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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4226097 | Device for applying liquids onto a continuously-running web A device for applying liquids onto continuously-fed textile webs and, in particular, carpet webs is provided wherein the liquid is initially removed from a liquid-supply container by means of rollers which are immersed in the liquid. The liquid is then wi... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226098 | Leather yarn producing machine A machine for producing a strand of fine leather yarn from a leather disc is disclosed. The machine includes a rotatable turntable with an array of suction holes in its upper surface for receiving the leather disc, stiffening it for cutting and tightly gr... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226099 | Padlock The present invention relates to a padlock designed for application in the locking of sliding doors with two panels that meet by their butt ends or vertical edges, which are held fast to one another by the padlock itself, being constituted by two flat bod... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226100 | Waterproof padlock case This invention relates to an improved waterproof case for padlocks and, more specifically, to a means for sealing the apertures in such a case at the points where the legs of the shackle enter the latter, such means comprising a self-centering flexible tu... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226101 | Cabinet lock with frangible cover plate and push button lock release and alternative key release A cabinet lock which includes a housing having a latch mounted in the housing for pivotal movement into and out of the housing together with a push plate slidably mounted in the housing for releasing the lock. The latch has a slot formed therein and a fir... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226102 | Meter lock Meter lock including a band for embracing and holding together a meter flange and a corresponding flange on a meter box, the lock including a housing for holding and locking together the ends of the band with a disengagement taking place only by removal o... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226103 | Locking device for glad hand brake line couplers A locking device engageable in mating relationship with a glad hand brake line coupler of a semi-trailer disconnected from its tractor is disclosed. A depressible lock mechanism supported by a housing of the locking device is connected to a plunger which ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226104 | Removable protector for locks A removable protector for a locking mechanism, such as a door knob or window lock is disclosed. The protector comprises a magnetically attractive member, such as a circular base plate, surrounding the locking mechanism and a housing magnetically attached ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226105 | Key ring holder A key ring holder of the type designed to be supported by a belt, including an elongated loop member adapted to surround and be retained by a belt, the loop member having secured thereto an eye which projects outwardly from the loop member and which carri... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226106 | Plants for treating rolled steel products The plant includes quenching apparatus having cooling means for directing cooling liquid onto a rolled product passing through the quenching apparatus from a rolling mill. The cooling liquid is removed from the rolled product, by a liquid, and optionally,... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226107 | Device for edging the points of ball pens in particular those made of hard material A device for edging points of ball point pens wherein three equiangularly spaced rollers run on a conical surface. The point to be worked is moved into a working zone defined by regions of the three rollers in a direction along the axis of the conical sur... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226108 | Apparatus for cooling metal products A metal product, such as a steel strip or a mill roll, is cooled by spraying a coolant towards a surface of the product travelling along a given path, by means of cooling apparatus comprising two hollow caissons arranged one inside the other and rigidly c... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226109 | Tool for the stamping of holes or the like in sheet material such as metal plate The invention concerns a tool for stamping of holes or the like in sheet material, such as metal plate. The tool is mountable on a handheld motor, such as a pneumatic or hydraulic piston and cylinder motor and comprises a stationary part supported against... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226110 | Hydraulic compression tool A hand-operated hydraulic compression tool for compressing a metal connector about a plurality of wires to be connected. The tool is adapted to make both parallel and butt-type connections of the wires. The tool includes a pressure relief valve for limiti... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226111 | Method and apparatus for the surface working and for reworking of workpieces Method and apparatus for the surface working and for reworking, or reshaping, of elongated workpieces. A strike bolt strikes the inner side of the curvature of the workpiece at high frequency to apply a plurality of strikes to the workpiece. Measurement o... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226112 | Method and apparatus for analyzing gases Apparatus and method for analyzing gases, especially respiratory gases for oxygen and carbon dioxide content, and for measuring pulmonary functions; such comprising a detector employing thermistors forming parts of a Wheatstone bridge circuit, one of whic... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226113 | Leak detecting arrangement especially suitable for a steam condenser and method The detection of leaks in tubes, particularly cooling tubes in a steam condenser, is disclosed herein. In accomplishing this, a discrete amount of helium or similar tracer gas is initially directed into the front ends of the tubes while, at the same time,... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226114 | Method and apparatus for analysis of substances by change in enthalpy during dissolution Disclosed is a method for the analysis of a mixture of substances comprising at least one component which dissolves with a change in enthalpy, comprising the steps of introducing a predetermined amount of the mixture of substances into a uniformly flowing... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226115 | Remote controlled air sampler A portable, remote controlled air sampler for measuring the solid, liquid, and gaseous emissions from sources such as a fossil fuel power plant, or ambient air. The sampler comprises a pump operated suction head movably mounted on a guide means for suckin... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226116 | Logging while raising a drill string In logging a well substantially as soon as it is drilled, at least one measuring transducer and a transducer-moving system are mounted within a lower portion of a segmented electrically-conductive drill string. At least one downhole transducer is moved in... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226117 | Vortex-shedding flowmeter having drag-actuated torsional sensor A vortex-shedding flowmeter in which a liquid or gas to be metered is conducted through a flow tube having a shedding body transversely supported thereon. Torsionally-supported behind the body and spaced therefrom by a gap is a drag-actuated sensor which ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226118 | Level detector Disclosed are apparatus and methods for detecting the extent to which material is present at a predetermined sensing area. An antenna probe is extended throughout the sensing area, and is loaded with a signal from an oscillator. A reference oscillator pro... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226119 | Sample introduction system A sample introduction system for a gas chromatograph having a chamber containing a needle for piercing a sample held in a holder and introduced into the chamber via a lock. The needle has a conical point into which a passageway opens perpendicular thereto... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226120 | Analog accelerometer The present accelerometer has an inertia mass and a measuring device for suring a force acting on the inertia mass. The measuring device compares the intensity of light emanating from at least one optical fiber light source, with the light intensity ente... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226121 | Ultrasonic imaging system and improved signal processor therefor In an ultrasonic imaging system, a signal processor is provided which converts the portions of the received signal representing sonic reflections to more closely resemble the acoustic impedance changes which generated the reflections. The signal processor... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226122 | Apparatus for recording echo pulses A three-dimensional ultrasonic scanning apparatus produces projection pictures on the surface of an object under inspection or examination and on planes perpendicular thereto. The amplitudes of the echo pulses produced by the ultrasonic scanning appartus,... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226123 | Non-synchronous four speed automatic transmission with overdrive A multiple ratio power transmission mechanism having a hydrokinetic converter and compound planetary gearing wherein provision is made for effecting low speed ratio operation and second speed ratio operation in which the converter is fully active, direct ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226124 | Pressure isolator Apparatus for protecting a pressure sensitive transducer in an extracorporeal blood system and for providing a sterile barrier while the apparatus transmits the blood pressure to the pressure sensitive transducer. The apparatus includes a pressure chamber... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226125 | Digital pressure sensor system with temperature compensation A digital pressure sensor system is disclosed wherein a pressure differential causes the resistance of two equal, diffused piezoresistors to change by equal but opposite amounts. Temperature compensation is achieved by using the temperature dependency of ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226126 | Mechanical displacement-electrical signal transducer To measure small displacements, for example displacement of a membrane under change of pneumatic pressure applied at opposite sides thereto, a ferromagnetic wire is stretched between a fixed support and the membrane. An exciter coil, connected to a source... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226127 | Hand operated yield tightening system A hand operated tightening system for tightening a fastener assembly to its yield point is disclosed. The system includes a wrench for applying torque to a threaded fastener and means for mechanically differentiating the magnitude of torque applied with r... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226128 | Friction device for use in car radios A friction device for coupling the manual tuning knob of a keyboard (pushbutton) radio to a reciprocal tuning slidebar is disclosed. The friction device comprises a cylindrical rod attached to the tuning slidebar which selectively is drivingly engaged by ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226129 | Worm drive mechanism A drive mechanism including a nut rotatable within a sleeve and a worm that extends through the nut and is threadedly engaged by it. The nut is locked to the sleeve for joint rotation so that rotation of the sleeve produces longitudinal movement of the wo... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226130 | Front derailleur for a bicycle A front derailleur of the link type is described comprising a base member fixed to a seat tube by fixing means, two linkage members pivoted swingably to the base member, and a movable member pivoted to the linkage members and having a chain guide, the lin... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226131 | Bicycle rear derailleur A bicycle rear derailleur which comprises a first shaft on which a guide pulley guard is pivotally mounted and resiliently urged in one direction, a second shaft supported by the guide pulley guard, an inner pulley rotatably mounted on the second shaft, a... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226132 | Rear derailleur for a bicycle A rear derailleur for a bicycle, which is provided with a holder connected between a fitting member fixed to the bicycle frame and a pantograph mechanism supported to the fitting member through a transverse stud. The holder offsets the position of a movab... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226133 | Adjustable pulley construction A first pulley disc having an inner tubular-shaped member extending concentrically at right angles from the center of said first disc. The inner hub is formed with an externally threaded annular portion adjacent the disc and a smooth surfaces, cylindrical... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226134 | Belt pulley To lower the cost and weight of a belt pulley and permit its installation without the use of large numbers of spacer discs, the belt pulley is composed of two substantially identical stamped sheet metal halves which are so configured as to define a hub re... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226135 | Load-splitting transmission A load-splitting transmission has a housing in which are journaled about fixed axes a central shaft and two outer shafts. One end of the central shaft is connected to the drive and the other end of the central shaft, which is rotatable relative to the dri... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226136 | Gear drive assembly A compact drive assembly has a skew axis input gear set and a parallel axis output gear set. The input gear set includes a pinion having at least one helical thread thereon which drivingly engages a face gear. The face gear of the input gear set and the s... | 10/07/1980 |
