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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4313429 | Solar air collector A solar-collecting apparatus constructed for placement against a structure as against a wall or roof. When installed in a wall or roof it may form a portion of the structure. The apparatus includes an elongate housing having sides and a backing and a tran... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313430 | Solar energy absorbing-heat exchanger device A solar energy absorbing-heat exchanger device includes a copper tube and first and second identical copper sheets, the two sheets having semi-cylindrical curved surfaces which together fully enclose the tube and the sheets otherwise being essentially fla... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313431 | Endoscopic apparatus with a laser light conductor The present endoscopic apparatus with a laser light conductor is used for irradiating bladder tumors in man with a laser light beam. For this purpose a jacketed light conducting fiber is arranged in parallel to an optical viewing device. A rigid bushing i... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313432 | Water driven personal massager Water driven personal massager for use in spas, hot tubs and like open-topped water enclosures suitable for bathing and having a pressurized water supply. The massager utilizes flow restricted pressurized water directed against a pulsating means to induce... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313433 | Ankle stabilizer An ankle stabilizer is provided which comprises a flexible jacket, a first strap, a second strap, a first fastener member associated with the first strap and a second fastener member associated with the second strap. The jacket snugly receives a rear port... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313434 | Fracture fixation Fixation of a long bone is accomplished by drilling a small opening into the medullary cavity, inserting a deflated flexible bladder into the medullary cavity through the opening, inflating the bladder with sterile air through an opening accessible outsid... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313435 | Apparatus and method of producing a succession of die cut tobacco blanks A device for supplying a succession of die cut tobacco blanks with a given profile to a web of a coiled type, storage bobbin. This device comprises a set of die cut stations each including a cutting die blade with an upstanding cutting edge matching the p... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313436 | Fresh gas device with mixer for medical and respiration apparatus An improved fresh gas device includes a gas mixer connected to a source of oxygen and to a source of at least one other gas for mixing oxygen to form a gas mixture to be supplied to a patient. A line bypasses the mixer and is provided with a switch for in... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313437 | Tracheotomy and endotracheal tube retainers A retainer encircling the neck of a patient and retaining a tracheotomy or endotracheal tube in position on the patient. An elongated, elastic, foam-filled body is designed to project around the nape of the neck of the patient. An elongated tape tab exten... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313438 | Tissue growth control apparatus and method A method and apparatus for providing germicidal and healing treatment of tissue such as bone wherein an electrode of silver or like material is applied to a living tissue site to be healed, initially a direct voltage is applied to the electrode of a polar... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313439 | Automated, spring-powered medicament infusion system A system is provided for the administration of a medicament, such as insulin, to a patient in small, controlled doses over an extended period in response to a continuously generated force. The force may be maintained continuously on a reservoir of the med... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313440 | Multipurpose double barrel syringe and method of manufacture of same A multipurpose double barrel syringe is manufactured by disassembling a first syringe having a first predetermined capacity, a first cylinder, a first hypodermic needle of a first gauge at a first end thereof, a first piston plunger having a plunger tip w... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313441 | Method of adjusting an implantable cardiac stimulator, and adjustment programmer and stimulator for carrying out same A process of regulating by an extra-corporeal control unit an implanted cardiac stimulator comprising a pulse generator and a pair of electrodes, comprises controlling the stimulator so that it functions at a fixed rhythm independent of normal cardiac rhy... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313442 | Atrial rate sensitive cardiac pacer apparatus An electrical pacer device which responds to cardiac demand so as to alter the cardiac output in a fashion to satisfy that demand. Changes in the fundamental period of the atrial electrical cycle are detected and averaged over a predetermined time interva... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313443 | Pocket ECG electrode A low-noise electrode suited for sensing electrocardiograms when chronically and subcutaneously implanted in a free-ranging subject. The electrode comprises a pocket-shaped electrically conductive member with a single entrance adapted to receive body flui... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313444 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic Doppler detection The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for determining the velocity of a material within a body, and which is also capable of simultaneously imaging sections of the body. In the velocity-determined method, a focused beam of ultrasound is dir... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313445 | Electronic sphygmomanometer An electronic method and apparatus for automatically determining systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate by accurately detecting, verifying and evaluating the full stream of korotkoff sounds produced as electrical signals from a microphone in... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313446 | Steel wire pressure aesthesiometer An aesthesiometer consisting of an elongated length-calibrated support bar with a handle at one end. The bar has a longitudinal groove communicating with a hole near the other end of the bar. A steel wire is fastened to the handle and lies in the groove, ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313447 | Collection bag A collection bag for receiving and collecting body fluids comprising, a receptacle having a pair of opposed walls defining a chamber, with one of the walls having an opening communicating with the chamber, and a connector having a cavity to receive the bo... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313448 | Myocardial sutureless lead Myocardial sutureless unipolar lead including an insulated conductor coil adjacent to a base pad, and a barbed electrode spaced adjacent to the base pad and connected to the conductor coil. The sutureless myocardial unipolar lead requires no stab wound or... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313449 | Rotor of thrashing section of crop harvesting machine The rotor of the thrashing section of a crop harvesting machine comprises a helicoidal vane which extends helically around a cylindrical body. L-shaped pins mounted on the rim of the helicoidal vane can be turned at different angles. By adjusting these pi... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313450 | Coin-dispensing device A coin-dispensing device has a coin reservoir, a coin-dispensing slide that is disposed adjacent to said coin reservoir and that is movable relative to said coin reservoir to dispense coins from that coin reservoir, an eccentric that is disposed adjacent ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313451 | Apparatus for washing soiled articles A dishwashing machine includes a plurality of sections through which a soiled article to be washed is transported. A dishwashing machine includes a detergent pre-wash section, a detergent-wash section, a chemical power rinse and final clear water rinse se... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313452 | Self-actuating variable rate water pipe bleeder The pipe bleeder includes a small holding tank and a sample tube, both of which are filled with water and exposed to the ambient atmospheric temperature. The water in the sample tube freezes first when the ambient temperature is at freezing, which in turn... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313453 | Thermally operated valve A valve for conduit systems, such as a base valve for precharged refrigeration circuits, wherein the valve element is initially closed, and is opened by the application of heat to the valve body exterior. The valve element is maintained in a closed or sea... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313454 | Hydraulic brake booster pressure limiter The present invention is a pressure limiter for a hydraulic booster. The pressure limiter adjusts and limits the pressure generated between a pumping means and a restricting gap in a gain valve by limiting the size of the gap in response to sensed system ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313455 | Fluid routing device A fluid routing device has a sealed self-contained body which includes all of the working parts of such a device is combined with a base plate having discharge ports which register with outlets in the sealed body which are controlled by valves within that... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313456 | Universal check valve assembly A universal check valve assembly is disclosed which fits within an exhaust conduit having any one of a range of diameters and without any modification to the structure of the conduit. The assembly includes an adjustable diameter support hoop and a circula... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313457 | Removable condensate collector for elevated water storage facilities A removable condensate collector for elevated water storage facilities includes a membrane attached to the walls of such elevated water storage facility and positioned to prevent condensate from falling onto structures located at or near the bottom of the... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313458 | Restricted movement valve seats for an expanding gate valve In an expanding gate valve, tangential pins (70) are received loosely in peripheral grooves (62) of floating valve seats (26) to prevent the seats from moving inwardly far enough to drag against a gate mechanism (32) which is collapsed for movement betwee... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313459 | Automatic fill-stop valve Inlet into propane cylinder is covered by sliding sleeve which is raised by a float when the tank level reaches desired level. Float is partly counterbalanced by lift spring and is driven into closed position by hydraulic force when motion is initiated by... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313460 | Pilot valve A pilot valve designed to regulate a main liquid flow valve disposed in a fluid system is disclosed having a diaphragm and sliding poppet assembly which is biased in one direction by a reference force and movable in the opposite direction in response to v... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313461 | Pilot pressure intensifier A pressure intensifying system for low differential service particularly adapted for use in a gas transmission system which is conditioned to operate in response to pressure differentials. For example, where a pilot valve normally delivers a gas at regula... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313462 | Sequentially operated valve structure In a valve wherein a flexible tube is stretched around a circular barrier between inlet and outlet slots and is conditioned to enable flow in an annular path around the barrier when upstream pressure overcomes pressure in a control jacket around the tube,... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313463 | Pressure-relief valve device A pressure-relief valve device, especially for use with hydraulic props, has a main hollow housing containing a guide piece with a through bore in which a cylindrical shank of a valve or piston member is received. The shank is slidable within the guide pi... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313464 | Fluid control apparatus Fluid control apparatus including inlet and outlet check valve assemblies connected to a mounting block, filter means operatively associated with the check valve assemblies and a pulse damper device positioned on the mounting block for maintaining a conti... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313465 | Method and control device for dosing flow media A method and system for providing dosing of fluid is described. The method and system is directed to the control of a plurality of parallel on/off valves which regulate the flow of the fluid. The system includes a plurality of base control valves for deli... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313466 | Valve for drinking fountains A tap, particularly for drinking fountains, has a plunger 17, operated by a toggle 24 and carrying a compressible valve member 19. The valve member 19 cooperates with a seat 16. In order to simplify replacement of the compressible valve member 19, the sea... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313467 | Control valve A piston valve construction effects leakage reduction in a control valve for hydraulic steering systems by reducing the wetted circumference of a portion of a piston valve collar with the use of radial recesses therein diverting a portion of flow therefro... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313468 | Servo valve A servo valve having a pilot control balance network in which a variable orifice is established between the main control spool and the actuator member of a force motor wherein movement of said member causes the main spool to assume a new corresponding pos... | 02/02/1982 |
