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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4280437 | Boat hull anti-fouling shroud A selectively floatable protective shroud is disclosed for protecting a boat hull from fouling by marine organisms. The assembly consists of an inflatable, elongated toroidal bladder with an inner opening larger than the circumference of the hull of the b... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280438 | Boat hull anti-fouling shroud A selectively floatable protective shroud is disclosed for protecting a boat hull from fouling by marine organisms. The assembly consists of an inflatable, elongated toroidal bladder with an inner opening larger than the circumference of the hull of the b... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280439 | Boat hull anti-fouling shroud A selectively floatable protective shroud is disclosed for protecting a boat hull from fouling by marine organisms. The assembly consists of an inflatable, elongated toroidal bladder with an inner opening larger than the circumference of the hull of the b... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280440 | Boat mooring apparatus A mooring arrangement for a boat includes resilient apparatus formed from a plurality of members which may be disposed telescopically in detachable relationship to one another. The resilient apparatus may be detachably secured by attachment apparatus on t... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280441 | Temperature indicator A temperature indicator including a backing strip with an embossed well stamped therein is provided. The well contains a matrix carrier which is impregnated with a thermally responsive fusible chemical. The bottom of the well is painted a bright color. Th... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280442 | Apparatus for producing monocellular layers of cell-containing biological fluid An improved method and apparatus are provided for producing monocellular layers of cell-containing biological fluid, such as blood, by spinning a sample slide bearing a sample to be analyzed. In the practice of the improved method and use of the improved ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280443 | Roll fuser loading system Roll fuser apparatus for fixing toner images on copy substrates. This apparatus is characterized by simplicity of design and serviceability. To this end, the fuser roll, pressure roll and a weighted wick are all supported for vertical movement such that r... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280444 | Protective shield for a baseboard or the like A shield having particular adaptability in protecting a baseboard or like member when painting or otherwise treating a surface thereabove characterized by a plate assembly mounted on vertically adjustable legs. A top plate of the assembly is removedly sec... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280445 | Methods of and/or apparatus for milking animals Milking method and apparatus in which a diaphragm (8,29,39) interposed between a chamber (12,30,34) through which pulsation vacuum is applied to the outer cavity of a set of teat cups through a valve (11,6a, 7a, 33) and a further chamber (9) which is conn... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280446 | Inflation for teat cup assembly An inflation for use in a teat cup assembly for automatic milking machines employing a vacuum milk line and a pulsating vacuum line is disclosed. The inflation comprises an elongate, tubular, body member having a novel mouth-forming diaphragm at one end t... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280447 | Animal facility equipment A manure scraper moves along an alleyway divided into sections by a plurality of gates or partitions and as the scraper passes under each partition, a wire brush or the like attached to the gate but insulated therefrom, engages the upper surface and elect... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280448 | Livestock sorting device An animal sorting device is provided wherein the animals are individually weighed in a chute which has an exit opening into two segregation areas. A pair of exit gates and control mechanism therefor allow selective blockage of the exit or alternatively di... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280449 | Steam generator for a solar power plant Steam generator for a solar power plant, with an evaporator heating surface having a front side exposable to focused sun rays and a rear side adjacent a chamber, and burner means for supplying at least part of the heat required by the steam generator, the... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280450 | Liquid heating apparatus A liquid heating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a cylindrical outer shell, an inner shell consisting of a cylindrical body whose upper and lower portions are respectively provided with an enlarged flue chamber having a cross-sectio... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280451 | High compression vacuum cycle engine An internal combustion engine is run at high compression ratios by always starting the compression of the charge at sub-atmospheric pressure, thus allowing high compression ratios without excessive pressure at the end of the compression stroke. Higher com... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280452 | Engine start enhancement device A device for enhancing the starting of a diesel engine in which the current flow to the glow plugs of the engine during the warm-up time is controlled so as to heat the engine as quickly as possible without damage to the glow plugs. Each glow plug is conn... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280453 | Multicylinder internal combustion engine A multicylinder internal combustion engine with a crankcase secured to a connection flange of the cylinder block and a flywheel at the output end of the crankshaft, the distance between the connection flange and the crankshaft axis corresponding approxima... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280454 | Engine installations An engine installation includes an engine casing, an engine ancillary having a mounting flange and a plate. The flange has arcuate apertures spaced about the axis of a drive shaft to receive securing bolts to secure the flange and plate to the casing. The... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280455 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder, a piston reciprocating in the cylinder, piston rings arranged on the periphery of the piston, and at least a pair of oil ports symmetrically provided in a wall member of the cylinder. The oil ports commu... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280456 | Engine with intake ported cylinders and porous port liners for oil control An engine having piston-controlled cylinder air intake ports into which lubricating oil may be carried during engine operation is fitted with porous liners in the cylinder intake ports which receive the lubricating oil to prevent its being carried by the ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280457 | System for monitoring and improving motor vehicle operating efficiency A system responsive to engine manifold pressure for monitoring engine operating efficiency and reducing engine load during periods of low operating efficiency is disclosed. The system includes a switch which actuates a first relay when manifold vacuum pre... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280458 | Antiknock component Incorporation of small amounts of ortho-azidophenol in gasoline stocks results in improved antiknock performance. Improvements in octane quality of about 0.29 RON per gram per gallon of gasoline are found.... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280459 | Combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprises a first raised portion formed on the inner wall of the cylinder head, a second raised portion formed on the top face of the piston at a position opposite to the first raised portion with respect to the axis of the p... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280460 | Automatic regulator of the idling in an internal-combustion engine For the automatic adjustment of the number of revolutions per minute of an internal combustion engine in idling conditions when the accelerator pedal is released, a device is disclosed with which the instantaneous rpm is sensed and compared with reference... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280461 | Contactless ignition system for internal combustion engines A contactless ignition system for internal combustion engines controls the closing angle of an engine in response to a signal derived by comparing the AC output of an alternator operated in synchronism with the rotation of the engine with the output of a ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280462 | Electronically controlled carburetor for internal combustion engine An electronically-controlled carburetor is disclosed. This electronically-controlled carburetor is provided with a control fuel path in addition to a main fuel path opened to the venturi of the air horn. This control fuel, after being introduced to a cons... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280463 | Fuel spray bar for internal combustion engine An improved fuel spray bar for spraying fuel into the induction passage of an internal combustion engine comprises a pair of spray tubes projecting from a spray bar body into the induction passage with a fuel dispersion element downstream thereof. Each sp... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280464 | Fuel injection control system for internal combustion engine A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an injection pump connected to the engine and driven thereby, a fuel injection valve connected to the injection pump, the fuel injection valve having a piston chamber and a plun... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280465 | Throttle control for an electronic fuel-injection control circuit The invention contemplates an electrical network associated with a throttle-control potentiometer whereby a standard commercially available linear potentiometer having an given angle of electrical-resistance variation may be employed, over an entire lesse... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280466 | Evaporative emission control device In an engine with an evaporative emission control system, a main fuel vapor storage canister is vented to a secondary fuel vapor storage canister disposed so as to capture fuel vapor discharged from the main canister and to receive air heated by a heat st... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280467 | Air-fuel mixture ratio control using electrostatic force Electrostatically charged liquid fuel is introduced into a venturi to be atomized therein and is then applied to the combustion chamber of an engine under the control of electrostatic force for properly controlling the air-fuel mixture ratio.... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280468 | Regenerative reciprocating open cycle internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine of the open cycle type in which a porous, heat retaining regenerative member is placed in a cylinder head between the reciprocal piston and the intake and exhaust valve thereof. The regenerator member is heated to high temper... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280469 | Powertrain and apparatus using a continuously variable ratio transmission to improve fuel economy An automotive powertrain includes a conventional piston engine, a continuously variable ratio transmission, an engine speed sensor and a feedback control system. The control system adjusts both the transmission ratio and the throttle valve in the engine c... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280470 | Three-step exhaust gas recirculation control system An exhaust gas recirculation control system for particular application to a diesel engine, which has an exhaust gas recirculation control valve, and a means for actuating the exhaust gas recirculation control valve, which positions the exhaust gas recircu... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280471 | Control system for internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation system and an intake air bypass system, a control system is provided which comprises an electric motor arranged to control the flow rate of exhaust gases through the exhaust gas recircul... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280472 | Masonry saw A masonry saw including a base for being attached to a scaffold or attached to a support frame which rests on the ground. A masonry saw blade and a motor for rotating the saw blade are mounted to the base. A carriage is slidably supported on the base for ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280473 | Fireplace having outside air supply An outside air system and combustion chamber closure assembly for use with a fireplace which provides means for supplying sufficient amounts of cooling air between the burning fuel and the closure assembly is disclosed. The closure assembly includes a fra... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280474 | Heat hugger A fireplace insert is disclosed which will efficiently heat the interior of a structure, enable control of fuel burn rate and temperature of heated air directed into the interior structure, and facilitate circulation of the heated air through the interior... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280475 | Screen for fireplace grate A screen to be attached to and suspended below a fireplace grate. The grate supports logs to be burned in the fireplace and as the logs burn, hot coals fall through the grate and are supported on the screen. The screen is sufficiently close to the grate s... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280476 | Stove having auxiliary damper operably connected to access door A stove of the wood burning type is provided with a smoke passage having a main opening adjacent the access door of the stove and an auxiliary opening therein which is located further away from the access door and more closely adjacent the rear portion of... | 07/28/1981 |
