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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4202707 | Flame cutting apparatus and method A method and apparatus for flame cutting steel slabs or the like in strip casting apparatus employs a flame cutting machine which moves at the strip casting speed during the flame cutting. A control device so adapts the flame cutting speed to the casting ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4198946 | Rotary valve construction for an internal combustion engine An improved rotary valve construction is provided for use in conjunction with an internal combustion engine of the type having a housing and at least one piston member reciprocally received within a cylinder formed in the housing. In the conventional fash... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4198048 | Tossing game apparatus A ring toss game is provided in which the target comprises a plurality of upwardly extending pegs mounted on a base. The base, in turn, is supported by a standard embedded in the ground. At least one peg is angled toward the center of the base, thereby in... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4197764 | Detachable handle assembly A detachable handle assembly is provided for a powered garden tool, such as a hedge trimmer. The handle assembly according to the present invention includes an elongated first member having a hand grip formed at one axial end. A clamp assembly is connecte... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4197207 | Fluid filtering device A fluid filtering device is provided for connection with a fluid line. The fluid device includes a housing having a fluid inlet on one end, a fluid outlet on the other end and a fluid passage formed through the housing. The fluid passage connects the inle... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4196188 | Orally administrable form of progesterone The present invention relates to an orally active pharmaceutical preparation comprised of progesterone, finely ground such that 80% of the progesterone particles are about 1-15 microns in size, suspended in an excipient and contained in capsules. The drug... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4195751 | Cup selection apparatus for beverage vending machine to the in-cup type Cup selection apparatus in a vending machine of the "in-cup" type consisting of a plurality of cup-storage tubes, in each of which, in use, a stack of cups nested one in another is placed, a selectively-operable cup-dispensing device associated with each ... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4195416 | Combination hair/hand/body dryer and vapor dispenser A cabinet adapted to be mounted on a wall of a washroom or similar facility is provided with a conventional hand-held hair dryer secured within the cabinet and positioned so that the output of the hair dryer is projected through a vent opening in the cabi... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4189370 | Process for obtaining gels of N-methylol-acrylamide copolymers and application of said gels for the stepped gradient separation of seric lipoproteins A process for preparing plates of a new gel polymer, said plates being adapted to the electrophoresis separation of the seric or plasmatic lipoproteins under a stepped gradient. The gel polymers are prepared by radical polymerization of N-methylol-acrylam... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4188780 | Centrifugally controlled fuel system A fuel system particularly for a gas turbine engine in which a tubular shaft rotatable during operation of the engine at engine speed or at a speed proportional thereto has a fuel inlet through which liquid fuel is introduced into the interior of the shaf... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4184684 | Card game board apparatus A game board used in combination with two or more conventional decks of cards to play a form of solitaire, the object of which is to be the first player to distribute all of the cards in his possession. Use of the game board offers the players a greater n... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4184328 | Air cooled exhaust valve An air cooled exhaust valve provided primarily for use with an internal combustion engine, or the like. The valve is of the type having an elongated stem and an enlarged head formed at one end of the stem. The stem is axially slidably mounted within a hou... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4183812 | Fluid filtering device A fluid filtering device is provided for connection with a fluid line. The fluid device includes a housing having a fluid inlet on one end, a fluid outlet on the other end and a fluid passage for connecting the inlet to the outlet. The fluid passage inclu... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4182135 | Installation for distributing refrigerated air in containers The invention relates to an installation for distributing refrigerated air, wherein an air distributing shaft is provided with a series of pairs of air insufflation orifices and air recovery orifices, two orifices of each pair being connected to a contain... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4180230 | Hanger for vehicle mud flaps An improved hanger for vehicular mud flaps is provided comprising a first and second elongated support member. One end of the first support member is secured to the vehicle while the second support member is telescopically mounted to the free end of the f... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4179372 | Fluid filtering device A fluid filtering device is provided which is particularly suitable for connection with the suction line of a hydraulic system. The fluid filtering device comprises an elongated housing open at its upper end and secured to a fluid reservoir so that the lo... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4172428 | Scavengeable fluid for a flow pipe optical window A device for constituting in the wall of a pipe an optical pick-up window which may be scavenged by a protective fluid. A chamber is provided with an inlet for said fluid and an outlet for said fluid, said chamber passing through said wall and opening int... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4171693 | Furnace A high efficiency furnace is provided for a forced air heating system having a furnace housing which is open at its lower end to cold air return means for the heating system and is open near its top to hot air exhaust means for the heating system. The fur... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4171134 | Golf game A simple, inexpensive and yet totaly enjoyable golf game is provided for use outdoors. The game comprises a golf flag assembly insertable into a natural ground surface and at a distance spaced from a tee area. A first annulus is positioned on the ground a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4169668 | Transparency projector comprising a plurality of optical systems The present invention relates to a projector comprising two optical systems enabling transparencies to be projected with cross-fading, in 3-D and with double-width panning, said projector operating with a single transparency distributing and recuperating ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4167483 | Fluid filtering device A fluid filtering device is provided which is particularly suitable for connection with the return or pressure line of a hydraulic system. The fluid filtering device comprises an elongated tubular cylindrical housing open at each end and which has at leas... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4165814 | Container for potable liquid A container for a potable liquid in the form of an elongated cylinder provided with two holes in the top thereof. A drinking straw passes from the liquid through one of the holes, forms a loop outside the container, and the outer end of the straw is inser... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4165039 | Gas appliance retrofit orifice A gas appliance retrofit drive orifice is provided for use in resizing the existing orifice in a gas burning appliance. The retrofit orifice comprises an elongated body having an enlarged diameter head formed on one axial end and a fluid passage formed ax... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4162596 | Anchor bolt assembly An anchor bolt assembly is provided and comprises an anchor bolt having a threaded end and an anchor end wherein the anchor end is embedded in a suitable base material while the threaded end protrudes upwardly and outwardly from the base material. A tubul... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161102 | Turbine engine starting system A starting system is provided for a turbine engine of the type having a housing, a turbine shaft, and turbine blades mounted to the turbine shaft. The starting system comprises a housing defining an auxiliary combustion chamber and having a source of comb... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4158975 | Unidirectional gripping open end wrench An open end ratchet wrench having an arcuate cavity to receive a D-shaped member. The D-shaped member being movable between inner and outer ends of the cavity to either ratchet around a nut or bolt or to apply a tightening force.... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4158346 | Engine efficiency unit A pair of closely adjacent electrically conductive coils, suitably encapsulated, are secured to or retained closely adjacent the positive terminal of a battery of an internal combustion engine. An electrical wire extends from the coils and is electrically... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4153058 | Pleural decompression catheter A pleural decompression catheter is provided for releasing entrapped air within a human body. The device comprises an elongated member axially insertable into a human body and having fluid passage means for establishing fluid communication from the exteri... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4150762 | Merchandising bin A collapsible bin is provided which is particularly suitable for displaying merchandise for sale. The bin comprises a base and a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of sidewall sections which are pivotally secured to the base and which are pivotal between... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4150513 | Method for grinding A method and apparatus for grinding for use with a grinding machine of the type comprising a circular grinding wheel adapted to rotate about its axis and a spindle adapted to hold a workpiece at a position radially spaced from the grinding wheel wherein t... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4149828 | Apparatus for removing dust from aeriform substances The invention provides a jet pump system for removing dust from aeriform substances. The dust-laden, aeriform substance is entrained by at least one water jet pump to cause precipitation of the dust and water as sludge out of the aeriform substance.... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149561 | Valve actuator A valve actuator is provided for use in conjunction with a valve having a rotatable member the rotation of which actuates the valve in dependence on the direction of rotation. The valve actuator comprises a housing and a coupling member rotatably carried ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149353 | Wall structure An elongated, hollow stud, or wall support member, is formed of sheet material, and has at least one longitudinally extending planar wall. The wall is formed with a longitudinally extending series of rectangularly formed holes, the holes being so aligned ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4148847 | Carburetor float bowl with temperature and pressure responsive fuel level control means A novel carburetor is provided which maintains a substantially constant fuel/air ratio in accordance with the density of the incoming air by variably controlling the fuel level in the carburetor fuel bowl. To accomplish this, a first and second lever are ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148489 | Puzzle A three-dimensional geometric puzzle is provided and comprises six elongated members, each having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The members are arranged in three pairs so that both members in each pair are in a side-by-side abutting relationship. I... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148146 | Internal thread gage An improved internal thread gage comprising an elongated body and having an lineal distance gage mounted at one end thereof. A first arm having a first thread engaging member at one end is longitudinally adjustably secured to the elongated body so that th... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4144950 | Turbine bearing lubrication system A bearing lubrication system for use in a gas turbine engine which utilizes empellers on the drive shaft to pump a lubricant into a lubricant transfer housing. At least one passageway is formed in the transfer housing which directs the lubricant from the ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144823 | Collapsible table and seat assembly A collapsible table and seat assembly is provided and comprises a housing having a hollow interior and preferably rectangular in cross-sectional shape. A foldable tabletop is contained within the housing interior which can be extended out through the top ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4141324 | Low emission internal combustion engine A low emission, internal combustion compression ignition engine having a cylinder, a piston movable in the cylinder and a pre-combustion chamber communicating with the cylinder near the top thereof and in which low emissions of NOx are achieved... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4139468 | Fluid filtering device A fluid filtering device for use with a filter body having a chamber open at one end and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet port in fluid communication with the chamber. The device comprises a housing formed by molding a plastic cap onto one axial end of a ... | 02/13/1979 |
