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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4498016 | Locomotive governor control A digital processor implemented electronic governor for engine-generator units including a first control loop for producing a speed error and controlling fuel delivery setting as a function thereof and a second control loop for detecting rack error and pr... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4493968 | Adaptive welder with laser TV-scanner The invention pertains to a welding system having automatic groove tracking and adaptive groove filling capabilities. Data produced by a coordinated laser spot projector (10) and TV-scanner (12) combination is determined to an Intel 8085 computer (28) to ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4458132 | Welding apparatus and control system therefor A resistance-type welder employing a pulsed power supply and a pair of opposed electrodes between which a workpiece may be clamped under pressure, includes a microcomputer based control system for allowing precise selection and control of welding sequence... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4449519 | Endoscope A multi-segmented endoscope (20) includes at least two sections (22), (24) which are detachably coupled together to provide endoscopes of varying lengths and openings for use during different stages of the birth process. The end (26) of the smaller sectio... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4446585 | Portable toilet A rugged and aesthetically pleasing cabana construction for a portable toilet is disclosed. Resilient plastic walls of the structure are connected to W-shaped corner extrusions to provide the cabana with indented corners to protect them from physical dama... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4443848 | Two-level priority circuit A digital processor including both macro and micro instruction generators. The micro-instruction generator comprises a sequencer for generating instruction addresses, a memory for generating instructions in response to the addresses and a pipeline registe... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4441653 | Bi-metallic vane vent damper A thermally actuated damper for insertion in the flue pipe of furnaces consists of a cylindrical section of pipe having a diametrically extending bar fixed across its interior. The bar supports a pair of identical, semi-circular vanes formed of a bi-metal... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4441207 | Design rule checking using serial neighborhood processors A pipeline of programmable serial neighborhood stages is used to automatically check for adherence to a set of predetermined geometrical constraints or design rules used in the fabrication of electronic components such as integrated circuit devices. In a ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4440451 | Vehicle hub with bearing removable feature A plurality of spaced ramps are formed in the inner surface of a vehicle hub interiorly of the bearings to facilitate removal thereof. Preferably, the hub is designed for use in an automatic tire inflation system and the ramps extend radially outwardly fr... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4438940 | Portable ice fishing enclosure A combination sled and shelter device for use while ice-fishing or the like comprising a drumshaped container body disposed on a pair of snow runners and having doors in the cylindrical drum surface. To use the device as a shelter, one stands the device o... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4438877 | Helmet restraining device A helmet restraining device employing a seat strap which is pulled taut over the top surface of the saddle-seat of a vehicle and anchored at either end of the strap to the seat and an elliptically shaped restraining cup which is relatively elastic along t... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4437374 | Tube cutting apparatus A ram driven tube cutting apparatus of the double cut type in which sections of tubing are successively severed from a continuous length thereof by a notching cut followed by a severing cut, includes improved mechanism for clamping the tubing during the c... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4436610 | Apparatus for measuring electrochemical activity Apparatus is disclosed for measuring the electrochemical activity of a liquid, for example, the hydrogen ion activity or pH value of blood. A disposable cartridge includes spaced indicating and reference electrodes which develop electrical properties as a... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4434950 | Winding-on device for paper sheets and lengths of textile A device for winding-on sheets of material (3), particularly sheets of paper and lengths of textile, includes a winding-on device and a feed unit (6,8) coupled with the winding-on spindle (4) of the winding-on device through a belt drive (21,22,26), which... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4433274 | Home security and garage door operator system A home security and garage door operator system includes a gas sensor for detecting the level of toxic gas in the garage. When the gas level exceeds a predetermined threshold the garage door is automatically opened. Lock out circuitry is provided for prev... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4431043 | Automatic tire inflation system An automatic tire inflation/deflation system for a vehicle (10) is disclosed. Air passageways for the pressurize air are provided internally through the wheel assemblies without cutting into load bearing members. A rotating seal is provided by way of a pa... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4429805 | Container construction A straight sided injection molded plastic container and lid combination wherein the cylindrical sidewall of the container exhibits a neck section of reduced interior diameter and structure in said neck section for reinforcement thereof in a direction para... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4429639 | Money-dispensing device from a safe's space A money dispensing device for use in safes or the like which transfers money from a security area to a dispensing point. A powered drawer transfers money from the security area to the dispensing point. The dispensing point is provided with a door, which i... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4426887 | Method of measuring previously applied torque to a fastener The amount of previously applied torque to a fastener is measured by analyzing a series of digital torque values generated during a test of the fastener.... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4426637 | Combination encoder-decoder integrated circuit device A dual purpose integrated circuit device which can be utilized both as an encoder for providing digital signals according to a preselected code and as a decoder for comparing a received signal with an internally generated digitally coded signal. The devic... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4425039 | Apparatus for the practice of double exposure interferometric non-destructive testing A machine for performing double exposure, interferometric analysis of the changes in an object surface that result from changes in the ambient pressure on the object, as by holography, includes a pressure chamber partially formed by a horizontal base oper... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4423893 | Self-sealing tapered thread form A tapered tap suitable for producing tapered pipe threads includes a body provided with a helical thread form having a tapered cross-sectional shape. The thread form is defined by a pair of converging flanks which form a thread crest and thread root respe... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4423646 | Process for producing a rotary drilling bit A rotary drill bit for drilling wells in earth formations is produced by a casting technique using a plastic foam, combustible casting form. The bit includes a tapered drill body having a plurality of passageways therein which form jets for introducing li... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4423460 | Bulk tape eraser with rotating magnetic field Apparatus is disclosed for bulk erasing magnetic tapes spirally wound on a carrier. A pair of magnetic structures are spaced apart by an air gap of sufficient width to receive the tape carrier. Circuitry is provided for producing a rotating magnetic field... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4421096 | Vent damper drive An automatic vent damper control mechanism for use on furnaces or the like having a spring loaded open position and an electric motor which drives it to a closed position, against the spring bias, via a gear train. A unique over-travel mechanism is provid... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4420831 | Method and device for frequency translation A digital communications system includes a plurality of master stations communicating with a plurality of terminals over a single communication line which carries a plurality of duplex communication channels, each corresponding to a particular master stat... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4420199 | Cable connector A cable connector includes at least two electrically conductive slip ring members with freely rotatable contact surfaces which are mutually frictionally engaged with one another. Provision is made for selectively forcing the contact surfaces into highly p... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4419894 | Detection of angular location of unbalance of a rotor and positioning of the location to a predetermined angular position In a dynamic balancing machine for measuring amount and angular location of unbalance of a rotor piece during rotating the rotor piece by a drive motor, in order to position automatically the unbalance angular location to a predetermined angular position ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4419133 | Bonded aggregate structures and production thereof Bonded aggregate structures, processes for their production, improved wall, floor and ceiling panel structures laminated with bonded aggregate and methods for their production are provided. The structures are made using a workable quick-setting non-toxic ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4418850 | Pannier and mounting arrangement for cycles A pannier adapted to be mounted on the rear carrier rack of cycle vehicles includes a rectangular bag mounted on a flat, rigid frame and a U-shaped bar pivotally mounted on the frame and within the bag to permit collapsing of the bag. The pannier is mount... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4418737 | Automatic tire inflation system An automatic tire inflation system for a vehicle (10) includes a plurality of wheel assemblies (14). Each wheel assembly includes a rotatable portion (30) connected to its associated tire (16) and a non-rotatable portion (24) connected to the vehicle chas... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4418394 | Optical residue arithmetic computer having programmable computation module An optical computer based on the residue number system employs a plurality of computational modules which may be programmed using electronic pulses to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division operations. Each module comprises an array of... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4417320 | Interface for data communication systems using serial biphase data transmissions An interface for biphase data communication systems utilizing serial transmissions between a central control unit and a peripheral device. A ROM-latch network serving as a sequencer is utilized as a bi-directional biphase serial/TTL parallel translator. I... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4416600 | Apparatus for producing high purity metal powders Apparatus is disclosed for producing high purity metal powders of precisely controlled particle size. The apparatus employs a system for atomizing a stream of molten metal by a swirling fluid. After initial system set up, different particle sizes may be p... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4416174 | Auxiliary support fixture for a steady rest An auxiliary support device for a workpiece is connected to a bracket mounted on a side face plate of a steady rest. The support device includes a member extending from the end of the steady rest for abutting the workpiece diametrically opposite the machi... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4415391 | Reinforced molded rubber muffler hanger and method of making of same A molded synthetic rubber muffler or exhaust component hanger having a molded-in nylon reinforcing loop around the circumferential surface thereof and manufactured according to a method which involves at least the steps of preparing a preform of uncured s... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4415105 | Article carrier apparatus Apparatus is provided for preventing unwanted movement, particularly anti-cantilever or upward pivoting movement, of a cantilever-supported carrier for a cycle, such as a front-or-back mounting article carrier on stem-supported handlebars or cross-bars of... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4414955 | Apparatus for dressing abrasive wheels Apparatus for dressing abrasive wheels employed for grinding involute surfaces such as involute gear teeth includes a fixture for generating involute curves cooperatively coupled with a turntable and a dressing tool. The fixture includes a carriage bar re... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4414685 | Method and apparatus for pattern recognition and detection Image analyzing apparatus and methods are disclosed for analyzing 3-dimensional as well as 2-dimensional images. The pixels of the 3-D images may be represented by multivalued digital data signals which are analyzed in one or more programmable neighborhoo... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413220 | Battery discharge rate control circuitry Techniques are disclosed for supplying positive and negative voltages to electrical components in a system where power demand from the components needing voltage of one polarity is different from the power demand from components needing voltage of the oth... | 11/01/1983 |
