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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3946788 | Foldable curtain screen or blind construction and a method for producing a curtain blind construction A screen or blind construction comprising a plurality of overlapped, horizontally reversely folded sections. The sections, including the overlapped portions, are provided with aligned holes through which vertical cords are passed. The cords provide liftin... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946764 | Insulator sleeve for conduits A metal sleeve is snapped transversely over an internal combustion engine exhaust system conduit to serve as a heat and/or sound insulator.... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946482 | Method of manufacturing a wheel speed sensor A wheel speed sensor including a rotor and a stator with the stator being coaxially disposed within an elastomeric member for incremental axial movement upon engagement with the rotor. The stator includes a pole member, a bobbin and coil assembly, and a m... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946840 | Flywheel clutch assembly with brake A clutch assembly is located in the bore of a flywheel for drivingly connecting a coaxially located shaft. The assembly is comprised of a first series of discs mounted for rotation with the shaft, and a second series of interleaved plates supported for ro... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3945474 | Shock absorber A shock absorber of the direct acting hydraulic type is disclosed as comprising a reciprocable piston having a piston body, the piston body being formed with first and second sets of spaced flow ports, the sets of flow ports being concentrically oriented ... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3945652 | Adjustable work holding chuck A chuck assembly of the type adapted to be mounted on a spindle of a machine tool including adjusting means for accurately aligning the central axis around which the work engaging jaws are disposed with the longitudinal axis of rotation of the machine too... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3945388 | Apparatus for counterflow rinsing of workpieces An apparatus for effecting a counterflow liquid treatment of workpieces and particularly an aqueous rinsing of workpieces during an electrochemical treating sequence, such as, for example, an electroplating cycle or the like. The workpieces are subjected ... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3945564 | Temperature control system A temperature control system for providing an automatic reduction in the temperature of a room or a house during the nighttime hours which requires only the conventional two conductor wiring between the furnace and the thermostat thereby avoiding the nece... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944024 | Ladder A ladder is made from extruded aluminum steps supported on a pair of vertical tubes fitted through large diameter holes drilled vertically through the steps. The steps are hollow except for a pair of vertical walls extending longitudinally thereof and lyi... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3944114 | Screw threaded plastic plug A plug of plastic or other soft material to be screwed into a metal neck, with means for preventing the possibility of screwing in the plug obliquely. The means comprises a cone-shaped bevel around the first thread of the plug, the top angle of the bevell... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3944775 | Welding process An internal spreader bar provides control of the convergence point and convergence angle of opposite electrically heated edges of a skelp during a tube seam welding operation and other controls are practiced to increase weld pressure at the faying surface... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3943894 | Internal combustion engine with clutch transmission An internal combustion engine having a plurality of pairs of pistons, each piston having a fixed connecting rod operating a ratchet on the crankshaft through a crank and pawls. The ratchet for each piston is coplanar with the connecting rod, and the two p... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3943972 | System for conserving compressed air supply A system for disconnecting a compressed air control system from a main supply line if the system is not used with a predetermined frequency. A normally closed solenoid-operated three-way reset valve is controlled by a normally open hand-operated switch wh... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3944088 | Machine and process for handling cathode plates or the like Cathode plates with suspension bars are advanced in close formation on a pair of spaced parallel rails. At the same time, a multi-tiered bolster is moved on rollers and positioned beneath the rail. When the rails are full, they are lowered until the suspe... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3942363 | Drive-dynamometer system A drive-dynamometer system particularly adapted for automated testing of parts such as vehicle engines. The dynamometer is a hydrostatic system having a fixed displacement motor connected to, and a variable displacement pump spaced from the part being tes... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3941589 | Abrasion-resistant refrigeration-hardenable white cast iron A tough abrasion-resistant refrigeration-hardenable white cast iron containing as its essential alloying constituents about 2.5% to about 3.5% carbon, about 2.5% to about 3.5% manganese, about 12% to about 22% chromium, about 1% to about 2% silicon, about... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3941111 | Ignition system In one embodiment, a capacitive discharge ignition system has a charge coil and an ignition coil including primary and secondary windings wound on a common stator structure. The charge coil is coupled to the primary winding of the ignition coil by an SCR ... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3941385 | Game A novel game apparatus and method of play which includes a game board and a number of pawns or player elements, certain of which are representative of forces of good and others of which are representative of forces of evil and which are selectively movabl... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3941585 | Process for cooling slag and inhibiting pollutant formation A process for cooling sulfur-bearing slag while inhibiting the formation of hydrogen sulfide. An oxidant is mixed with the cooling water and the slag is brought into contact therewith, the solution cooling the slag to permit handling thereof while the oxi... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3941674 | Plating rack A plating rack for use in plating a plurality of cylindrically shaped articles such as piston rods. The articles are supported in vertical orientation between upper and lower frame structures. A plurality of individual drive assemblies each having a threa... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3940305 | Tool for interconnecting sheet webs by welding A tool essentially comprising two opposite jaws supporting means to clamp, cut and weld together foil webs. The cutting means is supported on one of the jaws whereas the heating means, and thus the welding surfaces, are provided on the opposite jaw, said ... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3940041 | Spare tire extraction device A strap has a handle formed at one of its ends and a fastener at its other end. The fastener is fitted in the bolt hole of the wheel on which a spare tire is mounted. The strap goes under the tire and provides a means for conveniently removing the spare t... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3938611 | Intake manifold valve throttle control for spin control system A novel spin control system for an engine-driven wheeled vehicle for reducing the power applied to driven wheels of the vehicle when an incipient wheel spin is detected. A normally closed electrically-actuated intake manifold valve is mounted on the intak... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3938780 | Automobile chassis jack A low profile lifting device having an elongated base, a rotatable shaft extending along said base, an arm having a nut at one end threadably mounted on the shaft and a lifting pad at the other end, means at one end of the base for rotating the shaft, a p... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3937169 | Arrangement in cargo hatches on ship weather decks An arrangement permitting cargo hatches consisting of one or several sections and moveable in the transverse or longitudinal direction of the ship to be stowed alongside the frame surrounding the hatchway so as to be out of the way during loading and unlo... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3937120 | Drill screw A thread forming screw is disclosed having a pilot-drilling tip in which two longitudinal flutes are provided with generally flat and substantially coplanar radial walls defining side cutting edges. Forwardly inclined end portions of said walls terminate ... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3936095 | Fail safe indicator for skid control system A vehicular skid control system for relieving the brake pressure when an incipient skid condition is sensed. The system includes a combined check and bleed valve that controls the flow of hydraulic actuating fluid from a master cylinder to the wheel brake... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3935745 | Pore water pressure measuring device A pore water pressure metering device incorporating a pressure meter and a force meter influenced by said pressure meter. The device also includes a power member arranged to control the pressure exerted by said pressure meter on said force meter by applyi... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3936274 | Salt dissolver construction A new self-cleaning salt dissolver construction which includes a special dissolving zone which supports the salt for dissolution while at the same time permitting the collection of sludge-impurities in the dissolving zone such that the sludge-impurities c... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3935353 | Heat shrinkable decorative covering material for vehicle panels A decorative covering material and a process for applying said covering material to vehicle panels such as the roof panel of automobiles to enhance the exterior appearance thereof. The decorative covering material comprises a heat-softenable plastic sheet... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934700 | Transfer line The invention concerns a transfer line with at least one work station for machining workpieces, which can be advanced intermittently by a timed drive, and with a substantially U-shaped return line connected at its respective ends to two transfer stations,... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934843 | Free wing for convertible aircraft structure A convertible airplane having an outboard engine supported at each side of the airplane fuselage on a spar that is angularly adjusted through 90° from a horizontal to a vertical position for operating propellers both for a helicopter and for an airplane.... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934385 | Edge trim A trim strip of U-section for a marginal edge of an automotive body panel or the like comprises a flexible but relatively stiff core member of U-section formed of metal and having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse slots to permit the strip t... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934684 | Combined service and parking brake with automatic adjustor A combined hydraulically operated service and mechanically operated parking brake of the disk type. The components are arranged to provide an extremely compact assembly that may be fit into existing vehicles. The mechanical actuator includes a roller type... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3935329 | Method of manufacturing new paintable rubber products A new paintable rubber composition made of a special formulation of materials including, for example, an SBR rubber elastomer and a thermoplastic polymeric stiffening agent means which may be used to provide the cured composition with a high flex modulus;... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934548 | Barrel for treatment in dipping baths, especially a plating barrel A tumbling drum assembly includes a freely rotatable barrel having an opening in the side thereof and disposed within a driven cage member including a panel closure for said opening. In one direction of cage rotation, the panel is carried to a position to... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3933375 | Book cover The book cover is unique in that the unit can be sent in the normal manner through the mail as a card, and instead of being discarded when received, it is usable as a book cover for different thicknesses of books particularly those of the paperback type. ... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933569 | Tool for welding together two plastics films wrapping an object A tool for interconnecting by means of welding two webs of a plastics film enclosing a package of goods, said tool comprising two sections arranged to be pressed against one another while securely holding and welding together said film webs and thereafter... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933074 | Fatigue improvement nut The threads at the entrance end of a nut are interrupted by a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially extending flutes to form relatively flexible load distributing threads. The flutes extend axially across a limited number of threads and extend rad... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933140 | Capacitive discharge ignition adapter An electrical ignition system for adapting a conventional, such as a breaker point type, ignition system of an engine to a capacitor discharge ignition system. A single adapter is compatible with both positive and negative polarity existing ignition syste... | 01/20/1976 |
