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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3963128 | Charging device for a blast-furnace The charging device for a blast-furnace is so constructed as to be lighter, smaller in overall size and cheaper than known devices. It is also more reliable and requires substantially less maintenance while it enables the charge distribution to be regulat... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963129 | Motorcycle carrier A motorcycle carrier adapted for use with a conventional tow truck which includes a longitudinal, truck body-mounted, rearwardly and upwardly projecting crane having a depending, power-winch actuated lift cable; the motorcycle carrier comprising--in initi... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963130 | Coil unloader A highly flexible unloading device, adapted for use with a truck having a lift mechanism, lifts coils of wire from hard to approach positions. A stationary boom extends from the truck's lift mechanism to a junction member. The junction member, operably co... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963131 | Front-end skid steer loader A skid steer front-end loader includes a body comprised of a pair of similar body sections, each being formed from a single blank of material. Each body section includes a side wall, a bottom wall portion and a front wall portion. The bottom wall and fron... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963132 | Public works appliance A public works appliance comprises a frame, a working attachment coupled to the frame and a control cab. The control cab contains a single control station and is mounted for rotation about an axis fixed relative to the frame. The cab may, therefore, be di... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963133 | Public works machine having a removable counterweight and method of dismantling said counterweight This invention relates to a public works machine comprising a frame, a working attachment, a counterweight and auxiliary jib moving above the counterweight and coupled to the working attachment. This auxiliary jib is provided with a guide member for a flexible... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963134 | Machine having a dual function jib A dual function machine having a frame and a boom and means for adjusting the relative position of the frame and the boom, the frame having two mounting points each co-operable with a respective coupling on the boom to mount the boom on the frame in two d... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963135 | Method of subordinating the orientation of a grab on a public works machine to the rotation of the turrest of this machine and to the machine In a method of subordinating the orientation of a grab on a Public Works machine to the angle of rotation of the turret three directions are chosen, the first two being determined by the desired orientation of the grab in the loading and unloading zones, ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963136 | Retractable ladder rack 31 C-shaped A retractable ladder rack for use on the top of vehicles. The rack has one or more curved C-shaped channel members wich can be attached to the roof of the vehicle and which hold antifriction members such as wheels which in turn suppot a rack. ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963137 | Vehicle for handling multi-furrow plough This invention consists of a vehicle for handling multi-furrow ploughs, which are very heavy and are equipped with only one wheel in the rear, when not attached to a tractor during operation. It consists of a two wheeled cart provided with two hooks attac... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963138 | Cane planter A trailer vehicle having a storage bin for storing a large quantity of cane seed piece segments is disclosed with removal conveyor means carrying the cane segments forwardly to first and second distribution conveyors which convey cane segments to opposite... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963139 | Tamper-indicating closure combination A tamper-indicating closure combination consisting of a container having a circular neck and a twist-on cap therefor. The container neck has external interrupted thread sections with ratchet teeth on their under surfaces. The cap has similar, cooperating ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963140 | Bottle caps A bottle cap is disclosed having a tear tab cooperating with score lines extending across the top of the cap for manually removal of the cap from a bottle. The score lines are located slightly spaced from the peripheral edge of the top of the cap and arra... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963141 | Closure cap with self-opening means A self-opening closure cap for containers. The cap has a hole at its central portion and a self-opening means integrally formed with a seal placed under the cap and protruding therefrom through the hole. In one embodiment the self-opening means and seal a... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963142 | Sideseal closure cap and sealed package An improved sideseal closure and package are described in which a cut rubber gasket is used in a metal closure shell in a closure cap which is pressed onto containers for forming a sideseal. The closure cap has an integral cover and depending metal skirt ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963143 | Container including an aluminum panel having a portion removable by tearing An improved container featuring an aluminum end or panel having a tear open portion defined by score lines provided in an aluminum composite having a core composed of an aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 1 to 7% of one or more elements selected of ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963144 | Transport container for dangerous liquids In a transport container for dangerous liquids, a protective shell is provided for the charging and emptying fittings mounted on the container. The shell consists of an upwardly opening shell structure mounted on the container and having a central portion... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963145 | Anti-burglary chemical dispensing device A chemical dispensing anti-burglary device is disclosed in which a chemical such as tear gas is discharged into the area to be protected when an intruder opens a door or forces open a door to enter a private or unauthorized area with which the device is a... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963146 | Liquid-dispensing installation A liquid dispensing installation includes an air separator, a volume-meter, a main flow valve in a main conduit, and a bypass valve in a conduit which bypasses the main flow valve. The main flow valve and the bypass valve are normally open during liquid d... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963147 | Dispenser for amorphous material A rigid housing accommodates a flexible envelope of amorphous material. The housing has air under pressure therein and an open end coincident with the open end of the envelope of material. A housing cover of flexible material encloses the open end of the ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963148 | Apparatus for drawing, measuring and discharging proportional amounts of fluid An automatic diluting device draws and dispenses a volume of sample along with a volume of diluent so as to maintain a precise ratio between the volume of sample and the volume of diluent. The device includes a diluent chamber having a plunger therein whi... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963149 | Granular material conveyor The specification discloses a conveyor apparatus for combining programmed amounts of materials. The apparatus includes a conduit horizontally supported by a frame. The conduit has a plurality of inlet openings along the side for receiving the materials to... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963150 | Puff-discharge squeeze bottle A squeeze bottle dispenser having a puff-type spray discharge characteristic. The bottle comprises a container having a flexible wall portion adapted to be squeezed in the hand of the user, a discharge nozzle, and a spring-urged check valve controlling fl... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963151 | Fluid dispensing system A fluid dispensing system for accurately dispensing precise aliquots of fluid rapidly and efficiently. The system includes a reservoir of fluid and a pump adapted for connection to a reservoir of fluid and for transferring precise aliquots of fluid from t... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963152 | Childproof cap for aerosol dispenser The invention relates to a safety closure cap for a device for dispensing a liquefied gas propellant including one or more active ingredients such as is used for insecticides or exterminating purposes. More particularly, the device, which is commonly know... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963153 | Lever actuated captive can closure An easy-opening closure for cans containing beverages and liquids which is actuated by means of a lever and spring fulcrum member affixed to a sliding closure member formed integrally with the can lid by sequential punching and die forming. In the two ste... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963154 | Garment hanger construction A garment hanger construction wherein a hook is adapted to be releasably secured in a hanger body and adapted to swivel with respect thereto. The hook includes an elongated shaft having projecting flanges substantially intermediate the lengthwise extent o... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963155 | Dual garment hangers Two ordinary wire clothes hangers are held together to make one better hanger by two plastic parts, one of which stretches over the two hook ends and the other over the two lower bars.... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963156 | Gun rest cradle A gun rest cradle for wearing about the waist of a person, and which comprises a rectangular rigid ventral plate member and a pliable dorsal strap attached to the ends of the plate member, at least one of the attachment means between the strap and the pla... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963157 | Ball belt The invention relates in general to holding several light weight balls around the waist or hips; and more particularly to holding several light weight balls around the waist one separately and securely held from the other.... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963158 | Combined extensible carrier and electrical wire sheath A carrier mounted at the rear of a motorcycle is designed to hold a variety of goods, including a special pack that can hold a tent and sleeping bags, and the carrier and pack are designed to minimize interference with good motorcycle travel. The carrier ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963159 | Glass cutting apparatus A jig in the form of two fairly rigid plates, with clips, of magnetically attractable material positioned next to each other with two of their side front edges adjacent and the rear portions of said sides cut away. The forward part of said adjacent edges ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963160 | Apparatus for performing two or more operations on a continuous web in a single pass The invention provides apparatus for producing printed and cut blanks from continuous webs of cardboard or the like, which avoids wastage between successive blanks when the length of the blank is not equal to the periphery of the treatment rolls of the ap... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963161 | Sheet feeder for cupping press A reciprocating sheet feeder for feeding sheet material into a press, such as a deep draw cupping press. The sheet feeder comprises a rocking or pivoting framework that has gripper means thereon for gripping the edges of the sheet to be fed and when the f... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963162 | Method of soldering stainless steel pipes by using soft solders A method of soldering stainless steel pipes by using soft solders, which comprises the steps of preparing a pipe joint having a diametral clearance of from 0.05 to 1.00 mm, filling said clearance with paste solder, heating said pipe joint to melt said pas... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963163 | Method for bonding bodies made of metallic material A method for bonding bodies made of metallic material is described herein, which method is characterized in that one ends of metallic bodies are butted against each other with a light mechanical load applied to the butted portion, and under such a loaded ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963164 | Method for bonding bodies made of metallic materials A method for bonding bodies made of metallic materials is described herein, which method is characterized in that said metallic bodies are pressure bonded to each other by making use of super-plastic phenomena which are generated by subjecting the bonding... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963165 | Scored blank to be folded into disposable savings bank A scored blank adapted to be folded into container form suitable for use as a disposable savings bank.... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963166 | Packaging means for fragile articles A packaging means intended to contain one or more fragile articles such as ceramic models comprises a container with walls of shock absorbing material, and supporting means in the container for holding a relatively robust part of the article in a position... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963167 | Packaging filler divider An easily fabricated, yet extremely sturdy packaging filler divider for merchandise display of cartons or the like is provided which includes an elongated, tubular body with a central reinforcing sheet therein having marginal flaps extending oppositely fr... | 06/15/1976 |
