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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4170217 | Andirons having rear end locking means An andiron system, for use in a fireplace comprising a floor, a front wall defining an opening, a rear wall, a pair of oppositely disposed side walls and a chimney, includes ledge means fixedly secured between the side walls at a location adjacent the rea... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4151839 | Exercise machine An exercise machine especially for the legs and lower trunk of the human body includes a pair of foot supports mounted on a plate. Means connected to the plate oscillates the plate up and down in simple harmonic motion, and a pair of handles are provided ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4150665 | Heater for hot tubs and storage tanks A heater for use with hot tubs formed from material subject to damage from excessive heat, the heater comprising a heating element arranged within a chamber adjacent a thermally conductive plate with one or more hollow extensions penetrating through a sur... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4146983 | Promotional pop-up and method of making A pop-up item for promotional purposes wherein a cover panel and a back panel, hinged to each other along a straight line, sandwich a die-cut panel in which are formed a plurality of interconnected coupons and at least two tabs. One tab is joined to the c... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4147810 | Treatment of vegetable protein A process is provided for the manufacture of animal feed and food supplements from vegetable protein materials. In the process a vegetable protein material is comminuted to provide a meal or flour. An edible acid is dispersed in the comminuted vegetable p... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4146364 | Mixing apparatus and method for blood cell suspensions A mixing apparatus particularly adapted for mixing blood cell suspensions and which includes a support platform having discrete troughs adapted to receive a plurality of specimen container tubes and effect rocking of the tubes to uniformly mix blood cell ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4146017 | Hood system for cooking equipment A system for the capture and withdrawal of cooking vapors from above a cooking surface disposed in a room, such as a kitchen, comprising hood means disposed above the cooking surface, means for introducing air from outside the room through an inlet into t... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4144723 | Power plant secondary coolant circuit In one embodiment, a closed cycle gas turbine system employs a precooler for cooling the gas prior to compression. A closed loop coolant circuit for the precooler includes a primary heat exchanger. A secondary heat exchanger is provided which may be emplo... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4145451 | Preservation of low acid food products in the absence of chemical preservatives Preservation of low acid food products in the absence of chemical preservatives with the combination of acetic acid and phosphoric acid.... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4145250 | In situ regeneration of the first wall of a deuterium-tritium fusion device The first wall of a deuterium-tritium fusion reactor is regenerated in situ. The first wall substantially surrounds an enclosed reaction region confined within the reaction chamber of the reactor. To regenerate a worn first wall without opening the reacto... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4143942 | Fiber optic cable and method of making same A fiber optic cable and method of making same are disclosed wherein one or more fiber optic elements are carried along the length of an elongate strength member, a tape is applied coaxially over the fiber optic elements and elongate strength member to est... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4143661 | Power supply for body implant and method for operation A power supply system to operate an implanted electric-powered device such as a blood pump. A secondary coil having a biocompatible covering is implanted to subcutaneously encircle either the abdomen or the thigh at a location close to the exterior skin. ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4143283 | Battery backup system A battery backup system provides DC power to a data processing system in the event of an AC power failure. A preferred embodiment supplies DC power from a plurality of series-connected batteries at a voltage level sufficient to operate a data processor. A... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4142844 | Fan blade assemblies for box fans A box fan comprising a box-like structure having front and rear openings interconnected to form a duct passing through said structure, said duct containing an electric motor and a large axial depth wide-bladed fan blade assembly operable by the motor to r... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4142666 | Lock bottom carton A carton includes bottom flaps that, upon erection of the carton, fold inwardly and interlock to form a strong lock bottom carton ready for immediate loading without the aid of fastening means. The structure allows the carton to be used as a retripper whe... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4142524 | Cassette for intravenous delivery system A cassette is described for use in an intravenous delivery system having a pump. The volume of a main chamber defined by the cassette body is varied by a membrane in a wall thereof while unidirectional inlet and outlet valves maintain the direction of flu... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4143238 | Shielded ultra-miniature cable A shielded ultra-miniature cable suitable for example to provide low voltage connections, the cable including one or more low voltage conductors surrounded by an insulation coating, the insulation coated conductors being surrounded by a semiconductive coa... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4141805 | Production of hydrogen Hydrogen is produced by bombarding a mixture of water and heavy elements having an atomic weight of at least about 40 with fast neutrons so as to cause thermal dissociation of the water to produce hydrogen ions following elastic collision of the fast neut... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4140742 | Method for making a gasket for a container closure A method for forming a gasket for a container closure. In the method, a dispersion of a finely powdered plastic resin in a fluid carrier is prepared and the viscosity of the dispersion is adjusted to provide desirable flow characteristics. The resin is no... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4140395 | Electro-optical method and system for in situ measurements of particle size and distribution A system and method provides in situ measurements of the size of particulate matters suspended in fluid medium. A beam of intermittently interrupted electromagnetic radiation is directed through a portion of the fluid medium and radiation backscattered fr... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4140118 | Cassette chamber for intravenous delivery system A cassette is described for use in an intravenous delivery system having a pump. The volume of a main chamber defined by the cassette body is varied and unidirectional inlet and outlet valves maintain the fluid direction into and out of the main chamber. ... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4140822 | Surface coating of polyolefin film A method for manufacturing a coated, paintable, ink receptive and glueable polyolefin film. A polyolefin film is uniformly coated with an aqueous dispersion comprising aluminum chlorhydroxide, phosphoric acid and high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol.... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4138768 | Apparatus and method for forming meat patties A ground meat product extruded upon the outer surface of a continuously rotating refrigerated drum and compressed to a desired thickness by compression rolls spaced from the drum surface is stripped from the surface as a frozen meat sheet which passes ove... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4139470 | System for separating, removing and recovering contaminant materials from a body of water A system for removing and recovering contaminants from bodies of water utilizes a channeling device moving relative to the contaminated water to funnel it to a skimming apparatus. The skimming scoop directs the collected contaminant water mixture into cyl... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4138311 | Method and apparatus for batch production of pulp including improved energy reclamation Cooked pulp at an elevated temperature and pressure is discharged from a plurality of batch digesters sequentially into a first blow tank. The first blow tank is maintained at a substantially constant pressure which is less than the pressure in the digest... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4137723 | Direct contact CO2 cooling Material is cooled by direct contact with CO2, and the CO2 vapor is recovered. A coolant reservoir is created in a holding tank wherein CO2 vapor, CO2 liquid and solid CO2 exist in equilibrium in the ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4137119 | Apparatus for manufacturing poles of reinforced plastics material Apparatus for manufacturing poles of reinforced plastics material by advancing a prefabricated hollow core of plastics material coaxially with a plurality of resin impregnated reinforcing threads, the threads being held tight and radially distributed arou... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4136677 | Guard for open fireplace An andiron system is provided for use within a fireplace comprising a floor, a pair of oppositely disposed side walls, a front wall defining an opening and a rear wall disposed opposite said front wall. The andiron system comprises a pair of spaced apart ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4136627 | Apparatus for seaming a lid to a container pan A method and apparatus for seaming a lid to a container pan are disclosed wherein a peripheral curled marginal edge on the lid and an outwardly directed peripheral rim on the pan are formed into a double seam by seam forming die means operative to substan... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4136661 | Rotary engine A rotary engine is disclosed having a plurality of rotor blades spaced around an annular chamber and dividing the chamber into separate engine chambers. The rotor blades drive two output shafts which are coupled by a transmission means to provide a single... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4134940 | Humidifier adapter with audio relief valve An adapter for a humidifier is provided that mounts on a sealed container of purified or sterile water and connects usually to a flowmeter which is attached to a pressurized gas container. The adapter includes a spike member to pierce the container wall, ... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4134881 | High performance polyester resin Polyester polymers consisting essentially of ester condensation products of specific proportions of propylene glycol, adipic and fumaric acids, isophthalic acid and halogenated phthalic anhydride, and cured resins containing such polymers. The polymers ar... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4133782 | Somatostatin analogs with dissociated biological activities The present invention relates to peptides having dissociated biological activity in respect to the inhibition of growth hormone, insulin, and glucagon secretion. The peptides are analogs of somatostatin.... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4133203 | Apparatus for testing the burst strength of a line of perforations Apparatus for testing the burst strength of a line of perforations in a sheet of paper. The testing apparatus comprises a first means fixedly mounted in a frame for gripping a sheet of paper on one side of a line of perforations extending across the paper... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4132088 | Refrigerating machine in flat unit construction A refrigerating unit for a truck or freight container is mounted exteriorly of the wall of the vehicle body or container to be cooled with communication through the wall to the interior, has a flat and wide construction relative to the body or container, ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131957 | Ball and socket prosthetic joint A prosthetic joint including a socket-carrying member and a ball-carrying member both of which have stems for insertion into the medullary canals of the bone. The socket has a downwardly extending cylindrical passageway which terminates in a hemispherical... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4129146 | Liquefied gas tank and method of filling A liquefied gas tank having thermal insulation in association with a fluidtight body. A liquid supply line terminates at a location within the upper half of said vessel and discharges into a vertical draft-tube which is in fluid communication with the ull... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128336 | Spectroscopic apparatus and method This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for spectroscopically analyzing substances, by fluorescent or resonant detection. An atomic cloud of a reference element is generated by cathodic sputtering and irradiated with radiation emitted from a s... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4127644 | Process for hydrogen production from water Hydrogen is produced from water by first reacting I2, SO2 and H2 O to make hydrogen iodide and sulfuric acid. A substantial molar excess of SO2 and I2 in the reaction zone creates a lighter sulfuric a... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4126924 | Socket and joint prostheses Pyrolytic carbon artificial socket prostheses for permanent or prolonged implantation in a living body, and methods for making such prostheses. The prostheses comprise a suitably shaped socket element substrate having a hemispherical socket cup, a compres... | 11/28/1978 |
