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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4449612 | Tree step A tree step having an integral angle bracket with an obtuse angle forming a foot-supporting portion and a projecting tree-engaging leg with a projecting supporting arm connected pivotally and lockably to the angle bracket intermediate its ends with the fr... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449613 | Oil drain valve with remote control means A remotely controlled oil drain valve assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a valve body which is threadably connected to the crankcase of an internal combustion engine. A valve core is slideably mounted within the valve body. Ports in the valve bo... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449614 | Lift device A lift device for a load transporter such as a fork-lift vehicle, comprises a load carrier for holding a load, a pair of chains, one end of each of which is connected to the load carrier, a pair of gears engaging the chains, a pair of outer masts secured ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449615 | Hydraulic ram safety device with circular brake A safety brake for hydraulic rams, particularly for hydraulic elevators, includes a plurality of braking members disposed around the piston in a circular array. The outer surfaces of the spaced apart braking members together form the shape of a truncated ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449616 | Non-reversible brake adjuster A brake adjuster, including a pin interconnecting a brake pressure plate at one end and a metal swage at the opposite end and oriented within a deformable tube such as to radially deform the tube to the shape of the swage as the swage moves into the tube ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449617 | Electro-magnetic clutch control system for automobiles A system for controlling an electro-magnetic clutch of an internal combustion engine mounted on a car, which has a drive member secured to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, a magnetizing coil provided in the drive member, a driven member adj... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449618 | Lock-up control system for lock-up type automatic transmission A look-up control system for a lock-up type automatic transmission wherein a torque converter locks up in a pattern when the engine temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature value, but is prevented from locking up in the pattern when the engi... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449619 | System for controlling an electromagnetic clutch for automobiles A system for controlling an electromagnetic clutch of an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, which is capable of eliminating the residual magnetism during operation of a shift lever of a transmission. The electromagnetic clutch has a drive me... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449620 | Electromagnetic clutch control system for vehicles A system for controlling an electromagnetic clutch of an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, which has a magnetizing coil and a transmission. A vehicle speed detecting circuit is provided for producing an output when the vehicle speed exceeds... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449621 | Segmented clutch plates A segmented annular clutch plate for use in any conventional clutch plate chanism. The segments are of equal arcuate dimension so that they are interchangeable. Each segment possesses the same annular uniformily serrated surface. Each segment may be provi... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449622 | Cover member for a magnetically operated clutch An electromagnetic clutch is disposed between a drive source and a driven device for connecting and disconnecting the drive source to and from the driven device, respectively. The electromagnetic clutch includes a body rotatable by the rotative power from... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449623 | Passenger conveyor balustrade A balustrade for use with passenger conveyors including a second deck member bent to assume an arcuate shape at landings, and having a U-shaped cross-section adapted to be opened facing the center of the arc, and deformation preventing strips formed by be... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449624 | Device for conveying and redistributing objects The invention relates to a device for continuously distributing parallelepipedic loads which comprises a conveyor constituted by power-driven rollers whose axis is perpendicular to that of the push-bars of an endless chain conveyor arranged above the roll... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449625 | Apparatus for transporting trays for cigarettes or the like Apparatus for transporting holders for filled cigarette trays from the lower level of a tray filling machine to the higher level of a removing station defines an elliptical path at the vertex of which filled trays are removed from the holders and at the l... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449626 | Poultry conveyor A poultry conveyor for conveying birds in a poultry processing plant including a support frame, an elongate conveying trough, mounting means movably mounting the conveying trough on the support frame for movement along a generally horizontal path with the... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449627 | Anti-backbend belts Endless, flexible anti-backbend belts having a molded elastomeric body are disclosed and comprise a plurality of longitudinal high tensile modulus cords embedded in the belt near the inside surface and a layer of substantially incompressible material faci... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449628 | Magnetic disk storage case The following specification discloses a magnetic disk storage case that can be used for such disks, as well as other magnetic memory materials common to computers and word processing. The storage case is formed from a single molded piece of plastic, such ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449629 | Display and storage container for multiple tool parts and the like A unitized display and storage container includes a base member providing an upwardly opening cavity and an outwardly extending peripheral flange about the upper end of its sidewalls, a seat member having a peripheral flange about the lower end of its per... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449630 | Package for dental tools A package for articles is particularly suitable for small dental tools and fittings. The package includes a base member and a rotary member mounted for rotation relative to the base member. A circular space for the articles is defined between the base member a... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449631 | Tamper proof packaging A sealable package for pharmaceutical and other products which will immediately reveal the presence of tampering. The package consists of a sealed envelope of thermoplastic film having a printed outline in which the sealing of the package is performed at ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449632 | Tamper-proof package and method A tamper-proof package for articles, such as medicine, is disclosed. The package comprises a first container into which the articles to be protected are placed. A second container made of a substantially gas impermeable material encloses the first contain... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449633 | Ovenable paperboard carton A new and improved ovenable paperboard carton for use in a microwave and conventional oven is disclosed. The improved carton comprises a bottom tray having a plurality of side panels with gusset panels attached thereto and combines the bottom tray with a ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449634 | Hoisting assembly with a boom and a counterweight having adjustable respective positions A hoisting assembly comprising a boom and a counterweight support extending in opposite directions and forming an assembly pivotally mounted on a supporting member for pivoting in a same vertical plane, adjustable connecting device interconnecting the boo... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449635 | Imaginary pivot lift crane A lift crane having a separated transporter-supported front ring segment and a transporter-supported rear works including a counterweight. The front ring segment is connected by a frame element to the rear works and supports a carrier which pivotally moun... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449636 | Nursing bottle with disposable insert A nursing bottle is formed by the combination of a rigid enclosure, a flexible, disposable insert with an integral nipple and a covering member which seals the bottle when filled. The rigid enclosure is provided with an imperforate, nipple-shaped protrusi... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449637 | Anti-tampering devices for bottles An anti-tampering bottle closure comprising an outer member in the form of a sleeve which is insertable into the neck of a bottle and an inner member in the form of a tubular valve body made of a substantially more rigid material than the sleeve. A ball v... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449638 | Tamper-resistant and child-resistant closure and container assembly This invention provides a container and closure assembly in which the container has an open mouth, a rim around the mouth, a cut-out in the rim and annular closure retaining means below the rim and in which the closure has a top to close the mouth of the ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449639 | Tamper-resistant and child-resistant closures This invention provides a closure which is both tamper-resistant and child-resistant. The closure has a cap part including a top and a skirt, a tear band and a captive band, the tear band being connected to the skirt and to the captive band by lines of we... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449640 | Tamper-resistant pharmaceutical vial and cap assembly A pharmaceutical vial and cap assembly of the kind comprising an open-top vial covered by a cap with a depending peripheral skirt, the inner surface of the cap skirt and the outer surface of the vial having complementary mating interlock elements that pre... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449641 | Container of plastic material with a lid A plastics container with a lid having a skirt extending downwardly around the upper edge portion of the container, the lower edge of the skirt being covered by a protecting member connected with the outer side of the container wall, the protecting member... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449642 | Seed planter The present invention is an improved seed sower unit and an improved seed supply hopper for the head. Opposed vacuum disc-type sower units are mounted in a frame. A seed hopper is mounted on a separate subframe. The hopper subframe has mounting notches wh... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449643 | Knock-down vending rack A newspaper vending rack is designed to be transported and stored in a disassembled format. The rack includes four side wall members that are accommodated within channels or grooves formed in each of the top and bottom members of the rack. The top and bot... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449644 | Blast aerator for fluidizing granular material A blast aerator for fluidizing granular material, comprising a container connected to a supply of compressed air, an aerator valve casing having a diaphragm chamber therein, a flexible resilient diaphragm dividing the chamber into first and second portion... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449645 | Dental container and amalgam dispensing method A dental container receives and separately stores mercury and silver ingredients until they are subsequently brought together and mixed within the container for making a ready-to-use amalgam which is directly injected from the container into a prepared to... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449646 | Bin for storing and discharging free-flowing granular material A bin for storing and discharging free-flowing granular material, such as sugar, has a cup-shaped bag with a dual flexible wall for holding the material and a discharge opening in its bottom resting on a flat floor. Fluid under pressure between the flexib... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449647 | Handle assembly for a pressurized dispensing container A handle assembly for a pressurized dispensing container consists of a handle 12 and a collar 11. The collar is fitted with legs 28, provided with bulbous portions 29 which clip resiliently into a groove 20 in the valve cup. The handle is provided with lu... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449648 | Mobile spreader unit A mobile spreader unit comprises a tractor and a detachable hopper. The latter is defined by tapering front and rear walls and has a breadth permitting it to fit in between the rear wheels of the tractor. There is an elongate spreader opening in the botto... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449649 | Bulk material container A bulk material container having a pair of slings connected to the sidewall thereof for supporting and transporting the container is provided with an opening in its bottom wall for dispensing bulk material therethrough. The opening is opened and closed by... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449650 | Metering pump especially for volatile materials A dosing pump for metering a predetermined quantity of a displaceable material, usually a solvent-containing fluid substance, per stroke of the pump, comprises a chamber connected by an intake valve with a source of the material and with a discharge valve... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449651 | Tubular metering or dosing mechanism for dispensing liquid from a container in successive quantums of uniform volume The tubular dosing mechanism can be inserted into the dispensing opening of a liquid container. It has a dosing channel the outer end of which is closed, and a discharge channel which is axially separated from the dosing channel and is open at the outer e... | 05/22/1984 |
