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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3955377 | Flexible couplings A flexible coupling for transmitting power and accommodating compound misalignment between shaft hub or tubular members. The coupling comprises an extended length of a given width of thin, resilient, high strength material provided with lengthwise corruga... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955378 | Non-friction coupling system A non-friction coupling system having angularly adjusted first and second members pivotally connected to respective coaxial drive and driven shafts. The members engage one another as by a ball and socket joint for permitting rotation of each member with r... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955379 | High speed knitting machine Methods of and apparatus for manufacturing a knitted fabric from a strand of yarn by forming the yarn into series of interlaced loops. The apparatus includes an array of apertures through which sinusoidal loops of the strand are ejected sequentially, by a... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955380 | Knitting machine patterning device A knitting machine in which the needle selection is performed electromagnetically from a programmed control. Selectors having spring return means are adapted to occupy an operative position in which they engage means for moving the needles to their workin... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955381 | Straight-line knitting machine, for preselection of the needles, with stitch forwarding A rectilinear knitting machine for preselection of the needles with stitch transfer including needlebeds arranged in pairs and provided with grooves. Needles, flexible clavettes and clavette pressers are disposed in the grooves with the clavette pressers ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955382 | Device for changing threads in circular knitting machines A device for changing threads in circular knitting machines, the device having several thread-changing units each of which is assigned to a knitting system of the circular knitting machine. The units have several thread-changing fingers for guiding variou... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955383 | Signal generator for circular pattern knitting machines A synchronizing signal generator which supplies signals exactly synchronized with each of a series of needles mounted on a needle cylinder and rotating with said needle cylinder to actuate needle selector means of circular knitting machines with great acc... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955384 | Needle selection control apparatus for circular pattern knitting machines A needle selection control apparatus for circular pattern knitting machines which controls the timing of selection of a series of needles mounted on a needle cylinder. Needle synchronizing signals produced by sensor means which senses each cylinder needle... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955385 | Apparatus for treating textile webs Apparatus for applying a treatment medium to a continuously movable textile web and subsequently drying the web comprises a treatment housing wholly supported by and thermally insulated from a dryer housing so as to minimize greatly the space required for... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955386 | Apparatus for the continuous liquid treatment of running lengths of materials Apparatus for the continuous liquid treatment of a running web of a textile material and the like comprises a set of horizontally disposed treatment tanks, means for introducing the web into and through the tanks, means for introducing and distributing tr... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955387 | Cylindrical lock set A heavy duty cylindrical lock set adaptable for various "functions" and having improved features, especially to permit a key-removable lock core to be reversible in its knob mounting to suit right- and left-hand doors. A knob sleeve of large diameter is s... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955388 | Combination magnetic key A key for a magnetic lock is provided with a plurality of dials, which are manually rotatable to position magnet devices carried thereby in desired combination setting positions determined by visual observation of dial carried indicia.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955389 | Springback compensated continuous roll forming machines A sensing structure and control system therefor suitable for use in a numerically controlled roll forming machine are disclosed. The sensing structure includes a support arrangement for mounting a sensor in a position such that a work part exiting from co... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955390 | Twist drawn wire, process and apparatus for making same This invention comprehends torsional strengthening of two-phase metal materials. One application of the torsionally strengthened material is in the field of springs wherein the energy storage capacity is increased. The invention provides for methods and p... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955391 | Rolling mill A rod or bar mill stand has two work-roll carrying mountings which are pivoted together on one side of the plane containing the roll axes and which are individually connected to synchronously driven eccentrices. The eccentric drives for the roll mountings... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955392 | Device for changing mandrels in tube rolling mills Tube rolling mill of the STIEFEL type comprises a feed trough and a member etween the trough and mill rolls over which the tube and plug pass. This member is movable between a first position in which it supports the tube and plug in alignment with the feed... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955393 | Wire drawing machine for in-line operation A wire-drawing machine, suitable for use in-line with an enamelling machine, comprises a plurality of individual wire-drawing capstans mounted in individual bearings, at least one for each capstan. The capstans are arranged in a substantially planar recta... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955394 | Stripping device for ironing presses A device is disclosed for stripping a cup-shaped metal can blank from the end of a reciprocable ram of a can ironing press. The device includes a plurality of stripper members circumferentially spaced apart about an axis aligned with the ram axis. Each of... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955395 | Rivet setting tool This disclosure has to do with a rivet setting tool, and, more particularly, apparatus for setting separable mandrel rivets. The apparatus includes a blocking plate which intersects the path of the mandrel at all times during the operation of the apparatu... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955396 | Press overload protection system A hydraulic pressure actuated fluid flow control circuit is connected to a press actuated overload cylinder and piston assembly. The fluid flow circuit including the cylinder and piston assembly are charged to a given pressure, and upon an overload on the... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955397 | Apparatus for pulling deformations from sheet metal and metal frames of vehicles and the like This invention relates to an improved apparatus for pulling deformations out of sheet metal and metal frames of automobiles, and other vehicles or other items having metal parts. The improvements are directed towards chain pulley assemblies, through which... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955398 | Calibration and adjustment arrangement for deceleration switch A decelerometer of the type comprising a tiltable mercury tube deceleration switch carried on a first plate that is pivotally mounted on a second plate which may be secured to a moving object, such as a railway vehicle. A screw mechanism intermediate the ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955399 | Uni-directional meter prover apparatus The present invention relates to an improved uni-directional meter prover apparatus which includes a prover barrel having first and second ends, a piston disposed within the barrel which is propelled through the barrel by the flow of liquid therethrough, ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955400 | Viscous damper and method for determining the rotational position of a weight thereof A viscous damper comprises an annular inertia weight rotatably mounted in a housing adapted for attachment to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. Position indicating means are formed on the weight to determine the rotational position thereof,... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955401 | Apparatus for determining the density of a fluid Apparatus for determining the density of a liquid comprises a resilient tube coupled at each end through resilient couplings to support flanges for connection in a pipeline or the like. Two cantilevers of the same material and cross section as the tube ar... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955402 | Pass level tester for glass bottles An apparatus for testing the internal pressure strength of glass bottles is described. The system utilizes water as a pressure test medium which is introduced into the test bottles and pressurized to predetermined pressure levels in stepped increments. Pr... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955403 | Method of and apparatus for determining the purity of boiler feedwater Purity of boiler feedwater being the effluent of a condensate polishing plant in a steam power station is determined by a method in which some of the effluent is used as feedwater for an auxiliary boiler. The blow down from this boiler, which uses a much ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955404 | Resonant sensing device The invention refers to a measuring circuit for determining the properties of a workpiece, particularly hardness, using the contact impedance method in which a probe resonating at an ultrasonic frequency provided with a workpiece engaging tip is utilized.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955405 | Ultrasonic NDT system with flashing display alarm An ultrasonic non-destructive testing system is disclosed wherein electrical signals from a search unit are displayed to visually represent reflections of ultrasonic waves occurring within a work piece or test material. The system includes means for gener... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955406 | Non-destructive hardness testing of articles such as cigarettes Apparatus for the non-destructive hardness testing of an article such as a cigarette. The article is placed in an elastic sleeve and surrounded by a liquid, the level of which may be determined through a gauge tube. The interior of the article is then sub... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955407 | Method and apparatus for testing knitting machines A knitting machine section block is fitted with one or more strain gauge means, preferably on a backup plate for a needle influencing cam, so that during operation of the machine and without any adverse influence upon the output of the knitting machine, s... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955408 | Fluidless bottle testing method and apparatus A fluidless bottle testing method and apparatus are disclosed. After being subjected to a squeeze test for side wall strength, bottles are moved to a bottle bottom tester which places the outer surfaces of the bottom and of the lower side wall of the bott... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955409 | Device for torsional oscillation testing A device is described for the torsional testing of test bodies which avoids reference to the zero point of oscillation and, accordingly, is independent of zero point shifts. The device is of the type wherein a torsional pendulum can be made to undergo dam... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955410 | Method for measuring a driving power by means of an induction motor A method for measuring a driving power by means of an induction motor is disclosed, in which a power drive apparatus to be measured is coupled to a rotary shaft of the induction motor, an electric current is fed to said induction motor while driving said ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955411 | Method for measuring the vertical height and/or density of drilling fluid columns A method is disclosed for remotely measuring the vertical height and/or density of a drilling fluid column in a marine riser. The hydrostatic pressure of the drilling fluid is measured at any point below the surface outlet of the drilling fluid in the mar... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955412 | Water current force measuring apparatus A water current force measuring apparatus consisting of a pliable rope or line suspended in the water with its lower end anchored to the bottom while the length of the line is subjected to the forces of the current. The upper end of the line is secured to... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955413 | Electrical system for electromagnetically measuring flow of fluid An electrical system for measuring the speed of flow in a body of a fluid includes a current generator for energizing a coil and establishing a magnetic field in the body of the fluid. A current switching circuit connected between the current generator an... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955414 | Contact insertion apparatus A method and apparatus for inserting an electrical contact into a bore in an electrical connector insulator. A sleeve with a slidable pin therein extending beyond the forward end of the sleeve are pushed together through the bore. The pin is then retracte... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955415 | Flowmeter A flowmeter for the quantitative measurement of small rates of flow of fluids (liquids and gases), comprising a hermetically sealed housing having two parallel walls, at least one of these being transparent, a scale being provided on said transparent wall... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955416 | Thermal liquid level detector A pulsed thermal liquid level detector system is disclosed. The system includes a probe having a thermistor and a resistor disposed therein. The thermistor is thermally coupled to the resistor and is thermally coupled to a predetermined external surface o... | 05/11/1976 |
