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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4331325 | Basket design A basket apparatus for clamping a plurality of plate stacks sufficient to form one multi-celled, lead acid storage battery during the casting of the lug commoning straps in each stack is provided. As configured it comprises a frame defining a plurality of... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4326703 | Cut log section holder for log splitting operation A generally rectangular frame is provided for disposition on a horizontal surface and first and second adjacent sides of the frame define convergent gripping jaws and a horizontally opening crotch at the convergent ends of the jaws for frictionally grippi... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4315585 | Sheet-feed tractor with eccentric clamping device A sheet-feed tractor includes clamp means made of two members through which a passage is provided defined partly by both members. One member is pivotably mounted on the other in such a manner that the size of the passage is reduced by pivoting of the pivo... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4306731 | Wafer support assembly An assembly is provided for protectively supporting semiconductor wafers individually within a support while permitting processing of both faces of the wafer, as well as facilitating rapid insertion and removal of wafers into the support, and movement of ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4288066 | Container for medical device The present invention provides a container, package, or case and at the same time an article of surgical equipment for the storage, transportation, asepsis and surgical preparation of a medical device. The container is especially adapted for small, delica... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4288065 | Extender and header card for medicinal dispensing device and fixture base converter for filling the same A fixture base converter adapted to convert a fixture base used for filling a multi-compartment medicinal dispensing device having a predetermined number of openings corresponding in number to the number of units in the device into a fixture base for fill... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4271879 | Hydraulic stump cutting and digging apparatus A hydraulic stump cutting and earth digging apparatus including a balanced main supporting frame of a vehicle member and an adjustable telescopic channel frame cutter boom, the boom comprising a forward centrally disposed rotatable cutting wheel having a ... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4271005 | Workpiece support apparatus for use with cathode sputtering devices Apparatus for mounting a workpiece to be coated in a cathode sputtering device is disclosed. Various construction details enable effective masking or shielding of a portion of the workpiece from coating deposition. In detailed form a box-like member circu... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4268374 | High capacity sputter-etching apparatus A high-throughput apparatus for sputter etching or reactive sputter etching of wafers comprises a large-area electrode centrally disposed within a relatively small-area cylindrical electrode. Wafers to be etched are mounted on the inside surface of the cy... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4261544 | Element locator for concrete This is a universal, re-usable system to accurately locate and temporarily hold an element to-be-embedded in concrete in a form. The system includes at least two rails and at least one element locating plate. The plate is capable of being attached in comb... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4258907 | Wood buck A wood buck fabricated of tubular steel components which can be easily assembled and disassembled comprises a base pedestal and a log holder removably and adjustably mounted thereon whereby a log to be cut is held in cantilever relationship within an open... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4239472 | Clamping ring for vacuum-forming apparatus Apparatus for use in the vacuum-forming of sheet material in a mould comprises a clamping ring formed by a plurality of rollers mounted close to each other on an annular support which will hold the sheet material on the rim of a mould yet permit some move... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4234276 | Dresser for offset electrode An offset electrode dresser includes a cylindrical collar having an aperture offset from its axis for retaining an electrode to expose only that area of an electrode tip which is to be dressed. A dressing tool is contained within a chuck which is position... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4202539 | Engine work stand A work stand for rotably mounting an engine thereon during the initial construction of the engine, or for repair of the engine, includes two concentric rings which are disposed in upstanding relationship and are mounted on a base. The inner ring is rotabl... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4202085 | Apparatus and method for installing rows of U-shaped tubes in a heat exchanger A support assembly for two rows of U-shaped tubes comprises a U-bend rack which aligns and holds the U-bend portions of the tubes in a plurality of leg racks which align and hold the straight leg portions of two rows of tubes, the support assembly is util... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4196840 | Method and apparatus for holding two separate metal pieces together for welding A method of holding two separate metal pieces together for welding including the steps of overlapping a portion of one of the metal pieces on a portion of the other metal piece; encasing the overlapping metal piece in a compressible device; drawing the co... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4195828 | Boiler tube welding clamp A boiler tube clamp for axially aligning adjacent tube sections during welding comprising a U-shaped bracket including spaced free end portions and a curved intermediate portion for nestingly receiving a tube end portion. An elongated pin is removably con... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4193588 | Nipple and collar retainer A planar retaining member supports baby bottle nipples and nipple attaching collars during washing of the nipples and collars in an automatic dishwasher. The member includes apertures for penetrable retention of the nipples and flexible arms for extending... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4170813 | Clamp for strapping ingot moulds A method and apparatus for strapping ingot moulds by forcing roughly pre-formed strap sections into pressure contact around the mark of the mould which is to be strapped, and welding the joints between the sections to form a complete strap. The apparatus ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4153239 | Adaptor for machine tool fixture An adaptor device for use with a fixture for holding a tool piece in position, the adaptor comprising first and second portions, the first portion being locked in the fixture and the second portion, which extends out from the first portion, serving to hol... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151984 | Selectively positional V-block fixture A V-block fixture for holding a workpiece during a shaping operation has a frame holder and a complementary frame associated with the holder. The frame has a V-block rigidly secured thereto, and the frame and V-block as a unit may be quickly and easily re... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4139189 | Block centers A pair of V block centers, for being used with a conventional V block, in order to support and center any rectangular stock upon the V block, while being machined; the pair of V block centers each consisting of an elongated rectangular bar, which has one ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4134715 | Head for multiple insulation of conductors A unitary head, adapted to attachment to the outlet of an extruder contains main inlet duct for passing hot extruded plastic material to a flow regulator which divides and controls the flow of the plastic material into a plurality of calibrated passages. ... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4128235 | Braze fixture A fixture useful both to receive and position parts assembled for brazing and to hold the assembled parts during the brazing process. Part locators in the fixture position the parts during assembly or loading, and remain attached to the fixture during bra... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4123060 | Golf club and jig for making same A golf club of the type designated a wood is provided whose head has an index tooling hole therein to which all coordinates relating to the shape of the head are referenced. During construction, the head is first placed in a tooling hole drill jig and a p... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4092018 | Fixture for use in fabricating rings from separate segments Separate segments, oversized to allow for shrinkage during welding, are assembled in the shape of a ring. The segments may be plates carrying guide vanes. The assembled ring is placed in a vacuum chamber and the joints between segments welded by an electr... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4084629 | Router clamp A router clamp for positioning and attaching a router having a housing to a radial saw arm so as to enable a user to accomplish overhead routing operations. The router clamp includes a bridge plate member affixed to a pair of inverted L-shaped brackets, o... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4076205 | Support, intended to be used primarily as a Christmas tree stand A support to secure essentially rod-shaped objects, such as the end of e.g. a Christmas tree, comprising a base plate and a clamping member arranged to be secured about said rod-shaped object. The clamping member is compressible and has diametrically oppo... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4073483 | Supporting device A device for supporting separate parts of a flanged plain bearing so that they can be welded together. The device comprises a main body part having an arcuate seating across its upper surface and a planar side surface adjoining such seating. There are pro... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4069779 | Button holder A button holder for holding different sized buttons while underneath a presser foot of a sewing machine to assure a firm hold and accurate placement of the hole relative to the needle to prevent breakage of the latter. The holder comprises essentially a s... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4070012 | Adaptor for machine tool fixture An adaptor device for use with a fixture for holding a tool piece in position, the adaptor comprising first and second portions, the first portion being locked in the fixture and the second portion, which extends out from the first portion, serving to hol... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4039115 | Apparatus for obtaining abutting contact of hollow tank courses to be circumferentially welded Circumferentially spaced jacks for clamping and supporting a pair of tank sections in end-to-end relationship during welding include spring biased gripping members mounted on at least some of the tank engaging ends of the jacks which initially grip the su... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3991990 | Fixture for holding a tubular workpiece during the machining thereof A fixture is disclosed for holding a tubular workpiece during the machining thereof. The fixture includes a base plate that is adapted to be placed over a mandrel that supports the workpiece. A pair of spaced apart blocks are slidably mounted on the base ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3982739 | Portable vise A horizontal base formed by intersecting plates rigidly connected to a vertical base of generally V-shaped cross-section; clamping flanges extended from the respective plates outwardly; a clamp member slidable over the respective flanges to act as backing... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3952936 | Reforming pipe clamp A reforming pipe clamp comprises a pair of rigid arcuate members joined at corresponding ends to form an annulus adapted to encircle a pipe adjacent one end thereof, the inside diameter of the annulus being greater than the outside diameter of the encircl... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3941293 | Brazing jig for aluminum radiator cores The process is characterized in that hot gas are blown at right angle with the front face of the parts to be brazed into the contiguous areas of an enclosure. The speed of the hot gas in a first area is regulated in order to ensure pre-heating, the speed ... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3931671 | Terminal locator and retainer device This invention relates to a terminal locator and retainer device for use in crimping dies. More particularly the device consists of a molded block of resilient material which contains locating means for accurately positioning the terminal and retaining me... | 01/13/1976 |
