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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4361753 | Process for interconnecting an actuator and a postage meter A process for interconnecting a postage meter and apparatus for operating the postage meter; wherein the postage meter includes a lever which is positionable in a plurality of postage value selecting positions, and the apparatus includes a member for posi... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4348907 | Retirement elongation indicator for mast raising lines Apparatus for permanent affixure to a drilling mast raising line for indicating the condition of the mast raising line at selected intervals. Monitor sleeves are swaged to the mast raising line at a specified separation distance X when the line is new, an... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4333240 | Inspection device for measuring the contour and/or angular tolerance of a part A device is disclosed for inspecting whether the surface of a discrete portion of a part is within an allowable tolerance. The device comprises a base adapted to position the part for inspection. A probe is moveably mounted to the base and adapted to enga... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4333237 | Apparatus for comparing the distance of two balls from a third ball An apparatus for comparing the distances of two balls from a third ball which all lie on a horizontal plane comprises a telescopic rod pivotally mounted to swing around the vertical axis of a stand which rests on the same plane as the balls. At the free e... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4320580 | Method and device for determining the position of a cutting tool relative to the rotational axis of a spindle-mounted workpiece The present invention is directed to a method and device for determining the location of a cutting tool with respect to the rotational axis of a spindle-mounted workpiece. A vacuum cup supporting a machinable sacrifical pin is secured to the workpiece at ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4290591 | Hand tool for holding electrical outlet boxes during installation to a stud or other structural member A hand tool is described for holding the front of an electrical outlet box a predetermined distance outwardly beyond the front surface of a stud or other structural member as the box is installed so that when wallboard or other finish material is mounted ... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4255860 | Calibrating apparatus for inside and outside surfaces and alignment of pipe sections A calibrating unit for pipe sections is provided with calibrating jaw means and brake means, the jaw means measuring the inside and outside diameter of the pipe which is used in combination with feed rolls and tilting tables which move the pipe sections i... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4237614 | Adjustable locator for furring strips An adjustable locator for positioning furring strips on a supporting surface in desired spaced relation provides an elongated body member with a hooked end that engages a first furring strip and has a channel-shaped member in spaced relation thereto for h... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4218824 | Guard opening gauge A gauge for testing guards on machines against safety standards setting minimum clearances to moving parts as a relation of the openings in the guard. The gauge is in the form of a shaft having sized ends on either end thereof related to designated gauge ... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4213247 | Thread compliance gauge A thread compliance gauge for determining the accuracy with which threads have been formed on a shaft.... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4212108 | Layout tool for framing studs The tool includes a straight elongated bar having a flat top surface to which are pivoted first and second narrow bar segments. The bar segments are arranged to swing about their pivots between closed positions in which the segments overlie the bar to ope... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4195413 | Device for measuring depth of tire tread groove in a tire A device for measuring a depth of a tread groove in a tire comprises a sensor for measuring the depth of the tread groove as an electrical analogue quantity, an analogue-digital converter for converting the analogue quantity into a digital quantity, a cal... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4092848 | Method and apparatus for determining hydrocyclone interior wear This invention relates to a method and apparatus for readily determining the wear experienced in the interior conical section of a hydrocyclone during use of the hydrocyclone. In the practice of this invention, the apparatus is inserted into the hydrocycl... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4062122 | Fixture for setting the stationary gaging contact on a dial bore gage A gaging fixture for presetting the radially extended position of a stationary work engaging contact on a dial bore gage or like instrument, wherein the stationary work engaging contact is mounted on a member threadedly engaged with the gage, which member... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4059906 | Tie locating device A tie locating device having a notched groove at one end for referencing the narrow end of the tie, and a sliding scale extending from the other end of the device having thereon a series of references, which, when the slide is extended, provide a pluralit... | 11/29/1977 |
| 3969713 | Bolt stress detector A method and apparatus for testing stress on a bolt head or nut having a central portion which deflects along the bolt axis as a function of stress, in which three electrical contacts, for example screws, are mounted in a line on and extending outwardly f... | 07/13/1976 |
