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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4966491 | Subsurface dune protection system and method A Subsurface Dune Protection System making use of a wedge-shaped geotextile container of such size it must be filled with a sand slurry or water in situ. The wedge-shape permits provision of a slope to an upper wave impacting surface for dissipation of wa... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4919567 | Subsurface dune restoration system and method A Subsurface Dune Restoration System making use of large sand-filled geotextile containers which become somewhat fluid and flexible during wave run-up on a surface being protected providing a soft revetment. A fluid transfer system is operable to both fil... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4813302 | Speed changing mechanism A speed changing mechanism operable during both kinetic and static conditions. A gear 28 driven by bicycle pedals 30 in turn drives gear 32. Holes 38 in the face of the latter gear are engaged by gear 64 which is integral with output shaft 42. One end 72 ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4739754 | Suction resistant inhalator A medicinal inhalator utilizing a restriction chamber to mix pressurized medication with air drawn through a filter in a supply duct and to create a flow resistance necessarily causing the medication and air mixture to be drawn into the lungs of the user.... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4729691 | Backshore sill beach and dune erosion control system A backshore sill beach and dune erosion control system including a supporting apron of a permeable fabric spread across a shoreline area of beach and dune being protected and held in place by a toe scour protection tube and further including a plurality o... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4512326 | Compound lever bow A compound lever bow including oppositely extending rigid limbs each rotatably supporting lever mechanisms. A pair of flexible limbs are secured to the bow overlying respective rigid limbs. A bowstring is connected to each of the lever mechanisms. Also a ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4277012 | Apparatus for installing a ferrule A two part die set and method including an upper die half supporting a male die and a lower die half containing a spring biased female die receiving the male die and cutting out an area of a panel placed therebetween. The die set is actuated by a conventi... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4248707 | Gas diffuser, aerator, or sparger method Disclosed is novel apparatus and method for introducing various gasses into liquids. This as is commonly done in aerating or oxygenating liquids where growing aquatic life such as fish; instances concerning lagoon and pond treatment, absorption of oxygen ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4229389 | Gas diffuser, aerator, or sparger apparatus Disclosed is novel apparatus and method for introducing various gasses into liquids. This as is commonly done in aerating or oxygenating liquids where growing aquatic life such as fish; instances concerning lagoon and pond treatment, absorption of oxygen ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4227294 | Method of installing a ferrule A two part die set and method including an upper die half supporting a male die and a lower die half containing a spring biased female die receiving the male die and cutting out an area of a panel placed therebetween. The die set is actuated by a conventi... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4224048 | Osmotic fertilizer product and fertilization method A fertilizer product and method for providing controlled application of high analysis fertilizer. A controlled initial light release of a water soluble plant food consistent with growth requirements of the plant is provided. As the plant increases in size... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4164063 | Process for making bearing locking collar A process of making a locking collar for retaining bearings on a shaft by first compacting and sintering powdered metal to form a collar having an eccentric counterbore with a relative precise chamfered surface on the collar end around the counterbore. Th... | 08/14/1979 |
| 3961538 | Expansible sheet metal pulley with mannual detent adjustment means An adjustable pulley of the split-sheave type is formed of stamped sheet metal and is retained assembled by a Belleville spring engaging deformations on one sheave part and a tang struck from the other sheave part. One sheave part has a plurality of cam s... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3952709 | Orbital vane rotary machine An orbital vane rotary machine including a housing defining a cavity having two halves, each half being a cylinder which intersects with the other at a cavity minor axis. The centers of the cylinders are spaced a predetermined distance defining a cavity m... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952708 | Rotor mounted spark plug for rotary engine A rotary combustion engine rotor having spark plug receiving recesses formed in its respective peripheral faces, each recess releasably mounting an elongated spark plug assembly. The elongated spark plug assembly is configured for insertion and removal th... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3930767 | Circular rotor side seal for rotary machines A multi-apex rotary combustion engine rotor has simplified side face circular compression seals mounted in circular grooves passing across the face of corner button seals. The button seals are of a substantially enlarged diameter permitting machining of t... | 01/06/1976 |
