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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4226257 | Scuba regulator This invention relates to pressure regulators used in scuba diving wherein a pressure sensing means is employed to actuate an associated valve member for controlling pressure in the regulator. Specifically, the instant invention relates to that portion of... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226258 | Ball valve A ball valve including a valve housing, a valve seat retainer fitted in a fluid passageway of the valve housing and being movable forwardly and backwardly within a given distance along the direction of movement of pressurized fluid, a sealed chamber forme... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226259 | Regulator module For use with a remotely actuated fluid supply valve, an internally balanced pressure regulating module is provided for regulating the pressure downstream of the valve by modulating the rate at which fluid is bled from a closure chamber of the valve in res... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226260 | Single lever faucet plastic cartridge valve A single lever faucet mixing valve comprises a unitary cartridge which may be installed in a faucet housing for original installation and removed and replaced when worn out. The cartridge is formed of a plurality of molded plastic parts which are adapted ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226261 | Relief valve A pressure relief valve (10) including a valve stem (34) having an elastomeric valve element (36) received in a counterbore (38) formed in one end thereof and engageable with a valve seat (32) formed in the body (12) of the valve. An annular channel (58) ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226262 | Load responsive control valve A load responsive flow control valve for use in a system controlling a plurality of loads. The system is powered by a single fixed displacement pump equipped with a load responsive bypass valve or a variable displacement pump equipped with load responsive... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226263 | Erosion control trim in a control mechanism for a ball valve The invention is an improvement for controlling the flow of fluid in a conduit to be used in combination with a ball valve. The ball valve includes a valve body which has a bore extending therethrough and which also has an inlet and an outlet which are ax... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226264 | Elastic amylose polymers Highly elastic films, filaments, and shaped articles can be prepared from amylose by forming a dispersion or solution of amylose in an appropriate liquid vehicle under conditions in which the molecular conformation of amylose is substantially helical, the... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226265 | Withdrawing carrier for looms with removal of the filling thread from stationary bobbins A withdrawing carrier for looms with removal of the filling thread from stationary bobbins, the carrier having a hook and a pivotal clamping tongue. An additional clamping element is provided for augmenting the clamping action exerted by the clamping tong... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226266 | Process and device for dispensing a predetermined amount of a liquid substance into a vessel The invention relates to a process and a device for dispensing a predetermined amount of a liquid substance into a vessel. The device comprises a pipette (1) provided with a piston (5) for pumping of the liquid substance, a sleeve (19) for cooling the lower tu... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226267 | Vending machine with self contained water supply A vending machine such as a coffee vending machine has a hot water tank connected to the outlet side of a pump. The inlet side of the pump is selectively connected to one of a plurality of water storage containers by way of a valve. Water for the hot wate... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226268 | Funnel A funnel includes an upper portion which comprises at least two separate parts separably connected to each other so as to define a first interior and lower portion defining a second interior. The first and lower portions are sealingly and separably connec... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226269 | Ice body dispenser An ice body dispenser arranged to provide preselected different quantities of ice bodies from a storage chamber as a function of the size of a receptacle, or cup, placed in a receiving position below a delivery duct thereof. The dispenser includes one or ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226270 | Tree harvester A tree harvester includes a wheeled and articulated frame, a horizontally disposed first elongated beam member, an extendable beam member that is longitudinally extendable from the first beam member, a carriage that is longitudinally movable on the extend... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226271 | Drum debarker Disclosed herein is a drum type debarker for the debarking of logs and the like and there is provided a drive means for rotating the drum. The drum sits in a saddle that includes vehicle tires, and a drive mechanism is provided for rotating certain of the... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226272 | Tire traction device A removable tire traction device adapted to be positioned on a vehicle tire. The device includes approximately four substantially U-shaped cleats which are loosely positioned around the tire. A ring-shaped cleat holder is positioned adjacent to the outer ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226273 | Nonpneumatic tire and rim assembly A nonpneumatic tire with generally cylindrical inner and outer members connected by radial wall members mounted on a split rim with tire-retaining flanges and a generally cylindrical tire-supporting surface. The diameter of at least some portions of the r... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226274 | Rubber tire with wear indicator therein A rubber tire, suitable for automobiles, has a wear indicator embedded in the tread. The wear indicator, generally in the form of a letter K, provides a quantitative measure of the amount of tread remaining and signals when the tire is dangerously worn.... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226275 | Tire bead breaking apparatus An upright rigid open frame surrounds a wheel rim mounted tire when disposed therein. One side of the frame supports a pressure cylinder projecting laterally of the frame with its longitudinal axis normal to the plane of the opposite side of the frame. Th... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226276 | Device for pleating draperies In a device for forming pleats in a drapery or the like of the type comprising a strip of relatively stiff material backing, for instance buckram, in the form of a band formed with transverse parallel equally spaced score lines along which the stiff mater... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226277 | Novel method of making foundry molds and adhesively bonded composites The present invention concerns the use of an aqueous solution of a silicate as a binder, particularly for hardening foundary molds and cores without the use of acid or other reagents to convert the silicate into a silican gel. According to the present inv... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226278 | Automatic molten metal surface level control system for continuous casting machines A molten metal surface level in a mold type continuous casting machine is controlled with an improved responsiveness and high accuracy by means of a novel electrical control system comprising a servo mechanism incorporating a microcomputer or the like, me... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226279 | Method of suppressing formation of heat exchange fluid particles into standing waves A method of suppressing formation of heat exchange fluid particles into standing waves is provided. Pursuant to the method a plurality of metal fins attached to a plurality of tube sections extending within a shell are disposed within a heat exchanger she... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226280 | Liner for a perforate plate of a header tank of a heat exchanger having tubes A flexible liner, e.g. of rubber, for a manifold or apertured plate having collared apertures is disclosed, the manifold or apertured plate being part of a header tank of a heat exchanger having a bank of tubes, such as an automobile radiator. The liner h... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226281 | Thermal conduction module A matrix of small diameter holes are located in the module housing adjacent each of the integrated circuit chips to be cooled. A pin or rod is located in each of the holes and extends therefrom into contact with the exposed surface of the chip. A spring m... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226282 | Heat exchange apparatus utilizing thermal siphon pipes A heat exchange apparatus in which each of a plurality of thermal siphon pipes has an upper portion extending in an upper heat exchange section and a lower portion extending in a lower heat exchange section. Each pipe is closed at its ends and contains a ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226283 | Multitubular heat exchanger A multitubular heat exchanger mainly used in thermal and nuclear power plants having a plurality of tube bundles located within a shell and including a large number of U-shaped heat transfer tubes for permitting a medium to be heated to flow therethrough,... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226284 | Gas well dewatering method and system A method and system for dewatering gas wells on an intermittent, cyclical, period which operates to eject water from the well without loss of gas from the well, or inordinate shut down delays. The said method and system for dewatering gas wells includes t... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226285 | Magnetic junk retriever An improved magnetic junk retriever arranged to magnetize a drill bit just prior to its removal from the bottom of the well bore. A wound, electromagnet subassembly is connected between the drill bit and the drill collar. A battery-pack tool is used to en... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226286 | Pitless adapter A pitless adapter for a well casing is provided with an O-ring seal surrounding the opening in the well casing for the outlet from the pitless adapter to the service pipe. A downwardly facing hook within the area sealed by the O-ring supports the pitless ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226287 | Apparatus for pile driver cushion recoil In an apparatus for driving a pile or similar object by the stroke of a hammer, the impact of a hammer stroke is transmitted to the pile or similar object through resilient means comprising a precompressed gas in at least two closed chambers, which may in... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226288 | Side hole drilling in boreholes Apparatus for use in a borehole or other restricted space to bore a side hole into the strata surrounding the borehole, including a flexible shaft with a drill at its end, and two trains of sheathing members that can be progressively locked together into ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226289 | Independent one-way acting hydraulic jar sections for a rotary drill string First and second separate one-way acting hydraulic jar sections each include inner and outer telescopically arranged tubular members with means for connecting one end of each the inner and outer tubular members of each jar section in the drill string. Spa... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226290 | Roof drilling system A roof-drilling system for use in subterranean mining applications and the like in which the drill head of a roof drilling machine is arranged such that the receiving cavity of its chuck is configured having a lost motion association with the drive-in por... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226291 | Reamer stabilizer for rock drills A reamer and stabilizer assembly for rock drills having a substantially cylindrical body provided with a threaded end socket for connection to a drill stem, the body having circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending recesses for receiving reaming a... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226292 | Miniature target vehicle A track-laying, remotely controlled, miniature target vehicle is shown, bearing an expendable shell which resembles a military tank. Four grooved pulleys on each side carry two V-belts as tracks, one wheel being electric motor-driven. The two reversible e... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226293 | Track-laying vehicle with improved suspension A track-laying vehicle in which the track units, mounted for relative vertical oscillation, are cross-connected by equalizer means including parallel linkage and further include bogie type rolling elements mounted on walking beams.... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226294 | Engine system using liquid air and combustible fuel An automobile engine runs on liquid air and gasoline. The liquid air is initially pumped up to a high pressure such as 200 atmospheres (or 200 bars) and is then warmed toward the ambient temperature in a heat exchange and changes to the gaseous state. Sub... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226295 | Gear shift system and method with optional gas pedal controlled shaft initiation Rapid movement of the gas pedal initiates a shifting operation to the next higher or next lower gear depending upon whether the speed of the gearing lies above or below a predetermined speed range. The speed range extends from a first to a second predeter... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226296 | Frame of motorcycles A motorcycle frame has a steering head to which a pair of upper and a pair of lower tubes are welded. The tubes extend rearwardly, the members of each pair being spaced apart from one another. They are interconnected at the rear. The lower tubes are space... | 10/07/1980 |
