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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4162622 | Multiple-cuff handcuff A multiple-cuff handcuff is provided including two cuffs pivotally connected together along a pivot pin arranged perpendicularly thereof. A third cuff is connected to one of the aforesaid cuffs by a chain and swivels. The two pivotally connected cuffs are... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162623 | Key and lock system A lock system comprising (1) a first standard size pin tumbler lock mechanism, such as is used, for example, in an exterior apartment door; (2) a second pin-tumbler lock mechanism substantially smaller in size than the first lock, such as is used for secu... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162624 | Tension control method for a rolling mill In the control of the tension of a workpiece which is rolled by a tandem rolling mill, a tension control method for a rolling mill wherein the tension of a workpiece is controlled by a looperless tension control method employing no looper at the threading... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162625 | Method and apparatus for forming dental copings A method and apparatus for forming dental matrices and copings is disclosed. The apparatus provides a first and a second compression member, each of which is provided with a pliable surface thereon. One of the compression members has a point for the attac... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162626 | Rolling mill A rolling mill of the four-high type wherein the lower work roll chocks are interconnected by runners to form a sled-like construction and the upper work roll assembly is supportable by the lower work roll assembly so that the two work roll assemblies may... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162627 | Rolling mill A pair of upper and lower work rolls are supported by metal chocks provided with roll bending devices, and backup rolls are supported by metal chocks which may be movable in the axial direction. The backup rolls may be displaced in the axial direction so ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162628 | Load cell A load cell having a hollow central measuring body, a base section for supporting the measuring body, and a load receiving section for receiving a load at substantially one point and transmitting the load substantially uniformly to the hollow central meas... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162629 | Tensive force load cell assembly A load cell assembly is provided utilizing a hydraulic load cell in combination with an electric load cell to eliminate undesired side loading and to provide two separate output signals indicative of a tensive load.... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162630 | Measurement and reconstruction of three-dimensional fluid flow Reconstruction of the three-dimensional fluid velocity vector field in a moving medium from a set of measurements of the acoustic propagation time between a multiplicity of transmitter and receiver locations on a stationary boundary surface. The inversion... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162631 | Rare earth or yttrium, transition metal oxide thermistors Thermistors comprising transition metal such as iron, rare earth of the lanthanide series or yttrium, and oxygen exhibit sufficient independence to variation in oxygen partial pressure over a range of exhaust gas conditions of internal combustion engines ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162632 | Load cell Indicator means for indicating the magnitude of force applied to a load cell in accordance with the deflection of the free end of a cantilever member of the load cell having the force applied thereto, comprising a scale, a pivoted indicator arm, the pivot... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162633 | Balancing machine An apparatus for balancing bodies of rotation in which the body is mounted for rotation while supported at two points. Two load cells are located at each point for producing an unbalance signal. One load cell at each point is connected to measuring electr... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162634 | Method of and apparatus for balancing rotors A method and apparatus for balancing a rotor in at least one plane. The geometrical parameters of the rotor are stored along with test values representing the rotor in balance as determined during a test run. These stored values are transmitted to a frame... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162635 | System for monitoring the condition of a pipeline Apparatus for scanning the interior of pipelines. The apparatus comprises a pig having an elongated body, a bogie assembly adapted to maintain the body in the center of a pipeline, and a seal assembly extending radially from the body and adapted so that t... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162636 | Mount for ultrasonic test head An ultrasonic transducer is held in a tubular holder which in turn is axially placed in a mount. A frame depends from a cover of a gimbal mounted container for coupler fluid and the mount is clamped to the frame at an adjustable angle so that the transduc... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162637 | Self-locking differential gear for motor vehicles, especially bevel gear differential gear A self-locking differential gear for motor vehicles with a rotating differential gear housing which accommodates the differential gears which in turn engage with driven gears arranged on the axle shafts; means for locking the differential gear which are c... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162638 | Precision wire stripper This is concerned with a small hand-held precision wire stripper which has two levers pivoted together and offset stripping jaws on one side so that the stripper can reach and strip insulation from wires in highly inaccessible places, such as electrical b... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162639 | Load indicating nut wrench Method and apparatus for tightening a nut and bolt assembly to ensure that the bolt shank is tensioned correctly using a wrench having two relatively movable detector parts carried by the body of the wrench, one part being a cylindrical outer casing which... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162640 | Hose-clamp pliers A pair of pliers are provided for fastening a split annular hose clamp whose opposite ends are provided with ratchet teeth adapted for interlocking engagement. The pair of pliers has a pair of primary jaw members used in fastening the hose clamp and a pai... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162641 | Automatic loading and unloading for numerically controlled turret punch An assembly for automatically feeding workpieces to and from a numerically controlled turret punch. A loader magazine having an adjustable volume for receiving a stack of workpieces is disposed on one side of a turret punch, and an unloader magazine havin... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162642 | Eccentric cutters for longitudinally severing elongated material to be drawn A carriage drawing machine for uniformly drawing and cutting-to-length drawn elongated material and having a main drive shaft with means for driving a drawing machine carriage so as to advance the elongated material, a severing device and means for coupli... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162643 | Head locking means for automatic slitter scorer An automatic corrugated paperboard slitter scorer has slitting and scoring heads movable individually or as a group along an expandable shaft by a way of a master shifter. The expandable shaft provides a friction drag to maintain a head in position until ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162644 | Automatic rhythm accompaniment apparatus in an electronic organ An automatic accompaniment apparatus in an electronic organ having a keyboard for melody provided with a plurality of key switches for accompaniment, respective ends of the key switches being connected to a voltage generating circuit and respective opposi... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162645 | Method of making a cartridge A method of making a cartridge, in particular a blank or propellant gas cartridge which has a casing of generally tubular form with a telescopically reverse in-folded star-crimp-closed integral tubular end section, and within which is contained a blank pr... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162646 | Target acquisition system An optical gunsight retractably mounted on the canopy rail of an aircraft having a luminous pip or reticle for sighting a target. The gunsight may be boresighted in azimuth and elevation to any onboard target designation system to aid in immediate target ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162647 | Milling machine guard A guard for a milling machine comprises a combination of rods and blocks for supporting guard panels relative to the milling tool to provide for an adjustment of the panels relative to the tool axially of such tool. A plurality of mounting bars extend awa... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162648 | Apparatus for converting a carton or the like into a preselected configuration An apparatus having a form removably receivable in a carton or the like to maintain the carton in rigidly erect condition, and a frame having side portions bounding an internal receptacle dimensioned to receive the carton in removably fitted relation ther... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162649 | Sheet stack divider A layboy mechanism for the continuous stacking and delivery of batches of sheet material received from a delivery mechanism and comprising means for continuously receiving cut sheets and forming them into a downwardly moving stack, divider means for divid... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162650 | Barbeque pit apparatus An enclosed cooking apparatus for barbequeing meat in which a fire box is provided for the burning of charcoal and logs. A pan is supported over the burning area and is filled with water which is heated into steam. The steam entrains the smoke generated d... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162651 | Document printer Disclosed is a document printer of the type suitable for imprinting messages upon individual documents fed into the apparatus (e.g., bank checks). The apparatus includes an internal printing station disposed along a document feed path. The path includes a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162652 | Device for cleaning cylinder bearers on printing presses A device for continuously cleaning a bearer in a printing press which includes a carrier in the form of a plate pivoted on the frame for the movement toward and away from the bearer. Mounted on the end portion of the carrier, and oriented in a generally a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162653 | Railway vehicle bogies resiliently interconnected axle boxes A railway vehicle or a truck thereof having at least three wheelsets, diagonal elastic bracing being provided between each pair of adjacent wheelsets and additional diagonal elastic bracing being provided between non-adjacent wheelsets.... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162654 | Pollution controlled incineration system A pollution control incineration system comprises an elongated duct having one or more inlets positioned at or near grade level. An upright standpipe removably covers an inlet opening to provide a polluted gas inlet to the duct from a location elevated ab... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162655 | Heat producing device A heat producing device utilizing solid carbonaceous material, especially material of cellulosic composition such as corn cobs, as fuel. The heat producing device includes a gasifier for the carbonaceous material. The gas outlet of the gasifier leads to a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162656 | Waste disposal by incineration Disclosed is a portable waste disposal system that is designed primarily for use in marine craft, mobile homes, campers or the like. The system comprises a macerator unit for converting excrement to a liquified effluent, and an incinerator unit for incine... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162657 | Device for inserting ornamental threads in stitches of seams on a sewing machine A device for presenting ornamental threads to the stitching instrumentalities of a sewing machine for incorporating them into seams of stitches which includes one or more thread guide levers mounted adjacent the machine's needle bar. These levers are oper... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162658 | Floating liquid-storage tank having side walls of double-hull construction A floating liquid-storage tank has side walls of double-hull construction for storing a liquid lighter in specific gravity than water. The double-hull side walls consist of inner and outer hull sections and have watertight partition plates for dividing th... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162659 | Bookmark The object of the invention is to provide a bookmark (1) to underline and indicate a line or passage on a page selected by the reader, to maintain the bookmark (1) where disposed and to cam-open the closed book (3) at such page -- all without any damage ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162660 | Dirty air filter indicator A dirty filter indicator for use with an air filter for an internal combustion engine, the filter comprising a replacement for an ordinary wingnut used to hold the outer cover of the air cleaner in position. The replacement nut has a bypass passage throug... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162661 | Internal combustion engine with combustion chambers which create a squish and swirl of an air-fuel mixture An internal combustion engine with combustion chambers which create a squish and swirl of an air-fuel mixture is disclosed. In the disclosed engine an inner wall of a cylinder head and a top end of a piston are provided with at least two projected regions... | 07/31/1979 |
