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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4848059 | Apparatus for packing a cylindrical stack of disk-like workpieces The apparatus for packing cylindrical stacks of a plurality of disk-like workpieces, particularly covers, positioned beside each other with equal numbers of workpieces, in a jacket made of wrapping paper has at least one receiving trough for the stacks an... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4845935 | Method and apparatus for threading roving into a running set of drafting rolls In the threading of roving coming from a roving bobbin into a running set of drafting rolls of a work station of a spinning machine, the beginning end of the roving coming from the roving bobbin is grasped and brought into the set of drafting rolls bypass... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4830792 | Vortex-inducing packing of pyramid-type elements and process for its assembly A column packing has a multiplicity of generally horizontal superposed layers each of which is provided with adjacent pyramidal formations with open pyramidal sides so that at alternating junctions, the flow through the packing layer receives a rotational... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4827538 | Mixing fixture for flexible-pipe spray head A faucet for mixing hot and cold water especially for a wash fixture, wash bowl or the like comprises a faucet housing connectable to hot and cold water supply pipes having a mixing or outlet chamber which is connected with a water outlet piece which is a... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4820395 | Cell for continuous electrolytic deposition treatment of bars and the like The cell for continuous electrolytic deposition treatment of bars or the like according to the invention comprises a closed vessel containing at least one tubular anode through which a bar for electrolytic processing can be conveyed in the axial direction... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820341 | Process for producing silicon or ferrosilicon in a low-shaft electric furnace A process for the production of silicon in a low-shaft electric furnace, in which raw-material blanks are first formed which contain fine-grain silicon dioxide, e.g. in the form of sand, and carbon in excess in respect of the reduction to silicon carbide ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4819350 | Ironing machine An ironing machine provided with a pair of press plates are juxtaposed with respective elastic webs on tensioning frames which can stretch the webs with the article to be pressed between them so as to tension the article outwardly from the center on both ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817381 | Process and apparatus for registering dead spinning or twisting stations A process and apparatus for registering dead workstations of a spinning or twisting machine in a memory is described. For each workstation whether or not it is registered as dead or not is tested. Then, each time a yarn starting carriage arrives at it, wh... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4817371 | Individual-motor drive method of and apparatus for spindles of a spinning machine To decrease the time required for spindles of a spinning machine to reach their normal operating speeds after a yarn breakage or the like, where the spindles are individually driven by respective asynchronous motors individual to the spindles, the alterna... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4811825 | Dog clutch with locking synchronization Dog clutch with locking synchronization for gear shifts, wherein a synchronizer body (1) and a gear (2) turning with a different rotational speed are coupled together form-lockingly with the aid of an axially displaceable, annularly shaped sliding sleeve ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4796521 | Compact automatic coffee-making machine more particularly for domestic use The automatic coffee-making machine according to the invention comprises a filter carrier having on its base a movable filter for filtering the coffee infusion, there being introducible into the carrier in sealing-tight manner a piston having means for de... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4786081 | Vertically adjustable motor-vehicle safety-belt mount An adjustable mount for anchoring a safety belt on a vertical surface of a motor vehicle has a vertically elongated guide rail fixed to the surface and having an front face turned away from the surface and a rear face turned toward the surface. This rail ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4784810 | Smoke gas exhaust by way of a cooling tower The present invention relates to a cooling tower for the cooling water that drains from the condensor of a steam generator or from the condensors of a plurality of steam generators; the tower is fitted with large-area inserts and these form a heat-exchang... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4778145 | Device for correctly positioning a steel cap on a shoe last during molding of the shoe A steel cap is mounted on a shoe molding last during molding, particularly during the initial molding of a plastic shoe. The steel cap furthermore is supported on the shoe molding last by a plurality of projecting members distributed over the surface of t... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4773657 | Drill apparatus The drill chuck body is connected to a drill spindle, and chuck jaws forming a retention for the drill tool can be adjusted by turning a control ring. A lock sleeve serves to secure the control ring whereby the lock sleeve, in the direction of shifting, i... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4770078 | Roll-type cutting/scoring apparatus An apparatus for scoring or cutting has a generally stationary frame, a lower cradle in the frame, and a plurality of lower rollers rotatable in the cradle about respective roller axes and all tangent to an imaginary lower cylinder centered on a lower axi... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4767354 | Self-stripping electrical connector A self-stripping electrical connector has a grounded bar formed with at least one threaded bore, a dielectric lower support part secured to the bar over the bore and formed with two adjacent outwardly open lower guide passages, a pair of electrically cond... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4765457 | Paint box At least two trays are positioned over each other which are lockable by a cover. One of the trays is a drawer which is lockable in an inserted position with the cover. The paint box can have an upper and a lower tray and the upper tray can comprise a rect... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4762484 | Apparatus for the continuous, dry, non-pressurized regeneration of salvaged rubber Comminuted salvaged rubber is heated to the reclaiming temperature in a two-stage process such that part of the overall heat required is introduced by microwave heating and the remainder by convectional heating. Material preheated during the first stage i... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4742763 | Device for the detection of noxious substances in the air supplied to a compartment occupied by people One or more sensors are used for the indication and/or control and/or adjustment of filter devices and/or ventilation systems in relation with a measured value or respective measured values, established by the sensor, or respective sensors. In order to pr... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4741615 | Method and device for measuring coupling losses in single mode optical fibers An optical beam is injected into a single-mode fiber of a given length and outgoes from an end face of the fiber, is reflected by a reflecting optical system into the fiber; the optical power of the reflected beam guided backward by the fiber is measured.... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4739781 | Compact top loading dishwasher suitable for fitting inside furniture units The present invention concerns a compact top loading dishwasher suitable for fitting inside furniture units or the like, comprising a tub having an openable lid, an internal rotating washing member and one or more removable baskets for carrying articles l... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739611 | Process and apparatus for replacement of an empty with a full roving bobbin in a spinning machine, particularly a ring spinning machine The process for replacing an empty roving bobbin with a full roving bobbin in a spinning machine, particularly in a ring spinning machine, in a dispensing position by an automatic roving bobbin changing device comprises taking the full roving bobbin from ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4735433 | Binding for cross-country skis A projecting nose from the grooved body is engaged in a stirrup to retain the boot on the ridge of a cross-country ski to which the stirrup is pivotally connected by an axis transverse to the ridge. An outer stirrup can be swung relative to the inner stir... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4733605 | Process and device for purifying polluted air A chemisorption filter is provided for receiving contaminated air to be filtered and partially heating the air while filtering same, with a further heater downstream of the chemisorption filter for further heating the air. A catalyst mass is traversed by ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4718617 | Spinning reel with acceleration-control mechanism to prevent reverse rotation A spinning-type fishing reel whose rotor is formed with weights which, upon a predetermined combination of reverse angular velocity and acceleration of the rotatable line guide mounted on the rotor, jam against a nonrotatable part of the reel and thereby ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4716779 | Gear-shift device Gear-shift device for variable transmissions with shift dogs (6) in or on the gearing, which can be actuated from a manual shift lever, engage into shift rails (3) and displace these within limits, and with shift rocker arms (1) engaging in the recesses (... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4716292 | Linear incremental measuring system for measuring speed and displacement The linear incremental measuring system comprises an incremental scale, a scanning unit for generating two analog signals, which are displaced in phase in a direction depending on the direction of the scanning movement, and a processor for generating digi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714073 | Heating apparatus operating with gaseous fuel and designed to be connected to a smoke pipe A discharge pipe is directly associated with one of the main heat exchange walls of a monoblock heating body, and a backflow damping device comprises two siphons placed symmetrically on either side of the pipe, each having a passage above the level of the... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4711078 | Baler and process for making bales or for operating the baler The baler for crop material comprises an intake mechanism, a feed mechanism for transporting the crop material from the intake mechanism to a chamber for pressing and binding. Between the feed mechanism and the chamber for pressing and binding a bale sepa... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4708774 | Coal compactor rod retainer Compacting rod retainers are disposed on both sides of a web of the compacting rods and consist each of a bushing mounted on a drive shaft eccentrically, on which a carrier is slidably engaged, and cooperating with an associated clamping wedge. The opposi... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4696137 | Beam-column junction A beam support joint for a column and a beam, which are each constructed from concrete and at least one metal section having a pair of flanges joined by a web and forming at least one recess of the metal section which is filled with concrete and the outer... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4691951 | Bolt assembly for a door set A door set has its door knob engageable with a bolt pin through an eye which is formed in one piece with a screw threaded into a shank of the bolt pin to enable axial adjustment of the effective length of the bolt. The relative rotation of the shank and o... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4685343 | Powershift gearbox/transmission Powershift transmission especially for tractors, constructed in sections with a multispeed main transmission, a reversing transmission and a range-change transmission with synchronizing clutches, with two power branches having two additional friction clut... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4682749 | Adjustable copyholder with articulated arms An adjustable copyholder comprises a base and a cantilever arm having a plurality of cantilever arm segments attached thereto, and a copy support plate mounted at the free end of the cantilever arm. The cantilever arm is connected pivotally to the base. T... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4669806 | Terminal strip connector block An electrical terminal strip comprises an insulating body having a plurality of connector compartments, a corresponding number of clamp members constructed as compartment liners each having a clamp passage in which an electrical conductor is insertable an... | 06/02/1987 |
