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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4476696 | Home knitting machine This invention concerns a home knitting machine comprising at least one straight needle bed member provided with grooves slidably receiving the knitting needles, a carriage which is movable on the needle bed member and which is provide with selection unit... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4364729 | Ladle heating system with air seal and heat shield A ladle for receiving molten metal is heated by a direct flame, by applying a lid to the rim of the ladle and directing an air stream through a heat exchanger and through the lid to the ladle, mixing fuel with the air and igniting the mixture and directin... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4356744 | Shoulder pad former Dome-shaped shoulder pad discs are placed in face-to-face overlying relationship and loaded in segmented carriers of a surface conveyor system. Each carrier moves its shoulder pad discs to a first station where the material is cut between the segments of ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4336633 | Poultry processing method and apparatus As a series of birds are conveyed in a suspended, inverted attitude through a poultry processing plant the neck of each bird is received in a rotating helical rotor formed by a pair of helical bars arranged in overlapping, coaxial relationship and which f... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336460 | Spent fuel cask A cask for containing spent nuclear fuel during transport. The cask has a pair of multiple element trunnions disposed on opposite sides of the cask adjacent the top thereof. The multiple elements of the trunnions provide separate and independent load path... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4328635 | Firearm having multiple barrels movable together to one side A firearm having over and under double barrels in a side break arrangement which could be utilized for shotgun, rifle or handgun. A hinge arrangement for the double barrels comprises a cylindrical portion of the hinge on a main frame which detachably moun... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4325165 | Gizzard splitter The gizzard with crop and other viscera attached thereto are retrieved from a cavity of a bird on an overhead conveyor system, and with viscera hanging from the gizzard, the gizzard is moved over a cutter whose elements define an open ended cutting path w... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4321460 | Digital control apparatus A decision making control circuit responsive to a digital data stream. A control output is provided in response to detection of a predetermined number of successive digital words in the data stream representing numbers having a magnitude greater than a th... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4320382 | Automotive alarm An automobile alarm comprising a pair of self latching relay devices one or the other of which, but not both, must operate within a predetermined time after turning the ignition switch on or hot wiring around the switch. The depression of the horn ring wi... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4319136 | Computerized tomography radiograph data transfer cap The data transfer for cranial computerized tomography images is substantially form-fitting and dome-shaped. First and second groups of elongated depth markers are positioned in front and in back, diametrically across from each other, and each depth marker... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4319290 | Dictation recording and transcribing method and apparatus including display for multiple recording media A system for recording or transcribing dictation including means for selectively placing any one of a plurality of recording media, such as tape cassettes, in a position for recording or transcribing dictation on the media, a means for displaying paramete... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4316464 | Poultry vaccination system Baby chicks are loaded in an open top container 32 and the container is moved into an open ended cabinet 18. In response to the movement of the container into the cabinet, a dose of vaccine is drawn from a supply 56 and delivered to a pressure chamber 41,... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4316431 | Artificial fish-gathering underwater reef The invention relates to an artificial fish-gathering reef constructed with square bar materials and plate materials, the plate materials are alternately piled on the bar materials in a manner to provide open rooms for fish-swimming space.... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4314647 | Storage and display elevator The storage and display elevator includes a series of movable shelves or platforms suspended from a pair of continuous chains, with the chains extending about upper and lower pairs of sprocket wheels. At least one upper guide sprocket is rotatably support... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4314125 | Electric seam welding device in the production equipment of hot-dip metal-coated steel tubes This invention relates to the means of continuously seam-welding the areas to be joined together of steel strips formed like tubes in the production of hot-dip metal-coated steel tubes from steel strips in a continuous supply. This seam welding device is ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313183 | Acoustic distance measuring method and apparatus An acoustic distance measuring device using a predetermined frequency shift keyed bit pattern as the acoustic signal transmitted and received. A phase lock loop detector is provided. Variations in lag from the time required for the loop to lock are elimin... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4313059 | Sea current energy system A system for extracting useful energy from sea currents. A pair of drag inducing devices is disposed in the sea current, and connected by cables to a windlass at a location upstream of the drag devices. Each drag device has a selectably variable drag resi... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4312021 | Cassette apparatus and method for retaining selected segments of tape A cassette, apparatus, and method for obtaining selected segments of magnetic tape for storage or other purposes from a length of magnetic tape upon which information is recorded by a conventional cassette recorder. The cassette has means for removing a t... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4311274 | Mobile apparatus for spraying protective coatings Disclosed herein is an improved, self-contained and portable machine adapted to efficiently spray viscous sealing fluids, which may contain suspended solid matter, onto an unprotected surface. For example, especially suitable for spraying coal tar pitch e... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4310832 | Back-lit graphic display panel apparatus A control panel for systems or processes, equipped with relatively shadow-free back illumination. The control panel includes a display panel, and a backing panel mounted behind the display panel to receive and support display interactive devices such as i... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4310138 | Self-supporting shrinking mandrel A self supporting shrinking mandrel including an actuator with a plurality of legs, each terminated by a cross member. The legs and cross members are inserted into grooves of a plurality of support members. The grooves and cross members cooperate to hold ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4310725 | Interface for private branch exchange An interface for connecting a PBX line (18) to a central office trunk (15) and for providing a supervisory signal (28) and accepting PBX hook switch and dial pulse inputs (30), being readily adaptable to ground start trunks and loop start trunks. A pair o... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4308704 | Trim molding A trim molding including an integral elongate member of a flexible material formed so as to have a base portion to be attached to a surface, such as the surface of an automobile body at the edge of a vinyl covering, a cover portion for hiding the base por... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4308229 | Sterilization apparatus and method A sterilization apparatus and method according to which articles are sterilized by subjecting them to an ultrasonic/heat activated disinfectant liquid in the presence of heat and ultrasonic vibrations. The preferred disinfectant liquid includes a quaterna... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4306477 | Ticket dispenser The ticket dispenser includes lower and upper overlying support plates which define a ticket material passageway therebetween. A reel support is mounted on one end and cutting apparatus are mounted on the other end of the support plates. A feed slot is fo... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4306333 | Gizzard inspection and peeling system Poultry gizzards are washed down an inclined inspection table toward a worker standing at a pair of peeler rolls. The worker visually inspects each gizzard and removes those gizzards needing additional peeling to a repeel hopper and removes those gizzards... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4306504 | Railroad rerailer A stationary railroad rerailing apparatus for rerailing derailed cars while the train is moving, including V-shaped centering rails between the track rails, an inclined pad of a cushioning, penetrable material, such as asphalt-aggregate material, for rais... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4305175 | Scraping tool An improved scraping tool particularly suited for scraping ice from an automobile windshield is formed from a shell member 10 having two pairs of blades (20, 21) disposed longitudinally along the shell. One blade (21) from each pair is straight and dispos... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4303998 | Dictation recording system A recording system for recording dictation originating at a plurality of dictate stations with a plurality of recorders and which provides for communication and monitoring functions between the dictate stations and a central control unit. In addition, the... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4303183 | Garment presser The garment presser bag assembly includes an inner bag of woven nylon material open at its lower end and defining at its upper end neck and arm openings. An outer bag of net-like material also includes an open lower end and neck and arm openings at its up... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4302260 | Simulated stained glass article and method of making same An improved simulated stained glass article including pieces of textured plastic joined together by a plastic adhesive to form a realistic simulation of leaded stained glass. The article is made by cutting pieces of the textured plastic conforming to elem... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4301449 | Control panel A control panel for displaying, monitoring and controlling conditions of a process plant, the control panel includes a graphic display, and permits quick and easy rearrangement and repositioning of control switches associated with the graphic display. The... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300369 | Protective enclosure for a padlock A protective enclosure for a padlock so as to preclude line-of-sight access to the padlock. The enclosure comprises a box shaped housing which includes an access opening formed in one wall and a shackle opening formed diagonally opposite the access openin... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300863 | Tool suspension system A system for suspending a tool for horizontal movement with respect to a workpiece, wherein a carriage carrying said tool is slidably carried on a set of parallel rails, which are in turn slidably carried by a second set of parallel rails at right angles ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4301525 | Central control system for dictation A system for providing input electrical signals, for processing the electrical signals to provide digital information, and for recording the processed electrical signals so that they may be retrieved from the system and the information recorded digitally ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4299343 | Carbine sling and pouch A sling and pouch assembly for attachment to a carbine, without requiring existing sling swivels and without modifying the carbine. The sling assembly includes a front swivel having a hook which fits beneath the existing barrel band of the carbine. The re... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4299046 | Single-shot survival rifle A portable lightweight rifle which is primarily intended for use as a survival rifle. The rifle is readily disassembled into two assemblies for storage or ease of transporting, without requiring any separable fastener. A supply of ammunition is carried in... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4298907 | Flash attachment with extendable head A flash attachment for a hand held camera having a flash head pivotally mounted on an extendable member. A main unit together with a plurality of modular auxiliary units which may be used to construct the attachment are shown. One embodiment shows a plura... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4297800 | Cartridge magazine for firearms Apparatus for converting a firearm of a first caliber to fire cartridges of a second caliber. The regular bolt assembly of the firearm is removed and replaced with a conversion bolt assembly having a flat receiver plate which is bifurcated to provide a pa... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4296576 | Sloped wall structure and anchor clip A sloped wall structure is formed from a plurality of rafters arranged in spaced, parallel inclined attitude extending from a lower support surface upwardly to a higher support surface. Anchor clips are positioned at the lower end of each rafter and pivot... | 10/27/1981 |
