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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4254606 | Mechanism for swiveling a machine sub-assembly The invention relates to a mechanism for swivelling and spring-mounting a machine sub-assembly, mounted to swivel about an axis of rotation, for example the cutting bench of a harvester thresher, which bench is supported on the movable frame of the machin... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4223515 | Tree shaker mounting Mounting for a tree shaker having a pair of mounting brackets secured to respective sides of the tractor, a guide extending transversely beneath the tractor chassis, and supporting a slide which is coupled to the near side mounting bracket by means of a p... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4214429 | Brush rake A rake for removing brush from rows of vines and the like made up of a tongue member swingably attached to the front end of a tractor, a frame swingably attached to the front end of the tongue to swing about a pivot and a rake wheel supported on the frame... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4214426 | Noise damping arrangement in rotating cutting devices A rotary cutting device, primarily for grass mowers, includes a number of blade elements for cutting or air propelling purposes. To reduce noise, the rotating blades are provided with substantially flat leading and trailing edge portions formed along a ma... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4212144 | Machine for cutting and conditioning forage A machine for cutting and conditioning forage comprises a main frame having, pivotally connected thereto, a cutter platform carrying a cutter bar and two counter-rotating transverse rolls for crushing the forage cut by the cutter bar; the cutter platform ... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4211058 | Lawn mower including a carburetor enclosure Disclosed herein is a lawn mower including a blade housing, wheels supporting the blade housing for movement along the ground, a rotary cutting blade supported within the blade housing, and an engine supported by the blade housing and rotatably driving th... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4209964 | Two-speed forward and reverse self-propel system for walk-behind mowers Disclosed herein is a self-propelled lawn mower including a blade housing, a plurality of wheels adapted for supporting the blade housing, at least one of the wheels being adapted to serve as a drive wheel, a blade mounted for rotation within the blade ho... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4206580 | Mower device A brush mowing attachment to be secured to a tractor including a bracket assembly, for example a yoke adapted to be secured to the tractor, an extendable retractable outrigger arm arrangement connected to the yoke by pivot means located below the body of ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4206585 | Vine pruning means and method A vehicle has a main frame which is adjustable for height, and a swivel frame pivoted to the main frame. There are at least three driven saws on the frames, and at least one of those is on the swivel frame. The saws are arranged to cut canes which extend ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4206582 | Header lift arrangement for windrowers A self-propelled windrower having a crop cutting header mounted forwardly thereof by a pair of laterally spaced lower suspension links and an upper centrally located stabilizing link, is provided with lifting linkages including upper lift arms mounted on ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4206587 | Discharge means In a crop roll forming machine adapted to be towed across a field, a kicker means is fastened to the opposing sides of the frame and extends at least partially therebetween adjacent the conveying means and the rear end so that upon completion of the forma... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4205509 | Power transmission device for power-operated lawn mowing machine A power transmission device for a power-operated lawn mowing machine, in which a rotational shaft for a prime mover and a rotational shaft for a cutting blade are interlocked with a friction clutch to be engaged and disengaged each other by an operating l... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4205513 | Ground-rolling forwardly-directed rotary baler A rotary baler is provided, front mounted on a self-propelled power unit, to ground roll cylindrical bales of fibrous material. A pick-up assembly at the rear of the baler lifts the fibrous material from the ground to engage a generally vertical rear belt... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4204387 | Gear drive for multiple row harvester A row-crop harvester has a frame displaceable in a predetermined travel direction and formed with a plurality of forwardly open throats each provided with a respective conveyor chain each in turn spanned over a respective drive sprocket. Each such drive s... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204389 | Machine for harvesting in-line crops This machine adapted to move on the ground and designed for harvesting in-line crops comprises a frame mounted on wheels and a pair of endless conveyors disposed on either side of the in-line plants to be harvested; the conveyors are movable at a linear v... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204383 | Automatic height control for gathering reel for agricultural combine An automatic height control for a gathering reel used with an agricultural combine of the type in which a floating cutter assembly and a gathering reel are carried by the header of the combine forwardly of the header. The control system of the invention a... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204357 | Flying disc A molded flying disc with most of the weight concentrated in an outer annular ring. The central opening in the ring is covered by a thin sheet of material, such as plastic or cloth, stronger than a sheet of the molded material of the same thickness and di... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204388 | Air cushion mowers A lawnmower comprises a generally dome-shaped plenum chamber for supporting a motor or engine, a cutter and an air-impeller mounted for rotation within the said chamber, an air intake positioned centrally in the roof of said chamber above said impeller su... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4203242 | Sign standard Sign standard comprising two oppositely formed front legs interconnected at their upper ends with a rearwardly disposable third leg through the use of an arcuate joiner means. Each of the two front legs includes a minor upper section which is laterally, a... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4203247 | Toy vehicle launcher and toy vehicle for use therewith A toy vehicle launcher and a toy vehicle for use therewith is disclosed. The toy vehicle launcher includes first and second spaced, generally parallel sidewalls each having an inner surface and an outer surface. A first and a second spiral retainer member... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4202155 | Aquatic weed cutter, de-rooter and harvester Apparatus for cutting, de-rooting and harvesting of aquatic weed growth is disclosed. The apparatus is of modular construction for ease of land transportation and includes a cutting and de-rooting head assembly which is carried by extensible framing for p... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4202159 | Conveyor for a combine harvester A flexible endless conveyor for a combine harvester comprises a number of side-by-side elastomeric belts having a plurality of molded cleats on the surface of the belt, aligned in rows orthogonal with respect to the length of the belt, and interspaced by ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4202158 | Crop harvesting apparatus A crop harvesting apparatus particularly suited for harvesting of tree-borne crops. Each of a plurality of crop-severing rods has its first end rotatably connected to a support plate so that the rods extend substantially perpendicular to the plate. Each c... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4201012 | Remote control vehicle A vehicle having four LDRs (light dependent resistors) on the upper surface thereof has a first motor for driving the vehicle in a forward or reverse direction and a second motor for turning the vehicle in a rightward or leftward direction. Selective ligh... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4201227 | Corn shelling device A corn shelling device is disclosed comprising a support structure, a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted within the support structure and having an abrasive outer surface for shearing off the kernels, and power means for rotating each individual rolle... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4199840 | Scraper blade structure for meat cleaning machine The section modulus of elasticity of the body portions of the scraper blades in a meat scraping machine decrease substantially uniformly outwardly along each blade. The blades have flat, transversely flexible scraping edges on the ends opposite a common s... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4199924 | Tensioning and safety apparatus for conveyor chain of row-crop harvester A row-crop harvester has a frame displaceable along the ground and formed with a plurality of forwardly opening throats at each of which is provided an endless conveyor chain spanned over a drive sprocket and an idler sprocket. A fluid cylinder mounted on... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4199922 | Mowing machine A mowing machine adapted to be connected to a three-point lifting device of a tractor and powered by a power take-off therefrom, the mowing machine extending laterally to the side of the tractor and having two mowing assemblies, each of which includes a r... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4199923 | Apparatus for cutting and collecting grass clippings An apparatus for mechanized harvesting of grass clippings comprises a vehicle with a T-shaped hydraulically driven extension platform for cutting and recovering grass clippings. The extension platform has a central arm with a lateral arm at the end thereo... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4198925 | Grading small live fish underwater A fish grader having a boxlike frame with at least one barred side with a net attached outside the frame. The grader is placed in water and fish to be sorted are put in it. The smaller fish swim through the bars into the net, leaving the larger fish in th... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4197672 | Model racing car A model racing car having front wheels, rear wheels, drive motors and a radio control receiver and of the front drive type that is adapted to control a large steering angle of the front wheels by means of the output of the radio control receiver, wherein ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4196566 | Aquatic weed cutter An aquatic weed cutter for cutting aquatic plants and their root systems. The aquatic weed cutter includes a water vehicle having a drive system connected to at least two shafts that project out of the vehicle. Each shaft has a circular cutting blade moun... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4195439 | Toy flying object A toy flying object consists of a single wing which is shaped and weighted to provide aerodynamic capabilities. The single wing structure is readily and simply manufactured.... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4194317 | Remotely controlled aircraft The invention is particularly adapted, but not limited to, control of hand-launched gliders. A weight or mass is suspended in the manner of a pendulum below the aircraft. The weight is controllable by a gimbal mechanism which allows the weight to be swung... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194345 | Lawnmower A rotary lawnmower includes a dish-like body defining the chassis of the lawnmower. The dish-like body has an upwardly extending side wall and a substantially continuous bottom wall. A set of wheels are mounted on this dish-like body. A motor is mounted i... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194347 | Method and apparatus for shaking trees grown in rows In a down-the-row type of tree shaking apparatus, a support frame is pivotally mounted to a carrier vehicle for rotation about an axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and a suspension frame, from which a tree shaking and clampin... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4193250 | Height control for multi-row crop harvester Apparatus is disclosed which provides automatic height control for the header of a multi-row crop harvester. The crop processing header has a series of row dividers hinge mounted along its front edge. Under at least two of the row dividers is a ground eng... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4191006 | Floating cutterbar knife drive A crop harvesting header for a combine wherein the header includes a transversely elongated frame having opposite side walls. A cutterbar extends between the side walls and is supported from the header frame for floating movement relative thereto as induc... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4191106 | Printing plate clamping assembly Clamping apparatus is provided for holding thin flexible printing plates in position on a press cylinder. In some embodiments, shim members are attached to the outer periphery of the press cylinder for accurately radially positioning the printing plates w... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4189901 | Flail shredder A flail shredder having a drive shaft mounted for rotation about an upwardly extended longitudinal axis for earth traversing movement transversely of the axis and for adjustable movement transversely of the line of movement; a power drive connected to the... | 02/26/1980 |
