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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4146180 | Retractable environmental seal A retractable environmental seal for use in sealing the opening of the exit cone for a rocket nozzle comprising a diaphragm-like cover having a central region adapted to be seated in sealing relation with the periphery of the opening and characterized by ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4141459 | Protecting device for containers A strip of reinforcing material having a reverse bend section along one side edge is bendable to be wrapped around the rim of a container, such as a garbage or trash container. The reverse bend section forms a groove to receive the container rim and the r... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4139005 | Safety release pipe cap A safety release pipe cap for emergency venting of fluids under excessive temperatures by melting out a replaceable portion. In one embodiment the replaceable portion is arranged to yield under excessive pressure differentials on its opposed faces. The ca... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4112979 | End cap for pipes An end cap for closing an open end of a pipe. The end cap is formed with a sleeve of plastics material closed at a first end by a wall and having tongues formed integrally with the sleeve on the opposite or second end. These tongues fit in openings in a p... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4111235 | Pipe cap A cap for installation over the open end of a tubular member that has a pipe or pipes of smaller diameter projecting through the open end of the tubular member. The cap has a rubber discoid portion that covers the open end of the tubular member and a rubb... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4100629 | Aircraft lavatory drain plug A drain plug for axial insertion into a conduit having an inner surface, including a cup-shaped resilient sealing member having a closed end and an open end and having a sidewall having an outer surface conforming to the inner surface of the conduit and w... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4100827 | Bar stock feed tube assembly A bar stock feed tube assembly is disclosed of the type in which bar feed stock is supported and guided by, and rotates within, the assembly during machining. The feed tube assembly is comprised of an anechoic feed tube, a surrounding reinforcing jacket, ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4097982 | Method and apparatus for joining pipes The disclosure generally relates to a method of joining a pipe to another pipe, or to an adjacent pipe in a series of pipes in a pipeline, the joints between which incorporate sealing means, and an apparatus suitable for use in performing the method, whic... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4095810 | Gill-type tip protector for sealing open tubes and the like A tubular sealing member defines a bore having an open mouth, plus several spaced, annular sealing members in the bore to grip and seal a tubular projection. In accordance with this invention, at least some of the spaced, annular sealing rings define, in ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4078811 | Sealing device for contaminated and/or activated structural elements A sealing device for inner surfaces of hollow bodies such as pipes, containers, or the like which have adhering thereto contaminated or activated material. The sealing device comprises two supporting plates arranged in spaced relationship and substantiall... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4078473 | Apparatus for protecting a flying object positioned in a launching tube A flying object, such as a missile is protected against shock loads, especially loads effective in the longitudinal direction, by a shock absorber which is secured to the muzzle end of a launching tube by an adapter ring. The absorber itself is a pipe sec... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4046168 | Closure plugs In order to avoid the necessity of having a range of sizes of tools for the mounting and removal of a plurality of resiliently deformable plugs of different transverse dimensions on the ends of associated tubes, there is provided a plurality of such plugs... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4016908 | Universal dust cover for a hydraulic coupling socket A dust cover for selective use in sockets of different cross sectional configurations. The couplings are provided in hydraulic lines between a tractor and an implement where coupling and decoupling of the interconnected line is needed. The cover is used i... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4014367 | Pipe cap An improved pipe cap comprises a cover and a U-shaped handle pivotally connected thereto. The handle includes a pair of rounded lugs which are adapted to engage an annular groove in the pipe end when the pipe cap handle is rotated toward its locking posit... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4014368 | Flange protector A one piece protector for the machined surface of a flange for pipes and valves which may be installed and removed by finger pressure on integral thimbles which frictionally engage the bores of the bolt holes of the flange.... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4005735 | Adapter with thread protector An adapter for connecting a nozzle or similar attachment to the threaded end of a garden hose or the like has a body with an internally threaded end connectable to the hose threads and a spring loaded retractable coaxial sleeve which extends over and prot... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3996966 | Disposable end closure A disposable end closure for pipe and tube ends such as, for example, vehicle fuel filler openings. The disposable end closure includes a cylindrical portion for inserting axially into the open end of the pipe or tube. The cylindrical portion has an outsi... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3995663 | High solids brine distributor A liquid distributing device for use in the upper end of an upright tube in a vertical, tubular heat exchanger, which device comprises a ferrule having a head adapted to seat upon the upright tube, a cylindrical sleeve adapted to fit snugly within said tu... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3992570 | Cable end sealing devices A device to form an effective environmental tight seal on a free end of cables, conduits and the like is disclosed. The subject device is formed by a unitary member of resilient material, such as rubber, which has a cylindrical configuration with one perm... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3987930 | Dual-ended tubing cap An intravenous tubing cap for sealing the end of a male tubing coupling or a female tubing coupling is provided by a plug having a tapered male fitting at one end being backed against a tapered female fitting at the other end. The plug may be molded in on... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3977654 | Stanchion A stanchion construction for boats having a thin walled stainless steel tube which is reinforced throughout the lower portion by a solid plastic cylinder. Horizontal forces exerted on the stanchion directly or through a lifeline, create very substantial s... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3964339 | End holders for handle bars This invention relates to an improved holder for tape that is wound about a tubular bar e.g., handle bar as for example, on a bicycle where the tape is fastened at the end of the handle bar. The holder comprises an expandable hub which can be inserted int... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3948290 | Means for connecting an elastomeric tubing to a member Closure of the end of an elastomeric tubing is provided by folding the end of the tube back on itself to form a band-like wrap, and inserting into the tube beneath the wrap the solid body of a plug of elastomeric material having at its outer end a resilie... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3942681 | Flange protector There is disclosed a device comprising a disc for disposal over the outer side of a flange, an annular ridge on the disc for substantially filling a ring groove in the outer side of the flange, a plurality of plugs on the disc for fitting closely within c... | 03/09/1976 |
