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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4132312 | Packaging unit for use in the marketing of alarm systems A packaging unit for use in the marketing of compact alarm systems including a flat supporting sheet, a flat panel smaller than the supporting sheet and pivotally coupled to the supporting sheet along one edge, at least one alarm actuating device provided... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132313 | Automatic device for sorting flat articles An automatic device for sorting flat articles comprises a casing with a vertical sorting drum in the center, said drum being provided with posts arranged around the periphery of said drum which are intermittently turned by a drive. Each post has a manipul... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132314 | Electronic size and color sorter Disclosed is apparatus for sorting objects, e.g. tomatoes, according to both size and color. A preferred embodiment can sort the objects into fourteen size/color categories and yet requires only two photodetectors. The objects travel on a conveyor belt pa... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132315 | Security rack for weapons A multiweapon security rack having a plurality of adjustably positioned butt housings each for receiving a butt portion of an individual weapon. A bar enclosure housing is displaced from the butt housings and has a plurality of passages each for receiving... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132316 | Display and clamp device An integral two-part, preferably plastic device includes a hanger and a plate-like member. There is a localized area between the two parts so that they may be separated. The hanger supports products before sale, and the plate-like member keeps together a ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132317 | Pipe laying crane This invention relates to load-lifting machinery and can find utility when applied to pipe laying cranes made use of in constructing large-diameter pipings. The pipe laying crane of the invention comprises the undercarriage carrying the framework with the... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132318 | Asymmetric six-degree-of-freedom force-transducer system for a computer-controlled manipulator system A computer-controlled-manipulator gripper with a set of three-degree-of-freedom force sensors on each finger having strain gauges and 90° shift in orientation of the sensors includes an asymmetric, offset relationship of the location and orientation of a... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132319 | Automatic device for extracting stacks of finished hollow articles from a stacking station of a heat moulding apparatus An automatic device for extracting stacks of finished hollow articles from a stacking station of a heat moulding apparatus. A plurality of vertical rods, rotatable about their longitudinal axes for engagement with stacks of finished articles, are mounted ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132320 | Pan stacking system Articles which nest, such as baking pans, are assembled into a stack by a two-stage lift mechanism in which the assembly of a second stack is commenced while a previously assembled first stack is being discharged from the stack forming apparatus, so that ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132321 | Palletizer with controlled stack density Disclosed is a pallet loader in which each tier of a stack of flattened corrugated containers is placed on an extended, but horizontally retractable, stripping plate which when retracted drops the tier on a vertically movable elevator bed positioned below... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132322 | Silo unloader winch drive A winch with a cable suspending a silo unloader in a silo; the winch having a gear mechanism and an input shaft operating a worm; a reversible motor connected with the input shaft; an incremental drive for incrementally turning the input shaft for increme... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132323 | Combination tank transporter and general cargo trailer The present invention is concerned with a trailer for carrying military tanks and convertible for carrying general cargo. The carrier is provided with a floor which has the rear portion raised about a front pivot for loading of tanks, which rear floor por... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132324 | Stabilizer assembly A stabilizer assembly for a construction vehicle having at least one stabilizer arm which can be pivoted laterally inwardly of the fixed pivot point of an associated fluid cylinder power unit. Preferably the stabilizer arm has a pair of spaced stabilizer ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132325 | Loading mechanism for a multiple use container The invention is a loading mechanism intended to be used with a parallelepiped container conforming to the Rules of the International "ISO" standard. The loading mechanism is mounted to a lorry and actuated by a hydraulic actuator to load and unload the c... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132326 | Multiple hook-up, movable axle, container cargo trailer A novel cargo trailer for carrying containerized loads is disclosed, which can be pulled from either end and comprises a plurality of axles, each of which is movable with respect to the undercarriage of the cargo bed to facilitate multi-directional haulin... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132327 | Hatch cover opening and closing assembly In accordance with the present invention a hatch cover opening and closing assembly is provided including a locking handle having a yoke pivotably mounted about a vertically extending shaft located in the center portion of the cover. The shaft extends dow... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132328 | Panel with opening means An easy open ecology end is disclosed herein and includes an end panel that has a removable section defined by a weakened score line. A tab is secured to the removable section and the tab and removable section are designed so that both remain captive with... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132329 | Dispenser for plastic cards A dispenser for plastic cards is shown, which provides a sanitary protection to the cards yet enables the cards to be dispensed singly. The dispenser comprises a generally rectangular housing having an open bottom. The side panels of the dispenser are all... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132330 | Motor powered paste dispenser A plastic-cabinet-confined, battery-energized, electric-motor-powered, push-button-switch-controlled, tube-squeezing paste dispenser which extrudes paste when the push-button is held closed and retracts back into the tube paste dripping therefrom when sai... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132331 | Collapsible packing tube A collapsible packaging tube in which the head and tube pipe are separately made at least partially of plastic material and in which a connecting partially plastic body overlaps and is welded to peripheral edges of the head and pipe. The tube pipe and con... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132332 | Containers for pressurized fluids, in particular for dispensing aerosols Containers for dispensing pressurized fluids, such as aerosols, comprise a space for the fluid and a wall movable automatically to reduce the volume of the space as the contents become exhausted, a vacuum chamber being arranged in communication with at le... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132333 | Dispensing unit for an aerosol container In a method for the relative orientation of the spray-discharge valve actuator and actuator nozzle of a container with respect to a protective cover which is designed to operate the valve actuator, the cover is brought closer to the actuator in coaxial re... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132334 | Spill and tamper resistant safety closure Disclosed is a single piece integrally formed safety closure for a container including a body portion designed for fluid tight engagement with the neck and finish of a container and a depending portion including a passageway which extends into the contain... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132335 | Slidable bracket for article carrier A bracket for association with an article carrier, such as a luggage carrier is adapted for sliding adjustment or positioning in a carrier track. The bracket includes a locking mechanism for locking the bracket anywhere along the length of the track. The ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132336 | Tire mounted support bracket for vehicle accessories A tire mounted support device for vehicle accessories includes an arcuate member extendible around the periphery of a spare tire mounted on the exterior of a vehicle and includes brackets on the sides thereof for supporting the accessories.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132337 | Continuous paper cylinder assembly and method of separating the same and transplanting apparatus for the same The present invention relates to a method wherein seedlings, raised in a paper cylinder assembly connected together by means of connecting portions having a separating line forming the separation course in each are continuously pulled out while separating... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132338 | Apparatus suitable for use in the automatic welding of pipes The present invention relates to an apparatus suitable for use in the automatic welding of pipes. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a fixed part or rail band which is clamped around the pipe at a prefixed position and a moving part which ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132339 | Method of making pipe strings and automatic line for realizing same A method of making a pipe string from separate pipes of arbitrary length welded end to end wherein the joints are positioned off forbidden zones. A reference model of the pipe string having the forbidden zones marked thereon and a working model of the arb... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132340 | Welding method and apparatus A method and apparatus for welding a first workpiece which is to be joined to a second workpiece, with said first workpiece extending within or through the second workpiece. The apparatus includes a rotatable workpiece drive member, a workpiece holding fi... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132341 | Hybrid circuit connector assembly A method of forming a connector assembly in association with a hybrid circuit by soldering a plurality of relatively rigid connectors thereto, the resulting assembly being capable of self-supporting the hybrid circuit without the use of ancillary mechanic... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132342 | Method for producing a steel strip by hot rolling In a method for producing a hot strip by hot rough rolling, a steel slab heated to a rolling temperature to obtain a steel band, and hot finishing rolling the steel band in a continuous manner, the improvements comprising overlapping a forward end portion... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132343 | Method for manufacturing a pipeline having an internal protective layer A pipeline consisting of lengths of steel pipe welded together in end-to-end relation is made by first weld-plating the internal surface of the end portions of each individual pipe length with a corrosion-resistant material. A protective layer is then app... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132344 | Foam sandwich package A foam sandwich package having a dish section and a cover section and a latching mechanism comprising a forwardly projecting latching tongue extending into a latching aperture. The tongue is biased forwardly by the dish section and the aperture is formed ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132345 | Container comprising a folded blank, and blank therefor A portable container comprising primarily a single folded blank. Integral folded parts of the blank form a bottom, front and rear walls, gable-shaped end walls, and overlappable gable-shaped covers respectively integrally and hingedly connected to the upp... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132346 | Folded-up pack for fragile articles In a pack for eggs or other fragile articles constructed of corrugated strips glued to and braced by external flat strips, in which the corrugated strips are joined together at their inner apices and folded at these junctions after the manner of U.S. Pat.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132347 | Moisture proof bags provided with blow-in ports and method of manufacturing the same A bag adapted to be packed with cement or the like by blowing it into the bag through a foldable blow-in port comprises an outer layer of synthetic resin which is impervious to air and moisture and an inner layer of paper bonded to the outer layer by a la... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132348 | Slide calculator and method A construction comprising a sheet of two contiguous detachable leaf members is folded and separated to form slide and sleeve components of the calculator. Fold lines in the sheet are formed parallel to a separation or tear line that divides one leaf membe... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132349 | Rotor drive assembly for a centrifugal liquid processing apparatus The rotor drive assembly is utilized in driving a rotor assembly in an apparatus for centrifugal liquid processing of whole blood wherein whole blood is withdrawn from a donor, passed into a bowl held by the rotor assembly and the blood is centrifuged to ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132350 | Magnetic card A magnetic card comprises (1) a planar substrate having at least a surface layer of a thermoplastic resin, (2) a magnetic layer disposed at at least one part of a surface of the planar substrate, (3) a color layer disposed on the magnetic layer, and (4) a... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132351 | Reflective or transmissive optical reader An information reader for reading both light transmissive and light reflective information from an information carrying medium such as a card is provided. The information reader is adapted to selectively dispose a card at a reading position. A transmissiv... | 01/02/1979 |
