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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4804045 | Oil and gas well diversionary spool assembly A diversionary spool assembly for the completion hook up of any type of oil and gas well without the use of an expensive and cumbersome valve tree as a permanent part of the producing well. A single valve tree is provided, and is removably mounted on any ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4787599 | Slide valve An improved manually operated slide valve, particularly adept for use with a dental aspirator assembly, which valve is characterized by being formed from a number of components removably associated with one another to permit the valve to be disassembled f... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4657674 | Reverse osmosis assembly including an operating valve A single valve and associated conduits for so operating a reverse osmosis assembly that includes a reverse osmosis cartridge, a reservoir that has a movable barrier therein that sub-divides the interior into first and second confined spaces of variable vo... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4627489 | Top entry electrical transmission safety assembly for submersible pumping A top entry electrical transmission safety assembly for removably effecting electrical communication through a tubing hanger, between an above ground electric power supply cable and an electric power receiving cable that extends upwardly from a motor driv... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4595497 | Purified water reverse osmosis reservoir A reverse osmosis system in which a pair of oppositely disposed, vertically aligned rigid cup shaped bodies that have outwardly extending first flanges are by a circumferentially adjustable band forced into pressure sealing contact with a second flange of... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4585554 | Combined purified water dispensing device and reject water control device A purified water dispensing and reject water control device that when operatively associated with a pressurized feed water supplied reverse osmosis cartridge that has purified water and reject water outlets and a tank that is subdivided by a movable barri... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4583526 | Flexible endoscope structure A flexible endoscope with a carbon dioxide laser connected thereto for simultaneous viewing and performance of a surgical operation on either exterior or interior tissue of a patient. The laser operates at 10.6 microns, with the laser beam being transmitt... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4538438 | Water conserving elongate tubular metal member straightening apparatus A portable tubular metal member straightening apparatus that complies with ecological standards by retaining all foreign solid material displaced from an elongate member as the latter is straightened, recirculates the cooling and wash water rather than sp... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4534699 | Coal fired turbine A turbine for operating on pressurized gaseous products of combustion resulting from the burning of coal and which gaseous products contain fly ash. The turbine includes a housing that supports a power take off shaft on which a rotor is mounted that inclu... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4532987 | Geothermal expansion spool piston A packing supporting piston assembly removably securable to an end section of a production casing of a geothermal well, which end section is disposed above a well head. The piston assembly when so mounted has packing in abutting sealing contact with the e... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4532769 | Energy storing flywheel assembly An energy storing flywheel assembly in which first and second reels are operatively connected by a flexible band, with the first and second reels capable of being rotated by first and second electric motors, and the second reel that can rotate either cloc... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4528129 | Processing radioactive wastes and uranium mill tailings for safe ecologically-acceptable disposal Radioactive and associated chemical contaminants present in uranium mill tailings, for example, are isolated from the environment. A matrix product is formed by combining selected clays and lime with the soluble radioactive and chemical contaminants. The ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4523608 | Rotary ball valve assembly A rotary ball valve assembly including an elongate valve body, a first passage having a transverse pin and an elongate key of a rotatable actuator extending therein, a lower valve seat, and a ball member resting on the lower valve seat. A pair of slots ar... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523536 | Energy efficient power driven marine vessel boat A water jet propelled boat that includes a source of pressurized air that by a single action control may be delivered to bow and stern portion positioned resilient bags to inflate the same to vary the contour of the wetted portion of the boat to a desired... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4515026 | Transmission A mechanical transmission with a variable speed ratio that generates two oscillatory rotary motions that may have the velocities thereof selectively increased or decreased by concurrently increasing or decreasing the effective lengths of a pair of crank a... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4503703 | Molecular gas detector and analyzer An apparatus in which a current of air is directed across a surface of a substance of unknown identity to have molecules of the latter entrained therewith. The molecules are attracted electrostatically to the surface of a piezoelectric element to cause mi... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4499858 | Fuel burning assembly An improved fuel burning assembly particularly adapted for use with a boiler having a fire box situated below an array of boiler tubes. The assembly discharges a number of spaced rotating streams of minute droplets of a flowable fuel both laterally and lo... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4492561 | Welders torch igniting device A device for automatically igniting the oxygen-acetylene mixture flowing from a welders torch when the tip of the torch is brought into pressure contact with an elongate resilient member that forms a part of the invention.... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4492188 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine in which first and second elongate blocks of identical structure are axially aligned and held in longitudinally spaced relationship by a generally cylindrical connector. The first and second blocks cooperate to define a numbe... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4491176 | Electric power supplying well head assembly A well head assembly that terminates on the upper end in a horizontal mounting flange on which the flange of a christmas tree array of valves may be sealingly mounted to control the flow of fluid from the well associated therewith, and the well head assem... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4487580 | Orthodontic bracket holder A spring loaded holder that includes a pair of rigid bodies that are laterally movable, which bodies define adjacent end surfaces of arcuate convex shape that may removably and frictionally grip concave end edges of gingival occlusal wings that are dispos... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4482321 | Orthodontists bracket registration wafer A generally semi-elliptical shaped wafer of a light weight material having upper and lower surfaces that may be pressure gripped between the bracket supporting teeth of an orthodontic patient, with the material being one that permanently deforms when subs... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4480358 | Tie structure A rigid tie capable of being removably mounted on an end portion of an elongate pliable member such as a bungee cord that has a resilient core covered with a woven fabric, with the tie when so mounted serving as an anchor. A pair of the ties may removably... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4479537 | Power tubing hanger and tubing string lifting assembly A hydraulically operated assembly that may be removably secured to the well head of an oil well to concurrently raise a tubing hanger that has a tubing string supported in either a centered or offset position therefrom to an elevation where replacements o... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4477997 | Elevated wire supported rodent trap A rodent trap capable of being removably supported on an elevated wire to ensnare a rodent that nibbles bait on the trap or endeavors to walk over the trap. A pole removably secured to the trap serves to balance the trap on the elevated wire, and also per... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4477542 | Quick release storage battery closure assembly A quick release storage battery closure assembly for removably engaging the inspection opening defining bosses on a storage battery, the one that replaces the individual caps that normally are used for closing the inspection openings. The closure assembly... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4473533 | Free floating chlorine controlling assembly A free floating chlorine controlling assembly that continuously exposes a substantial quantity of a soluble agent to the water in a spa, hot tub, or pool, which agent may be one that tends to decrease the alkalinity of the water.... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4466166 | Grip mounting assembly A Mandrel and method of using the same to form an elongate rigid guide that has a first elongate portion over which an elastomeric tube may be slid. A second elongate end portion of the guide when axially aligned with the handle of a tennis or racquet bal... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4466403 | Swing throw crank structure A swing throw crank structure for transforming the reciprocating movement of a piston to rotary power that is delivered to a drive shaft at a substantially higher torque than that attainable when a conventional crank mechanism is employed for this purpose... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4457476 | Wingless aircraft A wingless aircraft that has a generally truncated cone fuselage that has a cockpit in the upper thereof in which the pilot sits, and a transparent rigid dome mounted on the upper portion of the fuselage that extends over the pilot. A number of equally sp... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4451021 | Rear view mirror extension assembly A rear view mirror extension assembly that may be used in conjunction with the mirror support bracket on an automotive vehicle such as a pick-up truck, van or the like, and it is particularly useful when the vehicle is towing a travel trailer or boat to i... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4450508 | Self centering underground mine lamp A mine lamp having an improved base structure and envelope that cooperate with the socket and lens of an underground miners head piece to maintain the lamp in a centered position relative to a reflector as the latter is manually adjusted relative to the l... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4448247 | Geothermal well head clean out and shut off assembly An assembly for cleaning deposited minerals from the interior passages of first and second axially aligned tubular laterals that extend outwardly in opposite directions from a geothermal well head and removably support first and second gate valves from th... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4446695 | Aircraft propulsion assembly An aircraft propulsion assembly in which a prime mover drives a rotating air stream generating element, situated in a generally circular housing that supports a ring shaped stator in which a number of circumferentially spaced slots are defined. An elongat... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4442802 | Internal combustion engine water injector An auxiliary apparatus for injecting water into the intake manifold of an automotive internal combustion engine at an adjustable visible rate that is related to the number of cylinders of the engine to achieve increased mileage from the vehicle and power ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4441476 | Charge air cooling system A charge air cooling assembly in which water pressurized by air at reduced pressure from the air brake system of a vehicle powered by a two or four cycle Diesel engine is discharged intermittently as a spray into the intake or discharge of a turbo-compres... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4437218 | Portable oil well turbine collar removing device A portable power operated apparatus that may be positioned adjacent a first stack of lengths of oil well tubing having collars screwed on first ends thereof. The lengths of tubing are subsequently removed from the first stack onto the apparatus. Each leng... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4433484 | Cable stripper A cable stripper, including an elongated handle, a conventional single edge razor blade supported in each opposite end of the handle, one of the blades having an exposed corner of its cutting edge, while the other blade has a portion of its cutting edge i... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4431080 | Auctioneer's podium assembly A portable auctioneer's podium assembly movably supported on casters that may occupy either a first or second position, which assembly when in the first is defined by a vertically disposable elongate structure that supports a shelf on which the auctioneer... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4428508 | Athletes water bottle An elongate container for drinking water formed from a resilient laterally deformable polymerized resin. The container has a wide mouth neck that has first coarse threads on the exterior thereof that are threadedly and frictionally engaged by second coars... | 01/31/1984 |
