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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3982318 | Magnetic transducer head core manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a magnetic core for use in data transducing, characterized by having the depth of the shallower flux gap face precisely equal to a predetermined value. The method involves machining a notch in the flux gap face of one element at... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982319 | Method for connecting a tap assembly to an energized high-voltage cable A cable tap assembly for connecting a tapping concentric cable to a high-voltage energized concentric cable. The tap assembly includes a two-piece housing having openings through which the cables extend. The tapped cable extends through two of the opening... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982320 | Method of making electrically conductive connector A connector for electrically connecting sets of spaced electrical conductors is made by assembling, alternately in parallel relationship, sheets of electrically conductive material and sheets of electrically non-conductive material into a block structure,... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982321 | Machine and process for assembling cathodes Copper sheets are fed singly in one direction to a stop. A pair of flat straps are placed in nested positions spaced from the sheet. A suspension bar is fed transversely into position over the mid-portions of these straps. The straps are bent around the b... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982322 | Arrangement for the switching on-and-off of a pressurized medium flow An arrangement for the switching on-and-off of a pressurized medium flow and, more particularly a pressurized medium flow which is conducted to a valve through a pressure medium conduit, and then further conducted from there to a withdrawing or extracting... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982323 | Combination interpolator and distance divider A contour interpolator and distance divider comprising an instrument which converts a mathematical operation directly into a graphic solution, including a scale device where there are a plurality of scales extending in parallel relation running in consecu... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982324 | Method of determining actual size of flow openings in a tubular member located in a well A method of using an impression element to determine the actual size of a flow opening in a tubular member located in a well by comparing an extrusion formed on the impression element with calibrated data on extrusion size vs. actual hole size.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982325 | Method of solvent drying Solvent-drying, particularly of water-wetted materials, is accomplished through the use of specific azeotropic mixed-solvent systems. The azeotropic systems used in the method of the invention are those which form two or more separate layers, in which the... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982326 | Countercurrent contacting of gas and granular material in panel bed There is provided an improved panel bed of granular material useful for chemically or physically treating a gas and a granular material in a countercurrent contact. The contacting equipment is unusually compact and affords an unusually low pressure drop i... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982327 | Air-dispensing web-floating apparatus Apparatus including a plurality of pressure pads arranged in two series thereof at opposite sides of a web path and constructed with openings for discharging a gaseous medium against opposite sides of a web advanced along the path. The openings are of typ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982328 | Dryer for material coated on two surfaces Web or sheet material is carried on air to advance the material in a fixed stable floating position through one or more decks of a treating plant, preferably a drier. Fixing chambers providing an air flow substantially parallel to the plane of the materia... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982329 | Method and apparatus for drying grain A subatmospheric air pressure is applied to the bottom of a grain bin so that the air flows down through the grain from a top opening in the bin. Heated air, at atmospheric pressure or above, is introduced into the bin above the top of the grain. This air... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982330 | Method and apparatus for simulating in a model the disbursement of gas and dust in a mine A model for simulating the emission of gas and dust in a mine during a continuous mining operation includes a tank and an inlet conduit for conducting fluid into the tank. A substantially rectangular housing is positioned in the tank and submerged in the ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982331 | Educational board game An educational board game comprising single and multiple unit tokens respectively, marked with numerals corresponding to the number of constituent units, each multiple unit token being formed of a corresponding multiple of integrally coupled together sing... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982332 | Speed reading aid and method A speed reading aid is provided for reading down columns of characters of successive greater width or complexity. The device is a hand manipulated packet containing a series a removable opaque cards, each card having a one or more characteristic slots the... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982333 | Colorcode speller Means of teacher teaching and pupil learning to spell words and sentences, with code marked alphabet letters and code marked word and sentence lanes.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982334 | Compartmentalized micromagnet display device A device adapted to provide a visual display under the influence of an exterior magnetic field which comprises a plurality of rotatable, multi-colored, non-magnetically interactive, permanently magnetized micromagnets disposed in a cavity within a body ha... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982335 | Shoe uppers A shoe upper having in place of the upper leather thereof a fleeceless water vapor permeable microporous sheet of elastomeric polyurethane material having a thickness of about 0.8 - 1.8 mm. and having an extension at break of at least 200%.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982336 | Athletic shoe with a detachable sole An athletic shoe has a shoe portion with a sole having a number of projections extending from the sole. A detachable sole with a number of cleats or the like extending therefrom has grooves designed to mate with the projections on the sole of the shoe. Ea... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982337 | Snow moving apparatus A snow moving apparatus for clearing drives, walks, patios, and the like includes a mobile downwardly open housing rotatably supporting therein a drive shaft having an elongated rotor or support member mounted on a lower end portion thereof and a pair of ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982338 | Material handling apparatus A scraper bowl with a bottom wall having a downwardly deflected scraper blade is connected at its rearward end portion to a conveyor support frame having an upper inclined platform that extends rearwardly from the scraper bowl and terminates in a horizont... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982339 | Reversible slide-on digger tooth with easy removal arrangement A tooth for a loading or excavating bucket includes a support member connectable to the edge of the bucket and a replaceable wedge-shaped slide-on cap. The front portion of the support member is inclined with respect to the rear portion, and the latter ca... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982340 | Two wheel excavating and loading system An excavating and loading system includes an excavating and wheel assembly at the front thereof and a plurality of conveyors for conveying the material from the excavating wheel assembly upward and rearwardly. The excavating wheel assembly includes a pair... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982341 | Transverse oscillation for excavating and loading system An excavating and loading system including an excavating wheel assembly at the front thereof and a plurality of conveyors for conveying material from the excavating wheel assembly to the rear of the vehicle. The excavating wheel assembly has an excavating... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982342 | Interchangeable price indicating sign A price indicia holder for use in sign frames in stores for facilitating easy change of price information, and the resulting interchangeable sign. The indicia holder fits in the top of the sign frame suspended by means of an outwardly extending flange. Th... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982343 | Simulated article display structure A simulated article display structure wherein a representation of an article is provided within a transparent enclosure defined by a formed inner surface provided with a suitable coating. In the illustrated embodiment, the enclosure includes two portions ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982344 | Audio-visual display device An audio-visual display device encased in two halves of an attache case, one half housing an illuminated window and a cassette tape recorder, the other half having provision for releasably holding a transparency magazine therein. The magazine includes a s... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982345 | Display device with flexible face A display device including a display means which is in the form of one or more display faces made from a substantially flexible polymer and which is mounted on a frame about its peripheral portions such that sufficient or a predetermined amount of tension... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982346 | Cartridge or cartridge case ejectors for revolver cylinders An ejector for ejecting catridge cases from the cylinder of a revolver, comprises a pin for which the center of the revolver cylinder serves as a guide. A star-shaped disc is secured to this pin; and a flexible annular element whose outer edges are smooth... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982347 | Trigger mechanism for electrically ignited weapons A trigger mechanism for electrically ignited weapons having a source of electric energy. Leads are provided which connect the source of energy with the electrical ignition means for a propelling charge contained in the weapon, and a normally open switch i... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982348 | Fishing rod handle and reel A molded, lightweight and floating fishing rod handle having a reel directly mounted thereon to form a compact unit. A releasable stop is slidably mounted on the handle and has a concealed portion engageable with the reel.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982349 | Fishing lure A fishing lure which comprises an elongated generally cylindrical body including opposite ends, one of which is hemispherical and the other of which is provided with intersecting sloped surfaces which intersect along a line forming one extremity of the lu... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982350 | Fishing line weight A device for simply attaching a stone or rock to a fishing line to function as a casting or sinker weight. The device includes a flexible elastic strap capable of encircling a stone or rock and conforming to its peripheral surface. The device further incl... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982351 | Cab mounted remote control apparatus Apparatus for use in controlling a fog generator used in applying insecticide. The control apparatus includes a control panel which is adapted to be supported at a remote location relative to the fog generator and is provided with a vertically adjustable ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982352 | Knock down convertible toy A knockdown toy is disclosed which may be assembled in numerous different configurations and includes a basic frame formed of a rectangular intermediate panel and opposed end panels secured thereto. Two side panels and two rocker panels are provided and m... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982353 | Doll head mounting joint A doll head is provided with a neck for mounting the head on a body portion comprising a block having a central cavity and four studs arranged symmetrically around the cavity. The neck comprises three axially spaced coaxial portions, of which the one remo... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982354 | Walking doll mechanism A walking simulating apparatus for a doll having legs pivotally mounted on the doll's torso for movement around respective axes extending at an acute angle to the vertical axis of the torso in which a pair of oppositely laterally extending arms carried by... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982355 | Adjustable blind structure A pivoted slat blind structure is supported by resilient channels of the required length extending along opposite sides of an opening. The slats are pivotally supported by arms extending from a plurality of identical interlocking brackets releasably posit... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982356 | Honing machine for finishing trochoidal bore of rotor housing of rotary engine A honing machine for finishing a trochoidal bore of a rotor housing of a rotary engine. The honing machine includes a honing head and a machine table both of which are driven by a common drive shaft separately from each other in the same direction but wit... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982357 | Cleaning device for cauterizing knives A cleaning device for cauterizing knives presterilized for single surgical use and including a supporting frame adapted to be attached to a towel or drape used in surgery and held by an atraumatic clip also used in surgery, the frame containing a pair of ... | 09/28/1976 |
