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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4377724 | Space divider wall structure with multiple circuit power system A space divider system which is substantially freestanding and is formed from a plurality of interconnected prefabricated panels. The panels are individually electrically prewired, and flexible electrical connectors are releasably connected to adjacent pa... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4377099 | Modular table saw A portable table assembly for a hand-held portable circular saw of the kind having a base plate and a motor rotated circular saw blade. A boxlike saw table has a substantially planar horizontal top pendently supporting the portable circular saw therebenea... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4372738 | Collet lock for a mold assembly A mechanism for locking two mold parts together includes a cylindrical tie rod securely mounted on one mold part and having a circumferential groove therein. A cylindrical collet sleeve is rigidly mounted on the other mold part and has a plurality of axia... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371187 | Ski brake A ski brake has a base plate secured to the upper side of a ski which pivotally supports a braking arm carrier for movement between a braking position and a retracted position about a first axis normal to the longitudinal axis of the ski. Two wire braking... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4371006 | Reading and control device for a control machine A reading needle is slidingly supported in a force amplifying bar which is automatically moved up and down and the reading needle reads nonperforated and perforated points of a pattern card. In the case of a perforated point, a pivotal lock member biassed... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4370008 | Wall panel with prewired power system A portable, prefabricated panel adapted to be connected with a plurality of similar panels to form a wall or partition structure. The panel is electrically prewired and includes electrical power blocks disposed adjacent the opposite lower corners of the p... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4370001 | Basic frame for an adjustable damper-actuated chair The invention provides a generally usable, extremely simplified basic framework for a chair such as an easy chair with an adjustable back support, which can be locked in different positions. The basic framework including the necessary mechanism for adjust... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4369021 | Free-piston engine pump A free piston engine pump system operates in response to internal combustion for pressurizing a working fluid to provide hydraulic power output. The free piston engine pump has double acting power pistons and pumping pistons fixedly attached as a main rec... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4368774 | Mould for the horizontal continuous casting of metals Mould for the horizontal continuous casting of metals comprising a first mould part which is adapted to have an intensive cooling effect on the metal being cast and which has a reduced inflow cross-section for the metal relative to casting cavity; a suppo... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4368611 | Apparatus for producing effect yarn In an apparatus for producing effect yarn, at least one pair of feed rollers is provided for supplying a yarn component creating the effect, this pair of rollers consisting of a driven feed roller and a pressure roller forced against it. Moreover, the app... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4367780 | Closure member for vehicles A closure member for vehicle compartment openings is pivotally connected along its upper edge to the vehicle by a horizontal swivel axis and is horizontally divided into an upper and a lower closure member part, which parts are pivotally connected to each... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367770 | Rotational dobby A rotational dobby for use with weaving machines having plural heddle frames. The dobby has an eccentric disk for each heddle frame arranged side-by-side on a drive shaft with a coupling wedge movably installed therein, which coupling wedge effects a coup... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367370 | Power panel system with selective multiple circuits A panel-type wall system wherein each panel has a pair of electrically connected power blocks disposed adjacent the lower corners thereof. The opposed power blocks of adjacent panels are electrically joined together by a flexible electrical connector whic... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4366897 | Speed drop detector for high-speed bucket belt conveyor A multi-application speed drop detector, for a high-speed bucket belt conveyor conveying powdery substances, that can automatically perform such functions as alarming, causing ordinary and emergency stops in accordance with the amount of speed drop of the... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4366663 | Packaging device A packaging device for sealingly closing an upper foil and a lower foil utilizing a framelike constructed welding device which has a separate drive for welding together the lower and the upper foil, of which at least the lower foil is formed into containe... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4366482 | Transmitter with buzzer A garage door opener system includes a radio receiver actuable by reception of a preselected radio signal for moving a garage door between opened and closed positions and a portable hand-held transmitter manually actuable to transmit such preselected radi... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365823 | Safety-straplike connecting member A structure for securing one end of a safety strap to a ski or to a component fixedly mounted on the ski. The other end of the safety strap is presumed to be secured to the skier by any conventional means. The structure by which the safety strap is secure... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365822 | Front or rear jaw A front jaw or a rear jaw for use in a ski binding arrangement. The jaw utilizes a support member which has a ski boot sole engaging structure for releasably holding the ski boot onto the ski. The ski boot holding structure facilitates a movement of the s... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365465 | Stop motion for spinning machine A roving moving to a spinning machine passes between top and bottom input rolls of which the top roll is adapted, upon breakage of the roving, to be raised by a lift member which is movable into engagement with the spindle of the top roll and carries with... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365165 | Level measurement device A level measuring device suitable for measuring the level of any substance, advantageously but not necessarily dangerous substances whether due to heat, toxicity or others, with or without anti-oxidization superficial layers, including in mutual cooperati... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4365014 | Electrophotographic photoconductor An electrophotographic photoconductor is prepared by forming a photoconductive layer containing a hydrazone compound therein on an electroconductive support member. The hydrazone compounds represented by the following general formula, are useful as photoc... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4364831 | Chip conveyor A conveyor apparatus has a pair of inclined, parallel, adjacent upwardly facing semicylindrical troughs, an elongated helical flight rotatably disposed in each trough, and a drive mechanism for effecting rotation of the helical flights. The lower ends of ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4364571 | Tapered seal seat between stationary insert and gland A mechanical seal assembly having an improved packing arrangement between the gland and the insert. The packing arrangement utilizes a laminated graphite packing positioned within an annular recess formed between the gland and the insert. One of the annul... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4364315 | Convertible rail-highway vehicle support system A convertible rail-highway vehicle having a semi-trailer with a truck provided adjacent the rear of the trailer with connecting structure for pivotally connecting the truck to a central beam for movement about a vertical axis. The truck has at least a pai... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4362601 | Method for distilling ethyl alcohol by adding salt or salts A mash column (2) and a rectifying column (4) are used in combination, and impurities contained in mash feed (8) is removed out of the mash column. A salt or salts are added to the top of the rectifying column (4). Alcohol supplied from the mash column (2... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4362314 | Safety-straplike connecting member A structure for securing one end of a safety strap to a ski or to a component fixedly mounted on the ski. The other end of the safety strap is presumed to be secured to the skier by any conventional means. The structure by which the safety strap is secure... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361345 | Safety-straplike connecting member A structure for securing one end of a safety strap to a ski or to a component fixedly mounted on the ski. The other end of the safety strap is presumed to be secured to the skier by any conventional means. The structure by which the safety strap is secure... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4360580 | Liquid developer for use in electrostatic photography A liquid developer for use in electrostatic photography is prepared by blending in a carrier liquid having a high electric resistivity and a low dielectric constant, (1) a resin dispersion composition A comprising a polymer obtained from at least one kind... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4360093 | One-way clutch A one-way clutch wherein a plurality of sprags disposed in an annular array are positioned within an annular space between concentric inner and outer rings. Each sprag has a groove formed therein substantially midway between the ends thereof, which groove... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4359799 | Doctor blades A composite doctor blade assembly includes a length of steel strip 21, forming the doctor blade, and a similar but narrower back-up blade 22. The strips 21, 22 are clamped between a resiliently flexible carrier strip 23 and an arched resilient strip 24 he... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4359301 | Machine for the precision working, for example shaving, of tooth flanks A machine for precision working, for example shaving, of the tooth flanks of a toothed workpiece supported rotatably on a machine frame. A tool carrier carries a multi-toothed tool, for example a shaving cutter, and is supported substantially above the wo... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358964 | Electromagnetic flowmeter An electromagnetic flowmeter for measuring the flow rate of electrically-conductive fluids through a conduit. A magnetic field generating device has a U-shaped iron core with a gap between the ends thereof and a coil on the core energizable to produce a m... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4357553 | Surface-acoustic-wave device A surface-acoustic-wave device has a laminate formed of a semiconductor and a piezoelectric layer and a depletion layer control means locally provided at an interface portion of the semiconductor and said piezoelectric layer, wherein a parametric interact... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4357397 | Brazing fin stock for use in aluminum base alloy heat exchanger A sacrificial brazing fin stock for use in an aluminum base alloy heat exchanger comprises an aluminum base alloy core having a grain size of 100 μm or more and consisting essentially of 0.5 to 2 wt. % manganese plus iron, said manganese being more than ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4357377 | Thermal insulating and bituminous waterproofing board and application process thereof A new thermal insulating and bituminous waterproofing board suitable for use in the combined application process of thermal insulation and built-up roofing or waterproofing, as well as the application process thereof are provided. This thermal insulating ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4357225 | Cathode base plate for electrolytic refining A cathode base plate for electrolytic refining is disclosed wherein an insulating material is mounted on both sides of a part of said base plate at which a stripping means is inserted for peeling off an electrodeposited metal from the base plate, a part o... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356378 | Apparatus for automatically guiding a welding gun along a programmed welding seam A welding robot having an elongated arm pivotally mounted on an upright turret which is movable about the upright axis thereof. As a result, the arm is swingable about the aforesaid upright axis. A fine movement control device or commuter is mounted on an... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4356086 | Apparatus for recovering oil or the like floating on a liquid surface such as water The present invention concerns an arrangement for collecting of oil (11) and other contaminations floating on a water surface. The arrangement includes a container-like structure (7) floating on the water and provided with a closable inlet (15) for water ... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4355975 | Orthodontic appliance The present invention relates to an orthodontic appliance for the treatment of dental malocclusion. Brackets of the present invention, used for securing the orthodontic wire, are all bonded to the internal sides of the teeth, that is, the lingual or palat... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4355817 | Ski brake A ski brake construction having a pair of blade members which are located on laterally opposite sides of the ski and can be pivoted between a cocked or ready or downhill position wherein the blade members extend approximately parallel with respect to the ... | 10/26/1982 |
