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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4328712 | Lockout for gimbal-type automotive transmission gear shifter A gimbal-type automotive transmission shifter and gear lockout is provided comprising a gear selecting shift lever; a pivotable shift lever carrier; and a stationary base for mounting the transmission shifter in an automotive vehicle. The shift lever and ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328713 | Controlling translation A completely mechanically operated microscope bridge includes rapid rough positioning, fine positioning, coarse focusing and fine focusing with an automatic locking system locking the microscope at the position set by the operator whether power is on or o... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328714 | Instrument actuation assembly An actuation assembly for use in conjunction with an instrument, such as a parachute oxygen system, etc., is disclosed having a handle adapted to be manually gripped by the user of the actuation assembly and mounted relative to housing means that is fixed... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328715 | Planetary crank gearing From a common eccentric drive shaft rotation is transmitted to a group of parallel driven shafts spaced from each other. Set on each one of the driven shafts is a sun gear meshing with its satellite gear having an inner rim. All of the satellites are rigidly ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328716 | Multi-speed planetary gear A multi-speed planetary gear transmission having a primary shaft connected to a secondary shaft via a planetary gear having a drive annular gear connected to one of said shafts, a planet carrier connected to the other shaft, and planet gears on the carrie... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328717 | Automatic transmission An automatic transmission which establishes the first forward speed stage and the reverse stage by selective stopping of rotary elements of a Ravigneaux type planetary gear train effected by mechanical brakes and which establishes the second forward speed... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328718 | Variable oscillator drive mechanism Mechanically-adjustable, variable oscillator drive mechanism having fixed locations for a main input shaft, an intermediate shaft, and an output shaft, and including a crank arm member supported by the intermediate input shaft and intermittently oscillate... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328719 | Micromotion multiplier Apparatus (19) for sensing forces (29) such as in a power transmission apparatus (10) and magnifying the sensed forces suitably to provide an output (28) such as for use in controlling associated equipment (12, 18) to limit the forces. The sensing apparat... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328720 | Socket wrench and set A socket wrench tool set. A hollow drive ring is retained in an annular head of a socket wrench and is rotatable therein in both directions. The wheel has a ratcheted outer peripheral portion and an interior female drive ring portion with a prismatic driv... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328721 | Phillips screwdriver with retractable slotted screw driver blade A tubular shank is provided having front and rear ends and including handle defining structure at its rear end and a Phillips head screw engaging tip on its front end. The tip is of the type including four equally peripherally spaced, forwardly tapering a... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328722 | Apparatus for facing and internal turning Apparatus for facing and internal turning includes a rotatable shaft and a turning head fixed for rotation with the shaft. A tool carriage for carrying a cutting tool is displaceable on the turning head transversely to the axis of rotation thereof. The tr... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328723 | Adjustable tool compensating arm An elongated relatively rigid yet resilient tool compensating bar formed from rectangular bar stock with strategically placed slots to form three basic body members, namely a stationary body member, a lower body member, and an upper body member. The stati... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328724 | Method and apparatus for cutting brick mouldings from a clay strand A block of material such as a clay is fed onto a support comprising spaced apart supports, and a cutting frame, having tensioned cutting wires, is moved in a substantially vertical plane through the block and between the supports so that the cutting wires... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328725 | Method of and apparatus for automatically discarding the front and rear ends of bars of material Prior to the forming of bar material, without creating internal stresses, on transverse transport presses, bars are sub-divided into sections of equal volume, the end-pieces of each bar having to be discarded before further processing. To provide for the ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328726 | Apparatus and method for working on successive segments of sheet material Apparatus for cutting patterns from successive contiguous segments of an elongated layup of sheet material has a zoned vacuum table which includes an endless bristle mat conveyor, for shifting a layup along the table to position a segment of the layup in ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328727 | Slitter-scorer apparatus A slitter-scorer apparatus comprises upper and lower slitter-scorer units which are disposed in one above the other relationship and are vertically movable respectively. The apparatus can immediately change slitting and scoring operations along the flowin... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328728 | Apparatus for effecting a miter cut with a portable circular saw A saw support member for supporting a portable power circular saw is pivotably mounted to a platform defining a workpiece support surface. A pair of fences are pivotally connected on a fixed vertical axis to the platform. First and second arcuate guide sl... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328729 | Plane die-cutting machine A plane die-cutting machine, having a plane and fixed punch as well as a counter-punch with arch-shaped profile and apparatus to roll the counter-punch without any reciprocal sliding with respect to the punch, in order to die-cut each sheet of material un... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328730 | Means for slicing module termination plug A cutting device for slicing through a plug of potting compound is disclosed which has a plug support and an inverse plow shaped cutter blade movable relative thereto.... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328731 | Electronic tone generator An electronic tone generator capable of providing improved musical and tone quality by providing a primary melody and a secondary melody such as an accompaniment or the like is provided. The electronic tone generator of the instant invention is characteri... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328732 | Electronic musical instrument capable of fill-note generation A polyphonic, keyboard-type electronic musical instrument capable of automatic production, in response to key depressions on upper and lower keyboards, of "fill notes" which bear the same note names as the depressed lower keys but which, preferably, fall ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328733 | Slide bar holder device for Hawaiian guitar A slide bar for the strings of a guitar is provided with a holder device attached thereto and having at least one wing member shaped for contact with the thumb of the user. An element which may constitute a second wing member defines with the bar and firs... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328734 | Wind instrument key A wind instrument key in which the arm and foot portions are stabilized. The post supporting the hinge rod is also stabilized and the hinge rod is prevented from lateral movement in the post hole. A novel pad construction prevents air leaks due to shrinki... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328735 | Progressive shotshell reloading This invention relates to some unique mechanical devices, which, when attached in natural sequence to a shotshell reloading press, allows faster, smoother and more compatable performance of said press. Specific devices which are included are, (1) a device desi... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328736 | Fuseless explosive propellant cartridge An explosive propellant cartridge for use in propellant-actuated devices. e cartridge contains only the explosive propellant which is stable and safe when not confined in a vessel capable of high pressure containment and does not contain the less stable f... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328737 | Ammunition feeder for a gun An ammunition feeder for a gun is disclosed which has a first rotating sprocket driven positively at a uniform velocity for stripping rounds and a second rotating sprocket driven positively at a non-uniform velocity for transversely placing each round dir... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328738 | Vacuum servo booster A vacuum servo booster device includes a housing defined by a front shell and a rear shell, a valve body slidably supported by the rear shell and incorporating therein a valve mechanism, a flexible diaphragm connected to the circumference of the valve bod... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328739 | Hydrostatic piston machine The hydrostatic piston machine is provided with hydrostatic bearing pockets at least one of which is provided with an unthrottled flow of high-pressure medium while at least one other pocket is provided with a throttled flow of high-pressure medium. And t... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328740 | Coffee maker with a variable brew strength apparatus In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a coffeemaker with a variable brew strength apparatus which comprises a base which contains a water reservoir and a heater and which supports a coffee carafe. The base supports a variable brew st... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328741 | Apparatus for producing crackers An apparatus for carrying out a method of producing a cracker from a raw material such as rice or the like comprises steps of compressing and heating for a predetermined time the raw material contained within a hermetically closed chamber defind in upper ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328742 | Strapping apparatus feed and tension mechanism A mechanism for use in a strapping apparatus including a pair of like rolls which have meshing gears as flanges and which are rotated by a drive means through a clutch system to both feed and tension strap without stopping or reversing the drive means. St... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328743 | Honeycomb cappings compressor A compressor for separating honey from honeycomb cappings in which two side-by-side endless conveyors converge and form a trough through which cappings are progressively compressed from inlet and to discharge end along the fixed bottom of the trough by me... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328744 | Roll for use in calenders or the like A rotary pressure applying roll which defines with a parallel complementary roll a nip for a running web of paper, textile or other flexible sheet material in a calender or the like has a cylindrical shell surrounding a stationary carrier in the form of a... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328745 | Quick acting automatic marking machine A novel, high-speed, efficient, versatile, automatic machine is provided for the marking of parts. A wheeled platform is driven in a reciprocating cycle by a slotted arm and a revolving roller. The platform carries a rotatably mounted mandrel to couple th... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328746 | Weighted modulus numbering apparatus Weighted modulus numbering apparatus is capable of printing composite numbers consisting of serial identification numbers and accompanying check digits which are determined in accordance with a system where the check digits for certain identification numb... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328747 | Character ring-selecting type printer A character ring-selecting type printer for printing m laterally spaced columns includes less than m character rings with lateral spacing between adjacent character rings. The character rings are translated in unison to enable one character ring to print ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328748 | Arrangement for metering ink on the fountain roller of a printing press An ink fountain of the type having a plurality of metering blades arranged closely side-by-side and having a metering edge which is presented to the fountain roller. The metering blades are divided into small groups of equal size with each group being sup... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328749 | Information recording method and apparatus, and a half-product obtained thereby A method for recording a variant information and a steady information onto a recording medium, wherein the variant information and an identification information for designating the steady information which is to be recorded later are first recorded, and t... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328750 | Plastic coated ammunition and methods of manufacture Disclosed is a lead bullet having a coating comprised of a thermoplastic composition of molybdenum disulfide and Nylon 11. Nylon 11 per se and other coatings are also disclosed. The coating minimizes or prevents deposition of lead along the barrel and oth... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328751 | Electronic delay blasting circuit An electronic delay blasting cap (10) receives an input signal over leg wires (12, 14). The input signal is passed through a rectifier (16) to produce a D.C. signal on output lines (26, 28). The D.C. signal charges a storage capacitor (32). When the input... | 05/11/1982 |
