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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4981258 | Box construction A new lap joint is provided for fibreboard box construction having maximum strength and minimum cost, as compared with stapled, glued or taped joints long used in the manufacture of fibreboard boxes. The new lap joint construction involves thread-sewing l... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4976087 | Method of forming footing and laying first course of block A method of forming a concrete footing and laying a first course of concete block is disclosed. The method includes excavating a trench, placing a frame having longitudinal stringers in the trench and supporting reinforced steel from the frame. The frame ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4916434 | Credit card carrier with alarm A credit card carrier having a plurality of individual card holder pockets formed of celluloid or similar thin plastic material. Each of the pockets is mounted on a flap of the wallet and is adapted to receive a credit card. Each of the pockets is placed ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4791764 | Stair tread support A spiral staircase having a central wooden center column which includes slots spirally located around the center column. Each of the slots includes a steel support bracket which consists of a base plate and a pair of support arms extending from the base p... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4765470 | Fishing tackle box A fishing tackle box which is preferably constructed of moldable lightweight material such as plastic, in which the box includes a plurality of hinge-mounted drawers which are operable from open to closed position, in which positive latches are incorporat... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4702130 | Bottle cap remover A lever type crown seal bottle cap remover including a first lever and a second lever pivotally connected to one another, the first lever having a crown cap engaging member extending at right angles therefrom and the second lever having a curved flange en... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4700801 | Vehicle antitheft device An antitheft device for a vehicle that includes a deadbolt mounted on the vehicle door for providing security to the vehicle door. The deadbolt operates a normally closed switch which is in series circuitry with the vehicle battery, starter and ignition k... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4663883 | Lawn trimming device A device for edging and trimming a lawn particularly around the base of a mobile home is disclosed which includes an elongated strip-like base member having an integral upstanding leg member and a second outwardly and downwardly extending flange which ter... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4551122 | Manufacture of poly-V sheet metal pulleys and product A sheet steel poly-V-grooved pulley having a special cross-sectional contour is made optionally by any one of three different cold working manufacturing procedures. Special physical properties or characteristics are developed in the pulley by the manner i... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4546807 | Passenger vehicle spare tire construction A spare tire is provided for passenger autos to replace the usual fifth pneumatic tire and wheel assembly supplied as original equipment with autos. The tire includes a metal hub having an annular bulge to provide clearance for the brake calipers of an au... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4544149 | Multi-picker mechanism for automatic banking machines A note picker mechanism for picking new and circulated paper money bills from stacks thereof through access openings of sealed, tamper-indicating containers for the notes when installed in ATM's. The mechanism has a primary suction picker device and a sec... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4524879 | Can end pour spout and pull tab construction A steel can end construction for a special liquid product to be protected against contamination in which a pouring opening is to be formed in the can end by pulling the can end metal area defined by an endless score line with a centrally located aluminum ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4521230 | Self-cleaning furnace filter construction A self-cleaning filter construction for a forced air furnace which includes an endless belt filter which passes around and extends between two roller members. A suction system is mounted in a position to clean both the interior and exterior surfaces of th... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4507819 | Power nozzle sudser for canister type vacuum cleaner A typical power nozzle for a canister type vacuum cleaner is modified by omitting nozzle adjustment and other components, and by adding a tank for suds solution, a suds control unit, and a modified nozzle housing bottom plate which slides on the floor cov... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4494747 | Paper currency dispenser friction picker mechanism The device has a feed roller with a high friction rubber segment which picks notes one at a time for each roller revolution or cycle. A counter-rotating separator roller normally prevents picking doubles. A cooperative doubles detector detects doubles whe... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4492335 | Mailbox signaling device A signaling device is shown for signaling the delivery by the mailman of mail into the mailbox. A flat signal member is provided having a large area visible from a considerable distance and from any angle of where the signal member is hanging below the bo... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4488585 | Firewood quartering splitter wedge A firewood splitting wedge tool for splitting quarters at one time from a log. The tool is formed integrally of metal with a cross-shaped cross section formed by four wedge blades each having the same wedge taper extending from a flat cross-shaped top sur... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4480414 | Building construction A hexagonal housing unit is erected with flat roof and side wall panels of different shapes, formed of selected desired building materials, and manufactured by production procedures. Certain of the panels may be formed of two pieces or sections. There are... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4477302 | Method of making shock cells A method of making an energy-absorbing shock cell for mounting bumper devices on legs of offshore oil rig structures having inner and outer metal tubes connected by an intervening vulcanized rubber sleeve maintained under compression adhesively bonded to ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4473363 | Composite plastic and metal pulley construction A composite plastic and metal pulley intended primarily for use with an endless drive belt for vehicle accessories, particularly an alternator. The pulley is formed by a hollow cylindrical-shaped molded plastic member having a series of outwardly opening ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4472162 | Belt tensioner A tensioning device for maintaining a predetermined amount of tensioning force on an endless drive belt for a vehicle accessories drive system. A shaft is mounted in a fixed position on the vehicle engine adjacent the drive belt. A housing is pivotally mo... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4470745 | Boat loader and unloader A boat loader and unloader has a vertical post which is mounted on the rear of a vehicle. A carriage is slidably and pivotally mounted on the top of the post by rollers. A reel assembly having a crank-operated, cable take-up tube is removably mounted tran... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4468210 | Composite plastic pulley A composite pulley construction intended primarily for use with the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories. The pulley is formed of a sheet metal body and has a multi-V-groove belt-receiving formation molded of plastic on an outer cylindrical wall por... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4462587 | Method of and system for detecting bill status in a paper money dispenser Overlapped or folded bills in a paper money dispenser are detected by sensors that measure bill length and thickness. The sensors generate a first signal when bill thickness corresponds to the thickness of at least one standard bill and generate a second ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4462721 | Visual customer terminal construction for pneumatic tube banking system A simplified construction of a customer terminal for a single conveyor tube visual banking service pneumatic tube system to which a teller terminal also is connected. The customer terminal has a cylindrical carrier-receiving pocket extension connected to ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4455112 | Enclosure construction for remote banking pneumatic tube systems An enclosure construction for pneumatic tubes and power and control cables installed overhead for remote visual auto teller banking systems which is inexpensive and attractive and readily installed. The enclosure includes plastic half sections which are s... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4450978 | Apparatus for retrieving paper money bills presented but not picked up at automatic teller machine bill delivery station A retrieval mechanism for a divert-container-equipped ATM of typical construction to retrieve and protect paper money bills dispensed at a customer's request by the ATM and left at an accessible location at the ATM bill delivery station unpicked by the cu... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4435243 | Deposit information labeling mechanism for ATM envelope depositing equipment The depositor device is an attachment for and is combined with known ATM-type depositories for banking deposits energized by customer identification bank credit cards which are used for verifying the customer's identity. The depositor prints on an adhesiv... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4429355 | Luminaire raising and lowering system The luminaire raising and lowering system includes a mast head in which a plurality of sets of pulleys are located. A carrier ring containing a number of lighting fixtures is suspended from the top head mast by a plurality of cables associated with respec... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4416648 | Belt tensioner A device for tensioning the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories. A housing is mounted in a fixed position adjacent the drive belt. A shaft assembly is slidably mounted in an axial bore formed in the housing and includes a stub shaft portion extendi... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4413451 | Pneumatically actuated tilting telescoping mast construction The mast has a housing arranged to be mounted on the roof of a vehicle such as an emergency vehicle at the usual location of a vehicle light bar, whether or not a light bar is associated with the mast housing. A seal unit is located at the lower end of ea... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4411556 | Barge bumper construction A bumper construction for offshore oil rig structures in which an upright metal bumper pipe member of considerable length is encased or sheathed loosely with a tubular rubber enclosure rotatable on the pipe member. The tubular enclosure is formed by a ser... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4411336 | Railway transport banking system Heavy-duty railway transport equipment for carrying out banking services between a teller terminal inside a bank and a customer terminal at a remote drive-up station visible to the teller, which transport equipment can accommodate heavy and bulky banking ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4408931 | Shock cell product An energy-absorbing shock cell for mounting bumper devices on legs of offshore oil rig structures having inner and outer metal tubes connected by an intervening vulcanized rubber sleeve maintained under compression adhesively bonded to the inner and outer... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4402873 | Extraction of protein from pork bones Protein is extracted from fresh or cured pork bones to produce an aqueous solution of about 4% to 7% protein, as well as a lard by-product and cooked bone fragments which may be ground and sold as bone meal. Bone fragments of the desired maximum dimension... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4402678 | Clutch housing and pulley assembly A clutch housing and pulley assembly is formed from a plurality of stamped metal components. A plurality of annular discs are mounted on a radially extending base of a V-grooved pulley member. A cup-shaped clutch housing having a radially extending base i... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4402677 | Belt tensioner A device for tensioning the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories. An L-shaped housing is mounted in a fixed position adjacent the drive belt. A stub shaft is slidably mounted on the housing and has an idler pulley rotatably mounted on an extended en... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4399925 | Pouring spout steel can end construction A pouring spout steel can end construction for liquid human food products in which a steel can end is provided which may be opened easily with an aluminum pull tab riveted to a flat panel portion of the can end. The flat panel portion has a pouring spout ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4398848 | Marine energy cell An energy-absorbing device for mounting a ship fending barrier on a marine docking structure. The device has two units that are connected together. Each unit has spaced inner and outer tubular elements and an intervening elastomeric sleeve in the space bo... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4392840 | Belt tensioner A device which maintains a predetermined tensioning force on the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories by use of a one-way clutch which prevents return of the tensioning means from its forwardmost tensioning position. In the preferred embodiment, a c... | 07/12/1983 |
