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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4279358 | Container lid A one-piece molded plastic lid for a container is provided with a surrounding depending sidewall having a thin web portion which deforms as the lid is snap-fitted onto the container. The lid is intended to be used with containers having a protruding lip e... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279359 | Tape dispenser package with roll restraining cover A tape package for a roll of adhesive tape having a cover element joined to a base member. The cover element is formed to have a housing portion that includes a dentate vertical wall on which the roll of tape is supported.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279360 | System for feeding two synthetic-resin components to a mold A two-component molding system according to this invention has a pair of supplies each containing a quantity of a respective fluid synthetic-resin component capable of reacting and hardening with the other component. Respective conduits having upstream en... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279361 | Gel extruding method and apparatus A method and apparatus is provided for removing polyacrylamide gels from glass or quartz tubes as required in certain biochemistry laboratory work. Essentially, the invention involves moving the plunger of a syringe in a carefully controlled manner to exp... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279362 | Dispensing of hygienic fluids Hygienic fluids, such as soap, water for rinsing, and douching liquids are dispensed using a hand-holdable water powered multi-purpose device. The device includes separate compartments for soap and douching concentrate which are activated by a water suppl... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279363 | Non-inverting fluid dispenser A fluid dispenser particularly for use at the bottom of a deformable or partly flexible container is disclosed, which dispenser includes a base member having therein a vent providing an air passage controlled by a valve, and a fluid dispensing passage als... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279364 | Coffee dispenser contained inside a wall mounted bracket A wall mounted coffee dispenser; which includes a container suspended at its upper end by bearings of a stationary bracket, so that when a lower end of the container is rearwardly pushed, it slides in a track that is abutted against the wall, and which is... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279365 | Fishing float container A fishing float container has a horizontal substantially flat base with slightly obtusely oriented curved, reverse tapered leg members disposed upwardly from the forward corners thereof, and a substantially rectangular backing disposed slightly obtusely a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279366 | Roller skate carrier A carrier for releasably receiving, retaining, carrying and hanging a pair of roller skates includes a C-shaped handle having upper and lower leg portions which overlie each other and which extend substantially in a common plane. The upper leg portion is ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279367 | Musical instrument harness A guitar harness that stabilizes the guitar in any of a wide range of desired positions. While the player may raise the guitar neck when desired, the instrument is prevented from assuming a position with the neck lower than a preset angular position. The ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279368 | Stanchion assembly A stanchion assembly for an automobile luggage rack is defined by a stanchion and a locking pad providing for hidden features. The stanchion is mounted to a surface of the automobile by the fasteners which are secured thereto through apertures provided in... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279369 | Method and apparatus for partitioning and shaping a fibrous batt Method and apparatus for partitioning and/or shaping a fibrous batt by gripping the batt along adjacent lines with resilient means gripping one surface and non-resilient means gripping the opposite surface and displacing said lines with respect to each ot... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279370 | Dispenser for rolled sheet material A device for rotatably supporting a roll of sheet material includes a frame rotatably supporting the roll. Arms on the frame support a cutter bar parallel to the axis of the roll and movable to bear resiliently against and follow the periphery of the roll... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279371 | Arrangement for transporting strip-shaped material An arrangement for transporting strip-shaped material, particularly photographic paper, includes a one-piece elongated holding element which extends along a triple-turn hairpin course to form four holding sections which are substantially parallel to one a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279372 | Apparatus for limiting the size of turns of a helically formed long product The invention relates to an apparatus suitable to be used in an installation ensuring the progression of long, flexible and deformable products, said apparatus comprising means for limiting, at will, the size of the turns, which means are adjustable by di... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279373 | Air freshener carton A carton for releasing an active material, such as an air freshener, to the atmosphere includes an outer imperforate sleeve slidably receiving in nesting relation an inner sleeve housing an air freshener cake. The inner sleeve has a plurality of openings ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279374 | Adhesive-free tray with interlocking tabs and blank therefor A tray formed of a unitary blank of paperboard for supporting food during a heating process. The tray comprises a bottom wall, two side walls, and two end walls with tabs interlocking the side and end walls. Tabs on the end walls project through slits in ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279375 | Shipping-display container A collapsible container formed of paperboard which can be folded one way for shipping purposes and an alternate way for display purposes.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279376 | Carton with unobtrusive hanging panel A carton, erected from a one-piece paperboard blank, includes an unobtrusive hanging panel strengthened by a reinforcing panel, the hanging panel initially being attached to the bottom of a carton by side flaps. In order to hang the carton the hanging pan... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279377 | Carton with self-locking top and bottom closure flaps and blank therefor A self-locking, reusable carton, formed from a unitary blank of paperboard, comprising a tubular body portion, a plurality of top closure flaps and a plurality of bottom closure flaps. The top closure flaps include two flaps having L-shaped slits therein ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279378 | Top gap folding box having a top closure interlock A top gap folding box having four top flaps and a top closure by which the flaps are engaged. Each flap interlocks the adjacent flaps by means of a pair of incisions in the outer edge of the flap which each engage an associated incision in each of the adj... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279379 | Carton with self-locking end closure and blank for forming same A self-locking, reusable carton is formed from a unitary blank of paperboard. The carton and blank have self-locking end closure flaps which are hingedly coupled to adjacent end edges of the side panels of the carton. The closure flaps include two flaps w... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279380 | Mail box signal unit A signal unit which is attached to a mailbox to indicate that its door has been opened is made up of a plate which is frictionally held up against the underside of the box by a spring and a lip that bears on the door.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279381 | Method for uniformly heating a multi-level building A method is disclosed for uniformly regulating and controlling the temperature in a multi-level building utilizing a common heat source. Only a single thermostat is required. The thermostat is placed in the room as near the end of the longest conduit and ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279382 | Radial and axial flow variable exhaust nozzle for a gas turbine engine Minimum thrust at idle speed, and maximum thrust with minimum losses at speeds above idle, are provided in a gas turbine engine by the use of a plurality of adjacent, successively overlapping, annularly disposed, pivotable, exhaust nozzle-forming fairings... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279383 | Apparatus for coating by detonation waves The disclosed apparatus includes a detonation chamber constructed in the form of a barrel, a spark plug mounted in the barrel and powder feeding and gaseous mixture delivering systems communicating with the detonation chamber. The powder feeding system in... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279384 | Steam generation in a dishwasher A dishwasher comprising a dishwashing tub, a liquid circulation pump, and an immersion heater disposed at a lower section of the dishwashing tub. The immersion heater is covered by a heater cover which includes a bottom free end and an upper free end. Whe... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279385 | High pressure fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engines A hydraulically driven piston pump and nozzle assembly for a high pressure fuel injection system is proposed, in particular one for Diesel engines, which has an assembly for raising the closing pressure for the purpose of accomplishing a rapid valve needl... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279386 | Compact pneumatic reel latch An automatic, pneumatic reel latch, comprising a hub adapted to be attached to a drive shaft of a tape deck, the hub has an annular groove forming an inner cylindrical surface and an outer thin cylindrical shell. A cup-shaped piston is fitted with a rolli... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279387 | Bail latching and releasing mechanism for spinning reel A bail latching and releasing mechanism is disclosed, wherein the mechanism is assembled in either one of the support housings, one being provided with a pivotable bail arm cam and the other being provided with a bail arm lever. The mechanism includes a k... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279388 | Combination mounting bracket, ball tension and balloon control device A combination mounting bracket, ball tension and balloon control comprising a unitary mounting arm and balloon control disk for use on creels of warping, winding, beaming, weaving and other types of high speed textile machines. The device includes provisi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279389 | Thread keeper A thread keeper to prevent undesired unwinding of thread from a spool. The unit comprises a channel shaped element with the mid portion paralleling the axis of the spool and the two arms straddling the ends of the spool. The arms have short projections th... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279390 | Ribbon cartridge A printer reel-over-reel ribbon cartridge having a supply reel located above a take-up reel on the same shaft has a driven stretched elastic endless belt engaging the outer surface of the ribbon on the take-up reel for moving the ribbon from the supply re... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279391 | Desensitizing helicopter control response to inadvertent pilot inputs A helicopter having an automatic flight control system including an inner, stability loop is rendered less sensitive to short-term, inadvertent pilot inputs by applying a washed-out derivative of a stick position signal to the inner stability loop in a se... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279392 | Adjustable time-delayed apparatus for opening a parachute In a time-delayed device for opening a parachute, a spring-loaded cable is coupled to a cylindrical translational gear for conjoint movement. When the cable is released from a cocked position and spring-driven to a release position at which it opens the p... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279393 | Parachute canopy suspension line release device and method An apparatus and method are provided for converting a conventional, non-glidable, circular canopy parachute having a plurality of suspension lines normally fixedly looped at their lower ends of a riser link, into a glidable parachute. This is accomplished... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279394 | Swallowtail kite A kite of the swallowtail sled type, comprising a central panel, or canopy of light-weight sheet material, such as paper or thin plastic film, generally in a rectangular shape. It has two long parallel sides, with shorter leading and trailing edges. The l... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279395 | Speed control apparatus for railroad trains A pair of on-board processing units, operating in parallel, are supplied with input signals representing actual train speed, advance traffic conditions, and selected train parameters. Each unit continuously calculates a maximum train speed from which emer... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279396 | Shower curtain clip A two-piece shower curtain holder is provided which includes a resilient plastic, generally U-shaped, clip and a rubber suction cup secured to the clip. The clip has two arms which cooperate with one another to frictionally engage and releasably secure an... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279397 | Attachment for wall cabinets, mirrors, shelves and similar articles An attachment device particularly designed to support cabinets, mirrors, shelves and similar elements which are removably mounted on at least two strips arranged horizontally on the wall in parallel and opposite relationship. Means on the strips cooperate... | 07/21/1981 |
