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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4188764 | Prefabricated greenhouse structure The invention concerns a prefabricated building structure, one which employs a series of structural elements of novel design that permits even an inexperienced person to quickly and easily assemble a building. These structural elements all are designed to... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4185933 | Flat, multi-element writing instrument A flat, multi-element writing instrument is described in which each writing element is attached to a glide element, a portion of which projects through a longitudinal slot in one face of the instrument's body for manual actuation. The longitudinal slots a... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4178916 | Diabetic insulin alarm system The disclosed Diabetic Insulin Alarm System is designed to monitor certain physiological conditions of the wearer associated with insulin shock. The system includes means to sense such physiological conditions of the wearer and to produce an electrical ou... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4173917 | Musical drums The invention relates to a drum shell for a musical drum, the drum shell comprising at least one portion molded or cast as one piece in natural or synthetic material, so enabling internal and external surfaces of the drum shell to be made in any desired s... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4173282 | Spare lamp holder A spare lamp holder for use in a slide tray is disclosed. The holder includes a lamp support member and a cover member. The lamp support member is configured to support a spare projector lamp. A cover member is configured to secure the lamp in the lamp su... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4169714 | Removal of fine particles from a gas stream by solid particle addition in venturi contactor Fine particles contaminating a gas stream are removed from the gas stream by moving the gas stream at a velocity of between 50 and 500 feet per second; dispersing relatively larger solid collector particles in the gas stream to cause the collector particl... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4163649 | Collection of fine particles from a gas stream by moving the gas stream upward through a shallow bed of solid granules A method and system for collecting fine particles from a gas stream is disclosed. A shallow dense mobile bed of solid collector granules is moved over a plate containing a plurality of perforations; and a gas stream containing fine particles is moved upwa... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4161328 | Bicycle An oscillating pedal bicycle in which the downward force exerted by a rider is converted from the oscillating-motion of the pedals into a unidirectional rotation of the drive wheel. The oscillating motion of the pedals is transmitted by flexible tension m... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4161692 | Probe device for integrated circuit wafers A probe device for testing integrated circuit wafers is disclosed. The probe device comprises a support means, which has metallized portions, and an aperture. A plurality of "L" shaped holding means, each having a thin metallized surface, are coupled to m... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4159769 | Vending machine adapter A vending machine adapter to allow items not normally suited to being vended through a particular vending machine to be vended. The vending machine adapter includes a container of substantially the same size and shape as the item normally vended by the pa... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4157819 | Adjustable work piece clamping system The Adjustable Work Piece Clamping System permits a work piece to be held firmly on a work surface. It employs a clamping member having a spiral outer surface, this clamping member being pivotally attached to the work surface, preferably by a pin linked t... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4155124 | Burnt ceramic bone implant This invention is directed to a burnt ceramics composition of matter for an endosseous implant to be inserted in the bone tissue of a living body. The composition of matter consists of 95-50% of Al2 O3 and 5-50% of more than one comp... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4154023 | Revolving doors A revolving door comprising at least one upright door element arranged in outwardly extending disposition about an upright axis of revolution, motor means being provided together with control means operable to position the door at a first rotational dispo... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4153176 | Meter box having rotatable cover and interlocking means A meter box and a uniquely designed cover molded out of a substantially rigid plastic material is disclosed. The meter box comprises an open upper top with an upwardly extending rim member. On the inside surface of the meter box are means for supporting a... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151423 | Flowing saline water magnetohydrodynamic electric generator A magnetohydrodynamic electric generator for the direct energy conversion of the kinetic energy of saline water flowing through a magnetic field, preferably in the constricted part of a duct. Means may be provided to increase the kinetic energy of the flo... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4148424 | Holder for a writing instrument The holder for a writing instrument provides a band adapted to completely encircle the person's hand about the palm area. A portion of the band is formed into a loop to define a writing instrument receptacle adapted to hold a writing instrument. When the ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4146938 | Combination bathtub and bassinet structure A combined bathtub and bassinet structure is disclosed that includes a collapsible X-frame which when opened will receive and support either a bathtub or a bassinet. Both the bathtub and bassinet generally are of rectangular form, made of flexible materia... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4145651 | Hand-held logic circuit probe A probe for developing a visual indication of the electrical state of a selected point in a digital circuit under test. The probe is provided with two clips for attaching to the power supply and the ground of the circuit to be tested. The operator then ho... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4141168 | Fish catcher A fish catcher to be suspended beneath the water by a fishing line, comprising an elastic linear material bent within its elasticity to form a loop closed by means of a disengageable hook-and-ring latch mechanism, said loop, when the latch mechanism is di... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4140018 | Programmable action sampler system A programmable action sampler system (PASS) is described which holds a large number of discrete samples in a matrix of separate sample cups. The system is capable of dispensing a sample from a sample line into any one of the sample cups. At a pre-determin... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4139673 | Surface-coated blast furnace tuyere made of copper or copper alloy and method of surface-coating the same The invention relates to a surface-coated blast furnace tuyere made of copper or copper alloy capable of sufficiently resisting heat attack and abrasion attack caused by the splashing of molten metal and slag. The invention also relates to a method of sur... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4137904 | Exhaust hood employing a venturi slot An exhaust hood may be fabricated which will reduce the rate of exhaust air quantities circulated through the exhaust hood and thereby reduce the quantity of make up air supplied to the exhaust hood from the conditioned space with a resultant energy savin... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4133244 | Electronic musical instrument with attack repeat effect An electronic musical instrument capable of producing an attack repeat effect. The attack repeat effect is a musical effect produced by repeated occurrences of attack and decay during a single continued sounding of a musical tone, giving to an audience an... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4133913 | Method for providing automobile dashboards and the like with a texturized finish This invention relates to a method for repairing plastic materials, and more specifically, automobile dashboards and the like. The method enables one to provide the repaired item with a texturized finish such that cracks, cuts, and other imperfections in ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4132972 | Miniature rectangular potentiometer with a spring compression clutch A miniature or subminiature, rectangular potentiometer which automatically disengages and engages at the extreme end settings may be fabricated by using a worm screw which engages and disengages a sector gear. The sector gear is arranged and configured to... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131049 | Electronic musical instrument having memories containing waveshapes of different type A plurality of waveshape memories are provided for storing the sampled values of one cycle sinusoidal wave as the fundamental frequency, two cycle sinusoidal wave as the second harmonic, . . . and m cycle sinusoidal wave as the m-th harmonic and, in addit... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4129121 | Exhaust hood canopy having a multi slot venturi outlet An exhaust hood may be fabricated having a plurality of slots disposed at one side of the cavity formed by the hood to form a substantially streamlined, and uniform air flow across the cavity to efficiently entrain smoke laiden air without requiring large... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4126348 | Universal handling head for a pipe racker A universal handling head which includes a lifting and/or a guiding head, for a pipe racker for handling pipe in a drilling derrick comprises a housing member and latch assembly having at least one latching finger. A latch assembly is engaged with the hou... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4126434 | Electrostatic dust precipitators In an electrostatic dust precipitator of the type including a dust collection electrode structure and a discharge electrode structure which are impressed with DC voltages of the opposite polarities, the discharge electrode structure is constituted by a pl... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4126763 | Control circuit for a remote controlled telephone answering device In this telephone answering device, the incoming message record tape is driven by a motor that is oriented by a cam mechanism from a forward drive position to a rewind position. The mechanism is driven by a cam drive motor under control of a circuit which... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4124022 | Heart novelty and relaxation device This heart novelty and relaxation device has a heart-shaped housing that contains a speaker and circuitry for producing a slow heartbeat sound which has a relaxing effect on a listener. The housing is assembled from two molded plastic conformal sides havi... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4122605 | Somatic element of single crystalline sapphire ceramics This disclosure relates to a somatic element of single crystalline sapphire ceramics for use as an implant for dental surgery, orthopedic prosthetic surgery and the like, which element is excellent in mechanical strength, flexibility and affinity with its... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4122331 | Passer counter A device for counting the number of persons entering or exiting a given area including a mat switch having a plurality of normally open independent switches arranged in the form of a ladder and a plurality of resistors each connected to one of the plurali... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4121532 | Speedboat safety driveline coupling This invention relates to a safety coupling such as found in boats and the like. The coupling is used to couple one shaft efficiently and safely to another flanged shaft and comprises a flange member with a keyed or splined axial opening disposed therethr... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4120588 | Multiple path configuration for a laser interferometer By appropriately arranging and configuring dielectric waveguides formed within a substrate, a path configuration suitable for use in laser interferometer may be fabricated in a small overall area without sacrificing overall sensitivity. The path configura... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4118803 | Collar stay system Improved collar stay system, including a collar stay which engages with the tip of the collar at one end and a hinge member provided on a collar of a shirt. The hinge member is arranged and configured to engage with and hold the other end of the collar st... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118602 | Telephone answering device having simplified mechanical controls In this telephone answering device, each of the mechanical control arms is pivotally mounted in simplified fashion to a molded plastic chassis. Overcenter springs provide bistable mechanical positioning of each control arm. The answer-playback control arm... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116331 | Heat installed multi-pack carrier, machine and method A carrier is disclosed for interconnecting an array of cans or the like to hold them together as a unitary package. Preferably the carrier is made from a sheet of a material such as polyvinyl chloride that may be cut, expanded and set in its expanded stat... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116050 | Press load meter A press load meter according to the present invention employs strain gauges as stress detectors. Outputs of the stress detectors are analogously processed until they are amplified and the amplified signals are digitally processed in a multiplexed form wit... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4117455 | Self-righting roadway marking device A self-righting tippable roadway marking device includes a base member with a substantially spherical lower ground-engaging surface. A blind bore is formed in the base member centrally thereof and is adapted to releasably retain a staff element fixedly th... | 09/26/1978 |
