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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4553872 | Load cell clamping apparatus Structure for mounting a load cell enclosure on a bending beam is disclosed, wherein the load cell enclosure has a pair of mounting flanges extending from the enclosure and the flanges each have opposed mounting and exposed surfaces. A swivel footed clamp... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4543011 | Clutch for rigidly connecting coaxial parts of construction, especially for Cardan shafts A clutch for rigid but releasable connection of two coaxial parts of construction, preferably rotating shafts, having flanges centrally arranged at their proximate shaft ends, in which torque is transmitted by a frontal spur or cog gear. Both flanges are ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4517055 | Slice lip control A coupling to attach the lip of a head box on a paper making machine to the head box, the coupling comprises a body to be attached to an adjuster extending from an actuator. The body is attached to the head box to permit movement of the body relative to t... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4512709 | Robot toolchanger system A robot toolchanger system is disclosed, where an adapter unit is mounted to the end effector of a robot. The housing of the adapter unit has central opening for receiving a T-shaped member which is affixed to a common toolbase, applied to a variety of to... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4472077 | Clutch and brake and improved universal coupling An improved clutch and brake unit in combination with a rotatable flywheel, the clutch and brake unit having a housing assembly forming a reservoir chamber around a portion of the drive shaft of a machine and surrounding the clutch and brake unit which pe... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4452097 | Tubular window drive mechanism particularly for motor vehicles A window drive mechanism for motor vehicles including a driving cable operatively extending between a plurality of tubes each having adjoining ends with radially outwardy extending flared collars, the adjoining ends being connected together by a plastic c... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4362416 | Extension joint for concrete poles The invention relates to an extension joint for concrete poles of the type in which at least one pin in a first pole penetrates into a recess in a second pole. The end of the pin is provided with a shoulder and is locked in the second pole by means of a w... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4351390 | Retaining clips for gasketed tanks on heat exchangers A clamping device on heat exchangers that will mechanically force mating parts together to prevent fluid leakage. The clamping device comprises one or more mechanically formed clips or clamps sprung around the rims of mating parts with sufficient force to... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4350123 | Hand-held power tool with a combustion motor A hand-held power tool comprises a drive unit including a first housing, a combustion motor located in and fixed to said first housing and having an output shaft; and a work unit including a rotatable tool, an input shaft, a transmission between the input... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4324536 | Link-coupled rotor assembly A fastening system particularly suited for securing parts of a rotor of a slant axis rotary mechanism together including links (110) abutting each of the rotor parts (60, 62), and spanning the interface (ABCD) between the parts. Pivotal nut structures (10... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4294333 | Oil pan adaptor for internal combustion engines There is provided an adaptor for use with internal combustion engines which adaptor permits utilization of an improved oil pan. The improvement includes an adaptor for use with the oil pan, an improved oil pan configuration, a flange for use with the adap... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4262500 | Overload control device between two revolving machine parts The invention refers to an overload control device between two revolving machine parts having substantially semicylindrical lugs or extensions uniformly distributed over the circumference. Two lugs, pertaining to two different machine parts, form cylinder... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4263022 | Electrostatic precipitator with rappers for the corona electrodes An electrostatic filter having a plurality of adjacent precipitating or separating fields in a box-shaped housing, each field being defined between at least one collector electrode and at least one corona-discharge electrode. A rapper arrangement is provi... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4219286 | Rigid, torque transmitting, flanged coupling A coupling for rigidly connecting two coaxial machine parts, like shafts, to transmit torque: The coupling includes first and second coupling halves, each having a respective end surface and the end surfaces abutting and being secured together. There are ... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4208150 | Quick release clutch coupling A quick release clutch coupling for coupling two flanges between which torque is transmitted. Each flange carries a pair of axially extending clutch elements, each of which has bearing surfaces so that the clutch elements of opposite facing flanges engage... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4186709 | Ignition distributor housing anti-rotational locking arrangement To lock an internal combustion engine ignition distributor in the initial angular setting, the hold-down clamp member is provided with a tang portion that is accommodated in close tolerance fit by a complementary notch in the distributor mounting flange w... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4183189 | Flange connector An improved flange connector construction for remote actuation to connect flanges on prefabricated sections of an offshore drilling platform support structure. A flange on the end of a first prefabricated section has a downwardly extending annular skirt w... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4146258 | Sealing device for electrical meter The sealing device is used to interconnect a base of an electrical meter of the type having a transparent enclosure secured to the base and a flange connected to and spaced outwardly from a meter socket. The device includes concentrically disposed inner a... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4109350 | Clamp band A generally circular clamp band assembled from a pair of identical clamp band members each having an integral connection formed at one end for cooperation with a like connection on a like member to join a pair of members at one end without the use of addi... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4106393 | Clamp - self alignment A clamp for positive coupling of two reciprocative rods in parallel axial alignment. The clamp includes a tapered wall portion and a flat radial wall portion. The tapered wall portion cooperates with a tapered shoulder on one of the rods to provide positi... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4101243 | Centrifugal two-stage pump A pump wherein the parts of the casing forming, together with the partitions and sealing members, chambers for the accommodation of impellers mounted in a counteropposed manner on a shaft, are interconnected in the plane perpendicular to the rotation axis... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4082324 | Connection arrangement for manifold blocks An arrangement is disclosed for securing together mating faces of hydraulic manifold blocks so as to securely seal aligned ports on the mating faces, the arrangement consisting of a slot having a sloping sidewall formed in each side of the manifold blocks... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4065846 | Process for constructing clamp-welded pipe joint A seal-welded pipe joint mechanically braced by a clamp for preferred use in handling toxic and radioactive materials is disclosed together with a process for joining the same. The joint comprises a pair of abutted male frustroconical skirts, each attache... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4046343 | Cable tray A cable tray comprising a cover plate, side plates arranged opposite to each other, the one of said side plates being provided with openings at its lower side, supporting frames of which both ends are inserted into the openings and means for fixing every ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4037863 | Quick coupling device A quick coupling device for maintaining in axial flow-through alignment a first flow-through member with a second flow-through member, the first member having clamping means attached thereto coacting with a flange means of the second member to provide a s... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4033701 | Clamp -- self aligning A clamp for positive coupling of two reciprocative rods in parallel axial alignment. The clamp includes a tapered wall portion and a flat radial wall portion. The tapered wall portion cooperates with a tapered shoulder on one of the rods to provide positi... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3994518 | Seal holding means Means for clamping together two flanged ends of vitreous tubing or the like in which the facing surfaces of the flanged ends are flat wherein screw adjustable strap-like clamps having an array of screw engaging slots along their length are tightly coupled... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3970402 | Wedge-clamped flange joint An elongated jointing device in the shape of beam body has a substantially H-shape in cross section, the lateral bar portion connecting the pair of parallel vertical portions of the H configuration serving as a distributed fulcrum. A pair of flanged membe... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3958418 | Clamp arrangement A clamp arrangement clamping a thermal reactor to a rotary engine comprising a clamp member that is first connected by spherically seating fasteners to the engine so as to pivot to receive the reactor which then makes these fasteners inaccessible and wher... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3957380 | Clutch actuating mechanism This disclosure relates to a clutch actuating system having means for establishing initial free play without using an external gauge. A clutch system in accordance with this invention may have a clutch pedal, a clutch release lever and a Bowden wire assem... | 05/18/1976 |
