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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4279197 | Screw press with positive feed and accessible screens A screw press for extracting liquids from materials such as fruits, vegetables, or the like having a cylindrical barrel having a concentric variable-speed helical feed and compression screw. The rearward portion of the cylindrical barrel comprises a cage ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279198 | Refuse compactor slide bearing A refuse compactor slide bearing for use in guiding the movement of the compactor ram along suitable guides to and from a compacting position within the compactor. The slide bearings are formed as one-piece elements having angularly related slide portions... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279199 | Print head image generator for printer subsystem A printer has print wires arranged in a plurality of print head groups, each group comprising a predetermined number of print wires, the individual print wire groups being arranged according to a slanted serrated wire pattern. A print head image generator... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279200 | Method for producing nature prints A method for producing unique works of art in which plants, flowers and other natural specimens are utilized to create artistic effects. A metal plate is etched or engraved to produce a desired pattern thereon. The plate is selectively inked with one or m... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279201 | Garment rack system An article transport system comprising a plurality of article carrying trolleys which are movably supported by a pair of rollers on a pair of rails suspended within a trailer, the trolleys being stacked on the rails at a diagonal to the longitudinal axes ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279202 | Torsionally flexible railway truck frame A swivel truck frame of high torsional flexibility for rail vehicles is provided comprising a pair of generally straight longitudinal beams running parallel to one another, said longitudinal beams connected to one another by parallel running crossbeams to... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279203 | Passenger car compartment upper sleeping berth support assembly A sleeping berth movable between storage and sleep positions and having hinge means connecting the berth to a compartment wall, releasable latch means including latch levers for engaging within latch keepers, guide means for guiding the berth during movem... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279204 | Lightweight stackable pallet A pallet having a generally rectangular body consisting of a honeycomb core enclosed within top, bottom, and side walls. Each of the side walls has at its upper end an upwardly and inwardly inclined portion and at its lower end a downwardly and inwardly i... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279205 | Storage A fluidized combustor is provided with a burning zone having cooling passages in its upper portion and a lower portion beneath said passages yet deep enough so that material therein may be operated in a fluid bed combustor mode with cooling by fluidizing ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279206 | Coal burning system Coal is ground or pulverized to an extremely small particle size (6 microns or less) and introduced into a mixing chamber where the coal powder is atomized or mixed with air to form a cloud of coal particles entrained in air. Prescribed, controlled amount... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279207 | Fluid bed combustion A fluid bed reactor in which a gas is reacted with small particles of solid, rubbed off in the fluid bed from larger particles of solid.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279208 | Method and apparatus for heat treatment of industrial wastes A method and apparatus for the heat treatment of industrial wastes wherein at least some of the constituent materials of the wastes are subjected to combustion and/or to pyrolysis to produce flue gases and, in some applications, a residue. The supply of a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279209 | Apparatus for holding and unfolding belt loop A method of holding and unfolding a drop type belt loop while it is being stitched to the waist band of a garment and the apparatus for accomplishing the same.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279210 | Looper thread tension device A double-lock-stitch sewing machine in which the needle-thread loop on the underside of the workpiece on a stitching plate is engaged with a gripper thread by the rotating gripper associated with the bobbin housing for the bobbin supplying the gripper thr... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279211 | Controllably driven seamer A seamer for completing two preformed abutting sheets has a wheeled body for straddling by rolling over the sheets. Sets of die rollers and opposed backing rollers longitudinally aligned along the body are driven by a drive unit after being pivotably posi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279212 | Assembly for treating vessel hulls An assembly for cleaning ships' hulls of such marine growth as seaweed, shell etc. is disclosed. The assembly has a frame with rotating brushes, the frame being reciprocally pivotal over the hull in an arcuate direction by being connected to one end of an... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279213 | Resin molded productions designed to display extinction of activity In a resin molded controlled-release product which comprises a volatile or elutable active agent dispersed in a substantially transparent and inert resin molded material, the improvement which comprises a colored material located inside or on the back sur... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279214 | Brake wear indicator There is disclosed a brake wear indicator which is suited for the retrofit installation on vehicle pneumatic brakes. The wear indicator comprises a sleeve that loosely fits over the push rod of the pneumatic actuator. The sleeve has an outside diameter pe... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279215 | Apparatus for spraying workpieces and intercepting overspray A spray booth provided with a horizontally oriented nozzle for the surface-coating (e.g. coloring) of suspended workpieces passing by on a conveyor is provided with an upright screen intercepting excess coating material. The screen is a disk or an endless... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279216 | Cathode shielded coating apparatus A vacuum evaporator includes a housing defining a vacuum chamber which has mounting for an evaporative material and an electrode spaced from the evaporative material which is arranged adjacent the support for a substrate to be coated. A screening element ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279217 | Liner for a litter box A disposable plastic film liner for an animal litter box is improved by having an opening in the liner, at about the center thereof, which communicates with a collapsible pocket adapted to lie flat beneath the liner when in use lining the inside of the li... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279218 | Cultivation of marine and aquatic species A method of cultivating marine and aquatic species wherein the species are housed in habitats in which they remain for the major part of their growth cycle, said habitats being located within a body of water, servicing each habitat through a conduit or co... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279219 | Light responsive animal actuated apparatus The invention pertains to automatic animal actuated apparatus, such as a power operated feeder, wherein an actuator worn by the animal is employed to control light sensing means operatively associated with the servicing apparatus. Interrogation means adja... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279220 | Automatic feeding device An automatic feeding device comprising a storage bin or hopper containing dry fodder, a feed delivery port or aperture at the bottom of the storage bin, a feed delivery mechanism forcing a quantity of feed through the aperture, and a prime mover, such as ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279221 | Timed food dispenser for animals An elongate vertically extending housing that defines a hopper in the upper portion, a downwardly inclined chute in the lower part of the housing, and a time operated motor driven rotatable food dispenser disposed between the hopper that periodically by g... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279222 | Feed of material to fluidized beds The invention provides a fluidized bed combuster for fuel or waste material, preferably having a fluidized bed which is arranged to circulate about a horizontal axis, in which one or more baffles are provided to define respective quiet zones adjacent the ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279223 | Internal combustion engine fuel-saving and pollution-reducing system The present disclosure shows a system for providing a continuous supply of at least partly distilled water to an internal combustion engine for inclusion in the air-fuel mixture passing through the carburetor, in order to increase the efficiency of the en... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279224 | Convertible intake manifold A convertible intake manifold for a V-block engine has a base member and an interchangeable center runner member isolated therefrom. The base member has a coolant crossover section at one end; a distributor boss section at a second end opposite the one en... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279225 | Rotary valve engine The rotary valve engine of the present invention comprises an engine block containing four power cylinders and a central valve cylinder. A single valve port is located in each cylinder just above the maximum travel of the piston. This port serves alternat... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279226 | Hydraulic tappet for an internal combustion engine having an overhead camshaft An automatic hydraulic tappet for taking up clearance between a cam and a valve stem in an internal combustion engine with an overhead camshaft can rapidly attain its optimum operational efficiency when the engine is started, since the supply conduit, whi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279227 | Heat storage in by-products of an intermittent process In an intermittent process, hot reaction by-products are collected and stored in a thermal reservoir to provide heat when the process is not operating. In the preferred embodiment of a vehicle having a heat engine which derives power from a reaction of an... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279228 | Device for the control of the traveling speed of a motor vehicle Device for the control of the traveling speed of a motor vehicle with a vehicle-driver-actuatable gas pedal and with means for the transmission of the movement of the gas pedal to an element which element influences the fuel-air mixture particularly the t... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279229 | Electronic injection-amount regulating apparatus in auto-ignited internal combustion engines An electronic injection-amount regulating apparatus in auto-ignited internal combustion engines in which the injection amount can be regulated by means of a regulator preferably having a PID characteristic and in which the injection amount is apportioned ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279230 | Fuel control systems for internal combustion engines A fuel control system comprises a probe in contact with the exhaust gases, a circuit for supplying fuel and air to the engine, having a solenoid valve for metering at least the fuel flow, a closed-loop electronic control circuit connected to the probe and... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279231 | Apparatus for controlling the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine Apparatus for controlling the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine to substantially maintain the ratio at a predetermined value while the engine is operating under various load conditions. The engine has a carburetor with an air passageway thro... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279232 | Fuel system for internal combustion engines The invention pertains to a fuel system for internal combustion engines in which the unburned, heated fuel which is permitted to flow back to the tank from the fuel metering assembly is deaerated via an apparatus in order to prevent gases from re-entering... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279233 | Device for trapping fuel vapor vaporized in fuel feed system of internal combustion engine A fuel vapor trapping device for trapping the fuel vapors evaporated in a fuel feed system such as a float chamber of a carburetor and a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine, said device comprising a first canister whose one end is communicated with... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279234 | Early fuel evaporation of carburetion system A carburetion system for providing improved cold start engine operation comprises a carburetor having an air-fuel passage, an air inlet to the passage, a fuel inlet to the passage for mixing fuel and air in the passage, and an outlet from the passage for ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279235 | Apparatus for fixing the composition of the gas content of internal combustion engine cylinders An apparatus for fixing the composition of the gas content and the degree of filling of cylinders in an internal combustion engine having autoignition, including a fuel metering device to which a signal dependent at least on the position of the driving pe... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279236 | Automotive fuel saving system In a first air flow circuit filtered ram air cooperating with an aspirator draws crankcase vapors from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine. Heavy particulate matter in the crankcase vapor is heated and further vaporized by a heat exchanger coop... | 07/21/1981 |
