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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4279117 | Combined clutch and brake arrangement for a rotary lawnmower blade A pair of centrifugally movable shoes are pivotally mounted to a mower blade support. Drive bands are supported by the respective shoes and are positioned so as to be engageable with a source of rotational movement whereby such movement is translated to t... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279118 | Fruit harvesting machine with bin filling system An improved fruit harvester, including a self-propelled main frame with means for grasping a fruit tree and inducing vibration in the fruit tree so that fruit will be caused to fall and a retractable collection surface which extends beneath the tree to ga... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279119 | Rotary ring for spinning and twisting frame In a spindle assembly of a spinning or twisting frame, the improvement consisting in inserting, between the stator and the rotor of the spindle assembly, braking members made of an antifriction material in the form of arcuate blocks or sectors which act a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279120 | Self twist yarn and method and apparatus for making such yarns Self-twisting yarns are made by a system in which a strand twisting device is engaged with the strand and moves at strand speed to twist the oppositely-extending sections of the strand in opposite directions. The strand is brought together with another st... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279121 | Stranded nickel braze alloy preforms Fabrication techniques for making nickel boron stranded wire braze preforms are described. The techniques involve the provision of the wire material in a stranded form having a large surface to volume ratio. This general form consists of a plurality of fi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279122 | Method of making chain A method of making a chain generally consisting of forming at least two links integrally so that the two links are interlocked and are joined together and then severing the links along the joint to provide at least two separate, interlocked links.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279123 | External gas turbine engine cooling for clearance control An active clearance control (ACC) for a turbofan engine is disclosed herein where the cross section of the external spray bars are fabricated in square or substantially square configurations.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279124 | System for extracting subsurface wave energy New and improved methods and means are described for the efficient, expeditious, economical, and safe conversion to usable form of almost all subsurface wave energy available within a predetermined annular region spanned by an array of submerged wave ener... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279125 | Process and system for recovery of energy from geothermal brines and other hot water containing sources Process and system for recovery of energy from geothermal brines and other hot water sources by direct contact heat exchange between the brine or hot water, and a working fluid exiting the top of the heat transfer column is expanded through an expander to... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279126 | Method of utilizing residual heat in the production of cellulose and an installation for carrying out the method A method and an installation for the utilization of residual heat in pulp mills, where spent cooking liquor is evaporated with vapor in a multi-stage evaporator. The installation for carrying out the method comprises a number of evaporation steps connecte... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279127 | Removable refrigerator for maintaining liquefied gas inventory A cryostat for maintaining an inventory of a liquefied cryogen including a vacuum jacketed reservoir (Dewar) containing heat shields in the vacuum jacket, the heat shields cooled to different temperatures and a cryogen recondenser cooled by a cryogenic re... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279128 | Heat pump swimming pool heater A swimming pool heating system which utilizes a heat pump that is used for heating heat transfer fluid which is circulated through the primary coil of a heat exchanger. The pool water is circulated through the secondary coil of the heat exchanger by means... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279129 | Hot gas defrost system A method and apparatus utilizing a hot gas defrost system wherein superheated gas from the system compressor outlet is conducted directly into the heat exchanger to be defrosted, by-passing the condenser and thermal expansion valve to effect removal of th... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279130 | Recovery of 1,3-butadiene by fractional crystallization from four-carbon mixtures Freezing and melting techniques are described for separating 1,3-butadiene from a mixture of four-carbon compounds by fractional freezing of the liquid mixture and by fractional melting thereof. It has been discovered that when a frozen four-carbon mixtur... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279131 | Constant velocity joint A constant velocity joint having first and second rotatable bodies, at least one of the bodies being angularly and axially displaceable with respect to the other. An elongated member for transmitting torque between the bodies extends in its longitudinal d... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279132 | Vibration damper assembly A vibration damper assembly providing for extended travel in the damper operation, wherein the assembly includes a hub having an integral radial flange and three circumferentially equally spaced radially extending hub arms, a pair of equalizers journalled... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279133 | Laying-in comb for warp knitting machines The laying-in comb for a warp knitting machine has sinkers wherein the top edges are longitudinally offset relative to the bottom edges so as to impart rigidity to the sinkers. The amount of offset decreases from the securing end of the sinkers towards th... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279134 | Warp-knit stringer tape for slide fasteners A warp-knit stringer tape for slide fasteners comprises a first set of yarns forming a knit ground structure containing stitch loops in every course and wale of the tape, and a second set of yarns knitted in the ground structure so as to form sinker loops... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279135 | Dyeing, washing and/or milling A dyeing washing and/or milling machine particularly useful for dyeing woollen components including an annular working fluid reservoir and rotating paddle members which pass into and out of the reservoir to circulate the fluid therein. The apparatus may f... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279136 | Combination lock for suitcases, bags or the like A combination lock for suitcases, bags, or the like, is disclosed, in which a plurality of engageable blocking sleeves and corresponding number-setting dials cooperate with a latching slide member to permit the selective latching or unlatching of the devi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279137 | Security device A device for preventing a dead bolt handle from being turned, comprising a knob encompassing portion depending from a handle accommodating housing. Said encompassing portion and housing so coact that the tendency of said device to rotate on said handle be... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279138 | Vehicle with a lifting device responsive to ground irregularities An agricultural tractor with a hitching or lifting device which carries a farm implement. A control mechanism is provided on the tractor for adjusting automatically the height of the hitching device to enable the implement to follow irregularities in the ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279139 | Method of rolling angle structural shapes A method of rolling angle structural shapes in which a bar of rectangular ofile is rolled in a first step to form a blank having a rounded convex protuberance on one side and a flat opposite side. In at least one subsequent state, the blank is rolled to t... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279140 | Mill roll balance system A mill roll balance system for incorporation within a rolling mill is provided. The balance system includes a rigid beam assembly for guiding a portion of the mechanism utilized to stabilize the top roll and for preventing any resultant horizontal forces ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279141 | Power tool Each jaw of a pair of jaws of an expandable jaw power tool are individually modified so as to accept a shaft supported in one jaw while passing through the other jaw of the same pair. The shaft includes an adjustable power distributing member which makes ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279142 | Technique for in situ calibration of a gas detector In a gas measuring probe assembly having a gas sensing device located within a tubular housing positioned within a gas environment to be monitored, a tubular calibration gas flow pattern is established within the tubular housing substantially parallel to ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279143 | Electronic pinking detector An electronic device for detecting and correcting pinking in an internal combustion engine by changing the ignition displacement of the internal combustion engine which comprises a vibration pick-up mounted on the internal combustion engine providing a si... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279144 | Testing ventilated cigarettes Cigarette testing system for cigarettes having perforations 6 in the filter in which the cigarette 2 is surrounded by a suction chamber 8 and the tobacco end is connected to a source of pressurized air. The pressure at the tobacco end is regulated in acco... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279145 | Fuel efficiency display A fuel efficiency display device, in the form of an intake manifold suction measuring and display intended to be mounted within the passenger compartment of an internal combustion engine propelled vehicle, includes an elongated housing with a hollow open ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279146 | Apparatus for measuring the air quantity supplied to an internal combustion engine A method for measuring the air quantity supplied to an internal combustion engine by means of a measurement sensor disposed in a bridge circuit having a temperature-dependent resistor (for example, a hot wire or hot film) in the air intake manifold and ha... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279147 | Directional heat loss anemometer transducer A directional heat loss anemometer transducer for sensing both the speed and direction of motion of a fluid, liquid or gas in which the transducer is immersed. The transducer is constructed of fine long cylindrical resistive conductors which are axially d... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279148 | Anti-clogging flume and structure for metering fluid flow An anti-clogging flume and structure for metering fluid flow over the flume wherein the flume is of a length sized to be inserted within a pipe and which flume has a generally cylindrical opening as an inlet at one end and a V-shaped outlet at the other e... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279149 | Process for measuring the level of metal in vessels, especially in continuous casting molds A method of measuring the level of molten metal in a continuous casting m comprises inducing in the molten metal a magnetic field by a primary electrically energized coil and, by the relationship of this magnetic field to a pair of symmetrical secondary ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279150 | Apparatus for determining vapor content of a gas/vapor mixture Apparatus for determining the vapor content of a gas/vapor mixture comprises two temperature sensing devices. One of the devices measures the temperature of a liquid evaporating from a liquid saturated wick in contact with the device. The other temperatur... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279151 | Temperature measuring system In a continuous slab caster, for example, the system measures tundish molten steel temperature using tundish probe, recorder and temperature monitoring circuits having separate outputs to a temperature indicator and an industrial process controller. Monit... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279152 | Temperature responsive device A liquid crystal temperature indicator that gives a visual indication of whether the device is at a temperature above or below one or more threshold values has a homeotropically aligned nematic or smectic layer incorporating a pleochroic dye. The color of... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279153 | Apparatus for measuring the temperature of a gas flow traversing a grid of blades Apparatus is disclosed which is intended to measure the temperature of a flow traversing a blade grid, for example the valve blades of a turbojet turbine. This apparatus comprises a temperature sounder lodged within a gas escape circuit provided in a bl... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279154 | Surface temperature measuring device A thermocouple member having a surface portion adapted for heat contact with the surface of the body to measure the temperature thereof is provided with a low friction, electrically insulated layer such as of a fluorocarbon resin over the surface portion.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279155 | Bourdon tube transducer A bourdon tube transducer has included a bourdon tube with a conductive plate electrically separated from the bourdon tube and in parallel with the bourdon tube. As the pressure varies, so does the electrical reactance between the bourdon tube and the con... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279156 | Particle collector and fractionator A particle collector and fractionator having a 360°, omnidirectional gas slit is disclosed herein. The collector and fractionator generally comprise a top and a bottom fractionating member, each of which has a set of concentric corrugations which are com... | 07/21/1981 |
