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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4775144 | Rotatable and vertically oscillatable passenger amusement assembly A line of longitudinal rows of passenger compartments are swingingly connected between upstanding pairs of hydraulically rotatable screws by means of internally threaded roll-nuts. The line can be raised or lowered with the compartments disposed mutually ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4611803 | Starting block assembly A portable starting block assembly for a track runner wherein the central alignment bar is formed in half-length segments for side-by-side lodgment during traveling, plus quick coupling means to fasten together the pieces during use. Also carries holding ... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4561650 | Tilt adjustable starting block A runner's starting block such as is attachable, one on each side of a longitudinal alignment frame, in staggered relation, so as to position each foot of a runner at a selected position for the start of a race. The block can have the tilt of its foot con... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4552430 | Connector head for electric terminal box A connector unit and a terminal box containing such units for individually coupling a plurality of closely grouped electrical cables to circuit breakers in the box in such manner that the cables can take off in a different direction without bending the ca... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4462498 | Self indexed record album rack A rack for holding a quantity of record albums, each in a display position of at least partial visibility so as to be individually identifiable for selection by the user. An upstanding backing support which may be hung vertically against a wall or alterna... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4450315 | Thermocouple assembly A thermocouple assembly wherein the transition fitting has a separable nose piece which may be brazed to the probe casing before the transition fitting is coupled thereto, thus avoiding the previous occuring spread of brazing heat through the body of the ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4436511 | Molded dental press A dental press or jig for rigidly positioning during a short curing period, a matching pair of dentures held in occlusal alignment with one or both having a contacting layer of relining material pressed against a respective model of the patient's mouth, a... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4432482 | Dispenser for rolled sheet material Cabinet useable for dispensing any tear-off length of a variety of rolled sheet material ranging from paper towels or toilet tissue to bandages or wrapping material. Following each selected withdrawal/severance from outlet mouth, sheet advance mechanism c... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4380412 | Lap shaping machine with oscillatable point cutter and selectively rotatable or oscillatable lap Programmable electric and hydraulic machine for shaping laps such as are used to form or polish opthalmic lenses, comprises vertically oscillatable, longitudinally displaceable arm carrying a point cutter which is functionally engageable by radially exten... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4364458 | Brake release automotive fuel control assembly Entirely mechanical assembly attachable to accelerator pedal of motor vehicle for selective setting of fuel flow. Chosen setting can be instantly overridden by pedal depression or be completely cancelled by tapping brake pedal. Set position is determined ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4345996 | Conic reaction chamber for water decontamination Provides a self-cleaning conic reaction chamber having specific multiple conduit connections, sealable closure, internal mixer, external vibrators and dependent sludge accumulator which chamber can be flow connected to readily available handling units to ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4340473 | Apparatus for joint particulate recovery and liquid purification Apparatus for step-wise purification treatment of contaminated polar liquid, such as water, by the procedure of U.S. Pat. No. 4,224,148, comprising successive flow-connected container units, electrically insulated from the ground, the sequential units pro... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4320685 | Stringed musical instrument A guitar having a split level top of its sound box which thus is formed at two different (vertically separated) levels and connected by an angular cross bridge to which one end of the strings is anchored so as to directly vibrate the chamber. The result i... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4307737 | Hair braider Cylindrical open-top container houses generally annular slide track having diametric unidirectional stretch, the tracks being bordered by laterally extending guide rails which engage restricted necks of a row of individual holders which are each slidable ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4270313 | Louver lock A liner (interchangeable) for each end bracket of a louver assembly, the liner consisting of a flat strip with longitudinal edge abutment and U-bent at each end to embrace the end margins of the louver pane or panel, with either inturned U-arm disposed to... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4266791 | Collapsible and carryable cart A collapsible and hand carryable utility cart formed by short upstanding walls fixed to each other and to a flat, planar bottom, the upper edges of the walls carrying upstanding side panels with bracing pins. Bottom has detachable axle support member with... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4237577 | Safety hinge Three piece separable hinge assembly wherein, when closed or nested, a smaller flat leaf is received loosely, coplanar, within a central cut-out area of a larger flat leaf so that the composite hinge occupies the thickness of only one leaf. When this thic... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4224148 | Galvanic flow system for joint particulate recovery and liquid purification Solid and/or dissolved contaminants are separated from a polar liquid such as water by providing in the contaminated liquid medium a galvanically charged particulate dispersion of defined size, concentration, density and free surface energy, and then flow... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4191259 | Rotary cultivator and mulcher A rotary cultivator formed with vertically rotating pairs of transverse-ended ground-penetrating spoke-like end-bladed wheels. Such assembly now adds horizontal pairs of fixed cutter blades spaced respectively one outward from the peripheral path of the w... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4182238 | Self contained pressure vessel A transparent, generally cylindrical, wide-mouth pressure retaining vessel or container cast of synthetic resin with a surrounding side wall formed by successively downwardly inset, annular wall segments, and externally reinforced by integral vertical rib... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4172340 | Work holder for grinder Apparatus based on right-angle socket adapted to hold therein either square or round shank of workpiece for grinding faces of latter in diverse arcuate and/or planar patterns. Setting requires use of only two adjustments, each effected with great and easi... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4164074 | Dental articulator with interchangeable mounts Dental articulator formed with individually adjustable, upper and lower carrier plates, each having means for quick-coupling to one of an interchangeable pair of planar mounts (each mount adapted to adhesively support an assembled denture against one of i... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4148483 | Handleless hand racket Handleless hand racket formed of three molded plastic parts joined together into assembly formed of (A) channel-shape backing support of a little larger size than the human palm, (B) opposing pair of edge bows, cross linked by longitudinal series of resil... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4125057 | Planetary milling machine Motor driven milling and boring machine used primarily for forming screw threads of any selected pitch, external to cylindrical or conic projection or within similar-shaped bore of workpiece, particularly workpieces such as are too large or irregular-shap... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4089519 | Starting block assembly A starting block assembly for locating at a starting position of a running track. An elongated, ground-anchorable central bar is formed with a pair of back-to-back T-shape lengthwise slide tracks, each opening to a respective side of the bar and receiving... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4088336 | Foot-wearable stilt A pair of elevating structures to be worn on the feet, each of the structures comprising a ground contact unit to which a vertically separated foot receiving unit is joined to form a unitary structure. The ground contact unit has a horizontal base plate f... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4087102 | Hand carryable travel container convertable to rollable cart A support pallet carrying at opposite ends thereof, jointly extensible tow-handle and pair of rollers, which pallet can form original-construction false bottom of luggage container such as suit case, or as free form can be extended to form hand cart for m... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4044413 | Clamp assembly with guide means for removing selected arc length of clamped ring for size reduction A handable clamp such as a vice grip, carrying a pair of interlocking arcuate-faced extension jaws, one of which is laterally projecting on both sides of clamp jaws and formed with parallel-sided tongues and guide slots spaced apart by aliquot distances, ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3986433 | Lap milling machine A programmable machine for automatically cutting and/or resurfacing a selected arcuate pattern upon either a convex or concave lap, particularly such laps as may then be used for forming and polishing opthalmic lenses. A lap positioning unit and a cutter ... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3969836 | Buckle with removable display insert Combined ornamental and functional buckle such as attachable to belt, shoulder or pack strap, etc. is characterized by front peripheral, channel-forming frame surrounding and edge-overlying an outwardly convex, rectangular face which thus forms a backing ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3966127 | Centrifugal device and process for concurrently rupturing and pulverizing granular material, particularly cereal grain Method and apparatus which combines centrifugal and rotary-abrasive forces for rupturing air-carried granular material, such as cereal grain, which is then reduced to a desired (variable) screen size or powder. Such product may be as finely pulverized as ... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3964281 | Double cylinder lock bolt assembly Double cylinder door lock which operates a ceiling- and/or floor-socketed lock bolt which can be added to inner face of already hanging door. Either or both operating cylinders can be key-operated pin tumblers.... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3962832 | Fluid responsive, leverage operated chuck A chuck assembly particlarly useful to position a lap or lens blank at the end of an oscillatory spindle for opthalmic lens grinding; comprises an opposing pair of jaws, one of which is fixed and the other a loosely hanging plate, laterally and longitudin... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3948774 | Water purification process and apparatus Process and apparatus for continuously obtaining separate outflows of pure water and sterile sludge when starting with various aqueous slurries containing organic or oxidizable contaminants (as exemplified by domestic sewage or industrial waste) and first... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3945654 | Chuck jaw and spindle alignment attachment Provides an annular frame for attachment to the outer end of a circle of soft jaws carried by a radially adjustable chuck of a rotary machining assembly, whereby in spite of looseness or misalignment of the chuck jaws, their soft jaws can then be shaped t... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3943313 | Automotive door accessory for turning office vehicle headlight switch Two-piece assembly fixed to inner forward margin of driver's door of vehicle so as to position a horizontal support arm generally parallel to and spaced from auto dashboard, with a terminal abutment arm carried normally overlying the face of the pull knob... | 03/09/1976 |
