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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3993080 | Suction tube and retrograde flushing for wounds, body cavities and the like A drainage tubing for wounds, or body cavities, is described. The tubing is placed and retained in the wound site in an improved manner by means of an inflatable balloon positioned in the intact, healthy tissue adjacent the patient's skin, or in the body ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993081 | Endotracheal tube holder An endotracheal tube holder is disclosed comprising a clamp having a primary passageway through which an endotracheal tube may be passed in frictional engagement, and a plurality of secondary passageways. A strip of adhesive tape is provided adapted to be... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993082 | Tobacco substitute A paper tobacco substitute which produces a neutral taste when blended with tobacco, comprising cellulose fibers and a filler, said filler comprising at least 55% by weight finely pulverized carbon particles based on the weight of the cellulose. In additi... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993083 | Guide for trimming hair This disclosure teaches a guide for trimming hair. The guide enables a woman to trim her own hair and it comprises a pair of congruent rectangular plates each having a first edge hinged to that of the other. The plates are adapted to move between an open ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993084 | Fingernail wrapper and method A fingernail wrapper and wrapping technique utilizing a thin flexible sheet, of tissue paper, for example, which includes a rear tab portion, a forwardly divergent intermediate portion forming a forward extension of the rear portion and having forwardly d... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993085 | Dental floss applicator An improved dental floss applicator having an open faced handle for receiving a dental floss dispenser in a press fit. The applicator includes a slidable tension bar member disposed inside the handle for applying tension of the dental floss as the teeth a... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993086 | Device for cooling band coils in hot rolling strip mills An arrangement for cooling hot rolled steel bands reeled into coils, according to which the rolling hot steel band after having been rolled into coils are cooled in a liquid bath.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993087 | Kinetic steel skeleton A kinetic steel skeleton for a modular tension structure permitting the enclosure of the structure by means of a flexible roofing and siding skin or by a flexible sandwich. The kinetic steel skeleton described herein has the shape of a rectangular tent bu... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993088 | Folding walker A folding invalid walker includes an improved mechanism for rigidly locking the walker in its unfolded state. The mechanism comprises a pair of tubular telescoping members each having an inner portion which telescopes into an outer portion. A spring loade... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993089 | Flow controller device A combination flow control, shutoff and pressure relief device comprises a body with a movable spool and inlet and outlet portions. The spool supports a spring loaded valve head that forms an internal fluid chamber around one end when the handle fixed to ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993090 | Automatic valving device In an automatic valving device, the combination comprises a container, an exhaust valve mounted in a lower portion of the container, an arrangement for actuating the exhaust valve, a pilot valve mounted in an upper portion of the container and coupled to ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993091 | Manifold and valve system A fluid control apparatus comprising a manifold and one or more valve assemblies adapted to be mounted on the manifold for controlling the flow of a pressure fluid. The manifold has a pair of main flow passages associated therewith, one being a supply pas... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993092 | Gate valve with replaceable liner A gate valve having a replaceable one piece bore and chest liner enclosed within a pair of mirror image castings is disclosed. The gate is cast and enveloped within molded material to cooperate with the liner in a sealing relationship.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993093 | Non-return valve This invention relates to a non-return valve or check valve in the form of a piston-type slide-valve comprising a substantially rotationally-symmetrical outer housing and a likewise substantially rotationally-symmetrical inner housing which is arranged ce... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993094 | Removable reservoir cover having internal parts of reservoir mounted thereon A detachable cover member for use with a reservoir for hydraulic fluid such as oil in which the various components associated with the reservoir are rigidly mounted on the cover member and are removed from the reservoir tank when the cover is removed. Thu... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993095 | Positive pressure resuscitator Apparatus for the administration of gases such as oxygen, anaesthetic gases, or the like, incorporating a chamber adapted to communicate with a face mask, gas delivery means for delivering gas into said chamber, valve means for intermittently discontinuin... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993096 | Damper construction This invention provides a damper construction for forced-air systems in which the damper may be opened and closed by means of a solenoid or equivalent component against a wide range of volumes and velocity. The main damper panel has a window to one side o... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993097 | Oil/water pipeline inlet with oil supply via a large chamber An inlet piece for a pipeline for the transport of a viscous liquid surrounded by an annular layer of a liquid with a lower viscosity, which liquids are entirely or substantially insoluble with respect to each other, composed of a first chamber, provided ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993098 | Time cycle actuator A time cycle actuator having first and second chambers pivotally secured on opposite sides of a support such that a fluid may flow through a flow control valve from one chamber to the other. The chambers are arranged to move a valve element in a valve blo... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993099 | Plug valves A plug valve having radial ports has a spindle with a plastics sleeve biased by underlying O-rings into sealing contact against the surrounding valve body to subdivide the space between the sleeve and the bore and thereby define at least one discrete pass... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993100 | Hydraulic control system for controlling a plurality of underwater devices A hydraulic control system for controlling a plurality of remotely positioned hydraulically actuated underwater devices by a single hydraulic control line extending underwater. A reference hydraulic manifold is connected to the single control line and a s... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993101 | Tristable fluidic device An electrofluidic transducer which utilizes an electromagnetic device that is energizable by electric currents of opposite polarity to shift a fluid beam in opposite directions away from a central position. In its central position the beam deflector is be... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993102 | Cleanout fitting combination A plumbing cleanout fitting combination, of a body having a plug-closed access opening provided with a female standard tapered pipe thread, and a somewhat counter-bore-like seal seat around the outer margin of the opening; an elastomeric compressible gask... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993103 | Pipe line expansion plugs and tools An expandable pipe line plug and tool are provided having a flexible stopper plug normally capable of insertion axially into a pipe to be sealed and expandable into sealing engagement with said pipe, said plug having an expandable portion actuated by rela... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993104 | Shuttle positioner and nipper opening device for loom The present invention relates to a weft pass loom comprising on the batten a shuttle provided with end grips for the weft threads as well as on the frame with devices for the correction of the shuttle position and for the opening of the shuttle grips, cha... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993105 | Method of and a machine for manufacturing nap fabric strip closure devices Two nap fabric strips for strip closure devices are woven simultaneously in a shuttle-less loom from respective weft and first warp threads. Second warp threads are fed through the shed-forming device of the loom and woven into the strips alternately so t... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993106 | Wire spring-manufacturing apparatus A wire spring-manufacturing apparatus which comprises a wire feeder; a device for clamping a straight wire of prescribed length delivered from the wire feeder substantially at the center and intermittently rotating said wire about its axis; and a pair of ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993107 | Method of manufacturing bent filaments and device for carrying out the said method A method of manufacturing bent filaments for incandescent lamps, a core-free filament is seized by its ends. The front end is moved around a mandril which is driven in accordance with the filament bending speed, while the rear end of the filament is moved... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993108 | Apparatus for forming wire-like articles A component lead forming tool, having inside and outside lead formers, is provided with resilient "O" ring assemblies which permit horizontal lateral movement of the inside formers relative to the outside formers to allow leads of different lead diameters... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993109 | Strap tightening and severing tool The invention is directed to a hand supported, hand operated tool for drawing up the loop formed by a self-locking strap about a plurality of articles to be bundled. A slide means translates across a stationary base member bearing at one end pawl means fo... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993110 | Method of diffusing gas into a sealed vessel and a device for carrying out the method There is disclosed a method of diffusing gaseous medium such as tritium into a vessel such as a tube of an overvoltage protector. According to the method, a vessel such as a tube including a wall portion made of a material permitting diffusion of gas ther... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993111 | Container-filling machine with level sensing and blowdown A level-sensing collar is rigidly mounted on a vertical tubular nozzle of a container-filling machine. The collar is located a predetermined distance above the nozzle outlet and is provided in its bottom with an upwardly extending recess encircling the no... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993112 | Liquid-dispensing nozzle assembly An improved liquid-dispensing nozzle and more specifically, an improved vapor recovery means for a nozzle comprising a vapor collector (such as a flexible bellows) surrounding a portion of the discharge spout in spaced relation thereto, one end of which i... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993113 | Log splitting apparatus A log splitting apparatus for attachment to the powered wheel of a vehicle characterized by a base portion for removable attachment to the vehicle wheel, and an outer rotary end portion provided with a tapered auger means adapted to penetrate and effect s... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993114 | Pneumatic tire This invention relates to pneumatic tires and more particularly to a so-called safety tire comprising a carcass having a tube accommodated therein and spaced from the carcass to form inner and outer air chambers. A loose, circumferentially extending, punc... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993115 | Tire truing machine A tire truing machine having a carrier for supporting and moving a motor-driven cutter to and from a mounted and driven wheel having a tire with means to vary the travel of the cutter according to the desired contour of the tire, including a new and impro... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993116 | Rasp sharpener A sharpening device for the rotatable cutting rasp of a tire buffing machine comprises a cylindrical rotatable sharpening stone carried at the free end of an arm which is pivoted to the frame of the machine to allow the operator to bring the stone into co... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993117 | Method for increasing the mechanical resistance of foundry moulds or cores made from a self-hardening liquid sand and a resin as binding agent Foundry moulds and cores of increased mechanical resistance are prepared from sand, a binding agent, a setting agent, and a surface active agent, the binding agent being a urea-formaldehyde resin or a urea-formaldehyde-furfuryl alcohol resin, the surface ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993118 | Adjustable guide for continuous casting band This disclosure relates to a wheel-band type continuous casting machine wherein the endless flexible band is guided about the rotatably mounted casting wheel by means of a plurality of flangeless guide wheels, and is restrained from movement in a directio... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993119 | Progressively or continuously cycled mold for forming and discharging a fine crystalline material An automatic progressively or continuously operative mold assembly for chilling a material which melts in excess of 1700° C and forming quickly a fine crystalline solid material therefrom by depositing said material in a molten state in the relatively th... | 11/23/1976 |
