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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4010524 | Apparatus for manufacture of continuous hinge There is disclosed a manufacture of a continuous hinge. The process is as follows. A metal strip is fed intermittently by a predetermined length towards a press-machining station where the strip is simultaneously cut and bent to form a hole, flap, swaged ... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4007532 | Locking pulley assembly and method of making same A locking pulley assembly includes a pulley adapted to be affixed to a surface, a pull handle, a swivel hook, and a cord extending between the swivel hook and the handle around the pulley wheel. The pulley includes a unitary pulley wheel having locking gr... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4004336 | Intercompartment seal for rotary feeder In a rotary feeder, a sealing surface on the end of each compartment defining radial wall is closely spaced from the peripheral surface of the rotor cavity in the housing, a distance that establishes controlled laminar fluid flow between compartments. Pre... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4002863 | Transducer and method of making same A transducer and method of making same, according to which an electro-mechanical motor is mounted in a housing. A partition divides the housing into a first and second chamber. The partition is provided with a passage through which a linkage pin extends c... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3986238 | Method of making a hooks joint A Hooke's joint comprises four bearing cups received in openings in respective yoke arms and retained therein by respective retaining elements. At least one retaining element associated with each yoke has radially-projecting fingers which terminate in cut... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3982840 | Universal joint with assembly feature A universal joint comprises an external cup-like element, and a part spherical head located in the element. Three balls are interposed between opposing surfaces of the head and the element and are engaged in pairs of grooves in the head and in the element... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3979817 | Door hinge applying method A door hinge applying unit and method for supporting and releasably holding a door and the hinge jamb of the door frame in positions alongside each other with the butt-receiving surfaces of the door and jamb coplanar for applying the butts of a butt hinge... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3979164 | Expansion joint lock for low temperature structures An expansion joint lock for transmitting forces between structural members that contract as they are cooled down to operating temperatures. A piston member mounted to one structural member is slidingly engaged with a chamber in a reception member which is... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3973311 | Method of forming high load self-cleaning helical spring filters A method of manufacturing self-cleaning spring filters and at least two different spring filters are disclosed. One filter formed by the method comprises a helically grooved hollow mandrel with holes in the grooves and a helical spring closely fitted ther... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3972109 | Cutting fixture for spiral binders and method of manufacture A fixture for cutting and inwardly bending the ends of spiral binders. The fixture comprises a body having parallel sides formed by a milled slot, the lower end of one side having an arcuate inward extension. A cutter pivotally mounted between the body si... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3967363 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing combination shock absorbers and leveling struts A method and apparatus for assembling combination shock absorbers and leveling struts of the type comprising a telescopic direct acting shock absorber having a reciprocable piston and piston rod, with the piston rod carrying a cylindrical dirt shield whic... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3965564 | Method of making a latching assembly The specification and drawings disclose a multiple latch assembly particularly suited for use in contoured vehicle doors. The disclosed assembly includes a plurality of latch members each having an outwardly biased latch pin. Operatively connected to all ... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3961405 | Method of fabricating a butterfly valve The butterfly valve includes a body having a generally cylindrical bore defining a flow passage and a generally circular, stem-mounted disc member rotatably mounted within the bore for shutting off flow. The disc member is comprised of two identically arr... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3950834 | Process for providing bearing surfaces on trunnions of a universal joint To produce on at least one of the end faces of opposed trunnions of the cross member of a universal joint a bearing surface for the end wall of a bearing cup, or for a resilient washer interposed between the cup end wall and the trunnion, there is chosen ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3941437 | Bearing housing for high speed rotating shafts A bearing housing for high speed rotating shafts wherein the bearing housing is constructed in two parts with the bearing being of the semi-floating type. One part of the bearing housing presses against the bearing to resist any axial thrust that may be e... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938236 | Method of manufacturing brushing apparatus A brushing apparatus for carpets and the like has a housing one side of which faces a surface to be brushed and is provided with a plurality of wall portions connected with one another by weakened hinge-like zones so that these wall portions are produced ... | 02/17/1976 |
