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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4183457 | Shrink tape closure An end closure cap for a tape sealed assembly with a cylindrical shell. The closure cap is characterized by a deep dish construction having a high degree of dimensional adaptability making it particularly suited for use with composite shells manufactured ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183458 | Tray having hinged, recloseable lid with locking feature A container having a tray portion and a cover sealed to the peripheral top edges of the tray. Cut score lines on the inner side of the cover provide a splitting of the paperboard of the cover upon opening to allow the cover to be peeled from the tray to a... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183459 | Tester for microprocessor-based systems An automatic test apparatus coupled to a bit-directional internal data and control bus of a programmed microprocessor-based system tests the performance of the system in real time. Signal responses of the bus within a known good system are compared in rea... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183460 | In-situ test and diagnostic circuitry and method for CML chips An In-Situ Test and Diagnostic Circuit and Method to monitor the integrity of external connections of a current mode logic integrated circuit chip (inputs and outputs) as well as the integrity of the logic function thereof. The circuit comprises three par... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183461 | Fault-diagnosing method for an electronic computer A fault-diagnosing apparatus and method for an electronic computer designed to diagnose a fault occurring in constituent circuits formed of a plurality of packages according to a signal denoting the status of a sequential circuit in the selected one of th... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183462 | Fault diagnosis apparatus and method for sequence control system A method and an apparatus for diagnosing a fault in a sequence control system performing control in accordance with a predetermined sequence, wherein memory means having bits corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of predetermined sequence steps ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183463 | RAM error correction using two dimensional parity checking An apparatus for and a method of providing error correction in a random access memory (RAM) using two dimensional parity checking. The RAM and a parity register are initialized such that the parity register represents the proper (i.e., either odd or even)... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183464 | Hash-coding data storage apparatus with error suppression Hash-coding storage arrangements are known which are capable of storing data values efficiently and permitting rapid testing of whether a given data value is stored. However, such arrangements may produce erroneous outputs. The invention reduces or elimin... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183465 | Record and printing member for making the record There are disclosed various embodiments of records having characters which represent data and incorporate a printability gauge. The characters can be of a type which are human readable or they can be of a type which can be optically scanned by optical sca... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183466 | Thermally actuated phase change operated control valve for heat pump systems A thermally actuated phase change operated control valve particularly adapted for use with heat pump systems has a valve body having a bore therein defining a fluid flow chamber, said valve body having an inlet port at one end and spaced and sized outlet ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183467 | Fluid control valves A fluid control valve, principally for controlling the flow of fuel to a compression ignition engine, comprises a valve body and a valve member slidable within the body, the valve member co-operating with a seating on the valve body to control the flow of... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183468 | Spreader A spreader for broadcasting fertilizer, seed or the like which is mounted on the rear of a tractor and has a hydraulic control for covering and uncovering a plurality of ports by closure members for feeding material from a hopper which includes such ports... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183469 | Hand held seed sower A seed sower includes a storage container which includes a discharge panel having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced from the inner wall. An inner aperture is defined in the inner wall and an outer aperture, defined in the outer wall, communicates wit... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183470 | Water actuated disposer A water actuated garbage disposer has an impeller chamber with an impeller having a plurality of fin-like projections on its periphery. A water jet at the generally planar faces of each of the projections imparts the driving force to the impeller. An outl... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183471 | Alfalfa separator An alfalfa separator is provided for separating the coarser stem and fiber portion of the alfalfa plant from the finer leaf portion. The separator includes a housing having a chamber therein. The bottom part of the chamber is defined by a screen which is ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183472 | Combination hay-grain feeder device A bale and grain feeder device includes an elongate conveyor and table structure which is mounted on the mixer-grinder vehicle chassis. The conveyor and table structure may be positioned to discharge slabs of hay and loose grain into the hammer mill of th... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183473 | Mechanism for coupling a drive to a shaft A mechanism for coupling and uncoupling a driven rotatable drive wheel from a rotatable shaft, particularly, the arm shaft of a sewing machine from its associated drive wheel in order to spool up the lower thread, comprises a rotatable shaft which has an ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183474 | Apparatus for winding material in web form An apparatus for winding material in web form into a roll lying upon two spaced apart driven support cylinders and having a cylindrical roll core. A stand-by roll core is supported between the roll and the supporting cylinders during the winding of the ro... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183475 | Apparatus for mounting a hollow cylindrical member An apparatus for mounting a hollow cylindrical member, such as a magnetic tape reel hub, has an arbor and a chuck longitudinally slidable on such arbor. The chuck includes an expansible device for releasably retaining the hollow cylindrical member and a p... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183476 | Wind-up roller for safety belts A safety belt wind-up roller includes a winding shaft for a safety belt, a rewind spring operatively connected to the winding shaft for rewinding the safety belt after it has been withdrawn, a compensating device for equalizing the restoring force of the ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183477 | Cassette adapter A cassette adapter of this invention is incorporated into a reel drive type tape recorder to permit the use of a capstan drive type tape cassette. The cassette adapter houses a capstan drive type tape cassette and is incorporated into a tape cassette inse... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183478 | Jet thrust reverser A cascade/clamshell thrust reverser combination for jet engines wherein the clamshell door in the full-forward thrust mode position, covers a cascade arrangement of vane members provided in the annular engine casing. For obtaining the thrust reverser mode... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183479 | Variable attitude aircraft crew station A crew station module that retracts or lowers itself during supersonic cruise flight to provide a small protuberance with adequate pilot vision over the nose and side which module extends or raises itself at takeoff and landing to provide increased downwa... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183480 | Automatic sway bracing rack A store carrier having automatic sway bracing which includes two swaybraces located symmetrically at a span larger than a pair of inner suspension hooks and smaller than a pair of outer suspension hooks. When a store is loaded on either the inner or outer... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183481 | Parachute dropping kite A parachute dropping kite comprising a parachute unit pocketed or strapped to the underside of the covering of the kite. The strap or pocket is provided with appropriate closure means removably and frictionally associated therewith. A closure means string... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183482 | Night guiding device for self-propelled missiles A device for guiding by night self-propelled missiles, comprising a daylight sighting telescope and an infrared goniometer which in association are called here daylight localizing apparatus, for spotting an infrared source carried by the missile, and a th... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183483 | Translating mechanism A translating mechanism for accurately positioning and locking an object relative to a reference plane comprises a base plate which defines the reference plane and a platform supported parallel to the base plate for movement in a direction perpendicular t... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183484 | Modular conduit spacer rack A modular conduit spacer rack comprising a plurality of units which may be interconnected to form a rack for supporting a plurality of conduits in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. Each of the units comprises four generally coplanar arms emanating from... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183485 | Mounting bracket for a cylindrical member A mounting bracket for securing two parallel spaced-apart cylindrical members to a supporting structure. The bracket comprises an oval shaped clip, of flexible material, which has opposite terminal ends extending towards and overlapping one another along ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183486 | Holder arrangement for electrical wiring boxes An electrical wiring box holder arrangement of the type shown in Esoldi U.S. Pat. No. 3,184,191, for screwless mounting of the box and wallboard in a box receiving opening formed in the wallboard for that purpose, in which the E shaped holder members that... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183487 | Wall bracket A wall bracket system is disclosed which is supported on a vertical wall by a single horizontally extending wall rail. The bracket system comprises a bracket, key member and spacer member. The bracket is provided with a vertically adjustable key member wh... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183488 | Brackets for constructing temporary or moveable shelving A shelf bracket for constructing temporary or moveable shelving from spaced elongated shelf boards. Each bracket is formed by an elongated vertically extending leg having a U-shaped clip portion at each end of said leg for engaging a marginal edge of a sh... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183489 | Adjustable bracket An adjustable bracket adapted to be secured to a rigid surface and firmly held in a selected position over a wide range. Its paramount advantage is the ease with which the adjusted position may be realized and the object rigidly held therein against vibra... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183490 | Arresting device for an antenna part of a space vehicle A function or operational element which is pivotable about a first axis from a rest position into a work position and articulated at a support or carrier member can be positionally arrested by means of an arresting device. The arresting device comprises a... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183491 | Reinforced pallet A plastic pallet having an elongated downwardly opening channel molded into the undersurface of its bottom wall. The channel extends through the midpoint of the bottom wall from one side edge to the other and may be provided with ribs for added reinforcem... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183492 | Vehicle seat The seating member of a vehicle seat is mechanically lockable in a selected one of at least three defined positions. In one of these positions (normal position) the seating member is substantially parallel to the ground on which the vehicle is standing or... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183493 | Roller fore-aft adjustment for a vehicle seat A fore-aft adjustment, for a vehicle seat, employing rollers. The vehicle seat includes a seat assembly coupled to a support assembly. The support assembly includes a first portion affixed to the vehicle and a second portion affixed to the seat assembly. ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183494 | Swiveled leaf-spring undercarriage for rocking chair A leaf-spring supported, free-floating rocker undercarriage for a swivel chair wherein the spring flexural axis corresponds to and the swivel axis intersects with the rocking axis of the chair for support of the same.... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183495 | Base support mount for heat pumps and like machinery The base support mount for heat pumps and the like machinery is comprised of a top cap portion which contains a depressed area for accepting a protrusion from the bottom of a machine, a hollow central column portion and a ribbed base portion. The top cap,... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4183496 | Low ratio engine mounting A low spring rate ratio bushing suitable for use as an engine mount. The mount connects an engine to a vehicle chassis by means of an inner and outer member separated by a flexible member. A plurality of flexible legs connect the inner member and outer me... | 01/15/1980 |
