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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4170286 | Apparatus for defibering sheaths of fibrous material, particularly sheaths of abaca First and second endless conveyor arrangements respectively comprise a first and a second endless conveyor having a first and a second run. The second run adjoins the first run, and they together define an elongated path for fibrous material which is to b... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4157743 | Working base elevating apparatus One or more pantographs are connected below a working base and are connected with a main cylinder horizontal or inclined in respect to a supporting base so as to be driven to be extended or contracted. One or more comparatively short auxiliary telescopic ... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4151957 | Shower spray apparatus The present invention relates generally to a hand held shower spray apparatus, and more particularly, to a hand held shower spray apparatus including a metering device to adjust the flow rate of water therethrough and apparatus which is selectively adjust... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151903 | Submersible pump raising and lowering tool A ladder type framework is removably supported on the open rim of a pipe embedded upright in the ground and extending therefrom. The frame has a plurality of spaced cross-members supported in generally horizontal position. A tube, cable, line, and the lik... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4141285 | Nozzle for drawing off welding fumes A nozzle assembly for drawing off welding fumes at a welding site. The assembly comprises an elongate tubular element having a longitudinal slot defined between two inwardly directed flanges, the tubular element being capable of axial telescopic extension... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4136911 | Apparatus for feeding a card with fiber material An apparatus for feeding a carding machine with fiber material having a shaft which is fed by a preceding feed shaft. The fiber material is conveyed into the feed shaft by means of a stream of air flowing through a conveying conduit. An air circulating pa... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4135620 | Adjustable conveying device A device for conveying of sheet materials in strip form to varying destinations. The device is composed of conveying structure for conveying the striplike material from the inlet portion thereof to the outlet portion thereof. Supporting structure is provi... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4135618 | Conveying apparatus Conveying apparatus, comprises at least one rotatable disc, a belt conveyor for conveying transported material substantially tangentially towards the disc, and at least one removal conveyor for conveying the transported material away from the rotatable di... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4134485 | Brick blending method and apparatus During the manufacture of bricks, either before or after such bricks are introduced to the kiln for drying, selected brick from spaced positions in at least some of the rows are mechanically displaced to corresponding positions in upstream, downstream, or... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4133485 | Atomizer and uses thereof An atomizing device for mixing or atomizing fluids without moving parts and comprising, in combination, a hollow tube which has a substantially cylindrical inner wall and a core member situated within the tube in substantial coaxial relationship with and ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4133424 | Connecting members for the ends of tubs of a scraper conveyor The invention relates to connecting members for the ends of adjacent tubs of a scraper conveyor for the use in mines in which each tub comprises two side members. The supporting partition of each connecting member has a rear face serving as a support for ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4133553 | Self-closing trailer coupler A coupler for a trailer and the like, the coupler having a body and cap hinged together at a front portion and closeable along parting faces and having an internal cavity formed by the body and the cap for the ball which is conventionally secured to eithe... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4132363 | Nozzle for producing a wide liquid jet A nozzle which produces a wide liquid jet includes a housing open on one side with two longitudinal edges, one of which forms one edge of the nozzle aperture with the other edge of the nozzle aperture formed by the free end of a wall connected to the othe... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132434 | Vehicle seat and safety seat belt assembly A flexible belt is fixed at its one end to one side of the vehicle seat and has at its other end a tongue member. An elongate rigid member is pivotally and rotatably fixed at its lower end to the other side of the vehicle seat and has at its upper end a b... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132304 | Article counting apparatus A counting and grouping apparatus for receiving articles such as fruit, marshalling the articles so as to fill up a number of parallel supply lines for presenting a number of the articles in line abreast in the leading positions in the supply lines, the n... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131193 | Vibratory apparatus A vibratory apparatus for de-piling or unpiling a mass of particulate material. The apparatus is to be positioned in a recess or opening in a base (presumably the ground) and particulate material piled thereover. Upon being vibrated, the apparatus deliver... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131181 | Portable lift A portable lift for industrial uses in which an upright post is supported on a base and has a carriage slidably supported thereon. Load carrying members extend forwardly of the carriage and a pulley is mounted on the carriage and in a pulley housing mount... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131235 | Dual-function valve A dual-function valve assembly for an irrigation system typically having a plurality of sprinkler heads disposed at different elevations downstream from a control valve. A spring-loaded check valve prevents drainage of the sprinkler lines through the lowe... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131420 | Drive connection for conveyor roll A two-piece quick connect-disconnect coupling connecting a conveyor roll to a drive train. The coupling comprises a first section rigidly secured to the conveyor roll and a second section operatively connected to the drive train and a retaining screw deta... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131233 | Selectively-controlled pulsating water shower head A selectively-controlled pulsating water shower head comprises a housing including a spray block formed with a central chamber having a first group of openings for outletting a continuous spray, and an annular chamber therearound having a second group of ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131319 | Transporting device and method of transporting This invention relates to a bulk material unloader and more particularly to a device, such as a probe or pick-up tube, for conveying a fluidized particulate or pulverant material in an improved manner and an improved method of transporting such particulat... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131318 | Vacuum coin collection apparatus A coin collection apparatus includes a collection chamber and a vacuum mechanism for applying a vacuum to the collection chamber. A plurality of inlet holes are formed through a top wall of the chamber and a conduit connects each of the inlet holes to a s... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131237 | Spreading implements A spreading implement has laterally extending conveyors of different lengths that form a boom to each side of a hopper. At the outer ends of the conveyors, rotatable spreading discs are mounted spaced apart from one another and each conveyor is an endless... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131236 | High velocity liquid jet cutting nozzle A high velocity liquid jet cutting nozzle in which a nozzle member is supported in communicative connection with the outlet end of a high pressure liquid pipe by means of a mounting which is seated in a cup-shaped holder which is connected to the outlet e... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131320 | Conveyor device for letters, cards or other thin article Thin articles such as letters are conveyed over a supporting fluid layer formed against a track surface along which they move. This layer is built up by jets issuing from nozzles located on both sides of the track surface and opening flush with the latter... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130196 | Package elevator for a ship A package elevator for a ship includes a plurality of slotted or tined trays carried by pairs of forked followers pivotally attached to a pair of chains driven in unison in parallel endless paths with upper driving sprockets and lower idler sprockets. Eac... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4130247 | Spray nozzle A spray nozzle apparatus and a method of making a spray nozzle in which a variety of nozzle sizes can be made using several common components. The nozzle head has a threaded base for attachment to a water line which base has an opening passing therethroug... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4130192 | Transportation apparatus Transportation apparatus including an endless belt having platforms, pallets or steps attached thereto. The endless belt is driven in a guided loop through load bearing and return runs interconnected by turn-arounds at the ends of the loop. Guide rollers ... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4130274 | Pneumatic registration apparatus In a first embodiment a stop having a plurality of ports is connected to and covers an end of a rectangular sleeve. In a region near the stop a narrow wall of the sleeve also has a plurality of ports. A nozzle coupled to a pump provides a flow of air into... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4130194 | Apparatus for erecting and aligning articles Elongated articles are randomly received through the open top of a housing in which an inclined disc is rotatably mounted. The disc has a circumferential edge adjacent the housing and the edge defines equidistantly spaced openings capable of permitting ar... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4130195 | Arcuate push-bar conveyor A harpoon or chip conveyor having an arcuate trough fitted with material retaining members or barbs on its inner sides and a plurality of interconnected plows driven in backward and forward or reciprocal motion by a reciprocating hydraulic or air operated... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4129256 | Electromagnetic unit fuel injector An electromagnetic unit fuel injector for use in a diesel engine has a pump, provided by a cam actuated plunger reciprocable in a bushing, for intensifying the pressure of fuel delivered to a spring biased closed, pressure actuated injection valve control... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4129255 | Electromagnetic unit fuel injector An electromagnetic unit fuel injector for use in a diesel engine has a pump including a cam actuated plunger reciprocable in a bushing for intensifying the pressure of fuel delivered to a pressure actuated injection valve controlling flow discharge out th... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4129208 | Horizontal stack molding machine and method A horizontal stack foundry molding machine having opposed high pressure horizontally aligned rams adapted to close and then move into the open ends of a mold box filled with sand to make a high quality sand mold, such box being formed by opposed L-shape p... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4129209 | Bucket elevator The buckets of a bucket elevator are attached to selected links of a drive chain by means of brackets on their bottom walls fastened to two projecting lugs on the chain links, the brackets being spaced further apart than the link pins securing the associa... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4129205 | Method and assembly for feeding articles A method and assembly for providing a continuous supply of articles incorporate the use of an auxiliary supply operating together with a primary or main supply of articles. The main supply of articles is disposed in a stack over an article introducing pos... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4129254 | Electromagnetic unit fuel injector An electromagnetic unit fuel injector for use in a diesel engine includes a pump, in the form of a cam actuated plunger reciprocable in a bushing, to supply fuel at high pressure to a variable volume pressure accumulator chamber and through a flow control... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4129207 | Product alignment mechanism An apparatus for aligning product being conveyed in a forward direction where a conveying element urges product to be re-distributed laterally for advancement to an adjacent accumulation plate to form interlocking hexagonal close pack clusters. Further di... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128128 | Diaphragm actuated sprinkler head A pilot operated sprinkler head comprises a two part housing having an annular diaphragm extending across a chamber between the housing parts, the diaphragm being sealed to a hollow bore main valve member and sealed to the chamber; one side of the diaphra... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4128164 | Constant-tension conveyor drive for thermal processing apparatus A self-compensating constant-tension drive system for a belt conveyor used in a cryogenic freezing tunnel or other elongated thermal processing apparatus, comprising a hydraulic motor driving the drive pulley of the conveyor, a hydraulic pump driven by th... | 12/05/1978 |
