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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4345160 | Waterwheel power generator An electrical power generation system includes a waterwheel contained within a housing enclosure above a water collection compartment, a water discharge nozzle in alignment with said waterwheel, means for delivering water to said discharge nozzle includin... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4322872 | Apparatus for breaking the neck of a fowl An apparatus for breaking the neck and making a transverse incision in the skin of the neck of a fowl, which is hanging by the legs from a shackle of an overhead conveyor. The apparatus has a plurality of working units diposed for rotation about a vertica... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4322920 | Rotary floor conditioning machine attachment An attachment for use on a rotary floor conditioning machine comprising a master block which is integrally molded of a urethane elastomer including a centrally located hub with a circular flange member extending radially from the base thereof. A plurality... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4323171 | Beverage dispensing device and container therefor A liquid container having easy penetratable wall portions provided in laterally extending hollow lobes or protuberances which communicate with the interior of the container. The container is impaled upon piercing pins positioned in sockets carried in a be... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4321095 | Scrubbing method and apparatus using vibrating terry cloth A method and machine for cleaning carpet, and the like floor surfaces, are disclosed which include a vibrating type machine having a vibrating drive plate which carries a layer of plastic barbed bristles facing the carpet. A piece of terry cloth is placed... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4320785 | Mechanism on shuttleless looms for the transfer of the end of the weft yarn A mechanism on shuttleless looms for the transfer of the end 17' of the weft yarn from a yarn holder 26, 27 on a nosegripper 6 of a yarn insertion needle to a yarn clamp 13, 14 arranged on the machine frame and immovable in the weft direction. The yarn cl... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4319449 | Open end spinning rotor comprising a main body and a rotor body The main body (7) of an open end spinning rotor (3) which comprises a main body (7) and a rotor body (6) wherein the main body is carried by a mounting and drive element and has a substantially radial support surface (72) with a centering surface (70) at ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4319747 | Convertible exercise bench and accessory apparatus Multi-purpose body exercising apparatus is disclosed of the type which includes a convertible exercise bench which easily and readily converts to perform a number of different exercises thereon by means of simplified accessory attachment means fixed to th... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4318269 | Process and apparatus for piecing-up a wrap yarn A method and apparatus for piecing up yarn on an apparatus for producing wrap yarn. The device includes delivery rolls, a hollow spindle, takeup rolls, and a wind up device. A binding thread is fed from a bobbin carried on the hollow spindle for wrapping ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4311731 | Method for making shatter-resistant mirror A shatter-resistant mirror article and method for making same is disclosed wherein the back side of the mirror article is spray coated with two successive layers of a rubber adhesive composition with subsequent heat treatment steps wherein the mirror and ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4310060 | Apparatus for monitoring the blend of fibers An apparatus for monitoring the blend of fibers being dropped onto a receiver by a plurality of weigh pans responsive to predetermined weights of the fibers being accumulated in the respective weigh pans. An electrical signal is produced when predetermine... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4309796 | Carding trash removing apparatus and method A carding apparatus is illustrated wherein trash removal means is provided utilizing a carding flat means together with a first plate carried for vertical adjustment relative to the flat means for varying the setting between the plate and a clothed cardin... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4307850 | Strand tensioning apparatus A yarn tensioning device is illustrated employing longitudinally spaced stacks of transverse cylindrical rollers, the lowermost of which open upon a yarn passageway for exerting tension upon the yarn at spaced points along the yarn path which extends long... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4307700 | Device for automatically charging a woodburning stove A device for automatically dropping logs at a predetermined time for charging a fire laid on the bottom of a woodburning stove. The device includes a pair of elongated arcuate shaped log supporting members each of which is journaled within the stove adjac... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4305518 | Portable chemical resistant fiberglass reinforced plastic storage tank A portable fiberglass reinforced plastic storage tank is disclosed which includes a plurality of molded preformed base sections which may be assembled to form a base of a desired diameter and a plurality of vertical side panels having an interior composit... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4302919 | Case centering device A device for centering cases into which articles such as bottles are deposited from an article loading machine. The case into which the articles are to be deposited are fed by a conveyor to a position below a grid set upon which the articles are carried. ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4303107 | Switching on device on an apparatus for intermittently taking off weft yarn A device for holding the weft yarn outside of a pair of takeoff rolls after there has been a filling break or upon starting up of the loom. The takeoff rolls in normal operation withdraw a measured length of yarn from a supply package and feed the yarn to... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4302202 | Textile treating composition and method of use thereof A composition useful as a dyeing, fixing and leveling agent for acid dyestuffs on polyamide fibers, as a reserving agent in dyeing of polyamide-cellulosic blends with direct dyes and as an aftertreating agent for improving wet fastness and perspiration re... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4301920 | Game-fish preserving device A bag device for preserving and protecting game-fish with primary application to billfish and the like is disclosed as including a layered insulating sheathing which is foldable about a fold line for enclosing and insulating the main body of the fish in i... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4301602 | Apparatus for treating a moving web Apparatus for extracting liquid from a moving web having reduced suction requirements, conserving space and being more servicable may be provided through the use of an upper wear surface constructed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a tra... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4300644 | Apparatus for weighing fowl Apparatus for weighing fowl hanging from shackles of a continuously moving overhead conveyor, having a plurality of balance arms extending radially outwards from the vertical central axis of the apparatus and being pivotably supported by slide blocks moun... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300526 | Woodburning stove A woodburning stove having an inner housing and an outer housing spaced therefrom providing air passages therebetween. A blower circulates air through the air passages for absorbing heat from the walls of the housing and exhausting the heated air into the... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300341 | Housing for holding a control device with heat-generating elements for a thread monitor of an open-end spinning station A housing for holding a control device for a thread monitor of an open-end spinning machine which includes heat-generating elements. The housing is primarily constructed of plastic material and includes a cooling plate upon which the heat generating eleme... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300340 | Housing for holding a thread monitor comprising a thread tension sensor A housing for holding a thread monitor of an openend spinning machine including a first attachment which secures a switching member to a cover and a second attachment for aligning the housing relative to the support cover. The support cover has recesses p... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300330 | Bottle loading machine A bottle loading machine having a bottle transfer conveyor transferring charges of bottles in aligned rows to a case loading station for being deposited through a grid set into a case carried therebelow. Aligned pairs of gripping arms are carried in the p... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300529 | Cleanable woodburning stove grate An adjustable grate is illustrated for use in a woodburning stove and the like wherein pivoted linkage mechanism manually operable externally of the stove is capable of raising, lowering, and shaking the grate from above so as to facilitate unobstructed c... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4299572 | Dental saw blade A saw blade is disclosed for sawing a working model of a dental arch used in fixed crown and bridge work wherein the blade includes a first number of linear aligned saw teeth and a second number of laterally offset saw teeth which may be pulled or pushed ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4298473 | Drum filter apparatus A filter for removing solids from a liquid of the type wherein a rotatable basket or drum has media inside straining from inside out. A power operated conveyor is mounted in the drum above the axis of rotation for receiving and positively removing solids.... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4298032 | Shuttle grip An encapsulated shuttle grip for use in shuttles for holding bobbins in a properly aligned position during weaving. The grip includes a pair of opposed leaves which have opposed gripping jaws for receiving a butt end of a bobbin. Inner shank portions of t... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4295284 | Dryer range A dryer range and the like wherein improved air flow means are provided for retaining heated air in contact with the web for maximum utilization of the heated air and for facilitating return of the spent air for reheating or for exhausting into the atmosp... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4295249 | Combing machine A combing machine having stationary detaching rollers, a circular comb and a reciprocating gripper. A first crank means is mounted on a gripper oscillation shaft and is pivotally connected to a lower gripper plate. A second driven crank means is pivotally... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4292712 | Card coiler can changer A card coiler can changer is illustrated, being generally of the linear type, wherein elongated guide means are provided for use together with power operated means to eject a full can and replace same with an empty can positioned positively beneath a coil... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4292839 | Crown release pressure tester A crown release pressure tester for testing the pressure that is required for a crown carried on a container to fail or if the crown is leaking. The device includes an elongated housing which has a bore extending therethrough. The top portion of the conta... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4293305 | Diester composition and textile processing compositions therefrom A cycloaliphatic diester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is straight or branched chain alkyl of 4-20 carbon atoms, polyoxyalkylene of the formula HO(CH2 CH2 O)n CH2 CH2 --, HO(C3 H | 10/06/1981 |
| 4293286 | Double action pump A two-stage pump is illustrated of the type employing a piston having two diameters, one capable of providing a large volume of fluid flow at low pressure so as to move a fluid operated press rapidly until a load is encountered, at which time fluid is del... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4289402 | Spark chamber for a vacuum emission spectrometer A spark chamber for a vacuum emission spectrometer with a housing, which accommodates an anode, as well as a sample table plate carried by the housing, on which the piece of material being inspected and making up the cathode is placed and which carries a ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4286357 | Card cylinder shroud, flat mounting and bearing assembly An assembly is illustrated for use in connection with the main cylinder and the like of a carding machine wherein an annular shroud has a segmental portion of reduced thickness for providing a ledge type bearing surface for support and securement directly... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4285230 | Bottle tester A tester for testing the physical characteristics of bottles such as the degree of stretch of a plastic bottle and the pressure required for rupturing a glass bottle. The apparatus includes an elongated cylinder having a bore extending therethrough. A pis... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4285394 | Manifold heat exchanger A heat exchange apparatus is illustrated, which may be used as in a stream of solar heated air for heating flowing water, wherein an array of heat pipes is utilized in heat exchange relation with a manifold, wherein vapor medium is exchanged therebetween ... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4284108 | Thread gripper A thread gripper for a textile thread having a fork-like gripping member with two rigid horns 3, 7, of which the one horn 7 forms a rigid part of the thread gripper. A cushion 5 of soft resilient material is inserted in a recess 4 in the other horn 3. Thi... | 08/18/1981 |
