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Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus
This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3978730 | Indicating instruments An altimeter has a rotatably-mounted index that is driven to rotate through one complete revolution around a scale for each change of 1,000 feet in altitude sensed by two evacuated manometric capsules the number of revolutions of the index is indicated by... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3977015 | Silver, gallium, and oxygen contact for indium phosphide A semiconductor transferred electron device of the kind which includes indium phosphide as a major constituent is provided with a cathode consisting of oxidized silver gallium. The cathode preferably contains 4 times more silver than gallium by weight, an... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3976392 | Pump drive shaft sealing arrangement A circulation pump having a comparatively slender drive shaft is provided with an improved axial sealing arrangement to prevent the leakage of circulating liquid through the bore in the pump housing wall in which the drive shaft is supported. The sealing ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3975697 | Surface acoustic wave devices A surface acoustic wave device comprises a substrate able to support surface acoustic waves, an input transducer for launching surface acoustic waves along a first track on the substrate, an output transducer for receiving surface acoustic waves from a se... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3971550 | Eye-bush An elastic eye-bush is provided for use in combination with the eyeend of an automobile leaf spring, etc. for absorption of radially applied shock loads. The bush has its intermediate portion diametrically reduced so as to provide a space between the eyee... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3968749 | Land mine A land mine is provided with a pair of nested bowl shaped parts having their respective contacting surfaces arranged for tangential displacement relative to one another, and an actuating device provided in the mine is selectively responsive to such tangen... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3968561 | Method of fabricating hollow, foam-filled, metal structural members A hollow structural member formed of thin sheet steel is formed with one or more longitudinal joints and the interior is filled with a rigid lightweight synthetic plastics foam such as polyurethane. Each joint includes folded lips or flanges which are des... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3965295 | Protective system for stereo loudspeakers In an amplification system comprising an amplifier, a loudspeaker, normally open contacts connected in series between the amplifier and the speaker, and a power supply for the amplifier having relatively long buildup and decay times of its output voltage ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3965423 | Automatic frequency control system A superheterodyne f.m. receiver having a manually tunable local oscillator which is electronically voltage tunable over a small range, and including a frequency discriminator for providing signal voltage and a.f.c. voltage in response to a received f.m. c... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3965419 | Cathode ray tube meters A cathode ray tube meter, which may be developed as a VU meter, provides visual representation of the signal levels in each channel of plural signal channels. The signal channels may be the signal channels in a multi-channel audio system. The amplitude of... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3962972 | Device for emitting radiation, for a projectile, shell etc. A radiation emitter for a projectile comprises a pyrotechnical charge located within the body of the projectile, and connected via a channel within the body to an opening in the side of said projectile to emit radiation via said opening when the pyrotechn... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963277 | Vehicle brake system A vehicle brake system comprises an actuator which is hydraulically connected in parallel with a power booster between the master cylinder and wheel cylinders of a vehicle. The hydraulic connections include solenoid control valves normally operative to co... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3961486 | Pipe for sticking down drains into the ground A tube for sticking stripformed drains into the ground has a predetermined fixed profile of rhombic cross section made by pressing two opposite corners of a square tube towards each other.... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3961247 | Linear output moisture meter with temperature compensator Apparatus for electrically measuring the water content of a specimen such as grain the electric resistivity of which has a correlation with the water content, comprising a linearizer for converting the measured electric resistivity in the low water conten... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959709 | Multi-phase power supplies Apparatus for converting a single-phase power supply to multi-phase operation in which at least one phase of the multi-phase supply is generated by applying the single-phase to the input of a bridge network, each arm of which contains at least one switch ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3956599 | Dome loudspeaker A dome loudspeaker including a yoke assembly consisting of a flat plate having an opening and a U-shaped member having its arm ends secured to the flat plate, a cylindrical magnet being secured to the cross arm of the U-shaped member adhesively, the cavit... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3952807 | Device for preventing horses' hooves sliding on ice or snow Anti-snow and anti-ice protection for horses hooves in which an insert is provided in the horse-shoe and part of the elastically deformable U-shaped insert conforming to and coextensive with the inside edge of a horseshoe and in resilient engagement with ... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3953634 | Seam structure A pair of paper board panels are joined together by means of a seam structure comprising interlocking portions of the two panels. The first panel has a plurality of spaced partial perforations which define the plurality of flat first tabs each of which is... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3953279 | Apparatus for assembling spaced sheets to form a panel structure An apparatus for joining a pair of sheets includes mechanisms for cutting patterns of plural partial perforations in the sheets, applying an adhesive material to at least one of the sheets, transporting the partially perforated sheets in spaced relation t... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3951488 | Plug receptacle for a contact rail adaptor A plug receptacle for receiving an adaptor designed for insertion into an electrical contact rail comprises a metallic base plate having a pair of metallic arms affixed thereto and extending in spaced facing relation to one another outwardly of said plate... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950966 | Demand responsive positive feed device for knitting machine A knitting machine is provided with a plurality of positive feed devices for feeding yarn from a plurality of yarn packages to a plurality of feeding stations. The positive feed devices comprise a plurality of rotatable rollers associated with a driven ta... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3952173 | Switching apparatus A two-stroke switch to be actuated by two stroke operations comprises a first stationary terminal, a second stationary terminal, a contact element of conductive elastomeric material for establishing a current path between the first and second terminals, a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950655 | Charge coupled device with plural taps interposed between phased clock A charge coupled device in which a row of electrodes is deposited over an insulating layer on a substrate has clocking pulses applied to some electrodes for clocking charge packets from source to drain gates and a steady or long pulses applied to other, t... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3949935 | Photographic print envelope having adhesive transfer tabs An envelope for photographic prints includes a low-cohesion polished surface portion supporting a plurality of removable, adhesively-backed tabs thereon. The level of adhesion between the adhesive and backing paper portions of each tab is greater than the... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3949180 | Jack A jack is provided in which a movable contact is driven away from a fixed contact upon insertion of a plug and returns into abutting relationship with the fixed contact upon withdrawal of the plug. The movable contact comprises an electrically conductive,... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3946675 | Power-generating device for a projectile, shell, etc. A projectile of the type containing a payload and a heat source spaced from said payload and activated while the projectile is in flight, is provided with a power-generating device comprising a number of thermo elements which are connected in series at a ... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3947789 | Motor timer A motor timer comprises a prefabricated timing mechanism block including a drive motor, a reduction gear, a clutch and a timing gear; a prefabricated contact mechanism block including a leaf-spring contact assembly and an actuating member for actuating th... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3947549 | Preparation of indium phosphide A method of preparing III-V material which is or contains one of the compounds aluminum nitride, indium nitride, indium phosphide, gallium phosphide and gallium nitride involves directing a controlled gaseous flow of a hydride of nitrogen or phosphorus as... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946979 | Adjustable suspension for attaching pieces of furniture to a wall An adjustable suspension for attaching a piece of furniture to a wall includes a housing having an elongated supporting arm projecting therefrom. The upper edge of the arm is provided with a rough, preferably toothed, surface which engages a protrusion wi... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946823 | Driving and steering device for a loading platform A low profile air cushion loading platform is provided with a driving and steering device comprising a plurality of laterally spaced steering boxes located under the platform. Each steering box includes a plurality of wheel members adapted to be driven by... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946674 | Carrying part forming a projectile A projectile comprises an elongated casing containing a payload, a proximity fuze, a transmitter unit operative to transmit a beam of radiation toward a target, and a receiver unit responsive to radiation reflected from the target for controlling the prox... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3943573 | Automatic protective shade equipment on protective visors, protective helmets or protective goggles, particularly for fusion welding Automatically operable protective means, e.g. a helmet, for use by welders, has an eye shading means which is brought automatically into shading condition upon reception of light rays or ultrasonic vibrations by a transducer and electromagnetic operator. ... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3943716 | Control arrangement, preferably for remote controlled, hydrostatically operated hoist machineries The cable drum for the hoist cable of a hoisting device is driven by a hydraulic motor with a constant displacement that in its turn obtains drive fluid from a pump with a variable displacement. The displacement of the pump, and with that the speed and ro... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3942205 | Swimming plate with handle A swimming plate of polyethylene plastic with a detachable handle in the form of a clam that stretches over the entire plate and whose outer legs grip in corresponding recesses in the plate.... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3937083 | Temperature-compensating liquid meter An automatic, temperature-compensated liquid or fuel metering device comprises a measuring chamber having a pair of magnetically responsive vertically spaced reed switches therein which are selectively actuated by a magnetcarrying float to control valves ... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3937125 | Device for loading an artillery piece An apparatus for loading an artillery piece, particularly a heavy artillery piece, includes a loading tray connected to the elevating mass of the artillery piece and mounted for selective displacement between a loading position and a ramming position. A l... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3933218 | Container handling truck A truck adapted to stow, stack, etc., large containers comprises a chassis including a pair of substantially parallel cross beams extending in spaced relation to one another from a pair of elongated longitudinal beams which cooperate with the cross beams ... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933403 | Adaptor for feeding current to electrical contact rails An adaptor, for insertion into a power distribution rail to feed current to the rail, comprises a housing which is shaped and dimensioned to permit the adaptor to be inserted into the open bottom of the rail in a predetermined orientation relative to the ... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3932820 | Crossed field amplifiers The noise in a crossed field amplifier output is reduced by providing a non-uniform magnetic field across the surface of the cathode. This may be achieved by providing a curved magnetic field across the cathode or by providing a concave shaped cathode. Ad... | 01/13/1976 |
| 3932883 | Photocathodes A transmission photocathode comprising a crystal substrate transparent to the radiation to be detected, at least one epitaxial crystalline intermediate layer having a lattice constant close to that of the detector layer and transparent to the radiation to... | 01/13/1976 |
