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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4736886 | Disk type steam trap A disk type steam trap having a valve disk adapted to engage a valve seat with a double-coiled bimetallic member being provided operatively interposed between the valve disk and the valve seat on one side of the valve seat to lift and lower the valve disc... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4706806 | Destructible cartridge for anchoring rods or the like A multi-chambered cartridge contains a hardenable mass including resin, a hardener and filler members for securing an anchor rod or the like in a borehole. The cartridge is formed with an outer casing and at least one inner casing. The outer casing is axi... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4699133 | Process for producing a cohesive, self-adhesive, rigid or elastic bandage for fixing, compression and support dressings for medical purposes and bandage produced by this process The invention relates to a cohesive, self-adhesive, rigid or elastic bandage for fixing, compression and support dressings and permanent elastic compression and support dressings for medical purposes and a process for the manufacture thereof. The bandage ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4697921 | Device for detecting a relative change in distance between two measuring points, and its use As is known, the walls in cavity structures often become quiescent only after a prolonged period. In order to detect whether and to what extent rock displacements can occur, measuring instruments are installed at mutually opposite points (I, II) on walls ... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4696085 | Apparatus for pressing tubular parts An apparatus for pressing tubular parts, more particularly for pressing or forcing pipe-unions onto pipes, sleeves or hoses. The apparatus includes a plurality of spring loaded, radially adjustable jaws and an annular piston in operative communication wit... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4692126 | Claw coupling assembly for torque transmission A torque transmitting coupling assembly including a driving member and a power takeoff member, each of which have an equal plurality of claws thereon with movable transmission members interposed between the claws, the claws having lateral surfaces which d... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4684804 | Method and apparatus for processing the output signals of an optical earth-horizon sensor operating in the infrared range of an orbiting earth satellite A method and an apparatus for processing the output signals of an optical rth-horizon sensor (1) operating in the infrared range of an orbiting, e.g. stationary earth satellite with respect to variously warm oppositely located earth rims (earth anomaly). ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4684445 | Method and device of measuring ion activity In a method of measuring ion activity of a liquid sample comprising steps of spotting a reference liquid and the liquid sample on surfaces of ion-selective membranes, respectively, of at least a pair of ion-selective electrode sheets which is electrically... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4682873 | Photometric device for camera A photometric device disposed in the optical path of a view finder of a camera includes a photometric element which includes a plurality of minute photo-electric conversion elements. Each of the minute photometric elements is formed by a minute transparen... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4681493 | Means for maintaining axial stress on a dowel assembly A dowel assembly to be anchored in a borehole in a receiving material includes a container positioned around the axis of the borehole and located between an abutment at one end of the dowel assembly and the receiving material into which the assembly is in... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4675517 | Photosensitive element having supplementary light sensitive regions to correct for light spot diameter variations A photosensitive element having first and second sensitive regions arranged to receive a light spot in such a way that as the light spot lies astride the boundary therebetween, the ratio of the areas of the two parts of the spot light which are received b... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674854 | Information setting device for camera An information setting device in which for a desired photographic information is set as is increased or decreased from the preset value depending on what phase combination the signals of different phase produced in response to manual operation of a photog... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674443 | Method and apparatus for vacuum deposition plating A vacuum deposition plating apparatus having an inlet-side vacuum sealing device provided in front of a vacuum deposition plating chamber, an inlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber provided between the inlet-side vacuum sealing device and an annealin... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4675842 | Apparatus for the display and storage of television picture information by using a memory accessible from a computer An apparatus for the display and storage of television picture information by using a dynamic random access memory accessible from a computer. The apparatus includes an interface providing connection to the computer, an address modifying circuit, an addre... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4675824 | Method of replacing a tolling system for toll roads A method of replacing a punched-card tolling system with a magnetic-card tolling system gradually by installing controllers sequentially at entrance and exit gates, each of which controllers is capable of controlling the terminals for both of these two to... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4675867 | Data processing device A data processing device for processing data including a first data sequence indicative of the amplitude of an information signal and a second data sequence each data of which indicates the error rate of each data of the first data sequence. When each dat... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4672899 | Preburning plant for burning solid fuel materials having a high ash contents The preburning plant for burning solid fuel materials having a high ash contents, particularly barks or cut wood chips, is comprised of a hearth (10) downwardly delimited by a grid (15), supplied with fuel material by a hopper (6). The hearth (10) communi... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4673806 | Automatic focus adjusting device In the disclosed automatic focus adjusting device of the active type having a light emitting element for projecting light for focus detection onto an object to be photographed, light emitting operation and non-light emitting operations of the light emitti... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4671878 | Means for clearing the blocked reject end of a vortex purifier Apparatus for clearing the blocked reject end of a vortex purifier without interrupting the operation of the vortex purifier, the apparatus includes an opening device for detaching the bottom plug of the reject end of the vortex purifier and an exit apert... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671635 | Motorized camera A motorized camera having a reversible wind-up motor, a wind-up transmission system whose speed reduction ratio is changed over between small and large values depending on the direction of rotation of the wind-up motor, a rewind transmission system whose ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4672205 | Method of processing the output signals of an optical earth-horizon sensor The invention is directed to a method for determining the anomaly portion the output signal of a zero-seeking earth-horizon sensor for a geostationary satellite. The horizon sensor comprises a chopper disk operated with constant frequency, which chopper ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671937 | Multilayer analytical element A multilayer analytical element for analysis of analyte in a liquid sample comprising a liquid sample-spreading layer, a reagent layer containing a diazonium salt, and a liquid-impermeable light-transmissive support, being laminated in this order, in whic... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671639 | Camera with electromagnetically driven lens barrel In a camera which is provided with an electromagnetically driven lens barrel and is arranged to control a shutter by driving a rotor with an electromagnetic force generated by energizing a coil printed on the rotor, power supply to the coil is effected in... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4670799 | Erasing apparatus The disclosed erasing apparatus is capable of erasing a signal recorded on a magnetic recording medium from individual recording tracks one by one over an erasing width wider than the width of each recording track. A magnetic head receives an erasing sign... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4670750 | Photoelectric impulse transmitter Measured values are converted into electrical impulses for gauge devices and the like in a mechanism including a plurality of photocells arranged on a generally circular arc with a rotatable disc having angularly spaced radially extending slots arranged f... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4670309 | Method for providing anti-weathering resistance to the surface of organic materials The invention provides a method for protecting the surface of various kinds of shaped articles made of an organic polymeric material such as rubbers, leathers, woods, plastics and the like against weathering caused by exposure to ultraviolet light, ozone,... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669935 | Expansion dowel assembly An expansion dowel assembly is made up of an axially elongated generally cylindrically shaped dowel body and at least one wedge-shaped expansion member formed monolithically with the dowel body. The dowel body has a first or leading end which is inserted ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669850 | Flash photographic exposure control system An exposure control system for daylight and flash photography. In the flash mode with computer flash light device, the system accommodates for a variation in the otherwise fixed parameter of diaphragm aperture by taking into account the camera-to-subject ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669849 | Camera A camera having an automatic focus detecting device arranged to form a focusing data required for adjusting a phototaking optical system into an in-focus state is provided with switch means for allowing the automatic focus detecting device to operate; and... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669586 | Pipe-type housing for a shock absorber particularly of the telescopic vibration damper type A pipe-type housing for a shock absorber has a bearing eye at one end for a fastening member. The housing is formed of a welded or continuous seamless steel pipe formed at one end by hot or cold extrusion to provide a flattened portion with two spaced gen... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669510 | Process for operation of a weaving machine as well as application of the process A weaving machine having a filling breakage detector for generating an error signal upon breakage of a filling thread. This error signal then stops the weaving machine. A pick finding process is then initiated in which the weaving program is set back and ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669143 | Support system for a multiple-span bridge A support system for a multiple-span bridge constructed of reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete includes a primary structure and a secondary structure. The primary structure bridges the spans between intermediate supports or between an abutment and... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4668381 | Method of and apparatus for separating electrically conductive non-ferrous metals In separating a mixture of solid material particles including non-magnetic electrically conductive metals into a light fraction and a heavy fraction, where the light fraction includes the non-magnetic particles, the mixture is directed into an upwardly ex... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4668061 | Buckle for a water-proof camera A buckle device for a water-proof camera is disclosed, including a buckle arm pivotally mounted at its one end to the camera housing, and a buckle body whose one end is pivotally mounted on the free end of the arm and whose opposite end has a bent-over lu... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667928 | Shut-off valve with spherical plug A shut-off valve assembly includes a housing which has a spherical plug arranged in a chamber. The housing has an internal thread into which a support element for a sealing member is screwed. On the outer end face of the support element is supported a fla... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667530 | Variable length shaft assembly particularly for motor vehicle steering shafts A variable length shaft assembly particularly for steering shafts in motor vehicles, wherein a pair of telescopically axially displaceable shaft members have a resilient sliding sleeve interposed therebetween, with the sleeve being affixed to one of the s... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4669005 | Reproducing apparatus An apparatus for reproducing information signals from a record bearing medium having the information signals recorded together with different pilot signals which are repeatedly recorded, one after another, in a plurality of recording tracks. The apparatus... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4668066 | Movable mirror shifting mechanism for camera Various movable mirrors are arranged within a camera for shifting operation by a lifting mechanism and are provided with a mechanism for promptly settling the movable mirror on its return to an original position from a shifted position. The mechanism incl... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4666275 | Camera In the disclosed camera, an arrangement shifts the light detecting location of a light sensor facility from a first position offset from the camera's optical axis to a second light detecting location offset from the axis and angularly displaced from the f... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4666274 | Waterproof camera A waterproof camera having portions liable to crack, or when scratched, to cause a loss of the optical performance is provided with a support frame in front of these portions to protect them. This support frame is made of elastic material, and is secured ... | 05/19/1987 |
