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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4225052 | Insulated food container A food container for the transport of a hot prepared meal having a dish or tray portion and a cover, both of which are insulated and engageable to form a seal which retains the flavor and warmth of the food within. The cover has a handle which may be laid... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225053 | Composite container for storing food Disclosed is a container for storing product and a process and apparatus for making the container. The container comprises a paperboard outer container and a plastic inner container which has been drawn and blow formed into the outer container. The contai... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225054 | Thermally insulated tank for land storage of low temperature liquids An upright tank of cylindrical or prismatic form has a sealed inner wall surrounded by insulation, and an outer casing. The bottom of the inner wall is formed from parallel strips of INVAR welded together at inturned flanged edges and is mounted in slidin... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225055 | Insulation for double wall tanks A system of insulation for double wall tanks includes a plurality of insulation layers held on the outside of an inner wall of the double wall tank by a plurality of orthogonally arranged bands. The bands include bands oriented longitudinally of the tank ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225056 | Computerized vending machine A computerized vending machine for dispensing a large number of varied products has a frame wherein is housed a plurality of dispensing racks each of which is loaded with a product. Each of the dispensing racks has a dispensing mechanism. A coin sensing m... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225057 | System for monitoring unit and total quantities of a dispenser fluid A flow meter for use in monitoring unit and total quantities of a dispensed fluid, such as draft beer, includes a motion detection switch inside a housing and is coupled to a valve which controls the fluid flow. The switch provides an electrical indicatio... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225058 | Nozzle cap having opening means This invention presents to the art a novel, improved plastic nozzle cap for a compressible tube having a sealed outlet opening. The novel, improved nozzle cap comprises an outlet bore and means for securing the cap to the tube. The outlet bore is position... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225059 | Portable beverage cooler and dispenser An insulated ice cooled container is mounted on a wheeled road traveling trailer equipped with tongue, hitch and traveling lights and attachable to a towing motor vehicle. The container is designed to hold a plurality of receptacles for beverages such as ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225060 | Continuous pumping system A pumping system is disclosed in which a storage compartment formed by a spring loaded piston and cylinder assembly is provided with a spring which stays at a relatively constant length when pumping product to keep a relatively constant pressure on the pr... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225061 | Fluid dispensing device A manually operated fluid dispensing device includes a first body component formed with a pump chamber and an upwardly opening cavity providing a valve housing that is closed by a second mating body component or cover having a projection that extends into... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225062 | Expanding syringe with filling valve A feminine syringe unit wherein a housing with a valve member and nozzle serve as both a filling and dispensing port for an expandable syringe bag. The syringe unit includes a removable nozzle retainer which has slidably secured thereto a nozzle member. W... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225063 | Fluid dispensing pump assembly An atomizing pump assembly for use with a variety of types of containers is disclosed in which a housing is formed with both an outlet port and an internal fluid chamber that communicates via a passageway with the outlet port. Tubular means provides commu... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225064 | Painter's accessory The invention comprises a body (11) of slightly elastic material having an inner wall (13) and an outer wall (14) spaced by a generally radial interconnecting web (15) from which the walls project in the same axial direction. A sealing ridge (20) projects... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225065 | Powder sprayer A powder sprayer is described having a barrel or cylinder of synthetic plastic material with an interior baffle cup preferably adhesively secured in the cylinder and closed by a cup closure plate, a check valve being carried therein, the cup bounding a po... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225066 | Device for securing spare wheels An apparatus for securing a spare wheel is provided for use in the bed portion of a pick-up truck. A baseplate is secured to one of the vertical sidewalls of the truck bed. A first member has a first end removably secured to the baseplate and extends ther... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225067 | Holster with controllable resistance to draw A holster employing a holster body and a liner which cooperatively define a weapon pocket and including a metal reinforcement between the liner and the body which at least partially defines the shape of a handgun carrying cavity. Secured to the reinforcem... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225068 | Luggage rack A luggage rack for carrying luggage or the like on an automotive vehicle. The luggage rack is mounted on the trunk lid of the vehicle and comprises a pair of spaced, multi-sided, load carrying cross rails and a pair of side rails and a plurality of center... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225069 | Arrangement for the accommodation of winter sport equipment objects on a motor vehicle roof An arrangement for the accommodation of winter sport equipment items, such as skis and accessories, e.g., ski poles and ski boots, on carriers secured to the roof of a motor vehicle. Two luggage-like containers disposed adjacent one another are thereby ar... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225070 | Method of simultaneously opening two scores transverse to one another Intersecting first and second scores in a glass sheet are simultaneously opened by imposing deeper first scores in the glass sheet than second scores. A bending moment force applied to a second score opens the second score and the resulting shock from ope... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225071 | Tape-severing device A device for severing selected lengths of so-called masking tape from a supply roll, which device is of the type that, for convenience in use, is attached directly to the roll, and in connection with which there has been obviated any springs or the like t... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225072 | Glass cutter for fracturing prescored glass A glass cutter for fracturing prescored sheet glass includes a C-shaped frame having in one end a glass supporting anvil and at its opposite end a screw operated breaker point. The glass sheet is positioned on the anvil with its scored line centered over ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225073 | Multiple speed web drive system A film or paper drive system for use in photographic film or paper cutters allows the operator to position the film or paper accurately and rapidly by actuating a switch. The film or paper is driven a predetermined distance at a first rate in response to ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225074 | Carpet tack-strip installing machine A roll of tack-strip is supported on a cradle of rollers carried by a wheeled frame. The tack-strip having its tack-point side down, extends over a bristle guide roller and through a nip formed by and between a pair of bristle rollers to a nailing station... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225075 | Hook-nail and its driving machine This invention concerns a hook-nail and its driving machine having a specially designed hook-nail magazine, an impelling device and other components. The said impelling device, slidably mounted on an impelling ram and spring-energized, drives said hook-na... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225076 | Desolderer and heater assembly for use therewith A desolderer and heater assembly therefor wherein the heater assembly includes at least a heating element and a solder transfer means where the forward end of the solder transfer means is adapted to receive a desoldering tip and where the thermal characte... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225077 | Container formed from plastic foil A container formed from plastic foil, comprising two container portions having marginal areas, and connecting parts formed in the marginal areas which can be inserted into one another, the connecting parts having the top regions formed with deformable str... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225078 | Knocked-down polygonal container with set-up contour-forming flaps A container of fiberboard or similar material which is supplied in flat knocked-down condition but when set up will be of multi-sided polygonal tubular form to give it increased stacking strength. A bottom flap arrangement includes at least two hinged fla... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225079 | Liquid-liquid centrifugal extractor In a liquid-liquid centrifugal extractor wherein a liquid of greater specific gravity is introduced into an inner peripheral portion inside a rotor, while a liquid of smaller specific gravity is introduced into an outer peripheral portion, and the two liq... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225080 | Damper construction for a gas fired combustion apparatus A thermally controlled damper construction for a gas fired combustion apparatus, such as a furnace. The damper has a generally eliptical shape and is mounted on a shaft in the stack or flue for pivotal movement from a closed position, where the damper is ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225081 | Metallic joint for model railroad rails This invention relates to a metallic joint for joining adjacent sections of the trackway of model railroad sets, and wherein the bottom of the joint is provided with a cut-out section which is folded downwardly to form an engaging pawl which snaps in plac... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225082 | Low cost vehicle traction device employing pivotally mounted anchoring means A vehicle traction device for passenger cars and alike including a flexible belt-like traction mat with transverse corrugations on one side and substantially smooth on the other side. One end of the mat is pivotally secured to anchoring means including a ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225083 | Apparatus for applying refractory material onto the inner surface of a furnace Refractory material in wet slurry form is applied onto the inner surface of a furnace. The improvement is characterized in that the water to be added into the powder-like refractory material for producing the above slurry refractory material is finely and... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225084 | Rotary atomizer with asymmetrical teeth A rotary atomizer suitable for spraying crops with liquid in the shape of a hollow truncated cone having a toothed periphery and internal radial grooves has asymmetric teeth, one side of each tooth being radial and the other side of each tooth being dispo... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225085 | Shower head dispenser Disclosed is a shower head dispenser for bath oil and the like which includes a body member with an axial bore adapted for insertion between a shower line and a shower head. The body member has two longitudinally spaced apertures or transverse bores in it... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225086 | Method and a device for adding material in an air stream to a nozzle Spraying of materials, which prior to the spraying operation have been mixed from two airborn material flows in a spray nozzle, results in a high wastage rate. It has now been found that this wastage can be highly reduced, if in an appropriate apparatus o... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225087 | Lock-off means for airless sprayer An automatic safety mechanism for airless spray equipment such as airless spray guns of the type having a trigger mechanism for actuating a gun spraying mechanism is provided. The safety mechanism comprises a lock mechanism for automatically locking the t... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225088 | Fuel injection nozzle The invention relates to fuel injection nozzles for internal combustion engines provided with a nozzle body one end of which includes plural fuel injection spray apertures with plural telescopable valve needles slidably positioned in the nozzle body and a... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225089 | Fluid flow manifold A fluid flow manifold to deliver pressurized fluid to a series of outlets from a common supply duct has a block body and fluid outlets disposed in linear array along one side of the block. Valves are spread over an opposing side of the body block and conn... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225090 | Device for painting by electrostatic powder spraying A device for painting by electrostatic powder spraying wherein a passage for triboelectrifying powder particles is formed in an electrically conductive housing and is surrounded by an electric insulator layer of a synthetic macromolecular material, such a... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225091 | Method of and apparatus for the milling of solids A method of operating a milling installation to regulate the fineness of the milled product, in which the milled product emerges from the output side of a mill, e.g. a ball-type tube mill, and material to be milled is introduced at the opposite side of th... | 09/30/1980 |
