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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4643090 | Printing press and method A printing press includes an improved method and apparatus for moving printing cylinders between thrown off positions in which bearers connected with the cylinders are separated and thrown on or printing positions. The printing cylinders are urged to thei... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4641719 | Strain gauge assemblies Strain gauge transducers (5,6,7,8,9) are fitted in pairs to a vehicle axle (2), generally between each wheel (3) and the adjacent suspension (4). They have strain gauges in balanced bridge formation and their orientation is such that their outputs can be ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641361 | Multi-band automatic gain control apparatus A multiple band automatic gain control circuit having a band splitter which is responsive to an input audio signal for separating the audio signal into plural components of different frequencies. Plural gain adjustment circuits each control the gain of an... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4638906 | Conveyor assembly A gripper conveyor assembly includes a plurality of grippers. A conveyor chain moves the grippers along a track from a pick up station to a receiving station. The conveyor chain has identical links. Any one link can be removed from the chain while all of ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4636113 | Landing adjustment system for offshore structures A landing adjustment system for offshore marine structures is disclosed herein. The system comprises a plurality of columns extending downwardly from the underside of the offshore marine structure and having the lower ends provided within the columns, the... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4634273 | O-ring inspection method A method is provided to inspect a resiliently deflectable O-ring which tends to distort under the influence of its own weight. The O-ring is placed on a transparent support member with the central axis of the O-ring in a vertical orientation. Light is dir... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4633907 | Valve assemblies In a sealing arrangement for a rotary fluid pressure control valve, such as a power steering control valve, a resilient sealing ring is located in a ring groove for sealing engagement with an outer cylindrical member. Frictional losses and a tendency for ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4632331 | Retractor assembly An improved seat belt retractor has a rotatable reel around which a safety belt may be wound. A locking pawl is movable between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition engaging ratchet wheel teeth on the reel to hold the reel against rotation. To ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4630559 | Thread cutting mechanism in lock stitch sewing machine A thread cutting mechanism for a lock stitch sewing machine which comprises a stationary blade, a reciprocally movable blade, operation means for moving the movable blade reciprocally and adjusting means for adjusting the reciprocal movement distance of t... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4629214 | Feed device for a safety belt system for motor vehicles The feed device for a safety belt system for motor vehicles has an automatic belt roll-up, a belt lock and a locking tongue, a feed ram being movable, through a drive device, in two opposite directions, which at the free end is loosely coupled with the se... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4628583 | Strain transducers A strain transducer is adapted to measure strain at a chosen depth below the surface of a workpiece, such as at the neutral axis of a draft bar. The transducer has a hollow cylindrical plug (6) projecting from a co-axial shoulder (7) of slightly larger di... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4628483 | One level sorting network A sorting network is disclosed for sorting N records, N being greater than two, into a total order in accordance with the values of keys associated with each of the records. This sorting network includes as many two-input comparators as are required to co... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4627862 | Air cleaning apparatus An air cleaning apparatus comprises a housing that includes four housing parts and a motor unit with an axial fan arranged in the middle zone of the apparatus. The motor unit forms with upper and lower housing parts a single unit. The air is sucked by the... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4627776 | Fastener An improved fastener includes a shank section which extends outwardly from a head section. The head section has a rim with an inner side surface which cooperates with an outer side surface of the shank section to form a groove. The inner side surface of t... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4627509 | Power assistance steering systems for vehicles A power assistance steering system 10 for a vehicle comprises steering gear 12 having an internal hydraulic ram supplied with hydraulic fluid by a pump 14 from a reservoir 16 via a solenoid valve 18 controlled by a micro-processor 20 which also controls a... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4626041 | Strain gauge assemblies Strain gauge transducers (15) are fitted to the leading and trailing faces of a vehicle axle between each wheel (14) and the adjacent suspension (13). They have strain gauges (6, 7, 8, 9) in balanced bridge formation and their orientation is such that the... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4626027 | Sliding roof for a vehicle A sliding roof for a vehicle comprises a plate movable lengthwise of the vehicle for opening and closing an opening in the vehicle roof. A front support supports the front end of the plate and is movable lengthwise of the vehicle for moving the plate betw... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4625624 | Power assisted steering system and a steering assembly for such a system A power assisted steering system and a steering assembly for such a system. The steering assembly has a steering output comprising an arm 6 displaceable through a toothed sector 7 by a racked piston nut 3 drivingly engaging a worm shaft 7 rotatable by a s... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4625614 | Tuning device An improved tuning device for a string of a musical instrument includes a string post having an opening at one end to receive the string. In order to tune the string, a worm and pinion are manually actuated to rotate the string post. In accordance with a ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4623031 | Control apparatus for a steering system A steering apparatus is disclosed having a direction control valve for directing pressurized fluid to a hydraulic, power steering motor in a steerable vehicle. A piston in the hydraulic motor is mechanically connected to an operator steering wheel and to ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622727 | Buckle for a safety belt A buckle fastener for a safety belt including a housing having a guiding channel for guiding a tongue into and from the housing, a latching member movable transversely to the insertion channel for selective engagement and disengagement with a recess forme... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622505 | Device for controlling rotation of stepping motor This invention relates to a device for controlling the rotation of the stepping motor in a printer. The device comprises a U-shaped frame member fixedly secured to the carriage of the printer and having opposing light emitting and receiving elements forme... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621821 | Apparatus for the clamping of elongate workpieces The invention provides a clamping apparatus, particularly for receiving and clampingly retaining electrode body blanks having prismatic or circular cross section for erosive machining devices. A clamping block has at one of its surfaces an essentially cen... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621551 | Tailstock quill hydraulic circuit A hydraulic circuit for use on a turning machine (10) having a quill (32) which is movable to an extended and retracted position for detecting, through pressure drop, when the quill (32) is fully retracted or extended and engaging a workpiece. The quill (... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621394 | Buckle for a safety belt A buckle for a safety belt, the buckle including a base plate with a guide channel for insertion and withdrawal of a tongue, a latching member movable in a guide member mounted on said base plate and cooperating with the tongue for selective engagement an... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4620357 | Method for assembling a safety belt roll-up device, especially for protecting persons in motor vehicles Safety belt roll-up device having a housing and a one-piece belt carrier. The housing has a base plate with two side walls extending from the base plate. At least one of the two side walls can be set at an angle and bent into a position in which both side... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4619213 | Drive control mechanism of sewing machine A drive control mechanism and a safety device in a sewing machine in which thread in a predetermined amount necessary for the formation of one seam each time a seam is to be formed. The drive control mechanism comprises a control circuit for allowing curr... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4618809 | Apparatus for converting single-phase power to three-phase outputs An inverter apparatus for converting a single-phase A.C. power source to three-phase A.C. outputs is described wherein the single-phase power source is directly connected to a first phase load and is connected through a one-phase converter to a second pha... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4618182 | Sun roof for a vehicle A sun roof for a vehicle has an opening therein closed by a cover plate. The cover plate is pivotally attached to the roof at the front edge thereof. The rear edge of the cover is adapted to move vertically relative to the plane of the roof. An adjusting ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4618165 | Deflection device for safety belts Deflection device for a safety belt which, at one end region, is rolled up in an automatic wind-up device, and is provided at the other end with a lock. An in-between-portion of the belt is routed over a fixed rounded deflection bar. The part of the devic... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617809 | Flow press, especially flow sammying machine, for the production and processing of leather In flow presses for the production and processing of leather, especially in sammying (drying) machines, the need exists for a preliminary effective stretching and widening of the leather to prevent the forming of creases. In a flow press with a pair of pr... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4616878 | Fitting for a safety belt for motor vehicles An adjustable safety belt anchorage is disclosed which includes a guiding rail adapted to be mounted in a motor vehicle, a carriage longitudinally slidable in first and second directions along the guiding rail, the guiding rail having longitudinally space... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4616671 | Valve with flow force compensator A valve that directs flow from an inlet to at least two outlets, and which counterbalances flow induced forces that tend to restrict flow to one of its outlets. The valve has a valve chamber formed in a housing, and the inlet communicates fluid to the val... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4616655 | Implantable pulse generator having a single printed circuit board and a chip carrier The implantable pulse generator herein may take the form of a cardiac pacer. The generator includes a pulse generator circuit including passive and active chips. These are mounted on a chip carrier with the active chips located in a hermetically sealed ca... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4616571 | Panel section interconnecting member and a shelf structure using a plurality of the panel section interconnecting members The invention discloses a panel section interconnecting member adapted to be used in the construction of shelf structures or shelf-like furniture. It comprises a generally rectangular base plate member of essentially flat configuration, one surface thereo... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4615688 | Coupling device The invention provides a coupling device with a first, driven member and a second member to be driven by the first member to a rotational movement. A driving plate is arranged between the two members and fixedly connected to the second member. In order to... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615638 | Ball joint The subject of the invention is a ball joint for motor vehicles with a bearing shell arranged between a joint housing and a ball head. The shell is provided at one end with elastically deformable ribs projecting from a stop surface. So that the ribs, afte... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615618 | Apparatus for determining the relationship of vehicle thrust line, and body center line for use in wheel alignment Apparatus is provided for determining the relationship between a vehicle's thrust line and the vehicle's body center line. A movable light source is located externally of and independent of the vehicle and serves to establish a pair of reference light bea... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4614194 | Implantable pulse generator having a single printed circuit board for carrying integrated circuit chips thereon with chip carrier means The human implantable pulse generator herein may serve as a cardiac pacer. The housing for the generator is minimized in size by mounting integrated circuit chips, forming the pulse generator circuit, in a hermetically sealed cavity in a chip carrier.... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4614010 | Safety belt buckle An improved subassembly can be used in either a top release buckle or an end release buckle. The subassembly includes an elongated metal base. A latch bar is pivotally supported in openings in side portions of the base for movement between an engaged cond... | 09/30/1986 |
