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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4165944 | Connection means for structures In connection means comprising a hook projecting from one structure member and shaped for engagement with an elongated hole having a portion of downwardly tapered shape in another structure member, the hook is complemented by a boss which projects from th... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4165908 | Interlocking device for portable food service cabinets The device comprises a pair of locating pins extending outwardly of an edge surface portion of one of the cabinets and adapted to be received in complementary through openings in the corresponding edge of the adjacent cabinet to be connected, the outer en... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4155664 | End connector for floating oil boom An end connector for joining with a similar connector to connect two fence sections of a floating oil boom having a central channel and wing so that the wing of one connector is received within the channel of another connector and shoulders to allow for l... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4154118 | Transmission speedometer drive assembly A speedometer drive assembly for use with an automotive transmission includes an adapter housing for securing the assembly to a transmission housing, a rotatable take-off gear received in the adapter housing and engageable with a geared output shaft of th... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4142812 | Scraper-chain conveyors A scraper-chain conveyor is composed of a series of channel sections arranged end-to-end with shaped components on one side defining a guide for a machine such as a plough. Each component has a tubular track or rail at its upper end and these rails are sp... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4132147 | Store retention and release mechanism A retention and release mechanism utilizes a collet with deflectable fingers to allow assembly of the mechanism onto an object which is to be retained. Movement of the object toward the mechanism causes a force to be exerted on the bottom end of a plunger... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4130067 | Vehicle tie-down hook assembly for railway cars A system for securing vehicles to a rail car for transport thereby, with the system including a bi-directional tie-down assembly and a ratchet assembly, or the like, separate therefrom and with the bi-directional tie-down assembly having a double chain in... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4129395 | Container lock assembly A container lock assembly for securing varying types and quantities of containers onto a platform trailer has a body member including a base portion arrangeable engaging a rail provided on the trailer, and a stem portion extending away from the base porti... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4118132 | Rotary tiller tine assembly wire clip A pin for holding a rotary tiller tine hub in place on a shaft is, in turn, held in place by a wire clip having a straight intermediate section extending parallel to the shaft and received in a transverse hole extending through the pin adjacent an end the... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4110157 | Industrial technique An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a control rod system locking device adapted to engage an elongated extension shaft, releasably coupled at one end to the control rod assembly and releasably coupled at its other end to the control rod d... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4098396 | Conveyor joint A joint for connecting together adjacent ends of individual elongate pans of an armoured scraper chain conveyor, has the adjacent conveyor pan ends provided on the outsides of their sidewalls with interengaging male and female formations, each formation b... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4070013 | Stud gripping clamp An elongated channel-shaped body is provided including a pair of opposite side longitudinal flanges and an elongated bight portion extending between and interconnecting one pair of corresponding longitudinal edge portions of the flanges. One of the flange... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4067657 | Cam lock retaining means for ripper tips A ripper tip is mounted on the end of a shank by a cylindrical pin disposed in aligned bores formed therethrough. A camming member is reciprocally mounted in each end of the pin to each have a first end thereof engage the tip in bearing contact therewith.... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4065217 | Nose tip locking device The disclosure relates to a mechanism for releasably locking a nose tip to a vehicle utilizing a pawl and ratchet and pinion arrangement.... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4045980 | Retainer for slip sleeve liners A telescopic drive line includes an inner square drive shaft and an outer drive tube having a square bore at one end. A thin-walled liner in the bore has an inner surface providing a low-friction axial bearing for the drive shaft. The considerably greater... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3992120 | Shaft coupling Apparatus for connecting one shaft to another shaft wherein one of the shafts has a plurality of splines or grooves around the periphery thereof, an intermediate portion of the splined shaft having the splines removed. A housing is adapted to be connected... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3958887 | Shaft couplings The invention relates to a shaft coupling assembly wherein two shafts are rotationally located with respect of each other by means of splines provided upon the two shafts. The shafts are located axially by the provision of a further member being provided ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3945744 | Telescoping strut construction An extendable and collapsible telescoping strut construction comprising inner and outer tubular members adapted to be slidably received in one another. The inner member is provided with rolled-in portions constituting annular locking grooves, respectively... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944375 | Fifth wheel plate assembly A fifth wheel plate assembly for a trailer hitch for securing trailers to railway flat cars includes a top plate having an opening in which a movable clamp or lock jaw is supported for grasping and locking the kingpin of a trailer to the fifth wheel. The ... | 03/16/1976 |
