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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4828109 | Package having fiber-containing sheath and apparatus and method for packaging The package of the present invention comprises a sheath formed from a folded, relatively rigid strip having structure for receiving and releasably holding the ends of the fiber to be packaged. In a preferred embodiment, the fiber is between the two folded... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4828108 | Package having fiber-containing sheath and apparatus and method for packaging The package of the present invention comprises a sheath formed from a folded, relatively rigid strip having structure for receiving and releasably holding the ends of the fiber to be packaged. In a preferred embodiment, the fiber is between the two folded... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4632601 | System and method for disposal of noncondensable gases from geothermal wells A system and process for dissolving certain noncondensable gases into geothermal waste water after the useful energy has been extracted from the geothermal fluid from which the noncondensable gases and the waste water are derived. A tubing is mounted in p... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4515401 | Door lock A door lock for attachment to a door which can move into a position adjacent to a jamb having a door strike. The lock includes a support member formed from a pair of spaced, generally parallel sides and an end wall interconnecting the sides. The sides and... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4470196 | Holder for saber saw blade A holder of improved construction for mounting a saber saw blade on a drive means for reciprocation. The holder includes means defining a slot for receiving the blade, and means coupled with the support means for retaining the blade in the slot and for pr... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4463859 | Baby bottle feeding system A versatile feeding system for use by infants and children in which liquid from a bottle is either fed out of the bottle through an adapter, through the improved nipple and into the mouth of the infant or child; or liquid from the bottle is fed out of the... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461330 | Portable woodworking power tool A woodworking power tool comprising a base plate having a motor mounted thereon at one end of the base plate. The motor has a motor housing on which a spindle housing is mounted for rotation through an arc of 180°. The spindle housing has a spindle there... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4459209 | Material collector for fluid container having bottom outlet A material collector for a fluid container having a bottom drain outlet, such as a swimming pool. The collector includes an open top receptacle provided with a perforate side wall or bottom wall. An imperforate skirt extends outwardly and downwardly from ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4459117 | Liquid jet propulsion The liquid jet propulsion unit is driven by the conventional outboard motor. The drive of the motor directly rotates an impeller which draws up the water into an impeller chamber where it is moved by isentropic radially extending impeller blades. These bl... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4458384 | Holder for eyeglasses A holder adapted to be removably attached to a garment, such as a shirt or blouse, for releaseably holding a pair of eyeglasses on the garment. The holder includes a body formed by a pair of end parts which effectively form closed loops, and a central par... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4457805 | Solvent recovery apparatus and method Apparatus and method for recovering clean solvent from a mixture of solvent and contaminants. The apparatus includes an open top tank mounted in a housing below a sink in which articles to be cleaned with solvent are placed. The sink has a tap through whi... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4454873 | Separator medium for orthopedic cast material An orthopedic cast material having a thermoplastic material and provided with a quantity of (poly)ethylene oxide applied thereto to prevent adherence of adjacent convolutions of the cast material when it is in the form of a roll and is immersed in hot wat... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4450765 | Apparatus for branding milk cartons An apparatus and a method for applying permanent indicia, such as numbers representing calendar dates, on surface portions of plastic containers, such as containers for holding milk. The apparatus includes a heated die and an inked web mounted on a suppor... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4445956 | Method and material for securing structure for machining An improved method and material for securing a thin-edged deformable structure, such as a honeycomb core, so that the structure may be machined while it is in a generally stabilized condition. The material is a laminate which is bonded to one side of the ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4442642 | Wall assembly A wall assembly comprised of a number of wall panels releasably coupled by clips of improved construction to spaced, vertical studs. Each wall panel has an end face and each clip has a number of tines or teeth which are forced or driven into the end face ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4441255 | Holder for saber saw blade A holder of improved construction for mounting a saber saw blade on a drive means for reciprocation. The holder includes means defining a slot for receiving the blade, and means coupled with the support means for retaining the blade in the slot and for pr... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4436582 | Multilevel metallization process for integrated circuits A multilevel metallization process which allows fabrication of several types of high density MOS and bipolar integrated circuits. The process uses a pad located under the inter-layer contact opening. The material of the pad is poly-silicon (doped or undop... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4427495 | Apparatus and method for upgrading low pressure steam brines and the like Apparatus and a method for upgrading low pressure steam or brine, such as from a geothermal well, to prepare the steam or brine for any one of a number of uses, such as for conversion to pure, high pressure, high temperature steam for driving turbines. Th... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4416774 | Particle separating screen unit for agitation tank An agitation tank adapted to contain a slurried pulp or slurry containing particles, such as carbon particles, to be separated from the slurry. The tank has a screen unit removably mounted therein, the screen unit having a hollow body provided with an ope... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4416177 | Data input for computer organ Computer organ tone input for alterable stops is achieved by single-key input through a decoded keyboard which is couple to a logic network and optoelectrical output drive circuitry. The decoder circuitry activates selected optical emitters in an array wh... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4412673 | Beaded liquid apparatus and method Apparatus and method for using a beaded liquid to reduce the coefficient of friction between the inner surface of an elongated support, such as a tubular conduit or pipe, and the outer surface of an inner member, such as a pipe or cable, disposed in and m... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4413353 | X-Ray encoding system using an optical grating X-ray information is encoded onto photographic film by placing an optical grating between the light-emitting scintillating screen and the photographic emulsion. Information at different energies is encoded by displacing the grating between exposures or by... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4411867 | Reduction gas detector Apparatus for detecting the concentration of a gas by measuring the amount of mercury vapor generated when the gas is passed through a mercuric oxide bed. The apparatus includes a body having a central bore therein with a quartz rod at one end for directi... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4409700 | Surface cleaning device A device for simultaneously applying a solution to a surface and immediately thereafter wiping the surface free of excess solution. The device includes a handle provided with a pair of end extensions and a hollow member at the end of each extension, respe... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4405461 | Control of silica scaling in industrial processes A method and product for use in controlling the deposition of silica-containing scales and their adhesion to the walls of piping and other plant components. The product is an amine to which is attached at least a pair of terminal groups. Each group is sel... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4404471 | Lenticular x-ray film with improved grating mask and intensifying screen Lenticular x-ray film having a parallax grating mask near the lenticulations of the film and a high resolution intensifying screen near the emulsion side of the film. The film, the mask and the screen form a unit for placement in a cassette for use with a... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4396018 | Apparatus and method for detecting Korotkoff sounds Apparatus and a method for detecting Korotkoff sounds using a pair of microphones carried by an inflatable cuff adapted to be wrapped around a limb of a patient whose blood pressure is to be determined. A Korotkoff sound is first sensed by one of the micr... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4389452 | Transparent infrared radiation absorption system Apparatus for minimizing the transmission of long wave infrared energy without significantly affecting the transmission of solar energy to provide an energy efficient building component is disclosed. A flexible plastic substrate is used having a thickness... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4386448 | Eating and oral hygiene aid A ball-shaped device for use in supporting an eating utensil, such as a knife, fork or spoon, or a toothbrush, so that the device operates as an eating or oral hygiene aid for persons having arthritis or other crippling diseases or injuries of the hands. ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4385623 | Flue pipe for fireplace stove An improved flue pipe for placement in the flue associated with an interior fireplace having a stove mounted therein. The flue pipe extends through the flue and has a spark arrestor mounted on its upper end. The lower end of the flue pipe has means for co... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4385333 | Magnetic disc drive system A magnetic disc drive system having a pair of vertically spaced discs rotatably mounted in a compact housing provided with a cover for closing the housing. The cover has a duct extending along its inner surface for performing part of an air flow path thro... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4383028 | Photographic chemistry A photographic chemistry comprised of a solution containing a mixture of different chemicals which cooperate to minimize the need for long film exposure times to achieve high film quality and contrast. The photographic chemistry includes a number of alkal... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382600 | Gameboard with metallic ball and magnetic target and velour surface Apparatus for playing a game using a ball as a player piece movable over the upper surface of a gameboard having side and end walls. The ball is propelled over the gameboard surface by a paddle or a striking member which is hand-held and has a hole throug... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4383217 | Collinear four-point probe head and mount for resistivity measurements An improved resistivity probe comprised of a rigid strip of electrically nonconducting material having a number of metallic, generally parallel pins coupled thereto. The strip can be mounted in a vertically shiftable probe head in any suitable manner. In ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4366551 | Associative memory search system A knowledge storage and retrieval method is performed to result in a single address number of a storage region which represents a large quantity of information. A first character of a data sequence and a starting number are directed into a two-position bu... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4358906 | Calendar A calendar having a plate-like support adapted to be mounted in an upright or flat position. The support has a number of first strips having spaced, vertically aligned numerals thereon which indicate certain days of a month. The support has mounting means... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4355432 | Hand tool for scraping paint from paint can A tool having a handle and a blade secured to and extending transversely from one end of the handle. The tool is adapted to be manually placed in a conventional paint can with the blade near the inner surface of the bottom of the can when the can is tilte... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4349922 | Joint prosthesis with improved articulation means A prosthesis for a joint of the human body, such as the metacarpophalangeal, knee, or other joint. The prosthesis includes at least a pair of elongated stem members adapted to be inserted into and bonded to two bones which met to form the joint. The adjac... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350985 | Eye protector for television set rod antenna For use on the outer end of the antenna shaft of a television set. A protector-receptor having a solid body of soft, plastic foam, yieldable or resilient material, such as polyurethane, for preventing the outer end of the antenna shaft from poking the eye... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4342347 | Pressure dump valve A fluid valve having a generally cylindrical, hollow body provided with aligned openings in the opposed end walls thereof, one of the openings shiftably receiving a valve member and the other opening adapted to be coupled to a tube leading to a vessel to ... | 08/03/1982 |
