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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4341137 | Material forming apparatus A pneumatic press assembly 10 uses air pressure to power a piston 70 in a cylinder 52 through a power stroke. Springs 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, and 86 oppose the motion of the piston 70. A set of return springs (76 and 78) is effective over the entire stroke of... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341138 | Band saw The band saw comprises two wheels spaced from each other and mounted for rotation on a support. A saw blade is trained under tension about the wheels, one of which is a power driven wheel. The bearing surfaces of both the wheels are provided with grooves ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341139 | Apparatus for scoring a coated substrate An automotive window is manufactured by silk screening a pattern of a ceramic paste on a piece of glass having peripheral dimensions greater than the peripheral dimensions of the window. During the silk screening, portions of the screen extending beyond t... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341140 | Automatic performing apparatus In an automatic performing apparatus, an amount of change in a motion of a moving element provided in a baton is detected, and the detected change amount is converted into an electrical signal. A tempo clock signal generator provided in the apparatus is d... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341141 | Polyphonic sliding portamento in a musical instrument A keyboard operated musical instrument with portamento effect in which the portamento keyboard consists of a linear array of keyswitches. The keyswitches are arranged in groups corresponding to each musical note and spaced so that a number of contiguous s... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341142 | Music box This invention relates to a music box designed to be suitably mountable on a rocking chair or such, and more particularly it relates to an improvement in the mechanism for accumulating the drum-driving spring force in such music box.... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341143 | Remote-controlled key-depressing device A remote-controlled device for depressing the keys of a keyboard instrument which comprises in the device: separate means for depressing each of the desired keys, each of said means being pivotally mounted on a fulcrum, means for selectively rotating the ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341144 | Bridge structure for stringed instruments There is provided a bridge structure for a stringed instrument. A member supports a ridge over which the strings of the stringed instrument are strung. For each string, one end is secured at a location on the instrument which is remote from the member, th... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341145 | Electronic pipe valve An electronically controlled pipe valve magnet is disclosed. The valve magnet is a solenoid which activates a movable armature to open and close the air flow passageway between a pipe organ wind chest and an individual pipe. The pipe valve is electronical... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341146 | Combined tenor and soprano saxophone A musical instrument combining a modified portion of a tenor saxophone with a modified portion of a soprano saxophone joined together by means of a bracket whereby one of the two instruments can be moved relative to the other to obtain proper alignment wh... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341147 | Coaxial dual hollow piston regenerative liquid propellant gun A regenerative liquid propellant gun having structure which reacts to combustion pressure to dispense and regulate the flow of liquid propellant from an included reservoir as one parameter for obtaining a predetermined pressure/time curve of gun chamber p... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341148 | Hydraulic sequencing valve There is disclosed a new and improved hydraulic sequencing valve of the type which includes a movable valve spool within the body to sequence operation of the valve. An aperture through one spool or chamber is arranged for direct fluid communication with ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341149 | Selectively actuatable fluid control system for a work element A fluid control system for selectively holding a work implement, such as a blade in a motor grader or the like, in a fixed position in a first operation mode, and for selectively providing a shock absorbing system (70,72) for the implement in a second ope... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341150 | Universal automotive vent A vent-wing accessory for either front door of a motor vehicle installs at the front lower corner of a ventless window where it is guidably positionable and is held in place: (a) by fit of a fin downward into the door horizontal glass channel, (b) by fit ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341151 | Electric fan An electric fan comprising a motor to retain and drive vanes, an annular main body to retain the motor and to serve as an air flow passage of the fan, a pair of pivots which are provided on the main body, have their axes on a phantom straight line substan... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341152 | Contrivance for shelling a granular product A contrivance for shelling a granular product, in particular soy beans, sunflower seeds and the like, is provided with a distribution head that is rotatable about its longitudinal axis. This latter displays in its wall axis-symmetrical arranged passthroug... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341153 | Splicing and truss assembly apparatus and methods Assembly apparatus for simultaneously rolling opposed toothed metal connector plates onto both sides of horizontal wood 2×4's or like structural members. The apparatus is applied to assemble trusses wherein a prefabricated wood frame of chords with end a... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341154 | Cage for compressing food articles A portable cage for compressing food articles during processing of the articles as by heating, smoking or the like. The cage includes means for moving a pair of trays toward each other to apply pressure on food articles between the trays and means for lim... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341155 | Custom label printer This invention relates to a printing apparatus and more particularly relates to a printer which permits rapid preparation of the label legend and quick printing of relatively small numbers of customized labels for use in labelling medicaments in hospitals... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341156 | Dilitho printing image heating Selective reduction in ink tackiness resulting in better ink transfer with less print through better image reproduction fidelity, less plate wear, less waste of paper, and less linting may be accomplished by selective warming of the image areas on the pri... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341157 | Vibration-absorbing cylinder for printing presses A vibration-free cylinder for a printing press in phased rolling engagement with a companion cylinder and which is formed of a cylinder body of star-shaped cross section having a central axial portion and four axial webs extending radially outward therefr... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341158 | Apparatus for eliminating power source rise time effects in a time fuze system A timing system for providing a fuze function time for firing a fuze which s independent of power source rise time. A non-volatile counter is programmed with a count indictative of the function time, and is read out starting at missile take-off to fire the... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341159 | Retard sensing double release safe separation munition timer A safing and arming timer being responsive to sequentially sampled deceleration forces to operate in one of a non-retard or retard mode wherein different non-retard and retard safe separation times may be predetermined and sequential outputs are available... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341160 | Mobile machine for the treatment of railway tracks Railway track tamping machine comprising a leveling device regulated by two reference lines (D1, D2) each determined by the alignment of an emitter (9, 90), a mask (10, 100) and a receiver (11, 110) which are sensitive to the variati... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341161 | Workpiece hanger carriage A workpiece hanger carriage (10) is movable along a first rail (11) and a pair of second rails (17,18) having portions (14,20) vertically curved toward each other. The carriage (10) includes a first frame (21) having rollers (26) rollingly engageable with... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341162 | Railway center plate liner A wear resistant liner for use between a center plate of a body bolster and a bolster bowl of a truck bolster of a railway vehicle is provided wherein such liner comprises a polymeric laminate comprised of a first material which is adapted to reduce load ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341163 | Vehicle superstructure in particular for railway vehicles with hoods which can be expanded outwards and moved with respect to the load bearing platform A superstructure for railway vehicles is disclosed having hoods which comprises at least two rails for two or more hoods positioned close to each side of a platform in a plane below the said platform, where at least one of the rails is mounted parallel an... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341164 | Folding camp table A folding camp table comprising a collapsible lightweight frame and a compactable table surface. The frame comprises a pair of spaced apart side rails, a pair of spaced apart end rails perpendicular to the side rails, two pairs of spaced apart legs, remov... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341165 | Security system including a revolving door A security system for controlling access to a room or part of a building through an opening comprises a revolving door turnable only in a single predetermined direction of rotation about a vertical axis situated at the center of a passage defined by a pai... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341166 | Safe storage box A safe deposit box system which is either front loading or side loading. Each of the safe storage boxes has an integral lock housing adapted to be locked into the frame forming the compartments into which the safe storage boxes are retained. The lock hous... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341167 | Energy conserving heating and cooling system for printing plant A low-cost energy-conserving system for heating and cooling the equipment and environment of a manufacturing installation, and more particularly, a printing plant, including an incinerator for burning waste paper generated as a result of the printing proc... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341168 | System for applying ammonia to the ground An implement is provided for applying ammonia to the ground including a nurse tank feeding individual converters on each ground-working plow with each converter having an expansion cannister into which the gas is fed at the top and from which liquid is di... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341169 | Machines for making welted openings in a piece of material or similar A machine for making welted openings in a piece of material or similar, comprises control means arranged so as to cause it to make, in a pre-established sequence and cyclically, a succession of welted openings having different lengths requiring respective... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341170 | Pattern display arrangement for an electronically controlled sewing machine An electronically controlled sewing machine is provided with an arrangement for displaying a pictorial representation of a pattern to be sewn by the sewing machine. When the sewing machine user operates controls to alter the size and/or shape of the patte... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341171 | Thread handling device for lockstitch sewing machines A sewing machine is provided with a thread handling device having a thread holding and a thread metering function. The device includes a pair of parallel elongate members, and a length of easily compressible resilient material which is carried by one of t... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341172 | Sewing machine conversion apparatus An apparatus is disclosed which is to be connected to a domestic sewing machine for converting it into one capable of sewing heavier materials and sewing materials having edgewise designs so that the designs are maintained in alignment. The converted mach... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341173 | Hydropulse underwater propulsion system A propulsion motor for an underwater vehicle such as an anti-submarine weapon. The motor includes a propulsion chamber into which water is admitted and then rapidly expelled through an exhaust nozzle, developing thrust to propel the vehicle. Gas generator... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341174 | Bow dock A bow dock for use in a two-step docking method to allow the repair or recement of a sonar-dome rubber window on a variety of classes of full draft vessels in harbors and other water of limited depth. The bow dock is provided with docking pedestals and a... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341175 | Shipbuilding method and complex A shipbuilding complex having a dry dock with a dock adjacent area, and a flooding chamber which is adjacent to the head of the dry dock and communicates therewith. An intermediate gate divides the dry dock into a main part which is adjacent to the water ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341176 | Air foil with reversible camber A reversible airfoil generally wing-like in shape comprising at least two spaced apart rigid spars having at least two slots therethrough, bars projecting through the slots in each rigid spar, each end of each bar attaching to a flexible slat, and a commo... | 07/27/1982 |
