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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4340978 | New Jersey meniscal bearing knee replacement A prosthesis for the surgical replacement of a dysfunctional knee joint is disclosed. The prosthesis includes a tibial platform, one or two tibial bearing inserts, and a femoral component. In a unicompartmental embodiment of the invention, the tibial platform ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4334345 | Methods for lining the internal walls of a conduit for conveying fluid carrying marine fouling organisms with a liner of anti-fouling material The internal walls of a conduit for conveying fluid carrying marine fouling organisms is lined with a liner of anti-fouling material by inserting an expandable liner of anti-fouling material into the conduit and by expanding the liner radially outwardly i... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4333649 | Racket string clamp A racket string clamp including a plurality of wedges for being inserted into a hole extended through a game ball racket frame and for being wedged between the end portion of a game ball string and the surface of the racket frame defining the hole to secu... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4333503 | System and methods with scavenging capabilities for simultaneously filling and evacuating a plurality of separate pressure vessels A system and methods with scavenging capabilities for simultaneously filling and evacuating a plurality of separate pressure vessels including valved conduits interconnecting a source of pressurized fluid and a source of vacuum separately to at least two ... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4333494 | Valve box A valve box consisting of a generally vertically elongated tube, pipe or cylinder having formed on the body thereof a hollow housing adapted to receive and cover an underground valve, more particularly a valve fabricated of a synthetic material having a u... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4328903 | Weatherproof junction box A weatherproof junction box is disclosed to include mounting means comprising lugs rotatably mounted on posts integral with the box structure and secured thereto by push nuts.... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328107 | Process and apparatus for forming dispersions There is disclosed a novel nozzle assembly comprised of a tapered liquid passageway and a tapered gas passageway of diminishing cross-sectional areas disposed at an angle of from 0° to 90° to one another meeting at the enlarged end of a gas-liquid mixtu... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4325354 | Energy conversion apparatus An apparatus for maintaining the speed of rotation of a windmill rotor at a fixed ratio to the free flow velocity of the driving wind. This arrangement permits the windmill rotor to rotate at the speed at which its power output is maximized. The apparatus... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4310840 | Text-processing A text-processing system for presenting input data on a display device such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) and/or a data receiving unit from which the data may be selectively retrieved and presented in a predetermined format. The system comprises memory addr... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4309033 | Clamping apparatus Clamping apparatus extending through a passageway formed in the frame of a game ball racket for applying non-uniform clamping pressure to a length of a game ball string adjacent an end thereof to clamp the length of string to the game ball racket frame, t... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4308656 | Method of making internally slitted strip material An improved method of making internally slitted strip material wherein a metal billet is cast about friable elongated members of weld preventing material and wherein the billet and elongated members are rolled to thin and elongate the billet and to pulver... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4300249 | Chair for neurologically impaired patients A contoured chair for use by neurologically impaired patients providing means for supporting such patients in a sitting position while preventing them from falling or slumping out of the chair due to the patient's inadequate muscular tone and control and ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4279749 | Collar for cake discharge chute of rotatable disc filter A collar for fitting over the upper end of the cake discharge chute of a rotatable disc filter, or the like. The collar has a plurality of downwardly and inwardly sloping walls which substantially reduce any tendency for cake to stick to the sides of the ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4262869 | Clamp for elongated cylindrical workpiece A clamp for an elongated cylindrical workpiece such as a hose or pipe, comprises two, substantially identical, clamp members each having a semi-cylindrical recess formed therein. A cylindrical elastic insert is fitted around the workpiece and then inserte... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4257459 | Methods of and apparatus for lining the internal walls of a conduit for conveying fluid carrying marine fouling organisms with a liner of anti-fouling material The internal walls of a conduit for conveying fluid carrying marine fouling organisms is lined with a liner of anti-fouling material by inserting an expandable liner of anti-fouling material into the conduit and by expanding the liner radially outwardly i... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4256615 | Adhesive consisting essentially of a ricinoleate urethane polyol and a chlorinated rubber An adhesive composition consisting essentially of a solution in a suitable solvent of a ricinoleate urethane polyol and a chlorinated rubber in which the chlorinated rubber represents no more than approximately 70% by weight of the combined polyol and rub... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4254994 | Method of an apparatus for gaining access to an underground chamber Method and apparatus for gaining access to an underground chamber is disclosed to utilize a pressurized pipe casing which defines a conduit for introducing compressed air to a drill, which drill is utilized to bore a rescue hole to an area of entrapped mi... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4239056 | Valve service box having means for securing different sized valves against rotation A valve or curb service box having different sized pairs of opposed openings shaped to conform to the cross section of a valve body thereby securing the valve against substantial rotation from a desired vertical orientation, each opening being provided wi... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4226329 | Sanding disc container A sanding disc container is disclosed to include a generally cylindrical member substantially closed at one end and having a longitudinally extending opening through a portion of the length of one wall of the cylinder. Sanding discs are disposed within th... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4223343 | Arrangements for modifying signals indicative of anamorphic images An arrangement is provided for modifying video signals so that the displayed image along a first directional axis has its dimensions changed relative to another directional axis perpendicular to the first axis. An illustrative system application of this a... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4218150 | Matrix printer A moving coil mechanism is utilized to operate each individual print wire of a matrix printing head. Static magnetic fields for the moving coil mechanism may be provided by permanent magnets. Also disclosed is a method for compensating varying frictional ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4217254 | High green strength curable urethane adhesive A curable urethane adhesive composition having an extra-ordinarily high green strength consisting essentially of a mixture of an isocyanate terminated ricinoleate prepolymer and chlorinated rubber curable by reaction with compounds having reactive hydroge... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4214385 | Apparatus for taking up and removing matter from a surface An apparatus for taking up and removing matter from a surface upon movement of said apparatus along said surface. The apparatus is similar to a snow shovel and has a scoop portion and a handle portion secured thereto and is provided with one or more wheel... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4212379 | Conical clutch A cone clutch wherein the inner cone includes at least one ridged engaging surface and a second ridged engaging surface is provided on the inner cone or the inner wall of the outer cone for retarding the final rate of clutch engagement.... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4209115 | Two-part delivery outlet closure for containers A two-part delivery outlet closure device for containers, especially for liquids, including a cap part whose end wall is provided with a through bore leading into a recess which has two side walls wherein a rocking lever, which is also provided with an ax... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4206517 | Floating center prosthetic joint A prosthesis providing improvement over the floating center prosthetic joint of U.S. Pat. No. 3,916,451 by providing, inter alia, an improvement in the structure for retaining the floating ball in the humeral component and the strength of the lip of the f... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4205596 | Rotary die cutting device Rotary die cutting apparatus having novel structure for achieving registration of the die roller and base roller in terms of axis parallelism and rotational positioning is disclosed in the context of apparatus for cutting and scoring cardboard in the manu... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4204681 | Game ball racket wherein certain racket components are structurally integrated with the racket frame by the string with which the racket is strung A bumper strip surrounding the upper peripheral portion of a racket and for providing protection against injury to another player and to painted surfaces of a playing court is structurally integrated with the racket frame by passing string with which the ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4203551 | Apparatus for producing a pulsating spray of water An apparatus for non-electrically producing a pulsating spray of water which may be directed to various body cavities as well as any other selected portions of the body. The apparatus is utilized in conjunction with a water supply system and is connected ... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4193624 | Portable waste container Apparatus for collecting the waste material of animals and in particular dogs is disclosed to include a tray having a collection compartment and a deodorant compartment, cover means displaceable between tray covering and tray uncovering positions, a handl... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4187752 | Rotary die lock structure A rotary die is disclosed to include a roller having a transversely extending channel with bores formed therein, a die sheet wrapped around the roller and having a pair of its edges extending into the channel, the die sheet having shoulders formed on its ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4188257 | Web handling apparatus Apparatus for handling webs of material is disclosed in the context of a web joining apparatus. The leading edge of a fresh web of material is positioned either above an active web or below an active web and, upon imminent exhaustion of the active web, is... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4183536 | Illuminated hockey puck Hockey puck structure is disclosed to include a generally cylindrical impact member of translucent material and a plug means disposed within the impact member containing a light source.... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4166736 | Powdered metal filter composition and processes for producing the same A powdered metal filter composition and processes for producing the same by water atomization in which the composition exhibits an apparent density, compressibility and particle shape as a function of the composition chemistry and in particular the silico... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4162552 | Cleaning device for circular discs A cleaning device for a circular disc with a central bore, the device hav a shaft on a supporting box to rotatably hold a disc to be cleaned in a cleaning tank, and a drying rack which fits into the box and on which the disc can be dried; there is furthe... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161232 | Safety deck mounting structure A safety deck for vehicles, e.g. for use behind a tractor cab or the like, and securing structure therefor is disclosed to utilize J-bolts having resilient members secured to their bases wherein the J-bolts effect securing means of deck structure to the c... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4161051 | Contoured handle A contoured handle whose body has a length at least equal to the width of the palm of a human hand and which body has two protruding portions extending along the length of the body and wherein the body portions protrude in different directions from the lo... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4161269 | Web clamp A clamp for carrying the leading edge of a web of material is disclosed to include a base bar and at least one clamping element, the clamping element being pivoted on the base bar between clamping and loading positions and being maintained in such positio... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4158955 | Depression forming tool A tool for forming a depression in a strap of material which is disclosed to comprise a C-clamp base, a reaction cup on one arm of the C-clamp base and a bolt-like deforming member threadedly mounted through the other arm of the C-clamp base. A bearing is... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4150263 | Rotatable distributor A rotatable distributor comprising a frame section and a plate section which is associated with a coupling having clip means which press the plate against the frame. The device further comprises an incrementing or indexing element and a rotational guiding... | 04/17/1979 |
