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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4636328 | Multi functional laundry product and employment of same during fabric laundering The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain rem... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4618444 | Household laundry detergent with dual strength bleach The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to adjustable strength bleaching compositions, highly advantageous packaging of such compositions, and a method of bleaching involving the combination of the two... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4615814 | Porous substrate with absorbed antistat or softener, used with detergent A bead, useful in a fabric aqueous laundering process to impart to the fabric, when dried, at least one of the properties (i) softness, and (ii) antistatic effect, comprises a porous substrate, and substance absorbed onto said substrate to produce at leas... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4606775 | Automatic dishwasher in a dual functioning system The method of washing articles in an automatic dishwasher includes the steps: (a) providing a first volume of a first treating component for use in the dishwasher, (b) providing a second volume of a second treating component in close transported associati... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4583681 | Extensible handle carton with leakage preventing flap structure A carton has upright side walls, end walls, multiple inner flaps at the top of the carton, and an outermost flap at the carton top to cover the folded inner flaps. An elongated opening is provided through the outer flap, and a substantially flat strip han... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583677 | Box inner partition providing four cells A box inner partition provides at least four cells in the box interior formed by box opposite side walls and box opposite end walls. The partition comprises: (a) the partition folded to form opposite end walls, opposite side walls, and a divider, thereby ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4563186 | Multi-functional laundry product and employment of same during fabric laundering The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain rem... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4501499 | Agglomerator An agglomerator includes: (a) a drum having a longitudinal axis, and structure for supporting and rotating the drum about that axis, (b) feed apparatus extending axially within the drum for feeding flowable material into the drum for longitudinal distribution ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4490270 | Sanitizing liquid shampoo for carpets An aqueous solution composition for use in cleaning and sanitizing carpets and the like consists of surfactant, inorganic phosphate, glutaraldehyde, solvent and brightener, as for example in the relative weight percentages claimed herein.... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4468338 | Transparent soap composition A transparent soap composition, consisting essentially of (a) over 50% by weight of a complex mixture of the sodium and triethanolamine salts of a fatty acid or acids having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms and an iodine value of 8-15, (b) between 0.2 and 1.0 weight ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4460487 | Rinse cycle fabric softener with bleach A stable, fabric bleaching and softening composition to be used in rinse water in contact with fabrics, and prior to fabric drying, consisting essentially of (a) hydrogen peroxide, (b) cationic amine softener, and (c) water, wherein the weight ratio of softene... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4434069 | Plastic bottle cleaner A process of cleaning a polycarbonate bottle includes (a) washing the bottle with a composition consisting essentially of an aqueous basic solution containing the members: alkali metal carbonate, alkali metal bi-carbonate and a low foaming detergent, and (b) t... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4414109 | Multi-ported valve with sealing network between valve body and rotor A valve has a body containing three ports, and a rotor is rotatable in the body, the rotor rotatable about an axis to bring two passages in the rotor selectively into and out of registration with the body ports, the body ports opening at a cylindrical bor... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4414360 | Spray buff reactant and application thereof The production of a toughened, mar-resistant floor film includes the steps: (a) applying to a floor surface a liquid solution containing a cross-linking ingredient, (b) and buffing said floor surface with said solution thereon in moist condition to heat the so... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4377492 | Post emulsifiable fluorescent penetrant A post emulsifiable penetrant composition for applications and entry into flaws in solid surfaces consists essentially of (a) a first solvent ingredient comprising a high boiling point aromatic hydrocarbon, (b) a second solvent ingredient selected from the gro... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4365366 | Three port valve with drain passage A valve has a body with multiple openings and a rotary valve member rotatable in a body cavity to control flow through the openings. A fixed closure member extends over one of the body openings, and a valve member control extends through the closure. A dr... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4363835 | Spray buff reactant and application thereof The production of a toughened, mar-resistant floor film includes the steps: (a) applying to a floor surface a liquid solution containing a cross-linking ingredient, (b) and buffing said floor surface with said solution thereon in moist condition to heat the so... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4362577 | Sealing of phosphated coatings A process for sealing a phosphate coating on metal includes the steps: (a) wetting the phosphate coated metal with a composition consisting essentially of an aqueous acidic solution containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of hypophosp... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4339110 | Butterfly valve A butterfly valve comprises: (a) a valve body having a generally cylindrical cavity defining a longitudinal axis, the body having first and second ports communicating with the cavity, (b) a rotary valve member in the cavity, and having a generally cylindrical ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4333119 | Power monitor system Electrical apparatus to monitor electrical three-phase power includes circuitry to protect three-phase equipment from excessive variations in line voltage, phase to phase unbalance, and reverse phase sequencing; to protect personnel against automatic rest... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4328833 | Multi-ported valve with sealing network between valve body and rotor A valve has a body containing three ports, and a rotor is rotatable in the body, the rotor rotatable about an axis to bring two passages in the rotor selectively into and out of registration with the body ports, the body ports opening at a cylindrical bor... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4301194 | Chemical milling maskant application process A process for applying a volatile liquid maskant to an article to be subjected to chemical milling includes the steps: (a) providing a controlled temperature bath of said volatile maskant characterized as fast drying, and also providing a vapor blanket overlyi... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4298312 | Damaged vane locating method and apparatus The method of locating in situ a damaged vane in a front stage of stator vanes of a jet engine, the engine also containing a stage of rotor blades and a rear stage of stator vanes, the rotor blade stage located between the front and rear stator vane stage... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4291072 | Method of producing air-permeable fabric conditioner sheet for laundry dryer A fabric conditioner composition is applied to an air-permeable sheet and variably displaced so that the conditioner occludes interior interstitial spaces in certain regions of the sheet to block air flow therethrough, leaving other regions of the sheet w... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4287079 | Liquid cleanser formula An aqueous cleaning composition to be applied from a squirt bottle comprises a particulate abrasive, a two-part thickness consisting essentially of a mixture of fumed silicon dioxide and smectite clay, a hypo-halite bleach, alkaline builder salt, and wate... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4281839 | Rotary face sealing apparatus Rotary sealing apparatus for sealing off between a relatively rotating shaft having an axis of rotation and mounting an impeller, and a relatively non-rotating wall through which the shaft extends, there being an annular seat on the wall, comprises: (a) a... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4278109 | Three port valve with drain passage A valve has a body with multiple openings and a rotary valve member rotatable in a body cavity to control flow through the openings. A fixed closure member extends over one of the body openings, and a valve member control extends through the closure. A dr... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4267940 | Removable clamp structure for tank sections which at times block said removal A safety closure system for a tank comprises (a) complementary sections of a tank adapted to contain pressurized fluid, said sections having annular flanges which are subject to relative separation as the tank sections relatively separate due to said fluid ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4234819 | Underwater light circuit and installation An underwater light circuit employs electrodes exposed to water, a light, and circuitry connected with the electrodes and light filament to control current flow to the filament.... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4229475 | Permeable dryer cycle fabric softener sheet A fabric conditioner composition is distributed on an air permeable sheet in such manner that the conditioner occludes interior interstitial spaces in certain region of the sheet to block airflow therethrough, and other regions of the sheet have interstit... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4215990 | Peroxygen bleaching and laundering compositions Granular peroxygen bleaching and laundering compositions containing a percarbonate as a source of available oxygen are stabilized by the addition of from 0.1 to 2.0 percent of a particulate siliceous matter such as amorphous silica. To prevent caking and ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4210417 | Method of soil release polymer application to fabrics in home laundering Method of home laundering to impart soil release properties to dried laundered fabrics in which a soil release agent having the empirical formula (C39 H79 N2 O17)3n is dispersed in agitated wash or ri... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4185333 | Circulation and level control valve Liquid levels for controlled in systems that include different liquid bodies between which liquid circulates. Such bodies may typically include swimming pools and spas.... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4164055 | Cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces Suction and germicidal spray producing apparatus effects rapid removal of soils and bacteria from hard surface floors in both dry and wet states, the removed dry and wet soils and bacteria being isolated and confined; the apparatus includes a head assembl... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4158575 | Cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces Soils and bacteria are removed from a hard floor surface by providing two resiliently flexible, transversely parallel strips, applying suction to the space between the strips so that their lower edge portions engage the floor surface, bodily displacing th... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4115276 | Multi-port backwash valve A multi-ported backwash valve for a swimming pool and filter, comprises: (a) a valve rotor and a body having five ports communicating with the rotor, said ports including (i) a fluid inlet port, (ii) a first outlet port for fluid delivery to a container, (iii) a se... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4086680 | Caster mount assembly A wheel connection to a receptacle having a bottom wall and a bead projecting downwardly below the level of said bottom wall, comprises: (a) a wheel carrier adapted to extend at the outer side of the bead, (b) means on the carrier including an L-shaped bracket havi... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4059519 | Pump basket strainer and assembly An upright strainer basket for reception in a housing primary chamber having an upper fluid inlet port and a lower fluid outlet port. The basket has: A. exteriorly presented ribs that intersect to form perforations to pass fluid from the basket interior t... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4038155 | Energy saving vapor degreasing apparatus The environment of the invention comprises work degreasing apparatus wherein a tank contains liquid solvent to be vaporized by a heater for degreasing contact with work introduced into the tank, the vapor being subject to condensation, there also being a ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4015683 | Noise suppressor for vacuum sweeper and the like A noise suppressor package attachable to air exhaust tubing comprises: A. annular body means defining an axially extending bore to pass said exhaust, said body means including compressible foam segments which project radially inwardly at said bore, said segmen... | 04/05/1977 |
