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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4505002 | Stretching mechanism of a device for cutting slaughtered poultry A stretching mechanism of a device for cutting slaughtered poultry, said mechanism being provided with a support surface for the bird, with means to hand the bird by the legs, with means to hold the wings of the bird and with means to hold the trunk on th... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4503649 | Modular block structures for breakwaters, harbor dams and the like The invention relates to an improvement in constructions having a controllable previous structure and consisting of modular blocks for carrying out breakwaters, harbor dams and the like. Such blocks are premanufactured by casting a standard mix and includ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4499791 | Automotive vehicle drive train A longitudinally mounted drive train for an automotive vehicle usable with either a manual transmission or an automatic transmission. A housing encloses a clutch in the manual drive train or a torque converter in the automatic drive train. The housing is ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4500286 | Primary air supply unit of rotary kiln In a primary air supply unit of a rotary kiln, an improved method for reducing a primary air rate by providing a high-pressure blower for primary air to inject the primary air from a burner together with fuel. In addition, in order to preheat the primary ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498841 | Turnover device The turnover device has a frame structure with U-shaped runners and movable loading forks for gripping the load, preferably pallets. The overall center of gravity of the load and the device is in the vicinity of the center of curvature of the runners. Rol... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4495666 | Bathtub cushion lift assembly An improved inflatable cushion lift assembly for use in a bathtub by a person taking a bath. The lift assembly is positioned on the floor of a bathtub and is connected to the bathtub faucet to inflate the cushion. The cushion may be deflated while a perso... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4488655 | Plastic closure for containers A plastic closure having pilfer-proofing characteristics for a container including a mouth-neck portion having formed on its peripheral surface an external thread and an annular flange located beneath it. The closure includes a top panel wall and a cylind... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4486920 | Method and apparatus to cut out the vent of a bird An apparatus for cutting out the vent of a bird being made ready for consumption substantially comprises a number of rotatingly driven hollow cylindrical knives which each are secured to a slide. Each slide is provided with a roller which engages a curved... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483503 | Swivel mountings A swivel mounting for an instrument or apparatus, e.g. a visual display unit monitor, comprises two interconnected parts, one part, in use, being associated with an instrument or apparatus, and the other part being intended to remain stationary relative t... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4471829 | Die casting machine A die casting system comprises a machine of the balanced, dual movement type wherein the part is cast and trimmed without any lateral movement. Both halves of the molds or dies are moved equal distances to and from the part plane. The machine incorporates... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4471769 | Surgical drape A surgical drape has a main sheet for draping over a patient's torso, a pair of leg flaps for draping over the patient's legs, and a liquid impervious sheet which has an opening for providing access to the patient. The leg flaps are connected to the main sheet... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4470198 | Apparatus for measuring the position of the tool apex in a numerically controlled lathe or the like An apparatus for measuring the position of the tool apex in relation to predetermined reference points in a numerically controlled lathe or the like comprises a clamp and an instrument, attached to the clamp, for establishing the position of the tool apex... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4466160 | Integral bag closure An integrally formed bag closure is described in which a band passed round the neck of a bag is drawn tight by a lever arrangement, the lever and band being secured by a resilient latch. Embodiments of the closure are described in which the latch is inacc... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4463960 | Self-adjusting chucks A chuck comprising a body, an aperture formed in a front portion of the body, jaws which are housed in the aperture and which are retractable to enable insertion of a bit, a jaw clamp for applying pressure on the jaws such that in use they clamp against a... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4462597 | Combined tombola and lottery card game Game of combinations of cards numbered 1 to 90 and characterized by images of oneiric or traditional import, derived from the popular Italian games of lottery and tombola combined.... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4458519 | Air pressure operated proximity sensor The disclosure relates to an air pressure sensor comprising a first air passage, a branch passage having an opening into the air passage, a sensor in the branch passage responsive to variation in air pressure in the opening and jet means for air flow thro... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4458394 | Stake fastener for animal trap A stake fastener for an animal trap in which the trap has jaws adapted for pivotal operation about a journal postincludes member for surrounding the jaws at a location proximate the post, attachment member for coupling the surrounding member to the post w... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4455046 | Safety device for the vehicular transport of a person travelling in a wheelchair The safety device consists of a safety belt (33, 34, 35) anchored to the wheelchair (1) to hold the occupant in this wheelchair and a mechanism (12) for securing the wheelchair to the floor (13) of the transport vehicle. Application: to transporting peopl... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4449425 | Motion transmitting devices A motion transmitting device of the quadrant drive type has a wheel, preferably toothed, a plurality of independently movable elements for successively engaging the wheel, a datum member and an eccentric effecting eccentric relative motion between the whe... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449647 | Handle assembly for a pressurized dispensing container A handle assembly for a pressurized dispensing container consists of a handle 12 and a collar 11. The collar is fitted with legs 28, provided with bulbous portions 29 which clip resiliently into a groove 20 in the valve cup. The handle is provided with lu... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4448119 | Toggle press A toggle press comprises a main frame and a tool holder mounted for reciprocal movement relative to the frame by power means actuating an intermediate toggle arrangement comprising two toggle mechanisms acting in series.... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4447950 | Pocket knife A combined pocket knife and money clip has a casing formed of two disc like pieces of injection molded plastic which have a cavity therebetween, a grommet which extends through the casing, a blade pivotally supported on the grommet within the cavity, a sp... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4446192 | Wear-resistant rubber product and a method of making same A wear-resistant rubber product adapted to be used as, for example, a lifter in grinding mills, comprises at least two prefabricated parts (11, 12) interconnected with one another by means of a binder layer having a thickness of at least 2 mm and consisti... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4444407 | Anti-theft device for motorcycles applied to the parking stand An anti-theft device for motorcycle parking stands is automatically engaged when the motorcycle is raised up onto the stand and is disengaged by means of a key, another mechanical device, or an electrical contact, so as to enhance the traditional function... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4442956 | Apparatus for emptying single or multi-walled packages A package emptying device has a support for the package, and a ring which is engaged with the outlet portion of the package. The ring is downwardly movable to stretch the package and avoid folds which impede the emptying of the package.... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4443172 | Methods of and apparatus for making cathode electrodes for sodium sulphur cells A cathode structure for a sodium sulphur cell is formed by putting a fibre matrix into a mould which is closed to shape the matrix to the required form with compression of the fibrous material, the mould being kept at a temperature below 12° C. and prefe... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4438546 | Head holding method and apparatus for a hide puller A pair of jaws engage the neck of a hanging freshly slaughtered carcass to deter upward movement of the carcass while the hide is pulled therefrom. The jaws are movable longitudinally in a direction parallel to the direction of carcass movement, verticall... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4437774 | Drilling bit bearings An improved drilling bit has a cone shaped cutter 22 rotatably mounted on a leg 16 by way of a central journal 18 and an annular journal 20. The annular journal is axially coextensive with the central journal. The cutter has outer collar 26 and inner coll... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4436129 | Composite semirigid snow chain, without rear hooking means, for motor vehicles A composite semirigid snow chain without rear hooking means, for motor vehicles, consisting of two parts to be independently applied onto a wheel and to be connected to one another at a sole side, that is at a sole side of the wheel, by means of an elasti... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4435878 | Poultry eviscerating tool A system for eviscerating poultry carcasses including a movable conveyor (10) having shackles (18) for suspending the carcasses by their hocks, means (12) for supporting the conveyor at an elevated height, means for moving the conveyor to move the carcass... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4428782 | Production of aluminium alloy strip In the heat treatment of aluminium alloy strip, in which hardening of the material is effected by heat treatment to dissolve pre-existing precipitates in the metal matrix followed by quenching and ageing, the electrical conductance of the strip after quen... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4424876 | Pneumatic speed limiter for vehicles A speed limiting device for vehicles is described in which an actuator is responsive to a vehicle speed sensor to reduce air and fuel supplies to the vehicle engine when a predetermined vehicle speed is reached. The possibility of the vehicle driver overr... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4421277 | Spray head, suited for internally cleaning slaughtered poultry Slaughtered poultry supported on the apparatus are internally cleaned by a spray head which is moved into the bodies of the birds. The spray head has a peripheral outlet slot defined by and located between a conical member and a truncated conical member w... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4419014 | Extruder mixer An extruder mixer for the extrusion of molten plastics and rubbers. The apparatus comprises a hollow cylindrical stator member and a cylindrical rotor member rotatable within the stator. The facing cylindrical surfaces carry rows of hemispherical cavities... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4418012 | Leucylalany-arginine derivative A leucylalanyarginine derivative represented by the formula, ##STR1## wherein R1 represents hydrogen or an amino-protecting group; R2 and R3 represent hydrogen or guanidino-protecting groups; and R4 represe... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4417056 | Process for preparing 2-(4-aminophenyl)-5-amino-benzimidazole and substituted derivatives The invention concerns a process for the preparation of 2-(4-aminophenyl)-5-aminobenzimidazole and substituted derivatives by catalytic cycloreduction of starting material N-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-2,4-dinitroaniline or a substituted derivative by hydrogen ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4416898 | Therapeutic uses of methionine A method for the treatment of degenerative diseases such as Parkinsonism and aging by the administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of L-methionine or DL-methionine.... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4415429 | Process for the preparation of highly aromatic pitchlike hydrocarbons A process for the production of a highly aromatic pitch-like hydrocarbon by disintegration of comminuted coal or similar carbonaceous raw material with hydrocarbon mixtures as solvent at elevated temperature and pressure.... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4413643 | Hose-break valve A hose-break valve comprises a valve housing (2) and a sliding gate (1) movable therealong and is connected with a pressure hose (5) which is surrounded by a protective sleeve (14), while defining a space (13) filled with a pressure medium. The sliding ga... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4410142 | Method and apparatus for composting waste The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for composting waste. The waste is deposited in a compost layer of a height of up to 9 m and the base surface dimensions of at least 5 m×5 m, preferably at least 10 m×30 m. The waste is fed from the co... | 10/18/1983 |
