A non-metallic eyeglass frame with nose pads arranged at adjustable nose pad supporting arms; during the manufacture of the frame center part, for example, by injection molding, a center piece preferably consisting of metal and connecting the two nose pad arms is formed-in within the nose bridge area of the frame; one mounting each for the nose pad arms may be provided in the end areas of the center piece.

A pad assembly for eyeglass frames, in which an insert with a mounting portion is molded-in into the nose pad, whereby the mounting opening of the mounting portion is located outside of the nose pad; a connecting area is provided at the pad arm end which includes one or several projections and is adapted to be inserted into the mounting opening. The mounting opening is dimensionally reduced by plastic deformation of the mounting portion to such an extent that with an inserted connecting area of ...

A coated article is provided, where a coating is supported by a substrate. The coating may include at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including Ag, Au or the like. The IR reflecting layer(s) may be sandwiched between first and second dielectric layers in certain example embodiments of this invention. It has been found that properties of the IR reflecting layer can be improved by reducing the distance between the substrate and the sputtering target(s) used in forming the IR reflect...

A coated article is provided so as to include an overcoat having an outermost layer including silicon nitride which overlies an underlayer including a metal oxide (MO.sub.x) or a metal oxynitride (MO.sub.xN.sub.y), where the metal (M) is selected from the group of Cr, Nb, Hf, Ta, and/or combinations thereof. Such an overcoat provides for good mechanical and chemical protection in the context of heat treatable coated articles. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass ...

The non-electric portion of the relay is constructed in two part configuration, one part being a coil carrier having a flange with wall structure covered by the other part, a head piece. The head piece has partitions to define arc chambers and carries one set of contacts and blowing magnets on the outside, the wall structure of the flange carries the other set of contacts and establishes internally the pivot path for the armature on the flange. The parts have indexing means for positioning and a...

Method for coating continuously moving substrates by the deposition of compounds from the gas phase by means of plasma discharge, produced by an electrode, with a chemical reaction, a system of magnets for the generation of a magnetic trap to constrict the plasma being disposed on one side of the substrate. The objective is to be accomplished by limiting the action of the plasma and the chemical reaction to the immediate vicinity of the system of magnets. For this purpose, the surface of the sub...

A motion regulator for a hinge such as, for example, a tripartite eyeglass hinge, with at least two hinge tabs and a hinge screw, a sleeve surrounding the hinge screw disposed in a hinge eye of the hinge tab. The sleeve projects beyond the hinge tab and rests against a neighboring hinge tab or tabs. In order to obtain an objective that a braking torque, determining the motion characteristics of the hinge, is substantially constant and independent of the tightening torque of the hinge screw, a sp...

The invention concerns apparatus for the application of thin layers on a substrate by means of a cathode sputtering process. A mechanical shutter is provided between a cathode to be sputtered and an anode, which shutter divides the space between the cathode and the substrate to be coated. In addition, glow discharge means is provided both between the anode and the shutter.

A liquid crystal light modulator is constructed for the transmission of sch signals modulated onto a light carrier passing through gaseous, liquid, and solid media such as air, water, or glass. A large surface area modulation of the light is accomplished in the visible and infrared range over narrow, however adjustable, wave length ranges or widths. Several circuit arrangements for such modulators are disclosed and their function described.

For producing the first differential of a two-dimensional optical image, an image of electrical charges corresponding to the brightness distribution of the image is produced in a first layer of an optical structural element. The first, electrical charges storing layer includes a plurality of light sensitive detector elements arranged in a mosaic-type pattern (D.sub.i). The electrical charge image representing the brightness distribution is converted into a transmissivity or transparency distribu...