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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4185513 | Universal coupling A mobile vehicle is disclosed having a boom pivotally mounted thereon for slewing about a vertical axis and a work head attached to the free end of the boom by a universal mounting. The universal mounting consists of a first housing having a base attached... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4164154 | Transmission for two-worm press with counter running worms A transmission for a two-worm press having counter running worms in a worm housing, which includes: a transmission housing, an additional housing connected to the transmission housing and detachably connectable to the worm housing, a first and second tran... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4161124 | Apparatus for the control by a cable of speed change devices of articulated parallelogram type for bicycles and similar vehicles Apparatus for the control by a cable of a speed change device comprising an articulated parallelogram including a fixed upper support, a laterally movable lower support and two parallel levers pivotably connected to the supports. A chain guide is secured ... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4158967 | Power branching spur gear system A power branching spur gear system has two main wheels which come into contact with one another through more than three intermediate wheels. Each intermediate wheel meshes with both main wheels, and every two intermediate wheels are disposed at a bearing ... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4156368 | Rapidly adjustable tool An adjustable tool including at least two tool parts, each having a work engaging surface, the parts being interconnected such that the work engaging surfaces are relatively movable, an elongated rotary and reciprocal, threaded actuator operatively associ... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4155273 | Apparatus for producing motion of a workpiece A drive apparatus for producing motion of a workpiece, such as adjustment of a rear-view mirror, comprises two drums arranged with the axes of rotation thereof being relatively offset. The two drums are individually rotatable by means of a single controll... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4155277 | Automatic speed change control apparatus The control apparatus is capable of setting an automatic speed changing point corresponding to the output of the throttle position of an internal combustion engine and changing an automatic speed change range in accordance with an operation mode of a rang... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4152947 | Method and apparatus for controlling an infinitely variable transmission The invention concerns the control of an infinitely variable transmission, provided with an endless transmission member running over a primary and a secondary V-shaped pulley, one conical disc of each pulley being affixed to a shaft, respectively the prim... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4152945 | Power transmitting mechanism A power transmitting mechanism for converting the thrust of reciprocating pistons to a rotary output shaft at speeds independent of the frequency of piston reciprocation. Power developed by expanding gases in accordance with well-known thermal cycles, suc... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4152946 | Transmission devices A transmission device includes a first element having rolling surfaces of revolution on a first axis, a second element having surfaces of revolution on a second axis intersecting the first axis at an acute angle equal to or slightly larger than an apex ha... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4152944 | Piston type energy conversion machine A piston type energy conversion machine such as an internal combustion engine in which the thrust of piston reciprocation is converted to nutational movement of a tube-like member journalled in a support which is driven in rotation about a primary engine ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4152956 | Compressor for air-conditioning devices for vehicles An improved vehicle driven air conditioning compressor having a rotatable crankshaft and eccentric reciprocating pistons in which there is provided a spring system connected to the eccentric in such a manner that peak valves of torque during compression a... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151658 | Bed clothes drying device A bed clothes drying device comprises a hot air supplier having a blower and a heater which is connected to an air inlet and a hot air outlet and a bag which is connected through a joint pipe to the hot air outlet and filled out under a blow pressure give... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151755 | Power transmission belt An endless power transmission belt having a reinforcing and tension member, such as a cord or cloth strip, and lateral stiffening means comprising perforated hollow members are incorporated into an elastomer body. Such belt is especially adaptable for tra... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151756 | Tensioning device for gear belts, chains and the like Gear belt tensioning apparatus is provided for controlling the tension in a gear belt for driving an internal combustion engine camshaft or the like. This apparatus includes a tension roller which engages directly with the gear belt and which is controlle... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4150589 | Gear connecting arrangement In a transport roller rack for automatic film developing machines, power gears supply the main flow of power to the rack, and cluster drive gears are coaxially rotated by the power gears to tap off fractions of the main power and supply these fractions to... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4150583 | Chain link and method for forming the same An improved chain link comprised of a two piece barrel, a pin and a sprocket engaging aperture. The chain link of the invention is formed from a blank having a body portion with a tongue attached to one end thereof. The tongue is formed into a barrel hook... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4149431 | Preloaded conformal gearing The invention discloses a form of gearing that is radially preloaded and utilizes closely conforming teeth. The preloading ensures that the higher torque capacity of conformal teeth can be realized more fully than in fixed center gearing, and the conforma... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149427 | Chain tensioner A chain tensioner and the like for use with an endless chain constructed of a plurality of joined body links and flanking side links which is adapted to mesh with spaced sprockets. The side links have portions which extend radially outwardly and define a ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149429 | Adjustable gear assembly An adjustable gear train is disclosed wherein play in a train of intermeshing bevel gears is accommodated by forming one of the gears of two radially separated coaxial parts which are axially movable with respect to one another, one of the parts being gea... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149433 | Variable ratio brake operating device The invention provides a brake operating device wherein an operating lever pivoted on a frame transmits an applied force with a variable ratio through a roller and cam-lever mechanism to the brake linkage. A two-armed cam lever is pivoted on the frame and... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149426 | Clutch mechanism A device for engaging and disengaging a power shaft and driven elements of a forage wagon or similar tractor drawn implement. A split sheave clutch having a driving face connected to the power shaft and a driven face connected to the driven elements is en... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149430 | Brake for ball screw In a ball screw connected between an actuating motor and load, the improvnt comprising a friction brake mechanism carried by the nut section of the screw for automatically locking the nut and screw together when the motor is de-energized. The invention p... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4148163 | Synchronizing mechanism for the unfolding of carrier elements for solar cells The synchronizing mechanism for the unfolding of articulated carrier elements which are outwardly extendable or inwardly retractable in a bellows-type arrangement on each side of a satellite body comprises a system of gear-train units placed alternately a... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148227 | Worm and worm-rack with hydrostatic lubrication A worm and worm-rack combination with hydrostatic lubrication therebetween. The teeth of the worm and the worm-rack have a trapezoidal cross-section and lubricating oil is supplied through openings in the toothed flanks. The half angle formed between each... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148224 | Belt adjuster box style This box type belt adjuster includes a box open at least at one end so as to form a passage therein for a belt or other webbing around a cam which latter is supported on a transverse shaft in the box. A snap-on cap covers the inner end of the passage and ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148226 | Ball nut and screw assembly Ball nut and screw are grooved to form helical race for an endless train of balls that circulate through the assembly. Leading and trailing turns of the race are connected by a return passage which includes an intermediate passage extending longitudinally... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4147071 | Low backlash gear reduction assembly A precision gear reduction assembly for a gear train assembly for a gear train incorporates a backlash control in which the intermediate gear shaft has one end only mounted within an eccentric bushing. The bushing provides for the adjustment of the interm... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4147075 | Combined gearbox with stepless variable speed ratio A stepless variable speed gearbox employing a parallel combination of a hydrodynamic drive and a variable speed drive, with a coupling arrangement including an overrunning or disconnecting clutch to disconnect the hydrodynamic drive when the variable spee... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4147072 | Compatible angled gear system This is a compatible angled gear system wherein the shafts of the pair of meshing gears are at an angle to each other, ranging between a maximum angle of ninety degrees to a minimum angle of forty-five degrees, and wherein the limits of the angles of the ... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4145934 | Flexible endless drive means tensioning device A tensioning device for maintaining a constant tension on continuous or endless drive members, such as continuous drive belts, chains and the like. A lever carries an idler roller at one end thereof which is adapted to engage the continuous drive belt, or... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4144755 | V-belt pulley This invention relates to pulleys or similar parts with a hub, the hub being provided with a tapered bore for assembly to a shaft having a complementally tapered end. The hub is provided with a draw-off arrangement which consists of a flanged nut screwed ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144774 | Actuator device An actuator assembly particularly useful for operating butterfly, ball or plug type valves is disclosed herein and comprises a relatively efficient gear train including first means for coupling the gear train to a drive member and a pinion in driving enga... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144772 | Belt idler construction An idler mechanism for maintaining tension on a drive belt of a belt drive system. The idler mechanism includes a pulley mounted to an idler arm for rotation about a rotational axis. The idler arm is attached to mounting apparatus having a resilient and d... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144775 | Transmission for a two-worm press with counter running worms A transmission for a two-worm press with two counter-running worms, which includes two transmission output shafts respectively connectable to the two counter-running worms, first gears laterally offset relative to each other. These first gears are driving... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4144655 | Portable storage bin A portable grain bin has a V-shaped botton with right and left hand augers to move the grain to the center of the grain bin where an auger elevator lifts it to be discharged into a truck. A perforated tube immediately above the augers in the bottom of the stor... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4145029 | Clevis and mounting anchor for a pulley A clevis having a pulley rotatably mounted between its outer ends has a bight or closed inner end of uniform thickness curved around a segment of a cylindrical surface with its axis parallel to the plane of rotation of the pulley, and spaced from the surf... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4143556 | Motorized vent operator An improved vent operator for controlling the position of an edge opening vent in the roof of a recreational vehicle or the like is disclosed. The vent operator is coupled to an electric motor, manual jamb or crank or the like, and comprises a set of redu... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4143559 | Textile apron and method of making same A textile apron and method of making same are provided wherein such apron is adapted to be operated in an endless path and comprises a polymeric matrix material having a plurality of discrete reinforcing fibers randomly disposed substantially uniformly th... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4142422 | Speed ratio change mechanism A gear train transmits power to a higher angular speed. A drive pinion has a spur gear design for meshing with a spur toothed portion of an intermediate gear. The intermediate gear also has a helical toothed portion following a path which axially moves to... | 03/06/1979 |
