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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4573930 | Steering mechanisms for outboard motor A remote steering device, adapted for attachment to a main propulsion unit and an auxiliary outboard motor secured to the transom of a boat in order to slave steering movement of the outboard motor to that of the main propulsion unit irrespective of the a... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4573650 | Fire-safe aircraft waste disposal system An improved fire-safe waste disposal system uniquely suitable for use in the aft bulk cargo hold (22) of a large capacity passenger aircraft which is compatible with, and can be readily interfaced with, FAA approved waste disposal chutes (39) extending th... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4551934 | Visible file pocket support panel A simple visible file pocket support panel for supporting file pockets having front and back, upper and lower pocket tips (102, 103, 104, 105) coextensive with the upper and lower edges of the pocket and a hinge pin (110) extending through the pocket (100... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4548861 | Foam rigidizing process and products produced therewith A composite, rigid, structural, foam panel (11) comprising: (i) a flexible, non-structural, open cell reticulated or semi-reticulated, foam sheet (10); and (ii), an essentially closed cell resinous foam formed from a flowable, foamable material (12); and,... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4548153 | Buoyant concrete foundation and method therefor A bouyant foundation comprising a substantially unitary concrete hull defined by bottom, side and end walls; at least one partial bulkhead wall disposed generally normal to and spanning the bottom wall and having a height less than that of the upstanding ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4545140 | Graphic staging device A graphic staging device for displaying substantially two-dimensional graphics such as a sign or the like of generally planar configuration, preferably in at least a slightly arcuate presentation and for protecting the same from ambient exposure, is compr... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4541621 | Portable welding jig A portable welding jig, for positioning and manipulating a workpiece, configured for pipe-flange welding at remote locations and capable of establishing automatically a two-holed flange configuration, is comprised of a rotatable shaft adjustably secured t... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4541544 | Venting closure assembly for a milk tank A venting closure assembly for a milk tank where there is an outside stainless steel cover and a venting closure member positioned beneath the cover. The venting closure member forms a circumferential seal around the periphery of the cover, and it has a d... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4540143 | Nacelle/wing assembly with wake control device In a wing and nacelle combination, where the nacelle is positioned below and forwardly of the wing leading edge, a wake control device to control a turbulent wake which is formed at the upper forward lip portion of the nacelle. This wake control device co... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539565 | FM/CW radar linearization network and method therefor An FM/CW radar linearization network provides target identification data discriminating a target from background reflections and/or false targets by compensating for random variations in the linearity of the frequency sweep of the radar transmitter in the... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538952 | Mobile boat dolly A mobile straddle-type boat dolly (10) for use in rapid on-loading, overland transport, and off-loading of commercial fishing boats and the like, and having spaced, parallel port and starboard frame members (15P, 15S) supported on multiple axle, dual whee... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4537398 | Hockey stick having laminated blade structure The blade of the stick is formed by placing two blade sections against the lower tapered end of a handle of the stick. The two blade sections are each made as laminated sections, made up of two laminations of wood with a fiberglass layer therebetween. The... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4533096 | High lift system control assembly A control assembly (50) for deployment of aircraft wing flaps is comprised of an input cam mechanism (54), a feedback cam mechanism (56) and a summing lever member (58) operatively interconnecting the cam mechanisms for mechanically summing independent in... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4530175 | Portable, weathertight document storage and visible display device A portable, weathertight document storage and visible display device (10) including n, where "n" is preferably "2" or more, liquid impervious envelopes (22a -22n) formed of transparent flexible synthetic sheet material for readily di... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4519560 | Airfoil for controlling refueling boom An airfoil used in a ruddevator assembly for controlling movement of an aircraft refueling boom, where there are two airfoils (i.e. ruddevators) mounted to the boom, each at a dihedral angle of about 42°. Each airfoil has an outboard section, which is an... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4518179 | Test stop assembly for oxygen box door A test stop assembly (40) for cooperative engagement with an oxygen box door (14) and an actuatable latching mechanism therefor (24) is comprised of a mounting member (42) for securing the assembly in proximate engagement with an actuator member (44) for ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4515074 | Barbecue cooking unit A barbecue cooking unit is comprised of a coal well having an open top, defined within a bottom wall and upstanding sidewalls; support legs for securing the coal well in a generally upright position; a lid depending from the rear support legs for compound... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4509526 | Method and system for non-invasive ultrasound Doppler cardiac output measurement A method and system for the noninvasive measurement of cardiac output of a mammalian patient on a real time, beat-by-beat basis as a combined function of the cross-sectional area of the ascending aorta and the systolic velocity of blood flow therethrough ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4508130 | Method and apparatus for repairing water leaks A method of repairing a leak, where there is a water network with a main shutoff valve. An isolation valve is inserted in the pipe a short distance upstream of the leak, and the leak is repaired by using the local isolation valve to keep water from the re... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508044 | Rebuilt pillow and method of manufacturing the same An existing pillow which has a tick enclosing a stuffing that has deteriorated is inserted into an envelope. The envelope is made of a yielding foam material having a wall thickness sufficient to mask irregularities in the stuffing of the existing pillow.... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4506850 | Engine installation for aircraft A fan jet engine mounted below and rearwardly of the wing of an aircraft. There are a pair of mounting arms which are connected to and extend rearwardly from the rear spar of the wing and connect to the fan case and the core engine case. The major portion... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4505259 | Heat regulation system and method for building structure A building having window structures in exterior walls of the building. Each window structure has an exterior and an interior panel spaced from one another to define a plenum therebetween, with radiation absorbing blinds positioned in the plenum. The blind... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4502905 | Tying machine and method A typing ribbon is carried by a carrier ring around a bundle of wires, while locating pins hold the ribbon spaced from the wires. A finger engages the ribbon and moves it laterally across one of the ribbon loops to form the tie. Then, an electrically heat... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4501220 | Musical instrument valve cleaning/lubricating device and method A device to clean and lubricate valves of a musical instrument, such as a trumpet. There is a casing having a pair of openings, one opening having a peripheral cleaning pad, and the other a peripheral lubricating pad. The valve is selectively inserted in ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4498113 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a video player/recorder A cleaning device comprising a cassette housing and a cleaning ribbon mounted on spools within the housing. With the housing inserted into a video unit, the guide members of the unit move the cleaning ribbon outwardly into an engaged position to clean the... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497686 | Fine-line die and method of making same A method for fabricating a precision die having a line-and-space array by chemical milling the working face of an etchable workpiece to form a plurality of raised die elements separated and bounded by a plurality of cavities, including separating cavities... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4496121 | Control surface lock for flutter constraint A control surface lock (10) for flutter constraint of a control surface (14) of an aircraft in cooperative combination with an hydraulic actuator (12), wherein system pressure on the actuator maintains the lock in a dynamically bypassed configuration and ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4495549 | Infrared radiation filter lens for aircraft lights An infrared radiation filter lens for aircraft lights is comprised of a heat-conductive filter frame disposed in heat-exchange relationship with an aircraft frame and/or its skin to dissipate heat in the filter frame to the aircraft body and the ambient; ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4491065 | Food heating apparatus An oven having a heating chamber in which a perforate food container is rotatably mounted about a center axis of rotation. The container has, relative to its longitudinal center axis, a symmetrical octagonal configuration so as to comprise two planar end ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4489905 | Nacelle-pylon configuration for an aircraft and method of using the same A below-wing engine nacelle mounted by a pylon forwardly of a wing having a rearward sweep. The pylon upper outboard edge that extends forwardly of the wing is formed with a relatively sharp radius of curvature. Thus, airflow which flows over the top of t... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489807 | Contractible escape ladder A contractible escape ladder, configured for deployment from a collapsed configuration outwardly proximate a wall of a building structure to an escape configuration, is comprised of first and second ladder rails pivotal about a plurality of ladder rungs b... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4487271 | Portable core drill A portable core drill adapted for sampling dense mineral specimens or the like by urging a fluid cooled/lubricated tubular drill bit into a dense mineral mass from which a sample is to be extracted is comprised of a drive member for imparting a drilling-e... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4486916 | Phonorecord cleaner A phonorecord cleaner is comprised of a handle member journalled for relative rotational movement with a phonorecord contact member, the latter including a phonorecord contact face having a wiping surface which is substantially equal to the radial dimensi... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4484150 | High efficiency, light weight audio amplifier and power supply The present invention comprises an amplifier circuit (2, 1100, 1500, 1600) and transformer based power supply (24, 500, 700, 1710) wherein greater efficiency is achieved by using the input signal characteristics to control various aspects of the circuit o... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483423 | Torque isolation device A torque isolation device for a force-sensitive load having a safe force limit to be imposed thereon, configured to transmit upstream rotational force within the limit to the load and transmit any force in excess thereof to a load-isolated path, is compri... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4482445 | Methods and apparatus for electrochemically deburring perforate metallic clad dielectric laminates Methods and apparatus for electrochemically deburring perforate metallic clad dielectric laminates such, for example, as laminated printed circuit boards (PCBs) or printed wiring boards (PWBs) and similar machined and fabricated laminated dielectric parts... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4480254 | Electronic beam steering methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for electronically steering a radio frequency signal beam (RF) along at least one of "X" and/or "Y" coordinates with respect to the axis of the signal beam (RF) and comprising n pairs of back-to-back prisms (20, 21) formed of ferroel... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4479623 | Spring operated counterbalance hinge assembly for aircraft doors A compact, spring operated, two-way counterbalance system is disclosed for the hinge assembly of an inwardly/outwardly moveable plug-type aircraft passenger door of the type adapted to pivot about an inwardly canted hinge axis whereby a first convolute cl... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4475702 | Variable camber leading edge assembly for an airfoil A variable camber leading edge device having a movable nose section and an upper flexible panel extending rearwardly from the nose section. To move the nose section between its upper cruise position and a high lift downwardly deflected position, there is ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4474348 | Cantilever spring counterbalance hinge assembly for aircraft doors A simple, compact, cantilever-type spring (31) is mounted on the aircraft body structure (22) and is positioned so as to be deflected from its normally unstressed condition to a stressed state (31') by means of a radially projecting roller (39) mounted on... | 10/02/1984 |
