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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4337530 | Universal time-keeping system and apparatus A time-keeping method and device, especially useful as a novelty device for astrologers, that divides a day into twelve equal periods of time. Each period of time is further sub-divided into one-hundred equal sub-periods of time. Each sub-period of time m... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336699 | System for interlocking objects A system and method of interlocking objects by the use of locking and blocking pins that longitudinally move through channels when an external directional force field is longitudinally aligned with and applied to the channels inside of which the pins are ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4334287 | Buffer memory arrangement A buffer memory arrangement for use in conjunction with a controller and a plurality of peripheral units and/or subsystems of a data processing system. The arrangement includes a dynamic RAM buffer memory for receiving and storing information from the per... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4326291 | Error detection system In a throughput error detection system, a redundant logic unit is provided along with a required logic unit for simultaneous operation therewith. The required logic unit and redundant logic unit both produce output data which, it is desired, will be the s... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4322680 | Chemically sensitive JFET transducer devices utilizing a blocking interface A chemically sensitive junction field effect transistor transducer capable of selectively detecting and measuring chemical properties of substances to which the transducer is exposed. The transducer includes a substrate material, a semiconductor layer hav... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4322110 | Infant seat for tables A portable baby seat has a flexible seat portion hung from a tubular frame for cantilevered mounting on a table edge. A U-shaped horizontal frame member extends through a hollow top seam of the seat's back and sides with end portions of the member extendi... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4315301 | Generator flashlight A self-generating hand-held flashlight including the optional use of battery power. The flashlight includes a tubular body case that may be divided into three compartments. In a first compartment a generator utilizing a permanent magnet armature is mounte... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4314890 | Automatically fed distillation and fractionation system An electrically and/or solar heated distillation and fractionation system for separating ethanol-water mixtures comprised with an insulated inclined vaporization chamber divided into an upper solar absorbent vaporization section and a lower pre-heating se... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4314484 | Self-compensating optical drop count apparatus for measuring volumetric fluid flow A self-compensating optical drop count apparatus for measuring volumetric fluid flow by optically counting the number of drops of fluid that pass through a drop chamber, each drop being formed so as to be of approximate equal volume. Optical counting circ... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4301482 | Programmable multi-channel audio playback system for reel-to-reel tapes A programmable multi-channel audio playback system includes a reel-to-reel tape having recorded thereon a plurality of segments of information on multiple channels, with the segments being separated by gaps containing either no information or coded inform... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300946 | Granulating and activating metal to form metal hydride A metal material, which is capable of reacting with hydrogen to form a metal hydride, is simultaneously granulated and conditioned with hydrogen to activate the metal material to a state in which it is capable of readily reacting with and absorbing hydrog... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4298867 | Cathode ray tube character smoother Disclosed is a cathode ray tube (CRT) character generator system which includes delay apparatus for storing digitally generated raster control signals. Raster control signals thus stored are combined with more recent raster control signals in an analog fa... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4296927 | Game board and cards Game cards for use with a game board which has separate movement zones for each player, each zone having multiple confined locations for movement of markers therein. The game cards have movement instructions consisting of two symbols representing separate... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4291692 | Closed-loop infusion system, both method and apparatus, based on real time urine measurement A closed loop system for controlled infusion of fluids, medication or diagnostic substances into a patient based on real time measurement of urine output. Proper urine flow techniques and a self compensating drop count apparatus provide accurate represent... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4280291 | Two-sided portable scoreboard A two-sided portable scoreboard for simultaneously displaying a set of two-digit scores both frontally and rearwardly upon a single setting thereof. A pair of disks is sandwiched between a front and rear plate for each set of scores to be displayed. The d... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280099 | Digital timing recovery system An improved method of recovering a clock reference signal from digital data and maintaining small phase errors between the two. The clock reference signal is phase matched with the digital data by comparing the positive going and negative going edges of t... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279083 | Shoe construction with replaceable sole A shoe construction includes a shoe body which is conventional except that it does not include a shoe sole, a first layer of material fixed to the undersurface of the shoe body, a second layer of material for attaching to and detaching from the first laye... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4275959 | Film processor apparatus A dry film processor includes a housing, a film supply canister disposed in the housing for holding film and supplying it to the other processing apparatus, a take-up canister also disposed in the housing for receiving and holding the film after it has be... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4271446 | Transient voltage suppression system An improved transient voltage suppression system for use in an electrical power distribution system which includes at least one power line and a neutral or ground line. The system includes a suppression circuit for each power line of the power distributio... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4270609 | Tar sand extraction process A method for separating and recovering bitumen from tar sand and other viscous petroleum deposits, either in situ or after mining the deposits. The method may also apply to heavy oil wells and to secondary and tertiary recovery of oils from wells. The tar... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4261572 | Pyramidal fortune-telling game A game for simulated fortune-telling including a closed, pyramidal container with transparent faces permitting observation of the interior of the container and including dice enclosed therein for producing numerical combinations from the faces thereof ref... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4258958 | Selective control of fluid to brakes A system for selectively controlling the flow of brake fluid to the brakes of a two or four wheel drive vehicle utilizes a separate solenoid valve on each brake fluid line leading directly to a driven wheel. The valves are normally open, and are operated ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4255944 | Server for wine bottles and the like A server for chilled wine and similar beverages or foods includes a generally cylindrically-shaped side wall into which a bottle or other container may be placed. The side wall is constructed of a heat conductive material such as aluminum, copper, alloys ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4253428 | Hydrogen fuel systems A hydrogen fuel system for use in conjunction with and as an alternative to a hydrocarbon fuel system in a motor vehicle or other apparatus having a combustion unit and a mixing device for mixing hydrogen gas with air for introduction into the combustion ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4252063 | Support walker for orthopedic patients A support walker comprising a horizontal rail having multiple sides in opposing orientations as track surfaces for a tracking carriage which traverses the rail. The tracking carriage circumscribes the rail and has pairs of radially disposed rollers mounte... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4251470 | Process for preparing di[p-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl] phosphoric acid ester An improved electroactive material for solid state, Ca++ sensitive electrodes comprising highly purified di-[p-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl] phosphoric acid or the corresponding calcium salt thereof.... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4250878 | Non-invasive chemical species delivery apparatus and method A bioelectrode for non-invasive and inotophoretic delivery of chemical species (such as ions, polar molecules, etc.) into the skin of a person. The bioelectrode includes a pouch having flexible walls, at least a portion of which is composed of a microporo... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4250026 | Continuous steric FFF device for the size separation of particles A method and apparatus for continuous, steric field-flow fractionation and segregation of particles according to particle size. An elongate, fluid flow channel carrying a stream of entrained particles is subjected to a force field which urges the particle... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4249832 | Highway median delineator Flexible elongate web structures with reflective faces are fixed on opposing ends of a support arm which is centrally mounted over a highway barrier. Appropriate geometric structure and material selection provide a non-destructive bending response for the... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4243202 | Water induction system for internal combustion engines A water induction system for internal combustion engines which consists of a metering device for metering controlled amounts of air and water, a control valve which is vacuum operated and connected to the metering device to allow a predetermined amount of... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4239006 | Self lubricating sabot Sabots for modern firearms, including both rifles and pistols, which have reduced friction thus imparting greater sub-caliber projectile velocity are made from a thermoplastic resin containing finely divided solid lubricant fillers. Preferably the forward... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4237589 | Grinding disc A grinding disc for use with grinding apparatus adapted to grind grain and the like. The grinding disc includes an opening centrally located therein, with the perimeter of the opening forming a plurality of teeth projecting toward the center of the disc. ... | 12/09/1980 |
