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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4445437 | Railway track tamping machine A tamping machine intended for tamping on the open track and below switches and cross overs. It is equipped with independent tamping units arranged on opposite sides of each line of rail and each connected to the chassis by a mechanism comprising: a trans... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4442580 | Coil spring tool A tool is provided for maintaining an automotive coil spring in a compressed condition during installation in an automobile chassis. The tool includes two elongated plate members each of which has an end that is curved in hook-like fashion and an end with... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4436137 | Window insulation system A thermal insulation system for a window comprising a roller blind carried by a roller blind mechanism which is arranged to be fixed to a window frame above a window to be insulated. The blind is adapted to be detachably connectable to the window frame by... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4423728 | Cam-guided trephine A cam-guided trephine for selectively cutting a portion of an eye provides a first, vertically disposed blade to provide an annular cut of essentially any practical shape, diameter and depth, while concurrently allowing a second, angled blade, to simultan... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4423317 | Micro card reader A new and improved micro card reader includes a unitary molded base member having a planar rectangular slot therein for slidably receiving a punched data card of standard credit card size having a plurality of columns and rows. Along one edge of the base ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4421045 | Automated thread trimming apparatus for use for sewing machines An automated thread trimming apparatus is provided for use with a sewing machine having a plurality of needles. The apparatus is mounted on the side of the sewing machine away from the sewing machine operator. A pair of blades is provided for each needle ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4419171 | Portable labeling machine The machine intended for printing two lines of characters of different color (8, 9) on self-adhesive labels comprises two printheads mounted in a rocking housing (7). This housing comprises two holding elements (14, 16) engaged in two guide slots (17, 19)... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414349 | Silicone resin coating composition adapted for primerless adhesion to plastic substrates and process for making same This invention relates to coating compositions prepared by prehydrolyzing the silane function of a silylated ultraviolet radiation screening compound and adding it to an aqueous silicone resin composition. Hydrolyzing the silane function renders the ultra... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4414054 | Portable labeling machine The machine is intended for the printing of selected characters on self-adhesive labels (5) forming a continuous series borne by a support strip (8). The inner circuit of this strip passes via a loop defined by an edge (11) at the level of which each labe... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4408220 | Heat dissipator for a dual in line integrated circuit package A heat dissipator for use with a dual in line integrated circuit package. The subject dissipator is unitary in construction and formed of a resilient material to facilitate rapid mounting and subsequent removal from an IC package. The dissipator includes ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4402563 | Zero insertion force connector A connector is disclosed for electrically interconnecting the conductive pins of an electrical component to a printed circuit board. The connector includes a plurality of conductive contacts mounted within a non-conductive housing. Each contact includes f... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4399908 | Structural element Structural elements are disclosed for assembly into supporting frames for conveyors and which include elongate beams of constant, uniform generally sigma-shaped cross section but having one arm substantially shorter than the other. Elements for use in con... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4397441 | Wall form and method of assembly thereof The invention relates to an apparatus utilized in the pouring of concrete walls and includes a number of vertical girder-like or "strong-back" members to which are clamped a number of transversely extending beam members having wooden inserts to which plyw... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4395953 | Railway track tamping machine A tamping machine having a chassis mounted on two trucks and track displacement tools as well as tamping tools arranged on the chassis between the two trucks is disclosed. On the front part of the chassis, two cabs are installed on opposite sides of a pow... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4388935 | Hingeless compact A hingeless compact is disclosed for holding cosmetic articles. The compact includes a plate member and cover member having complimentary configurations such that in the closed condition of the compact a smooth surfaced enclosure is defined. The cover and... | 06/21/1983 |
