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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4698953 | Bag filling apparatus An apparatus for filling and handling bags with tobacco comprises (a) an intermittently rotatable turret having a plurality of stations for sequential indexing, (b) a pair of chambers at each station for receiving measured portions of tobacco to be packag... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4640511 | Bowling ball return mechanism A bowling ball return mechanism having a unitary frame structure which is mounted above a lifting track which curves upwards from the end of an underlane bowling ball return track up to the ball storage tray at the approach of the bowling alley. The unita... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4636949 | Method and apparatus for controlling cooking cycles in a cooking system Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a commercial deep-fryer cooker as used in preparing fried chicken or other food products. The controller (11), according to the invention, has been designed to control essentially all aspects of the co... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4634124 | Vibration damped sports racquet A sports racquet with a throat piece in which vibrations produced upon impact of a ball on the strung hitting surface are dampened by interposing an elastic dampening device between opposite sides of the throat piece and the otherwise normally abutting in... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4619489 | Adaptor for an electric timer An adaptor for the positioning of an electric timer which normally plugs directly into a wall socket and hangs in that position. The adaptor allows the timer to rest on a tabletop for easy access while maintaining the necessary electrical connection. The ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4618415 | Tobacco separator A tobacco separator is provided for separating light fractions (laminae) from heavy fractions (mid-rib or stem) from threshed tobacco. The separator comprises a separating chamber (10) having an upper first inlet (8) for receiving the material to be separated ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4600909 | Bifurcated contact arm in a miniature relay A miniature electromagnetic relay having a magnetic block and at least two sets of stationary electrical contacts. A moveable contact arm having a mounting end positioned in a base and two contact carrying portions extending from the mounting end. The imp... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599588 | Method and apparatus for attaching leads A method and apparatus for attaching leads to the movable armature assembly of a relay or to other movable elements. The apparatus includes a rigid, nonconductive carrier member (41) mounted to the armature of the relay and provided with a plurality of gr... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4596972 | Miniature power switching relays An improved power-switching relay especially designed for mounting on printed circuit boards together with a method for manufacturing such a relay. The relay includes a number of features designed to properly position the various relay components relative... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4562836 | Breathing tube A breathing tube for underwater activities comprising an elongated tube having a free end and an opposite mouth-receiving end which is attached to the tube to a users underwater mask. The tube is attached to the mask by a tubular sleeve in free slideable ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4559145 | Process for preparing a zero standard serum A method for the removal of thyroid or steroid hormones from whole human serum which comprises: contacting, at a pressure higher than 1 psi and pH of either 9.0-12.0 (thyroid hormones) or 4.0-6.0 (steroid hormones) the serum with a composite sheet, the co... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4554933 | Tobacco opening and conditioning apparatus Apparatus for opening and pre-conditioning a case or hogshead of tobacco in which the tobacco is a laminated body, comprises a chamber for receiving the laminated tobacco body and device for emitting an air/moisture jet stream in said chamber capable of b... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4552061 | Trash compactor system A trash compactor system which includes a trash compactor unit, a compaction receptacle and a trash deposit door disposed above the receptacle to enable trash to be desposited in the system. The door is automatically opened when a person approaches the co... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4551824 | Telemetry system adapter A telemetry system adapter for connecting a recording station to a telemetry system having a plurality of data acquisition array terminals serially connected together by cables. The adapter may be used to connect the recording station to any array termina... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4549576 | Quick disconnect marine coupling system The system comprises stationary and removable couplers. The stationary one is mounted in a pipe flange by a thread ending in a stop flange. The stationary coupler is adapted to alternately receive each of a pair of removable couplers, one being adapted to... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4545040 | Telemetry system cable A modular telemetry cable system having first and second array terminals spaced apart a distance of D. A cable extends between the terminals having X number of analog signal transmission means which is connected to 2X transducer sets for gathering 2X anal... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4535057 | Immunoassay employing monoclonal herpes simplex antibody and biotin-avidin detection system An immunoassay and kit for determining a viral antigen, such as herpes simplex. In one embodiment, the antigen is immunocaptured by an insoluble matrix presenting IgG antibody against the viral antigen. The matrix resulting is subsequently contacted by bi... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4533889 | Relays and method for mounting relays on printed circuit boards A relay adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board, and a method for mounting such relays. The relay includes the usual terminals (23, 24, 26 27, 28, 29) extending therefrom and adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board (30) and electrically ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4527492 | Jig for stitching fabric layers in a sewing machine A jig for use in stitching together two layers of material on a stitching line defining a corner. The jig has a lower plate (1) having a slot (4) through which stitching may be effected, the slot including at least one corner. An upper plate cooperates wi... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4527261 | Hiline interference eliminator The invention is a method and apparatus for substantially eliminating from a seismic signal channel an interfering hiline signal in a differential mode. Differential mode and common mode components of the interfering signal are coupled from the seismic si... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4517212 | Method of dispensing dough Dough is dispensed from the bottom of a dough hopper with a screw conveyor that slices into the dough mass and moves the dough horizontally out of a lower opening in the hopper and through a discharge conduit and discharge nozzle. The screw conveyor divid... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4512897 | Molecular separation column and use thereof A molecular separation column for effecting the differential distribution, between two phases, of the components of a sample flowing therethrough. The column contains a substantially homogenous solid stationary phase which comprises a porous matrix of fib... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4511473 | Fibrous media containing millimicron-sized particulates A self supporting fibrous matrix containing immobilized therein at least about 5% by weight of micro-particulate, with an average diameter less than 1 micron, preferably fumed silica, or alumina, and flocculating amounts of an organic polycationic resin a... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510808 | Apparatus for the continuous measurement of bulk density material such as cut tobacco An apparatus is provided for the continuous measurement of the bulk density of particulate material comprising an endless belt weighing conveyor having a compression zone and a weigh span downstream of the compression zone, means for feeding the material ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4500266 | Linear peristaltic pump A linear peristaltic type pump capable of moving high viscosity material without creating an appreciable amount of heat includes a flexible conduit that is progressively compressed by a series of gear-driven compressing shoes that move linearly into and o... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4496461 | Chromatography column A chromatography column for effecting chromatographic separation of at least two components of a sample flowing through the column. The column comprises a housing and at least one solid stationary phase within the housing. The stationary phase has chromat... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4488969 | Fibrous media containing millimicron-sized particulates A self-supporting fibrous matrix containing immobilized therein at least about 5% by weight of microparticulate, with an average diameter less than 1 micron, preferably fumed silica, or alumina, and flocculating amounts of an organic polycationic resin an... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4481298 | Pre-precipitated double antibody immunoassay method An immunoassay process for the detection of an antigen in a sample, which comprises: (a) forming a mixture of the sample with (1) a preformed complex of a primary antibody and a secondary binding macromolecule therefor, wherein the primary antibody is pre... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4466310 | Timing mechanism with two independent rotary outputs A timing mechanism for use in an appliance such as a domestic clothes dryer, for example. The mechanism includes a synchronous motor and two output shafts. One output shaft is the conventional rotary output shaft of the speed reducing gear train associate... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4467144 | Telephone annuciator extender Apparatus for the activation of a remotely located device, such as a lamp or bell, under the control of telephone subscriber tip and ring lines. The apparatus of the present invention is located in the general vicinity of a called telephone subscriber sta... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4445688 | Bowling pin having an ionomer resin cladding A bowling pin having a preformed wood body core is provided with an ionomer resin cladding.... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4437243 | Gyroscopic instrument An instrument including a gyroscopic rotor mounted to precess about a predetermined axis in response to pivotal movement of the rotor about a sensing axis, with the rate of precession being measured and being utilized to determine the amount of said pivot... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4434730 | Machine for top stitching In a method of and apparatus for top stitching parallel to the edge of a garment panel in which edge is a corner, there are provided means for detecting the approach of the corner and thereupon reducing the speed of movement of the panel through the machi... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4429871 | Hydraulic exerciser An adjustable hydraulic exerciser having multiple stations with each station being adapted for multiple exercises.... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4425858 | Means for processing sheets of material Method and apparatus for tri-axially aligning, folding, trimming and edge stitching a cloth sheet particularly adapted for making pockets for garments.... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4420733 | Miniaturized electromagnetic relay A miniaturized electromagnetic relay having a yoke-coil-armature-return spring assembly and contact bearing blades arranged to be inserted into an insulating monolithic supporting structure. The support structure is formed by a front wall and a partition ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4415850 | Ground conductor monitoring system A monitoring system for continuously monitoring the ground conductor of an electrical cable having power conductors and a pilot wire in addition to the ground conductor. An a.c. test signal is connected onto a loop comprised of the ground conductor and pi... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4411139 | Defrost control system and display panel A defrost control system is provided for initiating one or more (defrost) timing cycles each at a preselected different time and for terminating the cycles at the end of their respective predetermined (defrost) periods. The unit generally includes a solid... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4409649 | Sequence controller with microprocessor A microprocessor based sequence controller for a vending machine performs sequences of functions required for the vending machine operation. The microprocessor unit has two separate storage sections, one of which is not alterable and contains the basic pr... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4407210 | Twin needle with adjustable throat plate and feed plate In a twin needle tacker in which one needle/bobbin assembly is movable relative to the other to change the space between the tacks, a feed plate assembly and a throat plate assembly each having one plate movable relative to the other for realigning the sl... | 10/04/1983 |
