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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4744988 | Soft gelatin capsules and methods for their production A soft gelatin capsule comprising a shell of gelatin and a softener, and a filling consisting of a polyethylene glycol and a low polyhydric alcohol and at least one active substance, characterized in that (a) the dried shell of the capsule contains 4 to 40% by... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4741492 | Carrying device for coiled wire An improved carrying device for a coil of barbed wire having chordal supports and a handle. Each chordal support has an end section extending inside of the coil of wire and a central section within the hollow, central core of the coil. The handle includes... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4729474 | Satchel-style tackle box An improved satchel-style tackle box wherein access to the storage compartments can be had through the upper end or through the front wall of the box. Hence with the box of the present invention, there is no need to turn the box over in order to obtain ac... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4713869 | Front wheel drive boot removal tool A tool to remove the universal joint boot of a front wheel drive vehicle is disclosed. The tool includes a U-shaped yoke and two differently sized split rings which are individually secured to the U-shaped yoke. The tool further includes a driver attachme... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4713199 | Depository for radioactive waste and spent fuel cells The invention concerns a depository for radioactive waste and spent fuel cells comprising a concrete storage block in which several vertical storage and cooling channels are provided for accommodating the radioactive waste and the fuel cells. In order to ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4697242 | Adaptive computing system capable of learning and discovery An electronic computing system capable of learning and discovery employing a language composed of conditional statements called "classifiers" which respond to and operate fixed-length binary words called "messages". Each classifier comprises a condition p... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4580582 | Smokeless ashtray An ashtray for eliminating emitted smoke is disclosed. The ashtray defines, within its housing, a predetermined, fixed filter region. An air filter is positioned within and confined by the filter region to ensure that substantially all air passes through ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4576510 | Technique for the location of expansion joints when casting a concrete bed Procedure of locating expansion joints (7) in a concrete bed (3,4) during manufacture (casting) by locating pre-fabricated joint elements (11,12) consisting of long rails made of reinforced concrete in pairs as a form and glide path (1,2) for smoothing an... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4547287 | Thermostatically controlled pack hold-down assembly A filter assembly comprises a housing, a liquid inlet in said housing, a liquid outlet in said housing, a filter pack in said housing, and valve means in said housing which is opened, for bypassing liquid about the filter pack when the liquid is cold and ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4531872 | Quick action tensioning nut A quick action tensioning nut of the type used to fasten a vehicle wheel on the mounting shaft or axle of a wheel balancing machine. The quick action tensioning nut has at least one pre-tensioned, somewhat semi-circular and radially movable thread segment... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4500475 | Carburetion system A combination gas vaporizer-air filter comprising a housing fuel supply means for fluid to be vaporized and an ultrasonic transducer in the housing for vaporizing fluid from said fuel supply means, air inlet means in the housing, outlet means in the housi... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4493486 | Ball base construction and anchor An improved base includes a base pad member having a flange plate attached to the bottom thereof for cooperation with a flat plate mounted on a post inserted in the ground. The base plate may thus slide onto the ground plate in order to retain the base in... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4492290 | Acceleration sensitive compression head An acceleration sensitive automotive shock absorber includes an improved compression head assembly. Within a cup inside the head, a biased mass slides relative to a pin joined to the cup, to open a unique path of fluid flow during accelerating compression... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4490816 | Tonearm alignment gauge A phonograph cartridge alignment gauge includes a plate, a cartridge work station and a visual indicator. A method of aligning a cartridge on a tone arm with the gauge, for stylus tangency at two radii, includes fastening the cartridge to the tone arm whi... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4479057 | Automatic biasing control circuit for emissions detector A pair of operational amplifiers, one of which having a photoresistor feedback connecting the output of the amplifier to its inverting input. The non-inverting input of the last named amplifier being provided with a voltage developed by the second operati... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4459573 | High power pulse operated relay An improved solenoid actuated switch assembly is retained within a housing made from insulating material having three generally parallel recessed passages. The solenoid actuator is retained within the center passage or recess and the parallel side recesse... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4457048 | Apparatus for a slaughterhouse, more specially for the removal of the toe-web of pigs An apparatus for use in pig-slaughterhouses for the removal of the toe-web between the toes of the hindlegs of a slaughtered pig. The bodies of slaughtered pigs, vertically hung on carrying-yokes, are carried by a conveyer. The bodies are oriented by a sp... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4433601 | Orchestral accompaniment techniques An electronic musical instrument by which a performer can provide a musical accompaniment in different musical styles. The performer selects a desired musical style and plays on a standard keyboard in order to express a desired harmony. The instrument tra... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4428927 | Masticatory soft elastic gelatin capsules and method for the manufacture thereof A chewable, filled, one-piece soft elastic gelatin (SEG) capsule. The capsule includes a shell which is formed from a formulation of gelatin, water, a plasticizer, and a masticatory substance. The masticatory substance is present in the shell in an amount... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4425148 | Device for the continuous production of glass bodies especially containing radioactive waste An apparatus for converting molten glass containing radioactive waste into molded pellets or spheres comprising means for generating a flowing stream of the molten glass and a rotating wheel disposed beneath the flowing stream. The wheel is preferably mou... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4401089 | Ultrasonic transducer An ultrasonic transducer is provided substantially at the hot spot in an engine manifold for vaporizing the fuel from the carburetor prior to entry of the fuel-air mixture into the cylinders. The transducer comprises a crystal adapted to be vibrated at a ... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4393694 | Vehicle steering and front-end alignment defect detector An apparatus and corresponding method for detecting steering or front-end alignment defects in a vehicle, such as an automobile, having a steering wheel steerably connected to dirigible front wheels. Each side of the vehicle being tested is restrained fro... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4383370 | Wheel alignment system and method A wheel alignment system and method for determining the thrust line of a vehicle and employing the thrust line when positioning the steerable wheels of the vehicle to a plane parallel to the thrust line as well as during the determination of set-back betw... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4382863 | Sludge dewatering system A system for the rapid dewatering of sludge in large quantities makes use of a filter plate of design and construction capable of supporting heavy mechanized mobile equipment without damage to the filter media. The filter plate features a monolithic plate of g... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4377392 | Coal composition A shattered hydrocarbonaceous product comprising a mixture of discrete comminuted hydrocarbonaceous particles having a volumetric mean particle size equivalent to less than about 5 microns in diameter separate from or in admixture with discrete inorganic ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4373864 | System for pumping fluids at constant pressure A constant pressure system for pumping a coal slurry includes a slurry pump mechanically driven by a hydraulic motor which, in turn, is driven by a hydraulic pump. The output of the hydraulic pump is controlled by a pressure sensitive flow control valve t... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4372028 | Method of manufacturing foam insulated tank A method of manufacturing a foam insulated water heater of the type having an inner tank, a layer of insulating foam material surrounding the inner tank and an outer protective shell includes, in one embodiment, the steps of (1) forming a flexible, expand... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372108 | Rotary yarn guide for textile machines The rotary yarn guide for cooperating with a spindle in a textile machine comprises an externally cylindrical, hollow guide member 4 having inlet and outlet ends for guiding the yarn, a ball bearing 7 surrounding the guide member and having inner and oute... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372689 | Electronic watch movement A device for supplying the watch movement which comprises a time base (1) and a frequency divider (2) producing at least two signals (c), (d) at different frequencies. The two signals supply a logic selection device (3) of which the output supplies the ci... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4369351 | Method and apparatus for heating liquids and agglomerating slurries A method and apparatus for heating fluids, such as an agglomerating slurry of coal and water, to supercritical conditions, wherein an electrical current is passed directly through the fluid. The fluid is directed through a container and heated by passing ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4367959 | Pseudo-analog display device A circuit for producing a numerical signal representative of the value of the physical parameter which is to be displayed and which can assume a given number of values. The signal is applied to a decoder for controlling the display cell. The decoder is so... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367746 | Clip-holder instrument for clipping blood vessels An instrument and method for clipping blood vessels are disclosed. The new surgical tool disclosed is particularly adequate to place clips of alpha configuration ending in "V" on brain blood vessels. The invention enables a surgeon to have a free field of... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4365833 | Sealing device A sealing device which is particularly for use with a receptacle such as a cloth bank bag for containing money or currency, in which a single strip or band of material is formed of metal or plastic stamped with projections or serrations extending from one... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4364671 | Electronic watch with display by discs The invention provides a very thin electronic watch having a casing with a front wall provided with a glass, a rear wall and a side wall connecting the front and rear walls. In the casing there is a spindle substantially perpendicular to the front and rea... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4364740 | Method for removing undesired components from coal A process is disclosed for treating a fluid-permeable hydrocarbonaceous solid, such as coal, containing an admixture of hydrocarbonaceous components and mineral and sulfur components, to separate the solid into a hydrocarbonaceous enriched fraction and a ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4365135 | Shaping of thermal insulation material The invention relates to the formation of a protective skin on blocks of microporous thermal insulation material. Such material is difficult to protect because the securement of a protective layer by some form of adhesive securement provides only a relati... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4363703 | Thermal gradient humidification-dehumidification desalination system A solar energy desalination process utilizing solar radiation directly for the evaporation of salt water is described. Ambient air takes on water vapor as the air passes through an evaporative medium. It is then directed between a saline water-covered, so... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4362889 | Use of a polyfunctional surface-active comonomer and other agents to improve adhesion between a resin or composite material and a substrate A family of polyfunctional surface-active comonomers which act to improve the adhesion between a resin or composite material and solid surfaces capable of binding polyvalent cations is described. These polyfunctional surface-active comonomers, or "PolySAC... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4362181 | Pressure relief system A pressure relief apparatus for a high pressure slurry processing system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pressure container, an escape member in the container inlet and a flow restrictor in the container outlet.... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4362961 | Encapsulated piezoelectric resonator device The invention relates to an encapsulated piezoelectric resonator device comprising an oscillating member having a quartz member and a frame integral with and surrounding the quartz member, the frame having two connecting faces, electrodes on the quartz me... | 12/07/1982 |
