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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4002294 | Grove irrigation system An irrigation system for use in a citrus grove. Water is pumped from a well into a chamber of an elongated filter which has an outer casing and an inner treating unit defining the chamber. The filter also has a spiggot and valve for flushing the filter. I... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002295 | Self-regulating sprinkler A pressure-regulated water sprinkler comprises a sprinkler head carrying a nozzle at one end through which the water discharges in the form of a jet. The sprinkler head includes a housing defining an internal chamber communicating at one end with the nozz... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002296 | Rotary sprinkler particularly for use with low-energy water jets A rotary sprinkler particularly for use with low-energy water jets comprises an arrangement wherein the forward stroke of its oscillating arm is used to rotate the sprinkler head, the oscillating arm being returned to its normal position during the return... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002297 | Burners of liquid fuels atomized by the expansion of a compressed auxiliary fluid A burner of atomized liquid fuel comprising, in addition to the fuel admission conduit, several supplementary annular conduits fed with an auxiliary liquid such as a liquid effluent, water or a replacement fuel, which conduits communicate by channels with... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002298 | Cheese grating machine For grating cheese for commercial purposes, a motor driven disk having grating surfaces is provided. A semi-cylindrical trough is aligned below the axis of rotation of the disk. A top is hinged to a housing for the motor and has a guard for the upper half... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002299 | Hydraulically loaded pulverizer journal A control system for the hydraulic loading of the grinding rolls of a pulverizing mill, including a feedback servo system designed to incorporate a spring rate characteristic into the hydraulic loading of the grinding rolls.... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002300 | Chip-forming apparatus Chip-forming apparatus including housing means having a peripheral inner wall surface, a cutter cage mounted within the housing means and spaced from the peripheral inner wall surface, the cutter cage having a plurality of chip-cutting blades, means for f... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002301 | Vented hammermill crusher An enclosed hammermill crusher having a closed-loop vent is described. The crusher-enclosure has an upper vent opening in the housing above the hammers where the hammer direction is upward, said vent opening communicating with a closed-loop vent duct. The... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002302 | Reducing machine having a positively displaced grate The cage of a reducing machine is positioned within the machine housing below the rotor. One end of the cage is pivoted with respect to the machine housing, while the other end is suspended from chains which pass over sprockets so that when the sprockets ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002303 | Device for securing the winding ends of electrical coils on terminal pins A device for securing the winding ends of coils on terminal pins of the coil body comprising a rotatably driven coiling member having an axial aperture for receiving a terminal pin, a groove extending axially through the coiling member and arranged eccent... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002304 | Method and apparatus for stressing a tendon and banding a structure A method and apparatus are disclosed for circumferentially banding a circumferential wall of a large vessel with a highly tensioned tendon. The carriage is suspended from the top of the structure and constrained into contact with the wall to travel circum... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002305 | Device for forming a tail wind around a bobbin held by a take-up mechanism of a ringless spinning machine A device for forming a transfer tail wind around a bobbin held by a take-up mechanism of a ringless spinning machine such as an open-end spinning machine. The tail wind forming device comprises an auxiliary yarn guide disposed at a position along a yarn p... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002306 | Method and apparatus for winding conical cross-wound coils or bobbins with constant thread-feeding velocity Method of winding conical cross-wound coils at constant thread feed velocity wherein compensation is provided by a storage device for the varying winding speeds from the larger to the smaller diameters of the coils which includes setting a thread storage ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002307 | Loss-free winding apparatus Apparatus for the loss-free winding of a continuously supplied thread to winding packages at a high winding speed, in which the thread is wound with transverse motion with loss-free transfer of the thread from a nearly wound bobbin to an empty bobbin on a... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002308 | Carpet roll-up mechanism A simplified and versatile carpet roll-up mechanism allows customer carpet orders to be rolled pile in or pile out after cutting to proper length in a combination machine for unrolling carpet from a supply roll, measuring and cutting transversely of the w... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002309 | Bobbin for cinematographic films A bobbin for films has a center of "Nylon" with two interfitting seat sections and outer side plates loosely enclosing therebetween ratchet panels to rotate therein.... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002310 | Reel for photographing paper or the like A reel for photographic paper has a hollow cylindrical core and two disk-shaped flanges having centrally located extensions received in the respective end portions of the core. The inner side of each flange tapers outwardly in a direction from the periphe... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002311 | Belt tension eliminator for seat belt system A safety belt mechanism of the spring-actuated spool type which includes mechanism for permitting belt protraction and retraction and with which an improved belt position control mechanism is combined to allow a limited protraction of the belt by the user... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002312 | Truncated aerofoils having spanwise splitters An aerofoil for use in transonic conditions is truncated aft of the point of maximum thickness and has a splitter extending downstream of the trailing edge and dividing the trailing edge into two sections. Each section has a concavely or a substantially p... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002313 | Aircraft conformal load carrying pallet A form-fitting or conformal load carrying pallet for aircraft to improve the load carrying capacity of aircraft where the load may be fuel, electronic gear, aerial photography equipment or other items. The pallet is arranged for rapid installation and rem... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002314 | Train vehicle speed control signal providing apparatus The present invention relates to a train vehicle speed control signal providing apparatus operative with a frequency command speed control signal, and relates to the generation of the desired speed code signals in such a frequency rate system. Two separat... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002315 | Vibration damper The invention concerns a vibration damping mat having on either side projections that, when stacking a number of such mats, so engage each other that the assembly behaves like a single thicker mat having the lateral stability of a single mat and having th... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002316 | Telescopic shock absorber mount for a hydraulic cushioning unit in a railway car trailer hitch A mount for securing a pair of telescopic shock absorbers to an end plate in a cushioning unit for a collapsible trailer hitch used for securing a semi-trailer to the deck of a railroad car. An assembly engages indentations in adjacent side portions of ea... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002317 | Casting mold assembly A casting mold assembly is provided with improved facilities for preventing the generation of cleavages at the joints of successive plates that are arranged in a closed path about the mold axis to define the central mold cavity. A securing ring tightly en... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002318 | Electromagnetic pressure control valve for incompressible media A pressure control valve for incompressible media, particularly for automatic motor vehicle transmissions, which is constructed as solenoid valve and in which the medium is conducted through a valve gap formed by a valve seat and a valve closure member; t... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002319 | Bi-directional pressure balanced valve An improved bi-directional pressure balanced valve includes a deflecting device at the axial opening in the closure disc to prevent an over balancing of the main valve disc assembly when fluid flow from the first flow passage impinges on the axial opening... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002320 | Rail-lifting implement A frame comprises cross-members. Two longitudinal beams are associated with the frame. At least one of the beams is detachably associated with the cross-members. An arm extends transversely to the beams between the same and is pivotally connected to the f... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002321 | Tiltable drums for winding hoist lines An arrangement for one or more tiltable drums that may be used in conjunction with cranes or other hoisting devices to overcome fleet angle limitations and controls the point of cross-over and reversal of the winding of the running line due to fleet angle... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002322 | Interlocking handrail construction for balustrades An interlocking construction for balustrades mounted on a parapet or like foundation. The construction includes a bracket mounted on a foundation and having at its top end an arm terminating in a first locking prong and a securing member connected at its ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002323 | Arrangement for mixing and treating powdered and granular material An arrangement for mixing and treating powdered and granular material by introducing compressed gas into a mechanically driven mixing device with an upright cylindrical mixing tank. The tank has an intake for the material to be mixed, and an outlet for th... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002324 | Method for continuously mixing a powder in a liquid A method for dispersing a powder in a liquid entails the successive steps which consist in forming a liquid flow passage between a pouring point and an atomization station, in continuously feeding powder into the liquid flow passage at the pouring point s... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002325 | Apparatus for mixing powdery or granulated materials The mixing apparatus comprises an ascending pipe within a mixing container narrowing downwards like a funnel as well as an air supply pipe, concentrically provided within the ascending pipe. The ascending pipe ends in the suction space of a radial fan arr... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002326 | Homogenization stirrer A homogenization stirrer is disclosed comprising a rotor and a stator between which a rubbing gap is provided. The stator includes passages through which the homogenized medium is thrust out by the action of the running rotor. The stator comprises two int... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002327 | Resilient bushing An annular resilient pivot bushing is described which is suitable for connecting a vehicle suspension link to a vehicle body. The bushing provides greater resistance to linear movement of the suspension link in one direction than to linear movement in the... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002328 | Vise A vise is combined with a C clamp and the C clamp is fitted with at least 2 plug members fitting into receiving holes in the vise or in the C clamp, there being a larger number of holes than plug members whereby the C clamp, plugs and holes permit various... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002329 | Workpiece support device A device for supporting a workpiece for the cutting thereof on a power saw of the type having a table, a blade extending from the table and a miter gauge groove disposed on the table parallel to the plane of the blade. A guide member is slidably mountable... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002330 | Patient supporting table A supporting table for a recumbent patient has a table plate provided at least along the side edges, and preferably also at the head and foot edges, with a gate member which is pivotally mounted so that it can be fixed in an up position. In this position ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002331 | Flat material folding device A flat material folding device is operative to fold flat material, such as napkins and the like, in a manner to have at least three folds extending transversely of the material and a center fold extending normal to the three folds. The folding device incl... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002332 | Automatic feed mechanism for power brake or the like An automatic feed mechanism for sheet steel forming equipment such as a power brake or the like is provided. The mechanism comprises essentially four sections. The first section provides a support for a stack of sheets to be fed to the power brake. The se... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4002333 | Rainbow phenomenon developing device A rainbow phenomenon developing device comprising an arched structural framework defining an opening in which viewers walk, means for spraying fine water particles in the form of a mist mounted on said framework, colored transparent panels mounted on said... | 01/11/1977 |
