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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4449332 | Dispenser for a jet of liquid bearing particulate abrasive material A nozzle holder, carrying at least one inlet nozzle is mounted within the bore of a hollow body between liquid inlet means and abutment means. The or each inlet nozzle is dimensioned and arranged so that the radial cross-section of the flow of liquid through a... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449333 | Valley strip for roof structure A valley strip for conducting runoff from the line of intersection of two intersecting roof surfaces of pitched roof comprises an elongated sheet member having a defined channel portion with a bottom wall and opposed vertically extending sidewalls formed ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449334 | Dormer structure and method Dormer construction comprising a dormer having two parallel spaced apart side walls having no openings therein consisting of a frame with sheet material both nailed and glued thereto on both sides thereof whereby the parallel spaced apart side walls form ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449335 | Roof framing system A roof framing system consisting of an apex bracket and two bracket assemblies, each bracket assembly consisting of a rafter bracket and sill plate bracket. The apex bracket has two U-shaped sections joined by a bendable intermediate section. The U-shaped... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449336 | Fire barrier reservoir A roofing structure including a plurality of abutting fireproof sections and a reservoir board having apertures therein, the reservoir board mounted on and secured to the sections of the fireproof member. Insulation mounted on said reservoir board and cov... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449337 | Adjustable base for office landscaping system The specification discloses a wall panel base construction including a foot, a wall panel supporting assembly, and a plurality of oppositely threaded members extending between the foot and the supporting assembly. The lower portion of each threaded member... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449338 | Temporary restraining clamp for wallboard An integral clamp and screw in the shape of an L has a panel supporting leg and a leg from which a screw projects through and beyond the panel supporting leg. The clamp is used to support a building panel while aligning said panel over the framing members... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449339 | Side-wall discharge system A thin-walled deep grain storage tank with improved sidewall discharge system involving a plurality of successive flat plates periodically mounted to the inside of a pair of vertical, parallel I-beam and/or Z-bar sidewall support members with openings for... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449340 | Ventilating skylight A skylight that may have a domed-type or flat-type glazing and which is adapted to fit within the opening of a roof or the like having a peripheral frame which is fixed to the roof about the opening. The frame is constructed including a base frame and an ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449341 | Fire containment arrangement for curtain wall construction In a curtain wall building structure, an improved fire containment arrangement is provided by supporting curtain wall insulation sheets and safing insulation directly to the periphery of the floor slab structure by means of a heat resistant clip.... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449342 | Flooring system A floating system comprising a foundation, support members on the foundation, floating members on the foundation and location between and generally parallel to support members, floorboards superposed on the support members and the floating members, strips... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449343 | Insulation suspension system The insulation suspension system of the present invention provides means for supporting insulation between parallel purlins of a building roof. The system comprises a plurality of support members which are arranged in parallel spaced apart relationship ad... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449344 | Ceiling panel and lens A ceiling panel having an elongated bottom face and an opening with opposite parallel edges, two moldings respectively having first portions engaging the edges and second portions spaced outwardly away from the portions and above the opening, and a lens p... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449345 | Insulation module hardware Refractory ceramic fiber blanket modules with a continuous strip of ceramic fiber material folded into a number of layers in a serpentine fashion are used to insulate high temperature equipment. The blanket is supported by support structure which penetrat... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449346 | Panel assembly The invention is concerned with a panel assembly including at least two panels and a connector member for mounting the panels to a support surface, the panels being positioned edge-to-edge in coplanar relationship with the respective confronting edges the... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449347 | Solar collector building truss A solar heat collector building truss is an integral internal part of the structure of a building and has base beams, sunward beams extending up from and over the base beams, rear beams extending down from the sunward beams to the base beams and forming a... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449348 | Composite static structure A composite static structure formed of interdependent subcomponents, referred to as simple tetrahypars, combined to achieve an independent structural component or tetrahypar. Each simple tetrahypar has two rigid struts spaced along and extending perpendic... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449349 | Packing machine with adjustable means for weakening selected portions of cardboard blanks or the like A wrap-around packing machine wherein the packing station and the station which supplied prefabricated blanks are separated from each other by a treating unit having a pair of tools serving to provide successive prefabricated blanks with additional fold l... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449350 | Method and apparatus for making sealed packages for spreadable products Apparatus and method for making sealed packages for spreadable products includes means for transporting a relatively stiff base member carrying a spreadable product in the approximate center thereof, means for feeding a relatively thin flexible sheet mate... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449351 | Blister pack loading machine Production machine which automatically rapidly continuously heat-seals blister packs of pharmaceutical capsules into match book-like covers coated on interior surfaces with a heat-sealing composition and provided on outer surfaces with descriptive printed... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449352 | Bean harvest apparatus The present invention comprises a bean harvesting apparatus mounted on the forward end of a motorized combine. The harvesting apparatus has a housing open along its leading edge for the reception of bean stalks. A power driven cutter bar is provided along... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449353 | Gut string for sports rackets A natural gut string for sports rackets comprises at least two gut strands, each strand of which comprises a plurality of gut ribbons twisted together in a first direction, which strands are combined and re-twisted together in a direction opposite to the ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449354 | Disc type yarn tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension discs and between... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449355 | A.C.-D.C. Slotted type yarn tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension discs and between... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449356 | Continuous A.C. tension control A direct current electromagnetic disc type tension control which has alternating current superimposed on the direct current circuit to allow the electromagnet to vibrate the tension discs in order to break the contact between the tension discs to lower th... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449357 | Track chain link and forging process for the manufacture of track chain links The invention described herein concerns a forging process for the manufacture of track chain links, especially for worksite machines and vehicles; this process produces links that conform to the tolerances required by the dimensions and the surface qualit... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449358 | Method and apparatus for promoting a surge condition in a gas turbine A surge condition in a stalled gas turbine engine is promoted by modulating a time-varying component of an operating parameter of the gas turbine engine, such as the fuel flow to the combustor plenum of the engine, substantially in phase with a time-varyi... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449359 | Automatic vent for fuel control This invention relates to the fuel system of a gas turbine power plant and modifies a conventional fuel control to automatically vent trapped air contained in the fuel control and fuel distribution system into the engine's burners by bypassing the convent... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449360 | Stall detector and surge prevention feature for a gas turbine engine A proportional fuel fuel control (11) regulates the fuel flow (Wf) from a hydromechanical unit (36) based upon an error signal (E) representing the difference between a demanded speed signal (Nd) and an actual speed signal (Nh). The demanded speed signal ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449361 | Ram jet engine construction and a valve control for proportioning fuel rich gas of ram jet rocket engines A ram jet engine comprises a wall structure defining a precombustion chamber having a solid fuel which when ignited can raise fuel rich gases which flow through a valve housing passage and into a main combustion chamber where final combustion takes place.... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449362 | Exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, burn-off unit and methods therefor An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine which burns a hydrocarbon fuel mixture and which produces a carbonaceous particle carrying exhaust gas stream that passes through a filter of the system that retains at least part of the particles therei... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449363 | Atmospheric pressure motor A magnet attracts succeeding sites distributed about the periphery of a disk causing the disk to rotate. The resulting centrifugal force pulls radially outwards a plurality of piston-like weights mounted on the disk lowering the pressure within a housing ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449364 | Sluing drive for excavator A sluing mechanism driven by one or more electric or hydraulic motors, for excavating or bulk handling machines comprises a pivotable discharger boom mounted on a rotary support or turntable, and a coaxially pivotable superstructure carrying further equip... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449365 | Lift, tilt and steering control for a lift truck A lift truck hydraulic control system designed to conserve energy includes a pair of separately controlled pumps (21, 22). One pump (21) supplies pressure fluid to a valve (12) for a steering cylinder (11) by way of a high priority port (34) of a priority... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449366 | Hydraulic control system for off-highway self-propelled work machines A hydraulic excavator is disclosed which includes two sets of manual control valves for selectively placing a pair of variable displacement pumps in and out of communication with hydraulically driven components such as propelling motors, arm cylinders and... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449367 | Knocking control device for turbocharged internal combustion engine In a knocking control device comprising an exhaust bypass valve driven by the diaphragm actuator and a knocking control circuit, the amount of bypassed exhaust gas is adjusted in accordance with the knocking, the upper and lower limits regarding the openi... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449368 | Apparatus and methods of cooling and condensing exhaust steam from a power plant Apparatus and methods of cooling and condensing exhaust steam from a power plant which rejects heat to air and uses a peak shaving water based cooling system to supplement a primary cooling system. During regeneration of the cooling water, which is heated... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449369 | Power assisted hydraulic control system The invention provides a power assisted hydraulic control system suitable for actuating clutches and brakes. The system incorporates a master cylinder having a master piston therein defining a control chamber, a hydraulic power assistance unit, and a dist... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449370 | Diesel engine catalytic combustor system The object of the invention is to provide a low compression turbocharged diesel engine in which the turbocharger can be operated independently of the engine to power auxiliary equipment. As shown in FIG. 1, fuel and air are burned in a catalytic combustor... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449371 | Air by-pass system in an internal combustion engine with a supercharger An air by-pass system in an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger which comprises a compressor driven by an exhaust gas turbine for supercharging suction air fed to the engine through a throttle valve, wherein an air by-pass passage is provided f... | 05/22/1984 |
