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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4484528 | Railway hopper car A covered railway hopper car includes side walls comprising upper arcuate side sheet and lower flat inclined side sheet portions. The upper edge of the flat side sheet is bent to form a longeron which extends intermediate the height of the side wall and w... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4481399 | Welding of tubes to tube plates Welding of tubes to tube plates using a non-consumable electrode to locally melt the wall of a tube and an adjacent area of the tube plate where the tube has been entered into a hole in the tube plate and including an initial weld preparation comprising t... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4478139 | Beverage making machine A beverage making appliance operable either automatically or as a pour-in beverage maker. A cold water basin is located over a hot water tank. Cold water tube extends down into the hot water tank from a drain opening in the bottom of the basin whereby col... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4476775 | Coffee making machine A cold water pour-in beverage brewer having a generally C-shaped body with upper and lower leg portions extending forwardly from an upright interconnecting leg portion. The body houses an inverted L-shaped receptacle formed by an elongated shallow cold wa... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4474847 | Recording paper for ink jet recording processes A coated base paper for use in an ink jet recording process exhibits excellent ink solution spreading and wipe resistance. The coating comprises a pigment and/or filler of non-flake structure, and a binding agent dried on the paper. The pigment content is... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4467818 | Low profile axial flow combine A low profile axial flow combine with a low center of gravity for improved stability, with reduced overall machine height for ease of shipping and with high capacity grain tank of the saddle type. A threshing and separating rotor, in coaxial relationship ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4466583 | Cassette door latch A latch for the door of a tape cassette includes a latching member for latching the door closed. The latching member is mounted for rotation about an axis between latching and unlatching positions. A spring, including a resilient arm, urges the latching m... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4464981 | Beverage making machine with hot water faucet A beverage making appliance operable automatically or manually, and also providing a hot water faucet. The appliance has a cold water basin located over a hot water tank with a cold water tube extending down into the hot water tank from a basin drain open... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4463962 | Running board and lighting assembly A running board and lighting assembly therefor for mounting to a vehicle and in which the running board includes a deck and an elongate plate extending angularly from an edge of the deck. A pair of inwardly turned flanges are formed integrally with the pl... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4460214 | Vehicle side extension A side extension for increasing the volumetric capacity of a vehicle body includes an elongate wall, a first flange extending longitudinally of the wall and bent inwardly of the body from the wall along a bottom edge of the wall and at a sloped incline to... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4459712 | Hospital bed A hospital bed comprising a frame and a patient support surface constituted by an endless length of flexible material extending around a pair of rollers at the opposite sides of the bed, means being provided for traversing the material around said rollers... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4458198 | Fault indicator having a remote test point at which fault occurrence is indicated by change in magnetic state A fault indicator for use in conjunction with components of a power distribution system contained within a protective enclosure includes a magnetic test point on the exterior surface of the enclosure for indicating the occurrence of a fault in associated ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4457800 | Stabilization of epoxy systems in non-flammable solvents Adhesives and coatings, especially two-compartment epoxy laminating adhesives, are prepared so as to be flame-resistant in the so-called part B or polyamide component thereof by including in that compartment a chlorinated hydrocarbon solvent together with... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4457194 | Slicing method and apparatus An apparatus and method are disclosed for slicing elongated products, such as sausages. A pair of product engaging members are driven simultaneously in opposite directions so that one member can feed the product to a slicer while the other member is retur... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4456873 | Cable mounted magnetic core assembly A fault indicator for indicating the occurrence of a fault current in an electrical conductor includes a core assembly which attaches a circuit module to a monitored conductor and provides a concentrated magnetic flux indicative of the current level in th... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4456275 | Running board construction A running board construction for mounting to a vehicle includes an elongate deck and at least one bracket extending beneath and transverse to the deck, the bracket being attachable to the frame of the vehicle for mounting the running board to the vehicle.... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4452515 | Eye testing device An improved eye testing apparatus is provided which permits the operator thereof to precisely and clearly designate certain characters of the eye test pattern. The device includes an external stage, a duplicate test pattern on the stage, and a mask having... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4451362 | Filling for percolating filters for biological waste water purification A filling for a percolating filter for biological purification of waste water includes a plurality of flexible, irregularly touching, randomly arranged plastic strips up to 8 cm in width and several meters in length twisted together and suspended from a s... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4451063 | Running board construction An improved running board construction for mounting to a vehicle includes an elongate deck and at least one bracket extending beneath and transverse to the deck, the bracket being attachable to the frame of the vehicle for mounting the running board to th... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4450979 | Seed metering means Disclosed are improvements in seed metering apparatus for seed planters such as disclosed in applicant's U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,888,387 and 3,999,690. The improvements relate to improved seed pick-up, retention, and release; to a non-wear pneumatic seal between... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4450028 | Method of making laminated multi-layered film enclosures Multi-layered enclosures are provided which include extruded tubing laminated between two extruded sheets of coextruded film in order to rapidly produce an unusually tough enclosure having longitudinal side walls that are free of internal seams while prov... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4446214 | Method for forming a metal casting extending through a preformed structure and articles produced thereby This invention relates to a method for forming metal battery terminals and to the terminals produced thereby for use with battery containers fabricated from thermally deformable materials such as polypropylene which involves casting the metal directly int... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4444656 | Classifying apparatus and methods Classifying apparatus and methods for the separation of solids of differing sizes includes a screening deck having an inclined frame and a screen in the frame on which the solids are deposited and moved downwardly. A plurality of beams extend beneath the ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444630 | Acid bright zinc plating Acid electroplating baths for bright zinc plating containing a zinc salt, ammonium chloride and bath additives which include a carrier component comprising an alkyl substituted ammonium propoxylate salt, preferably a trialkylammonium propoxylate salt, and... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444601 | Metal article passivated by a bath having an organic activator and a film-forming element Substrates, especially those having plated metal surfaces, are subjected to passivation treatments in baths that incorporate one or more film-forming agents at least one of which does not require chromium and includes anions or cations of elements other t... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4438403 | Fault indicator with combined trip and reset winding A fault indicator for indicating the occurrence of a fault current in a power distribution system includes a test-point-mounted circuit module and a remotely-mounted indicator module. The indicator module incorporates a bidirectional magnetic winding and ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4436093 | Cardiac pacer having active notch filter system A battery powered external pacer operable in fixed-rate and demand modes includes a sense amplifier having an active notch filter system for attenuating power line interference. The filter system comprises four separate data channels each including a tran... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4434529 | Sausage diameter monitoring apparatus and method A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring the diameter of sausages and providing a visual display of the diameters. A sausage contact means is mounted along a conveyor which carries the sausages from the stuffing apparatus. The sausage contact m... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4432826 | Coextrusion method and apparatus A coextruded film having an integral tear path is provided such that the tear path has a thickness that is smaller than the overall thickness of the coextruded film, said product being formed by a method and on an apparatus that introduces an elongated vo... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4431787 | Anaerobic adhesives Polymerizable acrylic monomers, and anaerobic adhesives which contain such monomers, wherein the acrylic monomers contain internal chain unsaturation in addition to terminal acrylic unsaturation.... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4428208 | Oil control system and regulator An oil control system and regulator for controlling the oil level in the crankcase of one or more refrigeration compressors or the like are disclosed. The regulator comprises a shell and end cap closures defining a closed chamber for containing the oil. A... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4424512 | Fault indicator having increased sensitivity to fault currents A fault indicator for indicating the occurrence of a fault current in an alternating current conductor includes a pair of parallel-spaced reed switches in magnetic communication with the conductor. The reed siwtches are electrically connected in parallel ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4421652 | Fluid treating method A fluid treating apparatus and method are provided which employ finely subdivided surface active particles arranged in loose bed form and confined within a treating tank by means which prevent the escape of such particles but which permits fluid flow ther... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4420078 | Carrying case for a cardiac pacer A carrying case for a portable cardiac pacer having physician-actuable controls on the top and front panels of its housing includes a body portion having front, rear, side and bottom panels forming an open-ended enclosure in which the pacer is received. A... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4419037 | Truck auger-hopper construction An auger-hopper construction for mounting at the tailgate of a truck includes a pair of hoppers, one of which is stationarily and removably mounted to the truck, and the second of which is pivotally mounted to the first hopper adjacent an opening in the b... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414707 | Sausage casing removal apparatus An apparatus for removing the casing from sausages is improved by modifying the product loading horn with a structure that brings about venturi effects whereby fluid for conditioning the casing is impelled through the product loading horn and contacts the... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4414543 | Ground fault indicator A ground fault indicator for a multi-phase power distribution system includes a split-core magnetic pole assembly having a gap within which is developed a magnetic flux representative of the vector sum of the currents in the individual phase conductors of... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4414203 | Periodontal powder containing exsiccated potassium alum A powder for the treatment of periodontal disorders comprises a mixture of evenly exsiccated potassium alum and sodium bicarbonate in a ratio, by weight, of approximately 2:1 of the potassium alum to sodium bicarbonate. The powder may be mixed with suffic... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413811 | Water-cooled, liningless cupola An improved water-cooled, liningless cupola wherein the lower portion of the water-cooled body section, including the high heat area above the tuyeres, tapers inwardly toward the bottom with the taper terminating a short distance above the tuyeres and wit... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4411581 | Truck auger-hopper constructions Auger-hopper constructions for mounting to an inclinable body of a truck at the tailgate of the truck includes a pair of hoppers, one of which is stationarily and removably mounted to the truck, and the second of which is pivotally mounted to the first ho... | 10/25/1983 |
