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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4023715 | Measuring and dispensing device A body member has an internally screw-threaded socket or recess to receive the neck of a container, and a port adapted in one position to communicate with a transverse passage or measuring chamber in a slidable measuring and dispensing member which is mov... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4021185 | Compositions and methods for high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4019316 | Method of starting a combustion system utilizing a catalyst A method and system are provided for starting a combustion system utilizing a catalyst, and at the same time provide low emissions of unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. The method is particularly applicable to starting such combustion systems whic... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4018206 | Machine for dressing fixed-super-abrasive tools This machine is designed for dressing fixed-super-abrasive tools employed in the grinding and polishing of optical and ophthalmic lenses having a toric surface configuration. It comprises a base with an upstanding frame having an arm pivotally supported t... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4018624 | Thermocouple structure and method of manufacturing same A thermocouple structure useful for high temperature applications comprises a pair of thermocouple wires joined at one end to form a thermocouple, the wires being enclosed within a metallic sheath which is closed at one end and open at the other end, the ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4018630 | Method of preparation of dispersion strengthened silver electrical contacts Preparation of compositions of silver and CeO2 by powder metallurgy techniques overcomes problems inherent in melting silver and pure cerium and subsequently internally oxidizing the cerium in the mixture. Small concentrations of CeO2 | 04/19/1977 |
| 4018599 | Electrical contacts of dispersion strengthened gold Small concentrations of certain dispersed oxides such as CeO2 substantially improve the electrical contact properties of gold. Gold with dispersed CeO2 is superior to gold for use as an electrical contact because of much greater resi... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4015931 | Bonded-abrasive wire saw This improved wire saw for sawing various materials, including, for example, granite, marble, limestone and the like comprises in combination an elongated abrasive carrier of novel design and bonded abrasives secured thereto. The carrier comprises a plura... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4011839 | Method and apparatus for promoting combustion in an internal combustion engine using a catalyst An internal combustion piston engine utilizing a catalyst to promote combustion and not requiring spark ignition. A catalyst member is provided within the engine cylinder. Air is supplied to the cylinder and is compressed by a piston. At or near the point... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4010583 | Fixed-super-abrasive tool and method of manufacture thereof This improved fixed-super-abrasive tool for grinding and polishing toric and other curvilinear lenses is produced by a novel method of manufacture and comprises a substantially-rigid, super-abrasive-free backing member and a malleable preformed super-abra... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4008037 | Compositions and methods for high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4004568 | Method and apparatus for dressing regulating wheels for centerless grinders Method and apparatus for automatically dressing a regulating wheel to the required curvature for a centerless grinding operation. A dressing wheel is mounted for rotation about an axis which is inclined to a reference axis. The regulating wheel is mounted... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4004378 | Grinding wheel with integral blower A grinding wheel functions both as an abrasive wheel and as a blower for removing dust and cooling the workpiece and wheel. The wheel has passageways through which air and dust are drawn from one axially facing side of the wheel to the other as the wheel ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3997327 | Dental composition A novel dental composition comprises an admixture of two forms of a powdered alloy in specified proportions, i.e., a major proportion in the form of relatively smooth spheroidal particles, e.g., spheres, and a minor proportion in the form of relatively ro... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997618 | Process for isomerizing alkyl benzenes There is disclosed a process for isomerizing alkylated benzenes having from 3-10 carbon atoms and methyl or ethyl alkyl substituents. The reaction is conducted in the presence of molecular hydrogen and a catalyst having a platinum group metal, especially ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997330 | Dental amalgams An improved dental composition comprises an admixture in specified proportions of two powdered alloys of specified composition, one in the form of spheres, the other in the form of irregularly-shaped particles such as flakes. When the admixture is amalgam... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997329 | Dental composition An improved dental composition comprises a uniform admixture in specified proportions of two powdered alloys of specified structure and composition, which when amalgamated with mercury produces a corrosion-resistant dental amalgam having enhanced mechanic... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997328 | Dental amalgams Dental compositions comprising an admixture of two powdered alloys which when amalgamated with mercury produce corrosion-resistant dental amalgams.... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3995516 | Apparatus for skiving grooves in flat metal strip Prior to the bonding of precious metal ribbon to flat base metal strips useful for the fabricating of electrical contacts, grooves are skived into the surface of the metal strip to receive the precious metal ribbon. The apparatus disclosed is capable of s... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3993572 | Rare earth containing catalyst composition Catalysts suitable for promoting selected oxidation and reduction reactions; especially for eliminating or substantially reducing pollutants in waste gas streams such as automobile exhaust, or nitric acid plant tail gas, are described, as are processes fo... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3982879 | Furnace apparatus and method Carbonaceous fuel is thermally combusted with an amount of air substantially less than that needed for complete combustion to carbon dioxide and water of all the combustible components in the fuel to produce a gaseous first effluent containing a substanti... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3975900 | Method and apparatus for turbine system combustor temperature A method and apparatus for operating a gas turbine system are disclosed utilizing an adiabatic combustion process, employing combustion of a pre-mixed carbonaceous fuel-air admixture in a combustion zone. The combustion and the combustion zone are maintai... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3966790 | Compositions and methods for high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3966391 | Method of combustion using high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3956188 | Compositions and methods for high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3948611 | Catalytic converter having hollow, gas-filled mounting means for a monolithic catalyst A catalytic gas treatment apparatus in which a unitary catalytic element, having gas flow paths therethrough, is positioned within a surrounding casing. At least one, and preferably two, end flanges are provided and are positioned in a direction inwardly ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3945946 | Compositions and methods for high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3942242 | Thermocouple structure and method of manufacturing same A thermocouple structure useful for high temperature applications comprises a pair of thermocouple wires joined at one end to form a thermocouple, the wires being enclosed within a metallic sheath which is open at one end. The thermocouple and the wires w... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3941299 | Method of brazing Cu alloys to Ag-Cdo alloys Copper alloy carrier objects are brazed to silver or copper alloy contact objects by assembling or positioning the carrier object into direct contact with said contact object such that there is defined or presented an exposed position or junction where sa... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3942104 | Cell balance detector for electrolytic cell assemblies A system is provided for detecting an imbalance in operating voltage between two sodium hypochlorite cell assemblies electrically connected in series. Each cell has associated with it, in parallel, a resistor and each of the resistors are equal in value. ... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3940923 | Method of operating catalytically supported thermal combustion system An improved method is provided for more efficiently operating a catalytically supported thermal combustion gas turbine system, and at the same time provide low emissions of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides. In the adiabatic comb... | 03/02/1976 |
