Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4117632 | Plant watering device A watering device for growing plants. A container which may be a flower pot filled with soil or the like which has an aperture in the bottom. A second container for water is provided below the first container. A rigid probe having a central bore is provid... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117633 | Honing plate An improved honing plate for imposing operational stress on an internal combustion engine block during re-boring and honing of the cylinder walls.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117634 | Controlling method for a grinding machine During rough grinding operation of a grinding machine, metal removal rate of the workpiece is detected for shifting the changing point from the rough grinding to fine grinding, and, with larger metal removal rate, the changing point is shifted earlier and... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117635 | Easy clean eave trough A means for cleaning gutters about the eaves of a house including support means which, when rotated, invert the gutter so that any leaves or other debris will be dumped out, and including remotely operated means to cause dumping of the gutter by rotation ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117636 | Plastic covered gutter connected greenhouse building structure A plastic covered gutter connected greenhouse structure comprised of metal framing covered by superimposed layers of plastic sheets having an inflated area between the sheets providing insulation to the interior of the structure. The superimposed plastic ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117637 | Cyclic shear energy absorber A cyclic shear energy absorber interposed or to be interposed between members of a structure which may be caused by incoming energy to oscillate relative to each other. Such an absorber would have application in isolating a structure such as a building or... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117638 | Skylight for standing rib metal roofs A skylight panel of fiberglass or other translucent material is integrated into a metal standing rib roof without loss of structural integrity in the roof system. The skylight panel is suspended in the roof system by a pair of formed suspension channels w... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117639 | Reinforced insulated concrete building panel A reinforced insulated concrete building panel has an inner layer of concrete and an outer layer of concrete, with a layer of insulating material sandwiched therebetween. Shear connectors are embedded in the layer of concrete and extend from the outer lay... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117640 | Thermal barrier system for panel installations A thermal barrier system for panel installations comprises at least one gutter member attachable to a structure. The system further comprises a face member and a thermally insulative coupler member. The coupler member has an intermediate body portion to w... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117641 | Insulation system for building structures Building structures, such as pre-engineered metal buildings, concrete buildings, and combination concrete and metal buildings in most areas require insulation due to the relatively high thermal conductance of the metal and concrete components in the buili... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117642 | Ceiling panel attachment clip The invention is directed to a clip structure for fastening a specific type of ceiling panel to a specific type of support structure. Both the support structure and ceiling panel have flanges and the clip spans the two flanges to fasten them together.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117643 | Anchor bolt thread protector and sleeve system The system is composed of a sleeve to form a void space around a segment of the length of an anchor bolt; a hollow, cylindrical connecting member detachably attachable to the upper end of the sleeve and having a portion that is radially inwardly deformabl... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117644 | Wallboard fastener Mechanically fastened appended tabs invisibly secure common edge-abutting wallboard panels to common wood or metal framing members. The fastener appendants are spaced apart tabs extending from the back of and exposed beyond the vertical edges of the wallb... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117645 | Method for handling and transporting thermoplastic materials An improved method for handling and transporting thermoplastic materials such as chewing gum base is disclosed. Chewing gum base, formulated as a hot viscous blend, is initially extruded and then pelletized. The pellets are subsequently cooled in a liquid... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117646 | Method of applying a lid to a case Method of an apparatus for applying a telescoping lid to an open top, filled box or case in which the lid is formed from a flat blank around the case, in which the lid is pressed down on the contents of the case, in which the major flaps of the lid are pr... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117647 | Flexible pouch, forming, filling and sealing machine A web of flat polyethelene stock is drawn from a supply roll by a web feed mechanism, to be fed thereby up over a tube former then down, in tubular configuration, about a material fill pipe and then to and through pouch forming and weighing stations. A fi... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117648 | Automatic collator This invention relates to a new and useful apparatus for efficiently collating flanged packages at a high speed and then positioning them in a packing carton. The apparatus comprises a collator head assmbly having a plurality of collator heads adjacent on... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117649 | System for forming, filling and closing bags In a system including a bag forming apparatus for forming a succession of bags, bag filling and closing apparatus, and a conveying apparatus for conveying each bag, after it is formed, along a conveying path from the bag forming apparatus to the filling a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117650 | Tape winding arrangement for paper bundle binding apparatus Disclosed in a tape winding mechanism for an apparatus for binding a bundle of stacked paper sheets such as paper money with a binding tape or strip. The apparatus comprises a rotatable ring-like flyer body provided with a first stationary guide roller an... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117651 | Lawn mower with cutter blade interlock Disclosed herein is a lawn mower comprising a rotatable cutter blade supported on a frame, a prime mover supported on the frame, a selectively operable starter mechanism connected to the prime mover for starting thereof, a drive mechanism for selectively ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117652 | Transmission for self-propelled, walking lawn mowers A belt-driven transmission designed particularly for self-propelled, walking lawn mowers is provided. The transmission is mounted on a deck of a mower between a front pair or a rear pair of wheels and is driven through a pulley on the engine drive shaft a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117653 | Spreading device for drum mowers A spreading device is disclosed which is particularly suitable for use with drum mowers. The spreading device includes a crop divider of a unique shape and configuration which extends in front of the forward mowing direction of the mower and which is posi... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117654 | Method of and apparatus for the control of composite effect yarns Method of and apparatus for the control of composite effect (fancy) yarns with enlargements or "stitches", twisted by means of a hollow spindle. A base thread and an effective thread are combined and fed into the rotating hollow spindle where they are met... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117655 | 2-For-1 twister equipped with antiwrapping members A 2-for-1 twister equipped with at least two antiwrapping members is effective to prevent entanglement of the yarn between the spindle and the spindle support means when the yarn breaks out immediately downstream of the twister.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117656 | Handling yarn in a combination false twist and co-mingling jet apparatus The combination of a suction device to maintain yarn flow through a co-mingling jet apparatus during doffing of a completed yarn package. The co-mingling jet is an air jet employing an air inlet substantially perpendicular to the thread line through the j... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117657 | Electronic timepiece calendar circuit An electronic timepiece calendar circuit whereby the display of at least the date is automatically effected during both leap years and non-leap years is provided. The electronic timepiece calendar circuitry includes a date counter that is indexed by a cou... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117658 | Waterproof watch case A waterproof watch case construction depends on gaskets alone for waterproofing and is free of cement. The construction is such that a broken crystal can be readily replaced, and the watch case itself can be of any shape, including square, ovoid and hexag... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117659 | Display cell The operating life of an electrochromic display cell is greatly lengthened by incorporating a buffer in the electrochromic solution. The buffer prevents local changes in pH which are shown to be responsible for termination of the operability of electrochr... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117660 | Casing ring for watch movement A casing ring adapted to encircle a watch movement having an external diameter that is smaller than the internal diameter of the case into which it is to be fitted, the ring serving to effectively magnify the movement diameter so that it substantially mat... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117661 | Precision automatic local time decoding apparatus The time detecting apparatus receives repetitive binary coded sets of data including time data in a predetermined format. The components of a single set of the received data representative of time are detected and stored. After a preselected time interval... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117662 | Watches Wrist and ring mounted watches having a display face and an actuation mechanism to illuminate the display face. For a wrist watch, the display face is disposed on one side of the watch case adjacent the watch band with the actuation mechanism on the oppos... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117663 | Electronic watch with time correction system An electronic watch wherein pulses from a high-frequency standard are converted by a frequency divider into low-frequency timing pulses which are supplied to a stepping motor to advance the hands of the time display. In order to automatically effect a rap... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117664 | Pivoting device for a watch barrel The invention relates to a pivoting device for the barrel of a thin watch which comprises at least three rollers pivoted on miniature ball bearings and engaging with the periphery of the barrel.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117665 | Magnetic shield plate mounting structure for an electronic timepiece In an electronic timepiece, a baseplate having a pair of opposed major surfaces, a magnetic shield plate disposed in continuous contact with one of the major surfaces and a stator disposed on the other of the major surfaces. A pin is inserted through the ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117666 | Quick reset timer A timer in which a lesser cylinder having funnel-shaped top and bottom portions is disposed within a greater cylinder. Granular material is disposed in the greater cylinder, with a passage or gap provided between the outside diameter of the lesser cylinde... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117667 | Segmented band A segmented band with profile segments, in which the profile segments have a U-profile form, the legs of which form side walls having projecting arms which are equipped with hooks on their ends. The wall section between the arms is intended to hold connec... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117668 | Stall detector for gas turbine engine Stall is detected by monitoring the acceleration schedule of the engine's fuel control and an engine operating parameter, either compressor speed, compressor pressure and computing signals indicative of when both the fuel control is on or near the acceler... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117669 | Apparatus and method for reducing thermal stress in a turbine rotor A gas turbine is provided wherein the thermal stresses in the turbine rotor are reduced. The rotor includes a central disc with a peripheral rim, and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the rim, and to reduce thermal stresses, a duct a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117670 | Dual slope temperature differential shutdown control for gas turbines The inlet air temperature and the exhaust gas temperature of a gas turbine power plant are monitored and are utilized as a determining characteristic in a power output stabilization control circuit. The control circuit is designed to change its response u... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117671 | Noise suppressing exhaust mixer assembly for ducted-fan, turbojet engine To suppress jet noise emanating from a ducted-fan turbojet engine, an improved exhaust mixer assembly is disclosed that is mounted between the engine and the exhaust nozzle and that mixes the flow of high-velocity primary gases (turbine exhaust) with the ... | 10/03/1978 |
