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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4533519 | Gas flow coagulation test cartridge having movable member establishing communication between reagent and reaction chambers A gas flow cartridge in which to conduct a coagulation-related test uses an elongated pin member movably positioned within a communication opening which separates a reagent chamber from a reaction chamber. A first portion of the pin member has an operativ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4532745 | Channel and foam block wall construction A generally U-shaped channel member is positioned on top of the top surface of a plurality of foam plastic blocks in a horizontal wall segment, and vertically aligned concrete confining openings are formed through both the channel member and the plastic b... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4531101 | High-frequency amplifier with enhanced gain from use of the Miller effect capacitance The Miller effect capacitance of an amplifying device, such as a transistor, is effectively used to increase the gain and/or the high-frequency cut-off point in the band width of a relatively high-frequency amplifier. The transistor or equivalent amplifyi... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4494749 | Seal assemblies A caliper seal assembly is adapted to seal two relatively moving parts in a drilling tool or drill bit or other device where a sealing relationship must be maintained under relatively large relative position and tolerance changes between the two movable p... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4491785 | Tracing electrical conductors by high-frequency loading and improved signal detection Tracing and identifying electrical conductors in a power distribution network is achieved by use of a transmitter operating on a duty cycle of delivering or absorbing current pulses at a predetermined frequency from the power distribution network, and by ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4480700 | Mechanical differential-rate counterboring tool A boring tool particularly useful for cutting counterbores in an engine block includes means for selectively engaging and disengaging an output shaft which is rotated and axially advanced during the cutting operation. Preferably, the selective engaging an... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4478295 | Tuned support for cutting elements in a drag bit Harmonic resonation of cutting elements against the earth formation is impeded in a rotary drag-type drill bit by providing connection means which yieldably and resiliently support the cutting elements from the drill bit but which deflects or vibrates wit... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4439672 | Control system for automated manipulator device A control system controls the movement and position of an automated device as it moves along a movement track. The control system comprises a chart extending stationarily transversely adjacent along an operative portion of the movement track which include... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4429822 | Clutch and multiple speed capstan tape drive mechanism and tape position indicator for tape transport A tape transport apparatus for recording tape having a rotationally driven tape drive capstan for advancing the tape and a pinch roller for firmly engaging the tape with the tape drive capstan includes a rapid tape advancement feature. Clutch devices sele... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4386458 | Fatigue resistance for coupling and connection joint mechanisms Residual favorable stresses are induced in a zone of stress concentration in a coupling and connection joint mechanism of a drill collar or drilling tool, for example. The residual favorable stress is created by tensily stressing the material within elast... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4386669 | Drill bit with yielding support and force applying structure for abrasion cutting elements Abrasion cutting elements of a rotary drill bit are operatively connected to the bit body structure by means for yieldably supporting the abrasion cutting elements and for forcing them into a continuous drag mode of cutting contact with the earth formatio... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4385028 | System for controlling position and movement of manipulator device from absolute distance data standard This system incorporates a uniquely coded longitudinally extending absolute distance standard or code chart. The code chart includes bars and segments of different light reflectivity characteristics which uniquely define every different distance increment... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4348930 | Transducer for sensing string vibrational movement in two mutually perpendicular planes Two magnetically permeable pole pieces have pole faces of predetermined configuration formed thereon, and the pole pieces conduct magnetic flux which interacts with a magnetically permeable string of a stringed instrument. The positioning of the pole face... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4346591 | Sensing impending sealed bearing and gage failure Impending bearing failure, seal failure and drilling an undergage well bore, among other things, are immediately detected by sensing the presence of aqueous drilling fluid in a lubricant or other type of sealed cavity of a drilling tool or the like during... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4335791 | Pressure compensator and lubricating reservoir with improved response to substantial pressure changes and adverse environment Improved lubricant pressure compensation is achieved in apparatus operative between substantially different changing pressures, for example earth drilling tools and deep submergence ocean machinery, by a flexible hermetically sealed gas-containing chamber... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4319763 | Collapsible lightweight bicycle fenders and method of attaching fenders to the bicycle frame Lightweight collapsible bicycle fenders are selectively attached to and detached from a bicycle frame by ties. The fenders are preferably formed from a sheet of durable flexible material, and the sheet of material is given sufficient rigidity and form to ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4307786 | Borehole angle control by gage corner removal effects from hydraulic fluid jet The advancement angle of a borehole cut by a rotary drill bit of the type which forms a cylindrical sidewall, a drill face and a circumferentially extending gage corner, is controlled by removing a different amount of the gage corner material over a selec... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4306387 | Controllable insulating effects by selective interposition of insulating particles in a cavity of an energy transmission panel assembly A system for selectively interposing particulate insulating material in a cavity of a transmission or window panel assembly employs an upper aperture into the cavity through which the insulating material enters and is removed. A flow diverting means adjac... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4294492 | Caliper seal assembly A caliper seal assembly is adapted to seal two relatively moving parts in a drilling tool or drill bit or other device where a sealing relationship must be maintained under relatively large relative position and tolerance changes between the two movable p... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4291773 | Strictive material deflectable collar for use in borehole angle control A deflectable drill collar having strictive material deflectable elements is connected in a drill string of drilling apparatus. Energization of the strictive material deflectable elements, such as magnetostrictive elements, deflects the drill collar, ther... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4287957 | Cooling a drilling tool component with a separate flow stream of reduced-temperature gaseous drilling fluid A flow stream of drilling gas in a gaseous drilling fluid circulation drilling system is separated from that drilling gas supplied to the drill string, and the flow stream is reduced in temperature prior to supplying the flow stream to a drilling tool com... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4279422 | Board game involving multiple variables and performance determination A game simulates attending college. Apparatus of the game includes a game board upon which two separate paths of play are defined. One path of play is a college path which represents various academic and financial occurrences which befall the student-play... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4262758 | Borehole angle control by gage corner removal from mechanical devices associated with drill bit and drill string The advancement angle of a borehole cut by a rotary drill bit of the type which forms a cylindrical sidewall, a drill face and a circumferentially extending gage corner, is controlled by removing a different amount of the gage corner material over a selec... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4262338 | Display system with two-level memory control for display units A display system employs electronic components for deriving and supplying display control signals, preferably in the form of multi-bit display control words, to control a display device formed of a plurality of individual display units preferably arranged... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4245644 | Breast prosthesis or augmenting form including spring-mass system A breast prosthesis or augmenting form for use in a breast cup of a brassiere-like woman's undergarment includes a spring-mass system. The spring-mass system includes a mass member forwardly positioned from the chest of the wearer by a resilient cantileve... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4240586 | Method and apparatus for crushing and classifying particulate material Friable particulate material is crushed and classified by apparatus comprising a grinder apparatus operatively positioned in the hollow interior of a relative rotationally mounted container. The grinder apparatus preferably comprises three rotationally mo... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4240674 | Positive lubricating and indexing bearing assembly Positive lubricating elements and positive indexing elements are retained between raceways of two relatively rotating race members of a bearing assembly. Sliding load bearing segments may also be retained between the raceways, and the indexing elements de... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4222170 | Segmental technique for sizing garments Pattern pieces of a conventional foundation pattern draft are divided into segments along predetermined division lines. Various segments of different overall sizes are joined together and form a new pattern piece. The segments selected for combination int... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4211292 | Borehole angle control by gage corner removal effects The advancement angle of a borehole cut by a rotary drill bit of the type which forms a cylindrical sidewall, a drill face and a circumferentially extending gage corner, is controlled by removing a different amount of the gage corner material over a selec... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4209684 | Fusion technique of assembling rotary drill bit and adjusting gage of cutting elements A high energy electron or laser beam is preferably used to assemble a drill bit. Bit segments are integrally adjoined together to form the drill bit assembly. Abutting confronting faces of the adjoining bit segments are aligned parallel to the drill bit a... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4208921 | Flywheel energy accumulator Radial and axial bearings support an axle shaft attached to a flywheel apparatus to provide rotational support and limit axial movement during rotation of the flywheel. A cage generally surrounding the flywheel and receiving the flywheel within its hollow... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4196722 | Percussion instrument used in respiratory therapy A hand-held, manually operated percussion instrument comprises a main body member formed of resilient material and incudes a sidewall portion and an end cap portion which are integrally connected and sealed together to define a continuous concave interior... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4182307 | Inflatable solar energy collector An inflatable solar energy collector utilizes flexible materials and is adapted to be inflated by a flow of pressurized gas therethrough. Inflation positions a solar energy collecting panel at an appropriate predetermined angle for effectively collecting ... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4151051 | Electrodeposition mining of materials from natural water bodies A deposition unit having a cathode surface is submerged in a natural body of moving water containing various materials including metallic materials carried by the flow of movement of the water body. The flow of water encompasses the deposition unit and co... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4141271 | Method and apparatus for preventing improper string return This method and apparatus prevents improper string return by restraining an end portion of a string of a stringed instrument, such as a pedal steel guitar, free of longitudinal movement with changes in tension of the string from a predetermined level of s... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4118002 | Apparatus for connecting a vacuum cleaner and solution tank as a cleaning solution-extraction cleaner A connecting apparatus connects a wet dry vacuum cleaner in a vertically spaced relationship with a solution tank. Cleaning solution is dispensed from the solution tank to the article to be cleaned, such as a carpet, and thereafter extracted from the arti... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4077296 | Tone control and tuning apparatus for a stringed instrument A transforming means in a tone changer device for transforming an amount of translational movement of an actuator means to a different or lesser amount of movement to be applied to a rotatable bar member dependently connected for pivoting a pivotable memb... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4014313 | Apparatus and method for collecting solar energy at an upright surface This apparatus and method for collection of solar energy is particularly adaptable for being formed as a part of or integrated into an upright or vertical surface of a building or structure. The apparatus involves a closed compartment, including an exteri... | 03/29/1977 |
