matter such as the HIV virus from remaining in the water system after possible entry through o...

A traction drive rotary assembly including a plurality of rolling elements having traction contact surfaces associating with each other to transmit power between the rolling elements. At least one of the traction contact surfaces has a surface microstructure including grooves and protrusions alternately arranged. The surface microstructure is represented by an unfiltered primary profile curve including recesses and projections corresponding to the grooves and the protrusions. Each projection inc...

A dental bur drill of the type including a tubular handpiece traversed by at least one conduit for delivering compressed air to a rotor which is mounted at an extreme end portion of said handpiece and to the bearing-mounted rotating shaft to which a bur is fitted, wherein the handpiece incorporates a lube-oil container provided with an injection nozzle protruding within a delivery conduit, which conduit communicates with the container at a point upstream of the nozzle.

A photographic silver halide light-sensitive element containing a support bearing thereon, a silver halide emulsion containing at least one sensitizing dye having the structure, ##SPC1## and at least one compound of the structure ##SPC2##

An integrated circuit includes first circuitry and sleep transistor circuitry. The first circuitry receives input signals and processes the input signals. The first circuitry also retains data in a sleep state that has low leakage. The sleep transistor circuitry is coupled to the first circuitry and receives a sleep signal that has a negative voltage. The sleep circuitry reduces power consumption of the first circuitry in the sleep state to have low leakage based on the sleep signal while retain...