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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3991912 | Flexible package with counter-pressure dispenser A package includes a sealed collapsible container of puncturable film material with liquid contents. One portion of the container is formed into a pocket. The container is also provided with structure for attachable receiving a dispenser which is adapted ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3991807 | Temporary door installation for grain-carrying freight car A temporary door installation for a grain-carrying freight car wherein steel strapping of the character used in the temporary doors themselves is employed for a cross-tie and reinforced by wooden vertical members on the outside of the temporary doors.... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3988971 | Method of making envelope assembly A method of making a mail piece construction including a series of interconnected envelope assemblies wherein each assembly includes a panel, the major portion of which constitutes the envelope front and flap and wherein a smaller discrete back is secured... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3988541 | Method and apparatus for frequency compensation of electro-mechanical transducer The inherent dependency upon frequency of the response of an electro-mechanical transducer is compensated over a wide frequency range by driving the transducer with a current source, the signal of which is modified to have a frequency characteristic which... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3987788 | System for computing cardiac flow rates from thermodilution measurements A thermistor is used to sense the temperature of blood at a location downstream of a point at which a small quantity of liquid (indicator) having a temperature lower than the blood is introduced. Circuitry is used to compute the flow measurement from the ... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3984899 | Chain-type choker hook A chain type choker hook having an eye adjacent one end and a generally L-shaped slot adjacent the other end terminating in a cross-shaped opening for securing a chain end portion.... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3983715 | Mobile equipment air-conditioner An air conditioner is mounted to the roof of an operator's compartment of mobile equipment wherein a hydraulic circuit is empowered by the variable RPM prime mover for the vehicle while the fans and compressor of the unit are driven at a constant speed by... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3982364 | Prefabricated support and floor system for building A floor structure includes a plurality of height-adjustable ground pad or anchor assemblies which either rest on or are embedded in the ground and which are laid out to define a grid. The top of each ground pad and anchor assembly is provided with a casti... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3981553 | Drawer slide A member having a C-shaped cross section installable on the underside of a drawer to coact with an elongated dresser guide having a generally T-shaped cross section, the slide member having elongated inwardly directed ribs in the vertical walls of the sli... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3980124 | Grain door and method of installation A grain door for installation across the doorway of a boxcar wherein a generally rectangular relatively stiff panel equipped with a plurality of horizontal straps is equipped with diagonal fold lines extending from the intersection of the side flap and fl... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3977432 | Breathing mask and variable concentration oxygen diluting device therefor An improved oxygen mask, particularly useful for treating patients requiring inhalation therapy, wherein the extent of oxygen dilution with room air may be selectively controlled to provide different predetermined oxygen concentrations. The diluter is int... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3977394 | Computerized pulmonary analyzer A programmable digital computer receives an electrical signal from a spirometer into which a person under test breathes. The signal is representative of the volume of air expired by the person. The computer controls a matrix printer. Data may be entered i... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3976798 | Method for producing breaded vegetable shapes A method for producing breaded vegetable shapes such as onion rings, wherein the coating of the breaded ring is set quickly, as by flash frying, before freezing and without cooking appreciably the vegetable ring; and where the ring is made directly from o... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3975001 | Apparatus for mixing fluids held in tubes A generally upright cylinder is secured at its upper neck by means of a gimbal mount; and its base is driven in circular motion at a substantially constant angular velocity. As a tube of fluid is inserted into the cylinder, the fluid is stirred by the mot... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3974336 | Speech processing system A system of removing quantizing noise signals between words of an infinite-clipping speech system is disclosed. Speech signals are quantized in amplitude and in time without substantial loss of intelligibility. The speech signal and a square-wave squelch ... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3973912 | Micro-gasometric method and apparatus A method and apparatus for determining the carbon dioxide content of micro samples of blood, serum, or other body fluid. In performing the method, a micro quantity of sample is introduced into one compartment of a double-compartmented open-topped reaction... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3972520 | Apparatus for handling business forms Apparatus for handling business forms in which at least three superposed continuous business form webs are processed and thereafter separated for individual folding, with certain of the webs being passed around a compound turning bar prior to folding.... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3970427 | Process for reducing sticking of blood cells to glass in blood testing procedures Blood Cells are suspended in a physiological saline solution modified by the addition of a small amount of gelatin. The presence of gelatin serves to reduce attractive forces between the blood cells and glass surfaces in testing procedures.... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3967627 | Hot/cold applicator system Heat transferring liquid is pumped by a peristaltic pump from a reservoir through a heat exchanger to a disposable applicator pad through flexible conduits. The heat exchanger is provided with thermoelectric diodes which, under control of electronic circu... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3964981 | Method for polarographic analysis using an electrode of tantalum/carbon material An electrode for an electrochemical cell, such as may be used in polarographic measurements, is formed by vapor deposition of carbon on a tantalum substrate. It can be formed to a desired shape while retaining all the properties of the metal, and it has a... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964811 | Tension rod cabinet systems A stretcher rail assembly for securing side panels and separator panels in a cabinet includes a modified C-shaped channel rail with stiffened flanges formed from light gauge metal. The forward portion of the channel has a continuous, elongated opening for... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964404 | Shelf and corner post assembly A shelf and corner post assembly wherein the shelf is adjustable into any of a variety of selected elevations. Each of the generally cylindrical corner posts is provided with one or more series of indentations adapted to receive arm portions of a U-shaped... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964215 | Folding handrails for telescoping seating sections In a telescoping seating system with folding handrails, the posts for the handrails are mounted to the side of the seating row sections; and the posts are inclined at an acute angle relative to the vertical. Upper and lower telescoping rail assemblies are... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964201 | Fish bait device and method A device and method for baiting fishhooks wherein a tubular member receives a quantity of fish bait having a dough-like consistency to provide a plug, a fishhook being inserted into said plug and thereafter a plunger on said tubular member being actuated ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3963550 | Grain door and method of making A grain door and method of making the same wherein thin metallic straps having arcuate ends are partially adhesively secured to a double-face corrugated medium, and wherein the straps may be equipped with novel fittings for extension bands and are also ad... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963349 | Method and apparatus for determining coagulation times A method and apparatus for determining coagulation times in such clinical laboratory procedures as prothrombin time tests, activated partial thromboplastin time tests, fibrinogen determinations, factor assays for specific blood coagulation factors, and th... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3962292 | Phosphatide preparation process A procedure for modifying a natural phosphatide to develop water dispersability which includes steps of acylation, hydroxylation, and neutralization.... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3961513 | Method of making pipe fittings A method of making a pipe fitting having a generally T-shape wherein a solid plug of malleable metal is first deformed to provide a tube closed at one end and having a thicker wall adjacent the closed end and thereafter further deforming the tube to provi... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3959212 | Radio-opaque dental restorative material A radio-opaque composite material for use as a dental restorative which consists essentially of a conventional polymerizable resin binder and catalysts in admixture with a finely-divided inorganic filler capable of being coupled to the binder. The filler ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3956674 | Electric furnace with interlocking disconnect panel for electric box A forced-air electric furnace is provided with an electric disconnect block mounted within a recess in the furnace body forming an electric box. The electric box is closed by a cover panel which includes an aperture through which a disconnect block extend... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3952889 | Apparatus for collecting combine waste An improved combine waste collection system includes a frame which breaks down into a forward section and a rear section. The rear section of the frame is provided with wheels, and it supports a dump wagon in which the waste is collected and stored. The f... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3951159 | Tent structure A tent structure includes a covering which has four upright triangular walls laid out in rectilinear relation to each other. A pair of transverse ridges are formed at the top of the tent covering. A rigid ridge pole assembly supports the covering along on... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950564 | Process of making a soy-based meat substitute A process for preparing a soy-based meat substitute characterized by relatively flat, elongated, generally longitudinally aligned fibrous masses having the appearance of stacked platelets which simulate the compactness, chewiness and texture of meat; achi... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3947983 | Resistant tag structure A resistant tag structure which includes a laminate of a thin metal foil and a web of high density self-bonded spun polyethylene fibers, the laminate being generally rectangular and having a web face equipped with printed indicia for the receipt of tag in... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947958 | Electrical fitting preparation A method of preparing an electrical fitting wherein a knurled wire is inserted into a molded plastic part to provide reliable anchoring of the wire as a lead for a coil form or the like.... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947699 | Apparatus for selecting a predetermined portion of an analog signal and gating it to an output An input signal is fed to one signal lead of a gate or switch and, at the same time, to circuitry for initiating and terminating the conduction period of the gate. A bistable circuit is controlled by the initiation and termination circuitry, and it feeds ... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3947013 | Method of zig-zag folding and apparatus therefor A method of zig-zag folding and apparatus therefor wherein two endless belts are each equipped with tuckers and grippers to engage a web continuously and uniformly advanced toward the point of tucker web engagement, the paths of belt travel in the zone co... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946256 | System for generating or sensing transverse elastic bulk waves in solids A device for generating or sensing transverse elastic bulk waves in solids includes a piezoelectric material engaging a surface of the solid and having a two-fold axis or equivalent symmetry extending parallel to the surface of the solid. A pair of electr... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3945525 | Closure system for medical liquid container having low-torque breakaway ring A closure system for a medical liquid container having a dispensing outlet surrounded by a flange over which is fitted a plastic cap. The cap is externally threaded and has an outwardly-projecting brim at its lower end overlying the flange. The brim is se... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944205 | Adjusting mechanism for stirrup extension bar for medical examination table A stirrup extension bar is slidably received in an elongated tubular channel equipped at its mouth with a brake pad, and the innermost end of the extension bar is equipped with a brake pad. If the coefficient of friction between the pads and interior chan... | 03/16/1976 |
