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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4162582 | Flight trainer and entertainment device for simulating aerial acrobatics A small model of an aircraft is provided in which the operator is seated in the cockpit. The primary flight controls are selectively operable and actuate six variable speed transformers through the movement of control cables operated by the respective fli... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162583 | Shoe stiffener A strip which will form a rigid shoe stiffener, such as a shoe shank, is applied to the surface of a shoe to be stiffened, such as to the bottom of the insole. The shank strip is flexible and includes a carrier sleeve containing a plurality of fiberglass ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162584 | Excavating wheel with cam assisted bucket wall ejector An excavating and loading system is disclosed which includes a vehicle with an excavating wheel assembly at the front. This wheel assembly includes plural excavating wheels each comprising a plurality of digging buckets having a wall supported for pivotal... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162585 | Display panel with movable posters This display panel for a plurality of posters to be displayed sequentially comprises a pair of spools, namely a feed spool and a take-up spool, and drive means for causing each spool to become by turns the feed spool and the take-up spool, and means for a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162586 | Gun with cushioned grip safety A gun having a pistol type handle with a trigger at the front of the handle and a grip safety at the back of the handle mounted for limited pivotal movement and acting to prevent actuation of the trigger except when the grip safety is squeezed forwardly, ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162587 | Fishing pole The fishing pole comprises at least a pair of hingedly mounted, rigid rod sections, and a spring biasing the rod sections with a predetermined spring constant. In further embodiments the fishing pole may include a multiplicity of rod sections, and arrange... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162588 | Live animal trap A rod is rotatably mounted parallel to and above the bottom in a cage near the back. A bait tray is affixed to the rod in a manner whereby the tray is rotated by an animal taking bait therefrom. A trigger device including a plurality of linking rods coupl... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162589 | Tethered model aircraft control system A three-wire control system for a tethered engine-powered model aircraft. The system features a special linkage arrangement which assures evenly distributed tension in all of the control lines under all operating circumstances. The system further features... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162590 | Burglar bar apparatus A burglar bar apparatus for mounting to a frame of a window opening in a building includes at least one extendable mounting member on at least one side edge of the apparatus and having substantially coextensive guard means externally protecting such mount... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162591 | Door driver A door driver is provided on a railway house car for moving a railway car door between a locking position and a sliding position. The door driver includes a lever which is rotatably mounted on a structural member of the railway car. The door driver furthe... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162592 | Sliding door A sliding door is provided which is suitable for use as a heavy door for vaults in banks. The door is provided at its bottom with driving wheels adapted to be rotated manually by means of a handle, through a suitable power transmitting means, thereby to m... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162593 | Tool holder for preparation and inspection of a radiused edge cutting tool A tool holding fixture is provided for removably holding a radiused edge cutting tool in a tool edge lapping apparatus. The fixture allows the operator to preset the lapping radius and angle before the tool holder is placed in the fixture and the holder m... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162594 | Movable seating method A plurality of portable grandstand seating sections forming a grandstand are each provided with central ground-engaging wheels and footings, either of which being retractable and extendable for supporting each section alternately with the wheels and the c... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162595 | Prefabricated roof structure and erection method A prefabricated sawtooth roof assembled from a plurality of roof modules houses solar energy collector panels which comprise a part of a solar energy collector system wholly enclosed within a building envelope. Each roof module comprises a glazed, insulat... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162596 | Anchor bolt assembly An anchor bolt assembly is provided and comprises an anchor bolt having a threaded end and an anchor end wherein the anchor end is embedded in a suitable base material while the threaded end protrudes upwardly and outwardly from the base material. A tubul... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162597 | Insulation block and mounting means therefor A roof, or the like, composed of a plurality of blocks of relatively rigid insulating material which may be formed of Styrofoam. The relatively rigid blocks of insulating material being so configured that adjacent blocks will mate together forming a seali... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162598 | Apparatus for removing irregular stack of coins Herein disclosed is an apparatus for removing an irregular stack of coins for use in a coin packaging machine in which a packaging paper is wrapped around the peripheral face of a columnar stack of a predetermined number of accumulated coins and both the ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162599 | Vacuum packaging In a vacuum packaging machine there is provided the combination of a sealing unit and vacuum unit. The sealing unit comprises first and second sealing dies and the vacuum unit comprises a primary spacer located adjacent the input end of the sealing dies. ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162600 | Apparatus and method for folding and banding skeins of yarn An apparatus and method for folding and banding skeins of yarn is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a conveyor-like transport assembly which moves unfolded skeins of yarn from a loading station to a folding and banding station. The folding station compri... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162601 | Secondary closure, method and apparatus A molded capsule or the like serving as a secondary closure for a wine bottle or the like which may already be closed by a cork or the like is securely applied to the neck of the bottle by advancing the open end of the capsule against the already closed n... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162602 | Method and apparatus for filling and closing large sacks Sacks are successively filled and closed in an automatic process by suspending each sack from near the mouth and spreading the side walls apart, filling the sack, allowing it to settle on a support while keeping the side walls taut, bringing the side wall... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162603 | Method and apparatus for transforming by pressing voluminous material into bales Disclosed is a method and apparatus for pressing and binding voluminous material into bales, in which material in the form of several layers is supplied through a closable opening into a pressing chamber where compression takes place of each supplied laye... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162604 | Packaging machines using retractile thermoplastic film In a packaging machine assembly using retractile thermoplastic film the improvement comprises the combination of a conventional sealing apparatus and a shrink tunnel to form a single working unit, said tunnel being comprised of a prismatic chamber or comp... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162605 | Rear wheel support apparatus for a three wheel vehicle An improved wheel support apparatus for a mowing machine of the type having a body movably supported by three drive wheels, one of which is a steerable drive wheel. The wheel support apparatus includes a sleeve fixed to the body and a bracket member carri... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162606 | Mower for mounting on the front end of an agricultural vehicle A mower for cutting grass, brush and the like includes a substantially U-shaped frame which is to be pivotally connected to the front end of a vehicle. The frame has a pair of arms with free ends extending in the direction of travel when the mower is in a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162607 | Entangled yarns In order to interlace a plurality of textured filaments and produce bundled yarn, a plurality of textured filaments having reverse twists creating opposing torques, of which the bundled yarn is to be formed, are initially subjected to a prescribed degree ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162608 | Electronic timepiece frequency regulating circuit An electronic timepiece including a phase circuit for advancing and/or delaying the phase of the frequency signals to thereby regulate the frequency thereof is provided. The electronic timepiece includes an oscillator for producing a high frequency time s... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162609 | Film display clock A film display clock comprises endless display films respectively displaying units of minutes, tens of minutes, and hours. The lengths of the display films are equal.... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162610 | Electronic calendar and diary An electronic schedule calendar and diary for storing in an electronic memory a plurality of future calendar appointments and events for each of a plurality of daily, weekly, or other date interval periods, and enabling the selective retrieval and electro... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162611 | Combustion chamber for turbo engines A fuel injection nozzle for a turbo engine is mounted at the base of a costion chamber, either tubular or annular, by means of an intermediate inwardly flared member having openings through its sides for admitting cooling air. An annular flange structure... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162612 | Exhaust gas cleaning apparatus for an internal combustion engine Disclosed is an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus of an internal combustion engine, provided with a three-way catalytic converter, an air-fuel ratio sensor and a secondary air injection system. The secondary air injection system has a diaphragm-operated flow... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162613 | Exhaust gas purifier of an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas purifier for a four-stroke internal combustion engine has a plurality of cylinders consisting of cylinder groups, each of which has at least two cylinders, and the opening durations of the exhaust valves in any one group do not overlap. The... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162614 | Pressure fluid operated power plant A piston type power plant operable by any suitable pressure fluid available such as natural gas from a well for stationary applications, etc., or by compressed air in either stationary or mobile applications such as driving generators, saw mills or vehicl... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162615 | Hydraulic fluid tank pressurization device An air pressurizing system including a double acting pneumatic cylinder operatively connected to hydraulic actuated equipment for operation thereby in response to movement thereof to pressurize a hydraulic fluid tank or reservoir and control the air press... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162616 | Hydraulic master cylinder An improved hydraulic master cylinder for use in a vehicle braking system wherein the housing of the master cylinder is formed of a material such as synthetic resin, aluminum alloy or the like and a cylindrical liner formed of corrosion-resistant and wear... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162617 | Pulsed crystallizer with strips of reduced heat exchange Selected chemical species in fluid media such as solutions, mixtures of liquids, and suspensions are crystallized by indirect cooling of the fluid media. Crystals are prevented from sticking to the heat exchange surface by pulsating the fluid with a compo... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162618 | Device for rolls in high speed rolling mills and the like A driving device for rolls in high speed rolling mills and the like, designed to effect the centering of a drive shaft element and of a driven shaft element and the transmission of torque. In a hollow space defined in a shaft assembly comprising two shaft... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162619 | Drill string shock sub A shock sub for a well drilling string comprises a tubular housing adapted to be connected to one part of a drill string and a mandrel extending longitudinally into the housing and having an end portion adapted for connection to another part of the drill ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162620 | Circuit-knit closed end tubular article In a circular-knit, closed end tubular article, for example, a stocking or a sock, the opposite-lying loops of the linking course at the closing end are successively embraced by a linking thread and are drawn thereby together until their complete closure ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162621 | Basket overflow for water recirculating clothes washing machine A clothes washing machine having water recirculation from the tub into the clothes holding basket, with a series of overflow openings located about the periphery of the upper region of the basket at a point below the basket balancing ring. The maximum wat... | 07/31/1979 |
