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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4096949 | Apparatus for performing a three-way sort Apparatus for three-way sorting of particles in a singulated particle stream is characterized by a viewing assembly including a first and a second classifying section each respectively classifying each particle passing therethrough according to first and ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096950 | Sorting systems and sensing devices for use therewith The invention discloses a weight sorting system wherein a single weighing station controls a plurality of weight-range article removal stations. These removal stations are disposed downstream of the weighing station and sorting information is synchronousl... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096951 | Camping utility stand A main rod has a point at a first end for piercing supporting ground and a coaxial bore formed in a spaced opposite second end. A square loop rod has spaced opposite first and second ends with first and second cross rods at said ends, respectively. A grat... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096952 | Adjustable jib crane A jib crane having an adjustable height. The crane comprises a sectional mast which can be lengthened or shortened. The mast has a ceiling connecting element which can accommodate sloping ceilings, and a floor mounting element which is quickly and easily ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096953 | Mechanism to transfer workpieces between locations A mechanism to transfer small flat workpieces (chips) between locations has a pair of interlinked four bar mechanisms one of which mechanisms carries a chip spreading means operated by two cams so that the chip pickup and release means moves in substantia... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096954 | Gondola car loader A gondola car loader includes a chassis moveable along the top edges of adjacent gondola cars in a direction of the railroad track on which the cars are located. Four beams, pivotably mounted at their centers to the chassis, each carry wheels at both ends... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096955 | Lifting mechanism A lifting mechanism including cantilevered arm means extending from a structural member and vertically movable with respect thereto and having a wheelchair support frame on the remote end of said arm means, and power means operatively associated with said... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096956 | Refuse vehicle A refuse compaction apparatus adapted to be mounted upon a vehicle chassis. The apparatus is constructed as an integral unit and includes a refuse loading compartment and a refuse storage compartment. Movable longitudinally within the storage compartment ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096957 | Pivot pin assembly A pivot pin assembly for mounting a loader bucket to a loader arm of a tractor. The pivot pin assembly includes a cylindrical pin having spaced-apart retaining sleeves which capture a sleeve bearing therebetween. The retaining sleeves engage the bucket br... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096958 | Method for handling bundles of sheets Method for handling bundles of sheets and having a pivotal pallet holder which receives the pallet and bundles of sheets in a prone position and which tips them to an upstanding position and onto a conveyor adjacent the holder. The upstanding bundles of s... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096959 | Garbage collecting and transport vehicle A garbage collecting and transport vehicle, includes a chassis supporting a changing container which receives garbage which is picked up by a pivotal garbage can loader arm which is mounted on the chassis so as to be pivotal through an arc to raise the ga... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096960 | Haystack mover control means A wheeled hydraulically actuated haystack loader having a tiltable bed with conveyor chains thereon, such loader including as a part thereof an internal combustion engine driving a hydraulic pump. The loader also includes electrically actuated hydraulic v... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096961 | Dual low lift truck A powered dual walkie/rider low lift transporter type truck especially for slip sheet pallet handling in which one tractor portion is supported from a single drive-steer wheel at one end, a second tractor portion is supported from a dual caster wheel at a... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096962 | Ring opener for hermetically sealed molded plastic containers The disclosure is of a ring type opener for removing the cap portion of a hermetically sealed molded plastic container having an integrally molded cap portion. The opener includes a means for engaging and holding the cap during and after removal, in a pla... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096963 | Composite lid A composite product and a method of making the product, the product being a central panel of flexible sheet material having a peripheral molding of plastics bonded to the margin of the panel, the arrangement being such that the margin of the panel is defo... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096964 | Universal electrical outlet box and method of installing An electrical outlet box having a center threaded post is fastened solidly to a wall stud at a prescribed elevation above floor level. A section of dry wall is brought into position and a dry wall penetrating means temporarily telescoped with said post is... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096965 | Storage device for sample containers A device for the storage of sample containers comprises a holder for receiving the sample containers and a covering, whereby a common covering is provided for all the sample containers which seals them individually and simultaneously.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096966 | Self-righting cups The present invention is concerned with self-righting drinking cups and provides for a two part cup, the first part of which is a generally hollow cylindrical liquid container, and the second part of which is a base for the liquid container. The base memb... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096967 | Ecological easy-open can end An ecological easy-open can end is disclosed. The pull tab cannot be removed from the can end and discarded; rather it is pushed down and snapped in under the can end where its sharp edges cannot cut the user. The pull tab has a hole in it so that when it... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096968 | Door mounting and actuator for a pressure vessel A pressure vessel such as a steam cooker is provided with a door closure comprising a horizontally disposed door mounting and actuating member pivotally mounted for swinging movement across an access opening of the vessel and supporting a warped door for ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096969 | Cigarette dispenser adapter An apparatus for adapting a conventional, mechanical cigarette vending machine to dispense cigarette packages of increased length. The apparatus is an elongated, substantially rectangular sleeve for holding a series of longer cigarette packs in a vertical... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096970 | Methods of and apparatus for handling arrays of paramagnetic articles Several methods and apparatus are disclosed for successively loading a predetermined number of elongated paramagnetic articles out of a temporarily stored mass thereof, initially confined within a magnetic field-defined storage area in parallel relationsh... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096971 | Method of and apparatus for dispensing self-conserving liquids A high-viscosity liquid is accommodated in a container whose outlet directly communicates with the intake port of a pump. The intake port communicates via a pump chamber with an outlet port of the pump, and an impeller having flexible blades rotates eccen... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096972 | Apparatus for the selective delivery of portions of a fluid medium An apparatus for the selective delivery of portions of fluid, comprising a plurality of fluid delivery units, each of which includes a respective conveyor for conveying fluid to be delivered. A common drive means for the plurality of delivery units which ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096973 | Portable sealant applicator Apparatus is provided for heating and extruding fluid sealant material onto a work surface which includes a heated feed chamber, a heated hose connected to the outlet of the feed chamber, and a handgun connected to the heated hose for applying the fluid s... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096974 | Cover assembly for spray cans A rotatable sleeve is provided over the normal discharge nozzle on a spray can, the sleeve itself having a discharge port in its side wall positionable in registration with the discharge nozzle when rotated to a first position. A flexible hose connects to... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096975 | Container A container with a circular spout having a spiral groove receiving a closure cap axially movable on the spout to close the spout outlet which is offset from the axis of the spout. The cap is provided with a cutaway section closing the offset spout outlet ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096976 | Vessels for transferring liquid metal having a removable insulating lining The permanent refractory lining of a liquid metal transfer vessel is covered with a removable heat-insulation lining formed of inorganic particles embedded in a binder, the particles being sinterable at the temperature of the liquid metal to be introduced... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096977 | Device for anchoring bottles or the like, and method A device especially suitable for, but not limited to, anchoring a baby bottle to a harness, and comprising an elongate flexible element having an eye with an eyehole at one end and a resiliently flexible retaining ring of larger diameter than the eyehole,... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096978 | Backpack Disclosed is a backpack comprised of a flexible bag for containing a load to be carried and adjustable-length connection means extending across the interior of the bag and interconnecting the front and rear thereof. The volume of the bag can be adjusted t... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096979 | Belt buckle knife A combination belt buckle and knife for use with a belt as an attractive article of wear, and wherein a knife blade concealed within a recess of the belt buckle is removably detached from a base member of the buckle, with the cover plate for the base memb... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096980 | Universal mounting motorcycle saddlebag bracket A mounting bracket for a saddlebag or the like has a bar member which is slotted to form a track in which a flat head portion of a specially designed bolt member rides. The bar member has elongated slots formed therein through which bolts are placed for a... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096981 | Apparatus for stripping a continuous web of material from the marginal edge of a body An apparatus for use in stripping a continuous web of severable material from at least along a portion of the marginal edge of a body comprising supporting means having a receiving surface upon which the body with the continuous web is advanced along a pr... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096982 | Automatic multi nail dispenser A container contains a plurality of strips or rows of nails adhesively secured together and a wedge block splits off one row at a time for dispensing. The separated strip of nails is moved forwardly by means of a magnet so that the front nail of the strip... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096983 | Bonding copper leads to gold film coatings on alumina ceramic substrate A process for thermocompression bonding a copper wire lead to gold film on alumina ceramic substrate by use of a gold interface. The three step process involves: (1) thermocompressing a gold lead with a die-formed head to the gold film, (2) removing the g... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096984 | Internal partition arrangement An internal partition formed of a unitary blank of paperboard for providing a plurality of cells within an outer package.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096985 | Article carrier and blank therefor An article carrier formed from a unitary blank and comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, a pair of overlapping top panels foldably joined respectively to the upper edges of the si... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096986 | Food tray with integral lock A foamed plastic food tray having a cover of the same material hinged to one side of the tray, is formed with a simple, secure latch constituted by a slotted portion of a strengthening rim on the periphery of the tray and an outwardly projecting flute wit... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096987 | Reinforced paper bag A paper bag of the type found in grocery stores which is reinforced by a plurality of narrow pleats extending lengthwise of the bag, the bag having corner defining pleats and additional pleats intermediate the corners of the bag, the pleats being folded d... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096988 | Method and an apparatus for the dynamic balancing of rotating bodies, particularly for centrifuges A method and apparatus for the dynamic balancing of a centrifuge during rotation in which vibration, amplitude, frequency and phrase are sensed within at least two planes and vibration signals produced. The vibration signals are then processed and convert... | 06/27/1978 |
