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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3957133 | Muffler Muffler having a metal wool outlet barrier has central corepiece comprising a helically ribbed and slotted tube which immobilizes the mass of metal wool and uniformly delivers exhaust fluid thereto.... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957134 | Acoustic refractors A refracting structure with passages of different shapes with some separation of adjacent passages provides a minimum of sound reflections. It can be designed in the form of spherically divergent lenses with passages with cross sections in the form of squ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957135 | Climbing device A device for climbing a tree, pole, or other vertically elongated generally cylindrical device is disclosed which comprises an operator's basket, a pair of identical hangers adapted to encompass the object to be climbed, and to be adjustably supported at ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957136 | Reflex member hold-down mechanism An improved override and hold-down mechanism for use with a reflex camera of the type incorporating a four bar linkage for effecting movement of a reflex member between viewing and exposure positions. The override mechanism includes a ramp surface configu... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957137 | Portable material lift A portable material lift comprising a base and a vertical post supported thereon, which post is formed of a plurality of sections coupled together, a pulley housing at the top of the vertical post for supporting a pulley, a winch supported on the post bet... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957138 | Automatic adjusting device for a bicycle An automatic adjusting device for a bicycle brake exerted by stretching a control cable comprising an outer cable and an inner wire, which is adapted to be provided at the retaining side of the outer cable thereof with an adjusting member, at the retainin... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957139 | Guide for mounting a brake lining onto a brake lining support of a disk brake for vehicles In order to prevent the assembly of an unspecified brake lining onto a brake lining support for a brake shoe a face of the brake lining support is provided with guide means of a particular section and the mounting face of the brake lining is provided with... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957140 | Shock-absorber piston A shock-absorber piston of the kind having diametrically opposed valve ports which are adapted to be obturated by a resilient valve plate which can be deflected to an open position against a supporting plate. The valve plate and supporting plate are at le... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957141 | Briefcase A briefcase having a compartment which is accessible from outside of the case and in which an umbrella may be housed. The compartment and umbrella having interengagable components such as thread formation to releasably retain the umbrella in the compartme... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957142 | Electrically insulated power line for supplying electrical energy to mobile devices The power line comprises a conducting section enclosed in an electrically insulating casing open on one side. The section and the casing are hung by claws. At least one claw is designed to block the conducting section and the casing. Expansion joints are ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957143 | Parking brake release for transmission clutch A vehicle control system including a hydraulically actuated transmission with a transmission control and a vehicle brake for braking the vehicle with a cutoff valve interconnected to the brake for interrupting power transmission through the transmission w... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957144 | Continuous roller brake A self-contained mechanical actuator, such as a jackscrew, which includes a housing in which a drive shaft assembly connects a power source to the input side of a speed reduction gear train, the output of which is associated with load-bearing means for ma... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957145 | Clutch controlling apparatus Clutch controlling apparatus which may be utilized in industrial-type vehicles, such as for example, forklift trucks, for controlling the vehicle during inching operations includes a source of fluid pressure, a fluid pressure-type clutch fluidically conne... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957146 | Automatic adjuster with cutter for friction couplings A brake retractor assembly in which the automatic adjustment mechanism includes a tube and a cutter engageable with the tube upon relative movement thereof. The tube is mounted on the retractor for limited axial movement in a manner such that after a pred... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957147 | Roller for conveyor apparatus This invention relates to a roller for a conveying apparatus, the roller consisting of a tubular casing, a roller bottom in each end, and a dust cover inserted into each roller bottom and being so designed as to limit the entrance of water into the roller... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957148 | Logical solution for mechanical clutch start/stop wear A mechanism to limit the starting and stopping movement of a print head in a printing operation comprising moving a plurality of character representing signals in memory from a source to the printing operation at a rate in excess of the rate at which char... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957149 | Selector system for a type-bearing element of an office machine A selector system for a type-bearing element of a typewriter, accounting machine or other office machines, wherein a positioning member for the type-bearing element is positioned positively by a series of cam followers movable by a corresponding series of... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957150 | Impression control apparatus for typewriters A drive system for an electric typewriter has a power roll driven by an electric motor through a drive belt and a pulley rotatably mounted and resiliently connected to the power roll. The driving energy transmitted to the type action of the machine is con... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957151 | Character printing device A printing device employs a printing drum on the peripheral wall of which a plurality of character types are arranged in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction. The axial movement and rotation of the drum are independently controlled by ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957152 | Apparatus for changing the spacing of cigarettes or the like The spacing of cigarettes which are moved sideways in the flutes of two driven drum-shaped conveyors is changed during transfer of successive cigarettes from one of the conveyors whose flutes are spaced apart by a greater distance onto the other conveyor ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957153 | Pusher-type chain for conveyor means An improved pusher-type chain for a conveyor, the conveyor being of the type comprising an elongated base means having a bottom and upstanding side guides or flanges. The base means may be made up of two or more longitudinal sections joined together in su... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957154 | Apparatus for rotating bottles An apparatus for rotating bottles includes a circular turntable for transferring bottles from an inlet passage to an outlet passage along a circular arc. The bottles are maintained in position on the turntable by two pairs of superposed ratchet wheels whi... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957155 | Conveyor cleaning device Device for cleaning a side of a continuous or apron-type conveyor as it travels. The frame of the conveyor cleaner is in the form of a first-class lever, a transversely disposed cylindrical brush being journalled on the frame adjacent the end of one arm t... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957156 | Apparatus for inverting cigarettes or the like A turn-around device for filter cigarettes wherein alternate flutes of a rotary drum-shaped conveyor transport pairs of filter cigarettes in such a way that the filter tips of each pair of cigarettes are adjacent to each other. One cigarette of each of su... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957157 | Display container An easily assemblable and disassembable air-tight container or display holder for coins or similar articles. A holding plate having a hole in which the article is placed is sandwiched between retaining plates, a seal is placed about the periphery of the h... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957158 | Bathtub container An improved package for completely enclosing a bathtub within the package wherein the bathtub is carried by a pair of support members fixed to the insides of the end caps of the invention. Each end cap has formed thereon at least one cushion member which ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957159 | Rotary storage unit A rotary storage and dispensing unit for various small items, especially designed for installation in a service van such as a panel truck, but eminently suitable for use in other environments, such as a retail store, service station or elsewhere. The unit... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957160 | Process for the prevention of precipitations in water or aqueous solutions The invention relates to a process for the prevention of inorganic salt precipitations in water or aqueous solutions by the additions to the solutions of small amounts of N-substituted aminoalkane-1,1-diphosphonic acids or their alkali metal salts or ammo... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957161 | Rotary crane An improved drive for rotating the boom-carrying portion of a rotary crane on the base portion of the crane about an upright axis employs an electric motor rotating continuously in one direction when energized and operatively connected to a drive element ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957162 | Method and device for displacement of a workpiece The present invention relates to the displacement of a workpiece in a given direction to a good accuracy. According to the invention the friction between the workpiece and a sliding surface on which the workpiece is resting is overcome by a mechanical imp... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957163 | Method and apparatus for stocking stock in layers In order to simplify the apparatus and increase throughputs, sections are stacked by delivering the sections transversely to their length, separating them from one another, turning them over individually if desired and forming them into groups, all the se... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957164 | Wheelchair hoist and carrier An apparatus for quick attachment to and detachment from a wheelchair and which is capable of raising, lowering and conveying the wheelchair and an occupant thereof, whereby such a person may be conveyed into or out of an enclosure without leaving the whe... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957165 | Straddle carriers A straddle carrier has a control cab which is movable between a lowered position at or near ground level at which it is readily accessible for the operator to enter and leave the cab and for servicing, and an elevated position from which the carrier can b... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957166 | Adapter apparatus for container transporting vehicles The present invention relates to container handling adapter apparatus which is characterized by a construction wherein a well-known type of transporting equipment which is limited to handling a specific type container can be quickly and simply converted t... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957167 | Transporting device A fork lift type device for attachment to a three point hitch of a tractor and having a hydraulic cylinder connected to the upper point of the hitch for controlling the tilt of the fork lift. A vertical frame forms a base for supporting horizontally exten... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957168 | Sealed thermoplastic bottle There is disclosed herein a method for collecting blood plasma in plastic bottles wherein the blood plasma can be stored for periods of time and can then be utilized in obtaining blood fractions therefrom. The method includes the concept of filling a prev... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957169 | Bottle cap A bottle cap comprises a sheet member having crown and skirt portions with a first plurality of perforations or indentations through the sheet member extending substantially around the skirt and a second plurality of perforations therethrough extending on... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957170 | Supporting device for a rigid vehicle-borne heat-insulated tank A device for supporting a rigid tank for very cold or hot fluids in a vehicle comprising a continuous annular horizontal foot-plate surrounding and integral with a tank and freely resting on a continuous annular bed-plate forming the top of the resilientl... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957171 | Container with rolling hoops A metal drum or container having rubber rolling hoops extending around the outer surface thereof is provided with an improved fastening means for securing the hoops to the drum. The rubber rolling hoops are fitted between pairs of beads in the wall of the... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957172 | End panel for nested tab safety closure An improved child-resistant self-opening end closure of the type wherein the tab is nested between end panel protrusions which obstruct access to the tab ring and prevent grasping and lifting of the tab to open the container. The end panel is formed with ... | 05/18/1976 |
