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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4068592 | Electronic firing device for projectiles An electronic firing device for a pyrotechnic charge in a projectile comprises a programmable unijunction transistor controlled by the discharge of a firing capacitor to fire an electric fuse. An oscillator supplies a pulsed output signal via a charging c... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068593 | Driving of rail clips in making a railway rail-and-fastening assembly Clips for holding down railway rails are driven into position, for example by driving parallel to the rails, by power-operated apparatus with wheels which run along at least one rail. There may be one or two power-operated devices for driving clips one at... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068594 | Tamping tool Tamping tool for tamping railroad ballast comprising shank and detachable foot member. In one form, there is a detachable wedge inserted between the upper portion of the foot member and the shank. In another form, there is an arcuate joint between the foo... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068595 | Track tamper Opposed pivotally mounted tamper arms are oscillated by respective single-acting hydraulic piston assemblies controlled by separate hydraulic duplex rotary distributing valves. Fluid supply and return lines for each piston assembly are connected to a sour... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068596 | Mobile ballast tamper A mobile ballast tamper comprises a vertically movable tamping head with vibratory tamping tools for tamping ballast under the track ties whereby the track is pressed upwardly. A counterpressure beam for holding the track in position against the upward pr... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068597 | Conveyor system control circuit A conveyor system wherein a traveling mechanism is moved in a predetermined path and selectively controlled in its movement including an encoder unit mounted on the mechanism and a readout unit mounted along the path and wherein the encoder unit provides ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068598 | Element of vehicle running on railway tracks The invention relates to an element of a vehicle which is part of a continuously moving train of similar vehicles, the element consisting, on the one hand, of two axles carrying wheels with solid tires and inner tubes and, on the other, of an on-board shu... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068599 | Unitizing frame for a pallet A unitizing frame for a pallet, which can be quickly assembled and disassembled from the pallet, utilizing a pair of like panels having a width substantially equal to the lateral dimension of the pallet, the panels being fabricated of square tube stock an... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068600 | Table assembly of molded plastics material A pair of upper and lower tray members are molded of a rigid plastics material, and each tray member includes a peripherally extending rim portion from which depends a peripherally extending skirt portion. The corner portions of the tray members are round... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068601 | Folding table construction A wall mounted folding table movable from a collapsed and recessed position includes a folding bracket arrangement having first and second arms pivotally interconnected and pivotally connected to the table top and to the wall structure. The foldable brack... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068602 | Coated seed and method of seeding The seeds to be sown are coated with a coating substantially comprising a saccharide such as glucose by mixing the seed with a saccharide solution prior to seeding. At the same time a fungicide and nutrients to improve germination may be added. The additi... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068603 | Apparatus for feeding material for forming a double tuck on the cut edges thereof An apparatus for forming a double tuck on a lateral edge of a length of material web comprises a U-shape folding bar for supporting the material at a spaced location from the edge of the material and which includes a lower leg and an upper leg interconnec... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068604 | Sewing machine The instant invention concerns a sewing machine having electromagnetic control elements for swinging out the needle-rod sideways and/or accomplishing the forward movements of the fabric slider, which control elements being activated by means of electrical... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068605 | Needles An imperforate needle for use with a textile machine has a shank and a cut-out provided with a latch capable of opening and closing the cut-out without extending beyond the contour of the needle.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068606 | Surface effects air vehicle A vehicle including a rigid body is provided and includes a bottom structure defining a plurality, elongated and horizontally downwardly projecting bottom surface members which in turn define downwardly opening channels therebetween. The bottom structure ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068607 | Controllable wing sail A sail and rigging arranged to be easily installed on and removed from a hull in which the sail is a wing-like element having a high aspect ratio, and the rigging includes a supporting structure for holding the sail in the position that will provide the m... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068608 | Cable stopper A device for clamping and stopping elongated objects. The device encompasses a passage adapted to receive at least a section of an elongated object to be stopped. Two jaws are located on both sides of this passage and are associated with a mounting arrang... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068609 | Mooring anchor A mooring anchor made up of a solid, heavy, cylindrical body from which extend rigid upper and lower cross arms that have flukes at the outer ends. The cross arms are spaced at ninety degree intervals around the circumference of the body. The upper cross ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068610 | Ski propulsion poles Manually operable ski propulsion poles or paddles, for use in water skiing or snow skiing or the like, are provided with a lower medium-engaging portion, an upwardly extending shaft, a handle at the upper portion of the shaft, and arm supporting means piv... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068611 | Boat conversion device The disclosed device provides a rowing capability to an off-the-beach type sailing vessel having a hull including a top surface and a recess, such as for example a footwell or center board opening, formed therein. The device includes a horizontally extend... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068612 | Turbocharger housing construction for marine turbocharger and device for turbocharging a marine engine An improved turbocharger for marine engines includes a water jacket which insulates or shields the heated turbocharger from the engine compartment. Preheated water is directed from a water jacket for the exhaust manifold, through the special design turboc... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068613 | Device for showing receipt of predetermined shock A device for affording an indication when a predetermined mechanical shock has been received, characterized by a base, or means for attaching to a container to be monitored; structure for measuring when a predetermined acceleration has been received by th... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068614 | Machine for applying liquid to absorbent material Liquid is applied to absorbent material, preferably menthol solution to foil-backed paper for use in packaging menthol cigarettes, in uniform and controlled manner.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068615 | Control for wire coating line A control is provided for a wire coating line which includes means for driving wire along a path at controllable speed while coating it with plastic extruded at a controlled rate and temperature, and cooling means are located at a controllable distance fr... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068616 | Apparatus for treating plastic film A running length of plastic film is processed by submerging a bight of the film in a bath of treatment liquid and drawing the film longitudinally therethrough by a pair of pinch rolls mounted closely adjacent and parallel to the top surface of the treatme... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068617 | Apparatus for coating wire on a spool An apparatus for coating wire tire cord on a spool with a substance for increasing the bond between the wire tire cord and rubber material used in the production of tires. The apparatus is composed of a hollow pipe which forms a chamber in which the spool... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068618 | Apparatus for making material with fusible backing A material with a fusible backing is made by bringing a substrate into contact with a printing screen having fine polymer dust supplied to its other side and then bringing the substrate out of contact with the screen and heating it from below to fuse the ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068619 | Assembly for applying liquid to elongated material An assembly for applying liquid material, for example, liquid resin, to elongated material, for example glass fiber strands, is disclosed herein. This assembly includes means for maintaining a supply of the liquid resin in a container and transferring som... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068620 | Profiled roller A profiled roller for pressing sheet material evenly against a roller that applies a film of liquid to the material, without collecting or forming a meniscus of the liquid in the absence of material to be moistened, comprises on a core a sleeve composed o... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068621 | Installation for continuous enamelling of pipes An installation for continuous two-sided enameling of pipes comprises a vertical receiving-and-discharging rotor a working rotor which moves pipes past working stations, and a mechanism for moving the pipes from one rotor to the other.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068622 | Magnetic roller A magnetic roller comprising a diamagnetic cylinder rotatable about magnetic poles which extend axially inside the cylinder and are each formed by similar poles of magnets lying axially beside each other is made to generate a substantially homogeneous mag... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068623 | Magnetic feed system for developer mix Apparatus for effecting a continuous remixing of magnetic toner material for development of an electrostatic latent image wherein a plurality of magnetic developing rollers are positioned with intersecting magnetic force fields for effecting a blanket of ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068624 | Refillable permanent collar for animals An animal collar having pre-formed compartments for securing therein tablets of vaporizable active substances, such as insecticides, deodorants, pesticides, germicides and the like. The design of the collar is such that the vapors therefrom are directed a... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068625 | Engine intake air moisturizer This apparatus for moisturizing the intake air going into an engine carburetor has one or more venturi passageways, each defined by a water permeable, porous body surrounded by water. The intake air is drawn into the venturi passageway where it becomes mo... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068626 | Fuel control of internal combustion engines Vanes in an air duct, independently controlled, one by the engine operator and others by environmental factors, generate vortices determining the speed of a turbine and thereby the flow of fuel through a fuel meter and fuel valves into prechambers for vap... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068627 | Steam generator with vertical tubesheets A vertically oriented steam generator has vertically oriented cylindrical tubesheets and C-shaped tubes.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068628 | Internal combustion engine with designated exhaust burning cylinders A multi-cylinder, gasoline burning internal combustion engine is converted by modification of the intake and exhaust manifolds to an engine having designated exhaust burning cylinders which burn the exhaust gases that are expelled from the gasoline burnin... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068629 | Stepped piston two stroke engines A stepped piston two cycle engine, of the type including at least one set of two cylinders each such cylinder having a working part of smaller diameter and a pumping part of larger diameter, at least the air for each charge required by the working part of... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068630 | Engine with noise reducing exhaust valve arrangement An arrangement for reduction of exhaust noise in an internal combustion engine comprising in a preferred embodiment a two-cycle diesel engine having two or more exhaust valves per cylinder and separate cam lobes for actuating two groups of one or more val... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068631 | Internal combustion engine electronic ignition control system An electronic ignition control system for internal combustion engine, notably for motor vehicles, which comprises a rotary member revolving at the engine velocity and provided with at least two reference marks of which the positions correspond to the maxi... | 01/17/1978 |
