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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4162702 | Device for dividing the flow in a heat exchanger The structure of the present invention employs a device at a heat exchanger for two media having parallel tubes with surface enlarging pins and passing through one of the media and about the second medium in a direction substantially parallel to the first... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162703 | Plate-type heat exchanger A plate-type heat exchanger comprises a stack of plates each of which comprises in a first direction a first end portion, a heat exchanger surface and a second end portion. In each end portion there are at least two parallel rows of openings namely one ro... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162704 | Pressure control device A pressure control device is disclosed which forms a pressure containing enclosure around a tubing string coupling to contain therein any released pressure as the tubing is uncoupled. Means are provided to form a pressure seal against the outside surface ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162705 | Center section for oil well perforation testing device A pair of elongated inner and outer tubular members are provided with pairs of corresponding loosely telescoped opposite end portions defining annular passages therebetween. The midportions of the tubular members are secured relative to each other and inc... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162706 | Determining the locus of a processing zone in an oil shale retort by monitoring pressure drop across the retort A processing zone advances through a fragmented permeable mass of particles containing oil shale in an in situ oil shale retort in a subterranean formation containing oil shale. The retort has an inlet gas introduced thereto and an effluent gas withdrawn ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162707 | Method of treating formation to remove ammonium ions A method of treating a subterranean formation which has undergone an in situ leaching operation which utilzed an ammonium solution as the lixiviant. In such a leach operation, ammonium ions will exchange into the clay in the formation and will present a t... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162708 | Tool carrying vehicle with laser control apparatus A tool-carrying vehicle, such as a road grader, is provided with an apparatus for maintaining a predetermined distance between its blade or other tool and a laser reference plane generated by a rotating laser beam. The apparatus includes a detector housin... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162709 | Sod harvesting severing means for forming and orienting individual sod pads An improved severing means facilitating the formation and handling of individual pads of sod for implementation with automated sod harvesting apparatus which comprises a rotary mounted set of spaced transversely extending blades cooperating with a longitu... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162710 | Log truck scale pad and pop-off valve A horizontal table is provided including a depending central support portion for rigid support from a vehicle mounting portion. An upper top plate including a downwardly directed peripheral flange is centered over the table and a diaphragm is sealingly se... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162711 | Trailer drive apparatus A trailer drive apparatus utilizes a gasoline operated engine carried by a housing supported by a single wheel driven by the output shaft of the engine. The housing is pivotably secured to an upright tubing fastened to a frame. The frame is provided with ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162712 | Vehicle differential control A vehicle differential control wherein the two axles and wheels thereon are influential in controlling the differential. Thus, speed sensors are on the two axles and link mechanisms connect the sensors to a valve unit which controls the flow of fluid to t... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162713 | Planetary transmission with hydraulic engagement and disengagement A hydraulically operated planetary transmission and motor assembly mounted on the hub of two or more wheels of a four wheeled vehicle for providing wheel driving torque with the transmission set in drive. In an alternate form, the transmission and motor a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162714 | Safety interlock system for fire truck pump throttle control A safety interlock system for a fire truck pump throttle control. The fire truck has a transfer box which is coupled through an automatic transmission to the engine. The transfer box is manually shiftable from a first mode in which it operatively connects... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162715 | Automatic releasing seat belt An automatic releasing seat belt utilizes a plate attached to a flexible belt portion of a seat belt. The plate is provided with a rectangular opening. A housing is attached to the other seat belt component having a compartment therein which is accessible... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162716 | Forced engine disablement system A separate reservoir of fuel having sufficient capacity to operate a vehicle for approximately ten minutes is inserted in the line between the fuel pump and the carburetor. A normally opened remote controlled valve is inserted between the reservoir and th... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162717 | Escape device A fire escape comprises an escape device, a hardware which is expandable or foldable and hangs the escape device therefrom, a storage container for storing or accommodating the escape device and the hardware, and a brace frame which has the hardware provi... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162718 | Hydraulic elevator Apparatus for use in conjunction with a hydraulically operated lift for detecting an overheated condition in the lift equipment and, in response thereto, automatically carrying out measures to prevent the equipment from being damaged.... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162719 | Elevator system An elevator system including a plurality of elevator cars capable of individual, independent control, and a system processor which places the plurality of elevator cars under group control. A monitor responsive to the calls for elevator service, and the r... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162720 | Mechanical disc brake A mechanical disc brake includes a floating caliper having a pair of legs which are disposed on the opposite sides of a disc and one of which has an axial throughhole and the other of which has a friction pad facing one side of the disc. A support is secu... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162721 | Sliding caliper type disc brake The present invention relates to an improvement on a floating spot type disc brake in which the caliper slides in the disc axial direction. The brake has a U-shaped arm of the torque member that extends to the outer circumferential part of the disc from o... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162722 | Apparatus for collating cans and other articles A collating apparatus for cans or other articles of circular cross-section comprises a plurality of conveyor belts running parallel to one another and a constraining wall inverted just above the belts serving to collate the cans into a nested configuratio... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162723 | Buffer storage device for transfering textile coils Buffer storage device for transfering textile coils from an irregularly operating coil feeding device to a uniformly advancing coil delivery device having a given coil delivery velocity includes a multiplicity of identical transport elements for at least ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162724 | Component conveying arrangement A conveyor arrangement for carrying a continuous row of component parts from a container or supply to an automatic assembling machine. A feeder chute is provided for feeding the component parts to a guide or feeder track which is operatively connected wit... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162725 | Bale thrower An improved bale thrower for use with a hay baler is disclosed. The thrower affixes to the discharge end of the bale case of the baler and can be selectively pivoted vertically about at least one horizontal axis between a first operative position for dire... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162726 | Sod harvesting machine having means for conveying and stacking sod pads A self-propelled sod harvesting machine includes a cutter head which separates a strip of sod from the ground, an elevator for raising the sod strip on the machine, and a blade assembly for cutting individual sod pads from the strip. A conveyer for the so... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162727 | Conveyor belt A conveyor belt designed especially for conveying particulate material, said belt being provided with a central ribbed portion for tractive engagement with the particulate material, planar portions along its opposite longitudinal edges for extension benea... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162728 | Fastener assembly An assembly of fasteners for use in a power fastener driving tool includes a number of fasteners having elongated shanks held in spaced apart relation by a pair of strips of frangible plastic material. Each strip includes a series of sleeves holding shank... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162729 | Protective packaging device The protective package device, which can be varied in size to accommodate articles within a given dimensional range, includes a plurality of insert members, and a given number of corner sleeve members corresponding to the number of corners of the article ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162730 | Portable article hanger A portable article hanger is comprised of a planar array of article supports, a member for suspending the array in a substantially horizontal plane, and a member for insuring stability of the planar array within the horizontal plane, when articles are pla... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162731 | Lightweight, quick assembly furniture A wide variety of lightweight, simple to assemble furniture items are formed from rigid load bearing (normally vertical) members, rigid cross rods (normally horizontal) fastened to the rigid load bearing members and flexible sheet material. The sheet mate... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162732 | Coil transfer machine Apparatus for receiving a row of spaced coils in which the coils are at a predetermined spacing and transferring them to a coil assembly machine at a different spacing.... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162733 | Article stacking apparatus Stacker apparatus includes a bottom support platform movable downwardly from an upper elevation for receiving and forming a stack of flat articles such as newspapers or the like. The support platform in its upper elevation first moves generally downwardly... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162734 | Aligning and stacking arrangement An arrangement for aligning and stacking laminations and for transporting formed stacks of laminations with the laminations being provided with a circular inner and/or outer circumference and having stamped patterns defining a plurality of stampings distr... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162735 | Self-loading/unloading apparatus for cargo carrying truck or trailer A truck or trailer body is equipped with a self-loading/unloading apparatus including a power-driven, flexible belt and a movable bulkhead. The belt covers the floor of the body from front to rear and is drivable fore and aft so as to provide a movable ca... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162736 | Plastic cap and container construction A plastic container neck has an inside substantially vertical sealing surface, a top groove, a very smooth second sealing surface of less diameter than the first sealing surface, a lower groove and a vertical stretch. The outside of the neck has a vertica... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162737 | Collapsible container A collapsible container of the open-platform type for containing goods comprises a generally rectangular platform base having a stub corner post at each corner of the platform base. At its upper end, each corner post has means for coupling it to a bottom ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162738 | Stacking plastic bottle case A molded plastic case has multiple pockets for bottles and recesses formed in its undersurface in register with the pockets for engagement with the tops of bottles in the pockets of like cases located thereunder for stacking. Partition walls within the ca... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162739 | Label dispenser A label dispenser for dispensing adhesive labels from rolls of label tape, comprises a rectangular enclosure having a plurality of adjustable-width partitions for holding variable width label tape rolls in an upright position, and a hinged lid which can b... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162740 | Valve cover A valve cover for an upstanding pipe leading to a buried valve. The valve cover has a clamping portion and a lid portion. The clamping portion includes a C-shaped member with back portions that abut each other when the C-shaped member is secured about the... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162741 | Pressure cooker A pressure cooker has a cover which is removably secured in pressure-tight relation to the cooker body. The cover has a centrally disposed valve, which regulates pressure development in the cooker, and an over-pressure release plug in the cover margin adj... | 07/31/1979 |
