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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4592295 | Automatic shirt cuff manufacturing unit There is provided an automatic shirt cuff manufacturing unit comprising an overcast stitching machine, a buttonhole forming machine and a button sewing machine. The unit includes means for conveying the cuff to the overcast stitching machine, means for re... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4591991 | Coding method and system for assembly line pallets In a system for coding a pallet on which a plurality of parts are assembled to form a workpiece in an assembly line, a drive for moving the pallet in a conveying path along the assembly line to successive work stations where the parts are processed or ass... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4589474 | Checkerwork in horizontal chamber of a regeneratively fired furnace A checkerwork in a horizontal regenerator chamber of a regeneratively fired furnace, comprising an array of horizontally and vertically adjacent hollow prismatic bricks of refractory material, the bricks being arrayed in horizontal and vertical rows, and ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4588069 | Apparatus for singling assembly parts An apparatus for singling entangled assembly parts comprises a storage drum for receiving the assembly parts at random, two loosening devices for moving clusters of the entangled parts relative to a wall of the storage container, the loosening devices hav... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586597 | Apparatus for feeding platelike workpieces to a tool station of a machine tool Apparatus for feeding platelike workpieces to a tool station of a machine tool comprises a frame carrying a straight track, and a carriage, which is guided by said track and carries transverse conveying means for conveying the workpieces. In order to ensu... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4586626 | Device for covering a recess in a tiled wall A device for covering a recess in a tiled wall comprises a receptacle, which is adapted to be inserted into the recess and to accommodate a tile cover, which is connected to the receptacle by pivotal mounting means, which act on supporting lugs, which are... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4583267 | Apparatus for making a fibrous web Apparatus for making a fibrous web comprises a plurality of carding drums (3, 4, 5, 6), which closely succeed each other in the direction of travel of the feed web and rotate in the same sense. An air-permeable collecting surface is provided, on which the... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583895 | Mobile machine for removing surface irregularities from a rail head of a railroad track Rail heads are planed with a mobile machine moving continuously along a track and comprising a frame and a rail planing tool mounting linked to the frame. The mounting is adjusted vertically relative to the running surface of the rail head and pressed the... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583943 | Process for calcining pulverulent material A process for the calcination of a solid pulverulent material comprises the steps of gasifying a solid fuel in a fluidized bed to produce an ascending current of gaseous fuel, and injecting the material in an oxidizing carrier gas into the ascending gaseo... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583251 | Seat bath unit A seat bath unit for elderly, frail or otherwise handicapped persons is provided wherein a sidewall of the bathtub is displaceable for complete opening to the seat part for access thereto. A catchment trough beneath the bathtub is provided for receiving t... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4580489 | Apparatus for continuously making an endless wafer laminate of uniform width, consisting of individual wafer sheet layers and intervening cream layers Process and apparatus for continuously making an endless wafer laminate which has a uniform width and consists of individual wafer sheet layers and intervening cream layers. In order to increase the production rate of such wafer laminate while maintaining... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4581132 | Sifter apparatus A sifter apparatus comprises an oscillatory support comprising two side plates defining transversely aligned window openings at spaced locations along the side plates and first transverse bearing beams extending between the aligned window openings and con... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4580428 | Hot-rolling mill and process for producing sheet metal A hot-rolling mill for producing sheet metal has a reversing roughing stand having pairs of roughing rolls and a reversing finishing stand adjacent thereto and having pairs of finishing rolls. Each stand is selectively operable alone and both stands are o... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579369 | Printed matter, particularly newspaper Printed matter consists of folded sheets (1) of paper, each of which has a crease (2) and a prepared fold line (3), which is associated with and parallel to that crease (2) and permits of a backfolding in order to facilitate the manipulation.... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4576538 | Box car A box car for storing bulk material and useful for incorporation in a freight train preceding a ballast cleaning machine for transporting waste material coming from the machine, the box car comprising a frame defining a plane, a box open on top and mounte... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4576095 | Ballast tamping machine A ballast tamping machine comprising a machine frame movable along, and extending in the direction of, the track and having guides extending transversely to the machine frame and track, and a tamping tool unit comprising a frame associated with one of the... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4574572 | Apparatus for making a yarn Apparatus for making a yarn comprises a device which succeeds a drawing frame and serves to twist a drawn roving and to wind covering fibers around the drawn roving, and means for supplying the covering fibers. In order to ensure that the covering fibers ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574529 | Apparatus for grinding twist drills The apparatus for grinding twist drills comprises a shaft and a grinding wheel which has a grinding surface and is rigidly secured to the shaft. The apparatus comprises also a drill-guiding body, which faces the grinding surface and is axially spaced from... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574528 | Apparatus for grinding twist drills Apparatus for grinding twist drills comprises a drive shaft and a grinding wheel, which is coupled to said shaft and is mounted thereon to be axially movable relative to the shaft and is spring-loaded toward a drill-guiding structure facing the grinding s... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574419 | Device for treatment of surfaces, particularly for cleaning and polishing The invention relates to a device for surface treatment, particularly for cleaning, polishing and grinding, and including a housing provided with a handle, which surrounds at least partly an electric motor rotating in an unbalanced manner due to a balance... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573861 | Apparatus for feeding sheet metal elements to a bending An apparatus for feeding and rotating a sheet metal element comprises a frame and a carriage displaceably mounted on the frame for feeding the sheet metal element. The sheet metal element is selectively gripped in a predetermined plane by a non-rotatable ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572680 | Stamping apparatus for providing workpieces with different embossed marks Apparatus for stamping different embossed marks into metallurgical or rolled products comprises a plurality of juxtaposed punches, which are axially slidably mounted in a punch holder, and a punch actuator for actuating said punches. To permit a stamping ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572390 | Bung hole closure for cans A bung hole closure for cans is described, in which a liquid is stored under pressure or without pressure and from which it is removed under pressure by means of a tap fitting. It comprises a plug-like soft portion bored thru axially having at least one s... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4573029 | Switch device A switch comprises switch members movable in an operating direction for opening and closing an electric circuit, a solenoid drive for moving the switch members in the operating direction, the solenoid drive comprising an armature having an operating movem... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571796 | Lathe Two juxtaposed cross slides provided with toolholders are slidably mounted on the saddle of a lathe. To permit an unrestricted use of lathe tools as well as of boring, drilling and milling tools, each cross slide is movable independently of the other. One... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572079 | Mobile track leveling, lining and tamping machine A mobile track leveling, lining and tamping machine has an elongated machine frame carrying a power plant and operating controls, and an operator's cab arranged on the machine frame at front end and a rear end thereof at a first level and including a cont... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572453 | Coiler for strip metal A coiler comprises a rotatably mounted coiler shaft, adapted to be driven, and a hollow reel, non-rotatably connected to the coiler shaft and containing a mechanism for expanding the coil. The expanding mechanism is adapted to be actuated by an actuator a... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571273 | Process of heating and cooling charges in batch-process industrial furnaces In a process of heating and cooling charges in batch-process industrial furnaces, particularly in a process of cooling coils of steel wire or strip steel in bell-type annealing furnaces, the charge is heated and cooled in contact with circulated protectiv... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4566389 | Mobile apparatus and method for receiving and transporting an assembled track section A mobile apparatus for replacing an assembled section of track in a track renewal section, the assembled track section consisting of rails fastened to ties defining spaces therebetween, comprises a succession of transport vehicles having undercarriages ca... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4567049 | Process and apparatus for producing filled wafer blocks In a process in which cover sheets and/or coated wafer sheets are joined to form filled wafer blocks, each coated wafer sheet and, if desired, each cover sheet is moved in a stacking location from a lower position to an overlying upper position, the coate... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4566165 | Method of manufacturing a cylinder for a sugar mill The manufacture of a cylinder, particularly for use in sugar mills, which has an exterior surface defining circular grooves of a cross section having the shape of a triangle, each triangle having an apex at a bottom of the groove in a respective transvers... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4566895 | Molds used for blowing glass articles In order to form a steam cushion between a glass and a metal mold during operation blowing the glass in the mold, the mold is provided with a large number of small holes mechanically-formed in and distributed over the inner surface of the mold for retaini... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4563886 | Locking arrangement for securing doors A locking arrangement for securing doors (2) or the like with two bolts (5, ) displaceable relative to the door (2) to be closed and two locking devices (7, 8) associated therewith are described. One of the two locking devices (7, 8) has a locking mechanis... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563953 | Tamping head with limiting stop for tool reciprocation A tamping head for a mobile track working machine comprises a tamping tool carrier vertically adjustably mounted on the machine, a vibratory tamping tool mounted on the carrier for immersion in a crib for pivoting towards and away from an adjacent tie in ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563403 | Electrolyte for electro-chemical cells An electrolyte is disclosed which can be used in a variety of electrochemical cells and rechargeable accumulators. The electrolyte solution contains a complexing agent which reduces electrode solubility, combats dendrite formation, improves electrolyte co... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4563015 | Steering mechanism mounting arrangement A motor vehicle comprises a floor pan having stepped portions, and a steerable axle with a pair of steerable wheels suspended from the floor pan adjoining the stepped portions on the outside thereof. The steering mechanism includes a pitman arm, a pair of... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4561787 | Composite sliding surface bearing In a composite sliding surface bearing comprising a load-carrying backing shell, a bearing metal layer provided on the inside surface of the backing shell, and a sliding surface layer provided in the inside surface of the bearing metal layer, an interlaye... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557566 | Spherical lens for spherically symmetrical graded refractive index distribution provided with rod clad A spherical lens of graded refractive index distribution comprises a core of uneven refractive index of the shape of a sphere or hemisphere and a clad of the shape of a spherical shell and a rod clad, with the two clads disposed on the periphery of the co... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4556302 | Camera box for microfilm cameras A camera box for a microfilm camera for processing a film carried by an aperture card comprises an elongated housing, a magazine for a series of the aperture cards in the housing, a film exposure station arranged in the housing to receive the aperture car... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4555992 | Coal gasification installation An installation for gasifying coal in a fluidized bed under high pressure has a vessel resistant to the high pressure and a reactor disposed in the interior of the vessel and having a principal chamber constituting a gasification chamber which permits the... | 12/03/1985 |
