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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4557218 | Device for continuous application of foam onto a flat structure In a device for the continuous application of foam onto a flat structure to be coated there is provided a cylindrical container which is implemented as a foaming device wherein a rotating shaft is supported, which carries foaming elements formed as apertu... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4554762 | Electrically powered sun blind A sun blind for motor vehicles including a plurality of horizontally extending slats (2) supported by "ladder" assemblies (4) including rigid side pieces (6) and cross-pieces supporting and locating the slats. An electric motor (10) is connected between t... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4555024 | Packaging unit for semiconductor wafers A three-component tray-type packaging unit for semiconductor wafers, compatible with automatic equipment, includes a wafer carrier enclosed between a tub-shaped lower portion for receiving the wafer carrier and a matching lid. The wafers are fixed at four... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4553411 | Stamped knitting tool for knitting machines A stamped knitting tool for knitting or weaving machines is provided having a shank which is provided with at least one foot and at least two guide portions which extend down to the lower region of the shank. These guide portions are connected above the l... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4551928 | Fiber removing sieve for textile dryers There is provided a fiber removing sieve for textile dryers which includes two sieve elements, one of which is removable from the recirculating stream of drying air for cleaning as the other element takes over operative removal of fibers from the stream o... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4552381 | Passenger restraint safety system There is provided a passenger restraint safety system for a passenger type automobile having a chassis, a passenger seat and a door providing access to said passenger seat. The seat is mounted for free unrestrained forward movement on a track system which... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4552245 | Swimming pool ladder securement device There is provided a securement device for a swimming pool ladder having tubular ladder rails which are hingedly connected to anchors mounted in the swimming pool deck which permits quick detachment and reattachment of the swimming pool ladder to the ancho... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4552068 | Gravure cylinder A gravure printing machine cylinder has a means for mounting wrap-on gravure plates thereon using a tensioner able to be rocked about the shaft of the cylinder and having an outer cylindrical face in keeping with the outline of the cylinder in the printin... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4552038 | Remote controlled bolt removing apparatus for bolts securing the head of a reactor pressure vessel A remote controlled bolt removing device for bolts securing the head of a reactor pressure vessel is provided which includes a vertically movable rotating device which automatically grips and turns the bolts and at least one hydraulic cylinder for raising... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4549906 | Basic fire resistant material and shaped bodies therefrom Basic fire resistant material comprised of burned or calcined sintered dolomite and organic binding means having plastic properties which can be densified at low pressures, whose shaped bodies have intermediate and final strengths in a temperature range b... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4548059 | Plug type lock for briefcases There is provided a combination plug type lock for briefcases, purses and the like wherein the upper portion is disposed on the flap of a briefcase and includes an outwardly-biased element, the lower portion is disposed on the corresponding opposite part ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4548338 | Packing tube There is provided a packing tube having a gas tight head region. The tube consists of a tube body formed of a multilayered connecting foil having a metallic barrier layer. A prefabricated conical headpiece is provided consisting of synthetic material havi... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547275 | Process for treating surface of aluminum foil for use as electrode of electrolytic capacitors A process for treating the surface of aluminum foil for use as an electrode of electrolytic capacitors to increase the surface area of the foil to the greatest possible extent includes the three steps of pre-etching treatment, intermediate nitric acid tre... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4545717 | Machine for charging a glass melting tank furnace A charging machine for charging a glass melting tank furnace includes a reciprocatable charging table above which a hopper is provided for the batch, at the rear side of which at least one movable scraper is provided which seals the slot between the rear ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4542895 | Separator plates for rotating feed segments of a sheet feeder According to the invention, separator plates bevelled at the front edges provided on the rotating feed segments of a sheet feeder, more particularly for envelope machines, which finally separate from the pile of blanks a blank for feeding, the front edg... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4542374 | Switching circuit for supervising the degree of wear of commutator-contacting carbon brushes In a circuit for supervising the wear of carbon brushes making normally contact with a commutator of a direct-current electric motor of an electrically operated vehicle powered by an accumulator, and which includes main on-off switch for starting and stop... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4542211 | Process for the manufacture of heptakis-[2,6-di-O-methyl]-beta-cyclodextrin The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of heptakis-[2,6-di-O-methyl]-beta-cyclodextrin by methylating beta-cyclodextrin in an organic phase wherein beta-cyclodextrin is methylated with dimethylsulfate in the presence of an alkalihydroxide ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4540394 | Lock and/or release systems, associated in structure and operation to the rests of circular blades or creasers, for cutters or creasing machines to be used industrially in the field of the paper and cardboard manufacturing There is provided an improvement to the lock and/or release systems, associated in structure and operation to the rests of circular blades or creasers, for cutters or creasing machines to be used in the field of paper and cardboard manufacturing, comprisi... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4540837 | Process for the work-up of residues of chlorination A process for the work-up of chlorination residues by dissolving the same at temperatures between 100° and 180° C. in chlorine- and oxygen-containing hydrocarbons having a ratio by weight of hydrogen to chlorine of 0.028-0.06:1, a ratio by weight of oxy... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4538929 | Hydrodynamic sliding surface bearing The friction conditions in a hydrodynamic surface bearing having a bearing metal layer in which no softer bearing metal is embedded are substantially improved in that the bearing surface is formed with grooves, which are distributed over the width of the ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4539050 | Process for the manufacture of semiconductor wafers with a rear side having a gettering action For the manufacture of semiconductor wafers with a rear side having a geting action in subsequent oxidation processes by means of the action of light, especially laser, radiation ("laser damage"), there are advantageously chosen wafers with a fine surfac... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4539221 | Process for the chemical vapor deposition of oxidic particles A process for the chemical vapor deposition of oxidic particles by oxidat of halides or halide mixtures wherein dinitrogen monoxide is used as the oxidizing agent. The reaction is carried out at comparatively low temperatures of between 900° and 1150° ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4537588 | Punch device for making window cut-outs A rotary punch device for making window cut-outs in envelopes and cardboard oxes, with a clamping device for clamping a metal foil having a cutting edge etched out of the foil material. Vacuum bores in the cylindrical surface of the rotary punch retain the... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4536642 | Device for treating gases at high temperatures A device is provided for treating gases or mixtures of gases at high temptures, such as, for example, for the reaction, known as tetraconversion, of silicon tetrachloride with hydrogen to form trichlorosilane. The device has a heat-insulated housing havi... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4534791 | Process for treating silicon and ferrosilicon with slag The invention relates to a process for treating elemental silicon and ferrosilicon with slag having the following analytical composition: and impurities resulting from the raw materials.... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4532136 | 4,4,4-Trichloro-1-pyridyl-but-2-ene-1-ones and fungicides made therewith 4,4,4-trichloro-(x-pyridyl)-but-2-ene-1-one, wherein x is 2, 3 and 4, and a process for making the same. The compounds are effective fungicides used singly or in combination.... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4531258 | Refuse bag frame for vacuum cleaners A refuse bag frame for supporting a refuse bag in a vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner has a cylindrical bin lined by the refuse bag and a cover thereover including a vacuum blower and a collection inlet, the rim of the open end of the refuse ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4530263 | Holder and attachment for lathe tools A holder for lathe tools having an elongated sleeve for receiving a tool shank and a plurality of shims for fixing the height of the shank in the sleeve. At least a portion of one wall of the sleeve is made of a ferromagnetic material. The holder also inc... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4530080 | Optical recording/reproducing system A simple heat mode optical recording system uses a laser beam comprised of a first laser beam and a second laser beam. The energy density of each beam is less than the threshold level for effecting the recording data on a recording medium, but the sum of ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4528174 | Method for preparing hydrogen chloride for the ethyleneoxichlorination process A method for preparing hydrogen chloride resulting from chlorination reactions for use in the ethyleneoxichlorination process by reacting the chlorine contained in the hydrogen chloride with ethylene in the gaseous phase in the presence of carrier catalys... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4526474 | Device for storing and dispensing drug doses A device is described for storing, and periodically announcing the time for removal of, drug doses in pill, tablet or capsule form. A patient is warned at regular intervals to remove a drug dose from a blister pack serving as drug container. An electronic... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526501 | Sheet pile replenishment apparatus There is provided a sheet pile replenishment apparatus in the form of a cined unstacking and restacking device for lifting a sub-pile of sheets from a supply pile of sheets, conveying and depositing the sub-pile on a pile of sheets on a feed pile plate o... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526100 | Gripper device for transporting and registering plates or sheets to be overprinted on silk screen printing machines in one or more colors A gripper device for transporting and registering sheets of any type under the printing heads of silk screening and the like printing machines, which comprises a box-like supporting body having hingedly connected thereto, against the bias of preloaded spr... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525336 | Process for removing impurities from silicon fragments A process for the removal of carbon- and iron-containing impurities from icon fragments which result when polycrystalline formed silicon bodies produced by vapor phase deposition undergo a crushing treatment. The removal is effected by several steps comp... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4522600 | Wind propulsion for all types of vehicles and stationary machines There is provided a wind propulsion device for driving a transmission shaft connected through intermediate members with devices for force transmission. The wind propulsion device comprises a wind impeller having a plurality of wind wings which are concave... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4522583 | Cigarette lighter A pocket cigarette lighter is provided in the form of a miniaturized automobile wherein the cigarette lighter mechanism is encased within the automobile body form and the ignition activation mechanism is operated by the manipulation of an element of the c... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4522656 | Method of making reference surface markings on semiconductor wafers by laser beam A method for producing contrast rich, permanent and slag-free characterizations, particularly on polished semiconductor disks is described, in which the surface for generating the surface pattern is partially melted by laser radiation. According to the in... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4521361 | Aqueous plastic molding compositions based on ceramic raw materials containing air-drying and sinterable additives Aqueous plastic molding compositions based on ceramic raw materials characterized by containing a dual binder system consisting of water-soluble and/or water-dispersed air-drying high molecular weight film-forming agents, as well as of water-insoluble the... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520068 | Reinforced support sheet and method for making same A reinforced support sheet or plate, especially for making flat gaskets or heat dampening plates is made of a sheet or plate-like support material which is covered with a vulcanizable soft material layer which contains a fiber-like and, if need be, powder... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4518404 | Apparatus for generating an aerosol An apparatus for generating an aerosol is provided which includes an atomizing chamber, an aerating wheel and an annular bacteria filter each of which must be sterilized in an autoclave or sterilizer, connected into a modular unit and releasably disposed ... | 05/21/1985 |
