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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4186790 | Access shield for uncovered refrigerated units Energy losses from market refrigerated display cases, which are normally open, can be dramatically reduced by use of an access shield according to the present invention. The access shield comprises a plurality of transparent and resilient panels, each pan... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4063409 | Custom watch A random access memory is combined with a programmable logic array to count time pulses within an integrated circuit watch. A master oscillator drives the internal timing clocks and serves as a time standard for a timing and control circuit means which ma... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4059481 | Method of making an intaglio halftone gravure printing plate An intaglio halftone gravure printing plate is made by contact-printing onto a sensitized carbon tissue a contact screen including a grid-like arrangement of minute dark dots each having the shape of a square rounded off at the four corners with the perip... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4055109 | Method and apparatus for producing self-standing bags A self-standing bag is made of two similar side wall sheets disposed in an opposing relation and a bottom wall sheet having two edges thereof heat-fused with the lower edges of the two side wall sheets and being folded along a central folding line into th... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4053018 | Automatic control system for earth-moving equipment The cutting angle or cutting depth of the blade of an earth-moving equipment such as a bulldozer is adjusted by a hydraulic pressure cylinder and the supply of pressurized liquid to and from the hydraulic pressure cylinder is controlled in accordance with... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4051924 | Device for mounting brake shoe of brake for bicycle In a brake for bicycles including brake shoes having brake blocks and secured by a threaded fastening member to brake arches so that the brake blocks are engageable with and disengageable from the rim of a wheel, a device for adjustably or shiftably suppo... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4050272 | Lock assembly A lock assembly having special utility for locking sliding doors and the like is disclosed. The lock assembly comprises a cylinder lock having a rotor case and a rotatable rotor disposed therein. The rotor has pin members configured such that upon inserti... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050229 | Friction type yarn false twisting apparatus The apparatus comprises at least two spaced parallel discs having a relatively small thickness and mounted on one rotary shaft, and an intermediate disc having a relatively large thickness and mounted on the other shaft between the discs of small thicknes... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4049241 | Motionless mixing device A motionless mixing device for mixing fluidic materials such as liquid, gas, wet and dry powders, etc. employing a generally horizontal cylindrical housing with an inlet at one end and an outlet at the opposite end. A plurality of spaced-apart mixing elem... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4042428 | Process for hardening iron-containing surfaces with organic solvent and ammonia This invention relates to a method of carbonitriding an iron-containing article. The method comprises the steps of subjecting the article to a carbonitriding atmosphere which atmosphere contains ammonia and an oxygen-containing organic solvent. The ratio ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4040716 | Kaleidoscopic peep-show viewing device A kaleidoscopic peep-show viewing device comprises an outer box of tubular shape with open opposite ends and with inscriptions printed on the inner surface thereof, an inner box adapted to slide telescopically within the outer box, and an optically reflec... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4039789 | Theft protection sensor switch A movement-sensitive switch for detecting small movements comprising electrically conductive top and bottom hollow members joined together along the peripheries thereof with insulation disposed thereinbetween forming a hollow chamber. Disposed within the ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4038814 | Wristwatch structure An electronic watch in a watch case comprising a crystal oscillator, an integrated circuit chip having at least an oscillator circuit and display device, a battery, at least two magnetically operated switches for controlling the watch functions, and one o... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4039980 | Voltage-controlled filter In a bridge circuit consisting of diodes connected in each circuit branch in a forward direction from one of a pair of opposing terminals to another with a current flowing through these diodes, impedance between a second opposing pair of terminals varies ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4036096 | Musical tone waveshape generator The invention is directed to a waveshape generator capable of producing a desired waveshape by previously storing basic amplitudes obtained by sampling one period of the waveshape at a coarse interval and calculating amplitudes with a fine interval betwee... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4035613 | Cylindrical ceramic heating device The disclosure relates to a ceramic heating device in the form of a cylindrical shape comprising a burnt cylindrical support core of heat-resistant ceramics, a ceramic element disposed around said support core, said element comprising (i) a burnt sheet of... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034729 | Preheating apparatus of a diesel engine In a preheating apparatus of a diesel engine of the type wherein, at the time of starting the engine, a fuel pump is used to inject fuel through a nozzle into a precombustion chamber provided with a preheating device, and the suction air preheated by the ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034336 | Electronic monitor system for automobiles An electronic monitor system for automobiles warns the driver both by a flashing light or buzzer and by lighting an appropriate indicator light which tells the location if there is something wrong with any one of the functions located through the car, and... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4034335 | Automatic safety and alarming apparatus for construction equipments Abnormal conditions of the engine and auxiliary machines mounted on a construction equipment are detected by sensors and individually displayed by a plurality of abnormal condition display circuits connected to respective sensors, for the purpose of alarm... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4034244 | Resonant cylindrically shaped ultrasonic wave generator The ultrasonic wave generator incorporates an ultrasonic-frequency vibratory member of cylindrical shape from which ultrasonic waves are produced, and the vibratory member is securely connected of its outer cylindrical surface to the mechanical vibration ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033196 | Timing belt tensioner A timing belt tensioner for an internal combustion engine comprising a base plate pivotally mounted about one end of the base plate to the front of the engine, a first arcuous slot formed in the base plate and extending along an arc having its center of c... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033175 | Gas leakage measuring device An apparatus for measuring gas leakage including a hollow container having a gas inlet port which is connected to a reference pressure gas supply via a valve and another gas outlet port that is connected to a test container; a liquid container located in ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032674 | Magnetic memory structure and method of making the same A magnetic memory structure which may be used as a disc memory, a drum memory or a similar component including a ceramic substrate having a thin film of magnetic ferrite material thereon, said film being of a cobalt-based spinel type ferrite and a method ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4028927 | High precision timepiece pace measuring device A high precision timepiece pace measuring device wherein a first mask circuit inhibits the entry of a first signal of the timepiece so as to initiate a measurement of the pace of the timepiece from a second signal of the timepiece, while a second mask cir... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4029457 | Molding machine In a molding machine of the type wherein a movable die plate carrying a movable mold is moved toward a stationary mold, the movable die plate is locked by a locking member to the tie bars, and then the mold tightening cylinder is operated to strongly urge... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4027554 | Electronic control apparatus of an automatic speed changing apparatus In an electronic control apparatus of an automatic speed changing apparatus for use in an internal combustion engine of the type wherein the engine is connected with a load through a fluid type torque converter and a multiple stage gear changer, there are... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4012766 | Semiconductor package and method of manufacture thereof An improved plastic package and method of manufacture thereof for use in packaging integrated circuit semiconductor devices and the like. A transfer molded package having the lead frame disposed therein is formed having an opening therethrough. The device... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3999368 | Circuit for an electronic timepiece A circuit in an electronic timepiece including a battery, a crystal oscillator, a frequency divider, a display driver and a display for reducing the magnitude of the voltage to one or more of the oscillator or driver circuits after the timepiece is turned... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3984739 | Structure for packaging integrated circuits An integrated circuit package structure wherein electrodes of an integrated circiut chip are directly bonded to metal lead members within the package. A portion of the substrate is enclosed inside the package to support the package. Holes are provided on ... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3957121 | Automatic control system for earth-moving equipment The cutting angle or cutting depth of the blade of an earth-moving equipment such as a bulldozer is adjusted by a hydraulic pressure cylinder and the supply of pressurized liquid to and from the hydraulic pressure cylinder is controlled in accordance with... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3953965 | Digital clock A digital clock having time display drums, shift pinions to regulate these time display drums, an electric motor, a plurality of gears for transmitting the rotating movement of the electric motor to the time display drums and timer members related to the ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3947211 | Support means for an elongated pouring pipe An improved means for supporting an elongated device for pouring concrete pipe, pile and similar devices. The means makes use of pins movably supporting a device for pouring concrete inside of a concrete molding frame and support levers support the concre... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3945445 | Boring apparatus provided with drill bits freely rotatable around their own axis A boring apparatus in which a plurality of drill bits are supported in a casing fixed to a boring pipe in such a manner that these bits are axially substantially parallel with the axis of the boring pipe and are freely rotatable around their own axis inde... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944814 | Light detecting apparatus of improved resolution There are provided a plurality of light receiving elements arranged at a predetermined spacing therebetween to be irradiated by a light beam, a plurality of logical product circuits, each being provided for a pair of adjacent light receiving elements and ... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3944163 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retracting apparatus having a spool mounted for rotation on a frame member and adapted to have a seat belt wound thereon, a pair of locking wheels having a plurality of locking teeth and fixedly mounted on the spool, a locking plate engageable... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3943665 | Apparatus for profile grinding closed curved surface In an apparatus for profile grinding a closed curved surface such as a trochoidal curved surface of the type wherein the attitude of a worktable which supports a workpiece is profile controlled in accordance with a master profile corresponding to the clos... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3942437 | Chain printer This chain printer has a type chain which includes an endless flexible belt capable of installing numerous type slugs. Each print slug includes a printing portion containing at least one type character and a pair of cantilevers extending from the printing... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940919 | Electronic wristwatch with electronic sound emitter device An electronic wristwatch with an electronic sound emitter device which provides greatly improved efficiency in the quality and quantity of the sound emitted with a minimum number of elements. The results, in general, are obtained by arranging the elements... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938972 | Impingement separator for gas-liquid mixtures An impingement separator for gas-liquid mixtures, in which at least two separating elements are spaced apart and held upright substantially in parallel to each other so as to provide a passage or passages for liquid-carrying gases. Each element consists o... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3937182 | Pet toilet This invention is designed to greatly improve the existing pet toilets by arranging a filter in such a manner that a filter belt is mounted for relative movement, and the solid waste on the filter drops into a small receptacle at one side of the box, whil... | 02/10/1976 |
