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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4726352 | Container assembly The assembly includes a container having two side walls, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall which define in part an interior. An openable and closable door is provided for selectively providing access to the interior, the door being able to move be... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4471932 | Eavestrough corner bracket An eavestrough corner bracket made from an elongated bendable sheet strip with a longitudinal axis. The bracket has inner and outer portions folded about the longitudinal axis to produce respective corner side portions inclined to each other to define sid... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4445698 | Roller skate with user powered drive mechanism Skate adapted to derive motive power from the body weight of the user. The frame has vertical racks cooperating with gears on the foot support for maintaining the foot support in a generally horizontal position during vertical reciprocating movement there... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4424729 | Accessory for screw driver An accessory for use with a screw driver and screw to prevent the screw driver from accidentally sliding off the screw head. The accessory is a sleeve having a bore to accept freely the screw driver bit and screw therein to permit rotation of the screw dr... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4330242 | Machine for extruding hollow cored concrete sections A machine for extruding hollow cored concrete sections, wherein concrete forced into a travelling mold by augers and trailing mandrels form a cored concrete slab, wherein the mold is provided with a vibrating top plate assembly having forward and trailing... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4264064 | Intermediate dogging device for end dogging log carriage Intermediate dogging device to limit lateral deflection of a log held in end dogging log carriage. When a log is machined, residual stresses within the wood, weight of the wood, and sawing forces tend to deflect unsupported portions of the log, reducing c... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4257184 | Animal trap An animal trap comprises a base member with two jaws pivotally connected thereto. Rings extend slidably about adjacent side members of the jaws and springs bias the rings away from the base member and towards end members of the jaws to move the jaws from ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4254940 | Winch A winch having a main frame on which a drum is rotatably mounted and which is unidirectionally driven by a drive shaft rotatably mounted in the frame, the drive shaft having a pair of axial gear rings rotatably mounted thereon and engageable in unidirecti... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4250717 | Refrigeration apparatus Apparatus for utilizing waste water from a refrigeration system to cool the motor-compressor and associated coil of condenser tubing in that system. The apparatus features a motor-compressor around which is wrapped the condenser coil. The motor-compressor... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4240800 | Process for treatment of bagasse for the production of oil binders A novel oil absorbent comprising substantially sugar-free, hydrophobic, oleophilic bagasse prepared by saturating with water, removing the sugar, and then drying, which will absorb oil in an amount up to about 27 times its weight. The oil saturated absorb... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4233771 | Bait holder A bait holder for holding minnow-type bait, having a ring within which the head of the bait has a wedged fit, and which is held in position by engagement of a pair of hooks at free ends of a pair of parallel arms extending aft from the ring, the ring havi... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4226291 | Reamer stabilizer for rock drills A reamer and stabilizer assembly for rock drills having a substantially cylindrical body provided with a threaded end socket for connection to a drill stem, the body having circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending recesses for receiving reaming a... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4221389 | War game apparatus Game apparatus for a game which has a board representing a battlefield divided into a plurality of spaces to receive game pieces. The spaces are in a rectangular grid having a first pair of oppositely disposed margins having adjacent spaces representing t... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4197924 | Ball valve lubricating apparatus Lubricating assembly for gas line ball valves in which a pressure vessel adapted to be filled with a lubricating fluid mounted above the ball valve, the pressure vessel having a descending discharge conduit ported into the valve body between spaced annula... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4194721 | Plumbing test fitting A plumbing test fitting for waste or vent pipes and stacks extending between adjacent floors of a building having a closure plate adapted to be slidably fitted between a pair of spaced adjacent ends of a pair of pipes, the joint being sealed by a detachab... | 03/25/1980 |
