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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4264251 | Bulkheading construction A load-retaining barrier construction formed exclusively of high tensile strength plastic sheet material having a limited stretch capability precut to length sufficient to provide the same with portions which are fixedly secured in position at opposite si... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4195582 | Sewing machine stitching control system An adjunct control system for electronically controllable sewing machines which increases the flexibility of the sewing system by providing the functions of mechanically programmable stitch counting for each of a predetermined number of stitching sequence... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4151914 | Shipping and storage container for rolls A combination shipping and storage container for hollow rolls of sheet material having an open-topped box structure and a top closure therefor, both said box structure and said top closure being each formed of two open-ended sections which are telescopica... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4149226 | Light fixture A lighting fixture of square, rectangular or triangular shape consisting of a completely enclosed metal box within which the wiring and ballast transformers are contained, with integral portions of the box providing supports for one or more fluorescent la... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4145858 | Window grille construction A window grille set of pre-fabricated tubular members of a uniform cross-section having flat top, bottom and side walls which are provided with means for their joinder in crossed relation to form a self-sustaining grille assembly in which said members ser... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4144755 | V-belt pulley This invention relates to pulleys or similar parts with a hub, the hub being provided with a tapered bore for assembly to a shaft having a complementally tapered end. The hub is provided with a draw-off arrangement which consists of a flanged nut screwed ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144674 | Window construction A window construction comprising a master frame and a pair of glazed window sashes which are double-hung in the window frame for normal operation and are provided with means to permit inward tilting of the sashes for cleaning and servicing of the same as ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4136541 | Tamper proof locking device for fuel oil meters and the like A tamper-proof nut assembly for interlocking together the separable parts of a mounting support for a meter for monitoring the flow of liquid from a storage supply thereof to prevent separation of the meter from its support so that it is rendered inoperat... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4128745 | Slide switch with snap-action detent means A multiple-position slide switch having a detent member operative side-wise with respect to the path of movement of the sliding contact carrier of the switch to hold the carrier in a selected position. The detent member which is formed of material, prefer... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4127924 | Method of assembling electrical connectors A miniature electrical connector comprising an insulative body having spaced, parallel connector pins extending therethrough and held in place by a combination of abutment surfaces on the pins and block, and "C" rings on the pins. In assembling the connec... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4093282 | Hose clamp A hose clamp utilizing two constricting band type hose clamps which are tied together by means of a strapping arrangement includes one clamp which surrounds the hose itself and is provided with protuberances which press into the outer surface of the hose ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4071708 | Dial pulse detector A dial pulse detector apparatus accurately detects the occurrence of dial pulses in the presence of adverse line conditions resulting in severe signal distortions due to inductive effects, noise and loading by other pieces of equipment. Signals greater th... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4068319 | Chef's hat A disposable high-walled chef's hat made of paper or like flexible sheet material cut, scored and folded to provide a hat structure or assembly having a flexible crown piece and a head-encircling head band part respectively secured to opposite ends of the... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4061924 | Universal angulometer An angulometer for recording on film at the time of exposure, both the direction of an incident radiation beam and the angle which the beam makes with the normal to the plane of the film, the angulometer consisting of a radiation transparent plate within ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060330 | Loose leaf binder locking device A loose leaf binder having a pair of separable front and back cover members respectively hinged to relatively rigid interconnecting numbers of L-shaped cross-section adatped to be interfitted in overlapped relation to provide an expansible back for the bi... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4056233 | Apparatus for pulverizing solid materials A fluid energy mill for pulverizing to a predeterminedly desired classification or size dry solid material injected into a grinding chamber for entrainment in a high velocity vortex of a gaseous fluid established in said chamber. The grinding chamber is i... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4049092 | Current conductor system An electric current conducting bar of generally X-shaped configuration in transverse cross-section for use in an electric transmission system wherein a plurality of said bars of modular lengths, jointed in longitudinally alined end-to-end relation by vari... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4048819 | Knitted garments A knitted garment wherein a walewise extending free edge consists of a folded over edge portion automatically produced during knitting of the garment. Such folded over edge portions may finish the leg openings of briefs, or the waist opening of one-piece ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4043452 | C-ring holder A miniature electrical connector comprising an insulative body having spaced, parallel connector pins extending therethrough and held in place by a combination of abutment surfaces on the pins and block, and C-rings on the pins. In assembling the connecto... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4042129 | Refuse reclaiming apparatus An apparatus for and method of reclaiming refuse from a stored pile thereof which basically includes a vertically swingable drag type conveyor mechanism mounted upon a traveling support which is movable lengthwise along one side of the refuse pile, the co... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4022978 | Event monitoring transceiver A data terminal utilizes a time division multiplexer to monitor traffic on up to 8000 input lines in banks of 1000 lines and converts the information in each bank from parallel to serial form as 1000 serial 112 bit parallel words, records the various kind... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3993881 | Snap-action slide switch A slide switch designed for snap action operation thereof having a pivoted rocker arm engaging flexible elements of the insulated slide member of the switch. These flexible elements are formed of material, preferably such as moldable plastic, which has th... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993393 | Round conductor flatcable connector A pierce-type contact element for use with a connector for a multi-conductor flat cable having a plurality of parallel insulated round wire conductors, each contact element having a circuit connecting terminal and a bifurcated part nested within the conne... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3986374 | Welf knitted fabric simulating woven cloth A knitted rib or purl stitch fabric the ground structure of which has two faces of knitted loops drawn in respectively opposite directions. Courses of the loops of one face have inserted into them unknitted weft yarn contrasting with the ground structure.... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3986718 | Golf game A coin operated golf type game in which the player strikes a golf ball with a golf club and drives the ball up a ramp to a target area having scoring holes through which the ball may drop. The ball returns along a track system to a ball collection point a... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3985004 | Knitted briefs A method of producing a knitted brief blank of flat form. First, a preliminary tubular blank including a comparatively narrow portion of crotch fabric is produced by seamless knitting. Then this tubular blank is slit and opened out flat into a final brief... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3968335 | Dial tone speed monitor Apparatus for connection to the line finder group busy signal leads of telephone office equipment to determine when each line finder group is and is not busy, make an averaging determination of the busy conditions and generate signals indicating this aver... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3955224 | Seat construction A cushioned seat structure comprising a resiliently compressible foam cushion having a pair of channel formations opening through the bottom face of the cushion and extending upward for a distance into the cushion body but terminating short of the cushion... | 05/11/1976 |
