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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D547646 | Babyfood container | 07/31/2007 |
| PP17716 | Primula plant named ‘Kerbelmilk’ A new and distinct cultivar of Primula plant named ‘Kerbelmilk,’ characterized by its upright, compact, and uniform plant habit; large, double, nonfragrant and cream-colored flowers that are held upright on strong and erect peduncles; early flowering in n... | 05/08/2007 |
| PP17683 | Glechoma plant named ‘Dappled Light’ A new and distinct Glechoma plant named ‘Dappled Light,’ particularly characterized by its unique variegation. The main or ground cover of the upper surface of mature leaves is a medium green, with the reticulated pattern and veining being a very pale gre... | 05/01/2007 |
| 4201903 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a load bearing structural element having special internal atmospheric conditions The invention comprises a method for manufacturing a load-bearing structural element, and a housing for such manufacture. The method includes positioning outer shell assemblies in the housing to form a hollow space, and positioning honeycomb plates and a ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4200403 | Writing implements A writing implement having a body formed by a pair of leaves each having a longitudinally extending bore therein, with the bores in the two leaves coaxial and the two leaves interengaged in the manner of a hinge, and a writing member, such as a pencil lea... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4197268 | Method of and an apparatus for monitoring the digassing opening on a single or twin screw extruder for processing plastics material A control device connected to rotational speed measuring means for an extruder screw, to a filling level monitor in a degassing opening of the extruder, to a cut-off in a filling container for the extruder, to vacuum means connected to the degassing openi... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4194344 | Sugar cane harvesters In a sugar cane harvester of the type having a conveyor to carry the cane stalks, butt ends first, from a base cutter which severs the cane near ground level to a chopping cutter which cuts the stalks into billets, the conveyor consists of a series of tra... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4192617 | Screw extruder for processing rubber or plastics material A screw extruder for processing rubber or plastics material, comprising a cylinder jacket with a feed hopper, a central geared shaft and geared planet shafts disposed between the central shaft and the cylinder jacket and drivably engaged with the central ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4187177 | Column for high pressure liquid chromatography In a column for high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) having a tube filled with sorbent for the passage of a solvent medium and samples to be analyzed, and a pressure jacket concentrically surrounding said tube, so that an annular interspace is provi... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4184507 | Ball valve A ball-valve having an apertured ball which is rotated to connect or close off inlet and outlet passages from one another and a replaceable resilient liner encasing the ball and filling the body cavity around the ball and its stem. The liner may include a... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4181257 | Self-propelling watering apparatus A mobile watering apparatus has a framework which is provided with wheels and supports a watering nozzle as well as a drum forming rotary magazine for a pipe, one end of which is connected to the nozzle. The other end of the pipe, leaving the drum, is ada... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4181796 | Process for obtaining xylan and fibrin from vegetable raw material containing xylan A process for the production of xylan and fibrinous material from vegetable raw material by treating the raw material with saturated steam at a temperature of from 160° to 230° C. for a period from 2 minutes to 4 hours.... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4180289 | Gardening tool A gardening tool has a straight handle and a tool head, such as a spade blade, gardening fork or weeding fork, pivoted to its lower end about a transverse axis, stops limiting the pivotal movement of the tool head in one direction beyond normal working po... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4177725 | Method of and apparatus for rectifying distortion in an endless pressing band In apparatus having an endless pressing band, formed of a layer of rubber with a steel-wire fabric connected thereto, passing around a heating drum, two associated guide rollers and a hitch roller, the relative positions of advancement of the opposite end... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4178333 | Hanger assembly for fill strips A hanger assembly to support fill strips in a cooling tower wherein the assembly includes headers and wire mesh hangers mounted on the headers. Each wire mesh hanger assembly includes vertical wires which have clamp portions formed at each end which exten... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4176967 | Apparatus for the preparation of thermoplastic materials Apparatus for the preparation and extrusion of plastics material or rubber, comprising a planet rolling extruder and a feed portion disposed upstream thereof with a main shaft of the planet rolling extruder being surrounded by planet shafts and being driv... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4177120 | Photolytic process for gasification of carbonaceous material Process and apparatus are disclosed for converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide by subjecting the carbon dioxide to radiation in the presence of carbonaceous material such as coal to form carbon monoxide. The preferred form of radiation is solar ener... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4175726 | Ball valve and seal A ball valve has a body with opposed coaxial inlet and outlet passages leading to and from a ball chamber containing an apertured ball which may be turned by a handle to open or close the way between the inlet and outlet passages, a pair of sealing rings ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4175806 | Radius rod or rocker arm bushes A bush assembly for a radius rod or rocker arm includes an eye at an end of the rod or arm oscillatable on a pin the ends of which are engaged in a bracket, a pair of resilient outer bushes being engaged on a pair of tubular outer spacers on the pin and i... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4173663 | Dipless metallizing process and apparatus Metallic articles, for instance, ferrous strips are metallized, for instance, zinc coated by passing the heated article through a coating chamber and applying thereto a continuous stream of the molten coating metal so as to uniformly and evenly metallize ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4172822 | Aqueous coating compositions containing polyester containing carboxyl groups A carboxyl-group-containing polyester having an acid number of from 30 to 150, a hydroxyl number of from 20 to 150 and a Patton alkyd constant of from 0.9 to 1.2 which contain in co-condensed form (a) saturated alcohols selected from the group consisting of di... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4170897 | Displacement measuring sensor A tensioned helical wire for use as a displacement sensor. The sensor made of high strength piano wire is attached at its ends to two anchors which in turn are attached to or are a part of the object or objects to be tested. In the preferred embodiment th... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4168745 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger comprising a refrigerant tube in coil form leading from the output side of a compressor and a water tube in coil form tapped from a source of water to be heated, the tubes being coiled together so that each coil of the water tube is inter... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4167339 | Screw comprising a plurality of hollow screw components juxtaposed in end-to-end relation A screw, particularly an extruder screw for rubber or plastics materials, comprising a plurality of hollow screw components juxtaposed in end-to-end relation, a coupling sleeve disposed over the or each joint between two adjacent screw components, each en... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4166345 | Light-transmissive, sound and heat insulating building element An improved light-transmissive building element useful for walls, ceilings, roofs, windows, or the like consists of at least two light-transmitting flat sheets, such as panels, panes, and the like, which, together with a suitable frame, define a hollow sp... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4163418 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus, for simultaneously cooking a number of products, each a filling between two slices of bread buttered on their outer faces and toasted, has two oppositely arranged but otherwise similar cooking units mounted in frames, the lower one fi... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4163456 | Air release valve An air release valve, used in a system containing liquid with gas above it, has a float chamber connected to the system and containing a float which normally closes a primary orifice leading through a vertically movable spring-loaded piston to an upper ch... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4163391 | Device for checking the level of a liquid in a tank A device for checking the level of a liquid in a tank, for example a car fuel tank, has an electrical resistance probe partly immersed in the liquid and energized with a constant current. The voltage across the probe at switching on is stored and used as ... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4160695 | Process for the production of glucose from cellulose-containing vegetable raw materials A process for the production of glucose from cellulose containing raw material by steam treatment at a temperature from 160° to 230° C. for from 2 minutes to 4 hours followed by lixiviation with aqueous alkali and acid or enzymatic hydrolysis of fibrino... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4160374 | Apparatus for measuring the diffusive resistance of plant stomata Apparatus for measuring the diffusive resistance of plant stomata includes a cup adapted to be sealingly clamped to a plant leaf being tested to define an enclosed air volume in the cap adjacent the surface of the leaf. A humidity sensor in the cup provid... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4160638 | Apparatus for forming sheets of foamed synthetic plastics material Apparatus for forming sheets of foamed synthetic plastics material, comprising a screw extruder, a nozzle head having an extrusion passage therein and a nozzle core positioned in the extrusion passage so as to form an annular nozzle, a cooled calibrating ... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4158461 | Pipe tapping bands This invention provides a pipe tapping band of the type formed in two halves adapted to be clamped about a pipe to be tapped, one band half having an internally threaded integral ferrule to receive conventional pipe tapping means, a recess in the inner su... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4157089 | Physiotherapy table A physiotherapy table for treatment of cystic fibrosis and other illnesses has a top consisting of two top sections connected hingedly end to end by adjustable joints which may be releasably locked to hold the two top sections in a number of different ang... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4155798 | Protection from corrosion of resistance-welded sheet metal covered with non-metallic layers The present invention relates to the protection of blank areas of sheet metal otherwise coated with layers of synthetic materials, lacquers, foils or the like, wherein apparatus is provided for covering the blank areas with tape or cord by temporarily mov... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4151889 | Rock-drilling bit for percussion hammers A rock drilling bit for a pneumatic percussion hammer has a bit head and an anvil extending up from the bit head and slidable in the bit drive sub of the hammer. So the bit will be rotated with the hammer without unduly stressing the anvil, the upper part... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4145289 | Aeration and filtration pump for aquariums An aeration and filtration pump for aquariums, including a housing formed with openings through which the aerated and filtered air can return to the aquarium tank, and an impeller enclosure member positioned within the housing. The impeller enclosure memb... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4142338 | Construction unit A wall unit having a vapor-proof evacuatable envelope and a supporting core in the envelope. Wall shells form the outer sides of the element, and screw means extend through and rigidly interconnect the wall shells and thus the element, the screw means hav... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4141183 | Prestressed hollow chamber composite structural element capable of supporting heavy loads A hollow-chamber composite structural element is capable of carrying high load and is prestressed in the direction of its length and against the direction of loading. The element comprises two outer structural shells connected with each other, with suppor... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141869 | Heat-sealing thermoplastic adhesive This invention provides a heat-sealing thermoplastic adhesive of a thermoplastic polymer which is resistant to washing and dry-cleaning, which contains from about 0.05 to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, of at least one hydrophobic... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4136580 | Power branching transmission A power branching transmission, having two parallel output shafts, each of which carries a rotationally rigidly connected ouptput drive pinion, the output drive pinions being axially offset with respect to one another and each meshing with a respective ro... | 01/30/1979 |
