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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4024704 | Combustion products pressure generator continuous burner type and engines This application pertains to reciprocating piston engines supplied hot pressure fluid medium by combustion products pressure generators and controls thereof. This invention pertains to a new improved electro magnetic operated automatic, reversible cut off... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024705 | Rotary jet reaction turbine A jet type engine includes a rotor through which air is drawn and compressed by centrifugal force with the air thus heated and compressed being mixed at the periphery of the rotor with fuel to ignite the same and establish a jet which causes the rotor to ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024706 | Method of improving the operational capacity of three-way catalysts A method is disclosed for widening the range of air-fuel ratios over which three-way catalysts having an oxygen storage capacity are operative. Three-way catalysts are operative when new both in oxidizing at least 80% of the unburned hydrocarbons and carb... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024707 | Apparatus for the control of air admission to the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine including a safety circuit means An internal combustion engine which is provided with an exhaust gas treatment system, such as thermal or catalytic reactors, includes a primary regulating system for admitting fresh air to the exhaust system for the chemical processes taking place in the ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024708 | Multi cylinder internal combustion engine A multi cylinder internal combustion engine is disclosed having the cylinders arranged in A and B groups. The A cylinders are supplied with an enriched air-fuel mixture, and the B cylinders are supplied with a lean air-fuel mixture. An apparatus for purif... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024709 | Brake system for automotive vehicle equipped with Otto engines This invention discloses a brake system for use in automotive vehicles having Otto engines which includes a vacuum operated brake booster and a vacuum pump for generating the necessary vacuum for effective operation of the brake booster. A vacuum pump is ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024710 | Load sensing hydraulic circuit having power matching means A load sensitive hydraulic circuit for material handling equipment is energized by a prime mover. The hydraulic circuit includes variable displacement pumps coupled to the prime mover and having pressure and flow compensating control means for varying the... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024711 | Throttle control mechanism for an engine The throttle of an engine is controlled to maintain its speed substantially constant in spite of variations of load upon it. The illustrated load comprises hydraulically operated equipment in a hydraulic system powered by a pump driven by the engine. Thro... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024712 | Fluid pressure control device with a fluid failure alarm for a vehicle brake system A device usable in a brake system including two independent hydraulic lines extending from a dual brake master cylinder to front and rear wheel brakes, respectively. The device is arranged across the two hydraulic lines midway thereof to serve the purpose... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024713 | Brake booster A dual source power brake booster assembly includes an air-vacuum operated booster section and a hydraulic pressure operated booster section disposed in series. The assembly is so arranged that the vacuum booster section is initially actuated to obtain a ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024714 | Valve mechanism A valve mechanism disposed between two pressure sides of a system making it possible for excess pressure device to leave one side of the system to a pressure medium source during a working period of the system. This excess pressure may either be caused by... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024715 | Solar reactor engine A solar reactor engine is disclosed which includes a concrete or other suitable housing having a reactor chamber therein. In one embodiment, the reactor chamber is cylindrical. A solar intensifier, such as a parabolic reflector, is mounted on top of the r... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024716 | Irrigation tubing coupling fastener A fastener for joining a connecting tube and an expansible tube telescoped on the end of the connecting tube. The fastener comprises a compressible ring on the end of the connecting tube and a tubular sheath telescoped on the connecting tube, the expansib... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024717 | Folding aluminum rice and irrigation box A hinged, folding box-shaped device for controlling the water flow between fields, such as rice fields, including crop fields, divided into separate specific areas by dirt comprised checks, levees, and ditches. The box has a generally rectangular configur... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024718 | Subsea cable apparatus and method of handling same Subsea cable apparatus adapted to extend from a floating structure to a subsea wellhead apparatus or stack with a marine riser pipe extending from the floating structure to the subsea wellhead, such apparatus including a cable supported on the floating st... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024719 | Reinforced road foundation and method for making said road foundation The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a foundation, in particular, a structure serving as foundation for highways, consisting essentially of soil or other materials.... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024720 | Transportation of liquids Low temperature liquefied gases such as natural gas are usually transported at temperatures of approximately -258° F and at atmospheric pressures. If it is desired to transfer such liquids in pipelines, high cost materials must be used in pipeline constr... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024721 | Method and apparatus for laying pipes in the ground There is disclosed a method and apparatus for laying small-diameter gas, water pipes or the like precisely in the ground. Small-diameter pilot pipes are first laid in while at the same time, a pilot head is measured and controlled to make its straight adv... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024722 | Heat pump frost control system The present invention relates to a self-contained air conditioning unit including a reversible refrigeration system and more particularly to a control system having a plurality of sensing means that are effective in maintaining operation of the unit in a ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024723 | Platform leg diaphragm In an offshore platform to be erected on hollow legs which receive piles driven down through the legs into the ocean floor, a resilient diaphragm closure for each of said legs to prevent ingress of water as said platform is moved into position. The diaphr... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024724 | Means and method for making a flowline connection to a subsea connector means A means and method to facilitate making a flowline connection between a non-vertically disposed submerged connector means for subsea well operations. A surface vessel carrying a supply of flowline and of tension cable over a subsea well installation lower... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024725 | Control system for an air conditioner A control system for an air conditioner having detectors for detecting at least the radiation temperature in a room or controlled space, a device for setting a desired room air parameter in response to the detected radiation temperature, and a controller ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024726 | Solar heat trap for building windows A window construction to reduce temperature rises in building interiors caused by direct sunlight entering through the windows. The window comprises two parallel, spaced apart window panes with a space between them filled with a suitable heat exchange flu... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024727 | Vuilleumier refrigerator with separate pneumatically operated cold displacer The Vuilleumier refrigerator cold free piston type displacer operates on pressure pulses generated by relative heating and cooling of gas to raise and lower the pressure in the entire interconnected system. The cold displacer operates with differential ar... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024728 | Method of and an installation for controlling the temperature of a plurality of rooms having mutually differing and varying heating requirements, among which rooms there is normally a cooling requirement There is provided a method and an apparatus for controlling the temperature of a plurality of rooms having mutually different and varying heat requirements, among which rooms at least one normally has a cooling requirement. The common input air flow to th... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024729 | Refrigerated milk container A refrigerated box mounted through an outside wall of a house and which is used by a home delivery route milkman to deposit bottles of milk therein; the box having a door on its outer side for access to the milkman and a door on its inner side for allowin... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024730 | Integrated cooling and breathing system A system for providing cooling and breathing to a subject in an uncomforty warm ambient environment such as in an aircraft. A full-length liquid loop garment, which is integral with a nylon fabric underwear-like suit, comprises a capillary-like system of... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024731 | Insulated container with refreezable lid-mounted bottle A refreezable container for a cold storage structure which can be releasably secured to the lid of the structure is the subject of the present invention. The container comprises yieldable spaced apart sidewalls which form an enclosure for holding a refree... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024732 | Device for the mechanical filtering of the movement transmitted by a step motor For mechanically filtering movement transmitted by a step-by-step motor to a member to be driven in rotation, a coil spring in an axial bore of the motor shaft has one end rigid with the shaft and the other end rigid with the member to be driven and is ax... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024733 | Multiple pattern wheel A circular knitting machine is provided with pattern wheels having jacks movable between needle actuating and non-actuating positions and with means for differently positioning the jacks in the wheels for each of a predetermined number of revolutions of t... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024734 | Yarn fault detectors A yarn fault detector suitable for mounting on a main frame of a knitting machine or on a side creel. The detector has two yarn guides on a guide frame that is biased to an operative yarn guiding position but movable overcenter to a yarn releasing positio... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024735 | Washing machine A clothes-washing machine comparable to those of the automatic type, which incorporates a device for the formation and circulation of an induced airflow in order to effectuate the drying of clothes which are present in the drum of the machine. The device ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024736 | Prisoner restrainer A strap is used as a connection between two cuffs or shackles for the ankles of a prisoner. The strap is of a length which permits the prisoner to take a normal walking stride. A strap rewind reel mounted to one of the shackles receives the strap thereon ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024737 | Lockable mounting means for removeably supporting electronic accessories in vehicles The disclosure relates to a lockable mounting means for removeably supporting electronic accessories in vehicles and primarily citizen band receivers and transmitters, as well as stereo transcribers or the like. The aforementioned mounting means is provid... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024738 | Fastener for motorcycle driver's helmet Fastener for motorcycle driver's helmet comprising a pair of individual members each formed by bending an endless loop of plastic coated wire into a generally hollow U-shaped formation having an inner tongue which is adapted to be inserted under the helme... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024739 | Sliding glass door lock A lock for a sliding door is disclosed which comprises an elongated escutcheon having a slidable latching means. The latching means moves between an "open" and a "locked" position. The escutcheon includes means for releasably retaining the latching means ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024740 | Locking hood assembly for flow control device Locking hood assembly for mounting on a gas service head valve of the lubricated plug type to prevent unauthorized opening of the valve. Locking hood assembly comprises a generally cylindrical main body or hood which covers the valve stem and stop collar ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024741 | Combination lock permanently installable by self-gripping mounting means An improved anti-theft locking device permanently and quickly securable to various objects by self-contained concealed fastener means sized to have an interference locking fit with a mounting bore such as the interior of a cycle handlebar or the like. The... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024742 | Method of lubricating a cold reduction mill A method for efficiently operating a steel rolling mill employing oil-in-water emulsions as lubricants which includes controlling the stability of the emulsion within certain preselected limits and correlating the oil concentration to a mean time (tm... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024743 | Sealing device for an extrusion press or a compacting press The sealing device comprises two interengaged members forming a clearance space in which is imprisoned a deformable seal for ensuring pressure-tightness between the members and the internal surface of the press chamber. The member which is in contact with... | 05/24/1977 |
