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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4760811 | FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) transom reinforcement A fiber reinforced plastic having the high fiber to resin ratio associated with pultruded parts is employed as a boat transom reinforcement.... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4465009 | Vee type planing hull for small power boats High speed turning characteristics of a small vee type planing hull are increased by the use of after, outboard running surfaces which are concavely configured.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4429477 | Portable ditcher and excavating elements therefor The disclosure is primarily directed to the reduction of excavating tooth and chain drag which makes possible the manual transport and manual propulsion of a ditcher through the earth to commercially acceptable specifications.... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4404757 | Heel filler and assembly for boots Improvements in protective footwear, including work boots or shoes, are disclosed. The improvements include a new heel filler for the heel portion of the sole, the filler being formed of a light-weight moulded plastic material. The heel filler may be easi... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4403469 | Combine tooth and mounting therefor A combine tooth is attached to a combine belt by means of a bolt having an enlarged, substantially planar head. The base portion of the tooth has a recess carrying a friction plate. The belt is tightly clamped between the bolt head and the friction plate.... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4402636 | Convertible machining center A machining center convertible between micro and macro machining operations with elimination of reactive spring back infeed pressures in the macro machining mode.... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4400067 | One-piece spectacle with hinge A spectacle frame of one-piece molded plastic construction for film-like lens, e.g., lens used in viewing 3-D movies, includes a pair of temple pieces connected by a crossbar and a lens frame and bridge piece joined to the crossbar by a hinge web. A latch... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4398483 | Vee type planing hull with AFT tapered wedges Porpoising control in a high speed planing hull is effected during straight, on plane running and in turning maneuvers by a novel configuration of aft tapered wedges bridging the aft, exit ends of the outboard and next adjacent, inboard running surfaces.... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4391343 | Retractable tracted cart A convertible traction device for permitting a road vehicle to be used in an off-road configuration is described. The device is provided as a trailer having a pair of retractable road wheels with a pair of traction belt assemblies mounted thereon. The tra... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4380132 | Fishing lure with vibration producing means A fishing lure having a water-tight cavity has a wire spring within the cavity, one end of the spring being rigidly affixed to the lure body and the opposite end carrying a weight. The relationship between the cavity size and the weighted spring is such t... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4379514 | Blade holder and dispenser A holder and dispenser for utility knife blades includes a molded plastic back plate and a cover connected thereto by an integral hinge. Blade dispensing apertures are formed at the ends of the cover and a manually actuable follower moves in an opening ex... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4361102 | Vee type planing hull for power boats High speed turning characteristics of a vee type planing hull are increased by the use of after, outboard running surfaces which are concavely configured and include transverse wedges across the after, inboard halves thereof.... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4348127 | Connector for extruded sections such as picture frame members A spring steel connector for extruded metal lengths such as picture frame members has, in addition to locking tines, a tine projecting in the opposite direction to permit release of the connector.... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4347734 | Rotary viscometer In a rotary viscometer comprising a variable speed drive motor including a speed indicator, such as a tachogenerator or a similar device, and a measuring shaft driven by an output shaft of a rotor of said motor and carrying a measuring member immersible i... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4338915 | Stove construction The invention relates to a stove which burns a primary combustible material in a container placed on a horizontal plate which divides the stove into upper and lower combustion chambers. The plate has a central aperture therethrough which, in operation, is... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338003 | Anti-glare spectacles In anti-glare spectacles comprising a frame and a pair of lenses, each lens comprises a substantially circular central zone of substantially complete transparency and an adjoining light-absorbing annular zone over an angular range of substantially 45° in... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4335901 | Suspension override system The present invention provides a system for overriding the prior art automatic levelling system for vehicles riding on fluid suspensions such as air bags. Such systems utilize a link extending between the vehicle axle and a regulating valve whereby the va... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4314366 | Method and apparatus for selecting and dispensing individual recording discs stored in compartments in a juke-box In the selection and dispensing of one of a plurality of recording discs stored in compartments in a juke-box, each of said discs bearing a different code, one of said discs is selected by depressing a key, whereupon the stored discs are scanned automatic... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4310986 | Game call A game call having a sounding board covering the sounding chamber of a sound block to facilitate in the production of tones imitating the call of a wild turkey. The call is composed of two sections interfitted so that the vibratory peg extending from the ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4310029 | Expandable tube plug An expandable plug for use in effecting a fluid-tight seal at a remote location in a tube includes a compressible sleeve located between a rigid cylindrical member and a rigid sleeve. A bolt extends through the two sleeves and is threaded into the cylindr... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4275545 | Kelp blade harvester A harvester for harvesting only the blade or lamina from a mature kelp plant uses a plurality of harvester mechanisms for movement through a kelp bed adjacent the sea bottom. Each mechanism has a pair of helically formed spindles parallel to each other fo... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4270750 | Stationary rope climb exercise device An exercise device which enables one to experience the benefits of rope climbing exercise while remaining on the ground. A rope extends between upper and lower winding drums. Tensioning springs are associated with the upper drum to provide increasing tens... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4259828 | Irish moss harvester A harvester for plants such as Irish moss is disclosed. The harvester may be towed along the sea bed by a surface vessel and provides for the continuous pumping of harvested plants to the vessel by way of an enclosed conduit. The harvester includes a plur... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4254696 | Apparatus for frying instant noodles Apparatus for frying instant noodles wherein a portion of steamed noodle to be fried is contained in a receptacle with a telescoping lid, the receptacle and the lid being mounted on the first and second conveyors respectively so as for the lid to telescop... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4253785 | Pick-up truck edge protector and anchor member An edge protector and anchor member for the upper edge portion of the side wall of a pick-up truck box is formed as a generally U-shaped channel member. One leg of the member extends into the interior of the box to protect the upper inside portion of the ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4250674 | Panels for cladding floors, walls and ceilings of rooms Panels for cladding floors, walls and ceilings of rooms for locating ducting for carrying heating/cooling media for controlling the room temperature. Mounting panels are formed from thermally insulating foamed plastics material with projections of differe... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4244446 | Adjustable ladder support A ladder support for imparting lateral stability to a ladder includes a C-shaped channel member for each side leg of the ladder. A first shoe member is slidably received and lockable longitudinally within each channel and is pivotally connected to a brace... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4233920 | Vee hull construction The performance characteristics of a vee type planing hull are significantly increased by a combination of features for reducing drag and increasing attitude control. Exemplary of the former are a concave running pad to which air is inducted to reduce hul... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4228352 | Apparatus for measuring the concentration of gases A tubular measuring chamber (3) is described for temporarily holding alveolar breath for determining the quantity of alcohol in the breath of infra red radiation absorption. The radiation path length between an I.R. source (1, 2) and a condenser lens (7) ... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4215947 | Ski servicing and repairing tool A tool assembly is provided for maintaining and repairing the runner surfaces and edges of skis. The basic unit of the assembly is a hand held tool to which blades may be attached for planing or scraping the running surface and longitudinal center groove ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215277 | Sequencing light controller A controller for sequentially energizing a plurality of lights, such as commercial display lighting or Christmas tree light strings, includes a plurality of outlet receptacles into which the lights or light strings may be connected, a Triac for each recep... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4205572 | Saw blade retainer and kickback clutch assembly In a circular power saw blade mounting arrangement of the kickback clutch type, the blade clamping washer, spring washer and blade screw are retained as a permanent subassembly to eliminate the possibility of substituting an incorrect part. Markings on th... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4190363 | Device for measuring concentration of a gas A device for measuring concentration of a gas adapted to be used for measuring the concentration of alcohol molecules in exhaled breath. The device relies for its operation on the known phenomenon that radiation is absorbed by different materials at diffe... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4188656 | Light frame adapter An adapter for mounting in wallboard-type or other planar ceilings so as to permit the utilization of light fixtures which hitherto could only be used in inverted tee-bar types of suspended ceilings. The adapter includes a plurality of frame members, one ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4185399 | Doctor blade, drying or sealing assembly The described apparatus has utility as a doctor on a paper machine, as a drying element in an aircap dryer and as a sealing element in such a dryer. It involves a foot portion having an outer surface generally conforming to the curvature of the cylinder s... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4180889 | Molds for forming hamburger patties and other comestibles A mold, such as a hamburger patty press, is of single piece molded plastic construction. The top wall of the mold has a U-shaped slot and grooves extending from the ends of the slot to the adjacent edges of the wall to form integral hinges permitting a po... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4173142 | Rotary viscometer A rotary viscometer is described in which the force measuring device for measuring the force acting on a measuring surface, normal to the surface thereof, is contained within a separate housing releasably connected to the remainder of the apparatus. The f... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4172986 | Vibrator There is disclosed a vibrator equipped with a hollow motive shaft penetrating through a rotor of an electric motor to project front and rear of the motor and a vibrating shaft arranged in the hollow portion of the motive shaft in concentric and rotatable ... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4156143 | Device for measuring the concentration of a gas A device as described whereby the concentration of a gas such as alcohol vapor can be measured using radiation absorption techniques in a chamber. The chamber is an elongated tube having a window at one end through which infra red radiation can pass with ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4149642 | Refuse collection wagon A refuse compacting mechanism is provided in the container of a refuse wagon. The mechanism includes a series of bars transversely oriented on the floor of the container and a pusher mechanism at the rear of the container. Uncompacted refuse falls into th... | 04/17/1979 |
