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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4280597 | Brake disc for railway vehicles A brake disc for an axle of a railway vehicle comprises a friction disc annular element mounted concentrically on a hub by a plurality of clamping sleeves or bolts seated in radially opposed bores in the hub and annular element. A pretensioned resilient r... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280598 | Brake disk A brake disk particularly for railway vehicles has a brake disk annular element mounted on a hub by at least three radially extending adaptor sleeves seated in radially opposed bores in the hub and annular element. A conical member within an end portion o... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280599 | Brake apparatus, especially for door closers A brake of this type has a brake shaft and a brake wing secured to the shaft so that the wing is rotatable with the shaft in a brake housing filled with a brake medium. A cam ring located in the brake housing has a control curve or surface which cooperate... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280600 | Self-refilling hydraulic actuator A piston slides in a fluid-filled piston chamber for damping or snubbing the movement of an object connected thereto. Attached to the piston is a piston rod which is disposed in the main fluid supply reservoir located below the piston chamber, at the lowe... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280601 | Shock absorber with improved piston compression valve mechanism An improved piston compression valve mechanism for a double acting shock absorber which includes an upwardly facing annular valve seat on the piston. A washer member is fixed to the piston above the valve seat. The exterior periphery of the piston between... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280602 | Strut suspension repair structure This invention relates to a threaded pinch-bolt sleeve which is utilized in conjunction with an associated retaining nut to hold a replacement shock absorber within the cylindrical housing of a vehicular suspension system of the type commonly referred to ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280603 | Brake applying device A brake applying device for an internal cylinder having pistons operated to apply the brakes by one or both of hydraulic pressure or a wedge assembly that move transversely of the wheel cylinder. The wedge assembly has a wedge and rollers which act betwee... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280604 | Servo-arrangement with an electric gear shift disposition for the hand, respectively automatic control of a gear change, by elimination of the clutch pedal A servo-arrangement for automatically controlling a transmission having an override control to provide for automatic or manual control of the transmission, the servo-arrangement including a rod unit provided with electrode units thereon, the rod unit cont... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280605 | Automatically locking brake assembly A clutch or brake assembly is disclosed for controlling the relative rotation between two rotary members. Wedge means are carried between a pair of facing cam plate surfaces by an axial core member. The wedge means are axially movable with respect to the ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280606 | Torque limiting device Torque limiting device of simple 3-piece construction which reliably automatically disengages the driving and driven members when the latter is subjected to a predetermined overload. Device comprises a pair of cooperating coupling members which respective... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280607 | Clutch throw-out bearing plate In a vehicle clutch construction, a flat plate ring is interposed between the clutch throw-out bearing and clutch release fingers and maintained concentric with the throw-out bearing by sockets forming a flexible connection with the clutch release fingers... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280608 | Self-contained Belleville spring-type wet clutch A self-contained wet clutch assembly of the Belleville spring type having a two-piece cover mated to a clutch member and sealed together as a unit, with the sealed clutch assembly operatively connected to and driven through a drive plate on the engine cra... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280609 | Wet disc brake or clutch with curved stator disc tabs A multiple wet disc brake or clutch is disclosed which includes a disc pack located in a housing. The stator discs in the disc pack are retained in the inner peripheral surface of the housing by curved tabs extending radially outward about the peripheral ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280610 | Adjustable squeeze point safety device An improvement is disclosed for a machine of the type having a main drive which may be activated to move a ram with a high force against a workpiece. The improvement is a safety device which includes an apparatus in addition to the main drive for moving t... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280611 | Cigarette conveyor systems In a system for making and packing cigarettes, cigarette making and packing machines are arranged in units each including a making machine, a packing machine and a reservoir, each unit being slightly mis-matched as to its making and packing outputs so as ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280612 | Positioning device for bottles having protruded or indented spots A positioning device for setting a bottle at a predetermined angular position, which device is provided with a bottle supporting mechanism to support the upper end portion of the bottle and a mechanism which imparts relative rotary motion to the bottle an... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280613 | Tie plate conveying and orientating system A system including method and apparatus for conveying and orientating tie plates for use with a railway track renewal or construction machine designed to run along a railway track. The system provides a delivery of tie plates to mechanisms for positioning... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280614 | System for offloading articles from a conveyor belt A product grouping station in a system for offloading bacon strips or the like comprises hydraulically-actuated lifters which lift groups of the bacon strips clear of the unidirectionally driven conveyor as they proceed away from the transfer station, and... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280615 | Bundle entry device An apparatus for receiving bundles of newspapers from a first conveyor and for discharging the bundles into a second conveyor which is travelling in a direction substantially normal to the direction of travel of the first conveyor, the apparatus including... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280616 | Vibratory belt cleaner with auxiliary vibratory resonance The cleaning of conveyor belts has been a problem since their widespread acceptance and the adoption of belts for the transporting of materials. Many materials so conveyed have a tackiness and/or an affinity or attraction for the outer surface of a convey... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280617 | Conveyor belt Conveyor belt of rubber or rubber-like elastomeric synthetic materials with strength members embedded in the belt and arranged in mutually spaced apart relationship while extending parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the belt, whereby ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280618 | Device for handling meat logs and other articles A device for handling articles such as meat logs which includes a main conveyor and means for moving the articles transversely and consecutively above and across the main conveyor to a predetermined position, and having automatic means operable when each ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280619 | Moving belt conveyor mechanism Support mechanisms for an endless load-carrying belt for causing it to trough in the region of a loading point, the support mechanisms being constituted by a troughing mat extending completely across the conveyor, the opposite ends of the troughing mat be... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280620 | Laterally flexible conveyor belt A conveyor belt supportable on troughing rollers for conveying bulk material. The belt is capable of sharp lateral curves and includes a main body section with an embedded, central, inextensible, flexible spine formed of cables. Corrugations extend outwar... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280621 | Laminar child resistant package A laminar child resistant package including foldable layers peelably secured together in facing relation, and fold indicia marking a fold location to effect relief of the adhesive securement between layers.... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280622 | Tapered insert A tapered packing insert having an integral self-locking corner construction.... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280623 | Method and apparatus for controlling, orienting and analyzing biological cells in liquid suspension A liquid flow system contains suspended biological cells for the purpose of orienting them, spacing them from each other and analyzing the cells. Many biological cells are not of spherical shape but may be disk-like or rod-like in appearance. The present ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280624 | Bottle inspection apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus for inspecting the side walls of transparent bottles for the detection of dirt or foreign bodies therein which eliminates the necessity of rotating the bottle during inspection. The inspection is effected by projectin... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280625 | Shade determination The invention relates to the measurement of the shade of a particle. The particle is illuminated with light of variable intensity and viewed against a background level of illumination. A measurement is made of the ratio of time for which the intensity of ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280626 | Product separation and granulation system A system for initially separating injection molded plastic parts from the sprue and runner assemblies formed therewith. The system is primarily intended for in situ use with an injection molding machine and includes a hopper-like structure having a suppor... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280627 | Heavy-duty crane with counterweight In a heavy-duty crane particularly suitable for lifting heavy loads over tall buildings, a substructure supports a rotatable main boom. A jib for carrying the load and a secondary spar for carrying a counterweight by means of a cable are hinged to the tip... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280628 | Anti-two block system A new and improved anti-two block system adapted to be used with a crane for the prevention of damage to the boom tip of the boom of the crane by the travelling member wherein the two block system of the present invention includes an engaging mechanism mo... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280629 | Container for nail polish or the like A colorless plastic bottle for nail polish or the like, and a method of making such a bottle. The bottle is blow molded from a color-free barrier resin such as a rubber modified acrylonitrile-methylacrylate copolymer. Tinting to compensate for inherent co... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280630 | Container with handle An improved hollow plastic container which is blow molded from an injection molded preform is disclosed. The container has an integral injection molded handle which handle is attached at only one point to the container. The injection molded handle is form... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280631 | Safety closure and container with snap cap liner The invention relates to an improvement in a child resistant liquid seal closure and container combination. The container neck has one or more locking projections which engage one or more locking lugs on the interior surface of the closure to prevent rota... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280632 | Bottle cap A cap for closing a bottle shaped container. The cap has an inner lid formed with a ring groove that receives a lateral rib protruding inwardly from an outer lid that encompasses the inner lid. The inner lid has a sealing plate forming the top thereof tha... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280633 | Safety warning device for ignition switch A safety warning device for an ignition switch comprises a cup-shaped base member which is conveniently secured around the ignition switch and a cup-shaped cover member pivotally attached to the base member which is normally held in a closed position to p... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280634 | Device for the repeated opening and closing of an aperture in a cover of a container Device for the repeated opening and closing of an aperture in a cover of a container which cover is provided at its bottom side with a layer of plastics material, wherein a pouring member 20 of plastics material is provided with a flange 22 which is tight... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280635 | Vase cover A thermo plastic cover for a vase with a flat recessed circular top and a raised flat surface surrounding the periphery with a sloped edge formed circumferencially and an edge continuing at 90° to the flat top. A circular series of sloped flanges on the ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280636 | Container cover locking assembly A container cover locking assembly comprises a base member with a continuous peripheral skirt depending therefrom and a ridge parallel to yet spaced inwardly from the skirt along the underside of the base member. Tapered locking lips which depend downward... | 07/28/1981 |
