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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4815949 | In-well submersible motor with stacked component stator A reciprocating electric motor for wells includes a stator comprising a stack of coil groups surmounted by an annular power pack, the whole being mounted on a non-ferromagnetic tube and potted and slipped into a tubular ferromagnetic housing, the coils be... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4630990 | Device and method for loading and transporting elongate objects on the tops of vehicles A device for loading and transporting elongate objects on vehicle roof-tops. A lower tubular member connected to a vehicle in an upright position and further stabilized by a support disposed between the vehicle and the lower tubular member rotatably recei... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4439954 | Spin blast tool The spin blast tool includes a housing having a tubular member rotatably disposed on bearings in the housing. A nozzle is mounted on one end of the tubular member and the other end of the tubular member is connected to a pressurized air and sand source. T... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4416340 | Rotary drilling head In accordance with the present invention, the drilling head includes a body or spool having a flow bore and a removable side outlet. Upon removal of the side outlet, the drilling head will pass through most rotary tables. The drilling head further include... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4408783 | Holddown apparatus A holddown assembly is mounted on a hanger suspending a string of casing or tubing into a well. A shoulder on the hanger engages a seat in the bore of the wellhead and has passages therethrough for connecting the annular spaces above and below the seat. T... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4393031 | Process for efficiently removing oxides of nitrogen from exhaust gas A system for removal of oxides of nitrogen from the waste gas produced by various combustion processes discloses thoroughly mixing the waste gas with ammonia by means of a static mixing element and then passing the resultant mixture through a catalytic re... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4388024 | Support structure for offshore platforms A structure for use in supporting a platform above a body of water is disclosed. The structure includes a leg extending between the bed of the body of water, the seabed, and the platform. The overall cross-sectional area of the leg is greatest near the se... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377367 | Mobile voting service The mobile voting service includes a vehicle having a driving cab and body mounted on a chassis. Preferably four voting booth are disposed inside the vehicle body to take the booths to voters located at various locations such as hospitals, military instal... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4374317 | Burn-in chamber An improved connection assembly for connecting a burn-in component board located within a burn-in chamber to control circuitry located outside the chamber is disclosed. The assembly includes a connecting device for connecting the component board to the co... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4372384 | Well completion method and apparatus Method and apparatus for completing a highly unconsolidated formation located downhole in a cased borehole in one trip. A tool string is run downhole into the borehole on the end of a tubing string. The tool string includes a perforating gun, a gravel pac... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4368041 | Dental simulator and method for recording jaw movements The simulator includes a maxillary and mandibular facebow, a maxillary and mandibular support and an incisal pin. Receptacles are mounted on the ends of the side arms of the maxillary facebow, and the side arms of the mandibular facebow have styli dispose... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4363465 | Extreme temperature, high pressure balanced, rising stem gate valve with super preloaded, stacked, solid lubricated, metal-to-metal seal A balanced high pressure rising stem gate valve has lubricated metal-to-metal seal means between the bonnet part of the valve body and the valve actuating stem and between the chamber part of the valve body and the balancing stem. Each seal means includes... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4359888 | Device and method for storing keys A device and method for storing a set of keys in the compartment of a purse are disclosed. The device includes a flexible member, a key retaining device attached to one end of the flexible member and an end piece attached to the other end of the flexible ... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4342911 | Focused nuclear interface survey instrument and method of determining density changes in mining and storage wells The instrument and method locate anomalies and the interface between two materials having little difference in their density in a mining or storage well. More particularly, the method comprehends the generation of gamma rays and the detection of scattered... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4334802 | Support structure for offshore platforms A structure for use in supporting a platform above a body of water is disclosed. The structure includes a leg extending between the bed of the body of water, the seabed, and the platform. The overall cross-sectional area of the leg is greatest near the se... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4319648 | Process for drilling underground arcuate paths and installing production casings, conduits, or flow pipes therein A directional drill attached to a drill string having periodic concentric collars is advanced in an inverted arcuate path to form a pilot hole underneath an obstacle followed by a larger concentric washover pipe. When the washover pipe reaches the surface... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4309165 | High velocity combustion furnace and burner In accordance with the teachings of the invention, the combustion system includes a combustion chamber, hearth, burners, and an air/fuel control system. The control system controls a pressurized air supply, a regulated gas supply, and means for regulating... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4306193 | Comparison circuit for alignment apparatus A comparison circuit for use in an apparatus including a source of a coherent light beam of low divergence for quickly and simultaneously establishing a plurality of reference lines or planes for use in leveling, squaring, plumbing, and other alignment fu... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4306084 | Alcohol and aldehyde production using ruthenium carbonyl catalysts The present invention is an isomerically specific improvement of the oxo process reaction. It comprises the reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and water or hydrogen in a basic solution in the presence of a ruthenium carbonyl catalyst to preferenti... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4294284 | Fail-safe, non-pressure locking gate valve A fail-safe non-pressure locking valve, actuated by hydraulic controls responsive to ambient sea pressure, disposed over 1000 feet below the surface on a submerged pipeline controlling the flow of fluids therethrough. The valve includes a housing having a... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4257491 | Scaffold apparatus An enclosed scaffold is suspended from a plurality of wire lines attached near the apex of a hemispheric dome surmounting the cylindrical sides of a containment structure, e.g. a tank. The scaffold is attached to the wire lines by hydraulically actuated c... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4242765 | Water saving commode A waste disposal system including a toilet receptacle in controlled fluid communication with a holding tank. Just enough fluid is released into the toilet to flush wastes into the holding tank. The holding tank accumulates wastes, flush fluid and waste fl... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4195398 | Pulling tool A pulling tool comprises a brace having a base and two legs, a pulling means including a threaded shaft extending through an untreaded passage in the base, and a first nut screwed onto the shaft on the side of the brace opposite from the legs, a second nut scr... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4195369 | Portable bidet attachment A bidet attachment including a clamp and a nozzle assembly, designed for quick attachment to any conventional toilet. The clamp includes an upper portion that clamps against the upper surface of the rim of the toilet and a lower portion that clamps agains... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4194208 | Swingable support for concealably mounting antennas on vehicles An antenna-supporting arm is hingedly connected to a small semi-permanently attachable plate to be positioned in the usual rain channel underlying the margin of the hood of the engine compartment (or the lid of the trunk) of a motor vehicle. When the hood... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4179328 | Method and apparatus for injecting stripping gas into the reboiler section of a glycol reboiler A reboiler for dehydrating di- or tri- ethylene glycol comprises a cylindrical, horizontal axis tank having a ceramic packed still column rising from its top near one end and a single U shaped fire tube extending longitudinally from the front end of the t... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4171747 | Heads on shrimp sorter Shrimp are introduced individually onto a rotating disk inward of an adjustable gauging strip fixed above the disk's surface. Shrimp passing under the gauging strip under the influence of centrifugal force and are channeled to a first output chute. Those ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4169604 | Rod seal A seal between an apertured body and a rod extending through the aperture comprises a box in the body around the aperture in which is disposed a packing assembly including one or more packing rings each sandwiched between a pair of adapter rings, the pack... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4166733 | Cacodylic acid-monosodium acid methanearsonate herbicide combination This invention provides a process for the control of broadleaf weeds and grasses. The process comprises applying to an area containing broadleaf weeds and grasses a composition comprising a mixture of about 1 to 2 parts by weight of cacodylic acid or salt... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4158844 | Concealable antenna mount for CB antennas An antenna mount is disclosed. It includes a hinge connected to a first metal bracket which is adapted to be fixedly attached adjacent to the edge of a trunk in the interior space of an automotive trunk. There is a movable mounting bracket on the hinge wh... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4112342 | Solid state controller An improved alternating current prime mover control system and method for, for example, the control of a valve position or other physical variable whose state can be sensed or calculated wherein the state of the physical variable is compared with a refere... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4109942 | Seal An oil well pipe suspension apparatus including a wellhead having a pipe hanger supported therein and a christmas tree supported thereon, a frusto-conical metal gasket providing a metal-to-metal seal between the hanger and the wellhead, and an "X" cross s... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4103298 | Alarm device An indicator device for providing a high-intensity visual indication of an occurrence comprises a flash tube which is fed with a high voltage from a capacitor, the capacitor being charged by means energized from an intrinsically safe supply. Trigger pulse... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4096675 | Split-slab house construction A house includes a split-slab foundation having an upper portion constructed within an enclosed on-tract factory and a lower portion constructed on the lot. The superstructure of the house is erected upon the upper portion, and the super-structure and upp... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4097069 | Marine riser connector A marine riser including a uniquely designed three element connection structure and associated connecting and releasing means for the inhibiting of fatigue failure caused by moments and axial loads resulting from relative motion between the fixed ocean bo... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4097373 | High speed particle sorter using a field emission electrode The present invention sorts small particles by subjecting them to a charging and motivating field produced by a single electrode. The magnitude of the charge placed on the particle passing the electrode is a controlled function of observed particle parame... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4079619 | Apparatus and method for standardizing a pipeline pig detector A detector assembly having a movable trigger adapted to adjustably activate a signaling means is removably mounted on a fixed base attached to a pipeline. A pig passing through the pipeline displaces the detector's trigger through a certain minimum distan... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4079516 | Apparatus for preventing mercury contamination The invention is an apparatus for preventing mercury contamination during such processes as removing excess mercury from dental silver amalgam, mulling dental silver amalgam, and loading dental silver amalgam into a dispenser. The apparatus comprises a ma... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4079518 | Amalgam mixing, mulling and dispensing syringe The invention is a disposable syringe comprising a dispensing plunger, a mulling plunger, a mercury storage chamber, an alloy storage chamber, and a passage means between the chambers. Mercury and alloy are prepackaged in their respective chambers during ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4077626 | Exercising machine An exercise apparatus comprising a platform, a bench mounted on the platform and adapted to provide a foot space on each side of said bench, a bar transversing said bench attached at its ends to a pair of lines, a linear to rotational motion converter ope... | 03/07/1978 |
