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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4870485 | Three dimensional image generating apparatus having a phosphor chamber Three dimensional television viewing apparatus having an image chamber which produces images that can be viewed from a plurality of directions. An imaging phosphor is distributed in a three dimensional chamber. A pair of energy beams are directed by a pai... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4867483 | Pipe connector device A pipe connector device for interconnecting first and second pipe elements using a retention member removably secured to the first pipe element by load elements. The retention member is secured to the second pipe element by pipe threads or a second retent... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4865104 | Tire changer safety apparatus and method A tire changer has the feature of therefor restraining vehicle tire/rim assemblies which are caused to explode due to tire overinflation or tire bead failure for any reason. A tire and rim assembly hold down bar is pivotally attached to one side of the bo... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4860633 | Autoloader for military vehicle An autoloading method and apparatus is disclosed for a turret mounted gun that is pivoted horizontally relative to the turret and must be lowered to a substantially horizontal 0° position for loading selected cartridges from a magazine conveyor, ejecting... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4848777 | Pressure energized/pressure intensified casing seal A casing seal for use with a source of high pressure fluids with apparatus for preventing shredding of the seal with variations in fluid pressure. A T-shaped annular metal ring provides a multiplication of fluid pressure so pressure exerted on an elastome... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4840215 | Tire changer safety post Safety apparatus for a tire changer having a support table for tire/rim assemblies and a tire inflation system includes a post having a quick disconnect mechanism for engagement with and release from the support table. The post has high pitch threads whic... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4840009 | Rotary film sealing and severing head for thermoplastics A rotary film sealing and severing device for use with thermoplastic film for forming packages. The device includes a rotating anvil assembly and a counter-rotating film cutting assembly having a heated sealing and cutting knife. First and second liquid c... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4841213 | Current and torque feedback system and circuitry for sine-wave controlled brushless servo drive systems A current and torque feedback system for use with sine-wave controlled brushless servo motors each having a plurality of stator windings, a permanent magnet rotor and a rotor position sensor. Current sensors detect instantaneous values of electrical curre... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4838623 | Connector with spring retention device An end connector for double-pin track shoes or the like receives a pair of pins having arcuate grooves therein. The connector includes pin receiving openings having small diameter pin engaging arcuate surfaces, and large diameter arcuate grooves therebetw... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836866 | Method of improving fatigue life of an elongated component The outer surface of an elongated metal component such as a bar is rapidly heated by an induction coil and is thereafter cooled by a quenching spray while being subjected to tensile forces so high that the center portion of the bar approaches yield causin... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4823676 | Autoloader for military vehicle An autoloading method and apparatus is disclosed for a turret mounted gun that is pivoted horizontally relative to the turret and must be lowered to a substantially horizontal 0° position for loading selected cartridges from a magazine conveyor, ejecting... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815216 | Rim engaging finger for a wheel clamp A rim engaging finger is configured to engage a wide variety of passenger vehicle and truck wheel rims, so that a wheel clamp upon which an array of three of the fingers are mounted may be attached to the wheel rims. The clamp is configured to carry a var... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4814126 | Method for custom fabrications of doors A method for forming a composite door to custom fit a predetermined door opening. A template is formed by spraying a quick hardening foam on a door jam of the door opening. The template is moved a base member of the tool and the base member adjusted to co... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4811774 | Tire Changer safety arm A tire changer has a base on which is mounted a rim and tire assembly support table upon which tires are inflated through an air inflation hose. A rigid arm-like member is pivotally attached to the base of the tire changer in a position so that it may be ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4809857 | Drum rotation indicator A drum rotation indicator for indicating the speed of raising and lowering a load by a crane winch. A rate generator connected to the winch develops electrical pulses having a frequency proportional to winch rotational speed. A solenoid having a movable p... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4809759 | Tire changer safety arm A tire changer has a base on which is mounted a rim and tire assembly support table upon which tires are inflated through an air inflation hose. A rigid arm-like member is pivotally attached to the base of the tire changer in a position so that it may be ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4800838 | Frame fixture for camouflage painting A frame fixture for use with a source of spray paint for camouflage painting of vehicles. A frame is formed in a shape corresponding generally to the shape of a portion of a vehicle to be painted. A plurality of strips connected to the frame divides an ar... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4799848 | Adjustable control station for aircraft loader An adjustable control station for an aircraft loader for transferring containers between a controllably driven loader conveyor and a conveyor in cargo aircrafts of different sizes. The control station includes a unique movable platform constructed of thre... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4796341 | Plate routing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for routing a plurality of plates of predetermined size through at least one precision processing station for accurately and economically performing machining functions or the like on the plates. Aligned group of plates are presente... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793832 | Air purification and temperature controlling system and method A system and method is disclosed for providing a continuous supply of clean air at a desired temperature to the crew compartment of a vehicle when in an environment contaminated by nuclear, biological or chemical warfare agents. Exhaust gases from the veh... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793128 | Horizontal force balanced shaker and method A horizontal force balance shaker includes a horizontal shaking head supported for horizontal movement by parallelogram linkages. Counterweights are secured to concentric shafts for rotation at the same speed in opposite directions about an axis thereby c... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4787435 | Core box assembly with wear strip A core box assembly includes an outer aluminum box containing an inner plastic or wooden mold section having a core depression therein adapted to receive mold sand. A strike-off surface on the box and mold section surrounds an opening providing access to ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4773321 | Universal sterilizing apparatus A universal sterilizer for processing products packages in a wide variety of types and shapes of containers. Fluids for sterilizing and cooling products in the containers are directed horizontally toward the sides of the containers to provide uniform proc... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4765387 | Tire changer safety foot Safety apparatus for tire inflation operations on a tire changing machine having a tire inflation system. The machine has a support table for receiving a tire/rim assembly, and has a tower at one side of the machine which supports a tire mount-demount hea... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764160 | Cutting apparatus for a machine used for making bags, pouches and the like from thermoplastic material A cutting apparatus for severing a sheath of thermoplastic material during a bag manufacturing operation. The cutting apparatus comprises a stationary frame (1) having a pair of timing pulleys (130, 131) mounted thereon which intermittently drive an endle... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4760871 | Lower bead breaker removal and adjustment apparatus A lower bead breaker quick release for a tire changing machine includes a manually overpowered spring lock mechanism that keeps the lower bead breaker in position during lower and upper bead breaking operations. Manual compression of the spring lock allow... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4761749 | Vehicle wheel alignment apparatus and method A wheel alignment system includes either four wheel mountable alignment heads or two alignment heads and two retroreflectors or two alignment heads alone together with a control console and display. A main process unit is included in the console for perfo... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4748571 | Line-up vision system A line-up vision system for testing the alignment of a workpiece in a holder of an automated machining apparatus. A light source illuminates one portion of the workpiece and keeps another portion of the workpiece dark. A light colored backdrop provides a ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4738417 | Hand operated control A hand operated control for a rough riding vehicle is disclosed and includes a truncated sphere having a soft hand grip movably mounted thereon. A position sensing mechanism is partially encompassed within said truncated sphere and is connected to the sof... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4732579 | Air purification and temperature controlling system and method A system and method provides a continuous supply of clean air at a desired temperature to the crew members of a combat vehicle when in an environment contaminated by nuclear, biological or chemical warfare agents. The contaminated air is initially compres... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4719376 | Electromagnetic vibratory exciter An electromagnetic vibratory exciter having a non-linear elastomeric compression spring mounted in four quadrants around an electromagnet. The spring having curved armature contact surfaces of different heights on laterally opposite adjacent quadrants for... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4706494 | Seal integrity testing Disclosed is an apparatus and method for testing the integrity and acceptability of the seal of a package before or after it has been sterilized by any chosen conventional process which may include heat sterilization of a sealed package, aseptic packaging... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4702731 | Thermoplastic bag machine Disclosed is a mechanism, associated with a thermoplastic bag making machine, for preparing a strip of thermoplastic to produce bags having the upper edges of the bag mouth formed in a sinusodial shape such that the peak of such shape is substantially equ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4701097 | Rear platform lift An aircraft loader has an elevatable deck supported on scissor-type supports and urged into the elevated position by a hydraulically actuated lifting structure. The lifting structure incorporates two supports that move vertically on chain members when the... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700653 | Submarine weapon handling system A submarine weapon handling system and method includes a storage tray, ramming tray, and transfer tray. Each tray has a plurality of rotatable bands received in grooves in the trays and are movable between an open weapon receiving position and a closed we... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700609 | Autoloader for military vehicle An autoloading method and apparatus is disclosed for a turret mounted gun that is pivoted horizontally relative to the turret and must be lowered to a substantially horizontal 0° position for loading selected cartridges from a magazine conveyor, ejecting... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4685412 | Submarine weapon dolly with self stowing bands A weapon dolly is disclosed for use in a submarine to handle weapons such as torpedos or the like. The dolly includes a base section having an arcuate weapon supporting surface formed from light composite material having a recess formed therein. A composi... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4685214 | Protective guard unit for metal working tool A hand held cutting tool is disclosed for use in cutting articles, especially when the tool is to be used in confined quarters while protecting the operator from being cut by the tool. The tool includes a motor which drives the cutter only when one hand o... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4666722 | Sterile cooling method Disclosed is a sterilizing apparatus adapted to practice methods of sterile cooling of packaged food products or fluids. Following sterilization a variety of procedures to effect sterile cooling are presented. Sterile cooling is accomplished by sterile fl... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665518 | Synchronous/asynchronous communication system A data bus system includes a plurality of serially connected active terminals configured to receive data and either retransmit the received data or transmit new data to the next adjacent terminal. The terminals are configured in a diagnostic mode to confi... | 05/12/1987 |
