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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4290554 | Temperature actuated foundation ventilator A temperature actuated foundation ventilator comprises a rectangular housing with top, bottom and side walls, air permeable screens on the front and rear walls, a plurality of louvers extending between the side walls and a bi-metallic element for actuatin... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4274397 | Solar heater The invention is a solar heater which may function as a humidifier and which has a reflector that is constructed to provide a window, and external thermal insulation. The window has a cover that is positioned to transmit solar radiation to the reflector. ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4248460 | Plastic pipe fitting This invention relates to a plastic pipe fitting having a connecting portion for attachment to another fitting and a joining portion to be fuse bonded to a length of pipe, whereby successive lengths of plastic pipe may be releasably connected. The connect... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4224364 | Ornamental display container An ornamental display container comprising a pair of hollow housing sections and a connecting ring for releasably joining the housing sections together to define a closed container. In one embodiment of the invention the assembled housing is a ball and th... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4222972 | Method and means for carbonating liquids in situ This invention provides a novel method and means for carbonating liquids in the container from which the liquids are served to the consumer with a minimum of carbonating gas and for maintaining and enhancing carbonation of the remaining liquid without exp... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4216185 | Method and apparatus for purging disinfecting high purity water distribution systems High purity water distribution systems are purged and disinfected by incorporating an outlet purge line into the conventional recirculating loop of the prior art. The purge line communicates with each outlet opening of the high purity water system and mea... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4203167 | Simulated belt buckle and appendage A simulated belt buckle adapted for use with a belt including means for releasably connecting its ends when encircling the waist of a wearer, said simulated belt buckle including a decorative plate portion and an appendage which may be in the form of a kn... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4184420 | Barbecue oven A barbecue oven including a housing containing a rotatable meat holder, a fire shield beneath the rotatable meat holder, at least one fluid containing compartment above the fire shield, a foraminated tray beneath the fire shield for supporting a desired w... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4181119 | Combined chimney cover and damper A combined chimney cover and damper comprising an elongated sleeve having a closed end defining the cover and an open end supported within the chimney, support means extending laterally from the sleeve and engageable with the top of the chimney to support... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4178817 | Powered pipe wrench A powered wrench for connecting links of pipe, the wrench including means for operatively engaging a length of pipe with a power driven toothed roller to rotate the pipe in a desired direction. The wrench includes idler rolls for applying supporting and s... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4173240 | Lumber cutting attachments for chain saws Lumber cutting attachments for use with a portable chain saw comprising a depth gauge or tip bracket for making a preliminary guide channel longitudinally of a lot to be cut into lumber, a stabilizing bracket including means for following the guide channe... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4155425 | Stabilized hydraulic elevator A hydraulically operable elevator having a vertically reciprocable cab suspended from an overhead structure by differential hydraulic piston systems which are responsive to introduction of hydraulic fluid to decrease the overall length of the differential... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4093683 | Method for making pipe fitting coverings A preform of a resilient thermoplastic polymeric material is first fabricated then folded into a complex tubular shape corresponding to the shape of a pipe fitting, heated while in said configuration to soften said polymeric material, and then cooled whil... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4065831 | Stop motion for drawing frames A pivoted stop motion particularly adapted for each of a plurality of ends of sliver or the like is operatively associated with a rotatable guide for sliver having little tensile strength to stop the drawing frame if an end of sliver breaks or becomes sla... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4044574 | Method of closing the toe opening of a knit stocking or the like Closing the toe opening of a stocking, or the end of a tube by providing a two ply welt defining the toe pocket, and constricting the fabric of at least one of said plys about the axis of the toe opening to obstruct the same. The constriction or gathering... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4043152 | Inlay wheel and method A method for producing double knit fabric of a given gauge (usually fine gauge) with an inlay of a coarser gauge yarn on a knitting machine with two needle beds. One side of the fabric is formed of only relatively fine gauge yarn and the relatively coarse... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4032023 | Apparatus for loading tobacco in barns Apparatus for loading tobacco into containers and for loading containers of tobacco into barns having a guide for facilitating evenly distributed loading of tobacco in containers, and structure for rotating the container from a first loading position to a... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4031718 | Electronic system for centrally controlling a plurality of knitting machines A plurality of machines, such as circular hosiery machines, are controlled at preselected times during a knitting cycle by a central control unit. Each machine includes, in addition to the needle cylinder, a revolutions counter and angular position detect... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4023384 | Knit tubular article with transverse waist opening A continuous tubular one-piece panty hose is formed on a circular knitting machine, wherein the waist opening extends transversely of the direction of knitting and is surrounded by a reinforced elastic section with stitches that resist raveling or breakdo... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3987650 | Method of forming the waistband in panty hose or similar article and the resulting product The invention relates to a method for the forming of a continuous tubular one-piece panty hose on a circular knitting machine wherein the waist opening extends transversey of the direction of knitting and the marginal edges of the waist opening are at lea... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3981160 | Needle selecting means The invention relates to a control system for the selection of knitting needles in a multi-feed circular knitting machine with the aid of jacks and means for selectively activating and inactivating desired jacks. A removable stand having holes for the rec... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981161 | Panty hose with reinforced longitudinal waist opening A continuous, tubular, one-piece panty hose is formed on a circular knitting machine with a waist opening extending longitudinally of the direction of knitting and surrounded by a reinforced elastic section with stitches that resist raveling or breakdown.... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3976578 | Protective sleeve for corrugated drainage tubes A continuous tubular sleeve of knit fabric material, which is cylindrical in shape and, in the relaxed condition, of a diameter less than the diameter of the corrugated drainage pipe to which it is to be applied, is formed in lengths up to approximately 1... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3956909 | Proportional knitting and resulting article The body garment is of seamless knit and unitary construction and may comprise a panty or the body portion of tights or panty hose of the one-piece type. The body garment comprises a plurality of panels formed by reciprocal knitting which enables variatio... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3955244 | Fiber retriever A fiber retrieving apparatus is incorporated into the upper wall of an enclosure mounted beneath the lickerin. A suction outlet in the lower wall of the housing is connected to a source of suction for continuously removing trash, motes, fly, short fibers ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3945224 | Control system for circular knitting machines and the like Rotations of a circular knitting machine are counted and encoded into electrical signals. After a prescribed number of revolutions a programmer and program indicating disc signal a switching mechanism to shift a cam drum to the next position in the patter... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3938355 | Method of knitting a plurality of convergent tubular portions and resulting article The invention is a process for knitting a plurality of convergent tubular portions on a circular knitting machine having a dial and cylinder and the resulting article, especially the two legs and body portion of a panty-hose, wherein the knitting operatio... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3937040 | Method of knitting panty hose A process for knitting the body portion of a panty or panty hose of one piece construction on a circular knitting machine which comprises knitting a first leg portion by tubular knitting, supporting the tubular knit portion on all the needles while inacti... | 02/10/1976 |
